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16 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1918. IS OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST (Continued From Page 7.) Seattle Man Named Chairman of State Committee. HIGHER OFFICE IS EYED Jew Official Has Long Been Ac tive In Politics and Is Well Known in Washington. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 12. (Special.) Samuel A. Walker, of Seattle, chair man of the Snohomish County Progres sive committee in 1912 and 1914, and chairman of the Snohomish County Re publican Committee in 1916, a member of the executive committee of the Pro gressive State Committe in 1914 and of the executive committe of the Repub lican State Committee in 1916. was chosen chairman of the Republican State Committee on the third ballot at the special meeting of the committee lield in the new Arctic Hotel this aft ernoon. The new chairman was empowered Jo select one or more vice-chairmen, a sec retary and an executive committee, a majority of whom should be members of the state committee, and to open a headquarter at' Spokane to assist the Congressional candidates. Votes Thrown to Walker. The credit for the election of ' Mr. "Walker was given to Thomas F. Mur phine and J. Y. C. Kellogg, both of Se attle, who engineered the proceedings of the meeting, and who, throughout the afternoon, consistently outmaneu vered the more conservative members of the committee. A count of noses before the session disclosed that Mr. Walker could muster a total ol 1J votes. Beyond this it was not certain that he could go. Then it -was that Mr. Murphine and Mr. Kel logg took the situation in hand. Mr. Sparling had two proxies which it was agreed might be needed to give Walker the necessary total. fcparling was also ambitious to be state chairman. It -was agreed that his name be presented and that an effort be made to elect him. After the second ballot, with Mr. feparling within one vote of the neces sary majority, the camouflage was re moved and Sparling transferred to Walker. Progressives in Control. The real politics in today's meeting, If the situation were analyzed, would show that the Progressive element of the party controlled the meeting. Mil lard T. Hartson, former state chair man, was the choice of the old line Republicans. He was put into the fight against his wishes, perhaps be cause it was that Robert R. Fox, a Seattle man. who managed Colonel It. H. Hartley's campaign for the Gov ernor two years ago, might become a formidable candidate. The opposition to Mr. Fox was based on the fact that his affiliations In poli tics .have been somewhat antagonistic t othe rank and file of organized labor, and as state chairman this would have been used as a weapon against the Re publican candidates. The name of Mr. Fox was not presented. There never was any "contest" in the committee, everything being cut and dried for the election of Mr. Walk er. Mr. Sparling was used to deter mine the strength of both Mr. Walker and Mr. Hartson. If he had any am bition to be state chairman, he must have seen it in his grasp after the sec ond ballot, when he lacked but two votes of the necessary 'majority, and when Hartson had lost one vote. Then it was that the landslide to Walker began and ended in his election. Political Machine Scented. The progressive element of the party has been hammering on the committee of the election of Mr. Walker for months. A 'year ago there was a movement on foot to make him vice chairman of the committee, but it failed. He has a record as an organ izer, and .his election today left no visi ble sore spots. ' Political gossip to be taken with a grain of salt, has been busy with the name of Thomas F. Murphine as a pos sible candidate for the Republican no mination, for Governor two years hence. As superintendent of Public Utilities, under Mayor Hanson's administration, which is about to take over the prop erty of the local traction company and operate the. street railways as a public utility, he is believed to have in process of organization a new political machine and if this is true politicians look upon the election of Mr. Walker today as a decided advantage to Murphine in the promotion of his plans. J. Y. C. Kellogg, the King County member of the State Central Committee, who placed Mr. Sparling in nomination today has long been a close political friend of Mr. Murphine. and together they engineered the Walker-Sparling candidacies, Mr. Murphine doing his work before the meeting, useins fS Privates BATT1ST1MI, Dante. Province Di Rlgglo, Italy. BERGGREX, Alvin J., Bushnell. 