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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
1. W. w. ACCEPTS SABOTAGE

The l. w. W.. have adopted a black cat and a wooden
shoe as their emblems They use it on some of their secret
literature. We can explain the use Of the wooden shoe, but
what of the black cat? Have they adopted that because 1T is
uncanny in prevalent superstitions? The wooden shoe comes
from the word sabotage" which has been used to describe
the insurrectionary spirit among employees. In French a
wooden shoe is a sabot and the working men of the factories
of that country wear wooden shoes, or did in former years,
and the boys who have been in France have become familiar
with sabots worn in France not only by the men but by the
women. 1t is said that when wOrkmen started a rebellion in
a factory they took off their wooden shoes and threw them
into the machinery-hence the word sabotage.
The l. w. W. have adopted an emblem that fits them
and their purposes very well. They stand for sabotage now
by their own confessions and sabotage means the destruction
of the machinery of production. The l. W.. w. use more
destructive things than wooden shoes. They use dynamite
and fire. In the country regions where they have most
i1ourished. they have been known to blow up grain elevators
and to burn wheat in the fields or in the stacks. So far as
the cat part of the emblem is concerned they have at least
prowled about as cats are supposed to do at night.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNFIT

A news item has informed the world tha'; ne ~ psl-
biologists with the army found in seven montns o'ff en
with a "menfal age" below seven years, iIoS Det"een oeson'
and eight wears. 1866 between eight ana nine III 100,
between 8 and 40. all of them men who had Deeh uS'er
into the service.
Here we have nearly fifty thousand men presented a
mentally not better equipped than ten year old chiluren, ~
40 Der cent of that number as mentally seven years VI age.
These are cases of arrested mental development. Nr Is IL
likely that the 200 psychologists examined all oil 'e iour
million men who were in the army. And if such a percentage
obtained in the army how would it have Jared with tne resi-
of mankind in this country, for the army mad the pickeu {
of the nation in it?
But there is no reason to be alarmed. The psycholoels's
NAV not have been infallible and boys of ten are often
bright witted. The men who were listed as mehtaily unue-
veloped may not be as poorly equipped for life as we mieht
conclude from 3eading the bare news item. Ihe TACT ma
they were passed by boards and by doctors ana no Deeh
admitted as members of a great army indicates that the! Were
ordinary if not extraordinary. They simply may nave iane'
in the psychological tests. 1t does not mean that they "
untitled for the duties into which they would naturally iall
in civil life, no more than failure to pass certain nterac!
examinations would unfit a man for policeman. a man
might not be able to give a decent definition OF transcenuent-
alism and still make a good policeman. The revelations Oh inc
PSYCHOLOGISTS do not indicate a tendency toward feeblemlnded-
ness. The purpose of the new. system was to find men fltted
for certain tasks and to find for all men places into winch
they would fit best.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24

In New York some teachers are complaining that school
boards are aulocratic and interfere with freedom OF Thought
on the part Of the teachers. The reply was properly made
that schools are not maintained at great costs to give those
who teach in them a place to air their own grievances, II 10
graft on the minds of other peoples children what may be
their own diseased thoughts. There are teachers VINO ms
take their mental diseases for thoughts and those who imagine
that their own disappointments constitute a Formidable sys-
fem of new PHILOSOPHERS. Children are apt to think naturally
and to be mentally healthy and the parents have a right 10
insist that they shall not be inoculated with the accumulated
idiosyncracieS of those who are Older.
Teachers as well as others are apt to think that they
have discovered something entirely new in the world AMI
some of them are anxious to teach what they think they have
discovered but have not. Two and two still make four and the
ten commandments, which are Older than Moses, are still
truisms. The average parent has no desire to have sltch pri-
mary conceptions upset in the minds of their children and
school boards do not employ teachers to find substitutes for
them. A great deal of what in the higher schools is called
academic freedom is largely academic rottenness. One 0
the men who in recent times figured himself as a martyr to
that kind of freedom has recently progressed far enough II
be a teacher of resistance to law and order and in effect a
condoner of bombs. Our universities were fuller OF them
year ago than they will be a year hence
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
GET OVER ANTI-JAPANESE IDEAS

