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Tuesday Evm,;. , Pnfre Four THE EUGENE OUAED - Zy 5, jv THE EUGENE GUARD An Independent afternoon newspaper published dally except Sunday. PAUL n. KELTY, Editor EUGENE 8. KELTY, Business Manager Offices 1037-1041 Wlllametta Street Telephone 1200 The Eugene Cuard Is a membur of the Associated Press. The Associated Pross Is cicluslvely entitled fo the use for publica tion of all news dispatches crodlted to It or not otherwlso cred ited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatthos herein are also reserved. The Eugene Ouard Is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. TUESDAY, MAY B. Plain Warning to Europe. IF the eountrioH of Europe want further help from the United .States, t.lii'.v must cense quarreling among themselves and bienliiiK all their money in prepara tions for war upon each other. Jf Europe wants further .American help, Europe must give earnest of an intention to rehabilitate itself economically and to go forward. If European nations expect to get continued assistance from this side, they must act in a way that will show they are not jroimr. to squander that assistance by a fresh plunge into the maelstrom of war. This, stripped of the language- of diplomacy, is what Alaimon ii. Houirlitoii. American ambassador to the court , of St. James, told Europe through the mediumship of mi address at the 1'ilgrims' dinner in London iast night. t was plain warning to all the nations of Europe and each of them that the United Stales is tired of trying to help countries whose people will not turn aside from their hatreds long enough to give intelligent eiiorts to ward forwarding reconstruction on their own account. Said Ambassador Houghton: Tho full measure of American helpfulness can ho obtained only when the American "people are assured' that the tlmo for destructive methods nntS policies has passed, and that the time for peaceful upbuilding has come. They are asking themselves If that time has In fact arrived. The answer must come from the pcopio of Europe. If the answer Is peace, then you may he sure that America will help to Its Rennrous utmost. If tho answer shall conllnuo confused and doubtful, then 1 fear thoso helpful processes which are now In motion must inevitably cease. The circumstances under which the address was de livered, no less than its certain and unqualified tone, mndo it apparent that the ambassador was speaking by aulhority. Our government, it is made quite clear, has recognized the futility of trying to promoto constructive effort among peoples whose principal trend of effort is increasingly destructive. J'erhaps the plain warning given them may turn their line of thought. If not, then it is as well that our government hns decided to lot them blew in tieir own grease. An Experiment in Transportation. A NUMBER of Salem firms .have inaugurated an in- teresting experiment in transportation. In an ef fort to obtain terminal freight rates to tho cnpital city over (lie lines of the Southern Pacific company, they have, established boat service between Salem and Port land. The idea is that if the boat service can bo innin tninod long enough to give basis for a showing of per manency before, the interstate commerce commission, that body may see fit to grant tho terminal rates on the railroad that Salem desires, At present, according to tho Capital Journal, Salem shippers pay freight rates from Houthorn points which are in excess of rates from thoso points through to l'ortlnnd. Tho Northwestern is tho nanio. of tho craft which is operating on tho Saleni-I'ortland roule. It is not exactly claimed for her that she can he navigated on a heavy dew, but it is a J'act; they say, that sho is the . largest shallow water vessel afloat and that sho can carry n good load of freight with very littlo water under her. Tho vessel has now been on tho run a littlo moro than threo months, and within that time has taken 4000 tons of freight down tho river and brought