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THE MORNING OKEGOMAX. MONDAY, APKIIj .i0, 1917.
PINIONS DIFFER Oil
EFFECTS OF DRAFT
PORTLAND NEWSPAPERMAN, NOW WITH AMERICAN AMBULANCE
HOSPITAL CORPS, WHO IS SERVING IN BRITISH-FRENCH
SPRING DRIVE ALONG THE MARNE.
Stimulation or Retarding of j
Recruiting Problem to Of
ficers of Army-Navy.
MARINES WANT 30,000
Special Week Designated for Big I
Effort Conscription May Call
One Out of Every 10 for
Xew Land Forces.
MARINE CORPS TO TIE RE
CRUITED TO 30.000 MEN.
The following: telefrram was
received by The Oregonian yes
terday from General George Bar
rett, commanding: the United
States Marine Corps:
"The Marine Corps today
reached its full authorized
strength of 17,400 men. The pub
licity given our needs by the
newspapers, which resulted in
making known our slogan 'first
to fight,' quickly brought the
needed men to the colors. A
further increase of the Marine
Corps to 30,000 men. has been
recommended to Congress, and
sincerely believing that the in
crease will be granted for the
period of the war. I am going
ahead with recruiting.
"Red-blooded young men wish
ing to be first to fight prob
ably will not have long to wait.
On behalf of the officers and
men of the Marine Corps. I wish
to express our hearty apprecia
tion of the able assistance and
hearty co-operation rendered by
The Oregonian in recruiting corps
to full strength. Portland has
responded splendidly to our call.
I am going to ask further assist
ance and co-operation to recruit
the additional 12,600 men whom
we need and I will address you
a letter on the subject of a spe
cial Marine Corps week, June 10
to 16, Inclusive, when we will
make an extra effort to fill our
corps to 30,000 men before the
close of the fiscal year."
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FOOD WORK SPURRED
Campaign of First Few Days
Shows Some Results.
GARDENS BEING PLANTED
Will recruiting in the regular Army
and in the Navy and Marine Corps be
stimulated or retarded by passage of
the selective conscription bill?
Army and Navy officers in Portland
have conflicting opinions on the sub
ject and it will be difficult to tell just
what the effect will oe until after the
scope of the measure actually is agreed Committee Is Ready to Answer Any
The Navy recruiting stations have
experienced a spurt in the last few
days, which, by some, is attributed to
the prospective early passage of th
draft bill. Most recruits in the Navy
are of the draft age 19 to 27 years.
Congress, it is expected, will fix the
draft nirp limits at 21 Ani 30 vears. so
the effect on men of that age will be oy me rood preparedness cam-
Problems That May Face City
Grower Lectures Are Be
ing Booked Rapidly.
The first few days of service ren-
watched with interest during the next
few days.
Officers are agreed, however, that
men who rush to the recruiting stations
to escape draft are actuated by noth
ing but motives of highest patriotism.
There is a lurking suspicion among
. many youths that men who are con
scripted into the Army will get little
chance to see active service. By going
Into the Navy, regular Army or Marine
Corps they hope to get into some ac
tual fighting.
No official information has come to
either the state or Federal officers re
garding plans for the proposed draft.
Civil Authorities May Act.
It is presumed, however, that actual
eonscriprion will be placed in tne
hands of Civil authorities to relieve the
military force as much as possible.
A day will be set aside when, every
man of thed raft ace will be required
to register. He will have to give his
age. his birthplace, his nationality, if
horn in a foreign country; his educa-
paign bureau, under the direction of
the Oregon Agricultural College and
the Department of Agriculture, have
been of incalculable benefit to the
cause of increased food production
through the stimulus afforded.
While the work Is at its outset, and
definite records cannot yet be given
of progress made, it has been noted
by the officials in charge that a first
great effect has been to combine all
endeavors along the line of Increased
food production under the operations
of the new bureau.
Serious Problem Faced.
In a statement made yesterday by
officials of the bureau, a comprehen
sive sketch of the bureau's labors to
date, its aims and the nature of the
work projected is afforded.
We have been called upon for serv
ice of every kind in connection with
the big food drive," said W. H. Craw
ford, of the food preparedness cam
paign. "The seriousness of the situa
tion and the evidences of the help
that we have already been able to give
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Joseph raHerMon, In Ffeld Uniform,
AImo With Gas Mawk and In IiUK'out
Afar Jh irlner Line.
tional acquirements, his occupation
helpful in guiding the military authorl- "btlle 8 r'ght '" """
"VtUsuufedhlten who are "The amount of free farming advice
....iii-j vr i r,itis nlants. that is now being put forth in the
ehiobuilding yards or other industrial newspapers should be helpful if prop
Institutions whose operation i3 essen
tial to the successful conduct of the
war will be exempt from military duty.
hut that they can bed rafted into in
dustrial service.