111. CANCEL, Ernest. Fall River. Man. CARAMAX1CO. Raffael. Chilti. Italy. CHRISTIAXSE.V, William K.. New York. DAVIS. J-rome William. New York. DAVIS, Walter W., Huntsvllle, Ala. ECKMAN. August C. Dagget, Mich. FIXE, William. Brooklyn. FOLEY. William Maynar. Ehamokin. Pa. Fl'DA, George. Martino Kego. Italy. GINSBERG. Merman, New York. HARDY, Donald H., Huntington. Pa. HARTW1G. August Jr.. Woodhaven. N". Y. HOELLEIX, Edward R-. Pittsburg-. Pa. KARLEWICZ. Stanley Milwaukee, Wis. MATTHEW, Maraulls, Waterbury. Conn. MORSE. Lonnie, Blocton. Ala. SPEN'JE. Robert O.. Christiana. Tenn. BURXICKI. Max J.. Buffalo. N. Y CHAMBERS.- William J., Columbus. Oj CORNISH. Edsard J., Houghton. Mich. . DORX, William C, Hendricks, Minn. DYER. Elmer M., Chester Springs, Pa. GREER. John L., Pittsburg. Pa. URZELECKI. William Frank, Schenectady, n. y. HAMMER. Milton T.. Pittsburg. Pa. HANSSON, Theodore, Bloomfield. Jf. J. HARRAL.L, Jacob C, Indianapolis. Ind. HARRIS. Louis Henry. Buffalo. N. Y. HEFFELF1XGER, George W., Roxborough, Pa. HOBBS. Adrian' G., Tankersley, Tex. HCGGARD. William J.. New York. KLUESS, Henry Carl. Mlddleton. Wis. McDOWELL Phillip G.. Philadelphia. MESSNER. Joseph M.. Pittsburg. Pa. PEARSON. Vincent S.. Morriotown. Fa, SCHAEFFER. Ira S.. Tower City. Pa. SMITH. Eddie. Muskegon. Mich. -STRASSEL. Frederick H., Brooklyn. N. Y. TROJANVICH, Stephen A., Calhan, Colo. TYSON. John R.. N'orristown. Pa. VALENTINE. Paul Charles. New York. WALLACE. Walter W., Fountanelle. la. WHITE. Robert H., Blackford. Ky. WILLIS. Manson. Clinton, Ind. WOLFENSBERGER, Samuel. Morgansville, Md. WOODHEA D. Enoch C. Houghton. X. Y. WOYSISKI, Stanislaw. Baltimore. Md. Marine Corps List. The following casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the American expeditionary forces (.included in above total): Killed in action 14 Died of wounds received in action 4 Wounded in action (severely) 27 Wounded in action (slightly) 1 Missing In action 1- In hands of enemy 1 Total 50 KILLED IN ACTION. Corporals ELLINGTON. Clifford H.. McElderry. 'Ala. GRIEVE. William E., Tecumseh. Mich. HODGES. Robert R.. Saginaw, .Mich. VICK, James A., Meiga, Ga. . Privates AYARS. Charles W.. Neodrsha. Kan. GOSXEY, Terrence I.. Chriwrnan. 111. HEFFLEY, Jake L., Kiwa. Colo. JOHNSON, Frederick W.. Fayefteville, Ark. KL'SH, George E., Oshkosh, Wis. LANE. James H., Port Huron. Mich. LANGLEY. Charles E.. Bigcllfty, Ky. NEWCOMB, Ray W.. Angola, X. Y. STAGG. Malcolm M.. Churchpoint. La. WARREN, Samuel, Dorchester, Mass. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION. Private BERRY, John E-. Madison. Ark. HARRISON. George D.. Springfield. 111. HILL, Earl G., Sprlngton. Tex. RLDDICK, Charles L.. Elmlra. N. Y. MOUNDED IN ACTION (SEVERELY). Sergeants AVER Y. Joseph M.. Dayton. O. ROB BINS. Eugene. Si. Louis. Mo. l'Ol'NU, Howard H., Kewanee, IIL Privates ALLEN. Raphael C. Woodstock. 111. BECK. Edward J., Norwood, O. BLYTHE, Clarence B-, Cincinnati, O. CROGHAX, Henry J.. Brooklyn. CRUMMY. Willard L.. Minneapolis. Minn.. DOHERTY. George F-. Kosbury, Mass. DUNNING. Marshall F.. Santa Ana, CaU FOXDESBpRGEK, Paul J.. Bevls, O. GRANNAN. Clarence B.. 'Chicago. LLETZ. William,- Salt Lake City. Utah. McCLE. George W-. St. Louis, Mo. MALLION. John A.. Buffalo.' N. Y. MILLER. Hugh S., St. Louts. Mo. O'NEILL. Martin L.. New Britain, Conn. NKFF. Eugene, tin Una. Kan. PEOPLE. Frederick L Jacksonville. Fla. RECTOR." Alphonse R., Marshall. N. C. SCHMIDT, Charles. Neenah. Wis. SCOFIELD. Howard S., St. Johns. Mich. SLAUGHTER, Claud C. Chilllcothe, O. -WARE, Grover C. Dry Ridge, Ky. . . MISSING IN ACTION. ' j Corporal O'BRIEN. Leo P., Eureka, Mo. Privates BENNETT. Thomas, Susie Miller, Route -1, Dallas. Or. DEN N, Alexander, Wilkesbarre. Pa. DEXTER. Albert. Brooklyn. X. Y. GREEN. Charles N-. Philadelphia. GREEN. Orval, Mllroy. Ind. HEINRICH. Richard H.. Chicago. McWHIRTER. William L.. Glen Allen. Ala, MARCH. Charles L., Holland, Va. SANDERS, Harley. Lewistown, HI. SCHL'LZ. Fred. St. Louis. Mo. lYul'NDKI) IN ACTION (SEVERELY). (Previously Reported Killed.) Private PITZER. Lee. Hamersville. O. MOUNDED IN ACTION (SLIGHTLY). (Previously Reported Killed.) Private OPHE1M, Leonard S., Williamsburg. Va. IN HANDS OF ENEMY. (Previously Reported Killed.) Private - RING, Louis C. Graysvllle. O. M'OUNDED IN ACTION (SEVERELY). (Previusly Reporter! Missing.) fteruresuitu BARHAM, Claude M., Nacogdoches. Tex. WALKER. James M., Cincinnati. O. MIS81NO.IN ACTION. (Previously- Reported Mounded Severely.) Private -HANEY, Charley L.. Louisiana, Mo. PRESENT FOR DUTY. (Previously Reported Missing.) Sergeants " JACKSOtN. Thomas S.. Gloucester, N. C. Privates BROWN. Leon. Warren. R. T. GILES. Charlie W., Gainesville. Ga. LANGE, Walter E.. Detroit, Mich. MINOR. Dewey, Viola. Mich. RICHARDSON. Littleton E., Witt Springs. Ky. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. (Previously Reported Missing.) Privates BOI'DEAC, Louis J.. Cohoes. N. Y. , MITCHELL, Graham. Saskatchewan, Can. WASHINGTON, 'Oct. 12. Private Paul Praast, Dallas, Or., previously re ported missing in action, was today reported wounded severely in "action. OLSON'S JOB QUESTIONED NEW SUPREME JUSTICE ASKS LEGALITY OP APPOINTMENT. Provision or State Constitution Cited. Opinion of ' Attorney-General on Subject Is Sought. 8000 canefHof Spanish influenza at this camp, it was said fat today that the i number of new cases has fallen off to a marked extent the past few days. Figures on fatalities were withheld. MISSOULA. Mont.. Oct. 12. Ths first death araonp the soldiers Of the Fort Missoula Mechanical School occurred today, when G. F. Bona wit, of Silver star. Mont., died of pneumonia follow ing an attack of influenxa. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) Attorney-General Brown has received from Justice Conrad P. Olson, of the State Supreme Court, a request to pass on the question whether Olson's appoint ment to the bench to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Justice Frank A. Moore is constitutionally legal. A question has been raised in Portland among certain persons who are not favorable to Justice Olson's election in November. When Olson was a member of the State Senate in 1917 a law was passed ! consolidating the compensation of the Supreme Justices, and this furnishes the basis for the assertion that his ap pointment is not legal. Section 30, arti cle IV of the Constitution being cited. The Sfction. Justice Olson acknowl edges, provides in effect that no Sena tor shall be appointed to an office, the emoluments of which shall be increased during the term for which the Senator may have been elected. His letter fol lows: It has been called to my attention that a question has been raised as o whether 1 can constitutionally hold the office ot Justice of the Supreme Court by appoint ment. .No question Im or can be raised as to my right to hold this office Jf Delected in November next. In 1017 while a member of the State Senate, a law waa paused ronsolidnttnfc the compensation of the Supreme Justices. Prior to that' time the justices had been getting fouQ as salary and S'J.loo as extra I compensation and exjene- of the Pentlle- I ton term or court. Iy virtue of an act I passed In J9o:t. This consolidation was made I under authority of a constitution amend ment passed by the people in l:uo. and the act simply provided that $ -VH a year hould be paid Justices of the Supreme Court, repealing the previous acts. Section 30. article IV of the Constitution provides in effect that no Senator shall be appointed to an office, the emoluments of which shall be Increased during the terra for which the Senator may have been elected. Although I have very decided opinions as to whether or not the emoluments have been Increased by the 1T17 Legislature, 1 shall not express them. I have resigned my senatorshio. given up my law practice and ard performing the duties of a Justice of the Supreme Vourt. but 1 do ilbt wish to do thiwork or drw any salary if there Is any flaw In my title thereto. lor do I desire in any -way to embarrass Secretary- of State Olcott or State Treasurer Kay. I have not as yet cashed the warrant for services performed the last few days of September and shall not do so until the question is settled. wou Id be pleased to receive an early opinion to the end that no uncertainty may be given to the sittings of this court or the hearing of cases. BILLIONS YET TO BE RAISED HEAVY SVBSCRIPTIOXS NEEDED TO MAKE LOAX SVCCESS. AED1CAT10N TALK PERSISTS KAISER MAY BE DEPOSED ALLIES DEMAND IT. IE least 500.000 bushels of wheat avail able at the mill dot brought In by farmers, or delivered by rail or water. Another requirement Is cheap power, cither water or electricity. DEALING IN STOCKS BROAD LOAX CAMPAIGN APPARENTLY HALTED IN EAST. Next to U. S. Steel, Enormous Per centage of Operations Consists of Shippings and Oils. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Consistently good war news and the many political portents indicating early disintegration of the central alliance were the par amount factors of the active week in the securities market. The only adverse development, and that was regarded as merely tem porary, was the apparent halt in the iberty loan campaign. f inancial in terests as a whole expressed their firm conviction, however, of the unqualified success of that undertaking in the final week of the drive. Dealing in stocksjvere broad, the net result distinctly favoring the bull ac count, but trading was largely of spec ulative origin. Next to United States Steel, which ebbed and flowed in a radius of 3 Vz points and closed the week at a loss of a little more .than a point, an enor mous percentage of the daily opera tions consisted of shippings and oils at exteme gains of 