Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 09, 1915, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text9 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 19J5. PORT LAM), OBEQON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. ostoKlce a Second class matter. Subscription Kates Invariably In advance. (By Mail.) pally. Sunday Included, one year ...... .$8.00 ally. Sunday Included, six months -ao Iaily. Sunday Included, three months . Z-5 liaily. Sunday included, one montn ..- Xjally. without Sunday, one year .00 liaily, without Sunday, six months 4.-5 Xjatly. without Sunday, three months ... a-o iaily. without Sunday, one month -w Weekly, one year 1.00 Sunday, one year .u Sunday and Weekly, one year a.60 (By Carrier) Dally, Sunday Included, one year ....... v.twi Daily. Sunday Included, one month o How to Remit Send postotflce money or der, express order or personal check on your local banlc. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postofflce address in lull. Including- county and state. 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Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities. None. Average number of copies of each Issue of this publication sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date of this statement, 55,431. H. L.. PITTOCK. Publisher. Sworn to and subscribed before me this let day of October, 19lr. (Seal) W. E. HARTMTJS, Notary Public. (My commission expires May 25. 1919.) PORTLAND, SATURDAY, OCT. 9, 1915. "TV IT AT MAX HAS DONE " The proposition made by Mr. Robert E. Strahorn for an Oregon controlled railroad system In Central Oregon, it will be observed, is not presented with the glowing promises of quick dividends to investors that accompany the ordinary promotion scheme. Mr. Strahorn's letter to the Portland business men who urged him to undertake the railway development of the interior is couched in conser vative language. It presents the dif ficulties that face such a project and his chief promise, as we read it, is not of immediate or even early direct profits from railroad operation, but one of larger prosperity to accrue to established business and Industry through the development that can be made possible only by railroad con struction. At the present moment there is, as Mr. Strahorn points out, a' sort of deadlock between Interior Oregon and the railroads. Much of the country is untried. Its developed sections are isolated from each other by stretches of near-waste or semi-arid land or by tracts whose dry land productivity remains to be proved. Because of a variety of reasons the existing rail roads . are not now in position to pioneer in such a country. The re turns on such an investment must be prospective. They ask for better de velopment before they spend their money. On the other hand there Is no inducement to develop the coun try, except prospective. In brief, neither -side will or can undertake to face the waiting period during which outgo must exceed income. There are reasons advanced by Mr. Strahorn why Oregon enterprise can best undertake the railroad construc tion needed to develop the interior. They are set forth plainly and they are logical and conclusive. And when the situation is analyzed, it becomes quite clear that the problem of finance that must be faced is by no means so'great nor so complicated as problems Oregon citizens in times gone by have faced and solved to promote similar enterprises. Both the main line of the O.-W. R. &. X. Company and the Shasta Route In Oregon of the Southern Pacific have grown out of purely Oregon en terprise. The early history of the former is one of large profits to the original investors: that of the latter one Of failure from a financial stand point. But the true measurement of both, in comparing them with the Stra horn project, is what they have done for the development of Oregon. The Oregon Steam Navigation Company, which finally became the O.-W. R. & N. Company, was established in 1860 by comparatively poor men. In the period from 1S67 to 1879, inclusive, it paid in dividends $2,702,500 and spent 12,000,000 from the earnings for steamers and railroads. In 1879 the property was turned over to the O. R. & X. Company for $5,000,000. The history that preceded the ownership of the Southern Pacific in the Willamette Valley lines is one of set-backs, waits for legislation, litigation over land grants and bicker ing of rival companies. Ben Holla day finally acquired both the East sido and West side projects in 1869. He: spent about $6, 000, 000 extending the two lines, one of which reached Roseburg under his management and the other St. Jo on the Yamhill River. To obtain the '$6,000,000 he found it necessary to issue about twice that sum in bonds and both roads were aided by private subscriptions and community subsidies. Holladay was finally unable to meet interest charges and the bondholders took possession. Henry Villard was sent out to Oregon and superseded Holladay. He extended the roads to t'orvallis and Ashland, organized a company with large capital and bought out the Oregon Steam Naviga tion Company, and then formed the bold and memorable plan of getting control of the Northern Pacific and connecting it with Portland and Puget Sound. The Portland men who initiated the two railroad enterprises that have since developed into main lines had far smaller resources at their cor, mand than have those who will be iisked to aid the new pioneering en terprise in Central Oregon. The ter ritory through which they projected their rail routes ws probably as sparsely settled and as unproved as Central Oregon Is today. The dif ficulties of construction were far Kreater. As to Central Oregon the main obstacles to construction have been overcome. The costly but most feasible route for gaining the high plateau of interior Oregon is now oe-upied by two standard rail ways. Up the Deschutes River they have built.