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Newspaper Page TextTIIK. 3IORMXG OR EG ONI AX, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 191S. ENGLAND IS AGAIN BOMBED FROM SKY FIKST CONSIGNMENT OF "EYES" FOR THE NAVY IS SENT FROM THE LOCAL RECRUITING STATION 1 You Save Without Effort When You Take Your S. 6? H. Green Trading Stamps German Agents and Sympathizers Are Trying to Overhear You Don't Talk! r-r v-sEwr;:-TNr',"r --' " " """" ?rrw'?Ti I I I I 'M' 'tWi Attack on Yorkshire Coast f.!ade by Fleet of Ger man Airplanes. PARIS VICTIMS NUMBER 34 Sc-rnty-Mne Fcr-on Injurrd la Jlcvent Attack Made by Tru tons Foar .i-army Ia tlilnc nroufhl Down. Lt'MDX. March I!. Hostile almhipj ItUrkt'l the York-hire cimiI tonight. acror'llng ! so official statement- The -aid I t:It In prgr. r'lId Marshal Lord French, rom frandr of the borne forces, rrports that on of tvo boetil airship attacked th 1ork"hlr coul UK this avenlnr. A f w bomb ar reported I have fallen a hrt Hi-tance Inland. No r--prta of mtuAttirs or damage nave yet b ' 1 received. PARIS. March II Thirty-four persona were killed and 7 other were Injured In Pans and He suburbs aa a reaull of ial cxhl i (itrnua air raid. la auUllion la th bomb victims. pr-rs were euffocTited through crowding In a panic Into a metropolitan railway entrance to lake refua-e from the raiders. Ttiese wera for tbe mual far! womta and children. lee aejatadrea FaaaseeU Of the bomb victims I wr killed and S Injured la Pan and five killed and -J Injured In the euburba. Tim G-rmana lost four airplanes In laet nicht'a attack on Tarts. Nine uia-irons took part In the raid. A tirrmin airplane waa hit by Franrh anti-aircraft gun laet night and felt r.urth of ?.li)ii. the- War Office re- prt. Thrre lunwucri, two of them fficers. were captured. 5in le nrar the bend in the bat- ll line northeast of Pari. The ma china bronchi dowa there may have been one i( th-s taking part la Ibe ri'l on the French capital. The raiding Jot ha brought dowa In flames fell on a spot three mile from hatea. Thierry. A (German Captain, wito was on board and waa taken pris oner with the crew, belong to the Third :-'iuaJrun cf the German Sev enth arm. The fug which bad covered the rlty Monday momma n'ltlrd down again in the early iitnlm. It was tnl. k enough to cauie the general belief thai there waa little rhaoce that the lr pane wnald attempt ad air raid. This b'lief. howeter. waa ahattered at o'clock: when the warning waa sounded of the approach of botil aircraft. Tae raid ended shortly after midnight. tartala af Ire Malalalaedw The official report of the raid says: "Accfrdmc to It first aewa. nearly ft enemy atr;lanea succeeded la er-s-trg Our lines.' Tiianks to Ibe curtain fire a hi-a our artillery niatalnd Ihr-oushoul the raid with great In t'a.icy. a certain number of tha m -rMnes taiU-t l reah Ibetr objective. Ne crtfcelee numerou bombs were dropped in i'aria and lie auberba tV rr; build n w.r ucmoUehrd and to a fire.' - Clean Ud the Old Shoes You still have weeks of wear in them. Shoe White Tan and Black, in all the bes.t brands. Get our prices on the Torrington Vacuum Cleaner It's the best at the price. Small payments if desired. Protect your hands from spray with heavy, acid-proof Rubber Gloves $2.75 to $3.50 Pr. Heavy Rubber Gloves for Garden Work S1.75 and S2.00 Pair. roLLECTtO.X til" BIMirl LAR LOAMID BT PATRIOTIC CITI7.ES FOR USE OX INCLE SAM'S WARSHIPS. A blar packlnsr case will bo sent to Pan FranclKco within a few days with the compliments of the marine recrultlnr station. J Fanarna Bulldma;. and of patriotic people of the Norlhwwl. It contains 62 pairs of binoculars, all of which have been 'oanrd for the duration of the war lit response to calls Issued through the press by the Navy Department for Instruments for use In the Navy. All kinds and makes of classes are to he found In the collection.' which accutnulafc-d In exactly one week. Olasges wera sent In from all points of Ureaon. Washington. California and Idaho, which statea comprise the Northwest district. Twelve pairs came In from Portland people, and one pair from K. F. Boyle, of 28 Madison street, t-pokane Wash., bore tha postscript. "If the user of theae glaaees will writ to their owner, he will be supplied with tobacco for the duration of the war." The Joke of the thine; I" that most of the ajlasca are of Herman make." said Lieutenant E. H. Hammond, In charge of Ibe marine recrujtina station, yesterday. "We are using; tierman ships to send our