THE MORMXG- OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY. APRIL 6, 1918.
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AMERICA IS JUST
GETTING INTO WAR
Year Spent In Preparation
Finds U. S. in Measure
Ready for Action."
YEAR'S ACHIEVEMENT BIG
Good Beginning Made la Creation
or Van Fljhlinc Machine by Na
tion Traditionally Wedded
to Pursuit of Peace.
TTASrnxOTON: April TLa ririt
Biltrr)r of the entrance of the
United Ftatea Into the war find the
rt r.ourc of the country Just
corelnfr into the atruggl but rapidly
ice; prpard.
The achievements of the flrat year
are chiefly divided between the Army,
-vbteh baa been aupplylnc and training
flchtlnc forcn: the Navy, which has
bea buntlna the aubmarlne and con
voying troops and supplies to Europe;
the Shlpplnir Board, which baa been
onlldln a merchant marine, and the
Treasury, which baa bea advancins
credits to the allies.
In all ohr departments of the Gov
eminent there has been a tremendous
effort to brtnn ell the for res of the
country's resources and power to the
aid of the actual fjMlnr machine.
For military reasons It Is not per-
mtMlblo to state the exact number of
Amertean troops In France with Oen
eral Perahlnv'a expedition, but Secre
tary Baker. In recent testimony before
the Senate military committee, pre
dicted balf a million men would be
there early this year and that another
trillion would bo ready to go during
the year.
Assertraas JTow la Vfaat.
American troopa hare taken tip sev
eral positions on the ItshUnir line In
ranee, have occupied a sector of their
ma northwest of Tout, and have had
numerous encounters with the Ger
mans. Official statements from Brit
ish and Oerman army headquarters
ve shown that certain American
y.cttlnic forces were thrown Into the
battle brought on by the (rest German
offensive this Sprlns;. the British War
Ortice flrrt reporting them as fla-hcinc
shoulder to shoulder with the British
and trench troops in the vicinity of
Jloye.
Br referring to the combined forces
of the resulsr Army and the National
Guard a year ago, and comparing the
'renirth of the rrmilnr Army now,
the National Guard mustered Into
ederal service, and the men of the
first draft In cantonments. It Is ap
parent that the total number of ready
fighting men has been Increased from
m meaaer tOO.OOO to something like
l.Soo.euM. with about l.oo.ow men
reclstered under the draft still avail
able for calls to the colors.
Military experts have estimated that
should the war ba prolcnaed and It
tx comes necessary for the United States
to assume the burden of carrying on
the conflict, an army of 6."IO.ot)0 men
would n"t be Improbable. The Immense
and sudden expanelon of the Army has
rot been without criticism, but It Is
d'Clsred this wss expected In the con
vfismn into a fubtm force of a na
tion traditionally wedded to the pur
suits of peace.
aval Fsrees Kspaaded.
The expansion of the naval forces
fesa been characterised In Congress by
msny as praiseworthy. The exact de
tails here. too. are shrouded In secrecy
as a military measure, but It Is well
known that an emergency war building
programme has been pushed wttn such
rapidity that the United Ftatea Is well
on the wev to a place second only to
Great Britain as a naval force, and
tnat In destroyers alone most proved
and Heedly weapon of the submarine
the Navy by next year will have the
greatest fleet on the seven seas. Since
the United Mates went to war the
Navy has placed contracts for practi
cally leno vessels, and besides that
took charge of repairing the seised
German and Austrian ships damaged
by their crews at the orders of the Oer
man government.
The case of the arrest liner Vaterlsnd.
now the United States ship Leviathan.
Is a f-r example of the efficiency and
speed with which the naval engineers
n nducted that work. When the Ger
mans finished their work of destruc
tion the Vsterland's commander re
marked ho would taka his bat off to
the Americans who could put the ship
In shape In time to be of any service.
