TIIE MORNING 'OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 191S.
STATE WILL PASS
REGISTRATION GOAL
Draft Officials Confident Tha
Quota of 84,400 Will Be
Far Exceeded..
SOME CONFUSION PREVAILS
Ase Limits Provisions of New Law
Hot Yet Clear to All Prepara
tions for Enrollment Are
Practically Complete.
Oregon will exceed the registration
oal of 84,400 announced from the Pro
Tost Marshal-General's office when it
enrolls on September 13 "311 men be
tween the ages of 18 and 4d, both In
elusive, who have not previously reg
istered, draft officials of the state pre-
!nt.
It develops that the estimate from
Washington is based on the total reg
istration attained early in operation
of the selective service. This was
83,319 for the state. Subsequently ad
ditions approximating 2500 names were
made, bringing the total for the state
to 6.000. In round numbers. One ,and
one-third times the later total sets
Oregon's probable enrollment under the
extended draft age limits at 88.000.
Some Predict 10O.0OO.
The increased population due to the
Influx of shipbuilders nd timber work
ers is counted on to boost the aggre
gate of registrants in this state. Some
&ay It may reach 100,000. Conservative
estimates ranjro around 90.000.
No one as yet has the temerity to
iruvss what number of fighting men
may be picked from the great army of
new registrants.
A point with reference to the forth
coming registration about which ques
tion is being raised is that of specific
r.ge limits. There is no uncertainty,
setmingly. regarding the lower limit,
for the boy who has passed his 18th
birthday, or who attains his 18th birth
day on or before September 12, must
register.
Some Confusion Prevails.
At the other end there Is some con
fusion. One man appeared yesterday
who will observe his 45th birthday on
September 11. He was UHder the im
pression that he is beyond the new
draft limit, but such is not the case.
Men of the age of 43 are Included, up
to the one who has not on or before
September 12 observed his 46th birth
day. The tendency to error on this
point, a draft official pointed out, is
because of the loose way in which the
former age limits were quoted as "21
to 31." The official expression hae
been "between the ages of 21 and 30.
both inclusive." Just as the new limits
are described as "between the ages of
18 and 45, both inclusive."
Harvey Wells, State Insurance Com
missioner, a resident of Portland, is
believed to be the first man registered
in Oregon under the new law. He pre
sented his card Saturday to local board
No. 7. in the jurisdiction of which he
resides. He registered then because of
. intended departure for Denver and ab
sence from the city on registration day.
Other May Do Likewise.
It is urged by draft officials that all
men who know they will be away from
home on registration day. whether they
belong in Oregon or in some other
state, follow Mr. Weils' example and
register in advance. The local citizen
who expects to be absent is asked to
hunt up his board and have his en
rollment effected.
A man who is in the state tempo
rarily and unable to register at the
place of his permanent residence may
obtain a registration card from any
board. The board will help him fill
out the card and certify to it, and this
must then be mailed to hfs home board.
Such cards should be mailed in time to
reach the home boards by registration
day.
The man who Is obliged to mall his
registration card is not registered until
the card is received by his board. He is
asked to enclose a stamped return en
velope in which the registration cer
tificate may be sent him. Until he ob
tains it and Is able to present his reg
istration certificate at all times and
places he isf liable to arrest.
Failure Is Punishable.
Failure to register is punishable by
Imprisonment for a term of one year.
There is no alternative of getting off
with a fine.
luring the week past special helpers
have been busy at the office of Cap
tain Cullison, head of the selective eerv
Ice in Oregon, mailing out registration
supplies. The new questionnaires also
are going forward to county and local
boards.
Ietai!s of preparation for the regis
tration have been very largely attend
ed to In Oregon. Little remains to be
done except recruiting of assistants by
some boards, and Oregon will be ready
to go ov r the top creditably and with
fitting patriotic celebration, declared
Captain Culiison.
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H NQR5E SlflGERS
Chorus of 200 in Second Sang
erfest Concert Makes Tell
ing Appeal to Auditors.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Sunset Annette Kellerman, "A
Daughter of the Gods."
