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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 29. 1914. THE JOURNAL AW IWDEFUNDEWT KgWBpAPElt. C S. JACKSON ...Pobllahee 'bltibcd T evening -esept Bonday and , fij Sunday awrnlag at Ti Journal Baud. In. Broadway and yamlilU eta.. 1'oftland. Or. Katarad at tha poatofflea at Portland. Or tat tranamlaalu tkreag th anavliai aeoM elaas inattar, " .. ' TiUiP HONKS Mala 7178; Horn. A-e06t. All eepartneata racbed by thaw unbars. Tali tfca operate waat dapartraant yoa want. ' aOUUUN ADVERTISING BBPBKBBNTATI IV Boojamlo Keataor Co., Branawlek BMg-. 221 riltb Aft, Kw Xotk; HIM feopto'a Uaa Bids., Chicago. - Bubaoiptkoa term by mall ej any ad Bxeae la th United Btatca at Mexico; DAILX ,v - -1 On. T..r...D0rt ' on. r-... Fgafitf"' One rtar gT.SO t On. montb 1 .63 When You Go Away Have The Journal sent to your Summer address. What IB station high? "rim a proud mendicant; It boasts, and begs, It begs an alms of hornac. from th. throng". And oft th. throng denies Its charity. Young. WAR? LET It be hoped that humanl tarianism and Justice may stay the menacing mailed hand. There could be no greater crime against mankind than the general war which the chancellor ies of Europe seem on the verge . of precipitating.' Every great nation in Europe is mobilizing troops, is concentrating warships and is feverish with war preparations. Austria Is In the very act of invading Servia, and Berria Is as actively preparing a defense. Germany Is hurrying 'troops to the Russian frontier; Russia is mobilizing fourteen army corps along her southwestern bor der: France is throwing regiments along Alsace and Lorraine; Great Britain is hurrying supplies on board her warships, and every war chest on the continent is wide open with preparedness for what would be the most gigantic con flict in history. Yet, there Is no cause for war, There is no excuse for the butchers and the butchery. There is not a sbred of reason nor the scintilla of a pretext for the men and boys of all Europe to be dragged and driven like cattle into this awful shambles. If there is to be war it will be . a war out of which the chancel lories hope somehow or somewhere to gain territorial extension. Each government Is seeking for more peoples to subjugate, more peoples to exploit, more peoples from whom to collect trtbiite. It will be a conflict plotted by selfish and conscienceless chancellors, diplo mats and despots, and paid for by crucified peoples, with their prop erty, their limbs and their lives. It will be no war for the estab lishment of a great principle; no war for beating back savage hordes; no war to" prevent, bar barism from submerging civiliza tion; no war declared for estab lishing the principle of self gov ernment; no war for emancipating a race of slaves; no war for driv ing a tyrant out of Cuba; no war for expelling a murderous Huerta -from a military throne he estab lished on the ruins of a constitu tion. It is Incredible that this colossal murder of mankind can come to pass in this Christian era. It : seems Impossible that 'this cruel butchery of millions can be accom plished In this civilization It seems out of reason that, for the mere ambitions of selfish diplo mats and rulers, European fields are to be devastated, property to be destroyed, provinces to be laid waste, governments to be bank rupted and every country on the continent to be put on crutches. In contrast with this awful con templation, what a relief Is the beautiful peace policy of the pres , cnt great president of the United: States! His example before the nations is almost certain to yet tay the coming of this awful tragedy. CONSTITUTIONAL THE attempt to break down the Oregon Blue Sky law in the federal courf has failed. With Judges Bean and Gil bert assenting. Judge Wolverton, In an. opinion Monday, declares the law constitutional. Oregon ought , never to take a backward step in , wis Blue Sky legislation. The principle of it is unassailable. Its purpose is to make dishonest business .honest. On that prin clple there can be no disagreement among, honest people. ' . Innumerable crimes of cunning ; have i been committed , in Oregon j through the medium of the cor- poration which the state author- lzet to do business. Fake com panies have , been . promoted, tjie hares sold to unsuspecting peo pie. and In the end It was. dlscov " ered that there were no assets and that shareholders were victimized. Because not properly regulated, : the corporation, has been the cloak 'of scoundrels, the asylum of " crooks, and the working tool of , " outright swindlers. The state has no right to char i ter. a bogus bankrupt business or . . ganlzatlon to go- out and; pluck the ; . unwary. It has no right to license i bdslnesa 'pirates, ai It has tfone ; hundreds of times, to. open an of- FOR THE PEOPLE B' ELtW, The Journal submits certain testimony for the considera tion of the people of the Columbia basin. ' . It is testimony on a subject vital to this region. It Is tes timony from : men whose; experience ' and position make their statements authoritative. With the rivers and harbors hill , under attack and. threatened with defeat at Washington. It-is testimony of character and from sources that are Impressive. In 1905 a great banquet was given E. H.. Harrlman In the . city o Portland. On this occasion W. W. Cotton, then, as now, the head of the law department of the Harrlman system, among other things said; Vl havealwaya talked on. thing, and that la the Columbia river bar. It Is going to b. referred to by anather speaker, ut I feel that if you furnished a thirty-foot channel out of the Columbia river, there will be a water level grade extending