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TITE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN. THTIR SPAT, OCTOBER 15, 1914. POBILAXD, OBEGOK. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Poslofilce m Second-class matter. Eubscription Rates Invariably la Advance ' (By Mall.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year Ss.00 Zally, Sunday included, six months 4-5 Ijaiiy. Sunday Included, three month . . . 2.25 iJally, Sunday Included, one month ...... Daily, without Sunday, ore year 8-OU Daily, without Sunday, six montha ....... 3.-6 Daily, without Sunday, three months .... 1.75 Daily, without Sunday, ops month .(H Weekly one year 1.50 Sunday, one year ......... 2.60 Sunday and Weekly, one year S.60 (By Carrier.) Daily, Sunday Included, ode year $.00 Aauy, unday included, one month ..... . HOW to Remit Kenri nnsmfffra mnnpv fir der. express order or peisonal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at enaer s risk, uive postorfice address in lull, Including county and state. Postage Bates 12 to 16 pages. 1 cent: 18 to 42 pages. 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages. 3 cents; 0 to 6o pages, 4 cents; 62 to iff pages, 6 cents: 78 to 2 pages, tt Cinis. Foreign post age, double rates. , liastern Business Office. Verreo & Conk lln. New York. Brunswick building. Chi cago, stenger building. ban Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Co., 4J Market street. PORTLAND, THURSDAY, OCT.. 15. 1914. BUSINESS ADAPTS- ITSELF. Business is gradually settling into the new channels formed for it by the war. Decline in rates of exchange fol lowing the organization of the gold pool has removed one obstacle from its path. Restored confidence that ships are in little dtnger of capture by hostile cruisers has removed art other. Europe's need of our food stuffs and manufactures and the new demand from South America have caused a rebound in export trade from the low figures of the first month of war. The immediate necessities of com merce are being met by the organiza tion of the gold pool. The United States owed England money at the opening of the war, and, as the 'ordi nary means of settlement had been abrogated, England inquired what as surance of payment we could give. The answer was the formation of the gold pool by American banks, which agreed to deposit 1100,000,000 -in gold at Ottawa with which to take up American obligations abroad. When the Bank of England accepted this arrangement sterling exchange dropped from panic prices to $5.01, then to $4.94. Doubt as to New York City's ability to meet its foreign debt raised the rate to $5.08, but when the banks removed tnis doubt ex change fell to $4.92. Difficulty of obtaining drafts on London when the balance -was again against us sent the rate up again to $5.01, but the gold pool's first shipment of $10,000,000 to Ottawa started it down and it now hovers about $4.95 to $4.96, with nor mal relations between London and New York restored. Our ability and willingness to meet our obligations have completely established confi dence. f While the United States is paying ' gold, London has stopped payment of I its debts to us, and the moratorium, j which extends until November 4, pro , tects it against legal action. -When 5 asked if it would pay gold, the Bank j of England made no reply, for the : obvious reason that all trade cannot be limited1 to exchange of gold. But the question called attention to the ; necessity, that England cease to de , maud gold and return to normal , methods of settlement. The proof we have given of our honesty and of our ability to pay gold when demanded ', has served its purpose, and there is '. good cause to doubt -whether the ? $100,000,000 gold will ever need to be paid. ! One reason is the lifting of the em ' bargo on exports which caused im ! ports in August to exceed exports by i $19,000,000 and which thereby in creased the amount wo owed Europe. i Imperative need of our foodstuffs and , war material in the war zone and of ; our manufactures in all countries j caused New York's exports to increase $3,000,000 in the third week of Sep tember and $4,000,000 in the last week ) of that month over the corresponding : week of last year. Wheat exports in ' September were 60 per cent above ' those of September last year and 77 : per cent above those 'of the same month in 1912. Europe must buy more of our wheat at higher prices and must buy more of our manufac ; tures. These facts caused one of the ; largest New York banks dealing in foreign exchange to express the opin- ion that before Autumn was far ad- ; vanced our surplus of exports would , meet our foreign debts. That may depend on what happens ; to cotton. Exports in September were : hardly one-tenth of those of Septem- ; ber, 1913, and it is predicted that our ' exports to Europe of this year's crop ; will not exceed half of last year's to- ! xai. our exports in the fiscal year ( 1913 were 8,724,572 bales, all of which . except 558,013 bales went to Europe. ' If this total should be reduced by one-half, a deficiency of $250,000,000 in exports would need to be made up with an increase of other commodi ties. The ports of Germany, Austria and Russia are totally closed, and those countries took nearly 3,000,000 bales last year. British mills are run ning and the sea is open to them, but paralysis is reported to have struck them. They took 3,556,303 bales in 1913. The estimate of a 50 per cent reduction in exports of raw cotton seems moderate and we may have to fill a gap of more than $250,000,000. It will require an enormous