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Section Three Pages One to Eight !- -.-.-.. 4 Society - Features t L - SE VENTYSrmTYE AR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 3,. 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS mm i FIK JUST WHS ! I. ?? f : 4..St The Vorld Cannot Exist Half " Skive and Half Free, Says : Salem Man Editor Ktatpsman: I to bp able to understand the Situation in China It Is necessary to consider its civilization, the physical and moral makeup of its inhabitants and the peculiar geog raphy of that country. ; China! is composed of 4.000,000 square tiniles, much larger than the I'nitjed States of America: the western and southern part is very hilly a oil unproductive, while the eastern art is rich both in fertile noli am natural resources. The population is estimated at nearly 400.000j000 people, one-fourth of the world's population, and some parts are most densely populated. Eighty per cent of the popula tion batons to the agricultural class, wfcile 20 per cent are made up of .ictiolars, artists merchants, .jprtaatsiand soldiers. The aver i age Chinese farm?" consists of 4 acres of irrigated - land which is in a high state of cultivation and is farmed very intensively. A native of China; can labor longer under eitreme jweather conditions than any othef human being on earth. As a whle the Chinese are very industrious, economical and intel ligent, j ' We haye records of Chinese civ ilization ifor over 4,000 years. SnnningJ weaving, dyeing, rearing of silk worms, iron mining, tea trading, Ihorse and cattle trading. manufacturing of forks, spades, sickles," peedles, beds. Bteamers, flat irons, pencils, and many other things were known in There haji, however, been very lit tle change in the methods of liv ing for the last 3,000 years and the natural resources of thaCcoun trv are afil untouched. China wi ruled successively by 24 dyaastles of emperors, trie teachings lot Conf usius taking the place of a constitution. As ai 4'le the Chinese were governed iessfulty and only 24 times in 4,000 years was it 'found neces sary to change the dynasties. ... -f .'The Opium , Wir 'r . The Chinese maintained a strict seclusion from all foreigners. During the year ISO Great Britain sent momrivoys to China forthe purpose off negotiating commerce treaties, but. the Chinese govern ment re fused to have any dealings with foreign barbarians. At that time the prlnepal merchandise was opium Imported by English merchants o China. This drug was thought by the Chinese gov ernment! to flead to the physical deterioration of its. inhabitants, and a law'wato created strictly pro hibting tbeale of opium. Many British and fa few Chinese mer chants began Smuggling opium in to China; and: in 1S39 the whole stock of Opium in Canton "was con- (CoBlinued on pas 8-) DlliGlTS vi: j Bicycles-Now Move in Best of Society in Denmark; True Other Places COPENHAGEN.- AP) Bicy cles move In good society in Den-I mark. The- king and all thei younger members of the royal family ai well as leaders in. all ' wolV r-9 Ufa u oa n wheel. , "North Prussia. Good roads and teasy grades make a bicycle the easiest means of getting about on short it r ins. r Princess Juliana of Holland, is i a keen .cyeiisirand the putch queen Wilhelmma his often been seen pedaling herself about, her country 'home neat Ap feldom .,-'-- All over Denmark and Holland ladies in their best gowns bicycle to teas and evening parties- Since short skirts have leeome so fash ionable society women find no dif ficulty in using wheels " wlthovi danger to their gownsv 4 H f Churches, theaters and shops must provide bicycle parking space- Tor wheels -as men." -women fc ana rrJren go ereryhere on bicycles. f .f tor cars are relatively rare in ta flat countries along the Baltic afid North Seas. Itfis only the vry rich who can afford motor cars because of the high prices of locally produced "cars and the fc'ayy import duties on foreign V Uirycles are used to a great ex- tpBt in England hut rn'ore in a aT of sport. Many Englishmen, find pleasure in taftlfig long hl cyrle rides Into the country in fine leather. AMERICAN v. -I Q I M in ii 1 i ! DELAZON SMITH'S SUMMING IIP TALK Oregon's Early Day Orator Made Last Talk In Con stitutional Convention (The constitutional convention that framed the fundamental laws of Oregon was held in the court house in Salem from August 17 to September 18. 