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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 5, 1917.
TROOPS ASKED FOB
Request Comes From Gover
nor of Idaho by Telegram.
APPEAL IS NOT GRANTED
Trouble Feared in Coeur d'Alene
District in Connection With I.
W. W. Demonstration Over
Funeral of Lynched Man.
Governor Moses Alexander, of Idaho,
has asked Colonel Charles E. Ientler,
United States Army, In command of the
military district embracing the states
of Oregon, "Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and Wyoming, with headquarters
at Portland, to rush troops Into the
Coeur d'Aler.e mining district today.
In his telegraphic request for Federal
soldiers. Governor Alexander said trou
ble was feared in connection with I.
W. W. demonstrations over the funeral
of Frank Little, the I. W. W. leader,
who was lynched at Butte.
Colonel Dentler said last night that
troops would not be sent unless there
appeared to be more of a need for them
than the Governor's telegram indicated.
He was inclined to believe, on the
strength of information received last
night, that the prospect of any dis
turbance was not great, -and that the
local auhorities should be able to
handle the situation without difficulty.
At the same time. Colonel Dentler
said that if developments seemed to
make the sending of troops advisable,
he would send them., Soldiers could
be rushed into the district from points
much nearer' to it than Portland in
ehort order.
Just now. the greatest need of the
troops in the five states under Colonel
Dentler's command 'is training and
more training, and he feels that only a
real emergency would justify taking
them away from the camps where they
ere being drilled for foreign service.
RES1STERS FACE CHARGES
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opportunity for such persons, or for
eomeone else In respect to them to
present to the Government reasons why
they should not be finally ordered to
report for military duty. If such per
sons do not appear and present these
reasons they have simply neglected to
take advantage of an opportunity that
was offered solely for their benefit.
Enrollment Follows Posting.
"The failure of persons to take ad
vantage of this opportunity does not
Interfere with the raising of the army
and interests the Government only as a
punishable crime of omission. If they
do not desire to make any such claims,'
or. If for any other reason, they fail
to appear, their names are automatical
ly posted as having .been called and
not exempted or discharged. Auto
matically, aleo, they are inducted into
the military Bervice and made subject
to military -law. Failure -to appear
merely hastens the automatic process.
"When the time allowed for making
these claims has elapsed, these per
sons will be enrolled as in the military
service. They then will be ordered to
appear as soldiers. From this point
on they will be under the swift and
summary procedure of courtmartial.
Failure to report for military duty
when ordered to do so constitutes de
sertion. Desertion in time of war Is a
capital offense.
Whole Army la Available.
"Deserters may be apprehended by
either civil or military authority, and
after the mandate of the Federal Gov
ernment has gone forth the whole
strength of the military arm of the
Government is available to apprehend
deserters; if it is necessary to use such
force.
"Demonstrations against local boards
are simply futile strokes in the air.
All records necessary to hold such per
sons are already on file at state head
quarters and at the National Capital,
and since local boards have no occa
sion to use any force in simply offering
a beneficial opportunity to registered
persons there is no field for resistance.
If resistance is attempted later when
the Army seeks to apprehend deserters
it will instantly encounter troops of
the Federal Government."
Limited Time Given.
Tn practice under General Crowder's
construction of the law, registered
men who do not appear for examina
tion will be posted to the district
boards as selected for military serv
ice as soon as the five-day period al
lowed them to put In an appearance
after they have been summoned has
elapsed. Two days more will elapse
after their names ream the district
board to await appeal action by the
Individual. They then will be posted
to the Adjutant-General of the state
as selected to fill the quotas of their
district.
Orders for the mobilization of the
selected men will be given some time
during the present month. If the re
sister fails to obey thai order he will
be set down as absent without leave
and the machinery wilt be set in mo
tion to bring him in. When it is clear
thst he is wilfully absenting himself
with no intention of reporting to the
Army, a charge of desertion will be
placed against him. From that time
on any civil officer who arrests him
will earn a reward of $50.
President Alone Can Pardon. -
If found guilty by court martial or
desertion, the individual may be sen
tenced to death and only the President
can save him from punishment.
General Crowder believes that the
resisters in Oklahoma and elsewhere
are acting under a delusion, fostered
probably by agitators, that the;- are
conducting a political campaign against
the draft, whereas the- time for that
passed when the registration was com
pleted. The Government takes no Interest in
their proceedings now unless they fail
to report- to their companies when
called. There is no question involved
of civil court or local Juries. Thirteen
Army officers will pass on the cases
of the men when they are brought to
book and the- armed strength of the
Nation is available to bring them to
book.
