1918. GERMAN ATTACKS ON GERARD REFUTED BYK AISER'SQWN HAND Official Gazette Denies Truth of Former Ambassador's Publication in The Oregonian of the Now Famous Message Sent by Emperor William to President Wilson. THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, APRIL ITER 1J17. ! BT JAMES W. GERARD, ism-rlraa Anbuudor at tno CntM Im-r-orlai Cun July -'3. I'M, to F.bnaarr . 1M. Author of "Mr Foor Yoara In Gor nur (Coprunt, 1U. 7 Pusue Uctv ITER the appearance. In August. In The Oregonlan and othe newspapers in America ana in Telegraph, la England, of the message of the Kaiser to President Wilson, the official North German Gasette. evl ciently unaware of the fsct that the original message of the Kaiser In his can hand was In my possession, pub' lijb-d the following: -The London Pally Telegraph pub llshes from the memoirs of former Am bassador Gerard a telegram that his Jlajestr the Kaiser Is alleged to have ent to President WlliOD on August i .!, and In which the events before the participation of England la the reent war are set ionn. -wo. aro. In thse circumstances. In the position to give the assurance that a telegram of the Jvaiser or. ton u ture does not exist. "It la correct that an audience was granted to Ambassador Gerard en Au cuat te. Isli. In order to give the op portunity to soread before bis Msjesty the peace-mediation offer of President ,S iMun. -The personal message of President Wilson to the Kaiser runs as iouoa As official head of one of the powers 'which signed The Hague Convention. 1 feeU according to Article III ot tnis Convention. It la niy right ana my auiy to declare to you la the spirit of the truest friendship that I would welcome eiery opportunity to act In the Interest of the peace of Europe, wneiner now or at another mora niling lime. War Already Beaa. T.i nroBoaltlon came at a time sjrhen the opposing armies' had already crossed the frontiers and when It eeemed out of the question to halt the anarch of events. -Ht Majesty could, therefore, only transmit to the President his thanks fr the mediation offered and to add thereto that It was too early for the mediation of a neutral power, but that Inter the friendly proposition of Presi dent Wilson could be taken op again. "His MaJ'sty the Emperor then talked for some time with the American Am bassador and set forth to him sepa rately the events which led to the out biealc of the war. Particularly did the v-.i. -.11 .tt.ntlon to the equivocal and vnloyal position of England "n,c!J fcad destroyed the hope oi a pean "The setting forth of Ambassador r- . hi. mpmnin seems to oe a contradiction ot m "" -I Teve x i3 Iff ffr trffjtifiit $ Britfar. Eri- Z-- . m mm.-. si a aa a e sane - aw oaa, mmf &n. tittii Us Atittrs &Stk. UH rr Jipes'asw Ai J4 4wicr ex- JL&wT (lAsneW 4-"rVuo .UmZ -f iL fauuv. s Q JL a a 'l . J ihlvi5H vW; n. fJ JJrc KZ f,f AjeLo A&j Ax mu. . tl-JfJU a.o mtm I ao Uk SSa. a? Cslsgremsa i?r. $fritit Us aSiiffr iJ &ri$. FIRST A5D LAST PAGES OF THE KAISER'S PERSONAL MESStGK TO PRESIDENT WILSOX ATGIST 10. 1814, ADDRESSED TO THE PRES IDES? PERSONALLY AND WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY EMPEROR WILLIAM. If the press of enemy countries sees .i.h... in thia. that only shows that they are not acquaimea wiin tierman White Book which eta forth three events. -l oealblr. during the Interviews, the Kmperor wrote down notes for the Am bassador la order that the latter should rot eend anything Incorrect to Wash ington. In this case we have to do only with certain notes to aid the memory of the Ambassador, not with a communi cation of the Kmperor to President U aoa F.solaaaHoa Lass and Silly. The Tageblatt reprinted this lame and silly explanation in lt Issue of August 1J. and complained that, although Us correspondent at The Hague sent, on August 7. lli. this part of my Mrat book In a telegram, only on August 11 did the government permit the delivery to the Tageblatt of this tory from the correspondent. Then the newspsper dispatch bad to be submit ted to the cenaorshlp officials, who only rolesaed it for publication at midnight. The Tageblatt says "the form of the ex planation which baa now appeared In ho North Herman Gasette can hardly be called very happy. What does this mean -possibly during the interview the Kalaer wrote down notes for the Ambassador In order that the latter ehould not eend anything Incorrect to Washington T Now. after a week the occurrence must have been fathomed and It was not necessary to make use of a poaalbly." Coutd Mr. Gerard con alder these 'notes' In the handwriting ot the Emperor as a draft for a tele- gramT And no tnese notes rro telegram of the Emperor to Wilson as air. uiiiu ' t'easershlp Systran Easeoed. Toes not the Tageblatt article gtve a glimpae not only of how the newspapers of Germany are hampered and censored, but of the positively glorious Incompe tency of the government officials who denied the existence of an original document In the Kalser'a own hand which the mo.