Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1927)
12 THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEII, OIIEG02T. EUKD AY HORNING OCTOBER Sfl, 1S27 SOJS OUGHT. : OLD TIME !il PIS Legion Men Were WellBe- haved and Cordially arid Royally Received! . u ho average reaaer neira a great aeal about the way! the Paris "reds' were going to make It hot for the American Lesion boys at their contention in Parte) Writing In the Oct. 27th Issue of The CongregationaHst, Boston and L.nicago.4 under the heading.! "In Paris With the American Legion, a. Aiwason, general jsec- . retary of the Church Peace Union. who attended the i great conten tion, tells of what did actually hap pen. This is so highly authorita tive, and: so truet just and credit able an account, that it ought to be reproduced by every American newspaper with a fair miniI edi ; ior. ine statesman is glad to print It. as follows:) Thirty; thousand delegates make some considerable crowd at a con vention, even when held In a city the size of Paris. Americans own ed the town! The redT while, and blue, with the stars and stripes. was in , evidence on all sldea Throngs were in the street, morn ing, noon, and night , English, with r a strong -American accent, was the pricipal language one heard. They were a happy crowd, sure thatthey were among friends. and theyf enjoyed every minute of their; stay. Wow different was the recent I on from what had been prophesied by those who are continually finding some reason for criticism, or who give their fears full range ahead ui ineir lancies. Before the Am erican Legion came, everyone said ; "They will not be well received. they will be insulted, there will he a wild exhibition of militarism ". when they, do come, and the whole convention will end In one grand debauch." Now, none of these things came to pass. , ?f ever was any group given such a- reception. - On the day of tfie great, parade all -aris turned out, and lined the streets for miles as . the 30,000 membera of the new A. E. F. pass-' ed. Along the gaily" decorated thoroughfares there were cheers, , smiles, and nods of recognition so that no ; one could in the ; least doubt the sincerity of the expres sion of t,he people in bidding wel come to this new Invasion. - A hun dred and fifty years ago France : sent a- deputation - to America to help win; for the people of the New World ' an j Independent existence. Ten years ago, Americans return- ; ed to ranee to help In the strug gle for ; freedom from war and tyranny. This last demonstration was even more significant, for it was prompted not by bitterness against a neighboring country as . was the help - which France gave the English colonists,, nor by the exigencies of war which 'involved all the nations but it was a ges ture of pure friendship , r The sessions at the convention were held 'in 4he Trocadero Pal ace, and the two great nations were represented In .the opening , ceremoniesby the. men wfio stand highest as (the military heroes of that periods-Gen. John - J. Per--, shlng - and 'Marshal Ferdinand Focb. ' The? huge auditorium rang with ; cheers - from the thousands present , as j they listened to these . wartime; leaders. "The banquet given by the nation was one of the biggest events of this kind ever held. A Paris paper estimated th 6 amount bf meat, vegetables, and mayonnaise sauce for the dress ing prepared in tons! Wreaths . were placed on the tomb ot the Unknown Soldier, and Impressive ' , ceremonies held at Jthe foot ot the I V t' fttatue" of, LAtajrette.-?. ..: l -Ti serloas business of the con- -t -fiHn Was, cared for in VdfgnlPi f ,c 5 ay. Anyone m-ho supposed .... that. the member of the American Legion had come to Paris simply I xor pleasure would .have .been greatly surprised had he sat in j that huge hall and listened to the t . sensible speeches that wpro mart a io the plans - that ; were dis- , cussed for carrying out" the pur poses of the organization. At, one of the sessions. I sat beside a man from the middle west, who, after listening for some time to the dis cussion,! said, "This meeting Is a cross between a political conven tion and a Masonic lodgeJ.The -"tMnga-.o greatest Interest had to do -with the: interna affairs of the organization itself, and the wel- fare ot those who had served in the American army during the World war, particularly those who were disabled, and the widows and orphans of the dead comrades. The Legion Not Militaristic . The American Legion is not militaristic. Unfortunately for our country one of the American papers in Paris mates a good deal cf noise. It does not have much influence, but some people do take it seriously. , It was amusing to follow this paper from day to day, S3 it reported the conTention, and E3a to what lengths it went in try iz 5 to twist every . single1 state- raeat made by any speaker in the cenvettion into some glorification cf war. As a matter of fact, as rcy western friend said, "These f:Iloms are real pacifists, ;. At the t an quet.: there was a - r:Snuta of sclemn silence la rnera- 7 of TToodrow Wilson, -tfar presl 4' -t cf the United States. Those were present felt the'sifnifi i xaca of that tribute. The Ameri- -.a Lcrlon recognizes, as all jprac- 1 r:fta and women, must reccg- t' -t t' co sure raneea r i war. ii i--3 4,cfc-s GRAVES OF EMIGRANTS FOUND BYV HISTORIANS IN SALT LAKE DESERT " it v. mi . 