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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, SATURDAY,, OCTOBER ,13, 1917. 3 FARMERS WHO DESIRE LiE WILL HAVE TO GET IT Tl MELVES State Board Has Done Prac tically Nothing to Meet the Demands for the Product, LEASE JS CONSIDERED Warden Don Murphy, Who Xa Secretaryi Wot Think Much Will Be Don by Outfit. Salem, Or., Oct. 13. Farmers of western Oregon whose land is in need of agricultural lime can have but little hope for early relief from the state lime board, according to Warden Charles E. Murphy of the state peni tentiary, who Is secretary of the board. Nothing definite has been accom plished by the board since Its creation bv the 1917 legislature, which appro rrlated 120,000 to be used in aoiulr-lna- a lime deDosit and preparing the product for agricultural use. "Verv Indefinite" and "all up In the air" are expressions used by War den Murphy in describing the present situation of the board and tne pros pect for an early supply of lime. Deposit ! Boofht Warden Murphy said the board Is negotiating for a lease of the Beeman tract of ISO acres near Gold Hill, which contains the most available lime deposit. The lease has not been closed arid the board has not enough money to buy the deposit, as 'Beeman Is asking 125.000 for It. If the lease In negotiated it will be on a royalty basis, said Mr. Murphy. Neither has the board obtained any machinery, as manufacturers were all the lime for use. Warden Murphy ald it wan almost Impossible to get machinery, as manufactureha were all interested in other lines. The ma chinery also Is costly, he pointed out. Board In Powers The state lime board, which waa ap pointed by the governor, is comprised of Warderv Murphy, secretary; B. Q Leedy. Corvallis; John Shimanek Crab tree; Benton Bowers, Ashland and A. B. Cordley, Corvallis. The law, passed by the 1917 legis lature creating the lime board and ap proprlatlng $20,000 for Its use, pro vldes for the board to aciiuire a lime deposit by purchase or lease, to in tall equipment for nuarylnK and pre paring tne lime for agricultural use. and then stell it at a nominal price to farmers fn Oregdn. The law provides that so far at practicable the work Is to be performed by convicts from the penitentiary under the control of the warden. Compensation Lmw Extended Halem, Or.. Oct. 13. A bill passed by congress Just before adjournment pro vldes for the extending of the protec tlon of the workmen's compensation law of any state to all civil causes o admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction anil Hetties the controversy as to the rights of workmen upon ships afte launching, and as to longshoremen en gaged in loading vessels at docks, t receive compensation for injuries, ac cording to the state industrial accident commission. A telegram received by the Indus trial accident commission Friday, states that the bill became effective October 6. It amends the Judicial code relating to causes of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction so as to "save to claimants the rights and remedies under the workmen's compensation law cf any state.'" Child of Detective Run Down by Cyclist Kerens Swennes Is Sadly Braised by Speeder Who Speeds On His "Way Without airing- Any Assistance. Kerene Swennes, 7-year-old daugh ter, of City tetective Tom Swennes, of 667 East Twenty-first street, was run over in front of the Clinton-Kelly school Friday afternoon by a motor cyclist who speeded on his way with out stopping- to render assistance. The child's face and body were badly bruised, and her clothing was nearly torn from her body. The 7-year-old daughter of Got Marsh of 191 Lincoln street was sliicht- ly injured at Front and Lincoln streets Friday afternoon by B. J. Hand, driv ing a motorcycle. According to Mr. Hand's report of the accident to th-; police, the girl ran into the side of his machine. He was not held responsible for the accident. A campaign against the practice of speeding past achoolhouses was started a week ago by Motorcycle Patrolman Frank Ervin. Frhjiy afternoon Ervin timed 'automobiles passing the Wood lawn school, and arrested C. H. Par- rish, C. Littlepage. A. M. Stone. C. A. Routledge, W. F. Holderman and An drew Larson for speeding. All, ac cording to Ervin, were going between 25 and 30 miles an hour. LIBERTY AUTO DASH IN CENTRAL OREGON TOWNS IS ON TODAY Eight