TIIK MOllXING . OREGOXIAX, WEDXESDAT. JULY 12. 191G.
GUARDSMEN FEAR
INACTIVE SUMMER
Good Record Sought by Ore
gon Troops Now - at "
San Diego.
CAMP LIFE TALES TOLD
FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS FROM FRONT SHOW OREGON BOYS EXPERIENCING REAL ARMY LIFE ON THE
MEXICAN BORDERLINE. ... .
Strict Discipline Prevails lnt Demot
racy of Everyday Life Where
All Are Treated Alike
Makes Hit.
BAN TSIDRO, Cal., July 8. (Staff
Correspondence.) The San . Diego
papers this afternoon carry a story
that the two battalions of the Third
Oregon now at the exposition grounds
are to move Monday to a camp about
midway between the city and the bor
der. There, presumably in tne vicinity
of a small settlement called Palm City,
the entire regiment will be reunited,
the third battalion moving back from
the border here at San Ysidro.
.While we on the border actually
know a lot less about the general sit
uation than do you in Portland, for
instance, because you have a perspec
tive on all the news, the belief is
growing hereabout that we are In for
a Summer of inactivity. The possi
bility that serious trouble from the
de facto government will develop, and
especially in "western Mexico, seems
remote. In fact, from the standpoint
of the Oregonians here assembled. It
might be said to be discouragingly re
mote. The boys won't relish spending
their Summer in range of the birder
with nothing to do but drill.
Every man is on his toes for trouble.
If trouble mut come. Probably few
actually want it to come, down in
their hearts, because they know the
misery real war would bring to count
less thousands, on both sides of the
line.
Active Duty Expected.
But they have expected some active
duty, and it was because they believed
there would be real need for them that
they sacrificed their home affairs and
donned the olive drab. It will -be the
keenest kind of a disappointment all
around if this budding "Mexican cam
paign" develops into simply a siege
of Summer training, with no more of
Mexico on tap than can be seen with
field glasses.
However, it is not a case of choosing
any more. All hands are learning that.
The Oregon system is knocked into
a cocked hat after you've sworn Into
Uncle Sam's service. There Isn't any
referendum nor recall. There is pre
cious little initiative. 'All the cares
and prerogatives of government are as
sumed by the elect, who are the gen
tlemen with leather leggings anif com
missions.
The responsibilities ' of citizenship
for the men in the ranks are reduced
to the minimum. All they have to do
is to take orders and obey them. All
In all, the way of this citizen-Army
world of ours is a remarkable relaxa
tion for weary Oregonians. who- have
struggled with the responsibilities
of citizenship up north. A few months
of it doubtless would wonderfully re
juvenate pro bono publicists like Mr.
U'Ren.
Soldier Become Machine.,
The enlisted man becomes a machine.
At least, he is supposed to. He is not
really a good soldier until he learns
his little part and does it with clock
like regularity, unquestioning, but not
necessarily unthinking. We are num
bered, even.
Our new life assuredly Is not demo
cratic so far as government is con
cerned. Quite the reverse; it is auto
cratic, and it should be. Further, it is
distinctly good for every free-and-easy
American citizen to get a generous
taste of such efficient autocracy. ' It
gives us a new view of life, and does
a lot to settle everyone down to where
he belongs.
But if in its administrative features
military existence isn't democratic. It
certainly is democracy itself so far as
the every-day life of the men them
selves goes. There, too, the experience
is splendid. Everyone is placed upon
exactly the same footing.
All Are Treated Alike.
The fellow who drove a seven-passenger
auto back home sleeps In the same
blankets with the driver of a trolley
car. The lawyer and the bricklayer
do fatigue duty together. The Port
land clubman hasn't any more chance
to get Into the mess line out of turn
than the Willamette Valley farmer.
Every mother's son of us Is set
squarely upon his own feet. And, for
the most part, everyone rather likes it.
Today Identification tags were Issued,
further following out the systematic
method of all things military. These
tags are round aluminum disks, with
the full name, number, company and
regiment of Its owned stamped upon
it. ' They are hung around the neck
on a stout cord, and are obviously use
ful under certain conditions.
"In case your body was found It
would keep your folks from worrying,"
was the facetious explanation offered
by one "non-com," as he equipped his
equad with their "license tajs."
Rabbits on Bias.
