The Sunday Oregonian., October 25, 1914, Section One, Page 5, Image 5

THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 23, 1914.
AMERICA READY TO
PAY DEBTS Ifl GOLD
Financial Problem Thrashed
Over at Conference With
British Representative.
DIFFICULTY NOT EXPECTED
Sew York and London Stock Ex
changes' Xot Likely to Reopen
Before 1915 Cotton Mar
kets May Kesume Sooner.
"WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Financial
forces of the Government, the wisdom
of some of the most prominent men in
the American banking world and the
friendly counsel of representatives of
Great Britain, were turned today toward
a solutionof the problem of a readjust
ment of the foreign exchange market
to -meet conditions which have arisen
as a consequence of the European war.
For more than three hours the Fed
eral Reserve Board, Sir George Paish
and Basil B. Blackett, representing the
British Treasury, and some of the best
known bankers in New York, discussed
the situation in all its aspects. Ac
cording to those present, there was not
a note of pessimism heard to mar the
harmony of the conference, and there
was -every reason to believe tonight
that all the problems which loomed so
large on the financial horizon a few
months ago would be solved without
treat difficulty.
American Casta la Ready.
Here are the salient points dis
cussed in the conference and the re
results anticipated:
American bankers stand ready to pay
their obligations to Great Britain in
cash. The tloO.000,000 gold pool already
formed and JSO,000,000 raised by a
New York syndicate to meet New York
City's obligations probably will suffice
to satisfy Great Britain. Payment of
this total may not be necessary.
The New York and London stock
exchanges will not be opened "possibly
before the beginning of 1915. A con
ference between committees of the two
exchanges will consider reopening be
forehand.
The Federal Reserve Board, to hasten
consideration of the proposed cotton
loan fund plan, designed in part to
give bottom to the cotton market.
Cotton ExchanKei to Open.
The cotton exchanges in New York,
New Orleans and Liverpool are to be
opened as soon as possible. The New
York exchange probably will confer
through a committee with the Liver
pool exchange before such action is
taken.
A committee consisting of Benjamin
Strong, Jr., A. H. Wiggin, James Brown,
of New York; Governor Hamlin and
I'aul W. Warburg, of the reserve board,
wiil hold further conferences with Sir
George Paish and Mr. Blackett about
details of the readjustment plan. Any
such plan would have to be submitted
to the British government.
According to some of those present
at the conference the optimism of all
present was surprising. Sir George
Paish, it was said, did not indicate that
he had come to demand payment of
American debts; he had no concrete
plan to lay before the Americans, but
listened to what they had to say. The
American bankers, on the other hand,
made it clear that there was every rea
son to believe the Americans can and
will meet all obligations in gold.
Individuals Care for Debts.
The bankers pointed out that a month
ago they were worried about America's
Kuropeah debts, but that as the weeks
have gone by to their surprise indi
viduals have appeared to take care
of millions of debts across the water
which it had been feared would have
to be paid through some pooling ar
rangement. Other millions will be ac
counted for in the same way and ma
terially relieve the situation. .
Although there was no expression
as to how much gold must be actually
paid to Great Britain or transferred
to the Bank of England's branch in
Ottawa it was the opinion of many of
those present that little more than al
ready has been arranged for. will be
necessary.
HOMESTEAD BILL DELAYED
Oregon Senators Not Present to Aid
Passage of Measure.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Oct. 24. Because Oregon is now
without representation in the Senate,
that body yesterday refused to con
eider Representative Slnnott's bill which
already has passed the House to permit
an additional 160 acres to be entered
under the enlarged homestead law by
individuals who previously had entered
and secured patent to 160-acre home
steads. Had Senators Chamberlain or Lane
been present when the bill was read
they could have secured its passage.
There being no Senator present inter
ested in the bill it went over tell next
session, and homesteaders who other
wise would be allowed to double their
entries will now be obliged to wait till
next session. The bill would have af
fected many homesteaders in Eastern
Oregon.
