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ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1018.
No. 116
THE
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Aside From Few Minor Oper'
ations There Is a Decided ,
Lull Prevailing.
WANTS U. S. TROOPS
Italy Would Like to See a Few of
Our Soldiers on the Ground to
Encourage Armies Amerl- '
cans Have Plenty of Fop.
(By Associated Press.) ..'
, Associated Press War Lead, May
1. Local fighting has again died
down in the Flanders and Picardy
sections of the battle front, Micro be
ing only a number of minor opera
tions in progress. The French' troops
are still holding hill 44 and have
penetrated - tlie enemy's positions.
The German aircraft attempted to
launch a raid on Paris lust night, but
were frustrated in their attack on
the city and bombed distant suburbs.
ITALY WANTS V. S. TROOPS.
AVuslilngton, May 10. Italy, in an
informal way, has made known to the
United States tiiat the. presence of
American troops on the Italian front
are greatly desired and that they feel
that a few thousand men under the
American flag would hearten tho
civilian population as well as tho
Italian troops. ,
. Italy has an abundance of man
power, it is said, but desires the
presence of United States troops at
the Italian front for the sake of in
spiration it wil have upon her own
army. German propaganda is active
in Italy, and every means of combat
ing its influence is desired. ,
; NO LACK OF (PEP. ' '
Washlntgon, May 10. Tho war
department has published an official
leonummlcation from General iPcr
sliing, giving Information of activi-
xies in sectors occupieq uy American
troops. Brave deeds of snipers and
stories of daring adventures of
Americans are told, among which tho
airmen come in for well earned com
mendation and praise for thrilling
ftghtN with enemy macliines
THIS LOOKS GOOD.
Paris, May 10. According to Pre
mier Clemenceans newspaper, tho
United States has promised tho allies
that by the end of the year there
will be 1,500,000 fully equipped
fighting men of the American army
in France. This means, according to
the statement published by the Paris
paper, at least 2,000,000 men includ
ing specialists and men in the quar
termaster's and other departments of
the army. ,
; ITALIANS ARE BUSY. V
Rome, May 10. The Italian troops
entered tho Austrian trendies at two
points today at Monto Asolone and
inflicted heavy casualties as well as
talcing many prisoners.
MINOR ARTILLERY FIRING.
Paris, May 1 0. There were some
artillery operations lost night south
east of tho city of Amiens, in the
Haillos Oastel sector, and a German
raiding detachment was driven oil.
MERE SCRAPS OF PAPER.
Washington, May 10. A copy of
the protest sent by the Soviet gov
ernment of Russia to . Germany,
against German agressions, published
by the state department, shows that
the Russians gave notice of their in
tention to mobilize - all necessary
forces to secure freedom and inde
pendence of the Russian republic,
now menaced beyond all limits,
which was established by the Brest
Litovsk treaty. i.
AUSTRIAN SHIP TORPEDOED. '
Rome, May 18. An Austrian bat
tlesldp was torpedoed by the Italian
naval forces in the Pola harbor Tues
day morning. They worked their way
Into the harbor by dodging patrol
boats and the search lights being
played about the harbor by the en
emy. . ..- ..'
WOULD CONSIDER REAL PEACE.
London, Stay 10. In a speech be
fore the house of commons : today,
Lord Balfour said that England was
ready to consider icace proposals,
provided they were offered by accred
ited persons In a straight forward
manner, Indicating sincerity of pur
pose.. BUILD CONCRETE , SHIPS.
nosmngion, may io. rne snip
ping board has decided to build im
mediately 14 . concrete tank steam
ers for the fuel oil trade and four
cargo vessels. Eight of these boats
will be built on the Pacific coast. '
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY."
San Francisco, May 10. Charles
Garland, an aviation student at the
Berkeley ground school, has been ar
rested charged with forging a check
for $5,888.00 while he was acting as 1
clerk in the California Wine Associa-1
lion's of lice. Garland was a former
Portland attorney and served as clerk
At the legislature for several sessions,
and was debarred by the state bar
association a year ago. - He has a
wife and one .child.
