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Newspaper Page TextTTTT3 MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914. PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Foatofflc a Second-claw matter. Subscription itatea invariably In Advance. (By Mail) ( Sally. Sunday Included, one year ..fS.OO laily. Sunday Included, mix. moauu 4.25 Xlaily. Sunday Included, tnree months ... Xaily. Sunday included, one month -3 Daily, witbout Sunday, one year MW lally, without Sunday, aix months Xally, without Sunday, three months Daily, without Sunday, one month ...... .fc'i Weekly, one year 1.50 Sunday, one year 1.60 Sunday and Weekly, one year, .......... (Bj Carrier) Dally. Sunday included, one year ...... .f.OO Zally. Sunday Included, one month . . . .75 How to Remit Send Poaioffice money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give poatoffice address In full. Including; county and at&te. Postage Rates 13 to 16 paces, 1 cent; It) to 82 pages, 2 cents; 84 to 48 pages, 3 cents; CO to tK pages, 4 cents; 63 to TO pages, b cents; 78 to 2 pages, o cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Eastern Business Offices Verree Conk lln, iiew York. Brunswick building. Chi cago, Stenger building. Baa Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. f43 Market street. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. IS. 1814. THE DAY OF RECXOXTN'G. Here now we axe to have a. war tax, with no war. Tha emergency that confronts the American people Is due In. no way to any act by them; but not so much can be said for Congress. If Congress had observed the pledges of economy and retrench ment upon which it was elected, the war tax would not be necessary. But Congress at this session has made appropriations of all kinds approxi mating 1.100,000,000 the largest in history and the end la not yet. The ordinary expenses of government for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1914, were $17,000,000 greater than in any previous year. The people are to be penalized for the extravagance of Congress. The spoilsmen must be fed. The spenders are running the country. They have performed no single Important act that could, by the most liberal con struction, be said to be designed to save money. It Is a wastrel Congress. When the people of the United States find themselves pinched here and there, in their industrial activi ties. In their pastimes, and in their business, by an exacting Government, to pay taxes that by ordinary pru dence could (well have been avoided, they will realize more keenly than ever what 'Democratic Inefficiency Is doing for them. FIGHTING SHOTJXDER TO SHOULDER. French and Germans are now In terlocked in a struggle for the upper hand in the first phase of a new cam paign. The German aim is again to work into position to assume the of fensive and drive the allies back on Paris. The French aim Is to expel the invaders from France. Upon the outcome will depend the character of the campaign in France for some weeks to come. It is noted that the battle line has been shortened by half. The area of combat no longer extends from the English channel to Switzerland, al though heavy patrols move through out this area engaging In frequent minor clashes. It is probable that the Germans have drawn in their lines so as to reinforce their firing line where the main issue is being waged and make It no longer neces sary for men to fight beyond the lim its of endurance. Skirmish lines can be replaced by supports and supports by reserves in the night where the battle is continuous and troops are available in sufficient force. The present main battle limits are described as extending from Noyon, north and east of Paris, to Verdun, a line that runs nearly east and west. Noyon is some fifty-five miles from Paris; Verdun nearly twice that dis tance. Paris lying at the apex of the triangle formed by drawing a line from Paris to Noyon, thence to Ver dun, thence back to Paris. The right of the German line is held by Von Kluck with the army that fled pre cipitately from before Paris, the cen ter by Von Buelow and the left by the German Crown Prince. These distributions are reported as the fruits of French reconnoissance and are not verified from Berlin. The French distributions are not disclosed from Paris in any greater detail than that the French army Is engaging the enemy all along the line. At this stage the important point Is, which side will be able to maintain the offensive. First the Germans were the aggressors, then the French. Now the two armies battle for that covet ed military advantage. Paris Is not now the immediate issue. Nor Is Ger. mad expulsion. It is plainly a mat ter of which army can hold. Their struggle resembles that of two foot ball teams alternately bucking the line and just now the French appear to have the ball, . while the Germans Struggle to hold their entrenched po sltlons. If they succeed, then their object will be to advance their lines. If they fail they will have to retire to a second line. Doubtless a second en trenched position has been prepared for this emergency and It is probable that the French have prepared exten sive earthworks in the rear of their present position in event they must give away. In this type of warfare the Ger- mans have one advantage in the mat ter of field equipment. Each com pany of German infantry carries with It 