CALIFORNIA TRADE BOOMS
;iniil Big Benefit to Export Business
Despite European War.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24. Data pub
lished today show that California ex
port business by water through the
Port of San Francisco has increased
ten-fold since the formal opening of
the Panama Canal September 1, despite
the European war, which has taken
away two of California's good custom
ers. France and Germany.
An average of one steamer every
two days has left here for East Coast
cities since September 1 and 15 steam
ers, carrying aggregate cargoes worth
$4,000,000. have sailed for Great Brit
ain. There are now eight steamship
lines doing business between San
Francisco and Atlantic ports, as against
three prior to the opening of the canal.
RABBI PLEADS FOR JEWS
Race In Peril When All Armies En
list Men for Service, He Says.
That at no time in the history of
Israel have the lives and welfare of so
many Jews been imperiled as at pres
ent, was asserted Friday night by Rab
bi Jonah B. Wise, in an address at Con
gregation Beth Israel. Twelfth and
11am streets.
"The fighting in Gallcta, East Prus
sia and Poland is being carried on
among the most numerous, as well as
the poorest Jewish population in the
world." said Rabbi Wise.No less than
1.000,000 Jews live In that area. This
Is almost one-fourth of the total Jew
ish population. - - '
"In the armies of Russia there are
200,000 Jews. In those of Austria, Ger
many, England and France the num
ber is greater in proportion to the Jew
ish population of those countries.
"We Americans are relieved peculiar
ly from the heavy burden of this war.
We may suffer in an economic way. but
that is trifling compared to the ruin
which has overwhelmed the battle
stricken countries of Europe.
"There whole towns have been swept
away. The orphans and widows of
men killed in battle and siege are
facing a bleak Winter.
"The call has come to us for aid. The
cry is intense, a wail choked with ruin
and blood.
"We must prepare to answer it. We
must give and give again, not from
superfluities and comforts, but also
from our necessities. We shall be asked
for the means of comforting the suf
ferers. Let him who hesitates be
ware. "The time is too short; the need is
too great for dallying. Those who ask
for expanations jeopardize a cause
which is, by its nature, the greatest,
the saddest mission our age-long char
ity has yet undertaken."
ME CHOICE
BAKLEY AND WITHYCOMBK PICKED
FOR SOCIETIES' SUPPORT.
Committee Names Ticket far 61 Organ
izations, Urging- Votes for Men
Selected From Candidates.
Hanley for Senator, Withycombe for
Governor, McArthur for Congress, Hurl
burt for Sheriff, and the Republican
nominees for Legislature in Multno
mah County are the choices of the
Germans.
A committee of five, appointed by
the delegates of the German-speaking
societies, lodges and organizations of
Oregon, met to make recommendations
that will be mailed officially to every
German voter. The men who framed
the recommendations represent 51 so
cieties that have about 30,000 votes.
Tickets will be prepared covering every
office in the state, and it is understood
that Germans belonging to the con
federated societies in most cases will
vote for the indorsed candidates.
William Hanley, Progressive nom
inee for United States Senator, was
selected by the committee because of
his liberal platform, which, the com
mittee members said last night, comes
nearer to a compliance with their own
principles than the views of any other
candidate.
"He don't dodge any issue, but comes
out openly and states his exact posi
tion," said one of the committee..
James Withycombe, Republican nom
inee for Governor, was indorsed be
cause the committee members thought
him better equipped to fill the office
for which he aspires than any other
candidate. They made it quite clear,
also, that they were disgusted with
the actions of Governor West, and that
they did not look with favor upon Dr.
C. J. Smith, the personal choice of
Governor West, and who is pledged to
carry out a similar programme.
C. N. McArthur, Republican nominee
for Representative in the Third Con
gressional District, was placed on the
German ticket because the committee
members felt that he is the most com
petent of three candidates for the of
fice. They said that they admired his
"above-board" actions and agreed with
his principles.
