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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1919)
PERSHING RETURNS GRATEFUL Ul Great Leader Swayed By Tre mendous Welcome. WAVES CAP WITH GLEE New York CitT Goes Wild While Grim Army Commander Smiles Great Parade to Follow. New York. America welcomed Gen eral Pershing home Monday. Honored by foreign rulers and gov ernments, the commander-in-chief of the mightiest army that ever fought Its way. to victory under the stars and stripes returned to his own folk to meet a greater honor than any foreign potentate or power could confer the thanks of the world's greatest democ racy to the man who had delivered the decisive blow in democracy's supreme fight against tyranny. The stern faced soldier who had maintained his Iron self-control amid the shambles of the Meuse and the blood-drenched forest of Argonne was not proof against the tributes of praise and gratitude which was roared from hundreds of thousands of the throats and hearts of his fellow Jltlzens. - Ills voice trembled with emotion as he responded to the greetings extend ed by Secretary of War Baker in his own behalf and that of the president as well as the welcome addresses of representatives of the senate and the limine, the state and city. As his car wont slowly through the cheering crowds which Jammed Broad way from the Battery to the city hall, Pershing attempted in vain to main tain hlB composure. At first he replied to tho cheers with the stiff salute which military etiquette demands, but he was soon carried away by the storm of applause which swept In great gusts about him. Rising to his feet, he waved his cap above his head with a boyish gesture which told how deeply he waB stirred, while the grim lines of his bronzed face broke Into a smile, which was as infectious as it was rare. It was a proud moment for the great American soldier, but a prouder still remains. New York did not exhaust Its welcome Monday; Wednesday he will ride down Fifth avenue at the , head of tho 1st division of the regular army, the first to go and last to leave, victors in the first battle ever fought on European soil by American soldiers Surrounded by comrades, humbler In station, but who had offered their all Just as freely In the cause of lib erty, General Pershing first re-glimpsed his native land. Whon the huge Leviathan, once the pride of defeated Germany, nosed her way through the mists off the Jorsey coast, the general stood upon her deck with the famous "composite regiment," 3000 picked American soldiers, known as "Porsh lug's own." These stalwart soldlors were his guard of honor when Paris and Londan paid tribute to the American comman der, and they will be his guard of hon or when his own country's metropolis pays Its full meed of praise Wednes day. "Oregon Yours," Says Daniels. Astoria, Or. "It is yours," said Sec retary of the Navy Daniels Monday when Governor Olcott asked him for the permanent assignment of the his toric battleship Oregon to Oregon wa tors. The secretary said the navy de partment was prepared to shoulder half of the upkeep of the veteran sea fighter, and estimated that the state's share would be between $2,000 and $!i5,000 aunually. Following the re view at Seattle the Oregon will be dis mantled .at the Bremerton navy yard, Governor Olcott received Secretary Daniels' assurance that the option giv en could be taken up at a later date if the appropriation is made available by the state. Girls' Garb It Optional. V Sacramento. School trustees have no authority to pom pel pupils ta wear uniforms, according to the state su perintendent of schools. Supt. Wood made the ruling in the case of several girls attending the Santa Paula union high school who refused to wear a uni form which the trustees had ordered worn. Mr. Woods hold that although trustees might Buggest uniforms girls have a right to wear any clothing they wish so long as it is modest A shipment of 10,000 tons of potash from Germany to the United States, said to be the first since 1914, has been contracted for. BOLSHEVIST PERIL LOOMS Wilson Gives Warning If Treaty Ii Delayed World Uneasy. Des Moines, la. A possibility that bolshevlsm may spread in threatening proportions to the United States un less the peace treaty is ratified promptly was suggested by President Wilson in an address here Saturday night. The whole world was waiting un easily, he said, while the poison which had wrecked Russia was spreading among peoples who did not yet know what guarantees there were to be for liberty in the new world order. Labor and capital In the United States, he asserted, could not proceed intelli gently with their settlements, nor could great problems like the railroad situation be solved while the suspense continued. Mr. Wilson defended the Shantung provision of the treaty and said the league covenant section referring to the Monroe doctrine had been inserted 'to give the Monroe doctrine right of way in the western hemisphere." He declared his conviction that it would do so. The