Days Over "Sketchy" Byways Will Take Cam paign to Remote Hamlets, SEPTEMBER LIST OF EXPERT FLYERS SHOT DOWN IS EXCESSIVE Germany Js Heaviest Loser With Four Killed and Prem ier Wounded. FRANCE LOSES GUYNEMER Vienna and Budapest Papers Prl.it Death Hot'.ces of Best Austrian Pilots; 'British Xose Two. Baker Is Rolling Up Liberty Funds Bonds Amounting to $30,0001 Kara Been Purchased. AJthongn Seal Drire for Loan Will Hot Start Until Monday. Baker, Or., Oct. 13. Baker to date has subscribed almost $30,000 Liberty bonds, although the real drive through out Baker and Grant counties will not start until next Monday. A speaking campaign has been arranged by the local committee to reach every com munity in the district, with Judge Henry McGinn to be principal speaker at the meeting here. WOMEN TO BE CALLED UPON TO PLAY PART IN FEDERAL WAR WORK Before Spring Thousands to Be Needed in IVjany Lines; Is Present Indication, Govrrnor Visits Moro Salem, Or., Oct. 13. Governor Wit hyrombe was out of town Friday, attending the Sherman county fair at Moro. Secretary of State Oloott and State Treasurer Kay, the other two members of the slate board of control, left Friday for Koseburg to inspect and officially accept the hospital building which has Just bfen completed at the Oreson Soldiers" Home. 0. A. C. Registration Shows Big Gain corvallis. Or, Oct. 13 (1. P.) All former records vent down before the registration figures for the first four days of the college year at the Orj- fon Agricultural college this year. A total of 1553 students had signed up at the end of the fourth day. which Is IS more than enrolled the fUst four days last year Men outnumber women 2 to 1, notwithstanding tlAt 160 undergraduates are enrolled In military service and almost as many In Increased food production work. Even the senior class shows a gain of 5. Home . economics, commerce ar.d engineering made the biggest gains, A wild dash, circling Central Ore con on behalf of the Liberty loan bonds, began today When John H. Stev enson and John L. Etheridge started oi an eight day trip that will cover every town and community of import ance from The Dalles south to Kla math Falls and east to Burns. So far as is known in Portland no such trip in the same limited time, has ever been made before. Eric V. Hauser, cwner of the Multnomah hotel. has lent a mammoth yellow automobile with iB driver, Don Zetz, and is pay ing all expenses of the tour. The auto campaigners will make wild rides across almost impassable roads, across desert sagebrush and will ford treams where no bridges are to be found. Much Equipment Taken Ten extra tires and 20 extra inner tubes have been stowed away on the big machine, which left Portland by boat Friday night for The Dalles where the campaign opens tonight. Sunday will be taken up with a dash through the Deschutes country. A meeting will be held at Madras at 2:30 and one at Redmond at 8. L. C Gilman, president of the North Bank road, will Join the party and continue with it to Bend. Prineville will be reached at noon Monday with Bend the goal of the missionaries Monday night. Then they will speed south to Klamath Falls, and on Wednesday will speak at Klamath Falls, Merrill. Bonanza, Tule Lake and other places. Next east to Lakevlew on Thursday. Friday will see a dash from Lake- view to Paisley and Silver Lake, and Saturday will see the automobile's head pointed north again for Burns. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday the campaigners will amble back to Portland Many Meeting's Planned A score of tiny places, hardly on the map, have arranged to learn by tele phone as the machine leaves the last town. so they can arrange for meetings, and up to late Friday faint long distance calls from Central Oregon points came into headquarters. in some cases being relayed two and three times, advising that at this and that cross roads delegations would wait to hear the speakers. In one case it was a general store, in an other a roadside tavern, and farmers will travel up to 60 miles to eaten a sight of the big car and hear the speakers. Judge Stevenson will discuss the war and is of the forceful type, while Mr. Etheridge will explain tech nical features. H. H. Cloutier, manager of the Multnomah hotel, will go along and act as tour manager. Teachers Institute Adjourns Baker, Or., Oct. 13. The annual in stitute of the Blue Mountain Tri County