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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1914)
) HOSPITAL CORPS RUSHED TO TEXAS Entire Detachment From Fort i Steven5 Goes to Bor- der ' Line. FREIGHT CARRIES SHELLS Express Company Rernses Consign ment of 1000 Rounds, Though. , $1000 Commission Would Have. Been Granted. FORT STEVENS, Or, April 24. (Spe cial.) Things are rapidly coming' to a focus here. The entire detachment of the Hospital Corps with the exception of one Serjeant and a couple of pri vates were sent through today to El Paso. Tex. It Is expected that Dr. Macy, the post surgeon, will follow to morrow. One thousand rounds ' of loaded hells were forwarded by fast freight today. The express company refused to handle the shipment, though it in volved over $1000 commission In ex press charges. The commanding offi cer. Colonel Ludlow, was obliged then xo zorwara the consignment of war material by the next fastest mode. The shipment consisted of 600 shrap nel shells and 400 three-inch field gun shells. These shells are arranged for time explosion; that Is. the shell re mains intact until directly over the head of the enemy, when it explodes, scattering its deadly fragments in a cone-shaped dispersion over many square yards of surface. Entrench ments are practically no protection against this type of missle. The shell explodes as it is describing a descend ing curve, thereby throwing Its shat tered parts downward Into the trenches. Wireless operators are ordered on duty at all times and constant commu nication is being maintained between the lower river forts. All the officers in the fort have their blanket rolls and field equipment packed and ready for Instantaneous use.- The target ranges here are being prepared for special use. It is thought that the state artillery corps reserve, as soon as they are called upon, will be rushed to this point for special training on the rifle ranges and to replace the regulars should the latter be ordered to the front. Troops are being drilled in field tac tics, special attention being devoted to skirmish drill and all open-order for mation suitable to the guerilla type of fighting that is to be expected during the Mexican campaign. It is a common sight to see the troops rushing down the parade grounds with fixed bayo nets. All are obliged to wear small aluminum disks attached to a cord about their necks. These disks, known as identification tags, have engraved upon them the name, company and rank of their owner, and are used to Identify killed and wounded soldiers after engagements with the enemy are over. to make provisions to Join the regional Dank at ban ranclsco. The local bank, having a capital and surplus of $134, 000, will take stock to the amount of siuu in the regional bank. DRAINAGE PAMPHLET OUT Government Has Information Ready to ' Give to Farmers. SALEM, Or., April 24. (Special.) Percy Cupper, Assistant State Engi neer, said yesterday that the United States Department of Agriculture would send to all persons desiring them a pamphlet on farm draining prepared vy a. j. smitn. "It is the last word' on dralnaea." said Mr. Cupper, "and all farmers, es pecially those of the Willamette Valley. should have copies. It tells how farms RGGCllR ARMY MAS PICKED FOR STAFF POSITION 13T VOLUXTEERS, TARGET PRACTICE SOW IS ON liardest Work Falls on Mine Com pany Planting Harbor Defenses. FORT STEVENS, Or., April 24. (Special.) Acting under orders this morning the One Hundred and Six tieth Company began sub-caliber target practise with the 10-inch dis appearing guns and the steady boom from these big dogs of -war fills the air with a grim reality of actual serv ice. The Ninety-third Company, in charge of the 12-inch mortars, is hurriedly get. ting its battery of heavy projectile en gines into shape, the order having come at a time when that company was least prepared. All these guns had been dismounted for repairs to their mount ings. The heaviest work of the war prep arations, however, now falls on the Thirty-fourth Company, which being the only mine company in the district, has charge-of the planting and control of the harbor mines protecting the Co lumbia harbor. This company is en gaged in laying groups of mines in the north channel near the Washington shore, off Fort Columbia. Next week the south channel will be similarly