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r T1TE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX. MONDAY, MARCII 11, 1918. CAPITAL IN DEMAND BY BUSINESS WORLD Problem of Financing Govern merit's War Needs Confronts American National Wealth. BANKING SYSTEM BIG AID C4aln of Iadiaatry Forging Ahead In Lffort In Offrt I'rcllnjr of Hrv Ham; That Maul'ol IlxJf Adho home Wealth) CltUcn. CHICW March 1 i jperlal-I 'tth inny worklnc xcJln!r tlose and tima iJna difficult to obtain on a per rent basis, and with the dimind for capital far la eca of the aail Me aupplr. It l sot surprllnT that a fccllnr of Deaitaney manifest Itself In t;a business world. The feellne:. how. r. la cffet to a certain etent by tb eaptato of Induatrr. who ara shoarlns; the proper AKirV is spirit and roaraa anj ara r-uahlnat ahral In tha effort t a iprtort tb lioteratuent la tb National aj-taia. Too little attention has kn trUen In tia paat to a study of fundamental. ryona waa So buay chaalna tha dol lar that ha had no tinia to atudy what la und'rlyina tha rradtt structure of tlia eountr?. Iln confinl nit rtrcu t hia immediate bumt or Industry, and I'ft tha broader consideration or hr tlitnti nt.rini Into btiainra- u- -raa to tha hiikfr, tha oil' prn(or r thaa who bad mora time for sucn things. In rniiii'" M class of Amerl. an hti.lnaaa man ara ond-nne; wNat ) ilrr( n harpan. unahla 10 Krasp tha tuatln and er-prahcnaive tn ron ajnemre. t han tha btter aqulpfed cap tain of In.l'iairy ara taklnc advantaa af ospertanitiea and ara forKlna ahad c'iiioii.lr- bnt roiiraou.lr nun a d (rmtnall'n to do thlr part. rrofelcea faarrMt . In an unprrdptd world altitation. tha nrnhltml of rorrnrept and busi ness ara momentous and difficult. This doea not man lhare l any doubt about tnalr solution brua thar mnat t anlved. but tha qtieetlon la. will tha ab lution ba by th or ahort and most approved method. sihort ruta In tha business world mean aurraaa ao lone aa thejr are economi cally correct. Tha problem la confront In the American national wealth, for thia la tha wealthiest Nation In the world by far. II rather lnolraa maklnar thla Na tional wealth available, making; It pro- tutt sufficient Income to provide for , eur nerd and leaa enouarh available aurplua to finance the Government and It alUaa during: tha war. This means Increased effort on tha Bart of each Individual and each In Ouatry to tha end that there b In creaacd production tha thlnas actual ly nealad during- the war period. Hut to Increase; production requires ad ditional capital, which Is difficult to obtain when the Government la not only absorbing; tha available aupply. but la borrowing- temporarily from tbe liquid ban kin it funds. , SVreatlfle Baaklaal Myatvea Aide. Thla la tha caoao of tha preaent ttaht snoney market, yet tha strain here la But nearly so area! aa has bean experi enced In other wars, nor la It as tenaa a haa been experienced abroad In thla war. One reaeon la lhat thia country fortunately haa a scientific hanking yetein which afforda the necessary machinery In the Federal reserve sys tem for such elasticity In hardline commercial credits as to avoid a stringency. far In tha war tha country haa t experienced anything; like a money efrtnarency. Liquid commercial cred its ara sufficient to provide ample note Issue to rara for the requirements tn tha way of actual money and accom plish thla without dan aero us expan sion. The stringency la In the capital mar ket; la other words, there la a short ace tn the available supply of capital and thla country and In fact the other nations of the world have no other In vestment rearrvotra to turn to. encounters with tha Americans and In variably trlve around In the face of their vicious do-or-dle attacka. As In France and Belrlum. the ac tivity alone the entire flsrhtlns; front In Northern Italy Is heightening;, and here also the patrol engaitem-nta and the artillery duels seemingly signalised the approach of bitter flchtlnic. Doubt leas with the Spring- thaw the enemy will endeavor to fores his way from the mountain rations out upon the plains of Venetla and also to croaa the f'lave Hirer and form a Junction with his northern armies. Here, however, the Italians having- been heavily rein forced by the British and French, san guinary encounters may bo expected. little additional Information has come throuah concerning the