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THE SUNDAY OEEGONUN, PORTLAND, JUNE 3, 1017.
BIG TASK OF WAR REGISTRATION WELL IN HAND IN OREGON
Portland Divided Into Nine Districts, With Chief Registrar for Each Every Precinct Polling Place a Registration Office.
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IT'S a mighty big- task tbla plan
ning: tor end executing- of the mili
tary war census next Tuesday, June
E. under the Federal selective draft act
It'B a Job which requires concerted
action on the part of Katlonal, state
and city officials throughout the land
It' something- which the men of ths
United States have never before been
called upon to undergo, but the wil
lingneos with which officialdom is co
operating with the National Govern
ment, and which the young men are
now showing with respect to this vital
census, bodes well for the success of
this gigantic undertaking.
Here in Oregon the success of the
war registration seems assured. Day
after day and week after week state,
county and city officials have been
working shoulder to shoulder to per
fect even the most minute details in
connection with registration day.
Promptly have large numbers of Ore
eon's sons and daughters offered their
services as volunteer registrars. Fired
with a patriotism which bares Its head
In the presence of the Stars and Stripes
they have come forward, anxious to do
their bit In behalf of this most im
portant work.
State Plans Completed.
TTpon the shoulders of Governor
"Withycombe rests the responsibility of
making Oregon's war registration day
a success. No sooner had the wires
flashed from the Nation's capital the
orders to Oregon's chief executive to
prepare for the war census than Gov
ernor Withycombe relayed these In
structions to the commanding officer of
the state's military forces George A.
White, Adjutant-General of the State of
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How well the state's machinery has
been set In motion to make this reg
istration a success can be indicated
from the announcement last week by
Adjutant-General White that prepara
tions ara complete. Through the co
operation of officials, large and small,
the Government and state are ready to
do their part, and through the co-operation
of the newspapers the young men
of military age in Oregon should be
ready to respond to their country's or
ders. For Multnomah County and Portland
the taking of the war census is in
charge of a central committee of city
and county officials named ' by Mayor
Albee. This committee is headed by
Sheriff Hurlburt, who has devoted much
of his time toward perfecting plans for
this work. Other members of this com
mittee are City Auditor Barbur, who
has been taking care of the city's por
tion of the registration: County Clerk
Beveridge and City Health Officer
Abele.
City Divided Into District.
This central board divided the city
into nine districts, naming a registrar
for each district. It also called for
volunteer registrars for. every precinct
within the city and county and secured
a sufficient number to insure success of
the clerical part of the work.
Not content with these preliminary
plans, the- central board established a
school of Instruction for precinct and
district registrars which was held
morning and afternoon every day last
week. This school was conducted by
Chief Deputy Sheriff Pratt, who gave
the men and women instruction as to
how the registration cards should be
filled- out, and other important advice
Incident to the work. Every morning
and afternoon this school was attended
by 25 to 60 registrars who gave up their
time In order that they might be of
more service to the county and coun
try. Perhaps one of the most Important
features of the war registration is the
registration of non-residents and of
Portland men who will be out of the
city June 5. This work has been going
on at the Courthouse for the past two
weeks under the direction of N. M.
Moody and E. M. Kraut, deputies in th
I office of City Auditor Barbur. During
I the two weeks they have registered" ap
proximately 2000 young men. represent
ing nearly every state in the Union.
Th greater number of these young men,
however, were Portland, residents who
will be out of the city on registration
lay. Nearly every nationality was rep-
;ented In this preliminary registra
n; so, too, were nearly every type of
' male Bpecies. Men well advanced
i,. years sought to offer their services
to their country, while a few "slackers"
endeavored to give evasive answers in
a futile effort to escape military service
under the selective draft.
Slackers to Be Punished.
But, says Adjutant-General White and
other officials, there Is no escaping this
military registration. Careful plans
have been made to check up on every
man of military age, and if any person
who comes within the restrictions of
this law attempts to evade it he will
be dealt with in a severe manner. The
plans for checking- up on the registra
tion after war census day are fully as
complete and as exact as the plans for
taking the registration.
Based on an estimate of the total
population of the state, the officials ex.
peot that Oregon will register approxi
mately juu.uou men or military age be
tween the ages of Zl to 30. inclusive.
