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rilK MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
5,
1917.
AMERICANS' CARE
EMBASSY'S TASK
Gerard Tells - of First Aid to
Stranded, Cash and Tick
ets Being Provided.
WARSHIP BRINGS GOLD
One Passport "Tjost" at German
Foreign Office Turns Up in
Possession of Spy Caught
in London and Shot.
By JAMES W. GERARD
American Ambassador to the German Im
perial Court. July 28. 181a, to February 4.
1917. (Copyright. 1317. by the Public
Ledger Company.)
With the exception of Mr. Wolff,
who was, however, quite busy with his
own affairs, I had no American com
mittee such as was organized in Lon
don and Paris, to help me in Berlin.
In Munich, however, the Americans
there organized themselves into an ef
ficient committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer were in
Berlin and immediately went to work
Jn our Embassy. Mr. Pultizer busied
himself at giving out passports, and
Mrs. Pulitzer proved herself a very ef
ficient worker. She and Mrs. Ruddock,
wife of our third secretary, and Mrs.
Oherardi, wife of the Naval Attache,
with Mrs. Gerard, formed a sort of re
lief committee to look after the Amer
icans who were, without help or re
sources. I arranged, with the very efficient
help of Lanier "Winslow, for special
trains to carry the Americans in Ger
many to Holland. Trains were run
from Switzerland, Munich and Carlsbad
ecross Germany to Holland, and from
Berlin were run a number of trains to
Holland.
Steerage Tickets in Demand.
The first room on entering the Em
bassy was the ticket office, and there
first Mr. Winslow and afterward Cap
tain Kenton sold tickets, giving tickets
free to those who were certified to be
without funds by Mrs. Pulitzer and Mrs.
Gerard's committee. This committee
worked on the second floor of the Em
bassy, in the ballroom, part of it being
roped off to keep the crowds back from
the ladies.
Each week I bought a number of
steerage passages from the Holland
America Line, and the ladies resold
them in the ballroom. We had to do
this because the Holland-America Line
liad no license to sell steerage tickets
In Germany, but by buying two or three
hundred at a time direct from the com
pany, I was enabled to peddle them out
Jn our ballroom to those Americans
who in their eagerness to reach their
own country were willing to endure
the discomforts of travel in the steer
age. Winslow accompanied one special
train to Holland, and I must say that
I sympathized with him when I learned
of what lie had to do in the way of
chasing lost hand baggage and finding
milk for crying babies.
These special trains were started
from the Charlottenburg station, in a
quiet part of Berlin,, so that no crowd
was attracted by the. departure of the
Americans.
The Carlsbad train went through
very successfully, taking the Americans
who had been shut up in Carlsbad
eince the commencement of the war.
One of the curious developments of
this time was a meeting of sympathy
for Americans stranded in Germany,
held in the townhall of Berlin on Au
gust 11. This meeting was commenced
in one of the meeting rooms of the
townhall, but so many peaple attended
that we were compelled to adjourn to
the great ball.
Sympathy Is Shown.
There speeches were made by the
Overburgomaster, von Gwinner, Pro
fessor von Harnack. and by me. An
other professor, who spoke excellent
Knglish with an English accent, made
a bitter attack upon England. In the
pamphlet in which the speeches of
Harnack and the Overburgomaster
were published, this professor's speech
was left out. In his speech, stating the
object of the meeting, the Overburgo
master said:
"Since we hear that a large number
of American ' citizens in the German
empire, and especially in Berlin, find
themselves in embarrassment due to
the shutting off of means of return to
their own country, wo here solemnly
declare it to be our duty to care for
them as brethren to the limit of our
Ability, and we appeal to all citizens of
Berlin and the whole of the German
empire to co-operate with us to this
end."
Professor von Harnaclc is one of the
ablest of the German professors. He is
head of the Royal Library in Berlin.
