THE 3IORXING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917.
NEED OF RUS
H NG
SHIP WORK GREAT
Chairman Hurley, of Shipping
Board, Declares More La
v bor Vital at Once.
CRAFT LOANED . ALLIES
Government Lets Italy and France
Have Number of Boats, Although
It May Delay of Arrival of
Army at Battle Front.
BY CHARLES MICHELSON.
"WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (Special.)
Lord Northclif fe's warning that the
fiinkingr of ships by submarines was
greater than the building of ships, de
spite the best efforts of the American
and British destroyers and his blunt
statement that unless this condition
was reversed an inconclusive peace
mlgrht be forced, was echoed today in
various departments in Washington.
Chairman Hurley,, of the Shippind
Board, admitted that Northclif fe was
right, but declared that the United
States wuold be equal to the demands
of the situation.
The statement that 6,000,000 tons of
shipping must be built in 1918, is ac
curate and the Shipping Board proposes
producing so much of this that the
contributions of England and Japan
will make the total greater still, but
the Shipping Board cannot accomplish
it unless it is able to more than double
the force of workmen now in the
employ of the shipyard.
Half-Million Men TV ceded.
"We have 200,000 men at work now;
we need half a million, and they will
have to work in three shifts and put in
their very best licks if we are to get
out the 6,000.000 tons required.
The hoped-for exemption of shipyard
and engine-building" employes from
military service is depended upon to
build up the construction forces to the
figure required. Naturally, those ex
empt will be only the men actually at
work. If they go into other lines the
exemption ceases automatically.
It is a big job, but not an impossi
ble one, and for a beginning the Ship
ping Board expects to deliver 1,000,000
tons of shipping by Spring.
Italy to Get SIiliis.
On the theory that the ships will
keep pace with the demand it was de
cided today to turn over to Italy 25
steel ships, aggregating 100,000 tons
to carry food, coal and munitions for
which our Mediterranean ally has been
clamoring and without which her of
fensive must fail. Five of these ships
are ready to be placed at Italy's dis
posal. The rest will be delivered
within a few weeks. To get them,
ships will be diverted from the coast
wise traffic and their places will be
taken by steamers from the Great
Lakes.
France has half a dozen of the 20
promised her and will soon have the
others. These are all that can be
spared these two countries for the
present, but they will be added to as
our new ships come off the ways, If
they are required.
Allies' Needs Xrgent.
The award of these ships to France
and Italy is the outcome of conferences
at which our people were convinced
that the needs of these countries were
more vital than the use of the vessels
for the purposes of our own Army.
They have their armies already in the
field and it is obvious that it is better
to supply them with the ships than to
hold them for the use of an army that
Js not yet ready for the trenches. When
our fellows get there there will be
new ships to take care of them.
Colonel Remington, the military ex
pert of the London Times, cabling
from the American base in France,
coupled with his admiration for Per
shing's men anxiety as to whether the
Government at Washington realized the
immensity of the task of supplying
such an Army as contemplated.
At the War Department we are told
that the problem had been .studied and
that the sending of men abroad would
be proportioned exactly fcr the tonnage
available for their support.
There has been no modification of the
intention to produce a vast army in
France, but not a soldier will be sent
who cannot be provided with all he
needs. This would seem to put the
period of our active and extensive par
ticipation in the campaign further in
the future than was anticipated.
Wo have plenty of time; th length
of the war Is of less Importance than
the lives of our soldiers, and when they
once get into the game they will be
able to render the maximum of serv
ice. OREGON LOSING ITS HENS
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President of Association Says 50
Per Cent Are Slaughtered.
EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.)
Fully 60 per cent of the hens of the
state of Oregon have been slaughtered
during tho last six months, declares E.
J. McCIanahan, president of the Oregon
Foultry Breeders Association.
"We have been campaigning from one
end of the state to the other for food
conservation and at the same time we
have been selling off thousands and
thousands of egg producers." he said.
"The time has come when it is a great
patriotic duty of all the people of Ore
gon to take some action to save the
hens."