Star Arthur Guy Empey, "Over
the Top."
Majestic William Farnum, "Les
Miserables."
reoples Cecil B. DeXfille's "Till
I Come Back to You."
Liberty D. W. Grifrith's "The
Great Love."
Columbia Charles Kay, "Nine
o'clock Town."
Globe Dorothy Dalton, "Love
. Me."
Circle Mary Pickford, "Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm."
WILLIAM FARKCX, FIGHTING STAR OF THE SILEXT DRAMA, IN PICTDRI-
ZATIO OF VICTOR H LOO'S "LES JIISERABLES," AT MAJESTIC THEATER.
given the world. This- William Fox
offering in a veritable animated album
of beauty, with Annette Kellermann
and a bevy of nymphs the commanding
figures in this cinema exaltation of the
eternal feminine.
.The tropic seas furnijLed the "loca
tion" for the army used in making "A
Daughter of the Gods," and the result
proves that the sending f a host of
players to the West Indies, and the
building of a huge ancient city were
emphatically worth while
It is difficult to pick from the wealth
of striking passages th? most beautiful
part of "A daughter of the Gods." The
dive from the high tower, the race -ith
the expert swimmers, the battle with
the treacherous surf and the jagged
rocks, the dance of the mermaids on
the shore, the performrr of Miss
Kellermann in the rap ds ..J falls of
unexcelled beauty, the splendors of the
oriental city, the glories of the Sultan's
palace, huge bodies of people, exquisite
charm of the children, miracles of sun
rise and sunset on the waters, fashing
movement of mounted troops at full
gallop, burning of the city, tragedy of
the lave market, the clash of arms,
the host of gnomes and elves and their
strange homes and habits these are
but a few entrancing bits from a screen
classic
"Our Bridge of Ships," the Govern
ment picture dealing with the ship
building industry. Is being held over
for several diys.
Peoples.
"Till I Come Back to You," Cecil B.
DeMille's photoplay special on exhibi
tion at the Peoples Theater, is another
great and sincere picture that has come
out of the world war. It's not a pic
ture of Incessant combat, artillery
duels, and like spectacular stuff, but
its theme deals with the war in its
relation to non-combatants, the women
and children of Belgium, while en
gineering feats and King Albert of
Belgium, as well as a romance of the
stressful times, occupied much of De
Mi lie s time.
Bryant Washburn, of the famous
"Skinner" series, is presented as a Fa
mous Players-Laeky star in this pic
ture, while Florence Vidor is his lead
ing woman. G. Butler Clonbough and
Winter Hall have prominent roles.
Jeanie Macpherson, who wrote the
story, took an American captain of
engineers as his hero and a Belgian
girl wedded to a German spy as the
heroine. Belgium is invaded, the spy
is uncovered, America enters the war.
and then Strong, at the head of his
company of engineers, enters the life
of Yvonne, the girl. The German use
of liquid fire, its storage point oh a
hill reached via sappers, the struggle
between the captain and the spy, and
finally the sacrifice of the American
pays for the blowing up of the liquid
fire in order that the girl and orphaned
Belgians might be saved, lead up to a
court-martial sentence to death and I
escape through the intervention of
King Albert.
DeMille has an enviable reputation
as a producer and "Till I Come Back
to You" will make for him many more
admirers.
PATRIOTIC SONGS IMPRESS
Soloists Heighten Programme With
Classical and Popular Numbers.
Convention to Close With
Banquet Tonight.
Sunset.
"A Daughter of the Gods" is a strik
ing photo-spectacle, perhaps the most
beautiful production the camera has
Empey Defies Enemies.
Arthur Guy Empey soldier-author-
lecturcr and now motion picture star
appearing in "Over the Top at the
Star Theater begs drafted men to
"wallop" anybody on the jaw who says
he ever cast slurs at them. This is in
answer -to charges made in many quar
ters that Empey, who secured an Army
Captaincy and lost it within a week
because of the stopping of recruiting,
has made slurring remarks about
drafted men.