In his speech he gave expression to the
feeling that was prevalent in the first
days of the war, that Germany was de
fending itself against a Russian inva
sion which threatened to blot out thi
ier tan kultur. He said, after referring
to Western civilization:
"But in the face of this civilization
there arises now before my "res an
other civilization, the civilization of the
tribe, with its patriarchal organization,
the civilization of the horde that is
gathered and kept together by despots
the Mongolian Muscovite civilization.
This civilization could not endure the
light of the 18th century, still less the
light of the 19th century, and now in
the 20th century it br-saks loose and
threatens us. This unorganized Asiatic
mass, like the desert with its sands,
wants to gather up our fields of grain."
Nothing was done for the Americans
stranded in Germany by the Germans
with the exception of the arrangements
for the payment of funds by the
Dreadner Bank on the letters of credit
and the dispatching of special trains
by the railroad department of the Ger
man government. As a matter of fact,
nothing more could have been required
of the Germans, as it was naturally the
duty of the American Government to
take care of its citizens stranded
abroad.
Almost the instant that war was de
clared I cabled to our Government sug
gesting that a ship should be sent over
with gold, because, of course, with gold,
no matter what the country, neces
saries can always be bought. Rumors
of the dispatch of the Tennessee and of
other ships from America reached Ber
lin, and a great number of the more
ignorant Americans got to believe that
these ships were being sent over to
take Americans home.
One Woman la Particular.
One' morning an American woman
spoke io me and said she would con
sent to go homo on one of these ships
provided she was given a stateroom
with -a bath and Walker-Gor'-n milk
for her children, while another v man
of German extraction used to sit for
hours in a corner of the ballroom, oc
casionally exclaiming aloud with much
feeling: "Oh God. will them Ips never
come?"
In these first days of the -war we
also made a card index of ill tha
Americans iu Berlin and, so far as pos
sible, in Germany, in order to weed
out those who had received V pass
ports in the first days when possibly
some people, not entitled to them re
ceived them, and to find the deserving
cases. All Americans were required to
present themselves at the embassy and
answer a few questions, after which, if
everything seemed all right, their pass
ports were marked, "Recommended for
transportation to America."
Circulars Sent to Consuls.
I sent out circulars from time" to
time to the Consuls throughout Ger
many, giving general instructions with
regard to the treatment of Americans.
The following circular sent out on
August 12 is a sample:
American Embassy. Berlin, August 22,
1914. To the Consular representatives of
the United States in Germany, and for the
general information of American citizens:
A communication will tomorrow be pub
lished in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger regard
ing tho sending of a special train to the
Dutch frontier for the special conveyance
of Americans. Other trains will probably
be arranged for from time to time. No
further news has been received regarding
the sending of transports from the United
States, but applications for repatriation are
being considered by the Embassy and the
various Consular officers throughout Ger
many, according to the Embassy's last cir
cular and the announcements published In
the Lokal Anzeiger.
All Americans leaving Berlin must have
their passports stamped by the Foreign Of
fice, for which purpose they should apply
to Gehelmer Lasationsrat. Doctor Eckhardt.
at W'ilhelmatrasse 70. Americans residing
outside of Berlin should ascertain from their
respective Consular representatives what
steps they should take In this regard.
Letters for the United States may be
sent to the Embassy and will be forwarded
at the first opportunity.
Directions for Leaving Given.
German subjects who desire to commu
nicate with friends In England, Russia,
Franco or Belgium, or .who desire to send
money, should make their requests to the
Imperial Foreign Office. Americans are
permitted to enter Italy. The steamers of
the Italian lines are running at present,
but are full for some time In advance. The
Embassy is also informed that the steamer
from VllRslngen. Holland, runs dally at 11
A. M. The Ambassador cannot, however,
recommend Americans to try to reach Hol
land by the ordinary schedule trains, as
he has received reports of delays en route,
owing to the fact that all civil travelers
are ejected from trains when troops require
accommodations. It is better to wait for
special trains arranged for by the Embassy.
Tho Dresdner Bank and its branches
throughout Germany will cash for Ameri
cans only letters of credit and checks issued
by good American banks in limited amounts.