A large number of these, of course, will
oe exempt from military service, but
these exemptions will be made by the
Federal authorities after the census has
been completed. Neither the lame, the
blind nor the halt are exemot from
.registration, and no matter what the
physical condition of a man may be, it
Jg his duty to his flag to register.
Blue Pasteboard la Important.
Following the Federal registration
day, a little blue pasteboard certificate
Is to play an Important part in keep
ing young men of military age out of
trouble with the Government and mili
tary authorities. Every man who reg
isters must ask for and receive this cer
tificate showing that he has complied
with the selective draft act. Any young
man of military age who fails to pro
duce this card necessarily will be
branded a "slacker" and will have no
alternative other than a jail sentence
unless he can prove his registration.
During the few months following the
declaration of a state of war with Ger
many, Oregon has been in the forefront
IMPORTANT FACTS TO REMEMBER.
If you are a taale person between the ages of 21 to 30. Inclusive,
register. Do not seek to evade this duty, as it will only lead to seri
ous trouble. No person is exempt because of race, color or nation
ality. If you are 21 years old on June 5 you must register.
If you are 31-years old on June 5 you are exempt from registration.
If you are too sick to go to your precinct registration booth, don't
neglect your duty. Get some friend to secure a registration card for
you and then fill it out according to Instructions.
Tou must register in the voting precinct where you ara registered
as a voter. Remember that the war census registration booth is lo
cated In the same place as the polling booth June 4. Acquaint your
self with Its location at once.
Be sure to secure your registration certificate at the time you
register, as this will be the only means of proving to civil and mili
tary authorities that you have complied with the law. Preserve this
certificate and carry It with you at all times, aa you may never know
when you will be called upon to produce It.
The registration booths will be open from 7 A. M. until 9 P. M.
Register as early as possible in order to avoid congestion.
Above all, register and prove that you ara loyal to the flag which
protects you.
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the branches of the Federal service, and
if the young men of this commonwealth
respond as readily on war registration
day June 6 this state promises to up
hold its reputation for patriotism and
for. doing its duty promptly and efficiently.
GERMAN PEOPLE HUNGER FOR
FREEDOM BUT DARE NOT STRIKE
Miss Nettie Spencer, After Four Years Spent in Monarchy That Registers
Even Visits Among People, Says Democracy Is Fond Hope.
BY MISS NETTIB SPENCER.
THE mystery surrounding Ger
many's refusal of late to allow
her newspapers to pass over her
border is undoubtedly due to her ef
fort to conceal from the enemy her in
ternal turmoil. .
May 1 is a critical day in the Father
land because it is the time when free
dom in the form of the Social Demo
cratic party struggles for an outlet
the day, for the annual parade of this
party. This year. Intensified by hun
ger, glimpses of which filter through
in spite of the censor, the crisis must
have been acute.
What the people are suffering may
be surmised by the Prime Minister's
note to our President, in which he said
in one place that the army would be
fed and in another the women and
children might starve. Prussianism and
militarism are brutal enough to sacri
fice the helpless ones at home for the
god of war.
Having lived In that land four years
I am stirred with the deepest pity for
the kindly, hard-working people who
must be suffering from a situation
forced upon them by iron power en
throned. And whenever they do try
to wrench themselves free by daring to
come out in a political parade, a thing
of which we are so fond, they are sup
pressed. They have had trouble every
year for 12 years to my certain knowl
edge. It has been a combat between
police and the Social Democrats, who
try to carry out their parade pro
gramme. Many Die For Freedom.
On one of these days while I was
living in Berlin the chief of police was
obliged to post up notices that anyone
who went to the center of the citM May
1 went at his own peril. All soldiers
and army officers were subject to duty
on that day. Another year at this
time I took a short walk. It was Sun
day and though I was half an hour's
ride from the center of the city, yet I
saw on every hand rows of policemen
looking very grim, while the people,
mostly men, were moving about rest
lessly arvd looking angry.
The police were preventing them
from falling In line. The men were
nervous and surly and. could only do
what the Germans call make a "fist in
the pocket."
One man, however, boarded a street
car that was passing and as it started
he leaned forward from the back of
the car and dared to shake his fist in
the open and to hurl a few defiant
words at the helmeted . row of royal
authority
center of Berlin, a hundred men were
listed wounded, and some perhaps fa
tally. The exact number was not known,
for the people were so afraid of the
police that friends hastily seized their
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I recall that yet another year men
were killed In Hamburg and the next
day the same tragedy was enacted in
Dresden. Men have been dying for
freedom in Germany for years.
