TITE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1919.
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J-ORTLAND. TIESDAY. J.CART 7. 1919.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The severest critics of Theodore
Roosevelt will agree ihat he was one
of the greatest Americans. By sheer
ittrcngth of will he triumphed over
bodily weakness and developed that
robust physique without whkrh he
could not have performed the hereu
lean labors of his public life. His
ajrsrremve nature combined with his
to mane mm
wrong and probably also prevented
war.
By his mediation he brought about
peace between Russia and Japai, and
he did much to pacify the turbulent
Central American republics. He took
the initiative in calling the second
Hague conference, he caused arbitra
tion of disputes with Britain and per
suaded the blockading powers to arbi
trate their Venezuelan claims, yet he
is styled an advocate of war. The
acclamation with which he was greeted
In Kurope as a preserver of peace and
as winner of the rsobel peace prize
proved that he was more correctly
appraised abroad than by his Ameri
can critics.
Probably no President stood higher
in public esteem than Roosevelt at the
close of his second term, but then he
opened the chapter which most deeply
mars his record. Estrangement hav
ing brgun before he sailed for Africa,
he was stirred to anger against his
chosen successor and former lieuten
ant. Taft. by the story of the Ballinger
affair which Pinchot poured into his
ears.
upon during the two succeeding years
until he felt the call to battle with the
forces of reaction which he believed
to rule the Republican party. All can
understand, though many cannot de
fend, the motives with which he split
the Republican party and drove it to
disastrous defeat. They were doubt
less a compound of patriotism and
egotism, such as was found In many
of his acts.
more cows. Thus, it Is shown that it
cost only $11.86 more in a test to
feed cows which produced 300 pounds
of butterfat than it did to feed those
which produced 400 pounds, and the
cost . fop those yielding 200 pounds
was only less than for those
yielding 300 pounds. The difference,
118.64, between the 200-pound and the
400-pound cow would be further in
tensified If labor were reckoned into
the account. It takes as long to bed
and feed the boarder cow and prac
tically as long to milk her, and at
present prices the difference of 200
pounds of butterfat' is not to bei
ignored. It will not be the work of a
day or a year, but better breeding will
ultimately furnish the solution, of the
dairy problem.
Intensity of conviction
i ,.-,11.0 with nil his mirht
h. it He earl vM or the lifo of democracy and clviltza-
when once he espoused It. He early ' ,k,.u
realized that much needed mending in
American public affairs and that no
man can accomplish . much wttnout
alivinir himself with party. His love
of country was a passion and carried
him Into politics at a time when poli-tii-i.ina
were held in low esteem; but
ANOTHER KIXD OF PROHIBITION.
From our excellent contemporary,
the Newberg Graphic, The Oregoniao
takes this paragraph:
In the long- h&rd-fouEht years for prohi
bition In Oregon The Oregonlajt editorials
touching; on the queatlon were on the other
aide, though occasionally there appeared a
He was assiduously worked i dl"cour"," no, regarding the use of the
. . , . . ! -rd. Now The Oregonlan la quite a con-
alatent supporter of prohibition, while It
goes eo far aa to encourage the uao oi
cigarette. Verily, times and peaiona and
men and newspapers make some queer
angles.
"A foolish consistency," says .the
poet, "is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and phi
losophers and divines." Tet it would
be easy for The Oregonlan to acquit
itself of the appalling charge of
changing its mind on prohibition, or
on tobacco and its use, if it appeared
worth while.
Does our unco'-guld friend at New
berg recall any expression of The
Oregonlan, for example, that appeared
to justify any effort to prohibit by
law the use of tobacco or cigarettes?
The Judicial mind finds itself won
dering at times what would have hap
pened In Oregon if the effort to pro
hibit the liquor traffic had succeeded
in 1887, when it was, we believe, for
the first time submitted to the people
as a constitutional amendment after
a rather futile trial in the long-ago
days of the provisional government of
But he made rich amends in the
last six years of his life for any error
which ho then committed. He spoke
clearly and with his accustomed force
for maintenance of American rights
n Mexico, and, when war overwhelmed
the world, he rose to the full stature
of his robust Americanism. He saw
that the ruthless barbarism which
trampled on Belgium would stop at
nothing, that the allies were fighting
tion, and -that, if they should be
crushed, America's turn would soon
come. Without rest he, wrote and
spoke for the right, and he summoned
America to arm against the threat of
German world-empire. He showed no
mercy for hyphenated Americans, who
. 1 r 1 -i m r r-D H tew a OTHii-tMi a nantralitv
by his example he strove to elevate ly .
Jmnrs into public service, and he 'or pacifists, who bleated of peace
developed a new and higher type of there was no peace.
politician. He regarded party as
He would have struck when the
Lusitania was sunk, and he more than
any other one man aroused the Ameri
can people to realization of their duty
to their country and the world's free
dom. He refused a new nomination
for President and promoted reunion
of the Republican party in the cause
of Americanism against the party
which boasted that it had "kept us
out of war.'
He proved that his was no merely
vocal patriotism when he offered his
services to lead a division in France,
when he gave his four sons to the
Army and when, on receiving news
means of public service, and he did
not scruple to cast it aside when he
deemed it false to that ideal.
