Morning Oregonian., August 02, 1915, Page 6, Image 6

TTTT5 MORNING OREGONTAN. MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1915.
rOatTLAXD. OMCOJf.
Entarad al rerUaa. Orecoa. rostofflce "
aacond-caas niLtr.
iWbacrtptloa Km Inrarlafc'.r la advance:
CBr Mail.)
. rallr. Sunday tat-laead. na yaar
iMuy. Sunday loclvidad. aim moatha --
t..r. Kuartar indu-lcd. ut moatfca ;
Iai.y. Sunday Included, ana moaln '
ial.r. aithout uniaj, J y!
xaiiy. witaeut auoday. sis imh ...... a-ij
Uai.y. without bunday. taraa monlna ....
li;y. without Suaday. oaa moaia
w akly, ooa yaar 77
fctacla. ona raar ........... -fv
Sunday ana Waaaly. aaa yaa
(By Carrier.)
Ta(!y. Sunday lnelodad. aaa yaar -J0
Xally. Suaday. laclauao. aaa moata ..... .
Ilaar ta SWasli kaad Poatofflca money or
der, eipreaa ordar or paraoual caeca oa yaar
lxl lux. stampe. cola or currency are at
aendr- risk. i.le poetoSica addraaa la lull,
including county and aiaia.
portaca Kateal ta 1 pasaa. 1 real: 1
S- paces. 3 caata; t la 4t pasaa. cant.
O to pacta. 4 cents, ai ta la "
aanta; Ta to V3 pasee, tenia, a-ureisn
Smtare. double rataa.
Eavtfera Buslaeea OcTlcee Veraa A Conk
Its. Kiulrli building. New York: Verae
Conkia. kteser building. Chicago: ban
a'ranclaco reprtaaotallva. H. 3. Uadeell. 1d
Karkat street.
rORTLAXD. ORXGOX. ACOC8T t, MIS.
tXESTLTS OF BltSOTM.
An old saying Is that victory Is won
y the General who makes fewest mis
takes. Tried fcr that standard, the
Russian must be held to have blun
dered most In the present war.
Russia erred In making- her two dis
astrous invasions of East Prussia, un
less we accept the explanation that
she risked these costly defeats in or
der to relieve her western allies of
German pressure which would other
wise, have been irresistible. Her great
est mistake, however, was the attempt
to force the passage of the Carpa
thians without having- sufficiently
guarded against attack In Western
Gallcla and Courland. The conse
quence was the crumpling up of her
line on the Dunajec River, the en
forced withdrawal from Gallcta and
the loss of nearly all of Courland. To
this may ion be-added the loss of
Warsaw, and with It the whole of
Poland, the loss of Riga, and of the
railroads from Tetrograd to Warsaw
and from Warsaw to Kleff. All that
Russia had gained by nine months of
fighting has been lost in three months.
Russia has nothing to show for her
enormous losses but the leeaem In men
and material Inflicted on her enemies,
who may consider themselves com
pensated by the depletion of Russia's
forces and the possession of much ter
ritory rich in food and mineral.
France erred In throwing her weight
en Alsace-Lorraine at the opening of
hostilities and In not sensing the Ger
man purpose to advance through Bel
gium. To this mistake and to Brit
ain's unreadiness are due the German
conquest of Belgium and of the great
est Industrial section of France, in
cluding nine-tenths of the iron and
coal supplies, the advance of the Ger
man army to within thirty mile f
Paris and the deadlock on the present
western line.
Britain's great blunder was unreadi
ness, which Is not yet fully repaired.
Had she been able to throw 500.000
Instead of 80.000 men Into Belgium
arlthln two weeks after war was de
clared, the battle of Mons-Charlerol
might have been an allied victory, the
German advance might have been
stayed on the Franco-Belgian frontier
and the Germans might have been
thrown back across their own border.
Britain and France blundered again
most egrcgiously In attempting to
force the Dardanelles by naval attack
alone, thereby gaining nothing sub
stantial, but warning Turkey of their
design upon Constantinople. The con
sequence has been that their land at
tack on the Gaill poll Peninsula found
the Turks well fortified and has ended
In a deadlock, attempts to break which
have cost Britain alone more than 0.
000 men.
Germany blundered at the.outset In
underestimating the speed at which
Russia could mobilise. In assuming
that Britain would not Join her ene
mies and In despising the small but
highly efficient British army. She
blundered, again In pushing her ad
vance on Parts so rapidly that her
army got ahead of Its supplies. In not
calculating upon the use of the French
army of Paris to attack Von Kluck's
exposed right wing and In not credit
ing Joffre with ability to bring re
serves to the Marne rapidly enough to
permit a French offensive. She blun
dered once more la the attempt to
break through the allied line to Calais.
Success alone could Justify that at
tempt; failure rank it as a costly
blunder. Germany erred also In twice
attempting to take Warsaw by frontal
attack, an error which contributed to
Russia's success in occupying nearly
the whole of Gallcta and In reaching
the summits of the Carpathian
Austria's record is one of continuous
blundering so long as she acted Inde
pendently. Her initial Invasion of
Poland failed and she made a con
stantly losing fight on her own terri
tory until her ally took charge of her
campaign. Her armies were twice
driven out of Serbia, and she cannot
record a single success against Italy.
The causes are Incompetence of her
Generals and secret disloyalty among
her Slav soldiers.
