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" '. " - T ."' . . "-' V-.- '.Vr .1 THE MORXItt OREGONLiTf, 3ION1a MARCH 2G, 1917. .- S V... -'" -' -"' - . S: .t'-.'r' v-J '. "t - -J - . r - - M r 1 NAVY SENDS OUT EMERGENCY CALL 18,300 More Men Are Needed in Crisis President. Au thorizes Move. RAPID RECRUITING URGED Commander Blackburn Asks Gover nor and Mayors to Aid In Getting Volunteers Quickly Oregon's War Record Is Cited. YESTERDAY'S LOCAL DEVEL-. OPME.YTS IJT NATIONAL CRISIS. Navy recruiting officer receives notice of amarvatof Increase, Navy to be Increased to 87,000 enlisted men, making- an addi tional number of 18,300. Navy recruiting; officers to can vass state. -A.ot.lon amounts prac tically to a call for volunteers. Public proclamations called for from state and municipal offi cials. Oregon National Guard opens new recruiting1 offices on Wash ington street and plans for open ing of branch recruiting station at 104-106 Fourth street. Ministers preach patriotic ser mons. Honor Guard girls visit soldiers on guard at bridges and urge other men to enlist in various branches of service. Oregon patriotic sentiment crystallized In Patrlotlo week ob servances starting today. President Wilson yesterday author ized a further Increase In the United States Navy to 87,000 enlisted men, taking advantage of powers given by Congress last August to be used only in times of great National peril. It amounts practically to a call for volun teers, and machinery was set in action . In. Portland yesterday whereby Oregon may raise Its quota. In a telegram from the Bureau of Navigation, received at noon yesterday. Lieutenant-uommanaer John H. Black burn, U. S. N., local recruiting officer, is an order to forget expense and en list the men as rapidly as possible. First Line Need TJrgent. The telegram is as follows: "President has directed the emer gency increase of "Navy to 87,000 en listed men. This is an addition of 18, 300 men. Give fullest publicity, get ting in touch with newspapers and substations today. Department has telegraphed editors asking co-operation. Emphasize country urgently needs these men for first-line defense. Knroll extra help as needed and make telegraphic request for extra allotment required." The telegram came from the Bureau of Navigation, of whloh Rear-Admiral I C. Palmer is the chief. Volunteers Practically Called. Commander Blackburn said that the order is the same as a call for volun teers, and would be issued only when the country was in grave peril. The recruiting office in the Dekum building is closed on Sundays, but the telegram was telephoned to Command er Blackburn. He was not reached un til shortly after noon, but inBide of a few hours five of his office force were communicated with and they were at work following out the directions of the Navy Department. Pursuant to the order. Commandei Blackburn first telegraphed to Gov ernor Wlthycombe asking for a procla mation setting for the urgent need for men and the necessity of filling the ranks at once. The telegram reads: The President of the United States has directed the emergency increase of enlisted personnel of the Navy to 87 000 fen. A grave National emergency "ex ists. The country urgently needs these men now for first-line defense. The fleet needs approximately 80,000 men Will you make a public proclamation calling for volunteers for the Navy American citizens, 16 to 307 I am wir ing Mayors of municipalities in Oregon requesting co-operation. !'Tbe. N"yJlooks to Oregon to sus tain its patriotic reputation achieved i Zea? aeL-" ""tenant-Commander J. H. Blackburn. Mayor Are Called Upon. To the Mayors of Oregon cities and towns he sent the following tele grams: "Grave National emergency exists The President has called for 18 300 men for the Navy, and wire from Washington today directs me to place matter before all public officials ask ing co-operation. Will you issue pub lic proclamation calling volunteers foi the Navy, American citizens 16 to 30 years? Those under 18 must have parents' consent. Please give local newspapers fullest publicity. Navy representative will be in in a few days to examine volunteers and . furnish transportation to mobilization point will notify you of exact time of ar rival. To the substations he sent practically the same telegrams with the added order'for recruits to be sent to Port land for examination as fast as pos sible. The telegrams close with the injunction to "make every minute count as the Navy needs the men urgently " Commander Blackburn will organize from his staff employed at the local recruiting offices a traveling recruiting (ontingent to canvass the entire state The men will leave this afternoon and will visit all the larger places in Ore gon and Eastern Washington as fast as they can. If men sent from remote Parts are rejected, their transportatlos will be paid back to their homes. The Oregon National Guard began In tensive recruiting yesterday with the opening of a booth on Washington and Fifth streets, at the entrance to the furniture store of Henry Jennlng & CASTO For Infants and Children. In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of I one mincta, ehillfnjr b next. thicr try "WEEKS BWtAK - UP A - , COLD TABLETS CS t mil fen i aimiuiaiirf Son A.niY nH t Vi . . .i . " V- Ul l0 headquarters that will be maintained at 104 and 106 Fourth street. Every night this week recruiting offl eers will be stationed at the Armory, and the campaign will be carried into every part of the city. The Third In fantry. Coast Artillery, Field Artillery and Cavalry have men at work ex plaining the attractions of service in the Guard. Members of the Girls' Honor Guard all this week will be posted at the recruiting offices. Several members of the Girls Honor Guard, with Mrs. A. E. McClure as chaperon, yesterday visited some of the soldiers on duty at the approaches of the Steel bridge to Inquire if there was anything that they might do for the guardsmen. COAST URGED TO DO SHAKE Recruiting for Navy Is Speeded Up In California. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. Naval officials here received notification to day from -the Navy Department of the authorized increase in personnel and orders to Inaugurate at once a vigorous recruiting campaign. The five recruiting sub-stations, at Sacramento. Stockton, Fresno, Oak land and San Jose, were instructed to speed up and notified that the force at each sub-station would be doubled Arrangements were made to open an additional sub-station in this city and plans were completed for the organiza tion of a traveling recruiting party, which will tour California and Nevada. Rear-Admiral w. F. Fullaan, oom- tflLSOH WAR Navy to Be Recruited to 87, 000 and New Army De partments Created. INDUSTRY TO BE GUARDED National Guard Regiments Called to Act as National Police In Im portant Districts Power Is Exercised to Limit. WASHINGTON. March 25. President Wilson took steps today to place the Nation on a war footing. By executive order he directed that the Navy be recruited without delay RECRUITING STATION ESTABLISHED SUNDAY AFTERNOON DOWNTOWN CORNER BY OREGON NATIONAL GUARD. AT i 11 i 9 is '-t. IS! t Felix Audemard's Olive Oil Trial Size, One-Fourth Pint 25c There is a real treat in store for you when you, use Felix Audemard's Olive Oil. 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DALLAS IS PATRIOTIC LARGE AUDIENCES HEARS PRO GRAMME IN ARMORY. R D. A. McKcnile Suggests This la Time All Experienced Mem Should Be Asked to Aid. DALLAS, Or- March 25. (Special.) One ef the greatest patriotic cele brations ever held in this city was staged in the Oregon National Guard Armory here today. The meeting was arranged for by the local post of the Grand Army and a programme was pro- viaea which aroused a patriotic feeling that has not been manifest in years. It was a poor day for alien sympathizers. Mayor C B. Stone presided. The meeting was opened by a selection by me .Dallas Dana, tollowed by the sing ing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by the audience, under the direction of D. V. Poling. Mayor Stone then Intro duced Rev. D. A. McKenzie. of the local Presbyterian Church. Rev. Mr. McKenzie. a naturalized citi zen, made a special plea for support of the President, and stated that it was a time when all the great men of the country should be called Into consulta tion, mentioning Root. Taft and Hughes, and ending by saying, "And there may be occasions when they might well call Colonel Roosevelt In for a few words." The mention of Roosevelt brought the large audience of nearly 1000 to their feet with cheers. Mr. McKenzie was followed bv Walter L. Tooze, Jr, who urged a unit ed citizenship, and who condemned in no uncertain terms those persons who offered in any way criticism of the President or the Government in this crisis, or who by any words or condi tion sought to create dissension or dissatisfaction. Glen C. Holman. the other speaker. dwelt on the duty of the young men of the country. FARM EMPLOYE APPEALS Liability Act Suit Is Advanced Supreme Court. to SALEM. Or.. March 25. (SDeclaLl Briefs on appeal were filed with the bupreme Court Saturday from Linn County In the case of William Poullos, appellant, vs. R. M. Groves, respondent, in which the employers' liability act is Invoked in a cause for personal injuries sustained by a farmhand, as he alleges, during the regular course of his employment. As far as is known there is no precedent for the action and it mav establish a precedent, of some moment. Poullos alleges he was sent to the loft of a barn to throw down some hay and that he fell through a hole in the upper floor of the barn, sustaining in juries for which he asks damages. His contention was not sustained in the lower court. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. to full authorized war strength of 87,000 enlisted men. Taken in con nection with emergency naval construe non aireaay oraered. this means that the President has exercised the full limit of his legal powers as commander-in-chief to prepare the Navy for war. Army Reorganisation Divided. For the Army the President directed that two new military departments be created In the Atlantic Coast region. The order means that the task of or ganizing whatever Army Congress may authorize will be divided among six departmental commanders instead of four in the interests of speed and efficiency in mobilization. The third step was to assume as a National duty the task of protecting American industries from domestic dis orders in the event of hostilities. For this purpose 11 full infantry regiments, two separate battalions and one sepa rate company of the National Guard were called back Into the Federal serv ice to act as National police in im portant districts. Supplementing these troops, a regiment of Pennsylvania Guard and two companies of Georgia infantry, en route home from the bor der for muster out. were ordered re tained in the Federal service. Official Statement Terae. The President's -orders were made known in terse official statements is sued by both departments. No expla