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THE SUNDAY t dREGOXIAN, . PORTLAND," JtTCT 21, 1918. OREGON UNIVERSITY LADS : WIND UP MONTHS STRENUOUS TRAINING WITH HIKE UP McKENZIE AND SHAM BATTLE One Hundred and Fifty of Colonel John M. Leader's Proteges Break Camp After Experiences Tending to Equip Them for Service Overseas, in Case They Shall Later Be Called Into the Army. .. . GOODRICH TRUCK IT! RE SERVICE THIS is a year when service writes history. ' Your truck must served before. serve as it never 18 I i - V " S - - fJ .t f , "4 , I '1 ' ' Sy,. - f 1 , . ;f"!tA i , sv - - CJ .v:; i-- : .r! " .gj -J?j'JFJ.yrj sTKrjr." .... '' UNIVERSITT OP OREGON SUM MER TRAINING CAMP. Eu gene, July 20. One hundred and fifty Oregronians who have been re ceiving military instruction at the Uni versity of Oregon In preparing them Bflves as candidates for commissiona In the United States Army broke camp today after a month of strenuous train ing under the direction of Colonel John M. Leader. The next step for the Summer camp student who aspires to become an offi cer in the Army will be enrollment in a central cfficers' training camp school in connection with which enlistment in the service for the period of the war is required. Fifty-seven of the men who have Just completed the course of training at the university have ijlven formal no tice of their intention to make appli- cation for admission .to a. central offi cers' training school, through . Colonel V. H. c. Bowen, military instructor at the university, who has been designat ed as one of the regular Army officers in Oregon to examine and recommed men for admission to these schools. Twenty-Mile Hike .Taktn. The closing days of the first Summer camp were marked by a 20-mile hike on the McKenzie River, a night in the forest, followed by a 12-hour shift in the trenches, with an attack at -night by "Boche" forces. Dynamite bombs, Tockets. and the explosion of mines in "no man's land" gave the practice bat tle all the appearances of real war fare. The battle was staged along the lines of actual observations made by Colonel Leader while in service on the Western' front. -' . - - " Precisely at 3:30 -o'clock companies A and B, commanded by Captain 'J. A. McKinnon and Lieutenant : Robert 5. !McNary, went into the northern trenches of the training camp -system. and C and D occupied those 200 yards to the south, with -Captain E. E. Bro sius and Major Charles Comfort direct ing their activities. , ' Thus the hostilities opened. An. un wary and uninitiated private in .the southern" trench allowed his. head to be seen over the "top." The' sharp rack'of an enemy sniper's rifle woke him with a start and he kept off the 'Xlring 'step for a time.' From then on until dark observers stationed on the high ground seldom saw a sign, of life .in me rieia oeiow ihem, but an occa clonal shot would tell of- some move men that, had escaped their eye. ' ; Mght Battle Staved. As darkness settled down the firing bcame more regular and an occasional lud -explosion told that' the artillery was getting into action.. Sharp infan try volleys would follow the ascent of I. ares and rockets that revealed nront ir-Z parties on "No Man's Land" as they v-nt up. Now and then stretches of the barbed wire, entanglement could be seen under the glare of rockets or in the flashes of mines exploding between tno trench lines. Towards midnight tne Dattie grew notter and hotter and the flashes came "faster and faster, until there was hardly a minute of darkness over the field.-. The crash of explosions grew Into an almost steady roar. At 4:30 o'clock Friday morning the oiticers made their reports no casu alties, no advantages. The sentries had actecr.ea every attempt at an enemy raid in .time for r it to be successfully beaten off. The battle was over. Men rolled the blankets In which they had nought to gain a wink of sleep on the firing line during the quieter moments or the night and fell into line for the Carch back-to quarters. , .. Four Companies Reviewed.' The closing feature of the camp this morning. was a review of the four com panies on the Cemetery Ridge drill ground by Colonel Leader. The day yesterday was devoted almost entirely to. rest and recreation, with a reception , and dance in the evening. The second Summer training camp will be given August 3 to 31. When the applications are all in It ; is ex pected approximately one-fifth of the 240 or more who will be chosen for the next camp will be men who were en rolled for. the first session of training. They will be members of an advanced class for which special courses will be provided. . r ' - Mmm "I" f i n o)rni-liiitf-rrrhr-' in niTI r ! ifcirrUifi-i -V 'nuTrfl'fai ltlin HTn 'ii iTiTMMl "iiwii I'nii'ffrwilf nr,mitl fcr -ftTf-' .ln MiiwI .ter -fiaing Over Top In 3fight Attack. 