from th. city of Portland to the east for nearly 1000 miles. Mr. Harrlman has furnished th. brains and theT;bH-; Hon. for th. Improvement of these lines, but brains and billions expended . on any other railroad lino in th. United, States would not gain ' th. facili ties which are furnished by th. O. R. & N. Co.. th. O. S. U and th. U. P, They came to Portland and here they are bottled up. You must open that bottle that is your duty. ' W. D. Fenton, then, as now, the head of the law department of the Southern Pacific system, said: - . Either we go to Puget Sound r we go out of th. mouth of th. Co lumbia. IX you will give us a thirty-foot channel we will bring the busi ness, of the great Columbia basin to Portland for distribution and make this th. greatest Jobbing and distributing center in th. Northwest. - If you don't do that we will go to Puget Bound,: not because w-want to go.Jbut because the mouth of the river must be opened. Such matters as this may as. well bo understood first as last. One year later there was another great banquet at which James J. Hill was the guest of honor. It was in celebration of the begin ning of the construction, of the North Bank road. On that occasion, speaking of the Columbia River route, James J. Hill, president of the -Great Northern Railway Company, said: . I Nature made th. pass; water follows the line of least resistance, and so does commerce. With water it. is some physical obstruction, but with commerce it Is dollars and cents. A thousand tons of freight can roll down the bank of your river cheaper than we can take it over the tops of the mountains. On the same occasion Howard Elliott, the president of the North ern Pacific, said: 1 -. - We hope within a .year after we build -the North Bank Ldne w. will find no decrease In the number of trains that are passed over the Cascade mountains, but that we shall also have a train over the North Bank Lin. into Portland every thirty minutes. " - r : The Journal submits these impressive utterances to the people of the Inland Empire, the people of Portland and the people of the Columbia River basin for their consideration. flee, .begin operations without as sets, and proceed to victimize those whose native wit is not keen enough to see beyond the glitter ing literature, the glided traps and the oily tongued palaver of pol ished and polite sharpers. The system has been tolerated so long that many men think it le gitimate. It has actually pro ceeded to the point in which the corporate organization is resorted to as a medium for doing things that would otherwise send men to the penitentiary. A blue Sky law is needed as a corrective, because all business, so far as law can make it, should be honest. There are many honest corpora tions. Most of them are honest. More than anybody else, the hon est corporations ought to, for their own good repute, be Interested in making every corporation honest. SUPERFLUOUS NOISES A' N INDIVIDUAL havlrfg an ex tremely nervous tempera ment, who Is by force of circumstances compelled to dwell in an apartment house, wants to know if there is any way, short of murder, of sup pressing the healthy infant who cries all night or the musical genius that manipulates a pianola until after midnight. Unfortunate ly there Is not. If he moves into the suburbs he will be kept awake by a talking machine or by a tango party at the neighbors'. Then there is the Cranking of motor cars and the noise of leave taking, howling dogs and drunken revelers, heavy freight trains and squeaking trol leys. About the only place where his slumbers will not be disturbed is back In the woods, far from civil ization. There is a gleam of hope though In the far distant future when the "back to the home" movement is in full swing. A few years back the man who protested against nocturnal noise3 was termed a crank, a busybody. It is not so today. He is sympathized with and means are gradually being taken to insure him an untroubled slumber. Milk wagon drivers and garbage collectors are being forced to go about their business more quietly and even some apartment houses are placing restrictions on crying babes and limiting the hours of the amateur musicians. Joy riders are gradually being killed off and tango parties grow ing more quiet. Even in the industrial world it is being learned that noise costs money. The din of machinery causes employes to misunderstand orders and directions and this re sults In confusion, los3 of time and expensive mistakes. , He who hastens the coming" of the noiseless age Is Indeed a pub lic benefactor. THE ANTI-DRUG CRUSADE P' T A XTCf - . . uruno ura ueiue maae ror a. conference next fall between representatives ..from ; every part of the country to tro- mote the anti-drug crusade. It is asserted that 80 . per cent of the 450.000 pounds of opium Imported Into the Unte States annually is used illegitimately. Equally startling statements are made con cerning other habit forming drugs. it is ume tnat that ' TTnffart - f States as a nation take ud. the dm? problem and seriously undertake lta solution, luere la a hill before congress, but it 4ioes not satisfy backers . of the present movement, who insist that exemp tion of physicians, druggists and veterinarians from governmental supervision In the distribution of drugs does not meet the necessi ties of the situation, t The United States was party to the movement looking toward sup pression" ot international traffic in drugs, but there this country a a TO CONSIDER nation stopped. There has been no adequate legislation for sup pression of the traffic between States. Now York has a new law enacted to minimize the drug evil, but the traffic is nation-wide, mak ing it