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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1915)
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J. tenia 1 Maraal atraac. baalUty citizens, tha advance was easy to tha setting up or a minimum stand ard of living, which Is the purpose of minimum wage laws. The aged must either ba cared for In public institu tions or by their relatives or by char- movlng-plcture resorts and unjustly cut Into their own patronage. Most moving-picture bouse managers wart to see a standard of excellence and cleanness established In their business. They could probably worry ity. The principle was advanced that a I along and Anally triumph over un re man who has worked all his lire la alstrtcted vicious competition. But benefactor to the community and. if I reasonable cenaorahlp is a quicker road unable to orovlde for his old age. to that ideal. When that ideal Is at- should have that provision from the talned there will be no more need for state. moving-picture censorship than there la denouncing such laws as social- is for newspaper censorship. But istto Mr. Barnes will not get any- there Is certainly no reason why their where and will not scare anybody. I business should bo obstructed by the His definition of socialism la out of I whims or caprices of one Individual data In common use the definition I autocratically inflicted, of that term has been continually re vised to exclude those things of which the people have chosen to make ex emptions. They' will not reject meas- me. nurxDLn death. The passing of Sampson H. Friendly at VticrAn lavi a vaM Tint aajcv to arts which they believe promote toe fllL H an ejcempUry ciUsen general welfare merely because some I no tMn honeat lLDi lntem. person calls them socialistic. - nt lailllt h.d .cnulred -n ample I fortune. But he did not regard wealth rru AS TUB DRIVEN SNOW. I as a possession to be used for his per- 'I And." said Judce Oatcns. la thelsonal benefit alone, for he was gener- State Circuit Court yesterday, "noth- ous in fits gilts to ail deserving cnar ing in tho evidence Introduced this "'"' " w.eil ln 'reuent and effl iotlaxd. batvkdat. At orT 14. li. morning to show that either Miss Gold- clent service. It Is not easy to think of tha city ol ! A TEAK'S TKArOEK.4TIOX. Within the short period of one year the United States has become the financial giant of the world. All the rest of the world turns to this country man or Dr. Keltman had anything I ,,).' ...cum- nndiv nor whatsoever to do with the distribution of the gutft UnjTirillty. Thti UnlVer- I"1 P-'ni"" wa.u in- ,Uy WM tne object of hU deepest so ls based.' llcitude and most constant effort. He Tet the fellow Keltman testified in WM a nt fof more than twenty e Municipal Court that tha Althy H1- .j.nw hi. iutip. was I 1U IUI USS s,V aaw VVMMM J I ,-V.lara -Lt v aawaa.au - m J I aT " a--aa av fr ranitjal to financa war In EuroD ---" - I noteworthy. The Interest he tooK in .,.d.a...wn.i.U. All the l Oowmui eeung were his own ,tudenU and the aid he " - I aaaann m I vArtaltf ami Da an m marl I - bajiigvrent nations come to this coun try to buy food and munitions, and the gold of the world Is pouring lnjo the United States to pay for these commodltiaa. All the gloomy forebod. lags that the war would drain the country of its gold have been falsified. and gold Is flowing to our banks In araatrr quantities than It can be used personal property, and be admitted that ba was responsible for their dis tribution at the particular time and at the particular place specified In the complaint against them. Tet In the process of the appeal to tha Circuit Court tha admitted facts disappear. and the two defendants are wholly exonerated from an accusation ana of thara had on oath admitted as to him. If. though he bad exculpated bis systematically gave them, were char acteristic of the man. He found time, too, for other public service during his long life, and he always acquitted him self with credit. Withal be was model husband and father. Any community that has so good man as S. H. Friendly aa a doer of good deeds for the public and for in dlviduals is fortunate. IS CEJUfAXT AAXIOIS FOR PEACE f It la most significant that sugges ts bustn Wall strict was so lacking In 'or I associate. stgnt a year ago mat it learea turopei Wny thf lelrllonT rf.,,, lB the would drain the inltaa states or goia I, w 0 WM not -aroiaslblt or ad- la settlement of our debts and In 'rnltted In the upper court Is one of 1 1 Ions of peace come from the Father to us of American securities, i ne i .v.. jHn mratarlaa or tha law which I land, a newsDSDer DUblished ln th New Tork Stock Exchange, in dread of I brtnK t lnlo contempt. Courts ought I United States In tha Interest of the a nooa or iiquwairam cjoaxaa nui(a constituted so as to develop the other exenaores oi various sinus in truth, ind not merely to construe tech- laarri suit, vte naa tne urgrsi s10- I nlcal law. of idle gold in tne world ana tnerei was soma talk of repudiating foreign obligations in order to protect It from I a raid by our creditors. To ward off this danger, bankers I German cause. Tho latest hint that peace would bo welcome to Germany follows: Hfore Ions tba Anstro-Garmans will dlctata tha paa In Paria or K-m. llu If tha Aaatra-Oannaaa ara eomptUM to proaacata tiia war to tha anS. tha