increase in exports of other commodities to fill this gap. We are shipping grain in increased quantities at high - prices. We are selling horses, mules, shoes, saddles, blankets to the fighting na tions, but we must create other new business to replace the old business which we have temporarily lost. We must endeavor to pay our debts -with our products and to turn the balance in our favor. Then it will be "the other fellow's" turn to -worry about settlements, and we may let him settle by returning American securities at the depressed prices due to his own bellicose folly. A NOBLE SOCIETY. Among the many new societies for turning earth into Eden one shines forth for conspicuous merit. It is the "Society for the Promotion of Fam ily Happiness." This lofty aim is to be attained by aiding parents to train and discipline their children, helping married , people lead proper lives, preventing differences between mar ried couples, and, finally, improving the mentalities of those about to be married so that fewer foolish wed dings will be celebrated. The last object appears to be most important of all, though we doubt whether merely improving the men tality of lovers can stop them from Joining their fortunes unwisely. Mar riages are not brought about by men tality, but by the lack of itas a rule. It is not the brain but the heart which is concerned in this business. We do not therefore expect to hear that many foolish marriages have 'been prevented by fortifying the mind. As for the heart, no .way has yet been discovered to make it wise. We fear, therefore, that foolish mar riages will continue to be made in about the same proportion as ever. Helping parents train and disci pline their children might look like a more promising endeavor at first, but upon examination it, too, loses most of its glamor. The ordinary parent believes that he, or more. often she, has been endowed by nature with al the wisdom and knowledge re quired for the perfect nurture and admonition of offspring. They do not need to. learn anything more and the effort to force Instruction upon them commonly ends in unpleasantness. The intentions of the new society are excellent. We do not see how any organization could have nobler pur poses, but the chances are that be fore a great while it will perish of blighted hopes. OVERLOOKED. May The Oregonian express the hope that its pork-barrel neighbor, the Evening Journal, will not suspend that series of interesting philippics against the foul conspirators who are going to revive' the moribund assem bly? Through an oversight or per haps through remarkable foresight our friend has somehow failed to in clude in its editorial alarums the most thrilling human document of any in the anti-assembly serial. It may fitly be called "Exhibit A," for it is entitled to first place in Oregon's direct primary recordr It is the let ter, written in 1906, of Senator (then Governor) Chamberlain to A. D. Stillman, chairman of the Democratic county committee of Umatilla Coun ty, and is as follows: i do leel, however, that It would be proper to call an assembly of Democrats, both In the several counties and In the state, .to adopt a declaration of nrincinles uu io suggest to tne voters capable and trustworthy men to be nominated at the direct primary. Thus we see that Our George is the nign priest of assemblyism in Ore gon. It was wicked of him, thus ear ly in the history of the Oregon sys tem, in this deliberate way to seek destruction of its first-born, the di rect nrlmfln-' WEST'S TWISTED TONGUE. Governor Wests latest personal revelation of the "fraudulent" Urn- berland operations of Mr. Booth is rubbish. After a mighty pretense that he was the solitary possessor of damaging secret information about the ' "nefarious" Booth methods, he gives the same old threadbare tale, with the sinister West trimmings, all embellished by a highly-colored polit ical narrative, involving many of Ore gon's prominent public men. West is Oregon's hyenic scavenger. Through his vicious, unbridled and untruthful tongue the hoiTorable deeds of good men become the scan dalous misdeeds of criminal infamy, He assails the . innocent, entraps the unsuspecting, defames theyving and mangns tne aeaa. Old gossip is re vived and. given a new and peculiarly atrocious interpretation; new yarns are invented, merely for the harm he fancies they will do. Governor West has not at all ac cepted The Oregonian's invitation "challenge" he sees fit ' to call it to tell whatever he may know about Mr, Booth and his timber lands. He knows nothing not already every where known. But he surpasses all former efforts of other dirt-scatterers by the dishonest turn he gives to wholly honest transactions. Yet this same Governor, only five days ago, when in the home of Mr. Booth's friends, was so far impressed with his surroundings that he saw the propriety of telling for once the truth by testifying: "I am going to admit that Mr. Booth got every dollar of his money honestly." MOVABLE GOVERNMENTS. It looks odd to see the Belgian gov ernment carried on at Havre, a French city. The administration -will probably be largely a niatter of empty ceremony, since mest of Bel gium is now possessed by the Ger mans. Still something of an army remains and a few cities. History affords many jgarallels to the present situation, ot pourse with modifica tions. After the Stuarts had been finally expelled from England they held court for many years in France and kept up as much of the state of sov ereigns as they could on borrowed money. Now and then they fitted out expeditions against the "usurpers," as