100 entrenching spades. The French Infantry company provides but six. When it comes to burrowing the Germans are able to throw up a line of shallow trenches In short order, while the French process is slower and more laborious. The campaign In Lorraine, whil an extension of this main battle, really does not bear greatly on the fighting between Noyon and Verdun In Lorraine the problem is similar; troops fighting from entrenched posi tions, each seeking to advance its line, The whole situation Is now one of one army at the throat of another army, with the numbers fairly equal and conditions seeming to favor neither side in any great measure, During the past few days the strate gists apparently have been out of the game while the tacticians were at the throttle. Frontal attacks and counter attacks have consumed the troops in what Is the most deadly sort of war; fare. There have been hints of great enveloping movements on the flanks of both armies, but no such envelop ment has developed. Perhaps th commanders on both sides are con tent to stand fighting toe-to-toe, each Intent on battering the other down by main strength and aggressiveness. The New York Times prints a full page cartoon showing a amine on his way toward Central Europe. It Is real question, how Germany Is to be fed with Russian supplies cut off and all her ports practically closed. Usually Prussian harvests are reaped by bands of laborers from Russian Poland. This year they are other wise employed. Who will do their work? THE NEW DISPENSATION. The following outright appeal to re-elect Senator Chamberlain because he is a Democrat comes from the Medford Mail-Tribune, which belongs to the hypocritical tribe of pseudo independent Oregon Journals which In 1908 supported Mr. Chamberlain on the high ground of non-partisanship:, The National Administration Is Demo cratic so Is Chamberlain. Therefore, he Is in oetter position to do things than any member of any other party would he. Tempora mutantur, et noa muta minl in 11113; which being freely translated means that a candidate in entitled to say and do any old thing any old time to get away with the persimmons. It is the cardinal rule of the Chamberlain strategy. When Chamberlain was a candidate for Governor, he was profoundly of conviction that the eternal balances could best be preserved by a Republi can Legislature and a Democratic Governor. When Chamberlain was & candidate for Senator, he raised his pious eyes to heaven in holy horror and wept salty tears at the very suggestion of partisanship, and was a Roosevelt Democrat, and believed in the assem bly, and preached also that Oregon could best be represented In Washing ton by one Republican Senator and one Democratic Senator. Our George's sole political platform la to believe in the popular thing at the right time. He strives to please. THE S4O.0OO.000 ROAD NIGHTMARE. Governor West Is now traveling through the Willamette Valley, telling audiences, which an enthusiastic and not too discriminating press agent describes as "packed," how he saved the state hundreds of thousands of dollars by circumventing the criminal purposes of the wicked Legislature. The remarks of the Governor may be classified as Interesting if . true. The harassed taxpayer just now, how ever, is unable to see, when he looks at his depleted pocketbook, where anybody has saved him anything un der the beneficent reign of the Ore gon Democratic .ring. The Governor's explanations of his great economies are good reading as far as they go, but they should go farther. Let him review the history, for example, of his philanthropic ef fort to saddle the state with a $20, 000,000 bonded debt, for road pur poses, and the counties with $20,000, 000 more $40,000,000 in all. That astounding proposal gives a fair meas ure of the Governor's ideas of sound finance. Since the Governor has introduced The Oregonian into his lectures, and has created out of his own radiant fancy a purely apocryphal story about a threat by this paper to with draw its support from Mr. Withy- combe, it might be well for the Gov ernor to describe the part played by The Oregonian in defeating his $40,- 00,000 road dream. A BIIX FOR PERSONAI. RETENGE. The Oregonian is heartily in favor of consolidating state departments of government wherever they overlap In their functions or whenever economy can be thereby secured without im pairing necessary governmental ac tivities. It is confident that the state government is unnecessarily cumber some and for that reason extravagant, but it is not prepared to offer a defi nite and detailed plan of reform. Much less is it willing to countenance the adoption of an initiative measure which purports to seek economy, but which is drawn without care or un derstanding of conditions and bears the imprint of personal pique. " Initiative bill No. 338-339, to con solidate the corporation and insur ance departments of the state, has an unsavory record. Its under-cover promoter is H. D. Wagnon, vice-president of a mutual fire Insurance com pany which has been denied a permit by the State Corporation Department to sell $100,000 of bonds. The per mlt was refused-on the ground that the total liabilities of the company were $344.28 In excess of its admitted assets. The decision of the Corpora tion Commissioner, according to his statement, was followed by a direct threat by Mr. Wagnon that he