Morning Oregonian., June 12, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGOXIA3T. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917.
PERSHING AND PAGE
FETED BY ROYALTY
FAMOUS ENGLISH PUBLISHER WHO HAS REACHED AMERICA
TO HEAD WAR MISSION.
C-tSA"Vt 7 A lMirti7Mi?il t f In order to assist in making- the Summer Half Holiday
tDJJCUlCll lWiWMrtttlnctt.' universal, we have decided to join with the Meat Cutters'
and Retail Grocers' Associations and close our store on Wednesdays at 1 P. M. during July and August
instead of on Thursdays, as has been our custom the past four years. - Would it not be well to extend
this arrangement to all commercial establishments during these hot months?
BABY KEET AT BIER
Store Opens
at 8:30 A.M.
Store Closes
at 5:30 P. M.
First Direct Accusation Is
Made in Warrant for Ar
l rest of Missing Man.
American General and Ambas
sador Take Lunch With
British King and Queen.
Saturdays
at 9 A.M.
Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
The Most in Value The Best in Quality
3
THOUSANDS
MOURN
4'Y A, - !
SUFFOCATION IS CHARGED
Officials of More Than 100 Cities
Are Asked to Aid in Hnnt for
Resident of Springfield Who
Is Suspected of Murder.
SPRING FIELD. Mo.. June 11. Baby
Lloyd Keet. whoso life was the toll
exacted by abductors, was buried here
today. Thousands of Springfield citi
zens were at St. Paul's Methodist
Episcopal Church, where the services
were held, and in the cortege that fol
lowed the little white casket to the
cemetery. Grief for the stricken father
and mother had overcome the lust for
vengeance that manifested itself Sat
urday night and Sunday morning, when
10,000 persons, parading up and down
the streets, demanded the lives of the
six persons they suspected of complicity
in the crime.
J. Holland Keet, the father, and his
wife, bore up bravely through the or
deal of the afternoon. Although she
has recovered partially from the pros
tration caused by the finding of the
baby's body, Mrs. Keet was under the
guardianship of physicians during the
funeral. The baby's grandmother, Mrs.
Kate Keet, was unable to attend.
Police and county authorities con
tinued their search today for those who
threw little Lloyd into the well on the
deserted Crenshaw farm. Paul O'Day,
Prosecuting Attorney of this county,
announced the issuance of the first
warrant charging direct complicity in
the death. It named Dick Carter, 26
years old, a Springfield man, who was
lleged in the warrant to have strangled
the baby by wrapping blankets around
the body until the baby was smothered.
Wide Search la Asked.
Private detectives. Federal agents,
and the police of more than 100 cities
have been asked, to aid in running
down Carter.
Otherwise the day was unmarked by
new developments. Four of the six
suspects whom a mob surrounded at
Stockton, Mo., early yesterday and
threatened with death still were in
Jail at the little Cedar County town.
Two others C. J. Piersol and Cletus
Adams were in Jail at Kansas City,
Mo.
The departure of Federal agents
from here to Kansas City was thought
possibly to foreshadow developments
in the case there. At least one per
son, whose name has not been an
nounced, is being sought by the au
thorities. The letters sent to Mr. Keet after
the baby's kidnaping the night of May
30 were made available today. The
first letter, received the day after
Lloyd was stolen and which sent the
father over almost Impassable Ozark
Hill roads, instructed him minutely as
to the composition of the $6000 he was
to pay for the return of the infant, and
added:
"We sure got your kid. Don't say
anything to the police or put it in the
papers. There are three of us and we
want $2000 apiece, so it will cost you
got another one picked out, so if we
don't get this from you we can tell
them to see what we did to yours."
Instructions Are Given.
Then followed instructions as to the
placing of a light in a. building that
would notify the kidnapers their in
structions were being complied with,
and a description of the route to be
followed. The letter concluded:
"We are going to feed him and be
good to him until then, but if we don't
get this you will have a tough looking
kid. . . . We got lots of milk. Kid
is all right."
The second letter arrived at the Keet
home the next morning. It declared:
"When we seen what was up on the
road we come in," adding that it was
known the instructions of the first let
ter had been revealed to outsiders.
The third letter was received on the
night set for the second ride. It
merely had to do with the route to
be taken. Both drives laid out carried
past the old Crenshaw home, where
the baby's body was found floating in
a well. Officers believe that possibly
the baby was kept in the house until
its abductors became frightened.
