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8 tite jronxrxo onrcoxiAX, moxdat, maecii 11, ioi8. WITNESS SLUGGED, THROWN Oil FLATS Returning Consciousness En ables O'Brien to Cheat Incoming Tide. Q?.E ARREST MADE IN CASE tloqalana Man Active la Frown Hon of Tea Vernon nod Other on Gambling Charges Han sen lie! J for Attack. ROQl'lAH. WuH, March 1. (Bp claL i'al trUrlan. a etate wiidim la trial of Myron Kllgoro. of Abar detv better knvao a Taa Vernon, bis prtirfichl ring name, waa attacked by tnue naar bla home to tbla city. beat aa into Inaenatbility and takaa by aata about three mlla out of tha city and thrown onto tha ttdeflata Friday auabt. only the fact that ha regained conji"onm a ad reached htsher around befora tha tide cama la ba Itevad to have saved hlra from being drowned. On a description furnished by O'Brien. Aberdeen police t"lJ arrested lienry Hansen aa oaa of W.e men Involved In tha attack. He la belnc beld on a county warrant In tha Aberdaan JalL Other arrests art expected. llaaaea Jut Oal of JalL Hansen waa released only last week rrorn tha county jail alter serving a term for boot leg-In a. 11a haa been aociated with Kilicore for aevera month. Last year he robbed a gro cery atora at Markham. on tha aouth aid of tha harbor, waa captured four hours after and admitted tba holdup, but put up a clever hard luck atory and on account of hia youth, waa llenl antly dealt with. . Later ha waa In volved with Kllcora In tha holdup of a bootlrgger. Teatlaasay Brtaaa Pa a la a at at. Evidence In tha Sheriffs handa In dicatea tha attack on O Itrlen waa con aected with tha robbery and booties'- mc rasea aaalnst KUcore. Charlea Lund and other, arreated In a raid on aa Aberdeen reort In January. Lund waa convicted In Superior Court rl jr of conducting a gambling cama la the place and Kilaure la on trial, charced with being proprietor and tha wser of the cam. u'Hrten testified for the atata In the Lund casa and waa to hava been a witne at tha trial of ki:-ore at Montasano yesterday, but waa unabl to ba In court becauaa of Ic.'urte Buffered when attacked. According to the atory told by Obrlen h waa approached near hi home Friday mnint by a man who demanded to know why ba waa testify lr "acatnat ua cenilernen." At about thia lima another man stepped be hind O Brian with tha remark that It waa ueeleaa to waata tlma on him and struck him n blow on tha head, knock- Ins htm Bnconaclou. From hia condi tion yesterday. It la believed he then waa drucaed and taken In an auto which had been walling. tt n point about two mile west of lioqulara and aft en the tid flat a. K 11 a eve "a Reeved Saearleaa. Tha preaent cam acalnst Kilrora la HERETOFORE UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICAN SECRETARY OF WAR. WHO HAS ARRIVED IN FRANCE. 1CITY IS CROWDED Many Soldiers Unable to Get Sleeping Accommodations. PROVISION TO BE MADE r Photo copyright by Underwood. NEWTO D. BIKER AT IIIS DESK IN WAR DEPARTMENT. DRIVE BEGINS SOOil War Garden Campaigners Will . Take Field Friday. BACK LOTS MUST PRODUCE tf latest of many. I.at year h sarved a short term In tha county Jail an a chare of whit slavery on a Fed ral court conviction. II haa bn arrested several time n chars;. of bootler s;tna and la ona e on a charge of boo tire Ins; In Volvtna several hundred quart whisky. The liquor had been broucb . in en n steamer by a bootlercer who told the officer ha waa to hava da llvered It to Kllcora. When the liquor Bad been loaded on an auto truck, h Said Kllcora and other beat hlra off and drov away without paylnc- Kil for wa arrested, pleaded cullty an waa fined IZit Thlrly-riclil Speaker Will Carry Vrxrnl Food Consrrrallon lcs-saft-e tv Owner of 1 00,000 Va cant Lots In Portland. "Why not organize sewlns; bees for men, for durlnc these war times they should be as popular aa they are for women." Miss Raker declares that her father has become so adept with the sewtner machine and la so Interested in his work that he Intends putting in many more evening hours fashioning out dresses for the Red Crovs. LINN COUNTY LEADS SHINGLE MILLS TO QUI CC.tLB.tL HUTDOWV AT HOOl 1AM 19 EXPECTED Arttaat Mad Sireaaary by laablllty t Opvratara Obtain Cars far a,. Delivery f Pradaeta. HOQn.VM. VTaah. March 1. 