-t elementary Inquiries In their own circle would have disclosed not only was In existence but in my poe session? The redoubtable Reventlow, writing in the Conservative Tagea Zeltung. commented as follows: "Kaiser William had possibly for his answer written down notes and given them to Gerard, but these were only helps for Gerard's memory and It was rot a question of a direct communica tion of the German Kaiser to the l'real drnt. In accordance with the Gerard' rvports. It now eeeme that nevertheless the Ambassador telegraphed the Im pert.il notes Immediately and literally to Washington. Mr. Gerard has, there fore, again In this respect lied, which: ts not surprising.- I Keventlow, of conrse. had not then seen the facsimile of the Kaiser's tele- j strain, wnirn is neaoea in nis own nana. To the President, personally." Rrveallew'a Denial Coalrsaarloa. Later the other German newspapers took the Foreign Office to task for risking such a weak denial of an in controvertible fact. And note the charming parliamentary language of Orar old Reventlow. The article, by Reventlow. comment ing oa my publication of the Kaiser's personal message to President Wilson, of Auc-uat 1. llt. which appeared in the Tages Zeitung of August It. last. i Interesting because Keventlow is without doubt the oracle and mouth pice of the Prussian Conservatives, lie continued to attack me In this ar ticle, but much of the attack is In Teality praise, and. as we say In ex pressive slang, "every knock la too.t."" The article continues: "It is very desirable to know If the farmer Chancellor was present at the audience; It Is regrettably not Incon ceivable, but It Is a new proof of the Incompetence of the Chancellor that he did not. according to hie duty, inform b:i Imperial Lord of the political per sonality and character of a man like Gerard. "In the L-boat crisis Mr. Gerard had torn able to play a quite decisive part, lie was. like Mr. von Bethmann-Holl-weg. entirely of the view that the Ger man empire must give In to the de mands of the I'nitei Stales and con stantly showed himself wonderfully In formed about what step each inner circle would for the moment take. "The influence of Mr. Gerard la all the more a shameful and heavy re proach for the official leadership of Mr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. since this American Ambassador, while aa in triguer, was not a personality. "Out when Gerard said anything, wished anything or threatened any thing, that Imparted always a fear exciting event, and he was finally sly enough to eixe and use this halo to the limit. That a man like Gerard has Deea able through all these years to win and keep such a position and such an influence over German affairs is .-without example." .t I must roi:y put aside the bale going on. I certainly did my best to persuade Hethmann-Hollweg and on agow and Ztrumermann aa well as tne Emperor and numberless others from defying America. If Von Bethmann- Hollweg and any of the others were against ruthless submarine war. seeing that to adopt any other policy would brins; America Into this war. then they took this position and history will prove them right. Reventlow aays further: "In the Winter ot lslt-17 one dreamed already of loans and Imports from the I'nlted States during the peace nego tiatlona. Mr. Gerard came back from America with alms for the wounded, and the result of his sublime patience and that of Mr. von Bethmann-Hollweg was pictured by the Gerard celebration in Berlin. "Then came the decision for ruthless submarine war. The first time In his Ambassadorial service was Mr. Gerard surprised, and the men who entertained him were also surprised, for they dreamed of and wished for quite other things. It Is Incorrect. If it has been stated, that at the time of the Gerard celebration ruthless submarine war