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THE MORXING OR EGOXIATf, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1914, 10 PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Poatotflce a Second-class matter. Subscription Rates Invariably In Advance 11.. Main Dally, Sunday Included, one year !'!JS Dally. Sunday Included, six months - Daily, Sunday included, three months ... -ti Daily, Sunday Included, one month . Daily, without Sunday, six months Daily, without Sunday, three months .... - Dally, without Sunday, one month !?" Weeklv. one vear -rr Sunday, one year Irrr Sunday and Weekly, one year (By Carrier) Dally. Sunday included, one year "?? Dally. Sunday Included, one month ' How to Remit aend Postofflce money or der, express order or personal check on your L t .. r umi i alii I are at tender s risk. Give Postofflce address in IillM including county ana state. Postage Rates 12 to 16 pages, 1 cent; Is to 32 pages. -A cents; 84 to 48 pages. 3 cents, CO to 80 pages, 4 cents; 62 Co 78 pages, o cents; 78 to 82 pages, 8 cents. Foreign posl- Eastern Business Offices Verree & Conk- lin. New York, Brunswick duug.hs. cago, Stenger building. San Francisco Office R. J. Bidwell Co. T43 Market street. POBTLAXD, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, MMi DIPLOMATIC SHORTCOMINGS. Reports that the German Chancel lor and the German Minister of For eign Affairs have been compelled to resign because of the Inefficiency of German diplomacy in the present sit uation lack official confirmation. Yet no confirmation Is needed of charges that German diplomacy fell short In approaching; the present crisis. The fact Is tremendously apparent. Other wise Germany -might not now stand In the position of facing the greater por tion of the world on the field of bat tle. Her allies might have been more In number and her foes fewer. The attitude assumed towards Great Britain by von Jagow, the For eign Minister, was exceedingly Impru dent. He advised the British In a curt note that they might as well keep out of the fight, since their Influence would be Inconsequential. No doubt von Jagow thought he was fortified by British Internal dissensions and British distrust of the Czar, who covets Constantinople, the key to the East. But his scorn of the British prowess aroused resentment through out Great Britain and served to stiffen up the bristling hairs on the hack of the. British Lion. A true diplomat might have found a way of soothing England and of compelling France to-force the breaking of Bel gium's neutrality, and thus have left the German fleet free to operate against the French and Russian naval forces. Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Chancellor, apparently slipped on the arrangement of an Iron-clad agreement with Italy. Evidently he was satisfied that a treaty with Italy would suffice and failed to take Into account the true state of Italian sen timent, a condition that could have been checked up easily by the prac tices of shrewd diplomacy. On paper It Is likely that the German diplo matic arrangement looked well enough. Germany, Austria and Italy against France and Russia, France to be crushed Immediately while the Austrians and Italians held the Ser vians and Russians In check, and while the German and Italian com bined fleets held dominion of the seas. This was an arrangement that even a Bismarck could hardly have made more perfect. But perhaps Bis marck would have taken less for granted and looked more deeply into the strength of the links In his diplo matic chain. Very strongly In contrast Is the German diplomacy of 1914 with that of 1870. Then German diplomacy measured up In degree of effective ness to German military force. Na poleon III sought to gain the co-operation of Austria and Italy, but Bis marck sagely counteracted the French intrigues, and when Germany finally went to war with France she had a free hand. Furthermore, although the Germans had been preparing carefully for this same war Bismarck outwitted the French diplomats and compelled Napoleon to declare war. By carefully editing and publishing a French diplomatic telegram which made demands on the Germans which eould not be complied with, Bismarck gained the united support of the Ger mans In the war. Thus Germany en tered upon a series of brilliant cam paigns the foundation for success of which had been prepared by careful end masterly diplomacy. German triumphs of 1870 might bave been duplicated without hitch had a man of Bismarck's diplomatic genius attended to the details of prep aration and alignment of forces for the great struggle that Is now on. Had England been kept free from the struggle, Japan would not have en tered. Had the arrangement with Italy been wisely and bindingly worked out, Germany and her allies would be able to control the seas, since the French fleet would have been no match for the combined naval force of Austria, Italy and Ger many. A few German squadrons could have dispensed with the activ ity of the Russian fleet. Thus Ger many would have been free to draw on the world