THE MORNING OISEGOXIAX, MONDAY, MAECn 18, 1918.
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Plant, and Raise, and Can,
Washington's Message to
American People.
Is
DAY FOR BOMBAST IS GONE
only rommlMloned officer named Is
Ktrat L.lutnant Harold M. Hirch,
nllKhtly wounded.
Kottowina U lh list:
iHrd of diotw Corporal Robert Edrri
fXyrif : ITivacca Wllam P. L unh. H-r-iwrt
Von Alt. Jam H. Stewart. John M.
ro-h Wrrn C. Ifauscr, Ch.r.a Betty.
tt-T Norman.
rii of accident piiat Oliver J. But
ford
Wnontr mr'y Private Porter Jon.
Wnqn-ird artvhtir Kirat Llu?ant Har
old l tltrrh. 0rnt WiUard lilon Brown.
1't.rporals Kr ! Ilruyn. Hobrt II. .rif
fith. John i;urkt. Ft-pho J. Malta. Jimw
J Vurray. Hur Wilbur Thmnaa. Prtvatf
Thvodoro J lirr-tt. L.mr J. &'. A r.
lUMktman. John W. fooprr. Kr . vtonf,
lUrnarU K. lxd. John Keduruk. Robert .
Kool. Lod W. rrnat. Millard r. .mwcmk1,
John J. Ouirh. lyd- W. IU:i. IMtrar A.
hirimini. Cwar J. Hill. Zo.m T. Johnaon.
J4i?ifi I J one a. Kr-nlc lwi ar( 4. L.uM--
ktne. William H. IUr. Clifford D. Patir.
Arthur B. P-?kv. - Radnovt h. Vernon
U IUM;. (Morif Skitarrii h. Owon 1 Tar
lor. Tmu J. Tno-t. Charl A. l"nr,
Auiuft Van Orn. Wit i (am Werner. Prank
J. W Ml. Jn J Whit
"RESIST' IS SLOGAN
Venice Prepares to Withstand
Invaders.
Real Ttl f Pair lot Now I-
llxhtln: Power Applied lo lion
or Producing l"owrr Ap
piled to Hume ,crn.
AIRMEN COURT INQUIRY
IK muTAKM KXIT PUE PRO
kRAMMl; ri BI.K ITV AKKft
BT ANNE SHANNON MONROE.
W.l.IIIN.!Tl'N. llarrh 1 7. Special. )
If one wants lo realize that our
country U actually at war. h. ha only
to browse around In th East for a
while, especially between Nw York
and Washington. And If be want to
know the main itreat bin factor for
very Individual citizen of the United
rtatrs to mender, he ha only to a.k
a few officials. Congressmen. Senators
and others what best the private cltl
arn can dx The answer everywhere.
as though on bis; conductor were di
recting;, is "produce food.
It's as thoush every official, bis; and
little, had been alven a peep Into the
cupboard, and like old Mother Hub
bard's, found It perfectly bare. And
this bareness has scared them; has
midi them know the situation, and
they woud like everyone else with an
acre and some time to have a peep
into that same cupboard and Ret the
same scare and gel down to work.
It really seems at last that the pub
lic has got to tret Its Intelligence awak
ened to the fact that food does not
crow In groceries or delivery wagons:
that it has to come out of the around,
and to set It out of the a-rnund aome
ne must first put it into the ground.
Real Teal Yet to Cease.
The message of everyone connected
with the Administration with whom J
have so far been able to talk is. tell
the propte to plant, and raise, and can.
and ran. and can. and can: a Ions war
in ahrad of us: our boys will do real
fiithtlng; we will know real suffering:
the thing Is not to be settled In a few
month" it is no longer even a faint
hope that the boys will escape actual
service and the home folks who have
been knitting, and holding meetings.
and making sandwiches, and writing set any further delay.
anti pasting scrap book and
letter.,
the thousand and one other things that
have b--ert useful and have added to
the soldiers comfort and happiness
all these people must get a still big
grr Idea now.