meeting was opened with an in vocation, and Mr. Wilson was intro duced by J. B. Weaver, president of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, who spoke on the "outstanding figure In the life of the world today." Describing the world as "desper ately in need of the settled condition of peace," the president said the Unit ed States, the last nation which the world expected to have to wait upon, was delaying the coming of peace. The treaty, he said, not only would establish peace, but it would end for ever the rule of a few men over the destinies of many. Citing what had happened in Europe with the rise of bolshevlsm, Mr. Wil son said the move of radicalism and disorder was spreading on a reaction. Do you honestly think that none of that poison has got into the veins of this free people?" he asked. "Men look you calmly In the face in America and tell you they are for that sort of revolution." AUSARIA PROTESTS BUT VOTES PEACE Vienna.-The national assembly by a vote of 97 to 23 Saturday decided to sign the peace treaty. The assembly, however, protested against the violation of Austria's right of free disposal of herself. The German nationalities voted against signature of the treaty, while some members of the South Tyrolese party abstained from voting. The vote was taken after adoption without dis sent of the government's resolution of protest presented by Christian Hauser, declaring that the territorial clauses of the treaty grossly violate the na tional claim to self-determination and the basis on which the armistice was concluded. 'We raise once more our voices against a peace founded on brute force," said the resolution. "As one man we decline the dividing up of our peoples Into free and unfree, as is done by this peace." The resolution also declares that ul timate union with Germany is an ab solute necessity and expresses the hope that when the hatred of the war dies down this union will be consum mated. It ends by placing responsibil ity for steeping Europe in revolution and confusion on the shoulders of the entente and looks to the league of na Hons to repair the wrong done. U. & Soldier Killed by Germans. Coblenz. Private Reass Madsen of Sncramento, Cal was shot and killed Saturday by German soldiers. The shooting took place in the neu tral zone about a mile from the boun dary of the Coblem bridgehead. Madsen and Private Bert Balsinger of the 8th infantry, who had been on outpost duty, were deer hunting when they encountered a German patrol of 13 soldiers. According to Balsinger, the Germans began firing without ask ing an explanation as to why the two Americans were in the neutral zone, Balsinger told the American author ities that when he and Madsen en countered the Germans he was sever al yards ahead of Madsen. Balsinger said he dropped his rifle as soon as he saw the Germans, who a second afterward began to 'shoot a Madsen, The Germans contended that Madsen fired on them. "Prehistoric Man" Modern. . Jackson, Mich. That the "prehis toric man" recently found in an exca vation here was an image modeled by a convict at the state penitentiary years ago now is the generally accept ed explanation of the find. It is. re called that a convict once made such models and that they all disappeared when he left the prison. Many scien tists came here to investigate the "man." One look was enough for most of them. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. V V V VV'VWVV w r w w w Albany, The first hunting license issued to a woman In Linn county this year was obtained Tuesday by" Miss Maude Rolfe-of this city. Miss Rolfe is a bookkeeper In the First' National bank of Albany. Aurora. Hop picking will be In full swing this week. Hops are good and pickers are plentiful in this sec tion. Growers are paying $120 per hundred or 60 cents a box. The fo liage is light, making the picking fast and easy this year. Salem. Up to August 31 a total of 78,298 motor vehicles were reg istered in Oregon during the current year. During the same period in 1918, 61,108 motor vehicles were reg istered, showing an increase in the number of cars in use in Oregon in 1919 over 1918 of 17,190. Salem. Herbert Nunn, state high way' engineer, has returned from a tou.r of road Inspection which took him as far south as Medford. He says work on the highways is pro gressing satisfactorily and that prac tically all of the trunk roads will be paved by next fall. Eugene. The electric light plant at Florence at the mouth of the Slus- law river was destroyed by fire last Thursday morning and the town will be in darkness for some time to come. The plant was owned by G. G. Bushman of "Eugene. The loss is estimated at $10,000. Salem. The fld-called reconstruc tion of man is to be one of the es sential undertakings of the state In dustrial accident commission under a recent amendment to the work men's compensation act which au thorizes the commission to expend funds for this purpose In addition to compensating the injured. Salem. Under a plan worked out by City Recorder Race all