would have a bill drafted to abolish the Cor poration Commissioner's office. That such was the Incentive for initiating the measure Is charged in the nega tive argument in the official pam phlet. The charge has not been denied. - In such appeals to the voters are contained the elements that constitute prostitution of the Initiative and legls latlve blackmail. The inspiration for the measure and the haphazard man ner in which it Is drawn are suffi cient ground for its defeat. It is plainly apparent that the state gov ernment Is so complex and withal so Important that there is but one prac tical way to accomplish needed re forms therein. That way lies in the path of duty of the Legislature, which might well delegate the matter of pre llminary investigation to a committee of competent business men. The voter has neither the time nor the oppor tunity to inform himself ' on the subject. Vote 339 No. PARIS REIGNS. Paris is still Queen of the fashions Her reign is disturbed and threatened with perils dire, but it is still un broken. The Fall styles will come from Paris this year just as they have for the last century or two. Of course we mean women s fashions. Men's depend perhaps .more, upon London thanv Paris. But happily both those centers of sartorial beauty have thus far escaped the ravages of Bellona and will Issue their decrees with all the authority they ever had. Women's coats will be long this Fall, skirts will be wide with side pleats, hats will be flat and sleeves long. Thus runs the law of the Medes and Persians, which, we make bold to predict, few persons will be courageous enough to disobey Upon the whole it is a righteous at tire, pleasant to the eyes and morally unimpeachable. A woman in a long coat looks comfortable even if her beauty is a little obscured by Its folds, The wide skirts offer an agreeable relaxation from the spectacle of tight garments which reduce ambulation to a ducklike waddle. In her best estate woman moves about with an angelic glide. But in the tight skirt of the last season or two gliding has beet out ot the question. A waddle punc tuated with hops was all that be achieved. The side pleats which we are prom ised may possibly be as refreshing as the wide skirt. We suppose they are Inserted to accommodate women of expansive physique. In emergencies when great and unusual exertion is required of them they can rip out the pleats with a hairpin and give them selves more room to exercise In. Freedom in dress as in manners is to be the watchword of the coming season. We hope to goodness there will be no corresponding relaxation of morals. Progress In that direction has already gone about as far as one could really desire. The flat hats will be a decided blesslnsr to men. if not to women. Or they would be a blessing if they were free from elevated appendages. Noth ing is said by our informant about nlumes. DOmoons and aigrettes, but we suspect that they will appear in enormous altitudes. rendering the flatness of the hat a mere sham A NEW TOY TOYV-N. The town of Winchendon in Mas sachusetts seems likely to fall heir to the great Industry which Nuremberg Irf Germany has practised for many generations. Toys were the charming product of the old German city before the war. Now so many of its men folk have gone to the front that the shops have stopped work. Winchen don has already taken up the tools which Nuremberg was obliged to drop for sruna and knaosacks. It is situ ated romantically in the shadow - of Mount Monadnock, as a city should be which aspires to, delight the imag inations of the little ones. Winchendon, which has always had a pretty knack of making toys, is now preparing to do great things along that line. It is enlarging its mills. putting in new machinery and taking on fresh bands of workmen. To meet the urgent demand which is expected in a few weeks the workday has been lengthened and of course wages have stretched a little, too. Nobody wouia ever dream of distilling delight for children out of the unpaid sweat of Door workmen. Even without its Improvements Winchendon cuts a very respectable fizTire in the toy business. It manu factures. two-thirds of the drums sold In the United States, for one thing, We hope they are not all played at once in Winchendon. If they are, the Inhabitants must experience some ter- Hhlv Hvelv moments- vv e seem to have heard somewhere that Winchen don people are much afflicted with nervous prostration. Can it De ine drums that cause it? More soothing the fact that Winchendon also makes half . the musical chimes we buy in the United States, with an equal proportion of rocking-horses, blackboards and dolls' trunks and great store of tool chests and blocks to play with. This is a creditable presentation By the time Winchendon has got her new machinery in action we imagine noor old Nuremberg will be pretty well shorn of her laurels, and shorn forever. We pensively rejoice to Be lieve that many of the industries which we Americans are forced to undertake for ourselves on account " the war we shall continue when it is over for the sake of the profit there Is In them. THE HTMAN FACTOR IN W All- News from all parts of the widely extended theater of hostilities shows how greatly the workings of the ma chinery of war have been affected by the purely human factor. The ten dency in modern warfare is more than ever to ignore the fact that