Included in this category are the checks
of the Bankers Association. Bankers Trust
Company, International Mercantile Marine
Company and American Express Company.
All checks and letters of credit must, how
ever, be stamped by American Consuls, and
Consuls must see that the Consular stamp
is affixed to those checks and letters o
credit only as the bona fide property ,of
American citizens. The Commerz and Dis
conto Bank makes the 6ame offer and the
Deutsche Bank will cash checks and let
ters of credit drawn by its correspondents.
American Consular officers may also draw
later on the Dresdner Bank for their sal
aries and the official expenses of their Con
sulates. Before drawing such funds from
the bank, however, all Consular officers
should submit their expense accounts to m
for approval. These expense accounts
should be transmitted to the Embassy at
the earliest opportunity.
THE AMBASSADOR.
Passport Stolen by Spy.
It will be noticed from the above cir
cular that all Americans were required
to have their passports stamped at the
foreign Office. One American did not
receive back his passport, although he
had left it at the Foreign Office. The
Foreign Office claimed that it had de
livered the passport to some one from
the embassy, but we were not very
much surprised when this identical
passport turned up later in the pos
session of Lodi, the confessed German
spy, who was shot in the Tower of
London.
After a time the American Govern
ment cabled me to advance money to
destitute Americans, and the ladies in
the ballroom with their assistants at
tended to this branch, advancing, money
where needed or so much as a person
needed to make up the balance of pas
sage on steerage ticket from Holland
to the United States..
At the same time we gradually built
up a banking system. Those in the
United States who had friends or rela
tives in Germany sent them money by
giving the money to our State Depart
ment, and the State Department in turn
cabled me to make a payment, and this
payment was made by my drawing a
draft for the amount stated on the
State Department, tho recipient selling
his draft at a fixed rate to the Deutsche
Bank in Berlin. This business assumed
great proportions, and after the Ameri
cans who were in a hurry to go home
had disappeared the ones remaining
were kept in funds by their friends
and relatives through this sort of bank
under our management.
Warship Tennessee Brings Gold.
On August 23 Assistant Secretary of
War Breckenridge, who had come from
America on the warship Tennessee,
bringing gold with him and a certain
number of Army officers, arrived in
Berlin and took over our relief organi
zation insofar as it applied to the
repatriation of Americans, housing it
in rooms hired in a nearby hotel, the
Kaiserhof. This commission was com
posed of Majors J. A. Ryan, J. H. Ford
and O. W. Martin and Captains Miller
and Fenton. but the relief committee
and the banking office were still con
tinued in the embassy ballroom.
A bulletin was published under the
auspices of the American Association
of Commerce and Trade, and the advice
therein given was that all Americans
having the means to leave should do so
when the opportunity for leaving by
special trains was presented, and to
proceed direct to London, whence they
might obtain transportation to the
United States.
All Americans without means were
directed to apply to the relief commis
sion, which was authorized to pay for
the transportation and subsistence of
stranded Americans in order to enable
them to return home.
The enormous quantity of baggage
left vbehind by Americans in Germany
was a problem requiring solution.
In spite of repeated advice to leave,
many Americans insisted on remaining
in Germany. Pew of them were busi
ness people; there were many song
birds, piano players and students. We
had much trouble with these belated
Americans. Tor example, one woman
and her daughter refused to leave when
advised, but stayed on and ran up bills
for over 10.000 marks, and as arrest
for debt exists in Germany they could
not leave when they Anally decided to
go. All of us in the embassy had to
subscribe the money necessary to pay
their most pressing debts, and they
finally left the country, leaving an
added prejudice against Americana.
VANCOUVER BUDGET BIGGER
Increased City Tax Levy for Coin
ing Year In Prospect.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 4. (Spe
cial.) The city is confronted with an
increased city tax levy during the com
ing year unless the City Council can
paro down the budget submitted for
consideration at its session last night.
Tho 1918 budget provides for $51,909
as compared with $46,368 for the cur
rent year. The Council has decided to
expend $900 on oiling streets next year,
as this expense has been done away
with for three years as an economy
measure, but much complaint from dust
was heard this Summer.
