1916. NORTHERN FRANCE !S GREAT PANORAMA OF RELENTLESS STRIFE Correspondent, From Van tage Point, Views Area . Over Which British Passed FULTON PARK SCHOOL GARDENERS GAINING SUCCESS GIVES BLOOD TO SCIENCE APPLAUD NAME OF -PRESIDENT WILSON Portland Would Not Now Suf fer Ship Famine Had Ad ministration Bill Passed. HUGE BROWN BLOTCHES MEXICAN POLICY PRAISED Thug Appear the Bulntd VUlajes aa Viewed From a Distance and All An Alike. Political Stndy ra Araia Cheers Chief SxacutiT When A. W. Xiaf ferty Coxameada THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, WOMEN VIGOROUSLY By Wilbur 8. Forrest. (United Fress Stalf Correspondent.) With the British in the Field. July ; 20. (Hy Mall) If it's possible to ' Imagine dozens of heavy thunderstorm blended into one continuous roar, the shrieking and whining of unseen tons of ateel and high explosives racing through the sky. lightning flashes of bursting shells continuously specking the horizon like a giant Fourth of July ! display, then It's partly possible to visualize the newest phase of war on the western front. The correspondent saw and heard all this today from a high stretch of ground commanding the rcene of a dozen of the bloodiest and most ter rible conflicts of the Hrltlsh drive. Dotting the green hills and valleys here and there were distinct blotches of brown visible among naked kcle tons of trees. These uly blots on the landscape a short time ngo were pretty villages, eaph with a church spire and red topped houses snuggled down be tween the rolling hills. Today they were merely iw?ly blots. Kach Is typi cal of the other mostly a pile of bricks that resembles nothing. Points Observed Under rire. From the vantago point were ob served Contalmaison, IJazentin lo Grand, Mount Aubon, Ia Bolsselle, Mamett and soveral small woods which have figured prominently in the com muniques. Just beyond the range, of vision lay Longueval and Delvllle woods where at the moment the Ger mans were engaged in a heavy counter attack which gave them hack a part of the wood ami a few houses of the village. A Hrltlsh counter attack soon reversed the situation. Fighting of this character has been a peculiarity of the British offensive. All captured points are strongly held Wherever the Germans concentrate their reserves and carry out a counter drive, any suc cess they gain Is of short duration. The systematic British advance makes It possible to retaliate quickly, usually in force. Wo Shortage of Shells. II,'"' 11 JiU' V'JBf.' ' - ' -eli 1 1 lJsc St' JSMf'jcV;?. i,s4is&ilk?' J 1 Variety of Products Raised Demonstrates Fertility of the Oregon Soil, C" sjt (t f- -(ft- fr s V '"We should 9ffer an eiual opportunity for all children to olitniri that kind anrl (uantlty of education wiilch will develop their manhood And womanhood and give them a full measure of j Insight into Die things that are of real vaiue in life." Ir. 1'. I'. "laxtnn, commissioner of education, In an address, "A National Program of Education." Precaution prevents publication of ! Hy -, 1 I A I .Anna nnH ivinuamntl ! of troops, hjt it coji be said with safe- ! When we encourage children to con ty that there Is no shortage of shells tlnu their school gardens during th Or men or guns nenina me uriiisn line. From the viewpoint of the non military observer, there Is no short age of anything. For miles along the network of country- roads, well behind the fight ing lines, great masses of men In khaki, most of them wearingthe pic turesque steel helme.t, are awaiting for their turn. Motor lorries in long summer vacation, are their efforts work, play or drudgery? If the many visitors who enjoy watching- them were to Judge by the smiling faces as they wave spade, rake or carrot, or dis play a large basket of products, their answer would be, "They are a happy great corU'any of gardeners." droves are also performing their func tions. Passing along the roads miles arid miles to the rear, khaki Is every where. Peaceful little villages which fate has left so near the ravages of the con flict yet atlll untouched are filled with It. Kvery doorway shows a "Tommy." Every corner shows a group of "Tom mies." These men are in billets, many of them having had their turn at the If the parents were to answer after sampling a dinner of tender beans, peas and other vegetables, they could truly say, "It is good for us and the children." The children's requests "to have