The comparative Inaction of the
French and British armies in the west,
while Russia Is fighting desperate resr
aruard actions to save her retreating
armies. Is Inexplicable to one not In
the secrets of their strategy. The most
natural course seems to be a general
attack all along the line, similar to
that which Germany and Austria are
making on Russia. If at first success
ful, this attack might cause Germany
to withdraw forces from the east and
to give Russia a breathing spell for
recuperation. Were Germany to keep
her eastern armies Intact, notwith
standing such Initial losses in the west,
the allies might gain so much ground
as would compensate for Russia's
losses.
French and British inaction on the
western line may be due to one of
several causes. France and Britain
may have agreed with Russia to per
sist In the policy of permitting Ger
many to exhaust herself by a con
tinuous offensive, while the two for
mer nations nibble away at her forces
by local counter-attacks. They may
be sending arms and ammunltldn, per
hise artillerymen also, to Russia in
such quantities as to leave themselves
In no condition o assume the offen
sive. They may also be sending such
large forces and so much material to
the Dardanelles that they can do no
more than nibble away In the west
They msy calculate upon Russia's
ability to held a line east of Warsaw
tintil they win Constantinople, put Tur.
key eut of action and pour troops and
supplies Into Southern Russia for the
resumption of the offensive In Poland.
Continued Austro-Oerman success
after the capture of Warsaw would
endanger the working eut ef this allied
Plan ef campaign. T&a Balkan states
appear to have been intimidated by
Russian defeats Into continued neu
trality. Free from danger In that quar
ter, the Teutonic armies might force
their way through Southwestern Rus
sia to Odessa, and thus open the wsy
for troops and artillery to cross the
Black Sea and aid the Turks. In that
event one of te most decisive battles
of the war would be fought on the his
toric fighting-ground at the straits.
There are so many widely-separated
fields of operation, each related to the
others, that no true conception can
be formed of the effects which success
of either party in one field may have
unless we consider its bearing on op
erations in other fields. Thus the
Anglo-Indian army which Is advancing
up the Euphrates Valley may Join the
Russian army In Transcaucasia, the
combined forces may overpower the
Turks In that quarter and then, cross
ing the Black Sea, may hammer at
the Bosphorus gateway to Constanti
nople while the Anglo-French army
hammers at the Dardanelles entrance.
Serbia may resume the offensive and
compel Austria to divert forces to the
south. Italy may win such victories
as will cause a further diversion of
Austrian troops In the same direction
and aenri an army to the Dardanelles.
South Africa may swell the allied army
with 60.000 of the beet fighting men
In the world, who have Just completed
the conquest of Southwest Africa. The
allied reply to the triumphal entry of
the Kaiser Into Warsaw may be that
they have Just begun to fight.
JVDGES WHO CANT BE IMPARTIAL.
There is some ground for Secretary
nnlrl-a romnlaint that-criticism of
him hivauM of the manner In which
his Inquiry Into the Eastland disaster
is being conducted is unjust. The crit
ic is in should be aimed at the law pro
viding for investigation of official acta
of steamboat Inspectors by members
of their own branch or me puduc serv
loa
On thst score there Is good ground
for criticism. Any steam 00s inspec
inr will be restrained from Judgini
with due severity the ecu of a brother
Inspector, for he will have ever before
his mind the thought mat nis turn
may come next and "a fellow-feeling"
win mikt him "wondrous kind." This
has too often proved true of naval
courts-martial trying an oncer iur
mfmlnr tola ahln author. Or of ATmi
. MU.....Q .. . -. - r p
courts-martial trying an officer for dis
astrous blunders In the field. The nat
ural disposition Is to be considerate
nf a rnmrada In trouble, aside from
the thought that the Judge may some
time be the accused.
Mr. Redfield cannot be blamed for
administering the law as he finds It,
but he should seize this opportunity
to use his influence witn congress in
favor of a change In the law. Judg
ment ihnutrl ha nassed on Dubllo of
ficials for derelictions of duty by men
outside their own brancn or ine serv
ice, men who have nothing to gain or
lose by undue severity or undue len
iency, but men who know thoroughly
the business in question. Had the
purging of the roll of attorneys been
conducted on this principle rather
than by bar associations, there would
not have been so many shysters In
nru-tli-a "Reform from within" is a
beautiful theory which Is rarely put
in practice, either among lawyers.
Naval and Army officers or steamboat
Inspectors.
WAS NOT TUE GREATEST EVIL.
Mr. Rrru'i nroDasanda for the Pre
vention of war Is founded on the as
sumption that war Is the greatest of
ait avfis which can nossiblv befall a
nation. - It Is not. If it were, every
life that was sacrificed to round ana
to preserve the American Nation
would have been wasted.
Had the. natrlota of 1776 deemed
war the greatest evil, there would have
been no Revolutionary War. and this
country would still have been a Brit
ish colonv or a collection of colonies
ruled by Britain. France and Spain.
The example which nerved tne Span
ish colonies to revolt would have been
lacking, and all Latin America, from
the Rio Grande to cape Horn, migni
have been In the same condition In
which tha T'nited States found Cuba
and the Philippines In 1698. Lacking
the lesson she learned rrom tne Amer
ican revolt, Britain probably would not
ranada. Australia. South
Africa and New Zealand Into self-
governing dominions, so Imbued witn
loyalty that, without asking, they pour
out their life blood In her cause. The
Revolutionary War was worth all It
cost, both to the United States and
to Britain. War was a less evil than
submission to oppression.
Had not the North taken up the
challenge of the South in 1861 there
would now have been no United States.
There would at first have been two
Intensely hostile republics, and the
success of the Confederacy would have
been a constant temptation to furtner
riivixinn inataad of tha one arreat. de
risive war which settled for all time
the question of secession, there would
probably have been a series of lesser
wars, "which would have opened the
way to European aggression and"h
timilon. Avoidance of war In 1861
would not have caved the American
people from bloodshed and suffering.
