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TITE MOIiNTXG OREGONIAN. TnURSDAT, JtTLT 29, 1915 FORTLASD. OBEGOK. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflc as seond-class matter. Subscription Rates Invariably In advance: (Sj Mail. Dally, Sunday included, one yar.. ....s.00 Daily. Sunday Included, six rnont'is 1 1 y, Dunaay inciuo.ea, inree monui.. j, ounaay inciuaea, one muuiu . . . . pally, without Sunday, one year! .75 6.00 8.25 pally, without Eundayj three months... 't'y, witnout buodiy. alx monmi -uaiiy, without Sunday, one montn.. Weekly, one year Funday, one year.... ...... Eund&y and weekly, one year. ...... 60 1.S0 3.60 tuy carrier.) M Dally. Sunday Included, one year w-O" Dally. Sunday Included, one month i How to Remit Send Postofflc money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency ars at sender's Vrlak. Give postofflce address m lull. Including county and state. Postage iiates 12 to 16 pages. 1 cent: 18 to 32 pages. 2 cents; o to 48 pages, i cents: 5u to 60 pages, 4 cents; 62 to To pages, 5 cents; 78 to 92 psges. cents. For eign postage, double rates. Kavtern Business Offices Veree Conk lin. Brunswick buildiric New York; Verre Conklin, Steger building, Chicago; San Francisco representative, R. J. BidwelL i2 Market street. PORTLAND, THURSDAY. JULY 9, 1815. READY FOR A NATIOX DBYT There has been much of late to en courage the prohibition enthusiast Into belief that "the time nationally to outlaw the liquor traffic has arrived" and that the movement may gain even world-wide momentum. War's neces sities have abolished or restricted drinking in several European coun tries, nineteen states in America have gone dry, while seven provinces in Canada either have temperance leg islation In effect or are facing its seemingly irresistible progress. But it Is not always safe to place reliance on an upward tendency in prohibition. Possibly no other move ment can disclose as remarkable a record of ups and downs. Nor is Its history wholly modern. The Cartha ginians barred intoxicants from their camps. Had wars then been conduct ed on as national a scope as now, their prohibition would have been quite as revolutionary as Russia's inhibition against vodka. China was the orig inal prohibition nation, if Oriental traditions are to be credited, for there was an energetic Emperor in ancient times who ordered all the vines in the flowery kingdom uprooted in an effort to stamp out drinking. Today Chinese gin is one of the most potent of known intoxicants, and some of the old Carthaginian colonies are en gaged in nothing but winegrowing. In modern times a prohibition wave of even greater comparative propor tions than the one we are now wit nessing t swept over America. About the middle of the last century twelve stares in all had prohibition laws. But in some of them the' trial of prohibi tion was only nominal. In others it was almost wholly Ineffective. None clung to the principle without a set back except Maine. But the states that adopted prohibition then were among the most populous in the Union'and included a much greater proportion of the entire population than do the present nineteen dry states. In testing the permanency of pro hibition today, however, it cannot be overlooked that the principle is bet ter fortified than ever before. Throughout its experimental stage various important things have been learned about its enforcement; the constitutional errors that invalidated earlier statutes have been learned or courts have acquired a different view of the meaning of liberty; some of. the loopholes in interstate commerce have been closed by Congressional acts, and perhaps of equal importance is the transition of the prohibition question from almost' wholly a moral and sentimental Issue to an economic one. The second great prohibition wave in America, too, has been more firmly built up on the foundation of local op tion. True, local option is an older plan than state prohibition in this country. , It was first adopted in In diana in 1832, but as a general force it did not prevail strongly until the -recession of the prohibition wave in the middle of the last century. It is remarked by the New York Evening Post that under local option there grows up a new generation to which drinking is strange, which knows of it only by the benefit of its absence. The new generation is a power to be reck oned with in a later vote on state pro hibition. This is undoubtedly a sound conclu sion as to communities where there has been effective law enforcement. But to the new generation In a local option community the evils of the open saloon are also strange. If it is confronted by blind pigs and boot legging, it is quite as likely to turn to license and regulation for relief as to state prohibition. Doubtless the fail ure of prohibition law enforcement was mainly responsible for the reces sion of prohibition in the last century. The states that have recently adopted prohibition have quite generally had fairly effective local option. i Just as the progress of state prohi bition has been built up on local op tion, probably National prohibition Villi 'become sufficiently popular to gain approval only when the larger form, of local option has demonstrated its effectiveness. The relation of the Nation to the state is the same as the relation of the state to the smaller unit which was permitted to elect whether it should be dry or wet. The state had to be made ready for pro hibition and it had to have a demon stration that prohibition would pro hlbit. There is good reason to doubt that 'the country is prepared for National prohibition. There are