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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, FOKTLAND, AUGUST 18, 1918.
SOLDIER FAMILIES
ARE GIVEN ADVICE
Detailed Statement Issued by
Portland Chapter, Amer
ican Red Cross.
ALLOTMENTS SPEEDED UP
Entire) System of Distribution of
Cub to Dependent Simplified.
If Payment Are Not Prompt,
See the Red Cros.
POVT WRITE TO WASHIJrO
TOX WHEW ALLOTMENTS
ARE DEI.ATEO.I9 AJDVICH
OK KD CROSS.
"Don't writ to the Government
when allotments are delayed."
This ia the advlcs of the Portland
chapter, American Red Cross,
and It la heartily concurred In
by the War Department Letters
only result In tying; up matters
worse. Take np the delay with
the home service section of the
Portland chapter, which will try
to untangle the snarls, and which
may know the cause of the delay.
Families of soMlers all ever the
United States have suffered grist be
cause of the delay In receiving allot
ments.
The cause of the delay was dlsoev-
red too much detail.
Now the detail has been out out and
the whole allotment process will be
speeded up.
The entire system has been simpli
fied by there being; two standard al
lotments. Irrespective of a roan's pay,
And because these changes may cause
some confusion they are explained In a
statement Issued by the Portland
chapter, American Red Cross.
Part of the work of the Red Cross
Is to look after the morale of the sol
dler. and It does this by seeing; his
family does not suffer.
That's the work of the Home Serrloe
Section.
Therefore. Home Bervioe Sections In
. Red Cross chapters everywhere are un
dertaking to see that the law Is thor
oughly explained to families of men In
service and that no family shell suffer
from need of money during a lapse In
payments caused by the new arrange
ments.
Red Cross) Ready to Help.
Any soldier or sailor's relative who
does not know what arrangements
should be made to Insure prompt pay
ments under the new regulations, whloh
became effective during August, should
call upon the Home Service Section of
the Portland chapter of the Red Cross,
or the nearest chapter office, for help.
The explanation of the law Is as fol
lows: If an enlisted man whose pay was ISO
a month was allotting to his wife and
children only the amount required by
law. there will be no change whatever
In the checks which they have been re
ceiving from the Government.
The amount which every enlisted
man Is required to allot to Ms wife
and children; Irrespective of the amount
of pay which he Is receiving, under the
new regulations is J 15. If he has beea
contributing mors than this and wishes
to continue to do so, he may make a
new allotment for the difference
through the War Department or Navy
Department. Thus, for example. If he
the Quartermaster-General, U. 8. Army.
Washington, D, C
In the Navy, through the "Navy Al
lotment Officer, Navy Department,
Washington. IX a."
Ia the Marine Corps, through the
"Paymaster, IT. SL Marine Corps Head'
Quarters. Washington, D. C.
In the Coast Guard, through the
"Captain Commandant, tl, 8. Coast
Guard. Washington, L C."
Chasm as Carefully Studied.
It la Important that soldiers and
sailors' families understand that the
changes outlined as foregoing were de
termined epos aftea careful study anil
with the approval- of the War Depart
ment and Navy Department for the
purpose of speeding up delivery of
Government checks to the relatives of
enlisted men.
Under the new plan the payment of
allotments and allowances is simpll
fled. The Bureau of War Risk Insur
ance win now handle allotments oi
only two amounts 116 and 120. For
merly the allotment was on a sliding
scale and had to be changed every
time a man's pay was Increased by
promotion or otherwise. This required
from 150,004 to 100,000 changes Per
month.
By transferrin r to the War and
Navy Departments all allotments not
carrying allowances the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance can concentrate all Its
attention upon payments to persons
entitled to the Government allowance.
and It Is believed that this simplifica
tion of the work will tend to speed
up the delivery of checks to these
pensons. .