5p elat. Hjr the middle of neit week moat of the shlncle mills of thia city wt',1 close down on account of the car ahortace. accordlnc to announcements ansda here. Indications are that the other shlncte mills In the Grays Harbor district ilM win take similar action. One Itoqulam mill alreadr I closed. Two of the lars-er shlncle planta are to ault work Vednday. Another will run nntn about tha end of the week by which tlm It Is expected the kiln and storaca shed wt be filled, and the ether lloqulam shincl mill will run about 1 daya to fill Ita kilns and aheds. "o definite statement has been made by local operator, but soma have Inti mated that their planta mlcht remain Idle for a year. When they close they win hava stocks cnouch on hand to rover all orders for which cars can be obtained for Several months. Ibey be lter. Th car situation, except for Govern m.nt orders, haa been acute for some time, and haa been crowinc; worae. I nder the Government's car claaslfica tmn. shtncles coma last on the list. which makea It neat to Impossible to yet earn. At present railroad men re port th auppiy of cara about li per cent below normal. ocTPrT of srnccE laugh .000.000 F frapplird In Ihr ary by lloqulam and Grays Harbor. IIOQI'lAM. Wash. March 1. St. clL The mills of Mooutam and th Orays Harbor district furnished two- thirds ef the approximately a.ooo.Oue feet of sprue supplied In February for In ovemment's airplane pro- c ram me. arcordtnc to Information re ceived In this city. . Pv thia showlnc this dlatrlct has maintained Ita record belnc the principal spruce produclnc district sine lb airplane programme Started. Lumbermen expect th next few months to see a still further speedinic up on production, and believe the (kit ernment rail for 1 l.ovO.Ott feel a month may be reached. Krloo Mil pa Knitted Good. KF.LSOi Wash, March Is (Special) 1 Ifty-IX 'sweaters and paira of aock were shipped by th Cowllts County Red Cro chapter this week, maklna bp th recular weekly oulpat of knitted cooda of th Kelso and a tle Kork workera. ii,nr th first of th year th local knitter have been turnlnc In better than t sweaters a Mk In addition to larce quantities of sock, wristlet, halmcts, IC Becinnlnc .Friday, n bricada of war carden speakers will take the field for the causa of food conservation through tha cultivation of Portland a 100.000 va cant lots, annonncea Ferdinand K. Heed director of th drive, by authtrity of the War Kroerjency Council and the Patriotic Conaervatlon Leacue, Thlrty-elcht orators. In sis teams with captains, have been chosen from the ranks of professional men. Their objective la the creation of city-wide understanding of the Important part the war carden la to take In the drama of American victory. They will demon strata how Infallibly a little healthful, pleasant exercise on th back lot, hoe- Ins 'spuds' or cultivating the acqualn lane of crowinc foodstuff, will lend trenctb to tha arm of our fighting men on land and sea. The speaking campaign will embrace 11 school, with the co-operation of John K. Cooler, school supervisor of gardening, churches, factories, ship yards and labor organisational In every pil.icpal motion picture theater, 52 In aL vtr garden slides will help drive ao.-ne the truth about Portlands duty. Captains of the speaking teams are: A. A. Bailey, general chairman; II. K. MeCutchan. Arthur I. Moulton. K. I Fraley. Ted Lansing and Judge R. CS. Morrow. The personnel of the six com- panlea follows: H. 8. MeCutchan s committee It. I Canoe. W. U MrFarllnc. Kobert Mitch. Harold V. Newlln, Carl B. Wlntler and Carl Little. Arthur I. Moulton's committee p. A- Green. II. I. Angell. F. J. Mclndl. F. C. Ilanley and Jamea H. McMenamln. E- L. Fraley'a committee John T. Dougall. Tom Ryan. Richard Delch. Benjamin F. Boynton and George Ar thur Brown. A. A. Bailey's committee Hamilton Johnstone. Frank 8. Grant. Nelson Ja robson. John L. Pay. Joseph Dunne and Vlrcil CUrk. Ted Lansing's committee Sanderson Reed. A. W. Orton. John II. Stevenson. Frank T. Collier and E. K. PettlncelL Judge Morrow'a committee Judge Ftapleton. John E. Owen. W. A. Burke. W. A. Carter and Rev. Oswald W. Taylor. PIGS RETURN GOOD PROFIT Lcwfi Coonty Younitstcrs Tarn la Interesting Reports. CHEHALIS. Wuh, March 10. (Spe cisl) Lewis County boys who are members of pig ciubs established under direction of the Washington State Col lege have turned In some Interesting reports of their work. Jens K. Svlnth. ho Uvea three milea south of Chehal!, on route i. some time since bought from his father an old sow and one remain ing little female pig of a previous lit ter. At the Southwestern Washington Fair young Svlnth sold the mother for t.'i and the young one for J10. leaving htm a not profit of $17.45 over all ex penses and original