nation accompanied them except the statement that reorganization of the military departments, effective May 1, was designed to facilitate decentrali zation of command. Following is the executive ' order bringing the Navy up to war streng'th: "By virtue of the authority vested in the. President by the act of Congress ap proved August 2, 1916, entitled (An act making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1917. and for other pur poses.' It is hereby directed that the authorized enlisted strength of the Navy be Increased to 87.000 men. "WOODROW WILSON." . Navy Needs 20,000 Mem. The a vv must .nrnll annT-A-rfmAAt 20.000 men to reach the required Birengm. secretary .Daniels supple mented his order tonight with personal telegrams to newspaper editors all over the country urging them to aid the de partment. Congress must determine the system under whinh an armv in t n Via 4 o 1 Today's action provides more elastic iiittcuiuery, luunu necessary as a re sult of the recent border mobilization, for the enrolling and training of a great army, whether raised as volun teer, by conscription or through a universal servio-s bill. The object of the creation of the new departments of the Northeast and Southeast was to distribute among three central commanders the work of mobilization In the states most thickly populated and from which the greatest numbex of soldiers must come. Supply Problems Vast. The present Eastern Department di rected the mobilization of approxi mately 80 per cent of the 150.000 Guardsmen sent to the border. With 440,000 men. the maximum authorized strength of the National Guard, called out In addition to whatever volunteers might be summoned, the task would be too irreat for n. .Inu ...... 1 organization because of the vastness ouppiy prooiems involved. Instructions to National Guard offi- " " " a iiiujiui ago lO cover any further mobilization showed piaimy mat ine war Department had learned Its lesson and proposed to de centralize its mobilization problems as far as possible. Departmental com manders completely will supervise the assembling of state troops in their dis tricts hereafter and will take over im mediately on the call for Federal serv ice the task nf rerriittlnc- fn. .v.- j regiments through organization of re- The transfer of General Wood from I IMPORTANT! I 1 Call Marshall 192 for prescrip- I tion service thi3 is our special I E direct phone connection to our I E prescription department' for I your convenience. I E iimimmmiimimiiiimmmmiiiiiiiimmiiimrc the Eastern to the Southeastern De partment caused considerable specula tion among Army officers. No ex planation was given and Secretary Baker declined to comment. The East ern Department is regarded as the most important of the six. because of its great economic development. As a general rule that Department falls to the command of the senior Major-General. General Wood is the ranking officer or his grade. General Bell, who now takes command of the Eastern Depart ment, being his Immediate junior. In some quarters it was suggested that the new Southeastern Department might prove to be the center of interest should the present International situa tion develop need for military opera tions to the south. Indications tonight were that the Administration planned to await action by Congress before further warlike preparations are ordered. President Wilson has authority to direct that the Regular Army be brought up to full war strength at once and also to call out the remainder of the National Guard and Naval Mflitia, Industries Will Be Guarded. In designating state troops to be called out, it is apparent that the War Department has carefully surveyed the field of private enterprises which might be assailed in event of domestic dis turbances. The number of troops from each state summoned to duty bears a direct relation to the shipyards, muni tion plana or other industries In that state which may need military protec tion. ' The President, following his confer ence with Governor McCall, of Massa chusetts. Friday night, and yesterday with Secretary Baker, reached the con clusion that as the Federal Government is responsible for the situation which creates the danger of internal dis orders, it also should assume the bur den of providing adequate protection. Under the policy he has resolved upon and put into execution, no state and no private manufacturer would be called upon to bear the expense of military po lice work. SALEM SHOWS LOYALTY Patriotic "Week Tjshered in With Notable Programme. SALEM, Or., March 25. (Special.) "Patriotic Week" started in earnest here today when patriotic broadsides were fired from every pulpit, either In the morning or evening. In the afternoon, with Company M members present in. uniform, a rally that filled the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium was held. This rally really was the opening of the week. Governor Wlthycombe, in a stirring address, urged the recruit ing of young men in the National Guard, the hearty co-eperatlon of all citizens, and the right kind of pre paredness. Citing dangers that confront this Coast, with the possibility of an enemy with guns that can shoot for miles farther than ours, he also asserted the possibility of seeing an enemy's warship at the docks of Portland, and the city in the hands of an alien en emy. Music and a patriotic programme supplemented the Governor's address. . Some recruits already are coming iii for Company M, but it is exper-ted that the next week will see a full quota, with possibly an overflow