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PORTLAND, MONDAY, 1'EBRCARV 3, 1919.
FIRST TEST OF THE LEAGUE.
Decision of the inter-allied confer
ence that the conquered German colo
nies shall be administered by the con
querors only as mandatories of the
League of Nations and shall not be
anneied is an important victory for
President Wilson. It holds the allies
true to the principle that transfers of
territory shall no longer be made
without regard to the rights, wishes
or 'welfare of the inhabitants, and it
makes the league a positive force with
real, continuous work to do -in super
vising administration of the colonies.
The same principle may be ap
plied to territory released from the
tyranny of the Turks, of which the
inhabitants are as yet incapable of
establishing and maintaining govern
ments without direction and aid from
the great nations. It may be ex
pected to apply to China, which seeks
release from the strangling influence
of foreign concessions and spheres of
influence.
The President called upon the
other nations to adhere faithfully to
the principles which they professed
when they indorsed his fourteen
points and they have responded. They
have joined him in condemning
the practice of autocrats in hand
ing peoples about as pawns in a
game, and they are called upon to
prove their sincerity by abandoning
that practice themselves. If they
should now divide the spoils of war.
and afterward establish a League of
Nations which would prevent trans
fers of territory by armed force, they
would be exposed to the charge that
tiey had taken all they wanted for
themselves under the old rules of the
game which they had condemned and
had fought to change, and then ha
changed the rules to prevent any na
tion in future from making acquisi
tions in the old way. The difficulty
of inducing the victorious nations to
adopt the "self-denying ordinance"
which fidelity to their principles de
manded, and the necessity of intro
ducing the principle of trusteeship In
order to make the inevitable trans
fers of territory accord with those
principles explain the President's "in
sistence that the conference agree to
establish the league before discussing
the terms of peace to be offered the
enemy.
.The most vigorous protests naturally
came from the British colonics adja
cent to 1hose of Oermany. They say
that they conquered these territories,
that Germany had used them as mil
itary and naval bues for attack on
their freedom, that they shed their
blood and expended their money in
winning them and that what they
have won they should hold. Safety of
South Africa, argue Generals Botha
ttnd Smuts, requires that the Union
hold Southwest Africa and avert all
risk of its falling into the hands of a
hostile, power. British Fast Africa
and Rhodesia want to hold German
Kast Africa, New Zealand wants to
hold Samoa, Australia would keep
German New Guinea and the Bis
marck Islands, and Japan would keep
the Caroline, Marshall and Marianne
Islands for tSe same reason. These
nations contend that they rule the
black races with humanity and jus
ttce and would relieve them from the
slavery and cruelty to which Germany
subjected them. Then, say they, the
victorious colonies of the allies should
take and keep their conquests with
out restriction on their sovereignty.
The controversy was a test of the na
ttons confidence in the power and
stability of the league. Protagonists
of the American position may say that
occupation of the conquered colonies
as mandatories of the league and un-
uer its supervision would give the
Dominions greater security against
aggression than would absolute sov
ereignty, for it would place all the
power of the league behind- them, and
that they have no right to sovereignty.
bnt should rule only as trustees for
the Inhabitants, in which capacity
they would probably get the lion's
share of material benefit in the shape
of trade and development of the land
and Industries.
The reply to this may be 'that the
league is still in embryo, that it may
not gain the power and influence
which Its champions assume for it,
ana mat no nation which has just
overcome a deadly attack can reason
ably be expected to entrust its safety
to so doubtful a guardian. After the
league was firmly established and had
proved its power and its capacity for
doing and enforcing justice among
nations, such confidence might be
well placed, but until then each nation
must be the guardian of its own se
curity and rights. When we recall
the terrible campaigns which the
South Africans fought in the deserts
of Southwest Africa and in the jungles
ot East Africa, and which Austra
lians and New Zealanders fought at
Gallipoli, in France and in Palestine,
it is impossible to withhold sympathy
from their view.
The strongest influence in bringing
about adoption of the Wilson plan for
the colonies and in favor of the success
of the league itself is the stalwart sup
port which Great Britain gives them
This means more to that country than
the original proposal means to the
Tinitcd States. The British government
has given pledges to the dominions in
regard to the colonics and has made a
definite treaty with Japan to support
its claims, and has received an equiva
lent in the shape of military and naval
aid. It runs grave risk of estranging
the dominions, even of provoking them
to rebellion, and exposes Itself to the
charge of violating a treaty which
the" other party has faithfully ob
served. Doubtless it looks to the
peace conference to induce the domin
ions to consent that the pledges be
annulled and to persuade Japan to
annul the treaty. Britain Is ready to
sacrifice whatever material benefit or
prestige might bo gained by extend
ing sovereignty over great areas in
Africa and Oceania, in confidence that
trade and ports will be open to It as
to all other nations, and that no ob
stacle will be offered to extension of
a railroad through the whole length
of Africa.
