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Newspaper Page TextTIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 8, 1917. SOCIALISTS UPHOLD ANTI-WAR PLANK ALIEN EX-OFFICIALS SALEMITES JOIN EX-RESIDENTS IN JOYOUS REUNION AT OAKS Charles B. Moores, President of Society, " Calls Gathering to Order, Capital to Hold Homecoming June 29, 1918. ABE TOLD TO LEAVE AY Public Ownership of All Na , tional Industries Vital to Conflict Urged. - VOTE IS 21,639 TO 2752 la Follette and London to Introduce Resolutions for Investigation Into Suppression of "liberty" Edition of "Socialist." CHICAGO. July 7. Members of the Socialist party in the United States have approved by an overwhelming majority the statement of the party's attitude toward the war with Germany submitted by the majority of the com mittee on war and militarism appoint ed by the St. Louis convention last April. The party's executive commit tee, meeting: here today, announced that the vote In favor of the majority proclamation was 21,639 to 2752. The Socialist party, according to the proclamation, opposes the entrance of the United States into the wp.r, but advocates the application of socialistic doctrines to the war measure. The two principal innovations surged are the conscription of wealth as well as of men, and public ownership of all Na tional industries vital to the prosecu eution of the war. Differences between the majority and minority proclamation consisted chief ly in the fact that the minority resolu tions omitted the preamble in which the majority condemned the war In ex treme terms as the most unjustified war in the history of the world. It was explained that the minority agreed with other Socialists in oppos ing war in general, but argued that with this country already plunged into hostility, the party should devote- it self to a practical programme, based on Socialist principles, rather than in quire into the merits of the contro versy. Morris Hlllqult, Victor L. Berger and Algernon Lee, who were refused pass ports by the State Department when they des'red to go to Stockholm to rep resent American Socialists at the inter national conference there, were three of the leading members of the commit tee majority. Allan L. Benson, the party's nominee for President in 1916, and John Spargo led the minority. Adolph Germer. executive secretary of the party, reported to the commit tee today that 12,000 new members liave joined the Socialists since the declaration of war with permany. The rolls for June showed SI. 172 members. Announcement was made that sup pression of the "liberty edition" of the American Socialist, official publication of the party, would be made the sub ject of a Joint resolution to be intro duced In Congress Monday. It was said that the resolution would be pre sented by Senator La Kollette and Rep resentative Meyer London. This week's issue of the paper came out in two pages, which had been examined by the postal authorities before entering the malls. 500 IN SUMMER SCHOOL CAMPUS AT OREGON UNIVERSITY DESERTED FOR "WEEK. Sessions Are Suspended to Give Faculty and Students Time to Attend IV. E. A. Gathering. EUGENE. Or.. July 7. (Special.) The campus of the University of Ore gon, which had been the scene of romp ing children receiving instruction in classes conducted for the training of playground instructors, student open air theatricals, lectures by prominent educators and other Summer school activities for three weeks, was more nearly deserted tonight than at any time in recent years. Friday after noon's session marked the close of the first half of the Summer session, and the beginning of the first vacation in the history of the school, arranged to permit attendance at the conven tion of the National Education Asso ciation in Portland next week. . Faculty members, school teachers who have been present at the Summer school sessions, and students generally Joined in the exodus from the uni versity with Portland as their destina tion. The Summer school attendance at the close of the first three weeks was much fetter than indicated during the first tew days of registration. The roll has been steadily growing, with 203 students enrolled. The attendance in the Portland center of the Summer school is