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PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918.
PRICE . FIVE CENTS.
NEW YORK GREETS -
RETURNING HEROES
Six Transports Arrive With
7740 Veterans.
HOMELAND BRINGS MEN JOY
.Wounded Cast Away Crutches
in Exultation Over Return.
RIGHT OF SANCTUARY
FOR KAISER IS UPHELD
HOLLAND'S PREMIER DECLARES
TRADITION' IMMEMORIAL.
Any Eventual Demand for Extradi
tlon Must Pass Test of Law and
Treaty, It Is Said.
THE HAGUE. Dec 11. The forme
German Emperor la entitled to the right
of sanctuary In Holland and. therefore.
his return to Germany cannot oe de
manded. according to a atatement mad
today by Jonkher Beerenbruck la the
lower chamber of Parliament during a
debate on the visit of the former Em
neror to Holland.
The Vernier said the government
would have preferred that the former
Emperor had not chosen Holland aa a
refuse, but that he came aa a private
Individual after renouncing hla throne
without direct or indirect notification
of his Intended arrival.
After renunciation of his throne,
Premier Beerenbruck continued, there
could be no Question of Internment,
nor could the former Emperor's re
turn to Germany be demanded In view
of the immemorial tradition of right of
sanctuary. The Netherlands govern
ment could adopt no line of conduct
but that of granting "the right of sanc
tuary" and accepting It as a fact ac
complished.
The government, the Premier contin
ued, must repudiate every effort to see
.1.1. r,trl attitude.
atora. representing virtually every state (......,- he the once Emper
In the Lnlon. entered fog-Douna iew xt,i.h w.. regarded only
aa temporary. Up to the present no
THRILLING STORIES TOLD
Donrhboys ho Fought on Battle
Fields In Trance lie late Deeds
of Heroism by Comrades.
KE"W TOr.K. Pec.- 11. Welcomed
Tysme as heroic sons of the Nation, 7T40
more soldiers, sailors, marines and avi
Tork harbor today on six large trans
ports from European ports. The tales
these men told about one another were
narrations of American high courage
on French battlefields, on the open seas
and In the air above France and Eng
land.
Hundreds of the men. maimed for
life by wounds received in some of the
worlds Heaviest fighUng. were re
turned to hospitals and others went to
camps where they will be demobilized.
Some bad left- America aa scarcely
more than boys, but tliey came back as
men either wounded or sound.
Malaard Cmre" by Jey.
The wounded Included soldiers, who
had walked with crutches when their
hips sailed from Europe, and who,
made exultant by their homecoming,
tossed their props aside and declared
themselves "cured" aa If by the miracle
f their return.
Here was a man with a Jaw shot
away and happy In his expectation
of rejoining hla wife and children.
There was a man with both feet
gone, amputated by surgeons after the
bones had been splintered by German
ahella in the Argonne forest, but glad,
lie said, that he had served his coun
try and flag regardless of the 'coat to
himself. Other men had met with a
different misfortune; these were un
able .to see the torch which the Statue
of Liberty held high above the busy
harbor and moving transports. . And
there wera others who could not hear
the port's whistles and the air sirens
which shrieked their welcoming dem
onstration. Many of these men had
aten their Thanksgiving dinners on
shipboard and were glad they were
home in tlrae to have their Christmas
dinners In their homes.
Heroic Steries Told.
All who returned today were not In
military, or naval service tas actual
fighters.' There were T. W. C A. girls
who had suffered from gas poisoning.
T. M. C A. workers who had strength
ened soldiers morale while under fire
and chaplains who had risked their
lives and aided American contingents
in destroying German machine-gun
nests. Of these stories without number
wera told by troops who themselves
had survived the war's dangers and
poke modestly of that fact.
Illustrative of Yankee heroism was
the account given of Captain C E.
Glaxebrook. of 'Washington. D. C, a
member of the Twelfth Field Artillery.
Shot In the lung, gassed, wounded in
the leg, removed to a hospital. Captain
Glaxebrook. arrivals said, stole away
from his cot. assembled a uniform, at
tached a J Captain's bars, climbed
through a window, rode St hours on an
Army truck without letting his com
panions know of his condition and en
tered action In the American advance
on the St. Mihiel salient. Four days
later, once more gassed, he was back
la the same hospital.