cost. Clarence Landea, of Mossyrock, re ports an Investment In pigs of $-15. cost Sale of War Savings Stamps Greatest Per Capita. UNIONISTS HELP CAMPAIGN 10,000 Workers to Be Enrolled to Mako IIouse-to-House Canvass. Churches to Hold 'ThrifC ' Week Services. ML RAKER KEEPS BUSY I.SVRACE WRITTEN BT DAT, DRE9MAKIQ AT MGUT. Linn County lnys claim to leadership In the sale of thrift stamps and war savings stamps In proportion to popu lation over other counties of the state. In the month of February, according of all foods given. tii.iS; pasture at 50 to the report of Postmaster C. H. rents a hog per month. I2.2: a total of i Stewart, sales totaled $36,747.93. Of 31 hours' care of bogs at 10 cents an hour, $1.20; making a totaT of $32.77 as cost Items. Receipts from the aame anl mala totaled $105 as value of the hogs, with $110 given as value of hogs on hand at 5 centa a pound, or $215, le lng a total net profit on his Investment of $u:.:j. FAMILY HOLDS REUNION Coucratalatlons of Friends Given to Oscar It. Main. CHEHALIS, Wash., March 10. (Spe cial. Today at the home of Oscar R. Maln. at Napavine. there waa a family dinner and reunion, following the ac quittal of Mr. Main on the charge of murder. ' . Mra. and Mrs. Main had for their guests his brother, John F. Main, of Olympic. Judge of the tUate Supreme Court, and Mra. Main: his brother, Wal ter B. Main, of Aledo, 111., his sister. Mrs. John C. Keilman, of Sea tin. 111., and her husband, and Mr. and Mrs. II. C Coffman. Mr. Main was the recipient today of the congratulatlona or a large circle of local business men and others on the successful outcome of his trial. Few In this community ever seriously thought there was the least possible occasion for hia arrest. Qaallty f Carsaeata Taraed In t Red Craa ftaccrata That Sewing; Bee a May Attract Men. Merc man's stock lumped to above par In Portland yesterday when Miss Mary Raker, daughter of WUJIam 8. Kaker. district manager of the North western Mutual Life Insurance Com nany. boasted proudly that her father la engaged nightly about tha humming sewing machine fashioning out dresses nd other garments for the women and Iris of stricken France and Belgium. Relieving that the nights should be devoted to patriotic war work as well aa the days. Mr. Raker, at the urgent request of his family, last week deter mined to experiment with th sewing machine. Th experiment proved to be success: so successful. In fact, that by the end of the week he had com pleted, unaided and alone, two dresses which h will this week turn over to he Ked Cross. And without any basting or ripping e baa turned out aa fine-looking risaea as the Red Cross has received." declared Misa Raker laat night. Because of her lather's proved abil ity. Mias Raker Is now a firm believer In more work of this kind for men. "Would It not be well for other men to follow his example V she asked. FOOD EDICT IS POSTPONED Sale of Floor and Substitutes on ' Equal Basis Not Mandatory. SPOKANE, March 10.--The Food Ad ministration order requiring the sale by retailers of an equal amount of flour substitutes with all flour sold. hlch was to have become effective tomorrow, will not be put Into opera- Ion In Washington. In the absence of Instructions from the National Food I Administration. It waa announced to- night at the office of Charlea Hebberd, i State Food Administrator here. C C McEachran, executive secretary of the Stat Food Administration, stated In the absence of Mr. Hebberd, who has gone to Washington. I. C. that the present order requiring the sale of only half as much substitutes aa flour, or one-third aa much substi tutes as flour and an equal amount of potatoes, will remain In effect. a Flnlejr Shows Bird Pictures. HOOD RIVER. Or, March 10. (Spe cial.) A large crowd was present last night at the Odoli High Hchool audi torlum to listen to the address of W. L. Flnley, state biologist, who also pre sented his moving pictures showing wild bird and animal lire. On Monday he will be the chief speaker at a meet lng of the Pin Grove Parent-Teacher Assoc iallon. Dr. Yonngson to Address Masons. Dr. William Wallace Toungson. grand prelate of the Knights Templar, win snow slides of "The Quest of the Holy Grail." In the East Side Masonic Temple. East Eighth and East Burn- side streets, at t o'clock Thursday night. Thia will be for Masons only. Reqnlem Mass to Be Celebrated. Solemn requiem mass will be cele brated at (:I0 o'clock this morning in St. Patrick's Church for the repose of the soul of John E. Redmond, the Irish Nationalist leader, whose death oc curred last week. Bead The Orcgonian classified ads. this amount over half, or $20,831.51 was sold in Albany. In the city of Albany 4902 persons bought war sav ings stamps and 2415 persons were pur chasers of thrift stamps. The goal for March In Linn County is met at $40,000. Other towns In the county making good records were: Lebanon, where 3010 persons invested In $6. 