Other new items of expense include
$2000 for assisting the Federal Govern
ment in sanitation wo.-k abJt Vancou
ver Hai racks and $1800 for extending
the city dock to the harbor line, to
avoid a. sand bar.
Week's Casualties Are 15,614.
LONDON, Sept. 4. British casualties
reported in the last week are 25.614.
They are divided as follows: Killed or
died of wounds, officers. 364, men 38S0;
wounded or missing, officers 816, men
10.021,
LAWMAKERS SEE
RELIEF FOR WEST
Hope Is High That Basic Price
for Wheat Will Be Estab
lished for Pacific.
OREGON FARMERS PROTEST
Hood of Protests Against Growers Be
ing "Penalized for Living in West"
Received First Ruling Goes
Against Northwest,
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Sept. 4. The first official rul
ing of the food administration- on the
proposal of the Northwestern states to
apply standard wheat prices at Port
land and Seattle came today from
Julius M. Barnes, head of the food ad
ministration grain corporation, and was
adverse. However, the objections which
Mr. Barnes raises. In the opinion of
Northwestern Senators, can readily be
met when Senators McNary, Borah,
Jones, Poindexter and Representative
Sinnott confer with Mr. Hoover and the
price-fixing board, either tomorrow or
Thursday.
The Barnes ruling is based on a let
ter written by Senator Jones to Mr.
Hoover and by the food office, per
functorily referred to the head of the
grain corporation. Mr. Barnes in his
reply states:
"In the first announcement we did
not name a specific base for Pacific
Coast wheat. One reason for this was
that we lacked shipping facilities at
the Pacific Coast for proper handling,
but are trying to work this out.
"Last year, and probably for this
year, the current of Pacific Coast wheat
will move largely by rail across the
country to East and Gulf. Under these
circumstances, naturally, the basis for
the West would be Chicago or the Gulf
ports, less the rate to reach them.
"'I quite comprehend that if shipping
were free on the Coast, and rates
which would compete with the trans
Atlantic rates obtained, the Pacific
Coast could have an established
rate of its own, but there is no rea
son at present for attracting a stock
of wheat at the Coast, which could
not be moved because of lack of fa
cilities. Keeping this in view, we have
tried to leave the field of private en
terprise in the Pacific Northwest as
wide as possible.
"Senator McNary today received a
telegram from the Portland Chamber
of Commerce calling attention to tho
fact that the Government owns or con
trols ships now built on the Pacific
Coast and can direct that these ships,
where available, be used for carrying
wheat. Under the shipping law the
Government also can fix rates on wheat
to the Atlantic Coast or Europe through
the Panama Canal.
The Pendleton Commercial Associa
tion wires that much of their wheat
will be milled on the Coast and they
cannot understand why 30 cents should
be deducted from the Chicago price on
wheat so handled. They insist North
western wheat farmers should fare as
well as their competitors in Canada.
The Wasco County Farmers' Union
telegraphed:
"Our farmers are anxious to do their
bit, but do not want to be penalized
for living in the West."
According to telegrams from Spo
kane, the bulk of Washington wheat
would be graded to sell at. a basis of
$2.17 at Chicago and, deducting freight
rates, warehouse and brokerage
charges, would net the farmer $1.77,
based on Chicago and only $1.71 if
shipped to the Gulf, as suggested by
Mr. Barnes.
All Northwestern Senators are be
ing deluged with telegrams urging the
application of Chicago wheat prices
at Portland and Puget Sound. These
telegrams will be presented to Mr.
Hoover.
IiOCAU MILLINti HELD VITAL
Union County Grain m Dealers Back
Portland as Wheat Terminal.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept. 4. (Special.)
To make Portland a wheat terminal
and to insist on local milling of wheat,
is the opinion of wheat dealers in
Union County. E. E. Kiddle, heading
the biggest string of mills in tho coun
ty, voices this sentiment in an inter
view today. lie said:
"I consider the $2.20 a bushel price
fixed by the Government fair. It will
bring the price of wheat products down
to within the reach of the laboring
man.