It would have extended over a longer
nariAd tha aam& or an even greater.
amount of bloodshed and suffering,
and would In all human probability
have entailed tne loss or independence
a 1 an
There comes a time In the life of a
nation, as of an Individual, when It
must fight or die or, which Is worse
than death, be enslaved. Any nation
that Is worthy the name will at such
a time pronounce war the lesser evil
and will fight, believing It better to die
fighting than to live enslaved. When
offered such a choice, every virile na
tion has chosen to fight. 80 -will It
ever be. Even those who are now de
luded by Mr. Bryan's sophistries will
reject them when the time comes to
make the choice.
OTKRCnrttCHED TILLAGES.
The ministerial conference at Eu
gene appears te have seen a bright
light on the problem of the rural
church. The "overchurchlng" of
country communities formed an Im
portant toplo of discussion at the con
ference and a committee was ap
pointed to work out effective reforms.
It has been said by students of the
subject that two churches in a village
cripple each other disastrously, while
with three there might as well be
hone at all. None of them can be
properjy supported. The buildings
fail Into neglect. The ministers are
poorly paid. Rivalries and bickerings
bring scandal upon ail concerned.
We need not recur to the sad con
dition of rural ministers' salaries.
They are among the most insufficient
ly remunerated men in the world. The
common wages of a day laborer often
exceed their Ineomes, while upon the
meager sum they receive they are ex
pect to "keep V? resptcubl ap
pearance," educate their children and
cheerfully perform their religious du
ties. Too much is asked of the coun
try preacher and too little is paid him.
The overchurched village cannot
expect to obtain a minister of the first
rank for any of Its pulpits. The divi
sion and waste of resources bring all
the salaries down to the starvation
level. Able men, no matter how
stern their sense of duty may be, will
not serve a great while for such mis
erable pay. They drift rapidly toward
the city, leaving nobody but the third
rate men for the rural churches. This
seems all the more lamentable when
we reflect that country congregations
need good ministerial service far more
than their city brethren. The latter
have many sources of intellectual and
spiritual inspiration. Country people
have very few, and when the church
fails them they have little else to de
pend upon.
The poverty of rural religious life
has been caused very largely by the
useless multiplication of churches and
the consequent dissipation of means
and effort- The movement toward
better conditions Is truly Christian
and philanthropic In the best sense.
All who wish well to the cause of
practical religion will aid It as much
as they can.
KEEPING NEGROES FROM THE POLLS.
" More or less resignation over the
Supreme Court decision sgainst the
Man-land and Oklahoma "grandfather
clauses" is observed by the Literary
Digest among the newspapers of the
South. Only In Oklahoma, does there
aom tf ha uneasiness or discussion
future plans that may affect the negro
vote. In much of the South the ne
groes are disfranchised by a polltax,
arnnrriv or literacy Qualification. The
New Orleans Tlmea-Plcayune remarks
that "the grandfather clause had
practically nothing whatever to do
with the negroes, and neither added
to nor reduced the number of negro
voters, being designed to open tne sui-
frage to illiterate wnues.
There Is a good deal of naivete lr
the observation. To vote in Loul6lani
ah mttat ha nhla to . read and write
... ..- n.-n linit-wnrfh of DroDertV
a......H in Vila nnntai or be the son or
grandson of one who was entitled to
rna n Jammrr I. 1887. In OUler
words, the property and literacy tests
are so comprehensive that they would
disfranchise not only practically all
negroes, but illiterate wniiea as weii.
So to let In the illiterate whites the
a-randfathar'a clause was enacted. The
clause merely emphasizes the color
line by reducing the literacy ana prop
erty test to a question as to whether
the poor and Ignorant are black or
white. Thus it has -practically nom
inr m do with the netrroes."
not in Oklahoma "aomethlnr Just
as good" as the grandfather clause is
sought. One proposal is tnat irora
ik, iiiaraoir iMi there be exempted
i jt A n whA mrred In
lav ura.5MM.ui. " -
the Revolutionary War. the War of
1812, the Mexican war, tne uivu ar,
the Spanish-American War or any of
ih inrilaji wars, or of men who have
served In the National Guard or the
United States Army or Nsvy. one
--.r.nn-. rVanlrlv arimitjl that SUCh
a nrnvlRtnn WO uld he unconstitutional.
K.. ,thiii tha comforting: thoucht
that the plan would be operative for a
considerable time.
Thst Is a way to circumvent the
Constitution that Is both novel and
original. By Its operation tne negro
may be disfranchised, regardless of
recurring and accumulating- court de
rision, for an indefinite period. The
.niv Kara trt ira nnpr&rion wouiu De uia
t.aKiinv ftf tha rrAAt minds of Okla
homa to devise a new substitute as
fast as an old was overthrown, and a
lack of sympathy among the lower
xnitria r tha commonwealth. If the
lower courts sustained one substitute
after another, each could be enforced
until the United States Supreme wun,
ft., a tad Inn anneal, had ruled
against it Then, If another substitute
were ready. It could be thrown into
tha hraarh to hold the negroes In
check while another suit was started
on Its stumbling way to the high court
In Washington.
Oklahoma Is nothing lr not ingen
ious.
WHAT TO DO WITH HATH.
