Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 21, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

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TIIE. MOIJNING OKEGOMAX, MONDAY,
JANUARY" 21, 1918.
FOUR AND HALF PER
GENT LOAN
S URGED
Chicago Bankers Slowly Com
ing to Support of Higher Rate
for Next Liberty Loan.
MANY REASONS OFFERED
Increaxtl Interest Would. It Is As
sorted. Trod to Stabilise Market
Valor of Outstanding Bonds
' and Attrai-t Investors.
BY FRANK M. HCSTOX.
CHICAGO. IIL. Jan. 20. Chicago
bankers are slowly coming to the- sup
port of a S jr cent live-year liberty
loan as the best solution of the Tress
urj'i financial problem In the present
market. The Government has to rats
f .004.)4.S00 through bonds by June
3. There has been mut-h speculation
ever the rate of Interest on the next
In I ted State war loan.
It has been iM'rttd that i IS per
rent rat Is necessary tn order to sell
the bonds anl deal fairly with sub
scriber to the flrt Issue. It Is quite
probable the markit fcr liberty bonds
already has discounted the next Issue
and the answer to the rates in the next
loan possibly may be fount In the mar
ket for tbe second liberty bonds at the
moment. The second ts. this term be-In-
used to dtsttngui . the last Isaue
from the conversion 4s. a the price of
9 ar practically on a 4 " pr cent
basts. These bond sold at i' 12 Satur
day and closed at .!. The low price
touched so far Is Js.lv.
Balk of Llaaldattoa Over,
ft would reem. therefore, that ths
bulk of the liquidation In these bonda
la over and that the next war loan
rnnM be brought out it l IS basis. If
fiot too large, without a concession In
price under par. providing other con
unions, such as maturity, taxability
and so on. are the t-ame as the terms of
the second ts. The Liberty Js are
Hint; close to a 3.5)17 per rent basts.
If the next war loan were brought out
st par on a J- per cent there would
still be a comfortable margin to assure
the success of the loan, providing It
was tjx exempt, as was ths first lib
erty loan and had the same maturity.
There Is a distinct advantage, bow
ever. In making the next liberty loan
I 14 short maturity. It would enable
the country to find a proper level for
the permanent financing, which Is Im
possible undT present conditions. A
five-year 4 per cent bond, tax exempt
except as to Income, as provided In the
ond liberty loan, would deal fairly
with the Investor and would be at
tractive as an Investment and In con
formity with the going ratea of Interest
for such Investments, and It would not
Mnd the government to the higher rate
for a long period of time.
oeh Uss Weald Stabilise Others.
It la believed by Investment bankers
that such a loan would tend to stabilise
the market value of outstanding bonds,
which would be sought by permanent
Investors and thus create a larger de
mand for them.
Another advantage of the five-year
S per rent bonds would be that It
would not be brought In competition
with outstanding- loan time, htgh-grsdrj
Investment. The Investment situation,
necessarily, will bo compelled. If It has
not already done so. to ailjuat Itself to
war conditions. These conditions nat
rally are reflected In the money mar
The effort has been through our Fed
oral reserve system to stabilise Interest
rates and keep them as nearly uniform
as possible and thie should have
similar effect on Investment yield. The
continuous advancements In the rate o
interest on liberty bonds, with the
accessary conversions of previous
issues, baa a tendency to disturb In
vestment conditions as they relate to
outstanding high-grade bonds.
I noon, but up to a lata hour this even
Ing had not been Identified.
.
Private Ira Davis, headquarters com
pany SKtb engineers, suffered a frac
ture of hla left leg Sunday afternoon
when a hors he was riding fell on
hint
see
rgant Frederick Geary, of the
Itith supply train, who was badly In
lured Saturday when he was run down
by an automobile on the Army post
road, will recover. It was said at the
base hospital today. His shoulder
blade ass brokken and his head and
face badly bruised and lacerated, but
Uls skull was not fractured.
Oeary cornea from Man Francisco,
where he worked as a chauffeur,
see
Captain Jamea Byrom. of thw 11th
Infantry regiment, who was detained
at the base hospital after he bad been
found acting queerly tn Seattle, la now
on the way to the Insane hospital at
Washington, D. C, according to Infor
mation given out at the base hospital
Sunday. Captain Byrom fell 1500 feet
from an airplane about a year and
half ago. and although he apparently
recovered, be later became mentally
deranged.