practically lmpossble for the separate states to BOlve the prob lem by themselves. The anti-drug conference next fall may succeed in bringing the matter . squarely before congress. What Is needed Is enforcement of national regulations permitting the Importation of a sufficient quantity of habit-forming drugs to meet all legitimate needs and prohibition of Importation or manufacture of any in excess of that amount. THE CAILLAUX ACQUITTAL hr HERE Is a reasonable limit jbeyond -which newspapers should not go in the pursuit fof public men. This Is the meaning of the Cail laux acquittal. It is the French Jury's rebuke to 'the newspaper that printed the love letter as a means of damaging Joseph Call la ux politically, . The letter was private and per sonal. It did not concern France. It had chiefly to do with the man and the woman. . Granting that the affair between them was clandestine, unjustifiable and wrong, the letter was still per sonal and private, and not a fit weapon for the newspaper to use in its ,warfare on Caillaux. Such, at 4east, is - the practical finding of the French Jury. On no pther theory could it acquit Madame Caillaux than thatthe provocation was great, and the shooting of Calmette a Justifiable homicide. Of course, Madame Caillaux is t a woman. She is a beautiful wo man. The Jury, was witness to her sorrows while in court. , These weighed with the men who held her fate in-their hands, but even these considerations would not have turned the scale In her favor, but for the brutal and Inexcusable publication of a love letter to dam age a public man. There Is a great heart In the human family. It beats true and loyal to mankind in every land. It forgives ; and forgets whenever it can. It forgot and forgave Madame Caillaux because the man she shot was malignantly and mer cilessly cruel. PREPARING FOR BUSINESS " ET ready for the opening of the Panama eanal." This is the slogan through out the Mississippi valley from Cities 8t. Paul to New Orleans, are working out river -im provements and endeavoring to re vive river traffic Inland ports are preparing to capture Increased trade. Business men are looking to waterways for relief from the con gestion and delays of rail traffic. A notable example of the "pre parations for the opening of the canal is at Davenport, Iowa.. Here Is under construction a ' modern j vertical wall river terminal with1 the most modern mechanical equip ment for the economical handling of river freight. r v ' For the past three years Daven port, through a levee commission created by the Iowa, legislature, has been -working ; on the project which -will cost nearly one mil lion dollars. The improvement has already reclaimed about ; fifteen acres of land valued at $350,000. Eventually 151 acres will be re claimed. This will more than pay for the entire terminal. The ' people of . Davenport - are proceeding oh the theory that un less river . cities build terminals where freight can W be handled cheaply and expeditiously - the money : spent in deepening the channel and providing aids to nav igation will be largely wasted They contend that if modern ter- mlnala fare constructed there ; will ' be plenty of capital to build barges and put them in commission. . 7 v'J i! ! Congressman Flnly H. Gray of In- closely the general plans of t hedUaa gaJd in the lobDy of a wasnlng- suceessful - canal .and river ter.-,ton hotel the other night that you mlnala in Germany - where enor mous tonnages are carried on streams of less depth than the Mississippi. : The terminal .will be served b7 a belt line railway connecting with the industrial section of the city. No ground in the Industrial sec tion, composed largely of the re claimed land, will be sold but. the city will give long term leases to manufacturers and shippers. Letters From the People (Comnranicatione Bent to Tha Journal for publication la tnia department alxrald be writ ten on only one aid of tbe paper, abould t exceed 800 word in- length and mut be ac companied by the name and addrasa of tha aender. If the writer doee not -desire to have tha name pubilebed. be ahouid ao atate.) "Disco aalon !a the greatest of an reform era. - It rationalises everything It toucnea. It robe principles of all faUe aancUty and thro we then back on their reasonableness. If they bare no reaaonableneaa, it ruthleaaly crushes them out of existence and acta np lti own concluaiona in their stead." Woodrow Wilson. . Tillamook Tidelands Case. Banks. Or., July 27. To the Editor of Th. Journal There appears In the Tillamook Herald of July 21 a paid ad vertisement notifying the public that the Bayocean company, of Tillamook has sued for an injunction against one Axel Anderson restraining him from "using in any manner whatsoever th. plaintiffs' wharf or trespassing upon his tide lands." The complaint recites that said com pany is the owner of a large portion of Bayocean Park, and Is engaged in improving the same, and leasing It to persons rrequentlng the place for busi ness or pleasure; that they have paved thje streets, dug a channel through said tide lands to Sturgeon channel in Tillamook bay, and erected a wharf at their own expense, etc.. It appears that the Bayocean com pany also owns the dock at Garibaldi and their boats carried th. mails for the person having the contract; that Anderson bid for and secured this contract; that the Bayocean company attempted through their business rela tions with Peterson's bondsman, to force him to withdraw his bid and, after his securing the contract, placed a charge of $25 per month against the Bayocean and Garibaldi docks, which otherwise ar free docks. They now seek to enjoin Anderson altogether from the use of the docks