THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST IT, 1918.
DE MUD PLANE
WAR TEST
STANDS
Liberty Motor Vindicated
Reconnaissance Flight
l Over Enemy Lines.
BAKER TELLS OF SUCCESS
Eighteen American-Built Machines
Take Part In Important Op
eration and Return
4 . "Without Loss.
TVASHINGTOX. Auc. . 16. General
Pershing today advised the War D
partment that early in August a com'
plete squadron of 18 Do Haviland four
airplanes, built in the L'nUed States
and equipped with Liberty motors, sue
cessfully carried out the first recon
naissanee flight of American-built mi
chines behind the German lines. They
returned without loss.
In maklnr this announcement. Secre
tary Baker said that Brigadier-General
Foolois. of the American air service.
led the expedition.
Secretary Baker said he had no othe
Information regarding; the flight except
that Lieutenant Blair Thaw was on th
trip. The Secretary withheld the time
and place.
i The annonncement was considered
by officers as settlnir at rest rumors
that the De Haviland machines were
not a success and also as showing: that
the liberty motors have now prpved
themselves In actual war conditions.
The flight undoubtedly was a scout
lac trip.
QaaarJry Prod act lea Gnna.
No recent figures on the production
f the De Haviland fours are available
and Secretary Baker would not sane
tlon their discussion. The production
of the 1000th machine at the plant of
the Dayton-W right Company was re
eently celebrated and since then an
other great plant has come into quan
tlty production.
It Is assumed the squadron mentioned
today is now regularly operating at
the front, which means that a large
number of reserve machined are on
hand.
There was much discussion of the
De Haviland ftours recently due to criti
cal reports from the aviation service
abroad on the machines first .received.
Investigation here showed the specific
complaint were minor In character.
The history of the production of the
De Haviland four, which is a British
design. Is regarded as a tribute to
American engineering skill, as it was
put into production on plans largely
worked out from a model plana sent
from England.
The model was Intended only to get
the plants going; and keep them going
until the later model, the De Haviland
nine, should be ready. Plans for this
model were greatly delayed In England
and the four was taken up to prevent
delay In production here.
New Design lasproTeateat.
Many of the criticisms of the Da Hav
iland fours. It is understood, are met
la the design of the De Haviland nine.
The nines do not represent anynota
ble change from the fours, the later
nodel being a refinement of the earlier
machines. Both are two-seated, high
speed day bombers, equipped either to
fight, bomb or scout under conditions
that require high speed and easy ma
neuvering qualities.
The type was -adopted as a compro
mise between these varying fields of
military aircraft in order to provide an
efficient machine for general use to be
supplemented by heavier. slower,
weight-carrying night bombers and by
the swift single-seated combat ma
chines used to protect observing and
tombing planes from enemy raiders.
STORAGE ROOM SHORT
CAR SCAJtCITT ALSO FACES IDAHO
FARMERS.
erieaa Ceaaitleaa la Crop SKaatlea
Be Placce! Before Federal
Represeatatlves.
BOISE. Idaho, Aug. (Special.)
When Max Houser, vice-president of
the Grain Corporation, holds a confer
ence her Monday night with the State
Council of Defense and R. F. Bicknell.
Federal food administrator, he will
have laid before him soma startling
facts In connection with the crop situa
tion within Idaho.
This situation could not be more seri
ous as viewed by the State Council.
There ara not only insufficient cars
with which to move the crop, but the
storage facilities are entirely Inade
qutae to properly safeguard the grain.
It Is estimated the yield Is at least one
thfrd greater than the yield of 1917. .
It will also be shown that some ar
rangement abould be made to see that
the grower is paid In cash when he de
livers his grain at the Government
figures and to guard against speculation-
on his crop. Instead of requiring
htm to wait an Indefinite period for
the amount due him. In some sections
dealers ara already cutting the Gov
ernment prices, it Is contended, and
these facts will be called to the at
tention of Mr. Houser.
This Is a Joint conference for the
Food Administrators of Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon, and general food,
storage and crop problems will be dis
cussed. The entire conference will be
occupied In attempting to solve them.
