OREOON CrTV ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917.
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OREGON'S FINANCES ARE IN
GOOD SHAPE ACCORDING TO
THE U. S. CENSUS BUREAU
WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 20.
Twenty-six states of the 'Union are
not paying, from their revenues, their
total expenses for governmental costs.
Interest on Indebtedness, and outlays
for permanent Improvements; and of
this number 11 are not even meeting
their current expenses and Interest
In 22 states, however, the revenues
exceed the total expenditures for cur
rent expenses, interest, and outlays.
These and other Important facts are
brought out in a report entitled
"Financial Statistics of States, 1916."
soon to be issued by Director Sam L.
Rogers, of the bureau of the census,
department of commerce. This report
which was compiled under the direc
tion of Mr. Starke M. Grogan, chief
statistician for statistics of states and
cities, gives detailed data in respect
of the revenues aM expenditures, the
indebtedness and assets of each of the
assessments, the taxes, and the in
48 states of the Union.
The aggregate revenues of all the
states during the year were $166,946,
748; th. aggregate expenditures for
current governmental costs, includ
ing Interest on indebtedness, $425,
071,093; anl the aggregate outlays for
permanent improvements, $85,063,206.
The first two of these items represent
increases of 1.1 per cent and 6.3 per
cent, respectively, as compared with
the corresponding figures for the pre
ceding fiscal year; but the outlays
show a decrease of 10.6 per cent
For all the states taken as a group,
tho per capita receipts from property
taxes were $2.56; from other taxes,
$1.07; from earnings of general de
partments, 54 cents; and from all
other sources combined, 50 cents.
The expenditures during the year
for governmental costs, aggregate
$510,134,299. The average per capita
expenditures for all governmental
costs. Including interest and outlays,
in the 48 states, were $5.10.
For the 48 states taken together,
the payments for governmental costs,
including interest and outlays, ex
ceeded the revenues by $43,187,551;
but the revenues exceeded the current
exposes and interest by $41,875,655, an
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amount nearly nair as great as the
total outlays, which aggregated $85,-
063,206. In other words, the states
taken as a group are paying, from
their revenues, all their current ex
penses and interest and nearly half
their outlays.
AT 94 SHE PLANTS
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OBERLIN, Ohio, Aug. 21. Mrs.
Thomas Edwards, who is 94, is be
lieved to be the oldest' woman not
only in Ohio, but in the United States
who has a fine growing war garden:
that has been handled entirely by her
self. Mrs. Edwards, early last spring,
sent for the food garden primer of the
national emergency food garden com
mission at Washington and followed
the suggestion set down in that. Now
she is busy studying the canning man
ual of the commission. Mrs. Edwards
has don all the work in her garden
with the assistance of a daughter only.
With a large family Mrs. Edwards
came to this country from Wales dur
ing the Civil war and she has many
relatives of the younger generation
now In training; or at the front with
the British army. Mrs. Edwards has
five great grandchildren and like all
Welsh she is famous for her garden
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Construc
tion work on the national guard camp
at Palo Alto, Cal., was ordered sus
pended by the war department today
as a result of the insistence of local
health authorities that sewers be in
stalled in the camp. j
Army officers regard this as an un
necessary expense for a temporary
camp, and it wa ssaid the site may be
abandoned if the health authorities
continue to insts on sewers.
CAMP FREMONT, Palo Alto, Cal.,!Crp8' nn, as a Uerslty of Ore
Aug. 22,-Because construction work gn ranlzaon, today received a tel-
at Camp Fremont was ordered sus
Fremont was ordered sus-
pended today, more than 2000 laborers,
including hundreds ot carpenters, are
to be dismissed immediately.
Camp Fremont, for training of na
tional guardsmen from several western
states, was to have been ready for
troops next week, Captain W. G.
Flelschlaur, constructing quartermas
ter, had announced. Many of the
buildings for administrative officials
and for use as storehouses have been
completed.
LOCMI8, WASH., MAN WOUNDED
OTTAWA, Aug. 22. The name of
W. C. White, of Loomis, Wash., ap
pears among wounded in today's list.
In all but 11 of the states the rev
enue receipts exceeded the payments
for current governmental expenses
and interest and in 22 the revenues
exceeded the total expenditures, for
governmental costs, including interest
and outlays. These 22 states were
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska.