actually but two states that supply a criterion as to what may be accomplished with are relatively small in urban popula- : it ... ,nirA- - - J 1 .1 information which, even when favora- , ble to enforcement, is not conclusive. In the South prohibition is tied up of the state unit3 have applied Na . tlonal local option. With them as a whole it is still experimental, and Na- ' tional prohibition, unless established - upon a solid foundation, will inevita bly yield to reaction. In proposing a constitutional amend- . I IV, 1 1 l I..1 L 1.1 JIVUlUltlVU ClCHIClli AO abandoning its policy of slower, surer - progress. There is nothing now to : Justify the effort except the band wagon tendency that in the end afflicts rather than aids every effort, con structive or otherwise, which acquires a momentum of respectable propor tions. And if the unlikely happens ' and it is attained on a wave of sentl mentalism or as a result of a religious or moral revival it is likely to .have no firmer footing than the epidemic ' - AV. T Xfall n't .Mat. t. viiic i .iu i 1 ...... i ....... . . . . . . npany that their Chinese crews can learn English. Two months' experi ment Is not decisive one way or the other. The fact that coolies cannot read their own language proves little. Chinese is written with many thou sand distinct characters. None but erudite specialists have time to learn them all. POOR CHAJ.CE. Senator Kern, of Indiana, Is the leader of the United States Senate. Representative Hay, of Virginia, is chairman of the military committee of the House. Both are Democrats. Both" are' in supposed accord with the purposes and policies of the National Administration. Yet Chairman Hay, in opposition to the sound opinion of the country and in substantial defiance of the Presi dent, Secretary of War, chairman of the Senate committee on military af fairs (Mr. Chamberlain) and the mil itary advisers of the Administration, publicly attacks any adequate policy of preparedness. Leader Kern repeats his peace-at-any-price sentiments. Kern and Hay are mere echoes and pawns of Bryan. The people of the United States are with President Wilson, and not with ex-Secretary Bryan, in his champion ship of American rights and in his leadership of a united Nation. They are with President Wilson, and not with ex-Secretary Bryan, in his plan to strengthen the Army and Navy. But there is a poor chance for the President to accomplish anything in the way of real preparedness through a Democratic Congress more strongly attached to Bryan than to Wilson. CLEAN AND IT RE. The Portland Evening Journal gives a certificate of character to the pres ent city government by testifying that "it is not probable that any city in Americd has cleaner or purer govern ment than has Portland." We can't think - of any governments that we should be willing to say are cleaner or purer; but there are some which we surmise are better far better. It is pleasant to be able to agree with our contemporary that it is a clean and pure government by clean and pure men, of whom there are many in Portland; but not all of them are City Commissioners, or are fit to be. Something more is required. If there has been in the city administra tion any voice effectively raised for retrenchment and economy'the public has so far failed to hear it. If any Commissioner has devised a plan of systematic reduction of expenses, in keeping with the general spirit of the times and in consonance with the ex pectations and sore needs of the tax payers, it has escaped attention in the general hubbub over the higher cost of public living. It is to be noted further that our virtuous neighbor corrects the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for saying that the "expenses of government in Portland are $950,000 higher than In the two preceding years under the old sys tem." We beg to assure the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that It has not been found in any substantial error. THE FLY PEST. Something like 75 per cent of all the" flies "born" are brought forth in stable refuse. This is a statement indorsed by all scientists who have made a close study of the subject, and the observation of inquiring laymen bears out the accuracy of the figures. Admitting that the fly is a dangerous enemy of the' human family and a great and expensive nuisance as well, it goes without saying that every per son who owns or controls a breeding ground in or around stables should be active In taking advantage of the methods laid down by scientists to re duce the fly output. These methods are simple and inexpensive. It has been taught for years that borax is the best "medicine" to place upon the breeding grounds of the fly, but this has the disadvantage of re ducing the fertilizing value of the manure. During the past couple of years science has gone many steps be yond the borax period and as a re sult we have the maggot traps which are very effective where there is a large amount of manure to handle Farmers' bulletin No. 679, which may be had by application to the Depart ment of Agriculture, gives a full de scription of it and shows how it can be cheaply constructed. For the small stable where from one to four horses are kept, splendid results In the prevention of the breed ing of the fly may be secured by sprinkling the manure piles with a solution prepared ,by adding one-half pound of powdered hellebore to ten gallons of water. This will destroy from 88 to 99 per cent of the larvae from which the flies are hatched. The solution should be allowed to stand twenty-four hours after mixing to get the full strength of the hellebore dis seminated