154.50 worth of stamps: Sclo, $23S.40; Shedd. fiszz.ia; era D tree. $1014.35; Halsey 1S.4.41; Harrlaburg, $1043.24 Sales through the Portland postof nee in f eoruary amounted to $133 451.53. making the total of the office to March 1, $375,848.38. Port la ad Carpenters Active. Portland District Council of Carpen ters has taken official cognizance of the war savings stamps campaign and has appointed Harry H. Barker, sec retary of the council, as selling agent The council also voted $50 as .a fund for the first purchase of stamps. Local Jo. 159, Portland Motion-Pic ture Machine Operators, is also in th game as an organization, with C. W. Cornell, secretary, to act as celling agent. Special appeal Is being made to the union men of the city to interest them selves in the campaign; as it la to the laboring classes that Uncle Sam is looking to a considerable extent to put the proposition over. In all churches and other meeting places next Sunday "Thrift week' services will be held a a preliminary to the state-wide house-to-house can- v-us.- planned by the state organization to give the thrift Idea its first big im petus in Oregon. Ten thousand work ers In the state will take part in the canvass. All county chairmen have been supplied with literature for the work and specially prepared definite Instructions will be forwarded this week so that systematic effort will be possible. Extra Effort t Be Made. Appeal has been made to each one of the volunteer workers enrolled In the various divilaons of the war-savings or ganization to make an extra, effort during thrift week, particularly to fur tber spread the gospel of thrift to the end that the full financial strength of the Nation may be placed behind the military branch of the Government. The state organization bulletin says While every effort should be enlisted to carry on trade and commerce, it must be borne In mind that in war times un usual actions are demanded to meet un usual conditions. For instance, there must be no competition with the Gov ernment for labor and materials. "Again, it Is absolutely necessary that every man with a surplus should offer it to those who are financing the great conflict. Following this thought, every man, woman and child should en deavor to produce a surplus that may be Invested. Its size makes no difference, because the Government will accept even a 25-cent piece. "Every person is In duty bound to heed the appeal of the National 'war savings committee to spread the gospel of thrift and saving, so that there will be a militant army of savers to put war savings stamps and the liberty loan over the top." Mayor 'Baker's Housing Committee Will Meet to Flan Bow to Care for Men of National Army Vbea Visiting Portland. Portland hotels Saturday night hung out the "standing room only" sign, be cause of the heavy Influx of visitors to Portland. The number of soldiers who came to Portland was larger Saturday night than for some weeks, and with .the large number of civilian visitors soon crowded the hotels. In order that there shall not a repe tition of this regretable condition so far as the soldiers are concerned, a spe cial meeting of Mayor Baker's housing committee will be held either today or tomorrow, at which time definite plans will be laid to take care of the men of the National Army In the future. Action Deemed Necessary. E. E. Larimore, chairman of the Mayor's soldier housing committee, said yesterday that plans are already under way for the establishment of a housing bureau at the Portland depots where incoming soldiers can obtain room ac commodations as soon as they reach the city. These plans may also Include the placing of men on the various trains from nearby Army camps to arrange hotel and room accommodations for sol diers even before they arrve in Port land. Assuredly something will be done in order that we may cope with this sit uation on succeeding Saturday nights, said Mr. Larimore yesterday. "Of course, last night was unusually heavy and many of tha soldiers did not seek hotel accommodations until midnight or after. Many of these men