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EPIDEMIG AT WORST,
cial.) A. E. Woolpert. local fruitman,
who has just returned from ttie Wash
ington Agricultural Colfeere at Pullman,
where his son Lieutenant O. C. Wool
pert, has been seriously ill with Span
ish influenza, following an attack of
measles, says the Institution has had
more than S00 cases and that the lim
ited nurses and doctors available have
found it almost Impossible to care for
the many patients. Lieutenant wool-
pert, who is an Instructor at Pullman
Forty-eight Deaths From All
recently received his commission at
Louis Swift's Son - in - Law
Presidio training camp. Lieutenant
Eliot, son of Dr. T. L. Eliot, pastor
emeritus of the First Unitarian Church
Causes Are Reported.
Makes Startling Disclosures.
in Portland. Mr. Woolpert says, is ill
with the Influenza.
TIIE 3IOICNIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918.
MliTTO, INF01ER,
BARES CAILLflUXPLD
YESTERDAY'S REPORT
MORGUES ARE CROWDED
Conditions at Bi; Emergency Hospi
tal Improving; "o D-Lh Rc
. ported There In Afternoon.
Morrnri In the city are crowd to
Utha limit with unburied bodies and un
....... W . ,,WI,. Ha V nd Illcht
in an effort to catch up with tneir
-work of embalming all because of the
C rowing- death Hat due to Spanish in
fluenza and the prevailing: shortage of
craves in Portland cemeteries.
That the condition is becoming seri
oua and that extreme measures mar
have to be taken soon by health au
thorities to meet the situation was the
word sent out by the undertakers yes
terday. Thirty deaths and 212 new
cases were added to Portland s Span
ish Influenza, record UP to o'clock
last nlcht.
"Gravediggers are scarce and they
are beina- worked overtime," declared
an undertaker yesterday.
Epldesale Sees Worst Day.
With a record number of deaths re
ported and with new cases holding well
- uo to previous marks, Portland health
authorities yesterday faced the worst
day of the present epidemic. o eriort
Is being made to minimize the serious
ness of the situation and health offi
cials fear that Portland may face still
worse conditions unless the peoplo com
pletely accede to the spirit ol the cioa
inc.
t'orty-elpht deaths were reported to
the city health office from all causes
durlnrc 24 hours, an increase of seven
over the previous record one week ago.
Onlv 30 of these, however, were due to
influenza and five of the 30 were In
cluded in yesterday morning"a late re
port. The other 2 follow:
Tweaty-flve passes Are Given.
Mrs. Minnie H. Holte. 55. &!-- Kmst 43th
t.ur - XI r. :ffi llivnvr. 53. V34 East 07th
street: Mrs. Pauline A. Redman, 35. J6
Fherman street: Uusaell K. Collins, S
months: Francis E. Kdlck. Ss, bookkeeper.
IS feast Seventh street North; Walter
Kancea. JO. laborer. Melln, Idaho: Clifford
vlla. "0. laborer. Ridro'ield. Wash.: Mrs.
Georgia B. M. Asnew, els East Eighth
street: Georze Gumbert, 74, tailor, 123 North
17th street: Robert M. isorwooa. amp
worker, lttt Kaal 3oth street; Alfred 8.
aaleaman. 3.1 1 East 3nth street;
William B. Goodman. 24. truck driver, 29
East Ash street: Everett J. Dotrnle. 3S. bolt
setter, 7-"4 Eaat Polk atreet: Ernest G. Hock
tnaon. 53, elevator man at police station.
Hancock street: Robert mrpin. a
03 Montana avenue: Mra. Phoebe Ford. "4.
a,ltra Planders street: Kadte C. Carl
son. 20. 171 West Humboidt street; Chsrles
rerrlx. 10 months. 147S Maerum street;
Ray Brown. Z$. 702 Syracuse street; Herman
Scott, ao. cook. Astoria: John lower. 3.
laborer. St. Morris. Idaho: Glenn Iann. 1.,
l"Ser. Black Bock. r.; Edward B. Chase.
27. 'aborer. Boise. Idaho: Or Chnlie 1
1ns. 62. S3 Weldler street; Mrs. Dora Res.
IT East 64th street.
' Caaditlou Are Isaprevisg.
At the emergency hospital In the Mu
nicipal Auditorium conditions are Im
proving. The number of deaths occur
ring Sunday and Sunday night is at
tributed to ths bad coudition of pa
tients when troue-ht there.
Yesterday afternoon no deaths were
reported. Dozens of cases have been
discharged as cured. Fewer than 160
patients now ara being cared for. Phy
sicians and nurses are on hand in suf
ficient numbers to take care of all pa
tients, according to officials in charge.