'V . W'-'i. ... . .... Rule crosses in the Great Salt Lake desert hare- revealed to Capt. Charles E.J Davis (upper left) California historian; the graves of tome 200 em I e rants of nralrie schooner davs who died on the way to 1 Calirornia. One of the few marked graves is that of Lu- clnda Dunran, girl member of the party.' It is shown at the right. Below Davis Is shown beside other burial mounds. ! SALT LAKE CITY Utali ( AP) The fate of more than 200 emi grants, who . started westward in prairie T schooner ' days to seek wealth In California has been traced byJCapt. Charles E. Davis, California historian, to clusters' of nameless J graves Ton the Great Sale 'i Lake ; desert and the sage covered plains of Nevada ' and Utah. ; " "C ,. i ; - : For 35 years - Davis hies spent much of ; hi time tracing old trails, aided by John Yates, a resi dent; for more than 70 years of the community of Grant ville, on the . south shore of Great Salt Lakel" ? : ; : ' It is his aim to locate all the ancient graves In the wilderness, and to ; have permanent markers placed over as many as can be identified; after a lapse of 59 to 80 years. ; The graves represent the resting place beside the trail of members of almost as many parties, victims of .hunger, f thirst, hardships - of travel or Indian sallies during the gold rush of 1849 and the cara vans which followed In Its. wake. . Most of, the graves lack identifi cation, but they are those of east ern pioneers who left their homes to hunt for fortunes west of the Rocky Mountains; men and wo men, who! endured the ': wearying ride across the middle western plains only to "succumb to the greater ardors of the desert.. - Almost 2 00, burial places were found by Davis near the Hum boldt river In eastern Nevada al most in sight of the high Sierras. Plain wooden ; crosses; designated some mounds, bnt weather had erased whatever j crude markings they may once -have borne. - One grave bears plain markings that of Lucinda Duncan, pretty and : popular ' 17-year-old girl member of a pioneer f party,' who was buried, on a siie later chosen as the right of way for the West ern Pacific railoroad. ? When that line was built Jn 190 j the grave was moved to a spot nearby. where the railroad company -built a little fence around-it and in structed a section hand; to paint the wooden cross once' every year ',; Captain Da vies believes that his research has established definitely the grave of John Snyder, a prom- nent member of the Donner-Reed party, which was all' but wiped out In the journey across - the desert. ';"''..- He is engaged now in a hunt for the grave of Luke Halloran, an other member of the; :same party and the first member of the Ma sonic fraternity to be buried in the Salt Lake valley. ; ' . .The Donner -' Reed emigrant train crossed what Is now known as the Wasatch mountain range, more than a year before Brigham Young, Mormon leader, brought his band ot pioneers : down ; Em- igra canyon It grows lout of deep economic wondering why nations! may not causes. Men Jbeiieve tnat tney can secure through the use of force the things that cannot be secured In any other way.; ; The, rise of nationalism in our. day: has inten sified the antagonism between na tions, ;.. The world has- grown so small and trade and commerce so great, that national Interests clash. The League of Nations, and those whlo are responsible, for it, recog nize that the only way to secure a warless world and to outlaw war is to make it possible for nations to secure their 'rights and justice in other methods than by that of lining up millions of young men on each side and shooting them to death. - ' The reprdsentatiyes of the Am erican Legion InTaris knew what war really means, ? Many of them had been through it, and known its horrors.? They were against the whole : business. They wanted peace and were pledged to work for peace. 1 At the cemetery" , where 30,000 of their companions lay deadf they renewed the pledge to these dead that, their blood shSuld not have been shed in rain. . General Pershing said, in one of the most memorable utterances of; the convention. "The spirit which animates the American Legion and the object it wishes to fulfill are things that can be better felt than they can b expressed in words."; Commander Savage expressed the spirit in these- words: "The American boys who came to France nine and ten years ago have, re turned. Then we. wer here to fight for the right by the side of the brave soldiers in France. When we departed with victory ; won.