Kansas, Deleware, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Georgia, IiOuIsiaua, Oklahoma.
Montana, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada,
Washington, and Oregon. In Montana
in which) state the revenues were
more than double the total govern
mental cost payments, the excess
amounted to $4,175,213. This rela
tively enormous excess, however, is
accounted for by the setting aside of
additional public lands for the per
manent school fund and is not due to
any unusual increase in ordinary re
ceipts or decrease in ordinary expen
ditures. The total outlays for permanent im
provements aggregated $S5,099.0SS. Of
this amount $33,0S7,41O, or nearly
two-fifths, was spent for the construc
tion of new roads and the permanent
Improvement such as macadamizing
or paving of existing ones. The
greatest outlays for roads in individ
ual states wer reported for New
York, $10,742,913; California, $7,706.
376; and Maryland, $3,563,697. Onty
twenty-one states Maine, New Hamp
shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minne
sota, Maryland, Louisiana, Montana,
Idaho, New Mexico, Arizonia. Utah.
Washington, Oregon, and California
expended money directly on the con
struction and improvement of roads
during the fiscal year, but a number
of the other states apportioned sums
to counties, municipalities, etc., which
were spent in the construction and im
provement of roads.
The net indebtedness (funded and
floating debt less assests of general
sinking funds) for the forty-eight
states aggregated $4a9,66l.269, or
$4.59 per capita. The net indebted
ness of New York alone, $148,740,465,
represented nearly a third of the total
and was far greater tfian that of any
other state. Six states Iowa, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, West Vir
ginia, and Oregon reported no net
indebtedness
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NEWBERG, Or., Aug. 22. The
towns of Newberg and Dundee were
threatened by a forest fire which
burned down to the city limits before
the hundreds of citizens organized as
volunteer fire fighters stopped the
fury of the blaze.
The fire started when workmen
burned a pile of brush that had accu
mulated during a cleanup at the old
Dorrance sawmill in the canyon one
mile west of this city.
Local residents saw the smoke and
were beginning to send out a gang of
men when a telephone call was re
ceived for the Newberg and all avail
able men. About 200 responded in au
tomobiles and in about an hour the
fire was declared under control, after
it had burned over between 25 and 30
acres.
Then about midnight Tuesday, when
the force of watchmen had been re
duced to about 15 men, a strong north
east wind arose and the fire soon got
oeiona control again, eating its wav:
toward Dundee.
County Commissioner Allen wired
Constable Morris to hire men in New
berg and rush them to the fire in ma
chines. He had sent a like request
to other towns nearby and a large force
soon had the situation in hand.
More than 100 acres in all were
burned over.
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EUGENE, Or., Aug. 20. Captain
John E. Kuykendall, commander of the
Fourteenth Red Cross Ambulance
- v,u,6u
in nan rrancisco .notiiymg Dim that
the corps would be ordered to Amer
ican Lake September 1. Captain Kuy
kendall this afternoon sent out mes
sages to the men who reside in various
sections of Oregon and in other states
to report in Eugene next week.
The roster of the corps includes
Frank R. Mount, Oregon City; William
W. Mount, of Olympia, and Kenneth
Bartlett, of Estacada.
North Bend: Link of highway lead
ing from Eugene to Florence and Coos
Bay to be built at once. Catching In
let ranchers at work building Summer
Coos Bay City road.
Pope Asks for Peace
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Pope Benedict has issued another''
peace proclamation o the waning na-! cf gheep; 41.647 ewes were also lambed
tfons in which he suggests a peace , on national forest range. 1
without annexations. He suggests j The district forester finds there is
that the German colonies should be ! erl0U8 8horte in the regular hay
,k . , , ' crop throughout the district. He hopes,
resorted, and that Alsace and Lor Krt. ,K, ,K . , , , ,
' however, that the amount of inferior
ralne should be disposed of In the,Rraln cropa cut for huv wl 0get
peace negotiations.
