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THE 3I.ORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JULYiM. 1015. PORTLAND, OREGON. J Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce - ieond-clwB matler. . Subscription Bates Invariably in advance: (By Mali. J r Dully. Sunday Included.- on year. . ... .is.uo Daily. Sunday Included, six montSi " Jaily, Sunday Included, three monthi. . f Daily. Sunday Included, one month..... ..Rally, without Hunday, one yearl (Daily, without Sunday, six monthi.... 2-Z - ijaur. virnoui nunaiv. inree hiuim.. JJailv. without Sunday, one month. .... .60 Weekly, one year. "fiunday, one year Sundiy and Weekly, one year. ....... Z. By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday included, one year..... Dally. Kundav included, one month..... 1.60 i.50 8.50 ft.00 .75 k How to Remit Send Poatoffiee money er- dar. express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at m Fnder'i risk. Give poatoffiee address in w full, including; county and state. Postage Hates 18 to 16 paces. 1 cent; 18 to 32 pages, -z cents; Se to 48 pages, d, -cents; So to 0 pages, cents; B2 to 1 pages. 5 cents; 78 to 92 pages. a cent. For eign postage, double rates. V. Ea-rtens Business Offices Veree Con" rlln. Brunswick buildirg. New York; Verree i Conklln, Steger building. Chicago: ban FTsncisco representative, R. J. Bldwell. 7x "' Market street. ;PORTIASD, SATURDAY. JULY t4. 1915. Z BOYCOTTS VS. BAYONETS. Norman Angell, noted expounder f the fallacies of warfare, has given "us two articles in the Saturday Even ting Post written in his usual plausir -ble and persuasive vein. Mr. Angell s has directed his undeniably strong in Ttellect to the discovery of a preven tive of or substitute for armed con flict among nations, and has presented ;the merits of the international boy cott. He suggests an international eon ' gress representing most of the civilized Iworld which shall pledge the signa tories to outlaw economically any party to the treaty in question which shall refuse to submit a difference "under it to at least impartial exam ination and report. "The ships of the offending nation could enter no civil ized port outside his own; payments of debts to him would be withheld; his commercial paper would be dis counted; his citizens could not travel in any civilized country in the world, 3ils passports being no longer recog nized." The money due him through . "the world would be sequestrated for disposal by an international court's Judgment, and, it is suggested, be used io indemnify any country on which war had been made by the offender. The boycott would continue in relaxed form after the war, if war had been made, until indemnities had been col lected. Mr. Angell has answered in his own way a number of criticisms that might be directed against the efficacy of the plan, but for information concerning them the reader must be commended to Mr. Angell's second article. We are interested Just now in suggesting criticisms, which to us seem important. but which are not discussed by Mr, Angell. The method, international boycott, while suggested as a substitute for war, is also presented as a promising preventive. It is assumed that a na tion, aware of the consequences, would not likely become an aggressor. Yet war itself means tremendous internal economic disturbances, and incidents are rare indeed where a nation has been deterred in the least from an aggressive militaristic attitude by thoughts of immediate consequences to its own peaceful industries. Eco nomic outlawry would be but a cumu lative burden upon an aggressor, so long as militarism is not outlawed by some other means, and it would sim ply Induce additions to that prepared ness to which a militaristic nation now resorts. It may be said that with all the powerful nations in the agreement militarism would die out. But in con nection it is instructive to turn to Mr. Angell's own article. Discussing in ternational agreements, he remarks: Where, on the other hand, a large num ber of powers form an alliance, but make no provision for carrying their agreement into effect against any one member who may violate It. such agreement is apt to become a mere pious expression of what the nattons ought to do If they were good. The world has but recently had il lustrated the truth of the saying that treaties are made to be broken. They are but scraps of paper. In the end the single power in an international agreement has no actual reliance or safety but its own ability to protect what it conceives to be its interests. Would military preparedness cease tinder the influence of another form of treaty in the light of flagrant vio- lations of older forms of obligation? The nature of the proposed agree ment lends doubt to its substantiality In the present; state of human en lightenment we doubt not that a de mocracy such as the United States would more quickly contribute an armed quota to an international police force engaged in disciplining a signa tory than it would suffer the incon veniences of a suspension of trade and intercourse for a longer period with a large national customer. It is not pleasant, but it is true, that this la so. Imagine that a boycott alliance ex Isted. Assume for purpose of argu ,'ment that Germany and Austria are the aggressors against Serbia. The ', commerce between the United States and Germany is not one-sided In its profits. We need Germany's prod ucts as badly as Germany needs ours. The