- overcoming tremendous obstacles and have finally reached the prevailing altitude of 4500 to 5000 feet of the great plains that consti tute Central Oregon. Between Bend and Lakeview, or Klamath Falls, or the Harney Valley, there are no serious difficulties con fronting railway construction. Many miles of steel win traverse a flat sage-brush plain. Whereas the Har rlman and North Bank roads have expended $22,000,000 to reach Bend, it is estimated that $6,000,000 will provide a connecting system embrac ing 400 miles of railroad. When it is recalled what Portland citizens a half century ago set out to do, it does not seem by comparison that a great amount of courage should be required to put the Central Ore gon, project on its feet. THANKING HTM FOB HIS KICKS. Carranza has insolently and con sistently refused to recognize the United States: therefore the United States will insist upon recognizing him. To a result so humiliating and pitiful has come the Mexican policy of President Wilson. It is the latest, but not the final, development of watchful 'waiting. For if Carranza, boastful, unscrupulous, garrulous and cowardly, shall set up a Carranza government at Mexico City, it cannot last, 'for Carranza has little ability and small prestige, and he will speedily pass on to join Diaz, Huerta and Madero, unless there shall be something more than moral support from the United States. There will not be, of course,, so long as President Wilson continues under the hypnotic spell of his own power to make fine phrases as substitute for effective action- Mexico is our Belgium, and we let its people suffer and starve, while we talk glibly about their right of self- government. Mexico is our Armenia, and we per mit its outlaw chiefs to pillage, rob, devastate, murder, and. ravish, while we rage at the Turks for their atroci ties against a subject Christian race. But we do nothing for Mexico, though' we fill our ships and send them to Belgium, and recruit our missionaries and dispatch them to Armenia. THE WORLD LOVES A LOTER. The Oregonlan ventures to suggest, most mildly and with all good feel ing, to the several women who have written somewhat acerbic letters of protest against the engagement and approaching marriage of President Wilson that nothing can be accom plished by their publication nothing at all. A wedding, including the nre- nuptlal period, is an occasion of iov. and not of anger or reproach, and we are loath, to contribute even a small disturbance, however remote from the scene, to the festivities. It really would seem that the Pres ident ought to be permitted to enjoy the full measure of felicity appropri ate to such an occasion. He is only 69 years old, just a time when some men feel the need of romantic ex periences and are prepared most to appreciate them. The habit has grown somehow upon the American people of regarding the President as an intellectual machine without sen timent, or emotion, or human weak ness of any kind. But he' has proved differently. Pervaps that Is what he set out to do. in such pleasing fashion. A comely , woman of suitable age only twenty-one years younger than he is comes into his lonely life, quite a number of months after the death of the late Mrs. Wilson, and he succumbs to the tenderest and finest of mortal passions. It is all quite natural and wonderful. There were no special domestic restraints upon giving his inclinations their appro priate bent, for two of his daughters were well married, one to a member of his own Cabinet, a desirable wid ower, with six children, and the third Is a close friend of his fiancee. Besides, the people of the Nation would sure ly be pleased to see filled, by a bright and capable woman, the vacant place of mistress of the White House. So, in imagination,' the whole Na tion will accompany the President and his lovely bride-to-be to New York to buy the engagement ring and to enjoy the house party of Mr. Wil son's friend, Colonel House. It is a time for flowers and happiness and sentiment and good feeling and con gratulations and feasting. There snouid be a celebration a round of them- from now on to the wedding day. There will be, no doubt. The world is said to love a lover, and we guess this will be no exception. . COUNTING THE GERMAN ARMY. An ingenious correspondent equipped with a pencil, pad and a late copy of the Berliner Tageblatt, has undertaken to count the whole German army. While the result cannot be more than approximate, it reveals with some de gree of assurance wh.it a mio-Vitv fnpn the Kaiser has in the field. The Tage blatt, In common with other German publications, has suspended publica tion of rasimltv liars: TV v Imperial