14
EPISCOPALIANS ARE
URGED TO SERVICE
Bishop W. T. Sumner Ad
dresses Annual Con- "
ference Here.
HOSPITAL WORK APPROVED
Good Samaritan Third in Size of
Church's Institutions in Amer
ica St. Helen's Hall
Doubles Enrollment.
Greater devotion to church work
Urged yesterday by Bishop "Walter T.
Sumner as a stimulus to greater pa
triotism and a preparation for more
heroic deeds of sacrifice. The bishop,
in his annual address in St. Stephen's
rro-Cathedral, urged the members of
the diocese of Oregon to give of their
time to the Red Cross and similar or
ganizations, but in so doing not to for
pet their responsibilities to the church,
n-hich looks to them as "its faithful
soldiers."
"It is going to call for sacrifice; let
that sacrifice be at the expense, not of
your duty to country," said the bishop.
"but sacrifice of extravagance and
waste, which today In profligacy we
ere following with a disgraceful aban
don." During .the coming year the Epis
copal Church will take an active part
In the laymen's missionary movement.
The extension of mission work will be
on the programme; the Sunday schools
will improve and grow, and the dio
cesan organizations will be maintained
with live interest. All these things will
take place if the plans outlined in the
bishop's report are fulfilled.
Good Samaritan Rank llinrh.
In enumerating the needs- of Good
Famaritan Hospital, Bishop Sumner
stated that a new wing should be built
and a maternity hospital and a con
valescent home should be supplied. He
declared that Good Samaritan cares for
the needy contract patients at a low
figure the smallest but one of 40 lead
ing hospitals in the country He said
that from 24 to 28 per cent of the cases
4hnt rnmA trt them are cared for free
of charge. Today of the 50 or 60 chur cb
hospitals under the control of the i.pls-
copal Church in this country, the Good
Samaritan stands third in size. New
Tork and Chicago only being larger.
The bishop commended the manage
ment of the hospital and that of St.
Helen's Hall. The school, which has
been conducted by the church for
nearly 50 years, has practically doubled
Its enrollment in the last two years.
Traise was given to the Sisters of St.
John the Baptist, who have charge of
St. Helen's Hall.
Social Work Reported.
Another report of ' the convention that
covered a wide scope of activities was
that of the Rev. Frederick Howard,
chaplain of Good Samaritan Hospital
end superintendent of the Episcopal
Ko-1a.l Service League.
The work of Scaddlng House, social
service at the hospital, the Seamen's
Institute and. the welcoming of
strangers is included in the scope of the
league.
Chaplain Howard made a strong plea
for the Port of Portland, and placed
the seal of his approval on the measure
to be voted on at the election June 4.
"As we reported last year," .he said
"the work for seamen is a part of our
third division, and we have kept open
the institute at 13i Third street,
though there have been few offshore
nhins coming to our port."
This morning holy communion will
be celebrated at 7:30 o'clock by Dean
McCollister, and at 9:30 o'clock by Rev,
B. G. Lee. Business and reports and
matters of interest to the diocese will
occupy the attention of the clergy and
the lay delegates for the morning and
afternoon. Tonight there will be a
mystery play, "The Great Trail," given
at St. David's Church by a cast of 60
nersons.
Delegates are in attendance from all
varts of the diocese, and the interest in
the church's work is shown to be grow
ing steadily.
Officers elected yesterday were: Sec
retary. Rev. J. D. Rice; assistant. Rev.
T. F. Bowen; treasurer, Roger W. Hast
ings; chancellor. Judge W. T. Slater
registrar. Rev. W. A- M. Breck; mem
bers of assessment committee, A. E.