up IIOOO tons not a bad showing by any means. It will bo interesting to wnteh tho outcomo of tho Salem experiment, both as to tho effort to attain per manency of boat transportation on tho Willamette once more, and of that to obtain, upon showing of that per manency and of water competition, terminal freight rates on tho railroad. Even such somber things as a hearse and n bull can ho funny. A Jiearso speeding along the lower Columbia highway near Seasido at 45 miles an hour, struck n bull, knocked it for a set of bellows and ran careeningly over its prostrate form. A motorcycle, officer pursuing the fleeing henrso saw tho bull get unsteadily to its feet and then start indignantly after its wheeled assailant. Just as tho officer overtook and arrested tho hearse driver, tho bull also overtook and passed that funereal vehicle, which had slowed down to a wobbly walking pneo following the collision. growing tension between Bulgaria and Jtumsnia, Is a deep and sinister plan to throw ths Balkans once more into gcnersl conflict. This vlesj 1 supported by the stren uous effort of Bulgsria to censor all news from that country, and make the Bulla outbreak appear merely a local and Insjguiflcant disturbance. That a Balkan war will result how ever, is highly Improbable. In snite of her domestic troubles, France must be keeping a sharp eye upon her former enemies, snd any serious de velopment in the southwest would, in spite of financial difficulties, be met by prompt and vigorous action. Village, Farm and Town (New York World) A village Is defined by the Institute of Social and Itehgious Research as a community of from .'50 to 2.100 peo ple; and on this basis the institute publishes sn interesting comparison of birth rates and census figures fur vil lages, farms and towos. At the last census period, the re port of the institute shows, the aver age number of children to each 100 wives in Amerocsa towns and cities was J-8. In the villages this number ruse to 157. In distinctly farming areas it was 195. Now the birth rste which the towns snd cities show is a low birth-rate; wall allowances for infunt mortality, it is practically a stationary bir.h rate: And that fact is especially inter esting in view of the rapidity witb which towns and cities are now ab sorbing village sod rural population. Twenty-five years ago 00 per ceot of the people in this country lived on fsrins or in villages of less than 12500. Now thst 00 per cent has dwindled to 48 per cent. Head these figures together and the conclusion is plus. Kuril! Amerlcs (plus immigrstiou) increase, the country's population; urban America, will u more or less stationary birth rale, endlessly absorbs a fresh popu lation from village, farm and foreigu port. Talkative as a Clam (Cuos Bay Harbor) The clam is an emblem of dumb ness, or has always supposed to have been, but it nppesrs the meek and silent bivalvo spoke out in meeting when the last legislature was In ses sion for here he is protected and men who dig t he in for profit must pay for the privilege. Tbs legislature weut farther and made it a penalty to pur uhsss clams of an unlicensed deuler. Never! helms, the individual citi zen has still soma rights which must bo respected when cluins are involved, for one moy dig and eat clams if he hfisu t any mercenary motives, such ss saving money by doing so. As a gnme flah or bird ths clam is a whale, snd the game commission must see I list they sre not abused. Probably the nest legislature will provide for Just the sort of pick snd shovel the unrestricted individual may use In digging his dims, sud whether he may go barefoot or have to wear hip hoots and doubtless see to it that the clams are properly put to death before being stewed at the seashore. Another Hibernating Animal That Goes Coo-Coo in the Spring I. , H MR. r0 " Hello Daddy dont forget my WrigeyV . Who la Silly? (CorvnlliH (Jaitel to-Time) "Why be aillyV" asks iho , l'ortlnnd Journal in di.u'UM.t.g the fact thtit I'ierea nnd MyrH cnused our