10 to 15 points. Existing liberty bonds were active and higher in the main, but in no in stance did they approximate their maximums. Foreign bonds, especially French municipals, stiffened, but Kus sian issues featured the tnading on the curb," Kxterr.al 5s and bs -advanc ing 15 to 20 points on accumulation, generally attributed to well-informed sources. COL. BOWEN DEFERS VISIT Student Corps Commander Vnable to Be in Portland Today. VNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Oct. 12. (Special.) Colonel W. H. C. "Bowen, commanding officer of the Student Army Training Corps at the university, and Captain Klare Covert, his adjutant, will not be in Portland tomorrow, as previously announced, to see men interested in the central offi cers' training camps. He will not be able to leave Eugene this week. Colonel Bowen and Captain Covert now are planning to be in Portland Sunday, October 20. to remain for Rev eral days, and will have headquarters at the Imperial Hotel. They will or ganize a unit of the Student Army Training Corps at the University of Oregon Medical School while in Fort land. Portland- Boys Brought Back. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) Ralph Calhoun, 17 years old, and r red Biggs. lt, were taken to Portland yes' terday by an officer from the office of Sheriff Hurlburt. after having been arrested here for the alleged stealing of an automobile. The automobile, it i said, is the property of a farmer named Lyons who lives near the Mult . nomah County farm. The boys live in Portland. Wilson Gets Rare Book on Columbus FLORENCE. Italv. Oct. 12. Postmas ter-Oeneral Tordi. of Florence, who is a collector of ancient books, has sen to President Wilson a rare edition of the life of Christopher Columbus. The book was written by Fernandez, a son of the discoverer of America, and was published at v enice in 1571. Yakima Boys Fit for War Service, YAKIMA. Wash., Oct. 12. (Special. Examining physicians report that 2 Der cent of the Yakima registrants i! September are passing the examination as fit for service. FOE QUITTING BULGARIA GERMAN-TURKISH EXODl'S NOW SPEEDING Waldo Hall.' The name of the fresh man awho committed the offense of smoking on the campus was not given out , Tne .young man was smoking on the campus last evening when two sopho mores, Ernest Palfrey, of Molalla, and Edwin Robertson, of Portland,, ap proached him and told him that smok ing on the campus was not permitted. The freshman refused to stop, so the sophomores started to paddle him. This method of treating wayward freshmen has been permitted for years and has not been regarded as hazing here. The freshman pulled a knife. and in the fray that followed cut Rob ertson twice in the leg and slashed Palfrey's arm. Both the wounded boys fainted and were rushed to the hospi tal. The freshman was taken in charge at once, and placed under guard. The military authorities this morning would give no information on the incident. President Kerr, who has sanctioned the order against smoking on the campus, aid this morning that he would permit no hazing. PROMINENT RESIDENT DIES Wife of A. J. Wyman, Oregon Cltj, Is Victim of Bronchial Pneumonia. - OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Lucinda Wyman, wife of A. J. Wyman, one of the prominent resi dents of this city, died Friday evening after a few days' illness of bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Simmons, who was born in 1863, came to Orepon in 1890, first making her home in Yamhill and later at Ore gon City. Mrs. Wyman is survived by her hus band, A. J. Wyman, and the following children: Mrs. Bertha McComb, of Esta cada; Paul Wyman, of Gladstone; Mrs. Hazel Green and Miss Vera Wyman, of Oregon City; Mrs. Gladys Belts, of Pen dleton; Henry Wyman, who is in the Navy, and by three brothers, Alex and Charles Simmons, of Oregon City, and John Simmons, of Kansas. Freight Car Loads of Officers, Sol diers and Civilians Arrive in Vienna. GENEVA. Friday, Oct. 11. The Ger man-Turkish exodus from Bulgaria has been greatly accelerated during the last few days. Officers, soldiers and civil ians are arriving in ienna on freight cars, and long convoys of artillery and foodstuffs are given right of way. Pas senger trains are reaching Vienna from 12 to 20 hours late. Steamer service on the Southern Danube has been discontinued. Armed Bulgarian soldiers are turning to bri gandage in some places, it is reported. The Serbian peasants, unearthing weapons which escaped confiscation by the troops "of occupation, are aiding the allies to 'drive out the retreating forces. Serious conflicts are reported at Orseva between Austrian and Bulgarians. LONDON. Oct. 12. The Turkish Em bassy in Berlin officially confirms the reports that TalaaX Pasha, Turkish Pre mier, and