order or because of insuffi cient space witnout resorting to entire extra editions, the public is not per mitted to know. ThA mr.fir infnrma. tion now given out is the number of casualties ln each regiment. If the Twenty-first Infantry of the first line loses 500 men. that fact Is nntert with. out elaboration or detail. If the Sev enth Ersatz Reserves or the Tenth Landwehr or the SBventv-fmirfh un serves sustain a loss or lonn man th. only published facts consist of a seg regation oi me aeaa ana wounded by regiments. In accounts of firsr-lln iaenaii;.. the Three Hundred and , Sixty-ninth ttegiraeni is rererred to as the Two Hundred and SAvntv-T"ii- nAI)An and the Ninety-ninth Landwehr. Foot ing up all infantry of these branches togetner wren tne infantry of the Prus sian Guard, the Ersatz, tanilw.hr Landwehr Reserves Ianflstn -mH Landstrum Reserves, a total of 930 regiments is achieved. The Tageblatt likewise reveals seventy-seven regi ments of cavalry. 294 ririmnto field artillery and ninety-eight regi ments of heavy artillery. Multiplying these by the prescribed far strength footings of 3000 for a regiment of in fantry, lo00 for the heavy artillery, 1000 for field artillprv nni ann f. cavalry regiments, a total is reached of 3,225.000. To this must be added pioneers, sanitary troops, signal corps, trainmen and other auxiliary branches of the service, which can be reckoned at fully 10 per cent of the total com- oaiant torce. While too much reliance may not be placed in these figures, they are given color by the fact that German regiments are numbered from those actually in the field. Furthermore, we do not know if the full quota of re serves has been sent forward to fill up the gaps caused by the heavy fight ing east and west the past few months. It is the German practice to recruit depleted regiments from the rear rather than replace them with new regiments as we Americans used to do, but it may be that scores or commands are far short of their pre scribed strength at this wriUnf;. How ever, the Gpr-mnn annnlv ingly is adequate, and if the regiments are not filled it can be depended upon that the shortages will be made up promptly. Prussian military system and efficiency have made full provi sion for that and only an actual short age of men through ultimate losses can break the system. There is the likelihood, too, the force far exceeds that which the Tage blatt gives clew to. There is no way of knowing that the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry bears the highest numeral in the German serv ice. There may be a Five Hundredth German infantry regiment which did not happen to be engaged" In combat when the casualties reported by the Tageblatt were recorded. But aside from the number of men in the field there has been more or less evidence recently that Germany has plenty of use for some such force. - WHEAT AND THE BIO IOAN. News of a billion-bushel wheat crop and of record harvests of oats, barley, rye. sweet potatoes, rice, tobacco and hay, comes at the same time as news that financial facilities for marketing the surplus of these crops have been provided. That is the real effect of the Anglo-French loan. The low rate of sterling exchange had influenced prices in such a mannAi- aa tn nhotTn rt exports and to check shipments of wheat abroad. Th nhstain i re moved lust, whan to. r, -- SBa.M a surplus 'of 400,000,000 bushels of wneat ror export. Europe's delav In bmrtno- Vo. been prompted In some degree by ex- imuuiuon mat tne allies would soon force the Dardanelles and release the Russian surplus wheat for sale in com petition with that of North America ana Argentina. The campaign in that quarter has rlras-ori suit, and the new developments in the Balkan peninsula strengthen doubt wnetner tne Dandanelles will be opened for many months to come, if ever, until Turkey cnnaanis t, situa tion and the prospects in that part of the world favor a good price for Amer ican wneat, which will put money in farmers' pockets. Exports of corn and nata Viot- rrnr. enormously during the last year, and we are assured of a trrcat nmh v, oat crop exceeding tho record cro'p of 1912 by nearly 100.000,000 bushels. Adding the export surplus of these and other cereals to that of wheat, we may rind that grain alone will use up tne enure $500,000,000 of credit which the allies havn tirnmi t,t. country. - THE OT7IXOOK FOR 1TJMBER. The tide has turner! In favnr r.r lumber-industry. The first signs are the increased demand by farmers in the Middle West and by dealers in that section and in the East who stocks have run down during the period oi depression; the purchases on the Atlantic Coast, such as that of 3,000,000 feet by Baltimore from Grays Harbor; and the occasional pur- cnases in iiurope, such as that of the Minnesota's cargo by England. Rail roads have the market again, their purchases be ing estimated at only one-fifth of the normal amount, but their have begun to Increase and will no doubt continue to do so with the grow ing iramc in rood and war material and with improvement in the market for their securities. Ths itimhAmo show their confidence that the market will improve by raising prices to a paying basis, but shows Its belief that the improvement "in oe oniy gradual and that demand will not soon become normal, much