THE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1920
5
WILSON MAKES FIRST
MOVE IN C1PWGM
League Statement Issued.
Irish Issue Evaded.
WESTERN TRIP RECALLED
Executive's Kcply to Loiter From
California Man Dodges Main
Point at Issue.
PERFECT OREGON AUTUMN DAY
GREETS CROWDS AT BIG FAIR
Young Married Couple Appear on Grounds Proudly Wearing Harding
Hatbands Gresham Lad Takes First Honors.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, Salem,
Or, Sept. 28. (Special.) This
has been one of the most lovely
days that has ever greeted any of our
state fairs. Nature could not produce
a finer day. I heard one young man
say that the air had the aroma of
wine. Perhaps he was thinking; of
ancient state fair days when Salem
every day had a stronger aroma of
something stronger than wine. '
But those days have passed. I sup
pose 9S per cent of the men and 99
per cent of the women of Oregon
would vote against the return of the
old days, when the aroma of whisky
hung heavy over Salem. The trip
from Portland here today was like a
jaunt through Elysium. I believe the
Elysian fields are supposed to be the
front yard of heaven, but no matter
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. The first
public document in the Dresent presi
dential campaign to be issued at the where they are the road in the Wil-
White House was made public today.
It dealt with the league of nations
and was in the form of a letter to
K. M. Schwartz of I.os Angeles, writ
ten by Secretary Tumulty at Presi- j
dent Wilson's direction.
The White House letter was in re- j
ply to one to the president in which
Air. Schwartz had declared the I
forces supporting the republican
ticket were contending that if article
10 of the league covenant was rati
fied the United States "would be
hound to support England in holding
Ireland under subjection." j
The letter to Mr. Swartz follows:
"In reply to your letter of Septem
ber 20, 1 beg to Bay that the identical
questions contained in your letter,
with reference to article 10 and the
right of self-determination, found in
the covenant of the league of nations
were placed before the president
while he was on his western trip la&t
year and fully answered by him.
"The president directs me to call
your attention to the following ques
tions and answers given by him to
the press at that time which I think
satisfactorily answer your inquiries.
The questions and answers are as
follows: .
ABmTem Referred.
"Q. Under the covenant docs the
"ration obligate itself to' assist any
member of the league in putting
down a rebellion of its subjects or
conquered peoples?
"A It does not.
"Q. Under the covenant can this
nation independently recognize a gov
ernment whose peoples seek to
achieve, or have achieved their inde
pendence from a member of the
league? i
"A. The independent action of the
government of the United States in a
matter of this kind is in no way lim
ited or affected by the covenant of the
league of nations.
"Q. Under the covenant are those
subject nations or peoples only those
mentioned in the peace treaty entitled
to the right of self-determination, or
does the league possess the right to
accord a similar privilege to other
subject nations or peoples?
"A. It was not possible for the
peace conference to act with regard
to the self-determination of any ter
ritories, except those which had be
longed to the different empires, but
in the covenant of the league of na
tions it has set up for the first time
In article 11 a form to which all
claims of self-determination which
are likely to disturb the peace of
the world, or the good understand
ing between nations, upon which the
peace of the world depends,, can be
brought.
Wilson Dodsrea Question.
"Q. Why was the case of Ireland
not heard at the peace conference?
And what is your opinion on the sub
ject of self determination of Ireland?
"A The case of Ireland was not
heard at the peace conference be
cause the peace conference had no
Jurisdiction over any question of that
sort which did not affect territories
which belonged to the defeated em
pires. My position on the subject of
self-determination for Ireland is ex
pressed in article 11 of the covenant,
in which I may say I was particular
ly interested because it seemed to
me necessary for the peace and free
dom of the world that a forum should
be created to which all peoples could
bring any matter which was likely
to affect the peace and freedom of
the world."
lamette valley between Portland and
here is, on an autumn day like this,
equal to them, fully equal. A great
poet wrote about a day in June. I
think he asked the question "What
is so perfect as a day in June?" We
of Oregon answer that by saying
"A day in autumn."
Air Filled Willi Autumn.
Then we can go a few leagues fur
ther and say a. typical autumn day
in Oregon is beyond the pen of poets
to write of. I today first knew it
was autumn when I saw a full-plum-aged
denny pheasant, arrayed in his
robes of green and gold and blue and
scarlet.