throughout the water. The ten gallons of solution will treat about eight bushels, or ten cubic feet, of ma nure, without deterrent effects upon its fertilizing value. The cost is a mere trifle about 1 cent for every two bushels treated. The borax treatment is as effective as the hellebore remedy, and in towns and cities it can often be used to great advantage. But for stables of consid erable size the hellebore treatment is the best. FROM 1815 TO 1913. Has civilization advanced or re ceded during the last hundred years? We commonly assume that we are far ahead of the world of 1815, but do the facts bear us out in our complacent self-congratulation? William D. How ells, writing in Harper's Magazine finds grounds for the opinion that we are somewhat better off than our for. bears of a century ago. Chattel slav ery has gone and he thinks that "in. dustrial slavery is greatly tempered." The latter may be true of some countries, but hardly of the United States, since in 1815 we had no Indus tries on the modern scale where great armies of workmen .were employed Mr. Howells stands on .more solid ground when he says that the century has witnessed a real advance in "arts and letters," but in some other mat ters we feel less confidence in his po sition. It would be pleasant, for in stance, to agree with him that "we no longer have the wild revivals of old and that we do not use so much strong drink or chew so much tobacco as our predecessors did a century ago Our revivals may have lost some kinds of wlldness, but they have, ac. quired others. The Billy Sunday per formances in Philadelphia and Patter son present as many aspects of pic turesque barbarism as any old-time camp-meeting. Public drunkenness is not so common as it was in 1815 but statistics show that the per capita consumption of alcohol Is greater. This is explained partly-by Its enor mous use in patent medicines, partly by the drinking habits of women. In 1815 a woman who drank liquor was the scandal of her neighbors. Today she can toss off her grog and excite no remark. Mr', Howells Justly remarks that we have escaped from the bonds of "the terrible, unscriptural. New England Sabbath," but we have escaped at the same time from the New England church-going, which may not be alto gether a gain. ' In still other matters our progress since 1815 is question able. That year saw the world Just emerging from the wars of Napoleon. This year sees Europe well immersed in the war of the kaisers and It will hardly be claimed by anybody that the horrors of the present struggle are less shocking than those of the Cor al can conqueror. . In regard to progress, the truth probably is that while we have bet tered matters in some particulars dur ing the last century we have allowed them to grow worse in a great many others. PRICES OF FARM PBODrCTS. A bulletin issued by the Agricultu ral Department shows that the prices of farm products all over the country have, as a rule, greatly advanced over those prevailing a year ago, particu larly in Oregon. " Butter, eggs and poultry have slightly declined, the former a cent a pound, eggs 3 cents a dozen and chickens 1 3-10 cents per pound. Potatoes have advanced from' 46 cents to SI. 02 cents; rye from 77 cents to 92 cents; barley from 53 cents to 57 cents; oats from 37 cents to 4 3 cents; wheat from 77 cents to 89 cents, and corn from 75 cents to 85 rents. At the prevailing prices our agri cultural communities ought to be more than ordinarily prosperous. With the single exception of potatoes the prices quoted can, if the bulletin fig ures are accurate, be realized by the farmers as quickly as the crops can be sent to market. For potatoes the price fluctuates with the demand and the prices of even a week hence may be 25 per cent higher or 25 per cent lower. The potato is like the hop. It Is hard to find the psychological mo ment for its marketing. SELLING MUNITIONS. Theodore S. Woolsey, formerly pro fessor of international law at Yale University, has an article In Leslie's Weekly explaining and defending the American trade in munitions of war. It is in accord with international law, and it is expressly sanctioned by The Hague conference (session of 1907). It is to be noted that Germany, which is regarded as the chief sufferer from the general exportation of arms and munitions to the allies, has made no protest whatever to the United States. It would be useless and inconsistent, for, as Professor Woolsey says: Professor Oreeorv. In an interesting ar ticle, aives statistics of the large German exports of arms to the British forces In the Boer War after the Boer trade had been cut off. In the Russo-Japanese war Krupp notoriously supplied both sides. In the Bal- ican war tnere was saia to De competition between Krupp and Creusot in furnishing cannon. No state in the nature of things can satisfy its needs lri war completely from its own resources. fc.very neju-erent has bought, every neutrsl has allowed Its citi zens to sell, munitions since modern war began. England sympathized with the South in our civil war. yet sold to the North. She did the same in 1870 to Franca. It Is clear that the United States could perform no more markedly un neutral act than now to forbid the export of munitions and supplies. Ger many has withdrawn her navy from the sea, and has left Great Britain and her allies in undisputed command, ex cept as to the submarines. The rea son Germany has declined a test of naval strength is confessedly the great superiority of the allies', fleets. . The United States is, of course, ready to sell munitions to Germany and her allies, but we cannot deliver, since Germany