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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAHD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918
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I'blUJpa Brooks.
HARMFUL IN FRANCE
F
RENCIl statesmen "are puzzled"
by the opposition in the United
States senate to a league of
nations.
T y. l.
iney aaran inai mcy are unamo
; to grasp what has transpired or Is
itranspirlng in the United States,"
aava a nnhlf "whlfth fhfv. confe?.
lowing to the circumstances, is most
harmful."
t' Ttma 4n ih mnat mAmnf Ana nn.
"ference in all history, a conference
.-.w i -i- .u- i i. . i t. i mi l
m which mo HiiBHwea iwtra hi
time are to decide policies of infinite)
Duroort for the future of all man-
rMrf" U.6 aI
.uu, mu 8rUU, t Amci. 1U5 "
and out of the senate are poisoning.
ana out pi tne senate are poisoning.
n far as thov ran the minda of
. .J!
the
American president and the Amerl
can peace delegates.
The obstructionists 'inject this de
moralizing influence into the peace
negotiations because of their hostil
ity to the- league of nations. They
are puzzling statesmen on the other
side. Those statesmen say the effect
of this hostile propaganda is "harm
ful" to the conference.
This American hostility is strongly
indicted by high American authority.
Spealhng. in an Article in the Phiia-
delphia Public Ledger, of the demand
In the senate for America not to
Jojn in a league of nations, former
President Taft says: '
This la tha counsel of cowardice and
atavism. It breaks the word of prom-
'V !. ?r ff -J? piV,ngr'
take out of the execuUve council of
such a league the only member of it
IV ""rit t irr
Cf:,," ?LErP,t
terested counsel and action.
Cduld wa thus self lshly retire to our
tSo&SS. pSJI1"
the war and in the terms of peace
must thrust upon us as the most pow-
the"1 famllof '"naSio"!!!?? "27"ebe if
President Wilson' stands w the
character he has assumed if. the plain
peopie uurvpo ana me wona, am
ofl i!eaty m whlch J"'Utaltaa
States becomes a responsible factor
In the world's rroaresa. the mr of
smalls vision in the senate and con-1
Kress will be swept from their oppo
sition by a public opinion They cannot
withstand. " -
There is already an informal leagua
of nations. The war was fought to
victory by the four great powers,
America, Britain, France and Italy
and the smaller nations leagued to
. gether. Their military operations
were under a single command. The
great council at Versailles was- the
directing body of this informal
league.' The peace conference will
be a' continued exercise of the pow
ers of the league in fixing peace
settlements.
. .The proposal Is1 to make this In
formal league a permanent organi
zation, adding other nations and peo
ples to the membership- as from
time to time f may seem advisable,
and exercising through the future
the. same function . in . dealing ! with
wayward, an. recreant nations and
mw -Hnutuusui "Hu umnansm as
may bbcui uc(, lur maaxind. it is at
, . . . .
raws propose 10 extena ine run
tlons already Informally exercised.
i Kl . ' . D
aeaung wiui me nun, wny snouid 'l
noi bo gooa ia prevenvng a-recur-
rCvf u ?1 th6 1. tnings from
im.-u viv urJu Ha jus peen ao-
livered? The proposal Is so sound,
Its objects so laudable, its efficacy
.so well proved, that It seems impos- States would intervene to prevent and procuring court decisions that
sible that the hostility in America hostilities between the states of the ownership of mines by the subsidi
can be ah honest hosUlity. Union. - ftri, i. nnt ownrshin hv th mart-
It seems more likely to be an op -
position in wnicaine opponents are
.wimng i rmo whii or actually
sacrifice the welfare of mankind and
1llh(ratf lv throw ssIHa th frnlta nrl
the great victory, In order to prevent
- - .i
-rcsiucui, iiauu irum uuina; crean
or uisuucuuu in his eiioris 10 pro -
vide a secure and lasting peace, oa
no other basis is it possible to ao -
count for the attitude of Penrose,
Poindexter, Roosevelt, Knox and the
others fighting the league of nation.
V - v
A late Issue of the Weston Leader
b' six xroiumn, an nomeikeep out of the one Just ended,
vuu uu vi miwcsuug ui -
terv readable, entertaining and edify-
lng. The most interesting thing
about it is that the editorial, repor-1
Ia.1.1 .lit 1 1 1
wriai, tuuivuBiuua ana au mecuaui-1
cal- work ' is the product of one
man, only one, that of dark Wood,
owner, editor. ! i!ihiishir. foreman
and personnel of the composing and
press room. .Mr. Wood is a versa-1
tlle and interesting figure in Oregon
newspaper life. ' :
TIIE BOY GANGS
rAYOR f BAKER has named
commission to' study
the
ganged iaw breaking by boys
who steal automobiles, rob
stores, hold up sub urban, ticket of-
fices and do other l
of which. accounts have been numer-
ous in the newspapers of late.
There was a recent suggestion by
TA.n,,l th.t thT mint hA
psychology to account for these
depredations by organized gangs of
young boys. It ean hardly be thar
all these instances of youthful vio
lence have suddenly come like an!
epidemic upon the .cene without
some suggestive cause that led the
bovs to embark upon such fool
enterprises.
rv r,atiint tnv-PRtiiration. to find
out the mental state that drew theso I
youths together, to study the -steps
by which their plans were first
mpntiftuprl nd then carried forward,
and' to seV what can be done to
nrovide a remedy, is wnat 'xnc
.Tftiimar understands to be the f una-
tion of the mayor's commission.
n u r.ommisslon with an excel-
lftnt nersonnet. Some very line
men have been named for the work,
Th field thev are to survey is i
almost unexplored. To the constabu- ontamea were irauauient. -me con
irv. which has neither time -aor tention of the government was the
talent for dealing with, such cases,
or to Juvenile courts with even less
of iiither.' ia usually left the dlS-
m I
... n ,h.