After all, the practical way to "make
the League of Nations a fact, to give
it strength and to inspire confidence
in Its ability to accomplish the benefit
work assigned to it is for its founders
to show their own confidence by put
ting their trust in it. Unless they do
this they are in no position to ask
other nations to trust it. Unless they
are willing to sacrifice something,
they can expect no sacrifice from
others. If the three leading demo
cratic nations become wholehearted
members of the league and make all
the sacrifices and assume all the re
sponsibilities which this implies, they
have a good prospect of winning Italy
and Japan -to their view. Brazil
would probably lead into line the
Latin-American republics that are
represented at Paris, and the smaller
states would naturally fall into line.
The United States, Great Britain and
Fiance are the big three which form
the nucleus of the league's strength.
Its establishment hangs on their readi
ness to apply its principles to them
selves, even to their own hindrance
and at their own risk, and on their
ability to persuade other nations to
abandon all claims inconsistent with
those principles.
PrZZLIJfG.
The first the very first of the fa
mous Fourteen Articles of Peace was
as follows:
1. Open covenants of peace openly arrived
at. after which there shall be no private un-
uerstaiiainjrs or any kind, but diplomacy
shall proceed always frankly and in the
public view.
to far as the public knows, the
First Article, and ull the Fourteen
Articles, accepted in full by the prin
cipal powers, have never been repu
diated, nor repealed, nor even modi
fied. It is, therefore, a little discon
certing to find in the New York World
correspondent's account of the Satur
day proceedings of the peace confer
ence, printed in The Sunday Orego
nian, the following paragraph:
Ther was something of a. stir in the
executive pension thin morning; when the
President took exception to the account of
yesterday's proceedings concerning this sub-
cct as printed In the 'Paris edition of the
London Daily Mail, on the jrround that the
publication implied a breach of confidence
on the part of some delegate.
Somebody had been giving away
the proceedings of the secret session
of the peace conference.
All admire our beloved President.
But it is not always easy to under
stand him.
TflK OREOOXS ARE COMING.
That was cheering news from Camp
Dix yesterday of the return of the
vanguard of Oregon soldiers. They
are glad they went abroad and are
lad to be nearing home. There is a
strain of joy running through all they
say. What the officers say of the men
is to be expected. They arc fighters
all. What the men say of their offi
cers nas the American ring pure
loyalty.
Was it feared these- Orcgonians
would lose their hearts to the maids
of France? Not so that it was visible.
Heart free they return, and what will
follow will be another chapter. And
they will have stories to tell not of
girls, of course, for they are gentle
men all. but of war and the incidents
of battle thrill, with no lack of lis
teners. There's a welcome awaiting each.
It's an apple pie in the oven, a choco
late cake in the cupboard, doughnuts
in the jar ajid a sirloin steak three
inches thick if he so prefers, with
the affections that have been gather
ing interest for months to be cashed
on sight. The first of the Oregons
arc on American soil, and may they
hasten homeward with all the speed
of steam! And may the others crowd I
them, for this old commonwealth is
hungry for a sight of its boys.
FARMS I'OK THE SOLDIERS.
Secretary of the Interior Lane, who
is always an enthusiast for any cause
he tan.es up, made a most persuasive
plea to the House of Representatives
for his general plan of land reclama
tion, though the House has been too
busy with private pension bills and
other such things to take action. He
stated that it would extend to every
state except Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Pennsylvania, and thus es
tablish a claim to the votes of a great
majority, but it should enlist the sup
port ot a majority on its merits as a
great piece of National legislation in
performance of a National duty to the
soldiers.
Mr. Lane has no doubt on one point
whereon much doubt has been ex
pressed that many of the soldiers
would have acquired such a taste for
life in the open that they would wish
to become farmers. He says "they
are coming with the idea in their
heads that what they want to do is
not to work in offices, but to work
in the open." He said his own son,
who had intended to become a lawyer
before going to France, now wants
to go on a farm, and that he has
hundreds of letters to the same effect.
One man writing from France said,
after talking with the boys of his regi
ment, tnat prooably SO per cent of
them would like to go on farms. In a
little convalescent hospital for sol
diers maintained by employes of the
Interior Department four out of ten
expressed the same wish. The Secre
tary also said:
The women are stirred up about It. too.
Those eirls that we induced as war workers
to go into the fields, those pirls are anxious
that there should be one of these projects
where women could prove themselves as
farmers.
It has been thought that difficulty
would arise about securing title to
the private land which must be in
cluded in many reclamation projects
and which must compose the whole
of some, but Mr. Lane has inquired
into that feature of the scheme and
he said of it:
Those lands can be had at our own ap
praisal. In every state and we have been
to every state and we fund that there is
a practicable project in almost every state
In every state there is a body of men whn
out of solicitude for the soldier, because they
believe that the war is not over until we
have taken care of the boys on their re
turn, are willing to turn over the land in
us; the United States to pay nothing for
it wnatever, out tue owners ot the land
shall be paid whatever we appraise that land
to he worth the owners to pet their money
as tne soiaiers mine tneir installment pay.
ments over a number of years. It is a per
fectly practical scheme.
