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TITT! MOIZXTXG OREHOXIAX. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918. 3 GOVERNMENT FIRM Of! GASUALTY RULE War Department Determined to Withhold Addresses cf U. S. Victims. ORDER DEEMED NECESSARY AMERICAN' GENERAL IN COMMAND OF AMERICAN FIRST-LINE FORCES ON FRENCH FRONT. Official Drrlarf That, by Grain pov.o.lon of Amrrlraa Ilnll of Ira and YVoondcd Ge-rniana Caa Gala Valuable Hints. trASItrVJTOX. Harrh 19 The War ZVsartment mv no Indication of yietdin-s lit it determination to wtih hold the home dlreee of soldiers killed or wounded, or who die of other tause In Kraoce. Ka.in- Its po'iiiioii on the objection tfi Kr.-n'-h ri)rniiirnl malf to 'n- eral 1'ereliln.t attain! the Amert'-an method of t..uiriaT casually list. th department Inlerm ! meet hjectlon In lontrtM and Iron the puNllo with the answer tfc.t the old system l"-travs valual-I mltilarv Information to the m-m and the fact that HMfl rela ttves of soldiers are orftciallv notified lioora before ihcv could t toe lnfor- it)nttn from the newspapers. Wh-n Ke Adjutant-General office etose.1 toril-ht the daily casualty list had not Lrm re.-elved from General l'.r.)iiiiu. This has happened before nn Mndiif, and It is assumed that the raMe max ilupatrhrd loo late for trans luusion durinir t r- dy. t ml Rnreaa a't Handle. Th committee on puhlic Information maintain H stand that the mere ramf - if .ol.'t. rs without home ad dres.es to Identify them to the neigh bor, an. I friend, or prevent contusion with oihrr men of similar name, are tlevotd f news value that It mill not w...- i n tut. Therefore, the lists mill continue to b issued once a day from th olfice of Adjutant-General II 'Cam Poinrfnsr out that the French publish no casualty lirl at all. but merely notify the relative. War iN-partmmt ofTicUls rle a their explanation for the new move that the enemy by scanning the complete raiia lists a they have previously been Issued la enabled to piece out a fur Idea of the Identity of the troops confronting him. pjr -Mora, Made UtsTle-alt. Although, under the new plan. reU t!vc will be notified and. officials ev pert. puMUatlon of names of troop wl l find their way Into local news- papers. It Is felt that the publication will be widely scattered and that trie task of aacmhlin the names from all In, newspapers of the country and eonsol.ujtirtir thern Into military infor nation would be such a tremendous on that from th aspect of a spy system It Is practically Impossible. In the nrttier cities and town It is SI I. . ! T - W . I LI ...1-S.S. fc fi T;. ' U ' : ' ' . - i ; '. ' ! . V . -: ':! . ' ..V - M ' - ; ; V : v v . . w i " f " ' - ; . t - " 1T.v - v - t .1. V ' . .. - : f -', :, i i yf : i1y:r -yyVYmi ! '. ... .-4. f , :;? h t fit '. '----.:f. i- ' - A t I . . ' ;.V . -"- .. - ctv:?f; PRESS HEWS PERVERTS GERMANY Editors Poison and Color Re ports, Inserting Paragraphs Counteracting, Belittling. NATION RULES PAPERS rhbto by Lieutenant Ell R. rersbing. M tJOH-ftFATRAL HI TKR I.Hit.FTT. Major-Oeneral Hunter LlKKelt. formerly in command of the Western Department of the I'nlted "Stales Army, with headquarters at San Francisco. Is reported to be the officer In active command lo t the American ilrst-Ilne forces In the trenches of France. No official announcement as, to the Iden tity of the officer in command has been made. General LJpctt posed for the photoKraph shown here while he was in San Francisco. The pholoerapher, F.ll K. 1'trshinK. has since entered service a Lieutenant in the Army, having won bis commission In the officers' training; camp at ban Francisco. assumed the mer mention of a sol- 1 1 I rir?fUfl III llll II eier nam will lead to rrady identin- W I I Wl fl I I Ml 11 I M cation and publication without a area! n II III H I II I M lILLJ effort, but In th areat rule this is ac- I v sinnw iw urnmm corded well ntcn Impossible unless rela tives themselves notify th newspapers as they receive telegrams from th j iUr I part men L aaaev f we Frrsr . lm prop. loir.; quickly to send offi cial notifications to relatives, however. Itie War lepartmept is careful to warn th public that it must not Identify men by their n.sme alone, because there are many similarities of names In the rmy. In loss a man's relatives have re vived an official telcsram concerning him. th department sss. they must assum that some other man of the aame name Is rrfrrrsd to. L'ntll som other srrsngements. If any. are made, the War Ihrpartmenl plana to issue the casualty list once acb day. and persons flndlns; names they rerornUe will have to communi cate with relative of the man listed to I learn If it Is someone else of the eame same. Rich New Haven Man, Who Led Double Life, Gets License. HOUSEKEEPER TO BE BRIDE Manufacturer Gains Notoriety In 10 IS When Name la Linked With Lillian May Cook, Stenograph er. Who Commit Suicide. STAMFOIin. Conn.. March 10. A marriage license hs been issued. It was learned last nlant. to Vlriclnlua J. Mayo. New