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REGIME
WORST POSSIBLE
(MINI
New Russia's Greatest Problem Is to
Overcome Wreckage Left by Old
Misrule Everything Mismanaged
and Grafting Order of Day in All
Departments.
This is tho fourth article by
Charles Edward Kussol), since Ills re
turn from Kusslu, where he spunt
throe monUis oh a member of Presi
dent Wilson's official Hoot commis
sion to tlio IttiHHi.in provisional gov
crnment.
(Uy Clmi-lrs Kilward HusseM.)
(CopyriKliI 1'JIT by tliu Ni-wmihiikt En
terprlHu Ask.'IuIIoii.)
The Itussians are fighting and
struggling on toward nn advanced
and slublo form of democratic gov-
eminent, but they still have the legs
of tho Old Man of the Sea around
their necks.
The remains of the seven limes ac
cursed old system still hamper them.
They canned the czar, but thoy
couldn't call all of tho vast swarm of
evils that tho czar style of govern
merit had milled down upon them.
Kvct-ytlilng Corruptly Done. .
Everything In the old autocratic
government of ltussia that wasn't
done corruptly was done stupidly and
everything that wasn't stolen was
hashed.
The government, good or had, of
a nation of 1 80,000,000 people
stretched over n continent G000 miles
wide means a collosnl machine that
Is to say, offices and men ut work in
them.
Tho revolution ousted tho chief en
gineers of the Russian mnchlno, but
it couldn't possibly oust all the mil
lions of cog wheels and pistons.
Also, It could not possibly change
at once tho methods and plans by
which these did, or wcro supposed to
do, their work.
Worst (lovel-iiineiit on Hearth.
Hut It began to strip the cover from
these methods and plans and revealed
in delull what had been beyond doubt
tho very worst government ever
known on this earth.
Everything about It was done badly
except tho police Job. 'When It came
to watching, overawing and terror
izing people, to spying, eavesdropping
and luudsllnging for pretexts to send
men to jail or to Siberia, theru was ef
ficiency to burn..
Cznrlsm was a world-beater at nil
that. Hut at currying on the huge
dally business of reasonable govern
ment It was dull, slow, lumbering,
thuiub-linudcd nnd half-witted. Also
most monstrously wasteful and ex
travagant. In the army, men In responsible
positions stole the money appropriat
ed for rtllns and sent troops up to
the firing lino mined with nolhlng
but sticks.
They stolo money appropriated for
artillery and left whole nr:nles lo be
slaughtered by foes that had up-to-date
eiiilptnent.
They grafted on every contract.
They stole horses, supplies, bools and
buttons. Their motto was, Anything
that Isn't spiked down and then fetch
the crow-bar io pry tho rest loose.
They allowed traitors (o bury In
the earth the great guns that Kng
land sent to Russia's aid and (iertnan
spies to overrun and poison every
part of the service.
In the bureaus lare forces of men
dlil little work mid hoti-hcd Hint
little.
Itnileoiiil System Itrokcu mmn.
Take, in one example of many tri
umphs of uiisniaiiiii;euiiut, the mat
ter of transportation.
About one-half of the maddening
problems that the provisional govern
ment steadfastly faces comes troin
broken down transportation .sv.siem
Ilrolion down by the sheer Itiroin
jieteuce of the tar's government.
When di iniiiracy ciimo In It found
the Traiis-Slherlau, the main artery
of the Kiisliiu railroad system doing
only one third of Its normal work
because of the lhl k-hi adcd or dis
honest work of the obi regime.
Kiiilpmciit had not been main
tained. The road was there, but II
was woefully shy of cars and loco
mollves, and tho old methods of op
eration lost one-half of the value of
what rolling stock there was.
Olio direct result of all this was
that while other parts of Itussiu ran
over with food supplies I'etrograd
and Moscow' were short of food. An
other was that munitions nnd sup
plies absolutely required for military
operations were hung up al (he polls
or tho factories because there were
110 enra lo load them In and no loco
tlvea to haul thorn.
Surely the curse of Cod is upon
autocracy and all Its works! Surely
il Is tho blight mid plugue of man
kind, for surely nothing else leaves
in its truck a train of evil so great
and terrible.
The democratic government of
Russia came in to find Itself all but
overwhelmed with a situation the
like of which had never confronted
any other government in the world.
New ICegiino Solves Problems.
It had to fight a great and terrible
war and at the same time it had to
operate for the dally life of the na
tion a machine so rickety that it
threatened every minute to full in
These apalllng conditions It Is
meeting with courage and skill.
Slowly, steadily, it is getting the
better of them.
And here I point out one of the
most Interesting phases of the Rus
sian story. You see men that have
bad very little experience In public
affairs or perhaps none at all. Of a
sudden this almost inconceivable job
Is thrust upon them of changing over
this enormous machine and they
tackle it and get away witli it, learn
ing how as they go along.