had already been agreed on. That came later." Sabsea War Net f aexpeetesU. But I did know that ruthless sub marine war was coming, knew of the orders given, and this is proved not only by my reports, which are still secret, but by what I told not only many people In America, but several editors who with my full approval pub lished article showing this belief. I am obliged to Reventlow for what he says of me. I admire him aa a pow erful writer, for whose ability I have a deep respect, and perhaps If I were a Prussian Junker I would follow him aa blindly and confidently as do the army and navy officers, the nobles, great and small, and the land-holding squires of Prussia, to whom his writings are as seductive as the pipings of the Pled Piper to the townsfolk ot Hamelin. Reventlow's charge of lying was made In the line of his duty as a Prussian Junker, according to the best traditions of a Prussian government and di plomacy, but It Is so thoroughly dis proved and the authenticity ot the Kaiser's telecramso universally ad- whlch Reventlow so graciously hands I mltted In Germany, even In official cir me. While I was Informed of what waa cles there, that I feel only sorrow for a Prussian nobleman and Junker and editor compelled by the exigencies of his position to make so ridiculous a statement. I think thn . the Germans Just now are beginning' to realize that I always told them the truth and treated them fairly, a procedure, I admit, far more disconcerting and disturbing to them than the most subtle wiles and moves of the old diplomacy. Yen Bethsaaaa-Ilollweg's Denial Given. Von Bethmann denied that the peace terms as set forth In my book were bis (he did not deny that they are the terms of the Junkers), and criticised me for "unethically" publishing an account of my experiences In Germany. This is what he said: "la his published report of this par ticular conversation Mr. Gerard at tributed utterances to me which may have been made in other quarters in Germany and to which he frequently re ferred In the progress of our conversa tion, but which were not my own. This applies especially to those references to Germany's alleged Intentions to seize Liege and Namur and of Uermany s plans to take possession of the Belgian ports, the railways and to establish mil itary and commercial dominion over that country. I never unfolded snch German war aims to Mr. Gerard. In the course of my several conversations with him. as also in our discussion last January, I Invariably referred to my Reichstag speeches, in which I stated that Ger many would exact positive guarantees that Belgian territory and politics would not in the future be exploited as a menacing factor against us. I did not make any statement as to the nature of these guarantees. In the progress of our conversation Mr. Gerard suggested that the realiza tion of far-reaching aspirations in Bel gium would give King Albert merely a sham authority, and asked whether It would not be better for Germany to forego such plana and instead of them endeavor to acquire Liege, which Mr. Gerard thought possible of achievement. Perhaps this suggestion was a bait Intended to provoke a reply from me. If so, the attempt failed, in an my dis cussions with the Ambassador on this subject I referred to my public utter endeavoring to procure a peace that would permit us to live in cordial and neighborly relations with Belgium. "Shirt-Sleeve" Diplomacy Cited. "Mr. Gerard's memory would seem also to have served him faultily when he wrote down what was said about Russia. He dealt but superficially with Germany's eastern war aims, observing that the United States' interest in this direction was very limited and that Germany undoubtedly would have a free hand there. For Rcumania and Serbia he also revealed very slender sympathy. Mr. Gerard did not obtain out of my mouth any of the statements concerning these countries which he attributes to me. "When diplomats undertake to ex ploit their official career for journal istic purposes they are very apt to bo misled Into putting into mouths of foreign statesmen utterances which either are the creation of an ample imagination or are based on faulty memory. Discussion of political opin ions is bound to be transitory and fleet ing. "You Americans are impetuous peo ple. You do not seem to permit even your retiring diplomats to observe the traditional silences nor have you the patience