2 Hendrlck, of Drain, at Listening 'Post. by.Gourley.) EUGENE CAfilP LURES Many Oregon Men Seek Train ing at University. CAMP TO OPEN AUGUST 3 Portland - Applicants Are TTrged to .Inclose $3 to Cover Expense of . Conducting Examinations; Age Limit -Is Fixed at 40. UNIVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene, July 20. (Special.) More than 100 persons, mostly from the western part of - the state, have - made inquiry to Colonel William H. C. - Bowen, pro fessor of military -science and tactics in the . university, - asking, for infor mation regarding the central officers' training schools just opened in the East. Many :of the prospective appli cants are from Portland. Colonel Bowen announced today that he would go to Portland to examine applicants if a sufficient number should request it, instead of conduct ing .the examinations in Eugene, which is authorized in the Adjutant-General's announcement. He asks that each ap plicant in Portland enclose with his application- postofflce money order for $3 to apply on the "cost of his trip there. . The unused portion of the money, he says, will be returned pro rata to the senders. No applicant will be considered by Colonel Bowen, who has passed his 40th birthday, but exceptionally well qualified men who are only slightly above that limi$ will be referred to the Adjutant-General of the United States for a decision. - Each, applicant, is. required to. send Exploding Mine on "No Man's Land." Photo by Courier.; . 4 Company B to Mr. Bowen ' on a blank' to be "fur nished by the Cofonel a certificate from a surgeon as to his "physical con dition. ' . . . The Colonel urges - that all pros pective applicants, who can arrange to do so attend the second Summer train ing camp to be conducted at the Uni- PORTL.WD DEXf 1ST AT TfAVY . TRAlMXti 'STATION. 4' Dr. W. I. .North op. Dr. W. I. Northup. Portland dentist, who maintained offices in . the Oregonian building, is now stationed as a dental surgeon at the United . States Navy training camp at Great Lakes, 111. He bears the rank of Lieutenant, junior grade. The force of dental sur-. geons at this station numbers 28 members. Mrs. Northup is with her husband. For this reason she will not be on hand this year to defend her title as state cham pion in the women's singles in. the tennis tournament, which opens tomorow. if 11 i (Photo by Gonrley.) 3 Private E. II. Entering , Trenches , for Mcht. , (Phot versity of Oregon from August 3 to 31. as preparation for the- training school. It will be useless at this time, ac cording to Colonel Bowen. to inquire about coast artillery, engineering or aviation tamp, as he is not authorized to .receive applications for -training schools in these branches of the serv ice. .. . .. The infantry instruction will be given in Camp 'Lee, near Petersburg, Va.; Camp Gordon, near Atlanta, Ga.. and Camp Pike, near Little Pock. Ark. The Oregon men will be sent to Camp Pike. Field antillery training will be given at Camp Taylor, near Louisville. Ky.t and machine gun instruction at Camp Hancock, near Augusta, Ga. The infantry, and- machine gun schools will last for four. months, and tne new artillery course . for three months. C0NDENSERY WILL REOPEN Plant-at Sclo to Resume Operation . Tomorrow. ALB ANT, Or... July . 20. (Speoial.) The milk condensing plant at Sclo, the chief manufacturing Industry in that section, will resume operation Monday. - This plant has. been idle since about February 1 of this year, when the com pany operating it became -Involved in financial difficulty and later went into bankruptcy. -' It has been sold by the trustee In bankruptcy to the Henning sen Produce Company, of Portland, and will be operated by that company; with E. C. Peery. of Scio. as manager. " The reopening of the plant will. be welcomed, by the people of the north western part of the county, as it estab lished ' a good milk market for - the splendid dairying country -of ' which Scio is the .center. - Motorist Fined' $200. On a charge of reckless driving. A. Finley was fined $200 yesterday in Mu nicipal Court: R. C. Baker, a compan ion, was fined $50 on a charge of drunkenness and Mable Bert-and Marie Bert, two women, companions,, were found guilty of drunkenness and their cases continued ior sentence. The nation expects it to take the load off the railroads' shoulders. Your