they called the reigning British sov ereigns, but they effected nothing. When the Persians captured Athens the people went on shipboard, many of them at any rate, and the govern ment was kept up at sea. Before the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth Rock they had estab lished a regular government on board the Mayflower, which went right on working after they reached the ice bound shore. The. territory of a nation is any place where its sovereignty is recog nized and its laws enforced. It may be on shipboard or even in the air. ARRAIGNING THE PRIMARY. We are wholly unable to believe what Governor West and the Demo cratic newspapers charge against the direct primary. The Oregon -election system is an invitation to the best as well as the poorest material in each political party to present its claims for preferment in office. Doubtless "liars," "crooks" and guzzlers of "cor-, poration booze" seek office under its liberal terms. Yet men of conscience and good morals have political ambi tions and seek to gratify them. The dominant party in Oregon had a registration last June of nearly 135,000 voters. The assertion that this group of 135,000 citizens cannot intelligently judge character of can didates and uniformly elects to the Legislature the liars, the crooks and the corporation booze drinkers, while only the 60,000 Democrats in the state are capable of choosing Legislators of high moral character is unthinkable. If true, it is the strongest argument against the people's rule that has ever been offered. But as already stated, we cannot believe it. Perhaps, if the campaign methods of the Democratic Governor and the Democratic press succeed, conditions will change. It is, of course, to be expected that if candidacy brings down upon men of substance and good moral character enough vilifi cation and personal abuse to encom pass their defeat, patriotic willingness to devote broad talents to Govern mental welfare -will be suppressed and only the chaff will seek office. But so far the product of the direct primary has not been what Governor West and his newspaper admirers and supporters charge. The majority is just as -wise and is just as zealous to achieve good government as the minority. All the virtue in Oregon is not locked in one man's breast, nor in the breasts of 60,000. The Governor's malign implication that the majority has heretofore shown itself incapable of electing good men to office or of choosing fit candidates reveals either a disordered brain or a total disregard for truth The direct primary is all right, re gardless of denunciations of the Gov ernor. It will survive regardless of Democratic machinations. HUNGARY. The independent kingdom of Hun gary has a population of 19,000,000 occupying 125,000 square miles of ter ritory. The country is a little largar than Great Britain and Ireland but not nearly so densely inhabited. The people are not Aryans. They origin ally migrated from Asia and belong to the Ural-Altaic stock. Their great founder was Arpad, who led his savage bands of Magyars through the passes of the Carpathian Moun tains at the close of the ninth century and established them in the region now called Hungary For the next fifty years the Mag yars were a menace to Europe They pushed their marauding expedi tions in all directions and only turned to peaceful pursuits after' their great defeat at Lechneld by the German Emperor Otto I. No more than thir teen fugitive Magyars escaped from that dreadful field and they were sold into slavery when they went back home. Thus future Magyar armies were warned to demean themselves more valiantly before the foe. While suffering from the humiliation of this stunning and richly merited defeat the Magyars were converted to Christian ity and, forsaking their savage ways began to cultivate the arts of civilized life. Their first statesmanlike king was Stephen, who has acquired the title of saint for his goodness and wisdom. This king divided Hungary into coun ties and set up an orderly administra tion or puDiic artairs. He reigned a little more than forty years, dying in 1038. The menace to Hungary in Saint Stephen s time, as it has been ever since, was the turbulent nobility who had no respect for law arid sought to rule the country with unrestrained savagery. Under Stephen's .regula tions a class of small nobles, was fos tered, which had grown strong enough 200 years later to form an alliance with the throne an,d bring the ancient aristocracy to their knees. In the year 1222 King Andrew II, aided by the les ser nobles, enacted the celebrated Golden Bull, which means to the Mag yars very much the same at Magna Charta does to Englishmen. It de fined their liberties and - gave them protection of orderly law. But Hun gary's history under her Golden Bull bears little resemblance to that of England under Magna Charta. Lying in the center of, Europe, ex posed on the west to the dull but unintermittent intrigues of the Haps- burgs and on the east to the aggres sions of the Turks, the land knew neither peace nor civilization for many generations. In the year 1353 the Otto man Turks crossed the Hellespont on their invasion of Europe. For the next 300 years and more their attacks upon Hungary were incessant. Now they hung threateningly on the fron tiers. Now they swept in a devouring flood over the whole country. The Magyars were disunited, always more interested in local quarrels than in the common defense against the Turk, and consequently they fell easy victims to the' ruthless Mohammedan. The power of the Turks reached its zenith in 