armies are made up of human beings, in the effort to force ' men to sink their Individuality for the sake of the smooth working of the machine. The nresent backward movement of the Germans in France, call it re- nulse or tactical withdrawal as you nlease. Is an example of this error in the calculations of the men who built and moved the war machine. They erred in assuming that the' Germans would pass through Belgium without resistance. They erred in apparently assuming that they needed only to drive back the allies by weight of numbers, surround Paris and besiege it. They erred most of all In pushing forward at a pace estimated Dy an eye-witness of the march at a mile in thirteen minutes. Men, many of them perhaps fresh from civil life, carrying arms and knapsack which weigh nearly sixty pounds, simply cannot keep up this pace without exhaustion The same witness states that many became exhausted and dropped out, to be driven back into the ranks. Men thus treated become sullen. The army advanced bo fast that ammunition nnfl -nmralssarv trains could not keep uo with it and the men were often hungry and without 'ammunl Uon. Exhaustion, brutality and nun rer are a poor foundation on which tn huild military success, and It sneaks volumes for the courage, en durance and patriotism or tne mer man soldiers that they fought so well and retired so slowly and in such p-nnrl order from the Marne to the Aisne. The blunder of the Germans in not keening their men well fed contrasts with the care Napoleon always took for his soldiers' well being. He ap plied the rule that "an army travels on its belly" and he always saw that his army's belly was well filled. He made the rounds of his camp at night when the men were eating, looked into the pots to see what they had lor supper, asked If there was any com plaint and severely punished many a remiss or grafting commissary. He was lnsolred by cold policy, but he frpnted the impression among nis soldiers that he felt a friendly solid tude for their welfare and thus in fused in them a devotion which stood him in good stead on many a field of battle. When the allies began their ad vance from the Marne, the human factor aided them, while it acte against the Germans. Operating on short, concentric tines of communica tion, they could keep . well supplied with food and ammunition. The French, who were always good win ners, had the Inspiration of repelling the invader. Their spirits must have risen as high as they had sunk low on the long, humiliating retreat of the preceding two weeks. A British army is always well fed. on the theory enunciated by one of George Eliot' women, that the way to a man's heart Is through his stomach, and the Brit lshers stolid character enables him to endure defeat with more pniios ophy than would a Frenchman, but he doubtless fights with more ginger when advancing. The breakdown of the Austrian army is the most striking example of the failure of a war.macmne wnic takes no account of the individual could-sentiments of the men composing it. Soldiers in the armies of the other belligerents are fighting for their na tion one in race, language, customs and sympathy but Austria is not. a atlon; it is a bundle of nations Or fragments of nations having nothing in common except one ruler". Only the 10,000,000 Germans of the Aus-. trian empire can feel an Individual allegiance to the Emperor. Race sympathy Is pulling the Poles, Czechs, Ruthenlans, Roumanians, Serbs and Croats away from Austria to Russia and Servia. Hence we reafi f inhabitants of Gallcia acting as guides and spies for the Russians, and of the people of Bosnia acclaiming the Servian Invaders. We read ru mors of mutiny In the Austrian army and of soldiers who willingly surren- er. Without loyalty or united na tional sentiment the most carefully built-up military machine is like a house of cards which falls at the touch of a finger. That the Austrian army has fought as well as it has must be due to the soldiers of Ger man and Magyar race; the Slav ele ments probably might as well have been left at home for all the good they have done. Even after a liberal discount has been taken from the Russian and Servian reports of victory, it cannot be denied that they have won great successes. The Russians are moved by the same race sentiment for brother Slavs which drove Czar Alex ander II to war against Turkey against his will In 1877. Their hearts are In the work, and the wishes of the men second the commands of their officers. The Servians see on the point of realization their dreams of the restoration of the medieval Servian empire. They are filled with confidence in their own Invincibility, born of their recent victories over the Turks and Bulgarians, and they are heartened by the welcome of the territory they invade, The victories won by General von Hintenburg in hurling back the Rus sians from East Prussia are an ear nest of what desperate fighting awaits the allies if they should succeed In invading the heart of Germany. The same spirit which animates the French, Belgians, Russians. British and Servians to strive to the utmost in hurling back the invader and for the existence of their country will move the Germans to spend the last ounce of energy, for the Fatherland, for in the words of their war-song they place "Germany above all.1 Whether armed with sword, lance and cross bow or aiming great