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TITE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, 3fAKCn 1918. JAPANESE WAITING, WATCHING SIBERIA -Precipitate Action Not to Taken AH Allies Under- V . Stand Policy. Be U. S. ATTITUDE UNCHANGED r -lllirr .rnl Xor lirnl - Jrrl, for Mmple Kravjn Tliat ".; filiation Tbits t ar )(ai x Jirquirctl o Declaration. 7 IvOXl-OV. March f. At a matins of - a special diplomatic comraiioa In T-ki- n Monday, a Hauler dispatch from that cily reports the leader of eiyokal prented the decfslon of -the party aolnat the moving- of troop Utr Jpan rirrpt In the event of a more crlous devetnpmetit lahirh may prove to be a menace to the situation in the "ar Kat. " The rviik.il or ('institutional party I the larae.it In the ltiu.e of Krp rexentativr. with Hi deputies out of .A total of 351. - The !a!ly Mail toUav print a dis .patch from Tientsin under Monday's date which Quotes a telegram from I'ort Arthur as stating that the ar ranjrements retarding Japan'a inter 'ention In Siberia hate been, made by tne . Dies. Berber Illaardrra HeaorteW. The Tien Tin messaae contains fur fhrr reports of disordered conditions in the border area. Kirhlir.it Is said to he proceeding at Chita between Buriat ""sa as and) Bolshevik! forces, while Tiumt-rous disturbing; reports from the border provinces eicard:na the arlivl-t:-s of Cerman Intriguers are bclnsr re-civ.-.i rt Tekinc. The Tiine. t'ahin't. the mas.-acc atatr. has definitely decided upon full t co-operation with Japan and Is sending defecates to the Japanese for consultations on military affairs. The hineee frovdnmcnt. it is said, will also a.ik Japan to send military dcle atatea tn China. Owlne; tn the external danrer. the T-ei.- adds, it Is expected that North .and) fouth China, will cease their nuar- , 7'lnt and unite aa-ain.n the Siberian "snenace. Tuan i"hi-Jul Is reported to be vnnductinc; all tbe arranicenienta to this t r. - The mllitarv covemor at Kirln. Man rhuna. has telecraphed to Pekln bes Iinr that relntorcrmenta be sent as soon as poe.i'le. adds the inessaee. as .hostile forces are approaching North ern MtnrKu'la. Tl'e dipatt h quotes a messaice to the -J-'orth Chin Mall from Harbin report In? that the Bol.ohevifcl have seized Tolling; stock on the Chinese Kastern TIailmay to the westward of nrhull .and are dtsnrsranUmcf the traftic. " WASHINGTON. March Adminis tration officials ar somewhat dis turbed at the various Interpretations .elnc placed on the attitude of the riovernmert toward Japan'a prospective .action In Liberia. The statement that the I'nite States Ja tn accord in principle with Japan's T!ns. supposing; always that action is .sieceseary. has been interpreted In some i-patrhes to mean that the I nlted tates has unlH to the plan, and the further statement that the I'nited states J not assented has been construed n others to mean that the Government r?a wtrhheM Its assent. - Tse various statements are alt irn illy recarded as a play upon words I a time when official announcement ft the evaet status of the situation is kerna" withheld. Mean nomination for Councilman from 1 W. H. Holllnrer in the First Ward; J II. E. Bailey defeated O. A. Miller in the Second: J. M. Bowea beat J- A. uraham In the Fourth, and J. li. Walker over came Krenst Aldrlch in the Fifth yesterday's city primaries. These were the only four contests for the nom Inations on the Republican ticket. T. H. Hill waa nominated for Cit Treasurer without opposition: P. Clark for City Clerk; K. E. Tasrgart for I'ollce Judjre; John Frsier for Coun cl!man from the Third Ward, and L. L. Alexander for Councilman front tke Third Ward. The total vote yesterday was less than too. of which only it were polled for Socialist candidates. The election waa marked by the greatest apath displayed In an election held here In years. Aberdeen has a population of close to ILyo, City Census Enumerator , W. Hart told the City Council tonight and atepa now are being taken to mak this city one of tha first class. Th census shows that Aberdeen enjoyed a growth of 1000 In the past eeve years. Plans now are being made fo the election of IS freeholders to draft a new city charter. ROAD WORK MUST WAIT HH.IIWA1" t'OMMISMOX NOT TO MIKE APPOKTIOMFVT. Halt la Called I atll Washlngtoa 1 fersss Beard aa Kmteat Opera lieas May He Carried. Further apportionment of funds for hardsurfacing will not be made by the State Highway Commission pending advices from Washington as to the ex tent construction under direction of the Commission can be carried on in Oregon this er. This policy was de cidcd upon si a special meeting held tn this city Tuesday, attended by Com' misstonera Thompeon and Adams. Commissioner Thompson reported that he had been advised that tbe capt tal issues committee of the Fcdera Reserve Bank had recommended ai prove I of the proposed Issue of .'00.