RELEASE OF MEN 111
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SEATTLE. Aug. 21. A general'
strike of Industrial Workers of the i
World will be attempted on September
1, acording to information received by i
Governor Lister and communicated to . LONDON, Aug. 20. An Athens dis
members of the executive committee of patch to the Exchange Telegraph com
the West Coast Lumbermen's assocla-j pany says that among the diplomatic
tion today. Prompt action by the mlll-i documents found In Athens since the
tary authorities in arresting eastern J change in government is the reply
Washington leaders of the organUa- j from former King Constantino, wrlt
tion prevented the expected response ! ten a few days after war began, to
to the first call. j a message from Emperor William, who
j proposed Greece should Join the cen-
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 21. Declar-; tral powers. Constantino said:
ing its belief that the Industrial Work-! emperor knows my personal
ers of the World were Justified in re- j sympathies, as well as mv nolltlral
sorting to the strike as the only wea
pon at their command, the Spokane
central labor body has made the fol
lowing demands:
That these men now in Jail be re
leased at once.
That Governor Lister be rclhoved
from position of public trust.
That Colonel Wilkins be at once re
lieved of his command. j
That all men renresenting labor re-!
sign from the council of defense.
That a general strike of all industry
be called until such time as may be
necessary to insure observation of the
law.
D. F. Reid, A. J. Germain and A. H.
Nowk, the last two named being, re
spectively, president and secretary of
the council, were the committee which
drew up the document. The compila
tion of the resolution was framed by1
Mr. Reid. j
E. H. Blaine, chairman of the State
public service commission, who ap-j
peared for the governor in the military j
proceedings of Sunday, is especially ,
named in the resolution, as are coun-i
ty and city officials who signed a I
statement last wek declaring that un-
der the law they could not suppress j
the I. W. W. j
A telegram to the governor asking I
to say whether or not he authorized ;
j or approved the "outrage" remained!
uuauswereu.
W. J. Coates, who is vice-president
of the State Federation of Labor and
secretary of the district exemption
board of the army draft, which is han-
dling appeals from the lotal decision, j Principal crops decreased about 6.2 per
intimated that he had no intention oflcent durlr)B July; in the past nine
rPirninp- hta nnhlfc nositlon. reeard-! yea" the price levol increased about
less of any action of the central labor
council.
"Of course, I can't say what I shall
do until I get an official notification
from the council to which I belong,"
Mr. Coates said.
"However, Iwas nominated to the
presidency by Samuel Gompers to do
this work, and I hardly consider that
the central labor council can ask me
to drop It"
XMAS GIFTS FOR
EVERY AMERICAN
SOLDIER IS PLAN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Every
American soldier and sailor, whether
at the battle front in France or In
training camp at home, on ships at
sea or stationed ashore, Is to have a
Christmas remembrance from home.
Red Cross officials have Just complet
ed plans for the Christmas cheer and
arrangements will be worked out Im
mediately. v
HEARST WOULD BE MAYOR
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. W. R.
Hearst's petitions, designating him as
candidate for the Democratic mayor
alty nomination, are on file here to
day. They bear 3515 signatures.
Hearst is in California.
i MILLION HEAD !
OF STOCK IN THE
GOVT. RESERVE
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 18. District
Forester George II. Cecil, with head
uuarters here, announces that the na
tional forests of Oregon ami Wash
ington are furnishing graslng during
the present summer for 177.167 head
I of cattle and horses belonging to 8.
j 269 ranchers, and 1,025,843 head of
i sheep, owned by 705 sheepmen. These
I figures show an increase of 462 cat-
Moment with 19,478 head of cattle, and
48 sheepmen with 29.102 head of sheep
j above the numbers taken cure of tu
! 1916. This Increase is due to the In
troduction of better methods of han
dling the stock; the blanket or open
, method of gmlng sheep as advocated
i by the forest service and the muuuge
; went of cattle under special rules es
: tabllshed-by the district forester and
j based on the needs of the range,
j In addition to these figures 359
I owners were given free penults to
i cross 6,535 head of cattle and horses
and 551,895 head of sheep over the na
1 1 tonal forest range to shipping points,
and for other purposes. Free permits
were also given to 215 owners on ac-
, count of private lands within the na-
! tiilhnl f.tcaafr K..n.l I..- .. t t!TK
of cattle and horses ami 107.4S8 head
! this. He has planned to have all farm
I ers who have surplus hay on hand
! communicate with his office at Port
; land, and a strong effort will be made
j to get the information to stockmen
! who need the hay.