Mr. McCIanahan maintained that the
sates of hens because of the high price
of the seed is short-sighted economy
and might reduct the poultry and egg
production in Oregon next year.
FLOUR PRICES GO DOWN
Bcfet Family Fatents Now Retails at
$f0.80 a Barrel.
SALEM, Or., Oct- 25. (Special.)
"Rending the election 1 will make no
selection of a private secretary, but
will retain my present office force."
This statement was made by United
States Senator McNary today, following
the announcement of Henry M. Hanzen
that he would not accept the position
as private secretary to Senator Mc-
ary.
The position was tendered to Mr.
Hanzen a number of months ago, but
he said today he preferred to continue
his newspaper work.
Annie Lanier McGinnis Dead.
Annie I-awler McGinnis. of New Era,
Or. died last Sunday at San Francisco,
at the age of 41. The body has been
received by J. Finley & Son, and the
funeral will Le held Saturday morning
at 9 o'clock at St. Francis Church.
Burial will be at New Era. Miss Mc
Ginnis was born in Minnesota and had
lived in Oregon several years. For the
last few years she had lived in San
Francisco.
WOMEN OF THE THIRD OREGON
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INFANTRY TO - DEPART
SIX COMPANIES STATIONED AT
CLACKAMAS ENTRAIN TODAY.
Boys 'W ill Be Greeted at East Side Sta
tion by Portland Police Band
and Relatives.
The six companies of Oregon infantry
try remaining at Camp Withycombe
will roll out cf Clackamas today. To
nigrht the camp is stripped of every
thing? but tents and cook stoves, and
the soldiers are sleeping on the ground.
Colonel Lentler has arranged with
the Southern Pacific to have the troop
train, which will travel in two sec
tions, stop for 15 minutes at the 2ast
Side station. Here the boys will be
greeted by the Portland Police Band
and relatives who wish to wave a last
good-bye.
Members of the Girls Honor Guard,
assembled in the Multnomah Hotel, and
the Third Oregon Auxiliary at the Ar
mory, worked all day yesterday pack
ing lunches, and mothers and sisters
throughout the city have packed many
more. The material for the lunches
packed by the Honor Guard was con
tributed by Portland firms.
The troops are bound for an Eastern
concentration camp, where they will be
joined by others, preparatory to em
barkation. Assisting the Girls' Honor Guard In
packing lunches were Mrs. George L.
Baker, Mrs. Paul R. Kelty Mrs. H. L.
Moreland, Mrs. E. Itohlfing, Mrs. J.
Buckley, Mrs. A. Vial, Mrs. Fred Nor
ris. Mrs. John H. Geil. Mrs. W. R. Phil
lips, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. F. A.
Harper, Mrs. T. D. Dinneen, Mrs. E. P.
Murphy and Mrs. George F. Eagan.
,The Honor Guard girls taking part
In the work were Misses Ailsa MacMas
ter. Alma S. Haines. Myrtle Jayner,
Catherine Meagher and Mrs. J. George
Keller.
REALTORS TO HEAR TALK
Robert II. Strong to Speak on
"Property-Owner and Voter."
Members of the Portland Association
or Building Owners and Managers will
have charge of the programme at the
regular weekly luncheon meeting of
the Portland Realty Board in the Ben
son Hotel at 12:15 P. M. today.
Robert H. Strong, president of the
associations, will make the principal
address. His subject will be "The
Property Owner and the Voter." Mr.
Strong addressed the National Associa
tion of Building Owners and Managers
at Omaha in September on this sub
ject and his remarks were so well re
ceived that a resolution was adopted
to have 40,000 copies of the address
printed for general distribution.
S. Dean Vincent, manager of the
Northwestern Bank building and a
member of both associations, will be
chairman of the day. Frank JU Me
Gulre, president of the Realty Board,
will preside at the luncheon.
PHONE STRIKE DATE SET
Portland May AValt In Vain Tues
day for Central's 'Number, Please.'
Telephone patrons of Portland and
other Pacific Coast cities may listen
in vain for central's "Number, please"
next Tuesday If the demands of the
linemen's and operators' unions are
not granted, according to Frank 3.
