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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1917)
11 D. E. JOHNSTON DIES the author of "A Confederate Boy In the Civil War," which tells a very interesting story of the Civil War from the viewpo.nt of a private. He is survived by his widow, Sarah : E. Johnston; three daughters, Mrs. Dr. : F. L. A. Wilson, Mrs. W. E. Pearson, of ; Portland, Or.; Mrs. Dr. A. D. Wood, of Bluefield, W. Va., and D. H. Johnston, ' Ihms Ssgmi Appears in Our Windows. Its Significance Is Evident, Banker, Historian, ex-Representative, Author Passes. of Beckley, W. Va., also a number of grandchild ren. BIG STOCK JJANCH LEASED Tract of 4 6 8,000 Acres on Crow Reservation to Be Used. VIRGINIA HIS NATIVE STATE HT THE DALLES, Or., July 7. (Spe cial.) Grant Mays and Pierce Mays, well-known Wasco County stockmen. Service Seen In Confederate Army Throughout Civil War Business Affiliations in Portland "With Citizens Xational Bank. FDNE, THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 8, 1917. I .-000ii 3i 'iiHix x jMmt mm ' X ' ' MEANS E ............ ' " ' ' ! " ' U" David E. Johnston, banker, historian, ex-Representative and author, died yes terday morning at his home, 693 East Madison street, after a short sickness. He was 72 years of age and had been a resident of Portland since 1908. He was a director of the Citizens' Bank of Portland and has been active in real estate. The funeral will be tomorrow after noon at 2 o'clock from the family resi dence. Burial will be at Mount Scott Park Cemetery. Ancestors Settle In Vlrcrlala. Mr. Johnston was born In Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, April 10, 1845. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish, English and German blood, having come into Virginia before the Revolutionary War. His father was Oscar F., and his mother Elizabeth French Johnston. He was educated in the private schools of the section where he lived until he was 16 years of age, at which time he entered the Confederate army, serving through the Civil War. After the war he continued his education and studied law, practicing his profession in Pearisburg, Va.; Princeton, W. Va., and Bluefleld, W. Va., where he attained considerable eminence as a member of the bar, and during which time he was Circuit Judge, Member of the Senate of West Virginia, and United States Rep resentative from the Third District of West Virginia. He was a prominent member of the Confederate Veterans, attaining the rank of Brigadier-General, but outside of that order he belonged to no fra ternities or societies, though early in life he joined the Baptist Church, in which he took an active part through out the remainder of his life. History Written by Mr. Johnston. He came to Portland In the Fall of 1908 and had resided here since. He was a director of the Portland Trust Company for several years, but retired from that organization when he and M. U. Carpenter acquired the control of the Citizens' Bank of Portland, of which he was a director until his death. He was an experienced writer, having written a history of "Middle New River Settlements" of Virginia and West Vir ginia, a valuable book that cost a vast amount of research work. He was also David E. Johnston Banker and ex-RepreimiailTe, W ho Died Yesterday. have announced the completion of one of the largest land deals in the North west for many years. A company in which they hold half interest has leased 468,000 acres of land on the Crow In dian Reservation in Montana, and will use the land for a gigantic stock ranch and tor wintering horses and cattle. The company already has purchased 3000 steers and is In the market for thousands more. The land will cost $32,000 yearly rent, and It Is consid ered to be a $1,000,000 venture by stock Cottage Grove Octogenarian Dies. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. July 7. (Special.) Another octogenarian died here this week in the person of Mrs. Eunice Florer, making several persons of this age who have passed away within the past few months. Mrs. Florer was 81 years old. Her only son, J. M. Florer, died a short time ago. EDUCATORS BLAMED FOR LACK OF PATRIOTISM IN TEXTBOOKS Correspondent Traces Pacifist Influence in Past Sessions of National Association Allied Society .Teaches Internationalism. of This Store and Its Stock and the Closing of Our Doors for Good in the Near Future. You Alone Profit by This GREAT SACRIFICE of 'A PORTLAND, Or.. July 6. (To the Editor.) In connection with Justice McCamant's objection to the kind of United States history taught In the schools of Portland, I wish to point out that what he Is as sailing is but the effect of a cause which is to be sought elsewhere. The Rational Education Association Js about to meet in this city. This or ganization especially represents the public or common schools of our coun try. I have been examining its pub lished proceedings,, copies of which are In the Public Library. What I learned there has been emphasized by Justice McCamant's objections. This is a time which calls for sacri fice: an hour which demands the high est ideals of patriotism, duty and Na tional service. These ideals are best learned during the impressionable years of youth. In no country is this better shown than in France. Prior to 1ST0 the French were a boastful, ver-conf ident and unprepared people. These faults led straight to the disaster at Sedan. That lesson was not lout. Realizing the cause of their defeat, the French at once began a preparedness movement based upon a National consciousness and patriotism taught to their youth in their public schools. The system was not without faults, but on the whole it was ad mirable. Every boy was taught that Jn war or in peace his first duty was to his country. He was taught to love the Third Republic, standing as it does for liberty, equality and fraternity, and that since he must resist at the peril of his life, if necessary, any aggres sion against it, it was his duty to fcuhmit to compulsory military train ing, so as to be prepared for that evejit. National spirit Created. This teaching has yielded splendid results in the present war. The Na tional spirit thus created has dis tinguished France and has spared her from the tragic fate of Belgium. She has lived up to the ideals thus in spired. She has broken no treaties. ihe has violated no law or usage of war. Under the greatest provocation, Fhe has struck no blow in retaliation. As she has fought without fear, she has also fought without reproach. Her young men. thus educated, have writ ten a glorious page of the fascinating history of their people. With these things in mind, let us consider the attitude of the National Kducation Association toward this sort of instruction. I have examined the published preceeillngs of the associa tion back to and including 1905. In the first place, while there are many references to "vocational train ing," "salaries' and "janitor service," yet "patriotism," "national service" or words of similar import do not appear In the indexes of any of the annual volumes of proceedings published by the association since 190.". If this sub ject was discussed or considered at any meeting in the last 12 years. It was not deemed of sufficient import ance to be noted in the indexes. I next examined the reports of the committee on resolutions for those years. Inasmuch as all resolutions must be referred to this committee, I take it. Its reports as adopted state the final opinions of the association on all matters considered by it. The resolutions for 1905. 1906 and 1908 are silent on this subject. In 1907 Nathan C. Schaeffer, whose picture I noticed in last Sunday's Oregonian, was president. At that time he was the rotate Superintendent of Public Instruc tion of Pennsylvania. In his address to the association he said: Anaocintioa Stands for Peace. Perhaps for police purposes. If not for National defense, wo shall need s small Army and Navy d urine the coming cen turies, but as soon as the :t.rtOO.Ooo of teachers of the civlilKd world shall ben In In earnest and with skill to Inculcate wn timents of peace and principles of justice and fair dealing in the treatment or weak nations, we may hope for the limitation ot armament and the dawn of a peace that Is worthy of the disciples ot the Prince of Peace. Aa a result of President Schaeffcr's address, the resolutions for that year contain the following: The, National Education Association be lieves that the forces of the world should bo organized and operated in the intercuts of peace, not of wu.r. Wo believe that the material, commercial and social Interests of the United States and of the world de mand that the energies of the Government and of the people be devoted to the con structive and helpful pursuits ot peace, and that the people be relieved of the burden