"One dollar a barrel is enough to
charge for the cost of milling and a
legitimate profit. The price of flour
should be reduced to, at least $10 a
barrel. If bran is high, flour is apt
to be shaded down, and if bran is low
flour is apt to be higher.
"To my mind the only thing for the
Government to do, in view of the pro
hibition against holding grain longer
than 30 days, is to take up the crop
and dole it out to the millers as may
seem just. I certainly think the order
should be issued for the local milling
of grain in order that we may retain
the bran and shorts for our livestock
industry."
PORTLAND TERMINAL FAVORED
La Grande Commercial Club Takes
Steps to Protect Union Growers.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept 4. (Special.)
The La Grande Commercial Club to
night drafted memorials to Oregon
Congressmen and Food Director Hoover
asking that Portland rather than Chi
cago be made the terminal for basic
rates.
Under the contemplated arrange
ments it would be required to prune
33 cents per bushel off the basic price,
whereas if Portland were the basic
center, only 13 cents would be de
ducted. Sixty-six per cent of Union
County wheat is not shipped out, yet
under the arrangement suffers as a
consequence.
SAIiE3I CLUB LEXUS INFLUENCE
Capital Organization Backs Plan to
Name Portland Wheat Terminal.
SALE5I, Or., Sept. 4. So that Oregon
farmers will not be compelled to de
duct freight charges from Portland to
Chicago from the price paid by the
Government for wheat, the Salem Com
mercial Club is' using its influence on
Herbert Hoover to have Portland de
clared a primary market. Action Is be
ing taken through the Oregon delega
tion in Congress and an effort will be
made to have all commercial bodies
in Oregon co-operate.
CONFERENCE IS OPENED
Methodist Episcopal Business to Be
Taken Up Today at Yakima. . ,
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Sept. 4.
Opening exercises of the 11th annual
Columbia River Methodist Episcopal
conference were held here today under
direction of Bishop Matt Hughes. A
reception was given tonight. Business
sessions begin tomorrow. A proposi
tion to establish a convention city,
where hereafter all conference meet
ings will be held, probably will come
before the conference. The terms of
the three district superintendents Rev.
H. O. Perry, of The Dalles district; Rev.
Arthur Warner, of the Walla Walla
district, and Rev. B. E. Koontz, of the
Coeur d'Alene district all expire this
year.
It is rumored Bishop Hughes will
disregard . the conference precedent,
that a superintendent retires to the
ranks after six years' service, and will
reappoint one of the three.
TEETH PUT; MflH PASSED
T. J. LANE'S HEROIC STEPS TO ES
CAPE WAR SERVICE FAIL. .
With Gold Crowns and Molars Missing,
Seattle Tooth to Become Patient
. of Army Dentist.
Recent dental work of an unusual
nature was disclosed by Timothy J.
Lane, of Seattle, when he appeared for
physical examination before the county
local exemption board yesterday. Ac
cording to Dr. Harry McKay, examining
physician. Lane's lower and upper gums
were still somewhat lacerted from the
effects of having the crowns removed
from several of his molars. Two miss
ing teeth also were conspicuous by their
absence.
But when Lane appeared, the board
knew just what to expect. Dr. McKay
said. He had been advised in advance,
he said, to make a close investigation
of the dental work in the young man's
mouth. This warning had come from
W. F. Woodward, who had been advised
to watch out for a young man from Se
attle, Who would ueek exemption be
cause of his teeth. '
"There's no use of my being examined
physically," declared Lane, as he walked
jauntily into the examination room.
"I've read up the regulations, and know
that I will be exempted because of my
teeth."
But Dr. McKay thought otherwise,
and compelled the young man to go
through the complete examination.
"Well, well," mused Dr. McKay, as
he examined Lane's teeth and noticed
the lacerated gums, caused by the den
tal "butchery" of a few days before.
"I see you have had some crowns
removed recently," Dr. McKay re
market!, but Lane kept silent.