Shubcrt. business agent of the local
Electrical Workers' Union.
Mr. Shubert said yesterday that the
refusal of the unionists to accept the
50-cent daily wage Increase, offered by
the company, instead of the 1 increase
demanded, would result in the walk
out of employes of the Pacific States
Telephone & Telegraph Company on
October 31. if the company does not
meet tho terms.
The telephone workers say that the
strike is delayed only by the desire of
the unions to wait until the second
liberty loan campaign is brought to a
conclusion.
BURGLAR DRAWS 7 YEARS
John LutU Sentenced After Change
or llea to Guilty.
Charged with larceny in a dwelling:,
John Lutti yesterday changed his plea
of not guilty and pleaded guilty to the
charge before Presiding Judge Kava
naugh and was sentenced to serve from
one to seven years in the penitentiary.
Lutti and Ben Willeford were arrest
ed in this city several weeks ago for
the alleged wholesale robbery of resi
dences, having been betrayed to the
officers by a woman accomplice. Lil
lian Moore, known as "Bobbie Moore.
The arresting officers had evidence im
plicating Lutti in nearly a dozen rob
beries.
In view of the fact that the evidence
against Willeford was not regarded as
sufficient to convict, the charge against
him was dismissed on motion of Uep
uty District Attorney Pierce.
LUTHERANS' PLANS READY
Elaborate Programme Arranged for
Sunday Xight.
To celebrate the quadri-centennial of
the Protestant reformation the Lu
theran Ministerial Association and the
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t eder&uoa of J-uUier Leaxues of Port
AUXILIARY AT THE ARMORY PREPARING 500 LUNCHES FOR THE
DEPARTING OREGON BOYS.
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"FIXISG THINGS II FOR THE SOLDIERS.
land have arranged an elaborate pro
gramme for Sunday night in the
Municipal Auditorium.
This celebration will be a unit in the
big movement all over the country
where Lutheran pastors have arranged
ceremonies and eervlces. The principal
speaker will be Rev. G. A. Brandelle,
of Denver. Mayor Baker will give a
patriotic address.
A cantata, "The Reformation," writ
ten by Rev. Wilhelm Petterson, of this
city, will be presented by a choir of
several hundred voices. Following will
be the programme:
Organ pn-lude. Miss HedwicV Hoehlen:
opening hymn, "Now Thnnk We All Our
tJod," M. Rinkart; devotional, scripture read
ing and prayer. Rev. William K. Brinkman:
eoio. Mrb. Lillian Smnxon; cantata, "The
Reformation," Kev. Wilhelm Petteraen and
E. MUins Christiansen, federation of
Lutheran choirs. directed by Professor
Charles Swenson; remarks. Rev. Wilhelm
Pettersen; reformation address. Rev. G. A.
Brandelle. Denver; hymn, "Star-Spangled
Banner"; patriotic address. Mayor Baker,
offertory. Miss Hedwick Hoehlen; National
hymn, "America" ; benediction, Kev. O. 15.
Hofroeiater,
CLUB WOMEN RE-ELECT
MRS. CHARLES H. CASTNER CHOSEN
PRESIDENT FOR NEW YEAR.
Oregon Federation Elects Mrs. Collins
Elklns. of Jrlnevllle, aa Vice
President of Body.
PRINEVIULE, Or., Oct. 23. (Spe
cial.) Delegates to the Oregon Fed
eration of Women's Clubs convention
here were awakened this morning by
whoops and shots preliminary to a 7
o'clock "buccaroo" before breakfast.
They closed the day and the conven
tion with a symposium of art, music
and poetry.
The big event was the election of
officers. Mrs. Charles H. Castner. of
Hood River, was unanimously re-elected
president. Mrs. Collins V. Elkins.
of Prlneville, was unanimously elected
second vice-president. The other two
new officers are directors, Mrs. John
Vert, of Pendleton, and Mrs. William
Bell, of Roseburg. Other officers were
re-elected.
BOY STEALS FATHER'S COAT
Pawned lor 75 Cents, Pawnbroker
Asks SI for Garment.