The State Council has asked to pre
sent facts governing the (rain and
storage situation.
ALLIED ADVANCE TOLD
HUE THOUSAND TROOPS ENGAGED
IX SIBERIA OPERATIONS.
the troops marched along the Arch
angel-Vologda railway with orders to
halt at Trusanovskaya, 70 -miles south
of Archangel.
"The flotilla was first fired upon
from both river banks near Kakutskaya
and a half mile further on encountered
a barricade of sunken boats, which im
peded further progress. Hera the-
troops were compelled to land to await
fresh orders.
"Nor did the land troops reach their
goal. They encountered their first re
eistance by the Soviet troops at the
point where the Log River. Intersects
the railway.. The entente forces halted
here. This movement seemed a feint,
and the main operation apparently Is
on the Dvina River.
"Monday night there arrived at So
lorabolsk, near Archangel, four trans
ports, from which an American con
tingent waa transferred directly to
barges In the mouth of the river with
out touching at Archangel.
"Admiral Kemp (British) on Mondsy
KEEPING VOIR PLEDGE.
W. S. S.
Buy your stamps early. Those
you purchase are evidence that
you are keeping your pledge.
You also pledged yourself to
economize during the war. The
Government is requesting that
you do not buy articles not nec
essary for your health and effi
ciency. Tou will thereby release
both labor and material for the
manufacture of articles needed to
support our brave boys "over
there," who are Just now so hero
ically driving the Huns back.
They make good their pledge.
Are you keeping TOURS? Buy '
all you can afford.
C. S. JACKSON.
Stat Director W. S. S.
issued a proclamation to the Russians
saying that the Moscow rulers had be
trayed Russia to the Kaiser, who now
was sending troops to destroy the lib
erty gained by the expenditure of so
much blood.
CIVIL WAR NURSE
RECALLS OLD DAYS
Alice Carey Risley Tells of Car
ing for Blue-Clad Boys
Back in '62.
WORN PASSES TELL STORY
JITNEY SERVICE ASSAILED
PROFITEERING AT KXPEXSE
SOLDIERS ALLEGED. -
OF
Drivers Notified fcy Authorities to Raa
More Early Cars to Vaaeoover
Low Rate.
Profiteering at the expense of sol
diers stationed at Vancouver Barracks
by jitney drivers running machines be
tween Vancouver and Portland was the
subject of an investigation by the mill
tary police and military authorities
yesterday. Aa a result of the lnvestl
gation approximately 20 Jitney drivers
convened in session yesterday and
promised the authorities that they
would comply with the request of the
military authorities for better service
for the soldiers stationed at the Bar
racks.
Men without special leave and passes
ara expected to report to the Barracks
by 11 o'clock the same night.
The fare charged by the jitney drlv-
rs running between Vancouver and
Portland is 25 cents up until 11 o'clock.
After that time the price is 60 cents
per person. The Jitneys are supposed
to leave Broadway and Washington at
close intervals up until 11 o'clock, to
permit the soldiers to reach the Bar
racks on time. The Vancouver car that
leaves Portland at 10:10 o'clock does
not arrive at Vanoouver until 11:05
and as a, result of the profiteering
adopted by the Jitney drivers many sol
diers have been late to arrive at the
Barracks at night and have spent a
night in the guardhouse.
It Is alleged by the military police
t the Barracks that the Jitney drivers
would not appear at the stand between
10 o'clock and 11 o'clock, when the men
wished to return, but promptly at 11
'clock a string of about 20 jitneys
would line up to take the soldiers back
to the Barracks at 60 cents each.
The authorities have served notice on
the Jitneys to run the Jitneys at close
Intervals of time up until 11 o'clock so
as to enable the soldiers to return to
the Barracks on time.
Unless the profiteering evil Is abated.
say military authorities, the Jitneys be
tween Portland and Vancouver may be
taken over by the Government so that
the soldiers can receive a square deal.
FRUIT BRICKS ARE LATEST
New Industry Soon to Bo Established
at Wenatchee.
