THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND," SATURDAY. APRIL 27, 1918.
'DOINGS' LIVELY
1 0 SI NO VI
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ENGLISH TOMMY
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Portland Visitor Receives Inter
esting Letter From Brother in
Trenches in France.
TEUTONS USE
FAKEREPQRTS
FOR YANKEES
SURPRISE AWAITS FRITZ
Soldier Says He Often Wonders
What It Is Like to Be Among
Civilization.
TTHOMAS BARKER, who Is on a speak
lng tour of American Industrial
plants under the auspices of th de
partment of labor, while In Portland Friday-
received a letter from a brother
who Ih an "KtiftllKh Tommy" In the
trenrhen in France. As showing the
spirit of the boy In the trenches and
their ntoiclMm. the letter, dated March
30, Ih particularly Interesting. It reads
In part :
".Sorry to tie so Ions In answering
" your lKt letter, but as you will under
stand from the papers, the 'doings' are
very lively Just now. There Is nothing
to he seriously alarmed at up to the
present and very shortly Fritz. In all
probability, will wonde w hat has hit
him on the 'mark' and where it came
. from. There was a possibility of my
going home on leave last month, but
nt course that Is 'finis' for a time.
often wonder what It In like to be
HnioTig civilisation. The few 'civies' we
come across do look strangely dressed
after our more 'business like garb.' If
you cannot make this scrawl out, you
must put It down to the 'shaky'-con
ditlou under which I am -writing."
liny W. (?lark. for some time a clerk
at the Multnomah hotel and well known
among hotel people In Portland, will re-
IMirt to Camp Lewis today. Mrs
'lnrk win remain in Portland for the
present until her husband's plans are
fortned. He has a brother now In France,
Harold W. Clark, who enlisted from
California with an aero squadron. He
Is a skilled mechanic and Is in that
branch of the aero service.
Kdward Brnzell of Portland has com
pleted his course at the Ordnance school
at Kugene and is passing a few days in
Portland en route to an Kastern camp,
where he haa been assigned to duty.
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ASHI-VGTON, April 7 (I.
?f. 8.) Germany is tlreulat
Ing leaflets and fake news
papers among American soldiers
In France la an effort to destroy
their morale, according to ad
Tlees received here. Army offi
cers say the attempts have only
served to Increase the fighting
spirit of Pershing's men.
The Continental Times, printed
in English, and presumably a fall
fledged newspaper, has again made
Its appearance. It contains sen
sational reports purporting to
come from London and telling of
the sinking of an American trans,
port by U-boats. Other articles
attempt to show that Great Britain
plans an Invasion of America from
Canada.
This literature is tied to small
balloons, sent op at night when
the wind is blowing toward the
American trenches. The American
troops use it to start fires In their
dugouts stores.
Last advices from American
agents Indicates that the literature
Is being written In Berlin by sev
eral renegade Englishmen, aided
by an American. The American Is
known to officials here as the
"black sheep" of an illustrious
American family.
PKLANDTUND
Multnomah With Smallest Area
Gets-$17.30 Harney With
Largest Gets $380.97.
Salem, Or., April 27. Secretary of
State Olcott has made the apportion
ment to the counties of $3666.87, being
& per centum of the receipts from the
sales of public lands during the year
ending June 30, 191T, as allotted to the
state of Oregon by the federal govern
ment.
Under an Oregon statute of 1893, this
gum is apportioned to the counties ac
cording to the area of each county and
1 to be expended In Improving, build
ing and maintaining county roads and
I ridges.
Multnomah county, the smallest In
area, though the largest in population
and wealth. receives $17.30, while
Harney county, which is the largest .in
area, though small in population and
wealth, receives $.180.97.
For the year 1913 the total received
irom the federal government from this
source was $9072.30; In 19J4. $5836.42;
In 1915. $4587.12, and for 1916, $4530.49
which shows that the sales of the pub
lic landd is on a gradual decline.
The following table shows the area of
each county in acres and the amount
which It receives from the apportion
ment just made :
County Ares
Baker 1.958.400
Chandos 10. Bush, with his bride, Mrs.
Bush, formerly Miss Denzll Morleyi came
down from Camp Iewis last week-end
to visit friends in Portland. Mr. Bush
Is the nephew of Henry Berry of Port
land. He is in the 363 regiment at
tached to Headquarters company at
Camp Lew is. -
ft ft
Merrill B. Moores, who has been taking
special training for war service at the
Boston Tech., has completed his course
and expects to be assigned to duty at
one of the Eastern c.mps. He Is an ex
pert mechanician and his course has pre
pared him for this branch of the serv
ice and he expects to go to France soon.