That the Auditorium is up to the mark
aa a hospital is attested to by the fact
that Vancouver Army health officials
derided to leave at the Auditorium a
soldier who bad been stricken with
the disease. Miss Loveridge.-of Good
Samaritan Hospital, also paid tribute
to the city's emergency hospital yester
day, declaring; It came up fully to all
health and sanitary requirements and
that the organization was perfect.
rablle Library Re pees.
With attendants weartna- masks, the
circulation room of the Public Library
yesterday reopened. Those getting
books were made to Hand five feet
apart In line. No crowds were per
mitted.
Weartnr of masks by hospital at
tendants and others coming: in direct
contact with Influenza patients was
recommended by Surgeon-cJeneral Blue
in a telegram to the state health bu
reau yesterday. It came In answer to
Inquiries regarding the efficacy of
masks in stemming the epidemic.
Reports from the state outside of
Portland are improving, according to
Dr. See ley. of the state health bureau.
XEW CASES NUMBER FOURTEEN
Oregon City Physicians Are Inocu
lating Many.
OREGON CITT. Or.. Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) The various manufacturing
establishments of Oregon City, in order
to have "safety first" are having their
mnloyes inoculated with the serum In
order to be free from Spanish 'nfluenza.
Physicians are working many hours
overtime, and their offices are filled to
capacity each night with people wan
ing to receive the serum.
There have been 14 new cases re
ported since Saturday afternoon at 1
o'clock, but this is not complete, as the
city physicians are too busily engaged
in inoculating and attending their cases
to give reports today.
Many have suggested that the public
elevator should be closed. There are
a large number in the city who are
taking no chances in riding on the ele
vator, and are each day climbing the
stairs to the bluff.
peaths in Eugene Total SO.
EUGENE. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.)
Miss Blanche Matzman, 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Matz
man. died at the home of her parents
in the outskirts of this city late last
night of pneumonia, brought on by In
fluenza. The death brings the total in
Eugene during the present epidemic up
to 20. Miss Maltzman leaves eight sis
ters and two brothers, besides her
parents.
Flu" Invades Sheridan.
SHERIDAV. Or., Oct. 18. (Special)
After the possibility of the Spanish
flu" was seemingly over the doctors of
this city reported 12 cases or more yes
terday. The first reports stated 14, but
unon investigation there are about 1
all of which have appeared in the last
24 hours. It is hoped the rains will
purify the air and will stop the disease.
The cases are, so far, light.
EVIDENCE SENT TO FRANCE
Alien Enemy Contributes Important
Testimony for Trial of For
mer French Premier.
Fla Gains Ground at Sheridan.
SHERIDAN, Or., Oct. IS. (Special.)
The number of cases of bpanisn iniiu
enza is rapidly Increasing here. Last
evening only 14 cases were reported.
This morning at least 20 cases are
known, with several of them serious.
No deaths have been reported as yet,
but several persons are known to be
very low with the disease. All means
of precaution are being taken in all
the stores and offices.
Rosebnrg Reports Three Deaths.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special)
Three deaths reported here today from
complications following influenza, have
alarmed the city and there is talk of
closing more places. where crowds col-
ect and instituting a more rigid quar
antine. Most of the cases previously
reported were mild forms of the malady
and no great anxiety was felt.
Hood River Has Fourth Death.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Everett Harper, 34. died to
night from pneumonia, following lnflu
enza. Her husband and three small
children survive. The family recently
came from Portland. Mrs. Harper's Is
the fourth fatality in the past week
from influenza and pneumonia, all
women.
Mr. Stelncr's Three Children III.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special)
Mrs. Earle Fiegel, Mrs. Dan Fry. Jr.
nd Milton Sterner, all children or
Superintendent R. K. Lee Steiner, of
the State Hospital, are reported to be
III of the Spanish Influenza. Husbands
of the two daughters are in military
service.
FOURTEEN' DEATHS IX BOISE
State Board of Health Authorizes
Closing; of Stores.
BOISE. Idaho. Oct. 28. (Special.)
The state board of health tonight noti
fied county physicians they could close
all stores at 6 oclock each night If
they considered It a precautionary
measure against the spread of Spanish
Influenza. Five counties have been
hard bit Power, liannock. Franklin.
Cassia and Lewis. In three days Ban
nock reported a total of 21S new cases,
while Cassia reported 10s.
In the past three days there have
been 14 deaths in Boise fror. the dis
ease. All told there are 0 cases here.
Most of those who died In Boise were
Basques. The towns of St. Anthony
and Rexburg have established quaran
tines. Pullman Has 500 Cases.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 27. (Rpe-
WARTIME RECIPE
FOR GRAY HAIR
Actress Gives Simple Inexpensive
Reelae for Streaked ar Faded
a Gray Hair.
Reform School Boy Dies.
SALEM. Or., Oct.- IS. (Special.)