"The pro-Germans in the United
States love me like poison, because I
have been hammering them from the
lecture platform and in all my writ
lngs," says Empey. "The person or
persons who originated the propaganda
that I have ever criticised the drafted
men, or the fighting qualities of our
good old United States Army, are liars,
and I defy them to make themselves
known. They are pro-Germans and
fight Just like the rest of their spawn
1 1: the German imperial army of mur
derers. They will not fight in the
open but lurk in holes like rats.
"Boys, do me a favor. If anyone
tells you that Empey ever cast a Blur
ring remark or ever said anything
not in your praise, please give him a
Yankee wallop on the nose."
LAW SCHOOL 10 OPEN
ITEXT TO CLOSE DK.MKD AT VXl
VERSITV OF OREGOX.
ttle Report That Sturirntm Would
Be Seat to Washington Sot
Authorized.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON'. Eugene.
Scit 1. The of ice of the president of
tne university today characterised as
unauthorized an announcement from
Seattle that the law departments of the
Universities of Oregon. Idaho and Mon
tana would be closed during the period
of the war and the students sent to
the University of Washington.
So far as the University of Oregon
Is concerned, it is pointed out here,
no action has been taken in this mat
ter. At the meeting of the executive
committee of the Board of Regents in
Portland Saturday the matter was cot
dix-usied.
The law school of the University of
Oregon has taken no action toward the
discontinuance of its law courses and
will continue, with a faculty necessar
ily reduced by war conditions, but
ready to expand- to its normal condi
tion when peace is restored.
T.E. DUNCAN KILLED
Flag of First Presbyterian
Church Gets Gold Star.
on the service flag of the First Presby
terian Church.
SOLDIERS INDUCED TO SAVE
Draft of Bill for Sale of Refuse Is
In the second concert of their
saengerfest, held last evening in the
Auditorium, the visiting members of
the Pacific Coast Norwegian dingers'
Association, more than maintained the
high standard of excellence displayed
in their opening programme.
The powerful chorus of ZOO male
voices, representing the eight Nor
wegian singing societies of the North
west, rang out with stirring force In
such patriotic numbers as "Keep the
Home Fires Burning" and "The Star-
Spangled Banner." The saengerfest so
loists. Cora Haneen-Olsen and Alfred
Halvorsen, enhanced the programme by
their rendition of classical and popular
numbers.
A striking feature of the evening was
a piano solo by Dr. Emil Enna, pre
senting one of Dr. Enna's own compo
sitions, "An American Fantasie." Tine
was the first public rendition of this
composition, and it was enthusiastically
received.
ProGTamne Comprehensive One
The complete programme was as
follows:
Overture. Festival Orchestra. Andrew P.
Xeisen, director; (a) "America," b) "In
Liberty's Name" (Parks-Gounod), (c) "Olav
Trygvason" (Kelssiger), grand chorus, Ru
dolph Moeller director; "Solveigs . Song,"
from "Peer Gynt Suite" (Grieg), Cora Han-sen-Olaen,
coloratura soprano, Kugar Cour-
sen. accompanist; (a) "Norge mit Norgo
Norway, My Native Land) (Lindthner), (b)
Mor" (To Mother) (Martens). Alfred Hal
vorsen, baritone, Edgar Coursen, accompan
ist; (a) Come W nere the Lilies .Bloom"
Hilton-Thompson), (b) "Keep the Home
Fires Burning" (Novello), (c) "Den Store
Hvide Fiok" (the Great White Host)
(Greig), grand chorus, solo by Cora Hanseo-
Olsen. Intermission. "Triumphal March,"
from Sigurd Jorsalfar" (Grieg), orchestra;
'Swiss fecho Song' (Eckert), Cora Hansen-
Oisen, "Lief Eriksson" (Borg), grand
chorus; piano solo, "American Fantasie"
(Emil Enna), Dr. Emil Enna, Charles Swen
son at the organ; "Barndomsmlnne Fraa
Nordland" . (Childhood Memories From
Northlaud) (Thomsen), Norwegian male
chorus, Portland, Charles Swenson. director;
"Venetian Song" (Tosti), Alfred Halvorsen;
"LandkJending" (Landsightlng) (Grieg).
grand chorus and orchestra, solo by Alfred
Halvorsen; "The Star-Spangled Banner,"
grand chorus.