"On the strength of his past record
and because we know him to be a man
of good executive ability and one who
would be-a dignified official and en
force the laws," is the way one of the
committee members explained the in
dorsement of Thomas Hurlburt. Repub
lican nominee for Sheriff of Multnomah
County.
The committee also announced last
night that it had indorsed the nominees
of the Republican party on the legis
lative ticket from Multnomah County.
The recommendations of the socle
ties for the other offices will be an
nounced publicly later. Each county
will indorse its own candidates and
each Congressional district in the state
will be included in the general recom
mendations.
LOWEST BIDS REJECTED
TWO CONTRACTS AWARDED ON NEW
COUCH SCHOOL BUILDING.
Director Beach Expresses Objection
to Report Submitted by Dr. E. A.
Sommer and O. 91. Plnmmer.
.On the ground that the low bidders
were irresponsible as shown by
previous work, the School Board has
rejected the lowest bids submitted for
the general and the heating contracts
on the 1160,000 Couch School building,
and awarded the contracts to higher
bidders. '
The general contract was awarded
tto the Boyajohn-Arnold Company at a
figure of $115,584 and the heating con
tract to W. W. Cox & Co. at $26,038.
School Director Beach as well as
representatives of the companies who
submitted lower bids entered protest
against the awards.
James S. Winters, who had the con
tract for the construction of the Failing
and Ainsworth buildings, offered to
do the work for $112,777, and Bingham
& Shelly also submitted a bid lower
than the one that was accepted.
Among the seven bids received for
the heating contract, the lowest was
entered by the W. G. McPherson Com
pany. It was nearly $1000 lower than
the offer of W. W. Cox, which was
accepted.
When the recommendation of the
building committee, Dr. E. A. Sommer
and O. M. Plummer, was read, Mr. Beach
demanded an explanation why the
lowest responsible bidders were not
chosen. Mr. Winters was present with
his attorney and Mr. McPherson rep
resented the heating firm in the request
that the low bids be accepted.
Dr. Sommer and Mr. Plummer said
that differences between Mr. Winters
and the McPherson company on former
jobs had led them to throw out their
bids.
The Board rejected all of the bids
submitted for the plumbing work with
the instruction that new bids be
invited.
PEACE SOONMS FORECAST
Secretary Daniels Says Warring Na
tions Must Heed Proposals.
MANCHESTER, N. H-, Oct. 24. The
time is not far distant. Secretary of the
Navy Josephus Daniels told an audi
ence here tonight, when the warring
powers of Europe must heed the peace
proposals of the United States. The
tender of good offices of President Wil
son, he said, was still open.
Speaking on "the spirit of the Wilson
Administration." he characterized that
spirit as essentially one of peace.
Taft Enrolled as Voter.
NEW HAVVEN, Conn.. Oct. 84 Wil
liam H. Taft was enrolled as a voter
of this city late today. Mr. Taft ar
rived here In the afternoon from
Washington.
ENGLAND PREPARES
FOR ATTACK DY AIR
Capture of Antwerp or Other
Northern Seaport Viewed
With Alarm by British.
DEFENSE GUNS ARE READY
Weather Conditions Would Have to
Be Favorable to Prevent Un
necessary Danger Xignt
Time Would Be Chosen.
LONDON, Oct. 22. If the Germans
should capture Antwerp or any other
North Sea port, they will at the first
apportunity that favors success send
aircraft to England. It is. Indeed, well
known that this is their intention.
Whether Germany will be content with
trying to damage east coast military
and naval centers, or will boldly at
tack London, remains to be seen. Lon
don contains barracks, magazines, mili
tary stores, and headquarters, but
doubtless Germany's main intention
would be to frighten the English.
Deducting airship casualties that do
not appear to be based on mere rumor.
