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A lady bolshevik complains that a
Senate investigating committee was
rude to her. Doubtless her idea of
real polite official treatment in what
her soviet friedds did to the Czarina
t
¡and her son with bayonets and blud
geons in a Russian cellar, and what
they have similarly done to every
body who argues within their juris
diction for any other form of gov
ernment.
he made inside of this body, he
His Warning to The Country is Like ought to be disciplined. The Presi
dent would now require forty-five
His Statements in the Cam
individual gibbits for that many ex
paign of 1916.
ecutions. He must have absorbed
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while in Europe Btrange ideas of free
President Wilson’s warning that
government..
His language is like
further wars will ensue unless the
that of kings.”
league of nations plan conceived by
British statesmen and read by him
to the conference at Versailles is SPRUCE EQUIPMENT SALE IS
CRITICISED.
ratified by the United States is liken
ed by the fifty-one opposing Repub
lican and Democratic Senators to the Bid of Whitney Company Rejected
plea made by him in the campaign
and Check Not Returned.
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of 1916 that unless he was reejected
(From Tuesday’s Oregonian)
peace would be impossible.
Two weeks after their bid for
As the Chief Executive was then
accused of making, a specious argu spruce division equipment had been
ment in order to gain votes, in face rejected, the Whitney Company was
of the Rooseveltian demand for pre still awaiting notice of the decision
paredness and participation in the of the sales board and the return of
war against Germany, declaring at their *25,000 check which accomp-
Shadow Dawn that “1 am not expect panied the bid. A telephone call to
ing this country to gtt into war the sales board Monday afternon
partly because 1 am not expecting brought the information that the
these gentlemen to have a chance to company’s bid had been rejected a
make a mess of it,” and several fortnight ago. Up to last night Rus
months earlier that he thought the sell Hawkins, manager of the Whit
conflict unavoidable, so now he is ney company, had not received the
said to be attempting to gain popular expensive sight draft which had been
support for "his coming struggle with pledged as a guarantee of their offer.
According to the terms of the re
the Senate by leading the impression
that unless his ideas prevail future cent sule, as advertised by the spruce
wars will result. Considerable sub corporation, all bids were to be
stance to this charge is found in his passed upon not later than March 5,
udmlssion at the White House dinner when the certified checks accom
to the Foreign Affairs Committee panying unsuccessful bids were to
that the proposed league would not be returned to the bidders. The Whit
ney company’s bid has been in the
necessarily end armed conflict.
That any league covenant is doom hands of the sales board since Feb
ed which does not provide for the re ruary 15. During that time no word
tention by the American people of was received regarding the fact of
their full sovereignty, instead of the proffer.
yielding it to an executive council
Laxness Said to Be Typical.
in which their representatives would
This instance is said to be typical
be outvoted, was made certain by the of the laxness which is charged by
signature during the last hours of bidder to the conduct of the *10,000-
the session of Congress by thirty- 000 sale ot spruce division equip
nine Senators, of a resolution voicing ment. Dozens ot bidders, whose tend
approval of the principle of univer ers have been rejected as ridiculously
sal peace and disarmament but firm low, assert that they offered all that
ly dissenting from the covenant as used property was worth, and, in
drawn up at Versailles. Henry Cabot many cases more than it is normally
Lodge, Philander C. Knox and Wil- quoted tor.
i liam E. Borah headed the list. To
"Our bid was a composite one,”
these names should be added those said Mr. Hawkins last night. "It
of six Democrats, including Reed, of aggregated *128,000, on rails, don
Missouri, who have openly repudiat key engines and trucks. In my opin
ed the league idea of the President. ion our offer on each item was a
Six more Senators of both parties fair one, but the facts speak tor
are antagonistic to certain funda themselves.
mental features of the instrument.
"For example, we bid *900 on
Ratification of the present form will trucks that in normal times are
not only fall short of the necessary worth *750. And we bid *4000 on
two-thirds required by the constitu donkey engines that are usually sold
tion, but will have against it more for *3,500. Rails before the war were
than a majority of the entire Senate quoted at *39 a ton delivered here.
of the new Congress elected by the
Our bid was *40.
people in November. The conclusion
Bid on Locomotive is Low.
is becoming general In Congress,
“There was but one low bid in our
therefore, that unless the President
greatly modifies the document while offer, on a locomotive, and it had
at Versailles he will be unable to nothing to do with the rejection of
make good his declaration that the the bid on rails, trucks and donkeys.