can non which carry several miles or rifles which carry several thousand yards at an invisible target, the spirit mov ing the man behind the gun counts for much. The strategist and tacti clan mold the men In whom this spirit dwells into an effective weapon, but witnout it an army can win but few, If any, victories and will dissolve under repeated defeat At Plattsburg the Americans won their greatest victory in the War of 181. it was a naval battle, perhaOs tne last ever to be fought between Ingush-speaking -nations. The scene of the action was Lake Champlaln: the date, August 4, 1814. Commodore i nomas Macdonough was the Amerl can commander. The centennial of Plattsburg has been celebrated with lively ceremonies on the historic spot. Blessings on Colonel George Pope. tie 13 head of the National Manufac turers Association and at the same time has a pretty sound head of his own. - Colonel Pope says the United States "has not the slightest excuse for business pessimism. Foolish fears should cease and the country should grasp its opportunities." Who'll be the first to do it? If the ordinance becomes law com pelling the housewife to sterilize the rags she sells to the junkman, the next in order will be a measure mak- lnk her boll or bake the garbage In the interest of the health of the collector. President Wilson refuses to exDress himself on the charges that dum dum bullets were used by the Germans. He remains dumb on the subject, so to speaic. As to Sir Lionel Carden's expulsion from Mexico City, we are inclined to agree with .Carranza that he was fruitful cause of trouble. The battle Is now only 110 miles long. The belligerents have raveled up 160 miles of skirmish line since the last great fray. John Redmond's demand Is fair. The Irish recruits should be kept in regimental units. Then they can show 'em. The Colorado mine operators can now have peace, if they want it. The element of doubt attaches to them. When the troops are taken from Vera Cruz, how long before they will have to be sent back? It is now charged that the Aus trians used explosive bullets. And running shoes. The Russians need a few Sherl- dans and Forrests In the sprint to Przemysl. If Italy tackles Turkey she takes from the Greek his sole chance for glory. Take raincoat or umbrella for neighborly visit to the Gresham fair, Italy has had a vision of the Jump ing cat leaving the proverbial bag. They get the iron cross in Germany and the double cross In Turkey. Francis Joseph has gone to parts unknown to save the pieces. Every time you eat the war costs you a few cents extra. The black hand appears about descend on Turkey. to Uneasy rests the canine neck tha wears no tax tag. As to atrocities In war, what Is war Dut an atrocity? The "furrow" will be dry today at uresnam. The rain clouds are making up for lost time. The navies holiday. continue to enjoy Italy will pull off something in ten cays. . Half a Century Ago. From The Oregonian. Sept. 19. 18C4. A neat but exceedingly frothy pros- ectus for a new copperhead paper to established at the Capital of Wash ington Territory. Salem- A large number of ladies oc cupied seatB In the gallery of the House Thursday afternoon. This is the first time, we believe, in the history of Oregon that the "fair sex" have favored the Legislative Halls with their pres ence. Mr. Hooley, one of the soldiers at Fort Hoskins, has a fine pet bear which he designs donating to the Sanitary alr. .It probably will be .gold at auc tion. Washington No Important news from the Army of the Potomac Albany, N. T. Hon. Marshall Cham- plain was elected temporary chairman of the State Democratic Convention. ine entrance of Fernando Wood cre ated much comment- Washington Grant telegraphs that he ought to have the whole number of men asked for by the President in the shortest time possible. Drafting has been ordered in several states. It Is seldom a finer Sabbath day Is vouchsafed to our citizens than yes terday. After a very general attend ance upon the various places of wor ship, large numbers of ladies and gen tlemen wandered away either to the verdant elevations back of the city or else down along the wharves, feasting their eyes upon the superb architecture marking many of our river boats. The old landmarks of Portland are passing. "Ilium fuit" seems to be writ ten on everything that marked Port land as It waa in the days that are shrined In the memory of the oldest inhabitants. The ' old building now being torn down is at the Junction of Oak street and was erected by F. De Witt in 1850. and as the "City Hotel ranked among the public houses as the Arrigoni ' today. Soon after the arrival of the stage from Salem last Saturday evening the Mechanics Brass Band members were mustered together and marched around the Western Hotel, where a gathering of several hundred assembled and a delegation of sojourners at the capital appeared on the balcony and made brief speeches. Rev. Thomas H. Pearne al luded to his entering upon the contest for the Senatorial seat and stated in his usually pleasant manner that ha had come out the little end of the horn. Hon. J. H. Mitchell made brief re marks in vindication of his course against private reports concerning his action on the Senatorial question. SENATOR AFTER MILITIA VOTE. Chamberlain's Army Admirers Seek to Line up National Guard for Him. EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 