With head erect, he strutted majes
tically across the field, while by his
side, arrayed like a little Quakeress
in somber robes, his mate.
Then I noted the fading tassels on
the corn, the hops ready for the har
vest, the leaves radiant in color, fall
ing plentifully over the sward the
honeysuckle vines dying by the sides1
of porches., wisteria in bright array
on the lattices; the apples on the
trees were taking on their colors of
buff and brown and scarlet. Oh, a
thousand things told me it was
autumn.
The soft west wind whispered it,
and the air told us through many
senses. And we. who were thankful,
filled and filled again our lungs with
ozone, and thanked God for a perfect
day in autumn in dear old Oregon.
"Jope" Is at Home.
Autumn and the state fair come
hand in hand, side by side, knocking
at our doors every year. Sometimes
often Jupiter Pluvius, comes with
them, and musses things up. But lit
tle things like that don't discourage
us; we just go ahead and do the best
we can, and "Jupe" will remain at
home the next year.
He must be home now, and we hope
he' will not sneak out for another
week. Of course "Jupe" is the farm
er's friend.
He is supposed to send the needed
water to give us the crops. Without
him we would be lost. But we think
he sometimes uses bad Judgment, and
is entirely too liberal with his water
supply. One of the first things in the
way of an item I found at the fair,
was in the barn where the boys' pig
clubs have their exhibits.
The exhibits had been judged with
the other animals, the Judging for
the boy's club competition to come
later, and the first in the junior class
of Chester Whites, a lad from
Gresham took the first prize, the blue
ribbon. There were many entries in
the class and our little Gresham boy
was by many years the youngest, but
the blue ribbon is his.
I wish every boy and girl In Oregon
could read this, and read the name of
FAIR PRIZES ARE WON
(Continued From First Page.)
the fortunate lad. So I will give his
name and residence and the award
and ask the compositor to set them
in short lines, center them and then
put a rule around them, like this:
: Lester Lynch, Gresham, :
: First Prize. Junior, :
: Chester White. :
: At Oregon State Fair, :
: 1920. :
I saw something else today that
pleased me greatly. You know you
can find lots of things to please you
when you start out to be pleased.
Those who own and nurse grouches
miss this pleasure that thrives upon
pleasure, while a grouch only ac
cumulates more grouches.
In my search I saw a fine young
man with a red band on his hat. and
on the band the name "Harding."
With him was his wife, and she had
a "Harding" band on her arm. Next
month he is going to cast his first
vote, but his wife will not attain her
majority for more than a year. They
were neatly and finely dressed, as
fine as you often see the most suc
cessful merchant and his wife In
Portland.
Girl Entourages Hutband.
I sidled up rather close to 'them as
they were looking over a fine Jersey
cow and her calf, and 1 caught their
conversation. It disclosed that they
have five good Jerseys at home, but
they wanted this one. "I have offered
$S50 for the cow and calf, but he says
the lowest pr.ee is $1250."
"Tom," said the wife, "you must buy
them. Of course $1250 is an awful lot
of money, but get them as low as you
can We can manage it. We will not
buy the machine we talked about until
next year. I can do without the new
suit I was going to get, and I am
going to learn to drive the tractor;, and
help you out. so we can cut out the
hired man. Tom, we must have that
cow and calf. Go right away and buy
them."
There are verses In the scriptures
about helpmates and helpmeets. I
suppose they are the same. Inferen
tiully only the scriptures mention hin
dermates and hindermeets. The for
mer are the greatest blessing vouch
safed to man.
The latter but let that pass.
I would like to be here a quarter
of a century from now and learn how
that couple succeeded. I will make a
guess and say that they and others
with the same sense who stick to the
farm, and scimp their backs a little
to put more money into land and
pure-bred stock will "be the leaders
of men and women in Oregon a quar
ter of a-century from now.
Six Aerea of Automobiles.
I have not been all over the fair
grounds yet. I did not get here until
afternoon. But I saw here the big
gest Tuesday crowd I ever saw; I
saw the best swine exhibit ever as
sembled here; I saw the best county
exhibits ever shown at any state fair
in the west, and I think I saw I
feel almost sure I saw the second
day's proceedings of by far the most
successful session of the fair ever
held.
I went out to look at the array of
automobiles driven in and parked on
the grounds.
I will tell you how many there
were; I will tell you exactly.
There were six acres of them.
