TlltmSDAY. JANttAhY 22. 1020.
T1IE SMINOF1ELD NEWS
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eryone In thla country waa anxloua to
see what President Wilson would do.
William MacLeod Raine
bocauaa of tha many Americana liv
ing there and the nearness of that
oouotry to our own. It waa imDor
Unch Ted' Bed-Tim
StorUi
taot that ha act firm and make the
THE MEXICAN DISGRACE.
"The other day you promised you'd
tell us all about Meilco, Uncle Ted,"
Id Jack as ho pulU'd Unci Ted loto
hit favorite chair. "I want to know
II I ran about It because Tommy
Smith who waa a soldier In the big
war la going to help some of ua boy l
give a Mexican how."
"WkII. Jack." answered bla uncle,
"! don't know whether I can tell you
much to help you get up your Mexi
can how but I ran tell you a few of
the thing (hat have happened In that
country In the pant few yeara and
how hundreda of Americana who lira
there have been killed and robbed
and how many other have had their
hnmew lNiroyed. It la a long atory
and ao you and Kuth will hava to be
real quiet ho ! can iHI you aa much
a possible.
"I ahall Mtnrt after the aummnr of
1112. the first year that Woodrowi
Wilson bwaiiie president. That Mum
mer had been quiet In Mexico but In
October, (ieneral Felix Diaz, nephew
of the former President Dias. led a
revolt against the government which
waa then headed by President Ma
item. He failed at the time but after
being won lr tired to death waa re
leaned and again went after Madero.
The next February. Oeneral Iluerta
who had been helping Madero, da
aerted and the result waa the arreit
of I'reNldt-nl Madero. While Mndero i
and Huarex, who had been hla vice
president, were being taken from the
palace In Mexico City to the peniten
tiary they were ahot and killed. Ilu
erta becamn prealdent then and ev
new Mexican government understand
that we would atand for no nonsense
Henry Lane Wilson waa then our
smbsssador In Mexico and he urged
I'reNldent Wllaon to recognlxw Huerta
aa the Mexican president but our
prealdent would not do ao although
Hpaln did ao In April. 1913, Great
Hrltaln and France In May and many
other countries a little later. A great
many people believe that thla failure
to recognize Huerta was the first of
a thousand big mistake that Presi
dent Wilson made In dealing with
Mexico and that had be recognized
Huerta It might have saved yeara of
trouble and hundreda of Uvea."
"Why did they think thla?" asked
Jack.
Because, Jack, the attitude of the
United States encouraged Huerta's
enemies who called themselves 'Con
atltutlonallata' and after capturing
aeveral towns they set up another
government with Carranza, who Is
now president, a 'provisional presi
dent.' Ily June they controlled near
ly all of north Mexico. Hecauae Presi
dent Wilson didn't agree with Am
bassador Wilson he waa called back
to the United flutes and resigned
July 4. 1913, and John Mnd, former
governor of Minnesota was sent to
try and aettln the troubles In Mexico
for Woodrow Wilson. Hut he failed
and Mr. Wilson admitted It In a mea
ag to congress on August 27th of
that year. Things went from bad to
worse In Mexico with Villa, the bandit
leader, capturing many towns, and
killing Americana and British. On
April 3. 19H. Mr. Llnd gave up hla lob
and came home. Villa fought harder
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The Successful Farmer
Raises Bigger Crops
and cuts down costs by investment in
labor-saving machinery.
Good prices for the farmers' crops en
courage new investment, more production
and greater prosperity.
But the success of agriculture depends
on the growth of railroads the modern
beasts of burden that haul the crops to
the world's markets.
The railroads like the farmsincrease
their output and cut down unit costs by
the constant investment of new capital.
With fair prices for the work they do,
the railroads are able to attract new capital
for expanding their facilities.
Hates high enough to yield a fair return
will insure railroad growth, and prevent
costly traffic congestion, which invariably
results in poorer service at higher cost.
National wealth can increase only as our
railroads grow.
Poor railroad service is dear at any
price. No growing country can long pay
the price ' of inadequate transportation
facilities.
Sto adwrliAement i& published by the
Shsociatioa fRalluay (executives
Tktt duirinf informutiom rin$ lk rtitroad i7
mtion may umtmin littrmlur y wrMn tm Th Attocta
liun of Rmilumy Steulitu, it ir4wy, Niw IV.
This writer, who was truUDpluuted
from Euglaud to the West at an early
age, to that be baa grown up and be
come a part of It, la eiolneutly quail-
fled to write Ita big atorles; and he
haa been doing ao for nearly twenty
yeara. Such stories as "A Daughter
of ftsmsvy," "Wyoming," "Rldgway
of Montana." "Bucky O'Connor." "A
Texas Hanger." -Mavericks," "Brand
Bloturs." "The Vision Splendid," and
"The Hlghgraders" will be recalled.
He has also contributed a host of
serials, novelettes and short stories to
English and American magazines. His
"Crooked Trails and Straight." prob
ably his best, will appear In this paper
Id serial, form. Do not miss the first
Installment.
and started what finally caused the
downfall of Huerta. While they were
fighting at Tamplco on April 13. 1914.
sheila fell near the city and damaged
many oil tanks. Rear Admiral Mayo,
who then commanded the U. S. fleet
stationed In the harbor, ordered the
fire directed away from them, and on
April 10, when some U. S. marines
were landing at Tamplco to get gaso
line for their launch, they were ar
rested by Mexican federal troops.
The Mexican colonel who arrested
them changed his mind, released
them and apologized but Admiral
Mayo waa angry and demanded that
the American flag be saluted as an
apology. Huerta refused to do this.