U0ai ji Bum ot '
result that little of scientific value
has ever been developed for dealing
wit such offnses'
The mayor "has adopted a sound
. . a
course. The Dlan is -excellent ana
th subject highly important.
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, ,,,....,. .
wny a iowi ... uBUduuu
18 wny; vmlng July, August, sep-
Mmh October and November this
v.;; th a American people saved no
W .the America" ;PPeaP
w ,--
less than 773.000 tons of sugar over
their normal consumption. In the
their normal consjumpti
iflve months the total saved by the
people J through) application of the
food ; administration's restriction.
was 1550.000,000 pounds. It shows
the enormous things the food ad
ministration did to 'feed the entente
armies. Was it not worth while?
COLONEL CRADLED A UGH
OllN H. CRADLEBAUGH, a popu-
lar wj;iUr on the Capital Journal j
of Salem, was a man who made 1
friends during his, lifetime, and
has them to mourn , his departura j
in death. He was a kindly man, a
friend in good fortune or in bad. J
His passing will leave, no sentiment I
but sorrow and regret in the minds I
0f those who knew him.
As an editor and newspaper writer
for many-ears Colonel Cradlebaughl
has left the Imprint -Of his .thought
uon l!ie m,Dds or a wwe clrcle
of people in the Oregon .country,
Clear, forceful and vigorous In style,
nrOOTessive in thought, he wrote Jn
supprt trt,DClp!f8 and pr
"pts whioh he believed were for
the best interests of the common
men and women of the state. His
lnflucniBe has been felt' in shaping
the public mind and moulding- it
rrom tne Old oraer or tnings' imo
the new. He will be missed by his
, " i" t . .
friends, and by his readers, who
were is friends.
Should Cardinal Mercler carry out
his reported plan of visiting ' the
United States next spring he will
be welcomed by all who. love in-1
tegrity and courage- His eminence I
defied the Prussian, tyrants when de-
f lance was dangerous. ' He spoke
out for his oppressed fellow-Bel-1
gians when the iron, hand of power I
had silenced almost every- other I
voice. Cardinal Mercler i is one of
the finest living exemplars of the
old American spirit which loves
liberty better than life aid hates j
tyranny worse than death, I
CAN WE KEEP OUT 1
t;
HE Philadelphia . Public Ledger
punusnes an interview witu Mr,
Bairour or tne Bntisn cabinet in
which that astute statesman sav 1
some; interesting things about the
league oi nations.
speaxing ol the many small Euro-
r - . . . -
pean states which aspire to become!
lndependeniMr. Balfour says that
I it would oe : intolerable to set them
free ; and then leave them to "make
a cockpit of Europe." In other
words, the 'league of nations must
exercise some eirecuvje control overland so eon. The carriers evaded
its members. It must keen the thu amendment hv fm-mir.o-. th.rn-
peace between them as the United
1 "Mr. " Balfour hones ."to see the
united States take Its full share
in ine wort or , tne league of na -
tions." He truly remarks that the
i ivb" -wu uvim u Kill uiuukuiiI
of the world If it is to be worlhlwaa "df-evrtijih iv Thna sit r.
j anyming. i ne crams oi tne united
1 btates snouid maxe a ; contribution
to it .Itt; proportion to their ability.
l Whether we Americans like it or
not, the time has come when we
must renounce our traditional policy
1 of isolation. Should another World
(wide War break OUt. We COUld nolanri nrnonrwl a iIoi-po -that mvnois.
! more keep out of it than we could
ine oniy sensioie, course xorus Is
to do our full part ia helping to
rprevent any more wars... For this
hardly any sacrifice could be too
v V .
great.
There was a picture of Senator
Knox in yesterday's Journal. A
look at . it . explains why Mr. Knox
introduced in-the senate a resolu-
tion to forbid the American peace
delegates from advocating a league!
of nations. It is a picture of the
highly fed man. The drooping eye
lids, the double chin, .the pudgy
cheeks are eloquent of a good break
fast, an -. amnlft ' lunrhpnn and a
bounteous dinner. - It is a picture
rtf nf-nfmnf wHh nn ,nn(W.n fn
those m tne Jess fortlnate 8trata
f , - To Mr. Knox; -ft league of
. . .
. lL
uu ""6l"a ""fc ow ""
a a guuu amucr.
MAKE THEM DISGORGE
iHE, verdict , for the government
in the tW?Hard N. Jones' timber
land case , has an extremely sig
nificant phase
It dealt with the land frauds that
were the subject of prosecution by
rrancis J. iieney. . i nerc nas always
beert - condemnation of the -Heney
memoas. n nas always neen insifieu
na the Juries were hand picked. Ou
tnese grounds several of themencon-
victed in the Oregon cases were par-
u i pibiucu iuKrcun
Mr. Jones among them.
m tne.iate suit "by me govern-
ment against J ones, we ODject waa
w cure rwuiuuuu vi iub yjmuo
of the lands on the ground that
the methods by which they were
same as in the . criminal proceed-
g,
nr.A. At l . - a. a. . J Kf.l
ui iue jury ws nui naua piokcu.
The testimony was not nearly so
- , -
strong. . i
More, than a dozen years had
elapsed. ' some or the most lmport-
Unt witnesses at the criminal trial
1 ii.AHii . t a a 4 PIK a 4 van w nw!t4 r 4KniM
nc uu. nc uausuivn i mc.i
testimony was not admitted in tne
civil suit. Th lansn nt timfl hn1
, ; -
Uon snft.pnwt th fpstlmonv of snrnfi
- ---- - "
The excitement and aggressive public
sentiment, so marked during tho
nov .,,tmn wr nnt n.
nrowntions wPr not nrps-
"eney prosecutions were not pres-
ent at the hearing of the ' recent
case.