Henry Maul. 711 Michigan avenue.
early yesterday "swiped" his dad's
overcoat and lugged it across the
bridge to a North i-nd pawnshop, where
he "soaked" it for 75 cents. Henry and
his youthful pals then had a big feast
of candy, peanuts and other similar
luxuries.
Yesterday afternoon Henry's mother
noticed that the overcoat was missing.
and soon had a full confession. Then
she hied herself to the pawnshop to
redeem the overcoat.
She can speak nothing but German
and could not understand the sign lan
guage of the pawnshop man other than
it would cost her Jl to redeem the
overcoat.
Patrolman Lillis was called into ac
tion, but after hearing the story and
confessing his lack of knowledge of
German, he passed it on to the de
tective bureau for ultimate disposal.
LIVE
America i3 calling: you to arms to shoulder a gun or to shoulder
a bond. Have you lived your part in this great drama of life the
greatest age history has ever known ? If you have, continue to do
more; if not, this appeal is to you. The man or woman with a
small or no income, who, in the great whirl of "dig-up or shut-up"
vibrations that are now almost turning insane the minds of those
without employment, those who are sick and those who have just
enough for their daily needs, are depressed heartsick, almost mad
in the knowledge of an "everything-going-out-and-nothing-coming-in"
state of mind because they do love their country and democ
racy for the world. To such of you, even though hard pressed fi
nancially, go now within your soul and a voice will speak, thusly:
"I am an American, nevertheless, I will never be free nor will my
children be free while others are bound in Prussianism or any
'ism' which does not give to my brother or sister of any color,
creed or class the 'life, liberty and pursuit of happiness' that our
Constitution of America guarantees you and me." Then face your
self and say: "I will ask my employer to advance me money to
buy a bond; 111 mortgage my home to buy a bond; I will pawn or
sell anything of value to buy a bond; I will borrow money to buy
a bond; or, I will work for the city, county or state, at anything,
to buy a bond I'll do anything except steal money to buy a bond
for my country." You will buy a bond, today! 'And then a voice
from within will say: "I will now think of, speak to and act kindly
toward every one in my home, my office, or wherever I may be
for just one week. I will see and speak out about the good only
in all I meet for just one week. Next, I'll stop criticising the
city, county, state or Nation's officials, but will do all in my power
to help them maintain law and order for just one week. In school
or in church, or wherever I may be, I'll live the life I have been
talking about the past year or more, endeavoring to save or to
help others, for just one week. And then, to crown it all, the
Voice will say: "Tell the newspapers, magazines and every peri
odical to publish, in Portland and elsewhere, all that the farmers,
I f ii i hi r Vi HI i 'iiT 1' I
LAND WITNESSES HEARD
MEN "LOCATED" ON RAILWAY
GRANT AREA TESTIFY.
All Declare They Were Asanrrd of Pos
session. No Matter Which Way
Controversy Went.
In the testimony adduced yesterday
in the Oregon & California Railroad
Company grant land-fraud cases being
tried before Federal"Judge Bean, wit
nesses repeatedly said they were as
sured by one or more of the defendants,
W. J. Karlc, W. F. Hallowell, W. F.
Lick and Gottlieb Miller, that they
would certainly obtain the lands filed
upon, no matter whether the Govern
ment or the railroad company won the
suit then pending.
Testimony was given by eight wit
nesses, two of whom live as far dis
tant as New York City. Jesse Glauber
and Charles Holstein were the men
from New York. They met Mr. Miller
at Edmonton, Canada, where each
gave J250 to him, they testified.
Emil Gamme, of Everett, Wash.,
dealt with Lick and Hallowell. The
latter, he declared, represented himself
as connected with the Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad Company. Mr. Gamme'
"investment" amounted to 150, he told
the Jurors.
It cost Samuel Williamson J500 be
cause he placed confidence in the rep
resentations made to him by Mr. Mil
ler, he declared, explaining that he gave
this defendant filing fees of J250 for
himself and his wife. The Williamsons
live at Edmonton, Canada.