Maybe not if parked as close as
sardines are packed in tins, but if
thrown in loose, like shelled peas
in a kettle, there were precisely six
acres of them.
Portland, Theasants of Albany and
Hadiators of . Eigene, arrived here
during the morning hours. As fast as
each delegation entered the city they
were met by a reception committee of
the Salem Cherrians and escorted to
the fairgrounds, where formal greet
ings were extended. Many of the vis
itors were accompanied by their
wives, and to welcome these a group
of well-known matrons kept open
house during the entire day. Among
these women were Mesdames P. K.
Fullerton, L. B. Davis, O. A. Olson, J.
C. Perry, Lee Gilbert, O. J. Shei. E. A
Kappapan, Elmer Dane, M. L. Meyers,
L. W. Gleason. Gertrude Hartman,
Lee Canfield, W. J. Kearth, W. J.
Busick and Misses Gertrude West and
Loleta Davis.
Included among the Portland Ro
tarians here was Estes Sntilecor,
president of the International Rotary
clubs. At a banquet held at noon in
honor of the visiting booster clubs
Mr. Snedecor gave an address in
which he reviewed the growth of the
organization and its many achieve
ments.
Booster Clubs Drill.
Featuring the afternoon programme
were competitive drills between teams
entered by the visiting booster clubs.
enlivened by stunts and other events
pleasing to the thousands of onlook
ers. Two hundred dollars was dis
tributed among these organizations.
the largest cash prize going to the
best uniformed body. Other cash
prizes were awarded for the best
booster yell end best booster song. A
banquet, followed by informal parties,
dances and entertainment features,
closed the day's festivities as far as
the programme pertained to the visit
ing clubmen.
Judges were still at work making
awards in the livestock and other
departments of the fair this after
noon, and in most instances the win
ners will not be announced before
Thursday. The automobile and har
ness races held this afternoon were
pronounced the best for many years,
and the crowd in attendance was
larger than on any second day in the
history of state fairs in Oregon.
Every seat in the grandstand was
eold and standing room was at a
premium.
Machinery Is Demonstrated.
Other attractions during the day
Included practical demonstrations of
automobiles, tractors and trucks in
machinery hall, viewing of the floral
exhibit, judging of county exhibits in
the agricultural building, profession
al and amateur automobile polo con
tests, demonstrations by Miss Roberts
featuring the value of home nursing,
moving pictures demonstrating meth
ods employed in child welfare work
and a meeting of the old Oregon state
fair agricultural society.
Ending tonight's programme was
the opening performance oX expert
horsemen and women in the stadium,
the event being the Initial horse show.
Among those entering was Mrs.
Wayne W. Keyes, formerly Miss Ber
nice Baker of Tacoma, who brought
her remarkable trio. "Hildare," "Sir
Sidney" and "Lord Nelson."
Animals Famous on Coast.
These animals were the bright
lights at the horse show held recently
in Portland and have won admiration
in all sections of the Pacific coast.
Another splendid feature was the ex
hibition of J. D. Farrell's champion
harness horse, "Old Glory," and his
famous hunter, "Premier." These ani
mals were not entered in competition,
however, as Mr. Farrell is a member
of the state fair board and not eli
gible to participate in competitive
contests.
The appearance of a genuine Irish
jaunting car, the property of Mr. Far
rell and which had its origin in uorK,
driven by an Irish coachman and con
veying a group of Salem soloists
singing old-time songs called forth
prolonged applause at the hands or
the audience which taxed every avail
able seat in the spacious stadium.
Boxes along the arena were occupied
with parties composed of local and
out-of-town society folk.
Many Portlanders Enter.
Other entrants in the horse show in
cluded A. C. Ruby of Portland, Miss
Jane Honeyman of Portland, Mrs.
W. J. Barnes of Portland, Mrs. Z. L.
Riggs of Salem, Mrs. Natt McDougal
of Portland, C. H. Wheeler of Portland,
Oliver Newton of Donald, J. N. Grant
of Vancouver, D. F. Burge of Albany,
Fred Woodcock of Salem. James Mc
Cleave of Victoria, B. C; Miss Marion
Bowles of Portland!, Miss Nell Osborne
of Portland, Mrs. F. G. Andreae of
Salem, Miss Clementine Lewis of Port
land, Matt Ennis of Walla Walla, Mr.
and Mrs. W. U. Sanderson of Portland,
Claude Starr of Portland, James Nicol
of" Portland, H. M. Kerron of Port
land, J. B. Cornett of Shedd, J. H.