Robert Hoffard, 13 years old, commit
ted to the State Training School from
Portland, died at the Institution late
ast night of Spanish . influenza. This
the second death among the inmates
at the school from the same cause.
Eugene Student Is Victim.
EUGENE. Or., Oct 28. (Special.)
John Creech, of Springfield, a. univer
sity student, died today of pneumonia
in ths Infirmary.
15 GO TO CAMP TAYLOR
Field Artillery Officer Candidates
to Leave University.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Oct. 2S. (Special.) The university will
send 15 Field Artillery officer candi
dates to Camp Taylor. 'Louisville, Ky..
after examination of the men by Colonel
W. H. C. Bowen and Alma D. Katz,
civilian aide to the Adjutant-General
of the United States. The date for the
examination has not been announced.
The telegram did not state the time the
men were to report. The text of the
message follows: "Select not exceed
ing 15 Field Artillery officer candi
dates for examination. Not to exceed
40 men will he moved from your-unlt."
Mrs. Mackie, the well known New
York actress, now a grandmother.
and whose hair Is still dark, recently
made the following statement: "Gray
atxeakrd or faded hair ran be imme
diately turned black, weown or light
fcrown. whichever shade you desire,
by the use of the following simple
remedy that you can make at home:
"Merely get a small box or Orlex
powder at any drug store. It costs
very little and no extras to buy. Dis
solve it in water and comb it through
the hair. Full directions for mixing
and use come In each box.
"Ton need not hesitate to use Orlex.
as a $100.00 gold bond comes in each
box guaranteeing the user that Orlex
powder does not contain silver, lead,
ainc. sulphur, mercury, aniline, coal
tar products or their derivatives.
"It does not rub off. is not sticky or
greasy, and leaves the hair fluffy. It
will make a gray-haired person look
many years younger." Adv.
'tv oa"l. r ' .
Its the Specialist's Skill
that tells the tory not only
in scientific eye examination
and lenses furnished, but
also in the "know how" of
adjusting the glasses to such
a nicety that the greatest
ease, comfort and style are
given to the wearer.
Let me give you the benefit of my
twenty years' experience, and if
needed, make you a pair of my
Perfect Kfttlag Classes.
DR. WHEAT
Eyesight Specialist
SOT MOHGAX BLDG.
Wasalagtoa at Broadway
NEW YORK. Oct 28. Startling dis
closures regarding the alleged negotia
tions or Joseph Caillaux, one-time Pre
mier of France, and Count von Lux
burg, former German Minister to Ar
gentina. Intended to re-establish Cail
laux in power In Paris in 1915 and
bring about a separate peace with
Germany, have been made to Deputy
State Attorney-General Becker by
Count James Minotto, an interned en
emy alien, the state official announced
here late today.
ine deposition of Minotto. who Is a
son-in-law of Louis Swift, of Chicago.
has been forwarded to the French Am
bassador at Washington. Mr. Becker
said, and a summary of It has been
cabled to France for use in the trial of
Caillaux for high treason, which opens
tomorrow. The full text also Is on its
way to Paris by a fast steamship.
Minotto Taken From Prison.
Minotto was brought here last week
from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., by special
agents or the Department of Justice,
acting on the request of the Deputy
Attorney-tieneral, who was commis
sioned by the French government to
investigate various phases of German
intrigue In this country against France.
Minotto. who comes of an old Italian
family, but who was born in Berlin,
went to Buenos Aires In 1915 and took
part In extended conferences between
Caillaux. then on a special mission to
Argentina for France, and Luxburg, ac
cording to Minotto's sworn statement.
The Count, Mr. Becker said, was re
luctant at first to reveal his knowledge
of the alleged Caillaux conspiracy, but
finally confessed his entire connection
with the Buenos Aires negotiations.
The details of his testimony, the offi
cial said, would hot be made public
until they have been offered in evi
dence in the Caillaux trial
Statements Checked Tp.
Count Minotto, Mr. Becker stated, ex
hibited decided anti-German sentiments
during their long Interview, and ap
peared anxious to give all the infor
mation in his possession to the authori
ties. His testimony was corroborated
by means of interviews with other per
sons, Mr. Becker said, and the collat
eral depositions, as well as that of
Minotto, were delivered to the French
embassy.
Minotto, the official stated, though
apparently not commissioned for that
purpose by the German government,
served as a go-between in the Caillaux
Luxburg conferences.
Caillaux is charged with "intrigue
tending to shake the solidarity of the
allies and to bring about a premature
and dishonorable peace with Ger
many."
The Caillanx conspiracy, it is al
leged, proposed an alliance between
France, Germany. Italy and Spain
against England and Russia.
Minotto was interned in May on a
Presidential warrant. Because of his
revelations in the Caillaux cue It was
decided not to send him back to Fort
Oglethorpe,
MR CONTRACTORS LIABLE
JUDGE TUCKER RULES AGAIXST
PLEA FOR PRIVILEGE.