naturally were disappointed as most of the hotels were filled to overflowing much earlier In the evening." When the soldiers' bousing committee was first appointed it obtained a large list of private homes 'where soldiers could get room accommodations for a night or two at a time. The committee has found, however, that this plan has not worked out as well as it should, partly for the reason, Mr. Larimore said, because the men do not arrange their accommodations as soon as they reach the city. Bureaus to Be Eatabllshed. "During recent weeks Portland has become the common meeting place for soldiers and their families from all parts of the state. Many of the men expect to be called to the Atlantic Coast at any time and naturally they and their relatives arrange for reunions In Portland each Saturday night in an ticipation of the final lcavetaking," he said. "It is not tne soldiers alone who are crowding the local hotels to their utmost capacity, but it is likewise their relatives who come to Portland to visit them. If the soldiers will make use of the rooming bureaus which we propose to establish at the several depots and will get their rooms the moment they reach the city, I .am certain that none of them will be compelled to walk the streets again because they cannot ob tain rooms. The committee will make a careful investigation of conditions at once In order that all visitors to Port land may be properly accommodated hereafter." Although there were large numbers of soldiers as well as civilians who failed to get rooms Saturday night, they were for the most part good na- tured about it. Quick relief from rheumatic pain AUME ANAIaGESIQUE BENGUE has Immediate effect. Try it today. Your phy sician recommends this original French product famous for a quarter of a century. Obtainable at all druggists in spite of war condi tions. Send for free sample tube. THOS. LEEMING & 251S Woolworth Bids., COMPANY New York. IDEALISM NOT ALL R. Alderman Says Schools Must Touch Real Life. N. E. A. LEADERS CONVENE Atlantic City Meting Resolves on Making Schools of Country Cen ters of Citizenship War Plans Brought Up. Oddfellows Get Service Flag. Cascade Lodge No. 104, I. O. O. F., of Cascade Locks, was presented with a service flag Saturday night. Frank K. W eed. past grand conductor of the Rain Deflector Is Loaded With Gum Opium. Charles Beat, Negro. Fares Bad When Searched by Police. r F Charles Beal's umbrella hadn slipped, he would be a free man to day. As It is Charlie, who is a negro, aged 28, was picked up at Fourth and Everett streets yesterday afternoon by Patrolmen Henson and Stone because he answered the description of a man who has been peddling Imitation jewelry through th North End lately. The suspect carried an umbrella, as harmless - looking rain deflector as ever appeared in Portland. When Beal was brought into th rooms of the. bureau of investigation, Captain Circle ordered him searched for Jewelry or anything else that might be suspicious. Beal stood his umbrella against the wall. When the search was about half completed the treacher ous umbrella wavered and fell over on the floor and scattered gum opium all over the room. While Beal. leaned against the wall, with his eyes popping out of his head, inspectors quickly gathered up the dozen cards of opium that were strewn about and placed them back in the urn brella. A card was then affixed bear lng the legend: "Evidence against Charles Beal opium in his possession. The erstwhile owner of the umbrella was lodged in the City Jail to await trial. CHRISTIAN RYAN IS DEAD Dundee Man Is Survived bf Daugh ter and Four Sons. DUNDEE. Or., March 10. (Special.) Christian Ryan, whose death occurred yesterday, was born in West Virginia n 1832. In 18t4 he was married to Mary Ballinger, and they moved to Nebraska, where she died in 1887. ' In 1889 Mr. Ryan, with his children moved to Dundee, where he lived until his death. He is survived by a daugh ter and four sons: Mrs. Bert Byers, Sheridan; George E. and Harley Ryan, Dundee; Frank Ryan, Walla Walla, and L. Ryan. Rainier, Or. Funeral services will be held at the family residence tomorrow, interment in Dundee Cemetery. CANDIDATES ARE SLOW Only 14 Republicans and One Dem ocrat Have Filed for Office. Every school district is to be made a little democracy and every schooi house Is to be its capital until the war is brought to a close, declared L. . R. Alderman, city school superintendent, who returned yesterday from Atlantic City, where he attended the Winter meeting of the superintendents' divi sion of the National Education Association.' It was the consensus of opinion of educators and Government officials who attended this meeting tnat tne scnooia are to be the second line of defense during this war," said Mr. Alderman. 