"The Awakening of Asia" that books are being written
abont has been greatly accelerated by what Japan has been
able to get out of this war. And yet the growth of Japan
should not be a matter of regret in the United States. We
should get over the idea that Japan wants to grow great for the
mere sake of provoking a war with the United States. Why
should a people which has shown great intelligence want to
create a great nation TO have part of it destroyed by a war with
another nation, and that one from which it can profit more in
legitimate trade?
We should get over the idea in this c~ountry-which is
one largely of German origin-that every time Japan takes
another step ahead that it means another menace to the United
States. Is it not possible that as Japan becomes more civilized
and developed that we shall be benefited, or is it to be held
true that the prosperity of one nation depends on another
being held down?
We need to get into a better state of mind With regard TO
Japan. And if we do not our own state of mind will bring on
eventually what we think we dread. a war with japan. And
that kind of a war would be as foolish a 5 was the great war
that Germany brought upon the world. The alarmists and the
men of evil imaginations ought to be claimed or suppressed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
TIME TO EEvRENCH IN WASHINGTON

Now that we have poured four billions more INTO the led
eral treasury, and congress is again III session, we snouiu
H. r. IL an ever insist that the moneys shall be wisely spent by
those who are administering the government. vi all the
nations of the world we have been the most reckless with
our moneys. We have spent like drunken sailors. There were
excuses for some carelessneSS and even waste during the
war-though both were carried to excuses. But now the time
has come to stop such things. We must set the brakes and
set them tight or we will be headed for bankruptcy. The fact
that money comes so easily out of the people is apt to affect
our officials with more or less carelessness. The time has come
to call a halt. I
1t is good fortune for the country, we believe, that we
have in power in congress the other party. That will act as
a deterrent on extravaganza. The men who have been spend
ing war moneys are drunk with the sense of power and spend
ing. They cannot be expected to face about on their own
account. 1t will be easier for them to do so now that they are
to take the other party into consideration in congress, where
the appropriations are made. Even democrats who have
regard for retrenchments, for getting back to a sound basis
again. ought to be gratified that all the power is not going tor
be in the hands of one party or one set of officials.
The republicans who are now to be held responsible in
part should formulate sound financial policies from the begin
ming and those policies can be based on only one thing and
that is a budget system and then an adherence to such esti-
mates. jxMfl
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS

President Wilson still claims to have a mandate" from
the American people concerning the arrangement of peace in
Europe. A mandate from the people would certainly mean
a hearty and continued support in congress of the political
party of which the President is the head, but an examination
of the makeup of congress for the last four years shows that
he and his party have steadily been losing ground.
In the senate, for instance, for the 19l517 terms there
were 40 republicans and sc democrats. From the years 1917
to 1919 the republicans numbered 43 and the democrats %.
For the next two years, i9i9-2i, the republicans will have AZ
senators and the democrats only IL.
In the lower house of congress the steady loss of demo-
cratic prestige and power is even more marked. From 1913 to
1919 republicans have been represented first by IA members.
then by 1876. then by 20 and in the new congress they will
have 23S seats. The scale for the democrats has run the
other way. In the house of representatives In 1913 they mad
o9i members. In 1915 this was decreased to 2O. In 1917
it was cut to PIG and in the new congress the democrats will
have only 1913 members.
The foregoing figures are eloquent. Wherein do they
furnish any support for the declaration that the president
has a mandate" from the American people?
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
YET IDEAL