Haven manufacturer, and Lois D. Waterbury. who gave ber address as New Haven. NEW TOriK. March 18. The name of I-oi IX Waleroury was first linked with that of Vlrglnlus J. Mayo during the Investigation Into the suicide at New Haven of Lillian May Cook, a stenog rapher employed in his office. Her body was found at West Kock in March, 11S. Mayo was absolved by the Connecti cut State Attorney of criminal responsi bility for her death, but the Inquiry brought to light his affairs with vari ous women. It developed that he made weekly trips to Brooklyn, where he spent most of his time at a hous he owned in the fashionable 1'ark Slope section, which iriHrU Kr-nr.TnMl IS R R Pn occupied by a woman known to . w ww...ww (ne neighbor, B. Mrm, Dudley.- with .M, , nnn ,.. w . I her were two children she acknowl- i-nlly 50.000 I cople Attend Services tdgrd we h,r. MrB Dudiey. proved ARIZONA SHERIFF HONORED Ian W1h rvrprtrd Illsbee Men Dur ing Strike .Made Captain. i IX PASO. Te.. March 10 Harry heeter. sheriff of Cochise County. Arsons, who directed the deportation of IZ'i men from Rubra. Ariz., dur. Inc the copper miner' strike there last July, has received a commission as Captain of Cavalry In th t'nlted States. Army, and will be assigned to th J"th, Cavalry KeKlment to be or ganised at iHjiiKls. Ariz.. It was an nounced here today. Sheriff Wheeler formerly s. xa an en listed man in the I'nlted Xtates cavalry and later was captaia of the Arizona Kscttrj. of Great Irlh Leader. KINGSTOWN. Ireland. March . The body of John Redmond arrived here this morning and was conveyed by a epeclal train to Wexford, where It was burled In the family vault. Fully 35.00 people who had come from all parts of lrln.nd followed th coffin from the station to th Church of th Immaculat Conception, where the reejutem service was held. Among those present were officers of the Jlrltlsh and American naval forcea. VICTROLAS one a sieiiog Various styles and prices $20 Up Enjoy the best of music every day. We have Victrolas Violins Mandolins Pianos f.VwU1 M GeKJOHNSONPUNoCo. 14 Slvt. Pert I ad. xenux ritKtHD on pia.os. l Il-VE riuos. to be Miss Waterbury, rapher for Mayo. As a result of the Cook girl's suicide came the discovery by Mrs. Florence Mayo, of Fcranton, that Mayo was the man she married in in 0. when he was a widower with one child. She charged that he deserted her a few years later, leaving her with three little girls to support. She had supposed he was dead. She divorced him. When the Mrs. Mayo In Scranton claimed him aa her husband. Mrs. Wil- helmlna Meyer Mayo, who bad sup posed nerseii his wire for several, years. sued him for breach of promise and was awarded a verdict of $100.' . J dam ages last October. Khe also met Mayo wnue working (or him as a stenog rapher. Friends of Mayo In New Haven were amazed at the revelations of his dou ble life. He was highly respected as a Business man and gave liberally to charities. He was reputed to have amassed a fortune In automobiles and la patents on radiator device. SLAYER GIVEST0 WIDOW William Yolght Deeds Property to .Mrs. Earl Polrleff at KaUma. KALAMA. Wash.. March 10. (Spe cial William Votght. who is lodged In the County Jail her, for the con fessed murder of Earl Potrleff. has deeded all his property to the widow of the murdered run, for the love of whom be committed the murder. RANGERS KILL 8 BANDITS Texan Make Quirk Work of Mexi cans W1k Raid Ranch. CORPCS. CHRIST I. Tex.. March 10 Texas rangers, headed by Captains Will Wright and J. faunriera, with th as sistance of pcac officers said volun teers from Jim Hopg County, after be ing in the saddle 10 hours, have killed eight of the 20 Mexican bandits who raided the Tom Fast Hunch. 35 miles south of Hebronvtlle. Thursday night. Twelve of the bandits escaped Into Mexico. Two of the bandits were killed a few miles south of the Fast Ranch. Friday. Three others were killed later, while the band was fleeing toward the Rio Urande. After an all-night ride the posses again overtook the bandits yesterday near Sallneno. 35 miles west of Rio Grande City. Three more Mexicans were killed here, after which the ban dlts separated. 6U06ETT0TALS $135,000 CHAMBER OP COMMERCE PRE. PARES FOR ACTIVE YEAR. Approximately $100,000 Has Beea Al lotted for Development Work (10.. 