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the preachers; but
often they are the
b sy practitioners,
the men who exert
the age-old influence
of example.
Down in Washing
ton, in the naval
service, there is at
least one civilian
who is doing Won
ders to make that
service a smooth
running machine. It
would be better to
say that he Is a real
navy man with a
civilian training for
his job. His name is
Rear Admiral Nc
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PRAISE FROM SIR HUBERT

LIVERY one who was in any way con-
IL nected with the passage of the new child
labor law. whether by voting for it in the
General Assembly, or urging its adoption
upon the Legislature, must be gratiied by
the characterization of it by II. f. Niles,
chairman of the Committee on Industrial
Education OF the National Association of
Manufacturers
Mr. Niles says the statute is "in some
ways the greatest and best educationally
for the working people that has been en-
acted in the United States" 1t was in
tended to be such a law The acts of other
States were studied and the General AS
sembly profted by the experience of other
communities and adapted their regulations
to the conditions that prevail here.
The manufacturers who objected to it were
unduly disturbed. 1t is possible to adjust
the work and the hours in any institution
to the strength of the children who mus.
work there. And no employer would be so
inhuman as to maintain that the exigencies
Of his business are so great that they de-
mand the sacrifice of the health Of the
young. AS the employers have examined
the new law they have discovered that it
will be much easier to conform to 1t than
they feared. 1t will involve some read
justments but If they meet the situation in
a conciliatory mood and cooperate with the
authorities whose duty 1t is to enforce 1t
there will be little or no friction. The law
does not go into effect until January 1, but
some industries have already made the
necessary adjustments. Within a year every
thing ought 10 be running smoothly and
the judgment OF Mr.. Niles will then be vindi-
Gated
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LEADERS OF SOME
MODERN MOVEMENTS
Paymaster of Navy on Letter.
writing-A Safety First" Pro-
moter Who Practiced on
Talking Machine

TTNHE world is fun OF number Of move
Il ments. social economic and what not;
and the men who do most to help them
along are not necessarily the men who are
engaged on the publicity end Of the work,
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A viennese girl tried TO assassinate the
Prince Of coburg. Following the argument
OF the present war, Abyssinia ought to at
tack Venezuela as a result.
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Conan Doyle put Sherlock Holmes on the
Job ana discovered that the cause OF the
Allies is not 50 serious as IT has been
painted.
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on hearing Of Colgate's score OF 1O7 against
Rensselaer, an uninformed person asked
runs? OF Points?" What Is football com
ing to?
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Joseph PennelI has for years been sus-
pected OF being an artist, but he never be-
fore was suspected OF being a spy.
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Chicago saloonkeepers are learning that
the Law Il the law II remains 70 be seen
whether, after sixty years Of indifferenee 20
IT, the Chicago people want Il enforced.
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Madame Melba is doing effective work fo
the Allies with her beautiful voice.
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news headline reads; Conan Doyl
Sees Victory-scouts Fears" Boy Scouts?
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The scandals" dug up by the Gang smell
OF the nction writer's workshop.
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One iron cross was not enough for
Ferdinand OF Bulgaria. The Kaiser has
given him two.
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The Children's Hospital fund is growing
slowly but surely.
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carranza pledges foreigners safety Is Mr..
Villa also a foreigner?
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She opened her eyes and there she dressed neat
Saying, An impudent fellow before me 1 see
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The successful man is he toho is able to rec
o0nise Opportunity ,ohen he meets her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01
SAILORS GAVE LIVES.
Ueroism OF Six French BIucjncLets
Helped Win 81. Georges.