'Officials of the Government attended .11 the meetings and addresses were given by them at nearly every session held at the convention, it was tne uni versal belief that the schools must be connected more with real life and the school children must be trained in good citizenship." Any number of war emergency meas ures were proposed, aiteciing ins schools. Mr. Alderman said. The school officials must urge the people to make more use of the schools; night schools must be. encouraged; foreigners must j learn Knglisn; loreign centers ttnu communities in the United States must not continue. "I found that men are deserting the teaching profession in large numbers," said -Mr. Alderman. "There is a gen eral shortage of teachers throughout the country and In some places the situation Is acute. "At this time especially this condition is bad, as the schools must play a big part in the war. The general feeling is that this country must get into the war with its whole strength and finish it, and through the patriotic manner in which the men and women of America have responded, this country is more united now than ever before in its his tory." Mr. Alderman said that he heard people praise Oregon's wonderful war record throughout the East. People everywhere unite in saying that Ore gon did a great thing in over-subscrib ing in every drive yet started. "On all sides people were boasting of Oregon apples, Oregon loganberry juice, Oregon timber, Oregon spruce and Ore gon patriotism," he said. "The edu cators who were in Portland at the Na tional convention of the N. E. A. last Summer all declared that the people of Portland treated them better than any other city of the country. They had nothing but praise for the Rose City." So far as regular education matters are concerned, Mr. Alderman said the with the 20 Federal prisoners held In the county Jail for the Government. Since Thursday night, when they ar rived from Seattle and ate an evening meal, they have touched no food. The food is prepared for them as for the other prisoners and taken to them, but they will not touch it. The first day they dumped all the food together, but since have not even touched It. They insist on three meals a day, on ordering the dishes they want and on being removed to a Federal de tention camp, saying they have done nothing for which they should be im prisoned. "If they want to starve themselves, that Is their business," declared Sheriff Barnes, tonight. "We will give them the same food others get. What they do with It is not our concern." HAY FUNERAL HELD FRIE.XDS PAY LAST TRIBUTE CIVIL WAR VETERAST. TO Services Are Conducted by Rev. Elliott. Followed by Ritualistic Ceremo nies of Klka Lodge. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 10. (Special.) Friends of Colonel J. A. Munday, who died in Portland Friday, filled the First Methodist Church to day when the funeral services were held.' Rev. T. E. Elliott officiated, after which the Elks held ritualistic serv ices. As the body was being taken from the church, to be sent to Hawes ville, Ky., Miss Alice Smith played "My Old Kentucky Home." The Clarke County Bar Association, of which Mr. Munday was a member, attended In a body. The pallbearers were Judge R. H. Back, of the Supe rior Court of Clarke County; Donald McMaster, W. J. Kinney and Foster O. Hidden, of Vancouver, and G. L. Linds ley and A. L. Parkhurst, of Portland. In his will he requested that his body be sent back to Hamilton Place, near Hawesville, Ky., to be buried near the graves of his parents. Mr. Munday was born in Kentucky, August 14. 