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Rl'tSRKH STAMPED MEN
BLIND partisanship is a blitflit.
No great movement ever came
out of a political party. It has
always come from some strong
uin. The changing epochs of his-im-y
begin with an outstanding man.
There could have been no Reforma
tion without a Luther, no stabilized
UritLsh parliament without a Crom
well, no American Revolution with
out leaders like Washington and
Franklin, no undivided America with
"it a Linln.
Political parties are without soul.
Their commanding thought is expe
diency, their platform making to
rated votes. It is notorious that they
write platform planks that can be
read either way.
Political conventions invariably
name candidates whom they think
can poll the most votes. The candi
date's power to lead a great move
ment for betterment of the race is
not considered. Mostly it has been
a man of negative convictions, with
whom the least fault could be found,
that has been selected. Generally,
the nominee is mediocre. This is
the true averment of James Bryce,
who wrote a commentary on the
American system that is so true and ! France- JaPan- Ilal' and- until other
so widely accepted in America itself !wise ordered by the league, Belgium,
that it is much used in American Brazil, Greece and Spain. Any action
colleges. - Lorjiered or advised by the council
His conclusion is so true that .me (must be by unanimous vote. No
looks in vain through long lists of
American presidents for one who
stands out in bold and admitted out
line. From Jackson to Lincoln there vuis
not a president who had a policy
or led a movement that classed him'
as. other than an ordinary man. Few
can mention the names of all the
presidents who served during that
period. They were not chosen to. do
big things. All that was wanted of
them was to be electro and hand out
the jobs.
After Lincoln what? They were all
good men and all were presidents,
but what positive character did they
display, what advance did they lead
in carrying the republic forward to
its highest and greatest service to
the people? There was a period of
30 years in the t!me when corruption
ran riot, when corporations were
masterful, when invisible government
was all powerful.
Roosevelt had to break away from
bus party and rise above it to in
augurate the great movement that
started rectification of a generation
of misgovernment. He took up things
liryan had advocated, and by his
personal strength and the power or
the presidential office changed the"
, downward course of American his-
' lory.
No clearer example of the impo-
lency of party to originate or lead
a - great movement has been sec
than was the -weakness with which
the old Democratic party bowed
down to the slave power. As a parly
it did not dare oppose slavery through
fear of losing the vote of the slave
slates. "Yet Jefferson, the founder of ' f'ct, tne tremendous circumstance,
the Democratic party, framed and in-j that if there were a hundred or a
' troduced in the Virginia legislature j thousand Canadas and Indias, and
the first bill ever aimed against If a" were voting with England, they
slavery. j could not order one single important
- Lincoln had to make his own party action w ithout the consent of Amer
... to carry out his great idea of abol-j lea. because the vote of both the
lshing slavery. His power, his cour-' assembly and the council must be
ege and his leadership alone brought j unanimous.
the Emancipation Proclamation. That The fact that Johnson and his
accomplished,, he was basely shot kind are resorting to such argu
, down, and his party with its greatest j ments exposes the weakness of their
leader laid low. went on as political j
parties usually go, for a generation.
It even failed in all that period to
pass a federal reserve banking and
currency system, though financial
panic's were constantly recurring.
The tendency of parties Is to dis
courage progress. Roosevelt had to
break away with his Progressive
party because the generalissimos of
his old party would not advance.
They wanted to go on in the same
old partnership between government
and ' business and the same old re
t fusal to take Lincoln's view of son'al
and economic justice.
, The greatest of all the blight r.f
' partisanship is that wlien a great
movement appears and its Wi'er
happens to be.ofone party, Jot of
people in the other, party think 'they
must oppose it Thus, perhaps the
greatest movement ever undertaken
fs the leadership of America ia try
ing to organic the world on Ameri
can principles and through that or
ganization to end war. It Is so noble
a purpose, so exalted an ideal, and
so practical a plan to free the world
of the burden of armaments nnd the
horrors of recurring wars that, but
for partisanship, it would be uni
versally indorsed by the American
people.
The plan would extend the Mon
roe doctrine to all the wrkl. It
would in time Americanize the wjrld.
Yet some partisans and politicians
think it must be opposed because
the president of the United States
happens to be of another party than
their own. One great figure who is
rising above partisanship and grasp
ing and carrying with him hundreds
of thousands of his own party is
Mr. Taft. Along with him are many
other conspicuous figures in his
party.
It is a happy and tremendously im
portant fact that there are so many
Americans who are not rubber
stamped partisans.
Why not try the "Pay-As-You-Leave"
plan in Portland? Superin
tendent Murphine finds that the Idea
works admirably on the municipally
owned street carls of Seattle. It ends
the congestion at the door of the
"Pay-As-You-Knter" car, and helps
speed up the service, thus carVying a
larger number of fare-paying pas
sengers per car. It would give the
woman ,who habitually blocks the
waiting line a chance, while seated,
to explore until she finds at the bot
tom of her handbag the amount the
conductor wants. The preparation
of transfers would be less of a delay
ing factor. People would be better
natured. More of them might want
to ride on the street cars.