Wtthln six months from the time his
v.-ords were spoken the Vaterland was
In running order and since, the Navy
liaa announced, has carried numbers of
.American troops and great quantities
of puppliee to the C.hting lines in
trance.
9 mall 1e Date.
pertinents of the Government, the year
baa seen tremendous strides in the
mobilisation of laoor. Industry, science
and Invention with the sole aim of
winning the war. Hundreds of business
and professional men have given up
private Interests to serve the Govern
ment at nominal par. Business and
manufacture bave fciven the best of
their secrets. Whatever criticism has
been made or the lack of co-ordination
of all these tremendous resourcss and
power, none ever has charged that pri
vate interest has withheld them.
War Trade Beard Baay.
What la expected to be one of the
mightiest weapons toward winning the
war Is the War Trade Board, created
for the purpose of cutting off supplies
to Germany through the adjacent ne
trals. Aa the war goes on. officials
say, the work of this organisation can
not be overestimated.
A year of war. all officials concede.
finds shortcomings and defects, but It
Is contended no more than might bave
been expected from a peaceful nation
suddenly reorganised to a war basis.
President Wilson in a recent declara
tion pronounced the present year the
vital one In the winning of the war.
As the resources of America now being
gathered get to the battlefronta with
mighty rush, they are fully expected
to carry the allies through to victory.
BAKER PEOPLE BUY BONDS
Mile Lec, Sheepman, Places Ad
vance Subscription for $20,000.
BAKER. Or, April I. (Special.)
That Baker people do not need much
urging to buy third liberty loan bonds
waa attested today br the report that
WAR LOAN TO STIR
SPIRIT OF LIBERTY
Great Display of Patriotic
Feeling Expected Today
AH Over Country.
BIG CAMPAIGN PLANNED
(Special.) The Pelican Bay Lumber
Company, beginning Monday, will ship
20 carloads of logs daily from the camps
at Kirk, 40 miles north, to the sawmill
on the upper Klamath Lake, near Klam
ath Falls. Seven carloads are now
brought dally.
FARMER ENTERS RACE
R. H. Bunnell to Oppose Judge
Hanks in Recall Election.
President Wilson, Vice-President
Marshall and Some Members of
Cabinet Will Deliver Addresses
at Various Cities.
WASHINGTON. April (.The opening
tomorrow of America's third big cam
paign for popular war credits on the
anniversary of the declaration of war
promises to resemble Independence day
as an occasion for patrtotio celebrations.
Reports tonight to headquarters of
the third liberty loan told of enthusl
astla preparations for parades and bon
fires, public meetings and loyalty
KLAMATH FALLS. Or-April S. (Spe
cial.) Robert H. Bunnell, a farmer re
siding between Klamath Falls and Mer
rill, today filed his declaration of can
didacy for the office of County Judge
in opposition to County Judge Hanks
at the recall election, April 22. It is
reported that petitions for his nomina
tion are now being circulated.
In answering the various charges
Lmade against him, Judgo Hanks today
declared that he waa elected at a time
when the county was badly in debt and
when Its credit was in a most unfortu
nate condition. By a csreful expend!
ture of the funds be declared he has
brought the county almost out of a
debt of liuo.OOO, and Is now in a posi
tion where he can start a com pre
henslve improvement of the county
roads.
.Replying to the charge of having
broken pledges for completing the
Courthouse In the Hot Springs Addl
tion, he declared that at the time of bis
election he fully Intended going ahead
with that building, but that conditions
have changed, and he believed he was
warranted in going ahead with an
other new building, which could be
built for $50,000 less than it would
cost to finish the other.
Ft taking the ships and men of the
Ccast Guard into Its fleet, by the
merging of Nsval volunteers and
Naval MUltia. and with the growth of
the Marine Corps, the Navy has ex
panded Its forces practically five times
since the country went to war.
In Its Immense task of convoying
troops there bave been some losses, no-
tshly the Tuscanla and the Antlllea, but
the losses of life nave been fortunately
small In comparison with the numbers
of troops transported. At the same
time tlie American destroyers, working
with the British in the submarine sone,
ave made themselves a terror to the
tirdersea boats. How many of these
craft they have accounted for remains
at military secret.
