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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915. r 1 , THE JOURNAL AW INDEPENDENT NEWPiPER C. S, JAi'KMtM. Pabllehe a'illillabed eery arenlat (except Bandar) and every Sanaa y morning at tm journal bdiiu '." fa. Brnedwsr anil Yamhfll sts.. Portland. Or. tuire4 at tba postofflca at Portland. Or., for innmlHIun uuuosa Uwj aaaua r i " rim matter. 1'KUCP HUNta Mala (inrHon. A-fl5L All departmenta reached by tbe Bombers. TeU the operator wmi department you want. Benjamin tt Kentnor Co.. Branswlck Bid.. S2i Hfth Arc, Ndw fork j 1216 People's m Rid.. CMenmo, Subscription term by mall or to an ad Srasa In tae Halted State or Mexico: DAII ? On year 13. OO j Om month-. ......$ . BDNDaY On yea.......$750 I do month 4 .23 DAILY Al'D 8UNDAT ne rear. S7.SO ' One month .S3 America asks nothing for her elf but what she has a right to ask for humanity Itself. WOODROW WILSON. All human situations have their inconveniences.- We feel those of the present, but neither see nor feel those of the future; sand hencewe often make troublesome changes without amendment, and fre quently, for the worse. Frank lin. 1: NATIOXS GOXE MAD THE einking of the Arabic calls attention to the lengths to which Berlin and London are going in presuming on tra ditional American friendship in this war. 'Great Britain, in utter disre gard of International law, is main taining a so-called . blockade in which no attempt is made to make It that close and effective blockade of German ports necessary to es tablish it as the blockade recog nized by rules of civilized warfare. She justifies it on the ground of new -weapons and engines of war fare. Germany establishes a war zone and, In utter disregard of accepted . .. rules of warfare, notifies the United States that her vessels using this zone will do so at their peril. She justifies her extraordinary course on the ground of new weap ons and new engines of warfare. Great Britain, contravening all her past history, has signified her - intention of declaring cotton con traband of war and prohibiting its exportation to countries from which it may fall into German hands, all to the destruction of a $600,000,000 exportable American surplus. She justifies It on the ground of new weapons and new engines of warfare. Germany, In complete disregard of all rules of civilized warfare, , is destroying ships carrying Ameri can passengers without giving warning and affording safety to non-combatant and neutral passen gers. She justifies it on the ground of new weapons and new engines of warfare. Great Britain, in violation of known and long accepted rules of warfare, is claiming., the right - to . Beize American ships,destined ' for neutral ports, and is Insisting on supervising neutral cargoes and v determining what shall and what shall not be the trade between the United States and neutral nations with which this country has long been associated in amicable and im portant trade relations. She jus tifies her highly aggravating course ' on the ground of new weapons and . new . engines of warfare. After sinking the Lusitanla and destroying many American lives, ." and after being inforjned that repetition "of the act' would be re garded by the United States as "deliberately unfriendly," Germany einks the Arabic, imperiling the - lives of. 21 Americans and destroy ing the lives of two. She justi- : .lies her course on the ground of new weapons and new engines of . warfare. That Is to say, In tho madness and desperation of their combat - nrith each other, both London and Berlin ' are assuming that the United States has no rights on the High seas and that there are few - if any rights that they are bound to respect. Each is making inter national law from day to day, and Is paying little regard to the rules . , tfiat centuries of history have set up as the standards of Christian civilization. '. Both are presuming on ancient aad oft . demonstrated American Xriendship. Both are relying upon ;the forbearance of a great neutral ' .nation.; whose . ways are the ways of peace and whose ideals are the Ideals of : justice and equality among men. Both, in their mad ness and desperation, are trespass ing upon the rights and straining the good will of an old and tried friend. And each, by. her act,glves pre cedent and encouragement to the other tocontinue in this exasper ating" and unjust policy. When ever "Great Britain justifies her un lawful course by a. plea of new weapons and new engines of war '. fare, she provides precedent and v encouragement to - Germany, and whenever Germany ple'ads new weapons and . new engines of war fare,' she affords precedent and en couragement to Great Britain. Between the two, a great over powering burden is thrust upon the president of the United States, and a great and profound anxiety is pressed down upon the .Ameri can people. 