less brisk, when they warn mlllmen not to reopen closed mills in too great haste. For some time to come the largest demand is likely to come from the Middle West, coastwise. Oriental and South American trading coming next. The high freights and scarcity of ves sels caused by the war have restricted the latter class of trade and have almost neutralized the opportunity which the Panama Canal afforded Pacific Coast lumbermen to enter the Atlantic Coast market. The war has also cut off the normal demand of belligerent countries and of those countries which, though neutral, are put to heavy expense and suffer trade depression because of the war. In this category are included practically the whole of Europe and the colonies of European countries. Peace alone can reopen the prac tically closed markets. AVhen it comes, it may cut a dam which will let loose a flood of orders from all over the world. The great amount of shipping which is now diverted to military use will then return to com merce. Added to it will be the great amount of new tonnage, far exceeding normal production and exceeding also the amount destroyed by war. which ha3 been built to meet the temporary and almost totally artificial shortage. A slump in ocean freight to, and per hops below, normal rates may then be expected. It should open the At lantic Coast and foreign markets, which have been restricted by high freights. At the same time there should come from abroad a great flood of orders to repair the damage done by war and to carry out enterprises postponement of which was caused by war. The clearing of the atmosphere the world over, which the war will bring about, will give promise of a long period of tranquillity. This will encourage the undertaking of new enterprises which may consume much lumber. But there are several ominous "buts" and lumbermen will do well to heed them. The Pacific Coast will meet competition in the inter ior market from the yellow pine belt of the South, which has the advan tage of proximity and therefore of lower freight rates. So long as foreign demand is limited by ..the war, this competition in the Middle West will be severe. It ' will also be felt on the Atlantic Coast and in the Central and South American trade after peace returns, though brisk demand should give the Coast a good share of that business.. But that nart of tho Eu ropean demand which will be due to tne needs or reconstruction will be temporary and artificial, similar to the activitv which marks a. trtwn that is rebuilding after a general confla gration. The belligerent countries will have destroyed so much of their CSDital and twill haVA inrrancoil thai taxes to such an amount in order to pay interest on war debt, that they will cut down their ordinary consump tion of all commodities to the mini mum and will have little capital avail able for new- enterprises This look ahead does not justify lumbermen in increasing production to full capacity, or anywhere near it, so long as the war continues. It does not justify preparation to make a gTeat, permanent increase in ca pacity to supply what is destined to be a purely artificial, temporary de mand in the period immediately fol lowing the war. A stampede to in crease production for the purpose of meeting such a demand would only bring upon the lumber industry a repetition of the disasters from which It is now suffering. Those disasters were the aftermath" of a stampede.- The Pacific Coast lumber industry can look forward to a steadily grow ing, normal demand after the feverish rush which will follow peace. The United States should then develop at an increased pace. It will be the world's greatest reservoir of capital and will probably finance great en terprises in Latin America, Africa and perhaps In MTestern as well as Eastern Asia. If American financiers follow the example of those of Europe, they will insist upon a strong voice in de ciding how their money shay be spent and will require the use of Ameri can goods wherever possible. They will thereby expand the foreign mar ket for lumber, as well as for steel, railroad and electric equipment and other materials. The timber belt of the lake states Is approaching exhaus tion and fifteen or twenty years hence the Southern pine belt is likely to show signs "of depletion. The Pacific Coast will then be the Nation's great est source of lumber supply, but it will not be In a position to dominate the market for many years. While it is rising to that position, lumber will encounter setbacks from causes such as we have described and perhaps from others which can but be vaguely guessed. To flee from depression by plunging on an after-the-war boom would be to cdurt new disaster. No matter how many capers grim old Mars may cut, our interests are centered upon a greater, nobler and more intimate struggle. The question of the hour, the. all-absorbing center of interest, is the matter of who will win the world series. In this struggle, leastwise, we are permitted to exer cise the human quality of partisan ship. No sentimental neutrality is im posed upon us. We may root for" our favorite side with all the ardor of our nature, even to the point of becoming disorderly. If "Bathhouse John" and "Hinky Dink" were among the twenty Chicago Aldermen coming next week, there Is not a hall