Morning Oregonian., June 13, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

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SALVADOR RUSHES
TO RELIEF WORK
George Palmer Putnam Re
calls Recent Trip to City
Demolished by Earthquake.
REAL DEMOCRACY EXISTS
People of Devastated Republic Are
Viewed as Sturldest and Finest
in Central America Coffee
Controlled by Germans.
SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salva
dor, June 12. The government la tak
Infc energetic meaanrea to relieve the
distress caused br the earthquake of
lawt week. Orders have been arty-en for
the construction of tnnporarr honaea.
BT GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM.
Now cornea the news that San Salva
dore, capital of Central America's most
captivating country, has been demol
ished by an earthquake and the coun
try round about It devastated. To those
who have visited the delightfully at
tractive little city and who remember
the attractions of the su -rounding
countryside, this story of another trop
ical volcanic disaster has especial in-
terest. -r
In 1912, on a tour which Included all
the Central American republics, we
Hpent a number of pleasant weeks in
Kan Salvador and acquired a very real
respect for the city and Its people. Of
all the Central Americans the Salva
. .dorlans are perhaps the sturdiest and
finest. The original immigration came
principally from the Viscaya districts
of Spain and the fine Spanish strain
has left Its imprint upon the. people,
who seem more "up and coming" than
any of their neighbors.
One enters Salvador through the port
of Acajutla, for the good and suffi
cient reason that no other port exists.
Thence up from the steaming banana
belt a bustling little railroad, which Is
owned by English Interests, leads to
the highlands and the capital, which
perches In comparative coolness on the
backbone of the continental divide.
Germans Control Commerce,
While the railroad Is EngHsh-owned,
meet of the aommerclal activity of the
country appears to be fontrolled by
Germans and Jews. As in Guatemala,
the German Interests dominate the cof
fee industry, which is the economic
mainstay. In Costa Rica alone United
States capital outs an appreciable fig
ure, aa there the United Fruit Com
pany's banana holdings dominate every
other commercial factor.
San Salvador itself is pretty and its
people progressive, cleanly and or
derly. Spanish blood predominates,
but the lower classes are for the most
nut sure Indian,- or mixed breeds.
Government has for long been stable,
and real democracy exists. Inter
mittently during the last half century
the little country has had trouble with
its northern neighbor, Guatemala, but
with a comparatively efficient military
organization bas contrived to bold its
own.
Fortunate- in governmental affairs
and In economio prosperity. It also has,
up until now, been fortunate in escap
ing nature-made catastrophes such as
have overwhelmed portions of Its
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'volcanic, peak of San Salvador has
rumbled from time to time, aside from
one limited eruption some years since,
it has conducted Itself in a reason
ably orderly way, as Central American
volcanoes go.. , ; t .
City Wiped Out "la 1841.
The last great volcanio catastrophe
. in Central America occurred in Costa
Rica. On May 4, 1910, the little 'city
of Cartago, a few miles from the cap-
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by an eruption of the volcano Iraxu
and 1104 lives were lost. Once before
the city was wiped out, back In 1841.
But this last time there was no re
building, despite the pathetic tenacity
of the earthquake country dwellers,
who stick to their home&ites everlast
ingly no matter how many times they
may be shaken down upon their heads.
At Cartago, too, a perfectly good peace
palace, financed by Mr.-Carnegie, was
earthquaked out of existence.
Then to the north of San Salvador,
Guatemala has had its slesmlo visita
tions, and the whole country Is vol
' canic and threatening In its every
physical feature. . Perhaps the most
America is Antigua, once' capital of all
Central America.- In 1776 the volcano
Agua. at whose base it lay, - erupted,
burling down upon the city all the
waters which had accumulated In its
great crater, wreaking devastation be
yond repair. Thereafter the Guate
malans, for once wise, abandoned the
city site-and made for themselves a
new capital some - SO miles, distant,
where now stands the present Guate
mala City.