The rest of the scheme is equally
practicable. Those soldiers who wish
to acquire farms are to be employed
at good wages in reclamation work.
may select their farm on the tract,
the Government is to erect a house
and equip it, he is to make the first
payment out of his savings, and tho
cost with interest is to be paid in in
stallments extending over forty years,
Mr. Lane asks for $100,000,000 as a
beginning, which would employ 50,000
men in reclamation, but there is
enough rich land awaiting reclama
tion to employ ten times that sum of
money and half a million men.
Every war fought by the -United
States has been followed by a great
migration to the West, and, as a con
sequence, by a great era of develop
ment. The only West now open is
the unreclaimed areas of the states
that are already partly settled. Given
the opportunity, the soldiers would
settle it as readily as their forefathers
settled the West of their day. The
sum asked seems large, but if this
country " provided for the soldiers as
generously as Australia does, it would
expend $4,000,000,000 instead of $100,
000,000. If this Congress fails to act,
the new Congress should make good
the omission without delay.
A CNIVERSITY NEED.
It is clearly to be inferred from the
statement of the University Women's
League as to the need at Eugene for a
woman's building that the university
is still feeling the effects of the series
of referendum attacks upon its appro
priations that were instituted a few
years ago.
At the time of the third successive
referendum the state had passed
through a period 'of extremely rapid
growth in population, yet not a single
building of any description has been
erected in six years to provide for the
greatly enlarged demands upon the
university. Recitations were being
heard in . basements, and in some
classes the students were compelled
to stand or sit on the floor.
The graver conditions have been
remedied with the growth of a more
enlightened public attitude toward the
university, but there are still impor
tant deficiencies to recoup. Probably
every other educational institution of
equal standing has provided women's
quarters, yet in forty-one years of
Oregon LTniversity existence the insti
tution had but one small cottage de
voted to women's needs. It was not
until 1917 that the modest appropria
tion of $50,000 for a women's hall of
residence was provided.
The present women's gymnasium is
a makeshift and a disgrace to the
state. It was built in 1S81 for men.
The deterioration of a $5000 wooden
structure in thirty-eight years may
well be imagined. The foundations
are rotting and the floor is a mass of
splinters.
In' common justice to the young
women who attend the university, the
effects of previous state parsimony
and of useless, heedless controversy,
should be retrieved. The Women's
League pledges itself to match an
appropriation of $100,000 by the Leg
islature, if the Legislature will grant
the sum for tho construction of a
women's building for educational,
physical training and social purposes.
It is a big and patriotic undertaking
to which the alumni pledges Itrelf,
and it is one that not only proves the
sincerity of those who urge the ap
propriation, but is practical evidence
that the lack of such a building is a
deficiency that leaves an unpleasant
impress upon every one who attends
the institution. It is a movement that
calls for a favorable response from, the
Legislature.
ROOSEVELT THE WRITER.
The wide variety of tho intellectual
interests of Theodore Roosevelt is
shown no more clearly than by the
list of titles of books. which he wrote
in the last thirty-six years of his life
The first of these, which was the "His
tory of the War of 1812," was pub
lished in 1882, which was the year in
which he entered the New York Leg
islature, being then a comparative
youngster of 24. Ilis average from
that time on was more than a volume
a year, allowing for five volumes of
"The Winning of the West," published
between 1SS3 and 1S96, and two
volumes of "Life Histories of African
Game Animals," published in 1014.
This, indeed, would have bcortfa huge
task for one who devoted himself ex
clusively to authorship. It is neces
sary, in order to appraise his dili
gence at full value, to bear in mind
that these thirty-six years of literary
production were also the years in
which he rose to political eminence.
With the list before us, it is not
easy to say whether he shone most
radiantly as historian, sociologist, nat
uralist, traveler, scientist, biographer
or essayist, yet one is tempted to pre
dict that the books that will live long
est are those that dealt with life in the
open, or impinged upon the subiect.
His biography of Thomas H. Benton,
for example, derived force from, and
its selection as a subject doubtless was
inspired by, the fact that it was con
cerned with the development of a re
gion which was very much out-doors
in the period of which he wrote. He
undoubtedly was moved to write the
life of Oliver Cromwell by his admira
tion ror upstanding force, and daring.
One other biography, that of Governor
Morris, is a tribute to his versatility,
and also, perhaps, to his love of his
home state.
