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.r. - for hi.' SOLDIER QF ENGLISH ARMY QUIET PERSON; F Does Not - Believe in Cere - mony and Does Not Be come Excited Over Victory WELL UP IN EFFICIENCY If Possession of Briton at Ptont : ' Sometimes rum Belief, 87 '' Correspondent. By 'William G. Shepherd. (UaiUd frM Buff Corrioodefit,) ' OopTlKtit, 1915, br the United Pr. Copy- rlgbt In Great Britain.) Headquarters ! of the British Army, Korthern France. April H.By Mail to New York) I have seenjthe entire British line. It la the stopper which General French ! put into ttte neck of the German bottle at the battle of ' Tpres last October when the -German tide began to' pour Calais-way. ' This English line is in- the exact pot in Europe where General Kogt, the Japanese master of war, once said would occur a battle that would staf fer the world, if war in Europe be came a reality. x Here's the war; here's the place and here are the British. Perhaps the battle of Ypfea that General Nogi had in mind was the one that oc curred last , October and it was a core i of . Waterloos and Gettysburg rolled into . -one, for the , number of men engaged and for the casualties. ; Englishmen Quiet Men. Toe first thing that strikes you about the British army is its quiet men. I saw six horses try to run away the therVday when a regiment of men, cheered General French after he had j thanked them in Ms quiet way for the part thny had taken in the battle of Neuv Chapelle. , Cannons 'the horses know. Cheers are strange ;to -them. It dawns on an -American ; slowly, that, in the mind of an Eng lish; army man noises and efficiency do not go together. , - ' - Compared - wltn the small portion Of the army "that landed at Vera Crux a year ago the organization of the British army is! perfect. Though the American army ! had been waiting in a' state of preparedness for orders to go 'into Mexico,: when it finally did land in Vera Cms the army horse shoers found themselves' without suf ficient horseshoeing equipment and for many day ! they were forced to hoe mules and horses with small sets of tools intended only for the march. , DO ttot Believe la Ceremony. An American is therefore apt to be misled by' the lack' of noise and fuss taervation will soon dispel any doubts a the state of efficiency of General French's army In the fighting zone, i "Don't have any ceremony," seems to be the British army man's idea of doing his Job. i A young officer was morhag about a headquarters room in .a farmhouse tip near the front, where he had gone in for some hot ; tea. He chatted with the " officers at the" table about various things; i about the - colonel's little daughter, who was 14, and had lived ; on four different continents; about a Hindu, who had learned to speak French almost perfectly within a ' few weeks; about other trivial things,, and all the time he was pack ing his bag to take his faen through a night march to the trenches where he would spend (several days. Take Taings Easy. "We ought to have a French cook," he said, as he threw his bag over his Shoulder and started for the door "That was his good-bye' remark. He uss NOR NOSE I I SI I I 9 as well ;as fits you, -a suit that you like that is what you want in clothes. YOU WANT . The fabric and coloring that you like best. The certainty that your suit is well made. The knowledge that your suit is Correct, clean cut and stylish. : The feeling that the price of your suit is "right." WE HAVg A very large assortment of all the newest designs in woolens and worsteds. . , A well appointed shop where all of out work is done by competent tailors." j ' - A careful and accurate cutter, who will meet your individual requirements. i A range pf prices which expresses genuine value. $20.00 $22.50 j $25.00 .ORDER your SUIT from us NOW 382 Washington Street, Near West Park might never come back again. I saw him pet; the old fanner"- dog on the head as he passed ' through the yard, and the officers went on talking Just as if a man had not started off for Deathland, t x Itr the 'midst of all this quiet and Informality and lack of fuss, one be gins, after little time. to.see.slsma of. the utmost