TIIE SUNDAY OREGCNTAN, PORTLAND, DECE3TBER 1918. . daL) The Countr Court has completed the budget of estimated expenditure for the year im. -aggregating I31J.0OO. Taxpayer will be1 asked to ratify the budget at a meeting to be held Deeem ber 27. The budget includes 157.600. ACT AS HUN. TOOLS for county school purposes. J25.000 for grading and $49,533 for county roads. 10 LUTHERAN PASTORS loyal Propaganda Methods. Captain Lester Seek to Show Antl- Amerlcin, Antl-Brltish, Fro . German Methods Csed. ROAD PLANS DISCUSSED Federal Agent Exposes Dis-I Catblamet Entertain Head of High way Department CATHLAMET. Wash- Dae. 14. (Spe clal.) Wednesday was a gala day foi Wahkiakum County, as three aistin -ni.h.rf visitors were the guests of th Pfll IHIFS SCORED eastern seetlon of the county James w I Allan em. Hls-hwav Connnli91onr: his assistant, R. H. Gillls. and Frank Terrace, the farmer orator of Orlllia, Wash., and yiee-presldent of the Good Roads Association of Washington. Through the activity of the Wahkla kura County development jeague these men were persuaded to come to this county in the Interests of state road No. 19. A big basket dinner, fol lowed by a meeting, were features of the entertainment at Skamokawa. At tha close of this Drorramma the vlsl WASHINGTON, Dee. 14. The story of I .,, were conveyed to Cathlamet over now enemy propagandists used Oerrnm I the first piece of state road in the Lutheran pastors to preach love for tne I county and were guests of the Cath r'alherland and devotion to its cause. I ismet Commercial Club at a' banauet. and tried In vain to stir up negroes in I in the evening for over an hour Frank the Lnlted States with reports mat I Terrace held a great audience at the Germany won. part of this country I Lobby Theater. Mr. Allen followed and would be assigned exclusively to them, I showed several very fine slides of the was told today to the ScTsate committee different roads of the state. He was Investigating propaganda, by Captain I roundly applauded when he said that be George B. Lester, of the Army lntelli-l hoped soon to be able to show views of tnc service. I state road No. 19. the road for which The witness also continued bis testl- I the citisens are making a concerted ef mony of yesterday, seeking to show I fort to secure an appropriation at the "pro-German, anti-English and antl- 1J19 session of the Legislature. American policies of W. R. Hearst s MVimntn . AirontmA Itv William . ...... . -.111- r.r.i.FM Minn Bayard Hale. Hearst correspondent In SMfl I t-KIII I PK tN nllin u i. i.j i wi.w . ...... . . w ....... Puyallup Growers Get Returns on 1918 Crop. with Germany. The hearing will be tesumed Tues day when several men whose names have been mentioned by witnesses dur ing the Inquiry, including Samuel In- termyer, of New York, will be heard. Disloyal Ministers Fonad. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 14. (Special) I Highest prices ever paid for black berries and raspberries shipped lor Eome German Lutheran preachers ,K. .i h, P.w.n.m oocinno pr r ms & Sumner Fruitgrowers' Association. German government, both before and I Tna puallup Valley produced and aner tnis country entered the war. ,hipped m0re than 100.000 crates of ber captain Jester aeciareo. ana a lew H ,n addltlon to the minions of -n cnunne. unerances r pounds canned. Returns to the growers .11. i.s " in pool No. 1 on blackberries w Many church leaders recognised the pro-German tendencies of the minis ters and tried assiduously to hare them removed, the officer explained. The efforts to stir up race troubles among American negroes failed, said Captain Lester, but it persisted until a congress of negro leaders last July for- In pool No. 1 on blackberries were J3.60 a crate. $2.15 was the lowest, an aver age of 33 cents higher a crate than in 1917. which held the previous high rec ord. Red raspberry. growers averaged $2.51 a crate. On Bartlett pears the grower Is receiving $40 a ton for No. 1 pears and $25 a ton for No. Is. On plums many recogn1Ied th. propaganda and iZ denounced the movement. One cablegram from Hale at Berlin to the New York American read to the committee was interpreted by Captain Lester as proving that the German gov ernment did not regard the notorious Zimmermann note, disclosing a move ment to Involve Mexico and the United States In war, "as a frame-up by the British." Captsla A'lwrn Attack. quinces $40 a ton. a ton and crabapples $30 REMITTANCE MAN IS HELD II. S. Wilkinson Accused of Violat ing Mann Act. filV 1TTJ A XTlSm nc. 11 fSn.xl.l Captain Lester opened his testimony Howard K. Wilkinson, said bv De- today by referring to an attack on his partment of Justice agents to be an statement published this morning by Enallah remltta.net man. was arrested the Itew York American and distributed nere today by the Federal authorities by the universal service, a Hearst or-1 on a charge of violating the Mann ganizauon. e reminded me commit- white slave act bv transporting Mrs. tee that he made no statement yester- Cecils Furness, wife of a 8eattle ship day that Edward Lyell Fox. an Amer- builder, to San Francisco. According to lean writer who was on the German I Special Agent Webster, Wilkinson,, who governments payroll, was in the em- is said to receive $4800 a year from his ploy of the Hearst organization; "but I parents In England and who is said to tnat fox did receive credentials from own a ranch in Canada, brought Mrs. Merrill (then manager of Hearst's New I Furness to this city in October and both York American), that he received let-1 have been living as man and wife at ters from Gustav Sch weppendick. the I the Continental Hotel. Hearst manager In Berlin, and thJ I According to the authorities, Mrs. he