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chinese are
brushing off
soperstition
IUST OF t'K.N'i'l'ItlKH IIEIXG l(l
MOVED AM FILM HOWi FAIL
ING INTO OIILIVION
Women, toi "Pitiable Creature,
('tutting lno Their Own; Can Kit
At Bmiim Taltln With HuMy
Perking, June .80. Chin t being
tu mod upslds down. Tlia dust ot
centuries Is being reiuovsd. Tbe
' heritage of dead civlllatlon la being
discarded. Men are ralalug their
eyes to the dawn ot new things.
Women are drinking deep from tbe
chalice ot equality. Old god are be
ing confounded. Old superstitions
are falling away. The fale 1 fad
ing Into obllvlou before tbe true.
Two incident alone need' be et
forth to show how deep an Irapres-
alon the church ha made on the
minds ot the people.
The governor ot a certain province
had been abot by an assassin. In
sianDly the ureal wa In a turmoil,
ilea ran here and there in confusion.
One alone acted aud he, a horseman,
galloped through the streets to the
Episcopal mission hospital. In the
hour of need there thought turned
to the church. J . ,. . ' .'
1 Again, when the revolution carried
all before It a certain other governor
(led for protection, not to the power
behind hi office,. not to tbe bayonet
ot foreign power but to the home
of an Episcopal missionary. In the
hour ot noed hi thought turned to
the church. And he waa saved when
the missionary let him down from
the oHy 'wall 1y a rope.
It I among the women of China
that the most striking work has been
done. (Before,, they were down trod
den slatterns. Today they are of an
equality with men. . .
Under the old conditions woman
was a pitiable creature In a degraded
position. Confucius said: "Women
are human being font they are ot a
lower state than men and can never
attain to an equality with men J' But
Che fains Is tailing Into oblivion be
t .fore the true. .
Today In the homes of Chinese
Christiana one finds-tbe wife at the
table with her husband and her
daughters there also, lor daughters
no longor are regarded s burdens
out are sent to school and fared tor
oquallly with 'boys. Nor may a man
keep concubine and divorce Ills wile
at will. Ail that I past and forbid
den and cast down. The false Is tail
ing into oblivion before the true.
4 In just such' ways 1s China being
turned upside down. - By education
1 the dust ot centuries being re
moved. By inspiration men and
women are raising their eyes to the
v !awn of new things. Through the
ambassadors ot tbe church 1 the
false fading Into oblivion before the
true.
TAKING HUGE FSTATES
iLond,on, Ju'ly 1. "Gradually Ung
tand's captains of Industry are ac
quiring the huge estates ot the aris
tocrats. Lord Leverhulme, a soap
manufacturer, who recently purchas
ed the Island of Lewis, is now under
stood to have bought also the Island
ot Harris, In the Hebrides. Togeth
er the Islands cover 660,000 acres.
The only larger estate In the king
dom is that of theDuke of Suther
land who, despite recent sales, still
owns 800,000 acres.
CALIFORNIA SLIPS
DRY
COLUMN
Olitrlplee of lUcrhu Who Forgot to
Stork t'u Had .Wiling to Quench
Hunting Tlilrnl
flun iPranvlscd, June 1 California
with the rest of the nation today be
gun to adapt Itself to prohibition
conditions. As far as th outward
and visible sign were concerned, no
change could be noted. Everything
wont a usual. In some sections ot
the city the blhuloiwly inclined sat
up Into the early morning hours
speeding the parting guest until the
last moment. For those tbe morn
ing bracer no longer existed unless
private provision had been made for
the emergen!.
Alt of the clubs In this city were
strictly on a soft drink basis today.
Practically all tbe taUulllar surround
ing and appurtenances had been re-,
mined. Men still made use of the
brass foot rail as they stood at the
bar and quaffed their grape ufre or
root beer.
There were rew men In the clubs
who were used to having tbelr little
tipple who were not provided with a
store of their favorite beverages of
old. Clubs had sold their stocks to
their members and in many of th
larger organisation the wine cel
lar were turned Into storage de
posit where each member was pro
vided -with a small locker where he
could Veep hi stock.
Large club such as the Olympic
and 'Bohemian disposed of from 925,
000 to (50,000 worth ot liquors to
their members. It still lies in the
wine cellars, but it has been sorted
redistributed and segregated so that
It now baa many owner, each Us
own private store. Similar, condi
tions obtained in the Pre Club, th
Pacific I'ukon, the Family and other
well known organisation.