SIXTEK.X AORICrl-TlTlAI ALLIED
IXTFHKST3 REPRESENTED.
Over 13M Delegates mu4 Visitors Fro as
Oetalde Pelata la Sesaloa at
Isabe Falla Last Week.
IDAHO TAXIS, Idaho. Jan. SO The
Joint conference of the Agricultural.
Livestock, Engineering and irrigation
Societies of Idaho, which was In
session hero last week, adjourned Sat
urday night with a reception to the
delegates and visitors given In the
auditorium and largely attended by the
people of Idaho Fall and vicinity.
Iurlng the course ot the ween over
1500 delegate and visitors from out
side Points have been In attendance.
the conference receiving nations
recognition by receipt of a telegram
from Fresldent Wilson, which was read
at the opening of the conference. In
dorsing the work along lines of ton-
servatlon and Increased production
Representatives of the several depart
ments of agriculture at nasnington
have been In attendance. '
Sixteen agricultural and allied In
duatrles of Idaho bave been represent
ed at the conference, several conven
llona being In progress at the same
hour. Joist sessions of the conference
have been held each morning and
evening and addresses bsve been made
by men and women of national promin
ence.
The conference was held under the
auspices of the Idaho State Seed Grow
trs Association. .
STAGE EFFECTS Will
'On Trial," Baker Play, Full of
..Romance and Mystery.
RUTH GATES IS REALISTIC
Edward Everett Horton, In Role of
Prisoner, Does Clever Work..
Greatly Augrmented Cast
Lend Much Support.
The dead man.
His widow
His secretary...
A news stent..
THRIFT MANAGERS NAMED
Appointments Made for 5 Counties
In 2d Congressional District.
PENPLETON", Or. Jan. 0. (Spe
cial.) Leon Cohen, director of ths Sec
ond Congressional District In the Thrift
Stamp campaign, has announced the
appointment of four county managers.
These are Frvd Myers, cashier of the
I .a Grande National Hank, manager for
Union County: Dan W. French, of the
Basc.he-Uaker Hardware Company, for
(taker County; W. F. lloman. cashier
of the Ontario National Bank, for Mal
heur County, and J. L. Gault. cashier
f the First National Bank of Burns.
for Harney County. Roy T. Bishop was
appointed several days ago as manager
fur Cmatllla County.
Mr. Cohen will announce his other
appointments in a few days.
GERMAN LOAN IS ACCEPTED
Argentina Gets Money from Urn
Blacklisted by Entente Allies.
BUENOS AIRES. Jan. :0. The ex
ports tax law which goes into effect
next Tuesday levies 15 per cent on the
lirferenc between the normal price
arbitrarily fixed by the government
and tbe actual selling price. Agncul
tural products are to pay only 1 - per
cent. The only other exceptions are
Hour and frosen meats, which pay 7
Iter cent on the Invoiced value.
The government has accepted a three
months loan of 3,500.000 pesos at
per cent from the German firm ot
ilasenclever A Co.. one of the first to
be put on the blacklist by too entente
allies.
Camp Lewis Notes.
T A COMA. Jan. 20. Smashing a win
dow tn a gun store shortly after
o'clock Sunday morning, an unldentl
fied soldier seised a .33-caltber revolver
and bog of cartridges and ran to
Men in a note! nearby, where be was
found dead wltn a bullet In his head
lew minutes later by the police. All
marks of Identification bad been re
moved from his clothing. He bad reg
tstered at the hotel Saturday night as
1L I lncent. but a ling which he wore
bore the Initials H- E. B." The body
j removed to amn l.wls this after
Oriental Rug
Buying Opportunity
Continues
I In the face of chaotic condi-
J tions in rag producing coun-
tries, this sale is indeed a
I wonderful one.
Entire Stock' on Sale at
20 Discount
Cat.
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EXAMPi.t:.
Xasae Rem.
WaaalL ft H
Belewcblataa. ... 7H
Reyal rsk. .$10O
Anatolian Silk... IS
Haaseeaa- 19
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LIBERTY BONDS ARE BEST
Sct-rrtary MrAdoo Warns Investors
to Beware of Offers to Trade.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Liberty
bond Investors were wsrned by Secre
tary McAdoo tonight to beware of Irre
sponsible persons offering other securi
ties In exchange.