- 000 of road bonds on condition that the funilei derived therefrom, together with all other available money for road building this year, be expended on the Pacific and Columbia highways. It was announced that bids for the sale of the bonds would be opened soon. Commissioner Adams announced that he would oppose the expenditure of any part of the $600,000 that wi;i be available to the Commission this year from the mlllage tax and automobile licenses In hardsurfarlna; only the two main trunk highways. He took the poaition that such a course would not be fair to other sections of the state. A contract for the construction of the I'mpqua Itiver bridge whs given to the Portland Bridge Company for $18, 7J0. Ban field & Parker received the contract for a bridge across Hood rtiver for I.1S.SH. DUTYGALLS CHRISTIANS -WORKER OR MHRKF.RX. WHICH f -RKV. II. I- TRPIIKXS TOPIC. Haadred Meally Hear Kaatrra Kvaa. elUt at Meetiaga Held la Cea tewary M. K. Charrh. Can Waae far .Uwsl. Japan, so far as ran be learned, has Yevcr ad tha approval of the I ntted Mates to her plana, consequently there I nothing fr tbe I'nited States to SJnl t o. the other hand, the fact that the I'nited M'ate. In the circumstances. Is fiot aaeentlng to the plan la not tn be rnnsrrtied. in the absence of official announcement to that effect, as ri I "" that as-eni has been withheld In ine tiipioma'lc r. or the term The I nited State- has been advised f Japan'a feeling through Japan'a ally. v. real r.rtram. and these two govern Jrien's are discusslnc the situation In tine light or the Angln-Jepanes agree neni 10- m preservation of a status In tha tar un. Tt has been pointed oat tn State Pa- rartmenl ornrials that the Anglo Jaraneie pact Is essentially conserva tive in spirit and that, so far from ron lemriar-ng or countenancing aggres sive action on tha part of either Ureal II.-1 tain or Japan with tha purpose of extending-their terrr.orlal possessions l-i the Ear Kast. the purpose Is direct IV opposite and aimed to conserve the aresert status of both nattona. 10 in s en 1. tt waa round necesaary to pledge each of them to combine to resist any other nation that might at tack cither of them in the Kaau enui 1 1 lack Feared. neporra reaming japan I rom manv Quarter in plbena have convinced the Japanese government that Just such an 'lack is to be feared from tlermsnv tf not directly, then by stirring up th aj.ineTim m Liberia. Whether this apprehension la well rounded Is declared, to b entirely . within tha judgment of the Japanese ; themselves, though tt la probable they wouii reel it necessary to convince their special ally. Urear Britain, of th , Xact before takln action. Having reached a decision, however, . 1 that It would ba necessary for japan to do tn regard to other nations I would be. as a matter of courtesy, to Inform them of her purposes. K As Japan s special ally. Crest Rritaln repreeented as having confidence tn ; Japan s Intentions and has sought to Impart titat confidence to th Lotted ; states, not wtth a view to seeking any active cwoperatton In a biberian cam .paign. but simply to allav any feeling . of apprehension that might develop to this country that Japan Intends 10 ex- ; tend her sovereignty over Siberia per 1 manently. It Is believed that th fttat Depart iment has been convinced on this point, - but does not consider It necesaary to 'revord Itself either affirmatively or egatlvely. At th una time. It Is understood. - Japan understands that the I'nited . state Is giving thought to th moral . effect In Rueta of such action" and would feel that the absolute necessity j should be apparent before It la taken. These vtews have been expressed to ' tlreat Britain, which, as an tnterme- d ary. advised th I'nited gtatea of Japaa's v lews. ABERDEEN'S VOTE IS LIGHT -'With Popnlatloa of S 1,000 I-ss : Than 0 On to Tolls. sPCnPKK.V. TVash. March 5pe ' Uai. W. H. Cldaaer sol Lb Kcputf, "Worker or Shirkers. Which' was the subject of Rev. H. U Stephens' address In Centenary Methodist Church