What awilles to San Francisco,
practically applies to all section of
th far west, where prohibition was
not already in force.
Seattle, Wash., July 1. Washing
ton stats was only a spectator when
the nation went dry last night.
Washington by popular vote be
came dry January 1, 19 18. The sa
loon went out of business but "Im
portations" were allowed. June 6,
1R17, the state became "bone dry"
by legislative act. ilast November
the voters approved the "bone dry"
measure. Now, according to local
Interpretation of federal and state
laws, only liquor for sacramental
purposes is allowed.
GETTING NEW START
Brussels, July 1. The number ot
unemployed In Belgium is 800,000,
according to the minister tor food,
but is diminishing from day to day.
Only two blast furnaces are work
ing out of 60 which before the war
existed In (Belgium. Of these 60 all
but four have been completely, or
to a very large extent destroyed by
me uerman.
. The steel and iron production.
which, In 11J attained 2,224,000
tons is nil since 1917. Ot 35,000
metal workers in 19 IS only about
200 are working. , , .
It Is hoped that by the end ot this
year, at least 26 blast furnaces will
be producing and that 41 iper cent of
the pre-war production will be ob
tained. Six thousand operatives have re
sumed work in the linen industry.
The English week of 54 hours baa
been agreed to.
SINN FFJXERS ARE
SHOWING THEIR ""IRISH"
: (Dublin, July 1 The British flag
was burned in Dublin Saturday
light. Outside of Trinity college a
number of union Jacks were seized
and the torch applied. Cheers were
given for De Valera. "president ot
,t!he Irish, republic," and retfolution
ry songs were sung.
GRANTS PABfl. JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
Ml PICE
ASKED TO LEAD
REVOLUTION
PREDICTED DI.STIIUUXCK FOL
LOWING SIGNING OF TREATY
AHOIT TO MATERIALIZE
DUTCH QUEEN MAKES PLEA
Antl-Uolshevikl Forces South of Moscow-
Trying to Find Way to Enter
Tim Red' Capital
ilxindon, July 1. German counter
revolutionists have a motor launch
realty to rescue the former German
crown prince, winning him to appear
to head the force in Germany, ac
cording to a Rotterdam dispatch to
the Dally 'Mail, The Dutch queen,
the dispatch adds, has sent a con
sort to persuade the former prince
that It would be detrimental to Hoi
land which granted him bospltallty
It be participated In the revolt In
Germany.
Jiondon. July 1. Tbe anti-bolshe-
vlki forces are advancing against
Kursk, 250 miles south of Moscow,
hoping to find a way to Moscow, ac
cording to a,' iRuselan wireless mes
sage quoting the official bolshevik!
organ iKvestia.
HEARTS OF ENGLISH
London, June 29. A high tribute
to General Pershing was paid by the
'Morning Post yesterday, say the
New York World.
"We believe it to be correct," says
an editorial In that newsDaoer. "that
on oo single occasion, did President
Wilson and bis advisers transmit to
General Pershing any plans ot cam
paign, suggestion or criticism, and
we can almost say that this consti
tutes a record and that no comman
der In the field was ever left so free
a band.
"General Pershing ''merited the
great and sustained confidence tbat
was reposed In him. We honor Gen
eral Pershing; because he looked to
the end, and aimed at it success
fully in the midst of frightful diffi
culties. His competence and his
character have stood the test of
trial in the seven-times-heated fur
nace or war, and he richly deserves
all the honors that can be bestowed
upon him.
"For all time to come we shall
remember those American troops
who fought so valiantly, shoulder to
shoulder with us, on the British
front and stood ready In the rear to
support us in case of need. These
things go very deep into hearts of
nations, and General 'Pershing will
always personify for us the fine anlr-
It of soldierly comradeship in which
Americans fought the areat war in
France.
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
Archangel, July 1. dSven with all
American soldiers withdrawn from
Northern Russia, the United States
still has a large representation
among the British volunteer troops.
Of a contingent of Canadian fivin
corp officers who recently arrived
a large number are from the states.
At one flying corp mess recently
vnnieu ny me correspondent were
six Iowans.
