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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 21. 1918. ON FREE COLLECT OF GARBAGE COULD BE MAKER Statement Issued by Patriotic Conservation League Shows Where Saving Would Result. REFUSE BRINGS HIGH PRICE Value of Articles That Could Be Salved' Runs From $5 to $1100 Ton; Present System 'Costly. FRENCH CAVALRY ON THE SOMME WHERE BATTLE RAGES submit- with the - That the city can well afford to make general collection of garbage without charge If the plan Includes the segregation and sale of the various products, is asserted In a' statement of fered on Saturday by the Patriotic n.n..rv.tlnn leaeue. which is spon soring the collection measure ted for vote In connection 1 primary election. May 17. The followlns organisations are re corded aa having asked that the gar base collection measure be put upon the ballot: Portland Women's Ke search club. Progressive W omens league. Parent-Teacher association. Al bert Improvement club. Oregon Con gress ot Mothers. Oregon Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Women's Cooperative league. Monday Musical club and the Patriotic Con ftervatlon league. Befaie Briar Good Price A list compiled by the Pacific Tele phone Telegraph company Is cited aa authority fo the statement that garbage In Portland would be collected from 63. 4(8 place. The cost of collection with an eatimate of three fourths added te the present amount would be. It Is said, at the present rate of collection, $448,409. The value of garbage now being burned is pfaced at $5 a ton or a total of $274. 975. Attention is called to the fact that it,, -itv nnw has a contract for all food waste at $3.90 a ton. The per ton of value of other ealvagable articles is thus tated : Paper. $5 ; dried . bones, $30 ; mixed rags, $50: wool rags. $120; met als. $50 to $1100. The statement pro ceeds: "The cttv of St. Louis is now recelv- " Ing $100,000 per year from a private con i 5: ' ...., ' v . ' '' ' i' ' '""' . if-.-i.yyf :iSW:KS . : A ::..i.7i- :: 'vvyyi yKv -yi'. y''' ...::i y. x :--:x y- : yytyiyy : . : ... . - .- . .. .: ! :' : jl v. v :.: - - ( 'Aft- :. A' ."A ..' ;i, .," ': - :... :'K ii':':.-'? '( iV: ' , . . . :- r .-. f .i i- i .' I ::-::,... : . ;: :;: ' . . , i : 1 ifc? Ifellfe 5 Still P&0w Oo.f fv vCw1 ' it w 1 I hiwi.iii n iim-TwrfaMMMMnfflriin ra iiiiin n r-- rr ir n mW j 'tfffliff i iffi MISS M. UPLEGER. U. OF 0. REFERENCE LIBRARIAN. QUITS Charges of Pro-Germanism Made on Several Occasions Since U. S. Entered War. WOMAN ASSERTS LOYALTY Resignation Handed Student Council Action in Case. in Before Demanded In the present great struggle on the Somme the cavalry of both the British and Freneh have had thefr long awaited opportunity 10 show ihelr mettle. The French cavalry played a big part in holding the Junction between the British and French infantry when Hindenburgs forces tried to drive a wedge through near Noyon. The men on horseback were rushed to the front and succeeded in holding the Germans until the infantry relieved them- and once more established communication with the British forces. LOSS FROM FIRE IN PORTLAND IS LESS THAN IN PAST YEARS If Record During First Four Months of Fiscal Year Kept Up, Remarkable Showing Be Made. Portland has a fire loss record for the first four months of the present fiscal year, which if maintained, will result in the lowest yearly fire loss record in any year since fire loss 'records have been compiled by the fire bureau. The 1317 lire loss 01 $236,05.07 was Inw.r iv far t V) a n onv rtaat mfnrA H 1 1 cern for the privilege of collecting and if the low percentage of losses estab- salvage of ttielr garbage, fortiana win jighed during the first four months of be the first city in the United States tnla fjscai year continue, this low rccoro which will have a collection and salvage De cut one-half, according to Fire .v.rm vh.bv tne municipality win receive the benefits of the salvage sya Marshal Grenfell The total fire loss for December, 1917, and January, February and March, 1918, is $56,728.86. as compared with the 1917 record for the same months of $108,584.65. The fire loss for the first 15 months of April is less than $2000, which la an- Must Wear Khaki or Stay Abed aT it at t "C. O.'s" At Last Checkmated Tacoma, Wash., April 20. Tha last "conscientious objector" at Camp lewis ie fully dressed in khaki today and no longer "conscientiously" or otherwise objects to wearing the uniform of the army. The dissenters were faced by the al ternative of donning olive drab or going to bed for an indefinite rest. An order was issued yesterday commanding that civilian clothing of the objectors be confiscated and removed from their quarters at the hospital where they "C. O.'S" had been performing nom inal duties. Before the day drew to a close every unclothed objector had decided the regu lation service uniform wasn't so bad after all. They will have no opportu nity of wearing civilian clothing again, for the reason that they haven't any. - . . 