HE KNOWS BETTER
A
MOST malevolent phase of the
league discussion is Hiram John
son's reiterated assertion
throughout the country that
Great Britain has six' votes in the
League of Nations and America but
one.
He knows better. Every person in
America who has read the league
covenant knows better. Johnson,
with a most vicious purpose, is
insulting Americans by presuming
them to be ignorant enough for him
to successfully deceive them.
Here is the truth about the league:
No measure affecting America or
the world can be ordered by the
league without America's consent.
There are two bodies in the league
the council and the assembly.
The council consists of nine mem
ber nations America, Great Britain,
without America's consent.
The assembly includes every mem
ber nation and every member nation
has one vote. But no action can be
I taken or recommendation made af
'ffesting any nation or the world
i except by unanimous vote. No such
action or recommendation can be
taken without America votes for it.
These are the two bodies that Con
stitute the league. In each and both
the vote must be unanimous. No
important action can be ordered or
recommendation be made unless
America votes for it. All this is
explicitly stated in the covenant, and
it gives the lie to Johnson's
harangues.
The dishonesty of Johnson and his
kind is shown by the fact that they
classify the Canadian membership,
the India membership and the mem
bership of other British colonies as
Great Britain's votes. They ignore
the fact that Canada may have a
grievance against England. Canada
was bled white by this war. She
has earned a right to have a tribunal
I in tne league, where she can go
with grievances against England or
any other member nation,
The same is true of India. That
country is very certain some day to
I apply to the league for redress of
j grievances against England. Yet
i Hiram Johnson classifies India mem
bership as a British vote. And so
with the other British colonies. All
of them, except as to foreign policy,
are independent nations. But even if
all of them voted with Great Brit-
'a'n 'there remains the unalterable
contention. Their whole appeal is to
those who are ignorant of the cove
nant's provisions. By presuming that
all are so ignorant, they are, insult
ing the American people.
Samuel Gompers, it is noted, has
a confidential secretary who bears
the name of Guy Oyster, which may
explain in some manner why it is
so difficult for the newspaper boys
to induce the old man to open up
now and then.
THE HIGH HEELS
WAT 'em again" will be mere
man's praise of the crusade
against , the high heeled shoe
by the national association
of vWwn physicians.
But why, blame the men for the
styles because one .class of men
originates them I fad why censure
the shopkeepers that purvey the non
sensical trifles that injure health ?
Why ask abolition In the name of
hygiene and economy?
Go back to the stjimakers. Show
them that woman's grace and charm
will be better aided by a sandal,
even, than stilt-like heels. When
they are able to prove that appear
ance will be- improved they will have
an argument that will bring reform
where considerations of health and
economy fall On deaf ears.
Here is what Article XXIX of the
league covenant says: "Nothing in
this covenant shall be deemed to af
fect the validity of international en
gagements, such as treaties of arbi
tration or regional understandings
like the Mo"nroe doctrine for secur
ing the maintenance of peace."
That is to say, nothing in this cov
enant shall be deemed to affect the
validity of the Monroe
doctrine." Though the language is
there in the treaty in black and
white, men are running around over
the country falsely stating that the
League of Nations destroys the Mon
roe doctrine. They ought to be
ashamed.
A HOOD RIVER CHURCH
SMALL cities and rural districts
have been discussing the possi
bility of a non-sectarian commu
nitv church. Hood River has
resolved to try the experiment. The
Riverside Congregational church has
reorganized with the announcement
that:
The minister may be called without
regard to denominational affiliation,
ability and character being the only
requisites.
The benevolences of the church will
not necessarily be administered through
a particular organization, but may be
apportioned from time to time as the
"trustees shall determine after a study
of the needs and opportunities of vari
ous enterprises.
The church will welcome to its mem
bership all who have a credible pro
fession of faith in Christ and are in
fellowship with his purposes in the
world. Aside from these basic princi
ples all matters of creed are left to
the individual conscience.
This is a broad platform of Chris
tian service, it is inviting to the
mind unprejudiced by acute denomi
nationalism. It puts faith above
creed and works above forms. It
automatically replaces hairsplitting
doctrinalism and deadening dogma
with a -program of vitality and hope
fulness. As to whether the experiment will
succeed is another ques'tion. It is
a test of liberality and a problem for j
the youthful not "set in the ways
of conventional church relationship.
If it does succeed in Hood River
it will be a model for other commu
nities and a suggestion to competing
city congregations.