The proposed draft system doubtless
will be applied on the same basis as
the volunteer system formerly was ap-
erly understood. There was a particu
larly good supply In ne Sunday pa
pers. Perhaps more than could be
read when the actual work had to be
crowded into a few short hours.
Labor to Be Difficulty.
"We suggest that any particular
problems that may confront you be
rjlied. Each state will be allotted us taken up Wjth us at once. If you do
Quota of men, based on its population. I not understand what you have read or
The state then will be subdivided I i. vou have something snecial to take
Into voting precincts and each precinct up (or tne goo,j Df the cause, or lor
will be required to produce its propor- your own persona.1 help, call on is at
tlon. Just how the names will be se- 513 Oregon Building, telephone Broad-
lected has not been determined, but It way 440.
Is probable that they will bed rawn "Labor seema to be looming up as a
by lot, I big problem. However, there is
One In JO May Be Taken. hopeful indication in the possible en
Army officers have estimated that listment of Individuals and organiza
onlv one man out of every 10 subject tions in the work of increasing the
-h awtri on the first land output. We are at work on sev-
call Some of these doubtless will be eral combinations that will bring good
weeded out on account of physical de- results. Our lecture staff is also
fects and other causes, and other names booking engagements as fast as pos-
wlll be drawn to tatce tneir places um.11 1
the entire quota Is supplied.
yesterday was that all men enlisting HIGHLAND SOLDIER HERE
In the regular branches of the service I
after the draft bill is signed Dy tne . Armotron? in Kilts Is Re.
President will be subject to draft all Sergeant Armstrong in Jsuits is e-
the same, but Army officers consider I
auch a -provision improbable. I
As a matter of fact, they look for
considerable competition among youtn
cruiting for Scotcli Regiment.
"Sergeant Armstrong"
in bold hand
of military age to be among the first I upon the register of the Portland
selected. Hotel, tells of the passing through here
Despite the Sunday holiday 14 men I yesterday of one of the vanguard or
applied for enlistment at the naval re- the recruiting officers who are coming
cruiting station yesterday. seven 01 1 irom Canada to can uritisn subjects to
them were mustered in and started for the service of their country.
the Goat Island training station. Sergeant Armstrong was a striking
The marine corps recruiting office picture in the lobby of the hotel, for he
also had a busy day, receiving nearly was in Highland uniform, and, a veter-
a score of applicants. an of the trench warfare of Flanders.
The regular Army recruiting station He was a grimly warlike feature in the
was not open for business on Sunday. quiet civilian surroundings.
He is out to recruit for the Scotch
Canadian reeriments. and left vesterdav
$15,000 SU S NtAK tIMU afternoon for San Francisco, where h
' I is to begin his work.
Mrs. Tillie Bergen Seeks Damages for
Drowning of Children.
ROAD DATA TO BE GATHERED
Society of Engineers Discusses $6,
000,000 Bond Issue-
That the public may be acquainted
CHEHALIS, Wash., April 29. (Spe
cial.) Taking of testimony in the dam
age suit of Mrs. Tillie Bergen against
Lewis County for ?i&,uuu was complet
ed last evening. Only the argument of
the various attorneys to the Jury and I with different pavements, their dura
the charge of Judge Reynolds are to bllkty and cost, the Oregon Society of
be heard before the case finally goes Engineers has authorized its president
to the jury. 1 to name a committee of five members
Mrs. Bergen's suit is brougnt to re- to prepare data, that committee to eo
cover monetary damages for the loss of I operate with the one appointed recent
her three little cniidren oy arowning y Dy the Portland Realty Board. The
In the Cowlitz River at Rlffe, May 29, action was taken at the regular raonth
J915, owing to alleged improper hand- iy meeting of the society Saturday
ling 01 tne county leriy 11 piace 1 night In the Oregon building.
by the ferryman, an employe or the The chief subject of discussion at
county.
More fatal tramway accidents occur
In London on Sundays than on any
other day.
the meeting was the $6,000,000 road
bond issue. A debate on the bond Issue
was held, O. Laurgaard championing
the Issue and J. P. Newell opposing
him. Three minutes were alloted oth-
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FRENCH DRIVE
Joseph Patterson Sees Serv
ice With Ambulance Corps
on Marne Battlefield.
DEAD FOUND EVERYWHERE
er speakers for the discussion of the
bond issue.
Among those who spoke on the bond
Issue were, besides Mr. Newell and Mr.
Laurgaard, E. J. Adams, a member of
the tate Highway Commission: J. W.
