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THE I OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1816. OREGON'S COAST ARTILLERY MAKES 3 HITS, BELIEVED TO BE RECORD BREAKERS FOR U. S., WHILE IN CAMP &P W 3 '- ,e3 ,m ..rr, MhkJ:S km, , , o i. -v,r , 1 ' s ,. : , .. r., .:" ..,tA.,fc.. ...n,.,,.,,, .n,,;,,,..,, ....tek 4'A)x4 BUiHllng, left to right MuAlclan IMward C. Stephenson and Earl H. Hibbard, Privates Thomas D. Hughes, Joseph T. Eckley, Conrad U chow, W. Walter Iluttenlioff, lloswell E. Mann, Ernest J. Freeman, Otto Wodtlf, Hifam V. HaAttngs, Halph Duerden, Charles H. James A. Meek, Carl It. Eckstrom, Chester V. Jones, Gordon 8. Dennett, George T. Kunz, James C. Jones, Kent Freeman, George William P. Drals. Sitting, left to right Corporals Gordon D. Stryker, Fred H. Reese, Ariel B. Chittjr, Sergeant James W. Neville, Second Lieutenant Vera N. Walton, Sergeants Herbert M. Knempel and William L. Miller, Corporals Ferdinand G. Kach, Benjamin H. Sture, Malcomb 8, Dunlwajr, Leonard C. Torgersen, Valdemar Anderson, Roj F. Crim, Mechanic Joseph Ifc-Padden, Privates liy Grls Willison, Willard V. llarnes, Edward F. La Spronce Jr., Mechanic Herman A. Rossback, Privates David A. Smith, Homer H. lladcliff, F. Brandenburg, Alfred. W. Joiee, Sam G. Marinos, Ray 1. llollinger, Fred C. Norby, Theodore O. Albreeht, Cooks George 1. Hrlt and Quartermaster Sergeans Jolm 8. Hyatt, First Sergeant Harry O. Neville, First Lieutenant Leonard Lundgren, Captain Frank W. Wright, Parkinson, Earl H. Crow, Mascot Herman Rossback Jr , Th instruction camp of the Coast Artillery, Oregon National Guard, was "'broken up on July 19 after two weeks ai rort ievenn. iMgnm company, oi f. '.thl city, conimand'ed by Captain V. (y i'V. Wright, made tnree hits that are thought to be record breakers for the to It. Official figures are confidently United States, being three 100 per expected to give Klehth company the centers in succession on a target mov- ; record Ing 10.480 yards away. i Eighth company has 41 out of 59 Only one record by a T'nited States I members rated as either first or sec regular artillery company .comes nearjond class gunners, or higher, and be tween IB and 20 men are known to have passed the prescribed examina tions during the time spent at Fort Stevens last month. The instructions and drill given by the officers and the interest taken in the work by the members of Kighth company during the fast year has caused an unusually high record of efficiency to be re corded. Eighth company is the only National Guard organisation left in the Armory In this city, and the at- CHEAP MONEY PROVIDED UNDER RURAL CREDITS ACT WILL ENABLE FARMERS TO MAKE MONEY AND STOP INFLUX TO CITY ..Great Dissatisfaction With Agricultural Life Has Been Ex- cessive Interest Burden; Country Pleasures and Con 1 veniences Now Almost Equal to Those in Towns, A: - " The rural credits bill, recently passed by congress and signed by Pres- dent Wilson, will be the greatest sin gle agency In stopping the flow of population from the rural districts to the cities, according to the opinion of men who have given the subject thought. Under the rural, credits bill land banks will be established In 12 dis tricts in the United States and money will be available to the farmers at a rate of Interest not to exceed six per cent and for periods ranging from fire to 40 years, the loans to be repaid on the amortisation plan, v This will go a long ways. It Is de clared, in solving the greatest prob lem, with Which those who till ths Soli have had to contend, the problem of Pf operly financing their farms. A bus iness in the city cannot prosper unless J there is behind It capital with which to f develop It, Neither can a farm pros Jper unless thers la capital with which tto lmprove'and derelop lt. ! Interest mates ProklslttT. Farmers now haVe the rural free mall delivery, the telephone, in many places they hare the use of electricity, and they have the automobile, all mak Jlng country life more attractive, but jstill the flow of population has edn itlnued toward the cities in an unlnter frupted stream. Why? Men who are studying the question eay H is because the farmer has been under such a handicap, as compared with men In other lines of business, In getting money with which to develop his farm and make it pay. It is a question of profits, and profits are difficult to make when one Is compelled to pay eight, ten and even 12 per cent Interest on money he must have to develop his business. That Is why the demand for a na tional rural credits law has been grow ing in volume and Insistence for many years until President Wilson finally secured Its passage by congress. In 