SURVEY INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
Washington, May 10. Charles
Otis, president of tho Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce, has been ap
pointed by the war Industries board
to make a survey of the Industrie!
resources of the country. -.
BURBANK EVOLVES NEW WHEAT
Santa Rosa, Calif., May 10. Luth
er Burbank lias evolved a "super
wheat" containing 14 per cent glut
ten, after 11 years1 experiments and
the product can be grown from the
Hudson Bay to Patagonia. It is a
winter variety and very hardy, pro
ducing an extra white flour. He is
now experimenting with rye and bar
ley.
PORTLAND CAPTAIN WOUNDED.
Washington, May 10. The casual
ty list today contains 01 names,
Eight were killed in action, four died
from wounds, one of accident ami
four of disease. Fourteen are miss
ing In action. Among the of fleers
Is Included Captain Earl Morrow, of
Portland, Ore., wounded.
TO HAVE OWN COMMANDERS,
Washington, May 10. All divis
ions on the western front will light
under American commanders when
ever the American troops predomin
ate, according to an announcement
made today. General Persuing may
be placed in charge of the British
and French units as -well as thef
Ameiicuns under tho plan us now at
ranged, and it Is expected that this
procedure in reference to the com.
mand of the U. S. forces will rapidly
increase the number of our men on
the firing line and contribute to the
spirit of unity among all forces very
materially.
PRESIDENT RENEWS FIGHT.
Washington, May 10. President
Wilson renewed the light toduy
against the adoption by the senate of
Chamberlain's resolution for a war
inquiry by the military committee
and advised Senator Thompson that
the resolution as amended yesterday
Is still objectionable to. him. stating
that the -measure in' Its present form
would authorize "a diiig net investi
gation by tho military committee," ho
fears.'
MAJOR PASSES THROUGH.
Major John M. Williams, passed
through ' this city this afternoon
from California, enroute to his home
at Eugene. He is making a quick
return to that city in order to cast
his ballot tomorrow. Major Wil
liams is. now acting adjutant general
of Oregon, and at the present time,
is stationed in Portland. He proud
ly boasts of having three sons in
Uncle Sam's service, one now In Eng
land, and two already in France, one
of the latter being with the 65th ar
tillery. - Major Williams spent sev
eral minutes in this city visiting with
Dr. F. W.- Haynes, with whom he is
personally acquainted.
RECEPTION FOR DR. LUX.
During the last week, Rev, Paul J.
Lux and Mrs. Lux have been much
entertained by Roseburg -friends,
among whom they , have been visit
ing. Aside from many informal lit
tle dinner parties, a reception : was
held for them at the' home of Mrs.
Jean Pitts on Monday evening, the
hostesses being Mrs. Thackrah, Mrs.
Whitney, Mrs. Pitts and Miss Mar
tens. During the evening a large
number of friends dlropped in to ex
press their pleasure at seeing Dr. and
Mrs. Lux again and -to wish them
much success in their new home at
EUensburg, Wash., where Dr. Lux
has assumed the pastorate of the
Presbyterian church. :
WILL CARRY MULT-
H BY
PORTLAND, May 16. It is
generally conceded here today
that Robert N. Stanfield, re-
publican candidate for United
States senator, will carry Mult-
nomah county by 5,000 votes
and that his lead in the state
will reach fully 16,000.
:
CONVICT SURROUNDED, j
. - .-'
(By Associated Press.)