The Seattle chorus, which was unable
to give the number scheduled for Sat
urday night, owing to delay In the ar
rival of some of the singers, appeared
last night instead. They sang "March
Up and Away," under the direction of
Rudolph Moeller.
Visitors Take Highway Trip.
Last evening's concert was preceded
by an afternoon automobile trip over
the Columbia Highway, much enjoyed
by the visiting singers. Members of
the chorus yesterda morning were as
signed in groups to the various fecandi
navian churches of the city, where they
participated in patriotic song services.
The convention of the association
will conclude tonight with - a banquet
at the Multnomah Hotel. This morn
ing at 10 o'clock the annual business
session, with election oi oiiicers, win
be held, followed by a dinner at the
Auditorium. Toastmaking and music
will be features of the closing banquet.
opposing the net Investment clause of
the water power bill was criticised Sat
urday by Representative Gillette, of
Massachusetts, acting minority leader,
and other House Republicans. Refer
ring to the President's letter, Mr. Gil
lette said that Chairman Sims, of the
interstate commerce committee, "seems
to think there should be no legisla
tion without first obtaining the views
of the President."
Representative Anderson', of Minne
sota, said, "Someone torpedoed the
water power committee."
-Chairman Sims - told the House that
he had introduced the bill on the suppo
sition that it met executive approval.
An amendment introduced by Repre
sentative Doremus, of Michigan, re
quiring the Federal Water Power Com
mission, which the bill establishes, to
give municipalities prior rights to the
acquirement of development licenses
was approved by the House.
REVENUE BILL BIG TASK
WATER POWER AND PROHIBITION
MEASURES ALSO UP.
Congress Begins Ten. ": Month With
Problems to Handle Suffrage
Vote Weeks Off.
01ds,Wortman GfKing
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Congress to
morrow begins the tenth month of its
present session, .with the war revenue
bill as the principal task ahead. The
National prohibition bill pending in the
Senate, the waterpower development
bill before the House and other meas
ures will be given consideration.
The revenue bill is to be reported
tomorrow by the ways and means com
mittee for beginning of debate Thurs
day or Friday. Its passage there by the
middle of September is expected.
After the House acts and while the
bill is before the Senate" committee, an
other series of vacation recesses are
planned for both Senate and House,
when there is no legislation demanding
action.
Passage, of the war-time prohibition
bill is planned this week. It will be
brought up again Tuesday, tomorrow's
Senate session on tho hnlirlnv heiner nr-
ieidfol?i: ?iaift7'cs in, huns far from finished
Nevada.
Woman suffrage advocates still are
pressing for an early vote on the reso
lution pending in. tne senate, but mere uer j;
is nine prospect oi a vote tor several
weeks.
Labor Day
Store Closed All Day!
- See this evening's and
tomorrow morning's papers for
important offerings
throughout the store.
Double Stamps tomorrow with cash
purchases in all departments.
"FIGHT ON," IS PLEA
No Time for Peace Talk Now,
Says Pastor.
IS
ENGINEERS OF PORTLAND-BUILT
VESSEL TO BE PUT OUT TRIAL.
Charges Involving Negligence and In
attention 'to Doty Endangering
Life Filed by Inspectors.
UNCLE SAM OFFERS COMMISSION
TO ALL WHO CAN QUALIFY.
Sent to Congress.
WOUNDS IN ACTION FATAL
Alaska Fish in Cold Storage. -
TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 1. (Special.)
Millions of pounds of fish from the
Alaska banks are being stored away
In its warehouses by the Glacier Fish
Company for transshipment to Eastern
cities later in the season. The main
warehouse now has 2.7j0.0O0 pounds of
frozen haUbut. salmon and black cod
packed away as a substitute for meat
and the refrigerator ship Glory of the
Seas, with' a capacity of 2,000.000
pounds, is nearly loaded. The com
pany's smokehouse has a capacity of
6iM0 pounds of kippered salmon daily.