Peterson, Dr. S. E. Joseph!; trustees
Episcopal fund. 1920, Rev. J. D. Rice,
P. A- Cowgill; 1918, Guy Talbot; Bishop
Scott School trustees, 1918, Very Kev,
E. H. McCollister; 1920, Rev. J. D. Rice,
J. W. Ganong; trustees St. Helen's Hall
1920. Venerable H. D. Chambers, J. C.
Robinson; trustees of the diocese, 1918,
Rev. E. T. Simpson, Karl Joehnke; 1919,
Rev. John Dawson, William Whitfield
Deaconess Hodgkin. of the Deaconess'
Training School of the Pacific at Berk
eley, Cal.. addressed the convention on
her work.
A memorial resolution for the late
H. D. Ramsdell, presented by Archdea
con Chambers, was adopted by rising
vote. A similar resolution was framed
for the late S. D. Adair.
MINE MANAGER KILLED
JOSEPH R. SMITH, ACTO VICTIM,
. - PROMINENT IX GRANTS PASS.
Two Women Also Hurt When Machine
Turns Turtle and Slides SO Feet
Along Pacific Highway.
GRANTS PASS, Or., May 23. (Spe
clal.) Joseph R. Smith, who was killed
last night when his car turned turtle
on the Pacific Highway near Central
Point, was a prominent mining man of
Grants Pass. He came from Chicago
about a year ago and represented
number of Eastern men interested in
mining property near Preston Peak
He was manager of the Del Norte
Claimholders' Association and was sec
retary-treasurer of the Tri-Metals Min
ing Company.
In the car' were Mrs. H. D. Eisman
Mrs. George Radford and James T.
White, manager of the Oregon Gas &
Electric Company. They were ap
proaching a turn in the road when the
car suddenly swerved ana turned com
pletely over, sliding fully 50 feet. Mr.
Smith was crushed across the abdo
men.
Mrs. Eismann's arm was broken and
Mrs. Radford was severely bruised, Mr.
White was not hurt.
Banker's Estate Decision Given.
SALEM, Or.. May 23. (Special.) At
torney-General Brown today advised
Superitnendent of Banks Sargent that
the deposits in a private bank become
assets of the estate of a banker upon
his death and that as a corollary the
estate assumes the deposit liability
also. The question arose in connection
with the estate of . M. Barnett. who
formerly conducted a private bank,
PROMINENT CHURCHMEN ATTENDING CONVENTION OF DIOCESE OF OREGON AT ST. STEPHEN'S
PRO-CATHEDRAL.
Ff;- -'- .V., LjS , I' V?
1 The RlKht Ilrv. Walter Taylor Sumner, B!nhop of the Diocene.
man and Mlxnionary. 3 Dr. A. A.
Clergymen, Assistant to Dean Mors
EMPLOYERS TO BE
ASKED FOR CREDIT
gOndS WOUld Be Sold tO WOrk-
ers and Paid for Monthly
on Installment Plan.
RICH STILL HOARD GOLD
Sales of Government Issue Are Few
and Scheme Is Icvised to In
terest Masses in Providing
Sinews of "War for Allies.
If the masses of the people are to
buy their proportinate share of war
bonds they .ill have- to have assist
ance from their employers, say bond
authorities in Portland.
They don't mean financial assistance.
but assistance by the extension of
credit.
It is probable, say the bankers, that
the larger employers here will be
urged to adopt the policy already put
into effect by the Union Pacific sys
tem, the estern l nion Telegraph
Company and other big corporations
who have arranged to buy big blocks of
bonds on their own account, allowing
their employes to pay for them on
monthly installments.
Such a proposal probably will he put
before the employers by the Portland
Clearing-house within the next few
days. The Clearing-house committee
already is considering the scheme ten
tatively. Small Sums Paid Monthly.
C. A. Miller, of San Francisco, has
been assigned by the Federal Reserve
Bank to assist the Portland bankers
in selling the liberty bonds, and until
he arrives here to take charge of the
work it is probable that the credit plan
will not be formally presented to the
employers.
(Meanwhile, however, there Is noth
ing to prevent any employer from put
ting the plan into effect on his own
Initiative.
By this arrangement the employes
re permitted to subscribe to a block
of bonds equivalent, in value, to one
fourth of their annual salaries, or for
any part thereof. The employer pays
the Government for the entire subscrip
tion at par and holds the bonds him
self as security.