situation In Itussta. aa regards either Great Rus sia, ljttle Russia or Kan tern Siberia. Iteporta from Sweden say that a force of German infantry and artillery has Invaded Finland, landinar at Abo from the Aland Islands. The Cossack leader. General Semenoff. Is endeavoring to put down tha opposition of the Hol ahevlkl exlnnc the trans-Siberian rail way to Kaet Siberia. The Japanese Korelan Minister haa declined In the Dirt to discuss the subject of Japan's intervention In Siberia. STORM HAVOC GREAT Five Killed and Property Loss May Reach $5,000,000. CHICKENS LOSE FEATHERS Tornado In Ohio Reported to Have Denuded Poultry of Plumage and Lifted Great Boulders Weighing; More Than Ton. rtritteh airman have successfully bombed the (treat Ialmler motor fac tor at Mutteart. where for a long time tha Intensive manufacture of air ships and airship motors bsa seen In procresa. Munitions factories and the railway atatlon also were bombed dur ing the attack, which was carried out In broad daylicht. FARMERS SCORE LEAGUE WALLA WALLA HACHEI13 RlFl IK SOX-rARTtSAX CLAIMS. . ARREST AWAITS KELLER ITaTC rtROLE OFt1Cr.lt WASTED ox iiotcnot niARue. Delegates Will Be Seat to Peeks ae to Irge rbaagtag of .radre tlaee Five Wheat. WALLA WALL.. Wanh, March 10. (Special- Resolutions aettlnc forth lhat the Farmers' I'nlon la connected In no way with the Non-Tartlsan Ieaeue and denouncing tha league as probably having lta origin In pro-German eourcea with tbe object of embarraee- ing the (internment In Its war pro gramme, were adopted unanimously at the trl-counly meeting of the Farmers' l'ntn at Waltsburg yesterday. The resolutions set forth that mem bers of the organisation are spreadl the report that tbe league is being fneleead by farmers' organisations and that these claims are absolutely falsa. "Investigation has disclosed that the so-called Non-partisan Leaaue Is In fact, moat partisan In character and that the name non-partisan Is but camouflage." saa one part of the reso lutions. The farmers decided to send a dele gation to Spokane March J, to recom mend chanc ng of grades on class five wheat, which takea in the while wheat raised here. It la proposed by the farmers to reduce tha minimum weight for No. 1 wheat from 0 to &H pounds, and the minimum weleht for No. 3 from i to 6S pounds. Three members will ha appointed to attend tha meet ing and urge these changes. A. A. Elmore, of Spokane, president of the State Farmers I'nlon. made a report on the actions of the committee sent to Washington on tha price-fixing matter. He said the price waa def initely set for No. t wheat at Portland or Seattle at $2.10. LANDS T0B IRRIGATED Langrll Valley Tract In Klamath County to Be Made More Fertile. At leeway fee R. C. Lew la Say a Dis charged Coavle Takea Oat of Call tern la Illegally. AV FRANC! .TO. March 10 (Spe- ClL Joseph Keller, state parole oifl rer of Oregon, la atill bring sought by tha San Francisco police on a charge of abduction aa the result of the Issu ance yesterday la San Kafael of a warrant at the Instigation of Attorney Itoy C. Lewis on behalf of C. H. Smith, discharged Sao Quentln convict. The (rr(on officer la accused of hav ing abducted, without due process of law and after a fist fight In which Smith was worsted, and taken away In an automobile. It now appears Keller placed two prisoners In tha San Francisco county Jail for safe keeping en route to the north. The local authorities are said to ba waiting for Keller to come back after his two prisoners. He will be arrested when he appears, they say. Progress of the War. Newton D. Baker. American Secre tary of War. haa successfully passed through the submarine sone and reached a French port. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, March 10. (Special. Irrigation for Langell Val ley lands In the southeastern part of Klamath County from tha waters of l"ear Lake In California, was Indorsed at a big meeting of prospective water u-era at Lorell, poatofflce In Langell Valley Friday. This district was Included In th original project and the dam at Clear ke was constructed by the Govern. ment with the Irrigation of too upper valley In view. The Government haa mad an offer of a water rale at a very low figure. payable In ZS years without Interest, the farmers to do their own ditching and build their own canals. There are In the neighborhood of Jft.OvO acres which may be