' Deaghswy Bravery Related.
Asked about this Incident, Captain
Glaxebrook said:
"The chief surgeon gave me helL Tf
you don't die. he aald, 'and you prob
ably will, you will be court-martialed.'
But outside the door I heard him laugh
-and I knew It waa all right."
Behind the erosaea of war which
many of the returned soldiers wore
gifts from the French government lie
incidents of doughboy grit and sac
rifice which parallel the Incredible and
the telling of which would fill 'pages
of newspapers. . Some of the soldiers
and Marines describes their mistrust
of the Germans who cried "kamerad"
and who were killed in their tracks
.after treacherous activities. Sailors
spun yarns of battles with submarines.
Aviators explained how they tempered
their disappointment at not reaching
France by bringing down enemy air
planes during raids on England.
Tmta Recovers fraa lajariea.
Wearing the Croix de Guerre, but
modestly declining to tell why It was
awarded to him. Lieutenant W. W.
Ferry, of the 3t9to Infantry, another
of the wounded, said he was In the
trenches from March to September.
Elmer George, of Turtle Creek. Pa..
bo said he is IJ years old," but
doesn't look It by a half dozen years,
was pointed out as the youngest hero
a the transport Tenadorea. George was
a battalion runner and "received his,''
as he expressed It, in the Argonne
Forest on October 4. He came on board
ths transport on crutches, but when the
s'llp came In sight of American shores
he threw them away, declaring he was
as good as ever.
Officers aboard the Kroonland were:
iCoociuded ea , ''f'"---:- I.)
power bad protested against his visit.
but hit eventual demand tor extraai
tion must pass the test of law and of
treaty. The government, the Premier
concluded, would not allow the former
Emperor to exercise any influence in
another country.
wniim Hohensollern crossed the
Hutch frontier from Germany Novera
ber 10. His formally Issued notice of
abdication "was made and executed
and signed by our own hand with the
imperial seal at Amerongen, November
2."
Amerongen is in Holland: therefore
the former Emperor had been In that
country 1 days when he formally laid
down the scepter and relinquished the
throne.
RELIEF DUEJN FINLAND
Starving People to Receive Cereals
From Sweden and Denmark.
NEW TORK. Dec' 11. Finland's
starving people are to receive ll.oog
Una of cereals at once from Sweden
an"i Denmark, according to D- J. -food
representative of the
Finnish government, who returned
here today after a conference with
the United States Food Administration
aCv Washington.
WASHINGTON. Dec 11. Offlcirl ad
vices today through neutral sources
said that t'. i German arsny of occui.a
tlon waa leavl- g Finland and that five
German steamera held heretofore at
Petrograd would be used to transport
the soldiers home.
VALUE OF JtAARK SLUMPS
British round Will Buy 4 J as Com
pared With 20 Before War.
LONDON. Dec 11. (British Wireless
Service.) The value of the German
mark has fallen below 42 to the Brit
ish pound. Before the war the mark
waa worth approximately one shilling,
or 20 marks to the pound.
At Berpe on December 7 41.082 marks
could be obtained for one pound ster
ling. At Stockholm the rate of ex
change on the Austrian kronen 'has
fallen to 77.20 to the pound sterling.
FOOD MAY BE WITHHELD
Allies to Insist on Dissolution of
Soldiers' Councils.
COPENHAGEN, Dec 11. According
to reports from Berlin the entente
governments intend to refuse to send
foodstuffs to Germany until a demand
they are said to have made for the
dissolution of the Soldiers and Work
men's Councils Is carried out.
The allies, the reports add, will re
serve the right to march into Ger
many. CHURCH MEETING ALLOWED
Pasadena Christian Scientists Win
Decision in Courts.
PASADENA. Cat. Dec 11. The First
Church of Christ Scientists of Pasadena
today obtained an injunction In the Su
perior Court forbidding the health of
ficer and chief of police .from Interfer
ing with the holding of church services.
.The City Attorney stipulated In writ
ing that the Influenza closing order
was invalid.
HESSE T0JJE REPUBLIC
Workmen's, Peasants and Soldiers'
Council Dissolved.