1S57. There were giants in those days. Judge Mat thew P. Deady was chairman of the convention. Chester N. Terry was 1 secretary. George H. Wil liams was chairman of the judici ary committee and Judge H. P. Boise and John It. McBride. then just admitted to the bar. were members. Delazon .Smith, after wards United States senator, was One of the prominent members. He was a finished orator. ; Col. E. D. Baker, one of the greatest orators of his time, said Delazon Smith was outstanding in Oregon and the nation as an able public speaker. -.The proceedings of .the constita tionar convention-nd the "tMra6 have teen fathered Into a book by Chas. II. Carey of Portland The daily ' reports of the conven tion were made up in three parts. First, tlie official report of the secretary. Second, the reporj in the Oregon Stateaman. Third, that in the Oregonian. The re port in The Statesman was usually the longest, and the best. Came the last day of the conven tion: that body was ready to vote on the adoption of the Oregon Constitution which had been framed. At this point, concluding, the whole matter. The Statesman report contained the following: Mr. .Grover. from special com mittee, reported enorlleti constitu tion and moved its adoption. Mr. Smith said, before the question is taken upon that mo tion. I desire to detain the conven tion whilst 1 review the whole in strument briefly. The people, sir, of the territory sent us up here to prepare a constitution for their consideration and adoption. No work no labor pertaining to time and sublunary matters, is moTe important than that upon whichr we have been engaged. To frame the fundamental law of the lartd, to prepare a constitution which Is to regulate and govern all other laws, and all the insti tutions of the country for an in definite period of time, is a work of-Tnagnitude and of abiding im portance. For some four years last past, this proposition has been from time to time submitted to the peo ple whether they would author ize a convention to frame a con stitution for a state government Three several times the people re turiied a negative answer to the proposition, but finally at the election last June the people of the territory of Oregon, by an overwhelming majority, author ized the holding of this convention for the purpose of framing a con stitutions" 'The reflection which the people have had -the discus sion incident to the repeated sub mission of this question to ' the popular consideration of the coun try; and the changes which had taken 'place 'in the country in the1 year immediately preceding the submission of 'this question last JUne.' ted I repeat, a large major ity of the people of thej country to the conclusion that their present and prospective interests required that- they should fake this step that the time had now fully ar rived when the interests of this people required that they should throw off this state of colonial vassalage and assume their proper nositlon In the Union of the American states. What sit, prompted the people to move with such remarkable un animity as characterized their ac tion at the last election when they authorized the holding of this con MCeatiaved on Pf FIELDS OF IHONOR r " - -a r - I I r a-- .1 ri THK SOM3IK' AM) BKMJH'M American . Military Cemeteries at TJony, France, srnil at. V;n r-g-beiii, in Flanders By Uicluml Soelye Jones Two remarkable sentiments at tach themselves to the two Ameri can military cemeteries; in France which lie to the north of Paris, toward Brussels, and are not reached on the more usual tours of the battlefields to iht eastward of the French capital. "They broke the Hindenburg line" wlil always, seem the na tural epitaph for those Yanks who lie forever in ' the valley of the Somme, at Bony. "They fell in Flanders fields" is the literal as well as the figura tive tale of those who lie in Waeroghem, in Belgium, lf miles south of Ghent. There are 1H2 6 Americans re posing at Bony, which is 11 miles south of St. Queutini toward Cambfai. and is officially called the, Somme American military cemetery. There are 3 65 resting at Waoreghem, and this is offi cially called Flanders Field Amer ican military cemejtery, the one American cemetery in Belgium. The men of two Yankee divisions won this? ground, fighting under orders of King Albert as a unit of tftm army of Belgians.. Ve.nc!i',nl Americans which wbh lasi uriTiug the enemy back toward Brussels when the, war came to an end. Most of the honored dead at Bony came from) two other (Ameri can divisions, which fought with the British forces. Thti while the bulk bf the American expedi tionary forces, were centering their power on the last struggle between the Arjonne Forest and the Itiver Mouse, these four divi sions were giving renewed power to the battle scarred divisions of our allies, pushing enemy backward after his last desperate drive toward the channel ;wl the sea. Bony lies jnst west of the tun nel on the St. Quentm eanal. which the (Jermans used as part of the underground works of the system of trenches known as the Hindenburg line, and which was ! (Continued on jias -.) STIRRING DAYS AT SEA FOR LEGIONNAIRES X-:''f7TLv . i-t'i5' ' f. ' felvM -;';,'-X V C AS W J - V v J K J ' "f oP 1 in. , l; 1 - ;-rr iJ. !vl- .t -r"?:i'r" -: :-i - - -. j: (Special.) Days at sea, made brief by fast ocean liners, pro grams crammed full of deck sports, attentive service, nd a thousand good times. f havebeen -arranged for the American