THE MORMXG . OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY. 9, 1918.
RELATIVES OF BOYS
GROUP OF OREGON WEJI WHO WERE OS TUSCAN I A AND FOR WHOM MUCH ANXIETY IS FELT BECAUSE OF LACK OF DEFINITE INFORMATION AS TO THEIR FATE.
C. L REAMES, U. S.
ATTORNEY, RETIRES
Nearly All Oregon Soldiers on
Federal Prosecutor to Be
come Special Assistant to
Attorney-General.
Tuscania Listed ith
Sixth Battalion.
REASSURING WORD COMES
HANEY MAY BE SUCCESSOR
B
ANXIOUSLY WAIT
rrnir;:;rr.:Lr.-;c:n.d. sMiLEAGE books going
faoy. l rirt Tbonhl od Torpe-
rford Trooo ShJo. Found Not to
Have Sailed Two Portland
May Be Victim.
Orxoa rrlm'irrt of mm who -Ailed
n th Tuj"-anta. lunk by a German
utmrin r mnxlouMT awallinc tb
romplft list f lurmvcr. to laarn lh
ft o- Lii !) from borne. Mott'of
th I'ortUru! an. Or von men rt
knn n i.. hjv be a with the Siito
ltillnn. :th Knvlnr.
John J. Ion. a brother of R- P. Ln.
f tha CI ir Treaurr'ji of fire. I:
mmbr of I'ompiny K. 2'!b Enaineera.
JIi enlisted a from Homa. Idaho. ICJ
brotb'T In rrtUnl. ho liven at th
Krl Hotel, la amiouMy awaiting cUfl-
atte pkwi uf his fate.
rwmr relt fr
Mim Letltfa Woo!, of the book da
artment of J. K. Mil A To. ) deeply
lnrrretd In the fie tf Mt Kie
Ut-Lenooo and Mim Nellt Woodward.
lo friend who art bettered to v
been, id rout to Kncland to be war
inrsff, Mtt MirLfnnon and Wood
ward left Tort land about five weeks
no and were to sail late In January
n-i.mu h aa th Ttaw dlpatrhea tndl
otrd two -women wer aboard. Mtma
Hm4 feara they may be the two men
tioned- Mfa JirUnnon and w ood
ward lived at Kt Kourteeath
atret North while In fort land.
Mminant Arthur A. Hauah. of ISO
Kei klwrett at reet. waa one of the
cavual off ire r mentioned aa be In
aboard the Tuscan la. Lieutenant
lUurh, formerly In the traffic depart
ment of !.an A t ompany. waa a ran-
a
commiwionM Ktrt Lieutenant in Field
Artt Uery TN jrtvt rnroal yenierday
aotiMrH Mr, K. Ward, of Portland
ltr. mat he was aloard. but that bta
faia uf vl eo n. Mr a. Hauah la
now nMite from the KaM. where vhe
went to bid her hueband a;oodby on
a embarkation.
frriil itobert William, a member
of rhe llet JUarhino Uun Mattery, ta
phew of MtM Kuse loope. of ft
annnt etreet. ho feara that b may
have been aboard the torpedoed veeaeL
frvaM W iliiama w aa atatloned at
Camp (c Arthur and in hi It letter
waa tarry, n to ma Atlantic port to eaiL
A many Wimnln troopa were oa the
Tui-m. Sdimm Loop feara he may bare
fcf-n of them.
Mr. (Mem rami I y .akewa.
Ther ta pom fear that Krancta Ieo
rUvn. wtrelea operator, may have beea
oa the Tu4fii. In the lat letter to
r mother. Mr. Svphie lolaa. 1011
.t Thlrterth street North, and to i
friend of the famtlr. Mr. M. A. ala
larkey. IS Nort.l Ninth street, hf Indi
cated h miht be sal Una about the
ate the TuM-Ant Is (nought to have
left. It la only a supposition, however,
that he waa aboard. Mr. Ionian trained
at Jaa Dtvo after leavtnc I'ortLand.