WENATCHEE. Wash.. Aug. 16.
(Special.) Another Industry which will
add greatly to Wenatchee's importance
as a fruit center will be established
ere within the next three months by
the Shepard Fruit Products Company,
which has headquarters In Seattle.
By a process discovered and patented
by H. C. Shepard, of Chelan, the com
pany will manufacture bricks of com
pressed fruits and vegetables, some
thing entirely different from anything
on the market. Mr. Shepard, who has
vea several years in cneian.. round a
method by which apples could be
pressed Into bricks with all the food
properties and the original taste of the
fruit preserved.
Subsequently It was found that any
other iruit or vegetable could be siral
larly treated, with equally good results.
Gray-Haired Woman Describes Vlv
Idly Her Escape Following; Order
That 'o One Could Enter
or Leave New Orleans.
Out of the time when God-given
Judgment served in the stead of the
theory of asepsis and when the care
of tender hands was practically the
only known therepeutle for wounds
and the diseases of war, Mrs. Alice
Carey Risley, president of the Civil
War Nurses Association, who arrived
yesterday from Jefferson City, Mo.
holds no brief for the costumed figure
of today who will be responsible for the
khaki men in France.
"Where would we have been back in
62 if three years training- had been
required of our girls before they could
enter the hospitals?" she asked. There
were no such things as trained nurses.
We women came in from our homes and
we did as the doctors told us to do.
With all this training I can't see that
the girls of today are doing much more
and that doesn't require much more
than good common sense."
As she spoke Mrs. Risley craned her
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Mrs. Alice Cary Risley, of Jeffer
,n City, Me, National President
of the ' Association of Army
Knraea of the Civil War. Who
Ha Opened Headquarters - at
the NortoaU Hotel.
RICE CORNER STARTS RIOTS
Many Japanese Injured In Disorders
Due to High Food Cost.
TOKIO, Aug. 12. (By the Associated
Press.) Ten policemen have been
wounded seriously and many rioters
injured at Nagoya in clashes over the
high cost of rice. Fifty persons have
been arrested at Nagoya.
Industrial disturbances continue else
where. The police have succeeded in
prohibiting meetings In Toklo.
The price of rice has doubled twice
in the past year, due largely to a
corner In the market.
Daaselderf Narh rich tea PaklUhea Ae
iml ef Recent Develop
areata In Far East.
AMSTERDAM. Aug. IS. The first
connected story on the advance of the
entente forces southward from Arch
angel. Northern Russia, la given In a
special dispatch to the Dusaeldorf Kach
richten. from Stockholm.
The dispatch, which Is dated August
14. aays:
"Last Monday (000 entente troops,
reinforced by J00O Russians, as
sembled at Archangel and the same
night the order was given to proceed
southeastward. Three thousand Rus
sians embarked on 11 river steamers
and a number of barges towed by tugs,
the destination of which was Kotlas,
on the Dvina River. The remainder of
SHIPMENTS ARE HASTENED
Woolen Rags and Shoddy to Be Han
dled aa Pure Wool.
WASHINGTON. Aug-. If. Railroads
ere Instructed today by the Railroad
Administration to move woolen rags
and shoddy with the same promptness
now given shipments of pure wool. The
freight traffic committee of the North
Atlantic ports will Issue permits for
shipments of their wool substitutes
destined to New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
NO ORDER 0NAUT0S MADE
Dealers Told Curtailment of Produc
tion Not Decided Upon.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. Automobile
dealers meeting with the War Indus
tries Board today were told that no
definite order curtailing motor-car pro
duction had yet been Issued. The deal
era agreed, however, to assist in devis
ing ways and' meana o stop the un
necessary use of passenger cars.
head around the pillars of the Multno
mah Hotel lobby In search of the fa
miliar faces of old comrades whom she
had known and nursed in the dark
days of the old war.
Work la Hospitals Told.
1 don't know where they get the
Idea that we nuraes are old women and
want to be put off in a. quiet place,"
she said. "It's all a mistake. We come
all this way to see the boys. We be
long to the other women's organiza
tions, but it Isn't that we come for.