Lute Savage, of Salem, lays claim to
being something of a hunter and an
expert on .all forms of animal life.
After careful investigation he declares
the reason Jackrabbits down here run
crooked is because when they lie down
so many fleas get in their fur on the
side next to the ground it puts them
on a bias. But Lute isn't entirely
trustworthy. His imagination some
times betters his scientific observa
tion. .
By the way, there has been quite a
serious time about the nickname soma
one gave the third battalion. I think
it was Lair Gregory . who dubbed ua
ine miiK Dattaiion, because it com
prises Companies M. I, L and K. It
has now been officially decided that
this is quite wrong. The battalion .i:
to be known as the "Lick'em" bat
talion. The spelling is simple and
phonetic, L-I-K. M. Or, if preferred.
J-.nm. pronounced Kill em, is per
missible.
Yesterday the machine gun with the
Dattaiion was tried out. A picked
number of men from the four com
panies have been placed with the gun,
and they are getting their Initial
training. Up at San Diego there is
whole machine gun company from
Poi-ttfend, and we are told they are
being equipped with the very latest
thing in guns, mounted on Kord auto
trucks. So equipped they should be
an efficient body -worth reckoning with
if need for such contrivances as ma-
chine guns should arise.
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fea!lfH2r 1RFH WH1TFFKPI AINR I S
Clilropructor Is Arrested.
SALEM, Or.. July 11. (Special.)
t harged with practicing without 1
license. Flora A. Brewster, a chiroprac
tor, of this city, was arrested by
Sheriff Esch here today. The arrest
was the result of a secret indictment
by the Marlon County grand Jury. Dr.
-Brewster pleaded nat guilty before Cir
cuit Judge veily.
Top Practicing Skirmish I.ln Work. Center Captain Max Gehlar and
Lieutenant Dana Allen at Monument Marking? Mexican Border at 1'la
Juanflt Membera of Company M denning; Their Ganii. Below Cleanlnff
San Taldro Water Reservoir.
BANDITS ARE BEATEN
Villistas Attacks on Carranza
Forces Repulsed.
AMMUNITION RUNS SHORT
Purpose of Villistas Believed to
Have Been to Loot Property of
American Company and to
Seize War Stores.
CHIHTJA.HUA CITY. Mexico, July 11.
Two Villa bands attacked Carranza
garrisons today at Rosario and Parral,
but in both caaes were Deaten off with
losses, according to official reports to
General Trevino. In the clash at Rosa
rio Jose Contreras, a brother of Calex
ito Contreras, Villa's chief lieutenant,
and his two sons were killed.
From Rosario the bandits were driv
en, south toward the Durango line by
government troops under Generals Ga
cito and Hernande.
Other reports to General Trevino
indicated , that a scouting patrol from
ParVal had encountered one of the
small bands of outlaws, who scattered
after the attack on Jiminez - in the
vicinity of El Valle, and had driven
them into the hills.
EL PASO. Tex., July 11. The main
Villista command which was beaten
off in an . attack on Parral today had
the double purpose of looting the prop
erties of the Alvarado Mining & Milling
Company, an American concern there,
and seizing a quantity of government
ammunition stored in the town, accord
ing to private dispatches received here
tonight.
The bandits are rapidly running
short of ammunition, the dispatches,
w-hich contained no other details of the
engagement, said.
General Francisco Gonzales. com
manding . the Juarez garrison. an
nounced tonight that because of poor
wire communication General Ernesto
Garcia, at Parral, was having difficulty
in transmitting a detailed report of the
engagement to General Trevino at Chi
huahua City. The last reports, he said,
indicated that the bandits, pursued by
Carranzista forces under Generals Do
mingo Arrieta and Matias Ramos, were
retreating toward Sombreretillo. south
east of Parral, where it seemed possi
ble they might attempt to make a
stand.
(Special.) Following the suggestion of
Colonel Gantenbein, of Portland, that
Klamath Falls and Lakeview co-operate
in the organization of a company
of volunteer infantry for Gantenbein's
proposed regiment, C. II. Young, a
Lakeview man of military experience,
has written to residents here seeking
information in the matter. The matter
will be taken up by local men who have
signified their intention of joining. The
work of enrolling men for the proposed
company continues, with new names
added daily.
SPEEDERS TO BE CURBED
Special TraTfic Officers llecom
mended for Appointment.