Mnry Norberc. of A tori, a brother
Of la ft. Elisabeth Norbera. of the
tampbell Hill Hotel, I'ortland. la a
sit em her of h 2tth Knalneera, betna;
of om paay K. and waa on tba Tub-
Our W. Jmtaon. 71 1 Fast Ninth
treet. a brother of Kay Jamison, la
member of Company K of the Kn-
ftneer. and-was on the Turanta.
Another Portland bf In the Sixth
Itattalion and on the trans(ort la Frank
t lark., whoa father. U A. t'Urk. Uvea
at tt et Twenty-first street. Clark
is a member of 1'ompany I.
Mn JaamAn. sort of Mr. and Mrs. A.
1 J4nun, JiJ Ku-elt street.
member of Company T. 2'th Knulne-r.
a n4 Alex J a rrra n. a not her eon. la a
vr.ember of iVmnany t. Mt Jasman Is
wl knoa in the downtown section of
1'ortland aa a driver of a Wells-Fariro
ext-reea wsan. Ht emilina round
r.anre waa known to many cf the larae
btisine.s hour. Tbe Jasmaa boy are
( er man pirnti. but they are
d d-in-t he-wil Antriu ini
Read let ea Bay A award.
Johji X." Ikao, wnoee Another. Mrs.
Varv A. Doane. of fend !e ton. Is now
livina with her JUKrr at 3 Whlt
aker street, was will the 2th Knal
rers. and was on the torpejaej troop-
nlp.
Theodore Kuaene Twton. of Tort
!nt. I a member of Company Zutb
:naineers, and preumablv Is the "The
odore laston'' whose name waa Itsied.
llt rnm Lew Eon. l' Kasl Sixteenth
at reel, ta an aunt,
li ws thouht that I-ter C ftlrhey.
a member of t'ompeny K. 20ih Knrl
recra. sa un the Tttanla. but Mrs.
Martha Kichey. 4 J Wr Idler street is
I n re.- 1 pt of n f . r ma t u n that he la
with Major Kelly and is safe In France. ;
fe was orlcinally with fonipany K. but i
It ts thnuaht was Mik-n-d with the
Vourth r4ttakn when it sailed.
James lierre. a member of Company
T -h rTnair.eer. t a testikent of Ku--n
and hi brotber-tn-U w Is A. I.
lrUkon. Z Eleventh street. I'ortland.
I.lrulrnanl Watkln Kafe. I f. . '
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5 y ,
th. comfort of lh Washinfton boys In
ARKRDKRX. WaKh.. Fb. . (Spe
rlaL ) L.l.ulroant 8am YValklna. for
mr Aajiatant City Knirlneer. wma not
aboard thr Tuarama. according to
l.tlfr received from him today atatlna
tbat he had ben transferred from tha
titxlh to the KeTenth Battalion. Aa far
ajt can be learned now Arthur Olson.
drafted n;tti.. and Joaeph Seaman, for
m.r Janitor here., were the only Aber
deentboya aboard. althouRh It Is posl
bl others may have been.
Lincoln Counly Boy Thoafht Aboard
TOLKDO. Or. Feb. (SpectaL---It
Is feared that Ictor Jacobson, a LJn
cola County boy. was on the Ill-fated
transport Tuscania. Jacobson was
member of the 20th Enclneers, which
resnment waa report.fi aa havlnr
hipped on th. vessel, ,111s parents are
anxiously waltina; to are the list of
survivors. ;
KaMrrn Women tcnd New
lines" to Sokllrr.
'Valcn-
Mothers. sisters, sweethearts and va
rloos other relations have been seek
Ins; the prtvlles;. of purchasing Smile-
axe Books to send to soldiers for val
entines. The time allotted for the sale
of the books for Oreuon by the Na
tional authorities la February II to SI.
but this Is considerably later than the
dat.a set for tba rttmpalan in th East,
and reports are frequent that Kastern
mothers are sendlns thla form of val
entine to heir boys.
Th. Smlieaaje Hook campaiara Is In
In. hands of th. Hotary cluba In tha
larger cities of each state, and the
fortland club, tbroufh its city cam
palrn manaaer. J. C. Enalish. decided
bat Tortland should have th. same
opportunity as other cities. A limited
number only will be placed on sale
Immediately at headquarters of the Ho
ur- Club. 514 Oregon building, but the
request la mad. that non. but rela
tives purchase from thla source, as the
sale Is .ln made only as a renponss
to an insistent demand and will In no
y affect the drive which will take
pla.'. on th.-dates allotted. February
It to :i.