and, as Anderson asserts, there is no place that he can construct one, the Bayocean people claiming all tho tide lands. This Is a parallel case with the case of the Corvallis & Eastern vs. Ben son, in which th Southern Pacific company seeks to restrain the state from interfering wlth their alleged ownership of aU thetide lands in Lincoln county; with tho publio dock case, and Involves the right of the publio to use tho . foreshore or banks of navigable waters for landings. At It Is essentially a public or common right and hence Inalienable, It would seem that it Is time for Oregon to buckle down and secure it The wharf. age or landing right has lmmemorially been regarded as an essential part of the public right of navigation. That In great public terminals increased wharfage facilities are necessary Is not a reason for abdicating that right to private Interests but only an added reason , that lt should be maintained. When we get public officials serving the public instead of private Interests it will be maintained without trouble. Suits are also pending in New. York over the right of abutting owners to fence up certain popular beach resorts. That the question Is cropping out in litigation all over the country is proof that It is a general or public Interest. The way to stop this abuse is to stop it. Oregon sooner or later will have to stop it, so she might as well pass the initiative measures for that purpose pending, and congress would do well to pass my bill, introduced by Senator Lane. A strange thing about the Bayocean suit Is that only by the way of a paid advertisement did it get publicity, but then the same question has for many years been suppressed in Portland, and gets only partial recognition yet. J. B. ZIEULJEli. Mr. Bishop to Sir. Hutton. Portland, July 28. To the Editor of Th Journal I have read with con siderable interest the -column and a half statement by R. P. Hutton In your valued Sunday edition. The Anti-Saloon league through Mr. Hut ton evidently think the committee of one hundred made a mistake In argee lng with me that It was a business proposition, and would rather continue emotional appeals founded . on belief, not facts. The thinking men and wo men who believe In, efficient self con trol and the qualities- that make for strong character and for tbe attain ment of the highest Ideals, are Imme diately classed as boozers and as standing In with the so called booze element. In fact, I expect to hear the Word "booze" yellod from every house top before election. Arguments used by thinking . people to preserve busi ness and the state are misleading and questionable when used by those who hold opinions contrary to thejr own beliefs, but are quite respectable when applied ' under the saving grace ot statewld prohibition. Can H. P. Hutton deny that ho la paid a salary to manage the Anti Saloon league, or, if not, that ho Is a paid agitator, as my letter states? Can he deny that he came to our beautiful atate to '' run a campaign which I choose to call destruction, under the name of statewide' prohibi tion? -If ho can, why the paragraph in Sunday's Journal, page 6, first column, as follows:' "This method of campaign was followed in West Vir ginia where I assisted (meaning H. P. Hutton) In this work." Jle ad mits in this paragraph that he is for eign and his ideas are foreign, a I stated, i Vote against prohibition and follow the- Chamber of Commerce, Oregon's business heads, who voted close to five to one against. W.J. BISHOP. , Kansas. , . . Portland, Or., July 29. To the Edi tor of The Journal In regard to Kan sas, pleas allow me to quote from a speech of Governor Stubba of Kansas, delivered In Chicago. March 27, 1910: "I am anxious to know whether the good people of Chicago are willing to credit the statements of a combina tion of brewers and 'saloonkeepers who are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to poison public opinion and debauch the law. In preference to the statements of those who are stand lng up for the American homo, work ing and pleading for decency in public life and making effort to build up a great state on the foundation of a wholesome morality. . . "Here In Chicago and throughout the United States. the brewers, distil lers and' saloonkeepers, their attor neys and' retainers, are telling in post- rs. pamphlets and speeches, that pro- A FEW SMILES can't loss the young sters when it comes to making a good guess, even If they don't . hit th mark. In proof the . state ment ho told this story: "Some tlm. ago th. teacher in a public school was giving a talk on classic - mythology. Little Willie was not very attentive, and 'when it came to the Questioning part of the game he was lost in the wilder ness. " Willie.' said th. teacher, closing th. book and looking Impressively at th. youngster, 'can you tail mo who Cyclops wasr "Tea, ma'am,' was th. prompt an swer of Willie. 