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SATURDAY EVENING
December 1, 191T
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SHAKEUPS INSTEAD OF SHIPS
Lat spring Lloyd George, speaking immediately nftcr the United States
ud become a partner in the war, said that, the crying need of the a lies
.was "Phi, ships and then more ships." Ho has now told the members
iof the American mission that he is anxious to know how soon the first mil
lion of American soldiers will be in Klnntlers. The two things go together.
To get the first million Americans to France requires ships. The people 01
this country are, not permitted to know how many men we now have abroad,
Jbut everyone knows that tliev number far lews than a million and that wo
Jiave been si months in sending them there. This is due in part to the lack
of fio men themselves, in part to the lack of equipment for them, in part to
itho lack of training for them, and i-i part to tho lack of ships tor men
can bo trained in France as well as in .America and they can bo equipped
there as well as here if we had the means of getting equipment to them.
Meantime instead of ships we are getiiw; (makeups in tho shipping board.
Oregon City Enterprise.
The Enterprise and every other paper that prints the
patent editorials sent out by Jonathan Bourne's republi
can press bureau at Washington is simply helping to
produce "shake-ups instead of ships." They are kicking
and complaining and quibbling without sense or reason
because some old political hack like Borune, who thinks
politics the only real aim and end of existence, is working
off a lot of canned editorials on them and they fall for it.
As a matter of fact, while this nation has less than a
million men over in France it has a large well-equipped
army there. It is building ships rapidly and its navy has
almost eliminated the submarine menace, so far as Amer
ican transports are concerned. The president has cut
loose from political parties and has placed the biggest
men in the United States upon the shipping board, and
the national defense board, and at the head of all the
fTf:it war denartments.
- While some newspapers print such contemptible little
knocks as the above the greatest men 01 ungiana ana
France take off their hats to America-and contemplate
nnr riv months' nrorrress with astonishment. It" took
Great Britain over two years to do as much as we have
done in six months. And papers like the Enterprise miss
the satisfaction of having done their sharp in the patriotic
work they have been working for "shake-ups instead
of ships."
Oregon has one great republican paper that might be
emulated by these narrow gauged partisan publications.
The Oregonian has laid aside its partisan feelings and
has stood squarely by the administration and the govern-
, , "j- ... ... . .1 !i. 1 XI 1.4. 11.
menu its criticism, wnen it nas uiuugia it uuvioauic w
. criticise, has been dignified and there have been grounds
for it because the administration is certain to make
blunders at this new business of war and at times needs
to be set right. The Oregonian is stronger with the people
than ever before because it has risen above partisan ex
pediency and has placed the best interests of the nation
above all else.
Constructive criticism is the only criticism a newspaper
may print now and be loyal to the country. It must seek
to build up and not tear down. The right of free speech,
of free press, must be curtailed in order that croakers
and kickers and chronic malcontents may not hinder the
prosecution of the-war. The more united we work the
: quicker the job will be done, and more of our boys will
return safe from France when war is over.
Next Monday will be the beginning of "Home Indus
try" week in Oregon. It is proposed during six days to
call special attention to Oregon-made goods in all the
retail stores and impress upon the people the benefits that
will acme to all if residents of the state will buy home
made goods in preference to those sent in from other
parts of the country. There is no room for argument on
this question; there can be no surer way to build up
Oregon than to stand loyally by the things we produce
! here, thus keeping our money at home for the develop
ment of home resources and giving employment to our
people in mills, factories and shops. Let everybody help
in making "Home Industry Week" a success.
Bandit Villa's press agent is working overtime again.
Yesterday the Carranza garrison was reported to have
'abandoned Juarez while Villa was still 170 miles away and
not headed toward the town either.
A FARCICAL TRIAL
Yesterday in discussing the matter of sending Italian
plotters to Italy to be dealt with by their own govern-
ment, the Capital Journal took occasion to mention the '
slipshod methods of criminal trials in this country? That
it was correct is evidenced by some of the incidents in the
trial yesterday of Mrs. DeSaulles for the killing of her
husband.