All the letters were written, it was
declared, in a good hand, apparently
feminine, with attempts to disguise by
misspelling and lack of punctuation.
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LORD NOHTHCLIFFE.
NORTHGLIFFE IF! U. S.
Famous Publisher Is to Head
British War Mission.
Ohio Exceeds Estimation.
COLUMBUS, O., June 1L Registra
tion In Ohio exceeded Army estimates
73,000. totaling 565,132. according to an
official statement today. Exemptions
; claimed were 301,546.
Festival Bargains
Harold S. Gilbert
The Reliable Piano Merchant,
384 YAMHILL, ST.,
One Block South of Olda Klna-.
Wellington (worth $200) $138
T. S. Johnson (case a little
marred) S150
Vose & Sons (worth $300) S185
Harold S. Gilbert (new) S300
Strlnwnv lllttlA iiaAH o
v , ooo
F a r r a n d Cecellan (up-to-date
Player) S298
Stroud Pianola (like new, $258
discount) 8367
MANY OTHERS.
SMALLEST EXPENSE, LOWEST PRICE
OUT OF THE HIGH-RENT DISTRICT.
BUY NOW AND AVOID WAR PRICES.
TRIP IS MADE SECRETLY
Special Envoy Is to Work Along In
dustrial and Economic Lines in
Furtherance of London's
Interest In America.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 11. Lord
Northcliffe, on an errand to America, to
co-ordinate British activities here as a
commercial representative of the Brit
ish government, arrived in the United
States today on an American steamer.
As virtual head of the British War
Mission in this country. Lord North
cliffe, owner of the London Times and
other English newspapers, comes, it is
understood, to work along industrial
and economic lines in the furtherance
of his government's interest in America.
Lord Northcliffe Issued the follow
ing statement:
"The War Cabinet has designated me
head of the British War Mission to the
United States and I have been instruct
ed to try to co-ordinate the work of
the various admirable British organlza
tions already established here.
I wish to express my very ereat
personal pleasure at being again in
America and to say that the whole
British people has a profound sense
of grateful appreciation of the mag
nificent welcome accorded Mr. Balfour
and his associates and the complete
success of his mission."
Lord Northcliffe Is reputed maker
and unmaker of British cabinets.
The secret of his appointment and
departure was most carefully guarded,
because there is probably no Britisher
whom the Germans would make greater
errorts to torpedo than the man, who
next to Lloyd George, had done more
to make the British might effective in
the war than any others.
LENIENCY NOW AT AN END
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case comes to trial, for from now on
all men who have not registered will
be put in jail and haled before the
Federal Court.
CEXSUS ESTIMATES TOO HIGH
Xo Cognizance Is Taken of Large
Number of Enlisted Youth.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 11. (Special.) General
Crowder, Provost Marshal, In a state
ment Issued today, shows that the
number of young men of Oregon who
registered last Tuesday are 57.9 of the
number estimated by the census bu
reau as being of military age, while
in the state of Washington the number
who registered are but 50.9 per cent
of the estimate.
General Crowder makes no comment
on the registration in these states,
which was so far below the census es
timates, but points out that census es
timates take no cognizance of the num
ber of men who have enlisted in the
Army, Navy, National Guard and Ma
rine Corps, nor does it take into con
sideration the practical cessation of
immigration since the outbreak of the
war. In other words, he recognizes
that the census estimates were pure
guesswork, and the fact that they were
so radically wrong in a number of
states is the best evidence of their un
reliability.
Washington's registration was rela
tively further below the census esti
mates than that of any other state.
On the basis of returns made to the
War Department, Oregon, in propor
tion to population, has contributed
more men to the Army than any other
state, and when complete figures are
received on its contribution to all
branches of the military service a large
part of the apparent deficiency will be
accounted for.
Pianos
Rented
Pianos
Bought
Pianos
Sold
ELL-AWS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.
S antiseptic Cores Poison Oak or Ivy
rruggits refund If it falls. Instantly relleres
Ifchlnc. smarting and Inflammation. Dpllirhlfullj
cooling and soothing. 60c All druggists.
action, to do so', without asking them
too many embarrassing questions.
No more leniency is to be shown.
The period of grace has expired and
those who for any reason failed to
register face the probability of serving
a sentence in Jail of one year, without
the option of paying a fine.
Official instructions from the Pro
vost Marshal-General at Washington,
D. C-, were received yesterday by Gov
ernor Withycombe, and by him trans
mitted to Adjutant-General White, that
tne moat vigorous enforcement of the
penal clause of the law will be required
against men who have not registered.