for those supplies that will become of the highest value should the war extend for a period of more than one year. Not even the violation of Belgium's neutrality, which precipitated England Into the fray, can Impress the world as even strategic Justification for a condition which keeps the German fleet bottled up at Kiel. And If Germany fails in the present war. It is possible that the whole blame will be laid at the doors of German diplomatic shortcomings. SC8TAIN RAILROAD CREDIT. President Wilson spoke true and timely words In his letter to Chairman Trumbull, of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, on the public necessity of sustaining railroad credit in the pres ent emergency. The railroads had pinned their hopes of rehabilitation in the eyes of Investors on the advance In freight rates. This was sanctioned by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion on the eve of the outbreak of war. The railroads were thereby robbed of Its beneficial effects in the very moment when it was granted. They had a good prospect of swelling their revenue through the Increased traffic resulting from the bumper crops and the ensuing revival of busi ness. By delaying this crop move ment through the embargo on ship ping, the war has at least delayed these benefits. Whatever criticism may be made on the Management of Individual rail roads, punishment should be -visited on the guilty Individuals, not on the roads they have mismanaged, much less on railroads in general. By pun ishing the railroads, the community would really be punishing Itself, for the prosperity of the railroads Is In extricably bound up with that of all the people they serve. Mr. Wilson holds this to be so self-evident as hardly to need statement. He says: I cannot say that I entertain any Veep anxiety about the matter, except, of course, the general anxiety caused by tha unpre cedented situation of the money markets of the w;rld: because the interest of the pro ducer.' the shipper, the merchant, the in vestor, the financier and the whole public in the Droner maintenance and complete efficiency of the railways is too manifest. They are Indispensable to our whole eco nomic life, and railway securities are at the very heart of most investments, large ana small, nubile and private, by flndivlduals .and Institutions. In these times we all need to recog nize the facts the President here states, and to act upon them. Just as all parties in the belligerent nations have forgotten their differences and closed ranks to face the common en emy, so should the American people close ranks in defense of every legiti mate American business concern, post poning amendment of their defects until the crisis Is past. MAKING A RECORD. As an abstract proposition, nobody will dispute the assertion of Dr. C. J. Smith "that state business can be transacted like private business." As a journalistic admirer says, it is abso lutely sound. But what is more im portant is the question, will It be so transacted If Dr. Smith is elected Governor? During the period Dr. Smith sat in the State Legislature his efforts were not directed along that line. Looking back over that period, he now ad mires the veto record of Governor Chamberlain. Dr. Smith helped make that record possible. He aided in passing most of the appropriation bills that Governor Chamberlain vetoed. If the bills had not been passed, ob viously Governor Chamberlain would have had no veto record. Dr. Smith now promises to emulate the record of Governor West a rec ord which bristles with superficial economies and is studded with actual extravagances. It Is not like private business to veto appropriations be cause of pique toward Individuals. That Is the West veto method. A DANGEROUS MEASURE. The Orearonlan has heretofore point ed out the dangers attending an at tempt to legislate for one locality oy the passage of laws that are state wide In scope. That that danger ex ists In the water-front amendment on the November ballot is emphasized In a new way In the article by Mr. J. W. Bennett reprinted today from the Marshfleld Record. The amendment is primarily ln (onrip.i tn menver absolute and com plete title for the state to certain sub merged lands in Portland harbor. These lands are now subject to munl einAi roinilatlon in the interests of commerce and navigation. But the promoters or the amendment, were nut content with seeking municipal regu lation. They have asked for a state wide enactment, which Mr. Bennett now avers will Imperil the lumber ln ustrir arhprever mills use tide or sub merged lands for booming purposes. While, as heretofore suggested Dy The Oregonlon, the amendment can not be retroactive, the observation by the Supreme Court In the case instituted by the Portland Dock Commission that the state has the power to regulate use of tide lands raises the question whether the amendment is not a regulation that would prohibit the use of tide lands for booming purposes even wnere toe state had actually conveyed title. In any event Its adoption would ....... new minim?