1 j . i tern. From tne 100a waste aiunc id estimated there will be a 20 per cent in terest on the cost of collection. Preteat System Expensive The present system Is not- only ex tremely expensive, but Inefficient as I other shattered record. well. If the entire number or pjaces as . Arson San ad Is Effective compiled from the above lists of. say The ppal reason ?t?rtSKd to the 63.000 places, were required to maintain Bma f,re ,OS8 and decreue , a collection, tne com 01 v...Cy- , th , b , thA .nrlr mder the direc- an muun '" squad of men investigate every fire. asaing xor 10 run 1 check every alarm ad when feasible the coming year. ere Is no argument recommendmprovemtots to reduce the . for a system like this, which is not only flre hartjida, in,e ire mar8hal.8 offlce robbing the housewives of this enor- ,8 al80 responslble for an educational moua amount of money and which is campaign carried on through various causing unsightly dumps throughout mettuMU throughout the year, which re- our cits, when it is realized that, under duces fjre hazarfta. an efficient plan whereby the garbage is salvaged, everyone would share in Tne flre 1088 fr the first four months the collection and the entire cost would ? l"ca"1 ll8ta' year,is QIYlaea a3 SEE OTHER FELLOW'S PROBLEM AS HE SEES IT UNIQUE SLOGAN Percy A. Cupper, Candidate for Water Superintendent Is Practical Man. WOULD SUPERINTEND WATER DISTRICT ONE WM N WORKERS FOR E LIBERTY LOAN MEET AT MONDAY BRAY Reports Will Be Heard and Steps to Perfect Permanent Organ zation Taken. University of Oregon. Eugene, April 20. The resignation of Miss Margaret Upleger, reference librarian In the uni versity library, was accepted by the board of regents when they met In an adjourned meeting here tonight. Miss Upleger has been charged with pro-Germanism several times Blnce the United States entered the ' war. Then rumors caused President Campbell to investigate the matter wt)en he returned from W ashington, D. C. bIx weeks ago. When approached Miss Upleger strong ly declared her absolute loyalty to Amer ica but said she would resign rather than cause any comment against the university. She handed in her reslgna tion Friday shortly before the student council passed a resolution asking that all charges against her be looked into and proper action taken. Aa another action of the regents to day, a resolution calling for a 10 per cent increase in salary of all faculty members receiving lesa than $2500 year was passed. Members now receiv ing $2500 will not have their salaries Increased for the present. The increases will start October 1 and will increase the university's payroll $2490 yearly Two new teachers positions were au thorized. one to be an assistant in the domestic science department, with a Bal ary of $1200, and the other an added instructor of drawing, with a salary of $1500 per annum. The resignations of Herman Schwarz, assistant in the department of German, BEGAN ARMY CAREER ' IN WAR WITH SPAIN W - C. I v f f m J 1 Ha-"-'iiv 1! I 1 Lieutenant Colonel William Jordan LIEUT: COL -JORDAN- BEGAN SERVICE WITH : . OLD SECOND OREGON Officer Who Has Been Speaking for Liberty Loan Has Fine , Record. 50.000 DOCTORS UNITED STATES ARMY , SERVICE ARE NEEDED Oregon Expected to Furnish Quota; Has Already Sent 230 Men. Lieutenant Colonel William Jordan. who has been speaking in the Interest of the third Liberty loan, returned t Camp Lewis Saturday. Colonel Jordan has done some splendid work for the loan, quite in keeping with his entlra military career. Colonel Jordan entered the service In May. 1891. as a member of Company Ii, Second Oregon volunteers. lie was commlimloned in the regular army and spent three terms in the Philippines, lie also saw one year's service on the bor der aa adjutant of the Fourteenth In fantry, Yuma district, lie waa an in structor at the first officers' training camp. Presidio, and waa promoted to a major In July of last year. In August he was raised to a lieutenant colonel of the National army and assigned to the 162d Infantry. "I am descended from army people. said Colonel Jordan In a recent inter view, "my father havipg served through the Civil war and retiring as colonel In 1892. His ancestors fought In every war our country has had. My mother's father. John Adair, came to the Pacific coast In '49, as the first collector of customs. He was a son of General John Adair, governor of Kentucky and commander of the famous Kentucky Rifles under Jackson In the Battle of New Orleans. My cousin. Henry Adair of Portland, was killed at Carrls, Mexico. Another cousin is in France and his brother la serving on the border. My youngest brother Is a first lieutenant with ths Twelfth Infantry at Camp Fremont Lieutenant Colonel Jordan's mother resides at 485 East Thirteenth