last night. Rev. Mr. Stephens, an Kost ern evangelist. Is holding a series of meetings at Centenary and Is speaking nlarhtly to hundreds. Tomorrow the ministers of the Kast Side will hold a get-toaether meeting tn plan for special revivals in their churches and for representation each night at the Stephens meetings. "There Is a call for all professing Christians to rally to the cause they profess." said Mr. Stephens last nlt-ht. In stirring terms he placed responsi bility for their faith upon his hearers. "Mome people are like an old Southern mule." raid the evahsehat. "They move un Just far enough to do a lot of dam age. This mule, having Its usual stunt of balking, stopped In te middle of the road. The old colored man Jtrmped out I of the cart, a- I he red a large armful of leaves, put I hern under the mule and set fire to them. The mule moved up four feet, and Instead of the mule being burned, the fire burned np the cart. Rev. Mr. Steph.-ns had a conference with all the men of the church at the rloee of the service and Mrs. Stephens spoke to the women. MURDER OF SV AYIIE NOT FIXED BY STATE Testimony Presented in Trial of Oscar Main Disappoint irfg and EndS Abruptly. DOMESTIC TROUBLE SLIGHT Coffman said, Swayne had been drink- ins; and really had a gun on hand at the time of bis threat that If his wife went to the Main home to stay that night she would never return alive. ! Mr. Coffman said when he cautioned! Main about his attentions toward Mrs. Swayne the latter promised to discon tinue his intimacy. It developed on cross-examination that there has been tiad blood between Mr. Coffman and Mr. Main for some time. Detective Braund, of Tacoma, told of having gone to the Main home while investigating: the murder and had found Main willing:. and ready to talk of the case and to give any information he could. So flimsy" and remotely circumstan tial does the defense consider the evi dence produced by the state that a mo tion likely will be made tomorrow lor a directed verdict. Ol B IBBMIHB li weia Chesterfield Clothes Defense Conldcrs Cac of Prose cutor so Remotely Circumstantial Motion Likely Will Me. Made tor Directed Verdict. GRANGE PLANS GOOD TIME Initiation. Spcerhc. and Old-T'a-h- ionrd Dinner on Procramme. I-rt Cranes will hold an Interest' Ing meeting at -Oddfellows ball. Lents, -Saturday, commencing at 10:30. under direction of T. J. Krueder. grange mas ter. 1-irst and second degnee classes lit ba Initiated, and an old-fashioned country dinner wlll'be served at noon. The lecture hour will begin at 1:IS. with nllson Renefiel presiding. Roe roe Hura.1 will speak on "Some M'esk Spots In Criminal Law." "Tho Rigger ray roll will be discussed by A. U. Clark. -Small Kruits and Their Care" III be th topic of Professor Drown. of Oregon Agricultural College. Other feature wilt completo th programme. JUDGES HOLD UNTIL 1921 Ailornry-Grnrral Pae on Terms In Multnomah County. S A l.EM. Or.. March . (Special.) Terms of th district Judges in Multno mah County expire January 1. 1: I. and not Janutry 2. 119. So District Attorney tana af that county waa ad vised In an opinion today by Attorney- General Brown. Th .question was raised as to whether tfere would be vacanclea tn thla court to be filled at the coming election. The Attorney-;eneral held that by the creation of the District Court in Ull entirely new offices were created and that the Judges elected In 1)11 wer elected to th nw office for terms of six years. FREDERICK GATCHET DEAD Funeral Services Will Re Held Chapel of I .oca I I'ndcrtakrr. In Frederick i. Oatchet died at his home. 1111 Kast Ninth street North, yesterday at th ag of II years. H a born In Portland in MM. Those surviving htm ar flv sisters. Mrs. Anna McMahon. Mrs. Clara I'ort h. Mrs. Margaret Stipe. Mrs. Edna McKls- sirk. all cf this city, and Mrs. Martha Korrrst. of Pendleton:' and two brothers. Charles R. Catchet. of this elty. and Francls L. tiatchet. of the United Mates Navy at San Dteco. Cal. funeral services will be held from th J. P. Flnley at Son chapel, th day and time of which will be announced later. Phone your want ads to Th Oreso- tun. ;;o( a to., CHEHALIS. 