- noe.rations on tide water. Lumbering Is one of our most Important Industries. Its development should not be threatened nor existing investments therein made uncertain. HINTS ON ETIQUETTE. Florence Howe Hall Has written a book which she names "Good Form for All Occasions." The Harpers pub lish It. There are some situations which we have never seen treated In a work of this kind and we hope Miss Hall has tackled them openly ano courageously. If she has, her work will be of monumental value. h fnr piamDle. is a question which no writer on etiquette has rtnT-.rt to answer. "What Is It proper for a man to say and do when he hoe si1nnrl on the rug at the draw ing-room door and fallen headlong?" Unless adequately met, such a situa tion contains embarrassing possibili ties both to the sprawling guest and t hi hostess Ta she expected to call the butler to help him up or should she Ignore his plight until he has re sumed a vertical position by his own energies? a train what Is the proper rormuta to employ when one has kicked the hostess' poodle dog thinking it was her baby? If it had been her baby tha iHcir would not have mattered. "Very likely she would have been se- .rotiv if not nnenlv grateful. But tne dog is another affair. Some apology is obviously necessary. How can It best be worded? WAR AND LITERATURE. Th American book business Is like ly to be benefited by the European war. British publishers. It IS sam, are not planning to put ut many new wcrka lust at present and English authors may be driven to seek new connections In this country. That will make business good for the firms which they hapen to favor, or. which happen to favor them, because people will still want to read, no matter how desolating the ravages of war may be. -v- trtuht thp Turorjean contest will stimulate a demand for books of travel and history and there is no rea son why American authors should not produce them. With both the domes tic and the English market demand i their wares our Doets. novelists and more "solid" authors ought to experience great prosperity lor m next year or two. There may be a rmi "hnnm" In literature upon our shores. The relation between de mand and supply is not quite so od inim in nnetrv. Derhaps. as it Is In the beef and wool markets, but still it exists. It is undeniable that a de mand for good verse stimulates a sup ply. When poetry Is popular it will be produced. In this connection it is pleasant to i-omomhor th.tt reallv (treat poetry. with some notable exceptions such as Milton's and Dante s, has always Deen ,hJa for the neonle and not for a chosen few. It may not be extrava gant to hope, thererore, in view oi these considerations, that an Increased oomnnd for literature in the United States may not merely increase the supply, but improve its quality. One consequence or tne war may possiuu h on American hegemony In letters and If the Impending famine In tenors and sopranos should cause us to ap nrclt. our domestic singers and compose operas of our own we may find ourselves n the way to genuine artistic independence before we are aware of what la happening. OCCULT WEATHER MAKERS. The earth'3 inhabitants see a good deal of space as they fly round the sun, but there is also a good deal which they never see. Those who live in the northern hemisphere are cut off from the southern sky by the earth's globe which lies under them. The south erners, for their part, know nothing of our northern sky with its Dipper and Polaris, though they have beau tiful constellations of their own. The earth Itself does not venture upon any excursions through un knownregions of space. It stays al ways in a single perfectly flat and In variable plane which astronomers call the Plane of the Ecfiptic. We can look across this plane in every direc tion as we are carried round In the daily rotation of our planet and we can look upward from its surface, but there our explorations must end. Everything else is cut off by the mass of our terrestrial abode. The conse quences are that we know by positive experience' very little about the con tents of space. Outside of the flat durfaee where we pass our existence it may be full of the most wonderful objects. Such objects would escape our knowledge entirely if they emitted no light, since we never can by any pos sibility approach them. Of course the chances of a collision between the earth and wandering bodies are great ly diminished by the perfeotly regular course of our annual voyage. A va grant star would have to be erratic Indeed to come into our path and ac tually strike us. Halley's comet passed excitingly near us in 1910, but, as far as anybody knows, it did no harm. Besides the unknown objects which no doubt bestrew the unexplored re gions of extra-ecliptical space, there are also, according to the French as tronomer Meunler, masses of invisible gas scattered here and there In our own system. They lie about in the plane of the ecliptic without any par ticular purpose and occasionally the earth passes through one of them. Happily no gaseous cloud that we have yet encountered has been com bustible. If