Enver Pasha, War Minister, have resigned, says a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. It does not. however, confirm the reported appoint ment of Tewfik Pasha, .ex-Ambassador to London, as Premier, stating that he. with Izzet Pasha, ex-Turkish com mander-in-chief, has been mentioned for the Premiership. FRESHMAN WIELDS KNIFE TWO SOPHOMORES AT O. A. NURSING WOrXDS. Substantial Progress Made Toward Six Billion Goal on Lib erty Day. WASHINGTON". Oct II Liberty day I celebrations today brought uncounted millions to the credit of the Nation's l6.V00.0U0.0na war loan, although meager official reports available to night added onl.y 177.000.000, making the known total to date J2.H6.O00.00O. Two-thirds of the campaign is gone and less than half the task is pec formed. In the remaining week, the seven days ending next Saturday night. $3,700,000,000 must be pledfted by per sons who have not yet bought or who can buy more. Official figures came tonight only from the New York and Chicago 'ed eml reserve districts, showing; about $50,000,000 and $27,000,000. respectively, additional subscriptions, not Including today's business. These brought the New York district's total to $562. 275. 150 and the Chicago district's to $404.-434.000. Keports from all districts told of In tense interest in the Liberty day cele bration. Kxercises were held by vir tually every school and patriotic or ganization in the country. In addition to the parades and other displays, un usually active sales campaigning was done. Almost every bank in the country re mained open until late tonight to take subscriptions. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. Respond ing to urgent appeals from liberty loan headquarters and answering the promptings of Liberty day. San Francisco subscribed J6.3S2.S10 to the fourth liberty loan today, bringing her total to J49.647.130. The total for the twelfth Federal reserve district at 5 o'clock today was $206,708,250. or 1.5 per cent of the total allotment. Unpopularity of Crown Prlnee Re ported to Have Increased in Germany. ZURICH. Switzerland. Oct. II. Neu tral travelers arriving here from Ger many report that rumors that Kmperor William will abdicate appear to take greater consistency day by day. The arrivals akl that the unpopular ity of the Germ"n Crown Prince has considerably Increased In Germany. PARIS. Oct. II. The tendency is re marked in certain Oerman circles, says a dispatch from Geneva, to the Temps, to represent the eventual fall of Km peror William as a concession, which the Germans would be disposed to al low to the allies if they demanded it. Such talk appears, above all, the mes sage adds, to be an attempt to bring about an event which many Germans Judge to be inevitable and even desirable. COPKNHAGEN. Oct. 11. The Reichs tag will meet on Wednesday. October 16. according to advices from Berlin. STOCKHOLM. Oct. II. (Htvaa.) Reports from Pskov. Russia, say that German soldiers who had been trans ferred to that place from the Frenoh front to recuperate have mutinied and unfurled the, red flag. The men were disarmed and placed under arrest. Another- dispatch from Russian sources ays that German soldiers at Ixpol are threatening to march to Ber lin and force their demand that the war be ended. BRITISH WRATH STIRRED SINKING OP LEIXSTER HELD TO BE DIABOLICAL CRIME. x PIONEER RANCHER PASSES John Myrick, Mayor of Warrcn- ton, Dies at Pendleton. PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) John Mynick, Mayor of Warren ton. Or., where he had made his home for a number of years, died here this morning from pneumonia. He was one of Umatilla County's pioner wheat raisers and owned large tracts of wheat land in this section. Mr. Myrick was born in Ohio in 1S66. and was a resident of Pendleton for 33 years. He is survived by Mrs. Myrick and the following children: Olive Lee. Hermiston; Effle Gerde. Portland; Viola Savage. Harry Myrick, Mrs. Mabel Garing and William My rick, of Pendleton. London Xcws Declares Peace Talk In Circumstances Would Be Nauseating Mockery. LONDON, Oct. 12. All the London newspapers today Were rilled with in dignant condemnation of the "cold blooded murder and massacre" In the sinking of the channel steamer Lein- ster by a German submarine which is described as one of the most shocking pieces of wickedness in the German record. Committed at the moment when Ger many is talking peace, the immediate effect of this outrage, it is pointed out, will be completely to defeat Ger many's purpose, for It Is now obvious there has been no real change In gov ernment, or, if so. the new German authorities are ineffective. No notice, therefore, the newspapers say, can hencefortn be taken-of any thing uttered or written by Chancellor Maximilian except "unconditional sur