the same plot next year even though we are promoted to high school." and "two plots if there are enough," prove that their gardening Is a profit as well as a pleasure. The Fulton Park school garden has A. vV Lafferty, Progressive-Independent candidate for congress, was applauded vigorously when he declared yesterday at the Women's Political Study league luncheon that Portland and Oregon should vote to reelect Woodrow Wilson at the coming elec tion. "President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo tried two years ago to get a ship purchase bill passed, and had that measure been enacted Into law Portland's commerce would not now be paralyzed for the lack of ships to carrv our lumber and other Droducts." I said Mr. lafferty. "Gallinger. Pen I rose, Hardlwlck and other reactionaries in both the Republican and Democratic parties Killed trv measure. "The president Is now trying again to pass a bill to either bnlld or con struct government ships to open up new trade routes and aid the Pacific roast In marketing Its products. Port land and Oregon should stand behind the president at the coming election We should uphold the hands of the man who is trying -to do something for us.' Prolonged applause greeted Mr. Laf fertys remarks. "Mr. Wilson Is also entitled to credit and support because he has declared that our differences with Mexico should be settled by the force of in tellect and not by the force of bill lets," added Mr. Laffery, and thj cheering was repeated. There were 100 members and guests present. The chief topics of discus sion were the proposed tax measures which will be on the November bal lot. Besides Mr. Lafferty the speak ers were C C. Chapman and Judge Oatens. Mrs. George M. Nolan pre sided. From 11 to 12 o'clock the league held a reception for the members of Slgnor Ferullo's band, who played several selections. Miss Vlctorlno Hayes, accompanied by Mrs. F. New ton, sang. !fr ry "fr WSJ r ( ? t ? " , ! - V $ f i K At si I" rf . " ' " " M K , i i ', Sf" - B . , 4 & v A i V i y A r'4. f r7 u w p -t'iiii(lr"i'liJ"",''r vt' " i iii'r-i'i -'-nfiii iniiiiVTilrW wK'J I Miss Houston Scott, 14-year-old (laughter of Major General Hugh I Scott, chief of staff of the army, who gave five ounce of her blood to aid in preparation of a serum to be hmhI against the infantile paraly sis epidemic. Miss Scott had infantile paralysis several years ago and allowed the blood to bo taken last Saturday. Her act wm made public only at the request of public health officials who wanted her sacrifice to become known so that thera night be induced to follow her lead. She haa suffered no ill effects from the loss of blood. Above, left to right Fulton Park school garden, in which girls are taking a special interest, showing patch of corn, stalks exceeding seven feet in height. Below General view of gardens. fighting and are taking a well earned proved that the school garden may be rest. Others have freshly arrived from continued through the long summer va England as can be seen by the new- cation with the pro: I table results. The ness of their uniforms. The veteran community cooperation is a good in fighting "Tommy" is a trifle more vestment in civic interest. The garden atained. I tract Is the property of school district Roadside training fields with de- 1 No. 1 containing about 25,000 square tachments of newer contingents still feet. The central design is a mass of In training are frequently seen. Schools blooming cajuias, geraniums, lobelia of bombing and musketry are scat- and alyssum. tered here and there. Northern France Individual Gardens Featured. Is one great panorama of war. On both sides of the central design isre the children's individual gardens, ! 60 plots, 12x20 feet, originally planned and cultivated by the pupils of the Fulton Park school. Among the vegetables are strlngless and golden wax bean; telephone, little gem and strategem pea; earJy Jersey GHrantio Task of Carving' Confederate Wakefield cabbage; white icicle and Monumant Will Baqnlra Elglit Taara j crlmson fc"iant radish; Improved long . a r nnn rsn fcieen uuuuciiuoi, u w o-i i cuampum ionic! ' ' to; bull nose pepper; early rose, early Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19. (I. N. S.) ! Ohio. Burbank, Pride of Multnomah Work on the Htone Mountain Confed-;and Scotch Rural potato; yellow Den erate memorial, wnicn will cost ver onion; c.hantenav carrot: Darsnln: 000.000 and be carved out of the liv- I turnip; celery-cabbage; endive crispehe jng rucn vl great eminance, naa and co lettuce: beets .and other veee. Memorial Will Be Made From Mountain been begun. Gutzon Borglum, the noted sculptor, Is In charge. It will take a large force of mon about eight years to complete the gigantlo task. Special machinery had to be devised for the work, which is said to be the biggest undertaking of Its kind ever attempted. The principal part of the memorial will represent a Confederate army wending Its way around the mountain. Jnfantry, cavalry, artillery, wagen trains and all other sections of an army will be hewn out of the solid rock and they will be so large that they will appear life-size to passen gers on the railway a mile off. He roic figures of Lee, Jackson and other Confederate leaders will be carved, ami at the base of the mountain a commo . dious hall, in which the Daughters or the Confederacy will keep historical records and relics, will be hewn out. The first work today was the start ing of scaffolding and suspensions to be used by the workers and the set ting up of machinery. The mountain is approximately 800 feet high a solid rock of granite and the sides are so steep It will be nec essary for the workers to be swung over It. Mr. Borglum, when actual work has begun, will direct the work from a specially built cottage half a mile from the scene of activity. The cottage commands a view of the whole mountainside and Mr. Borglum directs tha workers by means of signals. St. Mary's Canal Breaks All Records OoYsrament Engineers Btport Tralffht Carried la July Aggregated 14,048,404 Tons; Grain Show Saary Xnoreasa. Bault Sta. Marie, Mich.. Aug. 19. All records of traffic through St. Mary's! Canal war broken in July, as tha report of United States engineers , shows. Freight carried aregated 14. 048,404 tons,' an increase of 1,087,936 tons. Shipment of grain showed the heaviest increases. In July, 1916, there were 8,938.168 bushels of wheat and 2.I9M6J bushels of other grain, as against S1.907.S0S bushels wheat and : . S.S49.US bushels of other grain in 1916. tables. In a special section of the garden are planted 20 varieties of seed pota toes. One plot contains 25 choice dahlias. The aster bed containing more. than a hundred strong plants promises rich bloom. The Industrial garden is a special feature, and contains wheat, rye, bar ley, millet, buckwheat, lentil, soy bean, vetch." alfalfa, Kaffir corn, feter- etta flax, sweet potato and peanut, carefully planted, labelled and culti vated by the pupils of the sixth grade. One of the fathers said, "I come spe cially to see the peanuts. I haven t seen any since I was a boy. ' Another said the same of the sweet potatoes, both recalling with pleasure their boy hood days of Dixie Land. Another section of popcorn, the spe cial care of a "popcorn monitor," proves that Oregon can produce corn now more than seven feet high and Just forming tassel. The product pf the popcorn Is to be used for socials during the winter months. The seeds and stalks of the Industrial garden will also afford specimens for nature study. Shrubbery Forma Border. In Uiq border surrounding the chil dren's gardens are found many va rieties of shrubbery, also sections for annuals, biennial and perennial plants, The nortlrwest corner contains a col lection of cultivated shrubbery and herba. Its opposite corner will be a wild flower garden where splrea, dog wood, syrlnga, wild currant, golden rod Oregon grape, etc., will be carefully labelled for recognition. A fall garden contains beans, peas, spinach. Golden Bantam sweet corn, radishes and ealslfy. Plots have been prepared for asparagus, strawberries and rhubarb. In a special convention of the School Garden Association of America which met at Detroit in December, thai fol lowing resolution was adopted: Resolutions' Are Adopted. "Whereas, The experiments In school and home gardening In the United States and Canada during the past 15 years have proved beyond a doubt the fundamental value of bringing children more directly In touch with mother earth. Whereas, Particularly the school garden supported directly by th boards of- education as In the cities of Birmingham, Kansas City, Los An geles, Portland, Oregon; St. Paul, Cleve land, Dayton, Cincinnati, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Philadelphia and Pro vidence, have