1880 70.5 per cent of the popular tion of the United States was In rural districts. In 1890 this had decreased to 83.8 mrjtenti-ln 1900 it had de creased t48.6i WhlfS t 191B tmly 68. T per cent, of the population remained In the ruril sections. Cheap Money Oregon's Weed. The' growth of the cities ahead of the rural districts has been even more noticeable in Oregon, where the rural population in 1890 represented 78.2 per cent of the population of the state, while In 1910 the rural population rep resented only 64.4 per cent of the total. Only seven per cent of the land of Oregon is under cultivation. Only 88 per cent f ths tillable lind of the state is under cultivation. The state, which could be made almost self-sus taining and have & great surplus of produce to spare, does not even feed lis I own people. The great essential need Is cheap money with which to develop the land. It is heeded In Oregon. The prosper ity of Portland and- the other cities and towns of the state depend largely on it Prosperous farms are needed to back up the cities. It Is believed the new national rural credits bill, as soon as the plan au thorised can be put into operation, will be a great boon to the nation, and Ore gon particularly, In aiding the farmer to adequately finance his business at a' low cost. It is believed It will be a great agency in stopping the flow of population from the country to the cities. j. " Officers for Medical, Corps to Be Chosen Announcement Hade That Examina tions Are to Be ttsld at 14 Military Stations to SecurS aaa Men Heeded. Washington, Aug. 6. (I. N. S.) The army needs 222 additional Offi cers for its medical corps and exami nations for them will be held on Au gust 14 at military stations through out the country. The examinations are open to American citizens between the ages of 22 and 82 who have gradu ated from reputable medical schools and who have served at least one year as Internes in hospitals. All will be required to pass ths examinations. Those who pass will b appointed ' pro visionally as first lieutenants in the medical reserve corps, ; Home From Islands. Forest Grove, Or., Aug. 5. Fred Knight, a graduate of Pacific univer sity in this city, has returned from the Philippine islands, where he has been teaching school for several years. He reports conditions among the natives steadily improving under the help and guidance of the United States. Mr. Knight attended the summer term of school at ths University of Washing ton, and will later return to the islands to resume teaching. GOVERNMENT HOPES TO AID BOYS TO GAIN VOCATIONAL TRAINING U, S, Commissioner of Immi gration Announces Plan Soon to Be Put Into Effect, San Francisco, Au 5. (L P.) The development of efficient wage earners, through elementary and vo cational training and dissemination of information concerning vocational se lection and training of boys approach ing 16 years of age and of those above that age, desiring the same, is the purpose of a plan soon to be put into effect by the government employment service, according to announcement to night by Anthony Caminetti. United States commissioner of immigration. Simultaneously he announced an im portant step taken by hlS department which may be regarded as an aid to the preparedness movement. This plan, which Caminetti calls the most important undertaken by his de partment in many years, will be put into effect immediately. Details of the plan were made public in a state ment by Caminetti. "Every possible assistance will be given o young men and boys to en able them to make suitable vocational selection, with a view of proper Indus trial training." he said. "This will be done In order to guide them into de sirable industry and avoidance of oc cupations under places where unfavor able conditions exist." Ahother significant step taken re cently he said, was the decision to fur nih e-uitable blanks to the depart ments of war and navy for use by men who enter services of enlistment in -tile army or navy. "Th IrtPa." he said, "is that If a soldier, sailor or marine will fill out the blank 30 or 40 days ahead of final discharge from enlistment, stating what kind of work he desires and in what section of the country, the em ployment service will put forth every effort to secure, the Job he desires, so that upon his arrival after discharge, he may find work ready ror him. Pnmlnettl also announced that he conferred this week at St. iouis with lra Philin V Moore, president of the National Council of Women, regard ing a plan whereby me government will give "beneficial assistance to re cently arrived alien women ana cnu- dren." STRIKE VOTE fS COMPLETE, BUT RESULT SECRET (Continued From fase