truck can do all that is expected of it if possessed of proper tire equip ment. Wise truck users are adopting Good rich Truck Tire Service. In the com bination of' the Goodrich De Luxe Truck Tire and our excellent facilities they have found the secret of proper tire service. The extra-thick tread in Goodrich De Luxe thicker than in any other brand assures constant service, security against road shocks and vibration, maximum mileage and low fuel con sumption. Let us put your truck on this basis. t LEAVENS & HOWARD 389 Everett St. Phone Broadway 151 Distributor of Goodrich Motor Truck Tires WILLAPA HARBOR FISHERMAN NOW IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP Strange Tale of Disappearance of Willie Calhoun, of Bay Center, Long Given Up for Dead by His Family. ILWACO. Wash.. July 20. Exception 'al, yet credible, is the tale unfolded by Dud Yerks. a fisherman of Aber deen, who arrived here Monday with his trusty little fish boat, the Liberty, to troll for the royal chinook salmon. Dud's tale concerns the disappear ance of 'Willie Calhoun, the Bay Center Indian, who one day, during the Christ mas season of 1916. sputtered out be yond Goose Point into Willapa Bay in nis gasoline launch in r,urt of crabs, and never returned. Willie Calhoun, one 'of the most populat. industrious and skillful fisherman who ever pulled a salmon from the waters of Willapa Bny or the Columbia River, had van ished without leaving an inkling of his fate behind him. Willie's family, which included a wife and four children, ex hausted every means at their disposal to learn his fate, and then settled down again to their placid Bay Center exist ence, believing that the husband and father had ventured out into the Pacif ic, and had met his death in its treach erous waters.' The lifesavlng crew at Nt rth Cove, across the bay from Wil lie's' home, thought they discerned a craft in trouble in the tteml-darknes of the evening of the day Willie Cal houn disappeared, but this craft, if craft it was. disappeared before assist ance could reach it. Weeks passed, months passed, a year passed, and apparently Willie Calhoun had passed. The matter of the parti tion of his estate loomed up before the prospective heirs, and the Indian agent at Tacoma was petitioned to take stepa to declare the lost one .legally dead. Time dragged into June of this year, and at that time a Norwegian sailor. Nordln was the name he gave, made th port of Aberdeen and sought the haunts of seafaring men. One day Nordln overheard a conversation be tween friends of Willie Calhoun, who commented upon the impending dispo sition of the property, ar.d the strance circumstance of the disappearance. The sailor became interested In the discus sion, and placing fragments of the con versation and of his own experience to gether, a new light dawned upon him. He asked questions, compared dates, and finally concluded that he could dis pel the veil of uncertainty that con cealed the truth about the disappear ai.ee of the lamented Willie Calhoun. On the day following the date of Calhoun's departure from his home In Bay Center. Washington, said Nordin. a British steamer which carried him as a member of its crew sighted a gaso line launch - drifting helplessly in the turbulent waters near the "straits Bearing down upon the launch, the crew discovered that its lone occupant was an Indian who was tinkering fu tllely with a refractory engine, and that he was worn out. tired and hungry. The launch and Its lone navigator were picked up by the tramp, which con tinued its voyage toward the Panama Canal. , Eventually the steamer entered the submarine-infested waters of the At lantic. and, like thousands of luckless ships, fell a victim of a well-directed shot from one of these undersea prowlers. The crew of the sinking ship. Willie Calhoun with them, were transferred to the submarine, and later were landed in a German port. This oc curred before war had been declared between the United States and Ger many, and Calhoun, a ward of Uncle Sam, virtually an American citizen, was placed in -a - German detention camp, and subjected to the vile treat ment accorded allied prisoners of war. This. then, was the-fate of Willie Cal houn, as told bv Nordin. the Norwe gian sailor, who. it appears, effected his release a short time after nis arrival lr.' the German port. Unable to read or write, or other wise explain his position to the. Hun captors, the Bay Center Indian wa forced to submit to the inevitable. It Is doubtful, however, in the light of German atrocities and flagrant viola