'He was tho feller what wroto th. cyclopedia." Joseph H. Choate and Chauncey Do. pew were Invited to a dinner. Mr. Choate was to opeak. and It fell ot tho lot of Mr. Depew to Introduce him, which ho did thus: "Gentlemen. per mit mo to introduce Ambassador Choate, America's most In veterate after dinner speaker. All you need to do to get a speech out of Mr. Choate Is to open his mouth, drop in a dinner, and up cornea your speech." Mr. Choate thanked tho senator for his compliment, and then said: "Mr. Depew says If you open my mouth and drop in a dinner up will come a speech, but I warn you that If you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew'a speeches up will come your dinners." "Boy, watch my horse till I come back!" called a man to a boy loung ing around tho station, as he hastened to bid farewell to a departing friend. "Sure!" said the boy, taking tho reins. Just then the loco motive whistled and the horse, rearing, started full speed up the road. The boy stared after tho fleeing ani mal and, as the owner appeared, ex claimed with relief: "It's a good thing you came now, sir, for I couldn't have watched him much longer." hlbltlon increases crime In Kansas; that It is making perjurers and hypo crites; that it has ruined public credit, caused intolerable taxation, destroyed Industries and discouraged develop ment; efflmlnated the people and re duced them to pauperism; 'upset social relations; and so on through a long list of statements equally false and absurd. These charges are true or they are not true. They are based on facts, or are utterly without founda tion. , , ( "On my honor as a man, and upon my word as tbe chief executive of nearly 2.000,000 sovereign people, I say to you they are Infamously con ceived and maliciously false!" - Will Oregon allow herself to be fooled by the same tactics practiced in this state? MRS. a L. PRATT. Last AVords. Portland, Or, July 29. To the Edi tor of The Journal Please tell me, through The Journal, what -wer the last words of Robert G. Ingersoll, and of Voltaire. SUBSCRIBER. Inger soli's last words were, "Oh, better," spoken in response to his wife's question, "How do you feel now?" The close of Voltaire's life is sketched In the Encyclopedia Britan- nica as follows, the sentences being selected from the midst of other mat ter which tdoes not affect that quoted: "Age and 'fatigue made him seriously 111. and a confessor was sent for. But he recovered, and scoffed at himself, as usual. About the middle of May (1778) he became very 111. On the 30th of May the priests were once more sent for. He was. however. In a state of half-lnsensiblllty and petu lantly motioned them away, dying in the course of the night. - Tho legends about his death In a Stat of terror and despair are certainly false; but it must bo regarded as -singular and un fortunate that he who had more than once gone out of his way to conform ostentatiously and with his tongue In his cheek, should have neglected or missed this last opportunity." In F. R. Marvin's compilation entitled, "The Last Words of Distinguished Men and AVomen." it is said Voltaire's last words were: "Adieu, my dear Marand; I am dying." Marand was his valet Appeals to Liquor Supporters. Beaverton, Or., July 27. To tho Editor of The Journal Of people who vote for, liquor, I would ask: When you see a man staggering along tho street or when you see a man who ha died of drunkenness, can you say with pride that you voted for th very thing that made him what no ist Ana when you see his children hungry and half clothed because he has spent his money for the liquor that you voted for, and when you think of a broken hearted father and mother who have tried to rear their children right, but have seen them go wrong through your vote and influence, bow do you feel about it? Do you not feel ashamed? If so. why not vote 'for something you will never have any cause to be ashamed of? We all know It Is sin, and the only thing you can say In Us favor is the money ther Is In it; and there is not enough money in Oregon to make Bin right. - MRS. M. WILLIAMS. - The Oregonian. Portland, Or., July 27. To the Edi tor of The Journal After reading The Journal's editorial, "Mr. Booth's Timber," I hasten to congratulate Tbe Journal upon Its stand against the reprehensible conduct of - tbe. Orego nian, and upon tbe excellence of Its editorial. The lambasting you administer is well deserved by the self appointed mouthpiece of commercialized politics. It is the most unscrupulous newspaper in existence. No one - stands high enough In the estimation of the people to escape Its calumny. Were its bias cut from party cloth we might take tho charitable view and attribute It to the ardor ot conviction, but it 18 not a party organ. It is not even partisan; cares nothing for the relation of can didate to party success; It can't lead and won't follow. Tho very best that can bo said for it Is to designate it as a "political bushwhacker." Yet that doesn't exactly describe it; better call it a "fence." Yet, I don't see that we Democrats could do better than to lend it such aid as It "may require, for surely It has done much toward putting Oregon In the Democratlo column. And re gardlng its championship of Mr. Booth. I don't think Senator Chamberlaia could have mad a hotter arrangement Insuring his reelection than tho Oro- wrw PERTINENT COMMENT ; ftMALL CHANGE - When a man gets fresh be'e spoil, lng for a fight. - . '. Better an ounce of did than a pound of going to da Every man has a hobby and every woman two or three. Absence makes a man's heart grow fonder of his wife's folks. Lov. brings tho parson In. but only common sense will keep tho divorce Judge out a a If you want to see a small boy slop over with Ingratitude present him with a manicur set. ' Tho man who Is too busv to be a friend is apt to find his friends too Dusy wnen no needs tnera. A regular woman never waits until tomorrow to blow In the money her husband handed her yesterday. a In Kansas City, they are trying to abolish the public penholder. Tho next move will bo for individual blotter. By skipping out of Mexico City while the nightingales were singing our old friend Vio Huerta gavoa very clever exhibition of the safety first move ment. a What has become of tho old fash- loned mother who thought her small son was destined to become a great musician because he could get a tune out of a mouth organ? a One of th. motor Journals says "the poor man's automobile is bound to come." Oh, yes, and