almost 300, making a total of about 600 taking courses as compared with 314 last year, when all depart ments of the school were conducted in Eugene. ALUMNI MEET AT LIBRARY Harnett Goldstein to Give Mono logues Boating Party Planned Barnett Goldstein. United States Deputy District Attorney, will present two of his clever monologues at the aneeting of the Lincoln High School Alumni at the Central Library, Monday evening. July 9. The programme is rounded out with several musical numbers by Miss Celeste Foulkes, Wesley Beharrel and Jerome Stone. With these numbers and Mr. Gold atein's monologues, no doubt this meet ing will be as successful as previous meetings have been. No admission is charged and all Lin coln High School graduates are in vited. Considerable enthusiasm- is aroused for the big Lincoln High School Alumni boating party, which will be Friday evening, July 12. The final details will be given out at the meeting Mon day evening. AVoodburn Sewer Plans Approved. SALEM, Or.. July 7. (Special.) State Engineer Lewis has approved plans to the State Board of Health on the new sewer for the city of Wood burn. He supplemented his approval with the recommendation that an addi tional septic tank be constructed in connection with the system. Lebanon Chautauqua Opens Soon. LEBANON. Or, July 7. (Special.) The Lebanon Chautauqua committee Is making the final arrangement for the fourth annual meeting, which will open orr- next .Wednesday for a week's ses sion. The meetings will be held in big tent pitched in the grove on the 10-acre High School campus. BY ADDISON BENNETT. T" HE former residents of Salem held their annual reunion at the Oaks Park yesterday. If there ever was a pleasanter or happier assembly of friends at that or any other place such occasion was never chronicled. There were between 200 and 300 present, among them many visitors from Salem, that is, present residents of that city. The day was one of the loveliest of the season, which means that it could not have been finer. The place chosen for the meeting, under the famous old oaks of the park, is one of the greatest beauty. The meeting was a fine reunion and, in addition, it was decided that a great home-coming day would be had in Sa lem June 29. 1918, when all former residents of Salem, scattered through out the country, would be invited and urged to come "home" for that day at least. Charles B. Moores. president of the society, called the members to order about 4 P. M. But that was not the beginning by any means, for during an hour or two previous the old friends had been foregathering in the shade, and it seemed that I was about the only stranger in the party. Most of them were boys and girls of 20. 30, 40 and some of more than 50 years of age; and for the nonce they were liv ing over heir early lives-in Salem. Happy Gathering Is Serious. Very sad and very serious they were, and yet very gay and very happy, mingling tears and laughter. How tine it was to note that fame and station were blotted out. that the Honorable So and So was Billy or Jim. and the wife of the Senator or- diplomat was Olive or Mary or Lizzie! And the praises were sung to Salem, the Salem of today, of yesterday, of a half century and more ago. It had been their home once, perhaps still Is, and it was, and is. and ever will be one of the fairest of fair cities. Some of the speakers pictured it of old, with its muddy streets, its absence of side walks, its shabby buildings; but even then all dreamed and labored for a bright future. And now! Why. Salem must be "a little bit of heaven" that "dropped from out the sky one day," judging from the praises sounded in its name yesterday. In considering the speeches, just re member that there were no set speeches. nothing but friendly talks as of friend to friend, heart to heart. Everyone who stood up and said things mingled jests with eloquence, and many jibes were bandied back and forth all re ceived in the best of good nature and returned with interest. C. B. Moores first Speaker. I might say that C. B. Moores was the first speaker, and that he was also the last, but never did presiding officer fulfill the duties of his office in a more pleasing manner. Always witty, as he is, "Charley" yesterday quite outdid