render." Sir Edward Carsbn. head of the war aims committee, writes to the nress asking that the government insist be fore any further notes are received from German sources that the authors of litis "diabolical crime" should be delivered up and brought to Justice. The Daily Mail says: "Kvery German submarine and mer chantman must be surrendered as one of the peace conditions." The Daily News with equal energy calls for punishment of the German criminals. It says to talk peace while Germany is thus murdering women and children would be a nauseating mock ery. The newspapers adds that "the abdication of the Kaiser would not satisfy the allies for that criminal's responsibility cannot be cast off like a wornout coat." Viscount French. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in a message to the Irish peo ple, says he Is certain1 the Irish will rise as one man to help, bring swift retribution to the people who employ such barbarou.4 methods of warfare. COURT TO PROTECT LABOR Judgr Jones Rcfusrs to Interfere in Ship Construction. In an effort to allow nothing to in terfere - with the work of men in the .shipyard. J udpe Joseph H- Jones rc fUKtvd yesterday to tn two ordera re quiring judement debtors to appear for examination. "I'pjer section 25 J of the code the court i allowed to use Ha discretion in requiring debtors to appear." naid Judc Jones yesterday. I am takinff advan tage of this clause and thus preventing men apain.t whom judgments have been broupht from losing a half day's work by aiminu from the shipyards to the Courthouse. "Collectors hrinfrinj? Judirments apainst these men will be obliged to proceed through other avenues to col- 'ct their money." GIRL FIGHTS, SAVES TRAIN or Signal Operator Foils Plans Three Wreckers. rxiONTOWN. Pa.. Oct. 12. Bar ricading herself in the tower at the Pennsylvania Itailroad crossing at Gist, near here, this afternoon. Miss Km Vensel. signal operator. helrther post and fought a revolver duel with three men who attempted to wreck an ammunition train by placing ties across the track. With bullets crashing through the sides of the tower house, she returned shot for shot until the arrival of tho freight train frightened away the intruders. ORIENTAL TRADE TO COME BROKERAGE FIRM BELIEVES CITY HAS BRIGHT FUTURE. BAKER'S DOZEN IS. LIMIT 13 U-Iiouts Utmost Hun Can Keep . Out at : Time, Nowadays. LONDON. Friday. Oct. 11. Vice-Ad-miral Sims, speaking yesterday at Lord Northclif fc's luncneon for visiting American editors, said that the aver age number of enemy submarines op erating against merchant ships and transports across the Atlantio was about eight or nine but that sometimes It ran up to 12 or 13. That was all the submarines the enemy could keep out at a time, he declared. Around the British Isles. Vice-Admiral Sims said there were about 3000 anti-submarine craft In operation day and night. Of American craft there were 160 and it was about the same in the Mediterranean. The convoy. Vice-Admiral Sims ex plained, is nothing else than a grand fleet' of merchant vessels surrounded by a screen which makes it very dangerous for a submarine to make an attack. There ' are about 6000 anti submarine craft in the open sea today, cutting out mines, escorting troop ships and merchant vessels and making it possible lor the allies to win the war. JAIL TERM ENDS HAPPILY Woman, Disresardlns Marriage Laws. Weds Second HusbarnJ. TACO.MA. Wash.. Oct. 12. (Special.) Sentenced to four months in the County Jail for disobeying the state law pro hibiting remarriage within alx months after the granting of a divorce, Mrs. Kdna Uernard culminated the first chapter in her second attempt at mat rituoniul happiness today bv marrying her second husband again as soon as she was released from Jail. The months' period was up and the last mnrrtage will be considered legal. Mrs. Bernard married Jack Hobin son, a soldier, when a girl, and ob tained a divorce from him. Before the six months period was up after the granting of the divorce she married Kdwnrd P. Uernard. Her first husband brought action against her. alleging the second marriage illegal and she waa given a four months' eentenct for her disregard of the law. I'.ernrd is a soldier and is seeking a transfer to Camp Lewis so aa to com plete his interrupted honeymoon. Offices Opened In Portland for Pur pose of Developing Cargo Movement Across Pacific. Kxporters and importers. Interested in Oriental business, have commenced to appreciate that Portland will soon be a point of aeep interest for trans shipment. F. Henius & Co.. of Chicago, have opened offices In the Wilcox building to develop a permanent busi ness through this port. Mr. Henius is In personal charge of the office and ex pects to concentrate every effort in the development of cargo