when it does come he will be poorer than ever pay ing for Urea and fractures. AUSTRIA HUNGARY From a bulletin ot the National Geo- graphic Society. Austria-Hungary, toward which the eyea of tho world are now turned, Is a land of strange contrasts. In spite of Its Important position, both geographically and politically, but few people realise exactly what they mean when they speak of Austria Hungary, and to many tho words Aus tria and Hungary seem Interchangeable terms for the' same country. What, then, la. Austria; what 1b Hungary, and why are they always bracketed to gether? Tha Austrian empire Is a constitu tional monarchy formed of three king doms. Bohemia, Galicla and Dalmatla; two archduchies, Uppen and Lower Austria, and a collection of duchies, countshlps and margraves of princely rank; all of them united In the person of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The adjacent and entirely Independent king dom of Hungary, in addtlon to Hun gary proper. Includes Croatia, Slavonla and Transylvania, countries formerly Independent, but now, through Inter marriage, conquest and Inheritance, all possessions ot the Apostolic king of Hungary, who happens by a purely hls torlo chance to be also sovereign of the empire of Austria. Tbe possession of a unifying link in the person of their common ruler has led to the Ausgieicn. or "compromise." whereby the two countries, for mutual convenience, have agreed to Join forces in maintaining Joint dlplomatio and naval and mili tary services. Beyond this the two countries are entirely Independent, each having lta own constitution, legis lature and administration. No country In Europe, except only Hungary, contains within lta borders so many diverse nations and tongues as the Austrian empire. Each of the three great ethnic stocks of Europe Is Represented tho Latin, tho German and tho Slav, with the latter predom inating, as to It belong 15.000,000 out of the 26,000,000 people Inhabiting the empire. The Hungarian, or more prop- $1000 INVESTMENT By John M. Osklson.. What follows Is not theory, but fact. I'm not advocating profit-sharing for workers through the purchase of stock In the employing companies. - John Smith was working for a suc cessful manufacturing company; he was making $1,000 a year $19 , a week. That company wanted to "do something" for its workers. Its first step was to declare a "wage divi dend" equal to the earnings made for stockholders; next it of ered stock in the company to the workers, to be paid for on the Instalment plan. John Smith bought a thousand dol lars' worth of the stock when it was paying 7 per cent, annually in divi dends. He paid $25 down on It. At tho end of his first year he got a "wage dividend" of 16 per cent., or $160, and a dividend on his stock of $70. These he applied on the purchase of stock; also, under his contract, he had to apply $40. more of savings to ward the purchase. On his debt to the company for what was still due on stock he paid Interest at tho rate of a per cent. At tho end of his first year John gonian has made for him by bringing Mr. Booth forward. Certainly, tho Oregonian resents the oft impeachment contained in tho Al bany Democrat's question, "Where Did Mr. Booth Get His Timber?" To ques tion one of tho Oregonlan's private candidates Is nothing short of crimi nality: but I submit that It is aa pertinent and proper to ask a eandl ate where he acquired his money as it la to ask where he got his reputa tion. , :- But what gets my Angora most of all ts the Oregonlan's owl-like serious ness. It really believes It cuts-aome political ice; that Its opinion creates votes; that people regard it as the leader, when as a matter Of fact Its very statement is scrutinized, and, falling of verification, is promptly voted down, lest a Senegambian emerge from the. woodpile after elec tion. But let's keep the old lady around she's a vote maker for the Democrats ROBERT G. DUNCAN. The Values of Coins. Portland, July 28. To th Editor ot The JournalI have a United . State penny of 18S0. Would like to know what it is worth, or If it is worth any thing. Please answer in The Journal. M. DONOHUE. I The Journal does not answer ques tions relating to tbe values of coins. Better Business All tbye Time, From the Indianapolis News. Henry Ford, the multi-millionaire automobile manufacturer, whoso rise in the business world is one of tho most remarkable achievements - of American genius and whose $10,000,000 profit sharing plan has made him a national character, recently visited the White House and had a conference with President Wilson. -Here is what Mr. Ford Bald About present business conditions: 1 be lieve, and I think practically, every pther business 'man believesj that AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON . SIDELIGHTS Burns' fire laddies are putting a new ' gasoline fire engine through lis trial P"8" . "Baker's support of a losing base ball team." aavi tho Herald. hao em phasised the fact that Baker Is the. best baseball city in oregon.