Included In tba project. DOG BARKS FROM 2 HEADS Canine Possesses Itaas and Tenor Voice and .Makes Nlglit Illdeoos. CINCINNATI. ".. March 10. Scores of persona from this city have Journeyed during the past few daya to Mllford. on the Little Miami Itlver. near here, to scrutinize a two-headed dog. This mon strosity Is about the stxe of a big shep herd dog. haa short dark hair, and Its heads are located one directly above the other. The dog waa raptured by a farmer after It had terrified the countryside, carried away pigs and chickens and persisted In making frightful noises at night. The animal contlnuea to make the night hideous with Its barks, which are emitted from both mouths, one deep bass and the other a high falsetto. LIMA. O. March 10. Five persons are known to be dead, several others ara reported killed, scores are injured. scores of homes were completely or party demolished and hundreds of barns and outbuildings wens raxed by the tornado which traveled across Northwestern Ohio early last evening. Estimates of property damage range from tl.OO0.000 to I5.0u0.oou. No serious damage waa done In any of the larger cities. Most of the de struction waa In country districts. Tbe tornago began In Van Wert County, on the Ohio-Indiana state line, and then traveled In a northeasterly direction. Towna suffering tha most were Van Wert. Mlddlepolnt. Convoy. Lima. Pesh- ler. Ilamler. Continental. Ottawa. Find lav. Napoleon. Holgate. Miller City and Tiffin. The known dead ara: Itexford Lye. aged 12. Mlddlepolnt. Harry Perry. . near Van Wert. Mrs. Charles Grec. Mlddlepolnt. Mrs. Charles Geyer. 67. Van Wert County. Pearl Bott. S. near Cloverdale. The tornado came in the form of Kansss "twister." The small loss of Ufa Is attrahuted to tha fact that the tornado traveled mostly through open country, skipping towns and villages. . Most of the Injured In Van Wert County were taken to tha Van Wert County Hospital, where operations were performed by the light of electric pocket lamps. The tornado p!aed queer pranks. Hundreds of chickens were left without a feather. Big houldens. weighing a ton. were lifted front fields or creeks and car ried many yards. TIFFIN. O.. March 10. A tornado visited the west and middle portions of Senca County early this morning reusing thousands of dollars' worth of damages. Many buildings here were carried from their foundations and set down In adjacent fields. FIN PLAT. O.. March 10. Pa ma cs tltnated at aZuo.vuu waa done ln-Hun cock County when the tornado swept through here last evening. Empire during the last two years, and until It is known how much Spring sowing can be done It will be diffi cult to determine the amount of grain that will be produced thla season," said E. E. Flood, vice-president of the Ex change National Bank. Mr. Flood makes a continual study of crop conditions, receives reports from all the dstricts and makes fre quent auto trips through tire farming communities. "What Fall wheat was sown on Summer-fallow land Is coming up splendid ly," lie "said. "Spring sowing does not bring as big crops, usually, but thla season the ground Is well filled with moisture and good crops can be ex pected. "."Jkny farmers are inquiring what to do. They want to do the best thing for the country. They are told that wheat probably will be as much needed in 1819 and 1920 as in 1S18. and to keep their land In good condition for crops those years." MURDERER MUST HANG SLAYER OF SHERIFF ROACH. OF CUE VENAE. TO PAY PENALTY'. T VAXCOWER SHIPYARD TO EMPLOY MORE THAN" 300 MEN. Tha continuation of the patrol at tacks by tbe Germans all along the western front In France and Belgium Indicates that their line, having been heavily reinforced, the day Is not fsr diatant when tha entire armies and the American forces will ba asked to with stand thrusts of a more serious nature. Gauged by the firmness of the Brit ish. French and Americana In meeting the enemy assaults In the last few weeks and the feeling of optimism that prevails, from headquarters staffs to the men In the trenches, a warm re ception may be expected by tbe enemy when he launches his attack. . Everything In the way of modern warfare even all the cunning devlcea of "frlghtfulness" which the German mind baa Invented, not omitting liquid fire haa been tried against the Ameri cana, but nowhere has the enemy been able to dent tha front held by General