movement through Portland, preparatory for the time when the ships must come. Many -of the important concerns of the Last have been seeking Pacific Coast locations. Because Portland did not have ship service they have shown preference for San Francisco and Puget Sound cities. The logic inducing Mr. Henius to take a Portland location is that one may get In on the ground floor here. This - is significant, and portends much greater things as Port- and advances definitely toward a ship operating company. Mr. Henius has , on his catalogue lls.t of manufacturing firirre. for which he sells certain commodities, about 45 of the large companies of Chicago and adjacent territory. -He says he can commence with due notice of, say 60 days, furnishing cargo for any ships Portland may send to the Orient. The company has operated from Chicago for some time and has an established buines8 which needs but to be rerouted. Ralph Floyd, Prisoner, Writes. DALLAS, Dr., Oct. 12. (Special.) Ralph Floyd, an Independence boy, who was captured by the Germans about a month ago, writes his parents that he is being well treated in the prison camp in Germany and that he is al lowed to write four cards and two let ters each month. The young man la in a oamp at Karlsrude. He waa cap tured by the Huns while he was de livering an airplane to a station near the front lines when in some manner he became lost. He is a First Lieuten ant in the Flying Corps. Melee Follows Attempt to Correct t Newcomer AVho Insists on Smoking on Campus. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, Oct. 12. -XSpeclal.) Because a freshman violated a time-honored custom on the O. A. C. campus and re fused to desist, two sophomores are nursing knife wounds and the fresh man is under guard in the barracks at Boy Said to Have Confessed Robbery Meredith .Wanless was arrested yes terday and remanded to the Juvenile Court by Inspectors Moloney and La- Salle, who have been Investigating the theft of $54 from the Riverview Dairy, 1003 Belmont street. Friday night. The detectives say they recovered $22.90 from the boy. who is only 14 years old. The lad is said to have confessed to spenSing $10 of the money to buy watch for his girl. Crisis In Shipyards Precipitated. Wholesale application for Army com missions on the part of industrial sur geons- has precipitated a crisis in local shipyards, says Ws F. Langelier, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Mr. Langelier says that surgeons no sooner become familiar with conditions in the shipyards than they apply for commis sions and leave for overseas. Mr. Langelier says that a certain number of active, competent young surgeons is essential for industrial efficiency. EPIDEMICWith Influenza DOCTORS, NURSES SCARCE INFLUENZA SPREADS IX MANY PARTS OF COUNTRY. . Surgeon-General Blue Method of Home of Patients. Prescribes Care WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. In aa ef fort to reduce unnecessary calls on physicians who have been overworked because of the epidemic of influenza. Surgeon-General Blue, of the United States Public Health Service. In a state ment tonight urged the public to learn something about home care of patients til with the malady. Every person who feels sick and ap pears to be developing an attack of in fluenza should at once be put to bed in a v.ell-ventilated room, Surgeon General Blue said. If the patient has fever, a physician should be called, and this should be done in any case if the patient appears very sick, coughs up pinkish sputum or breathes rapidly and painfully. The diet of the patient should be light. Quiet and cleanliness are essential. Attendants of persons having Influ enza, the Surgeon-General said, should wear a gauze mask and take all precau tions to prevent contagion. The epidemic, today in the Middle West and on the Pacific. Coast was re ported as spreading. Many new cases were reported In Kansas. Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota, Minnesota and New Mexico. There were signs in Boston and other Massachusetts communities and at Nor folk and Portsmouth. Va.. that the dis ease has passed its crest. Another week's recess was decided upon today by the Supreme Court be cause of the continued spread of influ enza. Motions will be heard as usual Monday, but all cases assigned for ar gument next week will go over. SEATTLE HOST TO PRINCE Axel of Denmark Entertained by Citizens of Puget Sound City. ' SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 1 f Prlnra Axel of Denmark, a commander in the Koyal Danish navy, accompanied by three officers of the Danish navy and oy Captain Auolphus Andrew. U. S. N and Howard S. Candes. representing the State Department, arrived in Se attle today. A luncheon, an automobile tour of the city and Naval