- a new period in history was begun. It. was. a period ot peace and' re construction, and . the advance, ot civilization that-seemed to have halted for a while." 1,1. Georges Leygnes, minister of marine, referred to the American Legion as an "army of remem brance," and, l, finally; Pemhing uade the best statement that has ever been made for a long time re-f gardJag peace. "The ' longing for peace today." he said, "fills the r-.U 2 of untold millions, and ex perts 13 th! f-lsncs cf government a re t-,:?y t-eeMns'for Its 'formula. 7 3 r, . ', t:.-3 i-.a c t..: in any sense unworthy ot the best tradltios of America. Every Am erican can well be proud of this group of representatives who crossed, the ocean with, this mes sage ot friendship and on this mis sion of remembrance. Some am using things happened ' and some unfertunate Incidents V occurred. but these were exceptions rather than the rule. After the mass con vention In Paris adjourned, groups of Leglonairea went on pilgrim ages to other parts of Europe. One group went to Rome, where they were received with great courtesy and honor by the govern ment. Another group went to Lon don, and still another group ,of two ; hundred went to Berllnj ; It never occurred to them that there might be : any feeling ot resent ment against them on the part of the German people, and when they found it. they were so amazed and at the game time so whole-heartedly happy, that they won their way into the hearts of the German public. . The meeting of the American Legion in Paris was a great' thing for the Legion, a" great thing for France, and a great thing for America. . FINALS 1 IIIDIU COfJTEST HELD SGDN Cash .Awards and Tuitio nat Musical Conservatory " Among Prizes learn to deal with each other fol lowing the code of honor that we it ions demand between indiyiduals, whylbe 'as follows: Winners of Tenyoung American singers presumably the best in the coun trywill face the microphone at Station WEAK in New York City early In' December to sing for fame and fortune. They will be the finalists five young men. and five young women in the Nation al Radio Audition, or singing con test, now being conducted In each of the states and the District of Columbia by th Atwater. Kent Foundation of Philadelphia. This nation-wide quest for radio voices has already uncovered hun dreds of young singers of promise. who have entered the local and etate contests eagerly because the auditions; offer them, recognition at home and a chance to compete for prizes aggregating $17,500. as well as tuition for further vocal instruction. Musical and : civic leaders in each state have enthu siastically taken leadership in handling the contests and urging young singers to enter. A group of .distinctive figures are sponsor ing the undertaking as a National audition committee. They, are Madame Louise Homer, . the Me tropolitan opera star; Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley, president of the National - Federation of - Music clubs; Edward W. Bok.-former ed itor of the Ladles Home Journal, and. Mrs. Otto H. Kahn, wife of the world-famous New York bank er, for many years the foremost backer of the Metropolitan opera company. , 1; w Winners of state auditions one boy and one girl receive . silver medals and are taken to their 'dis trict auditions at the expense of the Foundation to compete with young eingers from their neigh boring states. Winners of each of the ; five district auditions -one young man and one young woman In each receive gold medals and are taken to New York by the At water Kent Foundation for the finals, which willt be broadcast over a national network of sta- The awards for these will theft; and -violence on the largest scale are less wicked j than petty stealing, why prejudice and - pas sion are less excusable in ten mil- lion men than in merely one. The assembling: of , the . American Le gion in France Is not merely a re union i of veterans, but ; the joining together of two' great nations hav ing; the same passionate: love for peace, and there is strong reason to hope that ther; feelings we see manifested ' here may; spread out in new directions and eventually help to protect other lands from the storms of hatred and I vio lence.",; h : .:K-';;yr;;'-. This; was the tenor V of the speeches, this was the - purpose that -animated i he crowd. . The only discordant note f was that which was injected from the out side. - A press seeking sensational publicity, fattening Its ; circulation with appeals to hatred and tIo- lence and twisting even the most simple statement into wrong chan nels, joining things that were; neyer Intended to be joined, draw ing conclusions that ''every right- minded individual knew; were un just this was the work of these war-mongers. . It was i expressed, however, only in a- few of the papers; most of them agreed with the overwhelming conclusion that the Legion stands for peace- per manent peace in the