here big enough to hold the crowd that would be anxious to see the Windy City "statesmen." Five million dollars may seem a large sum to pay for a plant which will teach us how and with what weapons to fight, but if it should teach us how to win it will be worth the money. - The Coast League is playing the dregs of the season and for all the in terest there is might as well stop. This is the melancholy time of year, outside of Philadelphia and Boston. The heroes of war may well envy James Whltcomb Riley the honors of peace which Indiana "paid htm. No lives were lost or homes ruined that he might win those honors. While. Europe fills her graves with the greatest harvest the Grim Reaper has ever known, we are filling our granaries and storehouses with the nurat crop ever Known. If the Jans s-pf. hnlrl nf v, rAnnnH spy who blew up the munition factory near .tvoDe, tney may be depended upon to DreaK his neck with the aid of the gallows. There is a susdIcIous coiniH AnA In time between cessation of the bor der raids and the apparent decision of President Wilson to recognize Car ranza. The human tracks found in lava nunr Cunan T.o1j-a In li:.. -i.: - . . . , tiaauiugiun, would indicate that somebodv left in a hurry more or less ages ago. A Japanese seer predicted the Presi dent's marriage this year. But per haps he had a tin from the Jsiurcu secret service at Washington. It is a good plan to enforce the law making this city a game preserve. Too manv carolpsn men nra n tk. skirts, armed with shotguns. - y Get the petitions rea,dy. A woman is to be hanged at Kamloops, B. C, Just before Christmas, and all she did was murder her husband. , There were several things the dope sters did not take, Into their calcula tions, but the main one is the score of 3 to 1. Clamdiggers are making fine pay $7 a day on the Washington shore, but the work is hard and help is scarce. Bulgaria's reply to the Russian ultimatum may be summed up in the words: "It Is none of your business." The dopesters are now figuring out who will win the series, but we prefer to wait and hold a post-mortem. A buffalo bull chareed and ihiia the billy goat at the City Park, which ia getting tne citys goat literally. We surmise that Washington widow is reflecting bit terly on wnax mignt have been. The quake was a little slow in get ting into San Francisco, but the Fair days are nearly over. Alexander may not be so great in a week, and then, again, he may be greater. Let us wait. T Is the School Board trying to forget the proposition of a cadet battalion in the high schools. A ninety-year-old apple tree con tinues to bear. Ninety Isn't so very old in this country. Raising the limit has only height ened the fever of the war- stock gambler. t This Is the anniversary of the en trance of- Mrs. 0'Leary"s cow into history. How utterly senile 'and useless the Balkans trouble strikes us all. Woodrow is not addicted to watch fulwaltlng in all things. Philadelphia occupied the center of the universe yesterday. The war college Is hopelessly snowed under just at present. European War Primer By KattoMl Geemphlcsl Sax-ley. Semendrla, where the shells from Austro-German batteries fell in prepa ration for the Teutonic drive toward the Golden Horn, is one of the first commercial towns of Serbia. Serbia is an agricultural country. Piss ana Srairts are Its ranking exports, and the greater part of the Serbian export in Pigs, and almost all of its export in. cereals, passed through Semendrla In peace times. Its trade has been done chiefly with Vienna and Budapest. Among its exports are a superior white grape and a delicious wine. There Is an interesting tradition connected with the grapes of Semen drla. It Is told that the Serbian Prince George Brankovich brought cuttings of the grape vines of Semendrla and planted them upon his sunny estates In Hungary, where he became the lord of Tokay there. -This traniDlsntlnr nf the Serbian grapes took placa In the tain century, and it is from these im ported vines that Hungary's famous, spicy white wine, Tokay, came. Thus, the little Serbian city is the great an cestor of the Magyar's best-known product, the fiery, aromatic glass from Hungary which Is prized by connois seurs the world around. . Semendrla lies upon the Danube, be tween .Belgrade and the Iron Gates. It Is distant about 30 miles innthMai from the Serbian capital. It Is said to "ana upon the site of the Roman town Juons Aureus, and legend has it that its famous grapevines were planted by numwi .emperor FrobUH. Trier. irom it may be seen that th rai wine had an imperial beginning, and the perfect product of today can boast long ana glorious past. At one time a powerful fortress guarded the approach to the citv. It was a tnicK-walled. triana-nlnr- rIm. ture. saia to have been built In 1430. and for a long time it was the distin guishing feature of the small place and the river crossing which it guarded. Semendrla has been under attack sev eral times in the course of Its history, and one "battle of great importance took nere in 1411. when the Turks forced a passage Into Hungary through a uanuoe choked with th hnn. mo ueroic Aiagyar defenders. oemendria has often heen a t9vt.jt residence of the Serbian ruler, and from 1430 to 1459 It was the capital of the "'' i" town nas a picturesque set- w"b