Its fish refrigeration plant is the larg
est in the Northwest.
Senior In Lincoln High School, First
to Enlist When War Broke Out,
First to Fall Victim to Prus
sian Invaders of France.
Thomas Emerson Duncan, Company
E, Fourth Engineers, of this city,
known to every member of the First
Presbyterian Church, is dead In France,
at the age of 1$.
He was a senior In Lincoln High
School when war broke out and was
one or the iirst to enlist in roruana,
obtaining the consent of his mother
by the plea that his two younger
brcthera could care lor her. so anxious
was he to serve his country that he
sought and obtained a transfer from
the National Guard to tne regular
Army, joining a company at Vancouver
Barracks.
His mother, returning from church
yesterday, found awaiting her at her
home, 283 Fourteenth street, this
fateful message from the Adjutant-
General:
"Deeply regret to Inform you that It
Is officially reported Private Thomas
E. Duncan, Fourth Engineers, died
August 1$ of wounds received in ac
tion." Letters received recently told of his
being in the front-line trenches and
of carrying dispatches through shot
and shelL
His mother, two brothers, Vernon
and Eugene, and a sister, Marian,
mourn his death. -
Thomas Emerson Duncan was born
in vVellsville, O., where his father, now
dead, was a prominent physician. The
family has lived in Portland five years.
Emprson was prominent in the church,
being president of the Junior Christian
Endeavor Society and a youth of great
promise. Many who saw the Christmas
day pageant at the church will remem
ber the loud applause when he, a stal
wart young soldier, marched down the
center aisle and tore from the flag the
stain of disloyalty.
His death places the first gold star
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. At the
urgent request of - General Pershing,
Secretary Baker has sent to Congress
a draft of a bill permitting the eale of
by-products from the "kitchens of mill-,
tary organizations as an Inducement
for the men to save.
It provides that refuse may be dis
posed of under the direction of a com
manding officer and the proceeds di
vided among the organizations. The
Government may be the purchaser.
Plumbers Returning to Work.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 1
Two thousand plumbers and iteamfit
ters employed at the various military
camps and on Government contracts
in the Newport News district yester
day voted to return after being on
strike two weeks. It was stated that
the men decided to forfeit the union
charter and return as a patriotic duty.
The forfeiture was necessary, as the
wages are less than the union laws.
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Died of Wounds in jPrance on
August 16.
Eighty Residents of Portland Take
Examinations and Majority Will
Probably Be Successful.
Every American citizen between the
ages of 32 and 42 years who is actively
engaged in engineering and Is in good
physical condition, wno nas not already
sent to the office of the Chief of En
gineers at Washington, D. C, an appli
cation for a commission as First Lieu-
enant or Captain in the Engineer
Corps, United States Army, is urged to
do so immediately. There is need-for
qualified engineers.
This is the statement of Major Ed
ward H. Williams, head of the examin
ing board of engineer officers which
examined 0 applicants for commissions
yesterday. Not all were accepted, but
it is expected the majority will be com
missioned. The examining board will
leave today for San Francisco.
Examinations were conducted at the
office of the Military Training Camps
Association, Room 417 Corbett build
ing, where applications ca i be obtained.
The examining board expects to return
to Portland for further examinations
in October.
HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 20. Charges
involvinar carelessness, nec-lienc e. in
attention to duty and endangering life Christian should do his utmost to stop
B. Lockhart Deplores Fact
That Psychological ' Influences
Unfavorable to Civilization
Are Being Spread.
At Lincoln Methodist Episcopal
Church last night, the pastor. Rev. E.
B. Lockhart, who has Just returned
from Camp Fremont and Stanford Uni
versity, where he has been preparing
for Y. M. C. A. work overseas, spoke on
The Christian's Obligations to the
War."