Cunningham, consulting engineer: A. G.
Johnson, statistician of the Department
of Public Works; John R. Penland. City
Engineer of Albany; Dr. F. G. Young,
head of the department of economics
of the University of Oregon: W. L.
Archambeau, formerly connected with
the Warren Construction Company; W,
ti. craves ana J. 11. Thompson, con
sulting engineers; J. D. Brown, presi
dent of the Farmers' Union; Mr. Mc-
Mullen, assistant city engineer; C. T.
Rice, C. J. Hogue. R. W. Price and Her
bert Gordon.
RAILWAY UNITY URGED
BlULIXGTOX ROAD CALLS OX ALL
EMPLOYES TO "DO THEIR BIT."
freaiuent says Line Tbroithont the
Country Will Co-ordinate to Ex
pedite Ration's Dullness.
Employes of the Burlington railroad
system In thls and other parts of the
country have been urged by Hale
Holden, president of the company, to
00 tneir Dit In their daily work, not
only "that the military forces and sup
plies may be handled expeditiously, but
so that fodstuffs, materials and sup
plies of all kinds directly and indirectly
necessary in carrying on. the prepara
tions the Government has undertaken
may be handled with minimum of fric
tion and delay."
President Holden calls attention, in
a circular leter Just distributed among
tne employes here, to the resolution
adopted at a recent conference of rail
road executives in Washington in
which they pledged themselves to co
operate "with the Government of the
United States, with the governments
of the several states and one with one
another, that during the present war
they will co-ordinate their operations
In a continual railroad system, merg
ing during such period all their merely
individual and competitive activities
in the -effort to produce a maximum
of National transportation efficiency."
"This pledge," says the Burlington
president, "can only be carried out by
the co-operation of all the forces of
the company, and it was given unhes
itatingly because of my confidence that
all of us would wish to assume, our
patrlotio privilege of supporting the
Government to our utmost and to lend
in every way our services to a suc
cessful termination of the war that is
upon us."
German Graves Are Marked and Are
Tended by Foes Girls Keep
American From Losing Way
'In Paris at Xlght.
Joseph Patterson, formerly a news
paper man of Portland, is seeing active
service with the American Ambulance
Hospital Corps in France, and his work
has taken him so close to the firing
line the last month that he and his
co-workers have had to make use of
the gas mask.
Mr. Patterson, who for more than
seven years prior to 1916 was a mem
ber of the local and field reportorial
staff of The Oregonian. Joined the
American Ambulance Corps in Decem
ber, 1916, sailing for Paris about Jan
uary 1, 1917. For a year prior to leav
ng for Paris he was engaged as a
special agent of the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission.
In an uncensored letter which Mr,
Patterson mailed at sea. Just before ar
riving in Paris, he told of the proposed
British-French drive on the Germans,
now In progress. The Ambulance
Corps was at that time being heavily
recruited to take care or the situation
when the drive started.
Great Drive Forecast.
They expect to lose heavily, but are
prepared for it," Mr. Patterson wrote.
and this will be the last uncensored
letter."
Mr. Patterson's Information proved
true, and after a brief training period
in Paris, during which time he lived in
the chateau once occupied by Empress
Eugenie, now a hospital base, while he
was undergoing severe inoculation
against disease, he was dispatched to
the second line in the battle of the
Marne.
A letter dated April 14 gave the in
formation that his division would be
sent to the first line about April lo.
Mr. Patterson is with a group of col
lege and newspaper men from his home
city, Pittsburg, at whose head is one
of his former city editors. Extracts
from Mr. Patterson's letters follow:
'I am writing from a basement, and
it was so cold we are wearing overcoats
gloves and caps as we write. The
Marne battlefield is Just outside the
door. We cross the Marne battlefield
when we go to Meaux to get the
wounded for this hospital station
which is at Jullly, and which is sup
ported by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Plain Is Now Cemetery.
"We usually are called but at 2 A. M.
The nocturnal sensation is marked.
We went for 20 wounded last night at
2:15 o'clock. The Marne was the high
water mark of German Invasion and
is almost a level plain, an . ideal bat
tle ground in a way. But already the
battlefield is under cultivation. The
cultivation is broken by trenches and
small plots, the latter about six by
eight feet, surrounded by a single wire.
"In each plot, marked by a white cross
over which flies a French flag, a sol
dler lies buried where he fell. The
cross bears the name, rank and some
times the photograph of the dead, for
the identification tag attached to his
wrist preserves his identity.
As the soldiers dropped everywhere
these graves are scattered over the
farms. The little plots are spared in
plowing and crops are raised all around
them. Occasionally you see a white
cross with a black center, and then you
know it is the grave of a German. The
German dead were treated as well as
the French dead.