students at Willamette university this winter will be given odd-hour employment to help pay their living expenses. Mr. Race asks all students seeking this employment to list their names with him in order that they may be put in touch with employers. Albany. Four hundred and fifty dollars an acre is the return receiv ed this year by E. B. Wallace in mint growing. Mr. Wallace has eight acres In mint on his farm about eight miles east of Albany, on the Santt am bottom, and from it secured 360 pounds of mint oil. This oil is sell ing, now for $10 a pound. Mr. Wal lace has been raising mint several years. Eugene. Rainfall of nearly an inch in this part of the state in 36 hours has extinguished all forest fires In the Cascades east of here. Many of the men who had been fighting the fires were paid off at the office of the Cascade national, forest The rain has made it inconvenient for hop pickers. Considerable acreage of late wheat has not been threshed. Bend. Because John E. Berg, un informed as to the directions shown on the map of Bend, built an expens ive residence with Its back entrance facing on Klamath avenue, near the street will be relocated by the city council so that the owner need not use the kitchen door as the chief en trance and exit. The expense of re location will be borne by Mr. Berg, his petition td the council stated to day. Salem. Attorney -General Brown and L. A. Liljeqvlst have returned to Salem after a few days passed in Harney county gathering evidence in connection with determining the title to the bed of Malheur lake. At the last session of the state legislature an appropriaatlon was made for the purpose of investigating and fixing the titles to the beds of several Ore gon lakes with a view of protecting the state against the loss of valuable lands. Albany. Conversations in the German language on the streets or In business houses In Albany are apt to become decidedly unpopular by virtue of a resolution adopted by the local post of the American legion at Its meeting recently. Members have agreed that whenever any of them hears a conversation being conduct ed in a foreign language, they will advise the speakers that they are in the United States and accordingly should use the American language. Salem. Oregon will product ap proximately 45,000 bales of hops this season, accoring to the latest esti mates by leading growers of the Willamette va'lley. First estimates placed the crop at 60,000 bales, but this was cut down because of the continued dry weather which result ed In sunburn in some of the fields. It is believed that most of the yards will produce an average of 1200 pounds to, the acre, for which the growers will receive between SO and 60 cents a pound. WOLVES OF THE SEA . Foreword Anson Carlyle, aged twenty three, the ninth In descent from Capt. Geoffry Carlyle of Glas gow, Scotland, was among the herolo Canadian dead at Vlmy ridge. Unmarried, and the last of his line, what few treasures he possessed fell into , alien hands. Among these was a manuscript, apparently written in the year 1687, and which, through nine generations, had been carefully preserved, yet never made public. The paper was yellowed and discolored by years; occasionally a page was missing, and the writing itself had become almost Indecipher able. Much Indeed had to be traced by use of a microscope. The writer was evidently a man of some education, and clear thought, but exceeding diffuse, In accordance with the style of his time, and possessing small conception of literary form. . It editing this manuscript for mod ern readers I have therefore been compelled to practically re write it entirely, retaining mere ly the essential facts, with an occasional descriptive passage, although I have conscientiously followed the original develop ment of the tale. In this recon struction much qualntness of lan guage as well as appeal to prob ability, may have been lost, and for this my only excuse is the necessity of thus making the story readable. I have no doubt --as to its essential truth, nor do I question the purpose which dominated this rover of the sea in his effort to record the adven tures of his younger life. As a picture of those days of blood and courage, as well as a story of love and devotion, I deem it worthy preservation, regretting only the impossibility of now presenting It In print exactly as written by Geoffry Carlyle. - R. P. . CHAPTER I. Sent Into Servitude. Knowing this to be a narrative of unusual adventure, and one which may never even be read until long after I have departed from this world, when it will be difficult to convince readers that such times as are herein depicted could ever have been reality, I shall endeavor to narrate each incident in the simplest manner possible. My only purpose is truth, and my only witness history. Yet, even now lately as this nil happened, it-is more like the recollections of a dream, dimly re membered at awakening, and, per chance, might remain so, but for the scars upon my body, and the constant memory of a woman's