The employe then repays the employ
er at the rate of o a month or ? 10 a
month as may be agreed, and gets
possession of the ngraved bond a
soon as payments are completed.
Whether the employer or the em
ploye draws the interest on the de
ferred payments is a detail that is to
be arranged among themselves, but
bankers are urging employers to allow
the interest to go to the employes as
a special inducement for them to sub
scribe. N
Wealth Still Is Hoarded.
Bond sales continued to be slow in
Portland yesterday. One man bought a
$30,000 lot, and another J15.000.
But the bulk of subscriptions come
from people in comparatively humble
circumstances, who buy 150 and 100
at a shot.
People with hoarded wealth appar
ently have not let loose. It is said that
some of them are waiting for the Gov
ernment to pay a higher rate of inter
est. .But it must be remembered that
the present issue, paying 3, is con
vertible at par into any bonds paying
higher rate should the Government
issue higher-rate bonds , at any time
during the war. ,
Bankers who like to delve into the
psychology of every human impulse be
lieve they can detect another reason for
the apparent apathy in the campaign.
At present, all a person gets upon
making application for a loan is a
prosaic bit of paper carrying the bank
er's receipt.
The engraved bond certificate.
printed in green ink with gilt trim
mings, will not be ready until about
July 1.
These psychological students have it
figured out that the average investor
is not much attracted by an ordinary
recipt, albeit he realizes it represents
the credit of the country just as much
as the engraved bond itself.
When the bankers are able to hand
the green and gold certificate over the
counter they believe Mr. Average In
vestor will be more ready to buy.
Women o Sew for Guardsmen.
All women interested have been in
vited to meet on the sixth floor of Vie
Meier & Frank store today from 9 to
I 4 o'clock and make dish towels for the
TIIE 3IORNIXG
- . . ' M
Morrliron, Rector of Trinity.
fall.
boys of the Oregon National Guard.
Mrs. Hallie Johnson announced that
1800 towels, about 18 by 24 inches in
size, are needed. Women and girls are
asked to bring their material, and at
tention has been called to the fact that
clean flour sacks are desirable.
M'ADOO MAKES BOND SALE
Secretary of Treasury' Takes Stroll
at Way Point and Aids Loan.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 23. William
G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury,
and W. B. G. Harding, governor of the
Federal Reserve Board, devoted 17 min
utes while en route from Denver to St.
Joseph to make a liberty loan sale of
$5000 in Wymore, Neb., a town of less
than 1000 inhabitants.
At the state line Mr. McAdoo pro
posed to his companion "to have a look
uptown." They went to the First Na
tional Bank, where they introduced
themselves, and Harding refused to
leave without doing some business. The
bank doubled its subscription to $5000,
REDISCOUNT RATE IS FIXED
Federal Reserve Bank Takes Action
to
Aid Liberty Loan.
SAN" FRAXCISCO. May 23. The Fed
eral Reserve Bank of San Francisco
today a'nnounced that it had. with the
approval of the Federal Reserve Board,
established a rate of 3ft per cent for
the rediscount of notes, drafts and
bills of exchange having a maturity
not exceeding 30 days and secured by
liberty loan bonds or l-nited btates
Treasury certificates.
This rate was established, it was
stated, to facilitate subscriptions to the
liberty loan, by member banks and to
enable them to assist their depositors
who wish to subscribe for bonds.
VILLA'S GOLD IS SOUGHT
Filibusters Prevented rem Enter
ing Mexico to Seek Caclie.
Et, PASO. Tex., May 23. United
States officers here asserted tonight
the military expedition which was
stopped at Gabens. Tex., last week was
organized to dig up $300,000 worth of
gold and silver bars which had been
hidden by Francisco Villa south of the
border.
A United States troop patrol arrested
22 men, including George Holmes and
C. E. Tinnin, charging them with set
ting on foot a military expedition to
invade Mexico.
Hoboken Buys Liberty Bonds.