Washington, July 1. An Jr mall
service between New York and rM.
cago was Inaugurated ;today, with
u-uuur sernoe. .. -
REMAIN WITH RUSSIANS
-
OREGON, - TUESDAY, JILY i;
ELECTRICIANS
GOING OUT WITH
HELLO GILS
PORTLAND HAS REDUCED TELE
PHONE SERVICE; IIOTH SIDES
CLAIM UPPER HAND
SPOHTJIMH
Railway Telegraphers Olvea Instruc
tions to Resume Handling of W.
I'. Commercial Rusiness
Spokane, Wash., July 1. The
union electricians employed by the
Home Telephone company, to the
number of 50 or 75 struck today in
reionae to a call from their inter
national officers.
. Portland, Ore., July 1. The elec
al workers generally Joined the
strike today against tbe Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company, fol
lowing an unanimous vote taken last
night at a union mass meeting.
Telephone service is . still -being
given today, but In reduced volume.
Telephone company officials said
today that only 20 per cent of the
operators had struck. - The union
members said that more than 400
were out and that 200 had joined
the union since yesterday.
Tacoma; Wash., July 1. Forty-
eight members of the electrical
workers' union employed by tbe Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph com
pany are on strike here today. Tbe
operators are still at work.
Salem, Ore., July 1 Tbe public
service commission today instructed
tbe Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company to keep an accurate account
of its extra expenditures on account
of" the strike, to be used later in an
Investigation to be conducted by tbe
commission. . .
Seattle, July 1. (Electrician union
officials said today that every mem
ber bore bad answered the telephone
strike call. '- '
St. Louis, (Mo July 1. (Members
ot the order of railway telegraphers
throughout the country today were
ordered to resume handling of com
mercial business for the Western
Union and 'Postal Telegraph com
panies. The ban had been in effect
since June 12, as a measure ot sym
pathy with the telegraph strike.
ISLANDS ARE PEAKS
T
Honolulu, T. H.t July 1. In
search ot a foundation tor his theory
that a great continent once existed
in the iPaclfio ocean, that tbe Ha
waiian islands were Its northermost
part and that Hawaii's lofty and rug
ged mountains are tbe tombstones
of an "Atlantis ot the Pacific," Pro
fessor WlMiam A. (Bryan of the Col
lege of Hawaii has departed for ex
plorations or the Western South
American coast and ot the South Sea
Islands. He expects to be absent for
several years, working under the
auspices of the Carnegie Institute
and the College of (Hawaii,
Professor iBryant? theory is based
on researches which be has already
made; in Hawaii and on some of the
South Sea Islands and which have
convinced htm that once these
Islands were the highest peaks of a
continent which later sank Into the
ocean. ,
jjAXOTHBR ATLANTIC FLIGHT .
East Fortune. Scotland. July 1. .
The British dirigible IR-84 it to ex
pected win .start to attempt a fliabt
across the Atlantic at 2 "o'clock Wed
nesday morning.
1019.
GOVERHMENTWILL
LIE TEST CASES
Half of One Per Cent Alcohol Is Lim
it; Palmer Says Ho WiU Enforce
. War Time Prohibition
Washington, July. 1. Test case
on the sale ot beverages containing
nior than half of one per cent al
cohol will be brought immediately
by tbe department of justioe In all
jurisdictions where such case are
not cow pending, Attorney iieaaral
Plummer announced today.
"We propose to make immediate
arrests of persons who -violate the
war-time (prohibition law according
to our Interpretation thereof," said
the attorney general.
Rlll RFJ IX MONTREAL
Montreal, Canada, July 1. Tons
of bolshevtst and socialist literature
were seized In a raid on foreign
quarters of the dty, conducted to
day by the police.
BOLMER PAYS PENALTY
FOR LINGERING KISS
Brest, July 1. One American sol
dier who lingered too long saying
good-bye to his girl on the railway
platform as his train was leaving for
Brest missed bis train. Though he
overtook K by getting a ride on the
next faster train, his commanding
officer made him march np and down
In the Isle of the ear for five hours
carrying his pack and rifle while the
train was going 175 miles to Brest.
Baltimore, Md., July 1. 'Nearly a
score of persons were injured today
at Camp Holablrd by the explosion
of a navy dirigible. The balloon had
descended because ot rudder trouble
and was surrounded by a large
crowd when tbe explosion occurred.