It Is past the time for playing around
the edges of the thing. They must
get the idea of being producers, actual
producers: they must frel that a mouth
. not given them to take In food and
give out words. They must get down
to weights and measures and see to It
that they don't eat more than they per
sonally put tnto existence. The meas
tare of a real patriot right now is one
f two things: Ills fighting power ap
plied to the Huns, or his producing
power applied to home acres: we of
the West have opport unifies for both
kind, of patriotism, and we are mak-l
lug good, but we've got to make goMier
as the little boy wuold say. The
day for bombast la gone. The day for
saying -that we'll do once we get over
there in our big American spirit Is
gone: the dAy has dawned for us to
actually get down to the hardest busi
ness that has confronted ine nation
mce Washington fathered it.
gieeaesea Ve Farts.
?-nat or Chamberlain is still at At
lanta convalescing: so far Oregon's
other Senator and her Representatives
have been buy when I called at the
f'apttal. but I have met many from
other states and the above boiled down
would be a fair consensus of their talk
I ha. I a delightful visit with James
Hamilton l.cwi. once Washington's
Kcpresentaltve. now senator from Illi
nois. The sVnator says It s really true
that he wants to retire to private life:
he dos not mesa to run again for the
yenal.. he wants to gel back to private
life, siena" or -' Isn't terribbr well.
It's a sir Jn, the life of a Senator, and
it has been a torriflc strain since the
war More than one Senator looks
fagged, ready to drop, and some have
dropped.
Keprej-entativa Johnson, of Washing
ton, has been on an extended speaking
tour over the East. He Is looking ex
tremely well, one of the Congressmen
who seems stardlng it with no danger
of a break- He looks for a long war.
and strongly emphasized food as the
thing for people not In the fight to at
tend tin. He is busy every minute.
Capital Sadly CeageeCed.
Washington la as tight as a drum
with population: iv.ooo additional
clerks already Installed for war work
and mora to be added as soon
a accomodation ran be .-arranged,
means a congealed city, and rooms at
a premium. Ilotrl. are out of the ques
tion unless you're a favored person
and have applied a long time ahead:
the next thing is a room in a private
nous.", and the laadtadles are the most
pernickety things imaginable: they
have rules, you're In a dormitory, prac
tically, howse chased at II and so on.
You hear no criticism In Washing
ton that Is. not generally, out loud,
and really very little at alL The peo
ple are all serious about the war
even if they most graft a little, and
everyone is trying to get In it.' to do
something: it doe.'nt yet seem worth
while t d. anytHing else, other busi
nesses are unimportant. . People are
lolng all sorts of unexpected thing In
unexpected places: girl learning to
cook who tn ;her time would scorn
rooking, everything Is fashionable that
l work, and oaly idlcnesfs condemned.
A notable instance of gerfuine war
work is that of Edward W HUrd Dem
ing. the painter of W'estern and In
dian life. His magnificent collection
cf tVe-l.ra canvases la on exhibit In
the National Museum of Washington,
bat the artist is busy every afternoon
teaching raw recruits to shoot. In his
many excursions Into Western moun
tain e tnes.es. often living wholly
among the Indians, he did a tremrn
Was lot of big game shooting and be
came an expert with the gun.
When the war cimi and the boys
from office aavl store were railed
uion su'ldrnly to handle guns. It
seemed to .Mr. I'emlng there was no
wav be could personally serve his
reentry bett-r than lo Instruct these
boss. lis whole heart Is In making
the boys good "hot, and no amount of
time or IrouMe is too much for him
to put Into in work.
Report of ew la-tor te President W llaww
Praaalaes Play Part la Probe
of Avlallsw Affair.
WAifiri.VOTOX. March 17. A report
to President Wilson on th progress
made on the airplane programme up to
about the tint of this year, prepared by
Gutxon Oorglitm. the sculptor, promises
to play a part In tn Inquiry Into avia
tion affairs already- begun by the spe
cial board headed by Snowden Marshall,
of New York.