DAJIMSTADT. Hesse. Dec. 10. (By
the Associated Press.) The Hessian
Workmen's, Peasants' - and Soldiers'
Council has been dissolved and will
be replaced, by the "Peoples' Council
for the Republic of "Hesse."
ThU council will include representa
tives of all classes of the people, not
Socialists alone. ,
RAILROAD
GONTRO
L
FOR 5 YEARS URGED
McAdoo Recommends to
Congress Extension.
PRESIDENT SHARES IN VIEWS
Alternative Declared Hurtfu
to Public and Owners.
ADVANTAGES SET FORTH
Director-General Declares Present
Economic Problem 5rave and
People Entitled to Test. .
WASHINGTON,. Dec 11. Extension
of the period of Government control
of railroads for five years, until Jan
uary 1, 1924, was recommended to Con
gress tonight -by Director-General Mc
Adoo.
The advantages of this, he said, are
that It would take the railroads out of
politics for the present; give time for
carrying out of an extensive pro
gramme of Improvements and provide
opportunity for a fair test of unified
control and to indicate the permanent
solution of the railroad problem.
President's Views the Same.
"The President has given me per
mission to say that this conclusion ac
cords with his own view of the mat
ter, . air. .McAdoo said, concluding a
letter to Senator Smith, of South Ca.ro
Una, and Representative. Sims, chair
men respectively of the Senate and
House Interstate commerce commit
tees.-
, Mr. McAdoo explained that to con
tinue Government operation for 21
montha after formal declaration of
peace under present conditions would
mean disruption of morale among em
ployes and officers, and could not en
able the Government to go ahead with
Improvements and purchases of equip
ment, i ,
Alterative Declared Jlartf-jl.
The other alternative, prompt return
of the roads to private control, with
out legislation "to permit elimination of
the bid wasteful competition would be
"hurtful alike to the publlo Interest
and the railroads themselves," he said,
adding that difficulty of obtaining Im
mediate legislation providing a perma
nent' solution Is apparent. .
"There Is one, and to my mind only
one, practicable and wise alternative,
Mr. McAdoo continued, "and that is to
extend the period of Federal .control
from the one year and nine months pro
vided by the present law to five years,
or until the first day of January, 1924.
This extension would take the railroad
question out of Volltlcs for a 'reasonable
period.
Advantages Set Forth.
"It would give composure to .railroad
Official Casualty Report.
TASHINGTON,
Dec 11. Casualties
reported today aggregate 2152, of
which 411 were killed In action, 148
died of disease. 1384 are wounded
severely. 517 degree, undetermined
458 slightly and 234 are missing In
action. Following Is the tabulated
summary: . .
Deaths Reported. Today. Tota
ALLIES WILL TAX
Killed In action 23,!03
Lost at sea 30b
Died of wounds 7. 9.218
Died of disease ....... 13.2;irt
Died of accident ...... 3.01 S
Total deaths
Wounded
Missing- and prisoners.
411
14S
1.
24.214
3o
9.246
13.3S
1.UIS
4S,M9 ''559 '
61.1 IS 2350
13.57U 334
49,158
6H.4
13.813
128.4-1 a
Total casualties 123.2US 315;
OREG03V
STIIIa In aWlnfi
un... .ri Jacob. Mrs. William H.'Mo
r 5.11 Et Tavlor street, i-oruano.. vr.
Collamore. J. B.t Mrs. Viola B; Collajnore,
644 ETerett street. Portland, (jr.
Kerber, Jacob. Stayton, Or.
nied of disease-
Walter. Lee C. (L). Newberf, Or.
Wounded Severely
Yost. Fraccia M., Cushman. Or.
Smith. Marvin L Cottage Grove,-Or.
Beckman. Peter T Ontario, Or.
Wounded undetermined
Chrlstensen. Willie. Portland, Or.
Coffeen Fred D., Eugene, Or.
WASHINGTON.
KIIImI In srtlim-.
McCutchen. Robert S.. Rear dan. Wash.
Lampinen. Robert, Seattle, VV aatt.
Died of disease
Newell. Earl Chester. Freeman, wasn.
Florence. CurL Creston. wash.
Peterson. Henry W.. Seattle, Wash.
Beecher, Harrison S. (Capt.), Tacoma, Wash
Hepp. John B. (Sgt.j, lumwiwr, ".
