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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
Western View Of Tradition

Extracts from an address deliver
by Franklin X. Lane. secretary of the
interior, az the annual meeting of
the State Literary and Historical AS
sociation, Raleigh November s.
No doubt YOU sometimes think
that we are reckless Of the wisdom OF
our forebears; while we at times have
been heard to say that YOU live too
securely in that passion for the past
which makes men mellow but un-
modern.
When you see the west adopting
or urging such measures as presl-
dental primaries, the election Of
United States senators by popular
vote the initiative, the referendum
and the recall as means supplement
airy to representative government you
shudder, in your dignified way no
doubt at the audacity and irrever-
ence of your crude eountrymen.
All fanaticism is not radical. There
is fanaticism that is conservative, A
reverence for things as they are that
is no less destructive. Some years
ago l visited a fishing village in Can
ada peopled by Scotchmen who had
immigrated in the early part of the
nineteenth century. 1t was a place
named Ingonish in Cape Breton,
rugged spot that looks directly upon
the Atlantic at its cruelest point. one
day | fell into talk with fisherman I
IA very model of a tawny-haircd /
viking, He told me that from his
fishing and his farming he made
some $500 year.
why not come over into my
l said, where YOU make
that in a month";" There came over
mis- face look Of humiliation as he
'eplied "No, could not" why
lot?' | asked, Because" he said.
,rushing his hand across his sea-
'urnt beard, because can neither
cad nor write" And why" said
haven't YOU learnede There are
chools here Yes, thereare
chools, but my father could not
cad or write. and would have felt
hat l was putting a shame upon the
Id man if | had learned to do some
hing he could not do"
Footsteps OF the Fathers. :
Splendid, wasn't il? He would !
ct do what his father could not do. a
inei Fine as the spirit of any man .
ith q sentiment which holds him !
ack from leading a full, rich life. >
ct can you conceive nation OF =
lch men-idollging what has been, !.
lind to the great vision Of the fu- :
ire, fettered by the chains of the n
asst, gripped and held fast in the n
and of the dead a nation of tradi A
Onalists, unable TO meet the needs r
a new day. serene, no doubt self @
but coming how far short G
realizing that ideal of those who' n
raise their god for that they /,
rye his world!
What are the traditions of our peo-
e? This nation is not as it was n
lie hundred and thirty-odd years b
20 when We asserted the traditional +,
ght of Anglo-Saxons to rebel f,
'ainst injustice. We have travelled "
INJURIES and centuries to rebel al
,ainst prejudice We have travelled T
INJURIES and centuries since then II
easured in events, in achievements g,
depth Of insight into the secrets Of rs
.ture, in breadth Of view, in sweep CO
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
THE ORIENTAL MIND

0S the climax TO his corona
II ton ceremony the new mi
kado Of Japan visited the
tombs Of his ancestors to off
cially inform the spirits Of the
departed ones that he had for
mally taken the throne.
It is a line Of action that
seems strange and fanciful in
this country. We set no store
by the doctrine Of the divine
rights Of kings and nations that
do seem silly to US. Yet across
the Pacific is a land where the
people not only bow before an
emperor but believe he can
talk 10 the spirits of the royal
dead.
These people have a differ.
ent civilization from ours.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
EQUAL PARTNERS

ImPART from all politica.
id considerations, the equal
ity of the sexes in the
marital relation as regards ma.
terial interests has been clear
ly accepted by justice of the
supreme court of New York.
This judgment suStainS the au-
thority of a statute of the state
of Nevada declaring in effect
that the wife is an equal part
ner with her husband in their
association.
Under the community in
terest" law of Nevada, a wife
who obtains a divorce can claim
cne-half of anything valuable
which her husband has ac-
quired since their marriage.
except assets coming to him by
will. No matter what alimony
the divorce decree may allow
her, it is an additional interest
in the equal partnership OF
marriage, for which she can
demand an accounting and set
tlement.
Here is a recognition of the
place which the woman holds
in domestic economy, hereto
fore lacking in the usual un-
ierstanding of that relation. /
The wife bears her share
sometimes the greater share
Of the material burdens of
-amily life. She pays with her
abor and economies with her
kill, and often with her Suf-
erings and sacrifices, for the
axe OF the common mainten-
nee and advancement. What
progress the husband makes
n his labor and his endeavors +,
utSide the household is in
quail part due to the support
+ the partner at home. Il
The Nevada law recognizes t
'arity of interest in the marri. !
ge partnership, and in this it :
ortifies the claim Tor equal {
lights in the political conditi- 5
MS affecting these interests. {
t has yet to be seen whether !
ne oponion of the New York
Ourt will be sustained by the I
tribunal of last resort; the di- Q
Orced husband naturally a
makes appeal from a judg- a
lent requiring him to make an c
quail division of all the prop a
rty acquired during his mar c
led life. !,
But is not the Nevada sys. n
EN-, thus far declared legally
ound, sustained upon the eter-
al principles of justice?-Bos-
on Post. !!
~s44SS
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