1843. He served In the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was promoted to the rank of Colonel. He was later editor of a weekly paper In Owenshoro, clerk of the court there, and State Senator for four years. WEDDED COUPLE GREETED Return of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wel comed by Friends at Newport. convention was of the opinion th school classes are now entirely too large for effective individual work. The high schools of Portland gained recognition from the fact that this city leads the country m high school work. Mr. Alderman visited the schools of New York and other Eastern centers. In New York he addressed a meeting of the Schoolmasters' Club. Dr. E. A. Sommers, who attended the meeting as a representative of the School Board, stopped off at Washing ton, D. C, for a short visit, and will return to Portland the latter part of the week. SHORT DAY AIDS RANCHERS Orchardlsts Working In Dee Mill Have More Time at Home. HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 10. (Spe cial.) The new eight-hour rule that went into effect at the Dee plant of the Oregon Lumber Company last Mon day is pleasing- to the ranchers who work at the mill. Numerous owners of Dee flat orchards have paid for their places and their development by work in the lumber mill. The orchardist- millworkers declare that the new rul ing will permit them to devote several hours a day to their farm work. The Dee mill, now operating under Government orders, has perhaps been freer from L W. W. Influences than any other In the Northwest. EX-DETECTIVE CONVICTED Denver Man Found Guilty of $3400 Jewelry Robbery. NEWPORT. Or., March 10. (Special.) The friends of Lester Martin, a busi ness man of this city, met him at the boat Friday night with handfuls of rice to welcome his return with a bride, who formerly was Miss Lila Lewis, of Port land. After the congratulations and rice shower were finished, Mr. Martin told his friends that the Joke was on them, as his marriage dated back to last Sep tember, when he was supposedly tour ing Southern Oregon and visiting Crater Lake and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Mr. Martin has served the last two years as chairman of the Republican Central Committee of this county, and he is at present state committeeman from this county. DR. LEE PREACHES THRICE President of Albany College Again Occupies City Pulpits. SALEM. Or., March 10. (Special.) That there is no rush among candi ates to get their official declarations filed this year is Indicated by an ex- grand lodge of Oregon and a Spanish ! amination of the record in Secretary War veteran, who waa In 43 pitched Olcott s orrtce, battles in defense of the flag, made the presentation address. The Inde pendent Order of Oddfellows is among the most patriotic in the United States; every lodgeroom in Oregon has the American flag displayed, and every lodge remits the dues and cares for the dependent ones of ita members In the service. Two yeans ago at a corresponding date to today 104 Republicans and 28 Democrats bad filed for office, while to data only 14 Republicans and on Democrat have filed this year. The time for filing expires April 12. so only a little over a month is left for the candidates to come in with their petitions or filing fees, BRIGHTON. Colo., March 10. A Jury in the District Court today found Frank Mulligan, former Denver detective. guilty of robbing Mrs. Irene Nolan, Denver society woman, of jewelry val ued -at 13400 in a holdup at a road- house on the morning of January 2. The trial was the first of four growing out of the affair. Some time after the robbery the Jew els were returned to Mrs. Nolan through the medium of a Denver pawnbroker. PRISONERS REFUSE MEALS 20 Men in Walla Walla Jail Order . Food, Then Decline to Eat. ' WALLA WALLA. Wash., March 10. (Special.) Every day is foodlesa day ALBANY, Or., March 10. (Special.). Dr. Wallace Howe Lee, president of Al bany College, who has not occupied an Albany pulpit for several months, preached three sermons here today. He spoke at the Grace Presbyterian Church this forenoon, at the First Pres byterian Church at its vesper service and at Grace Presbyterian Church again this evening. His subjects were The Grace of Giving" at the morning serv ice, "The Value of a Church Home" at the vesper service and "The Assurance of Immortality" at the evening service. Dr. Lee recently has been preachinf? occasionally in the First Presbyterian Church at Lebanon. STAR WANTS FIRST BOND Orpheuui Headliner Would Pur chase at Temple of Liberty. Nellie V. Nichols, the Irrepressible "Name My Nationality" headliner at the Orpheum this week, wants to be the first purchaser of a liberty bond in the Temple of Liberty. Yesterday she put up $100 in cash with F. J. McGettigan, manager of the Orpheum, with instruc tions to have the first bond sold through the temple purchased In her name. , "I believe Miss Nichols' request Is the first of that nature, and I shall take it up with Manager Smith, of the cam paign headquarters," said Mr. McGetti gan last nlpht. AFoodYouNeed ForConservatiof rape-Nuts Saves Sugar. Milk.FueL Unique among pre pared cereais. cza