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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11. 1922 n- Iasoed Dally Except Monday by THB STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY , ' f 215 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 127 Board of Trade Building. Pnone Aatomatlc S11-9J MEMBER OF XKB ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aaaoclated Press is exctoslTely entitled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited fa this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks ........... . Manager Stephen A. Stone . ...Menacing Editor Ralph GlOTer Cashier Xzank Jaskoskl ... - Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES; Baslneas Office, tt Circulation Department, (IS Job Department, 682 Society Editor, IOC Catered at the Postoffice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter AMONG THOSE PRESENT The British provincial idea of the part America played in , the winning of the war is strikingly shown in a recent edi torial in the London Times on the celebration of battle anni versaries. "Why have we in England no celebration of the Marne," asks the editor, "no celebration of any airiong.the wondrous feats of arms in which we and our French allies ; shattered and ground to powder the over-weening hosts of .aggressive and vainglorious Germany?" Americans have little interest whether those events are celebrated in England or not, but they will more than lift a casual eyebrow when they read of how "we and our French allies" ground Ger many to powder. There has been more than a suspicion in ,the United States that America's soldiers took a prominent '..part in the shattering and i grinding process. Indeed, it has been accepted as a'fac in this country that if the American army had not made its heroic drive through the Argonne Forest and severed the princirel line of communications by Vwhich Germany was feeding its army in the west, the pro ijcess of shattering and grinding might have been reversed And most of the leaders of thought n Great Britain agree l with this view. They are neither provincial nor bigoted. ' The Germans did some shattering and grinding of their 1 own in' the spring and summer of 1918. It was in full swing ; when the American army was thrown into the breach in July ' of.that year and turned the tide of defeat into victory Early in that year the "overweening hosts of agressive and vain glorious Germany" in three days drove the British army from h Belgian territory that it had taken many wary months and many thousands of lives to win. A little later the French ; and British together were forced back towards Amiens over ' a tremendous, stretch of terrain in a dashing drive by those same "overweening hosts." In June the Germans went through the French lines from the Aisne to the Marne nd :set the stage for a march on Paris down the Marne valley: 1 Thatfa brief, was the way "we and our French allies" ground '"' the Germans to powder in 19181 When the march to Pans was scheduled to. start the American army was on the ground and the Germans had: not proceeded far when they were thrown back in "confusion at Chateau Thierry and along the line south of Soissoiis where Marshal Foch had decided to strike his decisive blow. Ameri can divisions bore , the brunt of that attack, althousriif&iaetl by British and French soldiers It marked the turning point oi me war. anoray tnereaiter came the Battle of St. Mihiel Is when 600,000 men under General Pershing in two day3 swept ; the Germans from a salient that they had held in the face of ? ioe ames ionour years. 'kSUC . ' . Then began the greatest single operation of the war. the 5? Meuse-Argonne offensive. Twenty-one. American divisions, many of them for the first time under" fire, met and con quered forty veteran German divisions through the most dif ficult country that any army ever fought over. The battle lasted six weeks, during which the Americans took 26,000 , prisoners ana captured almost 500 cannon. On the 6th of November General Pershing found himself on the Meuse op posite Sedan. "We had cut the enemy's main line of commun ications," he reported, "and NOTHING BJJT SURRENDER OR AN ARMISTICE COULD SAVE HIS ARMY FROM COMPLETE DISASTER." The Germans chose the latter alternative and an armistice was signed five days later, on the 11th. "We and our French allies" appear to-have had some assist ance as they "shattered and ground to powder" the German hosts. If history does not deceive us, American soldiers not only saved the allies from what appeared to be