protected. MANIAC .HANGS HIMSELF Body' Is Found!. "Woods After Man Makes Escape From Friends. . ST. HELENS, Or., April 24. (Spe cial.) Deputy Sheriff A. B. Lake was called to Deer Island this morning to take down the body of a man found hanging by a rope from a tree in the -Ovoods two miles west of the place. The man proved to be Laurits David son, the partially clothed maniac who escaped from his companions two weeks ago while they were camping. They .had tied him and left him to come to St. Helens to get the Sheriff. On re turn with Deputy A. B. Lake he had es caped. He was from Stubbekabung, Falster, Denmark, and was 26 years of age. He had been hanging for a number o. days. A telephone from Portland states that friends there will probably take care of the body. f; r I SOCIALIST STIRS TROUBLE Teacher Ousted at St. Helens Tries to Get Reinstated. ST. HELENS. Or.. April 24. (Spe cial.) County Superintendent J. B. Wilkerson is still hearing from the Mrs. Flora Foreman trouble. This week he has received more than 100 letters from all parts of the state, as suring him the Socialist school, teacher matter is more than a Columbia Coun ty affair. On the other hand, each day brings him a resolution of protest signed by the followers of Mrs. Foreman. She is con-ducting a school in a separate building for a few children of the So cialists at Quincy and is now making an effort to collect pay for her work there from the school district. Xew School District Desired. CENTRALIA. Wash., April 24. (Spe cial.) At a meeting held by Oak View School patrons last night it was de cided unanimously to go ahead with the plans of withdrawing from the Centralia School District. Attorneys have been retained and petitions were placed in circulation today asking County Superintendent Carrier to set May 16 as the date of hearing on the petitions. Hood River Takes Regional Stock. HOOD RIVER, Or, April 24. (Spe cial.) The First National Bank Is the first banking Institution in this city Captain Clemard HcLtDsUln. If the President issues a call for volunteers, one of the men who will be recommended for appointment as a field officer In the regiment that Colonel C. U. Gantenbein proposes to raise wiil be Captain Clenard Mc Laughlin, of the Twenty-first United States Infantry, which regiment is now stationed ' at Vancouver, Wash. Captain Mc Laughlin was Adjutant of the Twenty-first for a year, and for the past ' year has been sta tioned on detail at Portland as Inspector and instructor of the Oregon National Guard. Colonel Gantenbein has selected Captain McLaughlin to be Major of the Third Battalion of his proposed volunteer regiment. POINDEXTER'S TOLL TALK DRAWS FIRE Reference in Letter to Root as - Leader of Monopoly Forces Gets Hot Retort. SENATORS ASSERT RIGHTS should be" drained, how to estimate the cost and many other things that farm ers should know." THREE ENGINEERS DROWN Members of Canadian Northern Staff Dost in Thompson River. VANCOUVER, B. C. April 24. Three members of the Canadian Northern Railway . engineering staff were drowned last Wednesday at Thompson Siding, B. C. They were: E. T. Shaw, division engineer, son of H. S. Shaw, Ottawa, Ont . John Burniston Rodman. Rtittnn Cranswick, England. . H. M. Horton, home unknown. The men were crosslne- the Thnmnann River in a boat, which was capsized. xneir uixiies were not recovered . JOHN HOFF NEW WARDEN 47 Applications Received for Late P. O. Hilstrom's Vacancy. VANCOUVER, Wash, April 24. (Spe. ciaL) When Peter O. Hilstrom, game warden for Clarke County, was killed in an automobile accident April B, ap plications for the position began pour ing in until 47 had been received by the Clarke County Game Commission, composed of Dr. R. D. Wiswall, George B. Simpson and G. R. Perclval. John M. Hoff, a well-known fruit grower of Sara, was today appointed to succeed Mr. Hilstrom. LAND DATA ARE SOUGHT Federal Inspector Prepares1 to Have State Acreage Patented. SALEM, Or.. April 24. (Special.) George B. Archibald, Federal Inspec tor of Carey act projects, applied to State Engineer Lewis yesterday for data relating to lists Nos. 6 and 8, in the Central Oregon Irrigation Com pany's project, with a view to having the lands patented. The first list contains 7025 acres anfl the second 4309 acres. .An Investigation preliminary to patenting the lands was started more than a year