Nearly 100 persons were treated
at Camp Holabird hospital for burns
of various degrees.
OLD ICE SHIP WILL
. BK AUCTIONED OFF
Seattle. July 1. (Admiral Perrr-a
staunch old ice shin, the (Roosevelt
which carried the noted exolorer to
the northern edge of Grant ILand on
his trip to the North iPole, is lying
in the Puget Bound navy yard - at
Bremerton, Wash., waiting to go on
the auction block to be sold to th
highest bidder.
JAPS FIND OUT TRUTH '
T
Tokio, July 1. M. Zumoto, a
prominent Japanese journalist, who
has just returned from Siberia, has
declared in a speech here that not
one 'of tbe various alarmist reports
concerning 'America activities in
Siberia was well founded. ?
On the contrary, he said, the ac
tivities of Americana in Siberia are
all unselfish and dedicated to the
welfare and advancement of the peo
ple of (Russia; He especially ipralsed
the work ot the American Red Cross
and the American Young; Men's
Christian Association. It was strik
ing thing, he said, to notice that the
men who direct Jthe American activ
ities were those who bad lived In
Japan and were friendly to the Jap
anese people. .
Mr. Zumoto added that he had de
livered a number of speeches to the
Japanese people concerning: the re
sults of his trip in an effort to erad
lcate any misunderstanding. He
'looked forward to active cooperation
between Japan and the United States
In the future development of Siberia.
WHOLE KUMBEB 2707.
WILSON PLACES
NAME TO BILLS
WHILE AT SEA
ANOTHER. PRECEDENT BROKEN,
BIT ACTION WAS NECESSARY
BEFORE FIRST OF JULY
George Washington Slaking 18 Knots
Which Indicates That She WOl
Arrive Home' Monday ' , "
Washington, July 1. President
Wilson signed the railroad .appro
priation bill, the Indian bill, soma
minor measures and other docu
ments which needed signature to be
come law before July 1 in midoeeaa.
at 8 a. m. Greenwich time yesterday.
It was ths first time that a chief
executive ot the United States had
affixed bis signature to appropriation
bills at sea.
A pouch containing the bills waa
dispatched on the eastboand trans
port. Great Northern from New York,
on June 24. - Yesterday morning ths
Great Northern met the George
Washington bearing the president
homeward. r
. Technically, the president was on
American territory when be signed
the measures.
The bills awaiting the president's
signature and documents relating to
much other government business
werv soon spread on the president's
M a.i .u a
Ths last day of the' fiscal year
thus round the president handling
current affairs In mid-Atlantic
On (Board the U. S. 8. Georcw
Washington, June SO. President
Wilson was 357 miles out at noon
today. The George Washington was
running It knots an hour, which In
dicates her arrival te port about
Monday noon. . ; , , . ' :
It is expected the presidential Dar-
ty without stopping at New York
and the president's official utterance
in America' Is likely to be when he
in person will present before Con
gress a detailed statement of the
proceedings of the peace conference.
Hs carries with him copies of ths
treaty. - .
President and Mrs. Wilson are en-
joying ths balmy air and sunny
breexe of an Meal passage. They
spent much of the day on the upper
deck. The president wore (his ens.
tomary tweed cap and Mrs. Wilson
a bine tarn o"shanter.
SALEM MAN AWARDED FOR '
lUSTTNGUISHEn SERVICE
Washington, - July 1. General
Pershing today notified the war de
partment of the award of the dls-
tlngulshed service cross to J. ft.
Burchfteld, of Salem, Ore.
PROTECT AMERICANS
FROM VILLA BANDS
lEl (Paso, Tex.. July 1. Aconceoi
tratlon tamp has been established At
Jimtnex, Chihuahua, where Ameri-
cans from tbe iParral district have
gone for protection from Villa bands -
it . - .
io tae story ot an Ameri
can who arrived today from Parral.
U.S. USED MILLIONS
OF TONS MEXICAN OIL
Mexico City. July 1. The United
States took virtually all the 1918 oil
production of Mexico, about 7,500,.
000 tons, according, to published
summaries credited to the depart
ment of industry, commerce and la
bor. To Uncle Sam is credited ex
ports of 6.405,731 itons, with Eng
land taking 184,184 tons and Chile
leading South American importers
with 630,886. ;'.. "7T.,'. .: