Morning Oregonian., December 21, 1921, Page 5, Image 5

THE 310IIMNG OUEGOX1AX. WEDNESDAY. DECE31J$ER 21. 1921
mm, ILL, BESET
BY FOES, FIGHTS ON
Chief Near Exhaustion When
He Started West.
REST, RECREATION BARRED
loner Facts of Trip That Knded in
ISrcakdown Disclosed Lan
sing's Position Made Plain.
ET JOSrcril P. TUMULTY.
(CopyHRht, by Dnubleday. Pairs A
Co. All rights reserved, l'ublished by
ArrariireriM-r.t )
CHAi'Tlilt XLI (Continued.)
When It became evident that the
tide of public opinion was setting
analnst the league, the president
finally decided upon the western trip
a the only means of bringing home
to the people the unparalleled world
Bituation.
At the executive offices we at once
set In motion preparations for the
western trip. One itinerary after an
rther was prepared, but upon exam
ining? them the president would find
that they were not extensive enouKh
and would suspect that they were
made by those of us like Urayson
and myself who were solicitous for
his health, and ho would cast them
aside. All the itineraries provided for
a week of rest in the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado, but when a brief
vacation was intimated to him he wn
obdurate In his refusal to Include
even a day of relaxation, saying to
me that "the people would never for
Rive me if I took a rest on a trip
sucli as the one I contemplate taking
This Is a business trip, pure and sim
ple, and the Itinerary must not In
clude rest of any kind." He insisted
tiiat there bo no suKpestion of a
pleasure trip attaching to a journey
which lie regarded, as a mission.
As I now look back upon this Jour
ney and its disastrous effects upon
the president's health, I believe that
if he hail only consented to Include a
rest period in our arrangement, he
rulKht not have broken down at
l'ueblo.
AVIUon III nt Ontsrt.
Never had 1 seen the president look
ho weary as on the night we left
Washington for our swing into the
west. When we were about to board
our special train the president turned
to Ac and said: "I am in a nice fix.
I am scheduled between now and the
l'8th of September to make In the
neighborhood of 100 speeches to vari
ous bodies, stretching all the way
from Ohio to the coast, and yet the
pressure of other affairs upon me
at the White House has been so great
that I have not had a single minute
to prepare my speeches. 1 do not
know how I shall get the time, for
during the past few weeks I have
been suffering from daily headaches;
but perhaps tonight's rest will make
me fit for the work of tomorrow."
No weariness or brain-fag, how
ever, was apparent In the speech at
Columbus, Ohio. To those of us who
sat on the platform, including the
newspaper group who accompanied
tile president, this speech, with its
beautiful phrasing and its effective
delivery, seemed to have been care
fully prepared.
l'uy after day, for nearly a month,
'there were speeches of a similar
Kind, growing more intense In their
emotion with each day. Shortly after
we left Tacoma, Wash., the fatigue of
the trip began to write itself In the
president's face. He suffered from
violent headache each day, but his
speeches never betrayed his Illness.
As one reads the western speeches of
the president he must bo convinced
that a great conviction and nothing
else could have enabled a man as
ill as-was the president to rise to
such heights of argument and utter
ance. No Jtecrention Permitted.
In those troublous days and until
the very end of our western trip the
president would not permit the slight
est variation from our daily pro
gramme. Nor did he ever permit the
constant headaches, which would have
put an ordinary man out of sorts, to
work unkindly upon the members of
his Immediate party, which Included
Mrs. Wilson, Dr. Grayson and myself.
He would appear regularly at each
meal, partaking of It only slightly, al
ways gracious, always good-natured
and smiling, responding to every call
from the outside for speeches calls
that came from early morning until
late at night from the plain people
grouped about every station and
watering place through which we
passed. Kven under the most ad-
ri tl"nii1 niiiimiuno nc ws
ways Kino, geniie ana consiaeraie o.
those about him.
I have often wished, as the criti
cisms of the I'ullman smoking car,
the cloakroom and the counting house
were carried to me. picturing the
president's coldness, his aloofness and
cxclusiveness, that the critics could
for a moment have seen the heart
and great good-nature of the man
giving expression to themselves on
this critical Journey. If they could
have peeped through the curtain of
our dining room, at one of the eve
ning meals, for Instance, they would
have been ashamed of their misrepre
sentations of this kind, patient, con
siderate, human-hearted man.
When he was "half-fit," an expres
sion he often used, he was the best
fellow In the little group on our train
good-natured, smiling, full of anec
dotes and repartee and always think
ing of the comforts and pleasure of
the men gathered about him. The
illness of a newspaper man. or of one
of the messengers or conductors, or
attaches of the train was a call to
service to him, and one could find th
president In one of the little compart
ments of the train, .seated at the bed
of a newspaper man or some attache
who had been taken ill on the trip.
There is In the president a sincere
human sympathy, which is better than
the cheap good-fellowship which
many public men carefully cultivate.