we had met any such our various hearths and furnaces would certainly have set fire to it and there would have been a grand confla gration. But many gases which are non combustible are active in other ways. M. Meunler believes that they can and do modify our climate as we sail through them. They probably affect the health of the world and Influence the growth, of crops nore or less. Who knows but the moon Is accompanied by a mass of gas of this nature? At new moon its properties may be neu tralized by the light of the sun, while In the darkness of our satellite they may be particularly active. This fact, if It is a fact, may account for the common belief that the moon affects animals and plants. There are Intel ligent farmers who sow and cultivate by the moon and they may not be so unwise as some have supposed. Their only blunder seems to consist In as cribing to the moon itself activities which very possibly emanate from Its attendant envelope of gas. UNITED STATES FINANCIALLY STRONG. Arrangements now being made by the New York bankers to meet ob ligations of this country in Europe and to reopen the exchange for sale of bonds are a proof of the financial strength of the United States and of thia ertimtrv'fl ahilltv to bear the strain put upon the finances of the world by the war. Since the credit of thin conntrv and of its business concerns Is unimpaired by war, it is believed that tne payment, oi a urai installment on these obligations In gold and the readiness of the bankers to pay the balance in that form will Inspire such confidence in Europe that no further demand for gold will be made. Had peace continued, gold would have been coming to the United States from Europe In payment for our crops instead of going from this coun try to Europe. The flow has been reversed by the necessary realization on all obligations of this country to Europe In order to get gold. Against the crop shipments Europe is likely to establish a credit in this country by selling American securities in this market, which Is the only one of Im portance remaining open. But our grain has been so enhanced In price by the war that Europe must' pay us more for It than would have been the case In peace times. Our credit to offset-the price to be paid for securi- .mtiQA hv Piirntift will thus be Ulll"uvu jj - - ' Increased. The rush byEurope to sell our securities at the outDreaK oi war caused the closing of the New York Stock Exchange lest a panic follow the consequent fall in prices. Since that time the prospect that, on re sumption of business, stocks and bonds will be offered far below their value has created a quiet demand for securities In this country. This will become evident on the reopening of the exchange and will tend to stiffen prices somewhat, though probably not enough to prevent many "snaps" from being picked up. The natural result will be that, while Europe pays a premium for our grain, we shall buy back our securities at a discount on the prices at which they were sold, thus reducing mate rially the total amount of credit Eu rope" will establish. Much American capital will thus be absorbed in secur ity purchases, and the amount of liquid capital will be reduced, but we shall probably cease to be a debtor Nation and shall thereafter draw in gold a much larger proportion of the payment for our excess of exports over Imports, against which Interest and dividends on American securities held In Europe have hitherto been an offset. The opening of Federal reserve banks, which is now promised before October 1, holds out a prospect that this country will be even better forti fied than now to stand whatever drain of gold results from the above opera tions. There Is a sound basis for the New York bankers' belief that, when Europe finds them willing to pay gold, it will cease to demand gold. The credit of the United States and of American business Is not merely unimpaired but is strengthened by the war. Thus we need only demon strate our readiness to pay gold In order to make our promises to pay as good as gold In Europe's eyes. On the other hand, the credit of every Im portant European nation is so shaken by doubt as to the outcome of the war and as to Its ability to meet the enor mous cost of war that its promises to pay are at a discount and only gold Is acceptable. Thus our asset curren cy will be accepted at Its face, while Europe's paper money may have to stand a discount. As the upbuilding of the American merchant marine under the new ship ping law progresses, a larger propor tion of the ocean freight money which has hitherto been paid to foreigners will be kept at home. At the same time our exports will Increase by rea son of Europe's preoccupation with war, the diversion of Its ships to mili tary purposes, the necessity that South America buy from us those commo dities which Europe has ceased to supply, and the work done by our ships in promoting our commerce. This cause will start a flow of gold from a new quarter to help make good whatever payments we make to Europe. Each group of warring nations be ing