We want to talk, over the war with the
comrades. Wo fought the Civil War
right alongside of them and our inter
est Is Just as keen in it as theirs."
Though frail and white-haired with
the years that have passed since she
was a 16-year-old girl in the hospitals
of New Orleans, following its capture
by General Butler, Mrs. Risley is as
sprightly and as lithe as she must have
been a half century ago. In a little
worn memoranda book she carries the
names of the "boys" she nursed be
tween '62 and '65. The little book is
worn threadbare, but the names are
still legible, and after many of them
is the terse legend, "dead, and the
date.
I have brought this book with me
to the encampments for the past 30
years." said Mrs. Risley. "It refreshes
my memory and helps me attach the
names to the faces. Quite often I meet
some of the boys we nursed, many of
whom we cared for, my mother and I,
right In our own home."
Worn Passes Tell Story.
with the little book she carries a
batch of worn passes which were issued
to her In regular army form by the
head surgeons of the New Orleans hos
pitala, allowing her "to coma and go
any time of the day or night."
Few stories of fiction or actual ex
perience can exceed the thrilling ad
ventures of Mrs. Risley and her brave
young mother, who, at the time of the
capture of 'New Orleans by the Union
forces, were living in one of the bayou
towns of Louisiana which were still
in the hands of the Confederacy. Of
New England blood, they became ob
jects of hate and derision at the out
break of the war. Her father waa
forced to leave the town and escaped,
feeling that his wife and child would
come to no harm from the people who
had been his neighbors.
Twice Mrs. Risley saw with her
own eyes mobs gathered to hang her
mother and It was .then that the two
women planned their escape into the
Union lines. Dick Taylor and his Texas
troops had come to New Iberia and
had issued orders that no one could
pass through the lines without a pass.
General Butler had issued orders that
no one could come In or out of New
Orleans without a pass. The time came
when they were forced to run both
picket lines.
Sensational Escape Described.
Two attempts were made to escape
on a river boat, but both times a mob
gathered to klU "the Yankee spy." Fin
ally they were smuggled Into Brashear
City, only to find that Dick Taylor
had sent a troop of cavalry to capture
them. They fled on to the next town,
to be herded back to Brashear City.
They hid under an old wharf in the
darkness, and finally boarded a skiff
in the bay, where they stayed for two
days with only a piece or two of Jerked
beef for food.
They managed to drift up the Missis
sippi River and were fed here and there
by the negroes from the plantations
they passed. One afternoon they were
ordered to halt by a Union picket on
the shore and after some persuasion
they were admitted through the Union
lines and from there found their way
to New Orleans, where they rejoined
the father.
Old Veterans Are Passins;.
From then until the end of the war
both women gave their whole time and
energy to the sickened soldiers' Gun
shot wounds held little terror for them
compared with the fearful fevers which
knew no staying and which ravaged
the whole Southern country. Falthfullj
the little girl, who at times cared for
100 men in a ward by herself, tended
the wounded of her north country and
to her they can never grow old.
."There are fewer of them every
year," she said last night, "but they
still remember the old days. Somehow
these khaki soldiers around here un
derfoot only seem like cadets. The
only soldiers I ever knew were the ones
in the blue."
HUNTER FALLS OFF CLIFF fiJUJ
Prominent Resident of Molalla Sus
tains Broken Arm and Brnises.
OREGON CITT. Or., Aug. 16. W. W.
Elkins, ofMolalla, one of the prominent
residents of that place, left his home at
an early hour Thursday morning, and
when he failed to make his appearance
in the evening a searching party was
formed.
Elkins was found during the night at
the foot of a cliff, having fallen 20 feet
below and rolled for some distance be
vond. At the time of the accident El
kins was carrying a- aeer over nis
shoulder which he had shot a short
time before, and the weight or the deer
overbalanced him when he passed over
a narrow patnway.
Elkins was unable to return to hi
home, having suffered a broken arm
and many bruises about the body, but
will recover.