Another fact that will impress the
reader is the progidious examinntion
of original material which the list of
Dooks betrays. It will not be claimed
by his admirers that he was a research
worker in the sense that he added to
the sum of previously non-existent
knowledge, but he did make available
a vast quantity that otherwise would
not nave attracted attention. His in
formation in the main was arciiratu
That he was able to engage, with credit
to nimseir, in controversies with so
called "specialists" in some of the
topics upon which he wrote is a re
minder of his thoroughness. His fac
ulty of observation was, perhaps, a
natural gift, but he also had trained
it greatly. When he attacked the
"nature fakirs" he used invincible
weapons. He knew what he was talk
ing about.
"The. Winning of the West," "Good
Hunting," "Ranch Life and the Hunt
ing Trail," "History as Literature,"
"Realizable Ideals." "A Booklover's
Holidays in the Open" and "Conserva
tion of Womanhood and Childhood,"
to mention only a sixth of the number
of published books, give only an ac
proximate idea of tho catholicity of
iu literary inclinations. That ho was
able to find time for these, and also
for the greatest volume of contribu
tions to current magazines and periodi
cals, and for messages, letters and
prefaces, makes him the logical au
thor of "The Strenuous Life," which
furnished a keynote of his character.
He was far from being a copvist. in
speaking or writing, as every reader
knows. The list of his highly quotable
phrases marks him as the most un
conventional as twell as the most force
ful of Americans.
The life, of Roosevelt is a, standing
example to the many who think that
they could write if only they could
find the time. There probably never
has been an author so greatly pre
occupied with other affairs. It is evi
dent that he had mastered the secret
of utilizing time. His literary career
is a fine lesson for the procrastinators.
Home of his books were written dur
ing the most exciting political years
of his life. A good many of them will
bo current after the works of other
men who devoted themselves wholly
to literature have been forgotten.
The feat of the French aviator,
Vedrines, who landed in his machine
on the roof of a house in Paris, chal
lenges the admiration of those of us
who appreciate the daring which is
required of those who are first in any
field. Interest in the first man to
dare the Niagara whirlpool in a barrel
and in the first to loop the loop with
a bicycle is not altogether a morbid
desire to see others put their lives in
danger, but is a tribute to the in
trepidity of soul which dares risk all
for a conviction that the thing can be
done and is unwilling to wait until
another has proved it to be safe. Such
was the spirit of the first barbarian
to set sail into an uncharted sea aboard
a catamaran, and such was the motive
that impelled the Columbuses of va
rious times. That the achievement
often does not warrant the. risk re
flects only against the performer's
Judgment; in daring Vedrines and
Vasco da Gama are one.
While Congress provides the great
Navy proposed by Secretary Daniels,
it should at the same time provide
the officers to command and the men
to man it; otherwise it will not bo a
Navy. When the United States went
to war, the Navy was so short of offi
cers that the battleships had to be
robbed in order to put destroyers and
other craft in service, and officers for
the battle fleet were trained while
the British fleet held the sea. The
Navy now has only 2552 officers, and
a ycar-henco will need over 8000. They
should be provided when the ships
which they are to command are voted.
The fact is worthy of note by those
persons who advocate a Department
of the Air that such a. department was
established by the British government
early In 1918, but is now to be abol
ished and combined with the War De
partment. In fact, the airmen must
work under the direction of cither the
Army or Navy and in such close co
operation with them as to make sepa
rate command impracticable.
On of the improvements on civili
zation adopted by the Bolsheviki in
Russia is compulsory marriage of all
unmarried women to husbands chosen
by the Soviet.' The children resulting
from such marriages are not to re
main with the parents, but will be
educated under the control of the gov
ernment. What a splendid loster
fathcr a Soviet will be!
The web pressmen of Seattle, like
their brethren elsewhere and all the
unionists of the Allied Trades Council,
believe in abiding by a contract and
will leave the central labor body rather
than join a general strike. That is
the spirit that keeps trade-unionism
in the ranks of real and respectable
labor.
The affair on tho vacant lot. this
year will be a "Victory Garden," and
under the stimulus of frco water, not
to overlook the daylight saving that
begins next month, it will be a source
of profit to the industrious man. Some
of tho fellows, however, will bo nagged
into it, but they arc in the hopeless
class.
Fair date are rteinir set flsr:iin nnrl
it is to be hoped that every state and
county fair in tho Northwest may be
a bigger success than ever before.
They show .a healthy interest in home
affairs and stimulate the right kind
of competitive spirit among neighbors
and friends.
The thrifty boilermaker who "called
down" a speaker" at the meeting and
asserted had saved a thousand dol
lars during the time of war was
hooted. Nevertheless he will have
money while tho others draw benefits
if there should be a general ttrike.
Other parties in Russia have such
decided opinions about the Bolsheviki
that the only safe way to hold the
Trinccs Islands conference may bo to
place heavily armed guards to keep
them apart and prevent a little Rus
sian civil war right on the island-
- Tho estimate that Germany's entire
national wealth amounts to only $83,
000,000,000, while tho total of claims
against her is $114,000,000,000, sug
gests the thought that nations ought
to be prohibited from doing more dam
age than they can pay for.