training camp and a banouet tonight by prom inent citizens and Naval and Army of ficers comprised the entertainment features for the visitors. On Monday Prince Axel will witness steel ship launching and visit the Puget Sound Navy-yard at' Bremerton. ABERDEEN GETS PLANT Standard Cooporajre Company Opens Tomorow With Three-Score Men. ABERDEEN, Wash, Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) When the -whistles blow on Monday morninff a now industrial plant, will open in Aberdeen, which will em- . ploy at the Mart about 60 men. This is tho plant of the Standard Cooperage Company, for which the old Wilcox Shingle Plant, bought some months ago. has been remodeled. G. 1. Clerin and Theodore Siecfrted, former members of the Western Coop iraRe Company. whose plant was moved from Aberdeen to St. Johns. Or., some time asro, are two members of the new company. The third is L. J. Bee don, of this. city. The plant will be enlarged a; machinery can be secured. Iioy of 1-1 lias Revolver. Robert' Burrows. 14. who escaped from the State Industrial Train in School for Boys Friday, was captured at Second and Alder streets yesterday . by Patrolman Klopfenstein, who re ported that he saw the boy trying to steal an automobile. The lad fled whea the policeman started towards him. Young Burrows was carrying a 3 s caliber revolver when arrested. Hln home is at 747 Clinton street. Portland. MUCH WATER IS AVAILABLE Rcsult9 of Surveys in Vniatilla County Arc Announced. PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) Seventy-five thousand acre-feet of water is available from McKay Creek, near Pendleton, for an extension of the irrigation systems of the west end of the county, according to a state ment made last nifcht at a meetinir held in Hermiston by V. "T. Newell, super intendent of the Government project there, under whose direction surveys have been made in this section. This amount of water is considered adequate for all needs of the Western land & Irrigation Company, the r ur nisll project and other arid lands, while there is sufficient water on Camas Creek to supply the Teel .project. The data will be submitted to the department at Washington to supple ment petitions already filed askina; for au extension of the irrigation aystents. SEEPAGE IS IMMATERIAL Lake Cuhman Site for Power Plant Can Supply 36,300 Horsepower. TACOMA. Wash, Oct. 12. (Special.) The Lake Cushman power site im pounding; basin on the Skokomish River in Mason County ran lose au per cent by seepage annually and still supply 36.200 horsepower, or 72.400 horsepower, computed on a &0 per cent station fac tor, corresponding to. the usual demand for current over art of the day only. according to a report made by F. K Cronen. commissioner of the city light and power department. Professor Iandes. state geologist. disapproved the site for a proposed power plant because of the seepage. The city spent S2000 in drilling on the impounding site to determine tne seep age. R. H. Thomson, former Seattle engineer and now city commissioner there, approved the site for Seattle number of years ago. AUSTRIANS DO THEIR BIT Brothers Subscribe Whole of Gig Harlior's Liberty Loan Quota. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 12. (Special.) Peter Skansi and Andrew Skansi, Austrian fishermen, have subscribed the whole of Gig Harbor's liberty loan quota and even went a bit further. When they thought that the district would fall below the level set they each subscribed $500 additional. They merely wrote to the bank and gave Instructions to have the money de ducted from their balances as they could not leave their work to come to Taeoma. The Skansis and two mora of their brothers fully subscribed the Gig Har bor quota on the third liberty loan also. Pasco Plans to Bo Host. PASCO, Wash.. Oct. 12. (Special.) For the Washington State good roads convention, which is to be held in Pasco on November 21 and 22. a splendid pro gramme has been prepared, among those who will take part being Senator Carlyon, of Olympia: President S. B. L. Penrose, of Whitman College: Secre tary of State I. M. Howell. President Suzzallo. or the btate University, and Governor Lister. , CAMP. DODGE, la.. Oct. 12. With J Itonds Ordered by Wireless. SEATTLE. Oct. 12. A wireless order for S'Ju.SO in liberty bonds reached her. today from the crew of a Seattle steamer in the Arctic ocean. WINE PRESS IS SEIZED Apparatus Is Found in lull Oper ation and Two Are Arretted. A wine press in full operation was found last night by Officers Phillips and Abbott, of the war emergency squad, at 386 East Everett street. Frank Terenzio and Joe Gobetto were arrested, and held for the United States Government, charged with violation of the prohibition law. 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