paaca frroa dnnudnl by tha Taumnlo aatlona will staciar tha world. Hie Hollneaa tha Popa la to ba consralulated on aalslns thla raomant for his oftar of madlatlon. If or- aiaar la forcad ta mtki taa utnoit aacii ficea. aha will axact tha uttarninat from tietorv. At oraarnt aha Is atlll la i aonabla mood. Tha alllaa should sataa bar auiatratcbad band batora It la too lata. Undoubtedly with armies in both w SHAtx ot co par. When a great scientist, after ex bauativa Investigation, doubtless ac rotected th credit of the NaUon bylcompanted by great personal danger, raisins ll.oe 0 to meat tha for-1 confirmed his suspicions that several sign debt of New Tork City, and tent I million germs are exchanged in the llvMOO.OOO to Canada to protect ) process of osculation, wa somehow American credit abroad, but only II .-I could not becomeT excited. Possibly, Ot oe of the Utter sum was actually I knowledge thst tho Information had ased. A pool of tl3S.000.00 was come too late to deprive us of pleas-1 eaat and west on enemy soil Germany formed, at the passionate plea of the I ores reasonably to be anticipated bad I would be glad to make peace at this cotton-growers, to carry tho cotton I something to do witn iu At least I time. Germany could now obtain fa- crop, but that proved unnecessary, and J there was a warm feeling of satisfac- I vorable terms and escape the exhaus aono of the fund was used. Finally. I Hon that the discovery bad not beenUon w hich would result from prolong- at tha end of December, the Stock made thirty years ago. But when inc the war. to say nothing of the risk Exchange was reopened and the mln- germaphobta threatens to deprive us that fortune may turn against her and lmom prices designed to prevent a of the Joys of the bubbling drinking may compel acceptance of decidedly stampede by Europe to sell proved un- fountain then Is tha realisation em- unfavorable terms when the allies are necessary, for Europe did not stam-1 pnasixea mat lira is just one mmg i ready for peace. vede and thoso securities which it did after another even unto old age. offer were readily bought up by Amer- The lurking menace of the drinking Iran Investors. I fountain la that some persons are Al! the perils conjured up by Wall afflicted with a greedy Intake and street's iraasinaUon proved to be phan- must all but swallow tha ball from torn. In their place the country has wnicn tne water, oudoics. inua may NEKD OF ECONOMY LEARNED. Reverses suffered by Russia,. slow progress of the allies on the Dardan ellca and backwardness of the Balkan aomo very substantial realities. Stock, the pernicious micro-organisms, with states about Joining r hands at the have advanced materially all along which you and I are not afflicted but Teuton powers and Turkey will cer- another year unless the Kaisers as- tbe line, some having doubled and trebled In value. Our exports have exceeded our Imports by more than tl.000.009,000. and the question la no longer bow wa shall pay our debts to Europe, but how Europe shall pay aurance to tho Berlin bankers that it would end in October should be vert fled by some startling stroke of strat egy of which we have had no Inkling. France Is determined to fight to a finish, believing that it is a case of win or die. Russia. In face of repeat- proclaims a purpose to everybody else is, be deposited upon the surface of the nickeled ball and thence bo carried by the swash and gurgle of tho water into tha systems of you and ma. A correspondent writing today Int! for the vast quantity of goods It buys I mates that thoso who patronlao the from ua A shipment of 120.000.000 drinking fountains anouid cnew to-t- ,.- h- Ts-mivm.1 fmm bafco. for tobacco, ba It known. Is a t , . h,k . ..b.... nnlrl,lr. Ttut the dancer is nrob- d defeat, proclaims a purpose . . t.i w. ,.n im.rin. nJflKht to ultimate victory. Rumors payment for exports. We have lent colder, or more precarious and inhos- that the Crar entertained peace over v j . . Init.Ki- ni.r-. than tha aiinner hall of lures are discredited not only by offl- eljrn countries and hate more to lend, a bubbling fountain for a domestically cial denials, but by tho great stake We hold more than one-fifth of the Inclined germ, used to warm ana com- - 7" . .-- i . j .4jn. fnrt.M. aormnnrfinwa tn aettln down defeat. Britain has but lately awak- " " a"'" u I . ..... .-.. .. to raise a family. And no germ o "cu l" a'"- know of Is a strong swimmer. The struggle and Is bracing to throw every Inevitable conclusion Is that the germ pound of strength into tne scaie Is washed away before the next thirsty to It at a pace that Is embarrassing our bankers. The belligerent nations have borrowed 1 15.?$. 