Although the institution of these
changes may cause temporary delay
and concern to souiiers families un
less the reasons for the changes Are
oarefully explained. It is expected that
the ultimate result will greatly
dound to their benefit, and the office
of the Ouartermaster-General states
that no delay Is anticipated.
Soldiers trader No Osstp-nlsloa.
In some Instances, howeVem, relatives
of a soldier or sailor may find that
their man In the eervloe has not taken
the necessary steps outlined above to
see that his people at home continue
to receive the same payments as for
merly, through the War or Navy De
partment Instead of through the
Bureau of War Risk Insuranoe, In
such oases the relative should wite
him nrying upon him the necessity of
taking the necessary action. It is a
matter which lies purely In his discre
tion. He Is under no compulsion from
the Government. This does not Include
wife, children or divorced wife.
It Is also of the greatest importance
that soldiers and sailors and their
families should be Inspired with con
fldence that, if distress results in sny
cass oy reason OI taese cnangos m
Governmental procedure, the Red Cross
home serrloe stands ready to re neve
It. Where necessary to prevent nara
ship, the Red Cross will make pay
ment from Its own funds of a loan
until the Government checks arrive.
Relatives of enlisted men should not
rerard this as charity.- but as pant of
the responsibility which the Red Cross
has assumed for maintaining the
morale of American soldiers and
sailors by Instilling them with con
fldence that their families will not
suffer for the necessities of life dur
ing their absence. -
I HUNTERS ARE WARNED
FOREST FIRES BTTJST BE) nUETETT-
ED OR UVNTLSa STOPS.
State Official iHitTruatsg to Sports
as That Game Leads Win Be
Closed Tales Care) la Taken.
XT WILLIAM O. HOWARD,
Assistant Superintend ant of State Forests.
Kew Ton State Conservation commission.
Protection of our natural resources
is necessary as a war measure and to
safeguard the Nation's future after the
war. The greatest enemy of our for
ests is fire; and it Is a regrettable fact
that the sportsman Is responsible for
nan lormeny allotted sis to his wife I . i fr,rnt n.
and children and wishes to continue to . of the,. . deliberately set. On
do so. he must make a new allotment
' of fl through the War or Navy Depart
. meet, as the bureau of war risk In
surance will In the future handle only
the (15 compulsory allotment.
Some Tine la Required.
Prompt notice of these facts has been
sent to men in all branches of the mili
tary and naval service, but It will, of
course, require some time for the new
forms to be executed snd returned to
Washington. Many msa may decide
that they do not wish to continue to
allot as much as before. In such cases
the Government cannot compel them to
keep up the former allotments, and the
family may receive only the minimum
compulsory allotment of $15 and the
same Government allowances ss before.
Hereafter a man who has no wife or
children need not make an allotment
of more than 115 to obtain the Gov
ernment allowance for his dependent
parents, brothers or sistera
If he has either a wife or child or
children, or both, to whom, as the law
requires, he Is allotting 15. he need
allot only 15 additional In order to ob
tain tne lull allowance for his depend
ent parents. Brothers or sisters.
Various Cases Cited.
In many eases men have made allot
ments 10 parents, brothers or sisters.
inrougn me war Risk Insurance Bn
reau. but have not requested the Gov
ernment allowance, either because
inese relatives were not dependent
upon them and therefore not legally
emiuea 10 me allowance, or because
although dependent the men la service
did not understand that they could ob
tain the allowance for their relatives
by fequestnng it. In either case, the
relatives will no longer receive the el
lotment through the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance. If the man wishes
them to continue to get the allotment
he must make a new application
mrougn tne ar or Navy Departments.
If ha decides that he does not cars to
oo this these relatives will cease to re
ceive any payments whatever.
If such a relative should deem him
self entitled to the Government allow
ance by reason of dependency he can
only secure It in the future by asking
the man to discontinue his allotment
through the War or Navy Departments
and to make application to the Bureau
of War Risk Insurance stating that he
wishes to make an allotment which will
carry an allowance with It.