1 HAIL TO THE FISTS FIST fighting has been sug gested to Secretary Daniels as a means by which the cadets- should settle disputes between themselves at the United States naval academy at Annapolis. Why not? Why employ such maudlin sentimentalism as com mon sense and reason in settling disputes? Why be faint hearted and womanish and gentle when the true way to settle a dispute with a brother cadet is to square away and knock Lis block off, or get your own knocked off? In this day and age, there are altogether too many mollycoddles. Too many people have a growing sense of refinement, and too much desire to use reason and brains rather than clubs and fists, and too many of them hesitate to drink raw blood or kick a -friend's ribs loose. If the national military academy Is not maintained at heavy cost to encourage one cadet to smash another in the face and close his eyes with a short arm jab or knock him out with a left swing to the jaw, what is it main tained for? What a mistake it is to spoil a fine cadet by teaching him at the government academy to be re fined instead of brutal and coarse and to use his brains instead of hin fists! We are undermining our free . Institutions by develop ing our minds instead of brute strength and by our criminal dis regard of that fine old doctrine that misht makes right. By all means encourage the fist fights at Annapolis and let the bully of the school be the popular hero, and let him require the weak lings to polish his shoes and press his trousers. Down with the mollycoddles! THE LAW OP NATIONS GREAT BRITAIN S signified in tention to declare cotton con traband is a reversal of a Jll! 1 T 1 T4. ill T ira.uiuoua.1 puiicy. it win ue recalled that during the American Civil war Great Britain protested against the blockade of outgoing cotton from the South and also re fused to recognize it as contraband during the Rueso-Japanese war. At the outbreak of the present war the allies expressed a desire to avoid inflicting hardship on the Southern planters and the conse quent loss of sympathy in the United States. It is now contended that American cotton shippers, in many cases alleged to be backed by German capital, have been ship ping cotton to Germany through neutral ports. As a justification for the aban donment of its former policy Great Britain will argue the radical changes in the conditions of war fare and in answer to expected American protests- will cite the proclamations of Presidents Lin coln and Johnson designating as contraband of war "materials for the fabrication of ammunition." The suggestion is made that the allies will propose to allow cotton to be shipped to neutral countries in proportion to their normal con sumption. But how about the nor mal shipments to Germany end Austria. These are to fall before the old doctrine that might makes right, it would seem. International law will be a sorry looking object at the close of the war. TRADE EXTENSION A FEW years ago when Dr. Cook made his claim of dis covering the North Pole, we learned that the Eskimo is very fond of gum drops. This was a suggestion for the extension of American commerce. Another suggestion comes from the American commercial attache at Shanghai. It seems that the Chinese are fond of sweets. The attache thinks that they might be easily introduced into the gum chewing habit. While several million of them are already addicted to chewing the betel nut there are something like two hundred million that are innocent of the pleasure of chew ing the chicle. If density of population counts for anything here is certainly a great market for the product of the American gum factory. As an encouragement of what might be accomplished in this di rection, the attache points out that It was not a long time ago when American condensed milk was un known to the children of the ce lestial empire. Now one finds empty milk cans everywhere. If condensed milk can ' make such headway how easy it would be for chewing gum. Why worry about capturing the trade of South America when such an opportunity beckons from Chlnar? The estimate Is that there are now 750,000 American tourists in the three Pacific coast states. After paying your bill for a day's accom modations at a hotel, after settling with the: chauffeur for a few auto trips to show places, after buying souvenirs at the stores and 1 stock ing up .with, things needed for a 'traveler's wardrobe, after disburs ing cash for the score or hundred I things f Incidental to a pleasure : I uur, yon wouia do in posiuon w ! form "an estimate, of what seeing America first means to the Pacific coast. Figure out how much each tourist ' spends a day and, after ! multiplying the total by 750,000, you will have an enormous sum. THE MEXICAN PLOT I T is charged that a publicity or- eranizn.t1rn has been nerfected in Mexico to deliberately mis inform this country as to the i actual status of affairs In that troubled republic. The story has been repeated in several quarters, but has not been officially confirmed. The aim, of course, is to secure American in tervention. The Vera Cruz up- I rising as well as the border troubles are declared to be a part of the program. Paid lobbyists and paid publicity agents in this country are alleged to be in the service of American interests who clamor for intervention. The stake in Mexico Is large. The exploitation of the country could be enormously advanced by the dislocation of affairs to come from a war In which we should send armies of subjugation into our sister republic. In the great gambling game which moneyed i men In the United States are play ing in Mexico, they would have everything to gain and nothing to lose by a war. It is mainly Ameri can mothers whose sons would be shot on the battlefields who would be the heavy losers. Of equal Importance but from wholly different motives, are the errors of American official agents. It has, for Instance, been widely stated that the Tampico Incident might never have assumed inter national importance had Admiral Mayo not been over-quick in his I ultimatum. It has been