OF sympathy and IN the rise Of en-
nohling hope.
Why are we here? What is our
purpose? Those questions will give
YOU the tradition of the American
people, our supreme tradition ILL the
one into which an others fall. and 4
part of which they are-the right OF
man to oppose injustice There fol-
low from this the right Of man to
govern himself. the right Of proper
ty and to personal liberty. the right
to freedom Of speech, the right to
make of himself all that nature will
permit, the right to be one of many
In creating a national life that will
realize those hopes which singly
could not be achieved
Is there any other tradition so sa-
cred as this-so much part of our
selves-this hatred of injustice? 1t
Inspires our people, and their spirit
carries in its bosom all the past thar
of unrest under wrong has lighted
the way for the nations of the world
There is tradition that is of the
form, and tradition that is of the
substance. The west stands for the
latter-not for mere group oil
words or for a well-fashioned Bit of
governmental machinery-bu for Il
thing that is real that has come out
of our life, For the only real tradi-
tions a people have are those beliefs
that have become part of us.
There are no grOwn-ups in this new
world of democracy. We are trying
an experiment such as the world has
never seen. Here We are. so many |
million people at work making a liv-
ing as best we can; 9O,O00,OOO peo-
pie covering half a continent-rich
respected, feared Is that all we are"
Is that why we are? To be rich re-
spected, feared or nave we some
part to play in working out the
problems of this world? Why should
one man have so much and many So
little? How may the many secure a
larger share in the wealth which they
,reate, without destroying individual
or blasting individual ca
oacity and Imagination?
1t was inevitable that these ques-
ions should be asked when this re-
public was established Man has
,een struggling to have the right TO
Isk these questions for 1000 years
md now that he has the right to ask
my questions surely we may not with
eason expect him to be silent 1t is
10 answer to make that men were
lot asking these questions a hundred II
ears ago. So great has been oVr II
hysical endowment that until the
most recent years we have been in
ifferent as to the share which each II
eceived of the wealth produced. We ii
ould then accept cheerfully the
oldest and most logical of economic II
heories. But now men are wonder II
lg as to the future.
Insurance Against Monopoly,
There may be much Of envy and II
lore Of malice In current thought; n
ut underneath it all there IS the II
ceiling that If nation is to have a
lll life it must devise methods b. :
'hich its citizens shall be insured II
gainst monopoly of opportunity. |,
his is the meaning of many policies Q
ne full philosophy of which is not
enerally grasped--the regulation of fl
lilroads and other public service +,
the conservation of nat b
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
FOR THE TRUE PENDLEToN

NS was expected there are
N emphatic sounds showing
the church people of Pen
dleton will not tolerate the
thought they support the may
orally candidate whose most
compact support comes from
an organization devoted to the
cause of Booze.
Unmistakable signs point to
the fact the religious folk are
overwhelmingly for Mr.. Mont
gomery and are ready to go
down the line in behalf of a
man pledged to clean straight
forward government for this
,ssy anu prUsI vosiy1 vS"n.
Il is a fight in which men
and women, worshiper and
non worshiper, merchant, far.
mer, worker, young people
and old people may we'll join
hands and they will poin hands
for the good of Pendleton. 1t
is more than the usual political
contest. 1t is a struggle to see
whether the town shall be con-
trolled by the ordinary. law
abiding, home loving citizen
ship. devoted to legitimate bus
iness and industry or shall be
turned over to men who cater
to bootleggers and to others
who live by vice in forms that
are sundry and wretched.
In such a struggle as this
and the lines are becoming
more and more clearly drawn
there can be but one answer
end there will be but one. The
people of the town are going
to heed the call and they will
vote for their homes and fire
sides.
The support of John Mont
gomery has become a civic
duty imposed upon all who
stand for Pendleton-not the
Pendleton that is low and vici-
GUS, but the Pendleton that is
clean, businesslike and
straightforward-the Pendle.
ton Of a national fame that is
ours to keep and cherish.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

The praises Of the noble Grover
Alexander are being sung So loud that
the fans are liable to forget that there
are other pitchers. Next to Alexan-
der, Erskine Mayer has the best rec
ord Of the twirlers on Moran's staff
This year Mayer played in Al games,
winning twenty and losing "A. His
average for the season is .58S. He is
"a years old and pitches right hand
ed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

LONDON. Nov. 2L-Thc Express
prophesies that General Sir Horace
smith-Dorrien. who was in command
Of the second British army in France
until a few months ago will soon re.
ceive an appointment of high i'm
purtanCe.
General smith-Dorrien, who re-
turned from the front last summer
received especial commendation from
Field Marshal French. and was de-
corated by President Poincare. OF
France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
OOS REBELS ARE EXECUTED.
100 Natives Of Formosa Are I'm Jail
for InsuFrcction.