The Treasury, concerned with financ
ing (he war. bas raised from Liberty
bvnds snd war savings stamps ssles
more than I4.00ti.ooo.0oe. and on this,
the first anniversary of the declaration
of var on Germany. Is launching the
tMrd Liberty loan. Treasury estimates
put the expense of the first year of the
war at shout $i;.0O0.0t.OOO, exclusive
of the advances to the allies.
Theee sdvsnces to all the allies have
totaled up to the close of March. 14.-
ft.Srt.i.OuO. The United States has been
eccured with the bonds or obligations
of the countries to mhicb the money
was advanced. More than II3S.000.OO0
of the Mim went to Russia before the
l-ba.-l put that country out of the war.
W hat return the United States will get.
U any. is considered doubtful.
lire at Balldtaar Pre era as ate On.
Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping
Board, in a recent speech in New York
a: which he outlined the shipbuilding
programme fully for the first time, de
clared the great building programme,
which Is to make the bridge of ships
to France. Is 2S per cent toward com
pletion. He pointed out the magnitude
or the task by recalling that the Ship
ping Foard Is building In a year a
greater organisation than the Stel
Corporation has been able to build up
In more than 20 years. The recent dis
closure by the British Admiralty that
ittrman submarines actually are de
stroying the world's shipping twice as
fist as It Is being built Is the spur
which Is expected to put the full force
f the country at this vital task. a
Beside the work of, tbe executive de-
WHAT UNITED STATES ACHIEVED AT END OF YEAR OF WAR.
' Enlisted
The Army April . 1J1T Officers. Men.
Regular Army 5.791 121,797
National Guard In Federal service 2.892 61.214
April, 11 (approximate strength)
Regular Army 10.S98 E21.14I
National Guard 1.8S 431.3X3
Reserve Corps Ss.SlO 7J.30
Rational Army BIS. 839
In the Navy April s. 1917. there were about 55.000 men. Including
reserves, tn the National service. "
April . 191 Enlisted strength of regular Navy, "191.000: Naval Re
serves. TS.OuO; N. N. V., 16.000; Coast Guard Reserve officers, etc-.
14.000.
These are all voluntary enlistments and practically all are made for
the full four-year period allowed by law.
Army Killed In action. 183; lost at sea. 337: died of wounds, 53;
died of disease, 793; suicide, 29; wounded. 771; captured. 22.-
Navy officers killed. 12; men killed. 243; officers injured, S; men
Injured. 28: prisoners. 7.
Since the war be : an the Bureau of Navigation of the Nary has put
Into commission more than 1000 vessels of all classes. Including battle
ships, submarines, destroyers, transports, hospital snips, patrol vessels,
mine layers, mine sweepers, submsrine chasers, cruisers, colliers, sup
ply vessels, converted yachts, gunboats, etc This has been an Intense
year, as the Increase of the personnel from the 65,000 In January of
last year to approximately 200,000 al the present time is composed
entirely of raw recruits, material which bas had to be trained by the
small number of regular commissioned officers. The result has been
excellent. Every vessel afloat has been and Is filled to the maximum
complement desired by the commanding officer.
Includes the reserve officers serving with the National Army.
the First National Bank already baa re
ceived subscriptions to the next loan
amounting to $35,000. The largest ad
vance subscription Is that of Miles Lee.
the veteran sheepman, in the sum of
1-O.CbC.
At a meeting of the local Moose
lodge last night the secretary was au
thorized to buy 1350 worth of bonds.
The lodge already has . bought 8500
worth of tbe bonda of the previous
loan.
GAS COMPANY TO REFUND
Seattle Concern Mast Return
000 to Consumers.