'Wash.. March . (Spe cial.) The stste today completed weav ing Its chain of circumstantial evl denco about Oscar Main. Xapavine bus iness man charged with the brutal murder of his closest friend. Fred Swayne, January S. An audible gasp went the rounds of th courtroom when the prosecution unexpectedly announced its last wit ness late today. Disappointment loomed In the face of the room full of men and women, principally women, who had come early this morn in ir and sacri ficed dinner In order that they might retain seats or standing room in the small courtroom to hear what they had expected would be told. The crowd was so great at the open ng of the session that the court or dered part of the room cleared for fear of a collapse of the courthouse. Maay Things Sot Proved. Tha state's. case did not measure up to the advance promises of Prosecutor Allen, as far aa the domestic troubles of the Swayne and Main families were concerned and the relations these af fairs bore to the tragedy. Many hing.i Mr. Allen said he would prove n this and other connections were not even touched on In the testimony presented The state produced one witness who estlfied that on the day of the mur der he had seen Main enter the Swayne tore, where the murder occurred. Twe-Mostka-Old Quarrel Recited. Another witness said he saw Main near the store on the day. Two others said they saw him coming from the di rection of the store at about the time he murder la supposed to have been committed. Another told of having seen a shingle hatchet In the woodshed t Main's home a year before the ragedy. Another told that he heard Mr. Swayne, the murdered man, and his wife quarrel once, about two months before the tragedy, and an ther told of having noted Intimacy between Mr. Main and Mrs. Swayne. The state presented no testimony to upport some of the things Prosecuting ttorney Allen said In the beginning of be trial would be proved. Entrance Stare Told Of. Robert Hodce. of Xapavine, told of avlng seen Main go into the Pwaype tor on the day of th murder. "1 as working In the yard." he said when at somewhere between 3:50 and OS o'clock I saw Main come around he store building and enter through back door. In fact, I saw two men her that day." On cross-examination Hodge became badly confused when asked why he had not reported until a week or so ago hat he had seen Main enter the place nd also whr In relating the fact to wife after the murder he had not mentioned Main's name, but had ssid saw "a man" enter the place. Also was asked why he said 10 days ago, hen questioned on the subject, that e knew nothing of the affair. It area Rtnaes Delay. He ssid In answer to this that he as arrald to tell what he Knew. I as afraid Main would come over and kill me." he testified. "Homebody came up on my porch the Wednesday after the trial and 1 became badly fright ened and did not open the -door." fheriff Rerry testified that It was his opinion, sfter examining the wounds which csiised the death of Swayne. thst they wero Indicted by a shincle hatchet. C I. Lloyd testified that lie worked for Main about a year ago, and saw a shingle hatchet In his woodshed. Charles Braund, a Tacoma detective, ssid he made a search of the Main premises four days after the murder and found no such hatchet as Lloyd bad said had been there. Olrl Telia f Family Quarrel. Kthel Tschudln, 1 years old. testi fied that In November, while she was employed at the Hwayne home, the Hwaynea had a quarrel because Mrs. Swayne and Mr. Main had driven home from Chehalls In Main's automobile without waiting In Chehalls for Swayne. "Mr. Swayne was very mad." said the girl, "and Mrs. Swayne told him she was going over to th Mains tn stay that night. He told her if she did she'd never get back alive." The girl testified that this was the only quarrel she had ever heard be tween them, and that after that event th Swayne and Main families were to getber at each other's homes and at other places often. C. P. Lloyd told of having eeen a light In the Swayne store at S o'clock on the afternoon of the murder. He went past Main's office on the same street and saw him there, then went over to the depot. At about 5:3i h said he again passed the Swayne store and there was no light burning. Three Boys Meet Mala oa Street. Paul Lloyd, 13 years old, son of C. P. IJoyd. told the same story, adding that he went past the store before his father did on the return trip from the depot nd saw Main standing near there. This waa at 6:20 aa a train pulled in to th depot of Xapavine near the Swayne store. Phillip Wagner and Jennings Lenhart, both boys, reported having seen Main coming from th direction of the Swayne store at about 6:1S o clock. They said he spoke to them as he