men over and we'll use German glasses to a moke the Huns nut. These 2 palra are worth fiiuuo, and many of them are worth over 1100 apiece. "This la our first consignment, but It won't tie the last. The more we get the better. Telescopes and good opera Slass"a are acceptable as well aa binoculars. The binoculars w III go to Sao Francisco and from there to Washington. . C. subsequently seeing active service with Ibe ships In battle ((ray. STRIKE CAUSE CITED High Prices and Low Wages Found Chief Fault. EMPLOYERS ARE BLAMED Conference- Conclude That la Many Caar-s Kmplojcra Hate I "ailed lo Aatk'latc Increased Cot of Lit log by liaising Pay. r.VRM. lUrrt, 11-rifty maternity ea.,a in a Xany boepttal were re moved from Ibe hospital by tho Amer ican K4 l-'roaa In q licit time after a l,r.gl air raid on Nancy. tna bomb rtr.jptied en the roof of tha maternity ri'l and frl between two occa- (iid bda. tt failed to explode. The 'renrh hospital authorities then made r'i lo tne American Ited Cross hoepital at Toul. I 1 mil- away. remove ail the patients. I'r. Maynard I- ! l. in rharsre of the American he p:tl. provt-ld faclllttee and received ail the patlats wlthla 21 hours. vn.r Pstleata la periled. Tr. Kobert G. fharp rrmalned on duty for 31 hours and all the nuraes worked overtime to meet the em r- lenr of the maternity patlenla were In a critxal slate when they reached the hopllL doe lo the excitement th-uh which they ha-l passed. The K'4 from boepttal where the pa - II- nta were taken la occupied by evil refugee children and their mothers. BKRLIV. vta London. March IS. An official announcement heads: "In retalla:lon for enemy aerial at tacks ea March and le on eituttaart. Hexilnco. L'fnterturkhetm and Mains. ar aviators last Btcht copiously and aucceaafuliy bombed I'aria. AMSTERDAM. March 1!. A tele criFBi from Krankfort-on-the-Maln as e'rte that aa a result of a British day Iiht raid on Mains last Saturday three s:dicrv. four women and one child were killed and many other persons were Injured. No military damage was done. It la declared. r.rillic. Monday. March 11. No dem t.tratlnn of a national nature was c.ned by the attack on Naples early iMi by enemy aviators. It la an nounced officially. Tweatv Boaaba Drops!. Th raid was mad at 1 o'clock this mornlnc. About 24 bombs were iroppr-d. almost alt cf them strlkina; j SI. p-tva.ee houeea In ad4 lion to the eevn victim In the hoepit-J of the Utt: Slaters, several othrr civilians were klUed or wounded. POSTOX. March IS. Increased cost of li v Ins; and.fx::jr of employers In many rases lo anticipate this Influence i been ona of the Important con tributory causes of recent strikes, ac cord Ins; lo the report Isaued today by he National Industrial conference board on strikes In American Industries war time. From April ( to October t. 117. there were strikes at 2521 establishments, the existence of which waa definitely verified by the board. Kach establlnh men! waa aked to report upon causea. but complete information was received from only US. These plants showed Ht.tOi men Idle and .2SS.I days of production lost, opinions also were asked of labor commissioners and mediators. IHrect conference appeared lo have been the most satisfactory method of settling- thee disputes. Caaae Art ". vew. The conclusions of the board as lo the causes of the unsettled conditions of labor ar that tha following Influ ences were of primary Importance: "Increased coat of living and failure of employera In many caaea to antic Ipate this Influence. "Widespread discontent due lo a belief thai undue profits bad been made by employers out of war busi ness "Increased Independence of the work er, due In part to a labor shortage and In part to a feeling that the situa tion constituted labor s opportunMy for forclnc union recognition or closed shop conditions. "Inequality between wages paid In planta engaged on private work and Oovrrnment or private plants engaged on war work. "The unsettled Influence of the 'cost plua profit' feature of many war con tracts. "The Federal department's virtual Indorsement of tha eight-hour work day.