Sniper's Work Disclosed
It was on the western trip, about
September 12, while the president,
with every ounce of his energy, was
attempting to put across the league
of nations, that William C. Bullitt was
disclosing to the committee on for
eign relations, at a public hearing,
the facts of a conference between
Secretary .Lansing and, himself, in
which Mr. Bullitt declared that Mr.
Ijuising had severely criticised the
league of nations.
The press representatives aboard
the train called Mr. Bullitt's testi
mony to the president's attention. He
made no comment, but it was plain
from his attitude that he was In
censed and distressed beyond meas
ure. Here he was In the heart of the
west, advancing the cause so dear to
his heart, steadily making gains
against what appeared to be Insur
mountable odds, and now his intimate
associate, Mr. Lansing, was engaged
In sniping and attacking him from
behind.
On September IS Mr. Lansing tele
graphed the following message to the
president:
"On May 17, Bullitt resigned by let
ter, giving his reasons, with which
you are familiar. I replied by letter
on the 18th without any comment on
his reasons. Bullitt on the 19th
asked to see me to say good-bye, and
I saw him. He elaborated on the rea
sons for his resignation and said that
he couid not conscientiously give
countenance to a treaty which was
based on injustice. I told him that I
would say nothing against his resign
ing, since he put it on conscientious
grounds, and that I recognized that
certain features of the treaty were
bad, as I presumed most every one
did, but that ran probably unavoid
able in view of conflicting claims, and
that nothing ought to be done to pre
vent the speedy restoration of peace
by signing the treaty. Bullitt then
discussed the numerous European
commissions provided for by the
treaty on which the United States
was to be represented. I told him
that I was disturbed by this fact, be
cause I was afraid the senate and
possibly the people, if they under
stood this, would refuse ratification,
and that anything which was an ob
stacle to ratification was unfortunate
because we ought to have peace as
soon as possible."
Suspicions Are Verified.
When the president received this
explanation from Mr. Lansing, he sent
for me to visit with him in his com
partment. At the time I arrived he
was seated in his little study, engaged
In preparing his speech for the night's
meeting. Turning to me, with a deep
:,how of feeling he said: "Read that,
and tell me what you think of a man
who was my associate on the other
side and who confidentially expressed
himself to an outsider In such a fash
Ion? Were I In Washington I would
at once demand his resignation! That
kind of disloyalty must not be per
mitted to go unchallenged for a single
minute. The testimony of Bullitt is a
confirmation of the suspicions I have
had with reference to this Individual.
I found the same attitude of mind on
the part of Lansing on the other side.
I could find his trail everywhere I
went, but they were only suspicions
and It would not be fair for me to act
upon them. But here in his own state
ment is a verification at last of every
thing 1 have suspected. Think of it!
This from a man whom I raised from
the level of a subordinate to the great
office of secretary of state of the
United States, My God!
T did not think It was possible for
Lansing to act in this way. When we
were in Paris I found that Lansing service.
and others were constantly giving out
urally gave the conference the Impres
sion that Lansing and his kind were
speaking for me, and then the French
would say that I was bluffing."
I am convinced that only the presi
dent's illness a few days later pre
vented an immediate demand on his
part for the resignation of Mr.
Lansing.
Lansing Plea Answered.
That there was no real devotion on
the part of Mr. Lansing for the presi
dent is shown by the following Inci
dent: A few days after the president re
turned from the west and lay seri
ously ill at the White House, with
physicians and nurses gathered about
his bed, Mr. Lansing eought a private
audience with me in the cabinet room.
He informed me that he had called
diplomatically to suggest that In view
of the incapacity of the president we
should arrange to call in the vice
president to act in his stead as soon
as possible, reading to me from a
book which he had brought from the
state department, which I afterward
learned was "Jefferson's Manual." the
following clause of the United States
constitution:
In cane of the removal of the presldsnt
from office, or his death, resignation, or
Inability to dtchars;! the powers and
duties of the said office, the same shall
devolve upon the vice-president.
Upon reading this, I coldly turned
to Mr. Lansing and said: "Mr. Lansing,
the constitution is not a dead letter
with the White House. I have read
the constitution and do not find my
self in need of any tutoring at your
hands of the provision you have Just
read." When I asked Mr. Lansing the
question as to who should certify to
the disability of the president, he
intimated that that would be a Job
for either Dr. Grayson or myself, I im
mediately grasped the full signifi
cance of what he intimated and said:
"You may rest assured that while
Woodrow Wilson is lying In the White
House on the broad of his back. I will
not be a party to ousting him. He had
been too kind, too loyal and too won
derful to me to receive such treatment
at my hands."
No Ouster Attempted.
Just as I uttered this statement.
Dr. Grayson appeared In the cabinet
room and I turned to him and said:
"And I am sure that Dr. Grayson
will never certify to his dis
ability. Will you. Grayson?" Dr.)
Grayson left no doubt in Mr. Lansing's
mind that he would not do as Mr.
Lansing suggested. I then notified Mr.