himself in his little speeches and side remarks introducing the sneakers. One of his best hits was in calling upon the young women he knew in Salem in the years agone. Most of them are said matrons now, many of them, most of them, have children and grandchildren now. But he called them by their maiden names and, as he called upon them, they "stood ud." a score or mnr of them. And, surely, but few places couia snow a score of such lovelv women. The first speaker ralld imnn Olive Stanton Knright. and she Is cer tainly a fine talker. She scored a point in her plea as to the beauty of the Chinook jargon, which she thinks should be taught and preserved that it may one day become as famous as the Serbet dialect as handed down by Burns. The secretary. Mattie Gilbert Pal mer, read the minutes of . the meeting of a year ago, not only the minutes, but a very, very brief resume of the remarks, thus making of such a usual ly dry document a real story of solid worth. J. K, GUI Is Speaker. J. K. Gill was called UDon to tell his story of his coming to Salem in the '60s, of his bookstore there. The build ing he occupied was turned into a sa loon after Mr. Gill came to Portland, and it thus became, as the late Asabel Bush once dryly remarked, "the first Methodist saloon in Salem." , . "Billy" (XV. J.) Clark read In a pleas ing manner one of his father's poems, "The Song of the Willamette," which was written in Salem in 1871. appear ing at about the time Sam Simpson's ""Willamette" was published. At this Juncture the president ap pointed a committee consisting of J. K. Gill, J. J. Murphy and Mrs. George Herren to name the officers for the coming year. Quickly they named the following: Mrs. Aurora Watt Bowman, president; Colonel R. A. Miller, vice- BIG AUTO SHOW PLANNED IXSOVATIOJT TO BE 1ST CONNECTION WITH STATE PAIR. Largest Collection of Machines Ever Brought Together In State la Expected. SALEM, Or., July 7. (Special.) Def inite arrangements have been made by Secretary Lea. of the State Fair Board, to hold an automobile snow in connec tion with the Fair this year. The show will be held under canvas and It is ex pected that one of the largest collec tions of machines ever brought to gether in the state will be on exhibi tion. The road bond Issue is expected to lend a wonderful impetus to the sale of automobiles in Oregon during the next few years, and It is understood that auto men will make a particularly strong point to have a banner show ing at the state Fair. One feature it is expected will be put on will be the giving away of a ma chine. The details of the plan have not been worked out. The plan for automobile races, how ever, has been abandoned, and in its stead pony races will be held, prob ably for children under the age of 18 years, with appropriate prizes hung up. A number of Improvements have Just been completed at the rair grounds, in cluding a $4900 water system connected with the Salem city mains. Before there waa never one-third enough water, but now there will be plenty, states Secretary Lea. There are five fountains, fire protection for every building and an excellent system all around. A new half mile of pavement has been laid, rest rooms have been estab lished in the campgrounds and $3000 worth of additional fencing put up. BEAR KILLED AT ALT00NA Yonng Woman Employe of Meier & Frank Has Adventure. ALTOONA. Wash., July 7. (Special.) Miss Alice Smithust. an employe of Meier & Frank Company in Portland, has been enjoying her vacation at the I home of the mother of Milton S. An president; Mrs. Mattie Gilbert Palmer, secretary, and Scott Bozarth, treas urer. The two latter were re-elected, which the members all thought meet and proper, so diligently and faith fully have they heretofore performed their duties. Ed T. Hatch waa the final speaker before lunch. He told of the early days and of the old fire department. His remarks were received by generous ap plause. ' Then came the feast, for about every body -had a basket or two well filled with good things. BSo well were they prepared that any Government censor, had one been present, would have "pinched" the whole party for ex travagance, there being more left over than was eaten. And of course the real, real fun of the "show" came dur ing