It Is well that the Pan-African Con
gress has been postponed. The Peace
Congress, the United States Congress
and the Oregon Legislature are about
all that most men can watch at one
time.
Those militant troublettes, includ
ing one from Portland, Or., will not
be allowed abroad. This is a case in
which Portland. Or., would welcome
an error in geography.
The French showed great pelf-restraint
until the boches crossed the
frontier. Then the poilus made them
sorry they came those of them who
still lived.
One reason why the price of eggs
falls in Seattle may be that the strik
ing shipyard workers are not living so
high as when they were at work.
There was not enough sunshine to
shadow the groundhog, and believers
from Missouri and elsewhere will
watch the weather with interest.
Allied airplane service might be
sent to relief of the allies in Archangel,
and probably will when the situation
becomes serious.
Principal Ray T. Smith, of Ballard,
has won tho respect of at least twenty
boys in. what is probably the only way
to win it.
- Half the session is gone and little
done, but that's the way with Oregon
legislation a whirlwind finish.
San Francisco has suspended the
mask order, and probably Portland
will have little need lf it.
The ban is off macaroni and all the
6tuff you wrap around a fork and
pretend to enjoy.
This city has no room for the- pro
fessional loafer, and he is a. .case for
the police, -
Those Who Come and Go.
When Mark Woodruff, of the Multno
mah, took his cousin. Frank Flowers, of
WrayN. D-, a Saturday arrival at the
Multnomah, out to dinner, ho had the
ill-taste to order a dish in which rabbit
was the predominating feature. Ill
advised, that is. so far as any resident
of Wray is concerned. For, be it
known, residents of Wray demand
health certificates with the bunnies
they eat, for they are apt to suffer
from tuberculosis. Mark and Flowers
used to trap cottontails in Missouri and
tho hotel man thought that the dish
would be a pleasant reminder of "auld
lang syne." It was altogether too much
of a reminder for Mr. Flowers, who
decided to "pass up" the rabbit course
They thought he would order a te
pee, but he didn't. No sir. Chief Levi
Bird .demanded one of the. best suites
the Multnomah Hotel had. While
his forefathers, naked. ranged 100U
hills, now it is Chief Bird's cattle, that
do the ranging around Glacier National
Park. Tho Indian is a millionaire in
his own right. He pays income tax
with the comfortable assurance that
the wolf is not stalking around his back
door. Chief Bird does not work the
chief business very much nowadays;
rather would he be known as a "prom
inent business man" of Browning, Mont.
Domesticity reigned among members
of tho Legislature in Portland yester
day. Mrs. Pat Gallagher.' wife of the
representative, arrlveti Saturday at the
Portland to await tho arrival of the
legislator, and Mrs. Colon R. Kber
hard pal a surprise visit to the Impe
rial and was there when the La Grande
hubby-Senator registered for his week
end rest Mrs. K. K. Ktibli. however,
dashed up to Salem, picking up "Kai"
and traveling on to Kugene to meet
their Delta Gamma daughter.
A night school for Americans will
be opened this week by Mrs. Margaret
Wong at the Multnomah Hotel, but the
students will bo somewhat unusual in
that they will study Chinese. Mrs.
Wong, unfortunately for picturesque
effects, dues not speak pidgin: rather
rn her enunciation and accent delight
ful. She is American-born, college
graduate, an expert stenographer ami
has a grasp of five or six languages
in addition to Chinese.
Two magnificent models of wooden
ships, exact representations of the
types being built at the Grunt milh
Porter yards, have been presented to
Eric V. Hauser by their makers, em
ployes of the yard. They are on display
in the Multnomah lobby, where they
brinc Portland's premier shipbuilding
position forcibly to mind. The models
are four feet long, are nested one
above the other, and are constructed of
alternate strips of light and dark
woods. -
Paul R. Whitney, of ST. Paul, is not
the haggard wretch which, by :i ac
counts, ho should be. Promptly at 2
o'clock daily, while at the Benson. Mr.
Whitney has a standing order for six
boxes of cigarettes for personal con
sumption. They awaited him at ihe
desk yesterday. Mr. Whitney looks as
healthy as if he had never read an
anti-cigarette advertisement.
While Senator Orton visited tho Im
perial Hotel lobby yesterday, he was
prone to hide himself behind posts. For
Senator Orton does not kmm- whether
tho fact that ho played "hookey' front
the Legislature may really result in
th bench warrant with which ex
M.iyor Lachmuntl, of Salem, threatened
him.
Sheriff er, no Warden "Hob" Ele
vens, with his beard r-nc-efclilli of an
Inch longer than in days ot shrieval
ties, was In Portland front Hie peniten
tiary at Salem yesterday. Mr. Stevens
ha.s the advantage ot bring able to
leave when ho desires.