DEATH LIST SMALL
Toll on Tuscania Is Officially
Given as 113 Persons.
91 MEN ARE IN HOSPITALS
War Iepai"tnient Continues to Get
Dispatches Attmtlnff Splendid
Conduct of Soldiers on Ship
In Face of Peril.
(Continued From Flrvt Ps
PERSONAL MENTION.
TROOPS' PARENTS ANGRY
lu: vri-i- (Tint T fl v .st-.u i'or
Ml (koxnii TLTIC.
FMnl aeat to a.b(actoa
Taweaala letiasa TV ms oblac
: to Tell a. They m
f:.TTlJ:. Was-T. f'.b. t (SpeclaL)
Via.rou. prule.1 aaalnat th. action
of the War Wturtment In sending men
arrows t Atlartdc iwar without pro
viding mvan for thetr hjentif icattoa
aa ea.de ri4 bv in. I'arents' As
sociation of soi.lier and bailors of
Vahmgton In a telegram forwarded
tj 9eaators iKIndener and Jones. The
telegram sal.1
Tb. eommltte. ef rarents' AsaocLa
tioa ef Sol.l er. asd pallors of U ashing
' yoa ta ... lo IV that measure,
re taken far at least liientlfring their
trans. Atlantic on hereaTter. They
ar. ai'pall.i at the liater and th.
Xa-k of Menttfication of bo-ttc.
Tho meeting wa called In protest
against the action of the military
authorities la sending soMiers aboard
the Tasmania sol properly Mentified.
The rtiepatca. Iron ttashlngtoa
state.1 (hat th. nn wore blana tags.
f..r th. imms that they had aot Jet
bee. detailed to Army units
Artr Ft. iTieet. of the t'nl
v.rsity ef tVanhlngton. will leave for
France la a few days to represent th.
Far.ata' Assorninea. -la looking after
Major C. S. Manchester Is at tha Ben
son.
P.' J. Lye. of Klamath Falls, la at tba
Seward. .
A. V. Vernon, of Salem. Is at tha
Imperial. .
O. 3L Locke, of Corvallls. Is at tha
imperial.
J. IL llulatt. of Wlllamlna. Is at th
Perkins. -
a. C. FlaveL ef Astoria, Is at th
Portland.
V. Wiley, of Los Angeles, Is at th
Carlton.
Hugh McCrow. of Corvallls. Is at th
Cc melius.
James J. Geary, of Clatskani. la at
the Perkins.
C. K. Marshall, of Hood Rlvsr. Is at
the Perkins.
J. H. Corfield. of Goldendale. Is at
th Seward.
P. M. Glawe. of Albany, Is at the
Multnomah.
George Hambler. of Pendleton. la at
Che Oregon.
C. K. lllbbard. of La Grande, la at
the Oregon.
O. C. Nelson, of Astoria. Js at th
Washington.
C. C. Powell, of Monmouth, Is at th
Washington.
T. E. MrOroekey. of Havre. Mont-. Is
st the Seward.1
J. Van Hurra, of La Grande, Is at
the Imperial.
A. J. Richardson, of Joseph, Or., Is at
the Portland.
Mrs. A. M. Hill, of Hood River, is at
the Cornelius.
- air. and airs. K. Blair, or Salem, ar
at the Seward.
John 11? Templeton. of PrlnevlUe, is
at the Perkins.
Mrs. F. H. Xellson, of Tillamook. Is
at th. Oregon.
Clarence Gardner, ef Oregon City, Is
at the Carlton.
F. C. 8. Reed, of Vancouver. R C, ll
at the Benson. .
Mrs. Bonrerson and Miss 8 haw. of
Sunnyside, Wash, are at the Washlng-
Inn.
TO. M Law. of Prince Rupert. B. C-, la
at th Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Klpp, of Eugene.
are at th. Benson.