While Jesus Christ taught right
living on earth as a preparation for
the life beyond, men, not He, have
taught denominationalism as the term
is commonly understood. With all
reverence, we believe that if Christ
returned to earth today, denomina
tionalism would disappear tomorrow.
The debate on the housing code
should not be allowed to discourage
the. building of houses in Portland as
rapidly as possible. Even the high
cost of material is immaterial con
trasted with the need of homes and
the economic loss from failure to
meet the requirements of a rapidly
expanding population.
STILL THE ROSE CITY
OCCASIONALLY it is suggested that
"Rose City" as a nickname for
Portland suggests too faintly the
industrial aptitude of the com
munity. Something like "Wood City"
or "Ship Port" is indicated as about
the right thing in pseudonyms.
Perhaps so, but Japan loses none
of its industrial fame through being
known as the "Flowery Kingdom."
Father Knickerbocker fails to con
ceal New York's world leadership
as a port and no one loses respect
for Chicago because it is called the
"Windy City."
Boston is famed for eruditeness
and wool manufacture, but is often
spoken of in connection with its
baked beans.
if Portland lives up to all the love
of beauty and hospitality that the
term Rose City suggests, there will be
little basis for worry about indus
trial leadership.
Read the covenant and see for
yourself what it says. Men tell you
that America is bound hand and foot
by the league. That is not true.
There are two bodies in the league
the council and the assembly.
America is a member of both, and
no important action can be taken by
either unless America votes for that
action. The vote in each must be
unanimous. It is a crime in these
tempestuous times, when the whole
world is in near chaos, for persons
to misstate what is in the league cov
enant. TO FORGE AHEAD
IS A NEW Germany to emerge from
the world war? A Germany chas
tened and subdued, stripping her
self of the practices that roused
the world's loathing? A Germany giv
ing up sharp practice in trade as
well as militarism?
As yet Germany's struggles to re
enter commerce furnish only the pre
liminaries of an answer to reward
the close watchfulness of other
nations.
The traders of Germany are pre
paring to get back into world markets
by the very ancient device of price
slashing. The manufacturers of Ger
many are preparing to produce cheap
goods that will sell on quality com
parison by devoting long hours and
tremendous Intensity to their tasks.
Unless Germany should be modi
fied industrially by the type of
radicalism that opposes productivity,
those who pause to shed sentimental
tears fOr the burdens imposed on
the back of that conquered nation
will find that while they weep she
is forging ahead.
A CONOLEST OF MEXICO
0 DOUBT if tranquility could be
III restored in Mexico, by almost
ji any means, American owners of
land, mineral and oil rights in
the turbulent republic would be per
mitted a degree of expansion and
activity forbidden now.
This very natural desire may ac
count, in part, for the half definite
charges that propaganda gives color
to the reported inefficiency of the
Carranza administration and its al
leged hostility to the United States.
Samuel G. Inman, secretary to the
committee on missionary cooperation,
indeed, states openly that those who
spread the alarming reports are pro
moting an expedition of conquest.
He is quoted in the Continent as de
claring on the basis of his observa
tions in Mexico (and he is accepted
as an authority among Protestant
missionary agencies) that annexation
of Mexico following its conquest by
the United States has been determ
ined upon by selfish interests as the
best protection of American capital
invested there.
The missionary point of view is, of
course, that military invasion of Mex
ico would arouse toward the United
States such a fervor of hatred as
would effectually stop for a genera
tion, at least, the missionary appeal
and undo much of the work already
accomplished.
This is testimony that cannot be
ignored or dismissed as unworthy
of credence. Its effect should be to
place Americans on their guard
against sensational reports and per
sistent propaganda circulated through
this country.
There is even good reason to be
lieve that some of the opposition to
the League of Nations comes from
the fact that the covenant when
put into effect will be a bar to the
conquest of Mexico, upon which Mr.
Inman declares American owners of
concessions in Mexico are bent.
There is the case of Senator Fall
who is engaged in mining in Mexico,
and who tried to arrange a secret
meeting with Villa when the gov
ernment of the United States wanted
the outlaw for murder of American
citizens.
He is a bitter and uncompn.nr.sing
opponent of the League of Nations.
ED LYON'S
THOSE who were at the Union
station when the president's train
arrived Monday morning were
impressed with the manner in
which, the crowd was handled.
Although the president's train ar
rived at the hour when two of the
heaviest passenger trains leave, the
station, Superintendent Lyons and his
force had the situation so well in
hand that there was not the slightest
confusion. At one end of the station
the passengers were reaching their
trains without any interruption or
delay, while at the other the presi
dent was being received and escorted
with promptness to the automobile
which was to carry him through the
city.
To Ed Lyons is due no small part
of the success in carrying out the
day's pregram. There was. most
favorable comment from the presi
dential party as to the skillful manner
in which he managed the situation.