A hypothetical question containing 20,OQO words was
asked an alienist wifhess, to which he was given the choice
of answering either that she was sane or insane. The
hypothetical question took up the story of the woman's en
tire life from the time she fell and hurt her head when
eight years old. Then after this question which would
fill nearly three pages of the Capital Journal, the attorney
concluded with this : '
"Assume, doctor, that in addition to all the foregoing, that upon various
dates mentioned in tho people's cxhil'itB, she wrote these exhibits (love let
ters to DeSaulles,)
" Assuming all the foreaoing facts and having in mind your personal ex
amination of them, in your opinion was the defendant mentally sound at the
timo of the hcoting on August 3, 1917.
' assuming all these foregoing facts and having in mind your 'personal ex
amination of tho defendant, in your opinion did the defendant know the na
ture and quality of tho act committed? '
"Assuming all the foregoing facts, did the defendant know the act was
wrong?"
To this rigmarole Doctor Wight, the witness, replied
that "Mrs. DeSaulles did not know the nature and quality
of the act committed and she was not mentally sound the
night of August 3 when she shot DeSaulles." Among the
things to be "assumed'' by the doctor was one that "she
had suffered a fracture of the skull when eight years old,
and which had never healed." Major Gregory Cole of
the United States medical corps who is also a professor
engaged in teaching and training men in X-ray work for
the service, said his plates showed there was no fracture
of the skull as claimed, but that "the alleged fracture was
simply the last place where skull had formed in childhood.
The line showing on the plates and called a fracture by
experts for the defense, was only a suture." Still the de
fense's expert talked learnedly about Mrs. DeSaulles suf
fering from hypothyroidism which would haye caused
mental blankness. No doubt a great deal more of the
same kind of legal camouflage will be indulged in and
brought before the jury until its members will not know
whether they are afoot or on horseback. The dis
tinguished jurist who is- presiding will still further
camouflage the case and "tear-gas" the jury's intelligence
with instmctions none of them can understand and the
farce will end. '"'
A perusal of the evidence, especially that of the defend
ant might incline most western jurors at " least, to the
opinion that she served her husband about riglit that is
if they believed her testimony. It may be that she should
not be punished; but that is no reason a farce should be
made of the law, and she set free because of criminal law
jugglers and "expert" testimony of hypothetical alienists.
DO NOT REPRESENT RUSSIA
Margaret Garrett's
By JAJTB y HELPS
Charles Edward Russell who' was a member of the
commission to Russia along with Elihu Root, says the
reports from Russia are "made in Germany" and that if
Americans believe them they will be as great fools as the
Russians who listened to German agents. He says the
Bolshevikis are no more representative of Russia, or
authorized to speak for it than Oshkosh is to speak for
the United States. He also says that for this country to
cut off aid from Russia would be exactly what Germany
is wanting. It would seem there might be much truth in
this statement. It is inconceivable that the present, so
called, government in Russia can last. There has not been
blood letting enough, not hunger and suffering enough to
bring Russians to their senses. Kerensky with his noble
dreams is a thing of the past. He had lofty ideals but
lacked iron and brutality. So far Lenine and Trotsky
have not shown the qualities that are required to make
them leaders for any length of time. The "man on horse
back" has not yet shown up who can lead Russia out of
the tangled maze into which she has been cast Until
such an one conies to the front there will be changes and
more changes in Russia. She needs a tyrant, for only
such can bring order out of the mob of 160,000,000 ignor
ant, newly-freed serfs. They are incapable of self govern
ment and will not consent to let anyone govern them long
unless he is in fact their master.
The Corvallis Gazette-Times devotes two columns of
its valuable editorial space to replying to a few para
graphs recently printed in the Capital Journal. As the
questions at issue were only slightly touched upon we
have nothing more to say, but imagine we did the editor of
the Gazette-Times a good turn by furnishing him with an
excuse to blow of. Brother Ingalls comes from the
Sunflower region and Kansas is a windy state.
WHY NOT, INDEED?
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
BOB EVADES THE QUESTION.
CHAPTER LXXII.
Instead of answering my question anl
telling me what John Kendall meant,
Bob laughed uneasily, and reminded me
that it was time for breakfaot, and that
our guest would be down and waiting.
"Let hira wait!" I told him, "I
must know what danger threatens you."
"No danger threatens me, Mar
garet! don't be silly I come down to
breakfast. We'll lose" our train if you
keep mo here talking."