determined to fight until the other is decisively beaten, the prospect is that the close of the war will find nearly all Europe In a state of finan cial and Industrial prostration, while it will find the United States with credit improved, Industry active, mer chant marine restored and commerce vastly expanded. Wise statesmanship on the part of our rulers and ener getic but sagacious pushing of trade on the part of our business men at this crisis may transfer the financial supremacy of the world to the United States and may make this country the source on which Europe will draw for money to repair the devastation of war. The cause for wonderment about the action of the British fleet in mak ing a clean sweep of the North Sea is not that It was made at all, but that it was not made sooner. The only possible explanation of the inaction of the British navy while German cruis ers sowed mines Is that the warships were occupied in conveying transports loaded with troops. With the main German fleet cooped up at Kiel and Wllhelmshaven and with a vast super iority on the side of Great BSitain, it is surprising that the North Sea was not sooner cleared of hostile vessels. The picture given by a Danish writer of the desolation wrought In Germany gives a vivid realization of the horrors of war. The suffering, sorrow and industrial paralysis he de picts exist in a country of which only a small corner has yet been the scene of hostilities. How much greater must they be in Belgium, Poland, Ga licia and Northeastern France, where millions have fought, where whole towns have been destroyed and where families have been separated. The mystic sympathy between man and nature is wonderfully exemplified by the conduct of Mount Lassen. While the European war was brewing the mountain indicated its internal disturbance by repeated eruptions. As the war grows more violent the vol cano becomes more active. There is no likelihood that it will return to quiescence until peace Is established in Europe. It seems superfluous for the Turk to take the trouble to tear up the treaties vhich happen to oppose his present bellicose feelings. He might ust as well continue his habitual be havior, which is to Ignore any treaties that he does not care to observe. Tur key has probably the poorest memory for international obligations to be found In Europe. c Tobacco Is a product of the strong hold of Democracy and will not have an additional tax if the House ways and means committee's plan is adopt ed. The bulk of the wine, beer and freight business of the country is of the North. There is politics in every thing. The Butte barber who refused to cut a militiaman's hair will have a wholesome respect but no love for Major Donohue, who sent him to Jail for sixty days. " Never a war is fought wherein one combatant does not accuse the other of using dumdum bullets. We know how to classify such stories in politi cal campaigns. Whije subscribing to Red Cross funds for relief of sufferers by the war, do not forget the Visiting Nurse Association, which relieves suffering at home. The British censorship has been somewhat relaxed. Censorship has such grave disadvantages that a gen eral modification la Inevitable. Carranza has ordered the destruc tion of Mexican pulque. That's strik ing at the very heart of the revolu tion industry. Italian reserve of the 1882 classes are being held ready for mobilization. Rather an ancient vintage for war. The most needy of sympathy are the 20,000 Canadian troops detained at the mouth of the St Lawrence. Evidently the war censorship has reached Coos Bay since the last great naval battle was fought there. Greece appears to be able to keep out of it since acquiring those two big American fighting ships. An indication of how It is going is given in removal of British censor ship of war news. Easy victories of Russians over Austrians suggest disaffection in the Austrian ranlcs Wouldn't it be a serious Joke if the two Bostons had to play the world "serious" ? Junction City is mobilizing the pumpkins for her show next week. What has become of the hostile craft on the Pacific Coast? John Fleming Wilson finds pros perity has its tribulations. We are going to have to pay well for our war thrills. This is the weather that makes Ore gon famous. Austria's move for peace is referred to Servla. "Muckle" McDonald has been tagged. Oregon has Its Autumn sky once more. A ' : c t r ! a is beating on the rocks. Pity the German women. r Stan and Starmaker BY LEONE COM BAKB- W ALTER GILBERT says that there are a lot of good surgeons in the German army, but as yet he has heard no noise of their having cut off the allies' retreaL Madame Calllaux Is running a con somme kitchen in Normandy, says a headline. Out ot the soup Into the soup. "Doll" in Salem writes to ask if "H Fell In Love With His Wife" Is a com edy? No. Doll, It Is an Impossibility. Juliette Dika is to be featured with Fletcher Norton and Maude Earle in their vaudeville offering. "The Last Tango." Mr. Norton Is best known to fame as the danoer who was Valeska Suratt's husband for