In a ststement appealing to bond
holders to "hold fsst to the best Invest
ment In the world.' Mr. McAdoo said
that "while some of the securities, or
so-called securities offered in exchange
for Government bonds are of sound
value, there Is no doubt that a large
percentage ot them are worthless.'
TWO RAIDS ARE REPULSED
Germans Driven Back by French
Near San Qucutln.
PATUS," Jan. 50. Two raids by the
Germans, one In the region southeast of
San Quentln and the other north of
Courtecon. were easily repulsed by our
troops." says today'a official state
ment.
"On the remainder of the front there
was Intermittent artillery fire."
HOG PRICES TO BENEFIT
Continued From First Pre.
Cast of "On Trial."
Tbe defendant
Kdward Kverelt Horton
His daughter.'. Olga Lavlt
His wife.'. Ruth Gates
Her father leceased
Raymond R. Ripley
....James Guy-Vslier
Betty Barnlcoat
Eugene Shakespeare
..Raymond R. Ripley
A hotel proprietor. Raymond Appleby
A physician Raymond Appleby
J I A maid Lora Rogers
A waiter Wallace Duncan
The Judge Guy Reynolds
The District Attorney . .Smith Duviea
The defendant's counsel
George R. Taylor
The clerk Gordon Terry
The court stenographer
................... -Oscar Johnson
The court attendant C. E. Romig
Foreman Kdward Harrington
Mr. Summers William Lcc
s. . ..
ul!u, was sunk, and the Goeben, re-
christened Sultan Tawux Selim. was
beached. The two cruisers escaped into
Turkish waters shortly after the out- I IS
break of the war and were purchased 1 3
by the Turkish government. rr
Evidently the German censors arels
keeping a strict watch over the Ger-s
man newspapers in their expressions 1 z:
of opinion on the serious Internal po-i
luteal situation, for even the most ' 3
meager reports concerning: the doings
of the militaristic and antl-mllltaristic
parties were missing Sunday. .
The latest accounts of the con
troversy, coming by way of Amsterdam
and forwarded by the semi-official
Wolff Bureau, were to the effect that
the military party had sained a vic
tory over its opponents with regard to
the settlement of the question of an
nexations in the east.
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rameulo will not be less than 1 cent
under the Food Administration mini
mum effective on the Chicago market
(such Chlcsgo minimum now 116 So per
hundred). Any packer may make It a
condition for the maintenance of the
minimum that he shall charge any loss
through condemnation by Federal or
municipal Inspectors to the raiser or
shipper."
Among the packers who signed the
agreement were:
r. L. Washburn, Western Mest Com
pany; K. Scott. Cudaby Packing. Cora
pany. Los Angeles: H. L. Kelley, for
vt llson dc Co.. Los Angeles: I. L. ilium.
floih-Blum Packing Company. San
Francisco: C Swanston k Son. Sacra
mento: W. O. Forsyth. Armour & Co..
Spokane: C C Colt. Union Meat Com
pany. Portland: J. H. Talbot. Universal
Packing Company. Fresno: Charles o-
Uardy Packing Company, San Diego.
and the liauscr Packing Company, Los
Angeles.
It was pointed out that the minimum
fixed does not mean the top price that
the producer may obtain; It means the
bottom price which the packers have
pledged themselves to pay.
Cartozian
Bros., Inc.
Teeth at "Yaah.
ruteck Block.
Soldier's Funeral Held.
KALAMA. Wash. Jam 20. (Special)
The body of Leonard Jacobs, who re
cently died in Forth Worth. Tex., of
pneumonia following measles, arrived
In this city Thursday and is lying In
state at the Carlson opera-house. The
funeral was held today. The pallbear
ers were soldiers from Vancouver,
among them Henry Darnell. Rodner
Jones, Frank Jones and A. C. Roby, all
of thia city. Young Jacobs was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jacobs,
of this city. His brothers. Richard.
Donovan and Lloyd, also are In the
service. Practically every young man
of military age of thia city Is In tbe
service and this is the first fatality.
Derelict Brings Big Price.