As to those who are aiding or abet
ting the resisters, the situation is dif
ferent. While the Government will
make no effort to bring in men who
do not obey, the summons of the local
section boards or attempt to enforce
their attendance in any way until they
have passed Into the military status,
it will use every energy to stamp out
disorders designed to prevent the
execution of the Federal laws. Such a
step, however, would not be taken
until the Governors asked for military
forces to restore order.
General Crowder also took action to
day to reduce the number of applica
tions for' exemption which news re
ports indicate are being filed In a
telegram to all Governors, he directed
that local boards be instructed to fur
nish to newspapers hereafter, from day
to day, names of all registered men who
apply for -exemption, the grounds as
serted to support such claim,, and the
action taken by the board. In cases of
discharge for physical disqualifications
this does not apply, as they are not
cases where exemption is claimed, but
are the result of rejection by a board.
Officials believe the effect of this
order will be to curb applications for
exemption to a large extent. Men who
do not have legitimate excuses are not
expected to court the scorn of neighbors,-who
would recognize Uve weak
ness of their pleas when published.
Men whose cases are clear, however,
and who are entitled to exemption, of
ficials believe, will be glad to have
their neighbors know their circum
stances, and that it is not lack of
patriotism or fear which has prompted
them to seek relief from military serv
ice. Exemption in such cases, officials
declare, will be generally approved, and
the parents and- relatives of boys who
will be taken are entitled to know why
the boys of their neighbors were not
taken.
Far from regarding the progress of
the selection process as slow. General
Crowder believes strides are being made.
If reports were available tonight, he
said, from each of the 4600 local boards,
It would be shown that many thousands
of men already have been passed, and
are now merely awaiting orders to join
the colors. An accurate estimate of the
number in this class is not obtainable.
MEN IN GUP ARE LUCKY
REMAIMXO RTl'DEXT OFFICERS
ARE IlECOMMEXDED,
Men of Maturity and Experience In
' Leader:.nfp Favered- In . Elimi
nating Young Aspirants.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4. Barring
unforeseen contingencies, every man
remaining in the , Reserve Officers'
training camp here may consider that
he has been recommended for a com
mission, . it was learned here today.
Those who failed or recommendation
have departed by hundreds in the last
few days, bolstered ly the ,Var De
partment's suggestion that they enlist
with prospects for a non-cor -.missioned
officer's post immediately and a chance
at'a commission later on. A few will
be held over for the second training
camp.
No official list of commissions and
those who get them will be given out,
at any time, in the opinion of Army
authorities here. Each successful man
will be advised by telegraph from the
War Department. It also was an
nounced that pl list of the men now
in camp would not be available, for
military reasons.
Failure to be recommended for a
commission carried. In a large number
of instances, no reflection on the can
didate's physical or mental ability, it
was pointed out. Many young men were
passed over because others more ma
ture and seasoned were available. The
process was that of selecting the best
from a consistently high class of men
and experience in handling men was
deemed an important factor. Many
young men lacked this altogether.
GARLAND AND HARDY WIN
WESTERX PATRIOTIC DOl'BLES
CHAMPIOXSHIP CAPTIRED.
Mill Neely Defeats Miss Voorhees and
Miss Seavey and Silas Neely Are
-Victors at Chicago.
CHICAGO.-Aug. 4. Charles Garland,
of Pittsburg, and Samuel Hardy, of
Chicago, recent winners of the National
clay court title, won the Western pa
triotic doubles tennis championship to
day by defeating Walter T. Hayes and
Ralph H. Burdick, ex-Western cham
pion, in five sets, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
Miss Carrie- B. Neely, of Chicago, de
feated Miss Mary Voorhees, of Evans
ton, 111., for the women's singles cham
pionship, and Miss Neely and Miss
Evelyn Seavey, of Kansas City, won
from Miss Voorhees and Miss Miriam
Steever. of Chicago, in. the. finals of
the doubles, one set going 15-13.
The singles finals for men will be
played between Walter T. Hays, and
Samuel Hardy.
CHICAGO RIOTERS ARE HELD
Threat at War Preparations Seen in
I. W. AV. .Attitude.
CIIICAGO. Aug. 4." -A riot this after
noon near the L. Wolff Manufacturing
Company's plant, which was participat
ed in by more than 300 men and women,
was followed late today by the arrest of
15 of the riot leaders by Federal agents.
I. W. W. agitators are charged with
fomenting the demonstration.
Those arrested are now said to be un
der investigation to determine If the
riots were Intended an a threat at war
preparations, the Wolff Company hav
ing contracts to furnish sanitary equip
ment for Army And ' Navy training'
camps.
