Morning Oregonian., March 13, 1919, Page 5, Image 5

TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, T IT URSD A Y, MAttCIT 13, 1910.
BATTLEFIELD WASTE
SETTLEMENT FACTOR
Ruined Country Is Background
, of Peace Conference.
WAR'S DEVASTATION SHOWN
Unanswerable Argument for Draw
ing Talons of Ilun Glvcn-Amcr-k
lean Soldiers Give Views.
t BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Copyright by the New York Herald Com
pany. All Rights Reserved.)
VERDUN". February 29. If this be
war, let us have peace. Amid desolation
that has left only one building in this
entire city uninjured bullet marks do
not count and that has blasted trees
and shrubs and God's green grass, one
pets a new estimate of what the peace
conference are talking about; and he
joins the chorus which demands that
every member of .the conference, and
every adviser, shall visit personally the
devastated areas.
This peace conference had to be held
in France. Neutral ground would never
have served. It needs the background
that stretches like a ghastly ribbon of
death entirely across the borderland of
France. "When diplomats get to theor
izing, and to talking of claims and
spheres and rights and ambitions, as if
they were dealing with cold and math
ematical factors in an impersonal game,
then they need to see the Souain or
Sommepy or Grand Pre or Verdun or
Itheims or Vaux, or any others of hun
dreds of once-thriving cities of France.
Within a few hours- ride of Paris one
may behold with his own eyes more of
the real meaning of war than he has
gained from all the volumes and news
paper reports that have been written.
Should any delegate become chauvinis
tic, and inclined to listen to the rattle
of the saber, he has only to go for a
half day's outtng in his automobile to
understand, as no learning or lore or
eloquence could teach him, that this
Paris conference must once and for all
make an end of war.
Kxhibit Are Presented.
More than 5000 books from the Con
gressional Hbrary were brou ;ht -to
' France by the attaches of the American
peace commission. A few miles to the
north lies a volume written, like thi
Kgyptian hieroglyphics, in stone, by
the hand of the Hun; and it is more
convincing than all the tomes from the
shelves of Washington's ;rreat literary
storehouse. Here, in uncounted and un
measured heaps of smashed homes and
prostrate churches and collapsed busi
ness houses and official structures
the modest dwelling of the working
man lying level with the obliterated
ancient cathedral or stately chateau
is written the story of the Huns en
deavor. One's eyes grow tired looking upon
It; and the numbed mind refuses to
react with vivid impressions. In New
York tens of thousands of persons
would throng to see one bombed build
ing; here the visitor ceases to speculate
as to the name of the uninhabited
patch of gray ruins and romantic
Associations of home.
Refugees returning are sometimes
finable to identify even,the site of their J
residence, so overwhelming' and all
effacing has been the devastation.
After a time the grotesque shapes of
"the fragments that survive and the in
timate little reminders of what used
to be cease to affect one; as when a
child's cradle projects from one cor-,
ner that remains of a home that has
been sliced away by shells. Here is a
woman's : bonnet that has remained
when everything else has been pounded
Into an indistinguishable heap.
llccord In on Surface.
Delegates despair of bringing to the
Conference the tragic tale of the near
east, with its exterminated populations
and its obliterated towns, but there
is no need, if the peace commissioners
have seen even the tiniest corner of
devastated France. The record has
been written, in black, staring type.
It lies upon the surface. Such an
offense against insensate nature,
against human handiwork and against
the primal rights of man must never
again be permitted. That this in real
ity is to be a peace conference a con
ference for permanent peace is as
sured by the limitless evidence that
lies in such close proximity to Paris.
Grisly reminders of what this war
lias done to human life still remain on
- the battlefield, but all this is dis
counted by the imagination of civili
zation What war has cost in life has
been discussed ten thousand times,
though one gets a new sensation from
the antipathy of our young veterans
to it boys who never blanched before
the worst of it, and whose courage has
never been surpassed.
They express more pronounced con
victions than the statesmen against the
recurrence of this thing which caused
the flower of manhood to undergo un-
Jmagmed and indescribable sufferings.
Our troops are not pacifists, and they
would go through it all again to crush
Vy the only method possible the spirit
f Prusslanism. But the combat armies
are for peace, from considerations that
in nowise affect their own personal
eafety or valor.