passed. R. V. Claunch, formerly of Isapavlne, told of having seen Main and Swayne In Swayne's tore four days before the tragedy engaged In an argument. Brother-la -Law Gives Warning. Abe Coffman, brother-in-law of Main, told or having heard or domestic trou bles between Mr. and Mrs. Swayne and he decided that the cause of the trouble waa the fact that Main and Mrs. Swayne wer going on automobile trips to gether. He said ha called Main to his office one day at Chehalls and told Main that be was the chief trouble be- lrnn tha Slm-avnaa inH ha hart kali.. cut out his attentions to her or "therel will be a shooting scrap and you'll be In on It." He said Swayne had never told him that Main waa the cause of the do mestic trouble, but he had reached that conclusion of his own aaccord. Ha aaid he cautioned Mrs. Swayne also and she denied anything being wrong. She aaid tha quarreling had been going on for years. At the time of th quarrel between six. avisd, JIra, Swayne. 4a JNovembex, MRS. LATOURELL DEAD DAUGHTER OF RICHARD Ol'GH BORA IX OREGON IS 1543. Famoas Falls ef Oregon Xamed After Husband Whose Donation Land - Claim Was Taken I p Near. Mrs. Grace Latourell. & native of Oregon, died early yesterday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital at the age of 75. Mrs. Latourell waa the daughter of Richard Ougb, who came to the Oregon country as a representa tive of the Hudson Bay Company in 1838, more than 10 years before the first gold rush to California. She was married in 1S59 to Joseph Latourell, who had come to this terrl tory the year before, and the two made their homo on a land claim In Kastern Multnomah County near the falls that bear the family name. Four children survive. They are Joseph C. and Henry A. Latourell, Mrs. Alice Courier and Mrs. Clara Larsson. Two . brothers, Fred Ough. of Corbett. Or., and B. J. Ough, of North Yakima. Wash., also survive, as well as a sister, Mrs. Samuel Cambrous, of Wathougal. Wash. Mrs. Latourell was prominent for many years in the affairs of the East Multnomah Pioneer Association, and was for several years honorary presi dent of the organization. The chief cause of death was i broken hip suffered in a fall early last November. Because of her advanced age, Mrs. Latourell was unable to recover. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the chapel of R. T. Byrnes. (Ml Williams avenue. Burial will be in Douglas Cemetery at Troutdaln. I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM NEW YORK MAR KET, AND WHEN I SPEAK NOW I SPEAK WITH KNOWLEDGE. The cost of CLOTHES for next season will be 100 per cent more in the wholesale cost than last season. You know what that will mean to you when you buy clothes. Our profit-sharing policy will help you out a lot during these times of high prices. We will save you one-half the regular profit charged by other stores. Compare Gray's Compare Gray's ADVICE GIVEN JAPAN DR. 1V4ZO N I TO BE, EDl'CATED !' A 31 ERICA. TALKS IN OSAKA. Increasing Attention to Kmlgratlon Is Vrged as Meana of Promoting Industry and Trade. TOKIO. Feb. 7. Increasing atten- ion should be paid by Japan to emi gration as a means toward promoting her industry and her trade with other countries. It was argued by. Dr. Inao Nltobe at a recent meeting in Osaka of the Oriental Emigration Society, at tended by more than 1000 citizens. Dr. Nltobe, whose address was the leading one delivered at the meeting. Is widely known in the United States, where he was exchange professor in 1912-13. He was educated at Johns Hopkins and in Germany, and Is pro fessor of the Imperial University and counsellor of the association, which is a semi-official body. In his address Ir. Nltobe dwelt on the strength which had come to Ger many through the development of her colonization. In conjunction with her trad and Industry. Or. Nitohe then proceeded to show that Japan's failure In her emigration enterprise has been due to the reluc tance of the Japanese abroad to assim ilate with the peoples of the countrie to which they go, as well as to thei country In point of education and po lltical knowledge. To these facts, and their conservative attachment to in herited vicious habits, he attributed anti-Japanese movements In America and elsewhere. Suits and Overcoats with those sold by other stores for $25.00 and $30.00. Suits and Overcoats with those sold by other stores for $35, $40, $45.00. When you have made comparison, then you will buy here, because