about an hour. She had a fit of pique at her reg'lar gentleman friend and grabbing Fletch er out of the chorus one morning she hastened with him to a minister and was wed. That afternoon she and the reg'lar made up and Fletcher was di vorced as soon as the law could ar range it. Martin Beck has gathered in Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Crane, of San Fran cisco, who have been dancing all Sum mer on the New York Theater roof. They will begin a 80-week tour ot the Orpheum circuit late next month. a Raymond Hitchcock played In his home town, Auburn, N. Y., one night last week and made himself solid with his fellow townsmen and patrons by recalling happily the days when he was a bootblack In the barber shop under the town clock. It is only the top o' the ladder aotors or others who feel safe in referring to the obscure boot blacking early days. . ess Five thousand actresses threaten to parade New York's streets in what they are pleased to term "a silent pro test of the European war." Silent act resses! It ean't be done. s e A quartet of old Baker players, not old in years but old in affection, will be with the Eastern company of "Help Wanted." Franklyn Underwood and his wife, Frances Sloason, are two. al though really they are one. and Alice Patek and George Alison are the oth ers. Miss Patek spent a short vacation in her home at Denver, where Mary Edgett Baker and she enjoyed several spells of reminiscing. Speaking of Mary Edgett Baker, that young actress has learned so many of the newest dance steps that she seri ously considered accepting an offer made her to exploit It In vaudeville. Her teacher was a native born BuenoB Ayres dancer and the list of steps that Mary knows sounds' like calling otr stations from here to Ottumwa, Ioway. Raymond Wells and his wife, profes sionally known as Grace Lord, are with the Huntington Stock Company at the Shubert Theater In Minneapolis. James Hester Is going out with one of the "Potash and Perlmutter" com panies. Another Baker player, Louis Leon Hall, is managing his own stock com pany in Roanoke, Va., with Dorothy Hall, Mrs. L. L Hall, featured. The company opens today. Nancy Duncan is going to Join a stock company in Seattle. s That gay little bromide Dame Rumor is busy with the names of Edward C. Woodruff and Ruth Blgelow. Accord ing to messages they either are mar ried or are to be soon. Mr. Woodruff is leading man with a Des Moines stock company, the same one by the way where Fay Bainter Is leading woman. Miss Blgelow, who sung professlonally last year In Portland, is visiting her mother In an Iowa city near Des Moines. Al Woods, theatrical producing man ager In New York, has contracted to take all of Wlllaf'd Mack's playB for the next two years. His sketch, "Kick In," is going to be sketched out Into a life-size play. One of the "Peg o' my Heart" com panies is going Into New York, where Laurette Taylor remained so long a favorite In the play. Lois Meredith, a San Francisco actress, will have the title role. Peggy O'Neill remains with the Ch!cag6 company. Fritzl Scheff is to star In Oliver Morosco's musical comedy "Pretty Mrs. Smith," in which Kitty Gordon created the name part last year in Los An geles. After Kitty played Portland her, company stranded and the statuesque Kitty, sister-in-law to Lord Decies. ac cepted a place on the Morosco force. Charlotte Greenwood, of vaudeville fame, will appear In support of Fritzl, the Incomparable. Jacob Wllk, who is now in charge of the publicity work of the World Film Corporation, Is a graduate of the Will iam A. Brady staff. A few weeks ago he was In Portland on a honeymoon. For the past five years Mr. Wllk nan been with the famous producer acting as business manager and representa tive and as such frequently reaches Portland. During the Summer Mr. Wllk has managed stock companies In Du luth and Denver. Lillian Kemble Cooper, who numbers Sarah Siddons, Fanny Kemble and John Phillip Kemble In the liBt of ancestors, and Is a daughter of Frank Kemble Cooper and a niece or Cooper Clirfe, is to be a Morosco star. Ir ancestors really can help in attaining success Lillian should be one or the elect. She is only 19, so she may overcome such a handicap. "Lady Eileen." the comedy that was the prize winner in the Mo rosco play contest, is to introduce Lil lian Cooper 8he Is rehearsing with the company now in Los Angeles, where the play will have its premiere at the Bur bank Theater. In mid-October "Lady Eileen" moves to New York. Geraldlne Bonner and Hucheson Boyd are its authors. Among the first to enlist for police duty in London after the call for 30.000 volunteers was Dallas Anderson, Iden tified with dramatic work In this coun try Mr. Anderson plans to return to the United States, but in the mean while will do patrol duty. Sir Herbert Tree, Cyril Maude and a host of other prominent actors have also enlisted. Half a Century Ago From Th Oregonlan. September IS. 186. "Long John" Wentworth, of Chicago. ex-Mayor of that city and ex-member of Congress, has taken the stump in Illinois for Lincoln and