But politics could not exhaust all of
the abounding energy of Roosevelt's
nature. All things in the world inter
ested him, from international states
manship to ornithology, and he craved
to know all the mysteries of nature,
especially of man. and to solve all the
problems which they presented. As a
boy he studied animal life; as a man
lie studied man as the most absorbing
of all studies; as a politician and
aratomrn Via afllrlioH rIH Kf and.
finally, nations. His quick sympathy that .n u?ntin been Uled
with human nature was aroused on Jn -n ' "S.ht. he said he was "very
K-hoif f .v.. i.hnn worker in P'a ""i me young man naa in
New York, the drudge-wife of a. West- chance to render some service to his
ern farmer, the naked negro of East fountrv and to show the stuff that was
Africa or the oppressed nations of '"f f """"
veo on A.l.tic Tiirkov. His in- tration In all that it did well to prose
dignation was stirred by the greed of te the war. and he criticised it only
the trusts, the betrayal of the people whe,n " fe" Bort- In tne supreme
by their servants at the behest of the cr??is ot war h ayc no thought to
bosses, the wrongs formerly perpe- c,r or,,pa"7 ' Tnw
trated by the railroads, the infamies ne "",dvbMt serve h!s cunty- U ,s
of child labor and the crime of race ' '"V
suicide. His love of the strenuous life tbat 'n bla lat Pubc statement, issued
tirrrt him to hitter denunciation of on th v death, he should
th irll rirh. th loafer the morallv have sald: "There must be no sasgln
inffiein ni thai ernnknl Hi. life I back in the fight for Americanism
In th. Wmi nvMlM to him its creat Ko" h waa h greatest example of
...in, rr.,rre. niirf rirort him with that invincible spirit which has car
ambition to stop their waste and to !"ied tn? American flag triumphantly
nrnmi.1. th-ir u. for hi desire was iorwara n many a Dauie irom ix
fait accompli. The thing can be done
whenever a few inconsequential de
tails are attended to. Not a student
of flying is there that doubts it.
- . So there remains to be done noth
ing except go on with the building of
airplanes. The hidden recesses of
vast mountain chains will be visited
at leisure. Oceans and deserts will be
crossed whenever it seems worth
while; and it 'will always be worth
while to some cartographer so long as
there is a township's area unmapped,
What this may mean to international
relationships, say, in South America,
or to. development of the. interior of
the continent of Africa, it requires no
seer to apprehend. The explorer, the
surveyor, every other avant courier of
civilization and progress is provided
with a prime instrument of his call
ing ready "at hand.
Four years have brought about a
degree of perfection in the construe
tion of flying machines which no one
would have predicted In the beginning
of the war, but they have prepared
us to accept as a matter of course
anything that may come. ' It is cer
tain that' vast quantities of material
will be required to complete the prob
able programme of the immediate fu
ture. This ties up a growing industry
with the Pacific Northwest, which
went to the rescue of the country in
time of war and which can be de
pended upon in this regard not to fail
the airplane builders in time of peace.
SELF-DETERMINATION IN PRACTICE.
The emancipated people of Central
and Kastern Europe are not waiting
for the peace congress to decide how
they shall go about the process of self
determination. The diplomats at Ver
sailles would doubtless prefer that
they take a referendum vote to deter
mine their boundaries, with allied
armies to insure a free vote and a fair
count, but these peoples are going
about it in their traditional manner,
that is, by force.
Thus it is that the Czechs are occu.
pying by force all of the ancient .king.
dom of Bohemia, deposing German
officials and installing Czechs in their
places. The Poles are doing likewise.
Oregon. It is hardly possible that t tne great indignation ana aiarm ot
anyone now in Oregon, familiar with the Germans on one side and the
public opinion and the tolerance of Ukrainians on another, while they dam
Those Who Come and Go.
private Indulgence then, will venture
to say that it would have been prac
ticable. Is it not a reasonable as
sumption that, if state-wide prohibi
tion had been tried and had failed.
back the waves of Bolshevism on a
third side. The Roumanians have ad
vanced to the farthest limits of Tran
sylvania despite the protests of 'the
Magyars. The Jugo-Slavs contest
to see all men and all nature in this
broad continent at work to their high.
est efficiency. His quick brain leaped
to a sound conclusion while slower
brains were laboring toward It, and
he promptly hasteneU to put it In
execution, beating down opposition
and slaying with invective all who
stood in his way. An opinion was no
sooner formed In his mind than It was
communicated to the world in speeches, h" have been his practical achieve
ington to Sedan, and which, after sub
duing the whole breadth of this conti
nent. now bids fair to win the whole
world for democracy,
For twenty years the National life
of the United States has revolved
around Theodore Roosevelt. Whether
he was in or out of office, he has
usually been the central figure. Great
ments, he will live In history as
moral force which lifted the people
up to the high level of idealism that
they now occupy, and his acts as
statesman will be remembered as the
practical application of his Ideals. We
can only measure the change which
he chiefly has wrought by comparing
what we now are, what we now think
and the problems with which we
wrestle with what we were and
thought and with the problems which
perplexed us before Roosevelt became
a National voice and a National asset
It is a veritable moral, political, social
and economic transformation, and it
was produced by Roosevelt and by the
men who received their impulse from
him. The Nation has rarely seen his
equal, and has never seen his like.
books, magazine articles and all the
many ways ot publicity, and was f ham
stoned with restless vigor.