controversy is of small moment to us, at least in its incipiency. If Germany and Austria elected to en gage in a commercial deadlock with the world rather than recede as to Serbia, our own selfishness would make us restive under the situation. It is possible our sense of honor is so firm that we should maintain our treaty obligations, but there are other nations whose co-operation would be necessary to success of the plan that would suffer more. It is not incon ceivable that the Scandinavian coun tries, and perhaps others, as a matter of self-preservation, would be forced to throw in their lot with the Teu tonic powers. If economic prepared ness had been undertaken, a pro longed commercial deadlock would ensue and the world's trade be de moralized for possibly a generation. The practicability of an interna tional boycott agreement must depend upon whether it can be effectively en forced against any and every nation that subscribes to it. ' Mr. Angell as serts that the United States . could come the nearest to living within it self of any of the great powers. He admits that that fact tells somewhat against the method, but he sees in the vastness of our resources and the .'weight of our economic forces' a strong position for initiating the plan. We are loath to concede that initla-. tion of a war substitute or preventive by a nation against which that sub stitute or preventive cannot be en forced would add particular, strength -to the plan. Nor are we ready to ad roit hat ell other nations are far re- moved from our own satisfying1 posl-1 tion. Great Britain, with rich and produc tive colonies In every quarter of the globe, would be found singularly dif ficult to starve into tractabillty if she became aggressive. But were the col onies incapable themselves of supply ing the needs of the British Isles, the superior British navy would be used to take by force from sea-borne com merce everything needed to assuage the hunger of the English. That would, of course, be the prelude to military warfare of world-wide scope. In fact, we can find no other analy sis of Mr. Angell's plan than that It Is a proposal that all wars shall be world-wide wars. But should its ap plication replace military wars with economic wars, it merely proposes deprivation, hunger, perhaps starva- tion and slow death, applied to the I weakest in the land, as opposed to death from shot and shell Inflicted upon the strongest. We do not ignore the supposition that a nation would hesitate to chal lenge the world to economic battle. But there is a psychology in human activity that must not be overlooked. Civilization has grown up under the protection of physical force. Nations recognize and fear nothing: else. In daily life the state combats outlawry among its -citizens with force and without consideration of economic consequences. The criminal's punish ment is confinement in idleness. He contributes nothing to his own sup port or that of his family. As al ready remarked, nations, in contem plating war, are not deterred in the slightest degree by the economic dis- turbances that they know will be caused by the withdrawal of vast numbers of men from productive -pursuits and the- demoralization of trade and commerce. A threat of economic punishment will be better than threat of armed might only when humanity reaches a higher plane of reason and prescience. And if human nature must be re formed before boycotts will take the place of bayonets, reformation may as well be directed toward another end. It would be no greater task to instill the spirit of the golden Tule throughout the world. Once that were established, Ave should have no wars, military, economic or any other kind. NONE- RECEIVED. Xearlv everybody from this state who I goes to the -exposition ends back something uncomplimentary to the Washington exhibit and tells what a fine Job the Oregon Com- mission has done. To counterbalance some of these Indignant remark we might men tion that when an Oregon man goes to the big ahow the first thing he does la to grab a souvenir postal card and write a roast of the Oregon exhibit for home consump tion. We suspect that a state exhibit at an expoeltion Is one of the hardest things there Is to prepare and one of the easiest to criticise. North Yakima Republic. The souvenir post cards written by dissatisfied Oregon visitors at San Francisco must have gone astray, for. The Oregonian has received none, and it has heard of none. We rather sus pect that our North Yakima neigh bor's strong sense of loyalty - to his own state has led him into error. The general testimony of returning Oregonians is that the State Commis sioners have done a good Job at San Francisco. They have erected a typi cal building, magnificently propor tioned, and it is well furnished with appropriate exhibits. Better still, there are alert men and women on hand who tell the story of Oregon to all comers. Since many thousand visit the Oregon building daily, and are In terested in what they see and hear, it is to be assumed that the work so well done will have results. It is no satisfaction to The Orego man, or to any sensible person in Oregon, that Washington has not done well with her representation at the Fair. The effects of good team work by the two states at San Fran cisco would undoubtedly have been far more beneficial to the Northwest than divided and uneven effort. It is not too late for Washington to recoup her forces and make a showing 1 worthy of her