"If you won't teH me, I shaH have
to ask Mr. Kendall," I suid firmly.
"You'll do no such thing!" again
he flushed and looked uncomfortable.!
"Ho simply referred to a matter of
business."
"How eould a matter of business be
unsafe?" I persisted.
"It isn't! John is an alarmist."
"He is the last mail on earth to say
such a thing unless there was something
m it."
"I tell you there is nothing!' I am go
ing down to breakfast. I torbid your
mentioning your silly fears to John, re
member!"
Bob 's tone was tho one I had learned
never to combat, altho he used it but
seldom; so I followed him down stairs
and ate my breakfast in silence while
Bob and John kept up a running fire
of talk an laughter.
After they lett I dismissed the matter
from my mind, and went about my
household duties. They were much heav
ier, more taxing than when in an apart
ment, and with the care of the child
ren left me little time for anything else.
Bob wanted me to keep a second girl
but i told him it was all nonsense. And
really preferred . to get along with
only Delia Bob would want me to en
tertain his friends more frequently if
I had more help.
One afternoon when out with the
children I met Mrs. Baldwin. She turned
and walked with mo.
I am so glad you are our neighbor,
Mrs. Garrett," Bhe said, "I have been
rather lonely since we , moved out here.
Most of the people are so very con
servative, so bound down by their old
fashioned ideas, that it is a real treat
to meet people like you and your friend
Mr. Kendall. He and your husband arc
certainly two lively, entertaining men.
Mr. Garrett gets so excited, talks so
earnestly that it is ft joy to listen to
him. I never should have thought him
a real estate man, really, one would
take him for an artist or a writer.
I replied inanely. Had Mrs. Baldwin
tried she could huve said nothing more
displeasing to me. I had begun, to. see
that I had an almost hopeless task be
fore me in attempting to make love for
mo fill mv husband's life to the exclu
sion of all else; and hor speech only
made me the more discouraged.
"We must have some good times to
gether," she continued, "you play
bridge, of course!
"Yes." "
"Suppose we play two nights a week
once at your house, and once at mine.
Wo cau'liave a simple little supper after
we finish, and it may help to keep our
husbands at home," she added with.a
touch of embarrassment.
I was on the point of refusing until
she added that -little ' sentence. But I
changed mv mind and immediately
agreed. Anything to keep Bob at home,
ana away irom ms iew auhl intnua.
When I told Sob of the plan, he oh-iected.
"Once a week is often enough to
make a fast and tight engagement.
"But once at each house '
' ' Every other week at each house is
as often as 1 wil1 agree to play. There
will be lots of things I shall want to
go to this winter and I am not going
to be all tied up with engagements.
When I told Mrs. Baldwin that we
would play once a week instead of
twice, sliosaid-smilingly:
"Half a loaf is better than none!"
"I should like to play twice" I ex
plained, ' ' but Mr. Garrett has so many
engagements he feels it unwise to agree
to play more than once a week."
"So" he has engagements to!! Well
we will have to console each other,"
she said, and laughed, rather bitterly
or so it seemed to me.
I wanted to ask her if Mr. Baldwin
stayed in tows often,if she often spent
long evenings alone, as I did. But I was
proud and hesitated to make a confident
of this woman whom I had never met
but twice.
"Mr. Garrett is a very busy man,
I said stiffly, "he has very little time
for pleasure." yet as I spoke I know
that when he had refused to play bridge,
that he intended to spend the time
with the Roots, and others of his old
crowd.
"All werk and no rlny," she quoted
than, "dont worry about him my dear
Mrs. Garrett. The men who over-work
themselves now-a-days are few and far
between. 'I wasn't born yesterday," I
often tell Joe, Mr. Baldwin, when he
excuses himself by pleading work. I've
called up the office too many time and
found he was not there to be fooled.
1 don t let him know I called up how
THE NEW TRIPLE
COMBINATION
Treatment for the blood, nerves and
liver p u r i f y i n g, strengthening,
cleansing, winning its way wonder
fully just now is t
Hood's Sarsaparilla, the superla
tive blood purifier and appetite
giver, known for over 40 years.
Peptiron, the superlative pepsin-,
nux-iron-celery nerve, blood and
digestive tonic.
Hood's Pills, the superlative
family laxative for biliousness, con
stipation; pleasant, easy, effective.