le gionnaires : who shove of r for France next September, accord ing "to '"information received from Howard P, Savage, National Com OVERSEAS ''"y if r rii I ,1 NATIONAL GARDEN iEKHHO Purpose to Promote Interest and Arouse Enthusiasm in Planting WASHINGTON. D. C. ( Spe-, rial-) National Garden Week, which has the endorsement of President Coolidge and of Secre tary Herbert Hoover, is announced for April J7-24 by Miss Vida New som of Columbus, Ind., chairman of the gWden committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. "The United States of. America Garden Nation of the World in 19?.0," is the ambitious slogan of the committee. "The purpose of National Gar den Week is- to promote interest and arouse enthusiasm in the planting of gardens as an ennob ling avofation, a contribution to the joy of the individual and the community and as an attribute of tcod citizenship," said Miss Xew som. in effort tr havo KOCie rec ognition given National Garden Week by each of the 14,000 member clubs of the General Federation, Miss Newsom offers the following widely diversied suggestions: prganize a garden dub or form a garden department in your club, have a speaker on some phase of gardening or flow er culture, adopt a civic flower and encourage' its growth in pri vate and public grounds; enlist the interest and cooperation of churches. schools. Boy Scouts. Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts and Girl Reserves, encourage compe titive activities in the raising of flower gardens, vegetable Kar denR. window boxes, lawns and land scapeing home grounds, se cure prizes from local-dealers in seeds, Karden tools', etc., have a flower show, arrange for free dis tribution of seeds and cuttings to (Continued cn page 2.) mander, by Robert C. Lee, of New York, Department France Con vention Officer for this state. A proud fleet of 28 of the best and largest ocean liners in trans-at-iantic service will carry the veter ans overseas. - A week spent at sea minns re veille, detail.' abandon ship drill, and -other troublesome duties ' of HQLLVWOOD TRIP OF MAUDE Gil Salem's Representative on the Delightful Journev Writes About It By Maude Gywnn The trip to Hollywood given by the Paramount Studios and the Bell Line Stages was a hig suc cess. Every effort possible for our pleasure and comfort was pro vided. The weather was perfect. The journey over the mountains was one never to he forgotten. There were twelve in our party, and it certainly was a' jolly, t are free bunch. The boy irom Taco ma. Wash., and the pirl from Kv eiett. Wash., were the life of the party. Mrs. Wallace Jessup. of Bremerton. Wash., was a wonder ful chaperone. We stopped at every point of interest, Mt. Shasta being the most beautiful. Ar various towns we were greeted by prominent busi ness men. After leaving Medford we were very anxious to get to San Fran cisco, and traveled until late that night. We had quite a thrill try ing to catch the ferry at Vallejo. About ten mile north of there we bad engine trouble and only had a few minutes in which to reach the ferry. However, by phoning ahed and asking them to hold it for five minutes, we ar rived there in time. From Valle jo we hurried to catch the ferry at Oakland. After we wen.- all safe on the ferry, the crowd went up on deck. The wind was strong and very cold. The. different col ored lights along the bay made a beautiful sight. Upon our arrival in Frisco we went direct to the Hotel Turpin, where we retired for the night. We departed next day at 11:00 a. m. and were joined at Oakland by the president of the Bell lane Stage Co.. 11. K. Shere. who ac companied us to Los Angeles. Given Royal Reception Our next stop of interest was Fresno. Calif. As we entered there we werf greeted, by a dele gation of citizens and accompan ied "by state officials. We were introduced to the manager of one of the theaters ami two reporters of the "Republican" newspaper. After dinner the party was invited to attend a dance at the "Rain bow" pavilion. It is one of the most beautiful dance halls I have ever seen, and we had a splendid time. We retired that night at the Hotel Sequoia. We departed early next morn ing, as we were anxious to arrive ih Hollywood. It was a long tire some drive over the mountains and some of us got Pick. The flowers along the road were simply beautiful, every color im aginable. This was also the first time some of the group haid seen an orange or olive tree, and'it was quite a delight to them. The or ange trees were especially beau tiful, bearing their blossoms and 'Continued on pags 8.) strenuous wartime will be a new adventure for the balk of 30,000 who remember vividly the days of the first A- E. P." Instead of being battened down under in tbe dark hold of the ship, the Legion naires on the second trip over will sleep between immaculately white POET ESCAPES fc Q i&JiJl tit 1 Illi! 1 I 7 "i - lrS Ontral Barg-r Clark HOT SPRINGS. S. I). Badger, Clark, poet, has fled from civili zation, taking refuge in a cabin in the fastnesses of wilderness and mountains. 