15. (To the Ed itor.) It Is too bad the Mexican style of politics isn't used here in Oregon, Then Senator Chamberlain's political chances would be rosy enough, for he has gotten the Army bunch behind him and they have opened a hot campaign here, as elsewhere in the state where troops of the militia are stationed. It has been brought to my attention forcibly that every militia orncer in the state is on the mailing list of the Array-Chamberlain headquarters in Washington. "We must have more sol diers, a bigger and stronger militia!' Is the cry and the Senator is urged as the one great hope of the militarists. It would be a disaster to them to have him retired from his post of chairman of the military committee of the Senate, where be is able to arrange nice soft details for favored officers and boost for more soldiers and more militia. The Army political thunder called to my attention was a marked copy of the Army Journal mailed to local militia men without regard to their political affiliations and showing the Senator's activities In behalf of a bigger Army. This literature is added to by word of mouth from military admirers and lieu tenants of the Senator's who view his proposed retirement from the Senate as a possible blow to the Army and militia which mustn't be allowed to go through. They say that the idea of paying the militia for Its services will be long delayed. All the militiamen don't take this bait. If I am rightly informed, for the pay promise has long been dangled before them to catch their votes. Yet the Chamberlain-Army campaign to catch the militia vote is having its effect In the ranks. In these parts, however, outside of a few militarists, I fail to locate any great demand for the Senator's return to Washington. The farmers and working people are particularly anx ious for a new deal for Oregon. E. J. C. Hot Avar Started. BEAVERTON, Or, Sept. 16. (To the Editor.) Please advise me of the lm mediate reasons Germany had for de claring war on France la the present struggle. Though I have read The Ore gonian closely since the war began. have never seen any statement in It or any other paper of why Germany attacked France. J. L. S, The war between Germany and France grew out of the fact that France and Russia were in a defensive alliance. The general cause of the whole conflict was the existence in Europe of racial, territorial and com mercial enmities. The spark that se the Continent aflame was the assassin atlon of Crown Prince Frani Ferdinand of Austria, which Austria laid at th door of Servia. Austria served ultimatum on Servia requiring rapara tlon and apology and many othe things, within 48 hours. The Servian eply was not satisfactory to Austria and Austria declared war. Russia in dlcated an Intent to aid Servia be cause of racial affiliations. In mobll izing his forces the Czar, according to the German version, also mobilized on the German frontier and it is probabl that more or less preparation for eventualities was made by Russia be cause of knowledge that Germany and Austria were In alliance. This in volved Russia and Germany and ulti mately France, which had begun mobll lzation, as Russia's ally. Many of the immediate factors that would nx re sponslblllty for the war upon one o the other nation of the several in volved are in dispute, among these be lng the possibility that Austria and Servia mignt nave adjusted tneir an ferences had It not been for the ag gressiveness or threatening attitude o other powers. Tne immediate caus of the war will be clearer to the student who realizes that mobilization Is but one step short of declaration of war, unless, like in the cases of Switzerland and Holland, It Is accom panied by formal declaration of neu trail ty. Speed Voir Prayer. Listen, ye World, and make reply. Into the chaos of war draw nigh. Up to your God who liveth on high. Speed your, prayer. Nations in anguish, hell broken loose, Millions are fighting, food for our boast. Races are waring, late is a ghost. Speed your prajaer. Hold back your Judgment, no Kaiser condemn. Birthpang of freedom, autocracy's doom Great is power, greater than men. Speed your prayer. CHAS. BANKS. , Portland, Or. SIR. BOOTH AND ALBANY ADDRESS. Favorable Comments Are 'TJttered by Numerous State Newspapers. Lake County Examiner. Hon. R. A Booth has effectually squelched the critics who have been asking "Where Did You Get It?" refer ring to his supposed great wealth. In the first place he is by no means a millionaire, as has so frequently been intimated, and In the second place he commenced life by raking hay In Doug. las County by working for 25 cents per day, taking chickens In lieu of cash. From that humble beginning he con tinued traveling the pathway of life by teaching school, herding sheep, rid ing the ranges of Eastern Oregon, working In the timber and sawmills. and. In fact, performing almost every act of manual labor. He, with others. Anally leased a small sawmill, and by good business management and fore sight Induced large capital to come to their assistance. From that humble be ginning he has not only in a great measure aided and abetted the ad vancement of the lumbering industry in Oregon, bringing vast sums of money here to be expended among the labor ing classes, but has caused a very ma terial increase in the price of timber lands or Lake County and many other sections of