One.) initial act would be the proclamation of martial law By the president and all available military would be dis tributed throughout the cfuntry to prevent mob violence and assure the safe operation o? trains. It was said that, should congress pass an act directing the government to take over for the duration of the strike the control and operation of the trains in all probability the present operating heads of the various roads would 1e retained by the government in their positions, they being accountable, however, to the government, and not to the corporation they now serve. Officials believe the salaries of offi cers and wages of employes would not be changed during the temporary in tervention of the government. . Trans portation rates would remain the same. unless the government operation of the roads should be prolonged. In that case, it is believed, the government would institute uniform rates en all the roads. JENNING'S Good Furniture at Genuine Reductions You Choose Here From the Largest, Freshest Stocks of Guaranteed Furniture and Housef urnishings in the Entire Northwest. There Are Hundreds of Reductions Not Advertised Here. 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The suite consists of the following : One Mahogany Bed with cane panels; reg. price $50 One Mahogany Dressing Table, with triple mirrors and cane panels; regular price $35 One Mahogany Chiffonier, with 18x24 pattern beveled French plate mirror and cane panels; ' regular price $40 One Mahogany Dresser, with 24x30 pattern bev eled French plate mirror and cane panels; regu lar price $40. Ask to See This Beautiful Suite Sale of Fine Chiffoniers $15.00 Hardwood Chiffoniers with $1 A OK 16x20 beveled French plate mirror PXVayeJ $18.50 Mahogany Chiffoniers with (PI 1 Tft VXi-lUU serpentine front $25 Walnut Chiffoniers with 1818 J" ff 4A pattern beveled French plate mirror V AtJe'xl pattern $28 C 16x18 beveled French plate mirror $50 Golden Oak Chiffoniers with 18x22 beveled French plate mirror $28 Golden Oak Chiffoniers with (PI ( rjr V-S-vre s tr $SO Golden Oak Chiffoniers with fijOQ OC m A SPECIAL English Breakfast Tables, nicely made from specially selected, materials; drop leaf; well f7f? fiawhed; priced at . . . . $-Le I Q Henry Jenning . & Sons The Home of Good Furniture Washington at Fifth 1 ' :' " - -' - - " FOR THE SUMMER HOME Ail Grass Fiber Rugs at Specially Reduced Price. Full Stock of Porch and Lawn Hammocks. Second Floor tendance at anil is excellent. Kvery Wednesday and Friday night some or the officers and men are ready for In struction. Mathematics are necessary in order for a man to follow the -train ing of the Coast Artillery and very quick calculations are necessary as each shot is prepared. Captain Wright has been loyally ag isted by First lieutenant Leonard Lundgren and Recond Lieutenant V. N. Walton, and a painstaking staff vf non-cunuiilsKionc'd officers, every ot of whom is ituiilU'led l command a company in case of actual war. GENERAL WOOD ASKS PE RTINENT QUESTIONS N STATEMENT ISSUED Considerations Urged Will Be Impressed Upon the Young Men of the State, Camp Withycombe, Or., Aug- 6. "Are we Americans willing to accept the privileges of citizenship without a corresponding willingness to assume its obligations and their attendant sac rifices?" "Do we presume to mistake numbers for efficiency and training, and are we so blinded as to believe that we can Jump into a breach at a moment' no tice and caiy y the day against an en emy by sheer patriotism, minus train ing and experience?" These are the questions asked in a statement Just issued by Major-Oen-eral Wood, U. S. A. The statement is pertinent. In view of the campaign that is being- conducted throughout the state for additional recruits to fll va cancies existing m uregon troop on the Mexican border. Recruiting offices are now estab lished at The Dalles, La Grande, Eu gene and Portland to fill the ranks of the Oregon militia, and It will be the endeavor of the captains of the state militia who will be at these places to Impress upon the minds of eligible youne men tlie considerations as urged by General Wood, which should induce them to leave the daily tasks of every day life for a time and barken to the call of their country. People Are Misinformed. "Our people have been largely mis informed as to the requirements of ad equate preparedness," says General Wood. "Many of them are laboring under the mistaken idea that numbers take the place of organization and effi ciency, that wealth can provide a sub stitute for patriotic service, that the obligations of citizenship are, a volun tary proposition, that while they are entitled to all the benefits and