Lansing that if anybody outside of the
White House circle attempted to cer
tify to the president's disability that
Grayson and I would stand together
and repudiate It. I added that if the
president were in a condition to know
of this episode he would. In my opin
ion, take decisive measures. That
ended the Interview.
It Is unnecessary to say that no fu
ture attempt was made by Mr. Lansing
to institute ouster proceedings against
his chief.
(To be continued tomorrow.)
Is the Joy of a Victrola Going
to Be Yours this Christmas M
Think of the life-long en
joyment you would receive
with a Victrola.
The memory of a mu
sical Christmas would
last for years.
. Give the whole family
a real surprise by giving-
them what they have
longed for.
THINNING AIDS FRUIT CROP
increase In Yield Is KM I mated 16-1
Per Cent by Process.
ORIXJOtf AGRICULTURAL COL
LKGK. Corvall:s, Dec 20. (Special.)
A $10,140 Increase In yield of a 1!0
acre 12-year-old apple orchard owned
by J. F. Slover of Free water, tnrougn
a process of thinning tne iruit, is ine
estimated result of demonstration put
on by Fred Bennion, county agent of
Umatilla county. The demonstration,
conducted by Clayton L. Long, ex
tension horticulturist of Oregon Agri
cultural college, wn part of a three-
venr nroarramme. including pl-ans for
showing the commercial value of
pruning, spraying and thinning trees
and soil management.
A difference of $306.50 an acre 164
per cent to the producer's credit was
realized as a direct result of the thin
ning process in this Instance. The
apples were thinned to six or seven
inches apart. The readiness with
which orehardists throughout the
fruit-growing counties have co-operated
with the extension service indi
cates a progressive attitude with an
appreciation of the horticultural work
being done by the college extension
. Our stock is most com
plete and you may have
any instrument you desire
for your own terms within
reason at
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Open Evenings
TUNNEL OPENS ORE VEIN
COnXL'COPIA BORE REVEALS
VEIX OF HIGH GRADE.
statements that did not agree with my
viewpoint. When I had arranged a
settlement, there would appear from
some source I could not locate, unof
ficial statements telling the .corre
spondents not to take things too seri
ously: that a compromise would be
Portland Bus Planned.
SHERWOOD, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Sherwood may soon have an
auto bus line from Portland. It is
planned to extend the Jacohson bus
line, which now ends at West Port-
made, and this news, or, rather, news'iand.
of this kind, was harmful to settlement;
T had nlreadv ohtained and finite nut-' Orpheum matinee todsy. 1 5-25-s An.
Wednesday,
Thursday and
Friday only
WILLIAM S. HART
IN
"The Whistle
"The Whistle" is differ
ent from Mr. Hart's
usual starring vehicles.
That is to say, it is not
western, so to speak.
The scenes are laid for
the greater part in a
New England mill town
and Mr. Hart is a fac
tory foreman.
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Corner Far It and Washington.
MABEL NORMAND IN i
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Future of linker Mining Company
Made Secure by Development
of Big Undertaking.
BAKER, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
After months of continuous drjving
ahead In the long: crosscut tunnel at
the Last Chance mine at Cornucopia,
by the Baker Mines company, the
work has resulted In bearinsr out the
Rood Judgment of Robert M. Bctts,
general manager, in that last Satur
day, according to the news received in
Baker, three feet of high grade ore
had been encountered, with 1235 feet
of backs.
This latest development, upon which
ntnged the future of the company in
gerat part, assures permanent opera
tions. ,
General Vanaeer Betts Is being con
gratulated, for upon the result of the
running of the 4700 feet of tunnel his
faith In the undertaking was staked.
It means a return of great things In
a mining way to Cornucopia and Bak
er cunty. It Is said. It also proves
the accuracy of the Llndgreen ge
ological report on that district made
more than 20 years ago, that the ore
veins at Cornucopia went to a great
depth. The present depth Is about 1233
feet below the old workings, or morel
than 1700 feet from the surface.
Eastern Star Elects.
- SHERWOOD, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) At Its regular meeting Satur
day night Holly chapter of the East
ern Star elected the following offi
cers: Mrs. Lela Yates, worthy
matron; R. W. Rasmusson, worthy
patron; Mrs. Inze Wood, associate ma
tron; Mrs. Sarah Rasmusscn, secre
tary; Mrs. Romilda Edwards, treas
urer; Mrs. Belie Woodland, conduc
tress. Miss Helen Angus, associate
conductress. Joint installation with
the Sherwood lodge. No. 164. Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, will be
held December 31.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
in the history of the Liberty a picture is returned to play
a "repeat" engagement. "The Silent Call" met such
universal approval on its first presentation that a second
showing was made necessary.
IT IS THE UTMOST
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THE BACKWOODS
AND THE GREAT
EST PICTURE YOU
. WILL SEE IN YEARS
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Orpriiim matin etrniay. 1 S -2I-F A f
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Two "Molly O" hats will be
given away today one at 1 :30
P. M. and the other at 3:30 P. M.
NOTE: The cosy, comfortable
Columbia is a haven for tired
shoppers Rest room,
competent maids and check room.
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