Aviation officials will Invite a full In
vestigation of all failure shown or
charges made in the document.
So far as known the Borglum report
hears little relation to the present
status of the aircraft programme. There
have been Intimations, however, that it
refers to serious blunders or delays.
There are suggestions that the report
may contain some intimations that a
profiteering ring controlled the aircraft
programme' to Its own advantage. If
that Is true official of both the Signal
t'orp and the aircraft production board
feel that It should be disclosed, but they
are said to be persoaally satisfied that
there In no Justification for any such
accusation.
The inquiry board Is planning. It is
understood, a trip to fuctories, flying
school and aviation station to visual
ize the whole gigantic undertaking and
see the progress being made. Official
here in closest touch with the situation
insist that only a favorable finding
could be made on such an Inspection.
Gloomy forecasta to admitted failures
or others that may be disclosed, offi
cials believe, might have a discouraging
effect, and It la hoped by officials
whose acts will be the subject of In
quiry, they said today, that there would
be promnt findings by the board to off-
REVISED TESTS SOUGHT
Rt:.OLlTIU( AUKS FOR II X. .!: I
t.llxlX t.RxDIM; STANDARD.
NATURAL DEFENSES WEAK
lews ef Northwest Crala4irowtaa;
Mates to Be P reseated al Federal
Hearing at Mlaneas!!.
HELENA. Mont.. March 17. The con
ference held here Saturday of repre
sentatives of the Northwest grain-
growing states, after an all-day meet
ing, decided upon view that will be
presented on behalf of the state In
terested relative to the grain-grading
rtandards before the Federal Bureau of
Markets at Minneapolis, March SI.
It la asserted that the grain stand
anls In effect last year cost the farm
ers of ths Northwest thousands of dol
l.irs. Since the season closed these
standards have been modified and the
modif I. a l Ions, as far aa they went, were
tn favor of the producers.
Kecenlly. the Federal Bureau of Mar
kets announced a further contemplated
change in the grain atandards and in
vited suggestions. It wa to formulate
these suggestion unitedly on behalf
of the grain-growing state In the
Northwr.t that the conference wa
called.
The resolutions adopted will be pre
sented to ths I'nlted State l partment
of 'Agriculture at public meeting to
be held In Spokane next Monday and In
Minneapolis next Saturday. They pro
vide for amendment to the present
standards for testing various kinds of
grain. A resolution also provides for
classification of weight, lowering the
tests aa to poundage per bushel.
OfficL.1 CatuaJtr Lit.
WASHtJT.N. March 1?. Forty
atn rvAtn arpear on today'a raauatty
Itjt taw -a-4 br th War 1-eparlmrnl.
Ktcht men dl-nt of dtteoaae. one died of
crtd... oa a wunded acvcrvly
ARBITRATION COURT IS OUT
Central American Body Ceases to
Klt After JO Ver.
SAN JOSK. Costa Rica. March 17.
After 10 years of existence, the Central
American court of arbitration, the only
ample tribunal for this purpose in the
world, has closed its doors, because its
life term, fixed by the Washington con
vention, signed by five Central Ameri
can republic, under the auspices of
the I'nlted States and Mexico, expired
Friday.
During It life the court ha averted
two war n Central America. Interfered
effectively in domestic conflict, dem
onstrated the possibility of arbitration
to settls controversiea between the
countries and had done much to pro
mote Central American unity.
Just a the court goe out of existence
the beautiful building intended for its
palace, the gift of Andrew Carnegie, is
receiving Its finishing touches.
. -
Centralis Man Safe- In France. .