Germany still possesses at least 14
first-class airships, of which eight are
long-range craft of the rigid type, Zep
pelins and one Schuite-Lanz. There is
some reason to believe that secret and
hurried building prior to the war has
added five or six Zeppelins to this num
ber. Of those destroyed one was a re
cent addition to the fleet, the Zeppelin
VIII.
Aircraft Are Powerful.
The identity of the others is unknown
here, but it is certain that the craft
still in being include' the latest and
most powerful Zeppelins, of which the
following is a brief description:
Gas capacity, 80,000 cubic feet;
length, 525 feet; weight, 27 tons; en
gines, 540 horsepower; speed, 55 miles
an hour; armament, machine guns; am
munition carrying capacity, from two
to four tons. The engines are silenced.
The crew carried usually number 20
to 24. This applies to all Germany's
Cirst-class airships. The three con
verted passenger airships carry a crew
of eight and 25 passengers normally.
The record number carried into the air
was 67.
It will be impossible to mistake the
German airships, if they come, for any
other aircraft. They are conspicuous
for their long cylindrical hulls of rel
atively small girth., and the closeness
of the cars to the hulls.
Height Record 10,200 Feet.
The record height attained by this
type was the 10,200 feet of the now de
funct Zeppelin VIII, but the usual
height at which they travel Is 6009 to
6000 feet, below which they are a fairly
easy target for artillery.
If a raid on the British coast should
be made it certainly would be by night,
and for this purpose long nights with
clear skies and little wind will be pre
ferred. The raid will not be made
at any time when the ground wind
exceeds 20 miles an hour in any direc
tion, for that would involve a longer
duration of voyage than the Germans
are likely to risk.
The bombs dropped by the airships
are cylindrical in shape, and are filled
with an explosive.
The later airships carry guns on top
for defense against aeroplane attack,
which have been used in practice; but
it is understood that their use was
responsible for the wrecking of a Zep
pelin at Johannisthal last Spring, ow
ing to the ignition of balloon gas by
the discharge of the gun.
Defense Guns Ready.
For the defense against airships
high-angle guns are used, and the more
powerful of these have a far greater
vertical range than the height the
Zeppelins are likely to travel, or at
which they could be of much use. The
guns are not fired vertically, however,
but at a high angle, with the object
of finding the enemy somewhere at
the top of the high trajectory followed
by the shell. It is, of course, the ob
ject of an airship to avoid artillery
of this kind altogether, but so diffi
cult is marksmanship, especially at
night, that it is believed the risk run
at anything more than 6000 feet is
small.
England is provided with a. consid
erable number of high-angle guns at
certain vantage points. There is, how
ever, a drawback to their use, for the
shells of guns fired inland descend on
British territory and are likely to do
damage to friends.
The German airship captains are
men of great experience, and few peo
pie in this country have any concep'
tion of their skill. Thus Herr Georg
Hacker, one of Zeppelin s oldest nav
igators, has made more than 700 voy
ages, covering a distance of 60,000
miles, of an aggregate duration, of
1750 hours.
SHAKE-UP PLAN BARED
RECALLERS TO DISTRIBUTE JOBS
IF THEY WIN, IS REPORT.
Persons Who Say They Know Aver That
Scheme Is to Oust Nearly all Bureau
Heads and Other Appointees.
Reports from persons said to know
some of the inside of the Albee-Dieck
Brewster recall movement are to the
effect that a general shakeup of the
city service as built up by the pres
ent administration is planned If the re-
callers win. It is said the majority
of details of how the pie is to be cut
have been worked out and that those
who are to benefit are working hard
in the interest of the recall candi
dates. It is asserted that plans as outlined
provide for the removal of virtually
all heads of city bureaus. That this
would be possible is apparent from the
fact that the recallers would have com.
plete charge of the city government,
having three votes in the City Council
against two of the present adminis
tration. The recall Mayor would have
the appointment of a civil service
board and the three recall members of
the Council being a majority over Com
missioners Bigelow and Daly, who are
not attacked by the present recall,
would have power to remove anyone
from office they might see fit.