has abandoned the seas to her enemies. Shall the United States, by refusing to sell to Great Britain or France, seek to equalize an advan tage that even their enemies concede? There is complaint, too, that the United States is seeking to benefit by trade with the warring powers. Why not? The United States as a neutral power was and is vastly hurt by a war which was not of its making. If its great trade losses may in part be recouped through the very condi tion which has imposed them, the United States Is but .taking advantage of a legitimate opportunity. A PRODIGIOUS PROBLEM. Word from Washington that the Administration nas taken up seriously the problems of National defense will be received with general satisfaction There never has been a time when the whole people so fully realized the helpless condition of the country nor when the public mind was so ready for the-development of an adequate military policy. Military pessimists have long predicted thavthe Ameri can mind was beyond - hope of an awakening. A disastrous Invasion they have contended, would be re quired to stimulate us to action. The error of this dire prediction has not yet been proved, but there are evi dences that an awakening is well ad vanced and that military and naval impotence will be changed anon Into a considerable degree of potence. The idea of a board to seek a solu tion of our military and naval prob lems strikes The Oregonian as the proper method of procedure in the matter. In fact, the idea .was put for ward by The Oregonian several weeks ago, when it was urged that the big gest minds in the country be included In such a board. Secretary Garri son has chosen as his advisers some of the best-equipped men of high rank in the Army and Navy. The data and recommendations they present will be made the basis of his report to the President, who. In turn, will pass along his conclusions to Congress. The unanimous hope will be that the programme, when completed, will suffice to meet the requirements of an effective military and naval policy for the United States. No definite an nouncement has been made as yet, and very little in the way of specula tion has been offered as to the pro posed measures. In some circles the report is out that a standing army of half a million men will be proposed in the programme. Reports vary as to the number of war vessels that are to be added to our Navy. But. after all, these are minor details. The big phase of the problem Is a -modus operandi of recruiting and maintain ing whatever new forces may be de cided upon. Certainly we could not keep up an Army of half a million men on the basis of recruitment that now exists. Difficulty is experi enced in maintaining the little Na tional police force which we now dig nify with the name of Army. Natur ally there has ijpt to be some entirely new way of acquiring ann maintain ing a first-line Army. Whether this solution will be found by a species o compulsory service of by an arrange- ment of short enlistments remains to be seen. The mainstay of National defense, of course, must be our citizen sol diery. What shall we do with our National Guard to bring It up to the highest standard? The National Guard is sadly in need of encouragement. The patriotic young men who have been performing this service of arms for years with little reward and less pub lic recognition must be stimulated. More must be required of them, and at the same time more must be done for them. Given adequate Federal support and public encouragement, the organized mllltla of the country offers possibilities of development which will have to be given full con sideration in any measure looking toward a bolstering up of our mili tary policy. Nor Is the problem settled when a substantial first line has been estab lished on land and sea. Even a stand ing Army of half a million men would be of little consequence In a real war. The problem of reserve forces is big. At least we must have the nucleus. At least we must know where the offi cers and the supplies and the muni tions are coming from. What mill be done along these lines? The deeper the problem of our military inade quacy is entered into the more hope- ess it. appears. It must not be expected that Secre tary Garrison and his advisers will solve the problem all at one stroke of the pen. At present we have only chaos so far as a military policy Is concerned. The transition cannot be effected in the same manner that the saving of a soul can be consummated at a revival meeting. We have been so weak and wobbly and groping in these matters that regeneration will have to proceed by degrees. The for tunate thing about It all is that we have the opportunity to wrestle with these problems unembarrased by the operations of a hostile foe on our Hanks. Sentlment at the Eugene church conference seems to favor the union of rural churches. One strong church In a community Is better than half a dozen weak ones. But before the rural church can come Into Its own we must have ministers educated to solvo its peculiar problems. The vil lage congregation is hungry for bread, but too often it Is fed on stones. Congressman Frank Smith, of Mary land, has a project for "eugenic peace." His plan Is an alliance of the United States, England. France and Germany. The only difficulty is that peace must be secured before the al liance could be formed, like the Irish, man's boots, which he thought he would wear a few days before trying them on. The aeroplane attacks on Verona and Ancona proved futile., as they have everywhere else. The airmen must Invent some new and more effi cient missile before they can accom Plish