Referring to the statement that the'
war will be over this rail or in tne
Spring, the speaker declared that every
were filed today against the chief en
gineer, O. H. Hicks, and second assis
tant engineer. Carter Williamson, of ;
United States Shipping Board vessel,
a Portland-built ship on her maiden
voyage whose starboard boiler was
wrecked by an explosion a few days
ago while lying at a Honolulu harbor
dock. The explosion occurred as a
result, it is believed, of the waterfeed
being shut off while the fires were
kept going. Trial of the two men
will open before the Federal inspector
of hulls and boilers.
While the results of the investiga
tion warrant the charges against the
two officers, this is not taken to mean
that tho . possibility of sabotage has
been eliminated. The board of inspec
tors holds that on facts disclosed the
officers were negligent in not ascer
taining the trouble and remedying it
in time. That someone tampered with
the valve regulating the waterfeed
seems indisputable. Investigation is
being continued.
NINE HAYSTACKS BURNED
Simultaneous Fires Lead to Belief
Enemy Agents Are at Work.
the development of this thought and
thus protect the integrity of public
sentiment and prevent any let-up in
American preparations to prosecute the
war to a righteous conclusion.
"America is just getting up steam,'
he declared, "and nothing would de
light the Hun better than to have this
peace sentiment spread throughout
America with the result that enthus
iasm would wane and the American
spirit, now aroused in righteous indig
nation, be weakened."
Mr. Lockhart deplored the fact that
this psychological influence unfavor
able to civilization Is being spread.
"Head it off." said the preacher. "The
war may end this Fall or next Spring,
but the indications are that it will con
tinue for some time. If the Hun could
endure four years of offensive warfare
he might endure eight years of de
fensive effort America must throw
her whole strength into the campaign.
conscious that Germany, in coal, iron
and steel and other military supplies,
captured in the course of the struggle,
is as strong, if not stronger than when
she entered the war."
PASTORATES
ARE
FILLED
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Sept. 1. Nine
haystacks, aggregating 600 tons of hay,
valued at $20,500, were destroyed by
fire Saturday on the ranches of the
Kern County Land Company and Philo
Bishop Stuntz, of German Methodist
Church, Announces Appointments.
Appointments to various pastorates
and the appointment of district super
intendent were announced before the
Pacific German-Methodist conference
Jewett. near Rosedale, eight miles yesterday afternoon by Bishop Homer
west of Bakersfield. . C. Stuntz, of Omaha, Neb., presiding.
The local office believes that the Sessions have been held in tne toa-
fires were started by enemy agents or ney-avenue Methodist Church tor tne
in protest by sympathizers with or past four days, tne conterence closing
members of an organization recently yesterday. At the afternoon assembly
prosecuted by the Federal Government. Bishop Stuntz announced his appoint-
The fires started almost simultaneously ments as follows:
and investigation afterward disclosed A F. Hilmer, district superintendent,
tho use of phosphorus, which was found Spokane, Wash.; Bethany and Yamhill,
in a can of water. F. H. Luecke; Butler, supplied by F. " '.
Kensler; darks and Logan, ueorge
Kleinback: Connell and Paradise, E. J.
RRA?9ARD WILL BE WORN TraS; Davenport and Rathrum. to
DrlHaOMnUJ) WILL. DC VVUni. be supplieJ. Edwall and Milan, A J.
not and Is physically able should be
made to fight that system of govern
ment that aims at destruction of labor'
liberty and domestic security."
NEW INDUSTRIAL ERA COMING
War Hastening Day of Justice, Says
Rev. Edward Constant.
At the Highland Congregational
Church last night. Rev. Edward Con
stant spoke on "A New Era for Indus
try." "The struggle for Industrial justice,"
he said, "has been long and severe, but
the war Is changing conditions with
amazing rapidity. Class feeling la van
ishing, while industry is being democra
tized and a new era is dawning.
"That new era will open great possi
bilities for wage earners. A new re
lationship will be created between
capital and labor. Antagonism will
give place to co-operation as employer
and employed realize that they have a
common interest.
"No man or set of men will, ba per
mitted to grow inordinately rich by ex
ploiting the toiler. The economical
reblrtU will give producers a share in
profits.