similarly reported that the naval captain who reported disorders at Vera Cruz was stampeded. It is a situation to infinitely dis tress those charged with adminis tration of American affairs. To de cide, out of the conflicting reports, as to what is true and what false Is a trying and delicate duty. To have such distressing perplexities thrust upon the government at a time when events over seas are peculiarly tense and delicate is cruel. Not in a generation has there been a time when poise, discrimi nation and sound Judgment were such necessary assets In the Ameri can White House, and to the agree able reassurance of the American people, rarely have those price less traits of character been so pronouncedly in evidence in that great clearing place of American affairs. It looks good to see the gentle men of the Rivers and Harbors committee making personal inspec tion of projects, and ascertaining from actual observation the merits of each. By that test, Oregon has no question as to the future, for 6he has nothing but first class goods to show. Where in the whole world is there a waterway serving so great a back country and capa ble of such development as the Co lumbia river and Its tributaries? The Journal now prints seven editions daily. The noon edition is exclusively for distribution by the Portland newsboys. The after- Phoon editions are timed to catch outgoing "trains in such a way as to present the very latest news to up-state readers. No other newspaper on the Pacific coast. is as active and aggressive in serving its readers with lightning-like promptness and comprehensive ef ficiency. Among the legends which clus ter around Bancta Sophia at Con stantinople is that of the bishop who was celebrating mass when the hordes of Mohammet-II broke into the church. The bishop es caped by walking into a niche in the wall which closed behind him. Here he awaits the day when Sancta Sophia once more comes i under Christian power. It is be-; ginning to look as though he will have a long wait. The thirty-million? bride and her husband are to visit Portland again I next year. Mine Host Ober of the ! Portland, took pains to have them see some of the city's show places, and thereby made them a public ity committee of two to spread the news of Portland's attractions abroad. The incident is eloquent of how to induce Americans to see ! America first. Of course, Americans are within their rights when they travel on ! the high seas. But, after all, time and events are demonstrating that they are far better off at home. In America, where there is no war, there is room enough for all us Americans, whether on business or pleasure bent. The Arabic was west bound. She was not carrying munitions or re-f cruitff or contraband, of any kind to the allies. Her crew" -and pas-1 sengers were non-combatants. ' If Berlin ; thought her destruction a necessary act for military ends, what has war come to? I In a letter to the? Albany police a Cleveland, Ohio, man says that he is looking for his missing wife, and thai he wants her to return home to receive the "tender care (she deserves." He adds that his wife "took a $ 4 0 0 ? diamond pin and forged a check hef ore she left." ', War In any circumstance Is a terrible thing but when viewed in the present height of the thermom eter the struggle of the Anstrians and Italians 11,000 feet above the sea loses some of Its horror. It is probably true as Judge Pipes says that prosecuting attor neys see criminality in' every ac tion but how about the lawyers for the defense? Can they pre serve an unbiased mind? The fact that the ex-president will bring with him tomorrow that smile which never wears off, adds to. the welcome that Portland al ways has for him. The visit of ex-President Taft will have an added interest. He is now Grand'addy Taft. ENVER PASHA, THE INDOMITABLE TURK Lawrence Blgelow In Philadelphia Ledger. ON SEVERAL accounts Interest In the war operations is again strongly , directed toward the Dardanelles region and the military condition of Turkey. A change of French commanders Is followed by a change of German commanders. The allies have landed fresh troops at the Dardanelles, and Germany Is said to be massing a foree to cut a road through Servia Into Turkey- The Russian ambitions in southeast Eu rope are receiving renewed attention In discussions of the International sit uation as a whole. Undoubtedly the Supreme power be hind the Turkish defense Is Enver Bey Enver Pasha now. He has had an almost entirely free hand In Turk ish military affairs, and to him, as much as to the German officers, is unquestionably due the magnificent resistance the Turks have offered the allied fleets and armies in the Dar danelles operations. He is a man to whom many sobriquets and epithets have been applied "the Beau Brum mel of Asia," "the Gunman of the East," "the Napoleon of Turkey," "Turkey's Man of Destiny," "Savior of Islam," "Satan in the Moslem Drama," "Sawdust Hero," "dictator," "patriot." Whatever else may be said of the 33-year-old minister of war of the Moslem empire, no one has yet called him a weakling. He is. In fact, the one strong personality that Turkey has had since Abdul Hamld was overthrown by the Toung Turks party in 1908. Enver Pasha, then little more than a boy, led the revolt against the wily old sultan. Abdul Hamid, when he was sultan, made Enver many offers of high gov ernment positions, with the objeot, it is said, of getting him where the sultan's assassins could find him , at a convenient time. He wisely kept away from Constantinople, spending his time In Berlin, where he was military attache at the Turkish em bassy, and a confidential friend of Emperor William. It was on his return to Turkey that the world heard of this neat and dap per young man, with his clean-abaven cheeks and curled, waxed mustache. The old sultan sent for him in July, 1908, to come to the capital and be pardoned. Abdul Hamid had become alarmed by the secret propaganda of the now powerful Committee of Union and Progress, in which Enver.. was a leading figure, and in characteristic oriental fashion pretended that he wished to honor rather than to pun ish the suspect. But Enver, a. Turk with an Arab ancestry, was too much of a Turk not to know what that kind of pardon meant. 