resources and enter prise. But politics and sectional ri valries must be set aside. FACING ABOUT. A militant newspaper apostle of peace, not a thousand miles from Portland, denies vehemently that it is for peace at any price. The late Secretary Bryan, now hit ting again the sawdust trail in a bur lesque ef fort to persuade the people that he is "supporting the President while opposing his policies, tearfully tells a San Francisco audience that he, too, had gone to war, or In that di rection, and that he believed in force when force was necessary Dr. Charles F. Thwing, president of Western Reserve (Ohio) University. and president also of the International Peace Association, gives out a re markable statement in Seattle, in which he declares for a greatly in creased armament by America If Germany wins. The Mohonk Peace Conference a month or two ago adopted without aeV . : V "n , re Datriotic and definite resolution fori an adequate policy of military pre paredness. Mr. Bryan Tesigned from the Cabl net because he treasured In his sob bing heart certain principles for the prevention of-'war. He disagreed ut terly with the President in his atti tude toward Germany, for he believed, or feared, that a determined assertion of American rights would lead to a conflict of arms. No man in all American history- has more notorious ly turned tail than Mr. Bryan, and none has in the present century more Justly deserved the reproach that the loyal feeling of the country has heaped upon him for deserting his 1 . . y . J n -.11 - ' . ', .. Bryan has never said that he is f or peace at any price; but by his acts he has shown It. The aroused patriotism of the coun try repudiates the craven policy of Chinafying (see Roosevelt's San Fran cisco speech) the United States. It demands adequate preparation to meet honorably and successfully any emer gency of a foreign war. That is the reason .many professional advocates of peace are facing about. AT FIFTY. The Oregonian has published two poems lately upon the Joys and sor rows of a person who has reached the age of 50 years. Both are by women. but their tones are as far apart the poles. The second, by Maud Staf ford -Burl ey, ' Is as Joyous as the song of a lark at sunrise. The other, by dark-eyed, melancholy "Jane," is sad as the shades of midnight in a grave yard. The two poems might very well be called "L'Allegro" and- "II Penso- roso if one cared to borrow a little from Milton for the occasion. "Hence, loathed melancholy, of Cer- berus and blackest midnight born," cried Mrs. Burlcy when she took her harp in hand. Her opinion, poetically! delivered, is that if & person has lived aright the age of 60 will have no ter rors for him. His feet will be nimble, his eyes bright and he "will be loved, though hU hair is white." Mrs. Bur ley also teaches the hale doctrine that "you'll win more by a smile than by looking forlorn, even at 50." We should say so. And you won't mind being 50, continues this gaily wise poet, "if you have scattered kindness along the years, or brought smiles to the face that was wet with tears," and she assures us that she knows what she is talking about, for she Is 50 herself. But poor Jane, who is evidently young yet, says she'll "Just hate to be 50." She thinks nobody will care what she has to say or how she looks or how she feels at 60. "Who will care," exclaims the melancholy Jane. "if I'm fat or thin? Who will care I if my nose is red?" It all depends. If Jane has anything to say worth hearing people will be just as glad to listen to her at 50 as at 20. We know of many a woman, rray-halred, sweet voiced and quiet-eyed, whose friends at 60 and beyond are as loyal and loving as they were in the heyday of her youth. But such women do not depend altogether upon the rose and lily of their faces for attractiveness. They pay somo little attention to their brains. One of the most beautiful objects in the world is a mature woman with an active mind and a body still vigor ous, who thrills with all the nerves of the world, sympathizes with sorrow and smiles with Joy, and lends her hand to help forward on the difficult ' upward way our stumbling race. vVE ARE BORN COWARDS. In a new and entertaining book called "The Log of a Timber Cruiser," William Pinkney Lawson recurs more than once to that instinctive fear which Is common to most men when they are about to undertake some perilous adventure. Mr. Lawson, who had many trying experiences, speaks of it as "a sinking at the pit of the stomach" and probably no words could describe it better. It is more or less of a collapse, physical and moral, of the entire man. Those who are made of the right "stuff" recover and go ahead. Those who are not fall by the wayside. This fear is much like stage fright. thou ell when it attacks a soldier ro- jn jnt( hl3 first 'battle it must be i . more distressing than any lecturers or actor's ordeal. Most great Soldiers who have written upon their early experiences acknowledge themselves to be natural cowards. Probably all men arc. Frederick the Great as good as ran away from his first battle. The great Turenne always advanced fo the front covered with goose pimples of fear. He used to say that he would turn tall if he dared. The best and probably the only cure for this instinctive fear is habit.. The habits acquired through- discipline do not eliminate fear from the soldier. but they neutralize it by stronger mo tives. Moreover, discipline imparts to an army a "mass