1683, when thay laid siege to Vienna and would have captured the city had it not been for the valiant and gifted John Sobieiski, King of Poland, who led the armies of Europe against the invader and finally drove him back to the Balkan Peninsula. Foreign -war and internal dissension had reduced Hungary to such extremi ties by the year 1547 that it could no longer maintain its national integrity. The eountry was partitioned, Austria receiving a share. This marked the beginning of the Hapsburgs' hold upon the land of the Magyars. Their hold was loosened from time to time, but it never was shaken off entirely. At one time Hungary sunk so low that the Hapsburgs merged it with JJustria intending to obliterate the Magyar name utterly. " Naturally this reawak ened the national spirit and stirred up struggles which did not cease until liberty had been regained. But Hun garian liberty has always been more or less of an illusion. The nobles gained rights. The peasantry had none. During all the time of Magyar history up to the nineteenth century the com mon people were harried and oppressed worse than beasts of burden. In 1514 their miseries drove them to revolt, with the usual consequences of such uprisings. The peasants were put down with merciless slaughter and their sufferings became worse than ever. The diet, an assembly-of the aristocrats, reduced the common peo-J pie te slavery to punish them for their rebellion. If Hungary's history has been an almost unbroken tale of bloody dis aster it is largely because the country has been ruled by a greedy and selfish oligarchy and the common people have had no voice in public affairs except when they asserted themselves by vio lence. This they did persistently in the days of the Reformation. That great religious revolution penetrated Hun gary from Bohemia. It was the fol lowers of the murdered John Huss who taught the reformed religion to the Magyars, but the new gospel brought no peace to the land. On the contrary, it caused dissensions more bitter than ever. The Jesuits ultimately won back the Magyars to the older church and they effected the conver sion with their usual wisdom. "Con vert the nobles," they said, "and the rest will follow suit." It turned out exactly as they expected. Religious peace returned when the country be came .all Catholic. After the settle ment of Europe in 1815 Hungary was substantially merged with Austria, losing even the semblance of self government. But the Magyars caught the revolutionary spirit in 184S, like the rest of Europe, and would have regained their independence . under Kossuth's leadership if Russia had not helped Austria subdue them. When Austria was humbled by Prussia in 1866 she found it expedient to court the good will of the Magyars, and the Ausgleich, or treaty of sepa ration, was adopted under -which the country still lives. Hungary became Independent in al! domestic affairs. Her only connection with Austria was through their common sovereign. Since that time the Magyars have fashioned a constitution after the model of England's and have made long strides in civilization. Hungary now enjoys a system of public educa tion, liberty of conscience and man hood suffrage. At the outbreak of the present war it had become one of the most progressive countries in the world. What it will be after the con tending armies have worked their will upon it time must decide. The talk from Berlin and Vienna of victory in Poland simultaneously with Russian reports of victory five days old in East Prussia, -while Petro grad is silent about Poland, creates an impression that Russia has met with disaster. So unreliable are "the ' off i clal war news bureaus that one can only infer the truth by piecing to gether scraps of misinformation. War correspondents are models of veracity by comparison. Perhaps that is the ground of objection to their presence at the front. Zeppelin airships are introducing a new kind of sport in Europe. It re quires good marksmanship to bring one down, but no better than to hit a wild goose on the wing. Our forefath ers who never missed' a mere flying speck with their rifles would have re joiced in this latest sport. 1 Portugal is a small country and her army is comparatively insignifi cant, but in a -war like this every lit tle counts. The Portuguese can do guard duty if nothing else and thus release other troops for action. Be sides that, her ports will be useful to the allies. The project to establish the county seat in an airship has been revived in Cowlitz County, Wash. It can then be moved about as often as desired at small expense. The present method of removal, while an exciting luxury, is somewhat costly. i Klamath County has ceased to pin faith to agriculture taught from text books. The new idea is to teach it by practice with seeds, stock and im plements. We predict brilliant re sults from the new method. The country storekeepers of the first and second zones out of Port land "would better mobilize. A mail order house that had its origin east of the Missouri is loading the rural carrier with catalogues just now. It is a pity that the gum tax is not to be levied. A woman "yank ing her Jaws" upon a wad of gum is not. a beautiful object. The tax might improve her appearance by diminish ing the wad. Russian and Turkish naval squad rons may clash. But since neither has a navy and since what little navy eith er has will not put up much of a fight, the proposed melee -will count for little. Those German guns with a range of twenty-five miles will almost span the channel. If they could be mount ed on dreadnoughts rough