The American Forestry associa
tion proposes tree planting as an au
tumn avocation for communities, or
ganizations and children. It might
be a good time to carry into more
complete execution the plan for lin
ing our country roads with saplings
that in a few years will furnish ave
nues of beauty and shade. Simple
directions for tree planting are given.
The bed is to be 18 inches deep and
around the roots should be packed
pulverized earth and manure. The
crown should be healthily developed,
but symmetrically pruned back.
Trees 10 feet high should be sup
ported by a stake driven firmly into
the ground.
AFTER THE PILL
DE. FROST of Or.egon City pos
sesses a warm and ardent love
for the smokeful cigarette
mostly aptly illustrative of his
name. His admiration for the lowly
pill has' a scope so broad, indeed,
that it hurts his feelings to see it
incinerated in the bilious fingers of
thoughtless youth or ebbing its smoke
away through the sere and yellow
moustaches of those old boys whose
mounting years do not rob them of
the habits of the young.
So he would prohibit their use in
Oregon and accordingly has filed an
initiative petition with the secretary
of state preparatory to having the
voters pass their verdict upon the
question in November, 1920.
Mr. Frost would make it unlawful
to sell, use or possess a cigarette
within the borders of the slate and.
In the measure which he has drafted,
provides a punishment of fine or im
prisonment for those who might dis
obey his law.
Judging from the report of the
internal revenue department at Wash
ington for the last fiscal year, re
cently made public, Mr. Frost is
tackling quite a job. since the use
of cigarettes seems to have increased
by several . 111 ion - during . the . 12
months Just prior to July last. How
much of the Increase found its way
into Oregon is not given in the sta
tistics, but judging from the optimis
tic . manner and seeming prosperity
of the tobacco merchants, this sfate
received its share.
It-will be interesting, however, to
see Just what the voting population
of Oregon thinks about the use of
cigarettes. It Is not hardly probable
that the multi-blended incense of
the little smokes will cease to swing
about us after election day has come
and gone, but its verdict will tend to
show how hrd a hold they have
upon our population or, at least,
how many there are among us who
would have them banished and forsworn.
BOUFFANT HIPS
ARE NOT FOR MA
By Ralph Watson.
"Supper," Ma remarked, in a voice as
cold as her long impatient victuals, when
T. Paer came oozing carefully through
the back door, "'supper is not served at
bedtime in this house."
"I got caught in the jam," T. Paer
explained meekly "right up in front,
and blamed if I could get out any
sooner."
'Where was the accident?" Ma anked,
and then, solicitous for her erring help
mate, "Did you get hurt any?"
"It wasn't an accident," T. Paer an
swered, a grin creeping over his face.
"They did it a-purpose, and," he mused,
"I don't feel's though I'm hurt any."
"Them reckless drivers," Ma re
sponded, with reminiscent heat, "ought
to be put in jail. It looks to me's
though them speed cops was all grad
uates of a blind school."
"Speed cops," T. Paer chuckled,
"wouldn't had a look In with that
mob. It was a dress show." he con
fided guilelessly.
"A what?" Ma exclaimed, heedless. In
her amazement, of the gravy dripping
from the spoon she instinctively leveled
at the little man. "What were you frit
tering around at such a thing for?"
she demanded.
"I saw a mob of women fightin' to
get in," T. Paer confessed, "And I
thought somebody was hurt or some
thing, so I went in too. And," he said,
but not over sadly, "they got me boxed
an' I couldn't get out."
"They's one thing certain," T. Paer
suggested cheerfully after the meal had
progressed in more than usual silence to
its close and his patient spouse had be
gun to clear the dishes off, "It's a
cinch," he remarked judicially, "you
won't have to accentuate your hips none
to be in style."
Ma impaled him with a silent, baleful
glance as the door swung to behind her.
"I don't see," she challenged when she
reappeared, "how you got the heart to
make fun of my figger, when I slave
for you like I do."
"I ain't," T. Paer denied earnestly,
"but that's what all the skinny ones've
got to do or they ain't in style any
more.
"It's indecent," Ma pronounced. "An"
you a deacon, at that."
"I couldn't help it," T. Paer expostu
lated. "I couldn't get out. I tell you.
An' besides," he argued, "it wasn't so
bad, if you got a artistic eye an' a
pure mind."
"Humph!" Ma sniffed sarcastically.
"I'd never think you was Dr. Parkhurst
if I seen your picture in the paper."
"But you oughta seen 'em," T. Paer
insisted. "They was one black velvet
one with motifs of worsted on it that
was a pippin."
"What's a motif?" Ma asked, feminine
interest beginning to get the better of
her animosity. "Some kind of a bangle,
I guess?"
"Nope." T. Paer explained. "A mo
tif's a kind of patch. Wool's so blamed
costive they can only use patches of it
here'n there."