Ever since Haytl gained its inde-
Mnnn hv tha neero rebellion
against French rule, that travesty on
a republic has been morally and polit
ically as well as physically the black
spot in the West Indies. The people
have agreed only on one tning tne
exclusion of white men from their
country. - With white men they nave
excluded all the good which white men
bring, but they have retained all the
evil which whites had already brought
and have combined It with that which
i tnharant In the black race. The re
sult has been a lapse Into barbarism
thinly veneerod with civilization. The
Haytians have used modern progress
merely as an instrument of savagery.
much as it is being used by mo "nign-
ly civilized" nations now at war in
Europe.
The republic is the most nideous
him In existence. .Under its cloak
rival chiefs make war, seise power.
massacre their enemies ana loot tne
treasury. Industry languishes under
the cloud of chronic civil war. The
only hope of escape from anarchy is
the Intervention or a strong ouisiua
power backed by whatever elements In
the republic desire peace 'and decent
government.
Far be It from us to suggest the
annexation of Haytl. either with or
wtthnut Its consent, but If the United
8tates does not take some action to
establish decent, orderly government
and respect for International obliga
tions, some other nation will, and will
go farther by annexing the republic
It la necessary to our .National saieiy
that-nn Ruronean nower rain more
territory In the Caribbean Sea. but. If
we do not act now, tne vicior in 100
European war almost surely will act.
Tha heat wav out of the difficulty for
this Nation seems to be a combination
of the two species of control we now
hold over Cuba and Santo Domingo,
if wa.ran Induce the strongest ele
ments In Haytl to consent to our ap
plication to their country or tne prin
ciple underlying the Piatt amendment,
a-hlt-h trlvea us the right to intervene
in case of civil war, and also to our
administration of the customs revenue,
our interests will be reasonably safe.
Revolutionists would then be deprived
the sinews of war ana wouia oe
promptly suppressed. Other nations
would be deprived of excuse' for inter
ference and we could leave Haytl to
manage lta affairs otnerwise in its own
nMiiia.r wav. Peace and financial
solveney being assured, civilization and
prosperity might dawn again, as they
have In Cuba and santo uomingo.
If this species or American control
ere extended not only to Haiti, but
xTatIco. as It already exists in the
other two republics named, and as it.
la
proposed in Nicaragua, tna unite a
States would be secured against any
untoward sequel of the European war.
Whether victory In Europe should fail
to Britain and France or to Germany,
there is grave danger that, unless we
take some such action, the , victor
would insist upon our giving it a free
hand in quieting these centers of dis
turbance. So long as we maintain our
neutrality, we have leisure to ward off
this danger and to establish our polit
ical control In the Caribbean Sea so
firmly that it cannot be broken.
The safety of the approaches to the
Panama Canal renders such control
Imperative. We can protect our in
teresta and benefit the other republics
conceVned by Dursulnr the policy lndv
cated, provided we send no more such
men as James M. Sullivan to. repre
sent us.
One. of the chief requisites of war
now seems to be some device which
will be as effective as gas in reducing
an enemy to impotence but without
the horrible suffering and death which
follow inhalation of German gas. Per
haps Mr. Edison could invent some
means of rendering an enemy power
less until he had been taken prisoner,
but without causing Injury or pain.
The captor would then profit by the
prisoner's labor, which should give
more satisfaction than his deatn.
Dr. Marcellus having started the
economy movement by cutting ex
penses in the health department, it I
uo to the other city departments t
follow his laudable example. One
irrument which induced the voters
approve those 15000 salaries for the
City Commissioners was that they
would save several times that amount
bv economy in administration. So far
the economy Is not apparent.
There is no getting around the fact
that the best investment the farmer
can make Is a liberal sum placed in
permanent highways. The mistaken
theory that small levies for road pur
poses, when intended to provide
money merely for patching tne nign
ways. Is a good policy for any state
county or community, has been fully
and, we hope, finally exploded.
Mr. Schwab shows a long head by
dividing profits on war contracts with
labor before labor strikes, and other
munition manufacturers wisely follow
his lead. As real estate men say,
"time is an essential element" In war
contracts, and manufacturers cannot
afford to waste it in strikes. Why
cannot both employers and workmen
act as wisely In peace times?
The movement for the Mount Hood
loop road has had doubly good effect
In stirring The Dalles to emulation
The farmers need not care if the roads
do lead to a tourist's scenic resort;
they will be Just as available for haul
ing produce to market as if they led
to no place in particular.
The 'epithets which opposing law
yers apply to each other In court
should not be taken too seriously.
They serve to Impress clients with the
attorneys' real In their behalf and to
convince them that they are getting
their money's worth.
If we believe the rulers of all the
belligerents, God Is with them all. The
only theory on which they can all be
right is that God encourages all of
them to fight In the hope of finally
convincing all of them of their own
folly.
What does It matter to Idaho if Gov
ernor Alexander does gain some polit
ical prestige by building the north-
and-south railroad? If he succeeds,
he will be entitled to the credit and
Idaho will be the gainer.
If the United States brings our Na
tional defenses up to the standard of
safety at the present time, we snail do
equipped with all the latest devices or
war and shall need to "scrap" little
out-of-date material.
Mrs. Becker's belief In her hus
band's Innocence is sincere and the
world will applaud, but the Inscription
on his coffin saying he was "murdered
by Governor Whitman" is not a good
manifestation of grief.
TTnlps the Germans hurry, all the
asfea in Warsaw from which they ex
pect to extract a war contribution will
be empty before they arrive, it would
be mortifying to find an empty sneu
That three-pound boy born the
other day may grow big enough to
"lick" all the boys In every school he
attends, if only his parents will name
him "Reginald Percy."
While three rooms can bo fur
nished for "115 cash and 810 a
month," not enough young people are
marrying. Do they expect to start In
mansions?