Earth Laid Waste.
If the cost of the war in
Site has been appraised and
ashed fruits of civilization
sentiment
in demol
has been
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ported: American skill
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utation. Durable, smart.
Kid-fitting washable.
reasonably understood, there remains
one phase of the devastation which
France and Belgium have undergone
that only personal contact can make
clear. This is the blight of soil.
Yesterday I saw miles of ground that
has been so churned by shells that the
good ground has been completely
turned under and the white limestone
has been brought to the top. This land
will not grow a single tree or shrub or
f stalk of wheat for generations to come.
The earth Itself God's beneficent earth,
which has done only good to man
has beerr ruined. Now it Is, for long
expanses, a hideous and sterile heap of
hidden limestone, -vomited up from the
depths.
No plow will ever pierce these hil
locks and craters. Human eye will
never look upon it with pleasure. Chil
dren will not be brought to the spot,
generations hence, by successful men
and told, "Behold, these are the fair
fields on which I played as a child." A
permanent affront has been committed
against nature by the hurricane of
steel, which, in pursuit of man, wound
ed Mother Earthy
Every man who has a voice in the
peace conference has only to look upon
this to become convinced that no pow
er, be It Germany, America. Britain.
France. Italy, Japan, Russia or any
other nation, is ever again to be per
mitted to indulge in designs which
may bear such monstrous fruitage as
this seared, scarred, spoiled soil.
Yankees Amid the Rutna.
Amid the desolation of this part of
France is a factor that is gifted with
the capacity for making itself felt In
the conference. This is the presence of
something like 160,000 American sol
diers, scattered over the region in
small units. Such are the ramifications
of democracy that even the remotest
private may have personal relationships
with the highest of the land. We may
be sure that the mind of the army is
getting to the delegates. This is a
viewpoint of value and possible only
because the soldiers are here and near
to 'Paris. Like their compatriots at
home, they have a genius for inde
pendent thought. And they know the
facts.
There is no romance about soldiering
in the devastated regions. It means
remoteness from one's major unit and
isolation from one's fellows. There is
not even French small-town society. I
had mess at noon yesterday at Grand
Pre, which is a town so important as
to figure on all maps, with a detach
ment of the 2d cavalry.
There are only two civilian families
returned to haunt the ruins and they
subsist on the leftovers of the Amer
ican mess. Several times during the
day my automobile was off the road
and we would come to large towns,
filled with German signs and evidences
of occupation, with not a living soul in
the place to direct us.
Frequently we ran across grave reg
istration service men. making complete
records of the graves of fallen Ameri
cans. They were explorers in a wil
derness. At times their work is
thwarted by the fact that a shell has
fallen near the body before or after it
was interred and there remain no traces
for record.
Materlnl In Salvaged.
Other American detachments are of
the engineer corps, salvaging material
and organizing and blowing up the
huge quantities of German ammunition
left behind. It is day labor work that
the army now is doing; and they long
for the homes that from here seem so
remote. In one group of grave regis
tration men I heard a report that New
York, Boston. Philadelphia and Chicago
had been placed under martial law be
cause the people had risen up agains
a new loan and slow demobilization!
No rumor is too wild to gain credence
among these exiles who have got so far
out of touch with home. Even though
nearly 200.000 copies of the Paris edi
tion of the New York Herald are dis
tributed daily by the Y. M. C. A. and the
Red Cross to the soldiers away from
bases, it is impossible to reach them
all.
I picked up a doughboy at dusk along
a desolate road in the battle area to
give him a lift. He was pleased, for
rubber boots several sizes too large are
not provocative of the joys of pedes
trianism. He must have ridden nearly
10 miles in my machine before he got
off, to trudge another five miles
through those charnel scenes of his de
tachment. Nevertheless, he was uncommonly
Tiappy. because hp had been visiting his
unit, in hope of a letter from home
and he had go., several, the first for
five months! Speaking militarily, these
arl "orphaned" soldiers scattered over
this area "casuals" of all sorts and
conditions, who are tempted to think
that they have been forgotten of God
and man. All this is good for the peace
conference to know, for it is an almost
inevitable concomitant of war.