$70,-
SEATTLE. Wtsh, April 5. Spe
elaL) By an opinion of the State Pub
lic Service Commission construing its
gss rate order of January 1, the Seattle
Lighting Company will be required to
refund approximately 170,000 to gas
consumers of Seattle.
Dispute recently arose over the com
pany's Interpretation of the commis
sion's order under which it reflgured
st the II 35 rate gas furnished prior to
October 11. 1917.
In a letter today to H. R. Cllse. sec
retary of the gas company, the commis
sion holds that the gas company mtstn
terpreted Its order and had no right
to refigure on gaa consumed prior to
October 21. 1917.-
LAW HAMPERS STOCKMEN
Ontario and Payette Markets Closed
by Federal Regulation.
SALKM. Or, April S.f Special.) P.
Tensen. of Ontario, has complained to
State Veterinarian Lytle that a loss Is
being suffered by stockmen at On
tario and Payette by a Federal regu
lation which prohiblta the shipment
from one state Into another of cattle
reacting to tbe tuberculin test.
While such cattle can be sold for
meat, no market is present At Ontario
or Payette because it is necessary, in
order to reach a market, to ship the
cattle into Idaho and back into Oregon
again. Dr. Lytle states that a bill is
now pending in Congress which pro
poses to remedy this condition.
EASTBURN OUT FOR JUDGE
Albany Merchant Said to Be Promi
nent In Civic Affairs.
ALBANT. Or, April S. (Special.)
W. A. Eastburn. a local merchant, to
day announced bis candidacy for the
Republican nomination for County
Judae In the comlntr Drlmarlea. D. a.
McKnlght, present Incumbent, also haa tours ot tne country.
speeches, to drive home appeals for
subscriptions to Government bonds.
In many states tomorrow will be a
legal holiday and In scores of cities
business will be suspended part of the
day to assist the celebration.
Indications tonight were that only a
small part of the 23.000.000.000 war
credit would be subscribed tomorrow.
Loan organizations will probably be
too busy promoting spectacular feat
ures actually to take In subscriptions
and the real soliciting will probably
start on Monday.
Small Towaa to Be Busy.
Small towns promise to be notable
exceptions, however, for many ot these
are anxious to roll up their entire
quota of subscriptions within a few
hours after 9 o'clock, the official open
ing time, and thereby win for their
communities the third liberty loan hon
or flag.
President Wilson will speak at Bal
timore In the evening. Secretary Mc
Adoo at Philadelphia In the afternoon,
Vice-President Marshall at St. Louis
and Secretary Daniels at Cleveland.
Millions of persons throughout the
country will receive their first re
minder that .the day la of special im
portance In American war history when
they open iheir home doors In the
rooming and find hanging on the knob
paper designs of the liberty bell, with
the Inscription: "Kins it again; buy
liberty bonds."
Taak Set for Boy Scouts.
At the rising hour church and fire
bells in many communities will be
rung and Boy Scouts will run from
house to house pressing doorbells.
These arrangements have been made
secretly In moat cities, in order to give
the citizens a surprise.
A feature of the celebrations nearly
everywhere will be the parade of
troops. ,
Through the St. Louis, Dallas and
Atlanta Federal reserve districts spe
cial trains of French and American
war exhibits will run.
Another feature of the early days of
the campaign will be-the tour of the
Great Lakes Naval Station Band, of
which John Philip Sousa is leader,
through the Middle West and East.
Sousa will lead a big band of 350 pieces
at St- Louis tomorrow.
Airplanes from the Mlneola training
field will "bomb- New York with Lib
erty loan literature. The "Liberty
Bank." a reproduction of the eub
treasury there, will be opened in Madi
son Squsre. A parade of citizens will
march from liberty loan headquarters
to the Ctty HalL to be reviewed by
Mayor Hylan.
Film Stare Give Show.
The first feature of the campaign in
Washington was a play tonight under
direction of the National Press Club,
with Mary Plckford, Marie Dressier,
Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chap
lin taking the roles in person. The
film stars will speak tomorrow at pub
lic mass meetings and later etart on
announced his candidacy for re-elec
tion. It Is reported that U. G. Smith,
of Albany, may also be a candidate for
the Republican nomination.