HO BO KEN. N. J.. May 23. The sink
ing fund commission of the city of Ho
boken today voted to buy $100,000
worth of liberty loan bonds.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS AP- I
POINTED TO WEST POINT. f
Robert M. Moitiroe,
Robert M. Montague, of 4427
Forty-first avenue Southeast, re
ceived notice yesterday from the
War Department of his appoint
ment as a cadet at West Point to
report June 14. He successfully
passed two competitive examin
ations, one held by Senator Lane
at Corvallls and one held by
Representative McArthur in Port
land. He is 17 years old. He
is a student at the University of
Oregon, having won the Lincoln
High School scholarship on ac
count of his four years' stand
ing. He graduated last year. He
is a son of Mrs. C. D. Montague
and a grandson of the late C. B.
Montague, a well-known pioneer
of Linn County.
OREGONIAX, THURSDAY,
2 Dean Horsfall. of Bandon, Pioneer Clertcy
I Rev. F. G. Jennlng, One of the lounger
VOTERS' CARDS HELD
(rrrs Pnimtl PlnrU RofllCOC tn I
WI " w "
Turn Over Records.
DESCHUTES TO BRING SUIT
Fact Old Quo Warranto Suit Is Pend
ing Causes Official to Ignore
Act of Recent Session of
Oregon legislature.
BEXD, Or.. May 23. (Special.) Be
cause the old quo warranto suit to test
the title to office of the County Court
of Deschutes County is still pending in
the Circuit Court. County Clerk Warren
Brown of Crook County refuses to turn
over to Deschutes County registration
cards of voters In the new county. A
bill directing the transfer of these
records was passed by the last legisla
ture, becoming effective oh Monday.
As a result of Mr. Brown s action, con
iderable uncertainty exists in Des-
hutes County In respect to registra
tion for the coming general election,
Shortly after the appointment of the
County Court by Governor Wlthycombe
luo warranto proceedings were orougnt
in the name of Gus E. Stadlg. of Lower
Hrldee various allegations as to the
non-existence of Deschutes County be
ing made. Later, when the Legislature
met. a bill was introduced ootti con
firming the creation of the county by
the voters at the November election
and creating it anew, thereby removing
anv doubt as to its legal existence. A
bill was also passed providing for the
transfer of various records, Including
registration cards.
So satisfied was Mr. fetadig ot tne
legality of Deschutes County alter tnis
that he withdrew his name from the
quo warranto proceedings and peti
tioned that they be aismissea.
The attorneys, however, continued in
the prosecution of the case and it is
still oendtng on tho docket. For that
reason Mr. Brown refuses to transfer
the records as provided in the law.
Anticipating this situation county
Clerk Hanor, of Deschutes County, h
been registering voters anew, but very
few have re-registered, and it Is possi
ble that a mandamus suit to compel the
transfer of the records may be begun.
BELGIUM'SFATEDECREEO
GOERAL VON HISSING WOltD
HOLD CAPTURED NATION.
Memorandum Prepared for Oerniaa em
peror Talks "About Another
War Aolnit 'Britain.
LONDON. May 23. (8:20 P. M.) A
memorandum written by the late Gen
eral von Bisslng. Governor-General In
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pared for submission "to Emperor Will-
jam, reporieu iuc iiupbiuuh, v.
recon
ciliation between Germany and Belgium
illusorv and argues the absolute
necessity of the annexation of Belgium
as a nrenarat ton for another war
against Great Britain.
The memorandum declares mat no
treaty guarantees, however strong.
would prevent Belgium from being
swept into the enemy camp and. that
therefore Belgium must be conquered.
the Belgian dynasty abolished and the
country held with an iron hand so as
not to reneat the mistaae maae in
Alsace Lorraine and in German Poland
in attemDts at conciliation.
Pointina- out how tne province oi
Limbure. in Southeast Holland, Is
thorn in the side of the present Ger
man offensive, the memorandum con
tends that the same would happen with
a neutralized Belgium and that the ad
vantages Germany gained would' accrue
to her enemies in the next war by their
possession of the whole oi Belgium.
SUFFRAGE NEAR TO VOTE
House of Commons Puts Measure by
Second Reading, 32 9 to 4 0.
LONDON. Mav 23. After 10 days ef
debate, devoted mostly to woman's suf.
frage, the House of Commons tonight
nnsKerl the second reading of the fran
chise reform, or as it Is officially
known, "the representation of the peo
ple bill."
The vote was 329 In favor of as
against 40 in opposition to the measure.
3IAY 24, 1917,
WHOLE GUARD TO BE
Muster Into Regular Service
Will Begin With Coast Ar
tillery on July 15.
THIRD OREGON IS INCLUDED
All Cnlts Not Vet Called Will Be
Taken In Clackamas May
Be Used as One of Con
centration Camps.
The entire National Guard of Oregon,
Including all units not as yet called
Into the Federal service, as well as the
Third Oregon Infantry, which has been
mustered into service for a couple of
months and is now stationed at Van
couver Barracks, will be drafted into
the United States Army in July.
Official orders to this effect were
received yesterday from the War De
partment by George A. White, Adju
tant-General of the Oregon National
Guard.
The first Oregon organization to be
drafted in to the United States Army
will be the Oregon Coast Artillery.
The orders received by General White
direct that it shall be drafted into the
Army on July 15.
The other National Guard units, in
cluding the Third Oregon Infantry,
Battery A. Oregon Field Artillery, and
Troops A. B and C. Oregon Cavalry,
and probably Troop D, which will be
organized by that time, will be drafted
into the regular Army on July as.
The orders direct that the work of
recruiting all these organizations to
full war strength be expedited, which
General White has already done. They
are all so nearly up to war strength
that it will be a matter of a compara
tivelv short time to complete the
work.
Muster Docs Not Affect Draft,
Some confusion of terms may result
from the fact that the Third Oregon
has been in the Federal service since
it was officially
mustered shortly
after being called out In March. Just
why It should now be drafted into tne
service is likely to puzzle the layman.
This drafting Into the United btates
Army will have nothing to do with
conscription. It means simply that the
organization will be taken bodily nto
the United States Army, ana win cease
from that time to be parts of the Na
tional Guard, or to have anpr connection
with It.
After being drafted into the Army,
they can be ordered to any point the
President may direct, either in this
country or abroad.
General Whites Instructions xrom
the War Department direct that after
the date of the draft. -hlcn lor tne
Oregon Coast Artillery will be July 15
and for the Third Oregon and other
units will be July 23, the various or
ganizations will be kept at their home
rendezvous for two weeks, after which
they will be moved to concentration
camps somewhere in tue w estern de
partment.
Extra Instruction Ankcd,
The War Department has urged that
all men receive extra Instruction from
now until the time their commands are
drafted into the Army.
General White has been advised that
at this time there are not sufficient
uniforms and other supplies on hand
to equip all the National Guard troops.
As fast as these supplies can be ac
cumulated they will be furnished. Some
of the men may not be fully equipped
until after they reach the concentra
tion camps.
The locations of these concentration
camps have not been announced.
American Ltke perhaps will be one of
them. There is a probability, also, that
a large military camp will be located
at Clackamas, where the Oregon troops
mobilized prior to the Mexican expe
dition last year. Although a poor lo
cation for a Winter encampment.
Clackamas is satisfactory for a bum
mer camp.
While press reports have Indicated
that the National Guard would be
drafted bodily into the United States
Army, the orders received by General
White yesterday are the first official
word that has been received here bear
ing on the subject.
MRS. I. C. STEININGER DIES
Funeral Services and Iuterment
Molalla, Her Former Home.
OREGON CITY, Or.. May 23. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Laura Steininger, wife of
I. C. Steininger ana prominent resi
dent of Redland, died at the Oregon
City Hospital Tuesday evening, follow
ing an Illness of several months. The
body was shipped to Molalla lor inter
ment. Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church at Molalla. Kev
Snyder, pastor, officiating.