American people are behind the While we grouped these three items
separately they were parts of a
league of nations plan.
single bid, and we made it a condi
tion that all or none be accepted or
Threatening Too Soon.
rejected, with the exception of the
Threats by officers of the Internal locomotves.
"We bid *6000 on the locomotive.
Revenue Bureau that they will pub
lish the names of persons who fail to There was no way of telling what
meet their income taxes on time condition it was in, nor could they
come from a government which is give us any information at Vancou
undertake to enforce an act of Con ver Barracks. If the locomotive was
gress before it has been signed by in good shape it would be worth
the President and which is not able about *8000. With this explanation,
as yet to give the willing taxpayers I am ready to admit that the loco
a blank upon which to make his re motive bid may have been low, de
turn. Apologies are more in order pending on the condition of the en
gine.
than menaces.
"As for the rails we bid on, they
are not of standard type, a fact
Price Plan Derided.
which makes the bid even more reas
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Secretary of Commerce Redfield's onable and liberal. They are differ
declaration that he will stabilize and ent in height, web and flange from
lower prices, so that the housewife standard, and would be difficult to
throughout the land may be relieved, repair, once installed, owing to the
is likened by many members of Con lack of material.
"I have no comment to make on
gress to similar promises eight years
ago and derided as impossible of the retention of our *25,000 check
for two weeks after the bid was re
achievement.
Sentiment is increasing among the jected, in fact, we have not received
legislators against socialistic meas it, or the tact that we were not no
ures for fixing prices on general tified, other than to say that such
commodities which serve as the basis action does not resemble common
of trade, and it is feared that this business usages. For instance, the
one will have the effect of retarding Whitney company has called for bids
industry rather than developing it. on one of its own projects, and has
Under the Industrial Board of the received a number of checks from :
Department of Commerce, as it is bidders. The bid is to be let on March '
called, its six members will co-oper 22. On the night of March 21 the j
ate to ’ i-ring capital, labor and the checks will be on their way to the ,
government into common counsel to unsuccessful bidders. That is only i
do the best possible for the countiy.” ordinary business procedure. Why
It is pointed out that the same ef the sales board has departed from it |
fort was made in 1910, but that is too deep for me.
"Concerning the delay in making 1
prices have gone up because of the
cheapening of the circulating med returns on bids, it is scarcely under
ium through the increased produc standable. From experience I know
tion of gold and through inflation of that a thousand bids, on 200 or 300
credits, and that therefore they can items, could be handled in a few
be brought down again only through hours. It’s just a matter of reading j
the operation of the law of supply the bids and checking them off.
and demand, which this board con-
Equipment Being Peddled.
not in a measure of things regulute.
"There seems to be another unique
arrangement, whereby the spruce
equipment is being peddled by firms
Sherman Hits Wilson.
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and individuals on a 5 per cent com
Among the senators who are most mission basis. Not only that, but two
impatient with the President for or three men frequently tell me that
what is termed his attempt to appro they have the exclusive right to sell,
priate to himself all governmental on a commission basis, certain prop-,
functions, and especially for his un erty of the spruce corporation at
willingness to concede any justice Vancouver. Rails, donkeys, trucks
or right reason to those who differ and groceries, all are selling on a 5
with him is Sherman, of Illinois, who per cent commission basis, so I am
held the floor until the gavel fell on told by men who want to sell them
March 4.
to us. It’s a muddle that the by
Quoting a statement that the Pres stander will have difficulty in mak
ident had told Democratic national ing head or tail of.”
committeemen that if he had his
way he "would hang the Senators
Try This for Your Stomach.
oppo.-lng him upon a gibbet as high
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as heaven, but the gibbet would not
Eat slowly, masticate your food
be erected in the direction of heavfen” thoroughly. Eat but little meat and
ilierman said: "If any senator were none at all for supper. If yon are
to make a statement that the still troubled with sour stomach take
President ought to be hanged as high one of Chamberlain's Tablets before
as heaven, a Senator making that going to bed.—Paid Adv.
YALE GETS WEBSTER'S HOUSE SHOFAR OF GREAT ANTIQUITY
Historic Building at New Haven Haa Oldest Form of Wind Instrument That
Recently Become the Property
Has Been Retained In Use by
of the University.
the World.
In purchasing and taking posses
sion of the famous Noah Webster
house, Yale university has come Into
possession of one of the oldest and
perhaps the most historical building
in New Haven.