.staexnouse. jonn a. tpi-. opuuc.
Stokes, Henry I. (CpD, Seattle, Wash.
Lara bee. Wellington, Arlington. Wash. .
Tuttle. William A.. Jordan. Wash.
Sandburg. Theodore, 8tanwood. Wash.
Bloomqulst, Orcar. Seattle. Wash.
Ellis, Linnie W Granite Falls, Wash.
InhnuAi .Tnhn A . Seattle. Wash. . . .
Buehanan, Henry. Chehalls. Wash.
Karplnskl. Stanley, Tacoma, wasn.
Niogret, Lucian A.. Marcus, wasn.
UnunHMl .liff-htlv-X,
Lewis, Elmer L. (SgO, Seattle, Wash.
o.,..,.i. nf. li'nl 1 I.eland. wash.
Recchia. Leonardo G. (Mus.). Seattle. Wash.
U'A.nnil.-iiailt.miiDed
Sedergren, Emll C. (BugL), Puyallup. Wash.
Slrnonson. James oeuiLjc, . .
Turner, John T.," Clearbrook, Wash.
MiHsiag in action - m .
Parkinson. Bernard, 'Big Lake. Wash.
Rldrtle. Newton B.. Lynaen. wasa.
Returned to auty tpreviouaiy
missing) -
Bryant, Franic ii., sivereit, vruu.
IDAHO.
Killed In artlon
Logto, Michael, Pocatello. Idaho. -
J. O. Lapwal, laano.
Fordsham. Frank. Richfield. Idaho.
Stazak, Walry. Detroit, Mich.
Personius. Henry C. Mountain Home, Idaho.
8ehumachT, C, L. v., Moscow, luauo.
House .ariif A. aiiuuu .j,
nrinkmin jfosenh F.. Idaho Falls, Idaho.?
Hatmaker. Condata, Fort Hail, laano.
Woounded unuetermineo
Warren, Theodore, Blackfoot, laano.
Hanson, Carl M.. Saint Anthony, Idaho.
Mionlng in action
Flkstad. Malvin T.. Thornton. Idaho.
Hampton, Marion C. Franklin, Idaho.
I Tnhn Kharon. Idaho.
Killed In avrtlon (previously "-
i- S2i.n R nilbertf Idaho.
Wounded severely ipreviousiy irporwo
mlHulng) '
...... wnwa.a n . nm: . n xub.uo.
Wounded, degree undetermined ( previously
reported missing)
i- ALABAMA. , . '
Killed. In action
Daw, Denley. Evergreen, Ala.
Connell. J. C, Gprdo. Ala. v'
Overstreet. J. S.. Salltpa. Ala.
Havles, Louis. Elisks, Ala
Died of disease
Moore. Augustus G. (cook). Gllberttown, Ala.
Deblnder. Henry L., Crlchton. Ala.
Cowert. Emmett I.. Birmingham, Ala.
urch, Grady L,., nartrora. a.
Prince. Robert. Birmingham, Ala.
Smith, Enoch E., Jemison. Ala.
, - ARIZONA.
Killed In artloi
reported
avium id ,
Luke, Frank ILt-), Phoenix. Aria.
Lopes. R. A.. Ca?a Grande, Aria.
Died of disease
Campbell. David F.. Bisbee, Arts.
ARKANSAS.
Killed In action-.
Austin. Layton. Harrisburg. Ark.
unn. Simon, Pt. Helena, Arx.
Died of disease
Byrd. Peter P.. Pins Bluff, Arfc-
CAHtOBNIA. , .'
Killed In action . .
Schmals, J. W. (Cpi., San Francisco.
officials and employes. It would admit
Af th. nrenamtion and enrrvinsr out nf I CasaJus. J. B. (Cpl.). Ryde, Cal.
, . S . I suargo. John (Cpl.), San Francisco,
a comprehensive programme of lm- Shares, G. F Lo. Angeles. CaU
provements -ot the railroads and their .coluccl, Michele. Sacramento, CaU
terminal facilities, wnicn wouia lm- Nliten. Earl, Eureka, Cal.
HUN FOR WAR COST
Bill Against Germany
1116,640,000,000.