tfons of the - laws of neutrality, whether appeals or explanations would have been a factor In any effort that Willie Calhoun might have made to pave hla way to liberty. Sailor Nordln's story and the de scription of the Indian picked up by the tramp steamer harmonise so ac curately, with, the facts concering Cal houn and his disappearance that the Ii dian agent believes that it is still possible to locate him in some Ger man detention camp, and an effort is new being made to secure his release, or at least to determine his location, through Swiss intermediaries and the Red Cross. Meanwhile. Willie Calhoun's family ere w&itjig and hoping and trusting that the tidings shall soon arrive that will prove to them that the lost one is still live, even though he may be hoping against hope, within toiling. the noxious confines of a German pris on camp. FIFTY-FOUR RECLASSIFIED Slorc Changes Likely to Be Made by Linn Exemption Board. ALBANY, Or, July 30.- (Special.) Fifty-four Linn County draft regis trants who wer given deferred classi fication on the original examination of the questionnaires have been reclassi fied by the local exemption board and the district board at Eugene, itx more cases in which the local board, recom mended reclassification are yet under consideration by the district board. Fifty-three of the men were ad vanced from classes 1. 3 and 4 to class 1. One was advanced from class 4 to class 2. Eight of the men reclansified re now in the emergency fleet work. The list of re-classiflcatlons was an nounced today by Miss Mae Tillman, clerk of the local exemption board, and is as follows, the men in Emrirency LIFT OFF C Frcczonc is magic I Apply a few drops on a sore, touchy corn or a painful callus. Instant ly that corn or callui stops hurting you. Then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callus right off, root and all, with tlfe fingers. No! Not one bit of pain, no soreness, no irritation.' 01 A A few cents buys tiny bottle of the magic Frcerone at any drug store Sufficient to remove every bard corn, soft corn, com between the toes and painful callus from one's feet. ? reezone is the much-talkcd-of ether tlis- covery of a Cincinnati genius. a twinge of pain. Why wait? Fleet work being indicated by the Ini tials "E. F.": Registrants placed in Clas 1 Frank A. Snx, Kclo: l'!trnc Plrec. Harnsburc: Krl Calvin VinHh.n. Harriftburg: t i c k PortUnd. Clyde Lnrrell Uountng. Ietro;t; Christian Conrad Gcrig. Albany: Irv1!'i Judd 1 hompHon. tin of Euuene: Walter Kng-elmann, Lebanon: Holt Craft. Crabtiee; Jania Hoffman, now of Sarramomo. Cal.: Harvey Ikellar ToIIert. Foilrr: Kobert Llvtnpstott. Albany: Jesse. Kay. Joseph; Lester Thomas Northern. Brownsville: Kl.ay Gilbert Syiveater. Lebanon: Rov te.l Rey nolds, now of Lon Beach. Cal. t K. F. 1 : Clarence M. Sprinsate. Harrishnr.c: William Fiona. Brownsville: Hiram W. Torbet. Al bany; Robert Lynn Houston. Albany: Tioy Henry Klnser. Crabtree. Harry Clifford Pat ton. Mabel: Fred Lee Cornel. Lebanon: Emll Ht-nkel. now of Leroy, Mont.: Clarence Leroy Weser. Brownsville; Woodson Pleroi Jenks. Tangent: Joseph Anton Schneider. Sclo E. K. ; Klein Frtsar Newton, now f Portland B. F. ) : Walter G. Stellir.acher. Tnjent: Frank W. Combs. Sclo: Kay W. Billings. Foe-er: Orvtlle. J. riownlnx, t. -comb: I. via Biffbe. Seattle. Wash, t F. ; Charles H. tvairU ficlo: Clark B. Huiei. Tort land: Glvlnarl PloneJI. rot-Hand; Ilalpl) M. K-nton. Tortland E. F.I: Louts t. Mnem-b. Albiny; Clyd Earl Starr. PortlajnJ (E. F.i; John P. Sllb.rnael. Portland (K. F: Fred erick H. Champagne. Portland f E. F.); Fred Carlton, ncv of Cle Elum. Wash.; AIMn Benjamin Nothlser. Pwet Home: Ora r. Baker, formerly of Albany and now of Pose burg: Joseph Vaniieriander. Lebanon; Wal ter JuhnKe. Foster; Ernest H. Buelow. Leb anon: George W. Beers, Cornelia; Roy T. Cooper. Tangent: James Jabper Caswell. Al bany; Willis Earl Brown, Lyons; Hutfh. Isom. Albany. Registrant advanced to Class 5 Nell M. Bain. Aatorla. Six to Take Training Course. SALKM. Or.. July 10. (Special.) Six Willamette University students, in addition to the 12 already named, will be sent to the Presidio, for intensive military training to act as assistants In the training course to be given here. Pean George II. Alden tonight an nounced that the following three of tha six named have accepted: Carl Davis. Salem: Harold Nichols, Newberg. and R-lssell Rarey, Seattle. The 12 selected several data ago reported at the Tre "sldlo July in. Read The Oregonian classified ad. Corns and calluses lift away without even No humbug -A i