Burnt River is so situated as to go
on a rampage whenever a cloud bursts
within fifty miles. People expect It
and allow for damage as an overhead
charge.
Carranza's real for the feeding of
Mexico City suggests that he believes
President Wilson means what he says,
now that Mr. Bryan Is out of the Cab
inet. "
Man's rnatm this Winter will be ab
breviated, with snug waists, and
trousers will be worn tight Overalls,
however, follow the old model.
While war continues, stocks of mu
nition companies go up like rockets,
but when-war ends they are likely to
come down like the stick.
A poor hop crop n Austria cannot
affect the market for the Oregon arti
cle. Austrian .hops will not be con
sumed In Great Britain.
"Hoe market weak." says a stock
bulletin. If that keeps up we may be
able to afford ham for Thanksgiving
dinner.
Another Multnomah man, pulling
flax for the state, has taken leave.
Marion County is too small for him.
The- rinsr of German steel around
Warsaw Is not complete, but Is. near
inough for all purposes.
And when you come to think of It,
not even a school has been pamed for
Mr. Benson.
Bryan's "sheep" poliey is not Brit
ish, by any means. Neither is it
American.
N
orway has a grievance, but la not
enough to fight.
big
About the year after next, there may
be a naval battle.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
From The Oreaonlan. Ausuat J.1S90.
La Libertad. It is reported that Gen
eral Rlvas, who was recently recalled
from Honduras by the Salvador govern
ment to raise troops around Cojute
peque. and Join the main army, has
turned traitor.
F. N. Shurtleff of Portland, Or., one
of the appraisers recently appointed,
has arrived at Washington and Thurs
day night was the guest of Senator
Dolph.
Seattle. Portland won the game from
Seattle Thursday, 5 to J, Tom Parrott
pitching for Portland, Pender doing the
honors for Seattle.
The Frederlckson murder trial is on
at Oysterville, Pacific County, Wash
ington. John Edwards is the first of
four defendants to face the ordeal. The
jury is composed of A. Wirt, P. Moore,
Thomas Rooney, J. C. Denton, M. C.
Fleldburg, F. A. Maudlin, Curt Musser,
Freeman Allbrlght, E. J. Ford, John
Adamson, F. H. Canarls. and James
Cady. A. G. Hardesty is conducting the
prosecution and John F. Caples of Port
land appears for the defense. The prin
cipal witness for the State is one of
the defendants, George Rotee, who is
said to have confessed,
The four priests injured in a run
away at Mount Angel are all recover
ing. They were Revs. Prior Adelhelm,
Feeney, Ignatius Conrad and Pius Con
rad. Dr. A. E. Gibbs of Ottawa, 111., is
here visiting his brother, A. S. Gibbs,
of the Union Pacific freight depart
ment. Dr. Gibbs proposed founding a
lodge known as the Patriarch Circle.
Colonel Dudley Evans, now of Omaha,
but for years a familiar figure in Port
land, was here yesterday. He is now at
the head of the Wells Fargo & Com
pany' Central division.
Miss Cora De Lin has returned home
after several weeks' visit in Seattle.
Washington. General Morgan, Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, has come
out with a plan to have the Indian chil
dren taught in the public schools.
R. P. Earhart took charge of the
collector's office here yesterday. His
deputies will be: A. L. Pike, Portland;
J. M. Dodson, Eugene, and C'B. Card
lnell of Portland. John Minto is to be
weigher and gauger.
Miss Sarah E. Raymond, superintend
ent of city schools at Bloomlngton, 111.,
is visiting In Portland.
A camping party, including the Miss
es Laura and Marie Bolre. Miss Bar
retts, Miss Wealtha Barrette. Wilfred
Bolre, Lee Bo-ire, Edward Renter and
Charles Renter, left yesterday morning
for a month's outing. -
Half a Century Ago
From Tha Oragonian of August 1, 1868..
The type, press and fixtures for the
publication of a weekly paper at Van
couver were purchased in this city
yesterday, and soon our neighbors of
the "territory side" will have an organ
to advance their own home interests.
The coming circus is sdvertised for
four entertainments in Portland this
week on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day evenings and Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Gross has a well-filled family
druir store, in the new building op
posite Harker Bros., on Front street.
and which he intends to Keep con
stantly replenished. His perfumery.
toilet soaps, fancy articles, etc., are
worthy of Inspection.
San. Francisco, July 31. Ex-Speaker
Colfax arrived from Oregon this morn
ine. He has consented to give a lec
ture on the life and services of Abra
ham Lincoln before the Odd Fellows'
Society of this city at the Metropoli
tan Theater on Wednesday evening
next.
It is said by a Montreal paper that
leading rebels have on deposit in
banks of that city not less than 810,-
000,000.
Minnesota sent more than half her
voting population to the war.
New Jersey. The coming political
contest in New Jersey will be one of
uncommon interest. The Union State
Convention of that state was to have
mat on July 29. to nominate a can
didate for Governor. The issue made
hefora the DeoDle will be on the Con
stitutional amendment to abolish
slavery. The amendment will go
throuah this time. The people are
awake and the soldiers are at home.
Th, wealth nf Ponnar.ticut distributed
among Its Inhabitants would give, it
Is saia, ?9ou lo eaca persuu.
The new mines on the middle fork of
John Day's River are said to be very
rich. Statements corroborating previ
ous reports are daily received.
NO PROFIT SEEX IX WOOD DEAL
Writer Charges That City Pile la 1000
Cords Short of Estimate.
PORTLAND. Aug. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) It is amusing to note that the
City of Portland claims an asset to
tha amount of 858.00U in lu.uuu coras
of wood which the city has on hand to
be sold to the public.