wrote articles American and that these for the New York I Furness said she had pawned diamonds trtlcles were I for $6000 to help Wilkinson. Mrs. Fur- published In the American. Captain Lester stated further that he had documents showjng why the International News Service, a Hearst In stitution, was barred from cable fa cilities by the British government in 191C and the reason for restoration of this service. He said he would present ness told Webster that she loved Wil kinson more than her husband. Influenza, Closes Dallas Sawmill. DALLAS. Or.. Dec. 14. (Special.) The big sawmill plant of the Wil lamette valley Lumber company in the evidence if the committee asked it. this city was forced to close down I Thursday on account of the large num fTTT-TtriT invir, civ: Mivterrn ber of employes who were either sick Lutheran Official Declares Efforts the family had. the disease. The short- , . , I age of help became so acute that not -"" "F" enough men could be found to Handle urc-nr vnrtr t. 11 tt- x ... the lumber comins irom ina mm. i attempt to deny that there are pastors la nP"d operations may be resumed In the Lutheran Church who have been within a few days. in sympathy with Germany and that I some have spoken in a way to merit I the despicable name disloyal. Rev. r H. KnubeL president of the Dallas Farmers Get State Lime. DALLAS. Or.. Dec 14. (Special.) United Lutheran Church of America, The farmers of the vicinity of Dallas, I , I 0 I Platinum and - -B5Ct! Gold Have ! Been Released j-'fe r . tg y B By the Gov. vWr H II n " VTJATd EJT " 1837 yZVVV Thi Ouauty Stokf or Postlano This Collection Is Rich In Artistic Xmas Gift Suggestions There's a World of Good Cheer and Genuine Enjoyment in Every Box of Hazelwood Candies r They're a Real Portland Gift No candy makers in all the coun try can boast of better confections. Packages to be Parcel Posted are given particular care and atten tion. You may be sure of their, arriving in perfect condition. Place Your Orders Now! Home Christmas Candies Scores of kinds of them ! Christ mas tree candies Candies for the kiddies and for all the young folks from Nine to Ninety. We doubt if anywhere else in Portland you will find the "real Christmas kinds of candies." BUY the Pound or Box. Candy orders to be sent East must be In by Den cember 20 to insure delivery. ' -n the annual meeting of the State Game Commission and State Game Wardens. Points discussed at the meeting were the distribution of game and fish In areas recently depleted and the propa gation of game animals and birds. Wahkiakum to Get Trout Eggs. CATHLAMET. Wash., Dec, 14. (Spe cial.) L. H. Darwin, state game war- en. has notified the Wahkiakum coun ty game warden that this county has been assigned 75.000 silver trout eggs, which will be hatched at the Kalaraa hatchery. Th!s is the largest allot ment of trout ever received by this county, and it may possibly, be ln- creased. Ex-Mayor M. German, mem ber of the Wahkiakum County Game Commission, waa called to Seattle this week to attend a conference relative to the commission. Wahkiakum in. Front Ranks. CATHLAMET, Wash.. Dec 14. (Spe cial.) Wahkiakum County is In the front ranks of dairying. From tha official reports of the cow testing asso ciation, which was formed a year ago, it is learned that 21 herds have been tested for the entire year. The aver age milk production for that time was 6423 pounds and 317.2 pounds of butter- fat. The average cost of feed per cow I was $40.19. In the monthly newsMetter! of the Western office of the dairy divi sion of the United States Department of Agriculture from Salt Lake City, Utah, Wahkiakum County takes first place In butterfat production with 27.4 pounds, and has four of the IS high- production cows of Washington. Christmas bargains in magazines. Give magazines this Christmas. Send or Dhone vs your subscriptions. On request Christ mas cards will be sent for you. "Every magazine in tne world" at wholesale price. Send for catalogue of wonder ful offers. Western Magazine Corp., spauiding Dldg. Main 412. Adv. like those In various other parts of the state, are taking advantage of the lime from the state quarry furnished at cost. Thirty tons were received by G. F. McBee, the first in Polk County to take advantage of the state's offer, for fertilizing purposes. aid in a statement here tonight. He referred to the testimony of Captain George B. Lester, of the Army Intelli gence Service, who testified today be fore the Senate committee investigat ing enemy propaganda that some Lu theran ministers had been used to spread German nroDaa-anda. Declaring the history of the church Albany Ridges Announce Snowfall Knuhel added: ' ALBANY, Or.. Dec 14. (Special.) The church and its authorities have The first snowfall of the Winter In been most anxious to rid the church the mountains of this, section of the and the country of the Influence of any state occurred this week. High ridges man guilty of disloyalty. We pledge the Cascade Mountains which have our word as Americans and Christians been free from snow for many months that It la our earnest wish to be of real! are now covered. service to our country in these matters." Yamhill Budget $312,000. MoMTXyVTLLE. Or.. Pee. 14. (Ppe- Foresters Attend Convention. District Forester Cecil and his assist int. El N. Kavanaugh, returned yester day from Seattle, where they attended Holton Band Instruments Ukuleles, S3 to S25 Violins. Guitars, So to S100. Martin-Gibson Washburn S17.50 up. Banjos Banjo Mandolin, the Famous Orpheum, S. S. Stewart and Ur pheum, S12.50 to S150. Mandolins Gibson, Stewart, Wash burn and others, S4 to S100. Holton Band Instruments They cost more and are the best. 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