But the verdict was for the gov
ernment. The jury, on weaker, testi
mony, agreed with the , jury at the
criminal ; trial. ;
This is -not said in defense of
Hfitipv. It is a statprmffiiit of faRt.
public lands stands condemned, that
juries and courts are emphatically
for restitution of the stolen domain
and that the principle is e'stab-
lushed that wherever and by whom-
soever public lands are illegally and
fraudulently : held, it is the obliga
tion and duty of publio authority
to take steps for restitution and
restoration,
And by restoring, what better Way
to furnish needed lands to returning
soldiers?
Some of the counties are far in
the rear in their War Stamp auotas
and Multnomah is &mSug them. The
timA limit for fillinar nn thp5 n'notas
is January l Ar people of m
Oregon county willing to see their
quota below 100 per cent in the roll
published on that final day? Not
many days, are left in which to go
lover the top.
RAILROAD TRICKERY
A
RGUING for permanent govern
ment control of -callroads, the
Chicago' American recounts in-1
stances of trickery by which the
roads defeat regulati on both by state
and nation. Its insistence is that the
railroads cannot be regulated.
To demonstrate that so-called reg-
ulatlon is a sham, the American
cites the history of the Pennsylvania
coal roads, wnicn nas been re-
counted In volume XI of the Harvard
Economic studied
The tale ft begins with the deft
trickery of the Reading road, whose
charter forbade it to own coal mines
But the rjeading slipped through the
subservient ; Pennsylvania; legislature
a bill which authorized: it to buy
stock in a certain jnine. The astute
sharpers at the head of the road
then bought all ' the stock of the
mine. Thus they owned it and at
th. Bama
such are the subtleties oL the law
las it is manipulated for the cor
I iw.-.v"
.nm-mt-'. n.nVn'n-f
sharp practise Pennsylvania adopted
a constitutional amendment forbid
ding the common carriers to acquire
or io anv lanrta nnnt c.h
they needed for roadways, sUUons
I k- mtn SnhiHin nni
Un nhm th .anm inHii,w,i3i
j concerned In bdth.
1 This, was admirably leical; subtle
and sivJat , reminds - n . of Mnv
HaEsinrc. ivnn. a inrupn taiis liq
j ulatlon was turned into a farce by
j judicial 1 humbuggery,
HThert : theJ united States tooka
i hand in tha rame. nv th itonhnm
j act congress forbade the railroads
I to possess coal mines. " The roads
took the case into the federal courts
shin r of thn min' ; fort u nn
ownership of the mine.' So, they
won -out against the government
regulation. ; ; The Hepburn act wa
made as farcical as the ' Pennsyl
vania statutes. 'V .
As Jong as the roads are operated
privately for private . gain they p
almost certain to wriggle out of
regulation by hook or crook. The
failure of regulation means the reign
of ' discrimination, v favors to some
shippers, ruin to others. The merit
of government operation is that ft
Is impartial, - and .devoted wholly
tJ the service of the people. .
T. PAER, MA AND
THE RED CROSJ
By Ralph Watson
"Well." T. Paer asked cheerfullr. aa
he leaned over the foot of the bed. "how
does the pardner of my sorrows feel this
evening?" -.
Like a broiled lobster " Ma answered.
with a wan smile. . "I dot see any use
of keeping me all covered up like this."
"If Doc couldn't do something: to make
you uncomfortable what'd be the use
of bis comln ardlrod?" T. Paer Coun
tered. "They gotta do something to you
cr they'd be ashamed ti charge you for
it" . - ;
"I thought he was trying: to make me
feel good," Ma said wearily, "I'm tired
of feeling- bad." -
"Well, if you'a taken" T. Paer be
gan. - ,
"I've taken everything he asked me
to," Ma broke In. "and I don't want to
hear any of your I tdld you so' talk."
sne concluded, with a flash of her old
tune spirit. v . i y
"i ain't," TV Paer denied hasUly. "I
ain't goln'. to say anything- like that, till
you get up again. I was Just goln' to
say if you'd take a eggnog maybe you'd
reel better." j
"I don't think,1 Ma answered, regret
fully -"I don't think the Circle would
like me to take "era the way you make
em. Anyway, I'm all fed up on 'em."
"The Doe and me's runnln' this show,'
not th- Circle," T. Paer declared. "If
you want a eggpnog you can have one
"If you keep feeding me on eggnogs
much longer," Ma said, sarcastically,
"you'll get as fat as a pig."
"Aw, j, just eat the run-over to keep
from wastln' It," T. Paer said defensive
ly. "They ain't enough to fat a flea."
"I didn't know." Ma said reDentantlv,
"You look so tickled when I want 'em
I thought you was putting something
over on me.
jjon i x gei no credit ror wantin' you
to get wen 7" T. Paer demanded in
hurt tone. 'Dont you think I hate to
see you all laid up like this?"
"You don't hate it as, bad as I do."
Ma assured him. "I don't believe I'll
ever want to get into bed again."
"o," T. Paer grinned "Your mother
never raised you to be an invalid."
' a
"Speakln" of soldiers," he continued.
"tney was a awful good lookln' red head.
ed girl sold me a membership in the
Red Cross today.". .
"If she hadn't been red headed I don't
suppose you'd have taken it?" Ma que
ried.
"I just thought it was kinda appro
priate," T. Paer answered, . "to have a
red headed girl gettln' money for the
Red Cross."
It is, so far aa you're concerned," Ma
you take out a
membership for me?"
I plum forgot it," T. Paer confessed
But I'll hunt that girl up the first
thing In the, morrixig," he promised.
on. you needn't mmu" Ala told him.
'There was a lady with gray hair and
spectacles around here this afternoon
that I gave mine to."
"All right," T. Paer said,
"But say," he asked after a minute of
silent thought, "did you .ever get
membership for Hank?" f
"What on earth does Hank want with
a membership?" Ma asked In a surprised
tone. "Dogs don t belong."