NAVAL DEFEAT AND
SO WITHHELD HIS 1
opinions, attract me to his side. Nev
ertheless, it is impossible for me to
understand in what manner I could be
useful to him in mobilizing my army.
The Mediterranean is at the mercy of
the united fleets of England and
France, which could destroy our navy
and merchant marine, occupy our Is
lands and above all, prevent concen-
tration ot my army, which could be ef
'ected 0lly by sea, and without it be
ing In our power to be useful in any
particular we would be wiped off the
map. I am necessarily of the opin
ion that neutrality is
us."
imposedupon
Gottlieb von Jagow, the German for
eign secretary, replied to Constantine
that Emperor William would under
stand the necessity of maintaining neu
trality for the present. He advised
Constantine to reach an understanding
with Sofia and Constantinople.
PRICES OF CROPS
E DOUBLED IN
WASHINGTON, D. C.,-Aug. 16.
The level of prices paid producers of
the United States, according to the Bu
reau of Crop estimates, United States
Department of Agriculture,
for the
0.2 per cent during July. On August 1
prices on the principal agricultural
crops averaged about 108.4 per cent
higher than a year ago, 121.6 per cent
higher than two years ago ,and 119.7
per cent higher than the average o? the
past nine years on August 1.
The price of meat animals hogs,
cattle, sheep, and chickens to produc
ers of the United States decreased 2.2
per cent from June 15 to July 15; in
the past seven years prices Increased
in like period 30 per cent. On July
15 the prices tor these meat animals
averaged about 42.6 per cent higher
than a year ago, 67.8 per cent higher
than two years ago, and 66.3 per cent
higher than the average of the past
seven years on July, 15.
NO SMOKING IN
GERMAN STREETS
POLICE ORDERS
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 22. According
to Die Morgen Post of Berlin, the
police in Germany Intend to prohibit
smoking in the streets in view of the
decline of tobacco stocks. The pro
hibition will be extended to the whole
of Germany.
Albany sawmill closed until after
harvest because of labor shortage.
U. S.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. After
more than two years of pleading for
financial assistance, the Mexican gov
ernment has been assured that Amer
ican money can be secured. It Is
learned that tho American government
has finally conveyed the intimation
to American bankers that Its faith In
the Carranxa government has grown
to the extent that It feels Justified In
extending moral endorsement of a
loan.
Official of the Mexican government
have been denied that any direct ef
fort has been made to obtuin a loan
III the United States But American
bankers have been approached repeat
edly with the suggestion that they fin
ance the new government In that coun
try and a more direct effort was made
many months ago in London. The
London hankers refused to have any
thing to do with the project, and the
intimation came from the foreign of
fice that It could not be countenanced.
The American bankers never were
averse to placing money In Mexico if
assurance of some sort could be had
from the state department that their
Investment would be safeguarded. The
exact character of the assurance now.
given them has not been revealed, but
It Is understood that In the event a
Mexican loan Is floated In this coun
try President ( arranxa will agree to
receive advice as to Its expenditure
and to a degree of supervision. Mexi
co will try to obtain at least $230,000.
000. The Mexican congress authorised
the floating of a $150,000,000 loan and
jln addition to that $100,000,000 will be
asked for the rehabilitation of the
railways.
Reports to the state department ln-
' dlcate a steady though slow Increase
In the strength of the Carranxa govern
ment. '
YEARS GIVEN TO TWO
I.Y.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Dr. S. J.
pernfeld and Louis I. Chorey, indict
ed members of exemption board No.
99, today entered pleas ot guilty to a
charge of conspiracy to obstruct the
draft law as they were about to be
placed on trial. They were sentenced
to two years each in the federal pen
itentiary at Atlanta.
The specific count to which Bern-
feld and Cherey pleaded guilty cbarg
j ed them with accepting a bribe of $300
to exempt a registrant. It was dis
closed that the defendants had accep
ted $3000 in bribe money. The court
wus told they hml paid back a por
tion of the money and had promised
to make good the balance.
Kalman Gruber not a member ot the
board, but Indicted on the same charge
elected to stand trial.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 20. Sheriff
James N. Taylor, a member of the Lo
gan county exemption board, and J.