Lemon of Portland, Miss Helen West
of Portland and George Lauer of Spo
kane. Animals entered by these exhibitors
participated in the ladles' and gentle
men's saddle class, combination classes,
green hunters, heavyweight jumpers,
jumpers, and draft teams.
The horse show tonight far sur
passed in elegance that of a year ago
and will be repeated each evening
until Saturday.
Elks' Day Today.
Tomorrow is Salem and Elks' day,
and with all local business houses
closed it is predicted that the crowd
wilT be the largest for the week. The
visiting Elks will arrive during the
morning and will be met by commit
tees of the local lodge and taken to
the fair grounds. After luncheon the
lodge men will parade, the line of
march terminating at the grand
stand abutting the race track.
Other events 'tomorrow include
harness and running races on Lone
Oak track, completing of the judg
ing of livestock and other exhibits,
announcement of awards, examina
tion of children between the ages of
six months and six years under the
direction of the county children's
bureau, stunts by visiting Elks and
a reproduction of the battle of the
Argonne and other pyrotechnic fea
tures under auspices of Capital Post
No. 9 American legion of this city.
The sham battle will be staged in
front of the grandstand and with the
horse show will furnish an elaborate
and entertaining programme for
visitors at the fair tomorrow night.
Fair Board Lauded.
At the meeting of the old Oregon
state agricultural society held here
tonight resolutions were adopted
lauding the members of the fair board
and A. H. Lea, secretary for the ex
cellent manner in which this year s
event has been handled. Regret was
also expressed ir. the resolution of
Mr. Lea's intention to leave the fair
board at the conclusion of the present
event.
Fred A. Young, of Portland, walked
away with three first prizes in the
floral display while Clark Brothers,
also of Portland, was given the higli
award in another division of this ex-
9it ihe Gloamiticv
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On the tide of an old-time son&, the
happy memories come crowding. Old
dreams awake a&ain as the Cecilian
plays some simple melody for you.
All tlie solace, all tlie pure delifckt that music
offers is yours -when there is a Cecilian in your
home. For this rare instrument offers you all
of the world's music, old and new, and best of
all it enables you to do the playing.
Let us show you the Cecilian. Come in and
play it yourself. Then you will understand
why there is "nothing else quite like it."
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hibit. Mr. Young won first prize for
the best collection of greenhouse
ferns and best display of carnations.
Clark Brothers obtained the high
award for the best collection of cut
flowers. First prize of the best col
lection of roses went to Martin &
Forbes of Portland, while the blue
ribbon for the best collection of hardy
plants and evergreens was won by
John Zimmerman, of Tigard.
Prunarlana Win Prise.
Prizes in the Booster competition
were announced tonight as follows:
Prunarians, Vancouver, Wash., larg
est attendance from longest distance,
25.
Radiators, Eugene, best uniformed
organization, $25.
Hubites, Albany, largest booster or
ganization on grounds, $25.
Prunarians, Vancouver, ash., best
booster yells and songs, $25.
La Pansa, owned by W. Tryon of
Sacramento, easily won all three heats
in the 2:2 trot, main event on the
racing programme ct Lone Oak .track.
In the 2:25 pace, Jessie Kidwell.
owned by H. H. Helman'of Salinas,
Cal., took the first two heats and sur
rendered the third to Little Alexis,
owned by Fred Johnson of Calgary.
Yakima Owner Wins.
The four-furlong running event was
won by Gertrude B., owned by Ruth
Parton of Yakima. Time, :48.
In the match race of three miles, the
fastest event in the automobile races,
Fred Horey, dirt track champion, beat
"Putty" Hoffman. Horey's time was
2:51 2-5.
The five-mile free-for-all was won
by "Toots" Reynolds in 5:02 1-5.
An auto polo game between a Ca
nadian and an American team was a
tie at two goals each.
American Yellow Fever Victim.
VERA CRUZ. Sept. 28. Dr. Albert
Hedrick, a clerk in the United States
consular service, died last night from
yellow fever.
EXTRA! Orpheum show tonlght.
KXTRA! Orpheum show tonieht.-
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An Actual Occurrence Last
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History teacher (quizzing1 the
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two institutions in the United
States are doing the most to reduce
the high cost of living?"
Girl student (promptly) : "BEN
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