After this 10.000 cords or wooa, or,
e had better say. this supposed 10,000
cords of wood, has been disposed or,
tha eltv will find that the expense of
htrine Kuards. solicitors ana collectors.
and the payment of 8950 for Insurance
and the loss from unpaid accounts, win
leave less than half of this amount of
in nnn
In the first place, the city paid for
cuttlne and hauling: 10.000 cords when,
In fact, it will measure up less than
8000 cords. If the city attempts to put
this wood upon the market at the same
measurements on which it paid, it will
be subjected to hundreds of fines for
short measure.
The fellow that sold the stumpage.
the fellow thaf fed the men and the
fellow that does the hauling all get a
nice slice out of it. I am told that the
man who fed these cutters got a nice
profit of 13000.
So, all In all, the 6ity will hardly
realize enough out of this enterprise to
repay the 828,000 which was appro
priated for hauling the wood.
This is the kind ot Dusiness manage
ment we have at the head of our city
government. Such deals as these have
fattened the profits of the outsiders at
a loss to thousands of small taxpayers.
who at this time cannot even get a Job
cutting wood and are unable to meet
their tax assessments. n. a- a.
Quotation From Shakespeare.
KALAMA. Wash.. July 31. (To the
Editor.) Kindly tell me where I can
find the following: "After life's fit
ful fever, he sleeps well." I expected
to find it in King Lear, spoken by
Kent but It's not in my Shakespeare.
Next I hoped to find It in Lamb's
Shakespeare stories, but fall again. I
feci sure someone jaid it of Lear. Can
you help me?
MHa. MatiuAKT nuPDMAi.
Tuincan is in his crrave: after life's
itr,ii favar ha sleens well: treason has
done Its worst; nor steel nor poison,
malice domestio, foreign levy, nothing,
can touch him further." Macbeth ill, 2.
The Captain Explains,
Baltimore American.
Why. catitain. are you making your
boat hug the shore7" ''Because I am
embracing as cpporigniur to .ana.
WHAT'S BECOME OF DAK WATSOSt
Bryan's Plain Portland Friend Missing
and Nabobs Greet Commoner.
PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) One of the earliest Oregon re
cruits to the Bryan standard was Dan
Watson, erstwhile caterer to the pub
lic as the keeper of restaurants where
one received the modicum of food and
service for the minimum of price. One
might truly say that Dan and his res
taurants were run on the true Jeffer
sonian principle of simplicity and un
ostentatlon. No plutocrats foregath
ered around Dan's unvarnished tables,
no trust-founders found welcome at
Dan's threshold, no gold barons sought
solace and strength from the fair maid
ens who carried aloft the trays of
edibles in Dan's modest eating places.
We might almost say that no-gold, in
the early, crown-of-thorn days,
trickled through Dan's cash register;
for Dan was as true to the doctrine
of 16 to 1 as he was to the prime ad
vocate of that doctrine, at whose
shrine Dan worshiped by day and by
night, in season and out of season,
through defeat, but, alas, never
through victory never but once, and
that was a vicarious triumph, which
has now been dispelled and set aside.
In. the Watson days when Bryan
came to Portland, who was first ap
prised of his coming? Dan Watson.
Who was his bodyguard while here?
Dan Watson. ' At whose table did he
partake of his daily food? Dan Wat
son's. If any of the faithful Wished
to see Bryan on affairs of state or
party to whom did they go to ar
range the meeting? To Dan Watson.
Now again comes Bryan to Portland.
Does he seek sustenance and solace at
the humble board of Dan Watson?
Alas, there is no such board. Dan has
long since folded his tents and left
our fair city a broken and defeated
man. The Bryan patronage and the
contributions of time and money to the
Bryan cause were more than the slen
der business of Watson could witn
stand.
When Bryan's vicarious victory
came about three years ago, who in all
Oregon looked to the flesh pots of
office with greater faith than Dan
Watson? Was any other Democrat as
close to Bryan as Watson? Not one.
Why, the Chamberlains, the Lanes, the
Kings, the Teals, none of the leaders
had ever had Bryan s ear as had uan
Watson. As for the hewers of wood
and the drawers of water, those who
later became foreign ministers, post
masters, high-salaried attorneys, upper
clerks and even policemen and cnaur
feurs to the Kreat and mighty, of all
those who now have a grip upon the
public teat, not one was as close to
the throne as Dan Watson.
And what did Watson get? Ask
Georsre Chamberlain: ask Harry Lane
ask Will R. King: ask the long list of
Democratio officials, not one ot wnom
could get within earshot of Bryan in
the olden days save through and by
tha arrace of Dan Watson, uan wat
son went to Washington when the
victors triumphantly mounted the
Democratic mule for a tour years
sprint, expecting to get a good Beat
very close to the saddle, with about
everything to say as to wnicn uregon
Democrats should ride and which
should walk, with a seat with the elect
for himself and a salary commensurate
with the dignity of the position.
Did Dan Watson land? Ask Bryan
What haDDened to Dan? Ask Bryan
Where is Dan? Ask Bryan. Has Dan
Watson felt that elusive something
that bites like a serpent and stings
like an adder, the ungratefulness of
a frland? Ask Bryan,
Does Bryan now stop with us in
Jofferannian stmolicity? Does he con
sort with the meek and lowly and
avoid the rich and mighty? Does he
put up at some modest hostelry, of
the Dan Watson order. Dan's being
no more? Nay, nay, Pauline. He takes
the bridal suite at an expensive notei
and lives like a lord. The former
tabooed and ostracized plutocrats noo
nob with him; he sips his grape Juice
from golden goblets amid luxury ana
elegance. His expenses of a single day
wold more than keep him for a month
as he stopped In the old days at the
modest restaurant of Dan Watson.