street north, Portland. be far less than that of the present col lection system. "It Is estimated that one ton of food waste will feed 100 head of hogs per day and produce by government statis tics 80 pounds of fat. It Is estimated that under the new system there would be from 40 to 60 tons per day., or enough to feed 4000 hogs. At a time like this when the government through the food admtnlHtratlon states that the world is facing a food famine and is asking everyone to do as much as possible to . conserve fats, which Is one of the most Important of the foods, no' patriotic per son with any civic pride would at a time like" this work against a measure which would be of such benefit to all, unless that person were personally in ' terested in the present Bystem or were unfrlenedly to the conservation move ment as a whole." Water Traffic Grows follows: December. 1917. $4,044.75 : January. 1918, $5,919.59 ; February, $35. 494.95 ; March, $11,269. Total, $56,728.86. The records for the first four months in the last fiscal year show the following division or.rire losses: December, 1916, j $44,734.08 ; January, 1917. $25,533.05 ; i February, $9,512.47 ; March, $28,505.od. Total, $108,584.65. Per Capita J,oss Almost n The per capita loss from fire during the first four months of the present fiscal year is 19 cents compared to 38, cents for the same period of time in 1917. The reduction in fire loss is best shown by a comparative statement oi per capita loss for the past eight years. unis statement ia as follows: 1910, $4.31: 1911, $3.70; 1912. $3.41; 1913. $3.79 1914. $6.89; 1915. $4.81; 1916, $1.79; 1917. 93 cents. Since establishment of the arson squad, under direct command of Captain Rob erts, 38 convictions for arson have been secured in the courts. The records show no convictions for this offense prior to Salem. Or., April 20. "To see the other fellow's problem as he sees it and help him to solve it with due re gard to others' rights" is the unique slogan adopted by Percy A. Cupper, can didate for superintendent of water divi sion No. 1. He also points out In the voter's pamphlet that the statute re quires that the superintendent have knowledge of the water law and its ad ministration', the measurement of flow ing water, seepage and evaporation. Mr. Cupper has been identified with the adminstration of the water code since its enactment in 1909, is an engi neer and has been admitted to the prac tice of law. He spent his early life on an Eastern Oregon ranch and is a grad uate of the Oregon Agricultural college and Willamette College of Law. "Myself an Oregon product," says Mr. Cupper, "1 believe in Oregon, and as author of the Oregon drainage district law, largely responsible for the Irriga tion district law and first to advocate the present state rural credit system, I feel that I have helped to pave the way for her future development in which I hope to have a part, though nothing should nw be done to detract fVom the nation's business of winning the war." - - . ' P, - - J' ' ' ' IP I I I . MIIHTIl.MI.il Women worker for the Liberty loan will meet Monday at 3 o'clock in the who lef t hooj Ja8t month, and of Shad O. Krantz of the School of Commerce, who resigned in March to accept a posi tion with the West Coast Lumberman's association in Seattle, were formally to- Central library. Mrs. W. L. Wood, city chairman of the Women's Liberty Loan committee, will preside. Reports will be heard and plans made for a per manent organization of women In fu ture loans. The state women's commit tee is a branch of the National Women's Liberty Loan committee, appointed last May by Secretary McAdoo. to co-ordinate women's work In the Liberty loans all over the country. Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, chairman for Oregon, was ap pointed by Mr. McAdoo. The committee, though organized separately from . the men's, is planning to co-operate with It, and the Monday meeting will consider how, to do this. "Women can be of inestimable service to their country in aid of the Liberty loan drives," said Guy W. Talbot, "general" of the subscription division o fthe Portland Liberty loan committee. Saturday. 'I would regret, however, to see them organize a permanent, independent body for the sale of Liberty bonds. Such a plan would undoubtedly make it diffi cult to coordinate forces at the time of the next drive, particularly in relation to the very technical tabulation of names and expected subscriptions and the need for systematic organization of all workers and assignments to terri tory iiiourK. r., Apr . i. in. the establishment of the fire arson squad Congestion of railroad traffic has made by Iorrner ylre Marshal jav w RrfS-T- port a nee. Government figures recently given out show that the amount of freight carried on the Monongahela river In 1917 Is the greatest in the history of that stream. The total was 16,009.133 tons, an