- It is asserted by persons who say
they know something concerning the
inner circle of the recall that it is the
plan to replace Municipal Judge
Stevenson by Jay Upton; City Attorney
La Roche by Seneca Fouts and City
Health Officer Marcellus by a physi
cian named Ballard, who formerly was
in the heaith bureau.
It is said also that changes are pro
posed in the position of City Engineer,
City Treasurer, Chief of Police, Chief
of Detectives and in other places all
down the line in the city service. It
is asserted, that . provision has been
made' in the pie cutting ' plan for a
long list of men of unfavorable repu
tations who are said to have partici
pated in the campaign which resulted
in the recall signatures having been
secured.
That some of these plans were all
arranged by B. E. Kennedy, when
Mayor Albee was elected to his pres
ent position, is the assertion of some
and they are borne out by transactions
which have come to light.
Mr. Kennedy was an applicant for
the position first of City Treasurer and
later - of purchasing agent. Mayor
Albee refused to appoint him, "saying
that when Mr. Kennedy was accepted as
campaign manager for Mr. Albee, it
was with the distinct understanding
that Kennedy was to receive nothing
for his efforts. The Mayor brought
the matter before the - Commission
when urged by Mr. Kennedy. He said
to the Commission at that time. "Mr.
Kennedy wants to be Treasurer." The
Commissioners all laughed and that
was the end of it.
It is said by Chief of Police Clark
that Kennedy appeared at the police
station soon after the election of Mayor
Albee and began giving orders about
the transfer of men. It is said at that
time that John C. Lane was slated
for the detective service. The Chief
went to Mayor Albee and the Mayor
informed him' that he (the Chief) was
to take orders only from the Mayor.
PASSENGER MEN GUESTS
CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAVELING
' AGENTS IN PORTLAND.
Representatives of Railway Companies
and Commercial Organisations Are
Hosts at Luncheon.
Traveling passenger agents of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, returning
from the National convention at San
Francisco, were entertained Friday
In Portland by representatives of the
railway companies In Portland and
members of the commercial organiza
tions. A luncheon was held at the
club, followed by a trip about the city
in automobiles. The party left for
Seattle at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
A. D. Charlton, assistant general pas
senger agent for the Northern Pacific,
was chairman of the committee on en
tertainment. Speeches at the lunch
eon were made by Mr. Seymour, general
tourist agent of the Canadian Pacific,
and by a number of the members of
the Portland committee.
Automobiles for the trip about the
city were furnished by C. T. Haas. H.
O'Bryan. Dr. E. A. Pierce. O. W. Mlelke,
A. H. Brown and C. C. Chapman.
1 nose present at tne luncheon were:
A. O. Seymour, general tourist agent.
Montreal; Ed Merchant, Kansas City;
N. K. Des Brisay, Montreal; Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Clifford. Cleveland; E. G.
Kanney, Seattle: D. Lister, Chicago; C.
E. Phelps, New York; Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Oviatt. Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Gillerlain, Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Dockrill, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. C.
L. Williams, Pittsburg, and H. D. Rams-
dell, A. H. Averill. S. C. Pier. A. D.
Charlton, assistant general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific; F. W.
Robinson. William McMurray. E. C.
Robblns, O. H. Becker, P. S. Bates, H.
R. Hayek and C. C. Chapman.
HORSEIHIEAT FOOD GAINS
AUSTRIAN ARMY DEMANDS FOB
CATTLE DRAINS MARKETS.
Butter and Eni Too Costly for Poorer
Classes In Vienna, Says Dla
patch From Venice.
VENICE, via Paris, Oct. 24. Demands
of the army for cattle are so great
in the livestock market of Budapest
that the consumption of horseflesh is
rapidly increasing, while the number of
beef animals slaughtered has more than
tripled. A dispatch today from Buda
pest says that the force of laborers at
the stockyards Is so depleted that cattle
often go unwatered from three to five
days and many die in - the pens.
