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THE OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNAL. - PORTLA ND. .SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 17. 1918.. - 15 LITTLE RUSSIA, OR UKRAINE, HAS HAD TROUBLED CAREER Border State Preserves Its Na tional Ideals'in Spite of Chaos That Has Beset It. RICH IN VARIED RESOURCES GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN ON WEST FRONT f Fertility of Region Long Has Given It a Commercial Im portance That Is Recognized. What is the Ukraine? This ia one of the many question that people are ask ing today. The Poles and the Lithu anians of -a few centuries ago knew well this most turbulent section over which they attempted to rule, and Imperial Russia for a long time was greatly trou bled by this very unruly part of her ex- . i . m, rr n J K pan nive aomain. i no jwuh .hu un Turks felt its proximity because of the . many raids made upon them by the " wild warriors of the steppes. In recent years the Ukraine has qui eted down, so that the casual students of today hardly realised that there was such a distinctive section left, living in the belief that-the Slavs of the Ukraine or Little Russia, as it Is better known had become thoroughly amalgamated with the Great Russians of the Petro grad and Moscow sections. The events of the last few months, however, have revealed: the real situation. A Troubled Career The Ukraine has had a troubled ca reer. The wild Scythians helped to feed ancient Greece and her colonies from these same endless steppes whence Ger many now expects to draw sustenance. A thousand years ago Kiev was already becoming an important place. When the Saxons still ruled England in the long ago, the banks of the Dnieper were the meeting place for many races, drawn thither by commerce. Religious differ ences had not yet arisen, for all were , - worshipers of Idols. Even then a Slav people were safely established there owing and reaping their harvests and ending their surplus grain down this river to the Black sea. The name Ukraine means "border marches." For centuries It was the bul wark that protected Poland and Lithu anla from the Tartars. Turks and other migrating Orientals. As a result It has had cruel taskmasters. Peopled by Coitaeks - The native population was largely Cossacks, a wild and unruly people at . that time. They were not originally tribe, but were men who went forth into the wilderness to find freedom. The vast steppes, covered with grass to the height of a horse, within which a mul titude of game lurked. lured them on. "There were Poles and Lithuanians and 4 Russians, and even Turks, among them. They became marvelous shots, riders nd swimmers; their horses were fa mous for their swiftness and endurance. Their differences gradually blended in a unity of purpose and principle. i The name Zaporoglans was applied to the community that was the heart and soul of the great Ukraine. Their gov ernment was crude but very republican ' in form. Each year the old officers laid down their duties in the presence of a general assembly, even in that day called the rada, and new ones were then chosen. Hetman Once Ruled As any"member of ihe tribe could be elevated to the highest office, it per mitted each one to aspire to this dig nity. The highest official was known as the hetman. If unpopular, he was some times choked to death, an effective if cruel displacement. The Ukraine's experiences with war and disaster would long ago have bro ken the spirit of a race gifted with less elastic temperament. There are ele ments in hi temperament that enable Mm to stand much oppression without revolt. The Little Russians have worked hard and fought hard, and they have emerged a fairly united and still vigorous people. The population Increases more steadily than that of Great Russia, as the people are greatly attached to home and do not care to wander far from their native vil lages. They are great lovers of the soil and cling to it with a passionate ten acity. Kiev Is Chief City The Ukraine Includes Southeastern Russia, with the exception of the prov ince known as jBessferabla, which par takes of the character of the Balkan states and Is peopled with Roumanians and Bulgarians. The great seaport of Odessa and surrounding country have been added to it under the new align ment The Ukraine does not reach much north of Kiev or east of Kharkov, but It Is a large state In itself, about as f em -Mk, . k4fc "Sr, V ':st- y , . ...r.'. jar?; xm . f 1 IT .. - L'z' vr " ii-t 4. 4 x lit! 1 f 1 v i r " 1 1 'JTb?