"I believe it," Ma agreed sorrowfully.
"You buy flannel enough for a night
cap'n then you feel like you're wearing
a crown of gold."
"They was a blonde." T. Paer con
tinued, "that had a peach of a terra
cotta gown on."
"The hussy!" Ma explained. "Right
there before all them people?"
"Why not?" T. Paer demanded. "It
was about the thickest thing I saw."
"Terra cotta !" Ma mused, as her mind
grasped the term. "What'll this high
cost drive us to that we got to dress
up like a chimney? Could she walk
in it?"
"Could she walk?" T. Paer repeated.
"Blamed if I know. I wasn't watchin'
her walk, but .she had a saucy back an'
two tiers on her jacket."
"I should think the poor girl would
cry," said Ma, sympathetically "all
dressed up in a drain tile. She musta
looked like a medeeval night."
"I don't know about the night part."
T. Paer admitted, "but she was some
dream, for sure. But they was a dress
there made of shot silk that was a
lulu."
"What kind of silk's that?" Ma asked.
"I never heard of it before."
"It's on account of the war. I guess,"
T. Paer told her. "They make it in
France'n the Germans must've bom
barded the factory."
'Wras it full of holes?" Ma asked.
"I suppose they got to save everything
now so's to conserve like Hoover says."
"Not that I noticed," T. Paer re
sponded, "but they could've patched it
so's it wouldn't have showed in the
pleats. It had bouffant hips.".
"I don't know what kind them is,"
Ma said severely, "but they don't sound
Christian."
"It ain't the way they sound," T. Paer
answered critically, "it's the way they
look that counts. But you oughta seen
the one made out of tricotine."
"I just knew it would come," Ma
stated with conviction. "I told the
Circle yesterday if we didn't squelch cig
arettes the first thine we knew fhsm
society women'd be wearhV smokin" jack
ets an- su-iKing matcnes with their
thum nails, just like men."
"This ain't no smokin' jacket," T.
Paer corrected. "It's a evening dress."
"It sounds like it," Ma persisted, "'an'
I bet they smoke in 'em just the same."
"Anyway, they wasn't so bad," T.
Paer professed, "only they was one thing
about 'em all that made me sort-- of
nervous all the time."
"I suppose so," Ma answered ambigu
ously. "Your nerves is easily excited
by some things."
'Well,' T. Paer continued, "I couldnt
help worryin' all the time about what'd
happen if the shoulder straps'd happen
to bust."
"Which explains," Ma retorted, "why
you didn't set home to supper till time
to go to bed."
THE RISE OF TYRANNY
By William
SIT at ttfe feet of Histery through the night
Of years the steps of virtue she shall, trace.
And show the earlier ages, where her sight
Can pierce the eternal shadows o'er their face;
When, from the genial cradle of our race.
Went forth the tribes of men, their pleasant lot
To choose, where palm groves cooled their dwelling place,
Or freshening rivers ran; and there forgot
The truth of heaven, and kneeled to gods that heard them not.
Then waited not the murderer for the night,
-But smote his brother down in the bright day,
.And he who felt the wrong, and had the might,
'His own avenger, girt himself to slay; ,
Beside the path the unbaried carcass lay,
The shepherd, by the fountains of the glen.
Fled, while the robber swept his flock away.
And slew his babes. The sick, untended then.
Languished in the damp shade, and died afar from men.
But misery brought in love; in passion's strife,
Man gave his heart to mercy, pleadjng long.
And sought out gentle deeds to gladden life;
The. weak, against the sons of spoil and wrong.
Banded, and watched their hamlets, and grew strong;
States rose, and, in the shadow of their might.
The timid rested. To the reverent throng.
Grave and time-wrinkled men. with locks all white.
Gave laws, and judged their strifes, and taught the way of right;
Till bolder spirits seized the rule, and nailed
On men the yoke that man should never bear.
And drave them forth to battle. Lo! unveiled
The scene of those stern ages! What is there?
A boundless sea of blood, and the wild air
Moans with the crimsoned surges that entomb
Cities and bannered armies; forms that wear
The kingly circlet rise, amid the gloom.
O'er the dark wave, and straight are swallowed in its wmnb.
Those ages have no memory, but they left
A record in the desert columns strown
On the waste sands, and statues fallen and cleft.
Heaped like a host in battle overthrown;
Vast ruins, where the mountain's ribs of stone
Were hewn into a city; streets that spread
In the dark earth, where never breath has blown
Of heaven's sweet air, nor foot of man dares tread
The long and perilous ways the Cities of the Dead!
From "The Ages."
, IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
I Strong lights are thrown upon certain high I
points In President Wuson a part in the conuuet
of the war. by Charles II. Orasty; the noted
newspaper publisher, who was in Europe all
through the great conflict and who is inter
viewed on the subject by Mr. Lockley. No
higher tribxtte could be paid than Mr. Grasty
pays the president as a man of judgment un
Hiirpassed and of resolution to carry judgment
into action.
"I doubt if there is another newspaper
man In the United State who has so
thorough a knowledge of the war and
events leading up to it and the peace
negotiations as Charles H. Grasty," said
Admiral Gary T. "Grayson, President
Wilson's personal phyician, to me last
Monday. "You will find Mr. Grasty
not only a charming and logical talker,
but one who is able to marshal a tre
mendous array of facts to his aid in
any discussion of conditions in Europe."
I took Admiral Grayson's tip and
hunted up Mr. Grasty. It so happened
that I met Mr. Grtisty at a newspaper
men's banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria
in New York city, some years ago.
After we had recalled our firet meeting
I said to him, "Mr. Grasty. what do you
think of Admiral Grayson?" "Admiral
Grayson saved my life in Paris." re
sponded Mr. Grasty. "I had ptomaine
poisoning, and for three weekis I had
grave doubts as to whether T would
pull through. It is through his skill
that I am here today. That being the
case, you can't blame me for liking Ad
miral Grayson, can you? Frankly, I
believe he is one of the most skillful
physicians in America, and I know he
is one of the best traveling companions
and one of the most charming men I
have ever met."
"Admiral Grayson tells me you can
give me a lot of information about Presi
dent Wilson and the war." I said. "I
want you to give me about a column in
terview. You have been a newspaper
man all your life. You know what I
want. So, when you are ready, shoot.
Before you tell me about the war, how
ever, I would like to have a few facts
about yourself."
Mr Grasty smiled, .and said : "Let's
pass up the personal stuff. Let me tell
you what, in my estimation, were three
or four of the big things President Wil
son has done that helped to win the war.
"President Wilson was the first to see
a.id to insist on the need of unity of
command. President Wilson and all the
rest of the world saw one army after
another first the French, then the Brit
ish, then the Italian hit sledge hammer
blows and bend tht. German line but
fail to break it. It was the Insistence
of President Wilson and General Tasker
H. Bliss for a unified command that
finally resulted in the agreement by the
other nations to the appointment of
General Fooh. And it was this unity of
command that finally stopped the tre
mendous German drive on Paris.
.
"Another factor that helped to hasten
the end of the war was -President Wil
son's determination to send our troops
to Kurope in, as large numbers as pos
sible. You remember how military au
thorities said the sending of raw troops
into the furnace of battle to be con
sumed was a crime. President Wilson
realized that the thing to do was to
send our soldiers over while the send
ing was good, and that the mere mass
of numbers of our men arriving in
France would help break the German
morale. He realized that our troops
could be better trained on the ground
in France than here. Practically all
the military authorities 'said It would
do no good to send raw troops that
what was needed was seasoned soldiers.
Yet the president took the responsibility
like a man and, believing he was right,
he carried out his plans.
"Suppose something had gone wrong.
These were mothers' boys, and hot only j
the mothers of America but history for
all time would have condemned him for
sending untrained troops against thej
seasoned troops of Germany.
A Doughboy's Philosophy
Maude Rati ford Warren in rerybody's
There are thousand of returned sol
diers to whom the war was a spiritual
university. They have won an under
standing and a tolerance beyond their
years. The best example I know is
my friend Sidney, aged 22. and endowed
through the hard means of shot and
shell with a matuftty beyond his years.
"At home," Sid said, "I used to kick
rf things didn't go right. Well, sitting
around In the mud over there I have
begun to think a lot about some of
the older people I know. They take
things Just as they come, I notice ; don't
kick much. Life seems to teach them
that Well, the war strikes me as Just
a lot of concentrated life. It's been that
to me. anyhow. If ever 1 do kick, it's
sort of from force of habit. 3 1 honestly
don't want to very mucb. ' I'$et the bad
luck so vrith a grin, and it not, with
Cullen Bryant
Lockley
"Another factor that helped hasten
the end of the war was President Wil
son's suggestion of putting a mine bar
rage across the North sea. He believed
that if we could keep the submarine
hornets in their nest it would be better
than to try to chase them after they
had escaped. The British naval au
thorities said that On account of the
winds, the tides and the currents the
placing of such a mine barrage was
not feasible. By September, 1918. the
mine barrage was completed. Very soon
the German submarines began failing
to report back to the bases. The Ger
mans realized the danger of attempt
ing to enter th North sea. It broke
the spirit of the submarine crews. They
refused to serve. By September 1, 1918,
there were only five German subma
rines operating against allied shipping.
The others were either exterminated or
anchored in their own portn.
...