Since the beginning of the war 85,000
cattle have "been killed at Budapest, as
compared with 25,000 for the same
period in 1913.
Five hundred horses brought to the
Vienna market Monday sold for from
$20 to $50 each. The prices of eggs and
butter have risen enormously, placing
them beyond the reach of the poorer
classes.
Hungary-is the sole source of the
egg supply, and the peasants are mak
ing tremendous profits from these and
other products, but show such a dispo
sltion to hoard their gains that the
Catholic clergy in the country districts
recently were instructed to urge their
people to spend their unexpected profits
in buying farm machinery and other
useful articles in the Interest of the
community. -
STUDENT STEPS SCORED
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FAC
ULTY ISSUES MANIFESTO.
President . Landes Implies Dances May
Be Done Away With Unless Style
Is Chanced Without Delay.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 24. (Special.)
The style of dancing indulged in by
University of .Washington students was
denounced yesterday by President Hen'
ry Landes and 14 other faculty mem
bers and their wives in a manifesto
to the students.
The letter says the faculty members
will decline to serve as patrons of
dances unless the style of dancing is
at once cnanged. This will be, in et
feet, taking away university sanction
for the social functions of the stu
dents.
The threat also Is implied that dances
will be done away with entirely at the
University of Washington unless the
reform is made.
"The style of dancing we have ob
served at all university social func
tions this year," reads the letter to the
students, "is neither graceful nor re
fined and is censured not alone by the
members of the faculty but also by
the conscientious students.
"Further, it is not countenanced by
the National Association of Dancing
Masters, and not approved by repu
table Seattle dancing masters, who
teach a style much less objectionable."
10 BRITISH OFFICERS SLAIN
Twenty-XIne Wounded Also in Lat
est List of Casualties.
LONDON. Oct. 24. In a British casu
alty list, dated October 18. but issued
today, 10 officers are listed as killed,
including Lieutenant Sir R. G. V. Duff,
of the Second Life Guards, and 29
wounded.
News has been received of the death
in action of Lord John Spencer Cave
nish, son of the late Edward Cavenlsh
and younger brother of the Duke of
Devonshire.
ZEHNTBAUBR To Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Zehntbauer, 357 Forty-second street
North, October 6, a (laughter. .
Clothes
for
Critical
Ttfen
" this is the man who most quickly
SteinB1och Smart Clothes
C If you are a critical man if you are the kind of man who de
mands that everything about your clothes shall be just exactly
righl I want to see you in this store.
Suits $20 to $40 Balmacaans $15 to $35
BEN SELLING CLOTHIER
Morrison Street at Fourth
MUSEUM GETS BIRDS
Rare Collection Is Brought by
Hunter From Africa.
GIFT IS GREATLY PRIZED
Specimens Presented to Brooklyn
Institution of Arts and Sciences
Include Sacred Ibis and
Other Uganda Parrot.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. One of the
most valuable collections of birds ever
obtained on a single expedition by an
American, comprising between 150 and
200 specimens, was sent to the Brook
lyn Museum of Arts and Sciences re
cently as the gifl of J. C. Hemment, V.
N. G. S., traveler and big game hunter,
of 322 Fourth street, who returned
three weeks ago from a year's tour in
East Africa, Uganda and the Belgian
Congo. Mr. Hemment's primary ob
ject in making the tour was to obtain
moving picture films of wild animal
and bird life in the jungle. He also
brought back many trophies of big
game hunting.
Accompanied by W. W. Roberts, an
Englishman who knows the trail, of
205 Lincoln road, Flatbush, Mr. Hem
ment sailed from New York on Octo
ber 15. 1913 and completed his tour in
time to reach home again on Septem
ber 4 by the steamship New York. He
has just succeeded, after many diffi
culties on account of the laws affecting
plumage, in getting the collection of
birds through the customs.