- llrl 111 . ..n I d w ! I'll mt- . t M A- M " - k 1 1 J I mum K X W f i I I English Incidents' Show Fine Wartime-Spirit To Meet English People at Home Is to Appreciate Their Thor ough Qualities That Made "Carrying On" a National Pastime.- By Fred Loekley "Tb Journal Mn Abroad." recently Ttnrnl from n extended Uy In tlw wr son in the T. M. C A. rtSae. My work during the past year has taken me 'preUy well all over France and Great Britain. While In London. 1 was detailed to travel over England. Ireland and Wales to write articles on the work of the Red Triangle for the publicity department of the Y. M. C. A. The following article Is one written Just prior to my departure from England. - - On their nay to the rear captured Huns carry stockade posts to be used ia allied defenses. NCREASE IN WAGES GRANTED TO 70,000 R. R. TELEGRAPHERS McAdoo Announces Aggregate Wage Advance of $30,000, 000 Annually. Washington, Nov. 16. (U. P.) Rail road telegraphers numbering about 70, 000 were tonight granted an Increase In wages by Director General McAdoo. The new wages, representing a basic mini mum of 13 cents Increase an hour, will be effective from October 1. The advance in wages will aggregate approximately $30,000,000 annually, Mc Adoo estimated. Basing the calculation on an eight hour day. McAdoo reduced the pay of the telegraphers to a flat hourly salary. A minimum of 35 cent an hour was es tablished and to this waa added 13 cents per hour, with agreement for time and a half pay for overtime work. The hourly minimum of da cents, in some cases, worked a cut in salary be cause straight monthly salaries frequent ly ranged highr than that figure, Mc Adoo said. Wages paid January 1, 1918, were used as a basis upon which to com pute the original pay minimum. The decision does - not apply to per sons receiving less than $30 a month, or to persons who devote a portion ofthelr time to outside interests and therefore are not employed the remaining eight hours on wires. The order affects telegraphers, tele phone operators (other than switchboard ODerators), agent-telegraphers, agent- telephoners, towermen, levermen, train directors, tower directors, block opera tors and their staff. A decision on the demand of the agents and statlonmen who are not operators will be announced next week, officials said. U. S. Extends Credit To Allies, Including Czecho-Slav Council Washington, Nov. 16. (I. N. S.) The United States government today extend ed a credit of $266,000,000 to Belgium, the Czecho-Slovak national council. Great Britain and Italy. The loan to the Czecho-Slovak na tional council Is the first extended by this country and follows closely recog nition of the council by America. The loans extended today are sum marised as follows : . Belgium $9,000,000, Csecho-Snovak council $7,000,000. Great Britain $200. 000.000, .nd Italy $50,000,000, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo announced. The loans today bring the total of loans extended by the United States to her allies to $8,178,976,666. Mr. McAdoo announced. The loans to Belgium by this country now total $192,520,000, Czecho-Slovak council $7,000,000, Great Britain $3,945,000,000. and Italy $1,210. 000.000. Government Lifts B a n o n Building - Operations in II. S. Washington. Nov. IS. CU. P.) Re sumption of building activities through out the nation received official sanction here tonight. The treasury department in a statement lifted the ban on every kind of construction work and urged that it begin immediately. "The resumption of construction work will facilitate the industrial transaction from war to a peace time basis," the statement explained. "It should -serve to absorb labor as it turns from war work to peace time pursuits." The government will ask bids at once on many public buildings which were held up because of the war. It was estimated when the restriction on building was announced. that govern ment, plans would result In expend! tures of $14,000,000 for public buildings outside of Washington. This sum has since increased,. CANADIAN'S BLUFF RESULTS IN CAPTURE OF TITILL BOXES' Lieutenant Rutherford, Cut Off From flen, Faces 45 Ger mans and Captures All. large as the German empire, with some 25.000,000 or 30,000,000 people living in It The largest city of the real Ukraine Is Kiev, around which national life probably centers because of the deep religious associations in connection with the shrines and many holy places. It was at one time the capital of all Rus sia Kharkov is the leading commercial town In it, unless Odessa, on the Black sea, is considered. Albany Prospects Good Albany, Nov. 16. With several city captains . still working and no district completed, Albany's original