Mr. Kastburn has been a resident of
Albany for several years, and has been
engaged in business here much of that
time. He has been very prominent in
the work of the Albany Commercial
Club.
Comlnr. Girl With Thousand Kyes. Adv.
Fifty towns in the San Francisco re
serve district tonight sent word they
expected to win the honor flag before
the sun goes down tomorrow.
Eighty, thousand persons, including
io.ooii women, are to march in a patri
otic paraae in xsosion, witn one section
containing only citizens of foreign
oirtn.
Log Shipments to Rise.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. April 5.-
lrfclilla !sl ITS ATTRACTIVE the Pl
VJ" "wv v"tf?S th thought of a comfort-
ab"' roomy house; a wide
.&'A'AiA,y'f;(Slporch to "Joy evenings; Hti
1 nl5H KJ'flS-vour n" nd garden. fcjfj
All I 5 41 Jt'arWJ CS?- Why not put It into effect
! PIWJ T"" . xf- by building a home at TMf
li W leva , a
g:vy..,i
Thronrh the "Ladd
Thrift Way 7 -
DR. DAVID L. KIEHLE DEAD
Weil-Known Church Worker Passes
at Portland Home.
Dr. David L. Tvlchle died at his home,
236 East Fifty-eighth street, yesterday
afternoon after spending the last six
years of his life in Oregon. Dr. Kiehle
waa 81 years old and bad served the
Presbyterian church in the ministry
for over 50 years. Even in his old age
Dr. Kiehle actively assisted at Calvary
Church in this city.
For 12 years Dr. Kiehle was state
superintendent of schools for Minne
sota, with headquarters In Minneapolis.
It waa while be was engaged in this
work that he became known as an edu
cator of prominence. Although In fall
ing health during the last year of his
life. Dr. Kiehle took a keen interest in
the work of the Red Cross and other
organizations promoting the welfare of
the American soldiers. - :
Mrs. J. C. Elliott King. Dr. Fred A.
Kiehle. Miss Francis Kiehle, all of Port
land; Mrs. Carl W. Scovel, of Cortland.
N. Y, and his widow, Mrs. Mary Kiehle,
of Portland, survive Dr. Kiehle. There
are also six grandchildren living.
jrunerai arrangements are pending
word from relatives In the East,
CHILDREN'S WASH SUITS the
largest stock in town $1.50 to
$7.50.
CHILDREN'S REEFERS from $5
to $12.50.
CHILDREN'S STRAW HATS
from $1.50 to $4.
CHILDREN'S CLOTH HATS
from 50c to $2.50
GIRLS' SWEATERS from $4 to $10
Second Floor.
YOU mothers of boys know that
THE strenuous season for
Young America" is here.
Boys will rup, leap, scuffle and
play it's good for them, but it's
mighty hard on their clothes.
My endeavor is to sell boys'
clothes that have all needed wear
resisting qualities, and that still
retain correct style and good ap
pearance. If you will come to my store today
you will find hundreds of suits for
boys all bought with these qualities in
mind STYLE, SERVICE!
Undoubtedly from a price range like
this you can find clothes for your boys :
S5, $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $10, $12.50,
$13.50, $15, $16.50, $18, $20.
Nearly every suit has two pairs of .
knickerbockers, which add months to
its length of service.
Second Floor (Elevator).
WOMEN'S SWEATERS priced $8.50
to $40. Silks, wools and fibers. Newest
shades and weaves.
Main Floor.
n.
Morrison at fourth
Fields Now Exclusively American.
FORT WORTH, Tex, April 5. Brit
ish and Canadians who have been
training In Texas since last October
have started back to Canada, turning
over the three big aviation fields here
to the Americans for the latter's ex
clusive use. Twelve of the 150 new
American Instructors arrived today.