Representative -. K. Judd. of Olie
halis. and 1'. K. Sinclair, of llwaco.
Wash., were hobnobbing with Oregon
legislators yesterday. Both were reg
istered at tho Portland. Mr. Sinclair
is a cranberry specialist and banker
from tho North Beach peninsula.
Dr. Chester C. Moore was introduced
yesterday by Sirs. Moore to the one.
day-old bnby jtvhich arrived Saturday
at. the Moore home. Iir. Moore Is a
Multnomah County Kcpresetitative.
Miss Phyllis J. Metsrhan is recover
ing from the influenza. For a Ion;:
time the. Mcts-jhan .family feared that
Mistf Metschan would not recover.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Umbarger, of Gates,
interested quite largely in the stock
business, were at the Perkins yesteY
day. George W. Ftambuck and Joe Foster,
of Marshfield. loicrrs and lumbermen,
were at the Perkins yesterday.
Major "Jim" Kyle, of Stanfield, left
tho Imperial yesterday for his Umatilla
County home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Gordon, ef Mr
minnvlUe, were-at tho Oregon jester
day. Walter It- Bilyeu, of Albany,; was at
the Benson yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson, of
La Grande, were at tho Oregon.
Wounded llnohand -Not Traced.
WKSTPORT. Or. Jan. 31. (To the
Editor.) I have not heard from my
husband since he went into action with
the 362d Infantry, Co. G, 91st Division.
It seems queer that I should not bear
or even get an answer to my letters to
Bureau of Communication and to the
telegram I sent to the Adjutant-General
at Washington, P. C. now a month
ago. Ilia name appeared in the paper
Jan. 20. under "wounded, degree unde
termined." Of whom should I seek in
formation now, as I would like to know
more of his condition? I received five
of my letters back from France, I
wrote to my husband. On each of them
was written. Wounded S-.S-'IS." This
is all I know of him.
If any of the officers of this company
and regiment are back from Franco, I
wish they would please communicate.
SOLDIER'S W1KU.
Tour experience has been all too
common. For another attempt at trac
Lag him send full data to General
Becords Office, Department of Cher,
Rourges, France. All interested, corres
pondents will noto that thts office of
records on February 1 begins the task
of tracing all men whose mail has been
undelivered in France.
THB SEA-FAillXU.
There's a yellow moon and a lover's
croon and a tide that bubbles by;
There's a wind-swept pier and a glis-
tening tear and a smothered,
longing cry;
There's the sad sea's moan as I turn
alone to follow the homeward
trail.
And to face a day that is cold and
gray and full of a nameless waiL
Tou'ro lost! and the sun and moon each
one look down with a pitying
cheer
And strive to light with their radiance
bright tho paths that of old were
dear;
But I hear always through the dreary
days the cob of a storm - tossed
sea; ,
And that wind-swept pier is the grue
some bier of the hope that 1e
dead in ine. GRACE E. mu.
KUWIPAPCRJ Hi: CD UI3 PASSING.
Brief Kxtraeta From JVorthwent Com
ment on Mr. Pittock'a Career.
Tho Nation loses one of Its outstand
ing newspaper publishers. Salem
Statesman.
His hand end eye and mind were
always on The Oregonlan; that off
spring of his genius had the best that
was in him. Portland Spectator.
There passes from the Oregon scene,
one of the great builders of the North
west. Catholic Sentinel.
Jlw imprint lias been left indelibly
upon tHe state, of which he was one of
the early pioneers. Eugene Register.
Pacific Coast journalism has lost one
of the greatest founders. Baker Dem
ocrat. The newspaper must be regarded as
a monument to his life's work. Hills
boro Independent.
n
This leading newspaper of the North
west represents the ilfe-work of these
two men (Mr. Scott and Mr. Pittock).
It is a monument to their indefatig
able Industry. Solo Tribune.
His success as the publisher of The
Oregonian. which is one of the best
newspapers pnblished in the country,
is generally recognised. "Newberg
Graphic.
As the Nation feels the loss of Colonel
Roosevelt at this time, so the state of
Oregon mourns the death of Mr. Pit
tock. La Grande Observer.
Mr. Pittock was not what the world
calls a brilliant man. but in his quiet
unassuming way he was a genius.
KuKCne Guard.
A morning paper that has few equals
In American journalism will stand as
a monument to his untiring efforts.
Roseburg News.
He was a man of energy, enterprise
and power, a worker and builder In the
development of the great West. Van
couver Sun.
He was a man who helped In the up
building and progress of Oregon and
Portland in particular. Woodburn In
dependent. His distinguishing characteristics.
even after his place was assured, were
his modesty, his kind-heartedness, his
attachment to his old friends of
humbler days, his deep interest in
young men wherever he found them,
and, perhaps, his amazing knowledge
of tho little things and the unknown
people of his state and even of the
whole Northwest. Takima Republic.