Mrs. Steininger was born In Nebraska
March 15. 18a. and was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Carpenter, of
Molalla. who survives her. She leaves
also her husband and two children, two
and three years old; three sisters. Mrs.
Carl Gray, of Oregon City; Mrs. Ed
ward Anderson, and Miss Msi'de Car
center, of Molalla. and a brother. Or
vllle Carpenter.
CHURCH AUXILIARY VOTED
Commission to Aid in Solving Prob
lems Growing Out oC War.
DALLAS. Tex- May 23. Creation of
a social service commission of 16 mem
bers to serve without expense, to assist
In solving problems of the church
arrowing out of the war and in stlmu
latlng Interest in religious work, was
voted by the 129th general assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America today by an over
helming majority. Tho action was
taken after Dr. John A. Marquis, of
Cedar Rapids. Ia., former moderator,
had asserted that "the methods of th
church would not meet the situation.'
The assembly also adopted the report
of the standing committee on temper
ance, declaring against the liquor traf
flc and also disapproving the use o
tobacco in any form.
Lebanon Women's Club Elects.
LEBANON, Or.. May 23. (Special.)
The Lebanon Study Club, which Is th
pioneer women s literary club of Leba
non, which has met regularly for the
last IS years or more, closed Its year'
work yesterday with the election
officers as follows: President. Miss
Helen V. Crawford; vlce-preslden
Mrs. John Reed; secretary, Mrs. H
G.
Everett: treasurer, Mrs. W. C. DePew
The study for next year will be modern
drama. Most of this year has bee
given over to the study of Shakespeare
plays.
Read The Oregonian classified ado.
ABSORBED
BY ARMY
129 4lh St.be-t.
Smart Low Shoes
and Pumps
for the good dresser are here in great pro
fusion. $2.50 $2.95 $3.45
and $3.95
will buy at our store any one of the smartest
effects at a saving of $1.50 to $2.50 per pair.
Our new patterns in High Shoes comprise all the
style and good wear of those sold at exorbitant
prices in some stores. We save you $2.00 to ?4.00
on white buck, white kid, rich browns, dark blues,
grays and champagne. Save your money. You'll
need it later. Make this store your shopping
center for shoes.
If. l S aLmplepho e Store
C " a rtil S pposite Circle Theater'
100 OFFER SERVICES
Registration' Under Draft Act
Keeps Officials Busy.
OLDER MEN WOULD JOIN
Many Who Are Above Age Limit for
First Call Men Want to Bo on
List Only Names of Ab
sentees Are Taken Now.
That the mothers of 20 and 30 years
ago knew nothing of the sentiment
xpreesed In the song, "I Didn't Raise
My Boy to Be a Soldier," is evident
from the large number of young men
f military ace who applied at the
registration office in the Court House
yesterday to register under the Se
lective Draft Act. Men from every
part of the country, of al! races, of all
lies and of all ages, kept Registrar
Schneider and two deputies busy
throughout the day.
Many of the men were not qualified
o register under the terms of the Act.
There were many over the age of 30
ears and a few as old as 50 years
who desired to offer their services to
their country under the Selective Draft
Act. They knew when they went to
the Court House that they were not
required to register, but they wanted
show the Government tnat tney
stood ready to answer the call If they
were needed.
Under the terms of the Act. these
men cannot be registered. A man must
be between the ages of 21 and 30. In
elusive, to be registered. The Regis
trar has no alternative but to refuse
to register men who do not come with
in this specified age limit.
There were many young men wno
thought that the general registration
day opened yesterday, and they desired
o register yesterday rattier than wait
until June S. To avoid confusion, the
county officials want it distinctly un
derstood that the only men authorized
to register now are those who will not
be In the city on registration day, or
those living In other cities who will
not have returned by that date.
More than a hundred young men
were registered yesterday, while many
times that number applied to tne reg
lstration department for information.