- Oatlssk eeeee laapravew. Tha report concludes: "Indications of Improvement In the labor situation In recent months are apparent, but only a cursory reading of the dally press Is needed to see that the war Industrtea of this country still are heavily handicapped by labor dis putes. Co-operation In efforts for the establishment of some workable pro gramme which shall minimise these disturbances, at least for tha duration of the war. Is the patriotic duty of both employers and employee. " Missouri. Thompson finished work in electrical enirlneerlna; for a degree last June. Ilia home Is West Plain-. Mo. Thompson was maklns; his first flight over the German linen when he brought down the enemy craft, accord Inn: to the dispatches. He had never before oper a ted a machine gun. Thompson left the university last Sprlnsr to enter the flrst training; camp at rorl Riley. He waa commissioned and transferreU to Fort Sumpter for special training In aeronautics. lie sailed for France at Thanksiclvlna; time. I nlverslty teachers remember Thomp son as a shy, but capable, student. lie gained membership In the school's hon orary engineering societies and was one of the organisers of the Wireless Club. 2 BUE6LARS PICKED OP SOLDIEHS OP STATE Cl'ABD MAKE RECORD CATCH. Oaod Taken FTraaa Residence afL.lv. Mo. re Are Recovered and Re stored lo Their Owner. When soldiers of the State Ouard picked up Jake Boehm. alias Ed tiavtn. and John Wilson at the foot of Hoiladay avenue late Monday nitclit and turned them over to the police they made one of the best catches recorded here In aeveral months. Both men yes terday confessed to burglarising the home of U K. Moore. 281 East Four teenth street North, when they took clothing and 'Jewelry, later recovered and returned lo the owner by In spectors Snow and Leonard. Boehm, alias Gaven, admits he is an escaped convict from Cleveland, O. and aaya he has yet several yeara to serve there for "cracking a safe He savs ha escaped from prison last December. Both men were turned over to Police men Kekdahl. Coulter and Tuliy bv the eoldiera, whoa namea the police did not obtain. Boehm is only 24 yeara old and Wil son Is but 1. They met in Chicago. they told the officers, and beat their way to California, later eomlnsr north. They were arraigned in Municipal Court yesterday afternoon, md Jud Kossman held them to the grand Jury. r.l uavtn. cigar merchant at lit Sec ond street, whose residence Is 769 How street, yesterday aaked that :t be made plain that he was not the Ed Gavin arrested. SLAYER GETS LIFE William Voight, Jr., Sentenced to Washington Penitentiary. If you are not already using ikk-Marr Toilet Requisites call and let our demonstrator explain this method to you. You judge a man by his surroundings- You can not afford to let your home run down self-respect demands protection. Sherwin-Williams' Paints and Varnishes do protect no adulteration, the largest retail stock in We have the city. Toilet Goods Department. ONE CAKE FREE with every purchase I of 3 cakes of this soap for 25c. siiavsaisisavavavavaiaiaiavavaiaiaisaaiies p 1 case Fels' Naptha Soap, 100 bars. $6.00 Fompeian Night Cream, jar. . .35tr-75r 50c Pompeian Massage Cream 472 50c Stillman Freckle Cream. . . . .' 452 $1.50 Oriental Cream. S1.25 50c Cameline 40 50c Arabolene 403 50c Robertine 43- Nonspi 50 50c Odorono .452 25c Sykes' Comfort Powder 222 25c Hamburg Breast Tea 222 60c Walnutta Hair Dye 50t2 30c Bromo-Seltzer 252 50c Lysol 45 50c Lilly's Milk Magnesia 452 16-oz. Clawod Beef, Iron & Wine. .1.00 50c Foley's Honey and Tar 452 50c Sloan's Liniment 452 35c Castoria -292 35c Pape's Cold Compound 202 ?1.00 Wampole's Extract Cod Liver Oil, special 902 75c Scott's Emulsion 692 16-oz. Albanol, for constipation 502 25c Carter's Liver Pills 19 30c Bromo-Quinine 25 50c Cascarets 43 2 doz. genuine Boyer's Aspirin Tab lets, special 352 6-oz. Cold-Well Cough Balsam 502 ' MAE SHALL 700-rlOME A6I7I v UH3 STKE7-T AT VjTEST PABK .Alway S. ft IW Stamp First Three Floors- PROPERTY GIVEN WIDOW Man Wlio Killed Earl Potruff While Tlu-y Were Hunting ltecauso He Loved Wife C6n fosse. Deeds roabeeslous to Woman. LONDON'. March 1Z. British aviators hv dropped a ton of bombs on the town of Coblena. capital of th Khln province of ITusaia. according to an official communication issu.d tonight. ("oMens. which la situated on on of th f'.neat section of the Koine, baa a (oputstion of nesrly Se.ea. ll la a strongly fortified town, and on the oppoait bank of th Khlu. on a lf'T. rocky eminence. Is th fortress of Ehrnbrett..teir. which has been con-ai-l.rd almoei rr pregnable. Th town lo a large trade by vater and ralL lis msnufactorts Include pianos, paper jto-k's an. I inarbtnery. There also la some shipbuilding don there. ATROCITIES ARE RECOUNTED Louis Soldier In France Says German Crimea I'nbrllevablc. iy.vtOV. March i:. Thirteen Ger . ...... . n . I ,K. K . ' 1. .. I " . f r Knme ntiline out rmerea i by the Krtti.h um - ,r pit oil of action by the Hrtn r'dty. It la announced officially. ?T. WVXZ. March 7. Mr. It. C. Wer ents. iltl West Belle Terrace, has re ceived a letter from hrr son. 1'rlvste K. H. Khrhardt. who has been in Krane sine Pepiember 1. 