quota In the United War Work campaign has been reached and the prospects are good for a liberal oversubscription. With 73 school districts In of a total of 130 in the county, the county has subscribed $13,418. Court Deals Cupid Blow, Bride Faints London, Nov. 16. (By British Wire less Press to I. N. S.) Remarkable ex ploits of great bravery In battle were disclosed here today by the London Gazette's announcement of new awards of the Victoria Cross to British and Colonial soldiers. Among those honored was Lieuten ant Rutherford, of a Quebec regiment. When In command of an assaulting party Rutherford found himself a con siaeraDie distance aneaa or his men and at the same moment saw a fully armed, strong enemy party outside ef a "pillbox," Just In front of him. He beckoned to the Germans with his re volver to come to him and In return the Germans beckoned to Rutherford to come to them. This he boldly did and Informed the Germans they were prison rs.' This fact an enemy officer disputed and Invited Rutherford to enter the I have recently visited various polnt3 in the southern tier or counties, K.eni. Surrey, Hants, Dorset. Devon. Corn wall and Somerset. My notebook Is full and running over. Opening It at landom. the first note I see Is merely an address "Thomas H. Walker, Los AiiKeles. Cal.. U. S. Naval Base, Vic toria Docks, Plymouth. England." There ore 20 pages of Just Buch notes an ad dress, a few words, the name of a boat each of them being a peg on wnicn hangs a story- Take the note I have Just referred to for example. The city secretary at Plymouth was showing me the work being carried on at Plymouth. He said: "One of our best workers Is Thomas H. Walker. He has a tent down at the docks where the, Rodman Wanamaker flying boats are not sea planes, but' regular boats, bo powerful ly engtned that they can rise like a gull nnd soar high In air. They are equally at home. Just aa is a gull. In the air or on the water. "He also has a lot of 'chasers' at the dock and cares for the lads who operate them, many of whom are college men." Former Fortlaader Eaeoaatered We went down to the dock and I was introduced to Mr. Walker. He said. "How is your mother. Fred?" I took a second look at him and discovered that he was the Rev. T. H. Walker, who had been the pastor of the Calvary Pres byterian church from 1909 to 1913. We bad met each other times without num ber at Y. M. C. A. meetings In Port land. He said : "I came over as 'Y' fcecretary aboard the United States transport Cedrlc, reaching here May 19. When I opened here there wre only four or five sailors stationed here, now there are about a thousand. We are putting up a concrete hut 30 by 90 feet and we have decided to add an annex 30 by 90 feet so as to have bil liard room, guest room, study rooms, reading room and writing room. We are organizing classes in mathematics, steam engineering and other technical etudies. The officers help me out by acting as instructors. "One of our blue Jackets la a cele brated organist of New York City, an other ia a cellist for the Boston Sym phTny and we have 16 professional mu sicians, we have a jazs band, we have three expert cinema men, bo without calling on outside talent we can put on our musical programs, shows and mov ing plcture entertainments." Matches la Demand Here Is another note one word only "matches" While I was at Plymouth a big crowd gathered in front of a shop on Cornwall street. The police hurried up to see what the trouble was. They discovered that the store had re ceived a shipment of matches and the street was Jammed with people trying to buy a box. Matches are very scarce. A box of matches or several lumps of "pillbox," an Invitation he discreetly de clined. By a masterful bluff, however. U,Ufrar are princely gltt!. they were surrounded and the whole 45, including two officers, surrendered with their three machine guns. Subsequently Rutherford Induced an enemy officer to Btop the fire of a ma chine gun close by. Taking advantage of this opportunity to hasten the advance of his men, the lieutenant then observed The next note I find in my book rs "Hospitality." As I write I am sitting in a big, airy. light room, one whole side of which is glass. It Is 50 or 60 feet from the stone wall on the embankment or promenade. The waves of the Atlantic are breaking against the sea wall in front of me. The rain has stopped, though the sea, is that the assaulting party on his right still rough and a beautiful rainbow on was held up by the fire of a machine gun from another "pillbox." This forti- the ocean rests one arch on Greendown and the other end is in the white