MILITARY BULL JUNE 14
BIG PAGEANT PLANNED KOK IHE
OAKS SKATING RINK.
Officers From V anconver
and Other
Nearby Points Will Be
Invited
te Rose Festival Feature.
A grand military ball will be held a
the Oaks skating rink as part or tne
Rose Festival on Thursday night. Jun
14. National Flag flay, according to an
nouncement of plans made last nigm
by Mrs. McMath, chairman of the spe
clal events commiii.ee. hi me,".
nMtinir of the festival Doara.
in thin connection she stated that
the presidents of the 678 organization
that comprise the festival assocuuui
been invited to send delegates t
a special meeting Tuesday night at '
HERE IS ONE THING THAT
IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE
Rheumatism Has Never Been
Cured by Liniments or Lo
tions, and Never Will Be.
Tou never knew of Rheumatism
that' most painful source of suffering
being cured by liniments, lotions or
other external applications. And you
will never see anything but temporary
relief afforded by such makeshifts.
But why be satisfied with temporary
relief from the pangs of pain which
are sure to return with increased sever
ity, "When there Is permanent relief
within your reach? Science has proven
that Rheumatism is a disordered con
dition of the blood. How then can sat
isfactory results be expected from any
hoeStore
Wa.shington& Alder
Chamber of Commerce quarters to se
lect patronesses and make preparatory
arrangements. The meeting will be
held at 8 o'clock.
Fifteen hundred couples can dance
on the floor of the rink which will be
specially decorated. Along the sides
booths will be built for the patronesses
nd members of the various organlxa
lons they represent. Music will be
urnished by military hands, and offi
cers from Vancouver and other nearby
points where troops are stationed will
be invited to participate. It will be
made one of the big social features of
he festival and will vie with the fa
mous ball which is given by the Royal
iosarians.
Preceding the dance. Manager Cord-
ray has promised to give an elaborate
display of fireworks.
At last night's meeting. President
McFarland of tho Portland Rose Show,
addressed the board, and was granted
appropriation for the rose show
which this year will be held in the
Multnomah Hotel.
TEXAS HARVEST BEGINS
KIIIST REAPER STARTS WORK
GREAT WHEAT CROP.
News of Actual UeglnnlnK of Opera
tions Comes Three Daya Ahead ef
Normal In Answer to Cry for Bread.
CHICAGO. May 23. In Texas, near
Fort Worth, yesterday, an American
reaper began to hum the first notes of
the world's greatest agricultural sym
phony the harvest of the 1917 Amer
ican wheat crop.
From now on the note will swell until
the crescendo of tens of thousands such
machines bursts over the great gran
aries of Kansas and the valleys of the
Dakotas until about September 1 the
last North Ainerti-an sheaf has been cut
In the far-off Hudson Bay territory.
"The Texas harvest has started.
flashed over the wires of the brokers,
and crop students said that never in
history did such a message carry more
of hope and meaning to the world,
for this crop, according to leading
statesmen, enters Into the grand- strat
egy of the war and into the very pol
itics of nations.
The word from Texas was taken as
good omen, too. for it showed that
the harvest had been started three days
earlier than normal, and even three
days Is important, it is said, when the
whole world ia crying for wheat.
Another cheering note was added to
the symphony by Bernard Snow, the
crop statistician, who said that Texas
was expected to yield 15.000.000 bushels,
or 10 per cent more than last year.
OREGON GUARD STATIONARY
Kullstinents and Discharges Are
About Even for 10 Days.
WASHINGTON, May 23. Despite
many legal exemptions and transfer of
men to other branches of service, na
tional guard units not yet In Federal
service apparently are doing a littj
better than holding their own in re
cruiting. New York had 19.692 men In activ
commands on May 10. and on May 20
had 20.092. although a large number of
men had been dlschorged.
Oregon reported no change at 1663
for the 10-day period, and Washington
dropped from 2182 to 1933.
The heaviest decrease was In Hawaii,
where only 3057 men remained on the
rolls out of 4398 10 days before.
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