to abide the post-mortem pub lication of their memoirs. S.ir Edward Goschen (former British Ambassador to Germany and Austria) or Jules Camtion (former French Ambassador to Germany, the United States and Spain) probably could excel Mr. Gerard in revelations of entertaining diplo matic history and gossip. Count von Bernstorff, former Ambassador to the United States, too, I imagine might startle us with a diary of his Washing ton experiences. "In Europe, however, it -was seen that publication of such matters were best postponed by common consent to later period when Judgments were both calm and more mature. Mr. Gerard, however, may hold the special license, conferred by shirt-sleeve di plomacy, as you-call it, and I shall not dispute his prerogatives. But he must not give his Imagination the free rein." Gerard Replies te Doctor Hollweg. And this was my answer published In the New York Times for September 2, 1917: " "Doctor Hollweg apparently did not have the exact copy of my articles, for if he had read them he would have seen clearly that I said the peace terms described were the German peace terms and not the opinions of the Chancellor. Dcctor Hollweg said he himself was subject to the rule of the military party of Germany and could not follow his own desires. "In the second place. Doctor Hollweg admits that the German Government Intended to exact guarantees from Bel gium, and makes the admission himself after the interview in which he so sharply criticises me. "Thirdly. I ask if those terms as cited are not the German peace terms, then what are the German peace terms? "Doctor Hollweg gives nothing dif ferent from these and so it might be assumed they are the German terms, after all. I consider it a matter ot great regret that the German Govern ment put Doctor Hoilweg out of office, and I feel that personally he is bitterly opposed to the ruthless submarine war far of the German government and that he only refrained from resigning his office out of deference to the wishes of Emperor Wilhelm. "I presume he was put out because his ideals were too liberal for the Ger man authorities to endure. This liberal ity is shown in the interview. I am sor ry to take issue with Dr. Hoilweg on this subject because I have a great admiration for him and I think he is a fine old fellow. Old-Style Diplomacy Blamed for V ar. "The old-time diplomacy which Dr. Hoilweg advocated has succeeded in plunging almost the whole world into the bloodiest war of history. When the people of a nation know what is going on in the seats of government such wars cannot happen. "I do not believe in back-stairs diplo macy any more than Dr. Hoilweg. I believe the people of a nation are en- titled to know what is going on. Thls German diplomacy may be all right in a monarchy of the most limited type, but it will not go at all in a modern democracy. "As to the ethics of publishing my memoirs now, I pass over the obvious repartee that to hear a German speak of ethics borders on the ludicrous, and especially the man who openly in the Kelchstag announced that necessity knows no law and that the German troops were at that moment deliber ately volating the neutrality of Bel gium." "But I believe that the old-style diplomacy In the dark caused this war. Of course, it Is hard for a German ex official to conceive that the people have a right to be enlightened about this awful calamity. But I hope, one of the results of this war will be the end of back-stairs diplomacy. When the Ger mans, with the Chancellor's approval, violated the usage of all nations and times and kept me as' a hostage after I had demanded my passports, I think to talk of ethics comes with a bad grace irom the German side. , Ex-Chancellor Talks of Ethic. Understand that Bethmann-Hollweg is not a bad man, but for one who openly announced that necessity knows no law and defended the invasion of Belgium, failed to stop the cruelties of the prison camps and gave official. if not private, consent to the murder of women and babies, not only on the high seas, but in undefended towns, to talk of ethics because I dared to tell the world what was happening in verges on the ludicrous; but why at tack poor Bethmann? Opportunity knocked at his door, but the want of a cacKDone prevented his becoming a great figure. . History will laud him for opposing ruthless submarine war so . long, hue- will blame him for weakly yielding i&ZZ lilt) Y?iiu. as lor liio t.mii:, iihtc" been careful to give only official con-i.'