of providing-, at ever Increasing expense, ths armaments luegested by the competitive de sire for supremacy In war. These sentiments form a part of the hopes of all. but probably all do not share President Schaeffer's optimism about the ability of the world's three and a half millions of teachers to do very soon what the religion of Jesus Christ has not been able to accom plish in 2000 years, that is, to estab lish the brotherhood of man. One of (he most effective methods of instruction is by way of suggestion. These sentiments are not objectionable in themselves, but they are vicious in what they suggest, if they are to be incorporated into the instruction of the youth of the land. I once had a neighbor who belonged to a religious sect which now and then appointed a day on which the world was to come to an end. One day I saw his little boy playing in the yard and asked him why he was not at school. He replied that it was useless to go to school because the world was coming to an end on Tuesday. If our school teachers can abolish war, why prepare? In 1909 the resolution stated: The KatTrtnal Kducation Association In dorses the purpose of the American School Peace Lmkuc. The association believes that the principles of the league will make for effective citizenship, and urgn all teachers to acquaint themselves with the work of the league and to co-operate with Its efforts and aims. The American School Peace League was organized in 1908. Its object was "to promote through the schools and the educational public of America the interests of international Justice and fraternity." This is a laudable object. but, as nearly as 1 can determine, in ternational justice and fraternity wire to be promoted by the league by keep ing this country unprepared for war, as will presently appear. This league seems to be a protege of the association. Many of the leading members of the association are also members of the league. Our Mr. Alder man is I believe, a member of both; at least he is an officer of the league. rannie Kern Andrews, of Boston, is -the secretary of the league. In fact. she is the league. From its financial statement it appears that most of its funds are spent in her department- large percentage going for her travel- ng expense. In 1916 she addressed the association on "What the Public Schools Can Do Toward the Maintenance of Permanent Peace." In this address she explains what is meant by "pro moting the interests of international justice and fraternity through Ameri can schools." Her conclusions are that too much prominence has been given to "Nationalism" as against "interna tionalism." American schools should frown upon National ideals in so far as they oppose international ideals, Military training is a National ideal which opposes international ideals, ap parently, for she states: The present situation forbids delay, for at this very moment an attempt is bains' made to force ideas into our educational system, which are hostile to our traditions. There are some people who. In the name of patriotism, are asking1 the schools to stir up fear of other nations, through compul sory military training'. The American School Peace League Is a pacifist society, pure and simple, which for the last eight or nine years has been actively conducting an anti preparedness propaganda among the teachers of the common schools under the guise of promoting international justice and fraternity. But now to return to the National Education Association. In 1910 it again favored world peace, but re solved. The Republic cannot survive without cltlxenshlp with high Ideals of patriotism. duty and service. liowever, it pointed out so &y by Vi IFuifiillfrLsi'e Floor Co vsfIh IT'S A TRAGEDY IN PRICES Ivory and Gold Screen Cane Panels Was $25.00, NOW $9.75 Mahogany Gate-Leg Table, large size Was $40.00, Now $23.75 Flower Vase, Solid Mahogany Was $4.50, NOW $1.50 Night Stand or Sewing Table in Walnut Was $27.50, NO W $ 1 0.75 High-back Chippendale Arm Chair, ma hoganv Was $67.50, NOW $32.50 Mahogany Chiffonier, made by Berker & Gay Was $100, NOW $48.50 CASH ONLY will be considered. No goods will be held for future deliv ery. No exchanges. Full Size Enameled Bed, Cane Paneled Was $34.00, NO W $ 1 6.75 Mahogany Settee, Decorated Was $85.00, NOW $24.75 Mahogany Living-room Table Was $25.00, NO W Q.75 Solid Mahogany Dining Chairs Were $16.75, Now $7.75 $373 DINING SUITE $185 -piece Suit? In