General C. F. Beebe has been recom
mended as a special traffic officer to
arrest speeders on Portland Heights in
the vicinity of the Ford-street bridge,
where infractions of the speed laws and
the consequent menace to children of
the neighborhood called forth an in
dignation meeting a few days ago.
Harry P. Coffin, chairman of the Pub
lic Safety Commission, heard of the
meeting and has asked General Beebe
to act as a traffic officer. General
Beebe has consented and his appoint
ment has been recommended to Mayor
Albee.
Speeding in other parts of the city
has called for similar action and the
following have been recommended as
special officers: -John 11. Stevenson,
ex-Municipal Judge, whose residence is
at 8S3 Hancock street; Louis von Klein,
666 East Fifty-fourth street north; Al
fred Tucker. 376 Thirty-second street
North, and F. H. Downs, of Broadway
and Davis street.
It Looks as if
Big Man in Town
Rushed to This
GREAT SUIT SALE
Monday Morning
For we were kept busy from opening time until
closing, selling large-size suits. So if you can wear
a suit in
Size 36, 3738 or 39
You are lucky, as we have a full assortment of these sizes left.
It's a Big Sale in Every Way
Big in Opportunity Big in Quality and Style Biggest in real Saving
ANY SUIT IN STOCK TO $25.00
Every Suit New This Season
Without
Reserve
$15.00
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First Floor.
c) Merchandise of cJ Merit Only
Misquotation at Meeting
Mothers Charged.
of
STRIKE DUTY DISCUSSED
Promise That Voutlia Would Not He
Taken Out of State lenleil; Prcs-
Expcvlences Declared
cnt
AMERICAN'S ARE GOING BACK
t
Calles Announces He Has Carried
Out Demobilization Plana.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. July 11. The issu
ance of a proclamation by General P.
Klias Calles. military commander of
Sonora, today, ordering- all volunteer
soldiers to return to their homes, was
the signal for the beginning of an exo
dus of American mining and cattle men
from the border district. Twenty or
more left Douglas for points in the In
terior of Sonora during the day.
General Calles announced that he had
demobilized 4000 volunteer cavalrymen
who had been encamped in Fronteras,
Ouchuta and Nacobari, to the south of
Douglas, for several weeks. Approxi
mately the same number remain to be
demobilized in Cananea, Magdalena and
Hermosillo. he said.
Company Formed in South.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. July 1L
V -"',1
71 ENLIST AT TILLAMOOK
Coast Artillery Company to Begin
Drilling Immediately.
TILLAMOOK, Or., July II. (Special.)
Seventy-one applications for mem
bership in the Coast Artillery .com
pany being organized here were ob
tained last night and today. ' It was
necessary that the recruiting officer.
Lieutenant Willis Shippam. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. U. S. A., leave on tne
morning train, and permanent organi
zation and election of officers was
postponed untij his return.
Lieutenant Shippam will send in a
requisition for equipment at once.
Pending his return, several of the mem
bers who have served in the Regular
Army or the Militia will take charge,
so drilling may begin immediately.
Wednesday We Start
Our Semi-Yearly Disposal
of
Regular $15.75, $18.50 to $25.00
Summer Dresses
Every Dress New
This Season
$12.50
Third Floor
Of flowered voile, satin voile, marquisette,
novelty combinations, striped organdie, linen,
striped voile and Palm Beach. The three
models illustrated Tvere sketched from dresses
on sale.
No exchanges, no credits, no approvals.
SUSPECT UNDER ARREST
C. T. Lewis, Held at Marshfleld, Be
lieved to Have Record.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. July 11. (Spe
cial.) C. T. Lewis, arrested at North
Bend last week as suspected of being
Frank Smith, wanted in California for
the robbery of postoffices. was released
today after a postoffice inspector who
came for him failed to identify him as
the man wanted.
Deputy Sheriff W. C. Laird immedi
ately arrested him on a charge of
carrying concealed weapons. He plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to serve
25 days in Jail. He is held in the be
lief he is. wanted somewhere, as he
had skeleton keys and a burglar's kit.
Mr. Smith Announces Candidacy.
OREGONIAN NKWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. July 11. Representative Smith,
of Idaho, today announced himself a
candidate for renomination for Congress.
of Benefit' to Them.
