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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1917)
r V THE MOIINIXG OBEOONLVN, FRIDAY. MAY 18, 19 IT. 1 J i l 1 I 1 1 J. A V i V i i l I I 1 1 1 1 1 i i i I 1 1 V I. X X. I L 1 '1 ' J DRILL GRIND BEGINS Men Studying at Presidio Are Uniformed and Equipped. ALL LEARN TO CLEAN CAMP Seven Periods of Day Are Devoted to Maneuvers and One of Two t Hours Duration Is Used for Study Time, tSAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. May 17. (Special.) The rigors of Intensive training have begun at the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at the Presi dio. Preliminary details of company organization have been completed. The men now are uniformed and equipped and the Incessant drilling, lecturing, marching and studying in an effort to make officers in three months has begun. For purposes of training, the work ing hours of the day have been divided into eight periods, seven for drill and one, two hours long, for studying. Calls regulate the movements of the men and they are parts of the Army ma chine. Two of the men in the engineering company at the camp will be assigned to duty as officers in the regiment of engineers that Colonel James B. Cavanaugh is raising one of the Pa cific Coast, It was announced today. The men were introduced this morn ing to Joys of kitchen, dining-room and barrack police. They were as signed to various duties that involved intimate acquaintance with brooms and dish cloths and dusters. With three autmoboiles awaiting his call. Ralston T. Wilbur, of Spokane, former Yale and Stanford football and track star, scrubbed floors in the en gineer company barracks early this morning. Among the former football stars at the camp are Bertram L. Chadwallder, of this city, who once played center for Tale: Charles L. Smith, of Auburn, Wash., quarterback on the University of Washington eleven; John Parsons, of Portland, star halfback on the Uni versity of Oregon team and rated the best man in the all-Coast conference last season; Hamilton Corbett, of Port land, Harvard halfback, and Osweld N. Day, of Portland, Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club star. The football enthusiasts already are talking of organizing to'-play local col leges later In the year. The War Department has authorized the calling of 2000 men in the enlisted Quartermaster Reserve Corps into ac tive service, according to a telegram received today from Washington. WHISKY ROBBERY CHARGED Aberdeen Plans to Close Tex Ver non's Jjodging-IIouse. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 17. (Spe cial.) Charges of robbery have been filed against Tex Vernon, well-known Northwest boxer, and Jack Lawrence in connection with their alleged theft of 400 quarts of whisky from Henry Hansen, an employe on the steamer Fair Oaks, who is said to have smug gled the liquor into Aberdeen. Three other men have been charged with having an oversupply on hand in con nection with the same shipment. All five are In the County Jail. Proceedings to have the lodging house operated by Vernon abated as a public nuisance will be started with in the next few days. The place has been raided several times. v Mr. Kellaher Is Indorsed. Ideal Clothes for the Business Man Hart Schaffner &Marx have produced for us the liveli est line of clothes for the busi ness man we have shown in a good many seasons. Here is one shown here. There are a good many more just as good. Every style is repre sented. Every new fabric, fine hand tailored, sewed with silk, tailored to retain their shape. See them today or any day. Priced $20 and Up to $40 . Stetson Hats $4 to $15 Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Go. The Men's Store for Quality and Service Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder PAVING TO 8E DONE Bids for Siskiyou Highway Will Be Called For. to make some Improvements along part of this front within the next year. xie Has also taken over the manage ment of the Seaside Packing Company's cannery from "Wakefleld & Co., and will pickle and cure herring and other fish which will be shipped to Kelso from the Sound. A considerable Quantity ol cured smelt has been shipped the past ween. ROAD APPEAL TO BE MADE President MR. NUNN IS AT ASHLAND The Anti-Blue Law League has in dorsed the candidacy of Dan Kellaher, ex-State Senator, for City Commis sioner. Resolutions warmly commend- motlng thawed of the Sunday ftue the highway to the California line from law of the state, and urging support Trl-State Convention of Good Roads Being Held and Announcement Is Made Tliat Link to Cali fornia Line W ill Be Done. ASHLAIvD, Or., May 17. (Special.) Bids for contracts for paving the Slskl yoa Highway from the summit of the mountain to the California line are to be advertised for Saturday, according to State Highway Engineer Nunn, who is in the valley to attend the trl-state good roads meeting. Work is to be started immediately and finished this Summer if the money holds out, accord ing to Mr. Nunn. The state has 165.000 on hand, which has been designated for the Siskiyou work, and the State Highway Commis sion has voted to devote other funds If possible. At present the highway Is graded from the foot of the mountain, seven miles south of Ashland, to Stein man, a distance of three miles, and partially macadamized from that point to the summit. The intention Is to pave SEATTLE, Wash., May 17. A direct