Mrs. Helen I- Young, ef Butte. Moat,
Is at the Portland
Mr. and Mrs J. W. Story, ef Victoria,
ar. at tha Multnomah.
IL O. Walt and Mrs. Walt, ef Spo
kane, ar at th Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stone, or St.' Hel
ens, ar at th Imperial.
Mr. and Mr. W. A. Caldwell, of Cor
vallls. ar at th Oregon.
IL L. Brook and Mrs. Brooks, ef
Bend, ar at th Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. & E. Psa.ee. ef Eagen.
ar at tba Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cornell, of fpo-
kane. ar at th Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Bamdt, of Seattle,
Wash., ar at th. Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Johnson, of
Baker, ar at th Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCrow. ef
Goldendale, are at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brenerraan. of
McMmavtU. ar at th Multnomah.
At a Falrhaven (Mass.) church so
ciable recently given the menu was re
stricted to be ana. cake and coffee, and
owing to the scarcity of sugar each at
tendant had te bring his own aweeten-
In.
Kn.lneera was not listed aa having
sailed on th Tuscania. Th 107th En-
glneer train was."
XEW TAG SYSTEM PLAXXED
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C. S. Will Adopt Method Used in
nrltlsh and French Armies.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. . To Insure
prompt Identification of enlisted men
who msy b killed or wounded, a num
bered tag system similar to that in the
Rrlti.h d French armies has been
utnni.li Kv the War Department.
Adjutant-General McCain announced
tnnls-ht that a number would be
stamped on the metal identification tag
...h aolrtier ia reauired to wear and
that a similar number win it piacea
nnnA.it. the man's name In the ir
Ii.n.rtiTient roster.
The new system will be put Into ef
fect February Is and thereafter an
men entering tha service will be given
numbered tag when enrolled. By
this arrangement the department hopes
that ther will be no possibility ot oi
floJala not being able to Identify sol
dlers bodies because of Blank tags
each aa worn bv some of the men who
went down on the I uscania.
New. disoatchas today said Diann
tan were found on the bodies Of 44
men washed ashore, although Army
regulations require that the soldier's
name must bo stamped on the tag. even
though he ia not asalltned to an or
ganisation. When he Is assigned, regi
ment and company designation and his
individual number In that company ia
to he added Immediately to the other
side of the tar.
The new identification system nas
been in preparation for some time, and
was careruliy worxea out oy me au-Jutant-General.
Extreme care has been
taken to obviate any doubt as to the
Identity of a soldier who may be killed
ne wnunded
Consecutive numbers will not oe
s-tven men of the same surname. The
numbers will never be changed and
will never bo assigned to other men.
Th numbers will start at 'One ana
continue without limit, and no alpha
betlcal prefix or affix will accompany
them.
Blocks of numbers will e anonea
br the Adjutant-General to General
Pershing, department commander, com
manding officers of divisional camp,
ports of embarkation and recruit
depots.
Th department thinks it unneces
sary to number officers and civilians
In the service, but should it b deemed
necessary later the process will be In
dependent of the enlisted men. The
British number neither otricers nor civ
lllsns. The French number officers,
but not civilian.
As It wlirtake some time to number
soldiers' records at th war Depart
ment, commanders hav been instruct
d to Include in' casualty reports the
full name, grade and organization ot
ach man reported, as well as his num
ber after numbers have been assigned.
WOMEN SAVE Mi; FROM SEA
Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Parous Cred
ited With Heroic Work.
LONDON. Feb. t. Th correspondent
ef th press association at an Irish port
says survivor, there ot the Tuscania
were greatly relieved to hear of the
safe arrival elsewhere of Major Ben
jamin F. Wade, of Washington, com
mander of a contingent of the steamer.
nd hundreds of American troops.
Th only two women on board, th
correspondent's scconnt saya, Mrs. Col
lins and Mrs. Parsons, went down a
rop Into a lifeboat. Th former said
that when their boat left the Tuscania
many of the troopa had been thrown
out In lowering tha next boat.