PARIS, Dec 3l.--A correspond mt Of the
hdiW In Flanders tolls OF six French
hlueiackcts who transported n three irci
gun on punt in the face OF the enemy
iro and not only relieved "A hard pressed
detachment of BclGaus but made pos
sIble the capture OF the town of 81,
SeorCes, TWO miles from Neuport, All
six OF the blucjackets were killed or
wounded
The correspondent SAYS:
" The attackers had driven the Germans
from the advance trenches. but, taking
refuge in tho houses In the village, the
Germans soon plaC.d .hC.r lssailants .1
q difficult position. Tho situation of a
force Of BclgI NJ isolated on a strip OF
laud surrounded 10y Hood became crit
seal aud the artillery alone was able to
'Grct ANYTHING aEains. the ,remy. The
hitiSh batteries at Ramscapelle tried
but their shells burst over he French
six bluciuckets then huisted a three
men gun On large punt and polcG
along the canal behind the village, run
mig the gauntlet Of the German rifles.
Us ous WAS hit another took the poe
and continued uutil he in turn felt
Stricken. Tho sixth man was mortallY
wounded as with a last push he sent the
punt to the bank wher the French ad-
vance guard was waiting.
lnc auu was quickly landed and q
few shots at 500 yards brought the
h0Lses on top of tn Germans, who re-
created iuto the ms OF q battalion OF
brlgians The latter completed the en-
cmy's rOut
Meanwhile the French column tri-
'lmphantly took possession OF the heap pf
ruins which was formerly ST. GEORGES.
sud before night the engine rs had cs-
Iolisnrd a bridge head enabling the
Allies arll y to dcbouch on the rlgn.
VI The User"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01
FRENCH TAKE
HALF OF TOWN
OF STEINBACH
Battle Continues for Posses
sion of Key to Invasion
Of Al@ce.
THREATEN GERMAN
PROVINCES ON RHINE

pAuls, Dec. 3i.--Ouc of the most deg
rcr,ite conflicts Of the war, the struggle
for die possession of Stciubsch. in Alsace.
atll continues, according TO the official
courmuuIgut ISSUED ut ~ 30 o'clock to-
night The successful attacks by the
Ircuch troops yesterday, which resulted
iu the capture VI about half Of the viii
lsge. were followed up to-day with great
determination, and at a late hour 1t is
unotiicially reported ihat the French in
f,n'ryni.u are slowly driving the Ger
yiaus from the remaining houses which
they hold
The capture OF Stciub ich will give the
Allies command OF an important section
81 territory around Thanh. where they
have been on tho offensive for some time.
furthermore. i, will open up the road for
tue expected Invasion OF tho Rhcnish
provinces and viii no another step In the
lcdrmpt on of Nlsacc.
Tho only other event OF Importance TO-
day WAS an attack by the Germans from
she Bos de FORCES on the left bank of
The Ncuse. Here they pursued their Gus
tomary tactics by raking the French
ircuchcs with a searching rife fire and
rher rushing from their own Notifications
for a bdyonct charge which was. however,
geadly rcpulscd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01

The night communicate follows:
Am attack by the enemy. who as
tempted after a lively rifle fire to
d,huuch from tho Bots de Furgcs Con
tie lot bank OF tho Mcusc) ycster-
day. was Immediately repulscd. The
positions taken by our troops In
Stciubdch have been maintained, ard
W are continuing to attack the
eucmy's forces in the town.
From the rest Of the front no in
formation has come worthy OF being
mentioned.
Office. reviewing the operations of yes
e. dlv. told OF several important add
Vanccs by the Allies, notably To- the
north OF Mcsnl-les- Hurlus in the Ar
gonuc Hero tho French iufdutrymen
DOT only captured the first limo of the
German trenches, but 10y their impetuous
arvancc seized certain positions on the
second line. In the same region to the
north of the farm of Beausejour there
was an unusual engagement which cu-
a.. mated In a complete triumph for the
ALLIES. After some Garman trenches
were captured the enemy made "A counter
attack. In repelling this the French
soldiers managed to gain still more
ground than had been taken ia the first
ESSAY.
Thr only German success recorded dur.
the last two days was in the Cham
pague district, where the Germans blew
un "A section OF French trenches duriue
'Ho night. Their efforts to follow NJ
This feay was repulsed with considerable
loss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01

out the following official statement to-
night:
1.-THE battle at Saritamysh Gin Trans
Caucasia, thirty miles southwest Of Kars)
against large Turkish forces continues
our artillery fire dispersed strong cot
umn of Turks, who endeavored to save
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01