As we trace his public career, we
ran almost see him grow from a local
politician to a statesman of world re
pute. His experience as a New York
legislator, as police commissioner, as
civil service commissioner, as Gover
nor, were preparation for greater
work, for which he showed his fitness
when, as Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, he ordered Dewey to Manila to
destroy the Spanish fleet and thwart
the ambitious designs of the Kaiser.
His combativeness and his yearning to
be on the scene of action put him at
the head of the Rough Riders In the
charge up San Juan Hill. His Impa
tience of restraint in the presence of
human suffering and official blunder- make the channel deep and wide.
lng led him to circulate the famous It la well that the Port of Portland
round robin at Santiago.- When he I Commission and the Dock Commission
eaw what he deemed a wrong, his un- have taken up the question of deep-
controllable impulse was to smash it. ening the Columbia River channel to
and the greater the wrong the greater 35 feet, for there is good reason to
his ardor, for nothing could daunt his believe that such depth will be needed
courage. I by the time It is attained. It is to be
hoDed that the work will be done In
When fate called Roosevelt to the -Uph manner as to insure that the
Presidency, these qualities had full depth mentioned will be permanent
play, and the great capacity and many all the year around, as was decided at
sides or tne man were revealed. He the conference with Colonel Zinn. and
ruthlessly attacked corporate wrongs that the channel will be widened, for
In all their varied forms. He drove lit is now only half the width of that
the irrigation bill through Congress, up the Elbe to Hamburg.
and committed the Nation to the I To say that we have a channel of a
policy of conservation. He brought I certain depth is folly unless that is the
the long controversy over the Isthmian actual minimum depth and unless it is
ranai to an end. turned Congress frcm maintained at all time, not merely
Nicaragua to ianama ana seizea the after the annual dredging Is com
opportunity to take Panama" so pieted. Although we may deceive
promptly that he was falsely, though I ourselves, we cannot deceive ship cap
with some superficial show of reason, tains who navigate the channel, aud
accused ut jiaviag eiajrea xne revoiu- they pass the word around among
Tion. Alter trying one man arter an- their craft all over the world. If we
other, he found in General Goethals hriM claim areater deDth than we
trie man to aig tne canal, ana by cut- I have, some 6hiD captain would con
ting the trammels which Congress had tradlct us, and the owner of his ves
devised ne gave ooethals the undis-1 set would believe him in preference.
puted power that was necessary.
Yhen thus discredited, we should not
be' believed even when we told the
truth, and the channel would have
to live down a bad reputation.
In the near future ships from all
portrmay be expected to visit Port
Roosevelt's pugnacious energy formed
a show of reason for his being called
a militarist by those whom he con
temptuously termed motlvcoddles. In
tact, he accomplished more to Dre-1 land, and tt will be worth much to
serve peace among nations than attytne-Prt 11 their captains carry away
other man or his time, not excepting lavoraoie reports aooui me oepm anu
that arch-pacifist, W. J. Bryan; but I width of the channel and the excel
h refused to keep the peace at the lence of the harbor facilities. It will
sacrifice of right, even thourh this b worth much more If the facts agree
meant war. He was proud of ftie title w'th the statements sent abroad. We
"practical Idealist" which he gave him- shall then establish a reputation for
self, for he refused to ignore hard, the port and for the reliability of its
unpleasant facts In pursuing his ideal I published statements which will prove
of peace. His pacifist critics love to a valuable asset in obtaining ships at
auote bis Phase "bir stick." but thev favorable charter rates, ana conse
carefully avoid quoting the whole fluently in extending our commerce.
phase. "Step softly, but carry a big
stick." He advocated use of the bigl Oregon Agricultural College betrays
stick only when other means of de-1 no scret in a recent statement that
fending the tight had failed, but his "feed cost of poor-producing cows in
known readiness to use it scared Ger- I Oregon Is but little lower than of high
many out of Venezuela when he producing cows," but it does a service
threatened to send Dewey and the in presenting precise figures which
Atlantic fleet, He thus prevented ' ought to impress any owner of one or
the day of effective control, or virtual Italy's claim to Dalmatia, and the
elimination, of the liquor traffic allies navo occupied tne province in
would have been long postponed? order to keep tne peace, mere ara
The Newbere attitude is interesting two rival governments in Siberia and
to The Oregonlan because it discloses four or five in Russia, and their boun
the trend of thought with certain re- daries are fixed by the good old
formers who have succeeded, or think maxim: "What we have we hold.
thev have, wth prohibition. Is their -Nor are tnese emancipated nations
next great cause to be prohibition ot a all modest about their claims. Each
tobacco? If so, we are to behold in-1 claims the widest stretch of territory
teresting times. 11 ever neia in tne days or us greatest
power, tnougn tms may nave uecii iietu
for only a brief period many centuries
ago and may include solid blocks of
alien population. Poland, for example.