Johnson. At the school meeting Friday even ing, it was voted to raise a tax of 1 mill on the dollar for school purposea The Board of Directors were author ized to arrange for the building of two new schoolhouses. Judge McCoy left yesterday for the capital, having taken the Senatorial mania. O. W. Ballard has succeeded J. M. Doherty on route No. 1 ot The Morning Oregonlan. Our fellow townsman, Hiram Smith, completed another successful Journey from the States overland Saturday night. He always brings with him a train of settlers. W. D. Carter, a printer, is raising some choice plum, his specimens of Coe's Golden Drop measuring TH Inches In circumference. The telegraph office of this city was removed to Arrlgoni's Hotel Saturday last. Frank Kenyon, editor and proprietor of the Golden Age of Idaho, has been appointed by Governor Lyon census marshal of Idaho. Boise The Idaho Democratic central committee have nominated Edward Nugent Prosecuting Attorney, vice J. C. Haskell, absent from tha territory. New York George B. McClellan ac cepts the Chicago nomination. Mct'lel lan's speech shows he remains a war Democrat. Let It ho recorded that on June 16. 18(4, tbe Mississippi River at Kleths burg. 111., was waded by C. J. Simpson, a man Ave feat 11 Inches In height, m Washington It Is rumored here that Mobile has fallen. MCASUHE THREATENS LUMBERING Waterfront Amendment Would Pnt Tldelaud Mills Out ot Iruslne. J. W. Bennett In Mershfteld Record. Some time ago I called the attention of the Record to the Initiative petition for the amendment of the constitution of the State of Oregon proposed by Senator Mulkey and 0. 8. Jackson, of the Journal, and endeavored to point out that the amendment was far broader in Its scope than was antici pated by th. gentlemen who proposed It, and called attention In that article to the efftsci. It would have upon the tldelands and the beds of the rivers at bank-full stage, and also the effect It would have upon all navlgahle waters, including lakes, at bank-full stage, but now. In discussing It with A H. Powers, manager of the Bmlth Powers Logging Company, operating In this county, he pointed out to me that the section referred to had such a broad meaning as to affect every mill and logging company In the state, and to make tie proposition clear, we again copy the tlrst two lines of the amend ment: Section 8a. The beds of the navigable waters or the State of Orecon at hank-full stage are hereby declared subject to public use for wat-,r commerce, navigation und improvements In aid thereof. And it also provides as rollows: The State's title thereto Is In trust for the benefit of the people and is hereby declared to be perpei-.ial and forever inalienable. Every mill company In the state Is compelled to construct a boom ror hold ing logs in front of the tldeland which ft has purchased from the state, and ad joining its mill, which frequently runs out to the harbor line, so as to hold the logs to enable thi mill to operate, and every logging company In the state Is compelled to put In boomi for storage of logs, which embrace not only the tldelands to low-water mark, but the bed of the river In front to the harbor line, so that when the fresh ets come in the Winter time the logs can be run In and stored In these Im mense booms, and there Is no provi sion In the constitutional amendment to protect these Improvements to the owner, if the constitutional amendment should be upheld by the courts to be constitutional. The Smith-Powers Logging Company have $30,0(0 Invested In one boom alone, which is used almost exclusively to catch logs which come down on freshets from many mlleR above tide water, and which can only be floated during a freshet In the Winter time. If this amendment goes Into effect, not only the mill booms, which hold logs for the sswmllls. hut every log- V, . I. lib-- ,n.. Qmlth. It. i . . ... . ., . u ' " " .... Powers booms In this county, will be1 virtually conriscated, without any compensation whatsoever, and the mill Industry, which Is of great Importance ! to the lumbering manufactories at the1 present time would be taken from the owner, as provided In the amendment. This condition or this confiscation is not affecte&r by the controversy as to what the wording, "bank-full stage" means, because there Is no question but that the water between ordinary low water mark and the harbor line Is not afrected by whether at "bank-full stage" meann at ordinary low-water mark, or by the language used means. In all of the lakes where logging Is done they are compelled to boom out at certain, places to hold l"g bo they won't float all over the lakes, and If the booms on tide water are confiscat ed, as the amendment provides, with out any provision for the protection of existing rights In such boom privi leges, then it would be useless to log above tide-water, an the rreshetH will take every log to sea unless they are caught In suitable booms erected In suitable places between the harbor line and high-water maVk, and this Is usually done on tide-water, so that If the boom could not be