'He fled for his life and abandoned all pre tense of loyalty to the government. His histrionic talent led him to put on peasants' clothes and grow a beard, this get-up being more pleas ing to the villagers-of the Interior than the Parisian fashions he had formerly affected. He spoke well, and1 enrolled thousands of young men under the banner of Liberty, Fra ternity and the Constitution. Other officers were active throughout Eu ropean Turkey and Asia Minor, but when the revolution swept everything before it all the credit was given to Enver. He became the patriot and liberator, the Toung Turk hero par excellence. He would not allow him self to Jte photographed, and when praised to his face remarked that there had been thousands of heroes in the ranks. The new sultan, Mahomet V, of fered Enver Pasha entrance into the imperial family through a marriage with his favorite 16-year-old niece, daughter- of Prince Sulleman. Ac ceptance by Enver meant - that his princess would. Insist that be re nounce his right to four wives. But he agreed, only asking for two years in which to perfect his study of mili tary tactics in . Germany. At the end of that period the marriage took place. The imperial alliance, how ever, made Enver Pasha the power behind the Hhrone and the virtual ruler of Turkey. Or did it Enver made himself the power behind the throne and the virtual ruler of Tur key. When the first shot In the great war was fired Enver saw an oppor tunity to launch a patriotic-venture. Turkey at this Juncture of events was governed by a secret society. . Men in -office even the highest were dominated by the Committee of Union and Progress, of which Enver was, and still is, the head. Ministers obtained- portfolios only mpon condi tion that tbey would obey implicitly the behest of the , committee or I promptly: produce their.: resignations! at the Invitation of the organization. The sultan was figurehead, as be had been since the committee had led him forth from the palace in which he had been beld a prisoner by his brother, Abdul Hamid. for . many years, and Installed him, blinking in the unaccustomed light of day, upon the throne of the kaliphs vacated by Abdul. The minister of war and his name was Enver was the whole government. It was he who sought to enlist the entire -Moslem world ip a holy war, but failed. . ' a Enver is a marvelous swordsman, a fluent linqulst, a man of ascetic sim plicity of life, possessed of a re markable combination of the Qualities of Idealism and practicality, of the mystic and the man of action. Of his forceful personality an Eng lishman said before the war: "He is without a single exception Z can recall off hand, save possibly Lord Kitchener, the most forceful Indi vidual I have ever known, and for sheer raagnetlo attraction . stands ab solutely alone in my experience. In any other country besides Turkey in England. Germany or the United States he could not fail of a great career. Here the higher a man climbs the surer he is to be marked for a fall, and Enver Bey has been in dan ger of assassination ever " since his progressive spirit began to manifest itself in his early teens. Some day it may be tomorrow or it may not be for a number of years the agents of his enemies will kill him, and when they do there will pass the sincerest patriot that Turkey has known since the days of Mldhat Pasha." Tonce Oveii BY FLE.X LAMPHAK IN MANUFACTURING the munitions for this howitzer of hilarity from day to day it is necessary once in awhile to overlook some of the most important things that happen.. J For Instance there's the sugges tion from Johnny Reed who plays Jeff with Fred Dodge as Mutt down at Gold Hill. and it is that I write something about the resemblance between Com missioner George Baker and Caruso. TBut why should I? J And I haven't mentioned that Elizabeth Chapin who has been danc ing at the Empress this week. has more discoveries that she really needs. and a controversy is raging al ready. J And I suggest so that all may share-in the honor of bringing Eliza beth and her pink toes into the spot light. that they organize the Elizabeth Chapin" Discoverers' club. with a membership limited say to 35 or 40. and barring some pretenders as Rosle Rosenthal. J Tom Conlon might be president. and Nick Pierong vice-president. and Frank McGettigan treasurer. and Frank Harwood something else. and so on down to Rosie. whose claims Franks says are Dr. Cookish. J And. of course they'd have to take turns at being president. and the club could never meet. because that would disrupt the or ganization. aj Frank McGettigan and Charley My ers will scarcely speak to each other as it is. tj Neither