GOING AHEAD.
The Chicago Tribune quotes approv.
Ingly the following from the Emporia had extremely flexible boundaries, and
Two Grant County boys, discharged
from the aviation service, have arrived
at the Imperial. One is M. J. Steach,
of Long Creek, and the other is W. M.
Davis, of Hamilton. Both boys were
in the overseas service, and were sta
tioned In England, in the ground sec
tion of the service. Neither of the boys
has any ardent yearning to go soaring
through the air for the next few years,
and from their personal observation
they are not convinced that airplanes
are fool-proof. Both Davis and Steach
are enthusiastic over the Liberty mo
tors, and say that these motors were
used in the British machines with
great success.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Churte, of Hepp
ner, are at the Perkins for a few days.
Mr. Churte is an old-time merchant in
his section.
Dr. J. F. Reddy. whose home is in
Medford, whose office is in Grants
Pass, and who operates in California,
Is in the city on business. Dr. Reddy
Is particularly interested in the chrome
industry, which he says is now in a
bad way, as operators have large quan
tities on hand and no market. When
the war ended the bottom dropped out
of the market because of failure to in
telligently provide for this new indus
try by the Government.
Harry Fox, who was born In Ger
many. Is disgusted because he did not
get a chance to fight the Huns in the
old country after serving more than
18 months in the 27th Artillery, most
of which time was consumed at Fort
Stevens. The returned soldier was a
mess sergeant, and in civilian-life fol
lowed the occupation of cook. The 27th
was three days out towards the war
zone when a wireless announcd that the
armistice had been signed, and the ship
was ordered to put back for the United
States. There was some celebration on
board. With the exception of a few
officers, the Oregon and Washington
men of the 27th were sent to Camp
Lewis, aud are now there awaiting dis
charge. Sergeant Fox was discharged
at Camp Eustis, Va.
James F. Corbett, train dispatcher at
La Grande, arrived at the Hotel Port
land yesterday on his way home from
California, accompanied by his son, J.
W. Corbett, who has been in the serv
ice at Mather Field. Another son of
Mr. Corbett was lost while in the
service.
Gazette:
Illinois, for enee. has the Jump en Kansas.
At the November election the state voted
a fSO.OOO.iKio bond issue for the conatruction
of a state-wide system of permanent roads
by an overwhelming majority. ina bonds
were not to be sold or the work to begin
until alter the war, which happened to end
a week following the election, consequent
ly. Illinois not only has the drop on Kan
sas on permanent roads, but has the means,
if times are bad and work la scarce, to give
every returning soldier who cannot find
at one time held sway from the Baltic
to the Black Sea, but not for long,
and it ruled over Lithuanians, Ger
mans, Ruthenians and Cossacks. Po
land is now reaching after the old
boundaries, and is determining herself
by stout blows delivered at the hum'
bled boche.
Does any man in his senses imagine
nih.r .nmlni'mi.nl a 1 n h on a crreat nubile I 1 ' '
work, where he can be self-respecting and I up hate and ambition of centuries and
provided with the common necessaries of knowing no means except force to
fared.
The war has somehow given the
good roads movement a new impulse.
The common desire to give employ
ment to the returning soldier has
make good their claims, would become
in good faith members of a league of
peace and would accept its dictates in
settlement of their quarrels? Would
they, as members of the league, vote
snmpihlne to do with it: but buildine according to the dictates of Justice and
roads, or any public work, merely to national right? Would they not rather
pay wages to somebody would not be ",an" UMla "w"
a sufficient reason for spending mil- oi tne league aner me iime-nonoreu
Hons and It would never be done. manner of diplomacy and of American
Pnr th. nairiofl of tlm war road con
struction was mostly suspended. Their lno emancipated peoples nave mucn
need was never so obvious. If there 10 ,earn oelore lne caa practice; tne
hart hn a svstem of National hiirh- high ideal which has been set for the
ways, the transportation service of the leasueI of peace. An effective means
Government would not have broken "l c"uu,u"" "
H,n Th. nrofitahla i.kb of well- m the hands of the great democratic
made roads, in both military and eco
nomic ways, was a demonstration to
all of their importance and necessity,
Now, the military exigency has
paiscd: but the economic lesson sur
vivos and the economic need remains,
The Illinois bonding law is said to
be modeled on the Oregon law. It was
constructive and wise measure.
nations, keeping the peace among them
and imposing on them respect for
other nations' rights to self-determina
tion, not excepting the defeated Ger
mans and Magyars, and only accord
ing to the methods of democracy.
There are said to be 60,000 cases
of mental aberration that have de
Other states are going ahead, some of veloped .In the Army. This is a small
them on the Oregon plan. Here it is
found that the revenue from automo
biles exceeds estimates, and so the
programme devised by the state in
1817 may be safely enlarged.
percentage, not greater than in civil
life, but more apparent because th
solider Is under view all the time and
the civilian is not.