Increase of 3,133,460 tons over 191. k ) ''''( Americanized Serb Is Killed in Action Jutte, Mont., April 20. Forced into the Austrian armv aloner with hi ftvS brothers, John PopOvitch, a Serb who happened to be in Vienna on business at the time war was declared, has been killed and every one of his brothers nas surrered a similar fate while fight ing against their wills for the central powers. Mrs. Popovitch, widow of John Pono- vltch, who was formerly a merchant here, today received notification of her husband s death. i President Poincare Honored by Society . Philadelphia, April 20. (XT. TY President Poincare and former Premier Falnleve of France and Food Adminis u &iui neiuen noover were among inose eieciea members of the American Philosophical society at the close of tneir annua session here today. fAUti U.MS . . Petcy A. Cupper Oakland Goes Over; State 100 Per Cent MISCHA ELMAN YIOLI3UST Mounted Police Will Civilize Some Huns HEILIO THEATRE, APRIL S4TH Winnipeg, Man.. April 20. (U. P.) Royal Northwest Mounted Police, who won fame in detecting crime and intro ducing civilization to th Victor Records will give you Elman dian in Canada's pioneer days, are eo- i J i. V i.rvi i '"vcr ,nK io miroauce some civilization to the of violin musto will find the Elman rec- jjun Several nnita am l- J"" ? J S ords a source of constant enjoyment. V0 Ftm ' tSr 2 be despatched At our store Vlctrola owners find a i?.I fTor work- For- Garry very excellent Record stock and courte- " "" oirauicana Horse de- .M.intciii.B are meniionea. Liberty Loan Headquarters Rejoices to Receive Wire That Last Outstanding ' Town Leaped Into "Blue" Column. "Oakland is over the top." Oregon now stands before the nation 100 per cenL Every town in the state has sub scribed its full quota to the third Lib erty loan. The above brief message from State Campaign Manager Robert E. Smith, received at Liberty loan headquarters Saturday afternoon, is the best tidings officials have received since the an nouncement that the. state had sub scribed its quota. "I have personally . investigated the sitaution and find that Oakland has done fine," wired Mr. Smith. "Every family In Oakland, except 12, has bought bonds of the third loan and the committee and Mayor Bridges say that . all will buy before the loan closes. Patriotism Is running high and Oakland has done all right. Advise San Francisco and Wash ing that every Oregon towji is now over the top." I Oakland's quota was fixed at $46,050 and the local committee claimed that the amount was too high. The quota was based on the town's showipg in bank deposits, and the committee 'claims that many of the , depositors live in neighboring counties and . purchased their bonds in their home towns. Oak land and its Liberty loan . committee were subjected to severe and, as they claimed, unjust criticism because the al lotment was not raised sooner. ' State Campaign Manager Smith has visited Oakland personallv and thor oughly investigated the situation, and finds that the committee is entitled to praise for the work accomplished. ous. attentive Bervlce. CFjohhsonPiahoCo, lit ta, Betweea Alder aad Wasalagton MEHLIX PACKARD BOWD PIAXOS .1TE TTJXE PI AX OS Disloyalty Charged St. Paul, Minn. April 20. U. P ) Dr. Justice Ahage, city health officer, resigned today while an investigation was being made of his loyalty to the United States. Dr. Ohage. who served in me civil war. was prominently in volved in political controversies by his ciicimco, wno accusea him of disloyalty WILL TWO POPULAR SONGS BE SOLD FOR ENGINEERS' BENEFIT Mrs. Stuart C. Godfrey Composed Music,. Lyrics Were Written by Frank Fox. cepted by the regents, The regents who attended today's meeting were: A. C. Dixon of Kugene, vice president : School Superintendent J. A. Churchill of Salem, Charles H. Fisher of Salem. Mrs. G. T. Gerllnger and W. K. Newell of Portland ; J. W. Ham ilton of Roseburg and W. H. Gore of Medford. VIGILANTES AS AN F IN UPHOLDING LAWS President Funk Has Issued State ment to Refute Alleged Un authorized Utterances. Unworked Farms to Be Seized in Indiana Lafayette. Ind., April 20. (I. N. S.) Uncle Sam is going to turn farmer and till the fields of Indiana land owners who refuse to cultivate their farms. Confirmation of a report that at least one Hoosler farmer would not do any planting because "ha didn't need the money and would have to pay an in come tax If he did, resulted in the rul ing by L Christie,' state food produc tion director. It was announced that the government would either farm the land or rent it to persons who would-, "Kngineer Girls" and "The Marching Song of the 318th Engineers," two clever popular songs have been pub lished free of expense for tho 318th engineers now at Vancouver barracks. and are to be sold for the benefit of the boys' mess, comfort and emergency fund. Mrs. Stuart C. Godfrey, wife of Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey, has