THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1917.
STUDENT OFFICERS
LEANT ARMY LAW
Penalty for Theft "of Tobacco
Is Year in Prison and Dis
v honorable Discharge.
MANY PHYSICALLY UNFIT
Several Portland Men Fall to Pass
w Examination Pay for First'
Month's Training Received
by All at Presidio.
BY JEHROLD OWEN.
PRESIDIO, San Francisco, June " 26.
(Special.) A year's imprisonment
and dishonorable discharge from serv
ice awaits the Army man found guilty
of the theft of a 6-cent sack of tobacco,
declared Major .Massey, Judge Advo
cate, in a lecture to training camp of
ficers this -week. Many of his auditors
glanced uncomfortably toward bunkies
from whom the clandestine ' "loan" of
the "makings" was a common occur
rence. .
The Army is no place for a thief, was
the point emphasized by Major Massey,
in a rebuke to Judges who advise men
wiiom they would not send to Jail 'to
Join the Army.
Any form of larceny, embezzlement
or fraud is punished at the very least
by dishonorable discharge and a year's
jail sentence, said the speaker. The
reason for this strictness lies in the
fact that in the Army the property of
every man is by necessity exposed and
the field for the petty thief .is large,
though unprofitable.
A seriesof lectures on Army law, as
set down In the manual of courts-martial,
began this week and the prospect
ive officers are taking much interest
in the course. The lectures are alter
nated by practical exercises In the
drafting of charges and specifications.
Portland Lawyer Interested.
Among the 175 In the Portland con
tingent in camp are many lawyers
whose dip into martial law is a re
laxation from the- unfamiliar soldier
life. They are a unit in approving the
method of courts-martial, which follow
closely the rules of civil courts, but are
not bound by trifling technicalities
which take no cognizance of what the
Army prides itself is the foundation of
its law common sense. .
Portland has lost many represent
atives in camp during the past two
weeks, the severe physical examina
tions causing approximately a dozen to
be dropped. All the reports of the
tests are not yet in and there are still
some badly worried young men about
camp. Men whose eyesight is defective
without the use of glasses are in the
predominance among those leaving.
Captain William R. Wood, second
training battery, was interrupted dur
ing a lecture on shrapnel shells the
other day by a young man of a serious
visage.
Shell Danger Feared by One.
"Please, sir," he said, ""I was read
ing that many casualties tn the French
army artillery were caused by prema
ture explosion of shells and that an
average of one out of every 5000 shells
fired exploded prematurely, because" o
defective primers." "
"Yes?" interpolate! the "instructor. '
With evident anxiety the serious
young man continued. 'Do we use the
same kind of shells?"
Amid a chorus of laughter the seri
ous young man sat down. Captain
Wood explained that many American
shells were designed on the same prin
ciple as the French, which did .not
serve to reassure the perturbed ques
tioner. ,
Jack Maginnis, of Portland, who is in
training in the infantry division, was
startled out of his soldierly composure
this week by an unusual incident.
Mrs. Maginnis and Jack, Jr., aged 12,
came to San Francisco to be near the
husband and father. Maginnis rushed
from camp to meet them at their hotel.
As he was ascending in the- elevator
to the sixt". floor, he was annoyed by a
conversation begun by a quiet young
man who stepped into the elevator
with him. Maginnhs was preoccupied
with the thought of soon seeing agaifl
his wife and adored son, from whom he
had been separated more than a month.
The young man got out at the .sixth
floor too. r -
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FLAGSHIP Oil ROCKS
Cruiser Olympia Wrecked Off
Rhode Island.
LIFE OF ONE MAN IS LOST
Crew ." Abandons War Vassel and
f Other Xaval Craft Are Stand
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ported to Be Bad.
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struck south of Cerberus shoal buoy
in Block. Island Sound. Port engine
and firerooms ., flooded. . After ship
listed 10 degrees. Ship was then in
shoal water -for observation and now
is resting' easily in four and one-half
fathoms -on edge of shoal." -. .
Own Son Net Recognized.
"Do you like it at the Presidio, dad?"
he asked. And Maginnis recognized
Maginnis, Jr., in his first pair of long
pants, an adequate disguise.
They are telling this one on A. W.