certain defeat in 1918, but turned that defeat into victory. We expect no word of praise for what we did, but it would be some conso lation if British editors would admit that we were "among those present." It is understood that the trip of former Premier Clemenceau to this country will not be official. Therefore, the hat will not be passed. Colonel House has Just re turned, from an extended trip to Europe, but refuse? to be quoteci. The fact is, however, that the si lence of Colonel Huuse no longer intrigues. Rudyard Kipling is reported to have said the United States got Into the war too late, but the record shows that we raised an armed force of 4,800,000 men, sent 2,086,000 of them to France, lost 77,118 killed and 221,059 wounded and held 23 per cent of the western front by Oc tober 19, 1918. We raised Inter nal loans from the people aggre gating $22,228,118,400 and re loaned $9,641,822,500 to our allies, among which England was one. TABLE MANNERS Even a small difference In table manners may cause Interna tional complications. An Ameri can actor recently upset the dig nity of a whole British table d'hote by holding his fork in his light hand according to good American usage. For to grasp the fork In the right hand Is to a horrified Britisher a crime com mensurate with supporting an Irish republic. , "The fork," so says British; etiquette, "should never letfvfe th left hand." - Incidentally,' the British drive tnelrantoV. on the 1ett side of the street.- An auto on. the right vide might cause5 a frightful acci dent but that to l' British eyes wpn(d; not be o fatal as a fork in the v right1 hand. Orer there by bejng.rlsbt you may set in wrong. EVIDENCE OF THRIFT Bulding and loan associations, like the . star of empire, have ap parently moved steadily west ward., Although founded in Phil adelphia more than ninoty years ago, their greatest acthitles are now in Ohio, which leads in per capita eavlngrf In building and loan associations, with $66.25 per unit of population. New Jersey Is second, with $63.14, the District of Columbia third, with $62.95; Nebraska fourth, with $50.73. and PenniJyvania fifth, with $45.96. During the last year the build ing and loan associations of the country attained a membership growth of 847,000. This is a splendid thfbute to the growth of thrift in this country. No doubt Oregon will grow into first place in this respect in time. If every citiy of Oregon had at least one local association as good and well managed as Salem's lo cal association, this state would surely now be in the lead in her per capita showing lit this very important field of solid and sub stantial growth and well being. The great state" and tho great na tion" la the borne owning state and nation - :' "Salem's local building and loan association Is organized on the right lines or home building', and It is o well managed that it has never yet had a foreclosure. SOME BOAST It is asserted that the volume of construction and development work now under way in Los An geles is greater than in New York and Chicago combined. This sounds like a large order, but we are used to doing big things and delivering the goods. Los An geles Times. QUEEN'S GOOD EXAMPLE Queen Alexandra of England, has recently set a notable exam ple by her refusal to wear egrets, those bautiful ornaments which have been popular for many years Jith fajshlonabye women. Not even the knowledge that the FUTURE DATES October 12. Thursday Pre-coonty ron rmtion of Christian endearor society, Presbyterian diurrh. October 13, Friday Associated Char ities t meet. Commercial club rooms. October 17, Tuesday Cyrena Van Gordon, Prima Donna Mezio contralto. In concert at armory. ' October 28 and 99, Saturday and Sun day County Christian endeavor conven tion at Pratnm. November 7, Tuesday General elec tion. November 30, Thursday Thanksgiving day. 4 Bcmoox, V., BTUDT ; .; ;y aroail mm S HT71COH PLAT WOKS Copyright, 1922, Associated Editors The Biggest Little Paper in the World Edited by John H. Millar J. OREIGN DOUaS---LoUPorJ Folks forToii to Make TiS V &fJ5s&& Tig a (fcvChiu. of. Spain ; ilThls (a one of ten quaint little ; ropIVirofttf I -foreign lands You'll iflnd4 thera, Just the thing tor partr Uvora Nind table deco rations, and while "you're making ;theni 'you'll learn a lot about how i boy and girls of other countries I dress. ) , H. - s Chita, peeping coyly from be hind her gay fan, is practicing a Joyius little dance, as she listens toDe tinkle of guitars In the nar row; street below, over which the balconies of the quaint ol house almost touch