prlv lieges of citizenship, the discharge of tho dangerous and difficult duties Is a matter of election, rather than of obli gation. "While exercising, and insisting upon the" right to vote, they assume that they have the right to volunteer as to whether or not they are to discharge the duties of citisens In times or na tional stress and peril Proposltloa One of Madness. "There Is no adequate appreclatldn j of ths fact that willing, physically fit i aggregations of men cannot meet with any hope of success In modern war, any more than they can in the com petition of modern commerce or busl ness, men who are equally good physi cally, equally willing and who have been thoroughly trained and prepared for the work at hand. "If the proposition was presented to our people of manning all our railways with new and Inexperienced men, un trained and unfamiliar with every por tion of the work, they would look upon it as simple madness, and yet they are quite willing to undertake In the brief space given by the onrush of modern war the organisation of the armjfs of the republic which must consist of several millions, from raw, unin- structed, untrained, undisciplined men. led led by officers for the greater part equally green, undisciplined and un trained. "This proposition Is, indeed, one of simple madness, and those who urge it and preach It strike not only at the safety but at the very life of the na tion. Freparedaass Zs fiaty. ' "The plain duty which confront US is preparedness, a preparedness which is not merely material, but one based primarily upon a moral organization of the people, an organization which Is founded upon an appreciation of ths truth that with manheod suffrage goes' manhood obligation tor services, that with the privileges of citizenship go it obligations in war as well as ih peace, and that no free democracy Of repre sentative government can survive which fails to recognise these funda mental principles. "We must flo what we can to pro mote arbitration and to establish con ditions of general peace, but We Shall be untrue to our country and to those who- come after us if we fail to recog nize the fact that, desirable a these things are, they cannot as yet be de- pended upon as Insuring peace or as a guarantee against aggression. "They cannot take the place of ha tlonal preparedness, preparedness hot so much for war as against it, a pre paredness which will enable us to pass on to those who come after us the ben efits and privileges which We dur selvea enjoy- Those who preach non resistance and oppose -preparedness are the foes within almost as dangerous as the foes without." Mexican Burglar Is Slain; Two Wounded Officers at Bait Z.ake Sespond to Tel ephone Call and Surprise Trio En raged In Breaking Into House. Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 5. (U. P.) In a battle in the dark early today between officers and Mexican burg lars. Detective Charles A Williams killed Joe Martlno and two other Mexicans were probably mortally wounded. Williams was shot through the nose, but will live. He also shot Faclunda Gonzales, one of the wounded Mexicans. Frank Garcia, the other, suffered three bullet wounds. When the Mexicana attempted to break into the home of Mrs. A. Cross she called the police by telephone. Owners of Land in Mexico Form League Zfon-Intrvntlon Is to tee Oae of Objects, According to Announcement! Mops Xxpresaed to Sllmlnate reon. San Francisco. Aug. 6. Plans for a non-intervention league to be or ganized by land owners in Mexico wi announced this afternoon by GoilJ Harold, wealthy rancher of Slnsloa. Mexico, in an diirps before the con ference of the Woodrow Wilson Pro gressive league here. The purpose of the league, lie declared, will be to op pese invasion of Mexico by American . troops "and to npeed the day when the word 'peon' will never again he used. "The word stands for nothing but slavery," he said. . 'i . - . . jsssm The Soldier, Boy Falh Nklj Before Cupid b Dart a 0 Todays I Wbea Writing or railing eft advertiser, ftltaa SMMUoa The fenrnst. . ; (AST.) in the fascinating comedy-drama "Bettina Loved a Soldier" It's another Bluebird film with beautiful scenic displays featuring Louise Lovely, Francelia Billington and Rupert Julian in an enraging love story based on the renowned fiction classic, "L'Abbe Constantin." A vaudeville programme tilled with mirth. Huntress & Co. Scries of Classical Egyptian Dances Princess Laaoa's Hawaiian Serenaders Hawaiian Singing, Dancing, Musical Specialties The Malcommis Sertsatibnal Jugglers Esther Sundquist Violinist CWldren anger 10, aoeompanltg by nar. snts. admitted free to nay tnatinee. St eel atttraays and nnnays. . ... ' ' , '