efficftency. - - On the battleground back of Neuve Chapelle, the fields are dotted with small white signal boards. They were placed there long . before the battle to show regiments where to go when the battle began. I noticed many short ladders la the trenches which the British had. left when they rushed on Neuve Chapelle. ... s "We ' made a , lot ' of these . ladders and put them Into our trenches so that our "men eould climb out quickly when the charge began, explained an office. ' . - j : . no Wasted Motions. t On the battlefield on.e sees small bridges placed over ditchea; so narrow that any soldier cojild Jump them with ease. T These were for the men to use. General French didn t want any waste motions or waste" exertions in that battle. 'Hi.yi-;- ; "We're going to do this the best it an b done." he,aid. The result of this quiet efficiency was that Neuve Chapelle fell in one hour and a half instead of within 10 hours, the time that had 'been calculated. The Only thing that ? rputters in this British Army Is powderf. the-only noise comes from 'guns.? ' . . This self j possession , of the British f'fficer sometimes almost passes be ief. Just as his women will stand on the station i platform in London, as I have seen them, their eyes lakes of tears, waving good-bye to him franti cally with ' their handkerchiefs but never dabbing at a wet eye until he is put of sight, so will he hide his motions under the greatest strains, -I Bid Wo Show Anxiety. 1 I eat at ! a table with officers of the flying corps recently and they Chatted about the most everyoay things. But all his time they knew that one of their mesa was up in the feir - over the German lines, within range Of the German shrapnel, and even of German rifles. He came in soon afterward, and it was not until they were slapping him on the back with unusual cordiality that I real ized how well' they had hidden their anxiety during the meal. I This self possession, is. In fact, es pecially marked among the British aviators. The eld time flying man smoked so many cigarettes to prove jthat he waa cool and collected that cigarettes as used by aviators, became a Joke. The British flying man doesn't try to prove his coolness. He Is cool and all there's to It. He doesn't oversmoke to prove lt. I - Height of Bffleleney. I Perhaps the height of efficiency of (the flying manvwaa reached in the battle Of Neuve Chapelle. A flying man had been Ordered to hover over a certain spot during the battle; u he saw movements in a certain place, he was to send a certain signal to headquarters. It was a cold, cloudy morning on March 10. The flying man took his place in the sky and the bat tle was soon under way. He flew ever the appointed spot and found a mist below him. He climbed down and down to catcli a glimpse of the fiOvetaents, If possible. He couldn't see the earth from a height greater thab 400 feet. -And so, for over an hour, he sped in a circle around the Spot. The busy Germans from time to time potted at him, but he stuck on the Job until he saw what he wanted to, made his signal and climbed into h sky again. I Want Tourists to Stop, f How to encOxirftge exposition bound tourists to stop off in the northwest was the general subject at the Weekly luncheon of the Spokane Commercial elub Tuesday, which -was addressed by A. D, Charlton, assistant general pas ses ger agent of the Northern Pacif id; William MeMurray, general passen ger agent of tne ow. n. n., and 0 W. Hibbard,- general passenger agent of the Milwaukee, I Town clocks-are being -illuminated nights by electric lamps. i. A (s? h rieases - ;- . f - WELFARE FEDERATION EXPECTED TO INDORSE Numerous Organizations; In terested in Good Govern ment Compose Body. To indorse certain candidates and probably go on record as opposing others, the public Welfare Federation will ' hold a meeting at 8 o'clock to morrow night in room H. Central li brary. At that time the committee ap pointed to investigate the .candidates for city oommiasioner and city auditor will make its, report. Nineteen dif ferent -church and civic organisations were affiliated with the federation when it met last Friday night, and an "invitation - is extended ' to " other organizations Interested in promoting good government to send representa tives to the meeting tomorrow night. Commissioner Daly and candidates for city commissioner have been in vited to make short talks at the Al berta public market Saturday morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock. Commis sioner Daly will speak' on water meters." - - -. CABINET MEMBER TRAVELS AS PLAIN "MR. HOUSTON" (Continued From Page One.) are, how they should be safeguarded, what fuller use may be made of them and what influences are at work to prevent development. : somebody . wondered why the secre tary was not greeted at the depot by a representative body of Portland busi ness men, escorted around the city in an automobile, fed on Oregon : squab and handed a glgaatlo cluster of Caro line Testouts. ii. But at this the secretary laughed he had had his breakfast by that time, wo you Know, x woman t have a chance to work if I were traveUng like that," he answered. iThat's why l am not sending out elaborate advance nonces aoout my movements, I am working every minute. -.mere; are uuigs i want to see and find out about." ' In the secretary's party are A. F. Potter, associate forester. Washing ton; F. O. Caffey, solicitor of the de partment of agriculture. Washington; David O'Nell. a personal friend, of fit. Louis, and District Forester Cecil, of fortiana, who met the secretary at Grants Pass, -. j The Southern Pacific train on which the Visitors arrivea was 50 minutes late today. It waa to have arrived at 7:20 but did not get in until 8:10. The secretary had planned to leave on th rorth Bank train at 8 o'clock, which would nav left him very brief period to get the breakfast for which nis being yearned. But as it was, he had a good breakfast, had time to talk a minute ana get over to the other depot for the 9:66 train that took him to the Columbia forest, his next stop, in Skamania county, 'Washington. i ,?.;:'-'; .' Trip is aJoyeL -ij' "T Jlr. Houston is finding huge enjoy merit in his trip. He is dressed for the part, with rough garments and a regu lar flannel shirt. Bo wrapped up in his trip is he that he absolutely re fused to talk politics. As for the for eign situation, h hurriedly -explained that he could not discuss it. All ..of Which left the story of , his journey something like the itinerary of a Methodist bishop on a visitation Of thji western conferences save that it was less pretentious. . ji The secretary has been away from Washington for - five weeks. He is going into the principal forest reserves and finding out from the bottom up how the trees grow. ( i From San Francisco he . traveled over the Northwestern Pacific into the western California forests. Alighting at intervals,' Be invaded, the primeval growths, talked with forest rangers; settlers, advised distriot foresters and got advice from thm. It was along this porUort of the Journey that hia miscellaneous forms of travel were resorted to. One t the side trips was Up a mountain of s rugged a forma tion that the party ha to travel nearly 40 miles to advance five. - This was in northern California and at the top wasji forest station near a lake where a power plant has been estab lished. : ' Value of Forest Banger, i Hardly anybody appreciates the value of the forest ranger," explained Mr. Houston. He 19 ofteii the only government Official the people of the forests ever see. Often he Is the only official of-any kind, state, city or na tional, Upon him rests the burden of protecting the forests from fire dam age, but fie many times is, called upon to . referee local disputes,-: advise set tlers about agriculture, and grazing and act as unpaid attorney la telling little points of law, ' "This is true mor rup;iw n 1 those sparsely settled , regions of the j Siuelaw country and the Siskiyous." One of the objects Of the secretary's .trip is to look into some of the oid- time troubles involving settlers and , locators, i He Would not discuss - this fiiture of his traveis, but it is known j that many suf-h troubles that have never reached the courts hav involved numerous innocent homesteaders and unscrupulous locators. . - hit, Houston said