utiun tne Droaa river, here nar rowing lor Its Dlsnsra rf T Gates Just below It. The country around it is broken and wooded. The population is about 7600, and. despite a thriving wine production and an ex panding commerce, this population has remained about the same through the oi years. The port has a branch line connecting it with the Bel-grade-Nish railway, the main products artery in the country. Its rugged old iria.n(Cuiar rortress still stands, the most interesting architectural feature In the city, and its 24 square towers are sentinels of Semendrla today as in the days of George Brankovich. "father S-k T,ok?y wine." who builded them. The fortress was built on the model of the Constantinople walls. CONDITIONS GETTING PRETTY BAD Paternalism, Soflallsm aild Senaatlonal lana Roll JndKe Murphy. PORTLAND. Oct. 8. (To the Editor.) In the good old days our forebears studied the Bible with reverence and discernment. The daily and nightly communion with their Creator Involved Individual responsibility for their acts and a decent regard for the rights and property of others. But somebody dis covered that this was not in accord with progress and science. That was enough. New creeds and new govern ments did the rest. If the world was E?fat'.butJ'ound- then our responsi bilities to God and man were also round. One could slide off of them from any angle, and if your science and religion slid you into the ditch then, like Dr. Hillls, you could tell your people "Jesus waiTmade perfect throueh suffering." If you happen to slide Into the pen itentiary and commit murder in trying to escape and perish by the gun that you yourself took up. then the news, papers will weep over your sad fate, and the man who gave up his life as a sacrifice to society will be hurried off to an untimely grave, unknown, un honored and unsung by a mawkish and jackassable sentimental press; nay should you slide into the abode of the woman of Babylon, some public defend er at the public expense will pronounce you a Mary Magdalene and defy the whole town to throw the first stone. I've never yet heard a judge ask: How could a Magdalene get into a criminal court? For the reason. I suppose, that courts are "shelter to the euiltv" (Twining vs. New Jersey. 211 U. S.- 91. 113) and upon the doctrine of "the privilege of crime" (State vs. Went worth, 65 Maine. 241). No" comes one of your esteemed contemporaries and makes demand for "free Justice," as if a battle of wits is confined to a courtroom and does not enter into all relations between man and man. As to "free justice," in 1914 there were 3251 homicides in the United States and 74 executions. Since 18S5 there have been 131.951 murders and homicides and 2286 executions. The murder rate In the United States Is from 10 to 20 times greater than In the Bsitlsh Empire and Northwestern European countries. On the other hand, 95 per cent oi murderers in Germany are convicted, as asrainst 93 per cent of American murderers manumitted, and as murder increases, so does the mawk ish and sentimensal slop for crime and criminals Increase In a section of the press, no reference being made what ever to the standards of Justice In the days of our forebears, when a crime was a crime and not a subject for a sickly philosophy. The authorities for the above figures may be found on page 508, October Forum. Most of the cant of the day In law and government comes from a slobber ing press and a bunch of lazv loafers called politicians. In the service of the National Government today there are 482,721 employes eating Into the means ox the taxpayers and increasing yearly. -n active movement is- on foot to in crease this number several millions by taking over to Government ownership the telegraph, telephone, railroads and steamships. Add to this the office- holding class of your states and cities, also increasing, and how long before we will have a bureaucracy governing us as in Russia? There Is no Incentive to own a home or Invest In real prop erty today. Paternalism and socialism and sentimentalism are destroying the individualism and thrift that once pro tected the common, citizen. The man who depends upon his own efforts ia robbed by the tax-eating crowd. There isn't one of your upllfters or tax-eating Samaritans in this city to day who can tell the people jrhose hard earnings he Is squandering tsy his tax for this and his tax for that board or commission, what per cent of the poor are worthy and what per cent be lieve that the world owes them a liv ing, and when the pinch comes, that the state Is bound to provide lor tnem. They can tell you more about the un speakable plutocrats than they can tell you about what brought about the pres ent distress. A v'im on a soapbox can tell you more about the misery of man and the detects or government tnan he will tell you of his own transgres sions, and one of those "friends of the people" who works with his mouth will some day or other work out a system of government that can be run on wind. Be sure and attend the next meeting of the Jackson Club. J. HENNESSY MURPHY. fcOMPClSORT TRAINING THE THING J Ex-Sldlcr Says That A loan Will Care Military Iaadequey. SUNXYSIDE, Wash.. Oct. 7. (To the Editor.) Since military preparedness has become a National question I trust an ex-soldier may be