the Knole osk Baffet, KxteDNlon Table Serving Tables, 5 Lln inc: Chairs 1 Arm Chair. Made by Berkey & Gay. Lacquered Tabourette Was $20.00, NOW. $9.00 Mahogany Consol Table Was $65.00, NOW $32.50 Mahogany Chair, Decorated Was $58.50, NO W $24.50 Mahogany Sewing Table Was $29.50, NO W $ 1 4.75 Twin Beds, Circassian Walnut Were $44, EACH $2 1 .50 Dressing Table, Circassian Walnut Was $29.50, NOW Q.75 Mahogany Living-room Chair Was $57.50. now $26.50 Mahogany Chair, Inlaid Was $39.00, now $17.75 Mahogany Chair Was $36.00, now. $16.25 Open Desk, Ivory Enameled Was $31.50, NOW $ 1 3.75 Mahogany Dressing Table, made by Ber key & Gay Was $75.00, NOW $37.50 Mahogany Chest of Drawers, made by Ber key & Gay Was $125, NOW. $59.50 Mahogany Toilet Glass Was $37.50, NO W $ 1 6.75 Dressing Table, solid mahogany IT CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION on ronr vart if y" re to shsre In thin moat extraordinary sacrifice. QjJ o Was $123, NOW $43.50 EVERYTHING MUST GO Not a Single Thing Is Ex empt From This Final Cleanup In Addition to the Stock of Furniture, Floor Coverings, Etc, Etc, All Fixtures are to be sacrificed for what they will bring. Mahogany Consol Mirror Was $3750, Now $18.75 Mahogany Bookcase Was $4750, Now $23.50 Mahogany Living-room Table Was $58.50, Now $29.50 So1, id Mahogany Serving Table v Was $30.00, NOW $9.85 Solid Mahogany China Cabinet Was $110, NOW $41.75 Serving Table, inlaid mahogany Was $5250, Now $19.75 Solid Mahogany Dining Chairs Were $12 ea., Now $6.00 Arm Chair to Match Was $18.00, NOW $9.00 Mahogany Open Desk Was $4750, NOW $23.75 Prices of Carpets, Rugs Demolished All Body Brnaael Rue. Bxl2-ft. alae Were $4250, At $27.50 All Hlgk-Grade AVIIton Rntr. xl2-ft. atxe Were $8250, NOW $49.75, $55.75, $62.50 All Hartford Sutoiir Rnsm. 8x1 --ft. vise Were $8250, $49.75 AVI, .GRASS RUGS at FINAL PRICES Were $1250, Now $7.35 SS25SJ NOW $6.35 f!!V NOW 6.00 SCOTCH ART RIT.S Bxl2-ft. nr.r Were $2450, At $13.50 WOOL AND FIBER RTGS Ix.l2-ft. Were $15, NOW $8.95 Drapery Prices .re dow. to mere uotklnicnffiN. eon.Id erlnir former prior. XOTHl.VO IS BE1.VG SPARED. ENTIRE LINE OF SAM PLES OF CARPETS ronniRtinir of 1-yard to ls-Tard le north, of Blirh-Krrntle Wilton. 'Wilton Velvet, etc., siImo Imported .m0oropenn Sample of Chenille. Ann trim and Irian Hand Tu((x ome formerly worth na fatarU a $.1f.SO, and none leaa than NOW. 25c, 50c, 75c, $1, $1.75 and $3.50 YA $493 BEDROOM SUITE $246.50 Solid Mahogany Suite of five pieces. Made by Berkey & Gay. -TO ii ii ST. Between OAK and PINE Our Flag Indicates the Location REMEMBER EVERYTHING MUST GO! EVERYTHING which these deilra"hl ecntlmentii were to be Imparted to the school children of the country. MUltarr Training Oppooed. In 1911 the association was. encour aged with the profcress of the world s peace and aerain commended the Amer ican School Peace Ieairue aa a chan nel through which teachers may ob tain knowledge on the subject of world peace, together with suggestions for Its presentation' In 1912 another step in advance was taken. The resolutions for that year contain" the following: ; The National Kducation Association re gards the pr.sent attempt to establish com pulsory military tratnlng In the rhonli of the country ... as reactionary and In consistent with American ideals and standards. I was not able to find the resolu tions, for 1913 and 1914. In 1915 the association reached the climax of Its pacifist tendencies begun with Schaef fer's address In l0i. 1 ne resolutions of 1915, after deploring: any attempt to militarize this country and apain declaring against compulsory military training In the schools, are as follows: Our instruction has been upon toA narrowsj i outloolc. Nationalism has been pushed the front and emphasized rather than Internationalism. . . .. The heroes of each nation's history have beeu those who have done the greatest inlury to other na tions, and who have hilled the greatest number of foreigners, rather than those who have conferred the greatest benefits on mankind. . . . There has been too mo.cn talk of "National honor" and "rallying; to the defense of the flan" and too llttla or National obligations and responslDlutles. We can now beerin to understand from where the influence comes that makes our school histories silent about Herkimer and Stark and the others and why the slur is cast upon Grant. State superintendents of schools generally belong to the association