"Labor will play a larger Dart In
what are called governmental policies.
Labor leaders will have as much in
fluence in internationalism as diplo
mats and military officers. Already
they have taken their place along with
the statesmen of the world.
Woman will have an equal chance
with her masculine competitor, and
when she does a man's work will get a
man's pay.
"The new trades unionism will com
mend Itself by its fairness. Labor will
assume its responsibilities as well as
claim its rights and its programme will
be one of construction.
"This is the day for which we must
work, the day when the teachings of
Jesus will dominate the industrial
world. Far too frequently in our
dealings with one another have we for
gotten the 'arpenter of Nazareth."
TWO ACCUSED OF MASHING
Arrests Made at Request of Two
Girls Who Resent Attentions-
Mike Fleesas, aged 26, a waiter at
the Oregon Hotel, and Napoleon Mas-
toras, a mechanic, Greeks, were ar
rested last night by Officers Fuller and
Chase, of the war emergency squad,
and charged with violating the mash
ers' ordinance. It was alleged by two
girls, according to .the offficers, that
the attentions of the two men were ob
noxious and that they followed them
from Broadway to Third and Washing
ton and used insulting language. The
men were locked up in the city jail
and held for trial in Municipal Court
today.
American Red Cross Will Provide
Mourning Insignia.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1. The Ameri
can Red Cross will provide mourning
brassards for relatives of men killed in
LAND' TO BE PREPARED
NORTHWEST WILL OFFER INDUCE
MENTS TO RETURNING SOLDIERS.
Commercial and Land Settlement Asso
ciation Organized Survey of Avail
able Lands Is to Be Made.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 1. Preliminary
steps toward aiding Northwest soldiers
who return from the front in a back-to-the-land
movement, were taken here
yesterday at a meeting of representa
tives of land improvement organiza
tions in the state which comprise the
Ninth Federal Reserve District. The
Northwest Commercial, and Land Set
tlement Association was organized and
branches will be establi-hed in Minne
sota, Wisconsin, North and South Da
kota, Upper Michigan and Montana.
The first work of the new associa
tion will be to make a survey of 11
lands available in the various states.
It is planned to obtain the aid of the
Department of the Interior in the move
ment.
Resolutions adopted urged unquali
fied support of the back-to-the-land
movement in behalf of soldiers and the
establishment of agricultural educa
tional schools for American soldiers
similar to those established for British
and Canadian soldiers.
Weigle; Metolius, H. B. Mann; Moscow,
Idaho, John A Beck; Newberg, sup
plied by H. Haweisen; Oak Grove, P. J.
Sehnert; Portland, First Church, E. E.
Hertzler; Rodney-avenue, F. A Schu
mann; Ridgefield, H. L. Woehl; Ritz-
ville, to be supplied; Rocklyn, G. A
Maag; Rosalia, C. A Wentsch; Salem,
Japan Sends Red Cross Workers.
HONOLULU, T. H Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The first Japanese Red Cross
unit, consisting of 36 members, headed
by Colonel-Surgeon Shiga, left Tokio
recently for Siberia. The second corps
followed a week later. Nurses did not
go along. The Japanese Red Cross
units, together with some of the white
Red Cross workers in Japan, will
handle the Siberian cases, and the
most serious will be sent to the Tokio
hospital.
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Comfort and Safety Assured Bafora
the Arrival of the Stork,
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France, according to announcement o Rnprier: Seattle and Tacoma. W. F.
made yesterday. The brassards, which Maas; Spokane, H. ,F. Lange; Walla
are to be substituted for general vanai j. c. Mueller. On one year leave ;
mourning, were suggested and de
signed by the woman's committee of
the Council of National Defense. The
idea has been indorsed by President
Wilson.
The brassards consist of a band of
black broadcloth with a gold star to
be worn on the left sleeve. They will
be free to widows and parents and sold
at cost to other relatives.
WILSON'S ACT CRITICISED
Letter Opposing Net Investment
Clause Arouses Republican.
WASHINGTON. Sent. 1. Action of
President Wilson In writing a letter! Montrolite.
