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THE 3IOKXIXG 0KEG ONTAX, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1019.
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Corvallis, Feb. 12. (Special.) The
congressional medal of honor has been
awarded Captain Kdward C. AUworth,
well-known O. A. C. alumnus and ath
lete. The medal was awarded for "cons
spicuoua gallantry and intrepidity,
above and beyond the call of duty, in
action' The award ranks with the Brit
ish Victoria Cross is given upon rec
ommendation of General Pershing and
thus far only 44 of these medals have
been won.
AUworth. who is attached to the 60th
infantry, swam the canal of the Meuse
to lead the advance after artillery of
the enemy had destroyed the bridge
while a company was crossing. Under
the young captain the enemy was re
pulsed by the handful of troops and
100 prisoners captured. AUworth is
the son of Mr. and. Mrs. A. A. AUworth
of Crawford, Wash., and a nephew of
George Wicson, of the University of
Oregon faculty. He was captain of
the wrestling team of O. A. C. and a
football star.
Oregon City Veteran Tells of
Great Day in Washington.
FAMOUS BALL IS RECALLED
Joseph A. Komuiiy "With Two Grand
sons in Army, One Dead in France,
Jielatcs Events of lxng Ago.
LIRCOLN STRIKING
AT HIS INAUGURATION
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TROPHY TRAIN IS PLANNED
ALL OREGON" TO SEE WEAPONS
ASED OX BATTLEFIELD.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) With two grandsons, members
of the United States army, one killed
in action in France, himself a vet
eran of the civil war, Joseph A.
Koman, nearly fcO years old, made a
f tirring1 Lincoln day address at the
M. E. ch u rc h h c re loda y, when the
r. A. R. and W. K. C. held their annual
fx cruises on Lincoln's birthday. The
church was crowded to hear Mr.
Human's talk, which follows, in part:
V have boon asked to tell of iny attendance
at fho firt itmitgurntion of Mr. Lincoln us
k resident, .March 4. 1MU. and to be brirt.
1 oikc heard a democrat say in a public
ppopcIi that his "parent wero democrat,
t.'uit he had boon rocked in a hickory bark
cradle and had hurrahed for Jackson s
oon as tot on cml." My paternal granfl
fathor cast his first voic for Thomas Jef
IfTMin for prcnidvut ; ni' father his first
-wdo for John (Juincy Adams, while i hur
rahed for Harrison in J SHI. for Henry Clay
in ISM. for ieiieral Taylor In IMS, for
o nora 1 "cntt In 1 WJ, for John . Fremont
in lsr.t;, Hti'l cast my first presidential vote
lor Abraham Lincoln, in l-SOU.
Lincoln'? Career followed.
My ncquu intance with Mr. Lincoln dates
frtuu his speech at Sprinpf ield. 111., June 17.
! s.'.s, accept ins the nomination for the
i'uiid stales senate in rivalry with .Senator
Hondas. Their debate has become history.
I followed this debate as reported In the
J'e York jemi-Weekly Tribune.
On the 1 1th day of February. lSBt, Mr.
Lincoln bu fie fa rowel I to his neigh borK and
friends at his home in Springfield to Btart for
Watdiinff ton, L. C, anil his inauguration as
provident of the United states. His route
wrs through Indianapolis, Cincinnati. Colum
bus, fit t nburjr. Cleveln nd, Krie, Buffalo. Al
lnny, New York City, Trenton. Newark.
J'hiladelphia and Jlarribtirc Speakinp at all
theso pia"-H.s. more or less at length. He
reached Washington February
J. like thousands of others, had followed
h is I'ourse and it was of little wonder I
r Mould wish to be at his inaugu Ration. The
4t!i nf March. 1MS1, found me just arrived
in Washington. Jt was Monday morning.
From the yallcry of the eenato I had a sort
nf moving-pic t u re view of the celebrities
gathered below: John C. Breckenridge in
t ho chair; John J. Cri! London. Stephen A.
Houplaw and Hannabal Hamlin were some of
t hose pointed out to me whose presence J
recall.
Pennsylvania .Tcnne Crowded.