psychology" which submerges the individual's feelings and fills him for the occasion with those of a million comrades. The bare sense of duty is a poor dependence in times of dire tempta tion. ' To be a true safeguard it must be reinforced by practice. The diffi cult duty done many times over is finaily done without reluctance and one who habituates himself to painful tasks is not likely to shrink from a new one when it Is presented sudden ly. Discipline Is the true protector of the' citizen's integrity as well as the so.ldier's honor. CONTROL OF SENATE. Have the Democratic victories of 1910 and 1912, plus the gain made by that party in the United States Senate in 1914. precluded the Repub lican party from regaining control of the upper house of Congress in 1916? Intimations have recently come from Democratic sources, conveying the Idea that should the Republican party win the presidency next year it would still be unable to put its policies into effect for at least two years because of a Senate barrier, just as Cleveland was forestalled through out his first term as President by a hostile Republican Senate. Examination of this suggestion be comes important at a. time when Re publicans begin to feel confidence In reclaiming the Presidency. That it Is not well founded is shown by con sideration of the states from which Senators will be chosen next year, viewed in the light of current politi cal happenings and the results in these states last year. There are ninety-six members of the United States Senate, fifty-sixth Democrats and forty Republicans. Forty-eight constitutes half the Sen ate, and enough, with the vice-president, to give bare control. A gain of eight seats by the Republicans is therefore necessary The terms of seventeen Democratic Senators will expire on the day the ,5, ' ... next President iS'lnauguratd. as fol lows: Ashurst of Arizona. Bryan ot Florida. Kern of Indiana, Johnson of Maine, Lee of Maryland, Williams of Mississippi, Reed of Missouri. Myers of Montana, Hitchcock of Nebraska, Pittman of Nevada, Martine of New Jersey, O'Gorman of New York, Pomerene of Ohio, Lea of Tennessee, Culberson of Texas. Swanson of Vir ginia and Chilton of West Virginia. The fifteen Republican Senators whose terms will expire on the same date are: Works of California. Mc Lean of Connecticut. Dupont of Dela ware, Lodge of Massachusetts, Town- ' - v.A. .'"k.. S I Vail J 11 4' t A VA1V.U, AIS.l-V.Mlll J- a V North Dakota, Oliver of Pennsylvania, , ... 7 -.., . , Llppltt of Rhode Island, Sutherland of Utah, Page of Vermont, Poindexter of Washington. La Follette of Wis consin and Clark of Wyoming. Leaving aside temporarily the queS' tion as to Republican loss of seats now held, there is little probability that in a Republican year that party will fail to gain at least seven of the places appearing In the Democratic list. These seven are Indiana, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, New York. Ohio and West Virginia. If the Republican drift were no more pronounced in these states than it -was in 1914. the seats in Maine, New York, Ohio and West Virginia would be reclaimed with practically a tie vote, in Nevada That would leave one other state to be won, assuming the Republican can hold what they have. This seat could be won in Maryland, Missouri Montana or New Jersey, and it is not beyond the range of possibility tha all of these will elect "Republican Senators. Missouri would superficial ly seem to be furthest out or reacn I but a leading Democrat of St. Louis I recently made the prediction that that I city would give such a large Repub lican vote next year as to overwhelm his party in the state. This predlc- ! Hon was -made to a group of Demo cratic state officials and not Intended for repetition. When it was out it was promptly confirmed and caused a stir among the politicians of the state. Thus it appears the Republicans may win a majority of six or eight in the next Senate, provided they lose none of the seats filled today by 'Re publicans. It does not seem likely that If a Republican President is chosen any of these seats will be lost. In fact, on the basis of the vote of 1914, it cannot fairly be assumed that any one of them will select a Demo cratic Senator, although Wisconsin did elect Husting. a Democrat, by a few hundred votes in 1914. Several of these states last year elected Demo cratic governors, but were strongly Republican on the Congressional ticket, no Senator being chosen. The waning strength of the Pro gressives who have gone bodily into the Republican ranks in several of the states where the third party vote contributed to close margins in 1914. adds strength to the supposition that the Republicans will do far better in 191$ in the Senate contests than It did last November, ever were it to fall short of winning the Presidency. Omitting the personal element of possible unpopular choices in its can didates for Senator, the Republican party should have no great difficulty in winning the Senate in 1916. There is no reason that in this respect it should be less fortunate in its selec- tion of candidates than its rival, for the choice in each instance will be made in most states at primary clee- tlons A letter from Governor Willis, of Ohio.' to a friend in Everett, Wash., in response to an invitation to visit Puget Round, contains this compli mentary reference to Washington's senior Representative In Congrejs, W, E. Humphrey: 1 know Congressman Humphrey very