the feast. Talk about your "feast of reason and flow of soul!" To know what the phrase really signifies just go out to Oaks Park next year when the Salemltes meet again. And the sentiment yesterday was to make that their permanent "camp." Edgar II. Piper Addresses Gathering The first speaker after lunch was Edgar B. Piper, who was even more witty than usual. He only talked a moment, saying he had a fried chicken awaiting him for dissection. Phil Metschan said a few words, as did A. F. Wheeler and Mrs. Bowman. Then T. T. Geer made one of his brightest talks. The ex-Governor is always a pleasing talker, but he is at his best among his old friends, and he was surely ' in that predicament last evening. There were many other talks and speeches, and among those who spoke were R. A. Miller, Frank E. Hodgkln. George H. Himes. J. K. Gill and Edyth Toxier Weatherred. But there were many others. Those present were: J. K. Gill, Mrs. W. G. Dillingham. George H. Burnett. Miriam Burnett. J. W. Bickford. wife and daughter. W. H. Ormsby, wife and child, Mrs. Barbara Fendall and child. Miss Margery Belt, Mrs. Helen A. Dear born. R. H. Dearborn, Jr.. Alice Forsythe Smith, Stephen G. Smith Eva Alliston, George U. Piper, S. B. McClane, Mrs. L. D. Brown, Mrs. R. P. Earhart, Mrs. E. W. Lanr, don, Robert A. Miller. Mrs. Robert A. Miller. Mrs. D. C. Bogart Clarke Bo gart. A. F. McAfee, Angle McAfee, Clara Earhart Koehler, Wylie A. Mor res, E. E. Jastin, Eugene Roberts, John Knight, Minnie Barrett. Fannie Starkey Wil son, Eva F. Cox. Carrie M. Ogle, T. T. Geer. Mrs. C. P. Bishop, Dr. F. E. Smith, Mrs. Leo J. Mitchell. Mrs. Win nie McAfee McCaustland. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cook. Mrs. E. M. Morgan, Edyth Tozler Weatherred. Mrs. J. Benson Starr, Mrs. James White, Miss Lucile McCaustland, E. O. Patton, Mrs. Mary Martin. Mrs. .John Stites, F. J. Kelly, Mrs. F. J. Kelly, W. H. Chatten, Mrs. Esther Collins Chatten, Precilla Chat ten. Helen Chatten, Collins Chatten, Mrs. S. E. Heulet, Mrs. Alice Hamilton Griggs, Mrs. Sarah Small, Mrs. Minnie Monroe, Mrs. Cora Piper, Ernest Piper, Herbert J. Thorne. Lulu Gilbert Fler ren, Olive S. Knright. W. D. Palmer, Mrs. S. B. Ormsby, Mrs. S. W. Burney, Josephine DeVore Johnson, James Gill, Mrs. James Gill, Mrs. Anna T. Buck, Luelle M. Norris, D. A. Watters, Mrs. D. A. Watters, J. D. Lee, B. H. Bowman and wife, Mrs. J. M. Freeman, E. T. Hatch, Charles B. Moores, Sarah E. Moores, Virginia Wells, Gertrude M. Wells, Bruce Wells, A. S. Wells, A. F. Wheeler, Mrs. A. F. Wheeler, Frank E. Hodgkins, Rockey B. Hodgkins, Mrs. James White, Frances White, Mrs. Ed ward Hirsch, Ella Hirsch, Mrs. Edward Weller, Mrs. P. H. Raymond, P. H. Ray mond, Mrs. Clara Watt Morton, Mrs. Roxanna White, Mame Mayme Turley Howetsen, Mrs. A. M. Beach, Ethel Veatch Timmerman. Mrs. Olive Veatch Owens, George Owens, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Woodworth, General and Mrs. W. H. Odell. Mrs. E. C. Murphy, Mrs. Mary J. Creighton. Mrs. Ella E. Bybee, George II. Himes. Mrs. H. Reynolds, W. O. Woodward. W. J. Clarke. Laura Clarke, Sarah C. Dyer, Mrs. Emma Rothwell, Mrs. Marin Roth- well, Mrs. W. C. Kantner, Bruce L. Kantner, La Verne Kantner, Mrs. E. C. Patton, Luella Patton, Mrs. A. W. Reg ner, John W. Reynolds, Mrs. John W. Reynolds, Mrs. H. A. Beckner. J. C. Thompson, George P. Litchfield. Mrs. Nora E. Herin, Mrs. John Knight. Edna A. Knight, Mrs. F. E. Smith, Virginia Smith, Robert Smith, Kenneth C. Smith, Margaret J. Casper, Bruce C. Curry, Bertha C. Byrd, Mrs. A. W. Glesy, A. W. Giesy, Donald V. Giesy, Herbert L. Stratton, Mrs. -Marie Dolman, Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. Loring K. Adams, Loring K. Adams, Mrs. Fletcher A. Gad dis, Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Williams, F. W. Piper, Phil Metschan. Jr., Leona Willis Piper, Mrs. Leo Willis, Edgar B. Piper. David L.. Piper, J. Willis Piper, Grace Langdon, J. W. Bickford, G. E. Dustin, Jr., Alice McCully Crane, Alice Louise Crossman Dustin, W. B. Crane and A. B. Crossman. thony, a former employe of the same firm, and had two adventures. The first was being caught on a rock by the tide. In walking a log she fell Into 11 feet of water but was rescued with nothing more