The Provost Marshal-General gave
additional instructions to enlist all
available forces in the effort to round
up the shirkers.
Already every Sheriff, police officer
ana registrar in tne state is under
strict instructions to be on the look
out for men suspected of having evad
ed registration. Their efforts are to
be supplemented by a general call.
through the press, to each and every
one of the 62.840 men who registered
in tnis state to help in the work.
As the men to be called are chosen
by lot, the failure to register of any
man who should have done so makes
all others who have registered that
much more liable to be called, and de
creases in that degree their prospects
of life.
For this reason, as well as a patrio
tic duty, the aid of the 62.840 men reg
istered in Oregon is sought by the War
Department In the drive to round up
the slackers.
General White transmitted a sum
mary of the -War Department instruc
tions last night to Sheriffs and war
census registrars. The registrars com
prise the- active machinery through
which the hunt will be carried on.
It is quite possible of course, that
somebody will be caught in the net who
really has a legitimate excuse for not
having registered. He will have to
present his excuse in court when his
ASTORIA REGISTERS 38 MORE
Residents of City by the Sea Change
Minds on Last Bay.
ASTORIA. Or., June 11. (Special.)
This morning 38 more men who failed
to register under the conscription act
last Tuesday appeared at the County
Clerk's office and were allowed to reg
ister in accordance with the instruc
tions from United States Attorney
rleames.
This makes 43 residents of the city
who have registered in the past three
days and brings the total number of
registrations in Astoria up to 4457. The
total registrations in the. county are
now 2242.
STATE MUST IXTOilSH QUOTA
Census Estiamtes, Not Registration
Figures, Will Rule.
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 11. Not
withstanding the protest of state offi
cials against the Census Bureau esti
mate of 212,634 eligible in the state, as
compared with an actual registration
or 108.815. Provost-Marshal-General
Crowder today sent word to Governor
Lister that the state's quota of troops
must be furnished on the census bu
reau basis. He also says the period of
leniency for registration evaders has
passed.
TEXANS ARE INDICTED
Charges of Seditious Conspiring
Against United States Made.
DALLAS, Tex., June 11. Fifty-five
persons, mostly members of the Farm
ers and Laborers' Protective Associa
tion, were charged with seditious con
spiracy against the United States Gov
ernment in indictments returned here
late today by a Federal grand Jury.
Some of those indicted are already In
JalL Names are being withheld pend
ing arrest of others.
'RICH REPORTER' DIVORCED
Dora Merrltt Says Husband Told
Her He Made $20,000 a Year.
When Dora Merrltt narried F. P.
Merrltt in New Jersey in 1913, her
husband told her that he was a news
paper reporter and made $20,000 a
year, Mrs. Merritt testified yesterday
before Presiding Judge Kavanaugh in
support of her plea for a divorce.
The court awarded the decree with
out I uiUUar com meal
2 HOURS SPENT AT PALACE
United States Private Soldiers In
Advance Party Are Treated to
Sightseeing In London, Being
"Welcomed by Lord Slayor.
LONDON, June 1L General Pershing
and United States Ambassador Page
took luncheon with King George and
Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace to
day. The King has Invited the enlist
ed men In General Pershing's party to
visit the palace on Tuesday.
General Pershing and Ambassador
Page spent nearly two hours at the
palace. After luncheon the King and
Queen showed the visitors through the
historic rooms and about the grounds.
General Pershing then visited the
War Office, where members of his per
sonal staff had been in conference for
several hours with representatives of
corresponding departments in the Brit
ish army.
This evening General Pershing and
several members of his staff dined at
Mr. Page's residence. The other Amer
ican officers took dinner at the Ameri
can Embassy as guests of the Embassy.
Tomorrow morning General Pershing
and his staff will visit a huge training
camp. In the afternoon they will take
luncheon with the Earl of Dousy, Sec
retary of War, and in the evening they
will be guests of Premier Lloyd George
and other members of the Cabinet at
Lancaster House.
The privates in General Pershing's
party had another crowded day. An
automobile sightseeing tour of London
occupied nearly all the daylight hours.
The men visited St. Paul's Cathedral,
where they saw the American flags
carried there by five Canadian battal
ions called American legions, the Man
sion House, where they were wel
comed by the Lord Mayor; the Houses
of Parliament, the War Office, Buck
ingham Palace and parks and museums.
MOTORCYCLE HITS GIRL
NORMA ROSENBERG, AGED T, SUS
TAINS FRACTURED LEG.