present rtiaio f Inn nee dilemma by Juggling the tnx IovIvr, After which, tho Journal proceed! to bt llly hy laying the Maine on tho defeat of tho unfair In co ire tu measure. Tho Journal knows tbnt the tDeome (hi uieaiure wia defeated before Tierce nnd Myera hnd to mule their tax levy and that they deliberately Juggled tho levlei kuuwing that there would he no in cnnifi tax. The Journal and Mr. Tierce hnv always been very loud in their protestation about the. infallibility of tho people. Tho peoplo defeated the unjust, ouo-n (tided iiu-oimi menmire and these, two apottlea of popular rule should continue to lead tho cho rus iu that good old soug, "Vox Top uli. Vox Dei." Oregon Briefs John II. Sjovonson is tho selection of Fierco to fill tho vaeanoy on t ho circuit hunch in Multmv inah county cmusciI by tho death of Judge George iStnpleton. It is a good appointment. Judge Stevenson is n citizen of a high type, a thorough student of the law ami one qualified for his judicial duties by a prior ex perience as municipal judge in Portland. Cwiuill ii to have a new depot this summer, the Southern Pacific to begin its coDstriictitin as soon as material can be aitsemhled. Merchantable virgin timber in Jack- ton county is estimated at twenty bil- Hou feet, Tho avrrnge stand per aero for the county is Kt.OtiO feet. James White, famous horseman and resident of the t'oos Hay country for IiO years, died at a Marshfield hospi tal at the ago of SH years. At tho last meeting of the Wheeler city couticil the foam Tower company nts given a franchise for furnishing the city with electricity. Stauley G. Jewelt, predatory ani- tn.il insiia.dA eei.orl . l).sl 111 ill. 7 Governor coyotet. have been killed in Oregon nut of the Cascades during tho past IS months. Kro llindenhurg completes his seven-yenr term as president of Germany, he will have become, if ho lives, nearly 85 years old. No very aggressive policv, nation alist or other, is likely to be carried by one so'woightod with years. In his "Washington, I). ( article published on this page today, Charlrs 1. Stewart says that II. L. Mencken likes to Jive iu America. It will be news to most people that Mencken likes any place, anything or anybody. Why should there be a national balloon race? The balloon in the air is M-areely more up to date than the old high-wheeled bicvele on earth. Only 04 voters cast bnllota at re rent school election in ('Mpiillo which rut horned issuance of $lo..V)o bonds. The vote was 41 for and "0 agVhit S. X. Wilkius, ('or vail is undertaker, bo It ft that city several dtys ago for Kxeter, t'al.. died shortly after trtcb.ug tht California town. The Albany cannery will commence It season's run tho latter pait of Mhv with proipecta of doohi.ng the 1IVJ4 pack. The cannery -will employ tnoro thau t-U women and girts. I Tom Suns Savs j MENCKEN LIKES AMERICA Stewart Doesn't. But Finds it Easy Country Living in Which to Earn By CliARLKS T STEWART fNKA Servicn Writer) yAHIIIX(;TOX, Slay ii. H. I. Mencken likes to live in America. At least, so he nays. He's so ex tremely unorthodox nnd tho United .Stateti, these times, ia so much the other way that it tv-ems aa if he wouldn't enjoy himself here. Hut. talking: with me at his home down in Baltimore recently, "I'd be very un happy." he re marked, in a community o f people all just liko myself." Of course, this obser vation lays him open to the .rojtie" back, "So 'v7nld anybody e 1 a p." Tho editor of the "American Mer cury" didn't mean it that way, how ever. "I Ret my real kick out of life,' he contiit- ued, "in thia laiwl of conveutiooH, by defying them all,' Thia fa tho right way to look nt it, no doubt. Forced to dwell here, an he ia, or buninesH retiMon. the Irrepressible Mr. Mencken ahowa sound sense in insistng on seeing tho bright side of conditions ho ban to put up with anyway. Nevertheless, it has to be admitted that existence In thia country is pretty drab today, compared wih what it was up to a dosen or J 5 years ago. Before then. 1 