appeal to President Wilson in behalf of the military road along the Pacific Coast will be made on May 31. The Pacific Coast Defense League, through the efforts of which the matter is now before Congress, is asking each com mercial organization, business man and Btate, county and city official on the Coast to send a telegram to the President on the date named, asking him to seek action by Congress. This appeal to the President has been suggested by members of Congress from the Coast states who have taken a great interest in the road legisla tion. of his candidacy for commissioner, have been adopted at a meeting of the League. EMBEZZLER IS SENTENCED Ex-Presluent of Bankrupt Bank Enters Plea of Guilty. SEATTLE, Wash., May 17. William L. Collier, ex-presldent of the bank rupt Northern Bank and Trust Com pany, which suspended business Janu ary 31 last, owing fl. 600.04)0 to deposi tors, was arraigned in Superior Court today, charged with embezzlement of $63,000 of the bank's funds. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five to 15 years In the State Peni tentiary at Wall Walla. Collier will rave for Walla Walla tonight. Three weeks ago Collier pleaded guilty to a charge of falsifying bank records, and was sentenced to a term of one to 10 years in prison. He is 88 years old. The Northern Bank and Trust Com' pany is undergoing liquidation in the hands of the State Bank Examiner. the summit first. Completion of the pavement to the California line will assure an all-year- round automobile road over the moun tain, although a team will have to be employed In January and February to keep the road cleared of snow. The pavement already laid on the Siskiyou Mountain is eight feet in width and is Seattle I laid on the inside half, the outer half being macadamized or to be macadam ized. At a luncheon tendered by the women of Ashland to the trl-state road dele gates In Llthla Park today, Mr. Nunn announced that the state had $10,000 available to assist the county, which also has funds on hand in the grading and paving of Ashland Hill. He said a crew would be put to work estab lishing the grade on the hill next week and the work rushed to completion. He has instructed the County Court to carry out its part of the work Immedi ately. The hill, which is to be paved. Is a half mile break in the Ashland Medford highway, which was paved three years ago. At that time a satis factory agreement regarding the route up the hill and with the Southern Pact fic Company for an undergrade cross ing could not be reached, but this has been settled now. HOOD APPLE CROP GONE Cold-Storage Plants In aVlley Are Stripped of Year's Production. HOOD RTVEH, Or, May 17. (Spe cial.) Although the Hood River Valley produced 1,250.000 boxes of apples last year, the largest crop in its history, it is impossible today, except In a few in stances where grocers have a supply of a broken box or two, to purchase the product In Hood River, the chief town of the apple valley. Except for the negligible quantity of a few boxes held in storage for individual growers, the valley's refrigeration plants, with a capacity of 460,000 boxes of fruit, have been entirely cleaned out. From the standpoint of total returns, an approximate $1,500,000. Hood River applegrowers have never been more prosperous. FISH WILL BE PICKLED Packing Company Purchases Water front Land In Kelso. KELSO. Wash.. May 17. (Special.) Max Johnsen and the Seaside Packing Company have purchased a long stretch of riverfront lying in the center of Kelso along the Cowlitz River from J. H. Gallagher, of Portland. It in cludes the old Cowlitz Bridge Company dock and building and the waterfront down stream to the property of the Columbia River Smelt Company, and the front from the depot to the old Hill mill property. Mr. Johnsen plans Will Be Asked Coast Defense. to Aid FAREWELL GIVEN BRANSON Retiring President of University of Idaho Addresses Students. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. Moscow. May 17. (Special.) Dr. M. A. Bran- non, president of the University of Idaho, whose resignation was unani mously accepted by the State Board of Education in February, delivered his farewell address to the student body and faculty at the regular student assembly Wednesday. A representative of each class and of the faculty made short talks. The spokesmen were Charles Darling, freshman: Richard D. Ott, sophomore; Percy Messlnger, Junior, and Oscar J. Johnson, senior. George D. Avers. dean of the law school, represented the faculty. SUNDAY SCHOOLS MEET PENDLETON' HOST TO EASTERN OREGON WORKERS. SI I FOR MIL REPAI The record of Mr. Lon Davis, Union, Or., who has just replaced his 1911 Mitchell with the late model Special Features of Convention Will Be Talk by Indiana and Pupils' Views of Teacbera' Qua Mil rations. PENDLETON, Or.. May 17. (Spe cial.) Pendleton will be host tomor row to the eastern division of the Ore gon State Sunday School Convention. It Is expected that there will be hun dreds of delegates in the city from among the pastors, Sunday school offi cers and prominent workers in the va rious counties east of the Cascades. The session will be given over to the Umatilla County Association, with ex-County Judge J. W. Maloney pre siding. E. C. Knapp, of Spokane, gen eral secretary of the Inland Empire as sociation, will be the principal speaker. Among others will be boys and girls who have been asked to explain the