Even Austria has burlesqued the
overtowering power of the German po-
In the following Interview
Miss Nettle Spencer, of Halsey,
depicts the many scenes of In
eternal strife which have broken
forth In Germany on May I for
the past several years. She re
lates numerous Instances of how
the German people are hunger
ing for democracy. Miss Spen
cer lived for four years in Ger
many and during that time
gained an Intimate knowledge
of the social, political and mili
tary conditions existing In the
Fatherland. The people of that
eountry. she says, are now eager
and ready for a new democracy,
and America, by Its entrance into
the war. is fighting Germany for
Germany.
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i&ira-iion CrtiYcrate.
lice. The reigns of government ara
tightly grasped by the militia. For. at
the head of each police station Is placed
a lieutenant or captain of the army and
the policemen are nearly all soldiers.
And so strict is her surveillance over
the people that she boasts she knows
On this day, down- in th where each one sleeps every night.
Everyone's name must be sent to the
police or be flned. This duty devolves
upon the householder or hotel keeper.
Eves Visits Are neartstered.
I went to visit a German family In
another part of the city for a week.
Even this brief change of residence had
to be registered at the nearest police
station. The constant annoyance of the
police who came to Inspect or have one
register something was Intolerable for
an American and irksome for the Ger
mans, although reared under Its rigor.
The Social Democrats have been
struggling for reforms, especially for
"one man. one vote." The plan of voting
now in force Is the three-class system.
It is based upon the wealth a man pos
sesses. Therefore, the working- classes
are greatly under-represented. THe
first class constitutes the plutocrats:
the second, the well-to-do. the educated
and the small officials; the third, the
mans of working people.
No one can vote" who' is bankrupt.
Insolvent or In receipt of relief. It has
often happened in the cities that one
vote of the first class has equaled SO
votes of the third class. And in the
country where there are large landed
estates It is worse."
Democracy is growing rapidly. It had
for years an earnest advocate In August
Bebel. one of the most brilliant orators
in Germany. He was the leader of his
party in Parliament for years and was
known as the "father of the Prussian
franchise reform."
Lovo-of Liberty Shovrai.
Deep In the . nature of tha Teuton is
the love of liberty. This was shown
in many ways, even In their enthusf
astlc admiration of Lord Byron be
cause he gave his life for the freedom
of Greece, and his verse pulsates with
the fire that is smoldering in their
hearts. Again, they point with pride
back to the time when their Emperors
were elected by the vote of the German
states. It is sad to note tha their po
litical star descended In the formation
of the present German empire under
Bismarck and the Hohenzollerns.
When the eldest son of tho Crown
Prince was born it was announced at
noon. I happened to be on the street
homeward bound. When I reached my
street I stopped in a little shop to get
a pair of shoes which I had left to be
mended. I told the gaunt shoemaker
that an heir to the throne had been
born."
He stopped, and with piercing- eye
asked, "Is it a boy?"
Upon my answer In the affirmative
he repeated the question almost vehe
mently for the third time, though each
time I assured him it was a boy. Wom
en are not allowed to rule in Germany.
Then he strode up and down and flung
out his long arms and said, among
other things:
"If it were In America they would
kill him as they did Maxlmilllan."
This showed the trend of the third
class voters.
Gersaaa Life Is Oamprd.
The German people are living a
cramped life. No one dares to criticise
the Emperor and so contrived is the
machine of state that he rules abso
lutely. The Parliament is only a mag
nificent debating society. Statesmen
can bluster and legislate but they are
powerless to pass over the veto of the
Emperor. One prominent German dared
to criticise the Emperor so far as to
say. "What our Emperor wants he will
have."
When the present Emperor passes by
on state or other occasions and his
people stand saluting him. he gives cold
acknowledgment, by looking straight
forward, never bowing nor smiling,
raising his hand to his head In stiff
military salute. In his public speeches
ha never spares them, and It is said
that one of the greatest tasks of the
Prime Minister is to soothe the people
after the Emperor has made a public
speech.
When I left Germany eight years ago
I was seat-mate with a Swiss traveling
man. who told me that well-laid plans
were made to change Germany to a
republic.