CENTRA LI A. Wash- March 17. fSpe
eial. Leslie A. Kturm. a former Cen
tralis High School student who enlist
ed in the Aviation Corps In November,
has arrived safely In France, accord
ing to word received yesterday by- his
mother. Mrs. W. C Mason. Young Sturm
Is a member of "the Isjth Aero Squad
ron. ,
TEUTONS SHELL' U. S. MEN
fr-imtirtuea Prom First Tags )
glasses. This curiosity has .proved
disastrous to them on more than one
occasion, for the American snipers are
as active a the artillery.
In the Intermittent bombardments at
various parts of the American sector
considerable number of mustard, phos
gene and chlorine shells were used.
American aerial observer In the rear
of the line have been formed into a
souadron under command of a French
Captain. They ssr over the German
lines today, but had no encounter with
enemy machine. ,
Charles S. Oerdon. of Iowa, the first
man wounded In the l.uneville sector,
has been awarded the ero.a of war.
Oaly Owe -BHOMO OtlNrVC"
Ts f.t f"i r.nalne. e:: for full name. I.AXA.
TIV E HKOVIo ul'IMVK T.t.1.1. 1-ook far
rtMirna of w ;kui C. Cures a Celd is
La AVar, elK.vtA4v,
Dismantled Fortifications Itrpluced
and Every Step Taken to Com
bat Austrian, Who Have New
Aerial Attack .Method.
VENICE. March 17. "Resist, resist,
and once again, resist," Is the watch
word that ring across the canais,
bridges and lagoon of the tortured
Queen of the Adriatic In all her his
tory, so many centuries long. Venice
ha never endured such martyrdom nor
been thruettened with such complete de
struction as now.
This situation has :o elevated tne
spirit of her inhabitants that thry ha
been transformed into so many heroes.
In October and Nowiniiei. 1917. aftir
the disastrous retreat from Caporetto to
the Ptave the question aiobe whether to
defend Venice or not. Military experts
seemed to consider her defense by land
Impossible, and. therefore, useless to
attempt. Some cannon were removed
and part of the fortifications dismantled.
Since then, however, the people, head
ed by the Mayor. Count Grinumi, in
whose veins flows the blood of the
Doges, have claimed the sacred right to
defend Venice, the historic portal of
their motherland, even though they
and their sons be buried in her ruins.
The Inhabitants, already reduced to
about one-third of their former num
ber, have been depleted still further by
the sending away of 20.000 women, chil
dren and old men. with a view to elim
inating useless mouths to feed and pre
venting unnecessary slaughter, keeping
in the doomed city only those able ac
tively to defend her. Austro-Gcrman
Ingenuity seems to have invented a new
system of dropping bomb, which, in
stead of being distributed, as before, at
at considerable distance from each oth
er, are placed in large numbers in a
very limited space, so that the resultant
destruction is complete.
Venice, built directly on the water.
has no cellars where the people can
take refuge so that the only possible
way to construct shelters la to resort
to sandbags and roof of corrugated
iron, under which a few persons can
seek safety.
draw upon from Vkrainia it must he
recalled that the country is in a stata
of political unrest- There is a certain
mistrust regarding, the troops which
are penetrating into the country.
Calm must be re-established before
the shipment of cereals can be made
on the scale which we had hoped.
"To these difficulties are added
those of a financial character. There
is no iturrency of the Czarist regime.
Now tho Ukrainian prefer this money
to the . new issue of rubles. The
Ukrainian peasants are eager for goods
and article must be procured which
they desire to receive in payment. The
transportation difficulties are - also
well known.
"'In what concerns the cereal s. cks
the great Vtates are almost entirely
pillaged. The peasants alone are in
possesion of provisions." "
HUN AGENTS BLUNDER
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TO THAT OP GERMANY,
INVESTORS' AID DESIRED
Government Urges Buying Only Se
curities Which Are Approved.