As the day advanced 1 joined the throngs
of people along Pennsylvania avenue. On this
route the president and president-elect were
to pass on their way to the capltol. Jt was
a quiet crowd that Htood on the sidewalks
as the barouche with Mr. Buchanan and Lin
coin in it came slowly along. When they
got opposite me I had my first look at the
two men. The impression was how old and
tired M r. Buchanan looked, and how com
paratively young appeared Mr. Lincoln.
I easily kept up with their carriage until it
halted at the covered way which led from
the Ktroet into the capitol. Then I hurried
to the front of the east portico, from which
it was understood Mr. Lincoln was to speak.
Senator Douglas, standing by. took the hat
nd held it w hue M r. Lincoln unrolled
manuscript, and in a clear and distinct voice
read :
"Fellow citizens of the United States: In
compliance with a custom as old as the gov
ernment itself. 1 appear before you to ad
drest you briefly and to take in your pres
nice the. oath prescribed by the constitution
of the United states to bo taken by th
president before he enters on the execution
of hid office.'
Appeal Made to 1)iatlfied.
His address toward tho close was an ap
peal to ills dissatisfied fellow-countrymen to
take time to consider their acta, telling them
t hey had no oath re gist ered in heaven to
destroy tho constitution while lie would .have
a mnet solemn one to preserve, protect and
defend H.
When he had finished speaking, he turned
to Chief Justice Taney, who administered
the oath of office.
Twice again that day I saw- and heard
M r. Lincoln.
In the afternoon I found myself n the
IV bite House lawn among a lot of Now York
nin whom Thurlow Weed was getting into
shape to hear a ta.lk from tho new presi
iJenL. When all was ready, he came out onto
i ho poreh, chewing and wiping hi mouth,
evidently he had coine from the dinner
tabic. Ho add ressed them as "Men of New
York" ; thanked them for this compliment,
said he expected them to be satisfied with
th, inaugural address and hoped our breth
ren beyond the river would bo equally as
well pleased.
To the Rail (irws Lincoln.
Thi mcnt ion of Lincoln goinjj to the ball
in the veniiig suggested the Idea that t
might ag;i in get a sight of him at his
starting. In company with n man from
Massachusetts I went up to the White Houn".
Presently the uoor to the house opened ami
a bright light from the inside lit up the
porch. An officer of the army, in full glit
tering uniform of a colonel, came out with
a lariy on each arm. They were Mrs. Lin
coln and her nice. The officer w Colonel,
afterwards Ma jor-flenoral Sumner.
M rx. Lincoln bad on a ba 11 room 005 turns
of that date. The same one probably Mr.
LI n co In had said would be helped by tak
ing sfjYno off tho tail and putting it on the
top. A I most im media tely Mr. Lincoln and
Mr. Seward came to the front of tho poreh.
There was a halt in the coming of their car-
1 iai;e. 1 stepped from my place by the col
umn and as T did so, Mr. frjeward gave a start
a. If to catch me. This nearly dashed my
enthusiasm. I asked Mr. Ljncoin if I could
have the honor of shaking hands with him.
Certainly, sir. and he gave mc a grip
gtmng enough to tell it was not nearly
whnt he could do.
Their carriage drove up. Sv, Lincoln sot
in first, then Mr. .Seward, who said:
"Shall wh put the top up?"
"What for?" asked Mr. Lincoln.
"Oh. the night air here Is damp, and
now e have got you hero we do not want
Ion to get sick."
"Oh, no danger of that. I am not deli
tato. No, it is plcasanter down," said the
president.
They drove off into the darkness on their
way to tho ball.
The next time I saw Mr. Lincoln wan on
November JMr 3 StU, at Balls Crossroads. Vir
ginia, w hen he, along with General Mc
Clollan. was reviewing an army of a hun
dred thousand volunteers, of which I was
one. That is another Mnry.
O. A. C. Alumnus Honored.
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Date of Excursion Will Conform
With Opening of lirtli Liberty
Loan, About April 8.