fication was attacked with a Lewis caps. To the left is the coast of Devon, gun and 35 Germans with machine guns to the right 12 or 15 miles distant. Is captured. Wales. Straight ahead Is America. A private named Jack Harvey from a Yesterday afternoon when I came'te London regiment was decorated for Weston-Super-Mare, I went to the Royal capturing a machine gun single-handed, hotel. Every room was taken. The Dashing through heavy fire he shot two same thing waa true at the Atlantic of the German gunners and bayoneted hotel. The Sandringham was full up anotner. men ne rusned an enemy dugout and compelled the 35 occupants to surrender. Cleveland, Ohio, lov. 16. Cupid got a solar plexus blow at the hand of Police Judge Phillips when Louis A. Herbers pleaded wrth the, court that his sentence for trespassing in an automobile bo su pended so that he might get married. The court refused the plea and gave Louis a three months' term at the work house.. In the meantime Miss Clara Burckel waa "waiting; at the church," for she waa to have married Herbers that morning. When he failed to appear for the ceremony, she started a search for him that led to the police court When she learned that the wedding was off for the time being, at least. Miss Burckel fainted. "COBK FLOOBg MAKE LIFE'S WAIK EAST" , r A Wide Variety of High -Grade1 Attractive Patterns at Very -:. Moderate Prices cork FLOOR PRODUCTS CO. I Facing the sea wall on the promenade near the Melrose was a large house with Its orderly bit of lawn and garden. A small marble tablet on the house had carved on it "apartments." I rung the bell. The lady who came to the door said, "I am sorry we have no single rooms and I rent my apartments by the month." I started away. She said. "Walt a moment I can let you have a room for the night." I asked her the price when I had looked at the room. She named a very Inadequate price. I pretested that it was worth more than that, but she said she could not alter her prices, so I took it. Man-bmnt Interesting I wanted to locate Francis Jane, a Washington high school boy. a neighbor of mine on Mt. Tabor, so I walked up Bristol Road to No. 7. Eastcombs Tina A wtwn Miur ana Mrs. Janii SanA by A. A. Allen, and had waited at the prior to moving to Portland. Across the Allen place for his two brothers, Ralph street from their old home I found Jth ana vYuuara, to return rrom armng olrf-tlm neighbor. Charles Dver. wtoo some cows to. pasture. It Is believed wa8 very cordial and who referred irfe .k...v-v.i i i a. jars, roweu, it ions umv in en a jvi All Who Can, Asked To Help Search for Missing Little Boy A party Is to be organized today to hunt for Clarence Thompson, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. ThomDSon. 1645 East Ninth street, hear Spokane avenue. The little fellow was missin Wednesday shortly after noon at Upper Logan, near Estacada. It is considered certain he must have entered a large tract of timber there. He was last seen older son, a fine, manly-looking chap. She said "He was killed last week. He was 19 years old. He had been In France only 13 days when he waa called upon to lay down his life for his home land and for world freedom. A M other j Flea "The Germans have taken from me a very part of my life. We must not lay down the sword till we have made the world safe for the mothers of the coming generation, so that neter again can a nation bring to the mothers of men such. agony aa we are called upon to suffer. It is a fearful price. It means the death of thousands more of the sons of other mothers but the price must- be paid. It Is hard to understand how even God can forgive Germany." I returned to my room and the lady here told me to use the big sun parlor to do my writing in as I would be undis turbed and the light was better than in my room. At about 9 o'clock she tapped on the door and said : "It will rest yen to stop work a moment or so and drink a cup of coffee and eat some bread and butter." She had It with her on a tray, so I fell to and as I ate we chatted. Her husband died before the war. Che had two sons. One was In the govern ment service at Whitehall. "When war waa declared." she Bald, "my sort laid down hie pen and donned a uniform. He fought for two year before he was killed. My other son was kHled within two months of h(s arrival in France. My little grandson, Peter, who saluted you when you came in tonight. Is all I have left. His mother lives withjne. He is 3 years old and Is the very Image of my boy, his father. No. he never saw his father. He waa born after his father was killed." This morning when I answered the tap on my bedroom door