Allotments May Still Be Blade.
A soldier who hitherto has failed to
make any allowance for his dependents
may still do so through the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance up to the maxi
mum allotment of 130 per month for
both wife and parents, or np to 115 a
month for wife only, to which the Gov
ernment allowance is added.
Relatives of enlisted men not includ
ed In class A. which consists of wife,
child, or former wife divorced, who has
not remarried and to whom alimony has
beea decreed, nor In class B. consist
ing of parent, brother, sister or grand
child to whom allotments have been
made, will continue to receive them
through the War Department or Navy
Department as previously. Allotments
to such persons were never handled by
the Bureau of War Risk Insuranoe,
and no change Is contemplated In tins
regard.
If a man desires to continue allot
ments which under the new plan can no
longer be made through the Bureau of i
War Risk Insurance, he must make the
allotment through the appropriate of
ficer who has charge of his accounts,
and It will be paid through the follow
ing offices:
ia the Army, through, the "Office of
the contrary, the sportsman is the last
person to wish to wantonly destroy
the woods and the game cover, but
carelessness and lack of knowledge of
the ease with which forest fires may
be caused result In great damage.
Every possible effort has been made
by the conservation commission to
reach every sportsman in New York
State with a word of caution. Fire
warnings have been. Inserted In the
published game laws distributed to all
holders of hunting licenses. In railroad
timetables, telephone directories, and
newspapers; notices have been posted
in railroad stations, stores, and other
public places as well as at suitable
campsites In the woods and along main
routes of travel such as roads, trails
and streams.
All that is asked of the sportsman
Is that he exercise a little care and
avoid throwing down lighted matches
or burning tobacco where they may
start fires; that he build his camp fire
in a safe place and extinguish It before
he leaves. An ounce of caution may
prevent great fire damage and may
preserve the beauty of a favorite camp
ground.
There are many areas of forest and
woodland now open to the publlo for
hunting and fishing that will undoubt
edly be closed and such privileges d
nled If the users do not demonstrate
their fitness to enjoy them during the
fire season without damaging the prop
erty.
If the forests are destroyed therell
bo no fish and game. It's up to the
sportsman I
DICTIONARIES ARE WANTED
Public Library Issue Appeal to Fill
Need of Soldiers and Sailors.
The Portland Publlo Library has
issued an appeal for dictionaries for
the soldiers and aallora Small die-
Trained Nurse Advises
People
"I was a greatsufferer of etomch
and liver trouble and cannot say enough
In praise of Mayrs Wonderful Reme
dy. It has dons so much for me and
I am recommending It to other suf
ferers. I was a trained nurse In Marine
and other hospitals years ago, there
fore many come to me for advice. I
certainly received great benefit from
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy." It la a sim
ple, harmless preparation that removes
the catarrhal mucus from the Intes
tinal tract and allays the Inflamma
tion which causes practically all atom
sch. liver and Intestinal ailments, in
cluding appendicitis. One dose will con
vince or money refunded. Owl Drug Co.
and druggists everywhere. Paid Adv.
The
oods
Delivery of a $47,000 Contract Purchase Made Oyer a
Ago Makes Lower Prices Possible for a Limited
Year
Time
ffijl'
"About 18 months ago we made a record contract purchase of
Rubber Goods, a part of which was promptly delivered. After
long and aggravating delays, we have succeeded in getting the
balance of the order AT THE OLD PRICES! Those who know
the rubber goods market will appreciate what this means.
Fountain Syringes
You can hardly realize the Importance of the price
until you see the syringes : (
$1.29 Fountain Syringes 89c
The "Comfort" Brand 2-quart size. '
$1.85 Fountain Syringes $1.23
The "Lastlongr" Brand 2-quart size.
$2.00 Fountain Syringes $1.33
The "Lastlong" Brand S-quart size.