KANSAS CITY STAR RISES
Increase in Subscription Price to 15
Cents a Week Announced.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 1. The Kansas
City Star, in its issue this morning an
nounced an increase in subscription
rates. The price of the paper where
delivered by carrier is advanced from
10 to 15 cents.
On the streets it will sell for 2 cents
instead of 1.
For many years subscribers have re
ceived seven copies of the Star and six
copies of the Times, the morning edi
tion, for 10 cents a week.
Check Handling Simplified.
As a means of simplifying the
handling of out-of-town items in banks,
it is proposed that each bank have its
checks and drafts bear on their face
outline figures denoting the Federal re
serve district in which the issuing bank
is situated. James K. Lynch, Governor
of the San Francisco Federal reserve
bank, has issued a circular to banks on
the subject. It is also requested that
checks and drafts bear theA B. A
numbers of the drawee bank and of the
drawer bank as well, in addition to the
district number.
' Seattle Delivers Six Ships.
SEATTLE, Sept. 1 Seattle's record
for delivery of ships to the Government
during August was six steel steam
ships. Five were 8800-ton vessels, and
the other, was the 10,000-ton oil tanker
of absence, Ludwlg Gaiser, A. F.
Cramer.
Resolutions were adopted acknowl
edging allegiance to the Stars and
Stripes and indorsing the activities of
other Christian churches.
We are convinced that we can serve
the cause of our church and our coun
try," reads the final resolution, "when
we speak in a language the people can
understand, and thus make intelligent
Christian citizens. We as members of
the Methodist church are not a German
church and no hyphenated Methodists.
We look to the leaders of our church
for counsel and protection in this time
of distress. We as German Methodists
have never been allied to the German-
American Alliance, the brewers and sa-
! loon-keepers" organizations, nor to
any lawless element, in our country.
HONEST LABOR IS TRIUMPHANT
World Has No Place for Loafer, Says
Rev. Mr. Short.
"Labor Triumphant, or the Glory of
the Sweaty Face" was the topic of a
Labor-day sermon delivered by Rev.
Francis Burgette Short, pastor of the
Wilbur Methodist Church organization
in the ballroom of the Multnomah
Hotel yesterday morning.
"Labor is ordered of God," said Rev.
Mr. Short. "There Is no place in the
world's social economy for the loafer,
whether he be a hobo or a millionaire.
No man has a moral Tight, though he
may have a legal right, to live upon
the earnings of another.
"Labor is ordained of God. It Is
therefore honorable. The sweaty face
is not only a mark of industry but an
evidence of honor, independence and
reliability. God's approval is upon the
man who works. We therefore dis
cover that labor is the only honorable
pursuit of life. All honest labor is
triumphant.
"The glory of labor is In results
achieved. Jesus said that he had fin
ished the work assigned. That was his
hour of triumph. The Nation calls every
man to work, and every man who does
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In thousands of American homes there Is
a bottle of the splendid and time-honored
remedy. Mother's Friend, that has aided
many a woman through the -trying1 ordeal,
saved her from suffering and pain, kept
her In health of mind and body In advance
of baby's coming, and had a most wonder
ful influence In developing a healthy, lovely
disposition In the child.
Mother's Friend relieves the pain and dis
comfort caused by the strain on the liga
ments, makes pliable those fibers and mus-
cles which nature is expanding, and soothes
the inflammation of breast glands and other
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acted.
By regular use during the period the
muscles expand with ease when baby Is
born, tension Is reduced and the pain and
danger at the crisis is naturally less.
Mother's Friend is an external remedy, la
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It not only ailays distress in advance, but
assures a speedy recovery for the mother.
This splendid preparation may be had at
every drug store, and is one of the great
est blessings ever discovered for expectant
mothers. Write to the Bradfieid Kegulatoi
Co., G33 Lamar Bids.. Atlanta, Ga., for
their "Motherhood Book,"' so valuable to
expectant mothers, and tn the meantime do
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at the drug store and thus fortify yourself
against pain and discomfort. Adv.
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