pardoned the lib erty of a few words. Not that I would dictate a Congressional course, nor yet change the pacificist viewpoint. I simply prould volca what I believe Is the opinion of every soldier and ex soldier in the country. To my mind (I might says "ours") the only solution is compulsory military training. Unless I am mistaken, the pacificist dread of military training is based largely on the belief that it fosters an aggressive military spirit. Germany has been cited as an example. Yet Ger many and the United States are quite differently situated aa regards "elbow room. xnat might account for the "aggressive spirit" in the Vaterland. but doesn't remove the fact that, had txermany so aesired. she could have re- msvinea at peace with the world ad infinitum. And her ships at sea would not have been sunk without warning by warring nations, nor her citizens anted without an unsolicited apologv. riavlnsr been a unit of tha Unit. States military system. I cannot well condemn it aa strongly as it deserves. its inadequateness in time of war Is too well known for me to expose. It is not the Army's fault. So far as It goes it is all right. It Is the Nation's military policy, which the ultra pacificists would continue, which has made the United States Armr a loks tn its countrymen and an object of scorn to the world. Then there is the social ostracism of the Army private. Had I a mind to I could expose a thousand and one deficiencies in this poor excuse for a military system which, by the way. originated In a day when every American owned a rifle and was a dead shot. No need of military preparedness then. A bugle blast brought a regiment from the wooaa on the run. No, I don't wish to say too much against it. Were there not a better way being proposed by men high in the Nation's affairs I should seal my humble lips. They have started it and it's up to me and every other ex-soldier (we all love the service for what It is meant, regard less of what It is) to help the good thing along. Every American youth on the verge of manhood longs to be a soldier. Not for the sake of fighting, but to wear a uniform, to learn to shoot a gun and to walk erect, with muscles bulging from sleeves and trouser legs. Why not give them the chance and at the same time prepare the country against Indignities and Invasion? The word "compulsory" is merely to round out tne phrase It would have no place with the boys. The Lord knows they're crazy enough to go. I was, and I had to run away from home to do it. Yea I lied about my age, too. I didn't want to fight. I. wanted just to be a sol dier. I could feel the shades of Grant. Lincoln. Sherman and others patting me on the back. The hobos In the Army took that out of me. and nice boys and girls on the outside turned, up their noses when I passed them orr tne streets. Had Vincent Astor been our file closer and young Rockefeller a corporal or a sergeant or something, and all the rich men's sons just sol diers like the rest of us. things would be different In the ranks, and now. when Germany and England slap our faces we could do something besides turn the other cheek. Six months is sufficient to learn the rudiments of military maneuvering, it is also enough to make a young man straight In physique and capable of sewing on his own buttons. If rich and poor, high and low alike were there for six months on an equal scale tne Deneiits to all would be lasting, and Uncle Sam would have about 1.000, 000 trained soldiers to call to arms. In stead of 60,000 odd and a militia that doesn't even know how to wash a pair of khaki trousers. EX-PRIVATE JOHV DOE. J. Ruf us Wallingf ord In the Sunday Oregonian. t . Here's good news for The Oregonian readers. George Randolph Chester has joined the staff of writers for the big Sunday paper. He has brought J. Rufus Wallingford, Blackie Daw, Violet Bonnie ' Daw and all the rest of his characters with him. They will make their first appearance in tomorrow's issue and hereafter will be a regular Sunday attraction. Simultaneously with the appearance of the new series of Walling ford stories in The Oregonian moving pictures of the same stories will be presented in some of the leading theaters of Portland and the Northwest. DRAFT RIOTS RECALLED Now that England faces the possi bilities of conscription to secure soldiers for service in the Euro pean war, those Americans who lived at the time of our own Civil War recall the exciting scenes attending the draft of men for the . Union armies. In some places riots actually occurred, with results almost as serious on a small scale, of course as the ruin wrought in real battle. An authentic account of some of these draft riots has been prepared from the testimony of eyewitnesses and will be printed with illustrations. MORE MOTION PICTURE NEWS Everyone who attends the motion-picture shows and that includes nearly the entire population of the community is interested in the full page of motion picture news now running in The Oregonian every Sunday. DONAHEY STILL ACTIVE The children have taken an earnest liking for the artist Donahey's illustrated fairy tales which appear each Sunday in The Oregonian. Another number in his popular series will be presented tomorrow. The pictures, as usual, will be in colors. TIMELY FRONT COVER PAGE Now that the football