1 Clark, probably the best known poet of the northwest, author of "hTe Cowboy's Prayer," 'The Glory Trail." and the rest of the poems that make up his latest vol- j The poet walks 10 miles to the ume of poems. "Sun and. Saddle j nearest town, Custer, for his food, Leather." has taken a cabin in the' and cuts his own firewood, and Black Hills miles from the near- tramps much through snow-laden-est town and there has set himself j etl trails, in his pursuit of Pegas- 1 to work at preparing another vol- i EDUCATORS DECLARE! SIC ESSEIilL School Supei'mlandents Pass Resolution of Endorsement at Meeting A greater recognition of music than ever before by the school superintendents of the country was manifested in the recent meeting at Dallas. Texas, of the department of superintendence in the National Educational associa tion. That recognition was voiced officially in one of the resolutions passed by the convention, wherein music and art were declared to be fundamental in the education of our children. This action on mu sic was called forth by a series of striking musical programs, the spot of which was the second an nual appearance of the National High School Orchestra. In the resolution, the educators made the following statement: "We would record our full ap preciation of the fine musical pro grams and art exhibits in connec tion with this convention. They are good evidence that we are rightly coming to regard music, are ahd other similar subjects as fundamental in the education of American children. We recom mend that they be given every where equal consideration and support with other basic sub jects." Of especial educational signifi cance was the appearance of the National High School orchestra before the convention, for an op portunity was provided for dem onstrating to the executive heads of America's schools the degree of artistic skill that is possible in the artistic field among high school students. A total of 268 players from 38 states made up this super sym phony orchestra. There were fif ty, first violins, fifty second vio lins, 32 violas, 22 'cellos, 19 double basses, 12 flutes, 10 clar inets, eight oboes, seven bas- (Continnct on page 5.) New Beacpn Light Abie to'Hierce Mist or Cloud BERLIN, AP) A new beac on light, whijeh is described as visible' througih mist and clouds arid is easily I distinguished from treet lamps, i3 nbw in wide use in Germany td mark flying fields. While the new light, known as the "Neon" tube, is used chiefly for marking boundaries and ob stacles, a report says it also has enough power to aid in Hlaminat ing the fields and jsonsnmes -very Jittle electricity, an advantage of particular value In the marking out of a fifing path along which the lights are left burning all night. . ' As guide posts for flyers, the tubes are, mounted about 10 kilo meters apart and are operated Mil CIV I LIZ A TION fr Phcto and Ills Cabiiv j ume of verse for bi publishers., ; Some months ago the poet , reached the decision that civiliza tion was coddling his genius and that he needed solitude in the , woods and hills. While making a j lecture tour, he began making ar rangements for the cabin in which he now lives, a hermit. ' us. I PRESIDENT DDIMEV TO SPEAK AT YW1GA Subject of . Address to Be ' Men, Women and God"f Banquet at 6:30 p, m, That in his speech before the young men's division banquet at the YMCA next Tuesday evening, he will place the blame for the unsatisfactory modern social con ditions directly upon the parents, was indicated yesterday by Dr. Carl (Jregg Doney, president of Willamette university. The president believes that the older people are largely complac ent figure-heads, wholly lacking, as fai as true and wholesome guidance is concerned, Hi influ ences over their children. When parents are doinj? exactly the Mme things which are criticized in their children it must be real izedsthat they are creating a still more impotent condition among young folic. Parents 'and elders have not heen the eounsellors and friends to youth that conditions have required. People, young and old, are much more informed about social mjatters, and much more frank in their discussion of them than they used to be, fsaid President Doney At the same time, there has come. in large measure, leisure and money offering many opportuni ties for self gratification. There has also appeared a type of phil osophy which is crude and undi gested, yet one which is prevalent and Very influential.' It counten ances and encourages the mater ialistic program of living. All these things, said President Doney, make is difficult for many young people to go forward in a straight course.. They are dis cussing, wondering, and wavering in their judgments. . If modern social conditions are (Continued xn pas 6.) Chaperons Back to Help ' Many Girls in