ago. TUMAL0 ACREAGE IS OPEN Applications JSnong-ii Received Entire Area, Says Engineer. for SALEM, Or., April 24. ((Special.) Project Engineer Laurgaard, of the Tumalo reclamation, district, informed the State Desert Land, Board today that 9000 acres, comprising the first unit, were open for entry. "We have more than enough appli cations for the sale of the 22,500 acres in the project," announced Mr. Laur LEBANON SETS SHOW DATE Strawberry and Rose Festival Be June 4 and-5. ' Will LEBANON. Or.r April 24. (Special) The people of Lebanon, at a mass meeting of business men and several farmers, decided - to hold a strawberry show and rose festival this year, which makes the fifth annual show to be held here. The dates fixed for the show are June 4 and 5. Ashland Joins Hygiene Movement. ASHLAND, Or.. April 24. (Special.) Ashland will be represented In the social hygiene movement. Arrange ments have been made for a confer ence, under auspices of the state so ciety, to be held here May 1. J. W. McCoy is chairman, and G. A, Briscoe G. F. Billings and Dr. F. G. Sweden burg, members of the local committee. A series of three addresses will be given by resident physicians and ethers. Dr. W. T. Williamson, of Portland, will also speak on "The Four Sex Lies" and other pertinent topics. Earl Cummins of Portland, represented the Oregon So cial Hygiene Society )n the formation of the branch organization here. Washington Member Pays Respects to Andrew Carnegie as "Peace Advocate Laying Foundation for Future Differences." WASHINGTON. April 24. A storm of protest was aroused in the Senate today after Senator Poinaexter had read into the record a letter from the American Society for the Preservation of Ameri can .Rights in the Panama Canal, nrn. testing against repeal of tolls exemn- tion for American coastwise steamers. it reierrea to Senator Root as the leader of the forces of monoDolv to wrest the benefits of the canal from the, people. - The New Tork Senator said that he never had had any communication with railroad men, directly or indirectly. about the tolls question. His advocacy of repeal, he said, was based on the firm conviction that the United States had committed Itself in the exemption pro vision to a course of action that would dishonor Its name. Root Asserts Convictions. "I spoke the convictions of mv life time," declared Senator Root, "when I spoke in the Senate advocating reDea.1 of toll exemption, and the Senator from Washington cannot by any side id- proacn or devious way of condemnation drive me off the field of my right as an American citizen and a Senator-of the United States to say what I believe to be for the honor and the good name of tne country we love. Senator Poindexter said that he had no desire to put in the record anvthinar reflecting on any Senator. "But." he said. "I assert the risrht to assume an v position X see fit and to criticise, not only on my own behalf, but on the be half of every free citizen of the republic." Senator Poindexter referred to the at titude of the Carneerie endowment on the tolls question and of the wealth which he declared was "sucked from the American people on a watered market." Carneele Peace Plan Criticised. "As I understand It," he continued, "Andrew Carnegie is more of a British subject than he is an American citizen in his sympathies. . I don't regard Mr. Carnegie as a typical citizen or as act uated by American Ideals. Mr. Carnegie has spent a great deal of money for peace, but his endowment has done more to put the breasts of Americans against foreign influence with their sovereign ty than any other influence. Instead of bringing harmony between this and other nations it has laid the ground for future differences, or even greater con sequences." All State Department documents rela tive to negotiations of the Hay-Paunce-fote treaty and of that period were sent to the Senate today in response to a resolution by Senator Brandegee. VETERAN CORPS PROPOSED Belief Impressed That Battalion Could Be Organized for Service. That a battalion of Spanish-American war veterans could be organized in Portland for Mexican service without delay and could be drilled into accept able troops in two weeks, despite the fact that it has been 15 years since most of them were put through their paces, is the declaration of Denny Hayes,- retired but a few months ago from the