They's lots ofvAlredales worked for
the Red Cross In France," T. Paer ex
plained, "and I thought -trd be nice for
Hank to do his bit here."
Maybe It would," Ma conceded. "I
badn't thought of it that way."
I'll get him a membership tomorrow,"
T. Paer promised. "We ought to be 100
per cent." .
"Never mind," Ma smiled. "I'll get the
spectacled lady to sell him a member
ship. She 8 coming back in the morn
Ine."
"Whatever's right," T.-Paer sighed.
'Just so's we get It fixed up and do all
we can for the Re. Cross."
Yes," Ma. answered. "I've just been
----- a a
thinking these last few daws how good
the Red Cross doctors and nurses must
have looked to the boys way over there
In France."
'They couldn't have done without
em" T. Faer agreea. -'Ana they's lots
of 'em over there that won't be through
with 'em for a long time .yet" '
Not 'till all the boys come home
again." Ma said ; "and the way things
look nobody knows when" that'll be,'
Everybody ought to come through
and help it out," T. Paer said earnestly,
Nobody knows but what you and me
might save some poor kid's life."
That right," Ma agreed. "Every
body ought to give that can.
Well.. TV Paer said, as he' started
out to hang up his coat and hat 'I'd a
bought that membership . If that girl
hadnt bad any hair at all."
Suppose she'd been a bald headed
man?" Ma suggested. ,
I'd a anteed just the same," the little
man said ; "or, maybe," he corrected.
Td a bet It pjfind."'
Is This Germany's Flag on
a Yank Banknote?
From tha Christian' Science Monitor
Now that the United States treasury
department has decreed that the fia-um
representing- uermany, in tne row of
statues . symbolising the maritime na
tions on - the New York custom house,
shall be transformed into a statute of
Belgium, one wonaers iz tne department
wm taae a similar action in recalling
the 120 federal reserve bank note of
the aeries of 191. For on the reverse
side or this particular note Is an en
graving of what bears a startling resem
blance to the S. S. Kronprinsessin Cec
ilia, sailing out oi xvew York harbor
with the German maritime emblem of
tnree nonsontai stripes proudly . float
ing at the stern. ' -
This resemblance. If It Is nothfno?
more, has long passed unnoticed in spite
of the fact that the North- German Lloyd
agents in ivew xoris nave placed in
circulation a prospectus featuring, on
the cover, a similar picture of the Kron-
prtnzessin ceciie. nut to anyone in
terested in steamships the comparison
is inevitable and a close scrutiny shows
that the engraving on the federal note
closely follows the North German Lloyd
advertisement, - feature for feature and
detail zor oetau. Ana plainly , on the
circular, apparently on the note, files
the German nag.
The suggestion that the United States
treasury department employs,, for the
design of its notes, artists so lacking
in originality that they must .needs turn
to the nearest advertisement for their
material is hardly inducive to national
pride. That the same artist should be
so lacking In initiative as to follow
such a model blindly, even to the flag.
Is even less a matter for' enthusiasm.
There is an alternative suggestion, even
raw disturbing. Could it - have ben
that a German ag-ent. aa early aa 114.
wu attemptins to prophesy German
martuma supremacy on tba nlsn aeaaT
v Letters From the People
(CammitfilRaMMM mMt Cm TK Immil fa nab.
UeatioB ia thia department abould ba written on
oai7 ona aula ef taa
n.n.r .hnuUi iwvt MMd lOO I
wore ia tencth tod aunt b flsnad by the writer, j
whow buI addrcai la full suit ecccmpaay to
'ni.. ' , , , . i
Please Name the Division . I
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nuinur loroaa irriri au inquirr ara r-1
anwud ia fanrifth tha nnmbr of tha dlrMoB.of f
wuca ine ami laai m at niDtcec or lnrairr it a I
v-iw . wm pan, npniw. un wnnwi
. ff.i in . . w,i I
xowd alio to dsn their nuM to their communi-
eationi. The same will b withheld if it is I
oaeired.
Tha Ulil inf.ninf I
Portland, Dee. H.To the Editor of
T A, Trt- S 1
AS m a . . I
? J . uon OI mcninB vn company,
364tb Infantry, Ninety-first division, on
October 1, ltlt. and if you can get the I
dead brought home, and where to Cad I
out about that
A SOLDIER'S MOTHER.
f Tha Joaraal haa as nrtn (nrMMii u
w mntoBti M toa unit la qneetioa on
October 1 ; but wheatTia nntl . .inuj
m NoTnbr 11. tha Klaary-fint dirlaioa was at
at i OoetroAaebaka. sn nil. ... .-j . it,.i. I
rrmnce ion tb EntUsh ebanDel), and
ouui oi vutmin. ror laformatkra aa to tha I
Brtnin home of tba bodice or personal effect I
of eoldien. eflm . .v.- I
appropriate en ef the fnllowins addreatea: For I
- -pin ona a. .-oeiaan. Eirecte
?orT0r- -rrL.t- 8nr?rB'
Hospital. Brooklyn. X. t." - For marlnea:
rort Onrtermtr. Marine Barracks. Brook-1
Un. X. "1 I
The 363d Infantrv - "
Portland. Dec. t .t,:
Th. ,., tt. ' I
eomnanr C 3d inf.ntrv
" v ww-aa e cartas iniorrn TTifi vb nere f
. , uuDrm m wnere
dlvlslon-was located wheihVannTstlce
wbn Bicnea. ana ir fTiv hen tam i
actlrtn. SOLDIER'S WIFE.