Weapons used by the 9 1st division
when it smote the llun in the Argonne
and in Flanders and other weapons
that the same lads -wrested from the
enemy as they drove him to defeat will
form the bulk of the war trophies
train exhibit with which the fifth lib
erty loan is to bo heralded in Oregon.
If the loan is to be launched on April
6. as has been indicated, the war
trophies train will begin its tour, of
Oregon on March 7 for a 15-day journey
around the state. Should the liberty
loan date prove to be later the date
of the excursion will be revised on the
same ratio.
These were some of the points de
cided upon yesterday afternoon at a
conference between Robert E. Smith,
state manager tor Oregon; E. M. Hoo
ver, secretary of the state committee
for Idaho, and R. P. Oldham, chairman
of the state speakers' bureau for Wash
ington. The war trophies exhibit is to spend
a total of 49 days in the Pacific north
west the first 1 days in Oregon, the
second fortnight in Idaho and the re
mainder of the period in Washington.
In its tour of this state the train will
be conducted by John F. Daly.
Among the special requisitions made
upon the war department by the north
western liberty loan official is one for
the shipment of a captured German
warplane and one for a whippet tank,
the clumsily efficient little monsters
of the tank corps. Another is for a
sample of that crowning device of kul
tur, liquid fire; and still another is
for a captured machine gun with thou
sands of rounds of blank cartridges.
STILL 1ST
LANE COUNTY SHERIFF AR
RESTS 2 ALLEGED OWNERS.
"Moonshine' Plant Is Discovered in
Mountain Ravine Three Miles
Northwest of Coburg.
EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) A
'moonshine" still and its two alleged
operators. If. W. Buckingham and Vir
gil Clover, were brought to Eugene to
day by Fred G. Stickles, Sheriff of Lane
county, and three internal revenue of
ficers from Portland, following a raid
in a mountain ravine three miles north
west of Coburg early today.
Sheriff Stickles first received an in
timation that a still was in operation in
the Coburg neighborhood a few days
ago from a drunken man.
When the officers reached the still
by tracing their way up a stream, from
which the distillers got their water,
they found the plant carefully con
cealed under a cover of green boughs
and brush. In the vat was about 20
gallons of first run wine, or "shing
linge." The plant, one of the "pot
still" type, bore the register number
19, Indicating that it had once been
used in a licensed distillery, though
both of the operators maintain that
this is their first venture in the busi
ness. When the officers arrived at the still
they found Buckingham and Clover at
work destroying the still and burning
the troughs. The officers were unable
to secure any of the distilled liquor lor
evidence.
Buckingham and Clover were taken
before United States Commissioner E.
O. Immel after being brought in and
both waived examination. They were
bound over to the federal grand jury
and given their freedom upon giving a
joint bail of ?1000.
LANE OFFICER PROMOTED
Captain Arnold Gets Commission as
Major After RctireiiK'nt. "
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Captain W. A. Arnold, former district
manager of the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen for dictrict No.
1, embracing all of Oregon south of
Albany, received a pleasant surprise
upon his arrival here rem Marshfield
today. He found awaiting him a com
mission as major in the army, a pro
motion for which lie was recommended
for efficient service in the spruce pro
duction division last October.
Major Arnold was mustered out of
the service January 31 and the com
mission which he found awaiting him
here was dated late in December.
Major Arnold Is a resident of Pleas
ant Hill, a few miles out of Eugene.
Albany College Has New Instructor.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Professor Chalmer Patterson, graduate
of the University of Oregon,ln the class
of 1915 and former assistant instructor
in the laboratories of the university,
has become instructor In physics and
education at Albany College. He left
his former position at the university
to enter the service and was discharged
only recently.
Dallas Hoy Buried Overseas.
DALLAS. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.)
The body of Sergeant Newman Dennis,
of this city, was buried in France with
full military honors, according to a
letter received by his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. O. I. Dennis from Colonel John
May. commander of the Oregon regi
ment in France.
Klamath Courthouse Row Up.
KLA11ATIT FALLS, Or., Feb. 12.
(Special.) Several attorneys left for
Jacksonville this morning to argue va
rious issues, ot the courthouse con
troversy here before Judge F. M.