117. An extract from this letter follows: "It la a common thing to see women plowinr and doing other farm work here. There Is a littla boy living near her whose right arm was severed at tha elbow. ml hla sister's arms also were cut oft. This la all the work of the Germans. Sonnds unreasonable, but it la ail gospel truth. H fore he enlisted In the Armr here fThrhardt did not have much faith in the atorlea which had been circulated throughout the country dealing with the tale of German f rightfulness and attributed them to propaganda to make the people realise the serious side of tha war. fine hla arrival on the west ern front, though, he has written let which sur- ed aa far- TWO OFFICERS ARE TRIED Camp Lewis Lieutenants Charged With Disobeying Orders. TACOMA. Wash.. March . (Ppe ciai. iwo ofiioers whose names are withheld were tried by court-martial at Camp Lewis yesterday on the charge or disobeying orders. Both are Second Lieutenants and are th first officers to com up for court-martial here. They nave been in the) service since August ... .ud nave oeea at vamp iewis since September 1. Specifically Just what the nature or the charge waa against the men was not disclosed and both through counsel, entered pleas of not guilty. While tha penalty for disobedience might be a prison sentence if they are found guilty it is intimated that if such a verdict Is returned they will be dismissed from the service, that much leniency being jhown. In ac cordance with orders from Washing ton they were given the psychiatric test before the trial and were found to be of aound mind. The findings of the board will be sent to the War De partment to be confirmed by the Preai dcut before being published. ROME. March 1?. flea enemy sir. rVanea wen brought dowa yesterday, it is aanounced officially. Vof I'd r. a a M arderere. - frztJjTf'K. Arts. March C An armed I -se of arlv ! mn Is pursuing She two rweee brother, and Tom fits m. draft eader. who killed Sheriff M-'UnJe and two deputies near Olob. r"jn l reported lo have bn wound ed and li nw being carried on a 'rcner by lb TPowera brothers. In trie r-esf ar a band of Apache In dian and seven troope of Cnrted rotates cavalre. who have been ordered out to prevent f.ia thr men f II, the beet. Uu aia ! fetched before coming In contact with actual occurrences. SHY STUDENT BAGS HUN Missouri I'nlvcrslty Man Develops Into Daring Aviator. mLfMPrs, Mo.. March 7. "Mar. under careful training, gel rid of bis girlish action, fo modest that a cur rent would shock him.' Such is the characterisation of (Stephen Thompson, th young American aviation Lieuten ant who wrecked German airplane In a recent raid over gaarburg. In last year's annual publication of the engi neering students oltb Tt'nlveralty of Klotir Drop In Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash, March II. A re duction of 40 cenla a barrel In the wholesale price of flour, from IJ.SO to f 40. waa announced today by local millers. It is made possible, they ex plained, by the new Government regu lations requiring that a higher per centage of the wheat be uaed in flour making and permitting only one grade of flour. Army Orders. PAX FRANCI8CO. March IS. The follow Ing orders were Uaued bv the Western De partment of the Armv tier to4-r: captain Jams L. Hatcher. Coast Artillery Corps; Robert R. Jonea and James Mult head. Coaet Artillery. National Guard, ere hereby relieved aa members of the geuersl ceun martial at Camp Walter R- Tallaf-rro. Sea titesn. CaL Klrst Lleatenanta Francis M. Flits. Medi cal rrpa. sanitary detachment, and Gnre V. MrKeever. Enalneer Corpe, are relleve-t from further duty In thta city and will pro eeo to Camp Fremont. Palo Alto, Cal., to Join thetr re si me ma. Klret "ulent-nant Elmer P. Kayaer. Coaet Artillery. National Army. Is d-tailed ss Ji1e edv-vat of the general courtmartlal at Camp Walter R. Txllarerro. K A LA MA, Wah.. March 12. fSpo- cial.) In the Miipeplor Court in Kalama yesterday William Voight. Jr., Pleade-d guilty to the charge of mur derlng Karl Potruff on November 28, lUli. and was sentenced to the peni tentinry for life by Judge Darch. Karly on the morning of March 5 after an all-night queatitfning by