I VnWl Hi A irmlltlM Wslat atlaTMaarff Va VU. I
VT JjSrl?.- fifhH.n witt the Briti. I
attwt rSSSJS Jt SJML2?
oc,,ium, miiea noQinweex or urnseeis Theiu&B jvitivu cvwj wn.viivv
location of th unit referred to is not) roost of us. To study the human bits in
sellable. J . tha human kalaldoacoDa ia aa faeclnat-
' The"l5fih inrani I tag the study of the bits of ever-Tr,rti-r,J
tJ ,? - J? J changing glass to a child. While re
Portland. Dec. la. To the Editor of I.. T- ttui stataa
The Journal-What division is the 156th I
inisjitry in7 Has it left France yet? Has
the Fourth engineers left for the United
, ; ' anxious.
Journal has no information aa to the date ofl""1 a a a
i it as sax Lim i uin.T-ninui niTMinn. i ns
T tr. m. . S, S the du
of the rm slice it was at St. FloRnt
The 157th Infantry
Kerry. Dec. 17. To the Editor of The
Journal Please Inform m where, tnm.
pany L, 157th infantry. Fortieth division,
was located when the armistice was
signed. Have they been in action? If
so. when was it put In action and In
what place? Or was Company I 157th
Infantry, transferred from the Foitieth
rfivuinr, t annth.r
cjot nrtr-R's ct3tittj I
f The Fortieth diridon waa at kt. an
when tba arraiatW wu eianed. Special intonaa-
tion about the 167th infantry is not aTailable.J
The 160th Infantry
tjii t- i tj.ji. tl. I
1.11!.: irr"!,"
xno a-a. a,aa9 fciinv uro a- iiiiovtu vr bib oifj (i w I
n" 1,1
.... ..ir ..Jr.r.iL.
TTTacTTJ! Q IPVOPV I
.h Hi-.i,!nT, nortd at RcTicnv. Frani. I
about 85 miles southwest ef Verdun. Whether
or. not the dirision has been In action is not
announce, j
The 150th Infantry
' -txri,ni. rT tw is t tv,. irHitnp
The Journal Please Inform me where
Company I. 159th infantry. ForUeth dl-
c.,,1. . i..ti
1 v I
October S and where located November!
11. Have they sailed for home? At
L i 1 wm..i.
wnai camp u:jr w uc,,,uu"""u I
On Noremher 11 tha Fortieth dirieion waa
at Rericny. France, SS roues aouthwest of
which to anawer oneationa l. a and 4.1
imuiUL lUiuiWHiuH am nv. . . .... vu ,
The 46th L A. C
Hillsdale, Deo. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal Please Inform me where
regiment 46, C. A. C, was located when
the armistice was signed and are they
on their way to the United States el-
ready. OLDIER'S SISTER.
fThe Jonrnal baa no data on any "Forty-aixth'
raiment. Perhaps the 148th waa meant. If I
so. It is a pert of tha Forty-first division, which,
when the armistice was airned. was at St. A is nan
and Noyers. near Sedan. Tba Forty-first was
a depot division. Tba Jonrnal has no certain
information as to the return of this division.
PERSONAL MENTION
Shipyard Manager in City.
Bayley Hipklns, vice president and
general manager oi mo ounaauon com-
pany at Seattle, arnvea in rortiana tnis
morning. Xe is aiayina: i. me oenaoo.
e . WW- , A. 1 m. A W-
0 t
Fuel Administrator. Returns 4
Fred J. Holmes, federal fuel adminls-
trator for Oregon, has arrived from U
uranae w avueiiu v .u...,,.Bl...uiu..
matters. Ho is atayjngat the Imperial.
tlt, n t TLT,.rarTil of WaiWa haa
. . ... mMh . w t.....n
. -
ok. I. .t tV, bward
Mil. Ma7ret Leonard Miss Irene
Miss Margaret leonara, miss irene
Burns and Missose ax. rontn rrom
rMrr F Ha'rdy '"and
-rn w a - TJard amtIT mrtrry Kaaaa atl1 a ea Vaa
M.waa aa tafa M 11 1 1 TlOTTila. fl
E. J. WoodeU of La Grande ts regis-
tred at the New Perkins.
Captain J. W. fSifton, who has been
wlth the spruce mvtsion at uiatsop, is
in the city. He w staymg at tne cor-
neuus. .
W. B. Heath of Hood River Is visiting
Stf ney S Jacobs ef Nome. Alaska,
waif one of the arrivals at the Portland
thia morning
K Chartes Stelnhauwr and chll-
dren from Parkdale arrived at the Ben-
wdneadav. They wUl leave todaw
. a. a. 11ai
for Pasadena to spend the winter. Mrs.
Stelnhauser' is the wife of Captain
Stelnhauser of the quartermaster de-
parunent. now stationed on the Atlantlo
CMjaUu Oao SB as-vs-ea. msj V
Stelnhauser.
-r i . uaPhw . m.... .a
h Tmmrial. .1
Dr D. M. Berry and son from New-
port visitor, at i. Oregon.
" . '
ar. .t.vine at the New Perkins.
- ' .
Frank' K- Welles, formerly assistant
school superintendent at Balem, is at
the Seward. Mr. Welles has acceptedva
position with the Rocky Mountain
Teachers, association. '
Sergeant and Mrs. Ray Beandet of St.
Paul, Minn., are guests at, the Carlton.
Among the salesmen of the Simmons
Manufacturing company . attending the
convention at the Benson are : R. E.
Greenwood of Vancouver. B. (X, and O.
S. Rice. A. O. Olson, C Shields and B,
R. Fox of Seattle.
X J. Magulre of the Maguire Con
struction company of Butte, MonW is a
gnest at tha Portland. ,
W. J. Kerr, president of the Oregon
Agricultural college at' CorvalUs, Is e
visitor' at the Imperial. ' i .
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bouck of Buffalo,
N- Y, are registered at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris of Keno
wleh are staying at the New Perkins.