Secretary Lanes plan for aiding soldiers and sailors to
own farm lands ought to be accepted on its merits. There is
no reason for making it a political issue. Fortunately politics
as yet has not appeared in the discussion of it, and the
Endorsement of Representative Mondell, the republican leader
of the house, indicates that the appropriation will be voted at
The dominating thought of the secretary of the interior
is the placing of idle lands in the hands of soldiers and sailors
who are inclined to take up agricultural work. His idea is to
settle these men on 100000 acres of land in each state. these
figures representing the average distribution. There is no
intention of retaining 250.0O0OO acres of unused land at
this time: a three-year program is in view. which seems to be
all that should be provided for by the incoming congress.
If the plan requires amendments, these can be made without
affecting the general purpose Of the bill; but it is better to
make a start at once than to continue discussion for an indefi-
mite period in the hope of getting a plan that never will need
modification.
One feature of the secretary's proposal is particularly
worth noting: it provides for a central settlement in a large
tract and the grouping of small farms around the center; the
laying out of roads, and the building of schools and churches
for all the families on a hundred thousand acres. This is a
departure from the usual procedure of leaving everything to
chance: it is suggestive of new and prosperous communities:
meets the objection of the isolation and loneliness of pio-
neer life.
Congress, when assembled. should lose no time in giving
the department of the interior authority and money for inaug-
urating a program that appeals alike TO practical men and to
those who can see the ideal side of life on the land.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24

Senator Borah says that congress also is to blame for ii
gave Burleson autocratic powers. Congress is to blame for
giving autocratic powers to any one. Not even presidents
should be so trusted or tempted. Autocratlc powers Will
upset the Judgment of saints. The appetite for such powers
grows apace in the average human being. In war some such
powers have to be exercised BY presidents as commanders
in chief. but even in. such instances they should be amply
safeguarded. In a petty minded man like Burleson, a man
who has been used to lording it over convict negroes on
plantations. such powers We're soon abused until he dared to
seize" private property and administer it.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
LOOKING FOR ELBOW ROOM

j. Frank Hanly. formerly governor of Indiana. has come
back from France with American soldiers who did the fight
ing over there, and he says the young men are going to the
west of this country and to South America. to look for "breatb-
ing space and bigger opportunity" They were CITY workers
before they went to war. Now they "are serious men with
a set purpose to make good at something larger than wage
earning They are willing to take the chance. and they
nave some places picked out to start. but they want others.
They are imbued with the idea that there sbonld no . laroer
percentage of Americans doing something which is not cir
cumscribed by hours of work and so~ MANY dollars a week
dhey nave the pioneer lust and the more they hustle along
that line the better for them and for the country
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24

One mistake that America made in going to the peaeefest
was taking along a spirit a bit too dictatorial. We went over
there fully persuaded not only as to what we wanted to do
or should do. but what everyone should do in the recon-
struction of the world. And we find out that it is not a
reconstructed world that we have, but simply another patched
up world.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24

OF course ne will be called William Hohenzollern in the
court proceedings for there will be no flubdubbery or tinsel-
ings of royalty left on him. He will be more conscious of
the change than we are.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24

Japan got past the clause against anneXations. But per-
haps japan is entitled to get something out Of the war. see
ing they are all getting something and we have preserved
esea the Monroe doctrine.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24

While there may be some things in the neaco treatv or
its eorollary, the league covenant, that puzzle us a bit. think
what the whole thing must be to Germany. GERMANY Is
asked to sign away all the things that it has coveted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

a wealthy manufacturer. sorely strick-
en- with double pneumonia, and his
first cousin, Miss Susan Thorne Knapp
SO, were wed now is hailed as the be-
ginning of a happy married life, like
ly to last for some years.
For the aged bridegroom, whose
doctors thought there was no hope af-
ter Fridays consultation. Sunday saw
such marked Improvement that the
physicians predicted complete recov-
cry.
Mr.. Thorne recovered consciousness
after the physicians consultation, and
when he learned that the end was
near, he begged that the dream of his
later years, his cousins agreement to
become his wife. be not denied.
Miss Knapp conferred with other
members of the family, and the Rev.
Gustave A. Carstensens of the Church
of the Holy Rood was summoned to
tic the knot.
Whether the fulfillment of his cher
ished dream acted as the needed ton
ic for showing grim death the exit
door, is not known. but the patient
soon began TO mend, and Sunday at
his home, he had markedly improved.
Mr.. Thorne had been a bachelor up
TO the time he and his cousin wed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
AN ABSURD IDEA