We wer Immediately surrounded by
sn la th Icy water wearing lift
its," she said. "We had only two
men la our boat who oould maaag thi
oars. They did their best, and as we
cam across a swimming, or floating
man, we gathered him Into the boat
Soon the boat was full. Eventually we
got on board a destroyer. I don't re
member a harder bit of work."
A soldier who heard Mrs. Collins, a
stewardess, tell the story, said: "Yes,
and you did as much as the best man In
the world could have done. I was In
your boat and saw you."
PEXDLETOX PEOPLE AXXIOCS
Several Umatilla Boys May ' Have
Been Aboard Tuscania.
PENDLETON. Or, Feb. 8. (Special.)
Several Umatilla County families are
anxiously awaiting the announcement
of, the survivors of the Tuscania, hop
ing that relatives and friends who were
expected to leave about the time the
Tuscania sailed may have escaped or
have been on some other vessel.
William Lee and Albert Warner, of
Pilot Rock, are members of the 20th
Engineers and may have been on board
Claude Gaines, brother of Mrs. Homer L
Watts, of Athena. Is supposed to have
been a member of the Eng-ineers Bat'
tallon on board. Clarence Norgren.
brother ot Miss Olga Norgren, la a
member of Company D, 20th Engineers,
ss are Frank R. -Hayes, brother of Mrs.
Wlllard Bond, and John Doane, son of
Mrs. J. N. Doane. former Pendleton
woman.
MORE SCRVIVORS REACH PORT
Captain and American Members of
Crew Arrive at Glasgow.
GLASGOW, Scotland. Feb. 8. Other
survivors from the Tuscania, Including
Captain McLean and a number of
American members of the crew, arrived
today from a Scottish port. Many rel
atives awaited the arrival, and touch
ing scenes were witnessed when some
earned that expected ones had not ar
rived.
The survivors ar garbed In an as
sortment of clothes which they had
picked up when landed. Captain Mc
Lean looked well, but refused to make
a statement.
The engine-room storekeeper said
when he found th Tuscania was likely
to float for some time he saved aome
cash and other trinkets before getting
away.
VANCOUVER PEOPLE WORRIED
Many Local Boys Included in Troops
on Transport Tuscania.
.VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 8 (Spe
cial.) The war is brought closer to
Vancouver than ever before since the
sinking of th Tuscania, as quit a
number from this city were known to
have been on the ill-fated vessel.
Among thos known to have been on
ar Robert J. Snodgrass, Arthur a.
Baugh. Clareno C Norgren. William
O. Wilaon. Charles L. Hall, Harold J.
Roberta. Wallace Hall and Lewis Halt
Several others, including Captain Gra
ham Steel, who would have been on the
boat, wer transferred to other places
befor she sailed. Nothing haa been
heard direct from th survivors here
yet, and relatives and friends ar
anxiously awaiting th first news.
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Safe Arrival of Two in Ireland Has
Been Reported.
OREGON CITY. Or Feb. 8. (So.
claL) Among th Oregon boys who commission.
were on the Tuscania were several
from Clackamas County. These were
Robert Snodgrass, son of Robert Snod
grass, of Meadowbrook; Sergeant An-
tone B. Chlndgren and his brother,
Reuben Chlndgren, of Colton, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Chlndgren, of that
place: Verner G. Brandland. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Brandland. of Colton. It is
understood that word was received of
the safe arrival of the Chlndgren boys
in Ireland.
Walter Kimmell. instructor of th
manual training- class of the Oregon
City High School, has a brother, Cyrus
Kimmell. who is with the zutn Hinei
neers. He enlistea just Deiore tjnrist
mas at Lebanon. No word has been re
ceived regarding him.
KLAMATH FALLS BOYS ABOARD
E. F. Parker, W. B. Spencer and F.
Chilton Believed 'to Have Sailed.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Feb.- 8.
(SDeclal.) That Edward F. Parker,
brother of Miss Augusta B. and Miss
Gertrude Parker and Mrs. Elbert S.
Veatch, of this city, was on board the
Tuacania is the belief of his relatives
her. Mr. Parker was enlisted in Com
DZny D of the 20th Engineers. He en
tered the service from Bend. He had
notified his family that he would sail
about the time the Tuscania is thought
to have left.