face. These alone combine to bring back In vivid-, ness those days that were days of youth and daring, of desperate, law less war, of wide ocean peril, and the outstretched hands of love. So that here, where I am writing It all down, here amid quietness and peace, and forgetful of the past, I wander again along a deserted shore, and sail among those isles of a Bouthern.sca, the home for many a century of crime and un speakable cruelty. I will recall the truth, and can do no more. It was still early morning when we were brought out under heavy guard and marched somberly forth through the opened gates of the Jail. Ahead we could perceive a forest of masts, and what seemed like a vast crowd of waiting people. That we had been sentenced to exile, to prolonged servi- tude In some foreign land, was all that any of us knew. The guards prodded the crowd sav agely with the butts of their mus-1 ketoons, thus making scant room for us to shuffle through, out upon the far end of the wharf, where we were finally baited abreast of a lumping brig, apparently nearly ready for sea. There were more than forty of us. I gained glimpse of the hooker's name Romping Betsy of Plymouth. A mo ment later a sailor passed along the edge of the dock and lnstontly a whis per passed swiftly from man to man. "It's Virginia, mate; we're bound for Virginia." The eyes of a prisoner met mine. "Virginia, heyt" he grunted. "Ye're a sallorman, ain't ye, ninteT Well, then, whur Is this yere Virginia r "That's all right, mates," I returned cheerily. "We'll fall into the hands of Englishmen out there. In America, where all the tobacco comts from. Fve been there twice and to a land beyond they call Maryland. Tis a country not so unlike England." "Yer better stow that, my man," growled someone above me, and I looked up into the stern eyes of the captain of the guard, "or It may be the "cat" 'for ye. So ye've been ter the Virginia plantation, hev ye? Then ye must be Master Carlyle, I take It By RANDALL PARRISH , ............... i Cuyyright, by A. C. AlcCluig & Co. I heerd tell about ye at the trial, but supposed ye Jer be an older man." "I am twenty-six. "Ye don't look even thet. Ay, they're ready for ye now. Fall in there all of yer. Step along, yer d d rebel scum." I stared aft at the poop deck. There were a number of persons gatnerea along the low rail, probably all passen gers. Then my eyes encountered a strange group foregathered beside the lee rail. There were four in the little party, one of them a negress. Another was clearly enough a colonial proprietor, a heavily built man of middle nge, purple faced, I passed these by with a glance, my attention concentrating upon the other two a middle-aged man and a young woman stand ing side by side. The former was a dashing looking blade, of not more than forty, attired In blue slashed coat, ornamented with gilt buttons, and bedecked at collnr and cuffs with a profusion of lace. A saffron colored waistcoat failed to conceal his richly beruffled shirt, and the hilt of a rapier was rather prominently displayed. Such dandies were frequently enough seen, but it was this man's face which made marked contrast with his gay attire. He was dark and hook-nosed, apparently of foreign birth, with block mustache tightly clipped, so as to re veal the thin firmness of his Hps, and even at that distance I could perceive the lines of a scar across his chin. Al together there was an audacity to his face, a daring, convincing me he was no mere lady's knight but one to whom fighting was a trade. He was pointing us out to his companion, apparently Joking over our appearance, In an en deavor to amuse. Seemingly she gave small heed to his words, for although her eyes followed where he pointed they never once lighted with a smile, nor did I see her answer his sallies. She was scarcely more than a girl, dressed very simply in some clinging dark stuff, with a loose gray clonk draping her shoulders and a small, neat bonnet of straw perched upon a mass of colled hair. The face beneath was sweetly piquant, with dark eyes and rounded cheeks flushed with health. She stood, both hands clasping the rail, watching us intently. somehow felt as though her eyes were upon me, and within their depths, even at that distance, I seemed to read a message of sympathy and kindness. The one lasting impression her face left on my memory was that of Inno cent girlhood, dignified by a womanly tenderness. What were those two to each other? I could not guess, for they seemed from two utterly different worlds. Not What Were Those Two to Each Other? brother and sister surely; and not lovers. The last was unthinkable. Instinctively I disliked the man, aware of an Instant antagonism, realizing that he was evil ; while his companion came to me as revealment of all that was true and worthy. In a degree I had never known before. From the Instant I looked upon these two I felt con vinced that, through some strange va gary of fate, we were destined to know more of each other that our life lines were ordained to touch and become entangled, somewhere in that mystery of the western world to which I had been condemned. Then the guards came to me, and. with my limbs freed of fetters, I was passed down the steep ladder Into the semldarkness between decks, where we were to be confined. It proved a dismal, crowded hole In which we were quartered like so many cattle, the only ventilation and light furnished by the open hatch above. The ticket given me called by number for a certain berth, and I found this, throwing with in the small bundle I bore. Almost Immediately there was a sound of tramping feet on the deck above, and the creaking of blocks. Then a sud- den movement of the hull told $11 W$ were under way CHAPTER II, v The Prison Ship. '" The greater portion of that voyage of 53 days I would blot entirely from memory If possible. I cannot hope to describe It in any detail the foul smells, the discomfort, the eeaseless horror of food, the close companion ship of men turned Into mere animals by suffering and distress, the weari some days, the black, sleepless nights, the poisonous air, and the brutality of guards. I can never forget these things, for they have scarred my soul. The hatch above remained open, but carefully guarded night and day, while we were permitted on deck for air and exercise only in squads of ten, two hours out of every twenty-four. This alone served to break the dread mo notony of tl: voyage. From our exer cise on deck we generally returned be low drenched to tho skin, but glad to even pay that price for two hours of fresh air, and an opportunity to gaze about at sea and sky. We were herd ed well forward, a rope- dividing us . from the main deck, which space the passengers aft used as a promenade. There were only three women aboard, a fat dowager, the young lady I had noticed at embarkation, and her col ored maid. I gained but one glimpse of the young lady In the first two weeks at sea, and then only as we were being ordered down to our quar ters for the night. Just as I was ap proaching the hatch to. descend our eyes met fairly, and I Instantly knew she saw and recognized me. For a single second our glances clung, as though some mysterious Influence held us to each other then the angry guard struck me with the stock of his piece. - 'What er ye standln' thar fen" he demanded savagely. "Go on down lively now." I saw her clasping fingers convul sively grip the rail, and, even at that distance, marked a sudden flame of color In her cheeks. That was all her message to me, yet quite enough. ' Al though we had never spoken, although our names were yet unknown, I was no criminal to her mind, no unrecog nized prisoner beneath contempt, but a human being In whom she already felt a personal Interest, and to whom she extended thought and sym pathy. I continued entirely Ignorant of the identity of the young woman. She remained In my memory, In my thoughts nameless, a dream rather than a reality. I did learn that the gay gallant was a wealthy Spaniard, supposedly of high birth, by name Sanchez, and at one time In the naval service, and likewise ascertained that the rotund planter was a certain Roger Fairfax of Sulnt Mary's In Maryland, homeward bound after a successful sale of his tobacco crop In London. It was during his visit to the great city that he had met Sanchez, and his praise of the colonies had Induced the latter to essay a voyage In his com pany to America. But strange enough. no one so much ns mentioned the girl In connection with either man. CHAPTER III. ' Dorothy Fairfax. . We were not far from two hundred miles east of the Capes. I had been closely confined to my bunk for two days with illness, but now, somewhat stronger, had been ordered to deck by the surgeon. The last batch of pris oners, after their short hour of recre ation, had been returned to the quar ters below, but I was permitted to re main alone undisturbed. I was still standing there absorbed when a voice, soft-spoken and femi nine, broke the silence. "May I speak with you?" I turned Instantly, so thoroughly surprised my voice faltered as I gazed Into the upturned face of the ques tioner. She stood directly beside me, her head uncovered. Instantly my cap was off, and I was bowing courteously. "Most certainly," with a quick side glance toward the guard, "but I am a prisoner." "Of course I know that," In smiling confidence. "Only you see I am rather a privileged character on board. Per haps you may be punished if you talk with me is that what you meant?" "I am more than willing to assume the risk. I have made few friends for ward, and am even bold enough to say that I have longed for a word with you ever since I first saw you aboard." .Captain Carlyle finds a friend but at the same time he finds that he has an enemy on board the Romping Betty. His enemy warns that he will get revenge, but why? Geoffry racks his brain In vain for the answer. (TO BK CONTINUED.) Too Generous. The trouble with the fellow who bor rows trouble Is that he wants to loan some of it to everyone be meets.