each other. Chfta is e?7r proud -of her holiday cos tume, for her lace mantilla be longed to t her grandmother and Is "so fine and graceful that It Is ' the envy . of all the girls she knows. - ' - . ,y - m: -" ." ' ' , fBuy.;n',;Voiblog':vaoUf-iii.. (a . round one could be used) and paint the features on with black Jnk and water color; then "paste oa her hair, or black ; crushed - crepe paper. Her arms 'and legs rfmade6riroe'tre wrapped with cnarrow atrls 3of paper, the arms with flesh color and the feet ith-biack. r ;: To make the dress cut four strips of canary yellow crepe pa per and. flute them at the edze. Place the first one. so that It will come just a trifle above her slip pers and make each succeeding ruffle a little shorter. The top flounce Is made of American beauty creve vaper . The bodice is a straight piece of black naner shown in Figure 5 and Is wrap ped around the end of the piece of 'candy, making a small waistline. To -make the Spanish ' shawl fold a very thin paper napkin or paper handkerchief Into the tri angular shape shown in Fig. 3. Cut Irregular shapes, shown bv the black spots, and when you unfold it you will have a beauti ful,, lacy shawL x s Make the fan of , stiff paper and fold like the one in diagram 8. Sparkling flitter pasted on would give v Spanish effect The bucklea, made the sameV wy; are pasted on th make-believe slip pers. To make the. Spanish heel, roll up a maU strip , of" crepe papef and pastevln -place. U VT ' -: --- v-r- ? f THE SHORT STORY, JR.j THE BRIGAND WALKS THE PLANK. , The "Brigands' were having an Initiation In the Henderson barn. This barn was the very nicest place in the neighborhood for an initiation, but Mr. Henderson had on one occasion warned ''that they were to stay off his proper ty. However, when time came around to hold their Initiation, they decided that they would for get about the warning, because he 'prob'ly wasn't feeling good that day, or something, and didn't mean it, anyway." Fred Corbin was being made a member of the band. For months Fred had dreamed of being taken In, and now that it was actually going to happen, he felt ready for anything. They collected In mys terious silence. Fred was blind folded and placed in one corner of the barn, while they prepared for the initiation in another. . First, he was made to "walk the plank." A board was placed on the ground and elevated with a box at one end. It wasn't very high, but (hey all lay down on the floor under the board and talked in such a way that their voices seemed to be coming from away down low, so Fred' fully ex pected to jump off into space. He made his way carefully along the plank, balancing himself with dif ficulty, as his hands were tied be hind him. Finally he reached the end. pre pared for a long jump, and found himself but a few inches above the ground. Of course he lost his balance and went tumbling. "Beat tt, fellers," cried a shrill voice. "There's somebody coming!; With remarkable suddenness the "Brig ands" left the barn, forgetting Fred In their haste. Fred was angry , at being left In the lurch. He bumped around trying to find the door, unable to get-the. bandages off. - Then some ohe grabbed , him and struck him sharp blow ,. He crumpled up. ': f'Next' thing- he .knew, some brie "You plucky kid." Fred was be wildered. By nightfall the story was all over town: How the Hendersons had been away from home and Fred had seen a couple of men entering. He felt pretty certain they were not the Hendersons coming back and had gone over to make sure, when he had been pounced upon from behind and blindfolded and tied up. The thieves had got away with one of Mr. Henderson's best horses. There's no gainsaying that the horse was gone, and so the story 6tands, because well, the "Brig ands" have private reasons for not challenging it. r PICTURE PUZZLE I Pearrano the foHowma Jumbled rcJ and then moke them into a word - SQuflre ' E E I L k O-JLJLJL A L E A , 1 i m i I i m I,, I .1, J.. ji ; 1 --r.. G WANTS ROADS BUILT Complaint Prepared for Fil ing With I. C. C. to Benefit State H. H. Corey, member of the public service commission, has prepared a comiriaint intended to go before the interstate commerce commission demanding railroad construction in eastern Oregon that will afford facilities for trans portation of timber, livestock and other products of a large eastern Oregon area. If the' complaint is approved by his colleagues on the commission, N'ewton McCoy and T. M .Kerri gan, it will be filed with the inter state body at Washington. Several I loads .Named Defendants named