the state when the same were in the hands of private ownera Proves Illmselef the Man. Harrisburg Bulletin. The reply Hon. R. A. Booth gave to the queries of the Albany Democrat In his big address at Albany last Friday evening was enough to convince any who might have had doubts that he is the man Oregon needs in the National Senate. He Is the man Oregon will have ir people awaken to Oregon s lnter esta Able, Adequate, Convincing. Corvallls Gazette-Times. In his address last night Mr. Booth gave the detail of his rise from a poor boy to a position of comparative afflu ence. He spoke freely of the Govern ment investigations that came to him and others, and necessarily mentions his acquittals with considerable pride. He seems to have been fortunate in se curing railroad grants at a time when few considered timber land to have any particular value. Mr. Booth's state ment covers seven columns of news paper space, is adequate, able and, ex cept for the twaddle about the tariff and Democracy, is convincing. Mr. Booth bears an honored name in the state. He has made money honestly. has given much of it to good causes. is a great factor In the industrial de velopment of the state and the attempt to place him at a disadvantage will scarcely result as his questioners an ticipated. Every Charge Answered. Oregon City Enterprise. Characteristic of the man. Mr. Booth first took up the charges which have been made against him and one by one disposed of them. Questions which had been asked by Democratic papers in every part or the state were answered; not dodged but taken up and discussed in detail. Then the body of the speech was an honest effort to define the stand of an Oregonian who has the best wishes "of the state at heart and who is willing to sacrifice personal ambition to serve it. Mr. Booth's speech was clean, clear- cut and decisive, and shows the way In which his entire campaign will be conducted. Perhaps opposing candi dates can well adopt his methods. Tactics Show Alarm. Lebanon Criterion. Judging from the lndiscriminating attacks being made upon R. A Booth by the Democratic Dress of the state. there is much doubt in their minds of the invulnerability of their candidate (or the United States Senate. A dirty, mud-slinging campaign never is a suc cessful one for the mudslingers, and by their own acts they give the strong est proof of the beginning of the end to Democratic predominance in official life in Oregon. Mr. Booth will be elect ed to succeed Senator Chamberlain, and there are none in the state who realize it more acutely than the bunch of mudsllnglng Democratic news papers which are just now wasting so much of their valuable space In an effort to defame his character. Clean, Convincing Address. Astorian. The Albany speech of Hon. R. A Booth, Republican candidate for the United States Senate, on Friday last, was a revelation of the character of the man and the principles actuating him in this campaign which must for all time commend him to the best thought of Oregonlans. It was digni fied, clear, explicit, convincing and clean, and Just such an exposition as the man weary of personal politics has yearned for, lo these many moons. Even where Mr. Booth took the de fensive as against the aspersions of his enemies he proved himself free of the inimical spirit behind the far fetched accusations and met them all in such wise as to maintain the fine attitude his candidacy warrants. Troth In Every Word. Salem Statesman. The Statesman believes that Mr. Booth has made a most clear explana tion of the matters of his career that have been called into question by his political enemies, and that he has told the exact truth in every word he uttered. He has nothing to conceal, and nothing to be ashamed of, in his life work among our people. If he has been ambitious for himself and active In his business career, he has also been ambitious for the people of bis state, and active In their service and in a desire to help them In all hon orable ways. No Reason In Query, Dallas Observer. Just why Robert A. - Booth should have been called upon to explain how he attained his wealth any more than why the newspaper man who pro pounded the question should be asked to tell how he became possessed of his print shop, is beyond the comprehen sion of the Observer. Efforts to Gull Are Defeated. Albany Herald. The great charges against Mr. Booth which have so agitated the Democrats and which have been magnified by the Jugglers of the party In their efforts to gull the masses of people who are supposed to follow blindly the great stalwarts of the party have at last been laid before the people. Mr. Booth owns a $65,000 interest in the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company which Is capitalized for $2,300,000 and owns a 17 Vi per cent Interest in the Oregon Land & Livestock Company, which now owns 120.000 acres of land. The value of Mr. Booth's holdings can not be determined exactly, for most of it is land which has no fixed value. At the best Mr. Booth cannot be said to be worth more than $500,000. Mr. Booth has been the manager of two great companies which have In time owned almost 1,000.000 acres of land and the title of less than one-tenth of 1 per cent of this land has been questioned. Man to Men Reply. Springfield News. That reply of Mr. Booth's Is the reply of a man to men. He tells the story of a life of pioneer toll and of indivi dual effort, crowned by a measure of success. Not the success that num bers him among the wealthy of the Na tion, but the success that gives a com petence for declining years and a fund to draw upon with which to aid de serving causes whenever they come to his attention. Twenty-Five Years Ago. From Th Oregonian of Sept. 17, 1SS9. Tucson.