These Syringes are made of superior quality live
rubber. The tube is full-length and the attachments
are hard rubber.
$1.25 Bath Sprays 89c
One of these Bath Sprays will
give you all of the effects of an
elaborate shower bath. The tube
is long enough to give the spray
head full play. Buy now and
save as the headlines indicate.
7Rc Rubber
Sponges
, Large size approximately 5x6 inch
es. Soft and springy, yet firm and
rough enough to stimulate skin circu
lation. Buy now and pay 47c, rather
than 75c
$ 1 .50 Bath Spray $ 1 .1 0
One of these Bath Sprays will give
you all the effects of an elaborate
shower bath. The tube is long enough
to give the spray head full play. Buy
now and save as the headlines indicate.
This good fortune places us in a position to give you a chance
to savi on Fountain Syringes, Hot Water Bottles, Combinations
(Syringe and Water Bottle), Bath Sprays, Rubber Sponges,
Beach Caps and Bathing Suit Bags. Sale will start on Monday
be among the first. Take advantage of these splendid offers:
Hot Water Bottles
There are three interesting prices that represent most
unusual saving chances:
$1.29 Hot Water Bottles 89c
The "Comfort" Brand 2-quart size.
$1.75 Hot Water Bottles $1.17
The "Lastlong" Brand 2-quart size.
$1.95 Hot Water Bottles $1.29
The "Lastlong" Brand 3-quart size.
Bay
.19
'
"W
$1.79 Combination
Fountain jj
Syringe and
Water Bottle
It will pay you to buy your Hot Water Bottle for
next winter NOW. It is extremely probable that
rubber goods will advance before winter comes.
This combination is made up of a 2-quart "Com
fort" Hot Water Bottle (which may be used as
such) and the tube and hard rubber attachments
necessary to instantly turn it into a Fountain
Syringe.
50c Beach
Caps 33c
Res.u.aav.OK
BROADWAY AND WASHINGTON STREETS '
B. Strnplera, Manager. Marshall 2000 Telephones A 1333
This means that you can select any cap in our 50c
stock and pay 33c Several styles to select from
new colors with trimmings in " contrast. They
serve the purpose for which they are intended in
addition to being attractive.
50c Bathing Suit Bags 33c
There are two styles one
of which Is illustrated a
generous size bag with
draw string top. The other
is envelope style opens
down , the side and is
rolled into a small bundle
with a handle at one end.
Both are made of rubber
. lzed cloth blue or black.
WSJS
tlonarles like Webster's CoUeglate sad
of recent date axe the type desired.
These books will bs placed with the
libraries which are at present being-
established on board the boats launched
at the ship yards here. When at sea
the boys have no publlo referenoe boom
to which to refer, and several personal
requests for dictionaries have been
made at the library.
SCHOOL NEARLY FINISHED
Centralis, -Wash., Pupils to Occupy
$45,000 Structure Next Month.
CENTRALIA, Wash- Aug-. 17 (Spe
cial) The finishing- touches are being
put to the new $45,000 Edison Sohool.
which will be ready for the acceptance
of the School Board in ample time for
he reopening- of school next month.
The building- was to have been com
pleted July 16, the delay being- caused
by a scarcity of labor and materials.
The new building- is of the bungalow
type,.one e-tory in height, with a total
lengrtn of SSihi feet. There are eight
classrooms, the building- being- eo 'Con
tracted that additional rooms can be
added as needed. There Is also a large
auditorium. The contractors are Syl
laaesen at Sando, of Seattle.
Botta; C. A. Hamilton, Holler; W. I.
wood. L&eomb; Q. T. Gentry, Brownsville!
Jamas W. Drlnlcard. Halsey; R. W. Mont
gomery, Providenoe; Robert Bowea Rook
Creak: G. H. Moss, Tangent) L. B. Easy,
Orleans; Lee Bllyeu, Lebanon: W. F. Jones,
Albany; W. M. Kins. BrownsrUlei B. F.