SAN DIEGO. July 11. (Special.)
Companies E, F and G, composing the
Second Battalion, Lieutenant John L.
May, commanding, of the Third Oregon
Infantry, are in camp tonight on the
Mexican border, having broken camp
here this morning.. The First and Sec
ond battalions -are together at Palm
City, where from the high hill they
can look across the line into Mexico,
wfcere Mexican soldiers are drilling and
doing the same kind of border patrol
duty. . .
Adjutant-General George A. White,
who is on leave from the state and in
command of Troop A, Oregon Cavalry,
learned today of the indignation meet
ing held by the mothers of high school
boys in the National Guard and said
he felt that he had been misquoted.
first he was disposed to dismiss the
incident without comment. Later, how
ever, he decided to make a statement
of his side. He said:
"Several misstatements were made at
the mothers' meeting. I think it best
to give my side of the controversy.
InNtructors Duly Knlted.
"Mr. Mangold and Mr. May. the two
instructors, enlisted in the National
Guard for a term of three years. Both
did valuable work and at the outset
Mr. May thought of attempting to
qualify for a commission- as Second
Lieutenant. Soon after the machine gun
company was formed he came to me.
representing that his nights were taken
up in lecture and instruction work and
asking for a release, saying he would
continue his active interest in the
Guard. He was referred to his com
pany commander for action. Inasmuch
as permanent employment at night is a
legal cause for discharge.
"After several weeKs or laitniui arm
ing Mr. Mangold applied for release on
the same grounds. Mr. Mangold quotes
me as having told the young men that
thev would not be taken out of the
state as long as I was Adjutant-General.
1 said nothing of the sort. What
1 did say was that they would not be
used for strike duty, as 1 was not in
sympathy with strike duty, and that
only in case of internal revolution did
I -believe Governor Withycombe would
consent to the use of the Guard for
strike duty, and even- then the high
school units need not be selected for
this duty.
Talks With Boya Open.
"My talks at the school were frank
and open. ' I told the boys that they
should keep out unless they meant
business. !
"Under the law every - able-bodied
man between the ages of 18 and 45
years is a member of the unorganized
militia and subject to call in event of
necessity. I also told them that they
could not. under the present (of that
date) lawn be taken out of the United
States without their consent. That
was true. But I am proud of the spirit
these patriotic young men displayed.
When at Clackamas they had their op
portunity to refuse muster for Federal
service. Not one of them quit-
"While indignation meetings run their
course, the high school boys in ques
tion, sturdy young men of proper mili
tary age, continue, to drill and prepare
themselves as effective soldiers of the
land. The vigorous life in the opm air
is adding to their health and manliness.
They are surrounded by wholesome In
fluences. They will return better men
and better citizens."
EUGENE BRICK TO BE USED
I ' 1 1 1 t Goes to Roseburg for T'ed
erul and School Btiildinsrs.
EUGENE. Or.. July 11. r( Special.)
The Fairmont Brick Company. of
Eugene, has closed a contract to supply
85 cars of brick for the Federal and
high school buildings in Roseburg, ac
cording to an 1 announcement made by
VV. E. Field, one of the officers of the
company. '
The Federal building contract calls
for 500,000 bricks. Shipments of brick
and tile will commem-e Aimust 10 and
will continue until Christmas.
New and Modern Beauty Parlors Under the Management of
Rosenthal Sisters Mezzanine Floor.
OH
tsuxjm
cJXMer
Merit Only"
FEAT 15 APPLAUDED
British Praise U-Liner Cap
tain's Skill and Bravery.
COVERT THREAT DETECTED
phase of the arrival of the Deutschland,
says the question arises whether me
United States will not incur serious
responsibility should the submarine be
a merchant steamer and afterward
undertake acts of war outside of
American territorial waters after being
provisioned in American ports.
Manchester Gnardian Recalls Warn
ing of Tirplts Writers That Amer
ica Was Xot Too Far Away
' for Germany to lteach Her.
LONDON. July 11. "We are quite
readv to Join In the laugh against our
selves and to applaud the skill and
daring of the captain, who appears to
us as a sportsman and has earned his
laurels cleanly." says the Manchester
Guardian, referring to the German sub
marine Deutschland.