qualifications they consider necessary for a Sunday School teacher. Saturday morning will be devoted to conferences among teachers. Marlon Lawrence, general secretary of the In ternational association, of Chicago, will be one of the speakers at the Saturday afternoon session. Another feature of that session will be a number of brief talks by Indians of the Umatilla res ervation. Other speakers are: Dr. J. D. Sprlngston. educational secretary, Portland; Mrs. Clara O. Esson. Chris tian state secretary. Forest Grove; Rev. M. B. Parounaglan. Methodist secre tary, Salem; Charles A. Phlpps. general secretary. Portland, and Dr. Charles A. Bowen. pastor of the Methodist Church, Walla Walla. A large chorus will be in charge of Pendleton Power Improvement Set. PENDLETON, Or.. May 17. (Spe cial.) An Investment of $9500 has been authorized by the raciflo Light A rower Company for this district, ac cording to Information received by Manager Mable. of the Pendleton office. The plans contemplate a new toll line between this city and Walla Walla. Practically all of the work of replacing me oia open wire system in this city with an up-to-date cable system has been completed. Three units are in use and the fourth will be ready in i few days. The work has cost the com pany $25,000. Pendleton Building Brings $35,000. PENDLETON. Or.. May 17. (Sp clal.) The Judd building, & two-story brick structure at the corner of Main and Court streets, has been purchased rrom a. i. Juaa by James S. Johns, secretary of the Hartman Abstract Company, which occupies the greater part of the ground floor. The building is one of the finest in the city and was built as quarters for the old Commer clal National Bank in 1899. The con sideration is said to be $35,000. Ridgefield Ships Ties. RIDGEFIELD. Wash.. May 17. (Spe ciai.) Mhe tie loading plant, of the Lewis River Boom & Logging- Com pany at this place resumed operations Wednesday morning, after being closed down for some time. The plant is not operating full blast yet on account of not getting enough cars, but this alt. uatlon will be Improved in a few days. jvooui IP men art employed. Whisky Cache Found on Wishka. ABERDEEN, Wash., May 17. (Spe cial.) Nineteen cases of whisky, sup posed to be part of the Fair Oaks ship ment, was found last night on the ranch of Jack Landers, 13 miles up the Wishkah River hidden in the swamps about the farm. Grants Pass Seeks Jallbreaker Peck. GRANTS PASS, May 17. (Special.) No clew has been discovered as to the whereabouts of W, H. Peck, who broke Jail here Haturday night. It was learned today that Mrs. Peck purchased rather plentiful supply of bakery goods' early on that evening. , "Single-Term" Amendment Up, WASHINGTON, May If, Another "single term" amendment to the Con stitution was proposed today in the I Senate by Senator Gore, who would make it apply to both the President jfliP' viJwC. Others may be aS (WX KLEEN-HfllD 7 . 0& but none so I Sweet pure II CjJji and clean. fj CAR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENDURING CARS now they combine stability with the most pleasing appearance most complete equipment longest wheel base most notable per formance of any car in their price class -TWO SIZES SMALL SIX 120-inch Wheel Base 40 II. P. 7-PASSENGER 127-inch Wheel Base $1 195 $1460 PRICES V. O. B. R A. CI Ml. SALES AND SERVICE East Morrison and First Harold F. University. Humbert, of Eugene Bible Labor Shortage Greatest Worry. ROSEBURG, Or., May 17. (Special.) After tabulating the reports which have been coming In during the past few days. :. J. Hurd. who in handling the food preparedness campaign in Douglas County, said today that the meetings held last Saturday were weU attended and much Interest was mani fested among the farmers. Mr. Hurd said there was plenty of seed In Douglas County to insure bountiful crops this year. The chief obstacle now confronting the farmers of Ore gon, according to Mr." Hurd, Is the labor shortage which may make it difficult to handle the crops later In the season. "I want to be a bugler In the ma rines." a IS-year-old lad told the re cruiting officer at Cleveland, saying his grandmother approved his idea. He wss not accepted. j '''i a" gj iMbsssbss111ss I lll!:f ARMOTOjfe COMlWlf jS&jl ONE reason why VEGETOLE fries, shortens and keeps so well is because it' is perfectly pure. For in makinp; VEGETOLE, nothing is added to the vegetable oil The result is a perfect, alternative shortening which makes cake, pastry and bis cuits light and flaky an ideal frying medium which quickly forms the rich, golden-brown crust essential to thorough, digestible cooking. And because of its purity, its keeping qualities in its tight-covered pail are un excelled. VEGETOLE, lower today in cost than lard, needs only a trial from the house wife to prove its advantages. Your dealer can supply you under the Armour Oval Label, the mark of top-grade. It comes in pails four sizes the exact size your needs require. Try. VEGETOLE, the alternative produced by our economical methods to help keep household expenses at true-value levels. ODUCTS Try This Recipe PIE PASTE 4 Tablespoons Vegetole 2 Cnpa Floor l Teaspoon Salt Cold Water Km all ingredients cold. Cot Vagetol well into salted flour; add water to make a stiff dough. Roll on floured board. MO U R 4ro c O M PAFff i4ea Charles H. Soramer, Mgr. rfaeae Main 7S1. Thirteenth aad Klandera Streets 1'ortlaad, Orefron and Vlce-'Presldent. i 1 f.