0O0 Represent Industrial Activity. Executive offlcera of the Portland Chamber of Commerce have prepared a budget, aggregating ,135,000, which is deemed necessary to carry on the work of the organization for the fiscal year, 191S. Of that amount SlOO.Ouu is allotted to development work, the re maining 135.000 being allotted to rental for the club and Chamber offices and for maintenance of the aocial club. It is estimated that approximately $25,000 will be necessary for general Chamber and administrative expenses. including the salaries of the Chamber's special representative at Washington and the executive secretary and assist ants In the general office, and other incidental expenses not ' directly chargeable to the departments. An additional 125.000 Is asked for de partment work, which includes Indus, tries and manufactures. To the Ore. gon Development Bureau, under which comes the direction of the work of th land settlement commission, la allotted 5Z0.O00. The sum of $12,000 Is asked for com. roerce work, practically all of which will be used in the effort to get ship ping to the port, holding Buyers' week and other allied work. An item of $10,000 for Industrial publicity work will be made larger If th support of the Chamber warrants. A further item of $8000 Is provided to cover all bureau work, and $20,000 Tor maintenanoa of the social club activities. GERMANS LOSE 12 PLANES British Announce Success in Aerial Combats of Friday. LONDOX. March 10. Twelve German airplanes were destroyed In aerial com bats on Friday, says an official state ment on aviation Issued tonight by the British war Office. The statement fol lows: "In the air fighting on Friday i: hostile machines were destroyed. 'Ten were driven down out of control and others were shot down by our anti aircraft gunfire. Three of our ma chines are missing. "At noon today our machines dropped ten bombs on sidings and factories at Mainz. All our machines returned. As War Progresses Germans Clever ly Keep Back Announcements of Allied Successes and Magnify Efforts of German Generals. GERMAN XEWi ALL COLORED. German newspapers, controlled by the Junkers, poison the minds of their readers through their news columns. The editors color reports and dispatches to suit their own views and do not rely on editorials. Announcement of allied successes are held back In order to offset some of their own reverses. BT JAMES W. GERARD. American Ambassador at the Oermsn im perial Court. July a.t. JK13. to February 4. J017. Author ef "My Four Years In Ger many." (Copyright, lalS. by Public Ledger Company.) ARTICLE XVI. The German newspaper In size Is much smaller than ours. If you take an ordinary American newspaper and fold It In half, the fold appearing hori zontally across the middle of the page. nd then turn it so that the longer sides are upright, you get an idea of the size. There are no editorials in German newspapers, but articles, usu ally only one a day, on some political or scientific subject, contributed by a professor or some one else supposedly not connected with the newspaper. The editor of a German newspaper. In his desire to poison or color the news to suit his own views, 'does not rely upon an editorial, but inserts little par agraphs and sentences in the news col umns. For Instance, a note of President Wil son's might be printed and after a para graph In that, a statement something like this will be inserted in parenthe ses: "This statement comes well from the old hypocrite whose country has been supplying arms and ammunition to the enemies of Germany. The Editor." A few sentences more or a para graph of the note and another inter- meatlon of this kind. Small newspapers have a news serv ice furnished free by the government, thus enabling the latter to color the news to suit itself. It is characteristic of Germany and shows how void of amusement the life of an average citi zen is' and how the country is divided into castes, that there is no so-called society or personal news in the columns of the daily newspaper. You never see in a German news paper accounts common even to our small town newspapers, of how Mrs. Snooks gave a tea or that Mrs. Jones, of Toledo, is visiting Mrs. Judge Bac- com for Thanksgiving. If a prince or duke comes to a German town a simple statement is printed that he is staying at such and such a hotel. Newspaper Not Sensatloaal. German newspapers, as a rule, are very pronounced In their views, either distinctly Conservative or Liberal or Socialist or Roman Catholic. The Ber liner Tagesblatt is nearest our idea of a great independent, metropolitan daily newspaper. Other newspapers repre sent a class and many of them are owned by particular interests, such as the Krupps and other manufacturers or munition makers. There is little that Is sensational in the German newspaper. I remember on one occasion that two women murderers were beheaded in accordance with Ger man law. Imagine how such an occur rence would have been "played up" in the American newspapers, with pic tures, perhaps, of the executioner and his sword, with articles from poets and women's organizations, with appeals for pardon and talk of brainstorms, and the other hysterical concomitants of murder trials in the United States. But in the German newspapers a little para graph, not exceeding 10 lines, simply related the fact that these two women condemned for murdering such and such a person, had been executed in the strangely medieval manner their heads cut off on the scaffold by a pub lie executioner. The German newspapers, in reporting police court and other judicial proceed Ings. often omit names, and It is possi ble in Berlin for a man to prosecute blackmailer without having