Teachers' association ended Friday afternoon. Miss Lexia Strachan of Joseph was elected president. Superintendent J. C. Conley of Wallowa, secretary, and Mrs. Nellie Netll of La Grande, treasurer. Enterprise was chosen for the next an nual meeting. The association adopted resolutions pledging support in food conservation I and in other patriotic measures, sup I porting State Superintendent Churchill and strongly recommending his return : J to office for another term, and thank ing the local school authorities. Com Tnercial club -and Baker people for hos- j pitality -shown and entertainment pro vided for them. LABOR SHORTAGE FACED Government, It Is Declared, Stands Beady to Employ Many at Present In Various Departments. By Robert J. Pi'ew Paris, Sept. 3).. (By mail to New York Oct. 13.) (I. N. S. This has been the black mpntli, in point of casualties, among expert aviators, since the war bean. Germany has been the heaviest loser, four of. hr first class pilo-s having been killed and ner prem'ar bein,j wounded.. France has lost Guynemer, the "a.-e of aces," and two other leading pilots were wounded. Captain Saro". von Richthot'e.i, leader of the famous "tango escadrillc ' Germany's lead'ng aerial formation has been "knocked down" and bo badly wounded that it is believed he will never even walk again, much less fly. The baron's younger brother, Liejenant von Richthofen, flying in the same formation, has been killed and Lieutenants Voss. Wolf and Dos- senbach have also perished. Besides the death of Guynemer, the Frenn aviation service lost Captain Heur- teaux, who was badly wounded but Is in a fair way o recover. Captain Matton, another expert airman, wis severely wounded. Italians Score Heavily Through the fact that the British keep the royal flying corps and the royal naval air service anonymoji. their losses are not -definitely' known, A telegram from Herbert Hoover, but it is reported that two crack sent at the request of President Wil- Englisti pilots, a Canadian and an ' son. makes necessary the postpone Australlan, have been missing after tn- ment of Pledge Card week In the big counters with German machines far j drive for food conservation. The date inside the German lines. ! now set is the week beginning October With rare good fortune the Italian ! 28 and ending November 4. FOOD SAVING PLEDGE WEEK POSTPONED AT REQUEST OF WILSON Liberty Loan Campaign to Be Wound Up Before Hoover Work Is Put Under Way. Washington. Oct. 13. (I. N. S.) The government is preparing to call upon thousands of American women to play their part In the war. Before spring, according to present indications, women will be needed In munitions factories, navy yards, ship building plants and many other lines of war industry. The navy depart ment, it was declared, today stands ready to employ them in great num bers. The navy already Is employing more women than any other government bureau. The great clothing factories conducted by the department at Phila delphia and Charleston aru run en tirely by women. Officials admitted today that this country is facing a grave labor short age, a shortage of skilled workers which will require legislation to rem edy. Tentative Xemedy Sketched A tentative remedy has already been sketched out. It is borrowed In part from England. It Is a process of dilu tion. By this is meant transfers of skilled workers from a factory where there Is an unusually large percentage of skilled men to one where there Is an unusually, low percentage. The most menacing shortage at present -is at the yards where the emergency merchant fleet is being turned out. So serious has the situa tion become, it was said today, that the shipping board contemplates a re quest to the president to exempt all mechanics from the operation of the draft. Women Can So SZuch of Work Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt believes that women will come to the rescue of the government's war work. "On certain mechanical Jobs," he said today, "women are more efficient than men. This is especially true of the so-called 'repeat work,' such as filling cartridges and shells and small machine work, such as the production of parts. "It is almost certain that thousands of women will be employed In airplane factories where work has been largely standardized. We stand ready to em ploy them in navy yardj, as soon as necessary." Politics Permitted In Military