list. Three recruiting stations will be es tablished for the National Guard in the city. The recently organized Girls' Honor Guard will be In charge of one of these. This guard already has more than 125 members here. Tomor row they will take a leading part In placing the city in patriotic dress. Pla cards will be placed in every store and window urging young men to enlist, and the young women will visit all of the stores and many residences to assist in arranging a display of colors Interest in recruiting for the local company is apparent on every side. It is the talk of the town and officers of the company are jubilant over the outlook. SCOUTS GET ALARM Two Little Girls Have Perfect Day, Wandering. RELATIVES' WORRY GREAT Patrolman Norene Finds Little Ones' Window-Shopping Just as Rev. Dr. Boyd Is Calling Out Three Troops of Boys. "Call out our three troops of Boy Scouts." Just as Dr. John Boyd, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, issued this order yesterday afternoon, word came that the little Misses Luella Alex ander and Ruth Hansen, missing 4-year-old pupils of the "beginners' " Sunday school class, had been found. Luella and Ruth live with their grandmother, Mrs. Nannie C Reavis, at 430 Salmon street. Yesterday they Joined the "beginners' " class and gleaned much self-assurance from this step toward the province of "grown-up." With a score of other small pupils, they tripped demurely forth from the church, at Twelfth and Alder streets, when the class was dismissed at 1 o'clock. With home scarcely three blocks dis tant, they spurned all offers of elderly escort, looked down the dwindling vista of city street, stepped resolutely forth and disappeared ' as thoroughly as plump little plummets thrown in a big, big . lake. "Two little girls, black coat, blue hood, white coat, white hood."' mut tered every downtown patrolman an hour later, closely scanning each pass ing little maid, to the round-eyed and apprehensive amazement of many. A dozen or more motorist volunteers urged their cars out in widening arcs, searching for the missing children. It was 5 o'clock. The mothers of the missing children were prostrated by fear of abduction or mishap. Their grandmother held her station at the telephone, keeping in touch with the search and offering suggestions. It was then that Harry P. Coffin, chair man of the Public Safety Commission and a member of the First Presby terian Church congregation, suggested that Dr. John Boyd throw the Boy scout troops into the search. Gazing raptly at a window display, on Alder street near Second, were two small and unattended maidens, who could not give other than bashful and lisping accounts of themselves when Patrolman H. W. Norene ranged his blue uniform alongside. "Black coat. white coat, 4 years old," mentally mut tered the policeman, and the three went hand In hand "to Jail" at Second and Oak streets. They took Luella and Ruth back to 430 Salmon street in the police bu reau's very latest patrol automobile, did Sergeant Oelsner and their cap tor. Fully 50 persons, friends and neighbors, were gathered about the stricken residence, eager for bulletins, when the police car rolled up and hand ed out the very latest. It was the perfect end of a distinctly perfect day. "Where were they?" repeated the grandmother, Mrs. ReaVis. "Goodness knows, for they don't. I think they were Just out window shopping." TRAINS FROM EAST LATE Snow Blockades In Wyoming Cause Delays on Union Pacific. Union Pacific trains an-Iving in Port land from the East were delayed from five to 12 hours yesterday on account of snow blockades In Wyoming. No. 19. due at 11 :30yesterday morn- N THE BUSINESS establishment and in the home whenever banking is discussed one ill 1 r mi . i . w .. win near 01 ne in ortnwestern .National Bank. We are endeavoring to cause that mention to be favorable in every respect "by rendering our patrons as good banking service as modern facili ties and progressive methods make possible. Resources Over $10,000,000 Member of Federal Reserve System. k-i.w;.!?t; ' .1 H ii in B9II Bl 13 Bl II MAKAGEMElVTl H. I- IMftook. Irsldent. Knfry Olirafvtead. Vle-Pre. Jojd 1m Mailt. V i'rfm. Wilfrid P. Jones. Vice-Pre. Kdar H. Sensenleb, Cashier, tieo. W. Iloj t, Asst. Cashier. t Detertnar. Asst. Cashier. 11a y H. H. Nelson. Asst. Caabler. O. L. Price. Asst. to President. TheNortftwestem ational Bank Northwestern Bank BId'&. Portia ncLO regon lng from Omaha and Chicago, arrived at 4:50 In the afternoon. Ho. 5, from Salt Lake City, due at 7 A. M-, arrived at 10:30 last night, and No. 17. the Oregon & Washington Limited, from Chicago, came in at 10:40. Reports from the snow-bound dis tricts last night indicated that the blockade had been removed and that trains now are operating on a normal schedule. WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE Mrs. Qu inn's Experience Ought to Help You Over the Critical Period. r t 1 Lowell, Mass. "For the last three years I have been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad feelings common at that time. I was in a very nervous condi tion, with headaches and pain a crood deal of the time so I was unfit to do my worK. a in end asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com- lixund. which I did and it has helped me in every way. I am not nearly so nervous, no headache or pain. I must say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick woman can take. " Mrs. Margaret Quinn, Rear 253 Worthen St., Lowell, Mass. 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