' PORTLAND, May 16. Con-
vict Jeff Baldwin, who escaped
from the state prison at Sa-
lem last Sunday, is believed to
have - been located between
Oanby and Oregon City. The
place where Baldwin Is in hid-
ing-has been surrounded, and
his capture is expected before
night. - The men engaged in
pursuit are proceeding Icoiuti-
ously, as It Is believed Bald-
win may be armed, and as he Is 4 branch of the national council of de-
a desperate character - no fense and a division of the commlt-
chances are being taken. tee on public information are Inaug
4 t444444444444 uniting a war conference, which will
Deplores Unfounded Utter
ances Made by His
Opponents. ;
NOMINATION IS ASSURED
Believes the Intelligent People of the
State Will Ignore False . and
, .. Scurrilous Attacks , Mode 'V
. At Eleventh. Hour.
PORTLAND. May 16 With a final
statement, . addressed to the people
of Oregon, R. N. Stanfield yesterday
submitted to the republican voters
his candidacy for nomination
United States senator. In this state
ment Mr. Stanfield deplores the-un
founded charges made against him
from unfriendly sources and ex
presses the belief that the electors,
disregarding these accusations, will
give-him their support in the belief
that he can render the state resulttul
service at Washington.'- " -
The statement of Mr. Stanfield,
which is addressed "to the people of
my native state," follows:
"One more day will mark the close
Kf the primary campaign and I feel
that I can now safely assure you that
when the polls close I shall have been
chosen as the candidate of the repub
lican party for the high and honor
able office of United States senator
for the commonwealth of Oregon.
- "Either in defeat or success, my
greatest regret of the campaign shall
be that my opponents, and especially
the Evening Telegram, have seen fltl
to question and Im'pugn ray loyalty
by making false charges of profiteer-
.. -
ing in the wool business, and to tho
people of Oregon, those who Biipport
me as well as to those who oppose me,
I here ana now say that each and ev
ery one of such charges Is absolutely
false and without the slightest foun
dation of-factr"! now and here chal
lenge the Telegram or any person to
cite or show one specific Instance
where I have hoarded or held from
sale or profited through speculative
operation as a wool trower and wool
merchant, since the United States en
tered the war. I have not made one
cent of profit thereby.
"As a grower of wool it has been
my good fortune, just as It has been
the good fortune of the farmer, the
stock grower and in fact" every
branch of industry, to receive an ad
vanced price from my products and
I am not unmindful that these ad
vanced prices are the results of war
and should be applied In return for
the support of war measures and
for the alleviation of tho pain and
suffering caused by the war; and,
actuated' by" this principle, I have
given 300 per cent of my net income
to the caluse of liberty. I have invest
ed $116,000 in liberty bonds and I
have given proportionately to the
ned Cross, the Y. M. C. A the
Knights of Columbus, the Armenian
relief, the Jewish relief and all other
patriotic causes and exjpect to con
tribute to! the full extent of my
means. . ' -
"To the extent of my ability I
have endeavored to make tho lot of
our soldier boys easier. I have giv
en where the cause was worthy with
out restraint and without any hope
of political or self aggrandizement.
I have given because I believed I
should give and It has hot been my
intention or my desire to make this
fact public and I would nnt h
done so had It not been for the vicious
attacks made upon my patriotism by
the Telegram and others. i
"I became a candidate because I
have a firm conviction that nnHtie
and politicians have brought ruin and
industrial degradation upon the state
of Oregon.- I am a candidate because
I believe that Oregon has been dis
criminated aginst and that It will be
discriminated against until we rise
in our might and demand simple jus
tice for our state.
"With full confidence that the in
telligent people of Oregon can and
will discern and decide justly be
tween false and scurrilous last-day
pre-election charges and an open
business record) of a life-time spent
in your midst, I submit my political
ambitions as well as my record for
loyalty, honesty and , integrity for
your approval or disapproval." v
E AI
PORTLAND MAY 22-23
Sheriff George Qulne Is in receipt
of a letter from Sheriff Thomas
Hurlburt, of Multnomah county,
which states that the - Portland
be held in the Oregon metropolis
May- 22 and 23. The Multnomah
home guards, 800 strong, In dress
parade,-will be a feature of the con
ference. There are eight companies
of the Multnomah home guard, each
with an enrollment of 100. A gen
eral military coloring will prevail
during the conference,- and Sheriff
Hurl-burl, as commander in chief of
the guard, has Issued Invitations to
all other (County commanders in
chief throughout - the state to be
present. The letter received by
Sheriff Qulne (urges him ito attend
the conference, as' It may be the
means of much valuable' informa
tion, as well as a pleasurable af
fair. The Multnomah hoine guard
will appear on parade in! uniforms
and irully equipped, for active ser
vice. Indeed, .the guard has already
been called upon and proved Us ef
ficiency. - .