"You can see that my teeth are in
awful condition,'" Lane confided.
"Yes," replied Dr McKay, "they do
need attention, but there are some
mighty good dentists in the Army, and
they can put your teeth in first-class
condition."
The board concurred unanimously in
Dr. McKay's findings, so Lane, minus
gold crowns and molars, was passed as
physically fit for service.
ALASKA PACK IS SHORT
TOTAL 455,000 CASES COMPARED
WITH 5 00,000 IX 101,
F, A. Daly Says Season on Nushagak
River Was Stormy and Mich Gear
Wan Lost Ran, In Sadden.
ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 4. (Special.)
F. A. Daly, manager of the Alaska
Portland Packers' Association cannery
on Nushagak River, Alaska, arrived
on the steamer Ukatan today. He says
the salmon pack on that river is
slightly below that of last year, but
the quality of the flsh is much better.
Tho total pack is approximately 455,
000 cases, and SO per cent is of red
flsh. Last season the pack was in the
neighborhood of 500.000. but 50 per cent
of the flsh put up wcro pinks.
On the Koggiung, Ugashik and
Igakik rivers a full pack was put up,
but at Neknek the pack is about 10
per cent short, while at Port Mullor
the season was almost a failure.
The season on the Nushagak River
was a peculiar one. The weather was
extremely stormy and an immense
amount of gear was destroyed, but no
lives were lost. Up to July 5 few tish
were caught, but during the following
12 days every cannery was crowded
to capacity. The number of cases put
up by the individual canneries on the
Nushagak was about as follows:
Alaska-Portland Packers' Associa
tion, 86.000; Columbia River Packers
Association. 18,000; Libby, McNeil &
Libby, 65.000: Alaska Packers' Asso
ciation, 170,000; Alaska Salmon Com
pany. 33,000; Northwestern Fisheries,
53,000.
The three sailing vessels, which are
en route to the Columbia River from
Nushagak River with cargoes of
canned salmon, are expected to arrive
within tho next two or three days.
Red Cross Folk Off to Front.
TURIN. Sept. The American Red
Cross committee left Rome today for
the front and passed through this city
this afternoon. It was received here
by military and civil officers.
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The
Thrift
Idea
is becoming
firmly implant
ed in the Ameri
can mind.
From a Na
tion of wasters
and spenders we
are being con
verted to a Na
tion of savers.
Dollars that
heretofore were
recklessly spent
are now divert
ed to savings ac
counts. If with only a
dollar, open a
savings account
in this strong
state : bank and
become one in
the great Na
tional army of
savers.
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ADDED WAR URGED
Patriotic Order Objects to Fa
voring Austria.
HAPSBURGS HELD TYRANTS
Theory Is That . Germany's Allies
Have Access to Information in
This Country' AYhicn Can Be
Conveyed by Code to Europe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. A statement
Issued today by the Patriotic Education
Society urges that the United States
should declare war immediately upon
Germany's allies, asserting that the
German secret service is relying large
ly upon Austrians and Bulgars for in
formation from this country and ask
ing "if this is a war of democracy
against autocracy, how can we main
tain friendly relations with the most
despotic of the great empires, Austria
Hungary?" Instead of refraining from a declara
tion of war against Austria in order to
leave the door open for a separate
peace, the society argues, the United
States should take a surer road to peace
by lending full support in war. mate
rials to the great Italian drive through
Gorizia.
Hapabnrgs Rival Hohensollerns.
The statement In part follows:
"All of the reasons that made it
necessary for America to offer in sat
isfaction the lives of her youth and to
pledsre hr entire resources to a war to
liialuwiuiiiiiiilkiillllliiiii Iii;;ll;l;ilit3
YOUNG men
will be pleased with
my Fall showing of
ciotnes
iim
9'
at rcwirth'
the finish with the Hohenzollerns. de
mand a similar declaration against the
Hapsburgs The Hapsburgs have shown
the same ruthless disregard of the
rights of small nations as the Hohen--sollerns.