Fourteenth United States In fantry with the rank- of Sergeant Ma j or. At the outbreak of the Spanish American war he was a trumpeter In the Fourteenth and went from San Francisco with part of that regiment on the City of Sydney, on which were three companies of the Second Oregon United States Volunteer Infantry under Major Phil G. Eastwick. Mr. Hayes re mained with the Fourteenth and par ticipated In all engagements in which It figured. He is regarded as an au thority on tactics and a qualified drill-master. GIRLS OPPOSE AUTOPHONES Delegation Asks Spokane Council to Save Jobs for Them.. SPOKANE. Wash.. April 24. (Spe cial.) A delegation of half a dozen telephone girls from the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company, headed by Miss Helen Boyle, visited Mayor An Opportunity For Young Men of unquestioned integrity and ability who have ambition and a desire to take a place of recognized standing in the business world is offered in the agency force of the "Company of Satisfied Pol icyholders," an Oregon in stitution writing the it SPECIAL COMBINATION" a copyrighted policy with the advantages of the Ordinary Life, the Endowment and the Twenty-pay-life at the price of the ordinary life. Ask for Mr. Lockwood. I fiy GTRU3T Spalding Building. Hlndley today and, through him. re quested the City Council to strike out the provision of the proposed Fassett franchise which would require that au tomatio telephones be substituted for the girl-operated phones In Spokane within a period of two. years. This provision, which also is said to be opposed by the Pacific Telephone company, would result in 35. telephone girls being thrown out of employment in this city, with the loss of a payroll varying from $18,000 to 20,000 a month. tney informed the Mayor. "This fact of. all these girls being thrown out of employment is going to influence me In my vote on the ques tion," said the Mayor after the visiting delegation had left. "I am sorry, but it Is the history of the world that the introduction of machinery throws peo ple out of employment." WIDOW'S FARM IS TILLED 40 Neighbors Plant Crops In Day for Woman Diving Xear Eugene. EUGENE, Or., April 24 (Special.) Forty neighbors of Mrs. Katie Russell, who lives two miles north of Eugene, whose husband died a year ago, sur prised her yesterday morning when they appeared with ten teams, farm tools and machinery and baskets, and In one day planted the year's crops, repaired the fences and 'put the farm in good shape. The wives of the men who worked in the fields sewed for Mrs. Russell. At noon all participated in a basket dinner. Six acres of oats and wheat and several acres of truck garden were planted. The example was set several weeks ago by the farmers of Pleasant Hill. Since then seven widows in several parts of Lane County have enter tained" working "bees." D. L. EVANS HEADS BOARD Idaho Educational Body Elects New Officers and College Executives. . MOSCOW. Idaho. April 24. fSDeclal.) The Idaho State Board of Education adjourned this evening after electing D. L. Evans, of Malad. president, to succeed W. S. Bruce, of Boise, who still remains a member; Herman J. Rossi, Wallace, vice-president; H. Har land, Payette, secretary. The Board today concluded Its de liberations on university matters and elected Dr. C. H. Shattuck, head of the forestry department, to be dean of let ters and science. George A. Axline was re-elected president of the Albion Nor mal School, and Miles F. Reed was re-elected president of the State Acad emy at Pocatello. The Board left ior Lewiston to briefly consider State Normal matters. SCHOOL BREAK IN SIGHT Part of Centralia District Spoils Plans for Consolidation. CHEHALIS. Wash April 24. fSDe clal.) Just at a time when the school consolidation movement was apparent ly making splendid headway In Lewis County there appears a movement in the northern part to break away from a larger district. Oak View district, north of Centralis, has decided to se cede, and petitions will at once be cir culated for that purpose. A -total of 161 pupils of school age are Involved in the change proposed. Oak View residents allege that with an noeppnaent district they would re- . Boys' Norfolk Suits The newest, smartest styles in Norfolk Coats, with one and . two pairs of knicker bockers. 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