Christmas presents given by the people
Of France to the Belgian refugees in the
republic at 100000 francs H14oOOO-
000). This amount includes 100000
francs s400,O0o) in cash. which was
raised by the sale of small Belgian flags
on Belgian Sunday" and following days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01

Tho afternoon communique follows:
From the sea to the Aisuc yestcr-
day passed with relative calm. There
were artillery exchanges on some
points of the front In Champagne,
o. tho west OF the AlgCr farm, which
Is north Of Si!lery, IN the sector OF
Rheims, the enemy during the night
blew up two of our trenches and then
delivered against these positions an
attack, which our men repulsed
To the north OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
W. occupied certain positions on the
eu'mys second line OF defence. In
this same region at "a point to the
north OF the farm OF BeausejOur We
also occupied some trenches. The
enemy delivered a counter attack. but
b" WAS driven back. We then re-
stunned the offensive and were sue
ccsstul In gaining some more ground.
I'm this same zone and further to
the east certain German forces which
wcro advancing To deliver "A counter
attack against US were brought under
tho nro Of our artillery and dispersed,
In the NrgonHe in the vicinity OF
Fontauc Madame We exploded a mine
and occupied the resultant eXcavs-
ton this gave US a slight advance.
Retween the Mouse and tho Moselle
IN the region of the forest OF Morte-
mart about $50 yards of German
trenches fell into our hands.
In upper Alsace French troops have
entered tho Village OF Steinbach and
have occupied with house to house
lighting oue-half Of the community.
The operations i'm Flanders for the last
Sorty-eight hours have been mostly con-
fined 10 artillery comhatH in which tho
French guns have been doing splendid
work, on the hinge Of the line IN north
ern France there has also oecn compare
tive quiet although unofficial reports tel
Of severe lighting in the ncigh9oyhood OF
81 I1lo whor" the Germans have bonn
hdrdcd The fifteenth century abbey and
tho ancient church. Military experts dr,
now deyOtng the most attention TO Al7ace
and the ArGonnc district. where they eX.
poet 10 sec the greatest activity for some
time to como.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01

themselves by flight after having lost
half Of their contingent.
"a part OF the Turkish forces conccn-
trated in the region of the Yaliniz-Chame
Pass IL marching upon Arabian Ga forth
fed town in Trans-Caucasia, forty miles
northwest OF Kars The Yaliniz-Chame
Pass il southwest OF Ardahan)
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01

VIENNA. via Rome, Dec 3i.--Emperor
Francis Joseph held conference to-day
wsth Count Berchtold. the imperial
Prime Minister, on the question OF the
italian occupation of Avlona, Albania.
II Is announced here that this occupa-
ton Is only provisional
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01
TURKISH COLUMN DISPERSED.

Russian Artillery Fire Mt sari-
kamysh Effective, Says Petrograd.
PETRoGRAD. Dec. 3l-The General
stan Of the Army of the Caucasus gave
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01
81, 100000 GIFTS TO BELGIANs.

France Played santa Claus TO Rrfu-
gees In Republic.
PARIS, Dec. 31.-Estimates published
to-day place the total value OF the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01

with nra-Rrlsh opinions there are
tan Amer.caus with pro-French opin-
ians The bonds Of the old attach
ueut GO France are still strong. The
spectacle OF republican France fight
ing for her life with a serene brave
~ thar has never been surpassed in
human history stirs American emo
tons profoundly
Another fact that creates
sympathy for France is the
tact the French are guiltless of
causing the war. France was
attacked and throughout the
struggle has been waging a
defensive warfare for self pre-
Servation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01

the Ukraine, and the great city Of
Kief
"Duenaburg is a fortress of the
first class. It is also a fortress with
traditions; for here In July, 1879,
Napoleon's headlong troops, under
the command of Oudinot, hurled
themselves again and again in vain
against the strongly defended bridge
head. 1t was not until some weeks
later that the town was captured by
the French under Macdonald
''The city is situated at the inter-
section of two main lines and very
important branch. These are the
Warsaw Wilma -Petrograd line, the
Riga -Vitebsk-Smolensk line, and the
branch to the fortified Baltic port of
Libau. the only port that Russia pos
! sessed before the war whose road
stead was always open"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
CURRENT THINKING
DEUNABURG.