welL Incidentally, 1 want to say for Mr. Hum phrey that h-a Is one of the ablest members of the National House of Representatives. When he arises to speak everybody on both sides of the chamber knows that a vtgoroua. accurate, effective argument will be pro duced. Mr. Humphrey occupies an enviable position In tie lower House of congress, and I trust will be tbe recipient of higher honor at the hands of the people of his native state. Governor .Willis was for several terms a member of Congress, and he had abundant opportunity to learn the relative qualities of his colleagues. The capture of the clerk in the Wallace postoffice who stole several thousand dollars nearly two years ago again shows the method of Govern ment espionage, from which there la no getting away. Although the thief secured transfer to an office more than a thousand miles distant, and was apparently unsuspected, the eyes of the service were on him all the time. When the proper moment came he was taken. It is to the credit of a hundred thousand good men, ex posed to temptation more or less fre quent, that these cuses seldom occur. Formerly the parcel post admitted no parcels when combined length and girth exceeded seventy-two inches. This limit has now been raised to eighty-four inches, and the usefulness of the' parcel post has to that extent been increased. But restrictions of this sort needlessly hamper the serv ice and Impair Its benefits to the pub lic. A half-hearted, hesitating parcel post is a good deal'of a humbug. The Sjociety of Gideon has under taken a praiseworthy campaign against profane swearing. In the pursuit of this worthy end it has pre pared a card to be handed to travel ers giving "Twelve Good Reasons for Not Swearing." The number Is too small. Most travelers could give sev eral hundred reasons on the other side and they are all potent. The Wisconsin labor unions, like those of other states, are for woman suffrage. The unions comprise the most intelligent part of the wage earners and their position upon this subject is therefore what might have been expected. Woman suffrage was rejected In Wisconsin recently by an unintelligent foreign vote heavily com posed of Polacks. The Christian Science Monitor preaches a neat little editorial ser mon on the sin of letting words stand in the place of thought. The ordinary mind is too easily satisfied with plaus ible phrases and never tries to go be neath them to realities. Just as some of us clutch symbols to our hearts with never a thought of what they signify. John Galsworthy prophesies that about the only first-rate literature the war will inspire will be of the nature of satire. It would be strange if he should be right, for satirical literature has never yet grown out of war Usually its inspiration has been found in a rich, decadent, peace-loving age. It is interesting to notice the grow ing Importance of the airships In the war. Somewhat -of a disappointment at first, their activities are now in creasing and they really seem to have become a factor to be reckoned with There are prophets who tell us the air fleets will finally decide the war. Germany got a cargo of American barley and beans yesterday by cap turing a ship bound to Stockholm- much better plan than sinking the vessel. That is the way the news reads. The probability is the cargo was intended for Germany. State Treasurer Kay Is right In ob jecting to a charge for visiting the Penitentiary, but likely will not op pose a contribution box at tne door, the money to go toward betterment or the Inmates" conditions. This is the tipping era. Bryan has landed his brother-in- law on the United States Attorney's Job In Nebraska, which is fair work for a dead one. Some of the vaudeville shows in San Francisco are not intended for men like Dr. Aked. The clergyman got in wrong. Becker Is due for the chair Wednes day and his attorneys are very active In the slim hope of an order for a new trial. "Russians lack ammunition, say the dispatches. Russia always lack something vital at the crucial time. Do the weather folk know wha they are leading up to by forecasting fair and warmer each day? The mail boxes are to get another coat of paint green. f course, bo- cause the color Is dependable. Twenty-Five Year Ago from Tho Oregonian. July 24. 1SBO. Washington. Mr. Charlton, a mem ber of the Canadian Parliament, en Joyed the privileges of the flour of the Senate yesterday. lie was intro duced by Senator Iolph. of Oregon, lie did not talk reciprocity. The Tillamook County Fair Associa tion filed incorporation papers yester day at Salem. The Incorporators shown re W. U. Kelso. W. D. Sllllwell an. W. H. Cooper. Washington. Letters in the Behrlng Sea fisheries between United Mates and England were made public here yesterday. They show Blaine Is stand- ng firm, and the charge is made that Lord Salisbury Is trying; to make a showing for English settlers. St. PauL More than 16.000 people attended the opening of the Twin City Jockey Club meeting yesterday. Reports from London say the Pelican Club is willing to put up $4000 if Ucmp.ipy will come to England and fight Burke 0 rounds. Spokane . Falls. The burnt district on the north side of the river and tb great chasm left by the burning of Monroe-street bridge presented a deso late appearance yesterday. Neither of the fires, however, reached the busi ness district. Professor K. L. Wiley, principal of the Salem Business College, and Mrs. Wiley, who went East last week, were