the values We give are irresistible. U E a M FJ E3 H H rs u B H W IS B a H B a a a a B EH H 19 B 89 H n B H M n a M IBBBBOBaSUHBaBaDBSH GRAIN HANDLED IN BULK .MORROW COI'STY FARMERS DO JfOT LIKE 23-C'E.VT SACKS. Two Acs' (.rata Elevator . Companies Are Organised, One at lone and the Other at Junction City. HEPrNER. Or.. March 6. (Special.) Morrow County farmers are not pleased with tbe prospects of 25-cent wbeat sacks for tbe coming crop, and a large percentage, of the new crop will be handled in bulk. Organization of two new grain eie vator companies has Just been per fected by a number of leading farmers in tha lona n.rllfi-1 and contracts were I closed yesterday for the erection of plants at lone and at Jordan Siding. The lone plant la known as the Farm ers' Elevator Company and the one at Jordan Siding the Jordan levator Com Dan v. Each plant will have a capacity of 100.000 bushels, will be of concrete construction and will cost approximate ly $35,000. Weather conditions continue favora ble for wheat and the indications now are that the county will harvest a rec ord crop next season. UNION SETS FISH PRICES COST OF CHI.VOOK RAISED FIVE CENTS roiTSD. FUhernaen Say Adraaee Made - ecea- aary By High Cost of Living mmd f Fishing Equipment ASTORIA. Or., March 6. (Special.) Sixteen cents a pound for Chinook sal mon and white sturgeon; 13 cents a pound for steeiheads, silversides and grayllnga and seven cents a pound for green sturgeon. Those are the prices for raw fish as fixed by the Columbia River Fishermen.-' Protective Union to prevail on the Columbia River during the season when opens on May 1. These prices will be submitted at the conference with the Federal Food Ad ministration representatives which is is to be held in Portland, and which Secretary Lortensen of the Fishermens' I n Ion is to attend. The prices set for chinooks is about five cents a pound higher than the figure which prevailed . last season which was 10 rents a pound with a bonus or prac tically II cents a pound net. The fishermen aver that this ad vance Is warranted by the increased cost of ii villa And pi. CQiUpment used in fishing. For Instance, they assert. twine for nets lias advanced in price about 50 per cent during the. past year and otner tninga nave gone uu in proportion. The Union decided to take steps to seo that the gill-net drifting grounds are kept clear of fish traps and other obstructions. The secretary was in structed to ask permission from the United States Engineers to pull me old trap piles, CFpecially in the vi cinity of Sand Island and to also re quest the Department to remove an old beacon from the Frame cnannei a3 it is a menace to gill net opera CONTRACT ORDERED DRAWN Dcscrt Land Board Plans to Com plete Jordan Valley Project. SAT-.EM. Or., March 6. (Special.) The Desert Land Board today instruct ed Attorney-General Brown and state I-nirineer Lewis to prepare a contract to bo approved by the board, for hand ling the project of the Jordan Valley lind & Vater Company, in Malheur County. The project includes 46.0(hi acres, the laaid being in Oregon and the storage waters in Idaho. Maney Brothers, contractors, of Boise, com pleted a large part of the storage works without having a contract with the state and without the land being sr.gressted by the government and now are anxious to finish it so that in land mav be settled. State Engineer Lewis will leave for Vastiinarton soon to take up witn in Government the question of segregat Ing the land, and as soon as this Is don the contract between the titate and th company will be ready for signing. THIRD CLASS GOES Men Taking Ordnance Course Leave for Benicia. PAY WARRANTS OVERDUE Several Obliged to Borrow .Money for. Meals Pending Arrival of I'und Fourth Class to Meet During Coin ins Week. ELKS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Vancouver Lodge Will Hold Tobacco Shower for Men in Service. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 6. (Spe cial.) W. M. Salisbury was chosen ex alted ruler of Vancouver Lodge of Elks, No. 823. over the opposing candidate tieorgo Llod Davis. Other officers elected were: Arthur Fender, leading knieht: C. L. Pio, lecturing knight; I M. Elwell. loyal knight; Frank W. Blaker, re-elected secretary; James P. Clancy, re-elected treasurer; Lloyd uu Bo is. trustee. Henrv A. Monroe, deputy grand ex alted ruler, of Seattle, will pay an offi cial visit to the local lodge March Is, at which time a big meeting and recep tion will be held in his honor. On March 19 the Elks will hold a tobacco nhower for soldiers from the lodge now in service, and every one- there are 64 of them will receive a package of tobacco from the lodge. METHODIST PULPIT FILLED Kev. A. H. Thompson, of Wilming ton, Del., Comes to Vancouver. VAVCOTTVER. Warn.. March 6. (Spe cial.) Kev. A. tt. j. nomusuu, oi n mington Del., has been chosen to fill the nulDit of the First Methodist Church in this city, succeeding Benedict, who resigned suddenly Sev ern I VApkS AffO. While Mr. Thompsons present salary is 13000 a vear and a furnished par sonage. he desired to come West. He has a son in Casper. Wyo. He will not be here to assume nis new aunts unm about Anril 1. There were many applications ' for the local chsrge from many parts of the I'nited States, this being a desir able city in which to live and work. CONDITION STILL SERIOUS Earl Withycombe Will Xot Icave Hospital for Some Time Yet. SALEM. Or., March 6. (Special.) Earl Withycombe, ill at a hospital in Washington, D. C, was in such an ema ciated condition that his sister. Miss Mabel Withycombe, did not recognize him when she arrived at his bedside, according to a. letter received by her father. Clovernor Withycombe, today. However, the physicians report that he will undoubtedly recover, although he will be unable to leave the hospital for a month or o yet. His condition was caused by an attack of the meas les, complicated with pleurisy develop ments. Kead The. Oregoniaa classified .adX UXIVERSITT OF OREUO.V. Eusen., March 6. (Special.) After being ijold in Eugene . since Sunday awaiting transportation to Benicia, Cal.. during which time they had to pay for their own board and lodging, the men of the third university ordnance class left this afternoon in a special car. Their trans portation Is all that has been provided for and the men will have to pay for their own meals en route. It is prob able that they will be reimbursed later, according to Lieutenant C. C. Jeremiah, director of the ordnance school. The men were enlisted in the ord nanco corps before they came to the campus, seven weeks ago.'snd then ob tained a furlough of six weeks to lake the course of training given here. The last week of the course was ypent in Portland and their furloughs expired in that city last Saturday. Sine that time they have had to pay all of their expenses, including trans portation to Eugene, where tliey were ordered to mobilize before being sent to Benicia. where they will get six weeks' additional training. Several of the men have been without money for two or threo days and had to borrow enough to provide meals. As enlisted men they are paid 930 a month and were allowed 30 cents a day sustenance during the time they were on the campus, but their pay warrants had not arrived. The situation was one that could not be avoided." Lieutenant Jeremiah said this afternoon. "We did all we could here to get transportation for them as soon as their furloughs expired, but the delay was in Washington, where they have thousands of men to provide for daily." Lieutenant Jeremiah said that he realized the hardship thus worked on the men, but that he did not see how it was to be avoided. The fourth class will begin its work on the campus next week wiih S3 men i enrolled. The opening day is set for Monday, but Lieutenant Jeremiah says there will bra some del;iy in equipping the men at the Army depots. Each of tho men as he is indurled into tlie service by his local draft board will report at Vancouver Barracks to ho uniformed anil otherwise equipped. Sergeant Veinnn B. I'aiiley. of Camp Meado. Maryland, has been detailed as an assistant instructor for the fourth class and is expected to arrive the lat ter part of the week. HIGHWAY BONDS IN DEMAND Inquiries Kcoeivrrt at Salem .Buyers All Over Country. PAT-KM, Or.. March ft. (Special.) Outlook for the .sale of tho $500,000 worth of highway bonds for whirl, bids arc to be opened in fortland March l- seems to be partitMilarly bright. Numerous inquiries arc cominir in from bond buyers al! over the country, between 1" and JO having been received today alone by the dei-arlnient ofictis here. Many have a!o crime in lo Com missioner Thompson t 1'endloton, Greater interest lias been shown in this bloek of bonds than in jyiy other tinee the state becran .selling ro;id bond?. 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