his own came in print. Germ a a Triumph Flaunted, When a German victory was an nounced flags were displayed, but as the war progressed so many victories announced turned out to be nothing wonderful or dicisive that little atten tion was paid to the vainglorious flaunting German triumphs. Follow ing an old custom, 10 or 15 trumpeters climbed the tower of Rathhaus. or city hall, and there quite characteristically blew to the four quarters of heaven: but again, as these official and brazen blowings were not always followed by the confirmation in fact, trumpetings were gradually discontinued. The Germans cleverly Kept dsck tne announcement of certain successes in order to offset reverses. For instance, on a day when It was necessary to tell the people of a German retreat, the newspapers would have great headlines across the front of the first page an nouncing the sinking of a British cruiser (sunk, perhaps, a month before) and then hidden In a corner would be a minimized announcement of a German defeat. To us In Germany there was at the time no battle of the Marne. So gradu ally was the news of the retreat of the German forces broken to the people that today the masses do not realize the fate of the world was settled at the Marne! As the king idea seems Inseparably connected with war, there is no coun try In the world where kings and princes have been held in such great account as In the central empires. Royalty Takes Itself Serfonsly. I believe there are only two Christian Kings In the world the Kings of Italy and of Montenegro who are not by blood related to some German or Aus trian royalty. For. remember, that while we think KAISER & CO. TO CONFER ?hET""Ji " imposed upon the whole of that terri- Soverelgns of Central Empires to Meet Shortly After Easter. AMSTERDAM. March 10. There will be a conference of the sovereigns of the central powers snd their allies, Turkey and Bulgaria, immediately after Easter, according to the Hungarian papers. The meeting will take place at Sofia or Constantinople In consideration of the age of the Sultan of Turkey, it is aald. tory which does not exist politically or even geographically but which we call Germany, there are houses of royalty in it almost as numerous aa our big corporations. There are the three Kings of Bavaria, w urtemburg and Saxony, Grand Dukes and Dukes and Princes, all of them taking themselves very seriously and all of them residing in their own domains: jealously keep ing away from the Emperor's court and Jealously guarding every remnant of rule which the constitution of the Ger- rnsn tmpire nas nequeamea to tnem. ice I aaikad on of tna princelings, w-hat his older brother, tho reignin Prince, did with his time in the small provincial town which is the capital of the principality. The brother looked at me with real surprise in his eyes and answered. "Why. he reigns! Before the constitution of the German Empire, many of these poverty-stricken little courts were centers of kindly amusement, even of intellectual life. The court of the Grand Duke Charles Augustus, of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach a Weimar, where Goethe- resided and where he was Intrusted with responsl ble state duties, was renowned in Eu rope as a literary center. Many of these princelings, howeve ridiculous their courts may have seemed, exercised despotic power. To. day the inhabitants of the two Meek lenburg duchies are protected by i1'1'- constitution nor bill of rights. The Grand Duke's power is absolute and he can behead at will any one of his subjects in the market-place or torture him to death in the dungeons of the castle and is responsible to God alone. Historical Example Given. Here Is an example from history George Louis. Duke of Brunswick' Luneberg-Celle, married his mistress. Huguenot girl called Eleonore d'Ol breuze. They had one daughter. Sophia Dorothea, who married the Elector of Hanover, who was also George I of England. Sophia Dorothea was sup posed to have been Involved In a love affair with a Swedish Count. Philip Konigsmarck. Konigsmarck was mur dered by order of George I. and Sophia Dorothea incarcerated in Ahlden, where she died in 1726. Konlgsmarck's slater went to Saxony to beg the aid of the Saxon King, Augustus the Strong. She failed to get news of her brother, but became one of the mistresses of Augus tus the Strong and the mother of the celebrated Marshal Saxe. I say one of the "mistresses of Augustus the Strong' because he boasted that he was the father of 365 illegitimate children! The daughter of Sophia Dorothea was the mother of Frederick the Great and his brothers, and therefore, an ances tor of the present German Kaiser. Any one writing about her in a disparaging manner is subject to be Imprisoned, under the decisions of the Imperial Su preme Court, for "lese majeste" or in juring the person of the present mon arch in daring to slander his ancestors. And. I suppose, anyone referring to Augustus the Strong may be shut up in Dresden for