Calkins.
Armistice Meeting: Postponed.
LONDON. Feb. 12. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen
says the German armistice commission
has been informed that the armistice
conference has been postponed indef
initely. Read The Oiegonian classified ads.
Mild
NIMOn B. L BENSON HOME
FRKQCEXT OAS ATTACKS INTK'R-
l'ERE WITH VTIT EFFICIENCY.
Portland Physician In Charge of
Laboratory Work for Seven Con
solidated Organizations.
Located but three miles from the
general headquarters of the American
expeditionary forces, members of base
hospital unit No. 46, composed exclu
sively of Oregon men, were treated to
a continuous shower of warnings
against gas attacks, but despite the
necessity of donning gas masks many
times each day, the unit established a
wonderful record for its work.
The Oregon unit was consolidated
with six other units, according to
Major It. L. Benson, Portland physi
cian, who has returned following
eight months of service in France.
-Major . Benson was in charge of the
laboratory work for the consolidated
units.
The work of the various hospital
units was largely of specialization and
the Oregon university unit was se
lected to handle pneumonia cases, .and
for many months handled all such
cases sent to the hospital. Finally the
large number of gas attacks on the
American forces and the presence of
influenza among some of the troops in
creased the pneumonia cases to such an
extent that a portion of the cases was
sent to other units for care.
VANCOUVER SC0UTS HOSTS
Fathers Entertained at Banquet In
Congregational Church.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) The Roy Scouts of troop No. 2
of Vancouver lust night entertained
their fathers at a banquet In tho base
ment of the First Congregational
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church. Thi mothers of the boys
cooked the su. per, an their eislers
served it and fhu scouts were hosts.
D. J. Kent, scov.1 executive of Tort
land, gave a talk c n the aims and ob
jects of the Boy 'out organization.
The troop committer members YV. G.
Drowle.v, George if. Dat'idson and E. N.
Livermore all gave short talks;
STREET WORK IS APPROVED
NorlH Hcnd Council Pecides on Im
provements Aggregating $50,000.
NORTH BKXD, Or., Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) The programme announced " by
the city couucil two weeks ago for the
improvement of the streets in the Por
ter hill residence district received in
dorsement by a large delegation of
property owners at a meeting of he
city council last night.
Paving, jtwer and sidewalk improve
ments aggregating an estimated ex
penditure of more than $50,0O0 was
approved by the property owners anff
ordered put in by the city council. In
addition to this Mmprovement an effort
will be made to induce the property
owners on Oregon, Union, Liberty,
Maryland and other streets west or
Sherman avenue to have these streets
improved in a similar manner at the
same time.
VAULT GIVES UP LIQUOR
Polk Sheriff Confiscate? J 00 Rottlcs
of Perfectly Good Whisky.
DALLAS. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special. 1
Sheriff John W. Orr this week seized
a shipment of about 100 bottles of
whisky at Balldton, a little hamlet in
the northern part of the county. The
liquor was packed in a steel vault and
was shipped from a point in California.
Entrance was gained to the vault by
sawing off the hinges on the door.
The liquor has been brought to this
city and deposited in a vault at the
courthouse for safe keeping. The per
son to whom the liquor was consigned
is not known here,
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Chesterfields satisfy.
And YET Chesterfields are mild I
Don't lose that little word "YET." For other cigarettes
may satisfy and still other cigarettes may be mild. But
Chesterfields are the only cigarettes that satisfy and
YET are mild.
Chesterfields are the only mild cigarettes that let
you know you are smoking that hit the "smoke-spot"
that "satisfy"!
It's the blend the wonderful Chesterfield blend.
And it can't be copied. So if you want "mild" plus
"satisfy," you want Chesterfields and you want them
of
for 15c
wrapper of Glassine
keeps 'em fresh
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TMjlHMB EMS APPROVED
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAM
PI'S TO RE SCENE IN SIMMER.