Camps Washington. Oct. 13. (IT. P.) The war department has issued orders to allow representatives of political par ties to campaign in the various mili tary camps, so long as they do not Interfere with the discipline of the soldiers. This ruling applies also to wet or dry elections. LA FOLLETTE CALLED TO OPEN HIS DEFENSE ON TUESDAY MORNING Committee Tells Senator, He Will Be Held t Strictly to Substantiation of Charges. Exemption Is Given' Drafted Man; Excuse Is Perfectly Good Washington. Oct. 13. (U. P.) Sen ator La Follette has been summoned to open his defense against disloyalty charges at a meeting here of the' in vestigating committee next Tuesday morning. The Wisconsin pacifist will profca. bly be followed on the witness strand by former Secretary of State William J. Bryan. The committee, in a letter to Xl Follette Friday, declared they, desired i to give him a hearing "to inform the committee with reference to the ' ac curacy of various statements'' he made in his St. Paul speech. Broader Seope Expected . "The , committee " said the Iret'-.er, "begs to advise you that it does nat concede that its powers extend to an Inquiry into your right to rniAce the speech that question being reserved by' the full committee for its consid eration; nor does it believe Itself au thorized to inquire into the motives or animus of those making attacks rn you." La Follette had particularly request ed to be heard on these points. The committee expects howew, I that La, Follette will , demand a New York. Oct. 13. (I. N.'S.) An Italian Friday approached "William Stonebrldge, chairman ,of Ixcal exemption board 17.' He showed the red Identifica tion card of John D'Ovonso. "My cousin can't go," he said. "He is going to be Banged." This is no time to joke," said Stonebrldge. "Ne Joke," was the. reply. "Re Is up in Connecticut and they are going to hang him." It developed that D'Ovonso was to be executed November 9 for a murder in New Britain. He was exempted from the draft. broader scope of Inquiry than t napped out. letter lniorraro L.a toilette inX he would be held strictly to a suo stantiatlon of the truth. of his St. Pt cnarges. Xj rollette Coup Bnspeoted Tne committee has obtained data from the state department bearing on the accuracy of La Follette's state ment that the administration knew the Lusltanln. waa munition-laden hfo It left port. La Follette plans to turn the tables) on his accusers. This was the convic tion at the capltol today. - ; La Follette, a skilled cross-examiner. self to the witnesses against him; will claim he is being persecuted and de nied free speech and renew his charge against the press. air service has scored heavy blows . w. B, t against tne Ausirians ana aeain no tices in Vienna and Budapest newfa papers show that a number of the ben pilots flying for the dual monarchy have been lost. A revision of the list of French "aces" now places Second Lieutenant Nungesser in the lead with 30 Ger man airplanes to his credit. JTongesser's Life Charmed Nungesser Is an Alsatian by bir'.h and would be shot by the Germans as a traitor if he fell into their hanJs. Nungesser has b;en . wounded more times than any other man fighting .o day. He seems to bear a charmed life and so badly Is he maimed' that the aviation service is the only branch of the army that will have him. He walks lame as a result of a shattered hip caused by an explosive bullet. His other ankle Is stiff because a ma chine gun bullet split the bone. One of his arms is fitted with a sliding steel arrangement aiding him in. flex ing it because a bullet knocked off the tip of his elbow. The roof of fiis mouth Is a plaMnum plate and hl-j gums are chiefly made of gold. His face is scarred 'Ike the visage of a Heidelburg university duellist fnm an anu-aircrait snraynei wnicn lore the skin. Liberty Loan Rally To Be Held in Bend Portland Delegation of Boosters Will Appear at Big Meeting- Wi.il It Hakes Tonr of Deschutes County. Bend. Or.. Oct. 13. Modifications of the schedule of the Portland Liberty loan boosters who will speak here Monday night, were announced Friday. The Portland delegation will stop at Madras at 2:s0 o'clock Sunday, and at Redmond five and one-half Hours later. They will conduct a meeting in Prine ville Monday noon, returning to Bend in time for the big gathering here in the evening. Rev. J. E. Snyder of Pendleton will arrive here Tuesday for