Flagging a train with torpedoes, that
liquor may be unloaded in an unfre
quented spot, may lose somebody
job. Such doings cannot always be
AVIATORS BREAKING THE TRAIL.
It would be a mistake to suppose
that the spruce industry recently de- icept secret.
veloped wun reierence to its uearuis
upon alrplan construction nas seen AnvbodVwho thinks the old world
Its best days. Indeed, if we read the ls out ot gfaT 8hould stay up late
signs aright, aviation is now passing -noueh to see the voune oeople leav
through a period corresponding to that in the Dla houses and make another
or tne automoone some twenty years .uess
ago, wun tnis ouierence, mat ine au-
tomODlie already nas DroKen tne tru Th-r. should he. enonirh captured
of engine construction, and also that ana surrendered U-boats to distribute
flying immeasurably more challenges a numDer at the principal American
the imagination than traveling on the norts as exhlbits of how the Huns
ground, ins psycuioEicii laaum "M fought for the freedom of the seas.
point to development 01 aviation at. a.
Shoe manufacturers would do well
to remember that there is a limit to
the brevity of short skirts, which is
Imposed by the high cost of shoes as
well as other considerations.
It is no news that Western men are
more intelligent than tnose or the
East. It will be news when the East
discovers the fact.
rate relatively far more rapid than
has marked any phase of transports
tion and travel in the history of tba
world.
We are no longer amazed by any
thing that comes to- pass in the me
chanical world. Consequently we are
able to appraise calmly the recent
momentous incidents in airplane his
tory. For example: .
Within a few weeks a British Ma
jor-General has flown from Cairo,
Egypt, to the border of Baluchistan,
to a region heretofore almost unknown
and practically unmapped.
Lieutenant Godoy has crossed the
Andes, reaching an elevation of 19,700
feet under practical flying conditions,
htch make it plain that the feat can
be duplicated whenever a determined
aviator sets his mind to the Job.
Gianni Caproni, Italian maker of
great airplanes, says that he has al
..ortu rinutriir.t.H n mnrhin. rnnnhiA
of carrying thirty persons and a heavy -"ls nouse was in oroer ana ne
cargo, and that he is working on an- passea as in & pmwut nm. i(. .a
other which will accommodate 10
California will please head her
quakes the other way. That one at
Redding is too neighborly altogether.
If all that Sir Arthur Pearson says
about the expertness of the blind.
what's the use of eyes, anyhow?
Big joke at El Paso. Six hundred
Mexicans have organized for peace
and to send delegates to Paris.
fitting close of strenuous life.
You never saw anything solider than
the -condition of the Portland banks as
shown in the latest reports.
passengers, rurnlsning tnem witn
modern conveniences, including cab
Ins, meals and beds.
A Zeppelin factory near Berlin is
hi'ildina- a plane for a trans-Atlantic
voyage. An effort is to be made, per- The native and acclimated Oregonian
haps as a part of German after-the- enjoys rain, but ice ls a sufferance and
nr nronaeranda. to obtain for Ger- snow an aoommauon.
manv the distinction of having first
made the vovage. Shorter skirts tnis year win settle
The Navy Department at Washing- that "two looks" rule or regulation,
. i , i A J n.VIA1.AlrA. I h. "
ton nas announced mat un American- 1 wuii.uc;i .
built craft, equipped with Liberty mo
tors 'developing 1200 horsepower, had
made a flight with fifty passengers.
Certainly there never were a more
significant few weeks in the history Henry Ford wants a recount. Any.
of navigation. Height, distance and thing to oblige.
earning capacity all are involved in
these reports. For we are willing to I . Tough on the woodpile, but fuel is
accept . the trans-Atlantic voyage as I made to burn.
Put the members in masks and let
legislation proceed.
W. E. Gibbons, late of the sub-chaser
303, is in the city for a rest. He is now
a junior Lieutenant; before he went to
war he was in the local hydrographic
office. For some time he taught navi
gation at Pelham Bay, and later was
sent to sea in the submarine chaser,
a boat 110 feet long, carrying a crew
or is and with a fuel capacity for
three weeks. Lieutenant Gibbons
speaks highly of the sub-chaser as a
sure cause of seasickness. Everyone
on Doard gets seasick. During his two
months of cruising he never saw a sub,
although the 303 was ready to scoot
arter them at a rate of 37 knots an
hour.
Roy N. Bishop, general manager of
tne i'aiace Hotel in San Francisco, reg
istered at the Benson yesterday on his
way home from Spokane, where he has
some mining interests.
Mr. tnd Mrs. Horace Palton, of Gold
Hill, are at the Imperial. Their home
is in Sam's Valley, where the Rogue
River Indians made their last stand.
Mrs. Palton says the Indians were not
forced to jump from Table Rock Into
the river, as some people contend, be
cause It would be a three-mile jump.
Down at the Multnomah are a cou
ple of old salts who are waiting for
new ships to carry them out of Port
land. They are Captain B. O. Killman I
and Captain A. W. Ames. Captain Kill
man says that Captain Ames was once
steering a cargo of cattle toward
Alaska when he ran his boat so far
ashore that the cattle walked off ont
the lana. Captain Ames likes to tell
of Captain Killman being wrecked in
the South Seas and how ha subsisted on
cocoanuts after reaching an island via
tne rait route.