"Another important decision made by
President Wilson and General Pershing
was the determination to keep the
American army together as an American
unit. General Pershing knew at all
times that he had thet government at
Washington back of him; They wanted
to scatter our boys among the British
and French troops to teach them how
to fight, and to stiffen the British and
French lines. The result of the presi
dent's determination to support General
Pershing in this matter was that the
American army on the Marne was able
to stop the German advance on Paris.
The result was the breaking, by the
assistance of the American troops, on
May 27, of what was everywhere re
garded as the strongest German posi
tion on the western front.
...
"There was perfect teamwork between
our president at WTahingtoii and our
armed forces on the land and on th
sea. I had the good fortune to be in
Europe during the entire period of the
war not during the American partici
pation only, but from the day the Ger
mans started through Belgium for Paris.
Few men have been criticised more bit
terly than President Wilson, but the
verdict of history will be that he hR
been one of the greatest constructive
statesmen of the century. I know of no
other man who has better natural Judg
ment than he has. Added to this, he
has incredible industry and a high sense
of order. At times things looked pretty
dark for the allies, but President Wil
son's faith in the American soldiers
never faltered. As a matter of fact, no
army has ever excelled ours In valor and
efficiency.
'One thing that has saved the situa
tion for President Wilson is his senwe
pf humor. If I were to sum up Ameri
can participation in the war I would
say that one of the best armie that ever
took the field was led by one of the
men of the highest ideals I have met.
and that history will record that under
the leadership of a wise and courageous
president we did a big job and did It
well."
...
"Now I want a few personal facta
about yourself. Mr. Grasty." I said.
"All right, here they are." he replied.
"I will make them brief. I was born in
Botetourt county. Virginia. If you know
anything about the history of Virginia,
you know that at one. time this county
embraced all the western part of Vir
ginia, as well as a good part of Ken
tucky, Illinois. Ohio and Indiana. I wax
managing editor of the Kansas City
Times for some years. In 1890 I went
to Baltimore, buying the Baltimore
News. I published that paper for 16
years, went t went to St. Paul, buying a
two thirds interest in the Pioneer Tress
and the Pispatch. From St. Paul 1 re
turned to Baltimore as publisher of the
Baltimore Sun. After selling the Bun
I was about to retire, when Mr. Ochs
got me to go on his band wagon. Just
about then the war broke out, and I
have been in Europe ever since as a
looker on at the war and at the peace
conference."
set teeth, and I try not to count It at
all. The good luck I count as clear
velvet It may not be a logical way
of looking at life', but It's a practical
way. Sitting here in the mud and
getting old myself, I figure that Is about
the way the nice middle-aged people t
know at home look at things. Being
a good sport Is about as good a thing
as any one can contribute to the world."
Temperament
from tha i'biladelpiua Jirenin Ledsex.
His nerves are tuned to such a gen
tle key the wife he wed was sorry ever
after.. He has an ear so sensitive that
ho cannot abide the noise of children's
laughter. 'His better-half must keep' the
house so still you'd think", his .soui had
gone to its creator. And here's the se
qucl'aoubt It If you will:' He ia a jaz
band tinsbop operator.
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal iteaders
OREGON NOTES
Roseburg canneries have been doted
cans" " account of the shortiige of
TarinK 'twecn Grant Pass and the
fre thl Ca?Unty HT wUl b finished be
rore the season closes.
PndUf"?,? k"'- who came to,
died T, ,h t ?;ttr from Germany,
died in that city a few days ago.
rinh"1" ar? una"r arrest at Condon
plles in the fields near the roads.
hvA,L,VniY anj "avy club J Planned 4
Wh ..wnl' !f wmmtte unlvendtv
Germany. ,1,e wr wJ"
Prilling of n 2000-foot test well in
GauMs Lake valley In Irftke county will
b started n the near future by an
Oklahoma oil company.
Miss Goldie . Wells, a gradume of thV
Kugeiie Bible university. pxix-rt to smil
early in October for equatorial Africa
to do missionary work.
William Plummor. prominently' en- ?
Raed in the milling business in Baker
and I'nion counties for many years, is
dead at La Grande, aged 82 yenrs.
The Salem city council has been pe
titioned to call a 'special election to
vote on a proposal to authorise in
stallation of a municipal telephone sys
tem, ta,
Ten carloads of fresh prunes have
been shipped from Mosler in the lust
few days. Growers will realize an
average of Siotio an acre from tholr
orchards.
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. r. .Mowing a dispute with a fellow
worker, Iao Clark of Sheridan was hl
in Lne uhch or tne head with a heavy
bar of steel and probably fatally In
jured. More than 100 e -soldiers in Oregon
have developed tuberculosis since being
discharged from the service, according
to a survey made by the Oregon Tuber
culosis association.
K X. Kuvatiagh, from the forest office
In Portland, and Supervisor N. tj.