composed the music and the words are by Frank Fox. Local musical authori ties have pronounced the songs excep tionally good and "sure sellers" and to the public they will stand as souve nirs of the regiment that has been so long at the Vancouver barracks, and is soon to be transferred. Cover designs are particularly snappy and are the work of Billy Williams of Company D, In "The Engineer Girls" and for "The Marching Song" Harry Heater of Com pany B did the drawing. AH the mem bers of Company O are to be the sales agents under the management of Mrs. Godfrey, and the wo songs bid fair to occupy a piace on the piano of every home In Portland. Those who have made It possible to put the songs on the market besides the composer and author of the verses were Glass & Prudhomme. printers ; Hicks-Chatten, engravers, and T. B Caswell, musical draftsman. Copies may now be procured . from Mrs. Stuart C. Godfrey at Vancouver barracks, and from Miss Jean Macken zie at North Twentieth) and Hoyt streets, Portland, at 25 1 cents apiece. Plans will be made Monday to dis tribute them about the stores and hotels as the time is short before the regi ment is expected to depart. May Primary Will Cost About $28,000 Sheriff Hnrlbnrt Hai'Made Estimate of . Approximate Cost, Increased By Measures Submitted to City Voters. That the coming primary and special city election to be held May 17 will cost approximately $28,000 is the estimate of Sheriff T. M. Hurlburt. Counting a day and a night shift of five clerks and judges for each of the 376 city precincts with $3 for the pay of each and $1 per day for meals and serv ing two days each shift, gives a force of 3760 people to be paid at the rate of $4 per day. totalling $15,040. or $80 a pre cinct, the sheriff says. 'The country precincts will not run so high," Mr. liurlDurt continued, owing to the fact tnat they will not have so many votes to count, nor will they be burdened with votes on city measures. 1 figure the 37 country pre cincts at $60 each for tiie. election. This does not include the cost nor transportation of printed matter nor the rent for the booths and polling places, which will add $10,000 more. Home MadePatriotic Song Will Be Sung Objects to Tax, Pays Life Montgomery. Ala.. April "20. (L N. S.) A negro objected to tho penny war tax on 6 cent packages of tobacco and started a fight. Robert Owen, tha cigar store proprietor, killed him. The jury said "not guilty." - - Owner 'of 1000, Clocks Dead Springfield. April 20. (L N. S.) The House of a Thousand Clocks" has been temporarily closed here. Its owner, W. A. Viney. aged 74. Is dead.' He had collected hundreds of clocks during his life, .They are of all designs and makes. ORGANIZATION I R M Wanted, for the Untied States navy 50.000 doctors. Oregon Is expected to supply its quota. The call for physicians and surgeons has been sent out by the Na tional Council of Defense. The medical experts are needed to meet the require ments of an army of 3.000,000 Ameri cans. Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, chairman of he medical section of the Council of Defense for Oregon, has received the call for more enlistments In the medi cal reserve corps. To meet the demands which the war has thrust upon the shoulders of the nation at war. some 15,000 physicians have already enlisted. Oregon has responded nobly. It has sent 130 trained experts from the city of Portland and 100 more from the state at large. That the medical school of the unl- As a contribution to the third Liberty loan, enliven patriotic Interest, and give Portland song-writers an opportunity to have their products placed before the public, the Strand theater is going to Inaugurate a special patriotic song fea ture on Its program. Commencing next Wednesday. Walter Edgar ("Buck") Dunn, will open an engagement In pa triotic songs. Melvln G. . Winstock's "The Man Be hind the Men Across the Sea." which he dedicated to the third Liberty loan, will be one of Dunn's first songs. Another early one will be "Let's Go," written by Private Mears. a member of the old Third Oregon, who is in France. Some of the-patriotic songs will be illustrated by motion pictures. In . response to slides 'flashed on the Strand screen, half a dozen new songs, written ' by Portland people, have al ready been submitted to the manage ment. They will be presented to the public as fast as possible, and if neces sary Mr. Dunn will change his program dally. Laziness of Janitor May Bring a Medal London. April 20. A janitor's lasl ness saved the lives of 200 at a South Coast town. The basement of a church was being used as a raid shelter. On the first night of a series of raids the shelter waa Jammed with people. But the next night the Janitor failed to show up and the shelter seekers scur tied elsewhere. During the raid a bomb crashed through ' the roof, completely The Vigilantes, as