-- Rpthmann Vnn Jcnw 5immrm nn " " ana others. . inciudlne- mv talks wltn - Bethmann and Zimmermann on the day i icil uciuiuii), ucunuau 11. was uiiuvi . , I . .1., un..l ' ' never be disclosed whatever happened. And as time goes on more and more UU X UC1ICVO 1110.L II1BLUI y Will VlllUlVjtlO Von Jagow and teach the Emperor and V the people of Germany that a faithful ana skihiui servant, snouia never uu, stiiiiiii.tru l u 1 1 1 c ijiki.guca ui a 11" gossiping politicians. It is part of the strength of President Wilson that he backs up his officials and refuses to listen even to widespread popular clamor for their heads. It was the business of Von Jagow to conduct the foreitrn nolicv of Germanv: but the in triguers demanded his removal because he was too occupied to waste time talk-. ing to amateur politicians and because nis voice did not charm the Reichstag.. BUTTER, NOT GOLD, IS MOST PRECIOUS OF ALL ARTICLES IN ENGLISH HOSPITALS Edith Lanyon Writes Interestingly of Life With the Fighting Men in England Greatest Recent Event Is Arrival of American Soldiers En Route to the Battle Zone King Sends Congratulations. ' BY EDITH E. LANYON'. SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, March 9. I have been taking a few mag azines and cigarettes to our sol dier patients. These were provided by a kind friend of mine In California. 1 added a new copy of the Ladies' Home Journal and it seemed to greatly Inter est a big flying man. He told me, with a grin, that he showed all the pictures of scrumptious food to the boys in the ward and made their mouths water. Thia particular copy had by mistake two sheets of paper dolls in instead of one. I was therefore able to make two little girl patients happy, so It was a lucky mistake for them. One of these soldiers was asked how his leg was fractured and he replied: "One of those things with long legs kicked me." Can anybody guess the name of the animal? Kipling has immortalized It. I carelessly forgot the matches to go with the cigarettes, but remembered them next day. MatehM Scarce In Hospitals. Matches are getting so uncommonly ances. In which I emphaszled that I was I scarce th we shall soon have to rub two sticks together to get a light. Our scout boy will undoubtedly be able to manage that way. My army service corps man. who was kicked, informed me confidentially that his sergeant-major was in the military hospital quite near. "Do you want to see him?" said L "I'm not very keen," said he. We both smiled understanding. Those in authority are not always greatly in request with their juniors. That other hospital is rather annoyed with us at present because we "stole (so their sister expressed it) an appen dicitis case of theirs. I assured her we had appendicitis cases "to burn1 and would not dream of going out of our way to appropriate one that did not beyong to us. Children Balk at Operations. If everybody had their rights our soldiers belong to them, too. Our out patients this week Included a number of unfortunate boys and girls who have to have their little noses and ears syringed. They simply hate the operation and splutter and wail extravagantly all the time it is being done. Their only joy lies in the fact that they are half an hour or so late HOW PORTLAND MIGHT BE BOMBARDED BY THE BIG GUN OF THE HUNS, IF OREGON WERE FRANCE. yr3iA ' jfejr- crrr4- For Pwrpowes ef CeaaparUea the Above Mum. Drawa by a Staff Artist of The Oregoalap. Shows Distant Points la Oregoa From Which Portland Might Be Bom kardool by Sara Artillery aa le -Now Tralaed ea Paris. All Polata Indicated by the Dotted Limes of Suppositions Shellflre Are Witala a 75-Mlle Radios, the Kstlaaated Haiit of the Geraaaa Uaa. Some conception of the giant range of Germany's latest war device, the mysterious cannon which Is bombarding Paris from an estimated distance of 75 miles, may be gained by a glance or two at the map of Oregon. Far be it from Portland to pretend to Parisian distinction, but If Portland were Paris and Oregon was to be translated "somewhere in France," the city by the Willamette let us say, the Seine would afford an excellent target from the snows of Mount Jefferson for such a monster of modern artillery as the Huns have trained on the French capital. Vfunt Jefferson. In a southeasterly direction, looms approximately on the line