What are your troubles f If such
as to need all three medicines, why
not have perfect, well-rounded re
lief by getting the combination t
. If you need only one medicine,
get it and take it but do it now.
SC (C 3jc 5c )(C 3fC Jfi 3fC 9c 3jC
The Daily Novelette
And He Did
Willie's Waterloo.
AND.BELIEVE ME.LUlFEY.SHOUt-B
MY COUNTRY CALL ME, ITNEEB
ONLY CALL ONCE - IlL q-offl '
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TALL TIM BE P.
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(This week's mystery.)
Little Willie sat in the big morris
chair. It was his eighth birthday, and j
his relatives had fathered to do him
honor.
There were loads of wonderful things
to eat, and tho big table was weighed
down with useful presents, such as
a beautiful framed crayon portrait of
UncleBilge from Aunt Spiunetto and a
cut grass shoestring holder from Cousin
Sudson.
"Won't some one have some more of . .
this perfectlv delicious rhubard fudge f" 8ltfn? ust not occur agam."
asked Willie's mother as she passed tho' ' ' T,ha kalser to1 me.
. . 1 f stand no nonsense from America alter
p . , . ..,,. this war'." Gerard declared. "We
Every one took a piece except Willie XtITbe sure that after this war we
although tne man passed almost unuer &ny
nonsense
his very nose. , .
"And don't neglect, this wonderful i7.AQ
angel cake with katsup isiijg,'
ENGLAND HOPES
(Continued from Page One.)
sa' x; at(. o V,o ra r.t hlr.n.1
Willie's father. And everyone took an- , , . ;im.', i,a ,m
other piece of that, except W illie.. Sur- in men.ftnd joney for two centuries,
prised, his parents glanced at him but Wi,OI1 tbe Germans themselves un
tie gave no sign. Lould tho boy De nil derstand they are not to be compelled
Ito fight a deuperate war cf defense,
food before. hrt,r ;n
After that they passed the candied practicav stop a war where German
pickles, the onion jelly and the spiced looniest ja not to be thought of or
celery cakes, but little Willie merely p6rmitted even though all the men of
turned his face slightly aside. Willie 's ,tne &xica perish in the trenches, for
relatives were thunderstruck, but un- jf there is one thing certain, it. is thai
willing to alarm his parents further. j,0 worii wiu not suffer German dom
they, made no comment. dnation.
-At that moment a sweet snore came, we cannot let the end of the war
from between Willie's childish lips. .leave Germany with increased terri
ever," she rattled on, each word sh
spoke increasing my uneasiness, and
planting more distrust in my neart. dis
trust of Bob, as well as of his friends.
Rp sure and come early! sue saia
ESTABLISHED 1SC3
ment, when mills of the Cottage Grove
ponntrv ar'tirntm.l with tlw a.a
(Cottage Grove Sentinel) -v....- . j v. .
In an interview in a Sununv Portland!. ' . R .
paier, William KproHlc, promdent of the ' - 1'""' ' l" " "l I as we parted after having set the night
Southern Tacifie, deplores the fart that ! Southern Faeific to ask Why the Wil-'t t her heme, "we'll plav until
the Willamette valley ha not settled ; lamette vllev is not developing faster, j about eleven, then have our supper and
and developed more rapidly and is in-l We wish to' cive the Southern Purifin : r,,.int.vl. "
(10 te lonunurti j
CAPITAL
$300,000.00
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUf TNE
SAVINGS DfclWRTMENT
LS
SUTREME WAS COUNCIL
VermiHies. Pee. 1. A three
(clined to lay the blame upon the resu-ifull credit for the many things it has
aems tnereor. i done, and has tried to do, for the iodus-
We can tell one reason why it has not j tries of the vallev, but slow as we r
developed more rapidly, and that is the to criticize an institution that is often
fault of the railroad of which Mr. unjustly eriticid. vet we mnst ask
f-proule is tne ncau.