of them has anything to say. aj I've listened to them both. arAnd another thing that I shouldn't overlook in this mad strug gle to get money to buy commuta tion tickets to Oak Grove. and that is the scenario staged by Pike Davis at Sixth and Morrison the other night entitled: aj I Look Good to Myself Just As I Am But How Wouldn't I Look Good People in Henry's Judicial Kimono?" j And then there's a nice letter that came yesteraay rrom a dear iaay who is here from Seattle. JAnd she didn't sign her name -but ehe says that I should make a book of this stuff. and get it out Just before Christ mas. "because" she says "you have no idea. "how many people would send it back east. "when they can't think of anything else. x "that their friends back there- don't want." aj And she says when she read the story about the-woman witn tne yel low feather at the publio market, she just cried. and the tears splashed all over her. and her husband said she should put on her rathlng suit. before reading my literature but J LISTEN, dear lady Won't you please write me" another letter and tell me why you cried? because Laura Jean Libby is one of my favorite au thors toot Letters From the People (CommtiDicatione aent to The Journal for publication in this department should be writ, tea on only one aide of the paper, should not exceed SuO words in length &Dd must bm ac companied by the oame and addresa of the' sender. If the writer does Dot desire to have the name published, be should so state.) Discussion Is the greatest of all reformers. It rationalises ererythlns; It touches. It robs principles of all false eenctity and throws them back on their reasonableness, if they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes them oat ot existence and sets np its own coucluskais U their stsad." Wood row Wilson. The Owner of Property. Portland, Aug. 18. To the Editor of The Jourftal In an editorial in the Sunday Journal I found very interest ing matter regarding the property owner, or rather, 'about a certain piece of property on Washington street that is leased at $5003 per month. While I don't know where the property Is. to whom it belongs nor what it is worth, yet I suppose it was leased at about six per cent on its valuation. If the party who leased it thought it was worth that much money, the owner surely would have been able to sell it at that time at the price he leased it for. I would like to ask the editor. If the owner bad sold the property instead of leasing' It, and had loaned the money at six or seven per cent, would , not this have paid the owner also a life pension? I don't see why a property PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE Atlanta Journal: Not only In war or ders, but in peace orders also, the country Is showing an. Increase. Los Angeles Times: There is a man In Long Beach who uses an automobile to collect the clothes for his wif to wash. V.- v . -Detroit "' News: The -Standard Oil company has struck a. snaK in China, but will probably buy it and order it removed. , Tacoma Tribune: Justice Hughes has now ten LL. D.'n. Nobody will ever be able to accuse him of doctoring laws without a license. e New' ' Orleans States: Hogs are cheaper than they have been for a long time, says a Chicago paper, but it is impossible to make-our butcher believe it Chicago Herald: Of course he hasn't done it as yet, but it is certainly up to Uncle Sam to be the man who puts the order in border as far as Mexico is concerned. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: It is announced that a Norway syndicate has agreed to furnish Germany with 10,000 reindeer a a meat supply. How about this Santa Claus? Philadelphia Ledger: "Cost of Ger man - family's food has risen S3 a week." The American ' vacationists pay about the same bonus for their own "place in the sun." New York Evening Post: The career of John L. Sullivan teaches us that, after we have squandered a fortune in riotous living, we can still keep the wolf from the door by lecturing on what a fool we were. Philadelphia North American: France has more rifles thaa men, so she wants Russia to send unarmed troops to the western front. From a distance, it looks as If. Russia would prefer to have France send the rifles tc the unarmed troops in Russia. e e. Philadelphia Telegraph: Speaking of the copy of th Philadelphia Aurora of August 17, V79. owned by a Park ersburg woman, wo presume that it contains a paragraph saying that the previous day was-vthe hottest August 16 in the history of the weather bu reau. NATIONAL By Oaks. Senator Henry F. Ashurst, of Ari zona,, declared in Detroit the other day after a 14.000 mile' auto trip, that President Wilson is now 2,000, 000 votes stronger than his party. "It will be Wilson in 1916 with the rest nowhere," said the senator. "Woodrow Wilson will, run because he will have no other choice. I meas ure my words when I say that he will be re-elected president without any trouble. The people will have no other leader.". Senator Ashurst does not believe the tariff or the currency will Vlay much part in the campaign. "For the massF of the people there Is but one question," said he. "and that relates to the war In Europe. The people know they have the one man to lead them safely through. Woodrow Wilson is that man." Sarcasm, bitterness, personalities and some humor are being injected into the gubernatorial campaign In Massachusetts. Congressman Gard ner, the original advocate of national preparedness, has