serious than wet clothing. The next day. going up the moun tain to pick salmon berries, Mr. An thony carried his rifle, which was for tunate, for a big black bear claimed the berries in his district. Three shots put an end to the bear's life. Miss Alice expressing a wish for the bear skin, they set to work with a Jack-knife and succeeded in bringing home the skin and head, which weighed 82 V, pounds. Mr. Anthony says the bear would weigh about 400 pounds. FIRE SURVEY IS ORDERED Prevention Will Be Taucht in Schools of Salem. SALEM, Or.. July 7. (Special.) Fire prevention will be taught In the schools of Salem, and representatives of the State Fire Marshal's department will make a complete survey of the city, ac cording to plans which have been out lined for a campaign here. Deputies of the Fire Marshal's de partment will be placed at the disposal of Fire Chief Hutton in making the survey. Within the next 30 days Chief Hutton expects to place an expert on water and fire protection at work and if he deems it advisable the insurance companies will be asked to make a sur vey, with the idea of changing rates. OREGON CITY WOMAN DIES Mrs. Josephine Garmlre Succumbs to Long Illness at Age of 3 7. OREGON CITT, Or- July 7. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Josephine Garmlre. wife of . C. Garmlre. died here on Friday evening after an illness of several months. Funeral services will be con ducted Sunday at o'clock and the in terment will take place in the Moun tain View Cemetery. Mrs. Garmire was born in Minnesota July 30. 180, and has resided in pre gon City for a number of years. She is survived by her husband and a lit tle daughter, of this city, and her father, J. J. Mersman. of Minnesota. Government Action Is First Step to Root Out Ger man Spy System. CENSORSHIP TO BE STRICT Many Attaches of Consulates and Embassies Remain in United States as Servants, Giving Rise to Fears. WASHINGTON. July 7. All Germans formerly connected either with the German Embassy or any one of the man consulates in America have been requested to leave the United States. Notification that their presence in America is undesirable will be sent to them by the State Department. The Germans, who principally are clerks or servants, were not told that they were suspected of being spies. The inferencethat their loyalty to the Kaiser might make It difficult for them to remain in this country without at tempting to send information of a mil itary character to their government was made clear. Among the first to go will be Hein rich Schaafhausen, formerly attached to the German Embassy, but left behind by Count von Bernstorff and since at tached to the department of German interests of the Swiss legation. In ad dition to Schaafhausen there is a long train oi clerks and servants at least they have served in such capacities in this country although this Govern ment has no means of knowing defin itely what the exact status of most of them is with the German government. There is ground for belief that some or them are persons of more impor tance to the German intelligence sys tem. , Dr. George Bart h elm e. the author of tne much-discussed dispatch to the Cologne Gazette at the time diplomatic relations were severed still is in Wash ington, but is required to report to certain officials in person twice a week. Turkish Charge Stays. Although the bufk of the German and Austrian Embassy staffs denarted with their Ambassadors, two of the Gerntan .allies still have their repre sentatives here. Abdul Hak Hussein Bey, charge of tne turkisn .Embassy, pleaded with the State Department not to insist on his aeparture. His wife is an English woman and on the ground that her neaitn might be affected by going to Constantinople, the Bey has been per mitted to remain here. The Bulgarian Minister also still is at his legation. There are many Indications that the Government Is taking steps to tighten tne spy net ana make even more dlffi cult the getting of military informs tion to Germany. When the Government agreed to al low the transfer of many former Ger man employes' to the Swiss Legation and consulates, there was no state of war between the UntteJ States and Ger many, but the declaration of war and the knowledge that Germany main