Giles F.' Porter of Aberdeen is reg
Istered at tha Multnomah. . V . .,
Mr. and -Mr a M. R. Matthews of The
Dalles are guests at the Benson. Mr.
Matthews is a factory representative of
xne jjaiies. . rr.vy t -r, -f ,
v Miss M. Luclle Smythe, agent for the
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE .
Adieu flu. ' ' . , - ''
M- Shigemitau, Portland will miss you.
Remember your pleoge: Buy .War
Savings StaTCDS.
tawp It to KnoXto lfnoek tha Learua
of NatTona. anoea tne league
- ine next time the ka ser tries to kfll
himself we wish him better luck;
M - ... V W
. I
S;OW .that Flela Marshal Sir DouglaM
xiaia: naa neen naaaa a fnna. minima
inn uava a lirfl UD huh unrnam-
k.n . , - .. J r r
According to official advices
r?0 . m " ashlngton. mobilisation of
rmonian army nas been eliectea.
Alsoi. Do Tour Chriatmaa toackaM
BtaSr?ln2la'rfC U$tLzV?S
a L. l A ..m v f)v
, Wanted : The name of the youttg
woman who sat In my lap this morning
hJJ ' R- C P. car lurched eudtenly
at)
" ourasioe.
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
By Fred
f atorlas ef a sort that make all patriot thrill
whila TrAin ara aarrad todu b Mr. Lockley for
Journal reaaera. inn aructa buck wu va '
lined "How Certain Hani Got Theirs."
When I was a little chap I received
for a Christmas gut a kaleidoscope.
wat a never-failing eource of pleasure.
I wae one toy of which I did not tire.
There -was something indescribably fas
u.tl.. m. I. th. w. In wrMrh tha
colored bits of glass, with the least mo-
tion:uMcou. .m
conress tntt x am stut interestea in sucn
cnB toys. ua you ever mop i?
. m , . . ..
how much ,we rs,Hk? th WV",f
uruiwcu uuiuixu iigsa ai,o ww-jum-
kaleidoscope? The human bita mtth
ar-Vt4K xmrsa tmln arlaa fla i'AeAVst.l" Mint?
jarred Into new comblnaUons. During
the past few years U's kaleldope
TViw wek. a Ihe purwr assign
me w fc ubl( Matlrig l0 passengers. We
met three times a day for 14 days, so we
grew to "know something of one an-
.it..
At the end of the table sat an elderly
r-h P.hirt.rin from tha North of
Ireland. Next to him was a college
man from Canada, who had put in near
iy four years, a good deal of the time in
'r rvlce. One of the men was born
" ln west intjies, out na ipeni me
P8t thre Tf In government service
m West Africa. Across the table was a
British officer, wearing two .wound
"tripes. I happened to See him stripped
in the bathroom. From his right shoul-
cr Diaae to tne sman oi nis oaca across
his satiny white skin there was a red
Slash SS broad as two fingers. Sewed
together by the surgeon with a herring-
bone pattern, like embroidery. Is eat to
htm sat a man who had been all over
Port 8tW, Hongkong. Bombay. New
Iln, Antwerp or New Tork .clty with the
I.tl.t. 1,...ln if nitln i.f )m
"i". - v. -
Places. Next to him est a most Inter
eStUlg BCOtChman. HO Was DOITl In
Australia. Ills father made the great
stampede to California in 184f. When
wnn rama af the dlacoverw of arold in
Australia in 1853 he went to Australia.
He wis a mlntng engineer and had spent
. - . m-i 91. .k. ...... l
mucn oi u " ,"w" L T
rions ' of the world, particularly West
Central Africa. Next to him was a man
. 3 toora ,n New Zealand. The
nin.w r waa a. a u"""
particularly poetry. He was of the
I.v.-,.i . ... n-,v..l. v.
nau oeen ia uie iiuia ui muiis.
a
The aviator is talking. He says: "We
. . .
had i oeatns in ia wee kb in one in
structton camp, we touna mat tne ma-
chines cracked unaccountably and upon
tnMtia:atlon it was found that the wires
0f many of the machines were filed
nearly through. Four mechanics were
arrested, tried, convicted and shot, and
the trouble was cured. We take enough
chances without having to go up in ma
chines that have been tampered with."
HOW TO LIVE
By Dr. Woods-Hutchinson, Former. Portland Physician
THE CIVILIAN IN WARTIME (NO.
t)-One reason for this cheering aTyVJ
unexpected state of affairs on both
Bides cf the channel was not far to seek.
,. ,- i. h axtraordlnarv decree to
fc. thI ha. been fought by raa-
,i. f the weatern
I aril IIICI w a. UV "
,. , ... from th. o
I Waa. aa aa.aw - - " " -
the Alps. bristled wim machinery
L7. . W 7. d.ar
th; BuppJy areM Md th. baaea.
i Every road leading to the front was as
I crow(3ed with high-power motors and
camions as a railroad roundhouse is
l i.v. i onv riphtiner man
I WILU IWWHIVM.SO. v - w
I marcneu oy macmncry, uut
chlnery. flew by machinery and shot by
n..- ,jd .vervthlmr by ma-
7n"- and sleep and swear,
??. !
I 'eaw a. '" " "
O-W. R. ft N. at Starbuck, Wash., is
1 visiting at tne sewara
I Robert McCrow. stockman from Gold-
endale, Is staying at Ue corneiiua
w c Hawley ofl New York Is a guest
at tha Carlton
O. V. Colvin of the Pacific Steel com-
pany at Seattle is a h B.e""?"-
Miss Jean Barrfnger of Boise, Idaho,
is visiting at the Portland. ,n
Frank Sloan, sheep grower jX SUn-
field. Is registered at .the vrL
R. Wilson, owner of ahotel at Kelso.
J-1"!0" the , Tltl. V- - nmt
Fred J. Johnson of Astoria is a guest
at the Seward.