come out 4n favor of Lieutenant Governor Cushing for the nomination, with the result that ex-Representative Samuel W. McCall has fired a few broadsides at Gard ner, and former Governor Eugene Foss has come out attacking both McCall and Gardner. This means that a fine little battle is raging betwen the three in the Bay State, which bids fair to disrupt the Republican organ ization. It is believed that McCall intends to come out next year for the seat of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, fathef-in-law of Mr. Gardner. At present he Is regarded as the likely Republican nomihee'for governor this fall, Massachusetts people choosing a chief executive every year. A member of the Michigan legisla ture recently made a canvass of po owner should not have the same right to Just interest on his money Invested as the man who loans his money at six or seven per cent. The property owner has to pay taxes. Insurance and street improvements, the man who loans his money doesn't pay taxes or any other expenses. Tet the property owner should not be entitled to Just interest on his money Invested, and you call it a "life pension." Or does the editor expect the property, owner to rent his property free to the people and pay taxes and other expenses out of his own pocket? There are property owners in this town now that don't get two per cent on their Investments; and some don't get the taxes out of it; whereas if they loaned the money out they could get from six to eight per cent, and it would not be called a life pension paid by the community. PROPERTY OWNER. ' Birds That Have Vanished. Albany, Or., Aug. 17. To the Editor of The Journal I certainly indorse the article in last night's Journal by my friend W. H. Addis, In his plea for our song birds, especially the lark. I commend his verses. His poem rat tles oft quite the same as mine would be, perhaps : "more truth than poetry"; as I have learned in all my attempts that there is no danger of my rivaling INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY From the Philadelphia Ledger. Philadelphia is entertaining Just now the most enthusiastic group of merchants and buyers that has been welcomed at hotels in two years. They are enthusiastic be- An no- Viav SavA rnme to town with the fattest order books it has been a their pleasure to. tote arouno ii. a. vsr before the European I war began. These heralds of 4 trade say there lsevery lnaicawon f that the coming months will wit ness a general betterment or dusi r... o 1 mr, that ths business will be of substantial proportions. MAkM ev Vint! rrtA-n wfark rater especially to merchants and buy- ers.i. It was pointed out yesteraay by: f well known bonif ace that, despite the war and the general business depression, the buyers came to Philadelphia last year ac cording to custom, but they came with long faces and lean pocket books. A . buyer, who cracked a smile, was considered either a fool or a. bore, r and probably both. From all accounts, matter have taken a marked turn for the bet ter. Buyers are talking business and doing business, and have brought to town the story of bet ter business everywhere. - AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS One of La Grande's general stores having broken the early closing agree ment, a return to the closing hour of H o'clock is threatened. - "To make things perfect," says the Bend Bulletin, "we should now like the address of the Redmond man who last fall jeered at the possibility of ttiere ever being sawmills at Bend." Business men of Sutherlln are taking steps to protect citizens of Sutherlln "against people who fail to pay their bills, solicitors' working in the interest of various organizations, peddlers who go from house to house and traveling men who never spend a cent in the town." '.mm. Specimen of unveiled sarcasm in Eu gene Register: "Knowing that large bodies move slowly, tho Register be gan advocating a municipal camping ground for tourists several months ago, in order that the arrangements might be completed by the middle cf winter, when the real good weather sets in and when there will be an abundant demand for a place to stay out all night." a Salem Journal: While the swimming beach on Minto island la doing a big business, and while the grown folks are enjoying themselves, there is a noticeable absence of the young boys, for whom the bach was primarily es tablished. In fact, the kiddles objeot to .paying the nickel fare, and they may now be found in bunches every afternoon and evening, about one mile down the river, a short distance this tide of' the poor fsrm. The river at this place is rather treacherous, and not especially "adapted for swimmers, old or young. . Lake County Examiner: George E. Good, of La Pine says that a skeleton had been found at the Prospect tav ern, south of Crater Lake, which is causing wonder. The skeleton is com plete and normal except the lower jaw, which is exceptionally L.assive, and in which the teeth are set cross-ways to the usual setting. According to Mr. Good the skeleton was found in a bed of charcoal which underlay a bed of pumice rock in an excavation made for a road. He states that the party of geologists from Columbia university who visited Crater Lake and passed through Prospect Monday, viewed the specimen, and were unable to account for the strange jaw and teeth. POLITICS litical leaders- in the Wolverine state and found that sentiment among Re publicans favored ex-Senator Root