Note Fonnd Indicates Snlcide.
A note scribbled on a sheet of paper
and signed "Jack" was found by W.
Johnson, boom man for the Nor'h Pa
cific Lumber Company, yesterday after
noon. It indicated suicide, saying:
"This ends all; it is a very rash act,
but I can endure it no longer." A re
port of the find was made to Policeman
Hilton, who sent it to headquarters.
Whether the writer committed suicide
or perpetrated a hoax is not known.
The government of New Zealand is
building a five-mile tunnel at a cost of
nearly 15.000,000 to give close connec
tion between the east and west coasts
of South Island.
Why Germany Lost In
World's Greatest Battle
"We are at the decisive moment of the war," declared the Kaiser on Maich 21st as he
launched his tremendous armies against fifty miles of the allied front in France in the great- ,
est battle of this or any war; and on the same day he declared that "the prize of victory must
not and will not fail us," and-announced warningly that this prize "was no soft peace, but one
which corresponds with Germany's interests." A week later, when the first impetus of the
colossal onslaught had made a dent twenty-five miles deep in the bending but unbroken battle
line of the allies, General von Ludendorf, who is said to be the brains of the German General .
Staff, announced "that victory has been won," and added significantly "but nobody can see
what will result from it." '
But victory was not won, as the best informed war-writers everywhere remind him. "So
long as the battle ends, as there is every prospect that it will end, with our Armies and those
of our allies intact and in a position as strong as they have ever occupied, Germany wTill have
failed and failed decisively," declares Major-General McLachlan, Military Attache to the Brit
ish Embassy at Washington.
The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for April 6th deals with the terrific engagements that
are raging on the Western front in France. It summarizes public opinion from all quarters on the results
to date and on the ultimate outcome. Other articles dT very great interest are:
What America Has Done in Its First Year in the War
The Literary Digest Has Made an Impartial Investigation of What Has Been Accomplished by the Various
Departments at Washington and the Result Is Presented in a Detailed and Stirring Article in This Week's Issue.
Is Our Aircraft Programme Lagging?
AH England on Rations
German Press Raging at President Wilson
Reclaiming Our Manpower for War
Making the Autos Pay for the Roads
Handling Coal as a Fluid
Books Wanted "Over There"
Pictures of England's War-Work
Russia's New Gods
The Book of Job on the Stage
Shipyards Gaining on the U-boat
Ireland Drifting Into Anarchy
How to Plan School, Community and Home
Gardens
(Prepared by the U. S. Food Administration)
Effect of War on the Next Generation '
Supplying Candy for the Soldiers
Schubert and Schumann Saved to Us
Kaiserizing the Public Schools
The Million-and-a-Half at the Church Door
Important News of Finance and Commerce
A Full-page Map of Western F ront and an Unusually Fine Collection of Illustrations
Where to Obtain FACTS to Refute Enemy Propaganda
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"How much have we done in the War and how
well," is answered this week to the satisfaction of
every patriotic American in the article describing
the activities of the various departments of the
Government.
This exclusive and authoritative survey will thrill
and hearten every reader. The article describes the
immense additions that have been made to our
Army ; the ceaseless activity in the Ordnance Depart
ment in the production of munitions of war; how
the Quartermaster Corps is working out the trans
portation of men and material ; how our soldier boys
are fed ; how supplies are bought and by whom ; how
the health of our soldiers is guarded ; what the Air
craft Board has done; activities of our coast artil
lery ; the gratifying progress of our Navy step by
step ; how our sailors are clothed and fed ; the extent
of our wireless operations; mobilization of the
Marine Corps and the Naval Reserve ; how the State
Department is conducting war business; how war
expenses are being met; what is being done by the
War Shipping Board, by the Food and Fuel Admin
istration Bureaus, etc. In fact, all the principal
departments of Government have been investi
gated. This information will effectually refute
enemy propaganda designed to weaken our war
efforts.
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