Is
FOE MUST PAY UP TO LIMIT
Lloyd George Speaks for Abo
. lition of Conscription.
BIG ARMIES HELD MENACE
British Statesman Declares Con
script Troops in Europe Fur
nish Temptation to Fight.
BRISTOL, Dec. 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The war bill of the al
lies against Germany Is 24,000,000,000
pounds (,116,640,000,000), according to
the British Prime Minister. David Lloyd
George, who presented this and other
interesting facts, before a large gath
ering ftere today. The cost or the war
to Great Britain wis eight'' bjlliorl
pounds ($38,880,000,000). -
Before the war the estimated wealth
of Germany, said the Prime Minister,
was between fifteen billloft and twenty
billion pounds sterling, so if the whole
wealth of Germany were taken, there
would not be enough to pay the ac
count. Therefore, ne nao. uno me wmuo
"Germany should 1 pay to the -utmost
limit of her capacity." , .
Premier Is Interrupted.
When the Prime Minister was ad
dressing an overflow meeting he said
Great Britain1 would be guilty of a
great folly if she gave up her navy. A
voice Interrupted:
"Then watch Wilson!"
The Premier replied: "Well, I hope
to meet him' in a fortnight. I will tell
him what you say'! Wherever the re
quest comes from, we are not going to
give up the protection of the navy so
far as Great Britain Is concerned."
LONDON, Dec. IK Premier L.ioya
George, speaking today at Bristol, said
the English military service act was
passed, to meet a great emergency.
When that emergency was passed the
need was . passed and the act would
lapse, he added, and there was no in
tention to renew it. Whether Great
Britain would require conscription in
the future In any shape or form. Mr.
Lloyd George said, depended not upon
the opinion he now expressed, but upon
the peace terms which were made.
Continuing, the Prime Minister said
"What drove us to conscription was
the existence of conscript armies on
the continent that inevitably rushed
the world into war. They could not
have great military machines there
Without tempting the men at the head
f them to try their luck with those
machines.. The Germans always felt
there was nothing to resist their per
fect military machine.
Hm-rj Called Defensive Weapon.
Clt you want a permanent peace; if
ou want to prevent the horrors of this
war being repeated, you must put "an
MALE DOCTORS FAVOR
THIN FEMALE DRESS
SPEAKER SCORES LA VALLIERE ;
"MORAL, IIYGIEXIC," REPLY,
Chicago Physician at Meeting Says
Girl, Clothed as She Is Today,
Resents Second Stare.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11. Wearing more
clothes to safeguard the health of the
feminine half of the population did
not 'receive the indorsement of all
physicians attending the annual meet
ing of the American Publlo Health
Association today. Miss Jeannette
Throckmorton, of Charitan, la., mak
ing the address which started the dis
cussion, declared the customary street
dress of women i last Summer was an
offense to public decency.
She blamed the good vornn of the
country for allowing their daughters to
"defy pneumonia and influenza with a
Iavalliere for protection."
After several male speakers had at
tempted to answer Dr. Throckmorton's
statements by approving the women's
styles of today. Dr. Effie L. Lobdell,
of Chicago, heartily Indorsed the wear
ing of fewer clothes by women.trom
both moral and hygienic standpoints. .
"Women are cleaner, now they have
to wear these thin clothes," Dr. Lobdell
said, "and the character of our . art
and the spread of education about sex
hygiene remove any tendency to in
decency . In the public mind. A girl
dressed as she is today' resents a
second stare. . I favor, also, a uniform
dress for each industry which a girl
can put on at her office or workshop,
thus effecting a considerable saving
in dress.".
The final day -of the annual meet-
ing tomorrow will be spent in a gen
eral discussion of Influenza. ;
GOOD ROADS PLANS
'FOB OREGON LARGE
State Highway Commis
sion Gives Programme.
YEAR'S WORK $3,525,200
Engineer Ordered to Prepare
Projects for Bids.
H00D RIVER-M0SIER FIRST
Employment of at Least 8000 Men'
During the Coming Year
Is Jfotv Assured.
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COMIXO SOON;
EAST INDIES HAS "FLU"
Million Cases in Dutch Islands Is
Estimate.
AMSTERDAM, via Montreal. Doc 10.