season is at hand the football girl is out in force. The Oregonian photographer caught a group of the fairest among them recently and the result is one of the handsomest front cover pages that the Sunday paper , ever, has presented. HOW ARE YOUR B EET? If they ache or are unshapely, or if they tire after ordinary use, consult Lillian Russell's page in tomorrow's Oregonian. While Miss Russell is not a doctor, she is an authority on beauty. And everyone knows that beauty cannot be had without good health. So she is competent to discuss the care and treatment of feet. NEW RUSSIAN RAILROAD IN THE ARCTIC Russia has a new railroad from St. Petersburg north to the Arctic Ocean. -It was built by Americans and may be used as a new route for getting supplies in to tho Russian soldiers. Tomorrow's Oregonian will print a description of it with maps and pictures. PARK SCHOOL CADETS Last Sunday The Oregonian printed pic tures of old Portland High School militia that attracted wide atten tion. Tomorrow will be printed a picture of the old Park School cadets with an article telling what the members are now doing. OREGON INDUSTRIAL CLUBS A full page picture tomorrow on in dustrial training of boys and girls under a state-wide system. PAGE "FOR CHILDREN Besides the page of Donahey stories and pictures and the regular comic supplement a big Sunday issue will present the usual. department for the little folks, with jokes, poems,' puzzles and storiettes. . THE SCHOOL PAGE One of the widely appealing features of The Oregonian is the school page published each Sunday during the school year. Here will be found news of interest to parents, teachers and pupils which cannot be carried in the daily news col umns. The honor roll will interest you if you are a parent or a pupil. The high school notes contain items of interesing stories of . school life in Portland. OTHER BIG ATTRACTIONS The latest news in the world of sport will be presented in the regular Sunday sporting section. The auto mobile editor has prepared some extra interesting material for those who drive machines- and for those who don't. Then there will be the usual line of society news, church news, club women's activi- - ties, real estate and other specialties presented in bright, breezy style. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonlan of October 0, 1SW. Washington. Secretary Noble has re fused to order a recount of Oregon for the census. Galesburg, 111. President Harrison was greeted by the Illinois Grand Army veterans yesterday morning at Peoria. At the depot 5000 heacd the President a soon speecn. Memphis. Rube Burrows, the notorl- ous outlaw and train robber, who was captured yesterday near Linden, was shot and killed last night, when he at tempted to make a getaway -from the jail. He successfully passed the first two guards, scaring them, but the third gave battle. McMinnvllle Maid von the two-year-old trotting race at Walla Walla yes terday. United States Senator Watson Squire, of Washington, arrived in Portland yes terday. He was accompanied by Mrs. , Squire and J. H. McGraw, president of the First National Bank of Seattle. Mr. Squire is up for re-election, but he says It Is doubtful if the, Republicans will carry the next House. Edward Holman has returned from the National meeting of undertakers at Omaha. A move was started to place the vocation on a higher plana and re quiring qualifications. Councilman Fliedner is nuttinar tin a three-story building at First and Ca ruthers streets. The reserved seats for Clara Morris engagement will be on sale this morn ing. She will open In "Camille" Mon day. Tuesday she will play "Miss Mul totV" Wednesday "Renee de Morey." Thursday "Camille." Friday "Miss Mul ton." and Saturday "Camille" and "Re nee de Morey. Misa Helena Strumls and William Becker, and Miss Lou I. Stranahan and L. S. Wright, were the two couples who were married yesterday at the Exposi tion. It was a big event at the Expo sition and the couples received great bundles of gifts. Half a Century Ago From Ths Oregonlan of October 19. 1S5. The critical situation in the overland stage and mall service has called forth an article from the Alta California, on the history of the California Stage Company and the Overland mail service for Oregon. The Oregonlan wihes a history of the service today." "v-- Washington. Mr. Stanton has in formed newspaper men that the Presi dent has ordered Sheridan to arrest Dr. Gwin in New Orleans. An agent of an English syndicate is traveling through Nevada buying up some of the rich silver ore lands. B. F. Dowell, editor of the Jackson ville Sentinel, called at the office of The Oregonlan yesterday. He has been traveling through Washington. Captain Lafollett bas established Camp Polk on a stream called Sic-se-que, at the junction of the Eugene and Santiam roads. As the result of the opposition tho fare from Idaho City to Umatilla was set at $10 last week. There seems to be a concerted move backed by a formidable combination to get a bill through Congress for at least a partial assumption of the rebel debt. At the Oregon State Fair just closed, at Salem two newspapers received pre miums. H. L. Pittock received the first premium on The Daily and Weekly Ore gonlan, and A. L. Stinson received the second premium on the Agriculturist.