tains an efficient spy system here have cnangea tne Governments attitude. Spies to Be Rooted Out. The Grimm-Hoffman affair in Swit zerland, In which a member of the Swiss Federal Council was forced to resign after being discovered as a Ger man intermediary seeking to influence Russia towards peace, had a deep ef fect here in convincing officials that at least some members of neutral gov ernments were using their positions to bring pressure on the belligerent pow ers. It Is not desired to increase the pos sibility of such work through the added pressure brought by former German officials still In office here. Moreover, since American relations with some of the neutrals have become delicate through the export control provisions Germany could easily use her position to increase friction there. The cleaning out of former German officials here is but the first step in a systematic attempt to root the spy system out In this country. State De partment officials say that an Iron bound censorship will be established on all outgoing cables in line with Presi dent Wilson's proclamation, at the earliest hour that the machinery can be built up. They also are most urg ently urging a malls' censorship be ginning at first with all countries not now covered by the British and as soon as possible including that aa well. LABOR SHORTAGE FELT POLK COUNTY BERAT CROP RIPEN IXG AND NO PICKERS IN SIGHT. Analysis) of Situation Shows That Harvest Crews Can Only Be About Half Filled. DALLAS. Or., July 7. (Special.) Scores of men, women and children are going- to be needed to harvest the crops of Polk County this Summer and unless this demand is supplied, fully 50 per cent of the fruit and grain yield will be lost. The seriousness of the labor short age situation is being: brought closely home to the berry growers. Logan berries are ripening fast and the picking season will be in full swing by the end of the week and there are practically no pickers to be bad. Grow ers are offering: every Inducement to get women and children to go into the berry patches. One farmer this week Offered to pick up pickers at their homes, take them to his place and bring them back when the picking: was over. Fewer men are available for work In the harvest this year than ever be fore in the history of the county, de spite the fact that farmers are willing to pay higher wages: A survey of the labor situation Just completed by J. E. Cooter, district agricultural agent. shows that with all of the available local labor drafted for the work, harvest and threshing crews will not be more than half filled. Nine TJmatillans Apply for Camp. PENDLETON, Or.. July 7. (Special.) Nine Umatilla County men. several of them prominent in public life, have made application here to attend the next officers' reserve camp. They are: State Senator Frederick Steiwer, at torney; City Attorney James Alger Fee, K. W. Montell. county farm agent; Warren Roeder. Freewater. deputy water master; Chester A. Fee. noted athlete; Lyman G. Rice, banker: Charles Despaln, dairyman; Harold Warner, at torney, and Tracy Barton. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nian. Main 7070, A 609o. Cash Sellling Policy A profit-sharing one with each and every customer a policy through which we save every lady buying a Suit, Coat or Dress more than half the profit she must pay other stores. Through this efficiency plan we are enabled to do twice the business without increasing expense one dollar. In these times of high prices for clothing this profit-sharing plan should make a strong appeal to every woman. We ask you to read our Guar antee and then investigate for yourself. We guarantee to duplicate in value any Suit, Coat or Dress, sold by other stores for $35, $40 and $45, At Our Price, $25 Every Day in the Year Most Women Know That if It Comes From TP Corner Washington and ADIEU BID MISSIOK New York's Official Reception to Russians Closes. CROWD CHEERS SPEAKERS Open-Air Mass Meeting and Con cert Held "in Central Fark. Ambassador Bakhmetleff Is Guest of Honor. NEW TORK. July 7. New Tork ended its official entertainment of the Russian mission today with an open air mass meeting and concert at the Mall In Central Park, which was at tended by an enthusiastic crowd. Every