Been use they have the inspiration
of an Ideal, they have a vision, they
see something to work for a million
miles beyond and above the pay en
velope or a place at a mtirderouB
monarch's table. They see the whole
world lighted up for a new democracy
If they can muke democracy go in
Russia and thoy work without Bleep
and defy disease or weakness to make
thut vision real.
Kvory Ihiy etn Hotter.
Every day things go better In Ttus-
slu, Those men are substituting or
dor for slipshod and efficiency for a
had riot of blundering.
Jlut they can't do It all at once
Thoy can't wave a magic wand and
exchange a punk old macliino for a
bright new one.
It Is cnBy enough for people in
other lands to ask why tho Russians
don't do this thing or that.
Clvo them a chnnco and they will
do whatever can he douo by human
agencies and do It well, hocause they
aro carried along to achievement by
the greatest power In tho world,
which Is the faith and feeling of do
moerncy.
N0IC1E0 AS SLACKER
PORTLAND, Auk. 25. Gearw W.
Yancu, potttinustor at Ten Mllo,
DuiikIiihs county, was Indicted today
ly tho federal grand Jury, under the
federal espionage act, on tho spe
cific charge of ateniptfng to influence
young men not to enlist in tho army
or navy.
Sumo time ago the alleged activi
ties of Franco woro reported to Unit
ed States District Attorney Reumes,
who sent special investigators to Ten
Mile. About two weeks ago Franco
wns urested, brought to this city and
lodged in Jail, whoro ho util remains.
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Chlcntfo Wheat.
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Pour Market,
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relpts 27.j; steady. -Catle
receipts ill; steady.
Shop receipts 3; steady.
I'oilliind lienor.
PORTLAND. Aug. 2.".. Hotter at
record price; higher. City creamery
prints, parchment .wrapped 47; car
tons 4 s ; butter fat Iflfi 4S; cuho ex
Iras I1U; prime firsts Mis; firsts
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I
Colored Mutineers Entrained From
Houston for Columbus, N. M.
Thirty-four Soldiers Charged With
Murder by District Attorney
Charges Pending Against Others.
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 The
nogro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth
Infantry who Thursday night took
part ill the shooting In the streets
that killed 17 persons early today
woro taken from here and started
toward Columbus. N. M.. Among
thorn were the 34 men charged by
District Attorney John II. Ciooker
with murder.
The entire G33 members of the bat
talion which came here four weeks
ago to guard Camp Logan during
construction were entrained at day
break and shortly aftor tho train
section bearing them steamed west
ward without incident.
With the nrivul today of Major
Ocnoral George Hell, Jr., investiga
tion of tho shooting was scheduled to
begin.
The departure of tho negroes ap
preciably lessened the tension in
Houston, altho from the hour the
authorities took firm hold of the sit
uation there had been little fear of
any serious trouble.
(Inures I'cndlujf.
Major K. S. Snow said that while
no charges had been preferred against
the more thnn 100 men who marched
thru the Sun I 'el I e district shooting
right and left, they might bo "very
serious." The contents of his af-
flclal report to Major-General James
Parker -at Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio, were not given out. In an
Interview, however, Major Snow Baid
that conditions on Thursday night
aproached mutiny.
There was shooting In the camp be
fore tho men marched to the city, he
said, and he pointed to a bullet hole
In the frame of a shack as proof. This
shooting was indiscriminate, how
ever, the mnjor said, and he did not
bellevo any of the bullets were di
rected at him. Ho was unarmed as
ho went nniong the negroes com
manding them to remain quiet.
o Drinking Among Men.
All tho statements conform In the
declaration (hat thcro was no drink
ing mid that the trouble began over
a report that Corporal Hiiltlinore of
Company 1 had been shot by mounted
oficers.
Tho body of Cnptaln Joseph V.
Mattes, Battery- A, Second Illinois
field artillery, who was killed while
riding with a police officer to the
scene of the shooting, wns sent to
his relatives in Illinois today.
All but three of the men who took
purt In the shooting have been ac
counted for.
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AMSTKIillAM, Aug. 2a. A Ilerlln
official dispatch received here says
Chancellor Mlohaells has visited
lieadqunrters and presented Emperor
William wllh a report. Some Ilerlln
newspapers say the visit Is connected
with Alsace-Iirralne.
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DEVASTATE
BUTTE, Mont., Ant zr. The for
est fire situation In western Montana
has grown increasingly alarming. Fire
fighters are desperate from continued
efforts. Hundreds of men have be
come exhausted not alone from the
arduous labor in attempting to head
off the fires, but in moments of dan
ger, from their. toil In seeking places
of safety for themselves.
This Is a sunfmary of the condition
given out here today by E. A. Gard
ner of the local forestry oflce. Thlfi
t,urn for the worse In the fire situa
tion was brought on when a strong
wind began fanning the fires along
the mountains late yesterday.