000, 000 for war and are spending a targe part of this sum tn the United States, the greatest Individual can possibly partake at that neutral country that la able to supply I Place of tha stuff that makes old them. They hold only I3.t00.000.00 Oregon famous. of American securities, and. theso be- In short, wo shall continue to pa tng now the safest Investment In theltroniae tho bubbling fountains when- This prospect indicates that tho war Is developing into a contest of flnan clal endurance. Britain has been re lying on greater accumulations of wealth and on control of the sea to keep commerce alive and thus to con- world, their holders are unwilling to ever so Inclined, and shall not learn servo the empire s resources while I I f7aaaaiam'a a-Aomi ws-, a a O A F A Inir noniAl. sell until necessity compels. As gold Is tho only money of the belligerents which neutrals will accept In payment fur war supplies, the flow of gold to this country Is limited only by the amount of the purchases, by tha re sale of American securities and by the amount of war bonds which Americans wm buy. to chew tobacco, either. Germany's resources are being deplet ed by, loss of commerce. But Britain has already begun to realize the ne cessity of economy, both by the gov ernment and by Individuals. The vol untary system of enlistment with its good wages, Its separation allowance CEXXORS. "We've been expecting tho protest,' says a correspondent In discussing moving-picture censorship, "but why aim particularly at a clerk and re-for soldiers families, its pensions, its servo a pat on tho back for an In-1 war bonus for munition and transport Iqultous Innovation that would cause I workers. Is proving vastly more expen than compulsory service. Having riant to men's services as soldiers. nlan probably would not "holler" Germany, Austria. France. Russia and louder than tho public If newspapers Uy aimpty feed and clothe them and were censored, out n win do ooservea i rive them a little spending money that the theater managers are not ob- va pretense Is made of paying wages Jecting to reasonable censorship, nor I in tha sense 'In which Britain pays atMti I f.ar. It la thai me puonc. a no corresponacni an-1 them. Thrift has been drilled into r wa ahall hara aa raaeh swers his own argument In the last tha f.erman neoole and waste of war material and food is sternly prohibit In a single year tho United State. oragonUn to holler murder if ap- baa been transformed from a debtor to I . .. ' I ' " a creditor Nation, and ha. become the Se ""pp,!, 6 t rU world's great reservoir of capital. The chief danger In the situation to the United Slates was thus defined by a Wall-street man: t wawt4 ba aaarh wtaea eaneanie as to tHa futara bat far aai waaa tba war la af tba warld'a saM aaa aa maar af tna arl4 a aax-l m-Q prtmtaa ta par ta fold that aor puaitiaa will aol ba aafa. The sir af Eurasa wUsbt aalta asaiaat aa. Another danger Is that our abun dance of gold will cause a fever of sentence of tho following paragraph: What la saaee for tha soaaa aoaht ta ba aaaaa for tba saadar. Thara ara morally unacrapulooa aawapapars aa wail as moral. y .vin..,ictur. .aipr.a.a. but Uiar ara aot bains rural by tha speculation, with Its Inevitable conse-1 aorahlp traainMmt. Cenaorahlp aarfr eured I anjihias A mar lea a and it saoer will. Only i pub:io apiataa caa da that, aad pnbllo I opinion Soaa aot eatruat Ita cxpraaaloa to paraona wha nda araund In patrol wasoaa "- I asd diatorb tha paaca at tioo a month. Minimum wage and old age penaionl Tea. indeed, only public opinion ed. The British people are wasteful, their military administration is so Inefficient that large quantities of food are wasted In the army camps and the people will not tolerate regu latlon of their personal habits to en force economy. Realization has at last coma home to the most wide-awake British think laws ar correctly .described by Will- can cur anjthing American. Public rs that, although the British empire lam Barnes aa socialistic, according oplnlbn has made newspaper censor- entered the war with greater financial to definitions of that term adopted by ship unnecessary. The American news- resources than the enemy and al- older authorities on political economy, naner has been of slow srrowth. It though It replenishes them with for- but th present generation does not has. In Its gradual development, be- I o'n trade and colonial gold which are permit Itself to be scared by names I come a part of the life of th public. I denied to Germany. British resources when It decides tnat social betterment it has found its function. Its mission, are oeing uko up mucn wawr requires such laws. Industrial condl- its purpose Is to dispense education thoso fit Germany and that Germany tlons have undergone such changes in. current events at a profit and mold T outlast Britain in resources. Ger- that laws which wer considered Ira- oDlnlon. Iu field Is restricted only manys own resources have been Teln- Bosslbte fifty vaars ago ar now held to br tha limits of tha DODulatlon. There forced by those of the conquered ter- be necessary. I la no newspaper that does not desire rltory and by war contributions, as an The old. strictly Individualist theory I to Increase Its circulation, if there offset to which Britain has only the was that th state should do nothing jar newspapers which are unscrupu- much smaller resources of conquered but orotect each Individual aCiinat I lona thav ara so onlv ln Dresentation I Uerman colonies. attack on bis life, liberty or property of events or expressions of opinion, and guard th Nation against attack No manner of censorship could be de- from without. Its functions were vlsed'whlch would reach them. But those of th policeman, soldier. Judge as to boldly offending morals or de- and tax collector. Each Individual cency by word or- Illustration, no news paper can do it and live. Public favor is the automatic censor of the newspaper. " It may soma day become the automatio censor of the must sink or swim. thrive