Pershing's men. On the contrary, the Americans have answered all tbe Ger man offensives with a spirit of great bravery and. although they have suf fered soma casualties, they have made the enemy feel the effects of their guns and rifle fire. It baa been apparent In all the affrays la No Man's land that tha Germans do not Ilka hand-to-hand; DANIELS WANTS 0AHU DRY Secretary Says Prohibition Would benefit Naval Forces. HONOLULU. T. H.. Feb. SC. (Spe cial.) Secretary of the Navy Daniels wanta the Island of Oahu dry for the period of tbe war. Governor L. H. i'lnkham. of Hawaii, yesterday pro duced two letters which had passed between Secretary of the Interior Lane and Secretary Daniels on the subject and which bad been forwarded here by Secretary Lane. In one letter Secretary Daniels em phasised the fact that he waa very de- sirlous of seeing the Islands "dry." as that condition would be beneficial "to the members of tbe naval service lo cated there." New Office Balldiag. Started Only Two Week Ago. Will Be Ready for Occapaary la a Few Daya. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 10. (Special.) The new office building of the G. M. Slandlfer Construction Cor poration is nexrlng completion, and will be ready for occupancy within a few weeks. The office is near the northeast corner of the shipyard site at the foot of Thirteenth street. Rapid progress is being mad tn fill ing In the site of 62 acres. Tiling for several ways have aiready been driven and between each two ways a railroad track will extend Into the river on piling. Cranes will operate on these tracks to handle the steel and material for construction. Powerful magnets. Instead of hooks, will be used In this work. The housing problem In Vancouver Is becoming serious. Committees from the Commercial Club have taken up the matter and a satisfactory solution of the problem Is expected. One proposi tion Is to build a large hotel with ruom for 400 or 600 men. There will be more than 3000 men employed In the steel plant and many of them have families. For these men homes will be necessary. A number of modern apartment-houses are projected, but actual construction haa not yet begun. Estimates are be ing made by local architects and con struction work will begin early In the Spring. L OFFICER PASSES ADMIRAL VOX DIED ERICH S ONCE IX CLASH WITH DEWEY. Governor Gnater, of Colorado. After Report of Board of Alienlata, Re. fuses to Interfere With Sentence. CANTON CITT, Colo.. March 10. Clyde B. Pearson, condemned to be hanged In tha state penitentiary here during the week of March 10 for the murder of Sheriff Roach, of Cheyenne, Wyo., lost his last chance for legal assistance when a commission of alien ists appointed by Governor Gunter re ported he was of sound mind. Pearson is 23 years old. Three members of the pardons board questioned his sanity and recommend ed a commutation of sentence. This was declined by the Governor, but to make sure an injustice was not being done on this score he appointed the alienists to make the examination. Koach was slain after he had chased Pearson and a companion, Peter Burns, known also as Cornelius Gray, across the Colorado-Wyoming line into Lari mer County. The place where the shooting took place was Webster Coun ty, early In 11. Roach had organized a posso at Fort Collins, Colo., to pur sue the two men. One member of the posse, Niels Nelson, was shot and killed. Burns was accused of this and convicted and sentenced to life im prisonment. Sheriff Koach had no warrant whirl he could serve on the two men in Colo rado and was out of his Jurisdiction the chase at the time he was killed This fact was used by lawyers in Pea son's trial, in arguments in an a tempt to prove it was the Sheriffs pla to kidnap the two men aud take the back to Wyoming. Pearson was born in Indiana. lie was sentenced to death June 30, 1916. Judg ment was affirmed by the Supreni Court November S. 191. and the wee of February It set for the hanging, Recently Governor Gunter extended reprieve until the week of March 10. Burns Is 2- years old. He was sen fenced to life imprisonment June 17. 