Other witnesses who appeared on the
stand were: Robert Larson, Carbon
dale, Wash.; John Joranger, Zumbrota,
Minn.; Ivar Johnson, Stanwood, Wash.,
and James J. Gourlay, Edmonton, Can
ada. Examination of the witnesses from
Canada uniformly brought out the fact
that they were told they would never
need to live on the lands being "lo
cated" for them by members of the
group now on trial.
J. F. ADAMS GETS DIVORCE
Testimony of Co-Respondent's Wife
Helps to Win Suit.
The testimony of Mrs. Bessie E.
Bates, wife of the man he charges with
having broken up his home, yesterday
won for J. Foster Adams his suit for
divorce from Grace L. Adams before
Presiding Judge Ka-anaugh. The cus
tody of a minor child was taken under
advisement by the court, pending a de
termination of whether or not the
mother is the proper custodian.
Other divorces granted by Judge
Kavanaugh yesterday were: Lyle E.
Johnson vs. Joseph E. Johnson. Julia
Sharpe vs. J. F. Sharpe, and Howard
Damon vs. Daisy Damon.
Debate Cahllenge Accepted.
Jack Rosen, business agent for the
Sailors' Union, has announced that he
is ready at any time to accept the chal
lenge of O. C. Fenlason to debate the
subject of the closed shop. Mr. Rosen
Is acting under the auspices of the
Central Labor Council, which has taken
up the argument of the Steel Workers'
I'nlon.
FOR YOUR COUNTRY!
Begin Now and
GORY TRAIL OF HUN
APPALS EDUCATOR
Dr. W. T. Foster Tells Port
land Audience Crimes
Must Be Expatiated.
DEVASTATED TOWNS SEEN
President of Reed College Speaks of
Terrible Sights Witnessed at
Front in France, Work of
German Frigntfulness.
"At first I could not believe, but after
I saw with my own ayes things which
I cannot relate, I was forced to be
lieve." And Dr. William T. Foster, president
of Reed College. Just returned from
France as an inspector for the Amer
ican Red Cross, paused to let the ig-
nificance of that testimony against
German f rightfulness alnk home.
Fifteen hundred persona were his audi
ence last night at the Eleventh-Street
Theater.
In the military uniform which he
wore at the battle front, as an officer
of the Red Cross, and which he donned
again at request. Dr. Foster gave direct
and unimpeachable testimony against
the sort of warfare that Germany
wages. Gave it with the assurance
that he withheld much that was not fit
for hearing, deeds in the name of
"kultur" that would not bear the tell
in. He told of London, on a night Just
prior to his departure, when raiding
German battle planes strewed the
darkened city with great bombs; of the
bicycling "bobbles" who pedaled
through the murk giving the warning
to take cover; of his embarkation at
an hour when rescued aeamen from the
torpedoed Drake were landing, and of
the convoy of United States destroyers
that ushered his ship acroa the sub
marine aone of these and a few other
incidentals. Dr. Foster spoke in his
opening remarks.
Mind Is Changed.
"I was inclined to think, with some
what mingled emotions." he smiled,
dwelling on the outset of the home
ward voyage, "of the day when I stood
on this platform and scouted the idea
that we needed a very large navy.
There were four destroyers In sight as
we put to sea and I was perfectly sat
isfied." From the maw of Germany, as it
seizes upon conquered territory Is
spewed forth that which does not serve
her purpose, a broken civilian remnant
in mockery given back to France, that
she may care and fend for it. These
are returned via Switzerland, and It
was on the south shore of Lake Geneva
that Dr. Foster met and talked with
them and took their testimony of Prus
sia's method with the weak.
"It is the policy of Germany to get
rid of the aged, the inflrmed and the
diseased in occupied French and Bel
gian territory." said Dr. Foster. "They
send them back to France, so that
Germany may be spared their mainte
nance and the possibility of disease
spreading. I had an opportunity there
to see about 2000 of these people and
to get from them authentic information
of what is happening in Germany. To
me, in many ways, they were the great
est horrors of the war."
Rained Towns Seen.