or starve, according to bis own ability to make a living. That was the doctrine of lalsaeai fair. British war expenditures have been far heavier than those of Germany and Austria combined. They are now at the rat of $5,000,000,000 a year, and they are growing as the empire advances toward its maximum effort. Harold Cox at a meeting ln London estimated that It would be necessary to borrow a total of 110.000,000,000 Civilised nations hav bea gradually I moving-picture theater, but It has not before the war ends. Even if the getting away from that Idea and have I yet become so. Tb motion-picture en- been acting on the more human the- I terprls is an enterprise of sudden ery that the welfare of each citlxen I growth. Vast as ar its proportions. la th concern of the state. Public I it is still but feeling Its way toward schools were considered socialistic by I its permanent place In the world's af axtreme Individuals, but the nations I fairs. As yet. In the larger sense. It have held that th public Interest Is I Is a dispenser of amusement and diver. served by developing th Intellect of I slon rather than Instruction. So rap- to citizen. That policy has been I idly has the business grown, changed vindicated by the experience of the land developed that th theater owner government were able to continue borrowing at 4 H per cent, this would entail an annual Interest charge of $450,000,000 and a sinking fund charge of $100,000,000 a year. War pensions would add another $100,- 000.000. making a total of $650,000. 000. The London Times estimates the permanent war charge at $1,000,000,- 000. Mr. Cox expressed his misgivings educated nations, particularly In con-1 has not bad opportunity, no matter In th following words: trast with th uneducated. From ed-1 how well Inclined, to make reputa- ucation to care of public health was I Lion for th decency and morality of but a step. That led not only to an I bis productions a financial asset. entire cod of sanitary law. but to car for th health of worklngraen and women through factory Inspection and regulation. Minimum wage !aws followed In nat ural sequenc. It being held to be to ji natea Icierjjt aro ducatjc The men who have Invested heavily In th business would Ilk to do that, and they realli that at present so loosely ar distinctions drawn that an offensive film shown by one unscrupu lous manager may excite suspicion and oUrm aan prudau fellt m ta aiilsays yi&i .wm laaa px iitU5too.o,ooo, Vfa all thousht we ware necessarily in a atroafar financial position than Garmany. Ha waa not aura tnat wa wart now aa con- vtnoad of that aa bafora. By cloaln. tha aeaa to Garn.any wa had compelled Garmany to aconoralsa, with tha remarkable raault that Qnnanr was sbla to carry on this l(tantlc war without any present aln of exhaustion. A writer ln the London Tlms con trasts the expenditures of Germany and Austria with those of Britain. He aided by other expedients, carried Ger many through tho first eight months of the war "and sho was not, as we were, in the Infancy of her effort, but had her energies for war more or lessJ fully developed. Austria has raised in all $1,000,000,000. Obviously a dol lar of war funds goes much farther with the Teutons than with Britain. Alarm on this subject caused the British Cabinet to appoint a commit tee on retrenchment ln the civil serv ice. Lord Kitchener has put a like committee to work ln the War Depart ment. A meeting "called by the Lon don banks, composed of leading finan ciers and business men, declared its conviction that in this national crisis expenditure, both public and private, should be rigidly curtailed, and at the same time new taxation should be forthwith imposed upon all classes of the people. The newspapers are ex hortina- the DeoDle to nractice economy In order that the nation's resources may be conserved, especially by reduc tion of imports, and that they may have surplus income to Invest in war bonds. Parliament Is urged to Im pose new taxes, especially on imported luxuries, in order that a larger pro portion of war expenditure may be paid out of current revenue Instead of with borrowed money. Legislation to eliminate excessive profit on war supplies is urged. - Russia's misfortunes have evidently shaken the confidence of victory with which Britain entered the war. The nation realizes at last that every ounce of its strength must be thrown into the struggle if it Is not to lose Its navy, Its commerce and its colonies and to be reduced to an inferior rank among natrons with German warships petrol ing the channel. ' European War Primer By Rational Geographical Society. Cancellation of foreign orders for wheat for September delivery may mean a peace, arrangement by Ger many and Russia, whereby the crop of that country can get out of the Bosphorus. If it does, however, the German submarines will send it to the bottom, for tho Kaiser has his fingers crossed on anything that Is going to England. ' - Printers in convention at Los An geles yesterday defeated a resolution asking them to abstain from using liquor; yet at no time in its organised history has the craft been so free of Indulgence. Without united effort and seemingly to meet changed conditions. printers of today lead all craftsmen in sobriety and consequent prosperity. The English wife-murderer who developed a line of ' diversion