myself liked it here as well as I liked any other plat and even better than l liked some. But not now. Ati Iu n thoughtless moment he let this bit of information out. It's a good reason too. A country .it's pleasant to live in, nevertheless isn't very pleasant if you've nothing to live on. Mention the fact that you don't like the present-day 1'nited States and everybody Bfsumes it's prohibi tion you don't like. Trohibition is one of tho symptoms, true enough, but it isn't the disenso. v The dixease is standardisation by law. Tho en tire world is suffering from it but tho I'nited Stntea has by fnr the worst case. Ktandardi7jition by moral suasion ia legitimate but. compulsory standardisation is going too far. For iriHtuticp, some of the neigh bors' children' uren't allowed to ptHy with my little girl because, preferring to teach her religion according to certain ideas of my own, 1 won t send lies to Sun day school. That's moral, suasion and quite all right. But if the neighbors had their way, they'd have a law passed putting mo in jail. They may do it yet. And my sys tem is just as likely to bo right as tho neighbors Hi'lte in, pveu though they're in a majority. The question whether men descended from monkeys or not can't be settled by a popular.vote. If they did they did, no present I can't think of a single spot j matter what the electorate thinks ever visited on tue who e clohe anoul ii. It iney uidii t tney (lulu t. Mencken FANCY KlCKtR 1 K 1 World war. For at least as long n anyone now on earth shall live, thia is to bo the cliief problem of mankind. But the other menace, that Uusai.m example and propaganda would over throw the capitalism and individualism of tho world, ia now mostly bugaboo. For bettor or worse, tit is is a con servative and capitalistic world aud the menace of wholesale revolution, vbich was very real five years ag, is gone. . Don't dream Russia ulgbtmarei. But do watch, as tho biggest and most upsetting thing ;u the world, the new self-consciousness and racial pride of Asia and Africa. 23 Years Ago Stewart JUST A KICKER, where I wouldn't rather live thau here iu the I in tod States. Tho real reason 1 lire here is the mine real reason that II. L. Mencken has for doing so. too. I don't be lieve that story about his unhappiness among people moro or less like him self. I nonce he trains around with his own kind that is, the nearest ho can come to his own kind. His real i ri'iison is, ' This is the easiest coun-1 try in tho world to make a living In. he'd have to say the same thing. repardlefs nf any decision polls. Ileitis an American, myself by a ood many generations' descent I could be a Son of the American Revo lution if 1 wanted to. l"m eligible can say if I please, that I don't like this country tho way it is now. I do please and I do say so. If I could, I'd Hvo somewhere else. Aud if 11. Mencken would own up, I'll bet glask makes a fine wedding; 4 present, but a poor engagement! ring. i In New York j ; VKW YORK. May 3, A group of 1 forlorn men in Bry int park wat.it a sparrow puk up cruiu'.is aud frag ments of peanuts ami fly to its not:. The nest i tucked away under tli. tics of toe Sixth avenue vlecatt'd Im Trains rush b, just a few fevt abne (he nest, like great yellow jug gernaut a. u-recching, grinding una roJiliiig. In the tumult Wiow tQore aro rJttluig street cars and thousand ct taxis with their terrifying siren. Tho men with empty pockeu and threadbare clothing staud there wauh ing in miracle ( life uuder the ties, watching tho parent feed its young. One wonders whether they are com paring their own lot with that of the parrws. For some f thru) iu ill probubilitity will rrturu home at night with no i-hlng with which to feed their young, Thst human life begins and lcrait in tin teeming cuy i a greater miracle than that of the birde nesting tho the elevated tifs. COMMENT OF THE, PRESS Win ihors He ftslkaa War? I.Mnlford Mill Tribune) There Is probably s.nitr noinrvi.mi between the ftmim-ial crmis in Frrn,--and