.lacobson have started on a trip through
the Oeschutes country to investigate the
Kslbility of sinking artesian wells.
- George -Chcnoweth. found not guilty
of the murder of George Sydham in tht
circuit court at Gold Beach, has been
ordered committed to the asylum by
Judge Coke, Insanity haying been hi
defense.
WASHINGTON
"Labor inefficiency" is blamed by
Spokane retail fuel dealers for present
high prices of fuel.
The American Lnglon post at Aber- 5
deen has decided to open a canteen at
its quarters in that city.
Attendance at the state fair at Yak
ima totaled nearly 50,000. The big pa
rade was led by an army tank.
The fiftieth vessel built by the Skin
ner A Kddy corporation at Seattle was
turned over to the shipping board Fri
day. George Wyatt, who pleaded guilty at
Yakima to a charge of horse steallng.
has been sentenced to 1 to li years
In the penitentiary.
Spokane barbers have taken action
asking for more pay and a higher per
centage of the receipts. A minimum
of $6.50 a day Is wanted.
The Belgian vice consul's office at
Seattle has received word that Cardinal
Mercler, primate of Belgium, will visit
that city In t he near future.
The Journeyman Tailors' union of
Spokane has gained complete victory
In its strike for an increased wage
scale and an eight-hour day.
The forest service has resumed work
, on the lookout cabin to be placed on the
; top of Mount Adams. A heavy snoiv
i fall has retarded construction.
I Seattle's municipal railway system
has adopted a "pay as you leave" plan.
I which eliminates congestion and saves
I time In the downtown district.
J. J. Reed, a deputy collector of in
ternal revenue stationed at Aberdeen.
is under arrest charged with using his
official capacity to extort money.
Word is received at Seattle that the
steel steamer West Hepburn from Ta
coina and the Seattle Spirit from Seat
tle each has dropped a propeller blade
in mid-ocean.
Attempts are being made to arrange
for a bond election to provide fundi
for building a paved highway between
Aberdeen and Hoquiam, and through
the two cities.
Officers of both Pierce and King
counties are hunting for Malcom Banc,
aged 24, who wandered away from his
home near Buckley a week ago. It is
feared he was drowned.
About 4000 men, an Increase of ap
proximately 100 per cent over lst year,
will take military training in schools
nnd colleges of the Northwestern states:
according to estimates Just made public.
GKNEP.AL
An airplane flicht from France to Aus
tralia will be attempted shortly b the
French aviator Poulet.
A collection of 'J75.O0O skunk skins
brought $080,000 on the international
fur exchange at St. Louis. Friday.
Between 20 and 25 cottages were de
stroyed fn a brush fire which swept a v
part of Mount Tamalpals, near Mill City,
,ai., UTioay.
The first cargo shipment from" Ger
many since the war arrived at New York
Friday. It consisted of toys, glassware
nnd sugar beet seeds.
Because elevators are filled and there
is a shortage of cars, hundreds of thou
sands of bushels of wheat are on ths
ground in Nebraska and in danger of
rotting.
The Boehler Steel syndicate plants at
Kapfenburg, Wurtenburg, have been
bought by Americans, who have re
stored the 10 hour day and a piecework,
schedule.
A Petrograd newspaper publishes a
soviet government proclamation declar
ing a stato of siege In Moscow In con
sequence of the operations of the Cos
sack cavalry.
The navy department has decided
that no wage increases will be granted
dI thin (Imc in nnw vard tmnlnvu or
worKrncn in hiiivj"11 un i'r.b" vii v,-f-rnment
work.
The sovereign grand lodge, I. O. O, F.,
has passed a resolution requiring the
atwolute prohibition of any language
except Kngllsh in lodge meetings end
in the ritual. -
The government crop report Indicates ; f
a yield of potatoes approximating izs.
51 8 carloads, a decrease of more than
.'',2,000 carloads from the estimate on the
same date last year.
The house pension committee has re
ported favorably a bill granting a mini
mum monthly pension of $50 to the vet
erans of the Civil war. Pensions of
widows and children under 16 are also
Increased.
Uncle Jeff Snow .Says:
Kver so often, or oftener, some feller
eats dinner to our house that knows
Jlst 'zackly what the Lord's a-goln' to
do next year, Ma and me has wrote
down at different times what they've
told us, and on the average these feller
is mighty pore guessers, accordin to
what we can make out.
The Journal Has Been Good
Roads Leader
The greatest public work now
going on in Oregon is the building
of a state highway system. In this
constructive work The Journal seen
the realization of its long estab
lished and consistently pursued
policy of advocating those things
which will make Oregon, a bigger
and better state. In highway de
velopment The Journal has led
where others followed. It has not
only urged the achievement of a
comprehensive state system but has
advocated the Improvement of all
local roads? Its motto is that a
good road pays for itself threefold.
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