Affidavit Is Required.
Before passing them officials of the
Customs-House made Mr. Hemment ob
tain an affidavit from Robert Cushman
Murph curator of birds and mammals
at the museum, stating that the collec'
tion was destined for the institution.
The collection is the largest acquis!
tion made to the ornithlogical section
for a long time. The main collection
there consists of birds from South
America, and Mr. Hemment's gift will
be especially prized as constituting the
museum's chief exhibit of African
birds.
Mr. Hemment, a photographer of
note, who accompanied Paul Ralney
into Africa, showed the collection to
a few friends a short time ago in his
studio at 10S Fulton street. Manhattan.
One of the rarest, and perhaps the first
specimen of its kind to be shown in
this country, was the sacred ibis, a bird
resembling in formation a crane, but
much smalled and having plumage of
rare and beautiful coloring.
The birds range in size from that of
a thimble to the big golden-crested
Kavirondo crane, standing more than
four feet high, and of beautiful plum
age. The latter's flesh is regarded as
better for eating purposes than that
of the turkey. There was also a splen
did specimen of the rare and much-
coveted Marabou stork, the wings of
which measure eight feet from tip to
tip, and which is noted for its strength
and the distance of its flight.
Several specimens of rare African
parrots, including the beautiful Ugan
da parrot, are included, as well as sev
eral varieties of weaver birds and the
lily bird, so named because it is seen
always on the lily plant. It makes its
nest either on the lily or papyrus
grass. The weaver bird builds its nest
in the fig trees, sometimes as many as
several hundred nests being found in
one tree. Another specimen is the
kingfisher, whose plumage in color
unites a remarkable blend of Oxford
and Cambridge blue, and which was ob
tained on Ruewenssorl, the second
highest mountain in the world.
Many Incidents Noted.
Mr. Hemment made many interest
ing nature observations during his
trip. Among the true nature stories he
brings back is the following:
One day he observed a dozen or
more small weaver birds fighting down
a snake as the reptile crawled steadily
upward toward a nest near the top of
a papyrus stalk on the Nile. They re
tarded tne enemy by pecking his eyes,
but having little success, evidently
conveyed in some manner news of their
predicament to a bird with a long beak
called "the snake bird," in the jungle.
Mr. Hemment's last sight of the
snake was as the "snake bird" lifted
him into the air away from the en
dangered nest, as the weaver birds
chirped their triumph.
Mr. Hemment traveled rom London
to Versailles, where he took steamer
by way of Port Said and the Sues
Canal to Mombasa, where he entrained
for Nirobl by the Uganda Railway. His
expedition penetrated the Belgian
Congo by way of Lake Victoria Nyan
za. while the return 'was made by way
of Lake Albert. He took 200 carriers
and two expert Australian hunters,
George Outram and Peter Pearson, on
his expedition, making his headquar
ters at Nirobi.
Scriptural Quotations.
There Is a negro Sunday school out
on the south ride where the little Ras
tuses and . Gawdge Washingtons are
Q The most critical man is the
easiest for me to please.
The man who not only is
extremely particular about the
outward appearance of his
clothes, but who insists upon
extraordinary attention even to
the smallest detail of tailoring
understands the wonderful value
being- broaght Tip to appreciate the
treasure trove of the Scriptures. Last
Sunday the teacher was calling uwii
her littlo "scholars" for Bible verses.
and, as was natural, each child tried to
acquit himself with as little effort as
possible.
"Well, Sammy, let us nave your
verse," said the teacher.
Sammy screwed up his face and re
peated that very brief verse of the
Bible, "Jesu3 wept.
"Now Rastus," the teacher went on,
turning to the next youngster, "what
verse of the Bible can you give?"
Rastus squirmed as if he had been
sitting on a hot stoe. Evidently his
predecessor had stolen his thunder. But
a -quick decision must be made. Nobly
the little fellow rose to the occasion.