'War's Waste RecoRrnizrd.
National characteristics, cannot, be
hidden. American initiative and Insati
able thirst for knowledge have tstrewn
the battle areas with representatives,
high and low, of all branches of the
American expeditionary forces offi
cers, enlisted men. sailors, nurses and
welfare workers. They, are taking their
leave by sight seeing and souvenir col
lecting expeditions. Many of them are
"A. VV. O. L.'s" "absent without
leave." They profess to see loopholes
in their papers that permit these excur
sions; at any rate, the trip Is worth
the penalty! With little or no money,
these youngsters walk or get lifts on
army truckr from ail sorts of remote
areas, evauing the military police and
making friendly connections with
messes and barracks by the way.
I saw two sailors here starting on
their hike tfc the sea, each carrying a
German haversack, helmet, two nries
and two .75 shell cases, as well as small
souvenirs besides! Before they reach
port they may have parted with dupli
cates for a cash consideration. I met
even a Kansas chaplain doing a thriv
ing business in souvenirs, but the best
of the battlefield mementoes the boys
will carry home to America.
More vital than these trophies are the
impressions and convictions of France's
suffering and of war's waste, which
they bear back to reinforce the deter
mination of democracy that this con
ference shall produce a permanent
peace.
LAND OPENING ADVOCATED
Douslas County Official Asks Aid of
Senator McXary.
Clotlies for tlie
usisiess Mara
The tendency of
the. day is for
men to dress
younger. Not ex
treme but a lit
tle more shapely
in design.
Our new spring
styles for men
combine maturi
ty with youth and
dignity with the
spirit of a good
time. Quite es
sential in the
matter of good
dress.
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Suits and lighter
weight Overcoats
$25 to $65
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UPENDLETONTO SHOW AUTOS
XXCAL EXHIBITION' TO OPEN
THURSDAT AFTERNOON.
Studebaker distributor, treasurer,
L. A. Menton of the Simpson tire i
ice station, eeeretary.
Forty-three Makes of Machines and
Extensive Line of Accessories
Will Be Displayed.
PENDLETON. Or., March 12. ( Spe
cial. )Pendleton's second automobile
show will open Thursday afternoon in
Happy Canyon pavilion.
There will be 43 makes of machines
from the several members of the Ford
family to the latest model of the Peer
less and Marmon cars on display. In
the arena, where a canvas covering
has been laid to protect the crowds
against the weather and where strings
of electric lights emulate the sun's
raye, the numeroue trucks and tractors
which are handled in a farm country
uch as this will be exhibited. Ten
accessory houses will have space in '
the pavilion.
Except for concerts each afternoon
and evening the entertainment fea
tures of the show will wait until the
last night, when there is promised an
evening of frolic that will awaken
memories "of Round-up days. On ilon
day evening, following the show, after
the machines "have been moved from
the pavilion, the management nae
promised to stage a St. Patrick's day
'Jitney dance as a final wind-up for
he year's event.
The show Is planned on a permanent
basis. The association of automobile
dealers in the city has purchased all
of the decorations and material used
ahd plans to make this an annual
event.
The show is staged by a committee of
the Pendleton Automobile association,
which was formed two years ago when
he first show, was planned. The of
ficers of the association are: J. B.
Knight of the Alleh-Knight Co.. presi
dent; J. E. Elkins of the Oregon Motor
Garage, vice-president; Kyle Long,
Board Fence Hides Pretty
Ankles From Jurors.
Betty lurk Held Too Generous
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ROSEBERG, Or., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Opening of the O. & C. railroad
grant lands in Douglas county to set
tlement by returning soldiers is advo
cated by District Attorney Neuner,
who has taken the matter up with
Senator McNary, asking that the Ore
gon delegation in congress Initiate ac
tion looking to the placing of the
lands at the disposal of men returning
from the army.
In a letter to ,3fenator McNary the
district attorney points out that grant
lands in Josephine and Jackson coun
ties have been opened for settlement.
but none in Douglas county has be
come subject to homestead entry. With
in the past two weeks a number of
soldiers have solicited District Attor
ney Neuner for assistance in securing
homesteads from -the Oregon & Call
fornia railroad grant lands.