HATED NAME IS CHANGED
Rancher Gets Rid of "Frederick
William" by Order of Court.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Rather than bear the name of th
Kaiser, an American-born young man
of German parentage residing in Ben
ton County three miles northwest
Albany has had his name changed. His
name was Frederick William Karstens.
It now is Floyd Wilbert Karstens.
When In Albany today he proudly
displayed a certificate of change of
name received irom tne uouniy wour
of Benton County. Mr. Karstens said
that when he was a boy he was proud
that he 'wore the names of the presen
Kaiser and the present ruler's father,
hut naturally, he said, he wanted to
have this name no longer.
TWO CONVICTED OF FRAUD
Miss Isabella Feder and Michael
I'olsk Face Severe Penalty.
NEW YORK. Aug. 16. Miss Isabella
Feder. vice-president and general man
ager of an equipment company nere,
and Michael Polsk were convicted to
day of conspiracy to defraud the. Gov
ernment on Army contracts. jan was
denied and they were sent to jail to
await sentence.
Miss Feder obtained a contract from
the Government for 100,000 barracks
bags, at 9 cents each, and sub-let the
contrace for 8 cents. These bags were
found to be defective and Miss Feder
and Polsk tried to bribe the Federal
inspectors to accept them.
Youths to Be Registered.
PASCO. Wash.. Aug. 16. (Special.)
The local board of Franklin County has
received instructions to register all
young men in the county who have be
come 21 years old since June 15, 1918.
Registration will be on August 24,
1918. Owing to the fact that few men
in this county have reached 21 years of
age since June 15, all registration will
be before the local board at me court
house in Pasco.
Glycerine Prices Announced.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. Prices for
dynamite glycerine to the allied gov
ernments and domestic consumers for
the remainder of the present year were
announced today by the Food Admin
istration as 60 cents a pound in August
and September, 58 cents in October and
November and 66 cents in jjecemDer.
Allied requirements are estimated at
7000 long tons.
Major, Brett Is Questioned.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. Major H. G.
Brett, of the Army aeronautics section
who formerly had charge of airplanes
Don their receipt In France, was ques
tioned at length today by the Senate
subcommittee investigating airplane
production. The committee announced
later today that It had practically
agreed upon a final report, which prob
ably will be made public next week.
Farm Furloughs Authorized.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. The War
Department announced today that en
listed men In camp may obtain fur
loughs to engage In agricultural work
by making application to their com
manding officers or by having rela
tives or other Interested persons apply
through the local boards at which they
registered.
Life Insurance Men Object.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 15. (Special.)
The local branch of the Insurance Fed
eration of Oregon today passed reso
lutions opposed to the Government's
taking over of the insurance business,
as proposed in bills pending before
Congress. The Oregon delegation will
be notified of such action.
Heavy Rain at Pasco.
PASCO, Wash., Aug. 16 (Special.)
A heavy rain, which was the heaviest In
this vicinity this Summer, fell in Pasco
early this morning. Coming at
this time, however, it will probably be
more of a detriment to farmers than a
benefit, as it is too late to do the
grain any good.
More Time Given Corporations.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. Extension
to September 20 of the data by which
corporations must file with internal
revenue collectors returns showing
capital stock waa announced today by
the Revenue Bureau.
Major Roosevelt on Crutches.
PARIS. Aug. 16. Major Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., was cordially received by
Premier Clemenceau today. Major
Roosevelt's wounds were still unhealed
and he Is using crutches.
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SUNBEAM MAZDA LAMPS
Give three times as much light as carbon
lamps at the same cost for current.
Rugged and enduring. Qft
10. 15, 25, 40, 50 watts, each JUV
Box of Five t.SO
SPECIAL PRICES
Any Bathing Cap to $1 value, now... SOc1
J7.00 Ladies' Bathing Suits S5.00
$5.00 Men's Bathing Suits $3.98
Three-quart Fountain Syringe S7C
$1.25 Trench Mirror, large else, in
leather case 9S
Seven-Inch Shears, nickel plated eteol S9e
Cuticle Scissors, splendid value 9SC
$2 Razor Strop, genuine horsehide.
for Sl.OO
PAINT YOUR PORCH
AND STEPS
BEFORE! THE RAIXY SEASON STARTS.