In a railroad collision In Colorado, in which Mrs. Wiley was hurt. The Oregon Alpine Club proposes Is suing a quarterly magazine devoted to the interests of the club. Acting Manager Johnston, of the Terminal Company, says the tracks are all ready for the Northern Pacific to go into the new terminal station, and he has no idea what the road is wait ing for. Prince George of Wales will be at Newport in August, and-the fashionable watering place may expect a regular deluge of Anglomaniacs from New York with their trousers turned up. Mrs. John Dltcuburn and family have gone Kast for a few months. II. Hlrschberg. of Independence, and T. W. Scars, of McCoy, will go to Europe soon on a pleasure and business trip. New York The sugar trust Is tak ing steps for reorganization. It Is said it will be reformed so It will tit the law. YC. J. Scanlon. the distinguished actor. Mrs. Scanlon and the leading lady of the "Myles Aroon" company arrived in Portland yesterday and are at the Portland. He I" the author of the popular Irish songs. "Peek-a-Boo." "My Nellie's Blue Eyes," "Remember. Boy. You're Irish." and others. K. A. Noyes, the Astoria agent of the I nion Pacific, has been here for a few days visiting his mother. Mrs. Allen Noyes. While here he has talked with shipping men on the prospects for bis ships coming here this season. TlliaiAPEl'TIO SCOPE COMPLETE urh la Claim for Osteopathy. Droad- er Sense, by Ooetor. ALBANY. Or.. July 22. (To the Edi tor.) I have read your editorial en- itled "Osteopathists." and appreciate he friendliness and fairness which It isplays, but a few statements are not as accurate as they should be. To say that the osteopath avoids rugs entirely except' for anesthesia is hardly true, because he believes in their se as antiseptics. They are frequent- y desirable and often almost tndla- pensible for this purpose. lour statement that we regard sur gery lightly Is contrary to the facts, but we find much surgery unnecessary f proper osteopathic treatment is given in time. For the many surgeons n this country who diagnose carefully and operate conscientiously we have the greatext respect and admiration. and we have not a few of them In our own profession. It in the little two-by-four 'whlttler." with no Idea but cut and frequently little Idea what he s cutting for. that we object to. This quite numerous class has done much to bring easeful surgery Into disrepute Our quarrel, then, is with ignorant surgery, surgery not backed by careful diagnosis. As to the germ theory of dlseaese. It s accepted by the majority of the pro fession, though we think, as a rule, that the body is better able to manu facture its anti-toxins and vaccines In its own laboratories than some man is in his. We Dlace far more Importance on the predisposing cause, which is lowered vitality of the body In part or whole, than on the exciting cause. which Is some germ, and because we emuhasize this, our keynote Is adjust ment. whether it be of the body, mind or environment. In its narrowest sense osteopathy means adjustment or ooay structure; in its broadest sense It means adjust ment of everything that affects the health of man. This makes osteopatny a complete system of therapeutics com prehending surgery, the germ theory of disease, sanitation, hygiene and all Atlmr factors- affecting health I would like to emphasize the ract that there are only seven osteopathic colleges, four of which gtve a full four-year course, the other tnree giv- Inir the three-year course, tnougnt Ik so heavily crowded that it amounta to the same thing. A. P. HOW V. LL.S, u. J. PRUDERY HARMKl'li TO 3iOK.AI.il s (nr.nno.Hrnl Tfcleka Mr. c-omsiocsi lajaree Cause of Purity. PORTLAND. Julv 23. (To the Edi tor.) "San Francisco should hang her head in shame for allowing siuaies in the nude to be exhibited at the 1-ana- ma-Vjirlfio ExDOsition." This state ment ! attributed to Antnony om- stock. so-called Nw York apostle of nurliv. and was made tha other day in reference to the statues and paintings which can be seen in the puuaings ana ... ii . i on tne srrounas oi tno rir. declared' that the Exposition authori ties should be compelled to remove or properly drape these works or art. Since when, may l asu. nas mo rrp resentation of the human body become an object of abhorrence to right think ers? Since when has tne numan iorm, of man or of woman. In all its beauty, In all the nerfectness wltn wnicn uoo AlmlKhty has endowed it. become object of scorn and detestation to those upright at heartr Mnco wnen has the most wonderful Image ever shaped by the Creator become so vile and loathsome that it must be taken from our view? Here we have a case of one of tbe supposed champions of social purity advocating the draping of beautiful masterpieces of the human body so that they may be seen by none. What logic Is there In this act when wo are doing our best to instill Ideas of right In the minda of our youth? Is It proper to teach them that the sight of the human body in Its nakedness Is some thing vile. Impure and loathsome, or rather are we to teach that the human form in all Its beauty, strength and perfectness Is something to be viewed with admiration and respect? Let Sir. Cumstock "hang his head in shame" for ever giving utterance to wards that would thus throw slurs upon the creations of the Almighty. His own worda are likely to Injure the cause for which he is supposedly righting, and to which we all give our hearty support. Triumph for