William B. Spencer, son of Eugene
Spencer, of Spencer Station, near here,
la thought to have been aboard, and
also Freeman Chilton, brother of Mrs.
A. J. Lyle. of this city.
TWO ECGEXE MEN OX LEVER
Lieutenant Foltx and Private Gur
ney Torpedo Victims.
UNIVERSITY. OF OREGON, Eugene,
Feb. 8. (SpeclaL) Two university
students. Lieutenant Frank L. Foltx, of
Hood River, and James Gurney, of
Glide, Or, were among th men from
this state on board the troopship Tus
cania, torpedoed qff the coast of Ire
land Tuesday.
Lieutenant Foltx was an unattached
officer of Field Artillery and Gurney
was a private in th 20th "Engineers
Lieutenant Folts gave up his studies to
enter the second officers training
camp at the Presidio, where he won hia
He Is a member -of th
Oregon Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega
Private Gurney entered the university
last Fall as a freshman, but withdrew
Just before Thanksgiving to enlist.
COLLEGE MEX ARE LISTED
Students on Tuscania and in 20th
Engineers Made Known.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Or., Feb. 8. (Spe
cial.) The registrar office has com
piled a list of college boys known to
have been on the Tuscania and a list
of those in the 20th Engineers.
The list of O. A. C. men known to
have been on the . Tuscania includes:
Vernon Branland. Colton, Or., school of
commerce; Anthony B. Chlndgren, Port
land, agriculture; Frank L. Clark,
Portland, agriculture; Charles John
ston and Clarence Johnston, Portland,
forestry; Gus G. Johnson, Irving,
Wash., .pharmacy: Clarence Norgren,
Vancouver, Wash., agriculture; William
Williams, Portland, electrical engineer
ing.
Men in 20th Engineers: J. B. Clancy,
Woodland, Wash., logging engineer
F. P. Cronemiller, Lakeview, forestry;
Owen -Johnson, Quincy, Wash., agrl
culture; Walter Lankenau, New York
City, forestry; L. B. Oliver, Burns, Or.
commerce; J. R. Phillips, Corvallis, ag
riculture; L. C. Richey, Corvallis, for
estry; Joseph Steele, Portland, 'forest
ry: tZ Wheeler, Strathmore, Cal., for
estry; Ellsworth Young, Earl Hayslop,
Vancouver, .Wash., forestry; Professor
BJ. M. Buol, Corvallis, a. C. JUoame,
Pasadena, Cal., logging engineer.
Seattle Boy on Tuscania.
SEATTLE, Feb. 8. William . W.
Cooper, aged 26, of Seattle, a son of
Professor Frank B. Cooper, City Super
intendent of the Seattle schools, was
aboard the Tuscania, according to
telegram received here today by Pro
feasor Cooper from Congressman J. r.
Miller at Washington, cooper enuscea
in the 20th Engineer.
Cottage Grove Awaits Word.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Feb. 8.
(Special.) A number of Cottage Grove
boys, members of different companies
of the engineering corps, were expected
to sail at about th time the Tuscania
left an American port The last re
port received here was that several of
them had been quarantined and it may
be that they have not yet sailed, but
friends- and relatives here are anxious.
In 18S9 there were in France 10,743
miles of railroad track; in 1912 there
were 31,546 miles. Between 1869 and
1912 inland navigation increased 150
per cent. The tonnage entering French
ports in 1869 is set down at 11,000,000.
In 191 this naa Deen increased to
63.000,000 tons.
Robert It. Rankin, Chief Deputy, Is
Placed in Charge of Office Pend
ing Regular Appointment.
Statement Is Issued.
Clarence I. Reames, Federal prose
cutor for Oregon, retired yesterday fol
lowing the receipt of news from Wash
ington that his resignation ari United
States Attorney had been accepted. Fed
eral Judges Bean and Wolverton im
mediately joined in appointing Robert
R. Rankin, chief deputy under Mr.
Reames, to serve' as United States At
torney until a successor to Mr. Reames
has been formally appointed and con
firmed. - -
The resignation of Mr. Reamea had
already been reported unofficially. It
was filed at Washington about two
weeks ago and Its acceptance was de
ferred bo that he could close a number
of important matters pending in his of
fice. Mr. Reames was serving his sec
ond terra, which would not have ex
pired until June 1, 1931. His purpose
in quitting the place was to enable him
to accept appointment as special assist
ant to the Attorney-General.