Fate had cheated him out of "Jesus
wept." So he looked up at the teacher
and said: "He oho' did."
GERMANY'S ARMY DOGS
Nearly as Well Trained as Kaiser's
Soldiers.
The American Boy.
In Germany the dog has his place as
a part of the nation's regular fighting
force. There is a regular dog corps lor
service in time of war. The dogs are
carefully trained to their duties.
Most of the dog corps are composed
entirely of Spitzes or Pomeranians and
these are mostly white in color. Of
course a gray dog has a better chance
of escaping detection In the field than
a white one, but the white dogs are
gray enough after they have been on the
march for a day or two. Each dog is
equipped with a metal collar and a
pouch for letters. Me Is never tied up
and is never led by a chain or rope.
The dogs are given a peculiar, but
remarkably thorough and painstaking
education. First the dog is taught to
distinguish between the uniforms of
the Germans and those of foreign
countries. He is then taught the uni
forms of the officers of the German
army. After he has mastered the uni
forms of the various armies, he is
given some drills in scout duty, being
taught to tell his master of the ap
proach of an enemy or friend.
The army dog is taught to deliver
letters. The letters are placed in his
pouch and he Is trained to run from
post to post with them. He is taught to
know many other posts besides his
own, .to recognize them by name, to
take a poucli of letters to any post des
ignated, to deliver them to an officer,
to wait for a reply and to return to
his own post. The soldier dog also
looks after the wounded. He is trained
to discover wounded soldiers, to take
water to them, and to tell his superior
officers of his discovery. When the
dog's education is completed he is as
signed to a regiment.
HANLEY TALKS AT RALLY
Colonel C. E. S. Wood Renews At
tack on Chamberlain's Candidacy.
At the Progressive rally in the Scan
dinavian Hall, Fourth- and Yamhill
streets Friday night. William Hanley.
the Progressive candidate for Senator,
and other Progressives spoke for the
party ticket.
Colonel C. E. S. Wood renewed his
attacks on Senator Chamberlain, who.
he said, had accomplished nothing in
Washington, and was asking re-election
solely because his defeat would be
a slap at President Wilson. Colonel
Wood also spoke against R. A. Booth.
Other speakers were Ben Riesland
and Anne Shannon Monroe.
You Can't Discourage Them.
The fact that one out of every 200 of
the voters for Woodrow Wilson had ap
plied to him for office reminded Senator
Bourne of an otfice-eeeKlng story.
"There was once a President." said
Senator Bourne, "who received, early
In his administration, a letter which
proved to him that there is no such
thing as discouraging an oiiice seener,
this letter said:
" 'Dear Mr. President I understand
you are going to take a month off to
destroy the big mountain of letters
Broke Her Husband
Of Drinking
An Illinois Wife Broke Her Husband
From Drinking- With a Simple
Recipe That She Gave
at Home.
That the liquor habit can be ban
ished secretly is the claim of a well
known Peoria. 111., woman whose hus
band was a heavy drinker for years.
In a recent statement she said: "I broke
my husband from drinking with the
following simple. Inexpensive recipe
which I gave secretly: To 3 oz. of
water add 20 grains of muriate of am
monia, a small box of Varlex Compound
and 10 grains of pepsin. Give a tea-
spoonful three times a day at meal time
in the food or In the coffee, tea or
milk. This recipe can be filled at any
drug store, is perfectly harmless and
has no color, taste nor smell. Any wife
or nrether can stop their dear ones
from drinking the same as I have done
and at very little expense. Adv.
r.iam.i J",. ....
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in .
asking you for jobs. If everything else
is gone I would like the job of destroy
ing those letters'."
A 3Ij th.
(Washington Star.)
'Don't you and your wife ever con
tend for the last word?"
'No," replied Mr. Meekton. glumly;
"there isn't any such thing.
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