by drowning them in a bathtub was hanged yesterday, as he deserved. He will have few, if any, Imitators ln that country, where Justice works overtime. If the order Is filled for one million American . beef cattlo to England, meat eaters of this country will be come familiar with the cheaper cuts and cafeteria carvers will acquire the ability to produce shadow slices. Each successive Buyers Week ex pands the area of Portland's trade as the merchants return home with re ports of how well they can buy when they see and of .the hospitality ex tended by Portland. The German authorities tn Belgium expect a hard Winter and are advising German civilians to leave. The char itable people of the neutral world will And their work cut out by the time snow flies. That earthquake at Laibach, Aus trla, was unnecessary; Austria is enough shaken up by the war to keep it awake, and Laibach is uncomforta bly near the Italian scene of opera tion a With two Woodmen teams of this city winning prizes at San Francisco, members of big Webfoot Camp are sorry they were not represented, that Portland might have won all three. Secretary Daniels has developed healthy Interest in naval expansion since Mr. Bryan resigned. The Chau taqquan may yet denounce his former worshiper as a Jingo. Opening of the Columbia River Highway will inevitably arouse the ambition of communities farther up the river to extend it in order that they may be on the map. There are 21,660 automobiles li censed in Oregon, and if each is worth thousand dollars, that means a lot of money put into means to get there quickly. More noncombatants were killed and Injured in an English coast town Thursday night by Zeppelins. Great Britain does not seem able to retaliate. When prohibition becomes effective in Oregon, we shall know who still takes his nip b'y observing who re ceives shipments from Hornbrook. The new machine-gun company ought to be the popular branch of the local military organization. Think of the results it can attain! Any person subject to the income tax would naturally hold the opinion that the law Is a mass of "verbal In fellcitiea" Italy is in the market for 44.000,000 bushels of wheat and Portland is the spot where she can get it f. o. b. c. f. 1. d. Every person who wished not to do anything yesterday had a good excuse ln the Friday the 13th superstition. The Russian army may have dodged the Warsaw trap, but Von Hinden burg may hav set another for it. The Montana girl Is bound to break th record of her Kansas sister ln the harvest field this season. St Louis is getting ready to treat cracked skulls. . A thousand teamsters are on strike. The lad of the family la "gooder than ever" today, with a circus ln sight next week. The city will yet hold a bargain sale wood to clear the yards, for new stock. Portland has room for more steamer lines like the Parr-McCormlck. This Is the open seasoa for Zeppe lins in Europe. Last day in which to get ready for killing deer. . The world's war-interest is now held by the German-Russian campaign and, more Dartlcularly. this interest is cen tered upon tho Russian fortress of Brest Litovsk, the point d'appui on th Bust, one of the strongest fortresses In Eurooa. the central point in th Muscovite's European defense and of fense, and one of the most important depots for and distributing points oi military supplies near the western frontiers. Brest Litovsk is rated by military critics as a much more im Dortant strategic point than Warsaw, around which, according to recent dispatches, the armies of Russia are to be re-grouped for the defense of the emDire. Brest Litovsk is one of the oldest im Dortant fortresses in northern Europ and its history has been a changeful and stirring qjie. It is first mentioned on ine occasion oi its capture uj duic alav tha Brave, of Poland, in 102 Next, Casimlr the Just, of Poland, built a tight castle here, in country where the outposts of several nations me Princes of Galicia, Volhynla, Lithuania, grand masters of the Teutonic Knights, Tartar chieftains and kings of Poland held and stormed the city ln turn, and from its fortifications ravaged the region around. Tartars sweot over the place like plaarue in 1241. moving most of the town into Its muddy river. The Teu tonlo Knights devastated its suburbs ln 1379, and Mengly Ghyrey, Khan or tne Crimea, burned the city witn coi)uen' tious attention to detail, his visi,tion coming In the latter part of the 15tb century. Polish diets were held here. It was out of the deliberations of council of bishops from Western Rus sia, held at Brest ln 1694, that the Cniat rite was born. The Swedes gave the city its last thorough pillaging in 1706. At the second partition oi fo land. It was incorporated in Russia, and Datlence. technique and money nave been lavished upon it Dy tne great northern emDire to make it as near impregnable as -possible. Brest Litovsk is situated at tne junc tion of the- navigable rivers, Bug an Mukhovets. and at the point of conflu ence stands the city fortress. ' It lies uoon the right bank of the Bug. here shardv cut. where the river turns from north to northeast Kauwayj irom Odessa, Kiev. Moscow, Warsaw, Vilna and East Prussia intersect here, rur ther. it lies upon the inland waterway from the Baltic to the Black Sea, the oourse of which is connected up by canal behind Brest, between the upper