Kirk. Albany; Chris Clem, Crowfoot: Charles
Chllds. Brownsvniet B- J. Knapp, Albany;
J. M. Llndley, Sclo; W. & Hense, Orleans;
Lyman Kits water, Berlin; Frank Cameron,
Holley; Walter Bllyeu. Sclo; J. P. Harrang,
Foster: F. H. Hulburt, Orleans; William
Hollowav. Albany: W. A Klmsey. Albany
A. A. Gordon, Albany; L. G. Thompson,
Shedd,
ARE MEN CREATED EQUAL?
INDIVTOUALISM IS ETERNAL
By Dr. JAMES B. TALMA G IS
Of the Council of the Twelve, Church of Jeans Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Linn Jury Panel Drawn.
ALB ANT, Or., Aug-. 17, (Special.)
Thirty-one Linn County men were
drawn this week, to serve as jurors at
the term of State Circuit Court, which
will convene here on September s. The
list of men drawn by County Clerk
Russell and Sheriff Bodlne follows:
John IB. Cyrus, of Knox Butte 8. 8.
Leepen Balsey; Orvllle Ewtnk, Berlin; Roger
Hamlin, Orleans: F, K. Houston, Knox
How to Reduce
Your Weight
A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way
If yon are carrying- around ten to
sixty pounds of unhealthy fat you are
unnecessarily weakening- your vital or-g-ans
and are bearing- a burden which
destroys the beauty of your figure.
Why continue to be a victim of su
perfluous fatT If you want to reduce
your weight In a simple, safe and relia
ble way, wltnout starvation diet or
strenuous exercise, here Is a test worth
trying;. Spend some time dally In the
open air, take seven deep breaths each
morning- and night and get from any
good druggist a box of oil ef koreln
capsules; take one after eaoh meal and
one before retiring at night; also fol
low the other simple directions that
come with the box.
Weigh yourself onoe a week, so as
to know Just how fast you are losing
weight, and don't leave off the treat
ment or even skip a single dose until
yon are down to normal.
On of koreln Is absolutely harmless,
is pleasant to take and helps digestion.
Even a few days' treatment has been
reported to show a noticeable reduction
In weight, 'the step becomes lighter,
your work easier; a more buoyant, vi
vacious feeling takes possession of
your whole body and mind. ,
If you are overstout you should give
this treatment a trial. You are very
XCKHAN XlBORATORT, FBHa&elPBla. I "" ?rJT
This Tonic-
Upbnilder
Helps the Lungs
Weakened
ened with
aad run-down systems, threat-
erloue lllnens. have found in
EC KM AN" S ALTERATIVE an unusual tonic
and up-bullder. often heiplnjr to restore
health and etrenirth. No alcohol, narcotic
or hablt-fortnlng drugs. Twenty years' suc
cessful use.
SOe and 11.50 Bottlea at all drngglsts or
poeipaia.
Democracy holds as a distinguishing
and fundamental principle the recognl
tion of individual rights and privileges,
The living units of a democratic sys
tern are citizens, not subjects. Before
the law, so far as it- be administered
In justice, all citizens are on a plane
of equality. Irl the exercise of the
elective franchise, for example, the bal
lot of the poor man, the unscholarly,
the weak, sick or maimed, counts just
as much as that of the millionaire, the
university graduate, or the athlete. All
this is Inherent in democracy as
political system. If through corrupt
administration a citizen suffers de
privation of his rights, the fault, griev
ous though it be, Is not chargeable
to the system but to the officials who
have misused the authority delegated
to tnem.
In this sense It Is affirmed In the
Declaration of Independence, as the
first of the truths therein set forth as
self-evident, and ' as assuring to all
their inalienable rights 'that all men
are created eqnal"t and in this sense
the affirmation is irrefutable. No other
foundation could support a stable struc
ture of government by the people.