Such Is the gratitude of statesmen and
alleged statesmen. A. u. a.
LTSITANIA NOT YET FORGOTTEN
Can We Effaee the Crime From Mem
ory. Asks Correspondent
onnTT.1 vn Auet. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) Time does not efface from our
memories the recent horrors of this
European conflict. Nearly every day
brings fortn some new iruscuy i -
. i. mlna i, nnn .V.nta that
L i trail vui ' - . .
have transpired within this one brief
year or strire. ow eniwa mo
land disaster with its appalling loss of
life and attendant grief and suffering,
,t.i. "a nnnf Knt rA&dilv remind us
of the Lusitania affair of only a few
weeks precoaence. aiuwusu mcor,
two calamities, in a way, approach
each other as regards their disastrous
effect, the cause ot bmu tu
... V.. ..nnirad
One was an accident, the other a
crime. In the case of the first, al
though authorities are atempting to
place the blame upon those considered
..iinaiiv npErllsrent. there is - this
much we know: There was no direct
intent to kill. The Lusitania aisaster,
. ,a. Bv.i4,n In tha news
uuwovci, " ..-. .-- . - "
, a ahaari nf limfi T! ITmOU 1 tUtCU by
the officials of the German govern
ment, submitted to the submarine of
ficers' for execution and enacted on
the high seas when its victims were
far from, safety or chance for preser
vation OI IU
... a naiitral. and oerhans
t.,ff,i If wa can. the sink-
wia bii"u " ' . .
ing of tne iusitania oy uiuei ui mo
German government, ubi reiucmucr
the passengers were warned they
..1.1 v.. mrriarv1 if they sailed from
New York harbor into foreign waters.
Let us forget, it we can, me erica 01
mo " unit ...... -
steamer, struck by the torpedo, listing
.1 o t rni rirAH as tne arreat
rapidly, tremDiing iur a mumcm.
plunged beneath the surface of the
ocean with its eargo of hundreds of
human lives aboard.
Let us forget the struggles of the
American women as their white arms
1.1. atldmntoll trt hold thfill bsbfiS
above the water that they might be
spared, tiut jet us rememuer ma.t an
is fair in war and consider the great
jvy Bit' 't'"-11' J - .. ,
in the successful performance of this
feat so great, inueea, turn a nouuny
was declared that all might celebrate
. v. An.Qafin with nwinpp racnornitlnn
of the wonderful accomplishment. Lei
us De neutral. v. vxuxvnvji1!.
Government ef Tangier.-
London Standard.
TTrt,An . V, n nlono a fa In full nn.rntlnn
. V. ...rT,n,.nt r T Tnnlfi IVfnrOC-
co, "the first really international oity
of the world," tne community win nave
as a legislative body an assembly ehos
K nnniilif vnta and pnmnosed of
ci, " j ij w i' ' ,
24 Moroccan members and 11 foreigners.
representatives ot tna powers, a "hc,
court is proviuau iur ttiuiig mo mo
. i. !ntu.n. linnnl oniirt In Fevnt The
arrangement is that it is to consist of
two r renenmen, one ot wnom win pic-
i .J - tom nnanfflrHa twn Pn 7ltflhni8n.
D1UDI I -, -
and one German. A Spaniard is to be
puDlte prosecutor, iiie war, ui uumoo.
may upset tne program pBrrasucun,
Commission-Man anted Cltira. ,
Indianapolis News. .
Twenty-two American cities are now
na, tha r.ommissienmanasrer Ulan.
They arei Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Sumter,
S. C; Hickory, N. C: Morgantown, N.
C; Ashtabula, O.; Sandusky, O.; Dayton,
O.; Sprinpfield, O.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Big
Rapids, Mich.; La Grande, Or.; Taylor,
Tex.; Denton, Tex.; Amarillo, Tex.;
Manistee, Mich.; Jackson, Mich.; Abi
lan. Von r PftllineKvlHe Okla: Mont.
rnRa. rnlo.: Morris. . Minn.: Lakeland.
Fla, and Alhanabra, CaJ.
European War Primer
By National Geographical Society.
Crimea is deserted; for Crimea is the
playgrounds of Russia, and there are
few in the mighty empire who now
have time for play. A bower of fairest
fruits and most beautiful flowers.
Crimea, the sunny peninsula Jutting
into the northern waters of the Black
Sea, is the loveliest gem in the Russian
diadem of conquered lands. The Tartar
dwellers in Crimea call this land tne
"Little Paradise," while the world at
large speaks of it as the "Russian
Riviera." It is a fairyland of mild sun-,
shine, delightful scenery and luxurious
fruitfulness.
The Russian Riviera reaches along
the southeast coast from Cape Sarych
to Feodosiya, and the way is strewn
with Summer bathing resorts, enchant
ing gardens, reposeful parks. Inviting
promenades, cosy, picturesque villas
and fine palaces of the Russian imperial
family and of Russian nobles. The
season of these resorts Alupka, Yalta,
Gursuv, Alushta, Sudak, Feodosiya
should be at its height. This strip of
coastland, sloping from the green
smothered mountain ribs behind into
the tideless waters of the Black Sea,
has put on its Garden of Eden dress.
Crimea also has a Winter season.