Mukhovets River and the Frlpet Klver. Thus, th city is served by a well-nigh Derfect system of communications, reaching to the north, the east, the south, and to points in the interior between, and expanding again from Brest toward the northwest, the west and the southwest. Brest lies in the government of Groa no. 131 miles soutn or me cny ol Grodno. It has a population of about 43.000. more than half of which is jew Ish. The synagogue at Brest during the 16th century was regarded as th first in Europe. Probably due to its large Jewish population, Brest Litovsk has never developed an industry, . out. rather a . thriving commerce. Grains. hides, soap, wheat and timber are th staples of Its trade. The lumber in hich it deals was floated in great rafts down to Danzig before tho war. Flax and hemp are extensively grown ln the country around, and, also, form important articles of its trade. The older fortifications lie- about ona mile east of Brest and have circumference of four miles. The field works have been kept up to date, and everything possible has been done by Russia to make them unconqueraoie. Brest Litovsk is regarded in Russia as the most powerful Individual strong hold in the empire. SAFETY FIRST OX WILLAMETTE Writer Believes Federal Government Should Regulate Boat Rentala. PORTLAND, Aug. 13. (To the Edi tor.) I am pleased that you nave seen fit to take notice editorially of the loss of life by drowning of late. This subject has too long been allowed to drift. Please allow me to make a few statements. From the ace of babyhood I have ben connected with river, lake and ocean conditions, and tidal currents, crab holes, surfs, undertiws, whirl pools etc.. are A B C to me. In add! tion, I am perfectly at home in the water, and backed by a No. 1 physical makeup, not a naw present urn know of. In spite of all this, I came aa near to beinsr drowned ca a man run ha and Irpt Out uninjured. At the time it happened I entered the water upon the signal of the bell at Long Beach, which is for that pur pose, trusting to the bell to give me tha correct time, rather than using my own powers of observation. The bell was absolutely erroneous. I was swept far out from the beach before I real ized that I was in a tidal current run ning off shore, and I had a terrible struggle getting back. No one could help me; no one heard my calls for help: there was no fast motor lifesav- lng boat present, if tney aia near me; there were no ropes, buoys, lifesavers, beach attendants. It is a frightful criticism atrainst the Intelligence ol those responsible. Nearer home, on the Willamette River, there is as great a danger in the tipsy, dangerous river skiffs. I have looked them over and have used a few. but I would warn anyone not an expert with boats from using them, especial Iy ln company with women and chil dren who cannot swim. I have used skiffs in dozens of ports, many rivers and lakes, and have never seen a more tipsy bunch of river sklfis than are rented out by 'the local river boat houses. It is no wonder that more folks are not drowned every year from tbem. and to add to the danger the high rolling wakea of the big river steamers must be met in inern ana. when occupied by persons who are entirely Ignorant of what safe con duct or a safe boat is. it is an awful condition. I am quite of the opinion that the Federal river officers should take the matter in hand and compel the use of a different type of river SKiir. xney certainly have Jurisdiction In this mat ter under the general : avigation laws, and the matter is so vital they should not hesitate because of the possible loss of money which the boat owners may suffer; they had no business in the first place in purchasing tipsy, dangerous pleasure boats, and lives are too valuable to hesitate over the matter, anyway. JOHN M'NULTY, ENEMIES NOT FRIENDS OF PEACE Pacificists af Bryaa Type Encourage What Ther Most Abhor. PORTLAND. Aug. 13. (To the Ed itor.) If any man abhors war it is the man who knows by experience what war is. And yet it cannot be denied that we as a Nation may nnd ourselves confronted, suddenly, with the horrors of war. Nor is tbls jingo talk. Our present attitude is that of the richest country on earth almost wholly unprepared for self-defense, with a lot of long-haired men and short-haired women, led by an ex-Secretary of State ln stump speeches, crying "peace, peace at any price. obstructing thereby measures of the President and his competent ad visers for National security. From all this Jangling noise we may have a rude awakening. Then we shall have ample opportunity to learn, that war, dreadful as it is, must be con ducted, not from Chautauqua plat forms, but on principles of military science, backed by readiness. These insurgents against National safety should, by the law of common sense. be deemed the enemies rather than the friends fl tsace, c A SWaE, j Twenty-Five Years Ago Half a Century Ago From The Oregontan of Ausuat 14, 1890. Professor W. H. Lee and wife, of Albany, Or., are in this city, the guests of Mra E. Story. A. C. Emmons, of Emmons &' Em mons, left yesterday morning for Wash ington, D. C, and New York City, on business for the . firm. H. W. Corbett returned a day or two since from his farm on the Columbia, much improved in health. He has done a great deal of work for the public during the past year or two in getting the Portland fitted, furnished and started, as County Commissioner and member of the immigraton board, and he needs a good rest, to which he is well entitled. Sing Sing. N. Y., Aug. 13.