or its pro tege, the league, or both, 'i nese offi cials have much to do with the forma tion of opinion among the teachers of their states and a very great Influence on the writers of textbooks and the adoption of them after they are writ ten. Pacifist Ideas 'Sot Strange. It Is hardly possible that any text book Is published until it has been sub mitted to and approved by a number of these officials, so that they very largely control the general policy and course of education. If this body Is ae voted to pacifist beliefs, as the fore going quotations indicate they are. It is not etrange that the things of which Justice McCamant complains should oc cur. If the sentiment of the National Ed ucation Association last above quoted Is right, then in its complete applica tion the recent impressive ceremonies at the tombs of Washington and Lin coln are wrong, for these men, as Com raanders-in-chief of the armies of their country, killed ail its enemies necessary to achieve victory over them. It this sentiment of the association is right. then, it was wrong for the hero of the Marne. acting for our great sister re. token on the grave of the hero of Ap pomattox. The noble inspiration and hope that springs in the heart of every boy of humble origin by reason of the example of Joffre. the son of & cooper, and of Grant, the son of a tanner, must be denied them because, forsooth, these illustrious sons of democracy followed military careers. - 1 cannot believe that so intelligent a body as the National Kducation Asso ciation will ions; continue in a course so pernicious as its past declarations indicate. Let us hope that its session n Portland will mark complete chancre of attitude on this vital question. Their declarations of 1916 indicate that such change is possible. If not, then let us tur Tito that other body of educa tors, who are meeting this week at lake Chautauqua, N. T., under the auspices of the National Security Leagnie and the leadership of Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, for the purpose of teaching patriotism through educa tion to the end that our country may have such & National spirit as has glo rified France. . ELLSWORTH BENlJAM. STAFF IS COMPLETE University Base Hospital May Start Training in 30 Days. PORTLAND DOCTORS IN LIST SCOUT CAMP IS JULY 16 BOYS' OUTING AT SOUTH BEACH TO CLOSES AUGUST 15. Accommodations for 100 Will Be Pro. Tided and Parties Will Leave Portland Daily. The second annual Summer encamp ment of the local branch of the Boy Scouts of America will be held at North Beach. Wash., from July 16 to August 15. The camp is to be at Hol man Station, on the ocean beach, one mile from the town of llwaco, on the Columbia River. The camp will accommodate 100 boys at a time. It will be in charge of James B. Brockway. Scout executive, while Joe Knowles, trie "Nature Man," will direct the outdoor activities of the Scouts. The boys will sleep in the wall tents, each accommodating eight Scouts. The cooking will be done by a professional chef and helper. The boys will be charged S4 a week for their outing. Kach must pay his own fare of $1.25 for the round trip. A new detachment of Scouts will Teave Portland each Monday morning on the Bteamer Georgiana for Astoria, at which point the launch Brookfield will meet them and take them across the bay to llwaco. Wash. Scouts leav ing camp will take the steamer for Portland on the up-trip on the same day. public across ill s&a, to lay a modest earth. The condor easily reaches a hight of fojir miles above the surface of the Recruiting of Enlisted Men 111 Be Started Tomorrow at Medical School Here Women Nurses Also Are Needed. The Red Cross Base Hospital of the University of Oregon, tiow being re cruited by Dr. Robert L. Benson. First Lieutenant of the Medical Reserve Corps, will probably be fully completed and ready for training at American Lake in 30 days. The staff of medical officers, in cluding some well-known Portland doctors, -has already been completed, with the exception of the Colonel, Quartermaster and Adjutant, to be sup plied the Base Hospital by the regular Army. The medical officers are: Doctors Robert C. Tenney. director: Rich ard B. Dlllehunt. assistant director; Thomas M. Joyce. WlUara B. Knox. Paul Rockey, William M. Skene. Pplro Sargentlch, Herbert S. Nichols. Edwin W. Morse. Laurence Sell ing, Ralph A. Kenton, Robert L. Benson. C. Lee Hynson. Harry M. Bouvy, Irving