True to his friends, his work and his
dnty to a growing and struggling com
monwealth; truo to his country at all
times, his name and fame will be cher
Ished. Gresham Outlook.
A it li tho passing of Henry 1 Pit
tock Oregon loses its foremost pub
lisho-r, even as bis great associate the
late Harvey W. Scott was the greatest
editor. Weston leader.
lie neipra to make 1 h Oregonian
great, and The Oregonian. in turn,
played its part in making Oregon great.
St. Helens Mist. '
No man for 50 years has so forcibly
impressed the Mate of Oregon villi
ideas, with policies, with politics as has
he whose lite now ceases. Pendleton
Tribune.
lie -nas always for a greater Oregon,
and In his fidelity to his journal he en
couraged a fidelity to the great North
west that has no equals in Its history
ililloboro Argus.
There Is satisfaction In the fact that
Mr. Pittock did not die until he had
lived a long, full life. Pendleton East
Oregon liin.
The career of this rugged, upright
nnd i. bio publisher is a realistic,
roil i.i nee. Spokano Spokesman-Review.
His J3 a life of labor, and the busi
ness built up by his thought and en
ergy will stand through time as a mon
ument to the Industrial genius of its
builder. Lebanon Criterion.
Ills was a work well and faithfully
done. Forest Grove News-Times.
Oregon loses one of Its best citizens
and brilliant business men. Orcgou
City Courier.
Release of Nayy Man.
SALEM. OT.. Jan. 3. (To the Editor.)
Can an enlisted man in the Navy
obtain an honorable discharge at the
end of the first two years of his reg
ular four-year enlistment? I have
Kained the impression that ho could
do so on application at the end of two
years service. M. E. W.
An honorable discharge from the
United States Navy cannot be obtained
until the expiration of the four-year
period. However, there are three major
classes of dischargee, namely, honor
able, ordinary and dishonorable. An
ordinary discbarge can be obtained at
the end of two years of a regular four
year enlistment. If it is the desiro and
the convenience of the applicant.
Rank of Admiral Mayo.
PORTLAND, Jan. 31. (To the Edi
tor.) Does Admiral Mayo occupy the
highest official position in the I'nited
States Navy? If so, does he occupy
the position by an act of Congress
making him an Admiral?
LOUIS KNAP P.
Admiral Mayo docs not occupy the
highest position In the United States
Navy. He Is Admiral and commanding
officer of the Atlantic fleet, ono of
tho three divisions of the Navy. Ad
miral Benson, chief of the division of
operation, occupies the highest official
position and was appointed by act of
Congress to succeed Admiral Dewey.
Admiral Mayo is second in command.
Marriage After Divorce.
PORTLAND. Feb. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) Is a marriage legal if contracted
in the state of Washington within six
months after a. divorce has been
granted in Oregon?
2. Is the marriage legal in Oregon.
Washington or any state in the Union?
MRS. READER.
L It is not legal unless it was con
tracted prior to June, 1913.
2. Answer same as above.
t;enernl Iteadquartera Compaiy,
. PORTLAND, Jan. 31. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you give mo information
about Company A, General Headquar
ters, A. P. O. 706, Chaumont, France.
Are they listed for return?
ANXIOUS WIFE.
The unit is not listed for return and
would seem destined to remain Borne
time. ,
In Other Days.
I-'ifty Tra Aso.
From The Oreeonlan or Feb. 3. ISC.fl.
Chicago papers and civic organiza
tions are waging battle against the
heartless treatment of children in the
city schools. Flogging is still in vogue.
The Willamette River rose three feet
yesterday between .morning and the
middle of the afternoon.
Washington, D. C. According to
Congressional reports. Garfield pre
sented a bill to transfer the Indian Bu
reau to the War Department, which,
has failed, despite the wishes of Gen
eral Grant.
Memphis. The Rebel refugees from
Crittenden County, Ark., telegraphed
General Grant a request to interfere
against the militia in that county and
he replied it was not in his power.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oresor.ian of Feb. 3. P5P4.
London. The Pall Mall Gazette, in
commenting upon the action of Admiral
Benham at Rio Janeiro, says: "As long
as Admiral Benham contented himself
to protect American ships he was
within his right and duty but the
American Government has prepared a.
paper declaring that in addition. Ad
miral Benham ought to end the mon
archist machinations. This is the Mon
roe doctrine, which is not yet codified
within the la.w of the nations."
P-r. Calvin S White, captain of the
University of Oregon eleven, which Is
to play here this afternoon against th
Willamette University for the benet't
of Portland hospitals, expects an easy
ictory.
Dublin. Leaders of the Irish Par
nellite section have issued a manifesto
declaring the Liberal government's
rule in Ireland is a confessed failure
and that home rule has been pushed
aside.