W. Edward, county Judge, were arrest
ed here today by a deputy United
States marshal on the charge of con
spiring to violate provisions of the
selective draft law.
EXILE AT BIRTHPLACE
PETROGRAD, Aug. 20.--U is offi
cially announced that the new resi
dence of the deposed Russian emper
or is at Tobolsk, a western Siberia
town, the birthplace of Gregory Ras
putin,' the mystic monk, who wielded
a remarkable Influence over the ex
emperor's family up to the time of the
priest's assassination last December.
According to some newspapers the
ex-Imperial family will reside perma
nently in the former governor's pal
ace at Tobolsk. Other newspapers say
the ex-emperor will stay at the ex
governor's palace only one week and
then will be sent to the Apalatsk
monastery, in a forest 20 miles outside,
of the town.
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TO EARTH By ENEMY
PARIS, Aug. 22. Julian Biddle, of
the Lafayette aerial squadron, was
killed in the service two days ago. It
is now learned definitely that Corpor
al Harold Willis, of Boston, who Jias
been missing tor several days, was
brought down inside the German lines
by a German machine.
OTTAWA, Aug. 22. The name of
W. C. White, ot Loomis, Wash., ap
pears among the wounded in today's
casualty list.
Snrlnefield: Mohawk Lumber Co.
has resumed operations.
HUGE SUM TO MEXICO
President's Son-in-law in
Uniform in France
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Francis Howes Sayre, aon-ln law of
President Wilson, Is here shown In
his uniform a a Young Men's Chris
tian association worker In France. The
organization has been' doing much
there for the American soldiers. He
was on his way to the lirltlsh front
to Inspect Y, M. ('. A. canteens of the
British army when this picture was
taken.
KILLS NEIGHBOR AND
WIFE IN COLD BLOOD
WE.NATCHEK, Wash,, Aug. 22.SolM
defense Is the plea of J. W. Conn,
rancher, who. lying In wait beside a
huge boulder on his property, three
mites south of here, shot and killed
Mr. and Mrs. Joneph A. Charleston,
neighbors, with whom he had a dis
pute over water rights. A gun was
found beside the body of Charleton,
but It had not been fired.
Coon, waiting at a converging point
of his and Charlcton's Irrigation ditch,
gun in hand, saw Mr. and Mrs. Charle
ton approaching. Ho sent a bullet
through Charlcton's heart, and then,
as Mrs. Charleton startod to run, sent
a second bullet Into her back. She
staggered a hundred yards toward her
home, tell over Into the hollow of a
big boulder and bled to death.
Coon calmly telephoned the sheriff's
office and said: "I've had a little
shooting scrape over here," and waited
for the arrival of the officers. He was
placed under arrest.
Coon told the Hherlft be had been
fired upon first by Charleton, that he
returned the fire, but did not know
whether he had killed anyone or not.
TWO BROTHERS
ARE ACCUSED OF
BURNING FOREST
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 20. The
trial of Fred and Emil Rles, Upper Vul
ley brothers, accused of having left
fires burning at a hunting camp which
spread to the national forest, has been
postponed, to Wednesday, August 29.
Forest rangers and others, who will
be witnesses against the young men,
are hold this week In the woods, where
they are still working to guard a
spread of the fire, which has burned
over a large area.
The trial will be held before United
States Commissioner Hartwlg, of thh
city.
COST OF OUTFIT
FOR TROOPER IS
MORE THAN S156
WASHINGTON, Aug, 20. It costs
the United States just $156.30 to equip
anlnfantryman for service In France,
Figures made public show that of this
total clothing represents $101.21; fight
ing equipment, $47.36, and eating uten
sils, $7.73. The soldier's gas mask
costs $12, bis steel helmet $3 and his
rifle $19.50. ,
The first 600,000 to 800,000 of Amer
ica's fighting men will be equipped
with the present Springfield army rifle,
while those to follow will carry the
Enfield, used by the English troops.
LINN HA8 ANOTHER
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 21. In addition
to the men who were appointed from
Linn county to attend the second offi
cers', training camp at San Francisco,
Albany will have another representa
tive there, Charles Duncan Montleth,
who was appointed' to the camp from
Missoula, Mont.