And now Salvador's turn has come,
and its capital, San Salvador, baa been
razed.
Coffee Patios May Be Covered.
No doubt the coffee patios are cov
ered with ' lava ash ' and the orderly
"cafetals, as they call the coffee orch
ards, are ruined. The picturesque pub
lic market, or "mercado," where one
could buy frljoles and tortillas and all
sorts of queer things to eat, and
earthenware carried on the backs and
heads of Indians for half a hundred
miles, and hand-made laces and wick
erwork, is a mass of ruins. The grass
and flowers and trees and statuary of
Juice of Lemons!
How to Make Skin
White and Beautiful j
At the cost of a small Jar of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare a full
quarter pint of 'the most wonderful
lemon skin softener and complexion
beautifier, by squeezing the Juice of
two fresh lemons into a bottle con
taining three ounces of orchard White.
Care should be taken to strain the
juice through a fine cloth so no lemon
pulp gets in, then this 'lotion will keep
fresh for months. Every woman knows
that lemon juice is used to bleach and
remove such blemishes as freckles,
sallowness 'and tan, and is the ideal
skin softener, smoothener and beauti
fier. Just try it! Get" three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pine of this sweetly fra
prant lemon notion and - massage it
daily, into the., face, neck, arms and
hands.' it should naturally help to
whiten, soften, freshen and bring out
the roses and beauty of any skin. It
is truly marvelous to smoothen rough,
red hands. Adv.
SCENES AT AND NEAR
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Duenas Plaza, where unappreciative
Salvadorlan boys once mobbed me for
trying to take their picture, doubtless
Is a. camping place for refugees. And
probably the cobbled streets, where the
cargadors were wont to- carry huge
burdens on their backs.- and even a
gringo could sometimes catch the dark
eye of a Spanish beauty, are cluttered
with the debris of the adobe walls.
About every decade it seems the fate
of Central America to be. shaken up by
the hand of God. as they say down
there. And even at this time, when all
the world is wreathed with butchery
and disaster, the sudden tragedy which
has come to the little southern capital.
Inconsiderable as It perhaps may seem
compared with the continued losses and
devastation of the great war, neverthe
less should be appreciated by us North
Americans, as it certainly will be, in a
really personal way, by those of us
whom chance has made familiar with
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GIRLS MAY ATTEND PLAY
Eleventh-Street Playhouse Modifies
Ruling for "Her Unborn Child."
As a result of numerous requests
made to the management of "Her Un
born Child" ' at the Eleventh Street
Playhouse, It has been decided for the
remainder of the engagement to admit
girls from 14 years up and to throw
open the matinee performances to. men
and women alike during Rose Festival.
Heretofore the matinees have been for
women only, but with the crowds in
the city this week ft has been decided
to make afternoon and night perform
ances open to both sexes.
Miss Mina Gleason, . former Portland
actress, is the star in the production
which deals with the birth control
question in a subtle and dramatic way.
This is not a moving picture.
HOMESTEAD IS CONTESTED
Land Claimed to Be More Valuable
for Its; Mineral. -
ROSEBURG. Or., June 12. (Special.)
J. T. Logan, of Waldo, is contesting
land, claimed by E. G. KrolL as a home
stead, situated in the Waldo mining
district in Josephine County.
Logan in his complaint says the land
is more valuable for mineral than for
agriculture. Mr. Kroll has occupied the
place for two years and bas made con
siderable improvements.
A. II. GunnelL a mlnlnar enaineer. tes
tified today that he sunk 24 holes on
the property, and found mineral worth
10 cents a cubic yard.
Testimony taken will be transmitted
to the General Land Office at Washing
ton, D. C, for final decision.
DALLAS OPENS ITS DRIVE
Campaign to Raise S 7 50 O for Red
Cross Is Begun. :
DALLAS, Or., June 12. (Special.)
Dallas auxiliary to the Willamette
Chapter of the American Red Cross
turned out in force at the big rally and
business meeting at the Commercial
Club last night as. the opening wedge
of the campaign for funds.
