FAGE FOUR
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1925.
CapitalJtJournal
' Salem, Orcffon
An Independent Kewspnper I'uhMnhcrl Kvory Kvcnlnrr Kxcopt Sunday
Telephone 8; Nowa 82
CJKOKCiia PUTNAM, Kdltor and PuhJirther
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay,
and thou our putter; and we all are the work of ihxj hand.
Isaiah 0J,:S.
The Mexican Crisis
President Callus of Mexico has replied defiantly to the
rather insolent wiii'iiing issued by Secretary of State kellogg
in which the luttcr asserted that the administration will sup
port the government in Mexico "only so long as it protects
American lives and American rights" and "complies with its
international engagements and obligations" as "conditions
are not entirely satisfactory."
President Callus accuses Secretary Kellogg of assertions
contrary to fact and asserts it his duty to "rectify saidj
statements as required by truth and justice." The Mexican
government is "determined to comply with obligations
imposed by international law" but "no nation may pretend
to create a privileged situation for its nationals in Mexico,"
nor will this government accept any foreign interference
"contrary to the rights of the sovereignty of Mexico."
As both communications were given to the press before
being delivered, this threatened breach cannot be blamed on
secret diplomacy, other than the secret pressure of American
exploiters in Mexico upon the administration, and the secret
pressure being exerted upon Oalles by radical forces
responsible for his election.
Back of tho controversy lies on the one side the antagon
ism of the American oil, mineral and other big business
investors to any administration interfering with their
exploitation of Mexican resources. Throughout the Taft,
' Wilson and Harding administrations they clamored noisily
for armed intervention by the United States to protect
American property and lives declared in danger, with the
object of annexing the southern republic to insure security
for the American dollar.
On the other side is the latent hostility of Mexicans for
the hated "Gringo," the patriotic cry of Mexico for Mexicans,
lest the nation be robbed of its freedom by the republic to the
north, and tho radical and socialistic influences that have
confiscated the large estates and given them to Uie people,
and have passed restrictive legislation designed to restore
national resources also.
With these two conflicting forces at work, each seeking
its own ends, a clash between the two nations is likely any
time hot-heads of either can control (heir respective
governments.
School Failure
Over one ncrcent of the total population oC Salem Rrada
iiLcil from the hiirh school this year which reflects the
increase in education which is crowding educational institu
tions from primary to university. Yet the increased
schooling has not made for increased efficiency or increased
montulHv or imnroved citizenship, tor education is not
substitute for intellect and industry. Indeed it is a debatable
mips! ion whether education, above fundamentals, does not
nun morn than it makes.
In addressing the graduating class of the University of
rnWjwtn. Rwnvtarv of the Interior, Hubert VvorK, arraigncu
the jazz spirit of the day as responsible to a degree for the
failure of education. He remarked, among utiior inings.
Col lego graduates arc becoming criminals In nlurmliiR numbers,
either because or meaner mentality, superficial schooling or lack of
tmipni ut-.minn Not long oko education was looked upon
nil insurance Hunlnst the vicissitude of life, now university presidents
...... it nthi.r in dlHcovcr re n son 8 for the fitflure of the
educated. College neither makes nor mars boys, It only
speeda Ihem on tho way they have already started.
ltfiniii-'itim f.ir Hfi.'tt remmtiHluillltea ia not made nt 4 o'clock teas,
,., .,rtu nt n(u lit r u n rest i ict ed social congregation of the
Immature.
All that education can do is to train a person to make the
most of his or her abilities. Intellect is a product of heredity
rather than environment and schooling is not a substitute
for brains. We expect too much of our schools when we
expect them to make good inherited mental limitations, and
so, much of the educational efforts is sheer waste.
It has always been a favorite illusion of democracy that
nil mankind are created equal mentally and all that society
had to do was to supply schooling to insure brains, a theory
whose fallacy our expensive school system has convincingly
proven.
my niinii oft my troubled.
There wuh nothing that I could
do, of eoui'Ke. I hadn't been
brought up to earn my living. I
ooulil dunce, and play tennis and
golf and rido JiorHoback perfectly
useless accomplishments, unless I
could get a position nt some girls'
camp or In a dance club, whore
they might neotl u hostess.
flut Hornet hing would turn up; I
was sure of that. I didn't Intend
to say anything to Virginia about
what I planned to do, for I know
I hat she'll find fault with me. And
though I'd resolved that she was
not tuning to ruin my life, any long
or. I didn't want to have trouble
with her.
Nathalie Jordan was awfully
Kweet to me that afternoon, and
when she heard why I had felt
that I didn't want to see Bill
Hiving again she sympathized with
n t e.