E. M. Blake, who has a shipyard at
uakland, Cal., is at the Hotel Portland,
koss finmgan. at tne Benson, yes
lerday received two letters from over
seas. One was from E. H. Bernegrtrer,
former manager of the Benson, who
is now at Brest, Fiance, and the other
was from George Underwood, a former
Benson employe, now with the 148th
Field Artillery, who has been fighting
wstn tne American rorces near Ver
dun. Mr. Underwood writes that the
only thing he wants now ls to get
back to Portland, lie Is fed up on war.
Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of the Or
egon Agricultural College, was at the
Imperial yesterday, conferring with
Jefferson Myers, secretary of the board
of regents, regarding the meeting of
the board to be held January 18.
ACTIVITY OF FOt'RTH ENGINEERS
Letter From France Gives Brief History
of Operations of Unit.
OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 3. (To the
Editor.) The following extract from
a letter written November 23 by Lieu
tenant Meldrum M. Rinearson. 58th In
fantry, but with the Fourth Engineers
until August 9, and near them until
the late days of the war, answers G. M.
B. K.. of St. Johns:
We landed at Bordeaux the 13th of May.
V?e had one encounter with a submarine,
a torpedo passing; between our stern and
the bow of the boat in the rear. The chasers
sot busy and our own boat dropped a depth
bomb that lifted our stern out of the water.
I do not know whether they sot the sub or
not, but the last I saw the chasers disap
peared over the horizon flrins with all their
guns. Tho boat we were on was the ex
Kaiser's ship Martha Washington.
We paraded in Bordeaux and then went
to Calais, where other parts of the di
vision were. Our train passed through
Amiens where the Boche cave us a shelling
without doing any damage. At Calais we
were bombed every night by raiders, but
our regiment did not lose anyone. From
there we went to Samur in support of the
British on the Flanders front where we
spent a quiet month. All of a sudden we
were rushed up behind Chateau Thierry,
where wo hurriedly built defenses, staying
there all through June and a part of July.
We did not get into the thick of the fight
but suffered some from shell fire.
On the night of the 14th of July we
sneaked away to a little town at the point
of the Solssons-Rheims salient about 1:1
miles behind the lines. The night oi the
17th we marched in the mud and rain, com
ing into the lines af 8:45 A. M. At 5 we
went over the top at Chezy and were In and
out until on the Veale at Vllle-Sayoye. Here
the engineers went out ahead of the in
fantry and built bridges.
Tho Oregonlan ot August 9 has an
account of Major Kewcomer and Cap
tain Growdon (the latter a Portland
man) being cited for bravery at this
time. Both officers have been pro
moted since.
We rested two days at Liffol-le-Grand and
again started for the front, taking over a
sector just to the right of Verdun at the
mouth of the St. Mihiel sector, and we
stayed there until the drive was finished.
Then we shifted to the left of Verdun (Ar
gonne front! where we Jumped off Septem
ber 26, passing about a kilometer to the
right of Montfaucon. On the Ourey we
passed Quentin Roosevelt's grave.
I am sorry G. M. B. K. failed to sign
his or her name, tor I would have been
glad to have mailed letters ot Interest
to those whoso relatives were in tha
Fourth Engineers, but not of particular
Interest to the public.
HELENA B. RINEARSON.
229 Forty-first street, Oakland, Cal.
In Other Days.
Demobilization of 65th Coast Artillery.
HUBBARD, Or., Jan. 4. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me if the 65th Coast
Artillery has left France yet. If not,
when will it leave? What ls its present
location and where will it be demobil
ized? AN ANXIOUS MOTHER.
The Oregonian has numerous Inqui
ries of this nature regarding the 65th,
Coast Artillery. All Inquirers will
please note that the 65th was assigned
for early convoy on December 7, but
prior to January 5 had not been listed
in sailings. Readers are asked to watch
the sailings and arrivals as printed In
the.news columns. Under present prac
tices the unit will undoubtedly be de
mobilized at Fort Stevens. This is all
the available information we can give
Constant Reader, Portland; Subscriber,
Eugene; A Subscriber, Astoria; Mrs.
R., Hood River.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of January 7. 1X94.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
condemned the statements contained
in Governor Pennoyer's Christmas le.t
ter to President Cleveland as being
"erroneous, misleading, injurious and
not warranted nor substantiated in any
manner by the facts or condition ex
isting in any section of the stale, or
throughout the state as a whole."
Berlin. An agreement regarding the
Russian treaty -sif commerce has been
reached on all points but the Russian
side. The difficulty now remaining ls
the duration of the treaty, tussia fa
vors a short and Germany demands a
long period.
Oregon City. Report of the local XT.
S. land office for 1893 shows that 576
homestead entries were filed covering
82,417 acres. Final proof numbered
379, embracing 56,521 acres. There
were also 62 homestead commutations,
covering 9980 acres.
Sheriff Kelly did not receive any
warrant for his fees during the month
of December. According to a state
ment made by Judge Moreland, his
revenues will be cut off entirely until
he has liquidated his debt to the county.