days would be ahead for the British navy. In making plans for the period fol lowing the war, the Kaiser is not as thoughtful as the clever Celt who laughed before he began to throw the bull over the fence. The wildest prophecies of British military alarmists are now coming true. Moral: Do not be too certain that all our own military alarmists tell us is sheer imagination. Germany's alleged plans for dis posal of France equal French plans for fitting up Devil's Island for a dis tinguished guest. . A great many people otherwise sane hold it unlucky to,' kill a cock roach; but when they meet the "bird" in restaurant pie their views undergo hasty change. France has been offered peace terms which -would leave her her name, a few acres of land to exist upon, and the blue sky overhead. Federal champions will be in the series next year. Recruits from the other leagues and the Players' Fra ternity will bring it about. When Britain orders its women folk to leave Constantinople, there is meaning to it. That nation is not given to hysteria. Anyway, however and notwith standing: The West political machine will be consigned to the junk pile No vember 3. Turkey wants help for its people injured by earthquakes, but does not think of diverting funds it is spending for powder. Holland is growing uneasy. As one of the small fry in a big military pond Holland has. much cause to feel un easy. This is a momentous year for the young man casting his first vote, and none the less for the young woman. Take your wife and mother and the maid to the registration booth today even if you have to use violence. Register now, or forever hold your peace .about high taxes and wanton extravagance in state affairs. Can Bert Haney ride herd on his Senatorial master for the next few weeks with visible effect? The military pendulum is now swinging back to the Teuton side of the clock of time. Germany contemplates Zeppelin raids on England. An ancient pipe dream come true. Every expert fan can tell why the Braves won, but -who gives the hum ble bean credit? The Belgian government new re sembles the Belgian hare in many respects. The fans are now inclined to- cut the "nie" off Connie . Mack's front name. Do not depend on Register today. extension of time. The dogs of war are now on the scent of Cologne. The Kaiser will send after Portugal. a daschhund Time for Paris to have a few fresh chills. fresent.day cost or living. Hood River Writer Asks Question and tiets Asswer, HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 12. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian October 7 I did not say anything about wanting the good old days back when eggs could be bought for 8 cents per dozen. I never said anything about wanting to buy apples at on below cost. I asked you, if the Democratic Administration had brought the price of everything down, why is it that I have to pay such enormous prices for things? That is what I want to know. If you get eggs for less than 30 or 40 cents a dozen why can't I? If you can get beef for less than from 18 to 25 cents a pound why can't I? I said I bought eggs under the Re publican Administration for 8- cents a dozen. You say I must have bought them in China That is the first time I ever knew that China was ever under the Republican Administration. I was not kicking about good prices at all. I merely asked you why I koil ...... . ; ..... 1 ...! after the Democratic Administration! had knocked the prices down so low. I bought eggs in the little town of Myrtle Creek. Douglas County, Oregon, under the Republican Administration, three and one-half dozen for 25 cents, less than 30 years ago, and eggs have been as low as 10 cents a dozen more than once in the last 50 years. I think the farmer ought to get good prices for his produce, but as a gen eral thing the good prices come after he gets everything sold. I guess this year "being a Democratic year," he will get better prices than he has for a good many years, and I think the labor ing man, or the man that has to work for wages, ought to get enough to live on. But the higher foodstuff is the cheaper labor is. Just as sure as food stuff goes -up there is a cut in wages. Now I don't want you to make an other mistake and think that I am pin ing for the good old days of cheap articles, but answer me fair and square, why do I have to pay big prices for foodstuff when everything is so cheap? That is what I want to know. T. J. M'KEAN. The answer is that Mr. McKean Is paying less for Oregon eggs, cheese, butter, poric and veal today than he did on the corresponding day two years ago, at which time there was a tariff protection on Oregon products. If Mr. McKean is paying as much as he did two years ago, his dealer is robbing him, for the prices which Jobbers pay the producer are lower. This fact can be ascertained by reference to the files of any newspaper which publishes mar ket quotations. If Mr. McKean desires to save money on eggs he can find the Chinese prod uct on sale in Portland at 20 cents a dozen retail, and people standing in line to buy who two years ago would not look at anything but a fresh Ore gon ranch egg. On inquiry he will find that in nearly every employment there has been either reduction in wages or a reduction in- number of employes. Many who two years ago could afford to buy Oregon eggs cannot now afford the product of the Chinese sewer-fed hen, let alone Oregon eggs, which are quoted at 5 to 7 cents lower. GREAT NEED IS FOR FACTORIES, Issue Knocks Loader Than Politics or War Qoestlons, TOBILAKD, Oct. 14. (To the Edi tor.) Present-day talk, both public and private, is rife with politics and war. Daily each of these absorbing questions is threshed, sifted, ground and consumed. What profit do we get from them? Just now, as never before, there is i third subject knocking loudly for ad mission at our very doors. It is the question of proper employment for our unemployed, both men and women. I was born in this state and have watched Portland grow from a munici pal infant to the overgrown city that sne is today. 