-By memberships and subscriptions
the Dallas auxiliary will strive to raise
$7500 as . its share of the $100,000,000
needed. . '
Among the speakers were Dr. R. E.
Lee Steiner, Frank Davles, Henry
Meyer and Mrs. L. T. Harris.
I. W. W. SLACKER IS- SHOT
Anti-Draft Agitator Felled by Pol
liceman In Minnesota Town.
VIRGINIA, Minn.. June 12. Nick
Luona, aged 28 and an I. W. W. mem
ber, was shot in the . back here today
by Patrolman Pickle while he was
running away from arrest on- a charge
of being a slacker. .
Twenty-six arrests ' for failure to
register had been made in and about
Virginia up to this afternoon. ' Luona is
expected to recover.
' Knights' Convention Postponed.'
BEND, Or., June 12. (Special.) Be
cause of the Inability of prominent
members to attend the proposed Cen
tral Oregon convention of the Knights
of Pythias, which was to have been
held here Wednesday, the meeting has
been postponed indefinitely.
Business Men Postpone Meeting.
The Progressive Business Men's Club
will not hold its usual weekly meeting
tomorrow, on account ox Rose Festival
activities.
Read The Oregonian classified, ads.
TIIE -aiQItXIXG OREGONIAX, VEDXESDAX,
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FUGITIVE IS CAUGHT
Bloodhounds Locate Man Who
. Jumped From Train.
FAIRY TALE TOLD MARSHAL
Bridge Guard Arrests Wanted Man,
Who Is Tteleased Cpon Story of
Holdup Fugitive Telephones
About Mythical Robber.
OREGON CITT. June li. (Special.)
-vV. R. Doyle, alias W. C. Kennedy,
who escaped from Fred L. Ulen,
Deputy Sheriff from Lewiston, Idaho,
by jumping from a moving Southern
Pacific train near here last evening.
was captured this evening on the road
near New Era by a posse which con
sisted of Sheriff Wilson, of this county";
W. J. Needham, Sheriff of. Marion
County: Deputy Sheriff Joyner, of Ore
gon City: Deputy Ulen; J. F. Keller,
siace paroie orricer, and E. o. Casper,
Salem, who had the state's blood
hounds.
The fugitive had removed the hand
cuffs apparently with a rock. He
offered no resistance when approached
by the posse. Kennedy is wanted at
Weiser, Idaho, for forgery.
iate reports of Kennedy's. movements
came from James McNeil, a real estate
dealer of this city, who reported that
he. had given a man answering the de
scription or Kennedy a ride In his
automobile from a point several miles
south of this city to the end of Main
street. Here trie passenger left the
machine and was lost track of.
Fugitive Held by Guard.
As near as could be learned from
the fragmentary reports and rumors of
farmers and persons who said they had
seen Kennedy, he was apprehended by
i.naries 'J. nomas, a Southern Pacific
employe guarding a bridge at Molalla,
and turned over to Marshal Edward
Bowman, of Canby. Kennedy did not
have bis handcuffs on when he was
arrested by Thomas, according- to the
guard.
He told a wild story to the guard of
having been driving north between
Aurora and Hubbard about 3:45 A. M.
when a highwayman stepped into the
roaa ana rorcea both him ana his com
panion in the machine to hold up their
bands.
Kennedy said that h"-was dragged
from the machine and his partner was
forced to drive the highwayman toward
Oregon City. Kennedy then made his
way to the bridge, he said, where he
was taken into custody.. Upon having
told his story ho was released by Bow
man, whereupon the escaped man tele
phoned tOk.SherifC Wilson, of Clackamas
County, asking - that the automobile
bearing the highwayman be stopped.
Mythical Highwayman Sought. I
From a farmhouse where he stopped
to ask for food, Kennedy is reported
Sal-
to have telephoned to Bowman and in
quired whether or not the Marshal had
succeeded in linding the escaped man.