Wild Macklae, Riderless, Strike Auto
at Fourth and Morrison Streets,
Endlna- Mad Dash With Victim.
Norma Rosenberg, aged 7 years, was
knocked down at Fourth and Morrison
streets by a wild motorcycle yesterday
and sustained a broken right leg. She
was taken first to the emergency hos
pital and later removed to the Good
Samaritan Hospital.
The motorcycle was going north on
Fourth streets and at the same time
C. E. Cleveland, in an automobile, was
passing the fire station on Fourth
street, near Yamhill. The motorcycle,
ridden by P. W. Hobson, 4612 Seventy
second street Southeast, turned to pass
Mr. Cleveland's car. Just then a fire
man from the Fourth-street station ap
peared behind Mr. Cleveland's car and
Mr. Hobson was knocked to the pave
ment from his motorcyc'.e. The motor
cycle went on, careening down the
street. It hit an automobile at Fourth
and Morrison streets and then started
across the street. As it approached the
north side of Morrison street it hit the
Rosenberg girl, knocking her down and
falling upon her.
The girl was taken to the Emergency
Hospital by Mr. Cleveland. E. T.
Stretcher, secretary to Superintendent
of Schools Alderman, and by Traffic
Officer Bender. Traffic Officer Kllng
ensmith took Hobson to police head
quarters, but he was released later. He
sustained only minor injuries in the ac
cident. Norma Rosenberg Is the daughter of
J. Rosenberg, of the German-American
Publishing Company. She lives at 643
Third street.
Farmers Shoot Bear $25
Reward Offered.
Harainr District Folk Much Ex
cited, but When Dallas Man Loses
Pet Animal Excitement Turns to
Speculation,
SHERIDAN, Or., June 11. (Special.)
Sheridan farmers living In Har
mony district, were excited last week
when a big black bruin wandered
through their farms. The whole coun
tryside was aroused and gave chase,
finally bringing the husky animal to
an untimely death.
The chase began at 1 o'clock Friday
with five men in pursuit and ended at
S o'clock. Some dozen shots were fired
at the brute, but none seemed to feaze
him until the fatal one at 6.
The farmers claimed it was an orig
inal untamed brute weighing 350
pounds, but today a little doubt was
cast on tbe matter when a Dallas man.
G. A. Brown, announced his pet bruin
had wandered from his domicile and
he offers a $25 reward for its return
alive and claims it will come when
called by whistling.
DECISION FAVORS UNIONS
Injunction Under Anti-Trust Law
- Denied by Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, June 11. Injunctions
against labor unions under the Sher
man anti-trust law, the Supreme Court
decided today in dismissing proceedings
against New York carpenters Unions,
can be obtained only by the Govern
ment and not by private persons. Jus
tices McKenna, Vandevanter and Bran
deis dissented.
Injunction proceedings brought by
"open shop" woodwork manufacturers
to restrain New York carpenters'
unions and others from refusing to
work on their products were dismissed
by the court.
Here Is the News of an
Underpriced Purchase
and SALE' OF
SILKS
JS 'For Well-Known Trade-Marked
"V(Tl Silks in 36 to 40'lnch Widths. The
J Season's Most Fashionable Weaves
in Popular Plain Colors Also a Full Showing of Neat and
Attractive Patterns, Including the New "Sports" Effects.
This sale coming now, before we have had any Summer weather, really at the
very opening of the Summer season, is the greatest opportunity ever offered to
purchase the latest, the most sought-after silk creations far below their real
worth an opportunity we believe you will not let pass.
Come, Select From:
40-inch Silk and Wool Poplins in
cream, black, browns, reds, blues.
86-inch Black Messaline and Taffeta
Silks perfect in weave and of rich,
lustrous finish.
36-inch Tuasah Silks in Sports Patterns.
34-mch Shantung Pongee Silk in Sports
Patterns.
36-inch Messaline and Taffeta Silks in
evening shades.
36-inch Self-colored Satins in Cght col
orings. 36-inch Silk Poplins in all wanted plain
colors, etc-, etc
But words of description seem so
tame and unsatisfactory. You will want
to see these silks for yourself. Sale
starts promptly at 9 A. M.
Seco Silk Coats
at$5.75&$6.75
Every woman's wardrobe should include one of
these fasb'onable Summer Coats they are made
of best quality Seco Silk and are shown in mod
els with large collar they come iri tan color fin
ished with etripe collar, belt and cuffs all sizes
16 to 40.