"Yu mu.st come up to our conn
try place and stay with us, when
you are ready to go away," she
aaid. "I'd lovo to havo you."
Virginia was light there no I
couldn't refuse, hut I decided that
I wouldn't go when the time came,
even though T did accept her invi
tation JusL then.
f expected further word at al
most any time about what was to
bo done with Jim's body. I support
cd that It .would he Kent east, and
burled thero. He had no people;
I was tho only one who was Inti
mately connected with him.
But no word came. Day after
ctay paxseii, until It was a week
since I had received the first mes
sage. And then came another.
"Meet mo at the Grand Central
station four-thirty Thursday," the
telegram read. It enmc from San
r'ranclsco. And it was signed A. It.
I know no A. L. I supposed it must
he one of Jim's brother offleora.
Tomorrow A Holt from the Illuw
Yesterday's Scores
Scuttle 4-S; Portland 3-4.
Voinoii 4-4; Oakland 5-7.
Kan Francisco 10-1U; Lob An
cles 8-tI.
Mentioned in the News
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i 1 $ f.. J . v
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon haa established a Summer home
to fashionoblo Southampton, Long Island, whore It Is expected Belgian
diplomats will meet to arrange war dobt tundlng. James a Duke, to
bacco magnate, -has given $2,000,000 In addition to a previous gift of
JC.OOD.OOO to the Duko University building tund. Dorothy Elllngson,
lacing trial In San Francisco for the slaying of her mothor, was opor
ijted on for appendicitis. Claronfo Darrow, Jn Now York to confer with
John T. Scopes, Tennessee biologist, aald he eipocted Nathan Leopold
wuld follow Richard Loeb In losine his sanitv.
Open Forum
Contributions to This Column
must be plainly written on one
lde of paper only, limited to
300 words In length and signed
with the name of tho writer.
Articles not mooting these spe
cification?) will bo relccted.
To the Editor: No grcut thing
Id ever accomplished without
optimism, Let's apply a little
optimism to the Willamette va!
ley. Draw a circle, representing
fifty miles in diameter, letting
the circumference tako in all of
Salem and all of Portland, nearly
to the Columbia river.
With a map (on a scale of 40
miles to the inch( a silver half
dollar will very nicely aid in mak
tug the circle. Notice the cities
located in the circle. There is
Oregon City, Hillsboro, McMinn
ville, Newherg, Siiverton. Scotts
Mills, Woodburn, Aurora, Gervais,
Wolalui, and two or three dozen
other smaller places. Now fifty
miles is the distance across i
large city.
a l mo ratio or increase in pop
illation such as would naturally
bo expected in the next ten years,
this valley home circle could eas
ily become almost a city with pav
ed streets, factories, electric street
cars and flying machines; and
in ten years more is it a dream?
Think what has happened cince
160 acres, where Portland now
stands, was offered in exchange
for a logging outfit. See what has
taken place in Salem and in Sil
ver ton even in the last ten years.
Look at our automobile method
of travel nnd transfer of goods
that has suddenly sprung up.
Wake up Mr. Pessimist and know
that tho "world do move," and
that land in this circle that now
sells for $150 per acre will soon
sell for more than that per lot.
Millions of people will come to
this home valley a soon as they
know that this is the most logical
place on the Pacific coast for a
real city. Men of money and of
energy are coming. Producers of
wealth will come from every conn
try under the eun. We will learn
tho lesson of cooperution, aud,
with our ocean trade increasing
every day with the orient, with
our wonderfully rich supply coun
try, north, east and south of lis,
with a climate, better than that
enjoyed by ai.y other large city in
the United States, with no de
structive heat, cold or storms,
with our garden soil, with out
pure water, with our most lus
cious fruit, with our wat ;r power,
with our timber and with our
many untouched resou recti, our
great city of the valley will be
built.
Optimists, you are the only
kind that can build a city. Get
busy "sow the seed; wit lid raw
the curtain; clear the way!"
J. E. IIOSMEU.
SNvcrton, June 1U.
rector of St. Luke's church of Van
couver, Wash. Rev. Mr. Powell
took part i last uight'B services.
A numhei of other visitors were
expected to arrive in a!em this
afternoon.
COLLEGES GRADUATE
MANY CRIMINALS
CLAIMS H. WORK
EPISCOPALIANS HERE
CONSECRATECHURCII
WITH CEREMONY
(CoutlnuM from rage one)
ceremony of burning tho not oh
will be staged. The notes, arc the
last of those issued to pay for the
church, and amount to some
$0000. The church was built at a
cost of approximately J 30,000
most of the urchitcclurul work be-
ins done by Rev. Mr. Chambers.