191S. Sheriff Roach was one of the most popular men in Wyoming, .and It Is sal there were movements in some quar ters to run him for Governor of the state. His funeral was one of the larg est ever held In the state. Recently delegation of Wyoming people. Roach' widow among them, appeared before the pardons board of Colorado to as that Justice be done the state of Wyo. ming and on behalf of the widow. All-Wool 100 Per Cent and No Compromise All wool and not part cotton is still the Kirschbaum standard in fabrics. No cloth ever finds its way into a Kirschbaum suit until the most rigid textile tests known have proved its absolute all-wool purity. KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHES $20, $25, $30 and Up to $40 Onprrfslrtll. A HlLhaat Phegley & Cavender Cor. Fourth and Alder Streets KLAMATH TALKS RECALL INCOMPLETED STONE COt'RTROCSE CAtSES GREAT DISSENSION. SIBERIANS ARE STARVING Vladivostok Warehouses Jiulglng Willi War Supplies, but Xo Food HONOLULU, T. H-. March 1. (Spe clal.) Letters from the American en gineers who passed through Honolul last November on their way to Siberia to fix up the Siberian railway are com menclng to reach friends here. The Americans are now in Japan, doing nothing, according to most of the letters. Conditions in Vladivostok are beyond all description, the engineers declare In their letters. There is no rule but the rule of the individual, and thou sands are starving. Vladivostok ware houses are packed with materials of 11 kinds for war purposes, but there s no rood. Some of the engineers, the entire crew now being In Japan, are at work supervising the betterment of the Japanese railroad lines. In this way they are putting In their time waiting until conditions are more settled on the eastern shore of Siberia. Kelso Organises for Liberty Drive. KELSO. Wash.. March 10. (Special.) The executive committee which will handle the third liberty loan drive in Kelso and vicinity haa completed tem porary organisation. J. L. Sparling was elected chairman and George T. Plamondon secretary. Other members are C. C. Bashnr, C. J. Shipley and O. H. L'mbaugh. Mr. Plamondon will rep resent Kelso on the Cowlitz County executive committee. The Kelso com mittee plans to launch the drive April with a grand patriotic celebration. Asaerleaa Ceaaaaaadrr'a Order That War- aklpa Entering Manila Bay Maat Report, Offeads German. AMSTERDAM, March 10. Admiral von Diederlchs. commander of a Ger- in squadron off Miwiila during the hpanlsh-Amerlcan war, and who clashed with Admiral Dewey, the commander of the American squadron in the Philippines, is dead at Baden-Baden. The friction between Admiral Dewey and Admiral von Diederlchs arose over the German officer's disinclination to observe the rules of blockade estab lished by the American commander in Manila Bay. Admiral Dewey Insisted that the war ships of the neutrsls entering the bay should report to the Americans, and was upheld In this contention by the British naval commander. The Germans, nevertheless, sought to evade the rule and on aeveral occasions there waa friction. Albany Sells Many Stamps. ALBANT, Or.. March 10. (Special.) More than 600 people have now pur chased war savings stamps at the Al bany poatomce. The 600th person to Invest in stamps at the local office ap peared yesterday afternoon. She was Mrs. John Marquis, of K. F. D. No. i. Several other new customers for these stamps appeared later in tha day. Yes terday's sales Included 4i0 worth of the stsmpa to one man and 1300 worth to another. MRS. HOWE BURIED TODAY Portland Woman Dies at Residence of Daughter in Salem. Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Howe, who died last Friday at the resi dence of her daughter, Mrs. 3. K. Vail, of Salem. Cr.. at the age of 61, will be held at ZiO this afternoon at the chapel of J. P. Flnley & Son. Inter ment will be in Rivervlew Cemetery. Mrs. Howe was born in Mitchell, On tario. Canada. September 22. 18ti6. he was a resident of Oregon for 30 years and formerly lived at 147 Montgomery street. In this city. She is survived by three sons, Wesley R., Fred Ft. and Harry T of Portland; two brothers, Albert and Herbert Huston, of Canada, and a sister. Mrs. S. K. Vail, of Salem. WHEAT PROSPECT IS HAZY Spokane) Banker Tells of Inland Empire Conditions. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 10. "Farm ing has been haphaxard in the Inland AIR RAIDERS KILL WOMEN Bombs Bury Aged Sister of Con stable in Ruins of Home. LONDON, March 10. Numerous piti able incidents are reported from the scene of Thursday night's air raid on London. The 00-year-old sister of special constable was found alive under the wreckage of her home several hours after the raiders had passed. She was finally dug out after oxygen had been administered to keep her alive. The aged woman had refused to leave her home when her brothers went out to warn a neighbor of the approach of the raiders. A few momenta later bomb struck the house. At noon yesterday a woman died in a hospital in the outskirts of London from Injuries she had received through a bit of wreckage crashing through the roof of her home. A large nursing home, full of pa tients, was among the damaged -buildings, but the occupants escaped injury. 2 DIE IN AERO ACCIDENT Machinist's Mate and Student Avia tor Killed at Pensacola, Fla. PENSACOLA. Fla.. March 10. Ma chinist's Mate Saxio, of Rome. N. Y.. was killed and Student Aviator Nash was seriously injured in an airplane accident late yesterday at the naval aeronautic training schools near here. Officials at the station Issued an an nouncement of the accident today, but gave no details. Nash's home address was not announced. Hogs and Spuds Go From Cove. COVE, Or.. March 10. (Special.) T. B. Johnson shipped a carload of hogs and C. A. Smith one car of potatoes out of Cove over the Central Oregon Railway last Wednesday. The Central Oregon Railway Company has .made a contract with Mark Borkgren, of the Borkgren lumber mills, four miles from Cove, to deliver 600 railroad ties per month for ten months, beginning this month. A rchltrcta Prepare Plana for New Structure, Although U 80,000 Haa Already Been Spent on Building. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. March 10. (Special.) The big stone courthouse on which work was stopped three years ago may be the cause of a recall elec tion. Construction of this building began six years ago, and the four walls and roof were completed at a cost of $ 180, 000, leaving the county in debt. Then County Judge Marvin Hanks was elect ed. Now the county is free from deba and it is desired to finish the court house. Portland architects were commis sioned to prepare plans for the com pletion and also plans for a new struc ture. Bids on both plans will be opened March 20. A mass meeting of citizens demanded to know the court's intentions. Judge Hanks and Commissioner Mc Cormack said today they would do whatever the bids showed to be most economical, but taxpayers fear they favor a new building on a new site. Taxpayers generally are said to be In favor of completing the present struc ture, and it is asserted Judge Hanks was elected on a pledge to do this. Talk of a recall in case he does not do so is heard frequently. number of addresses by prominent Ore gon educators. FISHING CRAFTSTART OUT Schooner Empire Makes First Trip of Season lo wport Banks. NEWPORT, Or.. March 10. (Special.) The gas schooner Empire returned yesterday from the first fishing trip this season to the Newport banks. Ow ing to a tiO-mfle gale outside she was able to lay out only a few skates of gear. The catch was two halibut and about 100 pounds of Ling cod. The Empire reported having sighted another schooner, two-masted, also fishing, which was believed to be the Pulitzer, the Portland fishing schooner. The Empire expects to be out now every day that is favorable, and other schooners here are making preparations to follow suit. Kelso Yard Ships First Spars. KELSO, Wash.. March 10. (Special.) The first shipment of spars was made from the -Mcl,ane Timber. Spar & Piling Company yard here yesterday. It consisted of 16 medium sticks, and was consigned to Savannah, Ga. The He Lane yard has been operating for about a month and a large quantity of spars are completed, but lack of cars is de laying shipment. Work Is being rushed, as the company has booked a large quantity of orders. NEW BRIDGE IS LAST LINK Construction Started on Viaduct to Complete Florence-Eugene Road. EUGENE. Or.. March 10. (Special.) Pile driving at the portage on the SiUHlaw. for the last bridge needed to complete a highway suitable for travel from Eugene to Florence, will com mence tomorrow, according to word received in Eugene. The road will connect the seaport town of Western Lane County with the highway system of the state. The bridge will serve the coast link of the Oregon Central Highway. It is re garded as a matter of especial import ance by Florence people at this time, in view of shipbuilding possibilities which look promising, with