Many School Children Are Sickly
Mothers v,hy value their rnvn comfort and
the welfare of their children, should never
pf; without a bn if Mother Oray'a Sweet
Powders for Children, for use throughout the
eeaaon. They Break up Colds. Reiieve "Fe
vcrishness. Constipation, Teething Disorders.
feadache and Slomacn Troubles. Uaed by
inothers for ovor :: ycara. THESE POTV
TKFIS GIVE SATISFACTION. All drug
feierM, Uea'i acct.pt asx jutuUtutcAd.
Injunction Case Docketed.
YAKIMA. Wash., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Judge V. H. Kudkin was here
yesterday making arrangements for the
May term of federal court in this city.
He overruled a motion for an injunc
tion against immediate enforcement of
the order of the public service com
mission increasing rates for water on
the Hanford irrigation project on the
Columbia river. The case, which wil
be heard at the May term of court, has
about 900 defendants.
Read, The. presgaiaft pUesilied, a4a.
EW YORK. March 12. Because
Mrs. Betty Inch was too generous
in the display of her ankles to Jury
men who failed a month ago to agree
on a verdict in her trial on a charge
of extortion, she found the witness
stand surrounded by a four-foot board
fence when she apepared today In the
supreme court for the second hearing
of her case. .
Court attendants recalled a state
ment of the prosecutor when the first
jury disagreed that "Mrs. Inch must
not show her ankles to the Jurors at
the next trial," and that he would
"ask the court to make her lower her
dress."
"What Is it. a spite fence?" the
comely Mrs. Inch inquired when she
entered the courtroom.
The partition concealed all but her
head and shoulders when she took the
stand. She is being tried on a charge
of extorting J215 from Eugene P. Her
man, president of the Herman Motor
Truck company.
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Reported Australian Embargo I
Declared Krroneous.
WASHINGTON. March 1J. A. W.
Kerrin, commercial attache at Mel
bourne, cabled the department of com
merce today that the report that Aus
tralia had prohibited importation of all
except British products was incorrect
The report resulted, he said, from
confusing an order limiting the Im
portations of dyestu-ffs to British goods.
NOTE:
Without Fear of Contradiction the
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ANITA STEWART in "Virtuous Wives."
"FATTY" ARBUGKLE in "LOVE."
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HEALTH TALK
ST OH. TALIimmi MOTT.
- AD the blood in the body goes thro the
kidneys within a few minutes. Therefore
the kidneys are Tery important in health
or disease because the kidneys filter oat
of the blood most of the waste (poisonous)
substances and the blood then flows on
toward the heart thru the kidney rein.
What the kidney takes ont of the blood
forms mine. So it is very important to
hare the water tested by a chemist, at
least once a year. I would suggest that
everybody send a sample to Or. Pierce's
Laboratory in Buffalo, N. T., and receive
report of a thorough chemical and micro
scopical test, free of charge.
The kidneys and bladder suffer from
tbe wear and tear, and we get chronic
inflammations, nnroptjrna indicated, by
backache, painful Toidrag of water
dull, heary feelings. Perhaps tha urio
acid is stored up in the system in excess
ive amount, and consequently when the
urate salts are deposited in muscles and
joints one suffers from lumbago (pain in
back), rheumatic pains, ' gout, etc.
Nothing will act so nicely as "Antrric"
(anti-uric-acid) a recent discoTery
Dr. Pierce's which can be had at alljdrag
stores. "Amine" washes away the poi
sons, cleanses the bladder and kidneys
rendering them antiseptic, eonseqoently
one is soon cored of lumbago, rheuma
tism, goat and the body ia pot into a
clean, healthy state.'
CRIC ACID CRYSTALS AS PFBN
THROUGH A MICROSCOPE
Kidney Disease is the most frequent
cause of rejection of seekers for life In
surance. The first test of an examiner
is to determine if the kidneys are healthy,
because life is short when these organs
are diseased. Get rid of these uric acid
crystals (urate salts) by taking six or
eight glasses of . water daily and take
Dr.- Pierce's Anaric three times a day.
"Anuric" dissolves uric acid as hot coffee
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