a four-day stay in the interests of the Liberty loan bond movement. Mojeska Not Guilty K: C. Mojeska, who was tried in the federal court on the charge of smug gling Mollis Gratke, a woman not his wife, into the United States from Can ada, in violation-of the Immigration law, was declared not guilty by the Jury in a verdict brought in to United States Judge Bean yesterday. V kiB) F w llLe POKI3 A SVN IN MY TACK AND A lt PACKS ME ACROSS THEMW: TOAMIN-I 1 Baker Woman Is Dead by Own Hand Baker. Or., Oct. 13. Mrs. John Cavi- ness, 38, committed suicide Friday afternoon at her home by shooting her self with a revolver. It is believed poor health was the cause. She had threat ened self destruction before. Following Investigation of the sui cide. Coroner West decided no inquest is necessary, it being a clear case of self destruction. The tragedy occurred shortly after 2 o'clock. Her husband came in for late dinner, which she was preparing. According to him, with out saying anything, she left tho kitchen, going to the bedroom, where a moment later he heard the shot. Mr. Caviness said his wife had been depressed and her health has been poor of late. She had intimated before that despondency over her condition might lead to the act she finally com mitted. Besides her husband, she leaves a young child. Mrs. Caviness was born at The Dalles, but lived here ever since her marriage. Her husband is in the taxi business here. Slacker Surrenders Himself Bend, Or., Oct. 13. More than a month after he had been ordered to report in Bend for physical examina tion for the draft, Clifton Ream, of Millican, arrived in the city Friday and gave himself up to Sheriff Rob erts. He was frightened by the report that a $50 reward was being offered for his apprehension, he safd. Report had been received by the sheriff's of fice that he had been hiding out in the caves near Millican. Smuggling Charges Made by Grand Jury San Francisco, Oct. 13. (U. re indictments by the scores were voted by the federal grand jury this after noon as a result of the department of labor's investigation of the Angel Is land immigration station's Chinese smuggling ring. Liquor. Seized in Raid The Plaxa hotel, at 307 Third street, was raided Friday morning by Sergeant Brothers, Patrolmen Wright and Nelson and 11 quarts of whiskey I and S25 pints of home-made beer were confiscated. Miss Nora Wade, proprietress of the hotel, was ar- ; rested on a charge of - violating the prohibition law, and Stella Carson. a roomer, was arrested on a vagrancy I charge. ' Clingen Loses Damage Suit Bend, Or., Oct. 13. After an ab sence of an hour and a half from the court room, the Jury In the $i0,000 damage suit of J. L. Clingen against Justice J. fx. Eastes and Chief of Police L A. W. Nixon, returned a ver dict for the defendants Friday after noon. The plaintiff alleged false imprisonment. Enlistment Begins On Reporting at Post The point where a member of the conscript army is accepted is not necessarily his place of enlistment nor the flay of his acceptance the date of his enlistment. It is at Vancouver barracks. Ameri can Lake or any other military post he is ordered to report that he is "Of ficially enlisted. This information was received Friday by Adjutant General White. His term of enlistment begins with the date on which lfe reports for duty and not when he has passed the examination and is accepted, the in formation states. Ayer, food administrator for Oregon, received the message from Mr. Hoover Friday evening, and has notified all officials and workers In the United States food administration in the state of the change. The postponement is made to accom modate the campaign for the Liberty loan bond sale. October 21 to 28 is the last week of the big bond sale drive. Bond Sale Has Ziad Every effort, it is felt by Washing ton officials, should be centered upon the bond sale during that week. The week following the same undivided at tention will be given the big drive ' for food conservation. bert Hoover is here given in Its entirety: "The White House, Washington, Oc tober 10. My dear Mr. Hoover: The exigencies of the treasury have re quired setting the final week of the Liberty loan campaign during the pe riod of October 21 to 28. This, I un derstand, brings it into the same week as the food conservation pledge cam paign. It seems to me undesirable in the interest of both of these capital