It is officially estimated that there
are a million cases of InXlucnaa in the
Dutch st ladies, '
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DEMOTION REASON HIDDEN
Action in Foltz Case Declared Not
Due to Spy Rumors.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 11. (Special.)
Brigadier-General Frederick S. Foltz,
of the 91st Division, was not reduced
in rank because of negligence, nor has
he been convicted of being a spy, ac
cording to a statement made by General
March, Chief of Staff at Washington
D. C. The word was sent to Tacoma
friends of Colonel Foltz, who had made-
inquiry why he had been reduced from
Brigadier-General td Colonel. Because
of his German-sounding name and dis
tinctly Teutonic appearance, he was the
object of some suspicion.. When the
casualties from the Slst Division began
to come In lt was charged that General
Folts had led his command Into a trap.
Even some Army men gave credence to
the rumor.-'
Colonel Foltz was graduated from
West Point more than 30 years ago and
when a Lieutenant, was stationed at
Walla Walla.
NATION TO RELEASE STEEL
Federal Supervision Over Industry
to End December 31.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11. Govern
ment supervision over -ho steel in
dustry and steel price fixing will end
.December 31.
The War Industries Board so an
nounced today after a conference with
spokesmen of the Industry.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum temperature, 40 de
grees. -
TODAY'S Occasional rains; southerly
winds. I , 1
War.
Official casualty list. Page 1.
War no respecter of persons abroad. Page-5.
Foreign.
Allies to tax Hun for cost of war. Page 1.
Coblens .takes Yanks as matter of course.
Page 2. - .
Holland's Premier declares ex-Kaiser pro
tected by "right or sanctuary. Page 1.
Negroes want Hun African colonies. Page. 6.
Wilson . to talk to Americans in France.
Page 3.
National.
Railroad control for five years nrged by
McAdoo... Page 1.; f
Domestic.
New Tork greets returning soldiers. Page 1.
Six killed. 30 injured aboard cruiser Brook
lyn. Page 3.. i
Marine problem Is puzzle at capital. Page .
Ship industry hard hit by Federal order.
Page 4. f
Male doctors favor thin female dress.
Page 1.
Sensation looms in Berger trial. Page 2.
Nation's crops worth $12,000,000,000.
Page 4.
Sports.
American League may bar players who de
serted to ghlpyards. Page 14.
Boxers ready for sound of gong tonight.
Pago 14. -w
Pacific Northwest.
College units parade before great crowd.
Page 5. r .;
. Commercial and MaMne.
Increased Winter grain acreage In Coast
states. Page 19.
Corn advances at Chicago on bullish crop
report. Page 19. I
Flurry in speculative stocks In Wail Street
market. Page 19.
Eighteenth French schooner at Foundation
yard takes trial trip today. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon Butter and Cheesemakers' Associa
tion favors pure proaucw rasa a.
County officials of Oregon discuss . new
legislation. Page S. "
Liquor law ruling would aid bootleggers.
Page 8.
Death not feared by .'Private Stoney.
Page 13.
Influenza quarantine goes on today. Page 12.
Council (sees move to relieve traffic. Page 11.
Good roads plans for Oregon contemplate
expenditure of $3,825,000. Page 1.
Red Cross campaign to maKe every citizen
member starts Monday. Page 8.
Upstate interests promised powers" In for
mation of Oregon Chamber of Commerce.
Page 6. , 1
Reforms for legal machinery proposed.
PAge 15. -..
East Side Bank depositors may sue for miss
ing liberty bonds. Page 7. .
Baker .man marries while intoxicated is
charge. Page 7.
Four robbers hold up traction . company's
office at Lents. Pago 2.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13,
The largest annual programme of
road construction ever presented by
tho State Highway Commission waa
drafted late yesterday at the concluding
session of the commissioners, covering
practically every district in.Oreiron and
calling for an estimated expenditure of
$3,525,200.
The- Commission ordered State En
gineer Herbert Nunn to prepare the
projects for bids, which will be opened
at subsequent sessions. Several bids
are expected to be .ready for considera
tion at the next meeting of . the Com
mission, which Is set for January 7,
1919.