an organization. does not approve of breaking windows and other unlawful acts as a means of. forcing pro-Germans and others to re move objectionable signs from windows and a statement covering purported Interviews with members of the organ !zation has been issued. The state ment signed by George R. Funk, pres ident of the Vigilantes. Is as follows "For the reason that the press of Portland- have published a purported interview with 'a member of the Vlgi lantes' to the effect that certain places bearing objectionable signs, were to be visited, and In the event that said signs were not removed something would happen, we. the Vigilantes of Portland, officially issue this state ment : "We are a law abiding organisation. Our purpose is to assist the constl tuted authorities In the work of stamp ing out sedition, to secure information and make reports of seditious acts or utterances. "Any interview, by any person claim Ing otherwise Is not only unauthorized tut is contrary to our aims and pur poses, and any acts of vandalism will not be countenanced." New Mineral May Yield War Materia Cortex. Colo.. April 20. (I. N. S.)- Metallurgy experts sent to this place by the government are testing a new mln eral that promises to revolutionize the making of iron castings. Large deposits of the material have been found in the Ute mountains, 18 miles from Cortes, In the southwest corner of tne state. Government tests were started in the hope of perfecting a casting that will turn a bullet and be of inestimable value In the manufacture of guns and ship armor. Assays of the new mineral show traces of vanadium and manganese. verslty of Oregon, which is located In Portland, is performing a good work In preparing physicians especially for war work is the statement of Dr. Macken zie, who Is the dean of the school. "The medical school Is fitting mn especially for duty with the army and navy of the United States," he aald. "The .Institution is now being run under the direction ef the war depart ment, virtually. It is a Class A Insti tution In every respect. "The medical school Is also perform ing a great wori; for the crippled chil dren, hundreds of whom are to be at tended to in order that their crooked limbs may be straightened and that they may become useful citizens, capa ble of caring for themselves In the bat tle of life. Many difficult operations have already been performed. At pres ent the cases are treated at the vari ous hospitals. Undor the new state law. the cost of doing this service Is defrayed by the various counties of the state. When the medical school Is in full running order on the new hos pital site on the Terwilliger tract the great work for humantly ran go ahead with even greater results." Ready for the Flock of June Brides June weddings draw neir. We have bride's silver here in wondrous array everything from a dainty spoon to the most elaborate service imaginable. If Cupid has whispered to you any of his secrets, select your gifts now and let us lay them away for you. And before the wedding come diamonds! There's many a maiden wearing an Aronson diamond right now who will be a matron this coming June. Special values in engagement rings at 25, 50, 75 and 100. The world has speeded up an hour! How's your time?. We show the leading makes of watches at the right prices. Expert watch repairing" American and Swiss. Expert eye service by a skilled optometrist ARONSON'S WASHINGTON AT BROADWAY Sword of Emden's Captain Problem London (by mall) March 27. The sword which his British captors al lowed Captain Muller of the Kmden. to retain is causing complications in Hol land. It is against the Dutch regula tions under which belligerent officers are interned for any of them to carry arms. If in possession of arms on arriving they are supposed to turn them over to the Dutch authorities. The German pa pers learn that The Hague government has not yet come to a decision in Mut ter's case, as there Is no precedent for such an Incident- Girls Sign Pledge- Cards Columbia. Mo.. April 20. (L N. & Four hundred girls of the University of Missouri have signed thrift pledge cards and have pledged themselves to buy Thrift Stamps each week. The men In the college, not to be outdone by the airla. are organizing thrift clubs. Sys- demollahlng the building. Only the aim i tematic saving and refraining from advising that shelter, was available re- unnecessary expenditures are member raained Intact. '-..- - . 1 ship requirements. . . v -. " Exclusive Agencies Open to Dealers HERE YOU ARE! Just the Records You Want "My Own United States" "We're. Going Over" Wake Up, Am erica" "Star Spangled Banner" "Hello, Aloha, Hello" "Liberty Bell" EMERSON RECORDS arc double disc and arc 7 inches in diameter. Will play on any phonograph. All the latest pieces, at 350 or 3 for $1.00. Come in and let us demonstrate them to you. . , j The SAHLSTROM CORPORATION 405 MORRISON