- An at tempt was made at this place last night to wreck the express train from New York by winding- a chain around one of the rails. The large locomotive cut through the chain without causing any damage. If a light engine had been used serious damage might have been done. It is supposed the alleged wreckers were strikers of the Knights of Labor. Jacksonville, Or., Aug. 13. Craw ford & Howell, of Corvallis, are here and propose to build the Jacksonville & Medford motor railway, if the peo ple will give them a bonus of $20,000. Should the money be raised, and it is believed It will, work will be com menced at once and the road completed in a short time. v Boston. Aug. 13. Colonel Wheelock G. Veasey. of Vermont, has been elected commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. Los Angeles, -Aug. 13. The lockout of union printers on the Times and Herald newspapers still continues, with no prospect of compromise between pro prietors and employes. Twelve print ers, members of the protective fra ternity, arrived from Kansas City to night, and went to work on the Times. The printers have arranged to keep up the fight indefinitely. VALVE OF SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sau Francisco Finds Its Institution Excellent Advertisement. San Francisco Labor Clarion. San Francisco has been given almost as much publicity during the last week or two from its organization of a sym phony orchestra under Alfred Hertz as the Jewel City has been getting at the expense of an enormous pubillcity de partment so much is the power of music as a means of self-exploitation. All of the large weekly musical Jour nals have interested themselves in the re-organization of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and many New York, Boston and Chicago daily Jour nals have given editorial congratula tion on securing the services of a di rector as eminent as Hertz and an or chestra which, while it is not perma nent, is representative of that type of symphony orchestra and will, likely enough, become so. To Boards of Supervisors, Chambers of 'Commerce, City Commissioners and other public and quasi-public organi sations the incident of the organization of the San Francisco Symphony Or chestra should prove a practical illus tration of the fact that nothing gives a community a finer or more extended publicity than its devotion to the gen tle ministrations of music. Such or ganizations should see in the fame that San Francisco has achieved through its love of music the finest, purest and no blest sort of publicity. It is an adver tisement to the world that a commun ity is regenerate, cultured and amena ble to the highest and most refining in fluences; it is a sign to the world that the commonwealth that is devoted to music is a safe and wholesome place wherein to rear the children who will be tomorrow's citizens and that it is a place where woman - is respected and the love of beautiful things is culti vated. Such is the kind of exploitation San Francisco has been given through the medium of its symphony orchestra re organization and such exploitation is of the highest value to a city and much good and greatly correcting influences are bound to result the same having practical side which may be trans latable in terms of dollars and cents. We mean that the investment of money in a symphony orchestra or in symphony orchestras is a good invest ment, yielding vast returns through a thousand indirect and unrecognized channels. From The Oraconlan of Aus. 14, 1885. Quartermaster-General Meigs, in a letter to the Adjutant-General of Naw York, says: Your state has a proud, record, having furnished within four years nearly half a million of men. with a prompltude and efficiency worthy of the highest praise." Colonel George B. Curry has assumed command of the Department of the Columbia, with headquarters at Van couver. There is an innumerable number of small crafts now engaged in supplying trade and traffic of Portland. We ob serve them near shore in most in stances, in harmony with the old adage of little boats, unloading hay. gravel, sand, stone, lumber, etc., ad infinitum. It is strange how hot and dry the weather keeps, We have had but two inches of rain since May 21. But the thermometer runs up to . SO degreas sometimes. The weather for two days past has been splendid. The undivided half of the North Portland sawmill was sold at auction on Saturday last, for the sum of $5200 cash. Crescent City, Aug. 10, via Can- yonvllle. On the 3d Inst, the body of a man came ashore on a portion of the wreck of the Brother Jonathan. He is supposed to have been a steer age passenger. This morning a boy, fine looking, and about 6 years old, with a lifepreserver on, came ashore at this place. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12. Orson H. Elliott, whose feet were frozen on the voyage from Victoria to this port, obtained a verdict of $1000 damages from the California Steam Navigation Company by consent of the defendants. The colored troops quartered in the vicinity of St. Louis have, it is said, contributed 170.000 toward the ereo tion of a monument In Washington in memory of the late President. San Francisco, Aug. 12. A firm in this city that had a ship and cargo destroyed by the Shenandoah, has for warded a bill of $260,000 to Washing ton to ba filed with other claims of indemnity against England for prop erty destroyed by English pirates. THAT BANGER TO THE THIRSTY Tobacco-Users Leave No Germs When Biting Bubbling Fountain. PORTLAND, Aug. 13. (To the Edi tor.) In The Or'egonian is an account of a health inspector's examination of a public drinking fountain in which it is stated that "the public drinking fountain may be a greater menace to health than the common drinking cup," by reason of the fact that "in almost every case the lips were placed almost completely around the metal ball." And then it adds that "several men ob viously were chewing tobacco." I have repeatedly noticed the same tendency to swallow the bait on our own streets, and for that reason would not, under any consideration, use the public fountain at least not until 1916 I may come to It then. But it is not because some of the "suckers" use tobacco that I refrain, for this is the one redeeming feature of the public fountain a free, frequent and effective disinfecting of the mouth piece for it is a known fact that there is only one bug that can live on or iu tobacco, and in respect to germs, th mouths of the tobacco-users who drank at the fountain in question were the freest from injurious bugs, germs, bac cilli. bacteria, etc The disinfecting principle of one man size cigar properly prepared and ad ministered will kill a turkey, and a dose from a half dozen would kill a Turk. The only objection to tobacco that has a leg to stand on is its dis agreeable smell and the expectoration incident to its use. The real danger arises from those who do not disinfect as they go, and for this reason may it not be that all these public drinking fountains, instead of being a godsend, are a distinct men ace to theshealth of any city so served? DISINFECTOR. Sensational Fashion- Move Greatest Dressmakers of World Reveal True Summer Fashions From Paris. Modistes of France call halt on premature publishing of designs and exclusive drawings of 1915 models have just arrived direct from the world's fashion center. Sterling Heilig, who has had per sonal interview with dress creators, gives in a vivid way the latest ideas in the dress-making world. The story in The Sunday Ore gonian will be" of interest to women everywhere and to merchants, .too. SWITZERLAND'S CENTURY OF PEACE With neighboring na tions at war, Switzerland, finding itself surrounded by conflict, is one of the sturdiest in the face of' trouble. Small as she is as a nation, her defense programme is almost impregnable. Prepared ness at all timers keeps the red wolf from the door of this tiny na tion. Read the historical and timely account in The Sunday Ore gonian. MR. GARRISON, WAR SECRETARY Read the character sketch of Lindley M. Garrison, one of the unique and impressive figures in President Wilson's Cabinet. You will understand the Nation's pol icy and ambitions better if you read this account of the man in charge of the United 'States War Department. SKETCHES FROM LIFE Three striking stories told without words. Temple observes human life as it is in all its walks. "No Is Not an Answer" is name of one observation sketch that will appeal to business men. "Mother's Choice" is a matrimonial lesson. "My Little Daughter Sent 'Em (to Yer" is a homely but striking idea. UNCLE SAM'S HUGE STOCK OF GOLD The United States is the richest nation in point of the "Tissues of War." Rene Bach, a close student of affairs at the National Capitol, tells a few interesting inside facts on the Nation's gold store. LAUGHTER, THE GREAT HEALTH-GIVING GIFT The "Laugh and Grow Fat" philosophy is based on scientific fact. Woods Hutchinson, specialist 'in the ills of mankind, tells why it is bene ficial to laugh why grotesque expressions of emotions are vastly beneficial. STORIES AND PICTURES FOR THE LITTLE ONES-Here is a half page in The Sunday Oregonian that is the joy of the children. This feature has long been an attraction of the Magazine Supple ment of The Sunday Oregonian. THE BUCCANEERS OF BAY ISLANDS If you like a thrill in narrative and descriptive reading you will find it in this full-page ' feature tomorrow. This little colony off Honduras, where the descendants of the Pirates Kidd, Morgan and Drake still hold forth, abounds with romantic history and incidents. This feature is highly entertaining. THE TEENIE WEENIES and Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess constitute a full-page color feature for the younger generation. Here is a page of value for the tots at play before breakfast or during their recreation hour in the playroom. There is an Arabian Nights atmosphere in Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess that the young folk will enjoy. . ' NEWS FEATURES In the main news sections of The Oregonian tomorrow will be found up-to-the-minute accounts of the day's happenings throughout the world and well written and accurate re views of passing events. The Sunday Oregonian covers the field with a staff of trained men and women, who know how to write the news so it an be understood. A comprehensive chronicle of his tory in the making is interspersed with little human interest stories that appeal. ' ORDER NOW. 1