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Fact That They Are Engaged in Gov
ernment Work Does Not
Change Status.
Simply on the fround that a concern.
engaged in getting out spruce for
airplanes under a Government contract,
it has no right to enter upon the prop
erty of others, decreed Presiding Judge
Tucker yesterday in sustaining a mo
tion of the Portland and West Coast
Railroad and Navigation Company that
certain parts ofn answer filed by the
Warren Spruce Company be stricken
from the records.
The Warren Spruce Company brought
forth the fact that it is engaged exclu
sively in Government work in, getting
out spruce for airplanes. If it de
stroyed surveying stakes of the plain
tiff company, it did so in remote places
and because it was compelled to build
railroad line for its spruce opera
tions, asserted the Warren Spruce Com
pany in its answer.
The fact that the defendant is work-
ng on a Government contract will not
n any way assist in determining this
ssue, ' reads the written opinion ol
Judge Tucker.
The question raised by the plaintiff
company is one which must bo settled
solely on its legal merits, is the court's
decree.
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Dr. Chloo Wiggins' Funeral Held. ,
Funeral services for Dr. Chloe Wig
gins, who died Sunday night at her
residence, S53 Weldler street, after an
illness of eix months, will be held this
morning at 10:30 at the Portland Cre
matorium. Mrs. Wiggins is survived
by her husband. Dr. J. J. Wiggins; three
daughters, Mrs. Sam Roome and Mrs.
Roy Soule, both of this city, and Mrs.
C. J. Porter, of Hamilton, Ont., and a
son, Paul Wiggins, who is In the United
States Navy.
Deputy Sheriff Laws III.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) W. W. Laws, Deputy Sheriff of
Clarke. County, is seriously ill in St
Joseph's Hospital. He was out in the
mountains on a hunting trip, when he
was attacked with influenza, which has
apparently developed Into .pneumonia.
He was carried' 20 miles by his friends
to an automobile and brought to Vancouver.
Xon-Commlssioned Men . Named.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Oct. 28. (Special.) Several
Portland men are In the list of non
commissioned officers in Company G
of the S. A. T. C. at the college just
announced. The list: First sergeant,
Glenn E. Spriggs, Medford; sergeants,
M. C. Tedlock,- Raymond, Wash.; T. H.
Smith, Claremont; Allan W. McComb,
Klamath Falls; Percy E. Pollanz, West
Linn; A. B. Parker, Pasadena, Cal.;
guides, S. L. Taylor, San Dimas, Cal.;
Harry J. Stewart, Portland; sergeant
bugler, R. E. Stanton, Portland; corpo
rals, William Mohney, Ralem; Richard
D. Slater, Salem; Lawrence F. Soder
strom, Albany; Herman W. Mende,
North Bend; Marcus H. Martens, Chi
nook, Mont.; Ralph J. Richert, Pacific
Beach. Cal.; Wallace C. Nile, Grants
Pass; Edgar M. O'Rourk, Mountaindale;
James G. Mock, Portland; Alfred R.
Masters, Portland; George R. Smith,
Missoula: Mont.; Robert A. Stamm, Eu
gene: Curtis Miller, Union
Chadbourne, Centerville, Cal.; James F.
Page, Yamhill; Donover P. Palmer.
North Bend; Fred E. Spangler. Salem;
Jennings B. Need, N. C. O.; George Nico
lai, Prineville'
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Why C. U. Gantenbein Should
Not Be Elected Circuit Judge
In the present war the United States has had to equip
and send two million troops to France. To accomplish
this gigantic task it was in great need of trained military
men. Judge Gantenbein was Oregon's foremost military
man. Judge Gantenbein,' while he was holding the office
of Judge, and before he resigned, went to the training
camp at the Presidio and spent three months training to
be a soldier, and during that time he drew his salary as
Judge, amounting to about $1000, during which time he
did not sit upon the bench or perform any services for
Multnomah County or the state as Judge. Judge Ganten
bein, on account of his military experience and his train
ing at the Presidio (at the public's expense) was able to
render conspicuous service to his country in time of need.
The Government desired his service as a Major, and
offered him a commission as such. He refused to serve
the United States unless he could be a Colonel. He said
that he could not make too jjiany sacrifices.
The fathers and mothers of our brave boys at the front
feel that they are making greater sacrifices than Judge
Gantenbein would have made had he answered the call of
his country, and for that reason they do not think that
Judge Gantenbein is entitled to their support or the sup
port of the public for the office of Circuit Judge.
Judge Gantenbein is opposed on the ballot by Lotus L.
5 Langley, a lawyer of standing and experience, and fully
qualified for the office of Circuit Judge.
LAWYERS', COMMITTEE.
John M. Pipes, Secretary, 811 Chamber of Com. Bldg.