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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-30
BY HENRY L. FARRELL,



NEW YORK, June 30.-Until the
bugle blows for the final Fall In it
never will be settled who was the
greatest ball player of all times. Per
haps there will be arguments then.
Debated almost as much is the
greatest player of the present day.
If records amount to anything,
!. George Sisler the great first base
man of the st. Louis Browns, is at
least the greatest player of this sea-
son.
Any player who can lead the league
in batting with 400 or better, who
made 100 hits in little over one
third of season, who stole "a bases
Fand scored as runs in the same period
of time as well as fielding his position
spectacularly is great bali player
Such is Sisler and it looks as if he
cannot be approached this season.
With Rogers Hornsby coming as the
nearest player next to Sisler, St. Louis
ought to establish baseball college.
Babe Ruth is great ball player but
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-30

If Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard
are matched for another fight and
they draw any kind OF crowd, the
English brothers who paid big money
be smart in comparison.
Willard cant be any better than he
was in July. 1919, when he was beaten
to a pulp by Dempsey and the chanc-
es are he will not pe in as good con-
dition as he was then.
Carpenter and Lewis were more of
a real match than Dempsey and Will
lard would be. The English fans be-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-30

piayed up the youth of his boy, The
! boXing Commission turned around and
.'uled that fighter under twenty
could not fight more than four rounds
N New York. Leo and Dave viii be
IDLE in the big money making zone
for Il year.
II the commission issues and edict
against work out bartenders from
Australia, Flynn and Bill Brennan also
VIII be grazing out of less fertile
field
Georges Carpenter is not rs frate4
ful as he is gallant In going back
over his list of victims for another
financial operation, the Frenchman
totally ignored his pal, Battling Le-
whisky.
In refusing to bring Man oWar out
of the stud for a match race with
Norwich, Sam D. Riddle showed that
he was real sportsman.
Racing gets by on the theory that
II improves the breed of the horse and
Riddle knew that he would not be inn
proving equine posterity by bringing
The great champion back to the track
1t would mean lot of money TO
him but for once in him is found
who has something else
on the end of his nose besides cash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-30

public here by The end Of June ap-
proximately s.5O0,000 bushels of
wheat will have moved TO the United
Kingdom and European continent Via
this port, and Japan has also taken
nearly that amount In the 12 months
before last season wheat shipments
amounted to less than 1000, 900
bushels.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-30

| & VANCOUVER, British Columbia.--
Seven million bushels of wheat have
! moved through this port since October
l. last year according TO records made
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-30

convention. Prospects are that the
attendance will be tar greater than
that Of 1924 when over 1900 were
registered
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
The Paradise of Long Life

That which Ponce de Leon vainly
sought seems to exist at Horchies, in
Hainaut, four miles from Mons, in the
midst of the coal and metallurgic re-
gion of Belgium. It is village of
5000 inhabitants, where almost every
body reaches the age Of the patriarchs.
| They have just been celebrating, one
after another, two diamond weddings
(sixty, sometimes seventy-fve, years of
| married life); five golden weddings
(hfty years of married life), and the
101st birthday anniversary of man,
Francois Colin. But even this cen
tenarian does not constitute phe-
nomenon in this privileged community,
for there was born, in the last year of
the eighteenth century, woman who
saw the end of the nineteenth century
and died only at the end of the first
lustrum of the twentieth century.
1t is noteworthy that the Methuselahs
Of Horchies are all former working
men and workingwomen, who knew nei-
ther the benefits Of the eight-hour day
nor those of the anti-liquor laws. VIII
Horchies, under the new regime Of the
least effort and Of the uttermost abb
stinence, remain the paradise of long
life? Some doubt 1t. n some fifteen
or twenty lustrums we shall know if
they are right.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Political

sure, there exists literary idiom in
which the works of general culture are
written, but in general conversation
each dialect is preferred to the clas-
sical German, a manifestation that is
not found in France and is becoming
rare in Great Britain.
"The clumsiness of his language
causes the German to reflect more than
he speaks and only to speak knowingly,
while the Frenchman and Spaniard
consider it a JOY to translate their
least impressions into words. 1t is
also because Of the heaviness of the
German language that conversation
among Germans degenerates into mere
brawling SO that an exchange of ideas
is quickly excluded.
"The Frenchnan is so we'll served
by his language that he commands SYM
pathy, while merely to hear Ger
man talk causes him to be cIassed as
barbarian"
So the writer concludes by consoling
himself with the thought that if The
honest Michael of Germany does not
excel in eloquence of speech, he may
do so in efficiency Of action.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

public life not surpassed by any Of
her countrywomen.
Mrs. Tenant is q sister-in-law OF
Lady Stanley and of Mrs. Margot
Asquith. Her son was killed in the
World War, and during this war she
organized the women Of Wales for
agricultural work. She has spent
much time in France and Italy and Is
as familiar with the languages of those
countries as with hersown. She has
long been noted as an eloquent speaker
and as an authority on social and po-
litical questions.
She is not, however, the first woman
to serve as a delegate to the League
Of Nations. For the last year Miss
Helen Vacarescu has been the repre-
sentative of Rumania, serving in that
capacity at the Geneva meeting of the
league. At that assemblage she added
to the distinction she had already won
enblamatic Of the republic and Amer
her skill in statecraft and diplomacy.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Why Aye Mer, MiIliners?

The circumstance has often beer
commented upon that the fashions In
women's dress are all designed by men
who not only manufacture the fabrics
but prescribe the colors and styles
The reason has been set forth by ar
English merchant, who was taken &c
task by women for employing only men
as designers.
sin the delineation Of new models,
he said, occasionally woman's opin-
ION is valuable to me, but in general
prefer relying on the judgment Of men
When l show my wife the latest
sketches she gives her opinion from an
entirely personal viewpoint, and SO
usually all women do. The ladies
usually are pleased with the colors and
designs which they think would be be-
coming to themselves.
"A woman who is slender and dark
Will never consider the needs of an
other who is corpulent and blond. The
men are the more impartial judges.
They express an unbiased opinion on
the beauty of a pattern and it's COM
mercial probabilities, for they are not
Influenced by personal motives. How
ever more they may love brunettes
than blondes, they will never let them
selves be Influenced In designing fash
IONS"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
German Trade With England

In the last three months, according
to ''The Daily Mail" of London, the
Germans have sent daily to the Lon
don market s25,000 worth of wool. and
it is estimated that since May 1 about
100000 worth of wool has been for
warded to Germany. A leading broker
in London declares that the Germans
have been the best customers for some
time. "They pay in gold and this gold
they obtain from US by selling US their
own products. This is one reason why
they laugh at the rate Of exchange and
continue to plead poverty"
Not content with buying largely oils.
grains, fats and glycerine. the Ger
mans lately have endeavored to spur-
chase old metals in England, and they
have bought from the English admi-
ralty several war vessels. And with
out the protestation OF the English
merchants, fifty big vessels were di-
rected to Hamburg. AS the Germans
are not able to obtain warships, they
have acquired old packet boats and
freighters Of a tonnage varying from
1000 to 1900, bought Of the price
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

9 Smyrna fell, and we all know the re-
suits.
2. instructions have been sent to
continue to urge these representations
to emphasize the Importance Of i'm
mediate peaceful settlement in the in
terest Of humanity" The result Of
this may become apparent.
5. The United States has approved
the Allied proposals to insure the pro-
lection of Christian minorities and tho
freedom Of the Straits. The methods
and application Of these proposals are
not clearly known as yet. In time past
the Allies have failed to secure the &C.
complishment Of their intentions along
these lines. 1t is therefore only natu-
raj to suppose that these questions will
be very difficult to settle. In the mean
time Christian minorities are exposed
to terrible dangers. AS q nation de-
voted to humanitarian ideals the
United States should be greatly con-
cerned in these matters.
4. Relief work and the prolongation
Of the time for the evacuation of
refugees from Smyrna have been of
immediate American concern. AS the
result thousands have been saved, but
a great deal still remains to be done
and the hearty support Of the Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Beethoren, Master of Jazz

Beethoven was the great master of
jazz, according to Armand yescey,
writing for "The Daily Express" Of
London. Mr.. Vescey is a Hungarian
musician, now naturalized American
who began as a violinist in restaurant
orchestra, and is now reputed to be q
millionaire. He says that present con.
ditions in the musical world would
have been favorable for the grea,
masters.
Beethoven was In the last analysis
master Of jazz. We took up Brahms
Grieg, Mozart, Beethoven and other
classical masters, accelerated the
tempo of their works, accentuated more
the motives, and the result was tina.
the American public now has not only
the best dance music, but it also is get
ting interested in the classical COM
posers and II learning 70 know their
work. No, no, we do not let music
danay ma anunh1a fk -
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

modified her views Of three years ago,
but still insists on protection for the
Christian minofities and supports the
original proposals for an internationa!
guardianship Of tho neutrality of the
Straits.
The general principles Of such q set
tlement are involved in the signing OF
the present armistice. There remains,
however, the determination Of many
practical questions of definition and ap.
plication. On their solution and en-
forcement depend the lives of many
thousands Of Christians, the protec-
tion Of immense property interests, the
guardianship Of the freedom of the
Straits, the future status of American
citizens in the Turkish Empire and the
pregnant issues Of future orderly jus
tice and peace in the Near East.
Under these circumstances what has
the United States done so far to meet
the situation? Secretary Hughes in
his recent letter to Bishop Cannon
mentions four points in particular.
They require brief comment or ex-
planation.
1. On September 8 Admiral Bristol
urged Kemal Pasha to take steps to in
sure the population of occupied terri
tories against reprisals. On September
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

Contrary to what was feared, the pub
lie, far from condemning this purchase
approved it, and the diamond, called
the Regent, became the finest piece Of
the crown jewels.
Sixty years later this magnificent
diamond was in extreme peril. For g
whole week, from September to 16,
1892, thieves, taking advantage Of the
then prevailing disorder in France, pill
laged the crown furniture repository
and the Regent diamond disappeared.
Several thieves were found and guillo
tined, but the Regent was not found.
1t was not until December 10, 1898,
that the diamond was returned, though
very mysteriously. All that became
known was that it had been hidden In
hole one and half inches in diane
ter which had been bored in piece of
the framework of a granary.
The important thing is that the
French State has come again into pos
session of this inestimable jewel. 1t
is now exhibited in the Louvre, in the
Apollo Gallery, under glass case,
which by night is put in secret safe.
And everybody can see and admire it
for 25 sous.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Austria's Musical Stamps

At least something new has come out
Of the distress of Austria, in the form,
of postage stamps bearing the portraits
not of sovereigns, according to custom,
but of famous musicians Japan, it
will be remembered, adorns her ex-
quisite stamps with chrysanthemum
flower, Great Britain with the portrait
of the sovereign, France with group
as poet by her brilliant oratory and
lea with portraits of various states
men. But Austria alone selects men
whose fame is in the world of art.
Thus the two-kronen stamp bears the
portrait of Francis Haydn, the immor-
tai composer of "The Creation" "The
Seasons" "Armida" and a wealth Of
sacred and secular music, not forget
ting the national hymn Of Austria.
The ive-kronen stamp shows the hand
some face of Mozart, the inspired mel
odist Of "Don Giov~1ni," "The Magic
Flute" and other masterpieces. On the
seven -and-a-half-krone stamp appears
the mighty and Incompatible Beetho-
ven. And on the 10-kronen stamp is
the likeness of Franz Schubert, worthy
companion of the other great masters.
Musicians and philatelists alike will
rejoice in these stamps, which are ex-
cellent examples of the enSrayer's art.
But connoisseurs will wonder at the
judgment which placed ON the highest
priced stamp of all, the 50-kroaen, the
portrait of the composer of "The Beau
tiful Blue Danube "Wine, Woman and
Song" Thousand and One Nights" and
other fashionable dances Of genera
tion or two ago. Is it to be believed
that the viennese realty rsak Johann
Strauss above Haydn, Mozas!, Schubsse
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
GkE4S TONE DJEWCo

can people is needed for this entire
problem.
D. The earlier plan for an investi-
cation as to atrocities, to which we ac-
ceded, has not required our later par.
ticipation, rs the matter was turned
over to the international Red Cross
The Secretary of State also gives well
come assurances that 1--WE have taken
proper measures for the protection of
American interests" To assist in
relief work American naval forces in
Turkish waters have been increased
and supplies have been dispatched as
the result Of Congressional appropria-
ton. Meanwhile, a widespread appeal
for private charity is being made.
Attempt by Armed Forces
Is Not Now Justified
The Secretary concludes his letter
by saying that:
"As you are probably aware, the
Executive has no authority to go be-
yond this, and there has been no action
by Congress which would justify this
government in an attempt by armed
forces to pacify the Near East or to
engage in acts Of war in order to
accomplish the results you desire with
respect to the inhabitants Of that
territory and TO determine the prob
lens which have vexed Europe for
generations"
| This general review, therefore, leaves
us with certain definite questions
which are sure to be of Importance to
the United States In the coming peace
negotiations:
First, what will be the status Of Amer
lean citizens in restored Turkey
Hitherto we have claimed extraterri-
torial privileges based on our treaty Of
1880 with Turkey. In 1914 the Turks
abolished all the capitulations. They
we're restored, however, in CONSTANT
nople on the Allied occupation. OF
course, in Kemalist territory this step
has not been recognized. Now the en-
tire question must come up again for
settlement.
At the. Washington conference we
approved thesplan for an inquiry into
extra-territorial rights and privileges
in China. With our recognition Of the
independence of Egypt this same ques-
ton Of extraterritoriality Is also In
volved. In view of the large American
business and missionary properties in
Turkey and the difficult position of
American citizens, who may be de-
prived of protection they have hitherto
enjoyed, the decisions made by the
Allies and Turkey will have very
practical bearing on the future civil
and judicial status of Americans in
Turkey. This applies both to regular
residents and to tourists. 1t is certain
that this question will receive the
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

American policy became necessar,
me present Administration has, there
lore, kept aloof from Turkish as wall
/ as other European political and terri
sorlal settlements. In this fashion the
government is to-day free to act as the
occasion may require and as American
policy may determine.
InJanuary, 1919, Admiral Bristol was
I ordered to Constantinople in command
OF our naval forces in Turkish waters.
In August Of that year he became
American High Commissioner at Con-
stantinople as the personal representa-
tive of the President. He Is there to-
day not under the terms Of the Treaty
Of Sevres, but to protect American in
terests.
The Sultan remains at CONSTANT
nople as nominal sovereign, but all
real power in Asia Minor is in the
hands OF Mustaphs Kemal Pasha, who
is reported to be of Jewish descent, but
whose family has been Moslem for
many generations. Kemal, as the lead
er of resurgent and patriotic Turkey,
has by his recent capture of Smyrna
become the central figure in the entire
situation. Because Of his skill as q
military organizer and because of his
patient diplomacy he has profted by
the instability Of Greece and by the
jealousies Of the Allies to defeat the
purposes Of the Treaty Of Savres.
That treaty is now dead. Turkey is
no longer huge and valuable conces-
sion divided in spheres of economic in
terest among the Allies. The original
plans for an independent Armenia have
apparently failed. The Greeks have
been driven out of the district in Asia
Minor that was allotted for their ad-
ninistration. The wastage Of war,
starvation, disease, massacre o- de-
portation is responsible for the death
Of thousands upon thousands Of Chris
tians. The result Is the threatened
success Of the alleged Turkish plan to
settle the problem Of racial and re-
ligious minorities by the simple dras-
analysis Of the facts in the case, and
France Hopes to Profit
BY Kemal's Successes
The present plans of Kemal also in
clude the recovery of Constantinople
and Of Thrace and at least the partial
control Of the Straits by renascent
and belligerant Turkey. To a large
part of this program the Allies have
apparently already agreed. France in
particular has assisted the aims Of the
Turks, though recently she has been
acting as a restraining friend to delay
the hasty and fanatical advance of
Kemals forces on Constantinople.
French policy in the main hopes to
profit by Kemal's successes. In this
desperate game Of diplomacy and
threatening war Great Britain has
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Princes tn Beggary

The German princes, proud and
wealthy relics Of royalty, are in sore
straits, and some Of them are making
persistent appeals for public aid.
Oscar Of Prussia and Rupert of
Bavaria are imploring the German
governments to pension them as for
mer generals Of the Imperial army,
while the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
wants to return to well-paid duty as
inspector general.
AS for William Hohenzollern, for
merly Kaiser, he contents himself with
claiming the property belonging to him.
In Berlin and the suburbs he claims
ifty-thres palaces or other residences.
Many houses in Berlin are mortgaged
to him; he has properties all over
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Women and the League

The selection of Mrs. Coombe Ten
nant as British delegate to the AS
sembly Of the League Of Nations was
doubtless made because of her excep-
tional fitness for the place and not for
lack Of men capable Of filling it. This
appointment and her candidacy for
the House Of Commons from the Forest
of Dean promise her prominence Ia
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
The Regent Diamond


It is announced-and the news Is
probably true-that the Bolshevists, at
their wits end, have prepared to sell
the Russian crown Jewels. It is said
that they are worth seven million gold
rubles. One Of the most famous of
the gems is the OrlofP diamond, ac-
qured by the Tsarina Catherine III.
What constitutes the value Of this dia-
mond is its size as we'll as its purity;
but if it is sold the jeweler who ac-
quires it can make the greatest profit
by breaking it up into small pieces,
which would be the cause Of great
regret.
Such an accident almost happened to
an even more famous diamond, the
Regent or Pitt diamond, which has be-
come French national property. The
history of this diamond is very curious
Its discovery in 1717 has been related
by one Of those who contributed most
to its beirg bought by France, the
Duke Of Saint-Simon. By an extremely
rare event an employee in the diamond
mines of the Great Mogul concealed
the great gem not upon his person but
actually within his body, and embarked
without detection. To crown his hap
piness, he arrived in Europe with his
diamond. He carried 1t to England,
where the King admired it without
being able to make up his mind to
buy it. From England the man and
diamond were directed to John Law,
who proposed to the regent its pur-
chase for the King. But the price was
too great for the Regent, who refused
to take it.
Several million francs were asked for
it, and despite the success then OBJ
tained by Law and his famous specu-
1ation, the royal finances seemed in a
not sufficiently good state for such an
expenditure. However, Law spoke about
It to the Duke Of Saint-simon, who
succeeded in persuading the regent,
and the purchase was made, but after
long bargaining, so that it's price was
hre,,rht dnwr IN <run rni1liau frarcs
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Cern,an--By a German

While loyal Germans apply "Deutsch-
land ueber Allies" to their language, as
well to all else that Is German, they
are not altogether oblivious to the seri-
Gus imperfections Of their speech. A
correspondent Of the "Neueste Munch-
ner Nachrichten" (of Munich) loves it,
he says, with the same fervor rs a
good shoemaker loves the leather with
which he makes his shoes. In his eyes
it is the most beautiful language mas
much as it is the proper material for
embodying and increasing the spiritual
possessions of humanity.
However, he recognizes that sit is
frequently inadequate and obscure, that
it violates its own rules and that to
the stranger it presents an almost
insoluble problem. 1t Is SO difficult
that its swn humanists have qualified
xt as the language Of peasants More
Than two centuries after Luther, Fred
arick RI dealt harshly with It. To be
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Echoes From abroad
Social

Germany, and his wealth Is SO great
that the Prussian Minister of Finance
who is In charge Of auditing his &C.
counts with the government, declares
himself incapable Of estimating it
fully.
And the Kaiser does not pay cent
Of tax on his income.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

of old iron, for which they have paid
with gold.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
90 Or. Alfred L. P. Dennis

Nv lJI. F1htSA A-' ANihhS
ANY OF the recent protests
and appeals at Washington
NH regarding the crisis in the
i V - Eear East show a surpris-