Daily capital journal., August 26, 1916, Magazine Section, Image 10

Buchan Denies
That British Can 9t Fight
By John Bilchan
(Knglaud's foremost military oritir)
liomlnn, Aim. UH. In reports of the
great battle of I'icardy, being circu
lated in neutral countries today tlie
Mtmninnfst. misstatement is tliat Hie
new Itritish armies don't know how to
fight.
It is admilted Hint Hie old expedi
tionary force was fine material, but
tho new armies rained in the last two
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land feeble in nttnck ami irresolute in
1 defence; formidable ontv hccniiso of
, their numbers which ore vanishing tin
!der (leinuin fire.
.o item oi the statement is true.
I The iimialities have not been out of
' proportion to tho ground gained. In
the attaek of July Uth which carried
ja large part of the Herman second line
I the lirilish losses were extraordinar
ily small. The individual fighting
value of the British troops lias been
'equal to any in the campaign. For ex
ample, a wood was taken by the tier
I mans wilh nine" battalions: 'it was re-
I captured bv the lirilish with two. The
Itiitish new arinv which showed its
merit at Loos last September has won
(rout ijlory in every phase of a i'icar-
ty uattie.
The whole Hritish force in one sense
is new. The famous old reuimont of
the line have been removed eonudetelv
since Mens, nnd their drafts are drawn
from the same source as the men of
the new battalions. The Uth and loth
divisions (wholly new) brought from
i.oos a reputation second to none in
the army.
Take the reat fijjht of July 14th
when from l'o.ieres to Delville Wood
the Herman second line was curried,
and the third line pierced. . A distin
guished French soldier doubted the pos
sibility of success. An Kinjlish ijeneral
offered to ent his hat if it did not
come off. When the French general
heard of the result lie said "Cost bien.
I.e Heneral X no milage pas son chap
eati." ihVuKhly translated " Vou will.
I Hhi 't eat your hat."
In that attaek a certain historic
Itritish division advanced tin the line
between lia.'.entine le Hrand ami Lon
itueMil. In each of its three brigades
there were two battalions of the new
army uad two of the old. The attack
was made by two brigades, and the
general conimandinij put the four new
battalions in the first line.
Ihe experiment proved the wvrth of
i new army. To benin with thev
the
mananed to cross the intervening
(round and tset up to within 00 yards
of the enemy's wire practically with
out casualties a remarkable proof of
I msi-iiMine. nen ine intense liritisn
bombardment ceased just at dawn they
attacked with superb vigor and devo
tion. In one place the Gerniau wire
I had been Imperfectly out, and they had
to make their way through it under
! a deadly fire. Hut by a little after
j midday thfe work was done. The Her
man seeond position waa in their hands
j at well as Giia unwounde d men, 30 of
fivers Including a battalion eoinmauil
er, four howitxers, four field rubs, and
, fourteen machine guns. Such, was the
'achievement of four battalions of the
, new army which had never before been
m action.
The (iermana were not weak in that
section. The misty weather had en
abled them to mass guni whose posl
tioni could not be detected. They had
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON.
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!( Mil UflDriV LTlD lent inftclder as well as an outfielder.!
miiu i unuo run
United Press Baseball Expert
Calls Attention to Hornsby
of St. Louis
By Hamilton
(I'nited Tress staff correspondent)
New York, Aug. 2t. St. I.ouis be
sides being the alleged hottest place in
the world whero they play baseball,
can claim one more distinction, in
cluded in the ranks of her two major
league baseball clubs are two of the
Kume.it most brilliant and versatile
performers.
With Ueorge Sisler outclassing all
rivals as a utility man in the Ameri
can league, his fellow citizen, Roger
Hornsby of the Cardinals leads nil op
position in the National organization.
Hornsby, who is plnying his first
year as A big leaguer, has played all
tour positions in the infield and has
done mighty well at it. Of late he has
been prancing around first base, but
he has done most of his playing at
third base and shortstop. He is said
to be some shucks as a catcher, too,
but so far there has been uo need for
him to don wind pad and mask.
Sisler, besides being a perfect star
perrormer at rtrst linse, is a great out
fielder, nnd can pitch a hangup game.
His fork hand style ef throwing the
ball handicaps him some as an infield-
er, but a short time ago he went to
tmrd when Jimmy Austin was laid up
and turned in a perfect fielding day.
Sisler, a college tvrodnct, never plaved
a minor league game. He is spending
his second season in the big show.
Each of these stars is a batting phe
noni of no menu ability. Ilornsbv since
the start of the season, has not fallen
below the .J00 mark, while Sisler is
cracking the ball right close to that
and probably will go over it before the
clo.-e of the season.
There isn't a man in either league
w'uo cau compare witn these two mar
vels as a utility man. Probably Clar
ence Mitchell of the Reds or Charley
Mullen of the Yankees, come nenrest.
Mitchell is a star outfielder and ran
can play first base satisfactorily. Like
wise, he is a good pitcher.
Mullen is a flashy first sacker and
can play the outfield or second base.
Ioe Magee of the Yanks is an exeel-
brought up some of their most fam
ous troops. The truth Is that it is idle
to talk of old and new armies. The
British army, old army, new army aud
ferritorials;home divisions and colonial
divisions have alike proved themselves
adequate for the task of war.