C. R. Dodds of Wasco Is registered
I - ----- - a j-wa.M
I Thoma. Berkeley of Shanghai. China.
i nan mm n uii oenwu, .
r. ana Mrs. - v.. w
I , S .-a. M S aa.A XTavaav T7awwlr 1 T at
I are rrTawn - T.
Utb. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R.-HalTbert ef Bai-
I C - - AaV aaa aaxwsVwaaf 1 VfaV
I mSVr """T .7 " T" "--T-T i
Dr. D. H.' Cottner t Condon te -
ltinr at the Portland.
E. C Roberts or At Dan y w sv gucai
at the Cornelius.
Olden Oregon
Oregon Has Its "Lost Mine." the Long
- Famous "Blue Bucket-"
One of the legends of the .Northwest
is" the Blue Bucket mine.' for- which
wain search baa been made. In 1S4S an
emigrant train known as the Tethero-
Allen train was persuauea ty tm man
named Meek to follow blm ever a new
route into the Willamette valley from
the Malheur river. They went op' the
Malheur . river, crossed Harney valley
and headed toward the Three Sisters and
McJtenxle river pass. After traveling sev
eral weeks and coming to the Harney
desert they lost confidence . in their
guide, fearing that he was going to be-;
tray them to Indians. They determined
to execute blm, nut ne became aware
of their Intentions and fled efturlng the
night on horseback towards th Col urn-
NEWS IN BRIEF
. . OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Mora apartment house accommoda
tions are - needed at Pendleton and
needed bady, the East Oregonian says.
Astoria's weather 'observer reports a
rabnfall.of t.4 inches in the 14 hours fol
lowing S o'clock last Friday afternoon,
the heaviest of the year to data, ; ,
Clatsop's county agricultural agent Is
making a special drive against moles in
certain badly infested areas, and will
open the campaign assisted by & govern
ment expert ; .
e '
The Benton county court has Just paid
$0I worth of Wberty, bonds. War
Savings Stamps to the prise winners of
the Benton county corn show, held
last month, t e
Tha Salem Journal concludes that
there should be no trouble in- securing
farm bands. Judging by the number at
the Commercial club Monday. Four
wiiiina? to take almost any
kind of work. They were referred to
tne uniteo oiaiea iwr --'
branch.
Lockley
"When 1 was at Tpree the' second
time, we had a lot of grief." says the
British officer. "Our batteries were un
mercifully strafed by the Gasman
heavies. We changed their position
every day, yet within an hour of the
change the Germans had our new po
sitions located.' We lost gun crew after
gun crew through the accuracy of the
German fire. We couldn't understand
it- Finally one of the chaps discovered
that a Belgian farmer tleda white
horse each day In a different place. The
next day, when the battery was moved
the white horse also' was shifted. They
found that it had been tied to grass a
definite distance from the battery post-.
tion eachtime. The observer in the
German .eausage balloon would send
down to the German battery the new
location of the white horse. The Ger
man batteries would turn loose at
point 200 yerds distant from and In the
direction the horse's bead was pointed
when it was brought out by Its owner,
and the first shell would land en our
battery. . Before a court martial the
Belgian farmer confessed and was con
demned and shot.
a e e
"A British officer, a major, connect
ed with the grand headquarters, came
out one day to secure some data. He
stopped a sergeant and asked some
questions as to the disposition of troops.
The sergeant unsuspectingly gave him
the Information and then had a sudden
hunch that there was something wrong
The majorat connected with the grand
headquarters, should have known about
the disposition of the troops. The ser
geant said : 'I'll go with you to the com
pany commander and he win furnish you
the desired Information. The major
said: 'I won't bother him. I have all
the information I need.' The sergeant
said : 'You may be what you claim, but
we will go there anyway.' The major
refused and threatened to have the ser
geant reduced to the ranks. The ser
geant said: 'You will go with me qui
etly or. if not, I will shoot you , and
have you taken there.' The major went
with him. He was so familiar with all
tne officers at grand headquarters that
the captain thought be was all right, but
he said: Tit Just confirm our state
ments by sending . a runner to grand
headquarters He was taken .out be
fore the firing squad and met his fate
wrtthout a whimper. We were overrun
with spies for a while. .We caught one
German masaueradlnar as a British of -
German masquerading as a British of
fleer. He had passed himself off suc
cessfully in an Australian organisation.
There is great democracy among the
Australian troops. If he had posed as
an Australian officer he could have got
by, but he claimed to be a British major.
He offered a cigarette to a British pri
vate. ' British majors do not go around
1 giving cigarettes to privates. He was
arrested, tried and shot. In one of our
engagements we picked up several Ger
mans in the uniforms of British offi
cers. They were giving the commands
to our troops to fall back and abandon
guns and ammunition. They were shot
without trial."
inable sort, that It was actually pro-
tq. utilise chilled steel automatic
v e fiivvHi VW v (ui a lJOa we liviro a
could be directed from a safe distance.
capable of rising up to shoot and of
going down to safe cover, and requiring
neither food, clothing nor pay.
. This meant an enormous and Incredi
bly lavish expenditure of ammunition.
More rounds can be fired in a minute
by machinery than in an hour by hand
as in previous wars. This is not a
mere figure : of speech. In one single
defensive on the Homme, it was stated
in parliament, the British army bad
fired more shells and cartridges of all
sorts than It had In the entire Boer war.
And every army corps of 40,000 men re
quired one single-track railroad running
to its full capacity day and night Just
to supply it with ammunition alone.
Tomorrow: The Civilian in War
time (No. 4).
bia river. Following his traces they
turned north and came to the Deschutes
river, which they were unable to crosa
They crossed the tableland through
Grass valley and Spanish hollow and
finally reached the Columbia river, after
much hardship and suffering. On the
upper Malheur river or in Harney val
ley, the party found a deposit of coarse
placer gold In a narrow and steep gulch.