the seven districts into which the national forests are di vided for administration are so widely scattered that different problems arise in each that cannot te solved at Wash ington unless the general administra tive head knows by his own exbertonfo 'What each consists of. This district, : fori example, is probably the largest of : all.j comprising Oregon, Washington , ana Alaska, " Falaba Inquiry Is upenea m iionaon ' i-iiffwrjn -lr- r, 'v v ' Lohdoft. May 20. (U. P.) Th offi cial Inquiry Into the sinking of the liner Falaba-openea toaay with lord Merney presiding. It Was On the Falaba that the American, Leon C. Thrasher, lost his life. In Opening the inquiry vthe solicitor general declared there was no doubt that-the crew of th sub maJfne acted with "great callousziese, cruelty and i inhumanity." He said witnesses would show that the tor pedo was launched against the Falaba while the passengers were still enter ing the small beats. CONTINUES. IN ERUPTION , Bedding, I Cat, May 20. (XL P.) ' Mount Lassen was still in the throes ( Of Its nlnety-flf th eruption early to- CERTAIN CANDIDATES Sheep Go Crazy, Die, After They Eat 'Death Camas' Spokane, Wash., May '20.- Hr Poisoned Toy eating "death 4t cam as," scientifically known as tygadonus renensans, 1200 sheep a few days ago- at Boyda, 4t Wash, died violent deaths or leaped into Kettle river, Dead it - man's creek and lrrlgstlon 4 flumes and drowned while 4t erased from the effects Of the plant. The ' ' story has Just been brought -to Spokane by Deputy Dt State Food Inspector I. ; J. m Minninck, who has Just returned : m from i an : investigation. The sheep, belonged to Walter Kemp & of Prosser and were being driv-jjf- en to . the government forest reserve near; Boyds .for the ja . summer, in a flock of 3000. ' ?Death cimas"- is similar to the . blue camas eaten by . In- dians, except that it has a whiter flower. It is growing In 3t profusion all ever the sur- r rounding country this year, ac H cording to Minninck. Parents 4t have been ; warned to - guard their children, from it as it is deadly to humans also. hot lava is running down from the crater. A great smoke cloud . waa shooting through the atmospheric va por clouds hanging over the peak. The illumination was similar to that from a forest fire. Jagged flames shot up 600 feet into the air, Barbers who shave dogs are Burner ous in Paris. : 166-170 Third Street he Li After 16 Years on Third Street, We Are Forced to Quit Business. ' Store for Rent Fixtures for Sale. Entire $25,000 Stock of Men's and Boys! Clothing, Hats and Greatest Reductions in our History Hundreds and Hundreds of Great Bargains in Every Dept. . Come! 166-170 Third Street EVER.YTHI11G THATST1EWEST f 9-0 White Goats, $ 1 2.45 Finest qua lity a ll-wool chinchilla swagger model We're sure there is not another White Coat value in town like this t We had to contract for a large "quantity this season, in order to sell them for such a price. Finest quality Chinchilla, xtieW 40-in. plain flare model, with iet-fn sleeves The -very Coat everyone is asking for right now. A splendid $19.50 quality in every way tomorrow ... Our Selling to Broken lines of our high-grade Suits, mostly one of a kind. The .season's ; handsomest styles, ele gant fabrics,- superb tailoring. IMany are exact copies of foreign models. Our regular CiOQ Q ?V Uuits ap to $47.50. at V&OtVO iWiddies,!$l "Middfe times ire here you can't have too many of them! Our fepleudid Dollar; Middies are won derful values. Made Of extra quality Indian head. Several styles, all. white and trimmed in col- CI ars. See them tomorrow ? V-a. 124126428 GIRL'S DEATH LOSS . ' TO MANY FRIENDS Sir' V ''-' n Qf- X -V .' 5 Uvi . t J -J ss YSV t ' r xrk I J S w f. TJr. Mis3 Ida Boeel. i Miss Ida Boeel, who died in this city on May 14, was born In Portland Feb ruary 2S, 1896. The funeral services at her late residence at ?1 Second street were attended by a large num ber of friends. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Andy Boesl and an only brother, Andrew Boesl Jr., survives her. Interment was in RlvervieW cemetery.