Iafferty. of Portland: The ex-Congressman,
who was .dubbed "Half
right" Lafferty by his comrades, not
in any reflection upon his mentality,
but because of his -habit of turning
them at " Column half . right" twice
v lather than to give the command
"Column right" once, was drilling
a section of Company 9 when' Lieutenant-Colonel-
F. W. Sladen - appeared
on the parade grounds, astride his bay
horse.
As the command under Captain Laf
ferty passed by the officer. Captain
Lafferty ordered, "Port arms! Kyes
right!''
Instead of being pleased at the com
pliment, Lieutenant-Colons) Sladen is
reported ..to have frowned and de
manded, "What is the vintage of your
drill-book?" of Captain Lafferty. It
appears the command given was proper
in Civil War and Spanish-American
war times, but a faux pas at present,
v'icn the most demanded by drill regu
luikms Is a salute by the Captain after
bringing his company to attention upon
the approach of a ranking officer.
Pay Received by All.'-
Ml the students In the training camp
have received pay fortheir first month
of training. A few companies were
paid two weeks ago, but the majority
received their gold pieces last Satur
day. Saturday jiight was a gala one
for the Reserve Officers among San
"Francisco's bright lights. , It was the
first opportunity many of them had
had to make a splurge of gayety since
the brief splash accompanying their
entrance Into San Francisco. .
' The St. Francis, Palaoe and Fair
mont- hotels San Francisco's leading
hostelries attract large Bwarms of
olive drab visitors . these days with
dinner and theater dansants. '"Quarters
are maintained for the men without
cost. - -
UTAH FLOOD IS FALLING
COMMrNICATIOX STILL Cl'T OFF
FROM SEVERAL TOWSfc.
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Seven Railroad, Four Highway Spans
Washed Out. but Water la Being
Kept Bfearly In Banlta...
SALT LAKH CITY, June 26. Colton
is the farthest point east in the Price
River flood district which could be
reached tonight by telephone, all lines
of communication being down beyond
that point. At that point It was report
ed that the' water had receded about
three feet and the Mammoth reservoir
in Gooseberry Creek is now empty save
the water that is running in from the
melting snow, the dam having gone
out to its foundation near ' the center
of the core.
Seven railroad bridge on the Denver
& Rio Grande line between Colton and
Castle Gate have been washed out and
three or four bridges along the state
highway also have gone out. At Castle
Gate five company houses were under
mined by the water and collapsed. The
tenants had moved out, seeking higher
ground, and no loss of life or injuries
were reported. .
The last report received from Price
was that the diversion dam, two miles
and a half above Price, is still holding
out, but that part of the earthworks at
each wing had been cut open to keep
the water in the riverbed and keep it
from inundating the entire valley.
The flood was caused by the breaking,
last Sunday, of the Mammoth dam of
the Price River Irrigation Company in
Gooseberry Creek, a tributary of the
Price River, 12 miles northeast of Fair
view, in San Pete County. ...
ZIONISTS PICK OFFICERS
BACK-TO-PAIESTISE" ' MOVEMENT
NOT TO BE DEBATED.
Obtain from the War Department rec
ognition equivalent "to that given men
physicians in the service with equal
title, service and pay. There is no or
ganization of women physicians in Spo
kane, but several who have a practice
here sent in their names with those of
the men who volunteered their services
to 'the Nation.- In ortier cities of the
West women phvsicians are organizing
to back up their demands.
"We in Spolane would certainly fa
vor the proposition to have women in
medical profession receive the same
recognition in the Army that the men
do," said Dr. Margaret Johnson.
"We 'volunteered along with the men
and we believe we should be entitled
to the same rank and pay if we en
tered the Medical Reserve Corps."
Women in the United States are now
allowed to serve only as Army nurses
and first-aid workers.
KAISER THANKS TROOPS
PEACE! NECESSARY TO GERMAX DE
VELOPMENT FORECAST.
Regiment Returned From Roumanla to
Western Front Particularly Appre
ciated by Emperor. .
AMSTERDAM, June 2. On June 21
Emperor William,- in reviewing troops
on the western front, made a speech
in which, "according to a Berlin telegram-
today, he said:
"I express to' the troops gathered
here my fullest appreciation of their
conduct and my firm confidence that
they, as hitherto, whenever they may
be employed, will, trusting in God, do
their duty and succeed in gaining the
peace for the fatherland which we need
for its further development.