I found in addition to my shaving water a cup of tea and some bread and butter. Later when I sat down to breakfast I asked the lady to sit down at the table with me for the sake of her company. I said. "Why did you take me In? Why did you charge me so little? Why do you go to bo much trouble for me?" She said: "To me you are the United States. " I can not go to the front and lay down my life for England a a my sons have done. I want to do my part for Eng land. I want your country and my country to be friends for all time. I want to show your country how. In our heart of hearts, we value her help. The war would have been a stalemate. With God's help and your help we will not have lost our sons In vain. We will fight on to final victory. I can't ex press It as I feel It but you will know." Want Ad Coin mat IaUrettlsr The next Item in my notebook reads "Want ads." Many of the ads published In the Eng lish papers look strange to western eyes. For example I have before me yes terday's paper. Under "Lost and Found" ?. reward Is offered for the return of a ame Jackdaw. Just beneath It are these notices : "Lady wishes to sell double pram." "Respectable woman wants washing every day but Monday," "Want ed, a useful girl." "Wanted, a girl to push milk float," "Wanted, to buy sec ond-hand teeth," "Wanted, two rippers." "Wanted, a lady butcher." Wanted. girl apprentice in boot repairing shop," "Wanted, lady assistant for gents' de partment," "Lessons given In dancing and whist, "Wanted, young general ; wages 18 per annum; no washing; every other night oat;" "Wanted, a strong, clean, respectable day girl ;" "Wanted, a smart girl ;" "To be sold, a freehold;" "A cob and Jingle -on hire." "For sale, a lively cob ;" "For sale, teak- built cutter "Gwendolyn S ;" "Hunting appointments. Dartmoor Otter hounds ;" I "Bad legs positively cured." "Wet nurse desired' "Wanted, domesticated help In country ;" "N-C-O, discharged from ar my, seeks place as typist ;" "Wanted, by elderly widow, a general easy work;" "Wanted, a plain cook;" "Lost, a Uver and white curly dog ;" "Curate wanted for St. Pauls, stipend 180 per annum "Double curb, heavy gold, gent's studs lost, reward" ; "Owing to the need for compression due to the scarcity of pa per, patrons are earnestly requested to be brief and to compress their advertise ments as much as possible ; we cannot undertake to insert long announce ments." Births, marriages, silver weddings, deaths and "In Memorlams" In small type appear In each Issue, the deaths and In Memorlams usually running sev erai columns, me race Doing rrom ia cents to $1 per line for such announce ments. Here are three typical notices of this kind. It Is the only headstone most of the lads will ever have, for. they are part of the innumerable host of un known dead wno lie In bloody trench or crater in France. Victory Celebrated ' By Foreign Legion Paris. Not. (L N. S.) American members of the famous Foreign Legion who survived the war held an Informal dinner to celebrate the anted victory. Among those present were Lieutenant Loar Boulgny of New Orleans, Strafford Lincoln Chatoff of Brooklyn, Jack Ca sey of San Francisco. Paul Rockwell of Atlanta, Ga. ; Ernest Waldroa ef Pater son. N. J. ; Algernon Sartotis of Wash ington, a rrandson of General tj. B. Grant ; Marios P. Phillips of San Fran cisco and Corporal Jack Noyet of Mo bile, Ala. A Colorado CoUege - : Girl Is Murdered', Denver, Col., Nor. 1.(L N. ' R- "' V Denver police are attempting to-un-, ravel the mystery surrounding the deata - of Miss Marian Rawley. beautiful TM year old college girl of Boulder, whose -body was found In a downtown lodjt--Ing house this morning. There was . small calibre bullet wound In the head of the girl, and the room In which ; ' the 4ody was found Indicated a rtnif- v gle had preceded the shooting. "Jack Nance, a soldier of the University of , -i Colorado, who admits he was a fre- quent visitor at the apartment of the . girl. Is held without bail. he may be alive. to hunt are asked to bring any good dogs. The road to reach Upper Logan Is by way of Clackamas, Baker's bridge and the Logan road. Parties searching since Wednesday have been utterly worn out, and the distracted parents and rela tives are compelled to ask the assistance of any and all who will Join the search. France Pays Honor 10 Uftrdinal iTlhhOnS husDand and ,on returned- I found the XU JUii. U-XJ-lOil UiyUUJiO entire family charming people. When I the Jane family. I went to their home. a very beautiful one, by the way, and asked for the .address of Francis. Mrs. Powell insisted that I come in and have tea. When we had lelsurly eaten our wafer-like bread and butter, blackberry Jam, and oat meal cakes e.nd drank our tea, she Invited me to be tneir guest while I remained In Weston-8uper-Mare, As I had already made arrangements I expressed my thanks, but accepted her invitation to prolong my call till her had been there for an hour or more. TS MEMORIAM F RAWLEY Sept. 9. died of wounds received, in France,- Pte. William T. Frawley. Devons. Fondly remembered by his loving mother, E. J. Jones. Mem ories cling. No morning dawns, no night returns. But what I think of thee. Mother. FRAWLEY In loving memory of Wil lie Frawley. who passed away in France Sept 9. 