Deunaburg Cor Dvinsk), the prin-
clpal gate guarding the road from
the southwest to Petrograd and the
key to the defense of the great Dvina
river through which the Germans are
apparently aiming at interior Rus
sia and all the line of military and
Industrial bases in the west is de-
scribed by the National Geographic
Society as follows:
"Deunaburg, on the northeastern
bank of the broad Dyina, is the heay-
lily fortified front door to Great Rus
sia, that division of Russia which
stands in the same relationship to
the empire that Prussia holds to Ger
many
1T is situated where the Dvina
makes a sharp angle toward the
west, midway on the rivers course
from Vitebsk through marsh and lake
land to the opulent commercial and
industrial city Of Riga upon the Gulf
of Riga,
The line between Riga and Deun.
aburg is 110 miles long By way of
the river, it is considerably longer.
The line from Deunaburg, east south
east, to Vitebsk is 1862 miles. This
line roughly divides Great Russia
from White Russia.
White Russia, to the south of the
Dueaburg line, is probably the poor
est. most backward part of European
Russia. While some 100000 acres
of swamp lands have been drained
within its water-soggy surface, its
general aspect is still largely that OF
marsh, swamp, lake and spongy mea-
dow and forest land.
I'm general, the peasants of White
Russia are very poor and have a
severe struggle to wage for their ex-
istence. This poverty blighted coun-
try, where no great commercial, in
dustrial or cultural center is to be
found, is that which now lies before
the German armies.
Beyond the Great Russian front
door at Duenaburg lies the richer in
dustrial and agricultural country of
the central empire, while west from
Lemberg and Khomh lies the rich
agricultural lands Of Little Russia, or
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
Should the Boy Going Into
Business First Go to College?

lie all services, and not in rules
which are Of special and harrow ap-
plication.
The broadly trained college man is
prepared to learn business of any
kind; and he learns 1t far more
quickly by reason of his college
training.
If, therefore, the boy entering bus
mess desires to be the head of the
business, he is to give himself the
best kind Of head, and the college
is the normal force and method for
making brains.
In the thinking which the college
disclpllnes the quality Of judgment
the college trains. Its training is
given through every study which the
college offers-mathematics, Ian
guages, history, philosophy.
Moreover, It Is ever to be remem-
bered that a father seeking the best
for his son, or the youth, seeking the
best for himself, knows that he is to
be something other than a mere bus
iness man He Is to be a member OF
society, a part of the community, a
citizen Of the world
On these larger grounds, of course,
he ought to give himself every ad-
vantage. Education will not do all
for him, but 1t may do much.
For most boys there Is no invest
ment which pays so highly as a lib
eral education.
II nourishes those qualities and ele-
ments humanity has come to regard
as of the highest and most lasting
intellectual and
moral; soundness OF judgment, pa
thence, graciousness, idealism.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
OUR SYMPATHY FOR
FRANCE

9NECAUSE Americans speak
ID the English language
there is an opinion in Ger
many that this nation is very
close to England in the pres
ent war. 1t is an erroneous
impression because the per-
centage of present day Ameri-
cans of English birth or Eng
lish descent is small compared
with our total population.
There are more foreign born
Germans in this country than
English born citizens.
Politically the United States
is more in sympathy with
France than with England be-
cause France has our form of
government and was influen.
tial in helping the Is colonies
in their fight for independ-
ence.
Recently the New York
World said:
Throughout the United States there
Is the keenest appreciation Of the ef.
forts OF France. The extraordinary
self-restraInt of the French people
their calm but answering patriotism
their willing sacrifice, their moral
and physical courage and their splen.
did idealism appeal profoundly tC
most Americans. The moral regen'
Grafton OF France is the most inspir-
ing fact OF the Wa<.
stupid German writers and orators
make a ceaseiess clamor over what
they call the British influence over
American public sentiment. We ven
ture to say that for every American
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01