-rT. C Stiles, now In Wash ington Territory, where it is reported he is a candidate for the Suprems bench, was indicted here yesterday on charges of embezzlement. Stiles wai assignee of the suspended bank of Hud son & Co. Tacoma. General D. B. . McKlbbon, who was once In command of Fort Steilacoom, loft today for Portland. Senator Dolph, of Oregon, with hii family, has returned to Washington to remain until Congress convenes. Spokane Falls, W. T. Exposure in the most disgraceful scandal in Wash ington history was made today. Relief funds and provisions donated for the sufferers of the great fire here August 4 had been appropriated. Robert In glis, an employe of the relief commit tee, who suddenly left town, was ar rested In Chlco, Cal.. and on being brought back here made a statement that a conspiracy existed among th officials and others for appropriating the relief supplies on a large scale. Buck & Winston, attorneys, employed by the relief committee to assist Prose cutor W. C Jones, has presented a re port implicating Councilmen Sidney D. Waters and Peter Dueber. Police Offi cer William Gillespie and others. A. M. Cannon, chairman of the relief com mittee, has Bworn out a warrant foi the arrest of the men named. Testerday the anniversary of Mexi co s Independence was celebrated throughout that country. Xflnn..nnll. T fninV r-nllnn. 1 court today to answer to charges of F. A. Carle, journalist, has written a letter on Washington Territory politics for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Henry W. Genet, one of the famous Tweed Tammany ring, died In New York September 6. Work is progressing on the Fair havm & Southern Railway, which Is to complete connection between the Cana dian Pacific line and Mexico along tha Pacific Coast. Construction on the Marquam Grand Opera-Houae is to be put ahead as fast as possible, says Mr. Marquam. The stone will come from Tenlno. F. W. Baltes & Company, printers, finished a reproduction of the Spokane directory, destroyed by the recent fire, in one week. The firm also has Just printed a big catalogue for J. Selling & Co., and is now printing the Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazateer. Dave Campbell, the Oregon champion, who trained Jack Dempsey and Pat Killen, arrived home yesterday from San Francisco. Captain Perry Scott's good sight is being restored as the result of an op eration for hard cataract by Dr. E. C. Brown. One eye had been blind for two years Miss Nellie Gilbert, of Salem, who h"aa been visiting In California, re turned yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Foster leave tomorrow for Washington. Water for Sprinkling. PORTLAND. Sept. 16. (To the Edi tor.) I would like to know if the water board has a right to charge for what it does not give. I have paid $1 extra per month for sprinkling charges for four months, and now cornea a fifth hill. Considering that it rains nine months out of the year In Portland, it is plainly unfair that we should have to pay five months' sprinkling charges, especially as many of those having meters pay nothing whatsoever over their minimum charge during any of the dry months. Do we have to grin and bear this unfair charge which is a hardship to many, or is the water board acting unlawfully In charging part of the property owners for what it does not want or get? R. S. EASTMAN, 1030 East Thirtieth Street North. If a water consumer signs a con tract to pay for water for sprinkling purposes for four months he Is en titled to use water for sprinkling when needed In any other month without ad ditional charge. Those who do not sign contracts are supposed to pay sprinkling charge each month in which they use water for that purpose, be they more or fewer than four months. reatures for Sunday: Pictures From the Front Late phases of the great war are recorded by the camera in several pages of graphie photographs that carry you right to the theater of war. Facing the Enemy. A famous military painting in colors. A page worthy of a frame. War Causes. German babies, is the answer of one expert, who amplifies this odd statement with a convincing and interesting array of facts. Colonial Possessions. An illustrated page on the. tre mendous territory controlled by the nations now in the struggle on war-worn battlegrounds. Close-Order righting. A study of German tactics and modern lighting methods. Illus trated with photographs. The righting Queen. An illustrated page, elaborately illustrated, on Louise, who opposed Napoleon in Prussia. Mines In War. A description cf the destructive devices that can blow a battleship or a company of soldiers into eternity in a flash. Full page, in colors. Austria in the Balance. A study of the fate that appears to confront Austria and of why that great country is beating on the rocks. Dam O'Hara. The second installment of Edna Ferber's delightful romance. The Bedtime Babies. And a whole page of pictures and stories for the children. Many Pages of Other reatures. Order early of your newsdealer.