T'.eriin. Emperor William, in .on
versing about the United Sta.tes and
England, declared himself vitaiiy in
terested in the United Sla.tes and thar
he hones to isit there in tho near
future.
niM is iioi-: rnosi'Eitot town.
Writer DUpiIri ta teinen tn Concern
Ing Mmldumn of Pacific V F.aMer.
ASHLAND. Or.. Jan. 51. (To the Edi
tor.) Reiening to the letter signed
"Democrat" in The Oregonian. January
27, disapproving your editorial on the
Pacific v Eastern Railroad, you were
right, and his letter, wherein he say
he is in a position to testify againn
you as to the great harm done to tbe
people served by the railroad, is very
misleading.
He says these are the t-ame people
who lived there years before the road
was ever thought of. but does not men
tion the ptotperous village of F.utte
Falls, the present terminus of the roaei,
with Its graded rchool. bank, gravity
water system, hotel, stato fish hatch
ery, sawmill, lumber ramp with large
payroll, with prosperity, enough to
draw labor from Medford, Ashland, and
other valley towns. Jt will Ik news
to tho many prosperous ranchers and
Kteckcrowcrs of that locality ti hoar
that it is very seldom they have rtionry
enousrh to pay their f.tres to Mcdforti.
Jim Hill well knew what he was
rtoinir when he planned his future .---te.ni
of railroads in Oregon. As fooit
as this line is comph tci the tralfic
will be heavy, as it p.i.-es throueh ai
va5t forest of pino atnl fir timber.
Your editorial itated the case cor
rectly. REPUBLICAN.
AecrrdHed 1 Hilary rollcgcau
POnTT.ANT. Jin. Zl. (To the Ed
itor.) Plc.tt-e give me a li?t of mili
tary colleces that arc recon li'-ed b the
United States service that a boy l-.av-ins:
a hisli school diploma i:in enter
and study electrical chemistry. 1 pre
fer ono in Oregon or California.
R. L. JACOBS.
The following is a list of institutions
having tho Reserve Officers" Training
Corps and It is sucgested that the ap
plicant communicate with Ihn insti
tution he may select as to the entrance
requirement and deFired course;
Oregon University of Oregon. Eu
gene; Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis. Washington Washington Univerf ity,
Seattle; Whitman College. Walla Walla.
California. Loland Stanford Uni
versity. Stanford University; Los An
geles State Normal, Los Angeles; Oak
land Technical High School, Oakland;
Harvard School, Los Angeles: Occi
dental College, Los Angeles; Pomona
College, Claremont; San Diego Junior
College, San Diego; Santa Clara Uni
versity. Santa Clara; University of
Southern California, Los Angeles;
Throop College ot Technology, Fara
dena. Where Are the Men?
PORTLAND. Jan. 31. (To tho Ed
itor.) Your editorial entitled '"Let
Them Face the Women." e-uggfsts a
title for another ouc, namely, "Where
Are the Men?"
Allow me to strctrcst that if the men
of Multnomah County would look this
matter squarely in the face and shoul
der their share of tho responsibility,
tho Huston bill, perhaps better known
us the grade teachers" bill, for the
Domestic Relations Court, now being
held up in tho State Legislature, would
be "put over" at once.
What are our men doing? How about
the Commercial Club, the Rotary Club,
the Portland Ad Club, the Progressive
Business Men's Club, the Ministerial
Association and the Y. M. C A.? How
about the Mayor's committee to inves
tigate juvenile delinquency and so on
down the line?
It appears that we should at least
brir.g tho child up to the level of the
good road iu the matter of time spent
on legislation.
The men to the front with the
women. SOCIAL WORKER.
One) International Tonsrae Advocated.
ECHO. Or., Jan. 31. (To the Editor.)
Referring to a bill recently before
the Legislature to prohibit teaching
German in the public schools, let me
say that sum a measure is good as tar
as it goes, but should Include ail foreign
languages, Latin and Greek not ex
cepted.
There Is reed of an International lan
guage. This language should be taught
in all schools in the world, as well as
the local language.
Congross should call an international
conference to meet at the end of the
peace congress. The place of meeting
should bo in the United States. This
conference should consist of scholars
of all civilized nations. They should
discuss an l adopt a language or com
bination of languages suitable for in
ternational use.
It is our duty and our opportunity
to lead tho world just now. The ques
tion is. are wc awake and big enough
to be the world's big brother? I be
lieve we are big enough.
' O. D. TEEL.
ICrtalning Vniform.
r.M.OUSK, Wash.. Jan. 31. (To the
Editor.) Please tell me If a soldier
who was drawn September 3 and hon
orably discharged October 22 on ac
count of not passing the test for over
seas duty can keep his uniform.
CONSTANT READER.
He is so privileged.
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