"1 m especially delighted to be able
once more to congratulate the well
trierf dragoon regiment of Ba.yreuth of
Hohenfriedeberg fame. When in the
late Summer of 1916 I sent the Borecki
squadron to Roumania, I gave it on The
way my order to maintain at all costs
the old tradition wherever It -might be
and to gain fresh laurels if possible.
The regiment fulfilled the expectations
of its supreme war lord and accom
plished deeds which will please 'Old
Fritz' up there , in the Flyslan fields.
May it keep this up. We shall not let
loose our hold until a happy peace is
gained." ' . .
RECRUITS ARE FEW
Only 1451 of 70,000 Are 0b
. ' tained on First Day.
FIRST SERVICE ASSURED
SPY DROPS HIS LOOT
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS PREVENT
LOSS OF VALUABLE PAPERS. "
Strikers Learn ltise Was. Planned.
BAXDOX, Or.. June 26: (Special.)
Thirty-five employes - of ' the Prosper
.Mill Company struck for $3 a day,
causing a brief shutdown. The com
pany had intended to raise voluntarily
the first of July.' The men were re
ceiving $2.75, but were dissatisfied on
account of frequent shut-down on ac
count of lack of loes.-
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The Achoosa," Organised Vnder taws
of New York,- Announces Plane .
for Developing. Palestine. x'--
BALTIMORE, Md., June 26. Dr. Har-'
ry A. Friedenwald. of this city, was to
day unanimously re-elected president
of the Federation of American .Zionists,
and Louis Llpsky, of New York, was
unanimously elected .. chairman of the
executive committee, Louia Robison, of
New York, was. re-elected treasurer.
To these victories the administration
forces of the convention added another
victory at the most exciting session of
the convention. This was the adoption
by the convention of a resolution of
fered by Judge Huge Pam, of Chicago,
pledging the Zionists to adherence to
the peace agreement between Zionists
and anti-Zionists; pledging all Zionist
delegates, who will be in the majority
at the Washington congress, not to
start any debate on the question of the
"back-to-Palestine" movement and bid
ding them to work to secure, through
the congress, a "maximum of Jewish
risrhts in Palestine."
A ' message of congratulation upon
their new freedom was sent to the Jew
ish students of Russia.
. The Achoosa. the Palestine company,
organized under the laws of New York,
today announced its plan. The mem
bership dues, it was said, will aggre
gate SI. 000.000 a year. """
Jewish1 soldiers.' after the present
war, will be invited to farm in Pales
tine. The holding company will be
known- as Zion Commonwealth. Incor
porated, '
WOMEN DOCTORS, ASK DUE
Equal Title,' ervicc and Pay In
Army Are Demanded, ''
SPOKANH, June f 26. (Special.)
Women- physicians are - organising; to
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Soldiers Will Guard Berkeley Labora
, torles. Where Important Ex
periments Are Made,
BERKELEY. Cal., June 26. Prompt
action of two university professors
prevented the theft early this morning
of important Government secrets by a
man believed to bea German spy, who
had succeeded in ' effecting an . en
trance into the chemistry building of
the University of California. The first
act of the authorities will be- to throw
a cordon of soldiers about the build
ings in which Governmental research
is being nude under most careful pre
cautions. . -
Shortly after daybreak two of the
"professors went to the laboratory and
as they approached the building they
saw a man slipping from a window
of the office of Professor Joel 11.
iltldebrand. Under His arm was- a roll
of papers. The savants grappled with
the man, who was young and vlgorpus.
struggled desperately and finally threw
off his would-be captors and escaped.
In the struggle he-dropped his loot.
which was found to be a roll of blue
prints, containing plans- for chemical
.apparatus used in carrying out certain
vitally important experiments lor the
War .Department. -.'.
4000 or 5000 a Day Will Be Needed
to Provide Reserve to Keep
Regiments . to War Strength
After They See Trenches.
WASHINGTON. June 26. Responses
to President Wilson's proclamation
calling for 70.000 war volunteers for
the regular Army this week are com
ing slowly. Only 1451 were obtained
yesterday, according to returns from,
all parts of the country. .