LONDON. Jan. 20. The derelict and
half-submerged schooner Diana, of
Denmark, victim of a submarine attack
two years ago. has been roughly re
paired, floated and sold by auction at
an Irish port for :0.:50. An expert as
serts her value teen new would be
only Jiuliv,
BT LKOXB CAPS BAKR.
It Is not alone the novelty in the
presentation of "On Trial." at the
Raker this week, that appeals most slid
makes lor such excellent entertain
ment. It Isn't Just the story, cither,
although that is of tremendous Inter
est, romantic, threaded with mystery
and absorbing in theme.
Rather It Is a combination a happy
combination of the story and the
unique way in which it is unfolded.
Old Methods Vsed New Way.
There hare - been revolving stages
snd other clever devices for quick
shifting of scenery, hut they bave
heretofore been identified mainly with
plays wherein the time element snd
rspidlty of plot development counted.
In "On Trial' the Idea is used in an
altogether different way.
Two huge stages exchange places
with ejeh other In rapid sucessinn ay
the play progresses. One stage is set
always and unchanged, as the court
room. The Jurors are in the box. the
Judge on his bench, a self-con fessed
murderer sits prisoner and his court
appointed lawyer and the prosccutm?
attorney wage a legal battle before the
bar of Justice. As each witness is
called to tbe chair and sworn and be
gins his or her testimony the lights
begin to fade softly and then the stacre
is plunged In total darkness. The
voice of the witness gradually dies
away, a swift swirl of wheels rumbling
is borne across the darkness as the
new scene Is rushed Into place, the
Ights flare up and the scene of which
the witness is telling transpires be
fore the audience.
' Courtroom ceee Realistic.
All the tedious details of the actual
rslimony. all the bickerings and chal-
englngs of the lawyers are saved for
he next scene, when we have whirled
back to us the courtroom, with the
witness Just finishing, apparently, the
enactment of the scene we have Just
looked upon.
It is a brilliant idea of visualising
he testimony, and everyone of us thus
becomes a self-appointed Juror and
Its In judgment at the tria'.
The story Is intensely dramatic. It
tells of a murder, and finds the mur
derer. Then as witness after witness
dds his or her bit, a chain of circum-
tantial evidence is woven about the
prisoner, which makes his motive rob
bers'. He will not speak in his own be
half, and even when his little daugh
ter adds her testimony his reserve re
mains unbroken. Finally, in the last
big act, his wife comes to the stand
and saves her husband by disclosures
that make the unwritten law a mo
tive for the crime.
Walter Gilbert Gets Credit.
The play is splendidly presented and
quite as much credit goes to Walter
Gilbert, stage director, and to Walter
Siegfried, his assistant, as to the art
Ists. Kdward Kverett Horton gives us
one of his best and most forceful pieces
or dramatic acting. His scene with
Ruth Gates, as his wife, in which these
two alone parry thrust for thrust, he
suspicious and accusing and she. guilty
and Oghtlng to allay his suspicions,
makes one or the strongest and most
convincing scenes ever witnessed on
the Baker boards.
Miss Gates Is superb tn the role, pic
turesquely colorful, and dominated by
a nne repressed emotion that never
spills over. Her work, and Mr. Horton"s
in this scene, seems constantly a men
tal process, as if they actually battled
wits, not words.
Whole Com pa ay Good.
A clever little child. Olga Levit, has
the roie or their daughter.
Two fine pieces of work are the
prosecuting attorney, forceful in the
keeping of Smith Davies, and George
R. Taylor's excellent counsel for the
defense. Betty Barmicoat qualifies as
Jealous wife, and rJugnne Shake
speare contributes a splendid dramatic
moment as a trapped thief. James
Guy-Usher haa a big role and one he
plays In fine fettle, as the villain. A
hugely augmented cast furnishes
other support. "On Trial" is well
worth while.
Fresh troubles are reported to have
broken out throughout Austria. Gen
eral strikes have taken place, and in
Vienna and Neustadt all the war manu
facturing plants are reported to have
been closed. In these towns 100,000
men are said to have quit their Jobs.
The movement is political and eco
nomic and has as its basis the desire
for peace. Anti-Germanism Is declared I
to be prevalent throughout the coun
try. -
On the western front in France and
Belgium the military operations ap
parently are Increasing all along the
line, as compared with those of the
past few weeks, when little or no fight
ing, except artillery duels and minor
raids, was carried out.