Silk Poplin Sport
Skirts at $4.95
Four clever new models in Women's Sport Skirts
all sizes in a complete assortment of the new
est and best shades. High-grade garments at a
very low price.
Undervalued Shoe Offerings for
Carnival Week
Women 's Pumps &
Shoes at $2.19 Pr.
Patent, Gunmetal and White Pumps in styles with
low, or high heels strap or plain models in all
sizes; also Lace Oxfords and Vici Kid Comfort
Shoes with elastic side, patent tip and rubber
heels.
Barefoot Sandals
at 99c Pair
Children's Barefoot Sandals in foot-form styles
with two straps they come with Goodyear
stitched sole and in all 6izes from 5 to 2.
MORE TERRITORY IS AIM
BULGARIA CLAIMS PART OF . ROC
MANIA'S COUNTRY.
War la Net to Be Carried Into Greece,
' Says Premier Radoslavoff, Via
lilac In Berlin.
BERLIN, via London, June 11. Bul
garia has no intention of trying to
carry the war into Greece, according
to a statement made by the Bulgarian
Premier, Radoslavoff, to the Berlin
newspapers of Saturday. The Premier
said:
"In spite of the fact that the entente
has forced Greece to remove the en
voys of the central powers, the latter
cherish only sentiments of friendship
for Greece, which has been loyal to
its king."
Asked regarding the Bulgarian atti
tude toward Roumania, he answered:
"The Bulgarians only claim territory
In which Bulgarian is spoken.
Dobrudja belongs to this area, as it
was forcibly taken from us by the
treaty of Bucharest. If the principle
of the right of nationalities to de
termine their allegiance Is recognized,
the Bulgarian-speaking sections of
Macedonia and Dobrudja will be al
lot ted to Bulgaria."
The Minister declared that the mil
itary, political and economic situation
In Bulgaria 'was wholly satisfactory.
He said that the crops, both in Bul
garia and Serbia, promise to be the
best in recent years.
SLACKER ACCUSED BY SIRE
Sea Captain Has Son Arrested for
Not Registering.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 John
Larsen, a sea captain, caused the arrest
of his son. Eno R. Larsen. here today,
the father claiming the son did not reg
ister for the selective draft. The son
is 26 years of age.
Larsen, said Federal officials, admit
ted he did not register and stated he
was opposed to war.
William E. King Funeral Today.
The funeral of the late William E.
King, formerly of Hood River, who
died here on Sunday, will be held from
the Holmaa chapel at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Webb-Kenyon law has not repealed the
general Federal statute prohibiting
Interstate shipments of liquor con
signed to a fictitious person was in.
effect upheld today by the Supreme
Court.
P0SLAIV1 MEANS
Ruling on Liquor Shipping Upheld.
WASHINGTON, June 11. The ruling
of Missouri Federal courts that the
FRESHER, CLEARER,
HEALTHIER SKIN
Tou have no Idea, unless you have
actually seen its work, bow speedy and
dependable Poslam Is and how it will
justify, time and again, all the confi
dence you place In It to make your
skin healthier, more sightly.
When Eczema breaks out, disfigur
ing Pimples. Rash or any eruptional
troubles, Poslam should be used to
drive them away and furnish the safe.
efficient treatment. Poslam does so
much and goes so far.
Sold everywhere. For free samplA
write to Emergency Laboratories, 243
West 47th St., New York City.
Urge your skin to become clearer,
brighter, better, through the daily use
of Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam.
THE best tame m the year to safe-guard
your casings for the coming season. You
can't afford to chance ruining perfectly good
casings with worn-out tubes. Forestall incon
venience. See to it that your tube equip
ment is right and ready to meet all the con
ditions of summer driving. Replace all your
old tubes now before Fisk Week goes by.
How long has it been since you ex
amined your tubes? Look, them over
carefully and replace any which you
are not sure will stand the strain.
New Fish. Tubes NOW will give you
better tire satisfaction and lower upkeep
costs for the balance of the season. This
is the time to buy.
Bulgar Confers With Kaiser.
AMSTERDAM, via London. June 11.
Premier Radoslavoff, of Bulgaria, was
summoned to Homberg Castle Satur
day night, following his arrival in
Berlin, and spent Sunday In confer
ence with the German Emperor and
Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Later
he left for Vienna.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
The Fisk Rubber Company
of N.Y.
General Office Chlcopee Fella, Mua,
PORTLAND BRANCH
No. Broadway and Davie Street
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