morality is found In the abandonment of prud ery. "As a man thinketh so is he." M. I. WRIGHT. European War Primer By Natloaal Geea-rapbleal Seclrty. A SURVEY of the coast geography of the British Isles shows some things of tremendous interest when considered with reference to the blockade undertaken by the Germans, the first serious blockade ever at-' tempted against the United Kingdom. Great Britain is a land of harbors and . highly-developed ports. Its for eign commerce clears from more than 130 seaports that are situated upon every sea washing the Islands. To shut off English commerce with other lands would require an almost impossible sea strength. Moreover. besides its wealth of widely scattered harbors, the I'hlled Kingdom has a particularly ir regular coastline, which would serve to multiply greatly the labors of a blockader. Broken by rocky headlands. bays nd deeply penetrating inlets of the sea. the English coastline alone stretches for a distance of 2350 miles. To the south, upon the English Chan- net. lie the great seaports of Plymouth Southampton. Portsmouth. Brighton and Dover; to the east, toward the North Sea. are the ports of London. Harwich. Great Yarmouth. Hull and Newcastle, and to the west, toward he Atlantic and Irish Pea. are Bristol. Cardiff. Swansea and Liverpool. Hun dreds of smaller ports are sprinkled in between these great harbors of world-wide fame. Of these English ports Liverpool Is said to have the best-developed harbor In the world; mors coal Is shipped from Cardiff than from any other seaport; Orlmsby Is the Ashing capital of the world and Ixtndon Is more Intimately connected with the ports on every sea than any other harbor. England has expended with freehanded foresight In the Improvement of her seaports and so the war finds her with adequate harbor facilities upon every hand, with drydocks and shipyards in every Important harbor. with equipment to carry on a great foreign trade from more than 100 different points. e e Scotland Is a still more baffling problem to an Intending blockader. Probably Its most striking feature la the Irregularity of Its coastline and Its roast upon the east Is shielded by an intricate mass of bold, rocky Islands. Though much smaller in area than England. Scotland has a coastline of 2300 miles, or one mile of coast to every 11 square miles of area. l.elth. Dundee and Aberdeen are important ports upon the North Sea. In the east: Inverness sends its shipping to the north and Glasgow, with its famous shipbuilding works and vast foreign trade, lies toward the North Channel and the open Atlantic. Few places in Scotland lie more than 40 miles from the sea and smaller ports dot the en tire coastline. - e e e Ireland's greatest ports, Belfast and Dublin, are situated upon her east coast, on the Irish Sea. The restless breaking of a rough Atlantic over the rocky needles of her western coast has retarded the development of com mercial harbors there. Limerick, upon the River Shannon, gives Ireland an Important Atlantic harbor, while Queenslown Is an outlet in the south and Londonderry in the north. With its more than 6500 miles of coastline and its well-developed har bors all along the way. the United Kingdom presents a problem ot ex treme difficulty to any power intend ing to maintain blockade against it. la.tltaitleaa far Wayward Girls. ASTORIA. Or.. July 21. (To the Edi tor.) Please tell me if there is an In stitute for wayward girls In Oregon and where. p. R. u. House of the Good Shepherd. East Twentieth ar.d Irving streets. Portland; Florence Crlttenton Refuge Home. East Thirty-first and Gllsan streets. Port land: Oregon State Industrial School for Girls, Salem. Or. Only girls com mitted by the court are received. Louise Home. Elweod Station, seven miles east of Portland. Galec te Chervil In Summer. Atchison Globe. Speaking about overcoming habit. It Is the easiest thing In Summer to get out or the habit of aroinar to church. Helen Gould's The Sunday Oregonian The public seldom hears anything now of the former Ilelcn Gould, whose numerous benefactions have done much to endear her to Amer icans everywhere. Since her marriage a few years ago to i inley J. Shepard. an official of the Gould railroads, the former Miss Gc-u d has gradually withdrawn to Lyndenhurst. the beautiful Gould estate which borders the Hudson River. Her present life and her manner of living will be interestingly described and illustrated in The Sunday Oregonian. TESTING UNCLE SAM'S DEFENSES Every Run used in Uncle Sam's defense work and every class of material used in construction of such works is tested before it is placed in permanent commission. Uncle Sam maintains a proving grounds on Sandy Hook, near New York, where all the articles of war later enter into units of National defenses. A description of this field makes interesting reading, but no more interesting than the pictures. MRSH1PS DO VALUABLE SERVICE Just what service the airship has performed for the various European armies is a subject upon which there is yet no very definite understanding. But a corre spondent recently gathered some facts on this topic tending to show that both sides owe much to the new air machines. Some or this writer's observations will be presented in the Sunday issue. TEENIE WEENIE STILL HERE William Dohaney. the clever artist who originated the Teenie Weenie series of pictures and the Teenie Weenie fairy tales for the entertainment of juvenile readers, will present another