Sheriff Kelly remarked that he would
be ready to settle with the county Just
as soon as he could secure the final
report on the delinquent tax roll.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of January T. ISfi.
New York. Vigilance committees are
being organized in most of the wards
of the city for the purpose of bringing
rogues to justice.
London. It Is said that Greece will
introduce the claims of the Cretans
into the Paris conference, and will com
mand that they he allowed to declare
who shall be their rulers by pleblsci
tum. Jacksonville, Or. The smallpox lo
raging here. All business is suspended.
There are 19 cases under treatment at
the pesthouse, six of which arc anr
nouneed convalescent.
The West Side Railroad Company has
disbursed since breaking ground last
April nearly $75,000 In gold coin, be
sides large sums paid in lands and
bonds; has finished 130,000 cubic yards
of grading, and still has a large grad
ing force at work beyond the mountains.
R. L. Taggart, former football star ol
the Oregon Agricultural College, ar
rived In town yesterday, with the rank
of Ensign. He has been paymaster on
one of the transports crossing between
the Atlantic Coast and "oyer there,
Mrs. John Withycombe, and Miss
Mabel Withycombe, of Salem, are
amoug the Portland Hotel arrivals.
Herbert Hanlon, editor of the Pa
cific Shipping Illustrated, a Seattle
magazine that devotes considerable
space to Portland, is at the Multnomah.
The last time ne was here Mr. Hanlon
brought his mother down to the Grand
Army reunion.
Frank Albers, of San Francisco, and
George Albers, of Seattle, arrived yes
terday at the Benson. They are mem
bers of the Albers Bros. Milling Com
pany, of this city.
Ben Brown, Sheriff of Malheur
County, came to the Imperial yesterday
to look em over.
Senator Walter M. Pierce, of La
Grande, sold a car of fancy Hereford
beef cattle from his Grand Ronde Val
ley farm yesterday for the highest
price ever paid in North Portland
yards, 11 cents. This is the highest
price paid for a full car.
308th Engrlners.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6 (To the Editor.)
(1) In what division is Company C,
308th. Regiment Engineers?
(2) Where was it when the armistice
was signed?
(3) Where is it now?
(4) What work are they doing?
(1) It is in the 83d Division.
(2) Lemans and Castres, France.
(3) No further announcement.
(4) This is a depot division and Just
what the duties of its enginers are is
difficult to say.
Battery D, 119th Field Artillery.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. Jan. 4 (To the
Editor.) Please tell me in what divi
sion Battery B. 119th Field Artillery,
is, and If it has been ordered for
home. Are Marines whose time expired
during the war, but who were held
until the war was over, discharged or
kept in the Army of Occupation until
all come home? A MOTHER.
The 119th Field Artillery is In the
32d Division Army of Occupation, last
reported with headquarters at Cons
dorf, Luxemburg. Such Marine will
probably be held only until he can be
released without inconvenience if he
seeks release.
Field Hospital 167.
LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 4 (To the
Editor.) Kindly state where these
were located on November 11:
(1) Field Hospital 167; Sanitary
Train 117; 42d Division.
(2) Where are they at present?
(3) When are they slated for re
turn? ' C. H.
1 and 3. The hospital and train are
a part of the 42d- Division, now in
Army of Occupation, with headquarters
at Mersch, Luxemburg.
3. Slated to remain.
Previously Answered In News Columns,
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Pleaee tell me whether the 146th
Field Artillery, D, is still in France.
If so, what pi-rt, and when will they
return to the United States?
MRS. A. W.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Please inform me as to where
Company D, 161st Infantry, is now lo
cated. What division is it in and Is It
listed for early return?
LDIEK'S MOTHER.
PORTLA:.-, Jan. J. (To the Edi
tor.) Can you give me any informa
tion recirdini the 91s Division, espe
cially th& 364th Infantry, Mechanics?
Are they being held for the Army of
occupation, or will they be sent home
soon? SOLDIER'S WIFE.
PORTLAND. Jan. 6. (To the EdU
tor.) In what division is Battery
A, 147th Field Artillery, and v.-he re la It
at present? ls it listed for early re
turn? A. H.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 6. (To
the Editor.) Please inform me wheth
er the 347th regiment of Field Artil
lery of the 91st Division is slated fur
early return home.
A SOLDIER'S WIFE.
The foregoing questions were an.
swered fully in the news columns of
The Oregonian on January 4.
Seized Enemy Property.
SIFTON, Wash., Jan. 4. (To the Ed
itor.) When the property of an enemy
alien is taken over by the custodian of
enemy property and sold, what becomes
of the proceeds? Are all or any of the
owners of such property reimbursed?
SUBSCRIBER.
The property is held In trust for the
owners and they will be reimbursed
as soon as there Is no possibility that
the income or proceeds can be used to
the military disadvantage of this country.
Air Service Mechanics.
ALSEA. Or., Jan. 4. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonian several days ago
Company 17, of the Air Service Me
chanics, was listed for early return
home. Does this Include the First Kegi-
ment Motor Mechanics, of the fourth
battalion? A SUBSCRIBER.