TAIWAN Formosa Nov 27.-Tho
number of natives condemned 10
death for insurrection has now reach
"a the total Of 66S Ahout 400 ma
tlres have been sentenced To prison
for various terms.
The death sentences. most NJ which
have already been carried out are ex-
pected by the authorities to have
salutary effect in discQuraging revo.
lutionary plots throughout Formosa.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

Their beliefs are very differ.
ent and their ideals are unlike
the ideals of the caucasian
world
These are facts the world
must not overlook. They have
a bearing on a subject that
may some day become a world
problem.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
CHA MONSTERS ARE BALKY.


PORTLAND, or, Nov rs Down
un the other side of the equator
where the three Washington Park
the seasons are opposite from what
they are here.
100 Keeper Herman has tried 10
force food into the animals SO they
win go to sleep for the winter, but
without avail. and Mr. Herman is be-
ginning to think the animals will not
80 into Information until next sum.
mer. which rightly would be the be.
ginning Of their winter,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
GERMAN AlRMEN FROZEN.
Russians Allow Plane to Enter and
Cut OFF Rctrpnt.

PErROGRAD, via London. Nov
2i.-The bodies Of two German aero
nauls, pilot and observer Of an aero
plane Of the Albatross type. were dis
covered In marsh near Dvinsk. The
ren had been frozen to death.
The AlbatrOss was permitted to
cross the Russian lines. lts escape
was then cut off by flock Of Rus
sian aircraft
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
tfN AnVANCEl
THE STAGE COACH.


. furnished and battered and old
. Heartlessly hidden away
. Left to the moth and the mold,
Darkness and dust and decay
. This was the pride of its day,
. Now an its glory is Ger
. Faded and vanished for age,
. Gone are the driver and four
. How should its story be told
. What shall a song Of it say?
. once il was brilliant as gold,
= Once il was gilded and gay,
. Fine in their festal array,
. Many the bride that it bore
. Now are they wrinkled and 4
. gray,
= Gone are the driver and four
. Long through the heat and the 4
y cold
. Ever from Nav until MAY,
. over the highway il rolled,
= Time has now made it his =
. prey. =
= Never stately display, .
= Never a dash as Of yore, .
. Never swing or a sway;
. Gone are the driver and four. =
, over new roads that men lay .
B Rush we with rattle and roar. =
} Only sweet memories stay; =
, Gone are the driver and four, =
! -Bissell Clinton. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
KANsAx IS ioi YEARS OLD.

Abel Cartwright. Of Peabody Cele-
brates Birthday Anniversary.
PEABODY. Kan. Nov. Z6.-Abel
Cartwright living six miles south Of
Peabody is celebrating his i0isl
birthday anniversary.
Cartwrighrs wife IS 81 years old.
They have heen married 81 years
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

Paper is spun into thread and wcv-
en- into a substitute for iute textiles
by q profess invented in RoRpmla
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

PARIS, Nov 27.-lt was reported
from Madrid by the Havas corre-
spondent there that engagements have
been entered into on behalf Of General
carranza to pay ndemnities for all
damage TO Spanish interests IN Mexl-
co during the civil wars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27
cAnnlNzA IS RECOGNIZED.
Spain Takes Action and Gets Guar
antec of Indemntlcs.

MADRID, via London. Nov. 27.-It
was decided at the cabinet meeting
to recognize General Carranza as
head of the de facto government in
Mexico.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

oregon consumes 5S6 board feet Of
lumber per capita annually
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-27

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-02
London Press Doubts
Sincerity of Germany