New Appointment Expected.
The appointment of Mr. Reames to
that position is expected today. Until
it has been made, Mr. Reames will not
discuss the nature of the work in which
h will be engaged. Neither does he
know where he will be stationed, al
though he expects to assist in handling
the increased volume of business in the
Attorney-General's office resulting from
the war and the enforcement of the
many Federal statutes in connection
therewith.
At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, foN
lowing the announcement . of Mr.
Reames' resignation and the appoint
ment of Mr. Rankin as hit temporary
successor, Judge Bean administered the.
oath of office to Mr. Rankin, who will
formally, assume charge of the office
this morning and name his assistants.
It is with feelings of regret that L
learn of your resignation," said Judge
Bean, addressing Mr. Reames. "I ap-.
predate the work you . have done at
United States Attorney and. know, how
ably you have discharged the duties of
the office, you have greatly lightened
the work of the court and I sincerely
hope you will find your new employ
ment most. pleasant." - -
Reamea Issues Statement.
Mr. Reames yesterday made the fol
lowing statement regarding his resig
nation and his reasons for that action:
I was advised by the Attorney-General
two weeks aero that in his opinion the tims
had arrived when I could be of better serv
ice to the Government in the capacity, of
special assistant to the Attorney-General,
and was asked if I would accept the promo
tion with the iindenitanding; that the -new
i tv wuuia oa( lusiwriy wttr work .uu
that It would be . TTecessary-for-tpi. to at
least temporarily give up my official, resi
dence in the state of Oregon. I replied
that I was willing to go anywhere and per
form any duty that the department be
lieved would be of assistance to the uov
ernment at this time-
Accordingly and- In order that I might -
accept the Dew appointment, I have tendered
for Oregon and have Just been advised that
the resignation has been accepted, effec
tive at the close of business today.
The aDDOintment of a united States At
torney for Oregon will be made by the Attorney-General
and undoubtedly upon th.
recommendation of Senator Chamberlain.
The only thing that will be taken into con
sideration in the matter of the new ap- .
pointment will be to secure the best Quali
fied lawyer in the stats who Is willing to
make the sacrifice at this time and accept
the appointment.
It is with w feeling of regret that I sever
my official residence in Oregon, for I was
born in Oregon and have lived my entire
life here. I have felt, however, that in
response to the request that was made upon
me there was no other course to pursue
than the one I have taken.
Hsney May Get Place.
Speculation as to Mr. Reames' suc
cessor was only increased yesterday by
the announcement of his resignation.
As nearly as can be ascertained the sit
uation is this: -Senator Chamberlain
has tendered the appointment to Bert
E. Haney, ex-chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee. Haney
is not inclined to quit his law office for
the job, although he may accept the ap
pointment. If Haney finally turns
down the offer, it is understood Cham
berlain's second choice is John H. Stev
enson. The claims of Mr. Rankin,
Isaac Swett and Judge Samuel White,
chairman of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee, however, are ' being
strongly urged.
SPY FOUND ON DUTCH BOAT
Federal Agents Seize One', of Hun
Emissaries on Xicw Amsterdam.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Feb. 8. A
German spy ,was reported tonight to .
have been found among 40 first and
second-cabin passengers of the Dutch
liner Nieuw Amsterdam, who earlier
in the day were detained by Federal
agents for examination. -
The spy's name was not given out.
Harrisburg- Dedicates Flag. '
HARRISBURG, Or.. Feb. 8. (Spe
cial.) The Harrisburg High School to
day dedicated a service flag to its 17
former members now in the service. A
most Impressive ceremony was given at
the dedication, including an address by
R. W. Davis, of this city. The flag
was unfurled by Linn Holt, president
of the associated student body.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
To Break Up a Cold
Mrs. William Ackerman, Col
linsville, 111., writes: "Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy will break
up a cold on the lungs the quick
est of anything I know of."