of an Imaginary circle of 75-mile radius, with Portland as its focal center.. So dees the thriving Oregon city of The Dalles, almost dlrecUy east of Portland. From either point, the pinnacle of Jefferson or the City Hall of The Dalles, the big gun could plump Its ZOO-pound shell Into the Portland shopping district on a busy afternoon. Napa vine. Wash., is also strategically located for such an attack from the north, while to the west both Astoria and Tillamook are well within the radius of range. As for the military students of Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallls, to the south, did they but possess the giant gun, they might shoot either at a ship In the distant blue Pacific or a church spire in Portland, for the city of the "Aggies" is within the radius of range. While imagining these sanguinary developments.lt is proper to remember that each of the points named is equally within range of Portland, and that the merry ilaxamaa. cavorting gleefully on the crags of Mount Jefferson, might find their picnic onerous should Portland fire a round at the big peak. And there you are. A huge state Is Oregon. On travels by train and stage, by horse and foot, up dale and down dale, to gain some point bo remote from human habitation that the mountain trout know nothing whatever of the danger that lurks in a dusky miller. But the new hate device of the Hun would cough gruffly and annihilate bo in distance and icenerjr, for school, which is always gratifying. One poor child could easily have ac ceded to Mark Antony's famous re quest:: "Lend me your ears," for he has nearly cut them oil by falling on the sharp edge of a coal pan. How he could do them both at once is beyond me, as I remarked to his mother. A big man from an iron works, who had part of his thumb amputated, came here in a hurry a few days ago and complained that the muscles of his arm were still stiff. "Look, nurse, this is the movement I want to get," he said, hitting out with that arm in a most pugilistic man ner. "Gracious, are you a prize fighter?" I asked him. He laughed and laughed and at last saia: "No, I'm a riveter." We referred him to the masseuse up stairs. o o Quite a small boy. one of our splut tering army of syringees, has recently adopted us and the whole out patient department. We call him our orderly and he begs to be allowed to wash our windows or dust for us. He is a dear little chap and calls the swabs "swamps." Not a bad name, as we use wet ones. Greatly to the envy of the children who are only patients, he is always turning the bandage roller when he has nothing else to do. He turns it at a high rate of speed, full or empty, and when it has eaten up one bandage it shrieks until it gets an other. Its squeak is so brain-racking that we usually hand him out another bandage to wind in self-defense. He considers himself a great expert at powdering rubber gloves. Some times, if our orderly scrubs his hands very, very clean, we let him cut up 'swamps." That is the height of bliss. Sometimes, when I am in town, I see a boy stand at attention and salute me and it generally turns out to be one of my grateful young patients. I, of course, feel quite bucked up. But a sad thing happened yesterday. went to an entertainment in aid of the hospital and one of my most regu lar patients was sitting three rows be hind me, he in "the pit," I in the stalls, and I never saw him. He elmost wept with regret this morning as he told me: I were right back o' they three sol diers, nurse, and you very nearly looked right at me once." I expressed my keen disappointment at missing him like that, "and you swanking to the theater in a nice, clean head bandage that I put on you myself in the morning," as I said to him. Anyway, we were able to compare notes on the merits of the entertain ment and that made us feel decidedly superior to other people who had not been and could hear us talking. Both society people, we are. More over, he once spent a day in London, because he told me so. Mainly at the soo. The only unwelcome food I have seen lately was a weird meal of oatmeal porridge ana Dismum, wnicn a poor unfortunate patient had to swallow be fore he was examined by the X-rays for some internal trouble. He was not at all anxious for more than his ration. Generally we are all quite grateful for anything in the food line which comes our way. A friend told me that she counted 00 plum