London, Sept. THE Daily News"
says edtorially:
Whatever the ultimate effect OF Won
Bernstorff's note to Secretary Lansing
its immediate result must be material
relief Of the present critical situation
But neither in America nor here can
there be any illusion as to the sig
nificance of Germanys recantation. IL
is much TO have so far reformed a
criminal as 70 reduce him TO the OBJ
servance Of the letter of law, but in
this case il is too clearly TO the force
that lay behind the suasion that the re-
turn to outward deeency must be
ascribed.
THE announcement that Won TlrpitZ
has seized the occasion as an oppor-
tunity for an extended holiday Is the
strongest possible confirmation of the
belief that the real crisis preclpltated
by the Arabic was not in Washington,
but in Berlin"
"Germany's compliance is due to sew
cral causes" says The Daily Express"
THE submarine campaign has filled the
world with Indignation and has been an
utter failure. The damage wrought to
British trade has been inconsiderable
and the enemy is doubtless glad to have
an excuse for abandoning a method OF
warfare that has cost more than IL was
worth and has covered Germany's name
with ignominy. Moreover, Germany
cannot afford to add TO the ranks OF
her enemies"
"Germany's concession over the sub
marine question" THE Chronicle
says, would be quite insufficient TO
satisfy the principles laid down in
President Wilson's first Lusitania note,
in when he condemned and denounced
the summarizing of merchantmen in
any event on the ground that subma-
rine could not insure the safety of the
crews, but must needs expose them in
open boats to the mercy of the sea.
But in his last Lusitania note the Pres
ident seriously whitfield down these
principles. The German formula there
fore only differs from his own in so
far as II confines to liners what he
claimed for all merchantmen.
with his evident eagerness to catch
at any straw that may preserve peace
il is plain that he will no: press this
difference. President Wilson comedies
that it would seem that Germany may
submarine and send to the bottom all
enemy merchantmen except liners with
cut notice and without making any pro-
vision for the safety of crews. He
comedies that even in the case of liners
it shall be sufficient 10 send non-com-
batants into open boats in order to sat
isfy the requirement of insuring their
safety.
ale comedies that even this precau-
ton may be waived if the submarine
likes to pretend that the liner attacked
it, as has been semi-officially pretended
by the Germans in nearly every much
commented on case. These are very
large concessions, who's effect is for
the first time TO give quasi-interna-
tonal sanction to odious and inhuman
practices never before sanctioned by
international law"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-02

ment cannot be made, equitable TO both
sides. Similarly, the ceding TO US Of
purely Bulgarian territory taken from
us by Serbia would end any feeling
of unfriendliness.
we believe our demands are moder-
ate. for they only imply the cession to
US of a million and a half Bulgarians,
whereas Rumania's demands entail an
increased population Of five millions
and Serbia's seven millions. Our coun-
try, thanks largely 10 the generous aid
Of America, has quite recovered from
the 1913 war. We realize another war
is almost unavoidable before a Balkan
settlement is possible.
whatever happens now we shall al.
ways look 10 the United States TO guard
the interests Of a tiny nation like ours,
which wants merely to remain nation
of Bulgarians."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-02

tacks as the United States has pro
tested against
The rest Of the note quoted by Am
bassador Won Bernstorff to-day is eager
~ awaited at the State Department. If 1t
bears out the promise OF the excerpt
IL will, in the opinion Of high officials,
mark the end Of the controversy ana
the satisfactory settlement OF the whole
problem that has agitated the two gov
ernmentS.
Question Use Of Liners"
In certain quarters the word liners"
IL held 70 be ambiguous. Il IS belleped
that Germany is making use Of loose
term in order to protect herself IN case
Of the destruction Of cargo ships carry
ing munitions. Secretary Lansing plain
Is indicated. however, in his authorised
comment on the letter that he under
stands the German government 20 IN
clude all merchant vessels IN inc
agreement, as that was what he had
been eontending for,
The United States in all its notes 20
the German government has made no
distinction between passenger and
cargo boats, but has referred 10 them
collectively as merchantmen IL Is
held that there is, in fact, no distinc-
ton In international usage between
the two classes Of vessels IN so far
as the right Of non-combatants to pro
lection is concerned, and It Is main
tanned at the State Department tnat
Americans in the crew Of cargo ooa'
have more right, II such thing is
possible, 10 the protection. OF thelr
government than passengers nave since
they are lawfully engaged III earning
their livelihood and their presence on
the ship is 70 that extent Justihed Dy
necessity.
The view OF Germany is believed 10
be that the controversy ha' been con-
.cerned solely with passenger ships ana
that no actual cases have arisen IN
which the lives Of Americans were de-
,etroyed. or even j. pardIZed, by illegal
.ottscks on cargo boats. Until such
cases arise. Germans assert, they can
no. properly be treated IN diplomatic
negotiations and the United States
should be contented with assurances
concerning passenger ships only.
That the German government meant
nv diners" passenger ships and no
'ofhers is the belief in German quar-
.tere. where 10 is stated that the use
'of The English word Is common IN
Germany. but the word is never ap-
'plied TO cargo boats. II is noted, 100
that as commonly understood IN the
United States the term would not ap-
ply 70 tramp steamers, IN when
large part Of the transatlantic trade
lis carried.
( Secretary Lansing is understood TO
have made no comment o Ambassador
'vo7 PerrstorfT that would indicate how
his governments declaration would be
interpreted by the United States, IAe
State Department desire. TO avoid g'y-
Ing Germany any clew to'its attitude
on fragmentary information but Is o.