Company 17 is not listed as a part of
the First Regiment, M. M., A. S., evi
dently belonging either to the Fourth
or Fifth Regiment.
Fifth Corps Artillery Park.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Editor.)
Has the Fifth Corps Artillery Park,
M. O. R. S., left France yet? If not, is
it among the units coming soon?
A SUBSCRIBER.
The Fifth Corps Artillery Park was
listed for convoy home on date of De
cember 7. It. probably has sailed by
this time, but had not appeared In lists
p until Jsluuary 3. Watch arrival lists
in TJhe Oregonian.
' Men Have Option.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Editor.)
Are the non-commissioned officers
now In the officers' training schools in
France to be retained until they make
their commission, or will they be mus
tered out with their old regiments?
MRS. M. SUKLIN.
48lh Coast Artillery.
PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 5, (To the
Editor.) How soon is the 48th Coast
Artillery expected home?
A SUBSCRIBER.
PORTLAND. Jan. 6. (To the Editor.)
Where is the 48th Coast Artillery,
Battery E, now located. Are they list
ed for early return home?
CONSTANT READER.
The 48th Coast Artillery was desig-
uated for return on December 14.
Watch sailings and arrivals in The
Oregonian news columns.
ll(!(h Engine-era Assigned for Convoy.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Editor.)
Kindly tell me if Company A and
Company D, 116th Engineers, ara listed
for early return. If so, what is the
date of sailing? Is Company E, 18th
Railway Engineers, assigned for early
return? . H. I.
The 116th Engineers were assigned
for convoy on December 28. Watch
The Oregonian news columns for their
sailing. The 18th Engineers have not
been ordered home. -
145th and 140IH Field Artillery.
PORTLAND. Jan. 6 (To the Editor.)
Please tell me if the 145th Field Ar
tillery is with the Army of Occoupa-
tion, also have you any information
concerning the 146th Field Artillery?
READER.
The 145th has been ordered home and
the 146th is listed with the Army ot
Occupation. The latter Is a part of tho
141st Division, now ordered home, but
presumably will remain in Germany,
354th Aero Sqnndron.
ORCHARDS, Wash., Jan. 5. (To the
Editor.) Plaase publish whether the
354th Aero Squadron is detailed to come
home or if it is in the Army of Occu
pation. A SOLDIER S WIFE.
It is not yet listed for return, but is
not in the Army of Occupation.
Company D, 37th Engineers.
NORTH BEND, Or., Jan. 5. (To the
Editor.) Please tell me in what divis
ion the 37th Engineers, Company D, is.
Are they listed for early return?
A SULUli;jrl 3 WIFE.
It is not in a division. Was last re
ported at Souilly, France, with no inti
mation as to immediate return.
A non-commissioned officer in train
ing has the option of being discharged
with his unit or of finishing his train
ing and taking a commission in the
Officers' Reserve.
Company F, Second Field Artillery.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6.r (To the Editor.)
Kindly tell me if possible where Com
pany F, Second Field Artillery, ls. Sep
tember 16 it was at Fort Sill, Okla.
WORRIED MOTHER AND SISTER.
It is a part of the Eighth Division.
The Eighth landed in France about the
time the armistice was signed and the
artillery has been ordered home.
Sovr In the 65th Coast Artillery.
MORO, Or., Jan. 4. (To the Editor.)
Kindly tell me if Battery C, 65th
Artillery, which was stationed at Fort
Stevens before going overseas, is now
in the 65th Field Artillery or 65th Coast
Artillery. A READER.
It is in the 65th Coast Artillery,
Son's Obligation to Support Mother.
GALVIN, Wash., Jan. 4. (To tha
Editor.) Who would be compelled by
law to support a widow who has three
married daughters and one married
son, the daughters not having any chil
dren and th3 son having six? All par
ties are earning their support by day's
wages. The daughters have no prop
erty and sons-in-law refuse to help.
The son Is able to support his mother.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The obligation rests upon the son.
Battery C. Sixth Field Artillery.
DALLAS, Or., Jan. 6. (To the Ed
itor.) In what division Is Battery C.
Sixth Field Artillery, which went to
France at the beginning of the war?
Where is it located. If not returned
yet, when will It be? F. M. ROBB1N8.
It is in the First Division, Army of
Occupation, and not likely to be re
truned for many months. Last an
nounced headquarters of the division
was Hayingen, Germany. .
104th Aero Squadron.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 6. (To the Ed
itor.) Please tell me in what division
the 104th Aero Squadron is and where
located. MRS. BLUCIIARD.
Aero squadrons are not divisional
units. Location of the 104th has not
been given. Watch lists In The Orego
nian news columns, as it has not yet
been listed for return.
Ordered Home, lint Has Not Sailed.
ECHO. Or.. Jan. 4. (To the Editor.)
Kindly state in tomorrow's Oregonian
if Battery C, 4btn ttegiment, u. A. -..,
has sailed and, if so, when.
SOLDIER'S WIFE.
It has been ordered home, but not
listed in announcement of sailings.
which you can follow in the regular
news columns,
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