W. D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer
of-the I. W. W., denied that his organ
ization had any connection with recent
labor trouble at the Wolff plant.
LINEMEN THREATEN STRIKE
Pacific Telephone & Telegrapli Com
pany Men Demand Wageltise.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 4. Outside
Electrical Workers' Local Union, No.
77, of Seattle, has indorsed a decision
to strike and has voted to call out the
construction and maintenance men em
ployed by the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph Company in its Jurisdiction at
midnight, August 10, if demands made
through the offices of the Internation
al Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
arc not granted.
The principal demand Is for an in
crease of 20 per cent in the wages of
linemen.
Harrisburg Soldiers Entertained.
. HARRISBURG, Or., Aug. 4. (Spe
cial.) The local Red Cross chapter en
tertained Arthur Graham, Charles
Hewke, Guy Freeman, Ellis Thacker
and Arthur Cunningham, of the Third
Oregon, last night. The boys are home
on a brief furlough. They have been
on duty in Montana..
Norway Loses 33 Ships in July.
LONDON, Aug. 4. According to Nor
wegian advices, 33 Norwegian vessels,
of am aggregate of 68,000 tons, were
sunk during July. Eighteen lives were
lost as the result of the sinkings in
this period.
Famous Restaurateur Dies.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Louis Bustan
oby, one of the best-known restaurant
men in this city, proprietor of the Cafe
des Beaux Arts, died today after a
long illness, aged 44 years. J
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' gonian will be proud
of the genuine merit
of these productions,,
made here at home.
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TABS TO MOBILIZE
Second Battalion, 'Naval Mili
tia, to Leave Thursday. '
40 RECRUITS ARE WANTED
Two Hundred Men Already Are in
Organization, Which Probably Is
Last to Be Formed in Ore
gon in Present Crisis.
The Second Battalion, Oregon Naval
Militia, comprising the Second, Third
and Fourth divisions, approximately
200 men strong-, will mobilize in Port
land next Wednesday preparatory to
moving to Seattle the following day.
Official orders directing the mobiliza
tion were received yesterday by Lieu
tenant Harold C. Jones. Junior grade,
commanding - the battalion, from the
commander of the Naval Militia train
ing camp on the University of Wash
ington grounds at Seattle.
Lieutenant Jones last night was no
tifying the men of the Naval Mllltjp. at
their homes in various parts of Oregon
to mobilize at the Portland Armory
at 8 o'clock Wednesday night, August
8, for rollcall.
At 8:15 o'clock Thursday morning the
battalion will entrain for the Univer
sity of Washington training camp,
forty More Recruit Wanted.
In the meantime. Lieutenant Jones
has given orders for a final wliirlwind
recruiting campaign In the endeavor to
bring the battalion to its full war
strength of 240 men by Wednesday
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The programme includes a
delightful 2-reel comedy,
entitled
"The Tale
of a Dress"
A snappy story, delight
fully pictured in and near
Portland.
These -pictures are not the efforts o
equal of scores of professional motion
with surprising clearness the wonderful possibilities of our own
Oregon for picture-making. They are a credit to the state, to
the director, Lewis H. Moomaw, and to the American Lifeo
graph Company, which produced them. You'll like them!
Today we present for the first
time in the Northwest the marvel
ous $20,000
Vox Mystic a
Orchestral Pipe Organ
The greatest instrument ever de
signed for the proper musical in
terpretation of the photoplay
Our org-anists:
Ernest H Hunt
Niles B. Jacobus
they will delig-ht you. .
night. Enlistments will be accepted up
to the departure of the organization,
unless it Is up to full strength before
that time. . --
Recruiting 'headquarters are Rt
Fourth and Washington streets, where
Knsign J. L. Whltaker is in charge.
This probably will be the last oppor
tunity Oregon men will have to join
the state's Naval Militia, for indica
tions now are that no more divisions
will be formed.
Lieutenant Jones 'commands the Sec
ond Battalion, and the officers in com-,
mand of its three divisions are as fol
lows: Second blvlslon Ensign Robert N.
Munly, senior division officer; no Jun
ior division officer.
Third Division Ensign Frank B. Up
shaw, senior division officer; no jun
ior division officer.
Fourth division Ensign J. L. Whita
ker, senior division officer; Ensign
Bernard McDonald, Junior division of
ficer. - Commissions Must Walt.
Owing to the shortness of the time
between now and the mobilization
Lieutenant Jones said It will not be
possible to get out papers commission
ing Arthur A. Hair as ensign and J. E.