Never since the writer has been
resident of Cottas Grove' has there! raiudlv its 1t. Rnmuln wnnld lilr- vhon im.nrt. for the cowneil were owned
been an opportunity txt the mill men i the Southern Pacific cannot supplr even f t'olonei House and General Bliss, the
of this section to make some woney bnthe needsof our undeveloped rVndlhon? j American representative to the inter
that they were confronted with the fsctj 1 allied conference in Paris, attended ti-
thnt they could not get cars to shipj The new war tax includes eyebrow day's Bieetinir of the council, but will
their orders. Right at the present mo- pencils. " 'not attend further sessions unless so
directed.
hour
I wnui woiua oe iae trntnc conditions in session or tne iueu wrm
a the valley now. had it developed us 'council was n-i today. 1 emvanent
(Why did Willie refuse food for the
first time in his life. For the first
correct solution a silver table spoon,
stamped 'Waldorf-Astoria, New York,"
yvill be awarded. J!id. The Morning
Glory.
Ranchman Arrested
As Murder Suspect
Marysville, Cal., Dec. 1. Mike Tasari
ranchman, was arrested today on sus
picion of murdering Spiri Spiaela, who
has been missing for a month, and auth
orities are investigating the story told
by Tasari 's seven-year-old daughter
Hint she saw her father bury the head
less body of a man on the Tasari ranch.
The girl's story which was first told
to neighbors and reported to the auth
orities, was corroborated by her five
year old brother.
According to the authorities a search
for Spiaela, who was foreman on a
ranch near the Tasari ranch, had re
vealed no clew, until the story of the
two children reached them.
Electric Crane Runs
Amuck at Shipyards
Eureka,' Cal., Dec. 1 Going adrift
in a 40 mile gaie during the night, the
big electric crane at the Hammand
Shipyards raced down its rail and top
pled into Humboldt bay. It was com
pletely wrecked. The crane narrowly
missed a passing steamer as it fell.
The Hammond Shipyards have been
engaged in building ships for the gov
ernment. German and Austrian troops are using
"tear gas" on the Italians, and it must
lie "laughing gas" that General Byng
is shooting into the Huns on the west
f-ont. That is, the laugh is on the Ger
mans, mtz&sri
tory and therefore increased man pow
er and in possession of a government
which has threatened s with invasion
after proving evil intention by mur
dering our citizens." ;
Germany's Desires Shrink
Berlin, via London, Dec- 1. "It is
absurd to imagine thnt Germany will
enter tho peace conference with larg
aims," declared War Minister Kuehl
inann in a. reichstag speech today.
"If the entente wants to know our
conditions, the way is simple but the
entente wants only victory."
"Tho principles announced y the
present rulers at Potrograd appear -entirely
acceptable as a basis of reor
ganization of affairs in the east," the
foreign secretary continued, "safe
guarding the essential and permanent
interests of Germany and Russia anl
fully recognizing the right of nations
to determine their own destinies."
"Perhaps the Marquis of Laus'
downe's letter may bo regarded as a
hopeful sign," continued ' Kuehlmann.
',' Even in Kngland the moderates are
gaining ground.
"Getrmany's policy toward (Russia
will bo firm but moderate."
The foreign secretary expressed pity
for the Italian people whose "misfor
tunes" he said, "were due to politi
cians." Austria Wants Peace
London, Dec. 1 Austria is preparcJ
to negotiate a general peaee "without
territorial or economic violations,"
Premier Seidler told the Austrian par
liament, according to a Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam today.
The dispateh quoted Vienna advices
stating the premier had made this an
nouncement in a speech detailing how
Austria waia Jconducting negotiations
with Russia "in a conciliatory spir
it."
The Chicago diva, Carolina White,
will invade vaudeville.
j Ri
ppling Rhymes
by Walt Mason
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THE FLAG
Bright-hued and beautiful, it floats upon
the summer air; and every thread of it de
notes the love that s woven there; the love
of veterans whose tread has sounded on the
fields of red; and women old, who mourn
their dead, but mourn without despair. i
Bright-hued and beautiful, it courts car
esses of the breeze; and, straining at its
staff it sports, in flaunting ecstasies; and
other flags, that once were gay, long, long
ago were laid away, and many men, whose
heads are gray, are thinkine now of these.
-air msca Serene and beautiful it waves, the flag our
iamers Knew; m a reeaom s sunny air it
laves, and gains a brighter hue; and may it still the sj-m-bol
be of all that makes a nation free ; still may we cherish
Liberty, and to cur God be true.
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