stones in a pound pot of plum she bought. We have some of the same sort and I call it "tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor jam." Stones are not very nourishing. They ought to have them for munitions. o o o They tell me that in London you can get "buckwheat cakes and mulberry syrup," American style. I remarked that they were usually served with maple syrup, but I suppose they thought anything that began with an "m ' would do in war time. Likes and dislikes are certainly out of season. If we want to express the idea of great Talue we say a thing is "worth ion in benevolence is to give up part , or one s meat or ouiter ration to a con - .. 1 ..iAnil ... 1 Hi a i i rr n Il.intltll . h nr inKrunr.,. m. niiiniv eki k uua 111 dividual will head the list with a do- -nation of two ounces of his meat ra? .-. tion to maKe Deer tea. io ooudi even a widow s mite or a numoie nair ounce of margarine will be gratefully accepts .... ed. Especially if the convalescent one - " is a typhoid case. Truly, the Lord loveth a cheerful . giver. Of course real invalids can get a spe-;...l ciai allowance Dy tre use oi a aoctors n- certincate. : I have mentioned in former letters i tne amount or. our rations, unis is not--; the national ration, but the local one. ; ' We shall be more generously provided :. ., , ., n .ha ... i ...... 1 Ana .1 ' V. ... It la , ,1 come into use early in April. .. . voluntary service at the food control - -office here this week. Peonle have been i asking me questions regarding food supplies ever since. o o a The great event of the week is that - at last 1 have seen some American soi- -diers. To tell the truth, in my mad ., rush to get to the window and have a .- -look at them I upset a whole pot of a , tea on the table. .. Last evening, as I was on my way-"-. khaki talking pure United States. T V. .. MnHA .V.nn hair a mini .1 cfnn.' rnnrA nn Tno Rrrffr rnrnur h n in n ill thA conversation. If I see manv more T ln11nA .n m, i a nntino' in the window: "American understood here." Two days ago I am sure I heard an aeroplane with an American accent go . ove" the house. In a sDeech -of Lord Denbieh's he speaks of a recently captured Hun, who . said: "I am getting worried. We have . Gott on our side, but you have the Americans." I have heard again from the Oregon hnvs In Franca ntiH hnvA RAnt them Off a parcel of books and magazines with , the compliments of Portland. No doubt they will write their thanks in due time. One of them, a corporal, writes: "The Germans sure make a mistake when they think the old United States won't be ready for fighting before this ' Summer. As he speaks Belgian, he gets on very welL - o - The mother of mv friend, the ser- geant-gunner, has received a letter from the King. She let me copy it out and it runs thus: This non-commissioned officer was mentioned in a dispatch from Field Ufarnhnl Sir Tlnnirlfls TTaler. dated No- vemher 7. 1917. for erallant and distin guished service in the field. I am to'. , elation of these services and to add that .. His Majesty trusts that their public acknowledgement may be of some con-, solation in your bereavement." KALAMA-WORKER NOTABLE Mrs. Carrie Carson Turns Out Much.. . Sewing for Soldiers. KALAMA, Wash., April . (Special.) Mrs. Carrie Carson, of Kalama, has made an enviable and unusual record m Red Cross work. Last Fall, when word : came from headquarters to rush quilts along as fast as possible, Mrs. Carson completed seven quilts for the Red Cross in a little over four weeks' time. . She made the quilts entirely without assistance, from the piecing to the quilting. Later she completed three ' more. The quilts were pieced accord ing to elaborate, old-fashioned designs . that have been in Mrs. Carson's posses sion for years. This year Mrs. Carson turned her energies into sewing for hospital sup plies, and in three months completed nearly 160 shirts, pajama coats and trousers for wounded soldiers. Albany Banker Resigns. ALBANY, Or., April 6. (Special.) Neil M. Bain, a young man widely -known in banking circles In this part of the Willamette Valley, has resigned as assistant cashier of the First Na tional Bank of Harrisbura to accept a... position with the Hammond Lumber Company, at Astoria. Mr. Bain, who re- sided in Albany for several years he fore going to Harrisburg, was formerly ita weight in butter." The latest fash- cashier of the Albany State Sank.