(By DR.. Charles T. Thwing, LLD.)
The question is one which many a
home Is asking. Rational or arbi-
trary answers viii be given.
If father desires his son to be
a simple clerk all his life or con-
that no special addition will be made
| to his worth as either a clerk or a
/ conductor through a liberal educa-
| ton But If he desires his boy to be
a manager Of a business or the pres
ident Of railroad he will find a very
great advantage in sending his son to
college.
The reason is evident for business
in its simplest and easiest relation
does not require those qualities which
the college develops.
But business in It's great and com
plex relations does demand and de-
mands tremendously, those qualities.
Bushes demands the power Of
thinking, Of thinking clearly.
Thinking Is an art; It is, of course
also science.
The art Of learning business in It's
thinking relations is, therefore, learn
ed by thinking.
Thinking stands for habits Of intel
lectual accuracy, discrimination, com
parison, contrast, concentration.
Such habits are formed by being
accurate,> discriminating and conccn-
trative OF coure, education promotes
thinking better than a course in
business.
For education represents orderli- |
ness and system in intellectual effort.
The purpose is to train in the valu-
alton Of the principles which under
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
FOREST IMPROVEMENTS

n certain quarters there i,
a tendency to accuse the
national government ot
setting aside forest reserves
for the sole purpose of being
mean. CarperS against the
conservation policy like to i'm.
agine the government forests
are withheld from all use save
as grazing places Tor grizzley
bears.
On the contrary the forests
are far more extensively used
now than previously and they
are made more useful each
year. The improvements
made in the reserves are of ex-
treme value to the state.
Figures just compiled by the
forest service covering its work
lin Washington and Oregon for
the fiscal year ending June 80
1915, show, among other
things, that the service has
built 80 miles of road, 426
miles of trail, and 625 miles of
telephone line, besides erect
ing II bridges and 80 lookout
stations.
The detailed figures give
the Oregon forests S5 miles of
road, 266 miles of trail, ASS
miles Of telephone wire, 5
bridges and 81 lookouts;
while to the Washington for
ests have been added 5 miles
of road, 159 miles of trail, ITO
miles of telephone, Z bridges
and 3 lookouts. The bridges
represent only structures cost
ing over S100. Small bridges
over culverts and the like are
ranked as part of the road.
For administrative purposes
the service has also built in
Oregon "a cabins, 8 barns, 20
miles of pasture fence, and de-
veloped 10 springs; and in
Washington it has erected IL
cabins and l barn, built 10
miles Of pasture fence, and de-
veloped 9 springs. The ran
gers have done a large part of
the labor necessary in making
these Improvements.
1t is the policy of the SER
vice to develop communica-
ton as rapidly as funds will
permit, not only because roads
and trails and telephones mean
better protection for the forest
wealth which the government
is guarding, but because these
means of communication also
make the national forests
more accessible to the general
public. To date in Washing
ton and Oregon, over 1000
miles each of trail and tele-
phone have been built, and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
HOW THEY DID LOVE IT

~ HROUGH the long and
W sometimes arduous cam.
paign that finally re-
suited in the establishment OF
the gravity water system for
Pendleton no man ever pub
llcly admitted he was opposed
to the principle of gravity wa
ter. Even those who did the
most persistent anc most eff
tective obstruction work al
ways asserted with much pa.
thoS that they dearly loved
the idea of gravity water for
Pendleton. Their objection
was to any sort of scheme that
would be at all practical and
in reach of the people, Highly
favorable to gravity water in
theory, they seemed to have a
deep rooted antipathy to put
ting the theory into practise
Pendleton owes its gravity
water system not to that sort
of people, but to forces, of
which the East Oregonian was
a part, that put their shoulders
to the wheel and drove the
movement through to compile
ton We now have a noun
tain water supply, and it works
well. If the city had relied
upon those who said they
dearly loved gravity water but
would do nothing but knock
when help was needed we
would still be drinking stew
from the old pumping plant
and the man who digs graves
at the cemetery would be busi-
er than he is.
~~~~OAs-S$
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
Harrison Act Cures Drug victims.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept. l.
Seventy five per cent of Florida's
drug victims have been cured since
the passage of the Harrison act, ac.
cording to Revenue Agent Froneberg.
er Only about 400 of Jacksonville's
100 addicts are left.