1917. We often speak of bygone days When we were both together. A shadow o'er my life Is cast ; A loved one gone forever. His loving sweetheart Mabel. 5EWSOS In loving memory of our dearly beloved brother, Alfred John, Coldstream Guards, ViPed In France Sep tember 8th. 1914. Sadly missed by his brother Andrew and sister-in-law Lucy. Just as manhood's life was 'dawning On the brother we loved so well He was taken from among us Te Ms heavenly home to dwelL RYDER In ever-loving memory of our dear George. Worcester Regt (from 7th Devon Cyclists), who was killed In stantaneously In action Sent. 9. 1917. aged 20. Peacefully sleeping in Brand hoek Military Cemetery. Popertnghe. near Tpres. Lovingly remembered by mother and father, his sisters, and Baltimore, Md., Nov. 16. (I. N. &) I en ahowed me the photographs of her brother Jack. 7. Aahford-road. Mutley Cardinal . Gibbons was- decorated late this afternoon with the highest Honor that can be conferred by the French government. He waainde' a com mander of the Legion of Honor. The decoration was conferred on htm bv Jules J. Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States. Madame JuEse rand and several embassy attaches ac companied the ambassador from Wash' Ington to Baltimore. The honor is awarded the American cardinal for aid he has given France and In honor of his golden Jubilee as a bishop. I 2,349,430 Sick And Wounded Men Are Treated in England Eepublxcans Eeport Having Spent $6396 New York, Nov. 16. (L N. S.) Since August, 1914, the total sick and wounded British soldiers that have been trans ferred to the United Kingdom from the various theatres of war la 2,349.430, ac- Complaints Filed By Employes With Industries Board Wood or Coal Heater Ul Tr ln the national war labor fcoard RhrSr -cording to iaio.mi.U" v" "c"Thours and increased w.r. .r. l,lBl today by the British bureau of Infor mation. These figures do not take Into ac count nearly 50,000 German prisoners taken to England for medical treat- Salem. Nov. 16. In the recent election I mnt. campaign the Republican state central Manr wounded found themselves In committee spent $6,396.65 to elect Repub- hospital! in England within 24 hours iican canciuaies. accoraing 10 a state-1 after becoming casualty. The German ment filed with Secretary of State Olcott I prisoners received .the same treatment by Arthur C. Jones, treasurer, and J. W. th British, r N Cochran, secretary of the committee. J. I In no previous war in the history of Dean Buuer. secretary-treasurer of J. U. 1 Great Britain have her sick and wound- Campbell for supreme court campaign I ed warriors been so well and carefully commutes spent v3a, . : I looked after. Washington. Nov. 1. I. N. S.) A number of complainW, bringing to head controversies between various In dustries throughout the country and their employes, were today filed with Among the complaints were the follow tag : Chicago Employes versus Donnelly c Sons company, 210 pressmen, bookbinders and bindery women Involved. Syracuse, N. Y, and vicinity Mould ers versus three foundry companies, 65 men involved. - : Rockford. IIL Employers versus eight more companies. 1369 machinists and helpers Involved. Rock Island, I1L Employes versus Tri-Clty Masons Contractors Vssocla Uon, 125 .bricklayers. "The Firefly $1.00 DOWN $1.00 A WEEK The-Best there it. Quality considered, the Cheapest theie is. Double wall construction, cast iron firepot, duplex grate, fireplace front Price (IJOK within reach of all DOJ SPECIAL TERMS Other Heaters as Low as $2.75 WmwW Watch . WlnPI for0ur ll MIA Ectric WeEurnishYourHome Complete, You Pay a Small Payment Down the Balance on Easy Monthly Payments v pat athephones playing rathe Records with the Sapphire Ball beat the world. IIP '-5 i t i t V Path Ask for demonstration of this wonderful . old French machine.' 'This one with 12 selections $99.50. ONLY $12 DOWN AND $8 A MO." NO INTEREST. CALEF BROS. (Injhe Weinhard Block, 2l2 Blocks ; - ,ANorth of -Washington St) - - ' ai .. - I