WASHINGTON. March 17. Investor
In private securities who wish to sup
port the Government' policy of volun
tary regulation of non-essential capi
tal Issues should buy only securities
which have been specifically approved
by the Federal Reserve Board's capital
Issues committee, Paul AL Warburg,
chairman of the committee, said yes
terday. He declared that reports to the com
mittee Indicate that only one big issue
of securities about $4,000,000. put out
on a coal-producing proposition In the
Cleveland Federal Reserve district
had been put on the market In recent
week without obtaining the commit
tee's approval.
UKRAINE STOCKS SMALL
Germans Admit Ktitnates of Grain
Arc Exaggerated.
WASHINGTON March 17. The Ger
man view of the food stock available
in Ckrainia and conditions generally
in that country Is given in a dispatch
from Berne, quoting a Berlin telegram
published by the Straasburger Post.
March It. The telegram say the
stores of grain are very limited and
that there is great political unrest.
The dispatch follows:
"After having announced that the
stock of cereal to by found In Vkrainia
surpassed all expectations, the German
press is today obliged to admit that
the resources which will be at the dis
posal of the central powers has been
exaggerated.
"The Strassburger Tost of the 14th
published a telegram -from Berlin
which Is highly Instructive as regards
this.
""To etlmte what resources we can
Head ef Americas Organisation Saya
Knemy Agents Have Bees Found
Wasting All During the War.
NEW YORK, March 17. Tho Gertran
secret service has been shown by the
secret service of the United States to be
the most blunaerlng organization of it
kind in the world, according to A. Bruce
Bielaskl. chief of -the bureau of investi
gation of the Department of Justice
who spoke here last night at the annual
dinner of the Delta Tau Delta frater
nity.
The only real effect, he said, of the
German seciet organization in this
country, had been the important part
played by It tn bringing the United
States Into the war as Germany's
strongest enemy.
"The principal reason for the failure
of the German propaganda in this coun
try has been the intelligence method
by which we offset their efforts. Aa
attempt was made by propagandists to
create the impression that the German
organization here was a perfect one and
impossible to combat.
"The United States secret service has
shown it to be a blundering organ iza
tion, a failure whose activities have
been revealed as a more complete fail
ure than the operations of any other
secret organization in the world.
HOSPITAL FUND DRIVE NEAR
Money Will Bo Raised, to Establish
Clinics in Entente Countries.
NEW YORK, March 17. Inauguration
of a National campaign on .March 6 to
raise a large fund for the establishment
of hosnltals and clinics in the entente
countries which will be manned
throughout by American women physi
clans and surgeon and lay workers, was
announced here tonight by the war-
service committee of the Medical Worn
en's National Association. The commit
of the American women's hospitals, rep
resenting the 2000 women physicians or
the United fetates.
The amount of money to be raised is
vet to be announced. The fund will be
expended under the neo Lross.
CLOTHING DRIVE STARTS
Vancouver People to Aid War Suf
ferers In Belgium.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 17.
(Special.) A drive for clothing for the
suffering people of Belgium, more par
ticularly the women and children, will
be started here tomorrow, with C, W.
Ryan, chairman: IT. L. Frazer,. H. R.
Porter and W. W. Wilson, the commit
tee. The receiving station wiu .oe at.
511 Washington street, and people hav
ing clothes for this cause are asked to
leave them at this address.
This campaign will be under the di
rection of the American Red Cross.
The quota for Clarke and Skamania
County is 3000 pounds. There are 30
auxiliaries of the Red Cross of Van
couver, and each Is expected to furnish
100 pounds.
Two Held on Federal Warrants.
CENTRALIA. Wash., March 17. Spe
cial.) After John Bernobich and W. M.
Wasslck. proprietors of North End
rooming-houses recently arrested by
the police on bootlegging charges, had
been fined 190 and 170 respectively In
Tollce Court yesterday afternoon, they
were taken into custody on Federal
warrants charging them with selling
liquor to soldiers. Two soldiers from
Camp Lewis were witnesses against the
men in the city case yesterday, fol
lowing which W. N. Beai. their attor
ney, filed notice of an appeal to the
Superior Court.
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