Entente allied warships have bom
barded Germany's submarine base at
Osteud. on the northern Belgian Coast,
while around Ypres. between Lens and
St, Quentln, on the Chemin Des Dames,
on the St. Mihiel sector and north of
the Khlne-Marne Canal, there has been
a notable increase in tho operations
by the Infantry. The probabilities are
with the return of good weather the
expected big battles may take place.
One Indication of the probable early
commencement of fighting is the re
sumption of serial activity on a large
scale, especially on the French front.
Saturday the French airmen had a
good day operating Hgatnst the Teu
tone, sending down eight enemy ma
chines in fights in tho air.
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Stop in our store and hear her
sing "Evelyn" and "In the
Dark," two of her big hits.
Also, the Medley One-Step
from "Pom Pom," before her
appearance at the Heilig.
On the Italian front the fighting
again has turned to the artillery wings
of the opposing sides, the infantry
keeping to their trenches; except for
small patrol engagements. All along
the northern front the artillery duels
are of a violent character, and at sev
eral points along the Piave River a
like condition prevails.
SEATTLE DOCTOR HELD
LOUS H. DKCHMANX TIRNKD OVER
TO GOVER.ME.T.
a Ia-
I'rlaoaer Reeeatty Acquitted
dlctaaeat for Alleged
C'oasplrary.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jsn. 20. (Special.)
Dr. Louis H. Dechmann. who con
ducts Qui Si Sana Sanitarium in the
vicinity of Lake Crescent, Clallam
County, following his arrest by the
Seattle police on Saturday, was turned
over to Federal officials for further
investigation.
Dr. Dechmann has been among the
German residents of Seattle and vicin
ity who have been kept under surveil
lance ever since the United States de
clared war against Germany. Dr.
Dechmann was recently acquitted on an
Indictment for alleged conspiracy re
turned against him, E. G. Mills, a Se
attle lawyer, and Frank J Richards,
of Lincoln, Neb., by a Clallam County
grand Jury. They were charged with
having tried to extort money from
David E. Thompson, a Nebraska mil
lionaire, and a former Ambassador to
Brazil. Dechmann was acquitted upon
the second trial of the case, the Jury at
the first trial being unable to agree
upon a verdict.
If you anticipate' purchasing a Victrola in the near
future this offer will appeal to you 1
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We have literally "outdone" our usual "Easy Paying Plan"
E by offering the handsome cabinet Victrola No. 11, to
ll gether with $5.00 worth of Victor records of your own
choosing, for the small payment of $5 cash, the balance
5 $1.25 per week until paid for. Can you afford to forego
EE the pleasure of such wonderful entertainment as the
S Victor affords when such a tempting offer is made ? We
E think not.
To Owners of Victrolas We Extend a Cordial Invitation
to Take Advantage of Our "Superior Record Service"
S Our stock approximates perfection in all that is newest
Ej and most desired. Our musically informed salespeople
will gladly play any record for you without obligation on
E your part to purchase.
Progresa of the War.
The Russian Constituent Assembly
wss short-lived. Convening Friday In
the Tauride Palace In Petrograd dur
ing street fighting. It was dissolved
early Saturday morning by the Hol
shevikl. after a vote had shown con
clusively that the government headed
by Lerlne and Trotzky was greatly in
the minority.
Thus, for the moment at least, has
passed away at Its Inception the execu
tive, body through which it had been
hoped order would be brought out of
the anomalous situation that has ex
isted In Russia since the revolution
which resulted in the Imperial familv
and the bureaucrats being thrown out
of power. .
UNIQUE REGIMENT FORMS
Kcvruits for New Motor Mechanics'
Scctlou Soon Will Sec France.
Officials of the Aviation Signal
Corps have sent out a call for 70UO
recruits to fill a regiment unique in
both name and purpose. The new unit
is to be known as tho motor mechanics'
regiment.
Only men outside the draft ages will
be taken and those engaged in neces
sary war industries are not wanted.
Assurance is given that after a short
period of training at Port Hancock.
C.a., the contingent will be sent to
France to take up important duties
at headquarters" of the flying squa
drons. Among the occupational needs In
rounding out the regiment are auto
mobile and gas engine mechanics,
wheelwrights, blacksmith forgers,
cabinetmakers, sheet-metal workers,
truck drivers and chauffeurs.