He is reported to have eaten his
breakfast at a house near Pulp siding,
where he secured a cap to replace the
bat he' lost in making bis escape from
the train.
The two bloodhounds brought from
Salem this morning were given the
scent at a' farmhouse and from the hat
which Kennedy lost.
. Kennedy, who is said to - have a bad
record in the Northwest, is wanted in
both Montana and Washington as soon
as the-Idaho police are through with
him, says Deputy Sheriff Ulen.
SECRET AERIALS SOUGHT
HUKTER TEU.S T)F SEEING . OPER
ATOR WORKMO AX STUMP. v
Wireless Man Surrenders, but Hunts-
Bin, Having No Shells, and Fear-,
Ins; Revolver. Leaves.
OLTMPIA, Wash., J-une 12. (Sper
clal.) Suspicion . that. Confidential of
ficial messages from the War Depart
ment to Governor Lister are being
picked up here and relayed out again
by a secret wireless agency to some
unknown point kept Sheriff John Gif-
ford searching the woods around Priest
Point Park until late this evening.-
A hunter, whose name was suppressed,
reported to the Sheriff tonight that he
came suddenly upon the wireless oper
ator after hearing his instrument for
some time. The sending apparatus was
reported Installed upon a stump. On
seeing the hunter with a shotgun the
operator is reported to have said, "I
guess ypu have me."
Having fired all his shells and notic
ing a big revolver strapped upon the
operator the . hunter disclaimed any
such intention and hurried away. He
said the operator was sending from, a
stack of messages.
Both telegraph companies here are
guarding closely against eavesdropping
by unknown loiterers who may be op
erators acting as spies.
PRESIDIO HAS PAYDAY
Engineers Are First to Get .Their
N Money at Training Camp.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 12. Pay day
arrived for the Fifteenth Company at
the Reserve Officers' Training Camp
Monday. The other companies were in
formed by the officers in charge that
their pay would arrive within the next
week.
The fifteenth Company is composed
of members of the engineering unit.
Arrest of Roseburg Capitalist Asked.
ROSEBURG, OK. June 12. Sheriff
George Quine yesterday received a let
ter f rom.the sheriff at Condon, with in
structions . to arrest Al Creason. . a
prominent capitalist at Roseburg, on a
charge of running down and damaging
an automobile belonging to a citizen of
Gilliam County. Mr. Creason is now on
his ranch- in Gilliam County and the
sheriff at Condon was notified that he
could be apprehended there.
JUNE 13, 1917.
BEEN PLAYING HAVOC.
SLACKERS': HUNT-ON
Score of Indictments by Fed
eral Jury Expected.
SEARCH WILL BE PRESSED
Sheriffs, Registrars and Prospec
tive Conscripts Urged to As
sist Government to Cora-
plete Enrollment.
The hunt ' for slackers continues.
Clarence L. Rearoes. United States
Attorney for Oregon, will conduct the
prosecution of men of military age
who failed for any reason to register
on War Census day or during- the sev
eral days' period of grace . allowed,
thereafter.
As fast as they are rounded up from
this time on the culprits will be
brought to Portland under arrest for
trial in the -United States District
Court.
Even if a man "bas a legitimate ex
cuse. for not having registered, he will
have' to explain that excuse to the
court. The penalty for willful failure
to register Is imprisonment up to one
year, without the option of paying a
fine. '
Score of Indictments Expected.
Mr. Reames said, yesterday that the
Federal grand- Jury now In session will
bring In about 20 indictments against
men accused of shirking the duty of
registering. They will be prosecuted
by Mr. Reames.
George A. White. Adjutant-General
of the Oregon National Guard,, has sent
out a bulletin to all Sheriffs and reg
istrars directing them to lend every
effort to apprehending slackers. . The
bulletin Is as follows:
"Quotas for the new army are to be
assigned to the several states in pro
portion td their population as deter
mined by the Bureau of Census, and
not in proportion to the registration.