shown the undoubted Importance of school gardens when more directly supported; therefore, be it Resolved, That every board of edu cation In America be urged to start, at least, one achool garden in connection with home gardening in a public school, which experiment shall be prop erly supported and maintained through out th entire year, Including the sum mer vacation. The resolution was of fered by B. S. "Warren, member of the board of education at Grosse Point, Mich. This resolution was duly sec onded and unanimously approved by the convention. Bchool&onse Decorated. Although very much Interest was demonstrated in the garden, the deco ration of the schoolhouse was not for gotten. In the space at the front of the building are planted Pride of Port land petunia, heliotrope, alyssum, Ivy geranium, asparagus springerei and vlnca. As a gift to the school, the graduates of the 1916 class presented four concrete flower vases In which are planted dracena, portulaca. Ivy geranium. Pride of Portland petunia, mesembyranthemum, (or commonly known as lea plant), and asparagus springerei. The showy colors of the blooming flowers are an added beauty to the new DRY MEETING IS CALLED building and give an Inviting appear ance at the entrance. v The garden has proved that outdoor work is relished by the growing child who delights in studying plant life and watchinsr "thines irrow." Some of the girls are paying for their camp fire I ceremonial gowns from sales of the garden products. Boy Scouts Aid. Boy Scouts have helped to pay for their uniforms. Among the things which are daily credited worth while are cutting weeds, burdocks and this tles, proving that boys enjoy trans forming unsightly and troublesome pests into places of use and beauty. When someone suggested that they were "planting cannons" (cannas) and questions were asked as to time, color and size of bloom, much interest was aroused and eagerly each In turn helped to plant the central design. Is not the canna a safe toy for boys' play? Two years ago some person gave a boy four pumpkin seeds at the Land Products show. Last year he displayed a mammoth pumpkin and had 16 more at home, the product of the four seeds. An uncle In Yakima gave a little girl several ears of acclimated popcorn seed which was later offered to be planted in the school garden and she volunteered to plant and care for It. Popcorn for All. There promises to be enough pop corn for every child In the Kulton Park district to get as much seed pop corn as was given to the original moni tor. When we interest a child In some thing that is worth while, no one can Judge or measure the results. Nature causes that Interest to develop. "You can cause the eoll to become mow responsive to the touch of Indus try and the harvest more abundant to meet the measure of a larger hope." New Prohibition Amendment Will Be Discussed Today. Ex-Governor West, chairman of tha new union dry committee, has called a meeting In Central library hall for this afternoon at 3 o'clock at which the Prohibition party's new dry amend ment and Colonel Wood's "nursing mothers' bill" will be up for consider ation. Among those booked to par ticipate are: Professor Hudson A. Hastings of Reed college, J. F. Newell hold Its first open meeting Monday night, August 2.S, at 8 o'clock, at Ce tral li!rHj-y hall. Miss J,eona Lar rabeo. recently elected president of the cluu in place of Mrs. M I T. Hidden, resigned, will preside over the meet ing. The prinrfr-il address of the evening will be delivered by Mrs. Sylvia Mc- Guire i nompson or i ne uanes, who wll pper.k on "Women In Politics." Mrs. Thompson will also dovote a por tion cf her address to discussing "Mr. Hughes and the Congressional Union." In addition to the address by Mrs. Thompson, thero will be five-minute talks by Samuel White, Democratic state chairman, Judge W. N. Gatens and Dr. Esther Pohl LoveJoy. Ian front, two In Poland, two In Qa llcia and two In Serbia and Montene gro. The two remaining brothers aro fighting with Die army of General Von Boehin-Kmiolll In Volhynla. Dry Workers to Meet. The New 1'nlon Dry committee will and Mrs. Bob Fltzslmmons, former rneet for luncheon at 12:15 o'clock Strange Pygmy Who Came to America Gives Up His Fight to Beome Civilized Ota Benga Ends Life With Revolver After Living Several Years in This Country Would Not Return to Africa. New York, Aug. 19. Ota Benga, the first of the