In addition to Bishop Sumner
there are a number of visiting
Episcopal clergymen in the city.
who assisted with the ceremonies
yesterday. Among those here are
Archdeacon J. C. Black of Port
land, Rev. John Dawson, rector of
the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Portland, who read part of last
night's service: Rev. C. Taylor
of Astoria, who- took plart in the
service last night; Rev. O. W. Tay
lor, rector of Grace Memorial
church of Portland, who present
ed yesterday evening's sermon ;
Rev. Charles H. Powoll, former
rector of the local church nnd now
Continued from page one)
way they have already started,"
he eald, hut warning the gradu
ates that "that preparation for
life's responsibilities is nut made
at four o'clork teas, jazz parties
at night or unrestricted social con
gregation of the immature."
Speaking of ttfc propoesd child
labor amendment to the constitu
tion. Secretary Work sr.id. "tho
alarming organizations of youth--ful
criminal are not being recrut
ed from working boys nor do
working girls become a prey to sox
reactions. Federal activity should
not be concerned with domestic re
lations, but confine itself to the
administration of tho . nation's
business."
Touching on the evolution con
troversy. Secretary Work said:
"The evolution of man may well
be taught as a theory, not neces
sarily in antagonism to theology
which accepts the evolution of ths
spirit leading to a higher life; nor
in refutation of the teaching of
the Bible prescribed in many;
schools."
19,500 JAPS ARE OVER 90
Tokyo, Japan. In connection
with the impe-Ul gifts distributed
to persons over 90 years of age, on
the occasion of the royal silver
wedding, " tho authorities found
19,500 persons in Jap?.n who
wero eligible. Sixty per cent ol
these were women Two women,
111 years of age each, held tut
longevity record.
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManus
My Matrimonial
Vacation byvwctDare
WOl lll ll MI'SSAtiV:
The next day I received a mt
from Nat hallo Jordan. f he had
sent U tn the apartimml, and Trunk
Harrison brought It to tho hotel
nnd lift it there for me.
"I can't undtMHtaml your f:vlnt;
that you didn't over want to see
lllll Raln,' nho had written.
"Wi't you phio explain? lie
will he hero very noii."
she had alined It "With love,
Nathalie."
I realized that I ourM to see
her, but somehow 1 couldn't. Noth
ing mattered but Jim's death.
ViiRinlA had no many thlnits on
her mind, beeaune of her recon
ciliation with my father, that he
bothered very llltle with me. But
when I tola her that I had heard
from Nathalie he Immediately
took the time to dWnar my nf
falm. "l'ou Bay BUI Kwhifr wants to
mnrry you 7" he Mid. "Welt, n
lew you've completely lost your
Bennett you'll murry him after a
decent time of con rue, Ion't be
Illy, Nancy. ltemember, yon
wer. quite willing to stay here with
me vhen Jim went off to the Phil
ippines. You Just think you ear
e4 more for him than yo realty
0!d. J can't blame you; hnvinff
him die bo t'lddenly would mnke
you feel that way, of couree. Hut,
After all, you'll Ret over this before
Ion. And Hill Kwln h lot of
money; hl father wan old Colonel
Bwltiff. nnd wns worth millions,
and Hill Inherited half the fortune
be left."
I Just couldn't answtr her. It!
seemed Im-iedlhle that she could
talk that way. Hut Virginia had
aluayn considered the main chance
before anything el.se.
"After .lim'rf funeral you mliht
eo away somewhere." ehe went on.
You'll find that It won't ho long
before you'll Ve very glad Indeed
lo nee your old frlenda. Now, let
me telephone Nathalie Jordan for
you, and ask her to come In this
afternoon for n little while. You
owe her that because, she's been
Much a good friend lo you."
She went to the telephone, nnd
I left the room, I couldn't quite un
derstand how It happened that
Virginia, mercenary as ehe wm.
had loft town Just n Frank Harri
son wrt nbout to propose to her,
and gone back to my father, whom
she had divorced. She had nlwnyn
quarreled wtth him bitterly; I
couldn't believe that there was
much real affection there.
lie waji due to arrive In few
day. I couldn't help wishing that
I knew htm better, and could renl
ly talk with him nbout my own af
fairs. Virginia said that he and
the were going abroad, on a sort of
second honeymoon, no I'd be left
unite alone. I might as well have
been an orphan. I told myself, so
far ah any real help from my par
ent w.i concerned,
Frank Harrison wrji more of n
friend thn Anyone else. I decided
to ask him to help me. I'd made
up my mind that I wouldn't go
away, nx Virginia suggested, but
would see If I couldn't et some
kind of work to do. That would
do more than anything else to tako
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