Remembering the wrongs of
Belgium, we have forgotten the wrongs
of Serbia. Austrian armies have com
mitted the same outrages upon Serbian
women, old men, women and children
that German soldiers have committed
in Belgium; Austrian submarines sink
ships without notice and Austria has
officially indorsed German submarine
warfare.
"Every day's delay in declaring war
on Austria. Bulgaria and Turkey not
only puts off the ultimate victory, but
is a source of actual danger to Ameri
can homes
"The embassies of these allies of Ger
many, with their privileges of sending
code messages, afford a leakage for in
formation to reach Berlin. The attaches
of Bulgaria and Austria have free ac
cess to our War, State and Navy De
partments, and no mattor how guarded
our officials may be, the representa
tives of these nations, allied with our
enemy, can and do obtain information
of our war plans, which eventually
reaches Berlin through the agency of
their home offices.
' riots Laid to Aliens ,
"Austrians and Bulgars have been
found numerous plots against this
country and have been instrumental in
stirring up disorder intended to hamper
our war efforts. This is particularly
true of the I. W. W., where few Ger
mans are to be found..
"America, through her curious pol
icy of waging benevolent war. has al
lowed millions of dollars to go out of
this country to swell the war chests of
her enemy. The great Austrian fleet,
which has been idle in American ports
for three years, eating into the capital
of its Austrian owners', has been sold
at war prices. Austrian securities held
in America are being sold and American-dollars
sent to Europe to help the
Hapsburgs strangle democracy."
Under perfect conditions watercress
may be made to flower and seed within
eia-ht days of planting.
D
Forttie Blue-Jackets
Til mzm. us. mt. orr. "
'Our boys in the Navy enjoy their Bevo. The Navy De
partment has put its official seal of endorsement on this
triumph in soft drinks, by allowing it to be sold and served
on all Naval Vessels.
'Ashore or afloat, you will find Bevo a palate-pleasing
refreshing and nutritious beverage.
Just the thing to take along for sail or cruise
. or camp and for the ice-box at home.
Bevo the all-year-'round soft drink
Bevo is sold in bottles only, and is bottled exclusively by
Anheuser-Busch st. Louis
BLUMAUER & HOCH
Dealers
There's an air of enthusiasm and
optimism about them that , suits
a young man's temperament.
Here are dashing, smartly
tailored models in patterns never
shown before English, belted
back, belted - all -'round, single
breasted and double-breasted.
I show these suits in a wide
range of prices and every one
worth its price.
$15, $18, $20, $25, $27.50
$30, $35.
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AmDULANCE UNIT DARING
PORTLAND COJIPAXT SELECTKD
WITH GREAT CARE.
Every One of US Is Daredevil, Say a
Captala Sellwood, Mho Is to
Teach Them to Sins.
TACOMA. 'Wash., Sept. 4. (Special.)
With 119 of -the finest daredevils on
earth" from the Willamette Valley.
Captain Sellwood. of the Portland Am
bulance Company, is getting his men
into fine shape at Camp Lewis, Ameri
can Lake. His unit is new to military
service, but not Captain Sellwood, for
he campaigned with the British Royal
Reserve in 1SS9 and 1S90.
"When I was recruiting my men in
Portland I told them what they were
up against. When the question was
asked me, 'Is there any danger in the
ambulance company? I told them to
enlist some other place. A man has
to be a daredevil in this kind of work,
and every man in the company is
just that and. will make good. There
never was a finer set of boys than
mine.
"They are not afraid of anything
work or danger. It is our business
to follow the troops right on the firing
lino and to go out on the field for the
wounded. Ambulance work is second
In mortality, and the men know it.
Most of the chaps are about 30 and un
married. "Last night I discovered my boys
were singers, for Just before taps,
when we were lying in our tents, they
started to sing, 'I Want to Go Back to
Oregon.' I'm going to encourage that
and promise them if they will practice
that song we will sing it on board as
our boat swings out for France."
Captain Sellwood is a pipe-organist
as well as a physician, and he will
train the boys in sinsrin'r.
mto trip
PORTLAND, ORE.
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