Marrying LONDON. (AP) The chaper one, so whole-heartedly abolished in the years during and after the war, has come back to fashion able London, and is more in evi dence at dances and other public functions than at any time since Victorian days. t j One reason, for this, according to society gossip, is that young un chaperoned girls, while having a generally good time, have not made good marriages or have re mained single, while the eirls more carefully brought . up and chaperoned have secured the best plums in the marriage basket. : It is seldom now that society girls go to a ball or dinner with out their.mothers or' some woman with i moderate Incomes . are In great demand as paid chaperons.' relative while many society dames HISTORICAL FACTS ' ON REPEATING GUNS Says I Custer's Men at Las I Battle Had Spencer Re peating Carbines In. the report of a lecture -pub lished in The Statesman of Fi b 17th last, there were statement said to "have been made that "were not facts but evidently tha r,esuli ef erroneous Information, unfortu natelyj '''''. '. ; General Custer's men In the bat tle of the Little" Big Ilorn ip which, they were all killed except the In dian Bcout, Cnrly, wero armed with Fpoticer repeating carbine and not with Springfield rifles, which are more suited to Infantry than cavalry. ' The! statement said to havo been made that the -Indiana., could have clubbed "all of General Cus ter's riien to death is just simply preposterous, as with their effect ive guns the men could have kill ed all pf the Indians engaged with out any serious loss. ' The 'Indians who wiped out Gen eral Custer's men were mostly mounted and rode in circles witn their borses. on the run, which made them most difficult marka for the soldiers. A to the use of repeating rifles -iu! the Civil war, they were used to some extent in , that war ns early as 1862 and proved exceed ingly .effective in the battles of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines in Vir ginia, , though only a few regi- ' rz.ents were- supplied with thera. Thei army nnder General 'Quell in the fall of J862 was supplied with Quite a number of repeat int. rifles, for the winter saw" them' in the hands of his men shortly before the battle of PerryTille; Kentucky Repeating rifles were-also used at the battle of Chle.amauga in 1863. so I am informed.-. ' After the battle of Nasbyille in December, 18 General Thomas placed; General "Wilson in com mand : of 411 the cavalry f forces with directions to raid 'through Tennessee and Alabama, and Gen eral Wilson gathered ; an : army covps of' threo divisions, and ho states Jin his jiistory -of that raid that every man of his corps was armed j' with -repeating rifles and carbines,- and he met and defeated the celebrated Confederate Gen eral Forest; on his own ground and captured among other cities,' Selma, Alabama, and destroyed tin great Confederate arsenal there, : (Continued n p'ga Q.) deposePeIkg , TO REGAIfJ HIKE Emir jUsed Money, Propa ganda and Promises to incite Native Uzbeks ' OLD BOKHARA, Soviet Uzbe kistan, RepubHc.--j-(AP)IloId at tempts! are Wing'Tnade by the de posed emir of Uokhara, now living in Afghanistan, to recover his lost throne 'and possessions. ; " ' . Sending groups of trusted emis saries to different parts of Turk estan, tie has attempted by means of money, propaganda and promi ses to j incite the native Uzbeks against the, present soviet regime. He also managed to "smuggle across I the Afghanistan border ' a considerable number of rifles and a quantity of munitions. ' -" The emir, who is also the titular kalif of the millions of Mohamme- tans in this region, tried further" to collect taxes? from the natives to tsopjjort his campaign, threat ening tbem with the "wrath of Al lah" If they, refused to comply. To invoke their aid he told tbem that Bngalnd ; bad declared war against 'the soviet, whose regime, be asserted, would be of short du ration.1 - r The Ipeasants. however, refused to accede to these peremptory de mands : and appealed to the soviet government: for protection. - Sol diers of the Red army were sent In pursuit of the emir's agents. FlyingUo the open desert on fat steedsj the latter concentrated their forces .by forming small bat taliohs, which later conducted sur prise attacks and gorilla warfare against the Red armq. After sev eral wfeks of intermittent fighting the etnir jrebet forces were routed and their guns and munitions cap tured. This was not accomplished however without the loss ? con siderable ; bolshevik, soldiers,' who in many cases .were taken prison ers by the fanatical Uzbeks", and tortured to death. ' -;,JV i Since the soviet government won ' the favor of the natives by lighten ing their taxes helping them with their crops and giving thfeni reas onable latitude In' self government these- spdradic incitements to re volution' by the emir's Teptesenta--t lyes' had less and lesa success." t - h1 . L ': 't .