When the venerable lexicographer
wrote the dictions ry a century ago,
he never dreamed that the home in
which be performed bls literary
labors would prove the quarters of
United States troops in the greatest
of world wars. Yet that was the
destiny of the plain woodeD building.
The university turned It over to the
Studetn Army Training corps and It
was occupied by soldiers till the final
demobilization.
It was the home of Webster while
he resided In the city, although part
of bls dictionary was written at Am-
bent, Mass. He was one of Yale’s
most famous professors, his work
ranking In world value with that of
his fellow professors, Samuel F. B.
Morse and Ell Whitney.
The home stands at the corner of
Grove and Temple streets and waa
formerly the property of Courtland T.
Trowbridge, a relative of the lexicog
rapher. The university has acquired
It because of Its scheme to fill the
square bounded by Wall. Temple,
Grove and College streets with dormi
tories for the Sheffield Scientific
school. The entire group. It is expect
ed will be given by Frederick W. Van
derbilt of New York city, a graduate
ot the class of '76. He already has
given two large dormitories.
Dr. Cyrus Adler, writing of the
shofar, calls it the solitary mu
sical instrument actually preserved In
the Mosaic ritual. “It is also,” he
says, “the oldest form of wind lnstru*
meat known to be retained In use by
the world. Professor Stelnthal point
ed out that this was an Instrument
no doubt used In prehistoric times.
Wetzstein Is of the opinion that the
use of the ram's born may have been
borrowed by the Israelites and goea
back to a people who were engaged
solely In the care of sheep; by them
It was used as a signal of alarm.
There cun be little doubt that It baa
been continuously used In the Mosaic
service from the time It was establish
ed until now. The shofar was not the
only horn used by the Israelites as a
musical Instrument, but no copies or
representations of other musical In
struments have come down to us.
From the Talmud we learn that the
use of the shofar as a note of alarm,
of war, was transferred to other sea
sons of danger and distress. Famine,
a plague of locusts, and drought occa
sioned the blowing of this instrument.
The shofar was employed at the pub
lic ceremony of excommunication. A
very curious use of the shofar In later
times was In funeral ceremonies. I
quite agree with Wetzstein that this
use of the Instrument Is quite apart
from the Semitic custom and that It
was probably borrowed. As a signal
and an Instrument of war it has Its
various uses; it was a signal for going
out to battle, for the announcing of a
victory and for the recall of troops.”
HAD THE LAUGH ON COOTIES
Soldier's Humorous Explanation
Why He Was Wearing Such
“Giddy Lingerie."
of
Life on the front had its whimsicali
ties at times In spite of rolling bar
rages, the hnll of bullets, the jangle of
caissons and the whining of truck
motors. Lieut. Harry B. Henderson
tells of a beautiful red rose on his
camp toble. In a letter to the Wyoming
State Tribune, beside an Austrian
shell with a bit of scenery painted on
It, which served as a paper-weight
Then there are incidents that excite
the “rlslbles” and afford needed di
version to the mind. For Instance:
"The other day they wers keeping
us a bit busy and I had my ear on top
of my bead all the time deciding on
each *whlz’ as It approached. Jnst In
the hottest part of it, one of my gun
ners came tearing down a rutty road,
clad In a Prince Isaac coat he’d found
In a raid and wearing a Boche cap.
He was pushing a baby-buggy full of
potatoes and dynamite which he
thought I could use. We had the eat
ables for lunch and then blasted a new
dugout with the explosive. You can’t
Imnglne how you laugh when you’ve
been a bit under a strain for several
days of firing, and then see something
funny. But for my sense of the proprie
ties I’d describe the giddy lingerie the
young mun was using for underwear.
He explained to me that cooties get so
tired of wandering through lace I”—
Literary Digest
Japanese Activity In Siberia.
Canadian papers are commenting on
the activity of the Japanese through
out the maritime province of Siberia.
Agents of Japanese syndicates are re
ported to be negotiating for the pur-
chase of a large number of mines,
flour mills, brickworks, sawmills and
other industrial undertakings, while
commercially they are making every
effort to extend their Influence. The
Japanese firms, which for the most
part have only recently been estab
lished at Vladivostok, are enlarging
their operations and endeavoring to
obtain as large a share as possible of
the trade of the territory. The scouts
of these firms are reported to be scour
ing the country for scrap Iron, hides
wool, bristles, beaus and other Si
berian and Manchurian products re
quired In Japan.
Monument to Stand on Prairie.