List of Forty-three Called to
Colors Frorn Douglas
.;. . , IsUUIIiy. ).
WILL REPORT MAY 29
Expected The. e Troops Will Be Sent
to Fort McDowell, California,;
For Training Alternates '
Are Also Named. ;
- Under the draft call received by
the . local board late yesterday, and
given out 'by Chief Clerk Raffety
? The News went to press,
I whereby 43 Douglas county men are
?Ue to the colors, many more well
Iritmirn nniia ilkU n.4, m11IJ...
known boys of this city and vicinity
are named. ...
' All men called under this order
will report before the local draft
board at the offices of Sheriff Qulne
in tne court house on Wednesday,
May; -2 8, -. and front'-here- will' ftoV-
abiy be sent to California, accord
ing to information given in the call
published yesterday. Twenty-seven
alternates were also named, so that
in event any of the men in the list
should be given deferred classifica
tion his alternate can be called at
once. . . : -
Following are the names of the 43
men called from this county, and also
tne alternates: : ,
. 44 John Gross. - .
244 . John Gross.
273 Hammond, Frank M.
297 Ollbreth, Harold H. ' "
312 Harris, Harry Hugh.
314' . Taylor, Glen llni tiuon.
319 Helms, William J.
323 Rust, Virgil N.
334 - Mills, John E.
336 Peterson, Richard H:
339 Larsen, Sofus.
?42 Booher, John H.
354 . Harris, Loy.
: 356 Swearinger, Roy William
368 (Becroft, James W.
361 , Singleton, John Bliss.
. 362 Wimuerly, Lester L
368 William, Roy.
, 381 Lamb, Asa C. V
383 Andrews, Robert L. --.
394 . -Johnson, Warren. - ' -
396 Quappe, Rrederlck G."C;
397 Huser,-Hermann H.
. 408 Reese, Harrison. i
'410 Miller, James B.
' 421 . Boak, George E.
' 4B2 Patchen, Roy.' -
424 Bollenbaugh, Dan C.
437 Winnlford, John Molvln.
441 Trozelle, Paul Claus.
443 Trapolis, Peter Bill,
446 Leabo, Lloyd B.
447 Davis, Roscoe T.
449 Keith, Francis Marlon. '.
463 Daniels, Henry G.
454 " Watktns. Roy.
.466 -Rust, Walter Newton. ,
457 Staley, Elmer Charles
460 Robinson, Guy H. !-
: 473 - Baird, Victor John. -,
283 Lervaresich, Loore.
386 Martin, James A.
335 Solle. Alfred.
477 Dysert, Frezier L.
' Alternates.
480 Hinkle, Virgil.
. 482 Tonole, Joe. !
485 Goodman, Roy. .
494 Haskell; Fred.
496 Bollenbaugh, Ralph.
: 499 Bates, Bernlce H.
t 600 Destmlni, Domini. ,i
'608 Russle, Archie J.
. 609 Qulntero, Leonardo.
628 Somes, Hans Peter. -
630 -Moore, John Phillip.
537 Allbrldge, George.
640 ; Porter, Manle Alvln. .
656 Hudlow. Roy.
662 Westby7Louls. .
681 " Marketta, Pete.
. 671 Hutchason, Charles E.
582 Stephens, Artie. '
684 Potter. Charles A.
5871 F.pauldlng, Roy.
. 693 Oelaer, Harrison R.