But it is manifest folly to carry this
conception of the legal equality of
citizenship to the extreme of assum
tng that all men are alike In capacity.
ability, or power. As long as man
kind live in communities there will be
leaders and- followers, men of promt
nence, and of necessity others who are
relatively obscure, men of energy and
Idlers, and consequently masters and
servants.
Doubtless much of the existing dis
parity among men, such as the Inequit
able distribution or weaitn, the un
righteous acquisition of power and Its
iniquitous exercise, is pernlciou;
evil In the sight of God and ominously
wrong under the laws of man.
Nevertheless, attempts to right
such wrongs by illegal force, and to es
tablish a false equality by promiscu
ously taking from one to give to an
other tend toward disruption and an
archy.
We are confronted by this profound
fact: Individualism Is an attribute of
the soul, and as truly external as the
soul Itself.
(1) In the unembodied, pre-exlstent
or antemortaj state, we were decidedly
unequal In capacity and power.
(2) We know we are not equal here
In the world of mortals.
(S) Assuredly we shall not be equal
after death, either In the Intermediate
state of disembodiment or beyond the
resurrection.
We read that Jeremiah was ohosen
from among his follows and ordained
before he was born ta be a prophet
unto the nations (Jer. 1:5); and a sim
ilar foreordination is Indicated by
Isaiah (49:1,6). Abraham definitely
avers that among the unembodied spir
its there were differences, some were
noble and great and others less adapj-,
ed to the duties of rulershlp: "Now the
Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the
Intelligences that were erganlsed be
fore the world was I and among
these there were many of the noble
and arrest ones And God saw these
souls that they were good, and he stood
In the midst of them, and he said
These I will make my rulers." (Pearl
of Great Price p. 6S-66).
The God of spirits recognized partlc
lar qualifications in some, and selected
them to be leaders among men. Let us
not assume that the "rulers" thus dl
vlnely chosen are necessarily those
whom men would later elect to be their
leaders. Many of God's great ones have
been and are counted among the ae
splsed of earth. So it was with the
Christ Himself, and so with many of
His prophets, apostles and revelators
unto mankind.
Born Into the flesh with diverse ca
pacities, subjected here to varied en
vlronment, which may be favorable or
opposed to the development of inherent
tendencies toward either good or evil.
we as a race are creatures of disparity,
inequality, and heterogeneous circum
stance. But all color of injustice dls
appears In the light of assurance that.
In the judgment of souls, every con
dition shall be weighed In the accurate
balances of Justice and Mercy.
But what of the hereafter shall we
not be made equal thereT Not in the
sense that our individuality shall be
subverted or radically changed. We
shall find beyond more gradations in
society than we have ever known on
earth. But the basis of classification
will be essentially different. I Here we
are rated according' to what we have
of wealth, learning, political or other
Influence due to circumstance: there we
shall find our place according to what
we really are.
Ponder the significance of our Lord's
assurance of the "many mansions" in
the Father's klnjrdom: (John 14:1-3).
and consider Paul's summary of varied
glories (I Cor. 15:40-11).
Through later Scripture we are told
of distinct kingdoms or worlds of grad
ed order, comparable to the sun, moon,
and stars respectively. There are the
Celestial, the Terrestrial, and the Teles-
tial kingdoms. In which the souls of
men shall abide and serve as their at
tainments In righteousness or their dis
qualification through sin shall deter
mine. Concerning the Inhabitants of the
Telestlal world, the lowest of the speci
fied kingdoms of glory, we read: "For
they shall be Jadgred according; to their
works, and every man shall receive ac
cording? to his own works, his own do
minion. In the mansions which are pre
pared." (Doctrine & Covenants 76:111).
For books cited herein and other lit
erature apply to booksellers or to
Northwestern States Mission, 810 East
Madison St., Portland, Oregon, or Bu
reau of Information. Salt Lake City,
Utah, AdVj
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