the incorporation during the last week of a company with a capital stock of $100,000. ONE-ARMED MAN FIGHTS JACK FLITS S. SHIPYARD WORKER, STIBBOR.VLY RESISTS ARREST, Patrolman Pratt's Revolver la Taken From Him and Officer Barely Mlases Shot in Tussle. Three Couples to Marry. OREGON CITY. Or.. March 10. (Spe cial.) Three marriage licenses were granted by Clerk Harrington Saturday. They follow: August G. Fisher and Elda Anna Marquardt. of Oregon City and Hoff, respectively; George A. Corn wall, a Milwaukle contractor, and Leena Bobb Rusk: William H. Sorber, a soldier, and Laura C, Houser, both of Milwaukie. Fighting desperately to resist ar rest. Jack Pluss. aged 23, a shipyard worker, early laet evening grabbed Patrolman Pratt's revolver from its holster and attempted to shoot the of ficer, who was sent on a riot call to 623 First street to quell what was re ported at police headquarters to be small-sized riot. Pluss. although one-armed, endeav ored to overpower Patrolman Pratt, and was putting up a vicious fight. when he reached for the officer's revol ver. Pratt wrested the gun from Pluss and during the melee one shot was fired in tbe floor of the house. A. Orlnoss. a riveter employed In a local shipyard, was arrested with Pluss. They were booked at headquarters on a charge of disorderly conduct, but the more serious charge of resisting an of ficer may be filed against Flues. The police found a small quantity of liquor at the place, where a 'party ' is saia to have been In progress, when a ngnt started. WAR NEEDS TO COME FIRST Economy of Essentials to Be Vital Topic at Lane County Fair. EUGENE. Or.. March 10. (Special.) Father's old clothes cut down to fit Willie, or mother's dress of last season transformed into dainty garments for the litle girl of the family, as a result of the war and the National call for conomy and thrift, are to be given places of prominence In the list of pre miums to be offered by the Lane County Fair next Fall. Made-over gar ments are to be given tne place oi honor. Provision will be made for spe- ial awards for knitting and the mak ing of Red Cross supplies. No premiums will be ottered for things not essential to the war-time roirramme and mode or living, u. u. Rorer. president of tne association, stated today. Jackson Club Sleets Tonight. Judge Thomas H. Crawford, J. W. Morrow and W 1111am H. Horntbrook ill be the speakers at tne meeting oi le Jackson Club tonight at Library Hall. A musical programme has also been arranged. The public is invited. Clackamas Teachers Meet. MOLALLA, Or.. March 10. (Special.) The Clackamas County teachers local association met here on Saturday, ith a large attendance, 'rne associa tion served lunch and the receipts will be used to buy war savings stamps, which will be posted as prizes at the community .fair to be held by the Grange. The programme included a uiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiuntiu ya rcfAy Jt Ik.- x r lllllilllllllllMllllllillllllllllllllllll. A Savings Bank Book is a book of recommendation as well as of deposit. It distinguishes its owner as one who is thrifty, efficient and fore-thoughtful. If with only a dollar, start a savings account in this old-established bank and be gin writing the story of your success in regu lar deposits. LADD & TILTON BANK Washington and Third Germans, their agents and sympathisers, are trying to overhear you. Keep quiet, don't talk. asNIMBIIIS eFKDSRAL RESEKVEJ3 amkrYSTiMalaa Tiiniiiiiii'Miiiiiiiiiniiiii'i ii 'I'' iiiiii lit ii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii mini i ii i iii i iintiiiiiii(7 Portland Crematorium iC ASTORIA For Infants and ChJldrea In Use For Oyer 30 Years Always bears the SJirnature of ROLAND LITCHFIELD, of Cam bridge, Mass., says in regard to Cremation : "If the general public could know or see what the man of medicine, or an undertaker is obliged to know and see, there would never be another body put into the ground." As a substitute for the revolting conditions of earth burial, Cremation offers to place away the human body, by a process that has no peril for the living and is accomplished at a minimum of cost. (Write, phone or call for booklet) Sell wood Car to Fourteenth and Bybee Visitors 9 to 5 iillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllimilllllllllllU: I Dr. Carl E. 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