M. Lupton. Karl Moran, Arthur C. McCown. Arthur Rosenfeld, Harry C. Blair, Edward F. Ztegleman, Henry W. Eteelhammer and Dorwtn L. Palmer. The dentists Hubert F. Parsons and J. Harvey Johnson. Chief nurse. Miss Grace Phelpa. In addition to the medical officers, there are to be 152 enlisted men. All must enlist as privates, and the officers will be appointed from the enlisted men at the completion of the recruiting. The recruiting for enlisted men com mences tomorrow at the University of Oregon Medical School at Twenty-third and Lovejoy streets. The same physi cal test prevails as in the regular Army Besides this, recruits are required to have a good general education.. Medical training is not necessafy. but special consideration will be given men who possess a knowledge in this line. Lieu tenant Robert L. Benson is in charge of the recruitlnp:. temporarily assisted by Captain H. M. Greene, who goes to Fort Riley, Kan., on July 11. Fifty women unurses are required. They are being recruited by the local branch of the Red Cross, under Miss Grace Phelps, who will be chief nurse of the unit. .While tiie Base JJoupital la being or ganized tinder the auspices of the Uni versity of Oregon, it is not strictly lim- Latructed by O. B. Hinsdale, manager of terl to university men. Teachers, alumni, and members of the local med ical profession are Included in the corps. COMMISSION'S REPORT IN $1,982,236 Disbursed In Industrial Accident Cases Since 1914. SALEM, Or.. July 7. (Special.) Three years results of the Industrial Accident Commission's work are sum marized in the monthly report of that Commission issued todaj. and inci dentally the report is the summary for all of the work done by the Com mission since the law went into effect. Since November 6, 1914, the Commis sion has disbursed $1,982,326.92, as fol lows: Balance in segregated fund, $748,400.92; time loss, 79.890.56; first aid, $274,425.38; burial expense. $16. 559.12; pensions paid. $90,245.71; ad ministrative expense, $172,7-15.23. Receipts for the Comearission during the three years amounted to $2,283. 658.96, divided as follows: From em ployers, $1,785,125.36: from employes, $254,978.10; from state $202,010.56; in terest on general fund, $8077.69; in terest on segregated fund, $33,337.36. The balance on hand with the State Treasurer is shown to be $301,322.04. HOME GUARD IS FORMING Elks Companies May Be Part Walla Walla Unit. of WALLA WALLA. Wash.. July 7. (Special.) A home guard for service in Walla Walla County to be utilized with similar corps whioh have been organ ized in adjoining counties is being formed In Walla Walla. This will be in addition to the Elks' home guard companies. Captain James Brown, of the Wood men, has taken steps to organize the military arm of the order into home guards. There are nearly 100 well drilled men in this organization. Paclfle Railroad. The road was the Gardiner Mill Company. of shout $13.00(1. ":--:-4-:--:---:--:-:-.:-:--:-:;;,; Campbell Hill Hoiel 741 Wsuthlneton Street. . I hone Mala 7.1K4. 5 to 7 P. M. eoc suxta r iuxxer soo Canteloupe. Sliced Cucumbers. Queen Olives. Vegetable Soup. Braised Chicken. Baked Ham with Sweet Potato Jiressinir. Top Sirloin Steak. New Potatoes in Cream. Buttered New Peas. Pop-Overs. Currant Jelly. Strawberry Shortcake w ith Whipped Cream. Fresh Pineapple Ice Cream with Cake. Crackers. Coffee. Cheese. 1 Campbell Hotel Twenty-Third and Hoyt Streets. Phone Marshall SSI. : 4 ::to to mo P. M. Gardiner Koad Accepted. ROSEBURG. Or., July 7. (Special.) The County Court has formally accept ed the new road extending from the town of Gardiner to the Junction of the Umpqua River and the Willamette- A MODERATE-PRICED MOTEL OK HOTEL CLIFFORD EAST MORRISON AT EAST SIXTH. Hotel Clifford is the principal East Side hotel and is a hote1, of dignity and re finement. Rates per day. for one per Bon,.ic to l-oCi, lor two persons, il to ii ECONOMY Call of the Times Visit the Nortonia Dining-Roora Eleventh Street Near Washington. Coolest diningr-room in Portland, food selected and cooking super intended by Women. 30c and 40c Luncheons 40c, 50c, 75c Dinners Also Club Breakfasts. Our cooking is different come and see. We cater to families. Summer Kates American and European. Less than keeping house. New Houston Hotel Sixth and Kverett Mrert. Four blocks from Union Depot. Near business cpnter. Fireproof, and Modern. Kates 75c to 2.00. Chaa. G. Ifopkins. Manager.