The big Belway forest fire above
Hot Springs, believed under control
two days ago, has burst forth with
renewed fury. Not only have tho
flames crossed the crest of the Bitter
Koot range in Montana but they are
running down tho eastern sido and
threaten many small ranches and
settlements. The more serious fire
to life and property is that In the vi
cinity of Seely lake where several
score of men had a narrow escape
when the flames Jumped the Clear
water river, licked up the camp of the
fire fighters and forced the men to
flee for their lives.
At Salmon Lake, a few miles down
the Clearwater from Seely lake is lo
cated the Bummer camp of Former
Senator W. A. Clark, one of the fin
est mountain homes in America. For
years this property has been devel
oped and beautified. It is valued at
more than 1100,000. If the fire con
tinues down the Clearwater this prop
erty will bo menaced.
OF
EXPELLED FROM CITY
LISBON, Aiiff. 25. Cardinal An
thony Monties Hello, the patriarch oC
Lisbon, has been riven five davs bv
the Portuguese overnmont to Ifave
the capital. A decree issued today
forbids the cardinal to reside in Lis
bon or the suburb for one venr.
10 BE EXEMPTED
WASHINGTON, Ails- 2.1. Presi
dent Wilson has written Secretary
Bilker expressinjr n view that the
drafting' of married men who are the
heads of families should be carefully
examined to avoid it, if possible, and
expressing the view that single men
should be taken where it is possible.
As Hie president is empowered by
the draft law lo make the regulations
under which it will be carried out,
t lie effect of his letter to Secretary
linker is to throw his influence to
ward a more liberal policy for ex
emption of married men than hereto
fore lias been pursued by the provost
marshal general's office.
It is no secret that the president's
opinion is in open conflict with the
interpretation at present placed on
the law by Hie army officers who nre
ndministering it. They contend that
ns the history of the law shows Unit
congress voted down umendineiitH (o
exempt married men, they have not
legul authority to exempt them ex
cept on the grounds of dependency
alone.
President- Wilson's view, as fore
cast in his recent letter to Senator
Weeks, is that the taking of married
men and heads of families should he
avoided at leust on the first draft.
The forest fire smoke hanging
ever tho city and valley will not be
dispelled, it is claimed, until there
is a fall of rain for an hour or so.
The tew drops of rain that fell this
noon aroused the hope that more
would follow and clear up the atmos
phere so That the beloved bills Bur
roundlng the valley will again be
come visible. Tourists visiting in the
city complain that their trips all thru
the northwest have been spoiled by
the forest fire Bnioke, which seems to
be everywhere, shutting off their
view of the scenery.
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CHALMERS POWER,
STABILITY PROVED
Fifteen New Speed Records Demonstrate Chalmers
Perfect Performance
The IS New Chalmers Records Officially Approved by the American Automobile Association
NEW MILE RECORDS
44.37 4 miles 2:54.61 15 miles 10:58.55 50 miles
1:27.44 5 miles 3:37.83 20 miles 14:30.30 75 miles
2:11.80 10 miles 7:16.80 25 miles 18:15.67 100 miles
1 mile
2 miles
3 miles
36:12.93
54:32.45
1:12:10.17
1 hour 83 miles
NEW TIME RECORDS
12 hours 957 miles 24 hours 1898 miles
Traveling farther and taster than any
human being has ever traveled on land, sea
or air in 24 hours, Joe Dawson in a stock
Chalmeis Speedster Chassis has smashed all
Speedway records by covering the astonish
ing distance ot 1898 miles in a twice-around-the-clock
race against time on the Sheeps
head Bay Speedway.
The old twenty-four-hour record was
1819 miles, held by a Hudson. Chalmers
bettered this wonderful mark by 79 miles.
The old one-hour mark of 77 miles, also
made by a Hudson, the Chalmers bettered
by six miles.
The 100-mile record, also held by a
Hudson stock car, is 80 minutes, 21.40
seconds. Chalmers covered this distance in
8 minutes, 11.23 seconds less time.
The 12-hour mark of 923 miles made by a
Hudson was bettered by the Chalmers which
ran 957 miles in 12 hours -34 miles farther.
The contest Board of the American Auto
. mobile Association has approved and ac
cepted these performances as official records.
The trial was made under its supervision
and was timed with the automatic electric
timing device.
Great as was the performanceof the Hud
son in establishing such wonderful marks,
the achievement of the stock Chalmers
Speedster chassis was all the more wonder
ful, particularly because of its motor piston
displacement of 224 cubic in. This test of
enduranceisconclusiveevidenceof the econ
omyof the small, powerful Chalmers motor.
1898 miles in 24 hours that is approxi
mately the distance from Chicago to San
Francisco.
In the first hour the Chalmers covered
83 miles; in the twenty-fourth hour over 81
miles; and for the entire distance the aver
age was 79-112 miles per hour.
Any engine that can travel at this terrific
speed day and night for 24 hours on a day
that averaged 90 degrees in temperature and
w ithout the slightest mishap is certainly an
engine to marvel at.
For sheer endurance, for ability not only
in speed but in sustained speed, thisperform
ance is without equal in history; and yet it
is a regular stock Chalmers engine.
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