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.