the military crisis In ihe Bnl kaua. For generation the Bnlk-in n runo has h-en an mine one, ami contrary to hopes of the Turin pence lotifereme, the Versailles ires'y only ronjed Iho cruftt, leaving the nmtteu lava seething iteneaih. According In I 'mint Kami,, t, w b rtcrnily visited this country, the gov in riL.riletu order, and hr alliances ! on a practical war basis, prtnetitfil an! ,nMl worthless, but soma nr. iiiMM rm.umal.Ie uhrdnrle t any tueh illkf ' tI,rr dig. But w.th one gover.im.u, fa. j o mfn) n and auoiiier one weak on its legs, i-n engagement. rmnca might well 1-,.f.nr to !n-j t sry, in n,, hapo to consider fir-anc- Fish caught this spring are not a tug any nnlitnrr e-.pedit.iJi outatd of f Intge as those caught Uu spring but her own border. n,ry ,U fce ,u spring. It t imt improbable, therefore,! thst tho Bol-bevikl explosion n Bo j Ordr a very foolish man sets h g.iria. tthirh ha already retoltr.l in niin r..r ti iim. tha. t..... rnment of Hungary is a militaristic j per im.i..n f-r thst rxmiiiry to in- ! will be aay on hi, ntio ami hictafor I l-r t hy ia planning j cieaae he,- standing arm? t,fvmid the I a war for tho purpcue of getting ; Itimi allowed bv the Treat r of Ver -1 Thev sat there are more wrnnen ba k the territory lout l llumama. ai!let, ha. eortain subterranean mt 1 thsn men to on Italian mwn, but it Frame with her military luacbtoe i uei tins with Budspest, aod ibt tks'mJy o tht wen stay hue suot. There are many rewards to be hal by iiiing in Xew York, but there are ; aino msny penalties, r.ven ir out A man tells us he was a fool whenjr " t" ,n theater or takt ho married and bis wife telli ua tie ! -wy Vn ' .v viiy. bsi-n't changed a bjt. I living as much of a home life as w u!d to poasiblo iu any other city, the roat Tubscco smoke kills germs. Kinset of the street, the rush of traffic, the are full of genu. Just the same, ma) be girls houldn't smoke. place in America. You're always play tug tag with the doctor and Ihe under taker. With the return of horse racing o the Metropolitan tracks the profc .iomil tips ten are brushing off their dgus aud getting ready for the su k rs who try to guess taem right witrt out even having the prt of seeing the horse they wager on d'ing it stuff. There ia ft bit of humor in the sign that "Long Shot Kelly" displays on Thirty-fourth street. It read: "I do not wish to encourage horse play ing, but if you must play let me guide yuu." Another sign read. "1 know more about a horse in the second race at Jamaica that a mother knows alkut ber child.'' And some boobs will be lieve that until the racs is over. You can't appreciate how fast no tlepbaut walks until you see it on a crowded street. Two circus elephan were sent to Kighth avenue ami Fif tieth street to participate in toe cere mony of breaking ground for the ne-.v Madison Square Harden. Children who followed hsd to run at top speed. Th? elephants kept pace with tsxicabs. When they stopped at a cross strrct one c-f them put his trunk in a taxi wiudow and a. wuinau fainted. (From The Guard Mny 5, 1000) Most of the democratic county can didates were in Kugcno today holding a meeting. A Eugene dealer today is selling oranges nt ono cent each. v Attorney K. R. Kkipworth, Citi zens' party candidate for the legis lature, spoko in Junction City this afternoon. At Villard hnll lust evening was held tho eleventh annual juuior exhi bition of tho University of Oregon. Bud Kompp shipped a fine China Poland pig to Aurora this afternoon. Miss Stella Bean of Mapleton is visiting in Kugeno, having arrived to day. fmiftlll II tt MillAf In atntnlaJ homo from Washington, D. C., daily. TIlP torn I nttilsitid Irvmil Fnivcrsity of Oregon ia being held this afternoon. Several events are lUio-d, including a bicycle race. About 'JO intndi n or lion i ah rnlnn . ists arrived up from Tort land on the early train this morning. SKp apaduHnjnarpocket -dien jw Jp home tonight. Give the youn&tert fWs wholesome, loDIaftln sweet for pkaittre & benefit