While the figures nearly doubled the
low mark for dally recruiting set last
week, officials were much concerned
over the absence or a rusn to join me
branch of the service certain to be flrat
to face the Germans in France. It is I
hoped that as recruiting week proceeds
and with the tremendous campaign the
newspapers of the country are conduct
ing, the daily total will "be swelled to
4000 or 5000 men.
New York showed the results of the
campaign that has been waged by the
metropolitan papers. " A total of 325
men was obtained in that city. Illinois,
despite the fact that .the state's Quota
is nearly 1000 over-recruited already,
added 162 men. Pennsylvania supplied
147; Massachusetts 8a and Califor
nia 68.
The total number of war volunteers
obtained since April 1 is now 126,400.
Thia means that the great majority of
the regiments are close . to full war
strength, but it does not provide the
necessary reserve to Keep them at that
Btrength.
BOY, SCUFFLING, IS SHOT
Bullet Enters Thigh and Passes
- Through " Body.
OREGON CITY. Or.. June 26. fSne-
eial.) Arthur Pack, 11-year-old son of
Mr. and, Mrs. T. H. Pack, residing at
Hoff, four miles from this city, was
accidentally shot in tha thigh today
by William Haxby, aged 17 years, who
is making his home with the Pack
family. '
T'lO boys had been ..hunting for
gophers on the ' Pack farm, and the
elder of -the boys attempted to take
the gun from Pack, and in the scuffle
the gun exploded, causing the bullet
to enter the thigh of the Pack boy and
pass through the body. He was rushed
to this city and taken to- the office
of Dr, -H. S. .Mount, where -be was
given medical attention, and was able
to be removed to his home. . - .
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Boilers for tHe
Pacific Coast
DO YOU knQWTthat many of the great marine
boilers for the boats now building in Portland,
Seattle and San Francisco are being made here?
Portland's expansion in machinery and steel has ijiven U3
a great industry. Auxiliary engines for ships are also
being; built. And now comes the news tjiat the smelters
at Oswego are to turn ore into pig iron and steel.
Progress today is moving swiftly in Oregon. Business
in every line must keep pace. Sound financing is a first
consideration. Call on the First National for service and
co-operation.
Our Monthly Business Forecast and
Trade Bulletin sent to those who re
quest it upon their business letterhead.
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Falling, he struck a stringer of the
bridge and landed on a sandbar in the
middle of the stream. The accident
was witnessed by soldiers who are
guarding railroad property.' The guard
fired several shots and atopped the
train while Corporal Putnam, in charge
of the detail, waded out and brought
the injured man to camp.
He was given first aid treatment by
the soldiers and sent to the hospital
here on the firat train east. He is
badly bruised and possibly injured in
ternally.
SHIP CLEARS OWfl PATH
DEVICE IN FROST BRUftS EIPLO.
SIVES TO SIRFACS.
Netted Projection Catebea Sea Bombs at
Safe Distance From Vessels I Others
Being Equipped.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 26. A
mine-sweeping ' device, calculated to
pick up- and safely bring to the sur
face any mines that may be in the path
of vessels, is now being attached to
a number of ships proceeding througn
the waters of the war, zone. One of
these devices was observed- on a pas
senger liner whichv arrived here today.
It is attach'ed to- the bows, and when
let down anetted projection extends a
dozen or more feet on either side of the
ship. If a mine is encountered it is
picked up and brought to the surface
at a safe distance from the vessel.
The ship to which the device was at'
tached is on her first trip here since
AprU, when she was compelled to seek
a drydock in a British port on account
of damage from a mine. The explosion,
officers said, tore a big hole in her
bottom and killed one member of the
crew.- Watertight compartments held
and the ship was able to make port
without assistance.
PERCY CHASEJ.EVAR DEAD
Coqulllo Cditor Passes Away on
Board Steamer.
EUREKA, Cal.. June 6 (Special.)
Percy Chase Levir, for'many years and
until a few months ago editor of the
Coqullle (Or.) Herald, died today
aboard the steamer Breakwater while
en route to San Francisco.
Mr. Ievar. who was a victim of
tuberculosis, was - In the caTe of his
wife and a nurse, and was en route to
Southern California for his health. ' He
was a native of Wnloe, aged 57 years,
and a son of John Levar, an early day
logger of this community. The widow
and a daughter. Miss alary 1-evar. sur
Vive. Knights of Pythias have charge
of the body; which will be sent to
Marshfleld for burial Sunday.