for the presidency. ' Senator Theodore E. Burton, pos sible Republican nominee for the presidency next year, is one of the most studious men in the senate. In hs youth he learned to read Hebrew and he stijl reads Latin, Greek, French and German. It is written of him that when 10 years old the old men in the village where ho lived con sulted him about the generals, armies and battles of the Civil war, then being fought. He is said to have read all Shakespeare's plays by the time he reached 13, and to have graduated from Oberlin college when he was 20. Tho initial of hrs middle name stands for Elijah and some say he intended early In life to be a preacher. It has been suggested that some of the states begin weeding out thetr favorite sons,, and settle on one maih. Ohio has four. Senator Burton, former Ambassador Herrick, Governor Willis and Senator Harding. New York has Mr. Root, Governor Whitman and Senator Wadsworth. Illinois has Sen ator Sherman, Jim Mann and Mayor Thompson of Chieago. Other states have single favorites Massachusetts her Weeks; Indiana, Fairbanks; Idaho, Senator Borah; Iowa. Cummins; Mis souri, Hadley. The time has come, say the wise ones, to concentrate on one and to get behind him if it is expected to- make any d'-nt on the forthcoming convention. Despite the ' fact that ex-Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, "Boss" Lorimer. was expelled from the United States senate and has discredited himself in other .ways, he Is far from being po litically dead. He is said still to control many votes end to have many candidates for office seek his favor. Longfellow t al. On one of our coldest, frostiest mornings last win ter. Just as I had driven through our rarm gate starting for church in Al bany, a lark In a tall poplar tree over my head burst forth in song. Addis says larks have several songs. This one is expressed in the notes sounding much as VLjee-coo-qulch-quich," . I never heard a bird'a song that so 1m pressed me as did that. I told the Sunday school children about It. for in spite of the cold it was a Joyona song of praise. We human beings can well gather a lesson from it. The other day I was telling a friend not long on the Pacific coast about our song and other birds in the pio neer days, that are seldom if ever now seen, at least In the Willamette valley. ; In my boyhood days, in the late fall, the cries of immense flocks of geese and the long whoop of sandhill cranes filled the air on frosty mornings as they arose from the stubble fields. Then in the spring time the wood' lands resounded to the notes of in numerable song birds, to the hooting of the grouse and the drumming of the native pheasants. We seldom if ever bear them now. Of evenings We no more hear the "whoop," as it might be called, of the nighthawk when swooping downward, probably to catch some winged insect. Gone is the plaintive call of evenings of the whip- poorwill. Gone, from our midst, at least, is the mournful song of the tur tledove. Quite gone are the wild pig eons, once mo abundant- I nave not seen either dove or pigeon for several years. Quite gone are the black wood peckers, once so common on our oak trees where they nested. The cur lew that In 1863, when I resided in Umatilld county on Birch creek, was so plentiful. Is but seldom seen. Much as we glory in our wonderful progress and upbuilding, we cannot but say that -sad changes have com a, for we cannot forget our pioneer homes of log oabblns, nor the loved ones that nestled there, nor our bird friends that thrilled the very air around those' homes. CYRUS H. WALKER. The Swiss as Belligerents. Portland, Aug. 19. To the Editor of J The Journal I noticed in yesterday's number of your valuable paper a news item, in which one Miss Edith Nance (Nanz?) of Switzerland, who is spend ing her vacation at Breakers, 'Wash., states that, out of a total of $0 of her relatives, 10 are dead and an equal number are wounded. It also says that is the price even families in neutral countries such as Switzerland are pay. lng. . i take it for granted that these pec ple met their death and got wounded la their native country, or am X unable to grasp the right meaning of this item? Would Miss Nape be kind enough and enlighten me as well as a lot of other readers of my class as to how her relatives) got killed and wounded? X am receiving letters and newspapers " KAaiT turr 9r fred lootler. Special SUXf Write al ; ' THa laaraaJ. - ' -' ' 1 OSEPH HARDIN CORNWALL was I appointed Oregon's first cadet to J west Point. r.?,J80, Lhen 1 u years old, Samuel R. Thurston, our delegate to congress, asked Prairian . t-.- L.t0 "PPf111 cadet to the United States militarv arsriom., . nr... fiVJ1:". mld Mr Cornwall when I vis- " "'j" recently at his home in Dal las. I received th inr.Mnlm.nt which was conditional upon my being t JtJ paBB th Physical examination. I did not take the physical examina tion, as I had no taste for a military career. My father was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and I had set my mina on Deing a minister also. I declined the appointment. I do not ramemoer who was given the appoint ment in my place. I know Medoram Crawford's son was one of our first cadets, and so was John Adair, now living at Astoria. He is the son of Colonel Adair, an early .day collector of customs at Astoria. We came to Oregon in 1846 when X was 14 years old. I was born in In dependence county, Arkansas, on Octo ber s, is3z. My father, Josephus A. Cornwall, was a native of Georgia. My mother. Nancy Hardin Cornwall, was born In Arkansas shortly after her parents moved-there from Kentucky. On the tenth of April. 