10O Hurled Together.
Where the men fell In great num
bers trench-graves were dug and the
dead burled together. Some of the
trench-graves contain 100 dead. Above
them are many crosses and ornamental
designs, artificial flowers and govern
ment notices stating that these men
died for their country and that the
plot was purchased by the government
to preserve the remains. -The single
graves are usually kept up by the
farmers on whose property they are
located.
"Ferman soldiers, under guard of a
sentinel and receiving French soldiers'
pay, assist the peasants in their farm
or other work.
Wounded Soldier SInfrB
"There is a wounded soldier in this
hospital, whose name 'is Buffo, and
he is an operatic tenor. He sings for
us every few nights as he is now about
well. He will . soon go back to the
trenches. The soldiers come from every
walk. The rich and the poor, the ig
norant and accomplished all rank alike
and look alike in uniform."
The humorous side of the life of an
American abroad in war service has
not been overlooked by Mr. Patterson.
Of one episode he writes:
"The other night some of the Amer
ican boys were at a function, and It
fell to my fortunate lot to escort two
French girls home. The metro (sub
"''.y) stops at 10 P. M. except on Satu
days, Sundays and Thursdays, opera
nights, amusements being closed to
save fuel. When I got them home I
couldn't get a taxicab to get back, and
the street lights were out, and I
couldn't speak much French. The girls
realized my plight and insisted on
walking back to our station with m
about as far as from the top of Mount
Tabor to the top of Portland Heights.
That's what I call courtesy, but I'll
bet the next time I offer to take them
home, they'll decline."
The extent of the Paris provisions for
handling the wounded is realized In
Mr. Patterson's statement that the Am
bulance Corps serves more than 300
hospitals in Paris.
"The wounded are brought In at
night so that the civilians, especially
the women, do not have to see them
transported across the city or hear
them," he says.
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NOW YOU CAN BUY
SNOW FLAKE SODAS BY THE BOX
Everybody is anxious at this time
to buy in the most economical way
in a way that really saves and does
not waste. When you buy SNOW
FLAKES in this big wooden box
you get BIG VALUE for your
money, and SNOW FLAKES are
good till the last one is gone.
Your grocer will recommend your
buying SNOW FLAKES in our new
ECONOMY BOX because he knows
that you will be pleased with the
saving you make and the excellent
quality of the crackers.
THIS BIG WOODEN BOX OF
DAINTY SNOW FLAKES can be
bought from all grocers for $1.15.
Ask your grocer to show you this
box you will be surprised at its
size and the quantity of crackers it
contains. Have a box sent home
TODAY.
SNOW FLAKES always have been
popular, and they will be more popu
lar still now that they are sold in
this big wooden box as well as in the
familiar red packages.
PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT CO.
Portland, Oregon
out aslc lor Cracliers
Drill in military tactics has been be-1 structlon from former members of mil
gun here by an organization comprised j itary companies,
of members of the Bend Amateur Ath-
lectic Club, styling themselves the Teachers Salaries Raised.
Bend Rifles. A number of old Spring-1 BEND, Or.. April 29. (Special.)
field rifles have been obtained for the! cause of the increase in the cost of llv-
orjran ization. which is receiving In-I Inc. the School Bonrd of District 12,
Oregon City Wife Charges Crnelty.
OREGON CITY. Or.. April 29. (Spe
cial.) Suit for divorce on grounds of
cruelty was filed in the Circuit Court
here yesterday by Mrs. Marjorle Pier
son against A. Romeyn Plerson, Jr.
"Bend Rifles" Are Drilling.
BEND. Or.. April 29. (Special.)
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For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
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PrlM Sl.OO. 50c. 254
Aio teeata Reserved. -
Including the City of Bend, has volun
tarily raised the pay of the teachers in
the district $5 a month. For the coming
year Miss Gertrude Hanks has been se
lected by the Board as superintendent
of primary work.
Read The Oregonian classified ad.
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Test srasolrL
"The specific gravity test is worthless,
as a test of gasoline quality."
So says the U. S. Bureau of Standards.
Boiling points comprise the only real test, be
cause easy starting, quick acceleration, maxi
mum power, depend absolutely on boiling points.
The gravity-hydrometer tells you nothing about
the boiling points of gasoline.
RED CROWfcl
ifie Gasoline o Qua(y
is straight - distilled, and thus has its boiling
points in a gradually rising, unbroken chain
low boiling points for easy starting, medium
boiling points for quick and smooth acceleration,
high boiling points for power and mileage.
No mixture can contain an unbroken chain of
boiling points the hundreds of intermediate
points are missing. Be sure and get Red Crown,
It's pure gasoline not a mixture.
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