Dr. Foster told of passing through
devastated villages and towns, where
the work of destruction had been so
thorough that one's attention must be
called before he realizes that homes
once were there. Six hundred suclt
prospects has France to remember
Prussia, by.
"Through one of these I had been
riding five minutes." he related, "be
fore I noticed it because that town
had been, wiped utterly off the map.
Brigades of Germans were employed
at nothing save the scientific destruc
tion of French villages."
Dr. Foster declared that his observa
tions, carefully made, showed in no
instance the exoneration or excuse or
military necessity, but rather a sav
age ruthlessness, a love of destruc
tion, that gradually came to be rec
ognized by the observer as an integral
of a comprehensive design at utter
ruin.
"Because they want to destroy the
thing the French people love," he as
serted, "they wish to destroy the beau
tiful church and cathedral spires, and
so tear down the gods of their enemy.
From the very outset of this war the
Germans have carried on a campaign of
destruction of all that was dear and
beautiful to the French people."
He spoke of the work of the Amer
ican Red Cross, of the price that France
is paying and the courage with which
she pays, of the "silly Americans" who
flock without purpose to the war sone,
of the lengths to which economy has
Live One Yeeki
the laboring man, the business man and their families; all those
who are engaged in commerce, law, medicine, literature, philosophy
and religion, classifying each and allowing the best writers in their
respective classes to edit their department, the Government paying
the full cost of such publications to the owner, for just one week,
how best each class can win the war.
The time is opportune now for every man, woman and child
to stand up and with his city, county, state and Nation, and each
city, county and state should see to it that every person (unit) has
food, raiment and shelter. No chain is stronger than its weakest
link (unit) and the healthier, more successful and happier each
person is today, the sooner will the war come to an end in Victory
for Democracy!
Begin now, Oh America, to care for and protect the weak in
body and mind at home while we continue to do our best for all
the health and poise of mind for those who go abroad! I venture to
say within the next six months insanity will increase 100 per cent,
notwithstanding the fact that the new generation, as well as the
boys and girls of today, will be detrimentally influenced by the
agonies of parents with weak minds and bodies. I am net pleading
for peaee to stop the war; I am pleading for peace of mimi in our
families at home, in school and in the church to WIN THE WAR.
The "Voice" I have spoken about is your conscience, your soul,
or, an inspiration from God. Begin now to live not die for your
country. Go over the pond or buy a bond!
Yours for the Americanizatidn of the World insofar as Real Peace,
Life, Liberty and Happiness can be obtained.
DR. ALZAMON IRA LUCAS :
This advertisement written and
donated to America by
Dr. A. I. Lucas.
taken the uncomplaining people of1
France.
"They don't care." he said. "They are
getting enough food to keep their
bodies alive it's the spiritual side with
which they are concerned. And If we
had any conception of what the strug
gle Is. we wouldn't be talking about
food economy, we'd be practicing It."
Andlenee Gives Atpltnr,
At numerous times during his ad
dress Dr. Foster was interrupted by
applause, but when he made his dec
laration of faith in the purpose of
America and his conception of the
war's sole aim. if it is to Justify its
waging, he was cheered to the echo.
"I am for fighting to the last drop
of blood. If that be necessary." said
Dr. Foster, "to bring about a peace
that will be lasting. And I do not
believe that you can bring about a
peace that will last without an unde
feated Germany. A peace without vic
tory would be no peace!"
Dr. Foster spoke in similar vein yes
terday morning at the Reed College
student assembly and when he ap
peared on the platform the students
started a demonstration which lasted
some time and was stopped only when
Dr. Foster raised his hand in good
natured request to be allowed to speak.
Dr. Foster will give a series of lec
tures on his observations in the war
zone, under the auspices of the Port
land Chapter of the American Red
Cross. The first of these. "France at
War," will be given Tuesday night at
8 o'clock at Lincoln High School.
Octogenarian Signs Food
Pledge Ahead of Time.
Mrs. X. A. Campbell, of Junction
City, Anxious te Begin Aiding 3i'u
tlen.
EUGENE. Or., Oct. 25. (Special.)