BOCKS AT COST IS PLAN
State Printing of Texts Is Urged by
Candidate AV. S. Roberts.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
State printing of all school text books
and their sale to the pupils in the
schools at cost Is advocated by W. S.
Koberts. of Fox Hollow, who has an
nounced bis candidacy for member of
the Slate Legislature. The state prints
the text books tn Kansas and Mr.
Roberts says a great saving to the
people has been effected.
Mr. Roberts was a member of Colonel
Roosevelt's Rough Rider Regiment dur
ing the Spanish war. If elected he says
he will work for tjood roads and bet
ter schools for rural districts."
He Is at present a director of the
Fox Hollow school, having five children
in attendance.
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Former Chicago Man Accused!
of Clever Swindle.
the judges .again. The judges first
learned of this deal & few days ago,
over a year later.
"What view the law will take with
reference to such a transaction I do
not presume to state. I do propose to
ask complete investigation of the deal
with a view to whatever action is pos
sible. It may develop that the county
Is within its rights in asking return
of tbe 51000 obtained in this manner."
Automobile funeral cars are unknown
in Egypt. It is doubtful whether they
could ever be successfully introduced,
owing to the extreme cheapness of all
horse-drawn-vehicles and the proximity
to the city of the cemeteries.
$1000 OBTAINED IN TRADE
Likewise the delegates to the peace
conference at Brest-Litovsk again are
at sixes and sevens and the-pour par
lers have ended. As on the other oc
casions when they ceased, the stum
bling block Is the German demands
and their refusal to withdraw their
troops from the occupied portions of
Russia-
After an adventurous career of near
ly three and a half years in fighting
and raiding operations In the Black
Sea. the famous former German cruis
ers Goeben and Breslau have met their
fata at tbe bands of British warships
In a fight at the entrance to the far-1
dandles. The Sreeiau. renamed Mid-J granddaughter,
Fension Request Granted.
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 20. In the omnibus pen
sion bill, whicn passed tne House re-
ntly. Representative Hawley had
two measures providing a pension of
tJU each for Morris Lincoln, of Hills
boro, and Henry C. Sal ton. of Tilla
mook, Or. lie has also secured favor
able action from the Bureau of Pen
sions granting an increase of pension
to t-i per month from October 6, 1917,
to Mrs. Lavlnnie Foster, of Salem; Mrs.
Martha J. Brown, of Marshfield, and
Mrs. Emma Ie Forest, of Silver
Lake, Or.
Positions of Two Authorized Aids in
Juvenile Court Exchanged for
Substantial ' Increase in
Salary for Himself.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. (Special.)
Charges that Joel D. Hunter, forme
chief probation officer of the Cook
County Juvenile Court, "traded the
positions of two legally auth ized
subordinates for a $1000 salary in
crease for himself" Is contained in
statement Issued by William J. Gra
ham. County Controller.
Mr. Hunter, who resigned his posi
tion recently, is now in California. It
is understood he obtained an importan
position in the California" Juvenile
Court, with headquarters at Sacra
mento. Air. Graham's statement fol
lows:
"In comparing the 1917 appropria
tions for the probation department of
the Juvenile Court with the Circuit
Court judges' recommendation for the
1018 appropriations it has developed
that two positions were legally au
thorized, on petition of Hunter, for ad
ditional, help, but never appropriated
for.
"Now It appears that Mr. Hunter.
who had represented that these posi
tions were vitally necessary to the con
duct of his office, never went before
Kelso IoctG? Is Captain.
KELSO, Wash., Jan. 20. (SpeciaX)
Dr. F. A. Bird was notified yesterday
that he had been commissioned as Cap
tain in the Army Medical Reserve Corps.
He will be called into active service at an
early date. He resigned his position
as medical member of the Cowlits ex
emption board early in the week, and
Governor Lister has appointed Dr. C.
E. Stafrln. of Kalama, In his place.
Patrick Henrys great grandson, Rob- j
ert Taylor, the oldest newsboy of Rich
mond, Va., has presented to the state,
through Governor Stuart, a bronse b
of the great Virginia orator. Mr. Tay
lor fell heir to tle piece of statuary
from his mother, who waa Henry's
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