- It has been definitely decided by the a, uaka WvK wa,a j i directors that the Rodeo shall be heldi"re. again this is fall aa a feature of tbe Was-I ty fair, on September 23. ti ! I co coun and 25 Tho Eugene Register thinks that In voking the referendum on th new nam for Skinner Butt Is hardly nec essary, and that "Rivervlew" would Just as well be permitted to die a natural death. . Tho La Grande-Observer, having heard that the steamer Mtssourlan is on her way through the Panama canal with a cargo lor Oregon, remarks: This is In keeping with early day '. commerce. Most or Oregon s wagon trains carried Mlesourians." - Port Orford Tribune: Last Sunday about noon a doe and fawn wandered into town on Oreson street near the John Fromm residence. After dodging several automobiles . they returned to their native haunts. The fawn was a little, fellow and could have easily been caught for a pet. - a Gardiner Courier: The ridges and hills to the north and northeast of Smith river must have been in the earlier days ranges of numerous herds of elk. Every few days wo hear of elk horns and elk heads being found, sometimes in pairs and at other times single. While It is said that a few elk still range between Smith river and the Sluslaw, they are very seldom seen. A STRANGE REALM erly, the Magyar, is perhaps tho keen- I est patriot In Europe, and bo man l reels i his enthusiasm by seeking to Impose 1 his language and customs upon his Sla vonic fellow citizens with a persist ence that neither opposition nor pas sive resistance can diminish. . In these lands, so mixed in nation ality and language, there is no less a variety of religion; Roman Catholics preponderate, but Greek Orthodox, Unlat Greeks, Lutherans, Calvin! a ts. Jews and even Armenian Gregorian, are found within their border. Th customs-union between Austria and Hungary has rendered' these countries a commercial unit; but, roughly speak ing, Hungary Is th agricultural and pastoral country, while Austria is in dustrial. Hungary is also the richest country tn Europe in mineral deposits, the range of which Is singularly Wide. Austria Is, after Switzerland, tho most mountainous region in Europe, more than four-fifth of her vast territory being over 600 feet above sea-level. Mountain climbing Is tho great na tional game, like baseball In the Unit ed States. Old, young, middle-aged, all take a keen interest In it. Even Emperor Francis Joseph is an enthu siastic mountaineer at more than 80 years of age. In his time he has scaled most of tho great peaks of his country. Vienna, th Imperial ?lty, the cap ital of Austria, owns her own electric and gas light, street railways and om nibuses, ice manufacturing plant, ware houses, stock yards, brewery, wine cel lar, all the pawnshops and even the undertaking establishments. Budapest, th capital of Hungary, formerly two cities, Buda and Pest, Ifl Paris, Vi enna and London In one, a combina tion of the gayetiea of tha capitals of the world, with a little distinctive Hungarian paprika spice thrown In. Even In the remotest corners . of Austria-Hungary th strong arm of the law is ever present, th river stretches and the back country being policed by a heavily armed constabulary. PAID IN FOUR YEARS Smith still owed $775 on bis $1,000 of stock; had he been compelled to sell then, he'd have got $265 for his Inter estremember he'd put in only $65 of his actual savings. Using the same system, tho second year saw John Smith's debt reduced to $487; the third year's end saw the debt down to $232; and in the fourth year John Smith had to put in only $9 of his own savings to finish paying for the stock. It's a plan that any thrifty worker can follow In some modified form. In i most first-class corporations that em-! ploy a great many workers there ia some "man of financial training and experience who can be called upon to work out a saving and investing plan. What tho workers buy, so long an It is sound and safe. Is not the Im portant point. What John1 Smith's" case does Illustrate is that tho aver age worker can and will become an investor when he sees clearly the profits which com from wise Invest ment. It Is up to the-thrift workers and the company managers to come to gether in a campaign to encourage tho John Smiths. most of the evils aimed at' In the president's program exist and ought to bo obviated. I am convinced that It would be for tho best interests of tho country to pass the anti-trust legislation. I think it would have a settling effect and would aid In bring ing on the extra prosperity to which tho country la entitled. I hope con gross will finish tho work before It adjourns. "There Is absolutely nothing wrong with business. Tbo only trouble is that aome peopl seem peaalmiatic. If overyon would only cheer up and at tend to his business, this calamity talk would stop Immediately. "My own business Is ( pr cent better) than it was last year!" Mr. Ford also told the president that ho saw no evidence of any sort of buvicess depression, psychologically or otherwise, and that n hiB opinion bustnesM was getting' better all the time. . - : - The Ragtime Mus3- Don't Overlook Her, Th summer maid now trippeth swift From out her boudoir's portals; She 1 the summer's greatest gift To earth's perspiring mortals. Her gown; It bulketh less than that She dared to wear last season; It weighs in ounces sixteen flat. Yet to object were treason. She cares not for the booming urf. Nor yet for tennis playing; She scorns tho sight of golfing turf No sport urg she's obeying. A walk along th curving beach Is all her exercising; : She pays no heed to those who preach The good of early rising. Not her tho arym. where basketball - is p ia yea Dy maias or sinew; , , She prizeth rowing -not at air. . Nor would a' bowls continue; ' V ' And yet, when from the hills or" shore Trip maids with men's hearts laden, j Sh ha by far tbo highest cor j The languorous summer maiden, ' - I IN EARLIER DAYS By Fred Locklry. Recently I visited Dr. J. R. Card well at his home at 183 Bancroft street. Dr. ICardwell is recoverm- from a vita injury received some months ago whea he was struck down by a streetcar ne"ir his home. Tell me something- about your boyhood and about Portland years g or more ago when you cam. I said. "When I was II years old," said Dr Cardwoii -i -Jt . J:,' , , 1 n ""Sea in giving lessons in the 8pen- cerian system of penmanship My charge was II. SO for 12 leesons. onl , while tho work was pleanunt. It was not very profitable, "In th summer of 1149 my father secured a position for me with Dr. G. T. Shirley, who was a fine Jeweler anl worker In gold and other metal, aa well as being a fine mechanic, lie ha 1 taken up dentlatry, and li offered mo P'ce in his dental office. I myself was something- of a mechanic, and dental Instruments In those days wer.; aimost an unknown quantity, I had to maae my own instrument. "After a year and a half's work with; Dr. Shirley hav me a diploma, tes tifying to the fact that I was of goot moral character and could do any kin 1 of dental work required. "Securing a supply of gold foil, gold plate, tin foil and pivot teeth, I went to the village of Decatur. 