TO BENEFIT' F
WASHINGTON, I). C Aug. St. In
response to nn urgent request from
Dr. Frank Hillings, head ot the' Hod
Cross Cnmmlnston to Russia, tho Am
erican Red Cross Is sending a large
quantity of medical nuil sunt leal sup
plies to meet tho urgent neitds of the
Russian military hospitals, This sup
plmutmts nu earlier consignment which
was forwarded for Immediate use when
tho commission sailed to Investigate
tho Ruxslun situation.
The commission carried with It $00,
000 worth ot such material, Including
among other supplies over 50 micro
scopes and 45,000 slides; 41100 clinical
thermometers, 2SS operating knives.
2:1,000 lengths of catgut, 1,701) k any,
175,000 morphine sulphate tablets and
200,000 nntlseptlc tablets,
Russia has had great difficulty In
securing enough hospital equipment
and supplies to tuke propor care of her
large armies. Both shlpimmts were
planned to Include a well-rounded stock
of the most useful choip'eaU nd ap
paratus,
In tho new conl.nt, for which
thu war council upopriutetl $160,000,
there are 180,000 tablet of quinine
sulphate, 1000 pounds ot chloroform.
10,000 tablets each of atropln and
strychnine for hypodermic Injection,
50,000 doses of ant! typhoid vaccine,
ulso tetanus antitoxin and dlplherla,
smallpox, cholera and plugun vaccine,
10,000 pounds soap, 25 doxen hot water
bottles, 10,000 pounds of game dress
ings und pads, 10,000 hnndages and
rolls, 1,000 blankets and 6 doten steth
oscopes, and varlotiB laboratory sup
plies. Among tho other items in the ship
ment are these: 5000 cc. digitalis,
1000 cocaine tablets, 20 collapsible op
erating tables, 14,400 needles, 200
pounds rubber tubing, 20.000 pounds
absorbent cotton, 5000 pounds safety
pins.
This unit ot supplies was purchased
In acordance with a plan carefully
worked out by Dr. Hillings and his
commission, which Includes experts In
medicine, public health, dietetics, so
cial service and transportation. The
commission Is receiving the full co-op
eration of the Russian government, and
will shortly make a detailed report to
the war council ot the ways In which
the Red Cross can most effectively aid
Itussla. , On Its recommendations the
entire Red Cross program for Kusslnn
relief will be based.
Henry I'. Horn, formerly a vice
president of the New York. New Ha
ven and Hartford railroad, a member
of the commission, Is co-operating with
the American railroad commission pre
viously sent to Russia In securing, the
quickest possible handling of these and
other relief shipments which will fol
low as they are called for by Dr. nill
Ingi. He has worked out a plan for
Identifying Red Cross consignments so
that Russian railway men will facili
tate their movement, and in spite of
the congestion of the railroads it is
hoped that those supplies will be In
the hands of surgeons and nurses In
the Russian army hospitals In a short
time.
GOODS IS ARRESTED
I SHERWOOD Or., Aug. 21. A ped
dler giving his name as Frank Ward
and his residence as the Terminus ho
tel, Portland, wus plckod up today for
attempting to sell mending tissue to
housewives. He said he Is ot Irish
descent and procures his wares from
Portland.
Ward was allowed to go, but a pack
age wag confiscated and sent to the
state board ot health at Portland. Ward
Is a one-armed man and wears green
goggles. It is not believed that the
packnges are Inoculated, but it was
thought best to have them tested.
SOLDIERS' MAIL
MUST BEAR THE
,F U L L ADDRESS
WASHINGTON, Aug, 20. Mall for
American soldiers in France will not
be forwarded unless tho addresses
show tho company and regiment or the
name of the separate unit to which the
soldier belongs.
Postmaster General Burleson direct
ed postmasters today to return to the
senders all mall not addressed In that,
manner. The American postal agency
in France Is swamped with mall boar
Ing such addresses as "Somewhere in
France," Care the American Expedi
tionary Forces," etc. It has been found
Impossible by the postal authorltloB to
undertake the location of men to whom
letters are so addressed, aa commands
are scattered and opportunities to ex
change mall between the units are
limited.
Postal authorities in France, Eng
land and Canada have taken similar
action.
Society women are adopting all srts
of freak pets. Perhaps they're get
ting tired of men.
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