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
PORCH PAINT
fy ci A( QUART. We
OliHU carry every
thing in the SHERWIN
WILLIAMS line in all
sizes. Ours is the larg
est retail stock of these
goods in Portland. Let
us figure on your Fall
paint needs.
TOILET GOODS of Koown Quality
Nikk - Marr Face Pow
der at 50e. 75e
Nikk-Marr Balm..50S SI
25c Cuticura Soap 23
25c Packer Tar Soap
for 22
50c Hind's Honey and
Almond Cream 45d
J e r g e n's Benzoin and
Almond Lotion 39
Orchard White 35
Egyptian Lotion, white
or flesh. Sit 3 for S2.50
One bar Bocabelli Cas
tile Soap SI. SO
50c Derma Viva 45
lOo Almond 'Oil Bath
Soap, three for 25
One gross Knglish Lav
ender Guest-room
Soap, special S3.00
11.60 Oriental Cream
for S1.25
$1 Miolena Double
Strength Fre ckle
Cream S.1
Natural Odor
Soap, 3 for 40
50c Odorono45
Dry Pit 33c 50
Nonspi 50
Use an Electric Iron
It Will Eliminate BO Per Cent of the Labor
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CHURCH RITES HELD
Services Conducted at Grave
of Quentin Roosevelt.
BISHOP BRENT OFFICIATES
Lieutenant Harold F. Maxon, of Los
Angeles, and Cadet Gedron, of
Tttusville, Pa., Perish in
Airplane Accident.
PARIS'. Aug. 16. Religious) services
at the grave of Lieutenant vuentin
Roosevelt, near the spot where he fell
to his death in an air combat last
month, vere held today by .bishop
Brent of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and Rev. Charles S. MacFar-
land. of the Federal Council of Churcnes
of Christ In. America.
Disnatches from the American front
during the advance to the Vesle. re-
ht Lieutenant Kooseven nao
been buriea near
Fere-en-Tardenois.
Gate, vice-president; Dr. J. B. Stanley,
of Rochester, secretary-treasurer, and
Dr. F. G. Titus, of Centralla; Fred W.
Stocking, of o:ympia, and J. E. Calder,
of Montesano, trustees.
Governor Lister told of the big part
that Washington is playing in the -war.
E. F. Benson. State Agricultural Com
missioner, spoke on the logged-off
land problem.
Among the pioneers at the celebra
tion were nine who arrived in South
west Washington prior to 1855, seven
between 1855 and 1880, 13 between 1860
and 1865. 13 between 1865 and 1870,
and 11 between 1S70 and 1875.
Chamery, east of
COMMACK, N. T., Aug. IS. Lieuten
ant Harold F. Maxon. of Los Angeies,
and Cadet G. F. Gedeon. of Tltusville,
Pa., were killed today when their air
plane crashed to the earth In a hay
field near here.
The machine was one 01 xne siuu i
17 from Brlnkley Field, bong isiana.
which were flying in tnis vicinny.
An Mnlosion in midair, it is reported.
hurled Gedeon from the airship. Maxon
was crushed under the machine when
it struck the earth. Maxon was 25
years old and Gedeon 24.
th- a cHTTCfiTON. Ausr. 16. Five fatali
ties in aviation accidents for the week
ending August 10 were reported to
night by the War Department. Two
deaths occurred at Taliaferro Field,
Fort Worth. Tex., and one each at
Gerstner Field, Louisiana; Post Field,
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Scott Field,
Belleville, 111-
LABOR SHORTAGE IS ACUTE
Washington Coal Mines TJnable to
Secure Sufficient yorkes.
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BWATTLT3. Aut. 16. Washington's
coal mines are short 738 men. according
to D. C. Botting, district ruei aaminis
tration representative, today. In ad
dition, he says, there are iau mine em
ployes In class A wno wm ire wu
to the colors soon.