Sheriff Studebaker and Deputy Pros ecuting Attorney Imus, Voight broke down and confessed that he murdered Potruff. a fellow homesteader on the L'pper Kalama River, while hunting with him November IS. He raid he had been Infatuated with Mrs. Potruff -ever since the Potruffa had taken up a homestead near him about four years ago. Potruff had been working in Astoria for about five weeks be f one the tragedy, and during that time Voight bad been liv Ing with Mrs. Potruff. Husband la Aseasslaated. Two daya before the shooting Pot ruff came home on a visit, and it was while they were hunting for deer to gether that Voight, who wss walking ahead, carrying Potruff" s rifle, on the pretext that he was the better shot. while Potruff carried Volght's shot gun. wheeled suddenly and. snot Potruff through the heart, killing him Instantly. After arranging the body and placing the rifle beside it, he went hotiie and notified the neighbors and Mrs. Potruff. At the time of the shooting Voight gm suspected because of hla known relations with Mrs. Potruff, but no direct evidence could be obtained be cause the men were alone together at the time. One circumstance that aroused further suspicion was the fact that the body and clothes of Potruff showed no Dowden marks, and the wound was a clean, round one, show ing apparently that the bullet bad coine from a distance. Slayer la Bold. The nerve of Voight is shown by the fact that after the shooting he circulated a petition among the cit izens of Kalama in order to collect funds so that Mrs. Potruff could hold her homestead. William Voight. Jr.. is, of German parentage, the son of William voight, one of the old settlers on the Kalama River. He is one of six children, and has lived most of his life on the Kalama Riven. He is 35 years of age He recently deeded his property to Mrs. Potruff. dustry, but the production of it in Japan has increased in keeping. Its import has also been limited. The lim ited capacity of railways here has also formed a powerful factor to prevent the increase in supply. At present the visible stock of machine oil here 1 markedly short. Therefore dealers are quite Justilied to take the present attitude. The present tendency in machine oil waa especially enhanced toward the close of last year, when some dealers suspended their sales. At the advent of the new year the market for the goods wan further strained and this in duced the Nippon Oil Company and the Hoden Ooil Company to raise thetr wholesale quotations by SO sen per "box. Dealers' suspension of sales was abol ished at the same time apparently un der the impression that this raising of prices might relax the tention of the rrfarket. However., the desired easing of the situation has not been witnessed since. Dealers accordingly have effected an other raising of rices now. First-grade machine oil (in old cans) Is quoted at resent 8.80 yen, while white oil is quoted at 9.S0 yen and engine oil at 9.90 yen per box. Illuminating oil and gasoline now keep immobile as the result of the re cent advance in prices, but with the Increase in demand they may soon re sume their soaring tendency. Esecially the latter is now reported to be in large requirement from foreign buyers and its users are quite anxious of its result ing effect on prices. Light oil is not positively booming now owing to the limited demand, but its visible stock is small and it is feared that unless railways begin to work beter It may run out soon. It is held by dealers that an extraordinary boom may be evidenced in the market once the buying season sets in. C0D E ti GUARD Reported Flight of Von Luxburg Denied by Officials. the advisory council. board, was called into SAFE CONDUCT IS DENIED ORDNANCE GLASS FULL EIGHTEEN PORTLAND HEX OFF TO STATE UNIVERSITY. T. SI. Moloney, . Formerly Connected With The Oregonian, Takea Quota . of City to Eugene School. HOLSTEIN C0WG0ES WILD Straw and Snowdrift Fare Too Much for Dossy's Brain. MARSIIFIELD. Wis.. March S. With only, chance wisps of straw for food and snowbanks to quench her thirst. Theodore Kautser's Holstein cow went wild. It waa her own fault, however, for Instead of remaining within the con fines of the barnyard fences, as any gentle cow should, she took to the fields. ' For three Weeks she was missing "Somewhere In Wood County," partak ing of ber meager rations and inci dentally losing her mind. When roped and hauled in the cow refused to return to her old rations and tbe change in her disposition made it necessary