On May 1 of this year one of the
particular reasons why the democratic
demonstration was precarious was be
cause America has thrown her weight
into the balance against Germany.
Every German on our soil who has a
sense of justice and a true love for the
mother country should help to raise the
star of her destiny by remaining loyal
to America. Germany is ready for and
will make one of the best republics in
the world. We are fighting against
Germany for Germany.
Alley .Cats Must Vanish, Is Decree.
WASHINGTON. May 23. The alley
cat must go. At least the future looks
dark, because food-garden planters all
over the country, alarmed ,by the de
struction done to their garden crops by
worthless cats, have united to make
war on the 25,000.000 or more alley
cats In the United States.
The evils of the vagrrant cat as a
disseminator of disease, destroyer' of
young fowls and birds, is not to be
compared with the amount of harm the
pest is doing to the gardens. If reports
coming to the National Emergency
Good-Garden Commission, 210 Maryland
building, are to be taken as a criterion.
Cities and towns are combating with
the cat scourge In many ways. In
some towns cat catchers have been em
ployed, and they are finding a fertile
field to work in. say letters to the
Commission. Other counties and towns
are offering bounties for the pelts. De
struction caused by cats to the food
gardens Is enormous. The pest does the
greatest damage at -night. He kills
many birds that would. If they lived,
kill insects that destroy crops valued
at millions. Bulletin No. 2 of the De
partment of Agriculture of the state of
Massachusetts, by Edward H. Forbush.'
deals extensively on this subject. It la
a .well-established fact that cities are -overrun
by vagrant cats, many of them
finding a- precarious living by catching
mice and rats and visiting "dumps" and
garbage cans.
FLAGON STOCKINGS BARRED.
Daughters of Revolution Rouse Of'
ficlals to Action.
WASHINGTON, May 25. The wear
ing of the Star-Spangled Banner on tha
hosiery of a number of Washington,
women has aroused the extreme indig
nation of a local chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, whoso
members have invoked the process of
law to prevent the use of the Ameri-.
can flag to adorn fair ankles. As a
result of the protest lodged by the D.
A. R., United States Attorney Laskey
has ruled that not only the seller but
the wearer also of hosiery bearing tho
National emblem have laid themselves
open to arrest through violation of tha
anti-desecration law. The law men
tioned stipulates" that everybody Is for
bidden ?"to manufacture, sell, expose for
sale, or to public view, or use for any
purpose merchandise on which shall be
printed, painted, attached or other
wise placed a representation of the
flag."
United States Attorney Laskey has
laid down that, from this statute, a,
woman who In a moment of misguided
patriotism dons flag-decorated hosiery
makes herself liable to a fine of not
to exceed $100 or to Imprisonment for
not more than 30 days.
INVENTOR IS ACCUSED
Vouth Held
for Theft
Devices.
of Wireless
NEW YORK. May 25. Elmer R.
Meyers, 25 years old of No. 1400 Uni
versity avenue, Bronx, a radio engi
neer. Inventor of the Audion bulb, used
in increasing the intensity of wireless,
which is controlled by the Do Forest
Radio Telegraph & Telephone Com
pany, was arrested a few nights ago
and arraigned before Magistrate Cur
ran In Morrisanla Court charged with
being a fugitive from Justice. He was
held without bail for 30 days, pending
extradition to New Jersey.
He is alleged to have taken three
detector bulbs from the Marconi . re
ceiving station at Beimar, N. J., Decem
ber 6. Samuel E. Darby, of No. 220
Broadway, counsel for Meyers, said the
arrest was due to unsuccessful efforts
by a competitor to induce Meyers to
leave the De Forest firm. He said
Meyers visited the Marconi station to
observe whether his bulbs were being
used by that company. -
There have been several suits for
Infringement of patent rights between
the De Forest and the Marconi companies.
SUPPORT BOTH, SAYS JUDGE
Chicago Mam Sentenced to Car For
Two Wives and Children.
CHICAGO. May 20. Judge Para re
cently sentenced Adam Brosdowski, 419
North Marshfleld avenue, to support hia
two wives and five children for one
year. But the judge added:
"You ought to be In the penitentiary.
If you are a man you will support your
wives and these children all your life."
Mrs. Marie Brosodowski is wife No. 1
and has three children. Mrs. Lewan
dowski Broxdowski, 201 3 Cortland
street, wife No. 2. has two children.