much. At present they can scare peaceable citizens and kill few non-combatant, but anything else is apparently out of their power. There were 22.000.000 pupils In the public schools last year, with 700,000 teachers. The total expense of the system was 1750,000,000, a little more than $1000 for each teacher. This includes Janitors' wages, fuel, appa ratus and new buildings as well as sal cries. The cost per pupil is a trifle l.iore than $34. Dr. Forester Smith's figures regard ing the success In life of college ath letes are not encouraging to "rooters.' He says a baseball or football hero has far less chance of distinction than an ordinary graduate. And common experience confirms his remark. Secretary Lansing's interference In the case" of the Ave Mexicans to be hanged in Arizona tomorrow is a bit of officious officialism Their execu tion can have little effect on the polit ical situation in Mexico, which cannot be worse. The submarine "terror" being con structed at Los Angeles is somebody's plaything. ' A 13-foot boat cannot hold men enough to operate her, not to mention carrying torpedoes that must be longer to be effective. Time for Idaho to organize Borah for President clubs. The current issue of Collier's has an extensive his tory of the Idaho Senator, with side lights-on the Bill and Billy phases of his Western career. Mobilize the Third Oregon! An Oregonian Is held by Germany for at tempting to leave without passports. This is bringing the war situation to an understandable degree. In these days of more or less de pression. It Is pleasant to learn that man's value Is rising. A Salem woman wants $45,000 for alleged breach of promise. Bryan deprecated the "raw meat" policy of Roosevelt at Sacramento and may be expected to repeat here to morrow night. There Is a good deal of dry humor In Arizona. A Tonto Apache has been hired for official executioner at a dol lar a drop. Lowering clouds and gloomy sky would lead one to think this was hop picking time and the State Fair In sight- Perhaps they don't raise their boys to be soldiers in Russia, but she Is calling out the 19-year-olds Just the same. Six will be held responsible for the Eastland horror, which gives all op portunity to dodge on technicalities. The Leelanaw ease about the usual space cabinet, that's all. will occupy in the filing What the Haltiens need for presi dent Is a white man who can ahoot with both hands. '-- Oil has spread on the troubled waters at Bayonne and all strikers are at work. New horror for England. Germany Is making Invisible aeroplanes. Did the grocers mind Ask the boy this morning. the rain? Hereafter a Jag of wood must be definite fraction of a cord. Naturally, Becker is a' little; uneasy today. Stars and Starmaker By Ieoas Cava Bssr, Time was when the Rialto was located in New York and had ita habitat right where the Lamb's Club gambols. But no mora If on Is to believe the personals in the dally papers all the actors in the world (with the exception of Walter Gilbert, who is camping on North Beach, and J. Forbes Robertson, who is vacationing In Eng land with bis family), are gathered together In California. Those who aren't being made Into screen dramas are Just seeing the fair. David War- field ia in San Franclaco, resting and visiting his mother, a Summer habit he has kept up for years. Jesse Lasky is there. Jesse used to write and pro duce vaudeville sketches, and still does when he isn't managing bis big motion picture concern. Other motion-picture magnates in fan Francisco are D. W. Griffith and Mark Sennett- Also In the fair city Is Morris Gest. some time since the promoter and owner of a turgid Russian ballet with great music. nd now the Impresario of Geraldlne Farrar. the opera star, temporarily gathered to the reel Ufa; there la Geraldlne Farrar herself. Just up from the Southland between pictures; there Is William H. Crane, who isn't veteran actor for nothing and who ia going to add to hta holdings by a revival of an old success; there Is Raymond Hitchcock and his wife Flora Zabelle there, and so are Jean Sen war ta and his dancing wife, Rosalka Dolly; also, Sidney Grant and Charlotte Green wood. James Buchanan Brady. Fannie Ward, Blanche Ring. Lou Tellegen. Donald Brian. Nat Ooodwln and his latest wife. Marjorle Moreland; Maurice Farkoa, Melville Ellis. Charles Chap lin. Douglas Fairbanks and Harry Wil liams; there is House Peters, a monarch of the movies; there Is Mabel Normand, whose pretty countenance has been seen In the pictures many times, and there is E. J. Carroll, who controls a string of 26 theaters in Australia. And Frank Keenan Is In San Franclaco, and Guy Bates Post, and Richard- Walton Tuely. and Alfred Hertz, one of the Nation's greatest conductors. And now comes confirmation of the report circulated montha ago that Peggy O'Nell Is married. Her hus band Is Timothy Daniel Frawley, who used to manage stock and traveling troupes on the Pacific Coast and who has in recent years been general stare manager for Oliver Morosco. It was Mr. Frawley who gave Peggy O'Nell her first chance on the stage. "You're Irish and I'm Irish; haven't ye got some sort 'of a Job for me with my funny faceT" Peggy whimsically pleaded with T. Daniel Just as he had finished telling her there was nothing in sight. And T. Daniel looked again and looking remembered the Peg o' My Heart companies then, forming and Oliver Morosco's call for a half dosen types who could follow Laurette Taylor's creation of homely, queer little Peg. So he hesitated and like all who hesitate, was lost. Or won. It all depends on one's viewpoint. Any way Peggy got the role, and now she has married