Lieutenant-Colonel Leader Notified
That Camps Will lie Permitted
Like Last Year.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Feb. 12. (Special.) The University of
Oregon campus will be the scene of a
series of military training camps next
summer, under the direction of the na
tional government. Authority for these
was received yesterday by Alma IJ.
Katz. civilian aide to the adjutant-general
of the L'nited States at Portland,
from Charles B. Pike, chairman of the
central department of the National
Training Camps association. A copy of
Mr. Pike's telegram was received here
today by Lieutenant-Colonel John
Leader, In a letter from Mr. Katz. Colo
nel Leader, it is understood, will be
commandant of the camps, which will
be held on. the campus. Mr. Katz will
be inspecting officer.
The exact number of men to be
trained during the summer has not yet
been determined. Colonel Leader said
today. In all probability, he said, threo
30-day camps will be held between June
and October, accommodating from 1000
to 1500 men. He is considering, how
ever, reducing the length of the camps
to 15 days to coincide with the amount
of training required from army reserve
officers. Others who will attend the
camp are national guard officers, stale
officials and others to be designated
by Governor Withyconibe. Men from
ail over the Pacific coast will be
trained.
The course. Colonel Leader explained,
will be much like that of Oregon state
officers' training camp last year.
Auto Speeder ! Excused.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Cecil llocklnson was arrested
for speeding on Main Etrcet yesterday.
ETTE
IMPORTED anDOMESTIC
tobaccos Blended
and when taken before W. S. T. Vierr.
police judge, siiowcd that he was tak
ing his mother to the bedside of her
dying mother. Owing to the extenuat
ing circumstances he was allowed to
go upon merely the payment of the
costs in the case.
MRS. M. A. MONTEITH IS 90
Wire of One of Founders of Albany
Recalls Early Hays.
ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
Mrs. Margaret A. Monteith. widow of
Walter Monteith, one of tho founders
of Albany, celebrated her 90th birthday
at her home In this city yesterday. The
house in which she lived as a girl, the
house in which she was married and
the residence in which she went to live
as a bride still stand here.
Mrs. Monteith recalled yesterday in
mentioning reminiscences of the early
days of Albany that the first frame
house built here, which was erected by
her husband and his brother, is yet
standing.-
The original townsite of Albany was
laid out on the donation land claims
taken by Walter Monteith and his
brother, Thomas ilontelth. The Mon
teiths took these claims in 1S47. nam
ing tho town after Albany, N. Y., which
was their home when they started
across tho plains for Oregon.
PUPILS HAVE CAFETERIA
Battle Ground School Meets War
Chest Pledge With Proceetls.
VANCOUVER. Wash,-. lb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Pupils of the seventh grade in
the school at Battle Ground, met their
'war cheht fund" by establishing a
miniature cafeteria, serving one hot
dish daily at the school. for the
nominal sum of 5 cents. The fare was
changed daily and' the accruing profit
was enough to meet their pledge.
Russell school district 3!, near the
brick yard, four miles rest of Van
couver." also has decided to serve a hot
dish daily to pupils in the upper classes,
this being part of tho school work.
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LUTHERAN DRIVE TO OPEN
Arrangements Are Made for Cam
paign in Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash.,' Feb. 12.
(Special.) The next drive to be Iliads
here will lie among and by the Luth
erans, who have started to raise a fund
of $300,000 for reconstruction work in
the devastated regions In France and
Belgium. The drive will he from Feb
ruary 16 to 2t nn.l S. T. I'err of
St. Paul's English Lutheran church of
Vancouver is chairman of the drive for
Clarke and Skamanin counties.
Rev. Franklin W. Bussard, pastor of
the local Lutheran church, is chairman
of the drive for the states of Oregon
and Washington.
Oregon City Roy Home.
OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 12, (Spe
cial.) Wagner L. E. Tillotson. for
merly of battery B. 316th field artil
lery. 91st division, lias returned from
France and arrived here a few rinyg
ago to visit his mother. Mrs. L. E. Til
lotson. Sixth and Washington streets.
Mr. Tillotson tells many stirring talcs
of the battle lines, us well as many
humorous happenings. He saw service
in the Toul sector near Mctz at Ncuf
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