Solitary on a Texas prairie there
will be seen next spring a heroic
bronze statue of a man and horse. It
is a memorial to young Charles Noyes,
of a ranch near Melvin, who was
killed In a range accident three years
ago, and Is the work of Pompeo Cop-
pinl. The Texas lad was six feet four
Inches In height anu the sculptor hus
modeled him as be was In life, while
the horse stands 16 hands high. The
pose is striking. Mr. Copplnl Is now
at work on Chicago's monument to her
heroes.
Owned Fine Library.
Andrew D. White, the eminent Amer
ican diplomat, who died recently, was
the owner of one of the finest libraries
In America. Mr. White began early in
life to accumulate books, chiefly on
the subjects of the world’s history. At
last be had 40,000 volumes, a respec
table total, as Mr. Blrrell would admit,
who once said that a man should never
talk of his library until he had 10,000
books. Mr. White left his library to
Cornell university.
Russia Destitute of Scythe*.
Before the war Russia's need of
scythes was estimated at 6,000,000 an
nually, of which about half were re
quired in Siberia. To fill these re
quirements about 4,500,000 scythes
were Imported unnually and the re
mainder mnntifnctured In Rus«la. Ac
cordin'’ to latest Information there sre
hardly any scythes to be found Rus
sian Industry being at a standstill and
the importation closed.
FAMOUS AS GREAT ENGINEER
Mark Isambard Brunel Won High
Rank Among Men Noted for Their
Service to the World.
Sir Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer
of the Thames tunnel, died at London,
December 12, 1849. The great enter
prise by which he became popularly
distinguished was the tunnel connect
ing the shores of Essex and Kent. One
day Brunel conceived the construction
of a cast-iron shield, which should bore
like an auger by means of strong
hydraulic screws, while as fast as the
earth wbb cut away, bricklayers
should be at hand to replace It with an
arch. He patented the plan and re
vived the project of a road under the
Thames. In 1824 the Thames Tunnel
company was formed, and the next
year the work started and ras piir-
sued through many difficultle ’rom ex-
plosions of gns and eruptions of wa
ter—until 1828. At the beginning of
that year about 600 feet had been
completed when the river broke
through and six men were drowned.
Work was suspended until 1835, when
the government advanced the company
over a million dollars. At last the
1,200 feet was completed and Uie tun
nel opened on the 25th of March, 1843.
Brunel was knighted by the queen
and his fame was borne to the ends
of the earth.
HIs "Snakeship’s” Conversation.
That serpents are less mute than wé
think is shown by W. H. Hudson in his
reminiscent volume of naturalist ex
plorations In the Argentine pampas.
He specifies the Phllodryas oestlvua—
a beautiful and harmless colubrine
snake, 2>4 to 3 feet long, marked all
over with inky black on a vivid green
ground—and states that It not only
emitted a sound when lying undis
turbed In its den, but several individu
als would hold together a eonversa-
tlon that seemed endless. It was a
hissing conversation, though not un
modulated or without considerable va
riety. “A long sibilation would be
followed by distinctly heard ticking
sounds, as of a husky-ticking clock,
and after 10 or 20 or 30 ticks, another
hiss, like a long-expiring sigh, some
times with a tremble In it, as of a dry
leaf vibrating In the wind. No sooner
would one cense than another would
begin ; and so it would go on, demand
and response, strophe and anti
strophe; and at Intervals several
voices would unite In a kind of long
mysterious chorus, death-watch or
hiss."
Famous Old Scottish Song.
"The Illuo Bells of Scotland” is
not only popular In the land of
the thistle, of which ft sings, but it
has an International appeal. It was
written by Miss Annie McVIcar, a
young Scottish woman, who spent con
siderable of her early life in Amer
ica. The occasion which prompted
the words of this song was the de
parture of the Marquis of Huntley
for the continent with his regiment
In 1799.
The music to which Miss McVIc-
ar’s poem has been set la several
hundred years old, and it wns rescued
from oblivion by Mr. Fitzgerald, to
who'll the world owes a great debt of
gratitude for his untiring work In thia
direction.
Brave and Unyielding Freedom.
The liberty which our fathers plant
ed, and for which they sturdily con
tended. and under which they grandly
conquered, Is a rational and temperate,
but brave and unyielding, freedom;
the august mother of institutions; the
hardy nurse of enterprise; the sworn
a ly of Justice and order; a liberty
that lifts her awful and rebuking fnce
equally upon the <iwurds who wot:.’d
s- 3. and the braggarts who won! J p, r-
veri. her piecl" i« rifts of rights and
obligations. Edw|ti P. Whipple.