Ancient ruins, Greek and medieval,
nestle in the hills back from the water,
and around them and before them
spread groves of bays, cypresses, mul
berries, tigs, olives, pomegranates and
many sorts of nut trees, while deeper
toned forests of oak, beech, elm, pine
and fir form a rich background to the
picture. And, in profuse abandon, mag
nolias, oleanders, tulip trees, the Japa
nese plum and cherry, blgonlas, myrtles,
camellias, mimosas and many varieties
of fruit trees grow in the public gar
dens, brighten the private parks and
cluster about the isolated villas.
a
The Crimean peninsula, covering an
area of 9700 square miles, 1b about the
size of New Hampshire. Its northern
part, where it Joins the mainland, is
steppe, and, in Summer, is often
scorched and dreary. The peninsula
measures 200 miles from east to west
and 110 miles from north to south, be
tween the most widely separated points.
Sevastopol, the great military port at
the southwestern toe of Crimea, is
about 900 miles south of Moscow, with
which it is connected by a trunk-line
railway. Where the steppe ceases and
the hill country begins, is the boundary
of the famous play-country. The moun
tain scenery of Crimea is very beauti
ful. In parts widely rent and riven, and
surmounted here and there by peaks of
5000 feet or more.
a a
Crimea, is a treasure trove for his
torians, archeologists and anthropolo
gists. Its story can be followed back
through 24 centuries, though there are
blank chapters here and there. Thou
sands of small caverns in some of its
mountain groups suggest prehistoric
dwellers. Crimea is mentioned in the
Homerian songs, who speaks of a lone
ly land and gloomy cells and of a
"dusky nation of Cimmerians." Scy
thians, Asiatics, were established here,
when Herodotus, the prince of Greek
travelers, came to Crimea around the
year 400 B. C.
Southern Crimea is a garden land.
Its fruits are famous in the northern
Russian markets, and from its grapes
a full-bodied, spicy wine is made. Vine
yards cover more than 19,000 acres of
the Crimea, and from them about 3.500,
000 gallons of tine quality wine is made
each year. The waters around the
peninsula abound in delicate fish, such
as red and gray mullet, herring, mack
erel, turbot, soles, plaice, whiting,
bream, haddock, pilchard, a species of
pike; whitebait, eels, salmon and stur
geon. Much of the Crimean flsh take
is put up in cans and sold throughout
the empire. Wool, leather, meat, grains
and some minerals are produced in
Crimea, and a moderate amount of
manufacturing is done. In general,
however, Russia has reserved this de
lightful country as a place to rest in
between hard tasks, as a place wherein
to forget the sacrifices demanded by
progress in a vacation's careless play.
Oregon's First Memorial to Congress.
SALEM. Aug. 1. (To the Editor.)
While the fact of Oregon's first peti
tion to Congress, praying that the
United States would extend Its. Juris
diction over this territory, has often
been printed, and its contents well
known, 1 have never seen a list of the
signers of that memorial. It is re
ferred to as a memorial of J. S. Whit
comb and others. Lately through the
courtesy of our Representative in
Congress, Hon. W. C. Hawley, I have
been furnishesd with these names.
Here they are:
J. S. Whiteomb, James A. O'Neal, J.
M. Bates. William Cannon, John B.
Dporles, Joseph Gervais, Felix Hatha
way, S. H. Smith, Ewing Young, P. L.
Edwards, W. H. Willson. W. J. Hain
hurst, Jason Lee, Cyrus Shepard, David
Leslie, Charles Roe, John Rowling,
Alanson Beers, Xavier Ludevant, T. J.
Hubbard, Samuel G. Campbell, John P.
Edmunds, Elijah White, Calvin Tib
betts. William Johnson, Henry Wood,
Elisha Ezekiel, Daniel Lee, H. K. W.
Perkins, Joseph De Lord, Pierre Bil- ,
lique, Andre Picord, Joseph Delozhe,
John B. Perault; Etienne Lucia, John
Turner.
These names deserve to be remem
bered. The memorial itself is a piece
. V. J f..a,j,kf that
shows the master mind who drew it
probably Jason Lee foresaw what
would come in the future.
J. C. MORELAND.
Try It on Methodists.
GRANGER, Wash.. July 29. (To the
Editor.) As a contribution toward the
settlement of the question as to
whether preparedness for war will tend
to promote peace or provoke strife, how
would It do lor portiana to arm ner
"insurgent" and "stand-pat" Methodists
and watch results? They don't seem
to be able to settle their differences.
and, as I understand it, both sides are
like the old deacon's lawyers, who
were conducting a suit 'in court for
him. "They are very sanguine ot suc
cess," he said, "and getting mors san
guinary every day. ii mat case,
if vou arm them, they might get to
shooting each other, you say? Well,
we must have "peace at any price" if
we do have to fight for it and kill
off a lot of militant Methodists. Of
course armament costs, but your who-
cares-for-expenses City Commission
ers would not hesitate to provide cash
for such an experiment. It would be
In the interests of the publio welfare;
and besides the cost wouldn't be more
than the price of three or four auto
mobiles. H. C. MARSHALL.
Criticism of a Preacher,
Puck.
Mrs. Jonsing Dis yeah new minister
am a fine preachah. but he am de lean
est an skinniest young man 1 ebbah
seel Mrs. Black Yes. an' he done tola
mah husband, what weighs two hun
dred and fo'ty, to bewar' lea' he should
be weighed in de balance an foun
wantln'!
THE GUIDE
When you go into the woods for
fish or game you take the best guide
you can get.
You don't want te waste time
on the fruitless byways and the
barren pools.
You want to profit by the experi
ence of others.
The advertising in this newspaper
Is the guide to the rich pools of
merchandise and the fertile forests
of satisfaction.
The wise shopper always makes
use of this advertising information.