Mrs. M. A. Campbell, 81, upset the
plans of Junction City's food cam
paigners today when she insisted on
signing the pledge and enrolling as a
member of the United States Food Ad
ministration ahead of schedule.
Thirty Junction City high school stu
dents distributed the home carda today,
so that the people might study them
before signing the food pledge cards
to be circulated Monday, the day set
aside for the signing of pledges
throughout the Nation.
Two girls stopped at the home of
Mrs. Campbell. She looked at the card
and asked for the pledge.
"The pledge cards will not be dis
tributed until Monday," she was told.
"I Can't wait." she replied, "I want it
now. I have lived through three other
wars and I know what the war is. I
have been saving all my life and I want
to sign that pledge to save food for
our soldiers."
' The girls Impressed by Mrs. Camp
bell's eagerness related the incident to
a member of the food campaign com
mittee, who went to her home with a
blank pledge that she might sign it
today.
Three of Mrs. Campbell's brothers
and a brother-in-law served in the
Mexican war. Her husband was a sol
dier in the Union Army in the Civil
War and a nephew represented her
family in the war with Spain.
306 SOLDIERS DISCHARGED
Camp Uewls Company Officers Told
to Make Sure of Ventilation.
CAMP LEWIS, Taeoma, Oct. 25.
Three hundred and six National Army
men of the training battalions of the
lst Division were discharged today on
rejection on physical grounds by the
mustering officers.
Nine thousand three hundred and six
men will be transferred from the 168th
Depot Brigade to bring other units at
Camp Lewis to maximum strength in
accordance with instructions from the
War Department, it was announced at
lst Division headquarters today. With
these transfers effected the several
units of the camp can begin Intensive
training with a full complement of
men.
General orders issued at Camp Lewis
this morning direct company command
ers to see that the barracks are kept
clean and well ventilated. It is par
ticularly noted that pneumonia and
cerebro-splnal meningitis are air borne
diseases and great care should be taken
in obtaining proper ventilation to pre
vent danger of the spread of these dis
eases. Company commandera and
medical officers are commanded to
make frequent and unannounced trips
to the barracks, particularly at night,
to see that the buildings are properly
ventilated.
CHANGE OF VENUE GIVEN
Eugene Man's Case Will Be Tried
Before Benton County Court.
SAN FRAKCISCO, Cal., Oct. 26. (Spe
cial.) Flour prices were slashed again
today for the second time this month.
This new cut. millers say, has brought
the price to rock bottom. In fact. It Is
declared extremely doubtful whether
prices can be maintained at the new
level for any considerable length of
time. . ...
The new quotation on best family
patents is 810.80 a barrel, a reduction
of 40 cents. This grade has been re
tailing at 83.06 per sack of 48 pounds.
The new retail price Is 10 cents less.
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THe Safest
Investment
In ttie
World
A Liberty Bond is a
Government Bond, guar
anteed by the United
States of America. That
means that all the limit
less resources and incal
culable wealth of the
greatest and richest
country in the world are
pledged as security for
the bond.
A Liberty Bond can
be a poor investment if
the Germans win the
war and come over here
and make a second Bel
gium of our country.
But in that case you
would lose all your pos
sessions, including your
liberty and possibly your
life. You would no
longer be interested in
bonds or in anything
else.
Buying Liberty Bonds
Is Loaning to Our .
Government
A Liberty Bond is a
loan to the Government,
and not a gift It pays
4 interest. It teaches
you to save and helps
you to save. It is as
good as money.' You can
sell it any time you wish.
A Liberty Bond is
sold to you to get money
to pay the cost of the
war. If the bonds are
not bought, the Govern
ment will tax us, and
tax us heavily, to get
the money. And the
money you pay in taxes
is gone forever.
A Liberty Bond sup
plies the money to feed,
clothe, and arm our
soldiers, save precious
lives, shorten the war,
win the war and lift the
curse of German oppres
sion and brutality from
helpless, stricken, suf
fering people across the
sea.
How many will you
buy? Consult any bank
or bond house. You can
buy on easy partial pay
ments. Liberty Loan
Committee
. Twelfth Federal Reserve
District
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