Today on the plateau between the
Anore and Somme it is no patchwork
force that is engaged, but the flower
of the manhood of the British empire.
.TnA TinLar mnnarrnf nP l.n T'i.K
I i about through looking for shortstops'
i inner declared a lew nays ago lie is
thinking seriously of getting back into
the game himself. This is about the
third similar announcement Tinker has
made this season.
Bill Donovan has accomplished won
ders with the Y'ankees. He is certain
to be retained for nest vear.
James C. Dunn, president of the
Clevelaud club, says he will pay $.10,900
for another ball player next winter.
White Sox fans see little hope for
Ted Jourdan, first baseman purchased
from the St. Joseph Western League
club. Jack Ness and Jacques Fou
mier have been doing great work for
the C'omiskv elan.
There will be two boxing elubs in
the field this winter in Milwaukee.
This Cream city club, headed bv Tom
Andrews, will have the Auditorium
aguiu, but a place to stage the shows
on the National club, operated by the
.Mulken isteinel organization, has not
been picked.
Karl Yingliug, a former left hand hurl
er with Brooklyn, will have a chance
in the American leaeue. The Senators
have taken nun from .Minneapolis, tie
; is quite a hitter as well as a heady, de
pendnble pitcher.
THE EUGENE CONTENTION
(Medford Mail Tribure)
The Eugene commercial lub has
called a meeting of counties contain
ing O. & C. land gra,it lands for Au
gust 23 to formulate a program to keep
the taxing power of the state over the
laud grant lands, thus resisting the ae-
tion of congress in restoring the lauds
to federal ownership.
The Eugene contention Is that the
federal goverumeut, aaving once vest
ed the state with the power of taxa
tion, cannot withdraw this land froiu
taxation. Admitting that congress has
tue power to dispossess the railroad, it
is claimed the right of the state to tax
the lands exists. Yet the power that
gave the right of taxation can take
n away.
Congress has appropriated $1,600,000
to pay delinquent taxes on the land.
Before the money is paid, waivers of
the right to tax tue graut lauds must
be signed by the counties.
When title to the land U reinvested
lu the I'uited States government, right
of taxation by the state automatically
lapses. It is hard to see how the Eu
gene contention cau hold.
Congress has taken over these lands
because the railroad failed to live up
to the terms of its contract for their
development. The move to restore the
lands to the government was fathered
by the counties because of the rail
road's failure to develop them. Any
action to keep the lands ou the assess
ment roles is therefore in the interests
of the railroad.
Unquestionably the loss of taxes
works a temporary hardship upon tae
SATURDAY, AUG. 26, 1916,
counties for a few years until the es.
lands are homesteadciT, or sold as tim-j Meanwhile, if the counties want the
ber. But the resultant gains in in-1 $1,000,000 back taxes due, they must
w'i!?,mrL,"V!!L"tl0f. nd. devri0P'ni keep the lands off the Assessment rotes,
will more than offset temporary loss- jf the 8lll,reme court fnilg t0 uphol(J
DIXIE'S
MeAoe
Valentine,
"Dixie Night" promise! to furnish
one of the big surprises of the
emergency-called convention of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association at Atlantic City next
month. On that night September
seventh the thousands of women
from all parts of the country who
have mobilized for the convention
will learn at first hand how the
"solid South" stand, nn tbA n:iAaftn
of woman suffrage. And. according
to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, presi
dent of the national association, the
information will not be displeasing.
Details of the information which
is to be presented to the convention
by the Southern leaders are being
jealously guarded, but it U a drained
fee. ) .wfeVT) 5P
OIL Jy .
DAUGHTERS" MOBILIZE FOR SUFFRAGE
X X .Tf Mrs TT Cti. ...-A'Sri t
.that there are surprises in store for
ithlUA Whft tfOV. 1.1. IT. loliAwin ....
the delusion that tha Sxiitlisn, ztt,
as a whole, are opposed to granting'
Among the representative women
who will speak on Dixie Night and
tell Of tha Strides which WAm.n
frage is making below -the Mason
Dixon line are Mrs. B. J. Cunning
ham, president of the Texas Woman
SuflTram. Aauvi.linn. tM r-.i i
j McGehee, president of the Mississippi
Federation of Women's Clubs, and
; Mrs. Lila Meade Valentine, president
of the Virginia Equal Suffrage
' League. Other Southern leaders who
are on the program that night in
clude Mrs.. Eugene Hielley. yice-
congress, the land can be restored to
the assessment roles, just as other
omitted property is, and the lost taxes)
collected.
,es,i?nt General Federation Wom
en s Clubs; Mrs. Guildford Dudler.
president Tennessee Equal Suffrage
Association, Inc.; Mrs. T. T. Cotnara.
1 1 -f1 catuenL Arkansas woman SuX
; frage Association, and Mrs. Thomas
, Jefferson Smith, president Kentucky
I Eoual RighU Association.
' President Wilson and Mr. Hughe
j nave been invited to address the con
ijention, which is the most important
that has ever been called in the suf
frage history of the country. Ita
i8lc'.nc1 Purpose is to determine the)
! political pohcy which the National
i American Woman Suffrage Associ.
itl0.,?,.stric$ly non-pejrtisan body .
wiU follow during the coming FeJj
t?i&D4n.