,. ;This la the ruling of the Federal
authorities, who point out that every
person who has failed to register
thereby seriously increases the burden
or those who have registered.
"As indicated in telegraphic com
munication sent you, there is no longer
any argument upon which the failure
of non-registrants can be condoned.
"As you were advised, the period of
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who have asked our
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relating to commer
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as to banking. '
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We. make it possible for you to "Do Your Bit"
in financing your country, and will accept
filled books of our stamps in lots of five until
August 30, 1917, in part payment for a Gov
. ernment Bond. This offer applies only to
subscriptions made through us or one of our
managers in any of our 600 stores on or before
June 28, 1917. - Full details on request, at
The Sperry & Hutchinson Co.
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o Portland, Oregon
leniency ended Monday. June 11. . It
should be brought forcibly to the at
tention of all persons who have regis
tered that they owe it as a duty to
themselves as well as, to the country
to see Uiat all others are. registered.
"For example, suppose there are Z0
men in your county who have not reg
istered and 80. men who have regis
tered. In selecting men for the Army
the 80 men must take upon themselves
the responsibilities of the 20 slackers.
which' Increases tbelr liability, for
service by 25 per cent. -
it Is up to every peace officer and
every resident of your county to see
that those, who have failed to register
are apprehended.
"When such persons are apprehended,
the fact should be reported immedi
ately to these headquarters, whereupon
the proper Federal officers of the De
partment of Justice will be . notified
immediately." . - .
SIX SLACKERS ARE PICKED VP
Young Men Await Federal Hearing
at North Yakima.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., June 12.
Six young men are under arrest here
as slackers and will have hearings be
fore United States Commissioner K. K.
Cleaver. Richard Rice and Paul iteb
ner were arrested at Pasco, William
St. Germain, Karl Knight and Antone
Collosimo were arrested in the railroad
yards here and Dellar Farmer was ar
rested here several days ago.
FLAG DAY PLANS LARGE
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Colonel Styer, of 14th Infantry, to
-Be Grand Marshal at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 12. (Spe
cial.) Flag day will be observed in
Vancouver this year as never before
and will have several1 thousand persons
in line, including 600 soldiers from the
Fourteenth Infantry, with band, and
the North Bank band. Colonel Styer,
of the Fourteenth, will be grand. mar
shal of the day. and Clyde V. Savldge
State Land Commissioner, will deliver
the oration a.t the exercises to be held
In the- City Park.
Nearly all of the fraternal organisa
tions of the city will be In line, in
cluding the Order of Elks, the Grand
Army of the Republic, the Women's
Relief Corps, the Spanish Wsr Vet
Round Trip Tickets from Pacific Coast
points at Low' Fares will be sold on
certain dates during Summer to
Pfoiladelpfoia
WasMragfcora
and other Eastern Points
Liberal Stopovers Long Return Limit
Trains from Pacific Coast connect at Chicago
with All-Steel through trains East over
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erans, with the boys' drum corps and
children of the schools.
The Red Cross organization In this
county will take part in the parade
and a huge Red Cross will be placed on
lower Main street, showing how the
subscriptions are rolling In.
Lebanon , Minister Resigns.
LEBANON, Or.. June 12. (SpeciaL)
Rev. Carl N. Klass, who has been pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church 'in Leb
anon for more than a year past tend
ered his resignation to the congrega
tion last Sunday to take effect July
1. For several weeks his family has
been visiting In Seattle and he will
Join them there at the end of ' his
month.
' Oversea Air Line Proposed.
PARIS, June 12. An experimental
hydroplane postal route connecting
France and Corsica, with stations at
Marseilles, Toulon and Ajaccio, is be
ing considered by the Minister of Com
merce. WOHIEN !
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DAUGHTERS!
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tire easily:
are pale hag
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worn: nervous
or irritable:
who .are sub
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melancholy or
the "blues."
get your blood
examined for
Iron defici
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