for her to be shot. Timothy M. Maloney. former district circulation manager for The Oregonian, is among the Portland recruits who have been selected to attend the ord nance training school, at the univer sity of Oregon, which opened on Mon day of this week. The class is limited to 90 students, and there were 350 applications a cir cumstance which speaks well ror the character and ability of the young men chosen to form It- From Portland 18 recruits Joined it yesterday, under temporary command of Private Ma loney. The course in ordnance will be under Lieutenant Charles C Jeremiah, and its student .members are from every part of the Pacific Coast. Recruits from Vancouver Barracks, who left for the ordnance school the first or this week, most of whom are Portland bovs. are as follows: Timothy M. Maloney, uaonei uejar- din, Emery D. Lake. Edward J. Braze 11, Charley C. Stewart, Milton M. Smith, Walter E. Shepard, Howard C. Gildes, Ernest W. Walter, Kenneth S. Jordan, Charles Danish. Donald C. Roberts, Alvln j F. Sersanous, Clinton h,. Os trander. Thomas B. Wilson, Herbert H. Sichel, Newton C. Bader, Arvo A, Simola. SNOWSHEDS CARRIED AWAY Slide Demolishes Track Protector on Main Llue at Truckec, Cal. OIL BOOM STRIKES JAPAN Increased Demand Is Factor Present Development. in TRUCKEE, CaL. March 12. One hun dred feet of snowsheds on the Southern Pacific were carried away today by a snowslide near Truckee, the main line being blocked. One man, a railroad worker, was re ported missing. 'Two others were in jured- Venice has S'ipplled it fir depart ment with steam-driven engines car ried on pelroluum-propclltd motor boa la. TOKIO. March-. A strong hwom is developing in the oil market in Japan. T . I 1 .. 1 , . I . ...,lnn. A 1 ternately with their suspension of sales QjL0N CHOSEN CHAIRMAN ana no one. Knuws now fiign in i-uei vi fuel and other oil may soar. A prominent oil man recently told an Advertiser reporter aa th explanation of dealers' position in this extraordi nary oil boom that machine oil has cut a very prominent figure in the oil boom j for th past few weeks. Its sale being suspended alternately with tha raising of its prices. Demand for this descrip tion of oil In Japan baa, indeed. In creased at a rapid pace with the fast J development of various branches of in- T" Xationalist Party Elects Successor to tbe Late John Redmond. LONDON. March 12. John Dillon, member of Parliament for Last Mayo, today unanimously was elected chair- Iman of the Nationalist party, succeed ing the late John Redmond. The motion to elect Air. union was I mad by Joseph Devlin. Forehrn Office Declares Rumor of Count's Sudden Departure Result ed From Mistake In Identity ol German Passengers. BI'EXOS AIRES. March 12. Reports were current here today that Count von liuxourg, lormer uermau minister iu Argentina, had fled. It was said he had been missing for several days from the house where he was supposed to have been under strict surveillance, and that last night he. the former Ger man naval attache and a large group of other Germans passed through Puente del Inca, in the Andes, on the international train for Chile. After an investigation of these re ports the Foreign Office said they were untrue and that it had been as sured by the police that the count was still here under guard. The Foreign Office said the reports were due to a mistake as to the identity of the Ger mans seen on the international train. The British government, having de clined to issue a safe conduct for a German physician to accompany Count von Luxburg on hl9 voyage home, the Foreign Office is endeavoring to make arrangements to have a neutral physi cian go with him. According to Buenos Aires dispatches on Sunday, Count von Luxburg had been granted a safe conduct by the British government to sail for Sweden and was expected to depart shortly on the steamer Valparaiso. Count von Luxburg was handed his passports by the Argentina govern ment last September, after Hhe dis closure of his objectionable activities in connection with the submarine war- J fare as it affected Argentine shipping notably his message suggesting that Argentine steamers might be "sunk without trace." In October he was placed In a German detention camp on the island of Mar tin Garcia, but later was taken to the German hospital at Buenos Aires, where he has been under treatment because of his reported unbalanced mental condition. According to the accounts from Ar gentina, there has never been apparent a strong