T. Daniel, who Is over twice her own age. Upon investigation it has been disclosed that their mar riage license and certificate were filed with County Clerk Swettser in Chicago on January 28. And how Peggy did strenuously deny any Ideas of matri mony when she was In Portland! see The first news of a new play for David Warfleld always an interesting topic has come from Laurette Taylor by way of London. According to a letter Just received from her by a friend, David Belasco Is importing for Warfleld the play, "The Laughter of Fools," which is now current In Lon don. Hitherto Warfleld haa used plays written especially for him and under the supervision of Mr. Belasco himself. There seems to be no doubt that Mr. Belasco haa evinced interest in "The Laughter of Fools." and unless he in tends the play for Warfleld. Miss Taylor writes, then everybody concerned in its production is being sadly misled. John Hyaras and Leila Mclntyre. who Just now are In vaudeville, are to be starred next season In a musical play called "The Girl From Grand Rapids." It will open in Chicago, in October, at the La Salle Theater. e John P. Campbell, one of the direc tors of the Irish Theater of America, la inviting native playwrights to sub mit their work to, the newly-formod organisation, which is planning an active season In New York. Max Rablnoff, managing director of the Pavlowa ballet, has sent out an nouncements from Chicago giving de tails of arrangements be la making for the combination of grand opera with ballet for the coming season. Two large organizations will be brought together for Joint perform ances: The Pavlowa Company, which is already complete and has been for several seasons, and a new grand opera company which he Is now forming, and In which grand opera stars of Interna tional repute will be featured. For this new grand opera organisa tion he has obtained from the Boston Opera-House the complete productions of "Othello." "L'Amore Del Tre Re," "Carmen." "Le Gloconda." "Rlgoletto." "Cavallerla Rustlcana" and "Pagllaccl." Some of these equipments were de signed and made by Urban and others by Strops- To the productions of these two famous scenic artists will be added others upon which Bakst, Urban and Kim are now working. The entire Boston Opera-House or chestra and chorus will be brought to this new opera company, which, when combined with. the Pavlowa forces, will form what Mr. Rablnoff states will be the largest organisation that has ever been sent on tour In America. While Mile. Anna Pavlqwa will be the star of the choreographic portion of these presentations, the operatic portion will present such stars as Maggie Teyte. Rlccardo Martin, Marie Nedllzova from the Imperial Opera In Petrograd, George Baklanoff. formerly primo baritone of the Boston Opera Company: Gaudlo Manaueto, said to be one of the world's greatest bassos, who haa appeared in the leading opera houses of Europe and South America, and Ippollto Laszaro, a young Italian who has been acclaimed as one of the world's stellar lyric tenors at La Seals, Milan, and at the National Opera In Buenos Aires. These are only a few of the principal members of th new organization, and Mr. Rablnoff Is now negotiating with many other Interna tional grand opera stars, whose names will be announced as soon as their en gagements are completed. IS L1FR FIRST CONSIDERATION' T What of Hosier. Vlrtwe, Patriotism T Asks Deasoerat of Mr. Bryas, PORTLAND. July 28. (Open letter to Hon. W. J. Bryan.) Will preface this j brief note with the statement that I have aupported you moat loyally In three Presidential campaigns and have always been a Democrat politically. 1 am still a loyal supporter of your po sition aa a Democrat, but the subject upon which I most respectfully address you. and In which I cannot support you. la that of peace, and the price you aeera willing to pay therefor. As a student of history, and as a Just and careful observer of what has taken place In the records of the achievements of the human race, you cannot but admit that many, many wars. In fact the majority of wars of which accounts have been chronicled, have been for Just purposes and have brought about Improved conditions of the human race. Whether providential, or otherwise. wars seem to have been necessary, both In the remote and In the rather Imme diate past. The wars of the Israelites seem to have had. In Instances, the aid of the God of the Jewish race. Pagan history records worthy wars and highly commends patriotism and love of country. To die for one's country was thought the most noble of deaths, among those whom Christiana choose to rail the Pagan peoples. The wars of the Cru saders were Christian wars and fur nish most noble examples of love of country and readiness to die for the cauae of God and country. The Prince of I'eace seems to have been known and understood In the days or me crusaders and In later years fully as well aa In the 10th century, but it seems to have remained for a type of 20th-century Christians to pro claim war as unchristian. To take rare of one'a life seems to be the highest duty of the modern Christian who opposes war as war, and makes no distinction between the Just and the unjust war. If war may ever be Just, It behooves the wise nation to be prepared to carry on a Just war when necessary. To sub mit to Injustice, either as individuals or as a nation, through fear of the consequences, seems a pitiful condition of mind, and to reason that we can avoid trouble by being unprepared seems a failure to understand human nature, and a childish faith that noth ing can Justify, reliance upon which might result in