, 695 Dixon, Nedl
602 Webster, Francis.
606 Hallam, Thomas.
609 " Erlckson, Roy.
610 Teague, Albert. .
623 Brlsbln, Lee E.
Local Surgical Department Is
Now Occupying 5 Rooms
..In Perkins Building.
MUCH IS ACCOMPLISHED
Mrs. J, w. Perkins, Efficient Supervl.
- sor, Recently Returned from Con
. -' ventlon Much Valuable
Information Gained.
The horrible -reality of the war Is
Impressed more vividly upon the
hearts of those who ihave the oppor
tunity of visiting the Red Cross sur
gical dressing department which oc
cupies comfortable quarters In tho
Perkins building, five rooms now be
ing used for this important work
and if one has the slightest tendency
to belittle the vastness of the pro
ject that has been set before the wo
men of the Red cross, that idea' is
soon dispelled and- in its -place re
mains an earnest desire to assist. In
this great work, that the Red CrosB
ladies are now unaertaKing. -
Almost any afternoon, in fact every
afternoon during the week and two
evenings, additional each week if one
should wander Into the Red Cross
rooms in the Perkins building a won
derful sight greets them. Arranged
so as to utilize every available space
around the side and in the center of
the rooms are the work tables and
seated! around these . are the white
gowned Red Cross women who are
more than doing their 4it in the
great struggle. Wluh bent heads and
a determined look about each face
the needles fairly fly through the
snowy bandages and .in the course of
a day many vastly, necessary articles
have been completed and the faith
ful workers return to their homes,
but are soon ready.for another day's
stern.. duties over the. needles, j. The
five rooms are used for cutting, In
specting and folding and) 30 ladies
gather each day, with some days as
many as from 40 to 46 assisting in
the great work, mnder the able super
vision of Mrs. J. W. Perkins, who was
chosen for this responsible place by
the executive board of the Red Cross
and by popular choice of her. co
workers. , ; '
In the early winter the ladles occu
pied but two rooms in the building,
but so urgent has been the demand
tor the surgical articles that the de
partment was forced to expand and a
splendid co-operation has been given
by the local ladles. However, more
workers are needed and are more
than welcome In this little worth
while circle. Roseburg Is given an
allotment' of ten boxes- of- articles
that must be shipped each month and
In the -inspection room of the local
department at the present time, are
the neatly filled boxes which wfll be
sent directly from here to Seattle
where they are first Inspected, thence
shipped to the base hospitals in
France where they are sterilized and
made ready for Instant use. Differ
ent classeB of surgical dressings are
manufactured for the three hospital
divisions the front line trenoh hos
pitals or first aid stations the evac
uation and the base hospitals, and a
severely wounded soldier goes to all
three of the divisions should his case
merit this procedure.
In the shipment of surgical dress
ings that are now awaiting to be ex
pressed from the local department to
Seattle are three 8.12 boxes of Oakum
pads, 2 boxes of split irrigation
pads, - one box of compresses, con
taining 5600 and several boxes of
minor dressings, the result of many
days of faithful work under the di
rection of Mrs. Perkins and her' 100
per cent expert assistants.
Mrs. Perkins returned recently
from Seattle where ehe attended the
Northwest division Red Cross con
vention, having been sent as a rep
resentative from the local chapter.
Mrs. Perkins gained , a remarkable
amount of valuable information as to
the manufacture of the latest surgical
dressings which have been adopted by
-the army surgeons and this work is
to be taken up later on by the local
ladles under the former's direction.
Am important dressing which was
learned by Mrs. Perkins is a new
moBS dressing which was lately dils-
covered by American medical scien
tists and which has proven to be the
cheapest and most efficient of any.
The moss has been found in large
quantities at Ilwaco, Newport and
Toledo, where it grows in bogs un
der water. This moss-Is said to ab
sorb In a -remarkable manner and is
far superior to cotton or oakum, the
lattor being a popular dressing sub
stance, which is now Immensely pop
ular in the surgical department of
the army.