- ' Miss Boesl attended the Ladd and s Now Selling at the THETOMTOfffi j, a. BAJrxur, Manage JjsBSSSsS m4i Exclusive Suits $47.50 1 L 1 ' .,iTi!JT" J - C Girl Staggers Under ' Influence of Drug Mabel Coxe, Daughter of Brigadier Qeneral Trenk Ooze, XT. 8. A, Be tired Accuses Itysterions Xaa. Ban "Francisco, CaL, ' May 10 (U. p.) Apparently suffering from" the effects of a powerful drug. Miss Mabel Coze, daughter of Brigadier "General Frank Coxe, XJ. S. A-, retired, was ques tioned today by the police after she had been , found staggering front the steps of a Filmore street photograph studio. The police are seeking , a mysterious man with whom Miss Coxe declares she took a drink after meet ing him at a dancing academy. The first story told by the yotmg woman implicated a photographer. Later she contradicted .this tale and. Implicated a man whose identity; is unknown. She says that after taking the drink, . she remembered nothing. Ten Million Pounds Meat for British Order ; 1 ot This Amount of Canned product for goldlets on SnroPean Continent Placed With Packers. Chicago, May 20.lT. P,)-ChloagO S today received orders from British government or 10 000.000 pounds of canned meaU. This hugs ofdiV is f or the consumption of the English fighting forces on the Euro pean continent, according to state ments made by men close in touch with the situation. the Falling schools, but on account of a long illness was never able to take np her studies in the high nchool. 166-170 Third Street 166-170 Third Street r FIRST AT THEr EMPORIUM JSSSSSBBBSBSJj A! 1: Vhile they last To $1.87 House Dresses, 79c Neat percale, madras and ging ham House Dresses a q-uick elenup of broken lines of our . 2i to $1.87 ffarmnU. Light I 111 Mrs awna 79c and dark colors, well made. Certainly great bargains, while they last ............. Utustastepofn wasninjtoii 79c k ;Pair ($$jt Mary Janes RlvaH K to 8 TO Sires 8tt to 11 i-J6?; Sizes 11 to 2..... .W1.4S Ladies' sizes ....... 81t98 n 51 M $1.98 biUdrtn's l JZi ' .'. . - y ". - ' - - ; vX $L48 Bhoes and Pumps Children's ll.BO IU75 Shoes and Pumps, pair.... Misses $2 and Hhoesand Pumps, 'pair.. Pairs MEN'S DRESS and $2.48 WORK Shoe. era sale at Che fotlow- sT ( fSS vA ' Mens SB and 8 hoes, pair $1.98 Boys' Shoes r-r;t ---- -a Ladies' Strap Pumps at $1.48 Soft kid strap Pumps in black, tan. also white, in all sizes $2.60 to 3.00 tt AO srrades. pair.. "u Mail Orders Filled Ladies' $2.50 Oxfords, now $1.4S Oxfords, black and tan. patent and white, good soles, all sizes in the lot. On sale at. spe- 1 1 clai, per pair.... wliHO V POLISH '2-in-l Polish for ......Re jet Oil ..--T GUt Edge 154 Shots Shined for ......5 Shoes repaired while you wait. Note Our New Location 25,000 Pairs of Standard Makes ofl Shoes and Low Cote For Men, Ladies, Misses, Boys and Children, On Sale Tomorrow at lj to Regular Price 25 Salesmen at Your Service i Open Saturday Night Until 10 o'Clock See Our Immense Window Display Ladies' $3 to $4 Pumps and Oxfords now , . $i -98 'r-y 1 -98 Hundreds tt pairs in patents, vslvfts, whits and tans, over 40 styles, In llKht or welted soles, all sizes AA to EK. sps- 1 flO cially priced, per pair fltUO $1.98 For Ladies' Finest $3-$5 Dress Shoes Thousands of pairs ot Irtflles fine Dress Shoes en sale. Thy come In patents, jrun naetals, dull kid. tans and white buck, with Cloth or kid tops; blacks and colors, all styles of bests, liffht, medium of welted soles. The best $3.00 to 15.00 values, in all Ilea, AA to KB width, sp f1 QQ cial, pair , P 70 51.98 15,000 Pairs Children's Shoes in Stock. . 59c ) - Tomorrow special prices as follows: Children's 8Be ZQr, Bhn.i and Pl;mn WWU 79c snd 98c d IM $1.48 98 c All sites In blacks, tans, whites and pat ents, cloth and k 1 d rS&L J Over 3000 $2.98 Men's 4 and tO AO Men's tt and 1 1 OR $50 Shoes. tliSO nor 91.U pfip Shoes, pal .... VQU Boys'' l 1Q Shoes, pair.. "V" woys fa.00 "i8 Bhoes. pair... wltHO All slaes. B&refoots at 79c Mlsss. boys and girls Barefoot Sandals, In all sizes, special, the 7Q air , t ........ . Ladles,' mlssen, boys Tennis Oxfords, 1 white and. black, all , 0 sizes, pair ....... wl Special . Note New Locatiorl Corner 4th and Alder GREENFIELD The Big Shoe Store 1 day bat a small but distinct flow of