A large number of specimens were gath
ered and placed Jn a blue bucket. When
ferrying the Deschutes at Its mouth the
f bucket and Its precious contents were
lost. .
W. S. S. for Christmas
' ; 1 , i . ....
i - v .- ' v, . ' ; ....
Jf you are giving any Cash for
Christmas, why not convert it into
War Savings Stamps hd benefit
Uncle Sam as well as please the
recipient? r
Buy them at Banks, Newspaper
Offices and Postoffice. , '
. - . - -i ; '
; Portland War Savings Stamp Committee.
War gsalnai etamet
omosa,
Ragtag and Bobtail
Storles From Everywhere.
DM 1L. la.. t.1t.. . . .. .-
i ui ruvr rvumnea -
Puujunu whiskey down a policeman's
back Is m questionable method of
hiding evidence, as was discovered, ears
the Pittsburg Leader, by Charles Heath. '
colored. wh.Ua oonderlna? hla mladeeda In
uuimnv tuq in Auania, ua. X wu anr-
1 Icemen had surprised Heath at home ,
One officer was under the house search- -
lng for tha contraband fluid. The negro, -seeing
an officer at the front door, was
hurriedly emptying - the . "evidence" :
through a nole In the floor, unaware
htm and that the liquor was being N
poured down the officer's back. The
policeman frankly declares he tried to ;
turn over, 1 but there was insufficient
anraa ma
a"'-'-" .
Immortality ' ,
' t emxfht immortality
-Hero and there
I sent an rorkets
late the air;
I care ear name
. . . . .
A nonase o ins.
I dined a eritie i
I eonrned the weariness
Of tba fleeh;
Denied fatiana. and '
Bacan afraaa
If mea kaew all. how
Th -Wfmlil laaah!
I 'aren plaaaed
kty epitaph. . ,
And thee on nltht
. When the dnak wu this
I heard tha nursery . ,
Rites beeta: -I.
heard tba Under
Hootbinga said
Over a erib. aad
small sweet head.
Thee la a flaah -'
It ca'ne to aae
That there was say
Immortality.
Fbiladelphle .Evealnt Ledier.
t'ncie Jeff Snow Says:
I'm alius in favor of fewer churches
and better ones : iut Jlst as fast as one
church unites In peace . and Christian
fellership with another, some religious
feller comes into the sufferin' commu
nity and starts a still diff'nt kind of
church to goln'. .- "
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
ojt Journal Headers.
GENERAL g
Four airmen were-' killed at Weat Point
Tuesday when two airplanes collided.
Two thousand Navajo Indians residing
In Apache county. Aria, have died of In
fluenza. Ten Oregon and "two Washington men '
were commissioned second lieutenants at
Quantlco, Va Monday.
Eight transports sailed from France
this week with sick, wounded and dis
charged American soldier a
John D. Bran heads a new association
of copper producers Just incorporated in
New York with a capital of 1260,000.
In the count of soldiers votes In New
York, Governor-elect Smith is running
ahead of Governor Whitman by more
than t to t
Four mextcana were hanged atAgu
Prieta Tuesday for the murder of Cus
toms Collector Caturegli and the rob
bery of 1135.000.
The power schooner Stasia, which
left Victoria with a cargo of lumber for
China, has burned to the water's edga
at Shanghai The vessel .was built at
Victoria last summer.
Four shipping men. two shipping firms
and aa official of the former German .
f conaJV ioT .nLw rt
! S!2vS!L nwacy to aupply German
wvduiiv aa acaw
NORTHWEST NOTES "
Mm F. o. Ropp or Prieat River. Idaho,
SO years of age. is the mother of 11 chll-'
drn, the oldest 14 years oh.
Six deaths from Influensa were re
ported at North Bend Wednesday. Hos
pitals and nurses are overtaxed.
Lars Glsholt. a young man from Co
qullle. Is reported killed In France on
the day the armistice was signed.
George Harris of Yakima, the oldest
ambulance driver In Italy, has been deco
rated with the Italian erolx de guerre.
The sixth session of the Washington
Irrigation Institute opened at Yakima
Tuesday with 150 delegates In attend
ance. - -
Sheriff Wilson of Clackamas county
found a complete moonshine still on a
ranch near Oregon City. No liquor was
found. - . , - - , .
All publio assemblages In Belllngham
are prohibited for an Indefinite period
in the hope of stamping out the influ
ensa epidemic.
Riley Rucker, a Linn county young
man. has served fourtnontha In tha armv
without a uniform. lie is feet 4 Inches
tall and weighs over 100 pounds. .
Lloyd McKee of Woodburn. a member
of the (Third company military police in
France, was one or the rirt overseas
wounded to arrive at Fort Douglas.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hassard of
Chehalla have received word that their
son, O. P. M. Hassard, now In France,
has been promoted to the rank of col
onel. -
FOREIGN .
From December IS to 2S tfte Germans
are to give uplally 160 engines and S200
cars.
Six thousand coal miners are etrikinr
In Germany and a serious shortage of
fuel is threatened. ;
German insurrectionist activity In
mm I . . Jt af.t.1.
chief agitator, has fled.
Polish authorltlea have called for the
mobilisation ofthe classes of 1SS1 to
1901. Tbey total LSOO.OOO men.
Strikers on Berlin newrsnaoers demand
an eight-hour day and 110 a week. They '
had previously worked nine, hours at
f IS weekly. . .
A delegation of American engineers
haa arrived In Parle to discuss with
French engtneers the matter oi rebuild
ing devastated France. - '
Directors or tne Krupp rectory give
notice that they are able to employ or.ly
10,000 workers In the future. During tba
war they employed 200,000.
eiay fee i
at eea,-
tha Psatamaa,