desire on the part of the count to leave South America, and he has been openly accused in the Argentine capital of trying to avoid returning to Berlin by causing his condition to be represented aa more -eerions than it actually was. NO BASE HERE DURING WAR Secretary Daniels Holds Out Hopes to Columbia River "Later." ASTORIA, Or., March 12. (Special.) Chairman Stone, of. the Port of As toria Commission, received a letter to day from Secretary of the Navy Daniels with reference to the proposed Colum bia River submarine base. The Secretary said that his depart ment could not recommend any addi tions to the naval programme during the period of the war. Only such mean urea as directly affect the war move ments would be considered, but later on he would take up the Helm recommen dations for an aviation field and sub marine base on the Columbia and rec ommend their construction. Odessa, with a population of 700,000, has 34 moving picture theaters. When a programme has begun the patrons coming late must wait in the ante rtoml where music is provided, and ctndy, tea, and sandwiches can be bought. ELECTION IS DELAYED HONOR GUARD GIRLS ELATED OVER ' "RESULTS of organization. Report Shown That Girls Realised More Than SSSOO From Entrrtain ' meats of Past Season. The Girls' Nation; Honor Guard, Portland branch, at a. fleeting last night In room H. Library, voted to postpone their election of officers until later date and appointed a commit tee to consult with the advisory boand with a view toward co-ordinating the work of the state and city offices. The action of th guard was made after an extensive discus.'ion. Miss Mamie Helen Flynn gave an excellent report of the work of the social com mittee, showing that more than 2200 had been realized 'from the vaudeville last season, and of this sum $1700 had been clear: that- the . committee had given many concerts and programmes for the soldiers, .had couducted com munity sings and done other patriotic work. Mies Lillas Wight suggested that the girls consult their advisory board and then get busy and do the big and tbe patriotic work for which they are organized. Her advice was accepted and the co-ordination committee, in cluding the nominating comnuttec and amninitimmuimmiiiiniimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii TELEGRAPH wires were busy pouring a mass of state, Na- 1 tional and international news into the newsroom of The Ore- gonian. Big stories were "breaking" locally and copy boys were rushing reams ' of type- I written sheets to the composing- I room. It was 6 o'clock on a Sat- urday night and 13 of the big f linotype machines were work- ing on Want Ads. What did it mean ? Simply that Mr. and Mrs. Everybody j were scheduled to miss a lot of valuable news on Sunday morn- 1 I ing because art army of Some- I bodies had swamped the busi- I ness office with Want Ads. They had taken advantage of that technical 6 o'clock Want Ad deadline, developed the habit of last-hour activity, and were thus robbing themselves of a guar- 1 antee of errorless ad copy, as- sured classification, a certainty of even ' appearing in the first edition, and themselves, as well as a huge public, of the maxi- mum of news. I The mechanical equipment of every newspaper is necessarily 1 large enough to take care of rush business a volume of equipment far beyond normal needs. But when, as is the case f every Saturday night, Want Ad business becomes so abnormal, something must suffer. That something, when ads have been accepted, and thus guaranteed a place in the big Sunday morn- ing issue, is the news depart- ment, the very life-blood of a newspaper and its reason for ex- istence. Much time is required during the route the Want Ad takes f fce-aa telephone or counter to the fefssrilast table. First it's checked to correct errors in spelling or classification, then it 1 goes to the c.vriposing-room and 1 is distributed to the linotype operators. Printed proof goes to the proofreader and if there are any typographical errors, back it goes for correction, and then on to proofreader again. The makeup man gets it for dis- tribution into the forms under proper classification. Then the forms go to the stereotypers, who cast the matter into a Eolid plate. This plate makes a jour- 1 ney . from ninth floor, to . base- J ment, is placed in the hands of the pressmen and within a few 1 minutes carriers, newsboys, 1 newsdealers and Uncle Sam are busy taking it to your home. siswuiimilnumimillnMiiWHWilwimnnuifflfM