constructed be yond low-water mark, there would be no place where logs could be stored at low water, as the flats would ther be bare and the logs would bave to go to sea.' The mill and logging Interests of the state do not seem to have considered the efrect this will have upon their property, and do not seem to have realized that there Ib nothing In the act to protect existing boom privileged heretofore erected upon and In front of tldelands purchased from the statu by the mill companies and the logging companies, which Is essential to suc cessfully continuing the manufacture of lumber. Take from Coob Bay,, for Instance, the lmmenae lumber manufactories of the C A. Smith mills, with their large holdings of timber lands, and alao tho other lumber manufactories on Coo Bay and the Coqullle River In tht county, without theae boom privilege which they are now using, and the principal Industry of this county, where thousands of men are employee, would be virtually put out of business, and the same will undoubtedly affect all the sections of the atafe where log ging Is being done. Can the mill and timber owners, and their employes and the communities benefited thereby, afford to let this constitutional amend ment go unattended to. even though the extraordinary terms used in the amendment, at bank-full stage and in cluding all navigable waters be con fined to tide-lands in tide-waters, as some of those upholding the amend ment contend that It means? Election Contest Returns. Exchange. As a rule, an election contest pays the poorest wsges for the work In volved. Kindness That I Mistaken. Exchange. If you are kind to ome people they will ask to borrow your tooth brush. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oragonlan September 10, 1SS. ElUnaburg, Wash. The Democrat! convantlon hall la placarded with signs, as follows: "Washington Territory was acquired under a Democratic Administration In 1840." "Washington Territory was organ ised under a Democratic Administra tion In 188." "Washington was admitted Into th Union as a state In 1888 under a Dem ocratic Administration." The hopeful legend that followed reads: "The Stat of Washington should b governed by a Democratic Administra tion." The Democratic candidate choaan follow: For CXongreaaman. G. C. Griffith, of Spokane; Governor. Eugn Semple, of Pierce; Lieutenant-Governor. I. H. Platter, of Whitman: Secretary of Stat. W. H. Whlttelscy, of Jnerson: Treasurer, M. Kaufman, of P1rc; Au ditor, J. M. Murphy, of Thurston. Attor-ny-GnrJ. H. J. Snlvdey, of Yakima: Superintendent Instruction, J. H. Mor gan, of Kittitas: for Commissioner of Public Lands. M. Z. Good!!, of Che halls: Supreme Court, W. 1L Whit, of King: B. L. 8harpiln. of Walla Walla. J. B. Ravs. of Yakima; John P. Jud son, of Pierce, and Frank Granahl. of Spokan. CentraUa Heroic work of th (Ire men saved Centralis front being de stroyed by fir today at 8 A, M. Omaha The latest thing In aartal navigation Is to b tried her tomor row. Auruatu Albright I to b taken up about 800 feet and than dropped. He claim that by a contrivance attached to his ft he oan walk on th air, -cend or dcnd as he pleas. H has been working on It for two years. Washington Democrats of Boston, who r her, say that th announced candidacy for Congress of John L Sul livan may not prov a laughing matter. New York Assistant Manager 8. G. Shaughnassy, of th Canadian Paclflc Rallroad, ha ban appointed assistant president. George K Moore, a lettroarrlr. lost a pockatbook containing 181. It was returned to him by a clerk, In th O. R. A N. Company, whoa nam has ben kept secret through modesty. Th alectrtc motor lln on Second street will b ot slngU track. Vancouver. Wash John L. Wilson. Republican nomine for Cnngr, will apeak here tomorrow. The Chrletmas term of 8L Helen a Hall begins tomorrow. Th confreno of Prohibitionists, patrons of husbandry, union iaborlte and Knights of Labor will b hld In Read's Opra-Houae, Salem. Saturday. Miss Bdlth Cook, elocutionist, of Oakland, Cal.. Is vlaltlng frlnda In thl city. Mrs. G. W. Bird, wif of th traveling at-dltor of th Northern Pacific, left for St. Paul, Minn., yesterday. Davo Campbell, of Portland, ha been matched to fight Con Rlordan In San Franclaco. Bonding Art for Chauffear. PORTLAND, Sept. 10 (To the Edi tor.) In the approaohlng session of th Legislature, aom of th msmbers will hav a splendid opportunity to distinguish themselves by securing the enactment of a law requiring all ap plicants for license for the operation of motorcycles and automobile flrt to give an approval bond to Insure the payment of all damage arising out of their negligence. In my opinion this would act as a deterrent In the maim ing and killing of so many Individuals. CHARLES J. 8CHNABEL Sunday Features: War Pictures War Features Latest phases of the European clash are shown in striking photos specially selected from the hun dreds received by The Oregonian from the front. Many pages of il lustrated special articles deal with important phases of the fight. 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