The Guardian says that plans for
submarines of 3000 to 4000 tons existed
in Germany and England before the
war, but that such vessels were not
built because of the time required to
submerge them and the impossibility of
submerging in shallow water. It points
out that the Australian submarine AE-2
went from Australia to the Dardanelles
and says that if the captain and crew
of the Deutschland are members of the
Imperial German Nav.y. -the submarine
may be dealt with as a naval auxiliary.
Vtutl Subject to Attack.
Otherwise she is a blockade runner,
whith could be ordered to stop and If
she atlem'pted to submerge it would
be Justifiable to sink her.
"It is unlikely." the Guardian con
tinues, "that the moral appearance In
American, waters of a German sub
marine will be missed after the
threats of Count von Reventlow and
the other Tirpitz writers last Spring.
They warned America she was not too
far away for Germany's arm to reach
he,r. Although the Deutschland may be
disarmed, she is none the less a threat
to the American Navy."
PARIS. July II. The expedition of
the German submarine Deutschland in
terests the French as a dramatic inci
dent, but is not regarded here as of
real commercial significance, because
of the small cargo carrying capacity
and the hazards of the voyage. ,
I.lherty of Sr DUruttaed.
Senator Henri Berenger raises the
riuestion whether the United States can
countenance such voyages. He 'says
the liberty ot the seas is based on the
fact that merchant ships are always
subject to control, whereas submarines
are able to avoid such control, as they
can sink or swim at pleasure. Senator
Berenger asks what guarantee a sub
marine can be that it is not a vessel
of war.
The Temps, discussing the diplomatic
CHANGE IN LAW IS SOUGHT
Pnblic Service Commission Seeks to
Kqualize Interstate Commerce Act.
SALEM. Or., July 11. (Special.)
Upon request of the Oregon Public
Service Commission. N. J. Slnnott. Rep
resentative in Congress from the Sec
ond District, will endeavor to secure
an amendment of the interstate com
merce act whereby carriers will be re
quired to demand, at the time of deliv-
ery. all charges due from the trans
portation of property and stopped from
collecting any sum for which demand
has not been made within a period of
90 days after delivery.
Under present conditions the ship
pers must pay the carriers for under
charges at any time the carrier pre
sents the claim, but in case of an over
charge the shipper has no remedy from
the carrier. It is to adjust this that
the Commission has requested Repre
sentative Sinnott to try and get the
law changed so it will apply equally
to carrier and shipper.
Hubbard Improvements Planned.
HUBBARD. Or.. July 11. (Special.)
A sewer system and street paving were
proposed for Hubbard t & special
meeting of the City Council last night.
Concrete and asphalt will bo used and
about one and one-half miles of streets
will be covered.
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SPECIAL SALE
RING
LAWN SPRINKLERS
THE RING SPRINKLER IS MADE OF HEAVY SHEET
BRASS WITH PERFORATED TOP AND DISTRIBUTES TH E.
UALLV OV ER THE SURFACE Or THti I-AW.-s.
E TO STAND THE HEAVIEST fKLtsljUii.
SPECIAL TODAY ONLY AT
WATER EQU
AND IS MADE
60 CENTS-
REGULAR PRICE 75 CENTS.
WHITE MOUNTAIN
REFRIGERATORS
"THE CHEST WITH THE CHILL IN IT."
THE THICK WALLS. THE SOLID
END CONSTRUCTION. AND THE
SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM OF' CIRCULA
TION AND INSULATION MAKE THE
WHITE JIOl'XTAI THE EXTREME
OK ECONOMY tN ICE
LET US SHOW YOU THESE ICE
SAVING FEATURES.
"USED IN OVER A MILLION HOMES."
GARDEN HOSE
LARGEST ASSORTMENT fN THE CITY
AT PRICES TO FIT EVERY POCKETBOOK.
r.0-FOOT LENGHTS AT SCI. 65
50-FOOT LENGTHS AT S3.7i
150-FOOT LENGTHS AT S4.00
R0-KOOT LENGTHS AT 4.15
S0-FOOT LENGTHS AT 14.10
.10-FOOT LENGTHS AT Sl.oO
50-FOOT LENGTHS AT K4.5
60-FOOT LENGTHS AT $5.15
ETC.. ETC
HOSE NOZZLES, MENDERS AND WASHERS.
Honeyman Hardware Company
FOURTH AT ALDER
"PORTLAND'S LARGEST HARDWARE STORE.