1 say overgrown be cause, when any city has more people man sne can properly employ, and consequently, feed and clothe, that city is overgrown. What we want and must have, if Portland is to maintain ana augment her natural opportunl ties and prestige, is employment for her present and future population. This is not. a tneory; it is a condition, a fact. We want more manufacturing plants, many more. . There is capital here to build and equip them; there are people here to operate them, and there are consumers here to purchase and con sume tne outputs. There Is no more reason or sense why the great re sourceful West should annually spend millions for Eastern-made articles than tnat tne i-ast should buy from us. In a recent -visit to the Atlantic Coast I had occasion to stop in and study the conditions of many cities east of the Mississippi. Population considered, they have from two to ten times the number of factories that Portland (and other Pacific Coast cities) has, and why? I have in mind one city of about 50,000 people, operat ing 341 factories, built and. equipped at an aggregate cost of about $80,000, 000, and employing 16,000 operatives. Size of that place and Portland com pared, we should have 265, 000:50, 000::x: 341 equals 1807 plus,, the number of factories that Portland should have. How many have we? Is there any reason, especially with our open canal and a great prospective Oriental trade, why we should be buy ing such enormous quantities of goods manufactured elsewhere, that could and should be produced hi grit here? Will not. lor example, shoe manufac turing machinery produce as good an article when running in Portland, Or. as when revolving in Lynn, Mass.? If not, why not?. C. LOUIS BARZEE. Origin of War Dispatches. PORTLAND, Or.. Oct. 14. (To the Editor.) In this morning's paper I find the news of the $100,000,000 levy imposed by the Germans on the City of Antwerp after its. capture. This item is just introduced by the words, "London, Oct. 12." May I ask you to let me know from which source this news comes? I see that the other war news on the same page all bears a mark of origin, such as: "A dispatch of Reuter's Tele graph Company from Amsterdam says, or "The Hague correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says,' etc. Perhaps a similar introduction of the news mentioned was left out by a mistaae. ana as l. with some friends. am really interested to know who Is responsible for the same, will you please do me the favor to inform me? READER. The interlineations quoted are "credit lines" published by the Associated Press as a mark of courtesy to other newsgatnering agencies. When no credit line appears it Is indicated that the Associated Press has obtained the news through the efforts of its own staff or affiliated newspapers. . The Oregonian has no information on the subject other than that published. Psisle ia Registration. PORTLAND. Oct. 14. (To the Edi tor.) When the cord is pulled the streetcar fare registers show a sign with red letters "Not Registered." I watched it awhile the other morning, then asked the conductor how he knew all those people hadn't registered; he is still wondering what I was talkina about. A. T. N. Nitts on Posts By Dess Collins. Nesclus Nitts, sage of Punkindorf Sta tion. With nicotine, done into nice liquida tion. Suspended completely an ant's anima tion ' By a single jet, aimed after fine cal culation Then spoke upon duty, its poets and its station. I see by the papers, that George has announced That rocks from their bases could sooner be bounced Than he from the post of his duty, whereat mo reckons he'll stick till he goes to tne mat. Declarin' he never will be a Tenisrsrer While still he has courage, persistence aim vigor. d 1'ew""e 1 ees by them papers today, That George way is a-makin" percipitate Toward Oregon's amnle arena iln Right now at the height of the 'lection campaign; Which makes me to doubt and to won der almost Just, where he has figgered they stuck up mat post. I 'lows that the country can struggle along Somehow though perhaps it won't get on so strong In spite of his leavin' from Washing ton now. But still, one would shore like to know vrtn-li n ... If this post he's mentioned, so war . and intense. Aint a post in some sort of political CURRENT -WAR EVENTS IN SCHOOL Writer Believes Discussion of Them la Singularly Inappropriate. brlhlKIDAN. Or.. Oct. 10. (To tho Editor.) Perusing your report of Dr. John H. Boyd's Sunday sermon. "Peace on una s x srms, I beg to take issue with this cultured and accomplished orator. His advocacy of telling the children of our public schools of the present war, in order to educate them to a realisation of its terrlbleness, thereby creating a feeling of abhor rence of it forever, is a nice and charit- aDie theory. That is all. To obtain this object, he wishes the teacher to portray to these young minds, still in the embryo stage of development, in vivid colors the carnage, the destruc tiveness of battle, the gruesome, ghast ly scenes following in its wake. There is little doubt about the lmpractica- unity oi mis course, but there is no