Use it yonrself after iinokiTtor when writ drags. Us a great little freshener mmmt Sealed Tight -Kept Riht After Every Meal 2Xoi B THE FLAVOR lasts Fl In Lighter Vein j Howell's Comment j vibration and din of the subways tak their toll I .if a in York ii fniidmentIiv Bv CHFSTKH U. IBnVF.I.I an tn-ido life- More people proportion-! IV -N T underestimate the boycott ally are concerned with the pietion 'n s ' f the Tnnce of Wales by cor pin sical fitiieaa here than in any other! tain of the negroes of Africa. And don't nvereatiwwte the slirjttMi w- rid t ; CtiUpirscy OI no.niiTTmni, noisir.urti ; in the Bulgarian nts. J Both are of eune actual, and bolt t are menaces to the stabdity of man 1 I kind. But one represent a growmj . . l & ...W.a. a aanilif t-ltiaa aim inr ,iT The African trouMe are s pirt -.f the new dnerminatutn of the cd ored" race, black. brwn a:td eio. no longer to treated ai iof t or animals br tht white man That i a )nc mtMrriiit flawso hWS h. trvkeu rt o'nfMirUi d t -g A THOUGHT Ha that wtrfcath dec-tHt thai) net dwell wrthia my he; ha that tslltth (Its shall not Urry la my iiht. P. 101:7. There l no killing the u-pioit-n that nVcott hss onve bf-gottfn.- llenrge Fliot, Exclusive (Xew Haven Begistor) "Are Mrs. Do Stylo's entertain ments very exclusive jf" "Well. 1 should, say to; she has made application to have tho conver sation of her guests copyrighted.' Inherited . . t Boston Transcript) "Jim has a terribly mad memory." "Yes. His mother wns continually asking "What's trumps?" and hia fa ther never could remember anything on the witness staud." Proof positive t London Answers) Foley What makes you so sure that you cannot afford to own a car, old man ? Bowles I have one. Treating Them Gentle tThe Continent) IS he was in Alaska looking over a fox farm, After aduiiriug a beautiful silver specimen, she asked her guide, "Just how many times can a fox bo skinned for his fur?" "Threo times, madam." said the guide gravely. "Any more than that would spoil bis temper." , Helping the Effect It London Opinion I ltx-e pink is the preoent fsehioiv , sblo wear for 'the bride. Tho riclirate hues of the dress are particularly en hanced it a pale bruit-groom is worn hsngmg on the right arm. Advtrtmna Men oa Weather . (Life, "Hello! Wilbur F. Svhwimpfel. Mist s your reaction to this little old day?" "JeffcMon B. Hatch. I'm ,,h n it completely. abobitcy, iiaiiv," ji "Same here. As I nnal.xe ihe IM,.. i ti-n the prevent we:ith.-r certainly ha a big general appeal." "It -.tire does Ctt its m-.t noro." "t omit me tu ou that. W. J-'.; that's my lnt on tti precinejy." ' Xo need to canva the situation on a day like tmlsy, J. B.'' S-mnds bko g. J ity,-hn!nr to me." "My nanie's n the d.tird hue t- thsr. old man. Well, .mM "titHHl h." RIVER LOAM Kier b'Stn f-r T i,.iir Ht. ; cAg, enmne Omnqe Blossom, fronuinUld Jasfuoned HkddingMiuj V This delightful transformation if ' made without cutting the ring, harm ing the inscription or altering tha metal next to the finger. A variety of gold, platinum overlay or jewelled styles available. Unconditionally guaranteed. Ask for particulars. (jtm (ie ftbMnm fttnjt wx Manim aAwi camj 0W. Pmttnd Luckey's Jewelry Store "tt. V?. BEISTOW The 15c Skyscraper "Nothing over 15c" said the sign at Woolworth's. Tet t' policy behind this sign brought the money that built H largest building in the world. Each sale was Bmall. Tet cumulated with others, what a tremendous power they beco: Why not apply this principle to yourself? If you b' a little you could lay aside but a mite at a time. But l the vision of a nlrkle and a dime enlarged into the W'oolort Building you can see why It is profitable to save that mi' It us help you maintain such a program. A dollar will roll you as a saver; persistency will make that dollar tn to many. U.5. NATIONAL BANK. Tjhe Bank of Service EUGENE LOAN &- SAVINGS BANK Zirie Bank Jor Savings Dr. Geo. A. Simon CHIROPRACTOR Will uimo into his iihv location over IVnney's Moro on or about .Mnv 11th.