in the com plaint are The Central Pacific Railway company, the Southern Pacific, the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Ore gon Short Line, the Oregon Trunk, sheen of the feathers is so lovely because they are plucked fom the living bird has been sufficient to keep many women from indul ging their vanity. If a queen, however, disdains to be cruel, ronton, preforce "will havo to follow suit. and the Deschutes Railroad com pany. Extensions asked are from Kirk, Or., to Odell, Klamath coun ty, a djstaice of 40 miles; from Oak Ridge to Odell, a distance of SO miles; from Crane to Odell, a distance of .165 miles; from Bend to Odell, a "distance of 50 miles; from Lakerjew to Klamath Falls, ot north t connect with the Crane-Odell extension; and frOm Crane to Bnd. t Much Work We The complaint points out that many of th surveys already have been made; and work actually started in past years. It is shown that at the present time there." is no railroad: extending from west ern Oregon! eastward south of Portland. The large mileage and circuitous routes from the import ant eagtern Oregon points to Port land are shown in the complaint, and the assertion is made that at the present time there is no ade quate railroad service for trans portation to Portland .the state's main seaport. WORMWOOD According to building experts the Palace of Versailles Is' no longer a safe structure. Its sup porting beany hare been eaten away by toadstools. To replace these with sound timbers would be a tremendous feat. If this can not be accomplished, however, the building will collapse. So at tractive on the exterior, so allur ing to tho eye and under the gilt and ginger-bread, beams, joists, timbers, riddled and rotten with (be fungus of centuries! j We havo long ago made up our mind that many human beings have lived to a hale old age sim ply by eating food that agreed with them and not too much of it. That is about all the consid eration the average healthy In dividual needs to give to the choice of a diet, Exchange. BLOWING COLD We are said to be spending $1, 000,000 a day for ice, but, thank heaven, not much of it is going , into highballs. Plucking ice from the lakes and rivers used to be quite an industry a sea sonal but Important one. We used to export $1,000,000 worth of ice to foreign countries. Now four fifths of the ice daily used in America is artificially manufac tured. Instead of exporting ice we are sending to other nations every year nearly $5,000,000 of ice-making or refrigerating ma chinery. Incidentally, we are making an iceless ice box. Arti ficial coolness is, as simple as ar tificial heaV BITS FOR BREAKFAST Prunes still coming. V S But a few more days will see the last of the 1922 harvest of this fruit. Tomorrow's Statesman will con tain a lot of matter on the prune industry that will be authorita tive, interesting and valuable. It is our greatest and fastest grow, ing fruit industry. 'm S In the death of C. P. Glover, Oregon loses one of her pioneer citizens of sterling worth, high character and fine and loyal and patriotic spirit. There will be a note of regret among all old resi dents at the passing of Payton Glover. a. a I The question of making the of fice of city marshal of Salem ap pointive will again be on the bal lot, in the November election. s s Without any thought as to who may be elected mayor or who may be successful in the race for city marshal, the principle of the ap pointive system in the office of marshal is the correct one. The appointment must have the ap proval of the city -council. It would make for better cooperation in the management of the city's affairs. Salem has a hard work ing and efficient city council, de voted to the best interests of the city in all its affairs, and there should be team work all through, j The voters should see to It that there is such team work. Thev should vote for the amendment. and the vote should be unanimous. V s j At an exhibition in the Brook- lyn Botavical gardens is being shown a new plant which the ear- den authorities believe may Jbe the forerunner of a true yellow aster. Thus does nature, with guidance, overtake fiction. In the yellow '90's a Bmall sensation was caused by an anonymous novel, "The Yellow Aster," the over Strung heroine of which told her lover that men "had the same strong yearning for me that a botanist has for a blue chrysan themum, or a yellow aster." Geo. Will closinr out niano Land phonograph stock. Phono. graphs fcalf prica. pianos $ 3 up, $5 down $& month. 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