African pygmies to Con sent to leave his native wilds and the first who ever elected to remain in this country, committed suicide recent ly at Lynchburg, Va. During his stay in this city he was employed in the Zoological park In the Bronx. H fed the anthropoid apes. It was this em ployment that gave rise to the un founded report that he was being held In the park as one of the exhibits in the monkey cage. The story, though denied, persisted, and Ota became the centre of a discussion in which the public became interest Samuel P. Verner, who brought Ota here in 1906, has retold the story of the coming to the United States of his pro tege, and .aid a tribute to the African as a man of native courage and re- ! source. Ota Benga was from a settle ment remote from that of the other pygmies who came here to goto the St. Louis exposition. They came from the town of King Ndombe at Wismann Palls on the Kasal. All of them ex cept Ota were later returned to their homeland were content to stay there, Of the arrival of Ota, Mr. Verner said: Was Held aa Slave. "When our steamship called at the confluence of the Kasal, where Com mandant Loos of the Belgian army was stationed, he told me of a strange lit tle man in his settlement, who had been found by his soldiers as a captive slave In the hands of the cannibal Basehleke, when, be had gone on an ex pedition to stop one of the tribe's pe riodical raids Into the Interior. The Baschlele nearly always ate their cap tives, but Ota Benga was rescued and returned to the settlement. Very little could be learned from him regarding his tribe, for his language was differ ent from that of other pygmies. Being an old-timer and knowing the pygmies at Ndombe, I managed to find out from him, some facts which were later enlarged upon when Ota could speak a little English. It appears that nis tribe was known as the Badl, In con trast with the pygmies at Ndombe, who were of the Batwa tribe. His language differed from theirs to a considerable extent, though there was a great deal In common. "When I asked him whether he would like to go to America with me, he said tie would stay with me for a while In the Kasai country and see how he liked It, provided I would agree to let him remain behind should he so decide before we were due to leave. On these conditions he agreed to go with me farther up the river to Plsmann Falls, where th Batwa lived. Would Hot Oo Back. "When the palavers about the group going to St. Louis were under way Ota Benga urged the natives to go. and it was largely because of his in fluence that the trip was arranged. I got back to Ndombe and offered to leave Ota at the Belgian station be low, but he would not stay. His own country was remote and his people were at war with the Baschlele. who , were between them and the white set tlements. Ota said he wanted to go to America and with some misgivings I permitted him to come along." The-Afrlcan pygmy liked this coun try so well that when the other na tives were returned to their own land from St. Louis he decided to remain behind, and absorb the civilization of the white man. Mr. Verner urged him f1 go back to Africa, but he would not. e said he had left Africa because he did not want to be a slave, and pre ferred to die In America rather than endure the confinement at which his spirit rebelled. Ota also became ambi tious for an education, and after he left the Zoological park In the Bronx, through the good offices of a New Jersey Baptist association, he was ad mitted to a southern school for ne groes. After leaving school Ota Benga went Into a colored home near where he received ills education, and earned his livelihood by working In a tobacco factory. Finally the burden of the white man's civilization became too great for him to bear, and he sent a bullet through his heart. Was Strange Xittle FeUow. "I never believed that the sort of education which seems to be the stand ard today was sutted to him, nor did I encourage that educational experi ment," said Mr. Verner. "At the same time I was not willing to combat his chance along that line, especially since his other friends sincerely believed it wise. Even had he gone back to Africa he might have fared no better. "His country is now torn by war made by the white men among them selves, a war far more terrible than any the pygmies ever waged. Be tween the impossible conditions of Ota Benga's own land and .those