world. Those who would make of it a military organization are a few led by eith er one of ; two , groups. The first is. a group of men who were too old to fight In the last war but who profited by it, and who fear that 7' were war v outlawed, they would lose their prestige. Like the Bourbons of old, : they, learn n6 thing and forget nothing. The other group Is a heartless minor ity whose -enthusiasm tor sacrifice has never been, tempered, by any of the actual experiences of war fare, -; : if : ; . . . ;T;:- The American Lesion is a "Le gion for peace, and it'ls unjust to link it up to the forces that are trying to perpetuate the old war system. The menkra cf tha Le r'.'"3 Vere harry crowd. There '. "I ro CTlicrcs at': str-- 5 tr ...1 i , J I.. k -If W. first placed one young man and one young woman will each' receive . $5,000 cash and two years' tuition In a musi cal conservatory. , L Winners of second place will r--'-. . - - .. ... .. eacn receive sz.uuu casn ana one year's tuition. . Winners of third place will each receive $1,000 and one year's' tui tiotf. , : Winners of fourth place will each receive $500. Winners of fifth place will each receive $250. ' -. The response of the country has been gratifying to Mr. A. Atwater Kent, ; president ; of ' the Founda-j tion. "lie -believes the enterprise will encourage singers r every-1 where; stimulate the public taste! for good radio music and produce at least a few really great radio voices, to gire pleasure to the radio audiences of the future BLISTER RUST PROBLEM Conference of Forest Officials to Be Held in Portland ' White plnO blister rust will be the subject ,of discussion at a meting of northwest forest,, of fic- ials and timbermen to be held In Portland - November 4. This was announced by the state forester here Saturday. It wak said; that -the white pine blister rust has been - discovered In parts of Idaho, and is "prevalr ent in Hood River and Multono- mak counties in Oregon. . Among the prominent men who will attend the meeting are CVS. Chapman of Tacoma, executive secretary of the Western .White pine blister Tast conference, and S. B. Detwiler. of Washington. Queen Elizabeth cf - England was the first woman to - wear a ppAr of machine-made silk., stock lags; the gift of Rev. William Lee. of ...NottiashaELshire, ..tnvector ;;.of the first knitting raacLise, accord lZ to an -fcr-crtl zi?'J.-i A-i -, -,. ,. .. --; i-, .; j i- .j.. . .irs' ? , -"; V If m t a - I Jl ; ii JL 1 OPEN NOVEMBER 1ST, 9 A. M. AN6 CONTINUES TO SATURDAY NOVEM BER 6TH.' DON'T FORGET THE DATE AND HOUR. CLEAR THE DECKS FOR SANTA CLAUS HAGEDORN. FOR SANTA CLAUS IS FOUND TO MAKE HIS HEADQUARTERS AT THE .HAGEDORN DOLLAR STORE AND IN ORDER TO GIVE SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR TOYS AND GIFTS WE ARE COMPELLED TO SLAP A SALE ON EVERY ITEM IN THE STORE AND CLEAR THE SHELVES. COME ON GRAB YOUR HAT AND COAT AND LETS GO FOR THE BIG BARGAINS ALREADY THERE WILL BE MADE BIGGER YET. FEW OF THE MANY BARGAINS YOU WILL FIND LISTED BELOW. ' . 1 . . - . : .1 ' N ' " ' ";. ;; 1 All Ladies9 '." Silk Hose Regular One Dollar i : Regular 50c i Hose 39c These are a Number I One Hose i .-:s Children's Cotton Rib Hose 25c ; AH; Shades - 19c . ".Men's Dress Hose; Regular 65c Hose, a Pair ! 35c , - I ; " i Men's Fancy Plaid Hose Regular 75c, a Pair 50c Men's : Supporters ';.! Regular 35c, a Pair 29c . Men's 51.00 ; Caps 89c Each Ladies' House' Dresses Regular 1.00 ' 79c Each Tapestr, Pillows ' ". - - ") ;;' - '-' " -" i- "- : - Already stuffed. Blue, Green and Red. Sateen back. . . Mens 75c . Ties 69c Each Men's $1.00 Ties ! : 89c Each Over-hard Bags Regular $1.00 sizo 89c - 89c Each :'-;u:v.'jt.r:''-iri::T,.;--. Boys' Flannel Play Suits ' for FalL1 Regular $1.00 - Suits ":.: Your choice - . 89c ,.;. .1.1' r;-',i...-, "y ... , ' ' Z'l :' . ' ,..;'. J"f-'-f"'--, i'-i:'V'-;- " -' -.:''' ' ' Ladies' Hand Bags All sizes and colors ......... . . c . . ;-!,: . --..Jl4. -..:'--.iV -.i;'- " I- .i'- Window Shades , , Greeri and Tan . !69c . ' 1 . " '. Ladies' 1 '." Brassier Girdle Regular 50c. T C - While they last s 35c Each ; , Ladies' Fancy Garters Regular 50c 39c Pair Special ; j Special EInglish Imported Teapots ' A regular 85c and $1.00 for only 59c Get one while they last. Fancy Oriental Vases Regular 50c. Your choice 39c - , - k Cut Glass Tumblers .Grape design ; Regular 10c Seller 5c Each Large Hand-painted Fruit Bowls 1 ' - . V ';.. s ... . . - ; s ,- s. -i j-. i-. " . .';' '" " ' . - - plain white : Cups and Saucers 5 c Each r V Boys' Broadcloth r Blouses 50 c A NumBcr-one cotton Sheet-Blianlrets Fancy plaid. The kind you usually pay 51 -50 v Special 89c Eveiytliing will he out and marlced in plaii2 figures, vith ever-ready and villing sales-psople to serve you. Date and Hour 9 A. M. Don't forget , the place. '.--,, ,;;- l'v ' - ?.. . .. -. . : ---j. J - - ' ;. - - , , . - : , : YOUR STORE ?AND OURS Store v a i i k 'lie i Y0UE.i:0I,LA'3 3U7S MORE