A new .project that will he taken
up later and which was learned by
Mrs. Perkins was the manufacturer
of the surgical packages for use in
the front line trenches. These pack
ages contain swabs, pads probes, etc.,
for first aid relief and each soldier
who goes to the front line trenches
will be furnished one by the Red
Cross. Wishing to know the rating
or tne local department aa to. quan-
tity and quality of articles shipped
from KoseDurg, Mrs. Perkins luuulr-
ed as to this and imparts the splen
did ana most highly satisfactory in
formation that Roseburg has an envi
able record for perfect work in the
pock and wrap dressings and holds
one of the highest scores In tne en
tire state for high class completed
work. . . '
Never lessening their steady efforts
ana with hearts and souls completely
wrapped up In the work the Red
Cross ladles of the surgical dressing
uepartment are devoting their time
to one of -the greatest and most
worthy causes of humanity and words
cannot adequately express the praise
tnat is que each ana every one of
them, for their participation in this
great and noble work. '
TO HOLD UNION MEET.
ING SUNDAY EVENING,
' The local ministers heldTa meet
ing today audi decided to hold a un
ion meeting Sunday -evening in the
Baptist church in the interest of the
Red Cross drive. Uniting in these
exercises will be the MethodlBt Epis
copal, the M. E., South, Presbyterian
and Baptist, the Christian ehurch be
ing provented from joining because
of previous arrangements which
could not be changed. Delightful
features of the session will be mu
sic by the high school orchestra and
the Girls' NationoJ Honor Guard.
Hon. Jf H. Booth will preside,
with Dexter Rice giving the open
ing address and Rev.. E. W. War
rington delivering the principal ad
dress of the evening.
WHERE TO VOTE.
Following are the polling places
ror tomorrows election, and-voters
should take notice:
Lane precinct Caro building.
Roseburg precinct City call.
Hermann precinct Mrs. Pickens'
house.
Woodard precinct RoBeburg hotel
Caro preclnct--ChrlBtlan church.-,
Parrott precinct Lowens house.
Bellows -precinct Fletcher house,
102 S. Flint.
Hamilton precinct Parrott and
Moeher,--.--:-..."- .-i-;---.... ,
Mill precinct Fair grounds hulld-.
Umpqua precinct Mrs. Staggs'
bulldilng, Winchester street.
Benson procinct -Office Page Lum
ber Co. .
West Roseburg Leckey house.
Umpqua avenue. '
Deer Creek precinct Coure house.
SPEAKS TO R. H. S.
Dr. U. S. Duback, of Corvallls,
spoke to the Roseburg high school
this morning concerning the import
ance of tho high school and college
education. Dr. Duback Is at the
head of the commrece department at
O. K. C. and brought a very inter
esting meBBage to the students this
morning. This noon he gave a spe
cial hour to the graduating class of
18, which was thoroughly appreciat
ed by all members. He returned to
his home in Corvallls this afternoon.
BANKS WILL CLOSE.
All banks in the city will close
tomorrow, election day, so it was an
nounced late this afternoon. In all
probability the various offices at the
court house will also be closed,
VOTE FOR HELIWaL
It has been greatly deplored
by republicans all over the
county that no candidate ap- 4
peared In the field to secure the
nomination of clerk on the re-
-publican ticket. At a late hour
It has definitely been decided by
scores of friends of Barton E.
Helllwell to pass the word along
and have that gentleman's
name written in on the ballots.
ThlB move was taken without
consultation with Mr. Helll-
well, and Indeed heltnew noth-
ing of the efforts of his admir-
era to place his name on the
ballot. It' Is believed Mr. Hil-
llwell will permit his name to
go before the people for the
clerk's office, and notice has al-
ready been sent to all pre-
clncts, and republicans are ask-
ed to take notice of the fact. 4
Mr. Helllwell Is a gentleman
highly qualified for the position,
and Is at present, and for a 4
long time has been, connected
with the tax collecting depart-
ment of the sheriff's office. He
has lived in the county for
4 many years, is a man of sterl- 4
Ing worth, always courteous, a
gentleman who makes friends
of those he meets. Be sure to
write. In tihe blank space just
beneath the heading, "For
County Clerk," Barton E. HUM-
well.