1846, We started by ox team for Independence, Mo., to Join the emigrants who were assemb ling there to form a wagon train for Oregon. There were about 80 wagons in our train. Captain Russell was elected to have command of the wagon train. Captain Russell took the Cali fornia trail, going on horseback. After the Donners and the other emigrants for California left us at the branehlnjr of the trail our party was cut down to 21 wagons. Captain Dunbar was put In command? after Captain Russell took the California trail. My part of the work In crossing the plains wae to drive the lootse stock. My assistant in the work was a boy about my own age. George Donner. "The Donner family had a terrible experience. They were overtaken by winter In the Sitklyous. They camped by the shores of a lake, later known as Donner lake. They ran out of food and killed and ate several of their party. Georgro Donner survived thia cannibalistic experience. I met him later in California, but he wouldn't talk of it. ae "When we reached Oregon, there were only six counties tn all of Ore gon. What is now the state of Wash ington was then h part of Oregon.iand was divided into two counties, Lewis county and Vancouver county. What we now know an Oregon was divided into Yamhill. Clackamas. Tuallty and Champoick counti-H. Father had the only carriage in our wagon train, mis carriage led to one having some odd experiences. Near Fort Larlmle we met a large war party of Sioux Indians on the warpath against some othar tribe of Indians. We gave a feast to 20 of the r.rincfpal chiefs and sub- chiefs. When we pulled out next morn ing these chiefs brought about 1200 of their warriors to nlve us an escort of honor. The chiefs rode ahead of, behind and on both sides of father's carriage. One of the Indians who talked some English exp4ained they were doing this as an honor to th white chief, the head of the party. Father told them that he was not the captain, but the Indian chief said 'You are the head man or you woufd not have the best rl:.' After traveling with us for several hours they lined up like copper or bronze statue along the road and stayed in line till we had passed by when they wheeled and rode off across the prairie. "At Fort Hall we were met by JeHSe Applesate and sotne others. Captain Levi-Scott, Jesse and Lindsey Apple gate and some others hud surveyed or rather cruised out u new road by what has since been trrnod t ho . 'Appleyate cutoff." We followed their guidance through central Oregon by way of Goose lake and Klamath lake. They left us there to co ahead and work on the road throuuli 'the canyon near what Is now Canyonville. While we were traveling down the Humboldt a messenger came back to us asking us to hurry forward as their wagons were attacked by Indians. We hur ried forward but when we arrived the Indians were gone leaving; several of the emigrants wounded. . One of them," Mr. Sally, died of his wounds. "The Indians shot some of our cati tie near Goose lake. We were so late that we decided to winter. in southern Oregon. The Kennedy family and our family wintered about where the town of Oakland now is. My cousin, Isreal Staley, who was 21 years old that win ter, kept us well supplied with veni son. He had the only good gun in ths party and he was an extra good shot. In the early spring of 1847 Si Ntlson, now living at Newberg, with Mr. Hess and Mr. Rogers, came with their teams for us and took us to the Chehjtlan valley. Rev. Harvey Clark,, a mission ary minister at Forest Grove, invited father to stop, with him for a while. We moved into a vacant log cabin of his and father supplied his pulpit for a while. While we were staying with Rev. Clark. Dr. Marcus Whitman and his nephew, Perrlne Whitman, visited Rev. Clark. I was more interested in their horses than in them, for of course, I did not know that Dr. Whit man would be massacred in less than three months. - "I went to Forest Grove to school.! Rev Harvey Clark the year alter we went there, started Tualatin academy, now Pacific university. Here is - a. book of poems given me by president S. H. Marsh In 1854, I entered the ministry and for 40 years I was a pas tor in the Presbyterian church. I have had charges at Lebanon, Enterprise. Eugene, Stockton and elsewhere. . I; retired in 1896 on account of impaired health. -In 1869 X Was married to Mary Fin- ley, a cousin of the first president or, the Oasgon Agricultural college. OiV- of the -preachers I used to enjoy lis tening to nearly 70 velars ago la Rev. John Fllnn, or i'ortiana. wno, now years old. is still with us. and is still hale and hearty. X will be 84 my next birthday and next year will mane my seven uwiii y eai m wi from Switzerland, but never heard or read of any fighting or accident of such dimensions in that country. If these 20 of her relatives have been fighting in the ranks of one of the wsrrtne nt (on a. thev cannot be con sidered Swiss citizens any more. : , It Is a Sign of Approval. ... '-n-.i.. 18 To ths V.A itrve sf . The Journal Is it an indication of ap n.no.1 nr- nf diaaoDroval. of what Is ' being said when a voice from the audi ence calls 'Har, bear!" during a pub lio address? A BOOB, ' -The Lure. , : -From, the New York Sun. Hint to big game hunters: 1 In call ing a Bull Moose make a noise like an elephant.