On January 1, Air. tsoiiing earn, uii
were 614 men in iimuiub""'
mines. By June 1 this total had fallen
to 5250. Thus far it has been impossi
ble to make up the losses in men.
PIONEERS ELECT OFFICERS
CENTRALIA TO CELEBRATE
Camn Lewis Band Wanted and
Washington Governor Will Speak.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 16. (Spe
cial.) Albert Smith, president of the
Commercial Club, and W. H. Cameron
went to Camp Lewis today in an effort
to secure a band from the cantonment
for the celebration to be held In Cen
tralla on Wednesday, August 21. ,
Further plans for the event were
laid at a meeting1 held last night. The
programme will open at 7 P..M. with
a patriotic parade, headed by Company
G, Third Washington, after which there
will be exercises in the city park. Gov
ernor Ernest Lister will be the chief
speaker.
Invitations were sent today by Mayor
John Galvin to Adjutant-General Har
vey J. Moss and Colonel W. E. McClure,
commanding the Third Washington, to
be present.
LAND CASEPAPERS READY
Attorney-General to Renew Action
Against Pacific Company Soon.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 16. (Special.)
Attorney-General Brown stated today
that papers in the latest alleged land
fraud eases against the Pacifio Live
stock Company will be ready for filing
some time next week, lie did not say
just as to what procedure will be fol
lowed, or whether an entirely new
complaint will be filed, or whether he
will just file an amended complaint.
The case Involves several thousand
acres of land in Grant and Harney
counties, and was filed under Attorney
General Crawford, but has been al
lowed to drag along for several years
without a trial.
USE OF CEMENT TO BE CUT
Thousands of Tons or Coal Bnrned
in Manufacture Will Be Saved.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Use of ce
ment by Industries engaged in other
than war work will be greatly cur
tailed, if not completely stopped, by an
order Issued today by the Fuel Admin
istration restricting delivery of coal to
cement manufacturers to 75 per cent qf
the normal amount.
Manufacturers may make cement in
excess of their allotment only If greater
production is required by the Govern
ment. The cement 'ndustry, a statement Is
sued by tha Fuel Administration says,
uses approximately 8,000,000 tons of
coal a year.
Thousands of tons of coal saved by
the curtailment order, the statement
says, will be deuverea to esseniiai war
uses.
Bodenhausen Elected President.
NEW YORK. Aug. 16. The National
Association of Retail Clothiers here
today elected William A. Bodenhausen,
of St. Joseph, Mo., as president to suc
ceed James Lynch, of Minneapolis.
Fred Levy, of Louisville, Ky., was re
elected first vice-president, and Andrew
Burkhardt, of Cincinnati, second vice-
president. A. ZTrankel, of Dcs Moines,
la., was chosen treasurer, and Charles
E'. Wry, also of Des Moines, secretary.
Governor Lister,
Speaks av Meetin
of Washington,
S in Centralla.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 16. (Spe
cial.) The following new officers were
lected yesterday by the boumwesi
Washington Pioneers Association at
the annual Pioneer day celebration held
at Rochester: J. W. Lieuallen, of
Rochester, president; L. L. Hunter, of
TODAY WILL BE
His Stomach Trouble Over
John R. Barker, Battle Creek, Mich., writes,
"I was troubled with heartburn, indigestion and
liver complaint until I began using Chamberlain's
Tablets, then my trouble was oyer." If you are
troubled with indigestion or constipation give them
a trial they will do you good.
California Day
COLUMBIA BEACH
and a mighty good programme and a
good time is promised by the Com
mittee on Arrangements. Among the
many events scheduled will be
GIRLS BATHING SUIT
PARADE. .
SWIMMING EVENTS
RACES AND SPORTS
; ON LAND
VALUABLE PRIZES
and everybody is entitled to partici
pate in the various events.
EVERYBODY WELCOME
Programme starts at 2 o'clock.
Benefit of California Soldiers Fund atl
Vancouver Barracks. J
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