3000 Men to Be Employed.
The proposed expenditures are esti
mated by the state engineers from the
$6,000,000 bond fund and also from the
one-quarter mill and auto license fee
fynd, the bond fund expenditure being
estimated at $2,790,200 and the latter
at $735,000.
It is said the good roads programme
now In prospect will furnish employ
ment for at -least 3000 men, and should
prove an Important adjunct to the re
construction labor problem. The Hood
River-Mosier project, for example, will
consume at least one year and will em
ploy several hundred men.
In the cases of Douglas, Polk and
a few other counties, details have not
been worked out, but the Commission
contemplates taking care of these dis
tricts at a later date. The programme
under the Federal fund of post and for
est aid Is not included in the items of
construction proposed yesterday.
Columbia Highway to Be Completed.'
The Hood River-Mosier section of the
Columbia River Highway and the Gil
liam County section of the Columbia
River Highway will be advertised at
once, and bids are to be opened at the
meeting of January 7.
In addition to the programme pre
pared, there is the 18-mile pavement
construction on the Aurora-Salem
highway, a post road project .in co
operation with the Government, which
is to be commenced just as soon as
weather conditions permit. To provide
for Immediate action on this projuct
the Commission ordered the delivery
of 50,000 yards of crushed rock, to -be
distributed along the highway. '
Projects to be defrayed from the S6,-
000.000 bonding fund, together with es
timated costs submitted by the State
Engineering Department,, are as . fol-
ows:
Polk County line to Corvallls, pave
i muea sit.ouu
Monroe to Junction, pave 9 miles.'.. luti,o0
Jefferson to Albany, pave 9 miles... 168,300
rust crossing goum or uosnen 10
second crossing, rock 1 mile 6,000
Walker to Cottage Grove, pave 4
mues 1 4.uuu
Winchester to Roseburg, pave 3 ,
miles 92,500
pYoncalla to Oakland, rock 10.4
miles 72,800
Myrtle Creek to Dtllard, rock -12.8
miles 70,800 .
Wolf Creek to Grove Creek, rock 5.8
miles 34,800
Grants Pan. to Jackson County line.
nave 0 miles 10.1,00(1.
Central Point north, pave 5 miles.. U2.,i
f'lsklyou section 50.UU0
Marshlleld south (14 feet), pave 12ft
miles . 260.000
Multnomah County line to Hillsboro,
pave 8.1 miles 149,850
Newberg to West Dayton, pave
5 miles 02,500
Tillamook County, pave 5 miles.... 02. .100
Astoria to Warrenton, pave, 6 ml. 112.500
Overhead Comstock 10.1MM)
Wasco County, pave G miles 92,500
La Grande to llul Lftie, pave v
ml!,. JO..'tU'J
Haines to Baker, rook 14 miles.... M.0OO
Hood River to Mosler, rock 17j.00
Divide crossing, rock IH.OUil
Wasco County, gravel 14 miles 84.0UO
Sherman County, gravel 8 miles .. 4N.0UH
Gilliam County, gravel 10 miles 11(1 iiihi
Morrow County, gravel 24 miles... l.'lo.OtMl
Umatilla County, gravel 30 miles... Iwu.ool)
Total .' $2,700,200
Projects to be defrayed from the
v-mill tax fund and the auto license
fund, together with estimated costs sub
mitted by the State engineering De
partment, are as follows:
Grading and rock. Grand Ronde.
Grading, Sufert's
Tlrldge, Deschutes
Httfrman County
Gilliam County
John Day
Morrow County
Hood River-.Mosler
Klamath towards Bend . . . T . . . .
Lake County
Klamath to Jackson County . . .
.$ 4!i.0l
. 1.10. (MM
. 25. ()((
, lon.otMi
. 3 40. (MM
. 20.00
. rso.ouo
. 17.(H10
. 25.000
. V,00(
25.0U0
Total
.$735,000
HOME BOYS WEAR, SILVER
Army Men to Have Equal Recognl
- tlon in Winning AVar.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Officers and
men of the Army who failed to reach
the fighting front by reason of the
duties Imposed upon them In this coun
try will not be dented recognition of
their service in the winning of the
war.
By direction of President Wilson, as
Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Gen
eral March, Chief of Staff, today issued
u, order that hereafter such men shall
be entitled to wear a silver chevron
similar to the gold one authorized for
service overseas.