which he could not surmount in ours, the homeless pygmy found no abiding place. Can we wonder that he gave up his life as an unsolvable problem? "I never understood his mental atti tude, but he was one of the most de termined little fellows that breathed. Possibly he was trying to prove ait me time that he was not a pygmy, as that term even in Africa always conveys the idea of inferiority. I never addressed him as one. To me he was very human, a brave, shrewd little man who preferred to match himself against civilization rather than be a slave to the Baschiele." Electrical Storm Snaps Main Springs Over 1000 Watches &ose Motive Power In Kadius of SO MUes From Singling, Oklahoma. Rlngling. Okla.. Aug. 19. Malm- springs of 1000 watches snapped with in a radius of 20 miles of Rlngling dur ing a recent electrical storm. "This Is not unusual," said a Jeweler, as three men came to his counter with "dead" watches. "All over the middle west. and probably In other parts of the country, electrical disturbances pjby havoc with the time o' day. I recall that a few years ago In Chicago a rec ord was kept of the number of watches broken during an electrical storm, and the number reached 2800. All of them stopped during a period of IS minutes. "I can't tell how many, were af fected during the storm here, but I shouldn't be surprised if 1000 are out of order in this section. All day long they have been coming to me, and in nearly every case it was the same grand opera star, wlfe,of the former prize ring champion. Mrs. Fltzslm mons will both speak and sing. There will be an opportunity given for ques tions pro and con and this will un doubtedly be a splendid opportunity to get the broadside view of the liquor issue In the approaching election. OPEN MEETING TO BE HELD Mrs. Sylvia McGuire Thompson to Deliver Principal Address. The Women's Democratic club will Monday, at the Y. M. C. A. cafeteria. at which further arrangements will be made und developments in connection with the state-wide dry fight will be perfected. Ex-Governor West, Harry W. Stone and other prominent dry workers are expected to address the meeting. Has Lost 11 Sons. Innsbruck, Aug. 19. (I. N. 3.) Jo seph Bruggbacher, a farmer In the Puster valley, has lost 11 of his 13 sons since the beginning of the war. Five of them were killed on the Ital- Indelible Pencil Supply Nearly Gone Fostoffloe Department Orders Clerical Work Hereafter Be Dona With Pea and Ink. Dye Scarcity Cause. Washington. Aug. 19 The poatof- flee department, unable, owing to the war, to obtain a sufficient supply Of. Indelible Ink pencils with which to carry on the departmental work, has Issued an order that beginning Imme diately all clerical labor must be Car rie! on with pen and ink. The Indelible Ink of Kuch pencils la composed of black graphite and coal tar dyes. The scarcity of the latter product, which to a great extent are manufactured exclusively In Germany, has recently forced t'ie price of suoh pencils from l to $1.60 a dozen and has made the article so scarce as to be virtually unobtainable. The order was made by A. M. Euckery, third as sistant postmaster general. When wrltlnjr or calllnK plrafe mentkui Th Jonriwl. adrerttaeri. See the Strand First trouble: a broken mainspring." The electrical storm, traveling from southeast to northwest and passing over Rlngling and the Healdton oil field, lasted less than one and, a half hours, beginning about 8 o clock, yet some watches brought in for repairs stopped as late as 11:30. which the ever Jeweler said was extraordinary. Strand Values Are the Greatest Values in the World of Amusement TODAY 35 Continuous From 1 to 11 p. m. a J. Warren Kerrigan The Prince of Popularity, in the Thirtieth Red Feather Photoplay The Beckoning Trail A Romance of the East and West One of Kerrigan's best. Every scene bristles with action and ex citement, and if you think Kerrigan can't put up a scrap, you're de cidedly wrong. He licks six men and wrecks the whole place. It'-t just about the greatest fight you ever saw in pictures. 4 Acts Top-Notch Vaudeville Loeffler & Vernon Singing and Talking Artists Balcom & Sherman Original Piano Novelty The Olmsteads A Study in Physical Science Esther Sundquist Everybody's Favorite Don't Forget Children under 10, accompanied by parents, are admitted free, except Saturday and Sunday. l stljp vaupkviijlb Fv iMcrroiL Anm Xjt TV 1 1 '-. , J .... ' t -r i i