an interview in the Oregonian Senator McNary quoted
as saying: Personally am opposed to sending Amer
troops to another nation without authority con-
gress If he had said he did believe the should
Glare without authority congress there
disagree But his contention that should used
abroad without congressional action is not sound.
Frequently arises where troops
on short notice marines have landed have the stu
alton hand reassurng report have often heard If
the McNary idea should prevail the president could thus
use our fighting men, Nor could have sent troops
the border after the Columbus bandits time
Juarez threatened by Villa and Ell Paso endangered
He would first have opacity all the Lodges Poindexters and
Borahs.
It would be ridiculous if in time
wait for the senate to hagg for several months perhaps
end in fibuster with nothing accomplished. sweet
showing Uncle Sam would make 1t would be equivalent to
having city fire department that could respond an
alarm until the council had met taken subject
The League of Nations intended world fire depart
nent properly organized could peace That
what the people want Senator McNary believes people
league that forth until the congressional
prmed with speeches Hiram
stumped the country, he is mistaken.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

HtF WIIHunI FNNlHIHIlFt' EutINI NlI'V.
Contains ~ qulnlne insist on rare'e
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

iss.tAs.ce ~ NFtpNts.s.oA iof VAN tioN
sames' which win be hold next wcqk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
Nasty
Colds
Get instant relief with
"Pape's Cold Compound

Don't stay -stuffed-upi Quit niow
ing and snfurIing, dose Of "Pape
Cold Compound taken every Two
hours until three doses are taken US
aially breaks up a cold and ends an
grippe misery.
The very first dose opens your clog
ged up nostrils and the air passages
Of your head: stops nose running; re-
,.eses the headache. dnliness, fever
ishaess, sneezing. SORENESS. stifness.
..pape's Cold compound tne
z,aickcst. s1rest relief known and costs
.nl,i,. a few cents at drug stores. ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
ABOUT RHEUMATISM
What Thousands Have Found Gives
Relief From This Painful Trouble.

Rheumatism is a constitutional dis
ease, manifesting itself in local aches
and pains, indamed joints and stiff
muscles. 1t cannot be cured by local
or external applications. 1t must
have constitutional treatment.
Take a course of the great blood
purifying and tonic medicine, Hood s
Sarsaparilla, which corrects the acid
condition of the blood on which
rheumatism depends, and gives per-
manent relief. This medicine com
bines, with excellent alternatives and
tonics, what is generally conceded TO
be the most effective agent in the
treatment of this disease.
If cathartic or laxative is needed
take Hood s Pills. Purely vegetable.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

Published Daily and Semi Weekly, at
Pendleton, Oregon, by the
EAST OREGoNIAN PUBLISHING co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
OUTLOOK
At HIGH SCHOOL GIVES
COACH HOPE FOR TITLE

At the military drill period this
morning Coach F7eischman spoke to
the boys Of the high school cadet
corps on athletics He said that he
Is pleased with the interest being ta-
ken in basketball and that he had
hopes for a championship team.
Each evening the various classes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

The game to determine the cham
pionship will be held at the athletic
carnival December 12. Last night a
general practice was held and a live
ly game played.
Preparations for the athletic carni-
val are progressing and entries for
the various events are coming in rap
idly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
WEDDING CEREMONY GIVES
NEW LIFE TO DYING MAN

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-what was
regarded as a deathbed marriage on
Friday. when William X. Thorne' o.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
GOLD BARS

~ mark of tribute to the who served the recent
4 war; not to those who died. eutenants in
~ Pendeons high school cadet corps should confer
gold shoulder bar the insignia of rank
that commissioned lieutenant in the entitled to-
Only this week three youths set apart from their fellows to
forth with the shining bars
the shoulder straps of their uniforms.
The wearing such equipage is not only in
ffront soldiers who the uniform in warfare but
The Point cadet and the
officers training corps allowed such insignia The
gold taboo until the West Pointer the r. o. T. c. man
satisfactorily. Both
members of regular government units
The officers training prescrbes round sill
button insignia for second lieutenant The first
lieutenant and the captain three each
shoulder Higher designated by diamond shaped silver
buttons high school unit would be showing greater re-
snec for the regular army by adopting such distnc
ton its officers.
Echo wants to show project the world next We'd
nesdav If you will go Echo Echo will take the
rest of the way They really something down there to
omen eyes let's open their eyes with goodzed delegation
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-25
DNF IDENCE IN
| STOCK MARkE 7

SEW YORK. I'D. "t.--Th" most
bular Persons aSs:.:rc,! t"r IL" further
hcral advnnc, Of prices in ~" Stock
trket today wcr, III" several ia"ic'-
hns Of = rcstnrat:c::. IL part =: least.
public conild"acH.
This accession - "U:Sif" i"'":'>S'
Eecncd - =. founded largely ~ nc
hcci1Cu Of -, -nr'Ct';E'Ht - 'SSa'
short terri, rn:"s Instead -! a !"n.; ;;3'"
bend loan hr:;"- .raG" r";N'T'> a:@ "'A'T
events which unit! r"c"Ht}y obscure!
general a7anc:aJ ard Industrial c"ndi-
Nt!oa<
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&cor1~ l:rr.a&!urlr cv:I"t, 'a't' corr
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lists hsvr 1, scnur:"d ClaGH - 'H" IL.
&G-s whjcl, contributed !" ~ "H;'-''S*'''H
4 th> I-r"n,hs mined a''lT i"''""'"N
Inc signing g ~, a-:n'S:""
Mos; ~ t.~ STOCKS wh."h ford u.s.
,.ct.s rn:,rL.; - hi:h"c levels were
-,o 10 :Nr tar,, to-day. notably TE'-
hers. motors. oils. :"h:,S""E Aad aht''''-
us e4,u!r.nnr.S ard sG"''inl';''S-
or hos. .h;. outstanding Gestures
re-c k.Ny Springfield Ts"'. ''"'"'' ,,'''
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h. latter scoring mos; "f i;S ;t'''','
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amounted - 9N'.H"H shares Il 80.
far this year. Lle"7tF 7"u'S a,,,l
ac,;v. and strong. foreign issues cur,
''.t . 49,, rcc.-o, railway ard industry!
nv, MA ; 49,. virginia SKIES losing Ia
n,,, Total sales trar valued az
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SnnSs were unchanged On caIL
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-25

BUTTER. EGGS. CHEESE

NEW YORK. Fob. 2t--Eu'ic- arm":
c:rnrrory hiEh"r than cIt!HS. a.: II ~.
creamery extras fn2 Gcnr"l. ITis Il -
Gr:aS 49, rs: packing stock. current
f~aE? M .. 81
!."rr--Irr"Cuiar: rr"sh gathered ~
:ras. 43Tt"1. 4" Hrstr. +h'e ~ =
s!a'" Pennsylvania md nearby hen
nor? rh:tgS. fnn :" fancy. $50 -,
stnt". Pennsylvania and nearby hcnn"ry
"ifTtrs ordinary :" Irir1" k9H -: siHt"
Pennsylvania and nearby homer
browns. 4ITrff: dr. Enth"rcG hr"wn:
ana Yu'~cG colnre. AZ. G74S
''h"' 90 f'irrrr-: stat" currrr. nl1ht
s."''l4}s. "i"'tH; Do. average run. 20
Flour G'"afY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-25
CAPITAL NEWS

CHARLESTON. ". Va, Feb. a.
Charters were issued today by tho scc-
rotary Of state to the following corpora
tons:
Wright & Lopez Oil company OF Par.
kcrsburG. 10 operate IN Peasants Coun-
~: capital stock. 100000: incorporato-!,
Russell Wright. Donald r. Earle. Harry
4. Lopez. Charles L. Lopez and William
4. Loprr. all Of ParkcrSbuTE.
. Bluc:ield Motor company OF Rlueh"'d.
". Va. to operate ut the same place:
capital stock. $4,000: incorporntors. J..
4. Tyncs OF Tazewnll. Va: J. z. l.rird.
l.. r. CoultinE. r. r. Christie and
James kahlr Of Bluchcld.