national disaster. When wrong has been done and law violated we do not enter Into lengthy dlscusslons with the Individual ac cused of the crime, but according to our various systems, we puntxh the violator of law. Why use a different method when a nation becomes an outlaw and sets at defiance International law? When the German submarine sent the Lusltanla to the bottom of the ocean with Innocent noncombatanta on board and without giving them any chance for life, murder was committed by a nation and International law violated. What, then, does It mean to have a country and what ia citizenship In our country worth If our Government will atand by and not resent, with war If necessary, the murder of its citizens? If life alone Is the only thing to save, what do we mean by honor, virtue, patriotism? What of the Christian mar tyr who gloried In death for his re ligion, when by yielding principle he misht have lived? What of the noble women who have died rather than be dishonored, when, by the sacrifice of virtue, they might have lived? What of the heroes of the Civil War who died that the Union might con tinue, when by al'.owlng the Union to be disrupted their Uvea might have been sps red ? What of the heroes of the Involu tion, who died to give tie these United States, when by taking the easiest way they could have remained subjects of King George and saved their lives? Do you not think that by making life paramount or superior to all other things you pay too high a price? Must honor, patriotism, virtue, even Christianity itself, all be sacrificed In order to usher In a philosophy that would avoid war, no matter what the cau-e? After applying the new philosophy to the nations, would you apply it to the Individual? Is the new philosophy not a coward Philosophy and unworthy of the great Commoner? Aa a friend and admirer, I candidly submit these few observations for such notice aa you choose to give them, but Confident that my countrymen will never follow your views on this subject. I am for peace, but not at the price you seem willing to pay. J. r. HENRY. crvkltv nivnr.E iNiTF.r rro.v Preaidest of Ilassaae Soelety Coadesaas Methods at Iog Poaad. J'UKTUXD, July 2. (To the Kdi tor.) The Oregon Humane Society lift ed the cover from th city dog pound and found that appalling deeds had been committed under Mr. Welch's management. We have sworn state ments, together with the ax that has mutilated and killed at Ivast liou poor, helpless pets. While this brutal slaugh ter was taking place the gas chamber was In running order, and this awful work was uncalled tor. These helpless creatures were hit one to three times oeiore aeatn ensued. Witnesses testified that it was noth ing unusual for dogs to go from one to three days without food. Is It any wonder that these dumb brutea became so hungry that twice during the month of March they ate ono another up? Just to show that Mr. Welch was lacking In more than one way. w e wish to state that fat dogs were often sold for rendering out fat for the use of consumptives. However, for this pur pose dogs should be killed In a sanitary way and the blood drawn from them Immediately. On several occasions the dogs wer sold after lying In the gas fumes all' night and wer no doubt poisoned through and through. The Oregon Humane Society Invites all the people of Portland to come at any time and watch them put these animals to sleep without pain or blood. When the IS doga were killed on March 2S and loaded Into the wagon It waa an easy matter to trail tlietn from the barn to the Incinerator by the blood which flowed from the wagon in which they were hauled. Some years ago. the Humane Society got the city to put In a gas chamber, so as to put the dogs out of the way In a humane manner, hut It seems the ax was preferred to thla method of kill ing. Several witnesses ststed that It was nothing unusual to come to the dog pound In the morning and find three or four dogs that had been killed dur ing the night and partly eaten by dogs that had become famished. On Inci dent was the putting to death of a large Newfoundland, at which time Mr. Welch administered cyanide of potas sium. This caused extreme pain for an hour, after which she waa hit with a pick about ten times. After all of this the deputy poundmaster waa ordered to cut her throat with a knife before death occurred. With all of the above evidence. Mr. Welch was found not guilty of cruelty to animals. Is it any wonder the pub lic mind is being turned against such work as the above? If the city treas ury must be cursed with money taken for such work aa this. I, for my part, would rather see the cltv go bankrupt. A. COWPERTHWAIT. President Oregon Humane Society. larasw K.f flcieocr. Life, Agnes Marlon has become an effi ciency expert. She goes about telling women how to live within their in comes. Gladys Nothing doing here, rm looking for some one to teach me how to live beyond mine. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Or-renla-i of July SO. 190. A mountain of stone Is reported to have been found about nine miles from Grants rasa that will make grind stones. a It Is thought it will require the services of luuO ta 2(H0 men at least four months to complete the contem plated changes In the railroad through the Cow Creek Canyor The following notice Is posted on Main street. Athena: "To my neigh bors: If my Spring chlckena are cis turbing your garden, kill them and eat mem. John i.line"lon." Arthur M. Plato writea the follow ing note to The Oregonian: "Allow me to tender the free use of Masonic Hall ny evening to any organization wish ing to arrange a benefit for the suf ferers by the hre In Wallace. Provided that the entire proceeds be forrded to be used where the most good can be accomplished." Government Census Agent Kruse left for Minneapolis yesterday morninc to superintend th work of patching up census matters there. The Cxar has l.