question about the impropriety of it. The course adopted by the School uoara. therefore, in prohibiting dis cussions or the present war, is emi nently logical and should be absolutely aanerea to, even to the point of refus ing to lecturers on this subject the jodlum of our nublic schools. Lectures held in oublic schools should be only of positive knowledge and not De ot a speculative nature. To listen to a-lecturer gifted with a true crit ical, philosophical and impartial mind is educational and broadening, and the general public should welcome them more than they do, but not all possess the analytical mind of a Bernard Shaw, but rather too often incline toward the rabid utterances of a Kipling or to the arrogant vaporises of a Hall Caine. We have a vast number of foreign born In our boundaries. With the acquirement of the United States cit zensnip papers, the forswearing of allegiance to the land of their-birth, no man nor woman can cut the ties binding them to their mother and father still dwelling in the old home, nor sweep their mind and memory clean of me innocent ana happy days of child hood. A detestable creature otherwise indeed it would be, and unfit to be a citizen of the United States. To im agine a teacher of foreign descent, per haps even born on the old country's soil, telling children also of foreign lineage of the war now engulfing all Europe and in which perhaps their nearest kin are participating, is an in congruity to say the least. And what can a teacher tell the children? Noth ing but hearsay. Reports of today are recalled tomorrow. The children have been taught and told that every word their teacher tells them is truth, abso lute, positive truth. It must be so; it is the basis of a young child's educa tion. At the present stage of the war the Germans are occupying the enemy's country. What wonder, then, that they have to bear the brunt of odium at present? How then could the teacher prevent creating a feeling of -hatred toward them and their descendants? It is the business of a teacher to sup press and not to Inoculate hate in a child's soul. The archives of the coun tries at war are closed, and will be so for years. Until they are opened for the research of the historian, we shall not know; we can only conjecture. Meanwhile let the teachers tell the children of the blessings of peace and engrave on the growing generation the gospel of kinness to all, no matter in which country their cradle mav have stood. Brighten the sunshine of life, the childhood, and not darken it with sordid tales of horror. Keep the war out of the public schools of the United States. FRED TOPKEN. TAXED FOR. BENEFITS RECEIVED. That Is Why Each Should Pay His Due Proportion. PORTLAND, Oct. 14 (To the Edi tor.) The obligation to Dav an pnnal and uniform rate of taxation to the Government for Its protection of one's life and property is as sacred as anv other obligation we have. Our Government has now existed so long, and its rule has been so benefi cent, that we do not realize the dan ger we would be In if it were for any reason to become weak and ineffec tive. The only way to sustain it and avoid the calamities of misrule or no ruie is Dy me payment of taxes. To enjoy the blessings of a strnna- and efficient government and refuse to pay one's due proportion of taxes to sustain it is a species of renudia- tion. Lives of the citizens and evxrv kind of property need and receive pro- Lciiun, uui personal property more than land. I am, then, surprised that the Jour nal states that "workingmen are all In favor of home tax exemption meas ure" of 11500 (or J3000, when owned by man and wife). Are all the laboring -men and wom en ready to commit this act of re pudiation of a sacred obligation? Are they willing to live here and enjoy the protection of the Government without paying their Just share of the burden? Are they, then, willing to be shirkers in the community? There is now a law sassed bv the initiative that all household goods are exempt from taxation. Mr. U'Rren and his associates say. in the Voter's Pam phlet, that the $1500 exemption amend ment will repeal this law. Then there would be no exemption for anyone who does not own his dwelling-house. Many workingmen are tenants. Will they be foolish enough to vote for the I 150J (or $3000) exemption? one writer says that he has some lots assessed at $1325 and improvements at $870. Does he not know that there are many thousands of houses in the city on less land than he has on which the owners will get from $1500 to $3000 exemption, and can he not see that when millions of dollars in these ex emptions are allowed, the taxes on his lots will be increased from 30 per cent to SO per cent, and the increase will much exceed his exemption? Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian, October 15. 