of his fanciful stories in the big Sunday paper. He will present also another installment of his modern interpretations of the tales of the "Arabian Nights." DODGING ZEPPELINS IN PARIS-e-How native Parisians and persons living temporarily in Paris are put to extreme precautions these days to protect themselves from Zeppelin raids is the subject of a humorous story by The Oregonian's Paris correspondent. The illustrations, too, are humorous, but the whole is founded on fact. SKETCI1 OF MRS. LANSING Now that Robert Lansing has been elevated to the office of Secretary of State, something about Mrs. Lansing, who comes into a high social position by reason of her hus band's position, is of extreme interest. A woman who is closely acquainted with Mrs. Lansing has written a brief but interesting sketch for The Sunday Oregonian. CLEVER FICTION STORY "The Shoeing of Mars" is the subject of a piece of entertaining fiction presented by Innis G. Osborn and Henry M. Snevily. The story is complete in the Sunday issue. DR. HUTCHINSON AGAIN The Sunday paper also will contain another of Dr. Woods Hutchinson's interesting and entertaining health stories. "Death Germs and How the Body Fights Them" is the sub jects The Oregonian has arranged to print exclusively a new series of health stories from this gifted physician and author and former resident of Portland. HOW DIETING HELPS HEALTH Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, suffragist leader, declares that health, beauty and happiness depend largely upon diet. Jn the Sunday paper she explains what methods should be pursued to gain these desired ends. OTHER SUNDAY FEATURES Additional attractions in The Sunday Oregonian will include another series of Temple's sketches from life, a page of stories for children, a page of real estate news, complete reports of what vacationers are doing at the beaches, a complete sport section, several pages of automobile news, the usual society gossip, seasonable theatrical reports sr.d pages devoted to women and their activities. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of July 24. IS5. Rev. T. H. I'furn arrived on Satur day evening by the Sierra Nevada. Numerous friend met him on the wharf nnd gladly welcomed him back. Last evening he addressed a large con gregation at the M. K. Church. After a few weeks' stay among us he will re turn to the East. It Is suggested that if all ot'ier charges against Jeff Davis fall, he can he tried as a suspicious character found wearing female apparel. Six month In the workhouse would be a proper pen alty for this offense against good mor als. Since the sale of the steamer George S. Wright for the Russo-American tele, graph expedition we '.lave been depend ent upon the chance system of commu nication between this port and Vic toria, but we are gld to learn that the I'nited rotates steamer Active, for a long time on the coast survey, has peett sold to run an a packet In this line. Old Oregonians will remember her un der the old name of the t;old Hunter. Washington. July 14. The President today pardoned 2 T persons. among whom were none of any prominence. A large number of applications for par don still continue to be received. New Orleans. July 14. News from the Mexican interior shown that the empire is peaceful. Maximilian Is striving to improve tho country and encourage education. San Francisco. July Advices from Arlsona say CenerAl Mason has organized a number of Pilos n1 Mari ettas to fight the Apache. The Vn mas refused to Join the ApAr'nes in the war aa-alnst tho whites. The Indians are very troublesome. The station of Tubac Is to he abandoned. For Fale. The machinery of th steamer Vancouver for sale. Apply te Captain Turnbull. Judah P. Benjamin, the rehel Secre tary of State. eems to have escaped to Bermuda. Rnaekera: Ka.ve.ra Iteada. ROSKBt'RU. Or.. July 22. (To the Editor.) I noticed an article In The Oregonian. In which John Hunter, of Roseburg. was quoted as snyintf that he represented a "majority of the heavy property owners of Roseburg." This statement was made by .Mr. iiunter. it he was quoted correct lv. In connection ith his trip to Portland to employ counsel to contest tne nonos voirti nere recently to aid Kendall Bros, in con structing a railroad to the National Forest. Reserve on the North Umpqua River. As a matter of fact the great ma jority of Roseburg favor the bond issue. This is Illustrated in the rollowing vote recorded at tho time the bon" were voted: For the bond issue. 643; against the bond Issue. 7S. Only tax payers were allowed to vote at tne bond election. This letter Is written merely for tha purpose of showing the people living outside of Roseburg that the great ma jority of Roseburg people favor both sawmill and railroad. W. A. TKTTIT. Election la PORTLAND. July 23. (To the Edi tor.) (1) To settle a dispute on a birth date, will you kindly tell me what day March S. 196. fell on? 12) What election was held in the Cltv of Portland on either the Tth. Rth or Jth of March. 196? E. ADAMS. (1) Sunday. (I) There was a school election March 9, 1896. In which Royal K. War ren was elected dieector to succeed C. W. Rob-. Who I Am Fifty. I'm forty now. with four tacked on. Answ'ring "phones the whole day long. I'll go crasy if this keeps on Till I am fifty. Mein Gott in Himmel. mein hair la white; u-ftri- fifteen hours from morn till night: . I crave a man to set things right When I am fifty. ...... FRANCF.3 WALKER. Quiet Home Life -IN-