-sud an edict f or- bldoing applause in Kussian theaters. The explosion of bombs In the iclnity of the Cur has mado him cry sensi tive to noises of all kinds. The Archduke Frans of Austria has a larpe and Interesting collection of relics or criminals who have been ex ecuted. Among the relics are por tions of the ropes used In hanging the Chicago anarchists. Montesano VIdette: Monte.ano Is becoming metropolitan. During the past few days w have th patent med icine man on tiie nr-et corner, a me dium or fortune teller and a street fakir. Fcrldo this there Is a c:lanl rumor of an onslaught by the Salva tion Army. Philadelphia. July 2. Clayton French, aged 70 years, founder of the extensive wholesale drug linn of French. Richards a; Co.. of this city, died at his country home near Los an Station. r. today, of paralysis, lie left an estate of about is.ouu.000. Half a Century Ago From Th Oreconlan of July 2i. le. Th attention of our city fathers is called to the process now going on to convert Hall street, at its Junction w-tth Front, into a duck pond when any considerable amount of rain shall fall. Front street Is being filled, completely burying even the cultus wooden culvert placed there when the fill jaa first commenced, leaving no exit for the water except over th "dam" or by the speedy ?) process of evaporation breeding wigglers. mos quitoea. galnippers. frogs, lizards, etc A fine location for a naturalist. The farmers near Albany are to meet on Saturday next at the farm of Mr. Harklcmnn and contest for rrlxes in plowing. The first prize of 110 is for the best rlowlng; the second b5t. IS; the third and fourth prizes will be awarded for the best and second best plows. A gang plow for three or five horses ant some implements from this city will h exhibited and used and hereafter It Is expected the "June plowing match" will be on of the regularities in Oregon agriculture. The boys and girls have found out that strawberries are ripe, but patres famllias do not care to know it. The delicious fruit retails from SO to TS cents per pound. Too extrarrdlnary for luxury at the present time. Maine and Missouri, that came Into the Cnlon together, one a free and the other a slave state, ratified the con st, tutlonal amendment abollshlns slavery on the same day, February 7. On Saturday, at precisely 10:30 A. M.. the people of this section hailed the advent of a pouring down from the atmosphere of an abundant mass of aqua not in the shape of vapor, but the real substance. dlstlnKuishabl from mint by the size of tue dropa Soon tli pouring process assumed the mixed form of rain and hall and came down much In the manner of the latter. The concretions continued to fall for some minutes, when all cleared off. leaving the sun to shine gloriously and warmly upon the whole face of nature. which smiled beautifully, thankful for the favors. Way to III as t Masnpa, CORVALIJS. Or, July 28. (To the Editor.) After having read an article on slump blasting by someone who signs himself "California Cultivator." I would like to say a few- words which may be of use to those wifhlug to Mast not only stumps but rock or anything. 1 like Califormaa suggestions they are all riht but there are other things to be considered. A good way to blast a big slump Is to bore a hole well J down under it with an augur: get a liule past the center if pot-Mble; then lower about one-fifth of a rtick of powder on the end of a fuse; be sure It is well connected In such a way that it can't tel loose, from the cap and fuse; then touch it off and spring the. hole One ran burn out a hole as bl.f as ono's hat. or in fact, any size to hold the required amount of powder. In this way. In blasting In wet ground put plenty of soap on the cap; work It in around th upper end of cap. He sure It is well connected, as It Is the mlM-ehoot that is liable to kill someone. After springing a hole as I have sug gested never load it until after It haa had two or three houra In which to cool. Better let it go half a day, as there may be a fragment of fuse still hanging fire In the hole. It Is not necessary to tamp a hole when spring ing It. In fact it is not necessary to tamp giant powder so hard as one would black powder. Just make It alr tljht is all that is necessary. Be sure to Klve it enough powder to turn the trick the first shot. Kctter spend a few cents more for powder than to fool with it a day or two afterwards. L's stump powder for blasting stumps. It Is most decidedly the best. G. G. BOOCO. Itrltlsk Co In an hi a. Marrlaae Laws. PORTLAND. July 2S. (To the Kdl tor.) (11 Kindly publish the charge of the marrlaa- licenses In Victoria, B. C. (2) Also If first cousins can marry In said place. A CONSTANT READER. (1) Five dollars Is the license fee. (2) There is no legal bar to the marriage of first cousins. Put the Goods in the Window Mr. Retailer, your windows are worth money to you they are the periscope by which passersby see your store. Put goods In the windows the people want to see. For one thing, put in the prod ucts the manufacturers are adver tising In this newspaper. Put them In at the time they are being advertised. Swinging your window In tune with the newspaper advertising puts your store In the public eye. People who read the advertising and see the goods begin to think of those brands in connection with you. This is advertising your store.