1S89. Portland should have a gymnasium equal to that of the Olympio Club in San Francisco, where the youth have advantages for the promotion of health and physical development. Henry Oeorcre in the North American Review has given his opinion as to the lesson of the great strikes recently in cluding the Haymarket disturbance in Chicago, the strike in the Illinois coal fields, the strike of the Southwestern Railroad and of the Pittsburg riots. The steamer Etruria. called, the Greyhound of the Atlantic, has made the trip from Queenstown to New York in 6 days, 5 hours and 4 4 minutes. Booth and Modjeska win appear in New York tomorrow night in "Riche lieu" and Joseph Jefferson will appear in "The Rivals." David E. Dunbar and Eva VersteefT were married at the residence of the bride's parents. Eighteenth and T streets. Monday evening. Rev. Arthur J. Brown, of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. One of the foremost events of the week in a social way was the reception of Mrs. C. H. Lewis to Miss Carrie Ladd. who will be married this coming Thurs day to F. B. Pratt. William H. Sherwood, the great American pianist, in a private letter has said: "Miss Blanche Hersey. of Portland. Or., is qualified to become a musician and pianist of the first rank. Her musical talents and her genius for artistry and brilliant piano playinir are superb. She has been an intelligent and enthusiastic student with me for two years in New York." Miss Gertrude Pennoyer, daughter of the Governor of Oregon, and George Fish Russell, until recently paymaster of the O. R. & N. Company, were mar ried last Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Trinity Church. Mrs. Alice Hessian, of Salem, and W. H. Sherringhousen were married last week at the home of the bridegroom's brother-in-law. B. W. Fisher, on Seventh street. James Thorburn Ross and his bride, who was Miss Lindsley, have returned from their bridal tour. Berlin Bismarck is trying to explain to the Czar of Russia that the European peace alliance is non-aggressive and that it is directed toward the realiza tion of the objects of the Berlin treaty. He has tried to convince the Russian ruler that all the great powers except France see in it a stroke to prevent or shorten any European conflict. " Colonel T. E. Hogg, president of the Oregon Pacific Railway. has Just bought about $150,000 worth of real es tate, including the Santiam canal, city water works, franchise of the Magnolia Flouring Mills and city real estate at Albany. Half a Century' Ago. From The Oregonian of October 15. 1S64. The Indians have never disturbed the Overland Telegraph line, although they nave plundered, murdered and burned at several points along the line. They regard the -wire as a breathing spirit of the Almighty, and are filled with superstitious awe over its perfor mances. Mr. Creighton, as superin tendent of the line, deserves credit for teaching the Indians the power of the Telegraph. He had operators talk for them over the wire between two prom inent chiefs, for more than an hour. The chiefs spoke of thinsrs thev onlv could understand between them, but iney sin were incredulous. At last Creighton arranged for them to start. Dy agreement made over the wire, to meet at a common point, which they did and were convinced. The Indians never have molested the wire as a re sult. B. M. DuRell. agent for Ben Holla- day & Co.'s overland stage at Boise, laano, called upon us last evening. The stage, he says, is now making con. nectlons direct from Walla Walla through to Atchison in 18 days time. By arrangements with Geortre Thomas & Company passengers are taken from tsoise to walla Walla for $40: thence to Atchison for $225 each. Each pas senger is allowed 25 pounds of bag gage, ail over that weight going at $1.50 a pound extra. Two thousand persons have each week made the ascent of Mount Wash ington of late The Boston Transcript says many of the people stay at the summit all night to witness the sun set and the glorious sunrises. Salem Representative Otey has pre sented a petition praying for the divi sion of Douglas County. A memorial setting forth that the O. S. N. Company possesses a monopoly in jurious to the public has been referred to the committee on commerce. A bill to change the boundaries of Josephine County was discussed by members of Josephine and Jackson Counties in the Senate, but nothing was decided. N. Wertneimer. who has removed his business from Portland to Walla Walla, has given public notice that S. Waterman is his authorized agent here, and will be located at First and Alder streets. Shubrick Norris has called a meet ing of the Multnomah Jockey Club, to be held at the Council rooms tonight. The meeting is called by request of the old members. A move is under way to increase the pay of the Chief of the Fire Depart ment from $300 to $1003 per annum. Joseph Buchtel, the incumbent, had made it known to his friends and oth ers that he will not accept the re election because, the time required is too much for the small pay of $300 a year which we all admit. No more creditable . act could have been done than to increase the pay of the office and retain a man fit for the position. as is Mr. uucntei. Hon. J. R. McBride and Hon. B. F. Harding are to leave soon for the National Capital. The Dancing Frock The problem of the dancing frock arose when the remarkable craze for dancing swept over the country like a prairie fire. The narrow skirt worn, to the ex clusion of anything else, .last Fall and Winter, proved to be unsatis factory when the tango and maxixe became popular, as it had an un comfortable way of confining the feet and making dancing tiresome, or else it split after a first or second wearing. This season builders of gowns decided that the narrow skirt for dancing was impractical. So the dancing frocks for this year are wide at the bottom. Thus the accordion pleated skirt in fine voiles, chiffons and soft silks has come into immediate vogue, and this style of skirt is sure to have instant favor, because It gives ease to the dancer: it clings to the figure and can. therefore, be worn by the inclined-to-be-large woman: and because it is at once graceful and beautiful. Advertising in The Oregonian is the great style book of this com munity. To follow it closely each day is to get a daily bulletin of the ever-changing fashion. E. Jr. RILEY,.