111. I wast' the first dentist to locate there, and I soon bad enough work to keep me busv. In those days I was a good fluto. player, and a great man to have a gool time. "To go back a bit, I am the -oldest of nine children. There his always a new baby at our house, and mother .needed my help ao 1 was pretty muc i I of a home boy. I was kept so con istantly at home helping my mother t Ithat I did not mingle much la the play and sports of the other boys. My fatl.- er was a southerner, and a plndid specimen physically. My grand father. Ferrino Card well, was noted athlete. aiy more or leas secluded life led th boys to believe that I was tied t mother's apron strings, was a mtifc BOD and wouldn't fleht. M fath.r ba ' lng a Virginian, had all of the south' erner'a love for the code of honor. . t can remember htm saying to me. '1 haul A lis anhamitil tn rail, a rn, rt If you are Insulted, fight, even If you , know you are going to be whipped. Whatever you do. don't be a coward.' "In any event, when I begun goinff out among the boys I had plenty of fighting ott my hands, and I soon ' learned to fight, and fight hard. One-evening- when I was a young man, I was greatly attracted by a young wo man who seemed perfectly willing to accept my attention. i asked this young lady If 1 might accompany ber home, and ah accepted my escort. It seem, though, I did not know it at th . time, that ah had come with a young fellow named Jack Murphy. He was furious, and as he was supposed to b on of the best fighters In town, hi sent word that he was going to whip me within an Inch of tny life on sight. I have always been passionately fond . of flowers. Next dsy 1 stopped at Mrs. Prathefs house to cut some flower. She was away, but had told me to help myself while she was gone. Murphy, who saw jne, hurried across the street and ordered me off the plaee. I tolT" him that Mrs. Prather had given me permission to cut whatever flowers I ' wished. He answered. 'You are - a liar.' Ills word and my blow wer most simultaneous, jl knocked mm down several times, and as he became -very abusive. I caught him with m.r lert Band arounu mo tnroai ana rorcra him back against the wall. I had been cutting rosea with a small pehknir and had transferred it to my left hand. When I caught him by the throat I was still grasping the penknife in my' left hand, and without my knowledge I A an .,1... In hi. IhPrtlt t helped him to hla home, but within an hour I was arrested by the sheriff. The sheriff, who was a friend of mine; refused to take me to Jail, so w spent the night together in the hotel. Next day I pleaded self defense before tho Justice of the peace and u fined $5. A ,iv.l-U .v .... v . . , " . fine was remitted and the ras dis missed. "In 1852 I arrived In "Portland by ox team from the east, poseesaed a case of Instruments, some dental ma terial and a S franc piee, which wa s my total capital. Dr. E. II. Orlffin was tbe only dentist in Portland In those days, and though he declared I was too "bovieh looking" to be much of a dentist, nevertheless 1 soon had good Dractlce. "About a year arter i ram nrc. that was In the fall of 1853. Dr. E. II. Griffin left Portland and located on a ranch near Albany. Tn 185J Dr. J. G. Glenn came out to Portland, locating In Dayton, where he practiced dentln try. Dr. Dunning and Dr. A. a. Phil lips also soon came out to Oregon and engaged In the practice of dentistry. "In those day all false teeth were mounted on plates of gold. We usual ly hammered out $10 or $20 gold pieces. and occasionally gold Slug, as ic was considerable w.ofk to hammer oot the gold piece to th required thick-, ness, I purchased rollers which had been used to make the Beaver money at Oregon City, and .for years I used these for rolling my plates. . "I used to make annual trip to Cor vallis Eugene and Roseburg. I kept this up until 1668. Although I. am 84 years old. I hope still to be back la tli harness as soon as-1 have recov. rd from mv recent Injury." Ilru-tt wavrina, "' : From London Tld-Bits. ' "Now. Jamea." fald the Joiner to his apprentice, "I am going out. ! I don't expect I shall be long, and you tan be Dlanlng uu that 10 by 8 beam till I come back," Hut., alas! misfortune overtook th Joiner He slipped at me mmora or the sJf-eet. sprained his ankle, and, had to bJ taken home. Th next day. toward evening, he hobl.i-d into his workshop, and wa conf Hted by an enormous pile Of shavf ngit. James waa Invisible. . "Jim!" he oaliea. " .m m far-Aff echo rhera are your' own here under the shaving!" V-wby what are you up tor. Tanlng that beam up. xou toid to keep at It till you came back. If you'd kept away any longer re'd have been none left." ' The Sunday Journal The Great Homo Newspaper. : consists of --. Fire news sections rep'.ets wlta , Illustrated feature. Illustrated magazine of quality. ! Woman's section ot ure merit. 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