Insulting a predecessor of the present King. Every year the nobles of the central empires hold a convention at Frank fort, whpre the means are discussed by which their privileges may be pre served. No newspaper prints an ac count of this convention of the highest caste. The German peasants, as far as I have seen, are not so much under the domination of feudal tradition as are the peasants in Austria and Hungary. Gerard Receives Kiss of Homage- I was shooting once with a Hungarian Count, who stationed me In one corner of a field to await the partridges. which, driven by the beaters, were ex pected to fly over my head, and as I stood waiting for the beaters to take up their positions two peasant girls walked past me. One of them, to my surprise, caught hold of my hand, which she kissed with true feudal de votion. As a guest of the Count I was presumably of the noble class and therefore entitled by custom and right to this mark of subjugation. And it became quite a task In walking through the halls of the castle to dodge the servants, all of whom seemed anxious to imprint on me the kiss of homage. Thackeray in the "FItzboodle Con fessions" gives a most amusing ac count of life in one of these small. sleepy German courts and relates how he left Pumpernickel hurriedly, by night, after the court ball, where he had discovered not only that his Ger man fiancee had eaten too much, but that she had a taste for bad oysters. All of these small kings and princes are jealous of the King of Prussia and of his position of German Emperor. and show their jealousy by avoiding Berlin. The building of Liberty Temple The Result of Combined, Patriotic Devotion to an Ideal WHEN" many men unite wholeheartedly in a common purpose, they grow large in accom plishment. Witness today a completed building devoted to world-wide liberty, where only yesterday, the bare street ran. "PVEN" as men gave freely of their skill and strength to XJ rear this temple, in like manner can they unite their material resources to raise a jrreater temple than this to keep America strong among nations ! CONSERVE the product of your strength' and skill put it where it will work ceaselessly for you. An interest producing savings account to which you can add regularly will not only assure you of a competence, but will enable you to help promote those ideals for which Liberty Temple was built. We Pay Interest on Savings Accounts The United States National Bank At Sixth and Stark Streets Capital and Surplus $2,500,000.00 Young Grand Doke Autocrat In October, 1913, when in London on my way to Germany, I met the young Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the Ritx Hotel, where he was dining with an English Earl and his beautiful wife. As I happened to have a box for the Gaiety Theater, we all went there together and paid a visit to George Grossmith behind the scenes, and talked with Emmy Wehlen, the Aus trian actress, who was appearing in the comic opera then running. But in all the time that I was in Germany 1 never once saw or heard of the young Grand Duke, who rules the subjects of his duchy with autocratic rule, without even the semblance of a constitution. Formerly our minister used to be accredited to some of these courts and, on inquiring informally through a friend, I learned that the American Minister is still accredited to Bavaria on the records of the Bavarian For eign Office, no letters of recall ever having been presented. The fact that the American Ambassador is accredited to one of these courts is a distinct dis advantage because without letters of credence he does not come in contact with any of the 24 rulers of Germany who control the Bundesrat.in which their representatives sit, voting as they re told by the Kings, Grand Dukes and Princes. A number of these Kings and Princelings, -combining in the Bundesrat. can outvote the powerful Kins of Prussia. But they don't dare. (Continued Tomorrow.) White was manager of the Pacific Mu tual1 Life at Portland, and previous to that was In the insurance business in Los Anfreles. He arrived here a few days huto to take up his new duties. DANCING GUARANTEED M.OO DeHoney's Reantlfu! Aendemy, Twenty-Third and Washington Sts. Beginners' classes start Monday, Tues day and Thursday evenings tills week. The only school teaching class lessons three hours, S to 11. Separate hall for beginners. Plenty of practice for you. Will not become embarrassed, and we guarantee to. teach you to dance in eight lessons fory $4. Private lessons, all hours. If you wish to meet with re fined people and learn from profession al dancers, call at once. If you have failed in other schools, remember we guarantee to teach you. Select dancinir partles every Saturday evening. Phone Main 7656. Portlander Has Honolulu Job. HONOLULU, T. H.. Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) James S. White, Jr.. or Portland, Or., has Joined the insurance staff of the Hawntian Trust Company. 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