Our fleet was then ordered to Mexico
and President Wilson ordered that
our flag should be saluted by Huerta
before 6 p. m. April 19. The salute
was never given and the only result
was the landing of our marines a few
days later and the loss of many of
their lives. Ever since that time,
with the shifting and changing of af
faire In Mexico, President Wilson has
done nothing but send notes and warn
Mexico until it has become a joke
with Mexico and she docs as she
pleases.
"In 1915 a convention was held in
Washington between representatives
of the United States and the South
American countries to try and bring
peace in Mexico. Villa agreed to
make peace but Carranza demanded
he be made president. In August of
that year Mexican bandits crossed In
to Texas and raided American towns.
Villa kept up his attacks upon Ameri
cans and in March. 1916, he attacked
the army post at Columbus. New Mex
ico, killing seventeen persons, some
soldiers and burning and stealing
from mony buildings. The American
women had to be removed from the
town to safety. This kept up all
along the border until the Americans
were in danger of their lives at all
times. Everyone wanted us to send
our troops into Mexico and atop this
terrible thing but President Wilson
refused to he 'rushed' and kept on
with what he called 'watchful wait
ing.' "Finally General Tershing was sent
into Mexico with 4000 men with or
ders to capture Villa, dead or alive.
He would have done so, but was or
dered back before he hnd the chance.
On October 19, 1917, after dozens of
Americana had been killed. American
towns raided and homes burned. Mr.
Wilson recognized Oeneral Carranza
as president of Mexico. But the trou
ble was not over. Pay after day these
outrages continue and Mr. Wilson
sends notes of warning and Carranza
promises to punish the guilty Mexi
cans. From January 23 to July 31,
1918, there were 61 outrages com
mitted in the oil regions of Mexico.
The most recent outrage Is the case
of William O. Jenkins, U. S. consular
agent at Puebla, Mexico, who was
kidnapped by bandits last October
and whose friends had to pay 1150,000
to get him away. Later he was ar
rested and put in a Mexican prison
bocause Carranzistaa said he helped
the bandits to kidnap him. He is
still held for trial and although Sec
retary Lansing has sent a lot of notea
demanding his release Carranza
seems to laugh at the matter. I Just
learned that two American oil men
have been murdered by Mexicans
near Tamplco, which makes a total of
19 to be murdered since April, 1917.
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And the first word to reach Washing
ton about these last two murders
came through prlrate sources, our
state department, which should keep
in touch with these matters at all
times, not (earning about them until
afterward.
"So you see children, this Mexican
situation la a disgrace to our coun
try. If we had had a president who
from the very first would have given
Mexico to understand we would stand
no nonsense, we could have avoided
all this trouble and these terribla
murders."
WHAT A YOUNG MAN
KNOWS
"Presumably every young m a a
knows, as a physical fact, that he caa
do nothing next year which he cannot
In some degree, do today. The
Important question la whether the time
will come early enough la life to do
him any particular good. A lazy man
cannot possibly make himself Indus
trious In the future; or an extravagant
man. eoonomlcal. It It la done at all
he must do It at an Immediate present
moment at some 'right aew'i No man
ever aaved a penny la the future, or
ever will. He has got to save the
penny In hla hand at the Boom eat or he
will be broke to the day of hie death.
To save the penny la head he
must resist the temptation te epead It,
Every year that he doee not re
sist weakens his ability to resist. It
la within the knowledge of everybody
who haa the ordinary circle of aoquaha
tances that, after a certain time, the
man who lives up to the limit of his la
coma which about nine time out of
ten means a little beyond accepta that
as a normal condition and Just aete
matlcally spend all that he gats.
It he can realise by thirty, or sooner.
that he la spending hie future every ,
day, it will he a good thing tor aUa."-
Editorial from the Saturday Kvealaa.
Post
Start now with War Savings. Stampa.
Get on a budget basis. Make W. S. S.
the first item oa the budget. Toe wQl
have money when the other fellow la
looking tor a Job.
placed on it, now that prices are so
unusually high. In the matter of
clover seed, for Instances, attention
Is called to the fact that compara
tively cheap seed may be actually
higher than those that cost more
money, because of low germination.
The department, at various times, has
Issued advice In bulletins and other
forms of the best methods of testing
seeds. This information may be had
free on application.
PEACE CONFERENCE DEMANDS
EXTRADITION OF EX-KAISER
PARIS The Temps asserts that
the secretary of the peace conference
has sent to the Dutch minister a note
from the supreme council demanding
the extradition of ex-Emperor Wil
liam. The note recalls the cynical viola
tion of the neutrality of Belgium and
Luxembourg, the barbarous system of
hostages, massed deportations, the de
vastation without military reasons,
the submarine warfare and continues:
Tor all of which acts responsibil
ity, at least moral, reaches the su
preme chief, who ordered them or
abused his unlimited powers to break,
or permit others to break, the most
sacred rules of human conscience."
MANUFACTURER'S DIRECTORY
ISSUED FOR THIS 8TATE
DON'T PLANT INFERIOR SEED
With all kinds of seed aa high aa
they are, the use of Inferior seed la
a most expensive form of careless
ness. Careful testing of practically all
kinds of seed has long been urged by
the United States department of agri
culture, and apeclal stress Is being
A directory of all the manufactur
ing concerns In the state or Oregon
has recently been put out. The vol
ime of 168 pages lists the manufac
turers in two ways, first by towns and
manufacurera In alphabetical order,
and second, by commodities In the
same order. Fifteen thousand copiee
have been printed. The book will be
sent to every retail mere hut in Ore
gon, to every manufacturer In Oregon,
to every city and county official, ev
ery school director, newspaper and
public library In Oregon. The work
is done under the auspices of the As
sociated Industries of Oregon.
Do you live In Springfield and do
your hanking la Eugene? If so, It fs
not necessary for the First National
In Springfield will take care of all
your Interests as well as any bask
could.