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TO
Date For Enrollment Will be
Set by Proclamation of
i the President. :
WILL AWAIT LEGISLATION'
Oregon Already Orgonizing for Work
Responsibility Rests on Local
, Draft Board Except In Cities
Of Over 30,000.
- PORTLAND, Ore., May 16. Reg
istration of the young men of Ore
gon and other states who have reach
ed the age of 21 years since, last
June 6 will ho required on a day
soon to be set by proclamation of
President WHson. - ., ; -:- .
ThlB day will 'be fixed by the president-aB
soon as.- congress enacts
necessary legislation,, now pending.
That Is expected to be very soon.
In the (meantime, the task of or
ganizing Oregon for this new regis
tration of men for military service
has already begun under instructions
from the war department. These In
structions emphasize- the need for
perfecting beforehand a complete
working organization so that on the
day Bet the registration will be 100
per cent strong. -' -
On last June 6, all men between
the ages of 21 and 30 years. Inclu
sive, .were required to register for
military .service. . As the number of
men now-in the 21-year-old class is
estimated,, to be approximately one
tenth of those registered then, the
task this year will not be so. great.
. WnwAVAi If vHll ha tiAaw MAiiffh -
to require the most alert co-operation
on the ipart of every local board,
and of state, country and city of
ficials, to carry it through.
The responsibility for conducting
I , I ,, ,,. r,Ki,,i, 11,1, Will 111,1 1 1 1 1 - I f I IT. I
ibpftrdsin. all districts except those
of .30,000 population , or more,
where the mayor Is responsible. .The
local boards .have been notified to
prepare Immediately - lists of , the
registration places for the new regis
tration, to have these lists, posted,
and to take all other necessary, pre- .
llnilnary stops. : , , ,..
In the city of Portland, which
alone comes under the 30,000 clas
sification, Mayor Baker will have the
responsibility for these preparations.
Regulations will shortly he Issued
by the war department providing for
the registration of men who are un
able by reason of illness to present
themselves for registration in person,
and for the registration of absen
tees. : l(
As was the case laBt June., 5, tho
registration Is to be completed In a
single day. '
Every young man who has attain
ed his 21st birthday since last June
5, -for his own protection, should
keep well posted! as to the day fixed
by the president for the registration,
ror Ignorance of the registration date
will not be accepted aa an excuse for
falling to register. , . '
DICK IS GETTING FAT
In a letter from Dick Busch, a
former pressman in .The Evening
News office, but now with the troops
at Camp Lewis, - American Lake,
Wash., . received by Tom . Weather
ford today, the ex-printer man says
he is having a splenold time, and is
perfectly well and doing fine. Among
other matters of general Interest is
the statement that he does not won
der hhat the government is urging
food conservation, If what they get
to eat at the army cantonment IB
anything to ,go by, Dick alleges that
the bill of fare provided for the
men Is the finest he ever dreamed
of, and far better than any hotel or
restaurant the men had met with on
their trip north. Dick wits given a
physical examination and found too
light in weight according to height
for certain service and therefore de
tailed for selective duty. He hni
taken out $10,000 Insurance and ex
pects to see active service overseas.
WEDDING THIS AFTERNOON.
At the home of Mrs. Geo.: Trultt,
on South Stephens street. Rev. C. H.
Hilton, pastor of the Christian
church, united In marriage Mr. Leo
E. Bates and Miss Lola Faulconor. a
telephone operator. The ceremony
took place promptly at two o'clock
this afternoon- in the presence of a -few
friends and relatives the ring
ceremony being used. The young
folks bad many congratulations from
friends and relatives.