Kennefick as pay clerk, promotions
that were recommended to the Navy
Department yesterday by George A.
White. Adjutant-General of the Ore
gon National Guard.
They will go' to the University of
Washington training camp with the
status of enlisted men, but will be
commissioned as soon as the proper
papers arrive from Washington.
Sergeant Hall gave up a position with
the Southern Pacific Company, where
for seven years he had been handling
the accounting and filing system in the
company's offices here, to enlist as a
private in the National Guard.
Sergeant Kennefick has been on duty
In the Adjutant-General's office since
July Z.' He was formerly exchange
teller at the Hibernia Bank.
Lieutenant Jones announced last
night that several citizens and the
Portland and Multnomah hotels have
offered to provide quarters for mem
bers of the Naval Militia from out ol
the city pending their mobilization.
Reed College also has offered to look
after a large number of men.
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You'll be en
tranced by the ex
cellence of these
feature photo
plays; the first
ever produced in
the Northwest.
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FUEL SHORTAGE ALARMS
UMATILLA FARMERS SEND S. O. S.
TO GOVERNOR.
Manager of Standard Oil Company at
Pendleton Reports Stock of Dis
tillate Received.
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TENDLETON. Or., Aug. 4. (Spe
cial.) Alarmed by a temporary short
age of distillate here yesterday, Uma
tilla County farmers today telegraphed
to Governor -Wlthycombe'and to the
State Council of Defense, meeting in
Portland, asking relief from the possi
bility of a more serious shortage dur
ing the harvest season.
The trouble yesterday. Manager Roy
DeWitt,. of the Standard Oil Company
here explained, was caused by a sud
den demand, on the part of several
farmers, for large amounts of distil
late in preparation for their harvest
runs. -
The storage plant of the company
here is small and an application for
permission to enlarge it was refused
by the Council a few months ago. Mr.
DeWitt said that his supplies arrived
this morning. There has been no
shortage of gasoline. A'early all of the
larger farmers of the district use motor
power, ana a shortage of fuel during
the harvest season would work irre
parable damage here.
' Koseburg Undertaker Named.
ROSEBURG, Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.)
M. E. Rltter, a Roseburg undertaker,
today was appointed County Coroner to
succeed Dr. C. B. Wade, who left last
night for Bremerton, Wash., to enter
the naval service. Dr. Wade will servi
aa assistant surgeon.
Grants Pass Chamber to Visit.
GRANTS PASS." Or., Aug. 4. (Spe
cial.) The Grants Pass Chamber of
Commerce has accepted an invitation
from the Crescent City chamber to at-,
p E O F
"A Portland Institution"
Another great show ; a genuine treat
Starts Today
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Portland can make good pictures, as
well as build mighty ships. Come to
day and we'll prove it.
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A brand-new, fascinating six-act comedy-drama
of life in the rugged West,
featuring Miss Ruth Weiland and a
splendid cast of capable players.
amateurs,
pictures.
but are
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tend a three-day good roads celebration
at that city during the week of August
It. Governor Stephens, of California,
and the State Highway Commission will
be in attendance. Chairman Benson, of
the Oregon Highway Commission, will
be there.
MRS. C. BLANCHARD BRIDE
Portland Woman Weds Kellogg,
Idaho, Mining Engineer.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 4. (Spe
cial.) L. E. Livenshire. a mining man
of Kellogg, Idaho, and Mrs. Carrie
Blanchard, of Portland, were married
here Friday. They registered at the
Arlington Hotel.
Mrs. Clara Blanchard's Portland ad
dress is at 6414 Sixty-fourth avenue
Southeast, and she left Portland sev
eral days ago to be married to L. E.
Livenshire, a mining engineer, who
for some time was stationed at Hub
bard, Or. Mrs, Blanchard is the widow
of the late Dr. Clayton Blanchard, a
dentist, and is herself a trained nurse.
She is well known in Portland. Mr.
and Mrs. Blanchard will make their
home nt Kellogg, Idaho.
CURRY INVESTMENTS MADE
New York Capitalists Plan to be
.velop Platinum Properties.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Aus. 4. (Spe
cial.) L. B. Newby. a New York cap
italist, has invested heavily in Curry
County leases where platinum has
been prospected and will return here
in October with other capitalists to
establish mines on the Madden prop
erty, adjoining the Sixes River, not far
from the Curry County highway.
It Is the plan of the company Mr.
Newby represents to open the first
mine on a 500-yard daily capacity and
begin work in November, at the com
mencement of the rainy season. The
prospecting extended over a year and
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