TEACHERS TAKE TESTS
-
examinations for State Certificates
to Begin This Morning.' "
' Examinations of teachers who apply
for state certificates will begin thi
morning at 8:30 -at the Commercial
High School. Fifth and Harrison
streets, and will continue until Satur
day afternoon. It is expected that 250
teachers will take the tests.
The examinations are under the gen
eral supervision of County Superin
tendent Alderson, who will be assisted
by a corps of teachers. Five rooms will
be used, each of which will be in charge
of an assistant.
FIREMAN FALLS FROM TRAIN
Guardsmen Rescue Injured
From Island in River. .
Man
PENDLETON. Or., June 26. (Spe
cial. ) Gus Blythe, fireman on a freight
which left Reith early this morning,
slipped from the running board of the
engine as it passed over the river near
Campbell Tstatlon, a few miles west.
Ex-Premier Enters Army.
AMSTERDAM. June 2. Neues Wel-
ner Tageblatt says that Count Clam-
Martinic, who recently resigned - as
Austrian Premier, has returned to the
military service and received an ap
pointment as Colonel. He will become
Military Governor of Montenegro.
AUTO FIRE FRIGHTENS CITY
Blaze Xear Gasoline Tank Throws
Huntington Into Panic.
BAKER. Or., June SS. (Special.)
Huntington was endangered last night
by a burning automobile ami the peo
ple are still nervous today over the
fright given them.
The automobile, owned by a traveler
giving his name as SI. McDonald, was
taking gasoline at a tank near the
Pacific States Telephone office when
the gasoline on the car Ignited.
The machine was standing about a
tank containing 400 gallons of gaso
Iln., which several times was thought
ignited, and the fighters of the flames
fled fearing an explosion which would
wreck the entire city. The- flames
were finally extinguished with no dam
age except to the automobile.
Final Statement Being Prepared.
SALEM. Or., June 2 (Special.)
Senator E. L, Cusick. of Albany, and
Bruce Dennis, who had charae of the
$6,000,000 road-bond issue campaign,
were in the city today conferring with.
Secretary Olcott relative to the filing
of the final statement of expenses in
the road-bond campaign.
Now $1460 July 1st $1525
Mitchell Prices Must Advance
SIXES
TWO SIZES
Mitchell- roomy 7-pks-senger
Six with
127-inch wheelbase and a
highly-developed 48-horae-power
motor. -
$1460
, Price will be advanced
t $1525 oa July 1st.
Four-Passenger Raadstar,
$1495. Sedan, $2175. Cab
riolet, $1895. Coup, $1995.
Also Town Car and Limousine.
These price will be
advanced on July 1 st.
MitchellJunior- s"
passen
ger Six on similar lines, with
120-inch wheelbase and a 40
horsepower motor. -ach
smaller bore.
$1195 '
Price will be advanced,
to $1250 on July 1st.
All Prices . o. b. Racine
You Can Make a Saving on a Mitchell
or on .the Mitchell Junior by
. " Buying Before July 1st
la common with other manufacturers of high-grade
automobiles who are maintaining their . present high
standard of construction, we have been forced to in
crease the prices of the Mitchell, on account of big ad
vances in costs of raw materials, labor, etc.
On July 1st the new prices go into effect. The
Mitchell now selling at $1460 will be advanced to $1525.
The Mitchell Junior now $1195 will be advanced to
$1250.
However, all cars purchased before July 1st will be sold
at iht old price. .
Get Your Mitchell Now
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Make up your mind to buy your Mitchell now and make this
saving. Fortunately, we still have some cars due us out of the
current production.
But their number is limited. And once they are gone no cars
will be available at the old price.
See the Many Extras . .
The Mitchell has SI features which nearly all cars omit.
There are luxuries and beauties far beyond any other car in this
class.
There Is 100 per cent over-strength In every Mitchell part
more than twice the usual margin of safety.
Come see these extras f cores of them all paid for by factory
savings. See what they add to a lifetime car. Then judge for
yourself if you want to go without them.
Remember, July 1st, Mitchell prices will be advanced. Put in
your order today.
MITCHELL MOTORSCOMPANY. Inc, Racine, WU, U. S. A.
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