reference by the speakers to the "new Russia." the "United States" and "world democracy" was the signal for a demonstration. I The speakers Included Ambassador Bakhmetleff. head of the mission; Con gressman Meyer London and Oscar S. Strauss. The crowds cheered three minutes when the ambassador said: 'We have come to tell you that Rus sia is really free. We have come to tell you that to the Jew has been given liberty: the Jew in Russia now enjoys the same rights and political prlvlllges as his fellow citizens. The new freedom is the nrue freedom of democracy: the democracy we are fighting to establish throughout the world." The East Side paid Its respects to the mission tonight at a mass meet- ng in Madison Square Garden, ar ranged by the Friends of Russian Freedom. Ambassador Bakhmetleff was the guest of honor and the principal speaker. President Ruthenberg, a leader in the 1915 revolution, who escaped to this country after being sentenced by the Czar's military court, presided. VANCOUVER FIREMEN QUIT Strike Follow Rejection of Two- Platoon Plan. VAKPOTTVER. B. C. July 7. Van couver this afternoon is without a fire department, every member of the rorce having gone on strike and having left the fire halls in every part oi tne city. Demands were made upon the city for changes in condition of work and in creased pay. An ultimatum was issued last nlgnt to take effect at 2 o'clock this after noon. The ultimatum was not met. and the men made good their threat and quit their posts. A special meeting or tne council can not be convened until Monday to deal with the situation. The city in the meantime is in the hands of unorgan- 1 d fire fighters. At a recent plebiscite the two-platoon down. system was voted OIL PROFITS ARE HUGE Earnings of Union Oil Company 24 Per Cent of Capital. LOS ANGELES. CaL. July 7. (Spe cial.) Indicating the general trend of prosperity throughout the state, the semi-annual statement of the Union Oil Company of California was issued to day by Controller R. D. Matthews showing that the earnings of the cor poration for the past six months were the greatest in its history. Profits earned fr6m all operations, less expenses. 130,000 donation to the Red Cross, taxes, employes' profits and depreciation, totaled $4,480,000, or 24 per cent on the capital stoca per an num. TRAIN NIPS READER'S TOES Laborer Engrossed Jn Newspaper TTses Rail as Foot rest. Rudolph Walters, a laborer of Ta coma. sat reading a newspaper along side the tracks of the new Carver electric line near Reed College early last night and a train came along and nipped off three ot ms toes. Mr. Walters had become engrossed in his reading and didn't notice the approaching train. He was using the rail for a footrest and had stretched We guarantee to duplicate in value any Suit, Coat or Dress, sold by other stores for $55 to $65, At Our Price, $40 Every Day in the Year Mo GRAY himself Into comfortable posture when the accident occurred. He was hurried to the Good Samaritan Hospital. 17-POUND TROUT CAUGHT Bend Fisherman Brings In Basket of 10 Weighing 80 Pounds. BEND, Or.. July 7. (Special.) All records for big trout in tljls section were broken this week by A. E. Ed wards and Henry Llnster. who returned last night f rom " East Lake with ten giant trout, the largest weighing 17 pounds. The six caught by Mr. Edwards weighed more than 80 pounds, the total being brought down by the so-called small fish weighing only nine pounds. WORK DONE FOR RED CROSS Woman Sells Flowers Dally and Contributes $3.35. OREGON CIT"S. Or., July 7. (Spe cial.) Tireless efforts in her little garden at Meldrum station, together with almost daily trips to Oregon City with baskets of flowers, which she sold, made up Mrs. T. II. White's con tribution of $3.33 to Clackamas Coun ty's Red Cross subscription list. Other contributions reported since the last list was published are: Dis trict 23, Wilsonvllle, 194.60; No. 40, $5; No. 69. 33; No. 44, Boring, 110.35: No. 86, Canbv. J357.55; No. 35, Molalla. Changes in Sunday, July 8 Portland Lyle Fallbridge Changes affect eastbound Cascade Mountain locals which leave Portland EARLIER, as follows: No. 6 Eastbound, Cascade Mountain local, will leave Portland at 7:35 A. M., instead of 7:40 A. M., as formerly. Train will leave Vancouver 8:12 A. M., and arrive Lyle 11:10 A. M. No. 8 Eastbound, Cascade Mountain local, will leave Portland at 5:30 A. M., instead of 6:00 P. M., formerly; leave Vancouver 6:0o sr. JVi., ana as arrive Fallbridge 9 :55 P. M. Through trains and westbound morning local trains unchanged. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. Dr. Beck Says Hot Sun and Heat Weaken the Eyes Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight SO Per Cent in One Week's Time in Many Instances A Free Preserlptloa Torn Cam Have Killed and Use; at Home. New Tork. N. T. TJo you wear classes Are you a victim of eyestrain or other eye weaknesses? If so you will be glad to know that, according to Dr. Beck, there is real hope for you. He says that exposure to sun. smoke, dust or wind often produces eyestrain, and neople living in Southern climate; should frequently bathe the eyes and be careful to protect them from ex treme light. This prescription will prove of great value to many eye suf ferers Many whose eyes were falling say they have had their eyes restored through the principle of this wonder ful free prescription. One man says, after trying it: "I was almost blind; could not see to read at all. Now I can read everything without my glasses and mv eyes do not water any more. At nig'ht thev would pain dreadfully, now they feel fine all the time. It was like a mirarle to me." A lady who used it says: "The atmosphere seemed ha-zy with or without glasses, but after using this prescription for fifteen days everything seemed clear. I can even read fine print without glasses." It is believed that thousands who wtar Gray's It's Right West Park $2SS: incomplete reports from other dis tricts, 43. 0LYMPIA AGAIN AFLOAT Famous Old Cruiser Anchored In Sheltered Position. WASHINGTON, July 7. The famous old cruiser Olympla, beached recently in Block Island Sound after striking an uncharted, rock, was floated and anchored safely in a sheltered position. Columbia Drops Slowly. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 7. (Spe cial.) The Columbia River has fallen only one-tenth of a foot a day during the past four days and is 21.4 feet above zero today. This is three feet lower than the record mark of the Summer. Many lowland dairy farms are still under water and farmers who had hoped to be able to get a small crop of hay or corn- from the flooded land if the water receded rapidly, are now fearing a total loss of the land for a year. Roseburg Committee 3Icets Tuesday. ROSE BURG, Or.. July 7.- (Special.) The first meeting of the local Military Training Camp Association, composed of A. C. Marsiers, J. H. Booth and B. W. Strong, banners, will be held at the state Armory here next Tuesday. Ac cording to an announcement made by the members of the association today, all applications for the officers' train ing camp must be filed with them not later than July 15. Local Trains glasses can now discard them In a rea sonable time and multitudes more will be able to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared the trouble and expense of ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of many descriptions may be wonder fully benefited by following the simple rules. Here is the prescription: Go to any active drug store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto Tablets. Drop one Bon Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass of water and allow to dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up. perceptibly right from the start and inflammation will quickly disappear. If your eyes are bothering you even a little, take steps to save them now before it is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have been saved If they had cared for their eyes in time. NOTE Another prominent physician to whom the above article was submitted Mid: Bon-Opto In a very remarkable remedy. It constituent Ingredients are well known to eminent eye rxrtuligts and widely pre scribed by them. The. manufacturers guar antee, it to strengthen eyeKlght So per cent in one. week's time in many Instances or re fund the money. It ran be obtained from any good druggist and Is one of the few preparations I feel should be kept on hand for regular use In almost every family."