matters that this should occur. "In all the circumstances, therefore, I would be glad if the pledge campaign could be deferred one week, that Is until October 28 to November 4. If we are to supply our ames witn tne necessary foods and are to reduce our own prices of foodstuffs during the coming winter. It can only be accom plished by the utmost self-denial and service on- the part of all our people through, the elimination of waste and ! by rigid economy in the use of food. President Approves Flan -"Therefoie, I would be glad if you would convey to all of your staff throughout the country my feelings of the prime importance of their plans and their work. I wish, particularly, to express my great appreciation of the service which this additional tax on their time will impose upon the many thousand volunteers who have already deferred their own concerns to public interest in this most important work, I ask them not to allow this alteration in program to dampen their fine enthu siasm but rather to double their energy in this very great branch of national service. Cordially and sincerely yours." To this telegram Mr. Hoover re sponded as follows: "Dear Mr. Presl- 1 dent: We, of course, have taken the necessary steps to comply with you wish as to deferring the final week of our food conservation pledge campaign until the week of October 28 to No- I vember 4. I have no doubt that the 500,000 workers who have enlisted in this service will loyally respond to your request for a greater and longer continued exertion. Tour emphasis on the national importance of the conser vation campaign should stimulate our large body of devoted workers to the utmost effort during the new week. Faithfully yours, Herbert Hoover." g Plij j Here's your beverage v & a K&utMTorr. J - 1 F t &E1 r ' FJ) Internal Affairs in Turkey Desperaite! An Atlantic Port, Oct. 13: (U. P.) The internal situation in Turkey is desperate, declared Dr. Gtis A. Glate- P brook, American consul at Jerusalem, on- his arrival from an English port here Friday. Dr. Glasebrook is home on a short leave of absence. He assisted thousands of American Jews to leave Palestine, where the food and sanitary conditions are extremely serious, he said. "All the decent food still left In Turkey," Dr. Glazebrook -aid, "is sent to the army. The people are virtually starving." Dr Glazebrook said that the Turks ! Have a strong and well equipped army df 100,000 men barring the advance of the British between Jaffa and Jerusalem: Two White Rioters Guilty of Murder Belleville. 111., Oct. 13. W. P.) Herbert F. Wood, 42, of East St. Louis, 111., and Leo Keane, 16, of St. Louis, were found guilty of the mur der of Scott Clark, negro, in the East St. Louis race riots by a Jury in cir cuit court here Friday afternoon They were sentenced to 14 years in the state penitentiary. Both are white. Like punishment was meted out to 10 negroes found guilty of murder during the riots following trial last Saturday. Bevo is a splendid beverage on which to train. Com pletely satisfies that extravagant thirst that strenu ous exercise is bound to bring satisfies it without any of that after-feeling of fullness that comes with water drinking. Strictly non-intoxicating. You will find Bevo at inns, restaurants, groceries, department and drug stores, picnic grounds, base ball parks, soda fountains, dining cars and other places where refreshing beverages are sold. Guard against substitutes. Have the bottle opened in front of you, first seeing that the seal is unbroken and that the crown top bears the Fox, Sold in bottles only, and bottled exclusively by ANHEUSER-BUSCH ST. LOUIS trie all - year - 'round soft drink BLUMAUER & HOCH PORTLAND. ORE. University to Have Daily Military Drill University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct. 13. Daily military drill will be re sumed at the university within the next few weeks, according to President P. L. Campbell, who is awaiting a cablegram from, Lieutenant Colonel John Leader, a veteran with 21 years of active service in the British army. Colonel Leader, who was invalided at the battle of the Sorame, is in charge of an officers training camp in Eng land, and is ready to come to Eugene, pending final word from the British war office. He is a graduate of the Royal Military college, the West Point of Great Britain. 3 ! 1 ) M T j 1 L S y ii it mew r rd -J r t: r.. fiiL r