Mrs. Moores has been with her hus
band in Boston and is expected to re
turn to' Portland soon until his plans
are decided. She was formerly Miss
Oertrude Jones of Lubish Meadows and
Is a Bister of Mrs. A. M. Cannon of Port
laud. Mr. Moores in the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles B. Moores.
tea
lr. W. W. Klmmell of Lebanon has
Just received the following letter, dated
March 19, from his son, Cyrus, who is
one of the survivors of the Tuscania
dlstaster: "We are still In old England
but will probably leave soon. We have
been partly reequipped and will be. given
the remainder of equipment after reach
ing France.
"This is a British camp, large enough
. to accommodate 30.000 soldiers and al
most all the survivors of the Tuscania
have assembled here and of which I
presume you are aware, I was one. We
received our first pay last Sunday, the
first since I have been in the army and
which amounted to about 7 pounds. We
count our money here in pounds, shil
llncs and pence and It is confusing at
first, but the 'sammies' soon get on to
it and its corresponding values to our
money.
"We were downtown today and made
several purchases and the English like
to see the Americans Come in because
they know that he is well paid in com
parison to the British, who gets about
!) a month, and that the American boI
dler will buy no matter what the price
of the article Is.
"I am well and enjoying life to its
fullest extent.
Cyrus Klmmell was one of the Amer
loan soldiers who cabled home that he
escaped from the Tuscania disaster
without even getting his feet wet. -He
is a member of the Twentieth Engineers,
A. li. F.
to
"It's an open season for Germans over
here, but so far 1 haven't bagged any,"
wrote Carl Martin with the Oregon in-"
fantrymen In France. He Is the son
of J. A. Martin, 342V First street. Port
land. Another son. William Martin, is
in battery D, 145th field artillery at
Camp Kearny. California, and a grand
son is with infantry troops in California.
. A grand son-in-law of Mr. Martin is
with an artillery division in France.
Corey to Proceed
With Grain Cases
Public Service Man Sees Nothing In Mc
Adoo'a Orders to Limit Power to Deal
WImh Eastern Oregon Hearings.
Salem, Or., April 27. Public Service
Commissioner Corey issued a statement
Friday afternoon in which he declared
he was in favor of proceeding with the
hearing f the Eastern Oregon grain
rate easel. He says he finds nothing
in the orders issued by Director General
McAdoo which limits the power of the
state commissions to hear and decide
rate cases and other matters pending
before the Btate commissions.
Chairman Frank J. Miller of the com
mission, who a few days ago submitted
a report to John Barton Payne, chief
counsel for the irector general, of the
railroad matters pending before the
commission and referred to the post
ponement of the Eastern Oregon grain
rate- cases, says he is also in favor of
proceeding with the hearings if the di
rector general does not disappear.
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Navy Power Site
Withdrawals Shown
Salem. Or.. April 27. State Engineer
I.,ewi8 has received from George Otis
Smith, director of the United States
geological survey, plat cards showing
the withdrawals of waterpower sites
in the Oregon & California grant lands
The withdrawals are shown on ap
proximately 100 different township
plats,, and include sites on the following
streams and their tributaries : Rogue,
Umpqua, Coquille, Siuslaw, Smith, Si
letz, Yaquina, Tillamook and N'ehalem
rivers.
Permit must now be obtained from
the government before any of these
sites may be used for development of
water power. The permit for use of
the water must be obtained from the
state engineer, and the two are work
ing in cooperation.
Pullman Avoided
By Patriotic Woman
- Minneapolis, Minn., April 27. (U. P.
Denying herself the comfort of a Pull
man and riding In. day coaches both day
and night as a war sacrifice, Maria San
ford, 81, professor emeritus of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, Is en route to the
Pacific coast today, on a patriotic lec
ture tour.
"I could not enjoy the luxury of
Pullman when there are so many thou
sand boys suffering on the cold battle
field, she said.
440.320
1.192.960
S2.-i.440
423,680
1.041.020
1.916,160
OSS. 720
1.92S.077
3,150,080
70S, 640
2.892.800
6.357.120
347.520
1.815.040
1.133,683
1.120.640
3.839.360
6.068,800
2.951,680
645.120
r.435.520
6,325.120
764.160
1.296.000
288.640
453.760
535,040
720,000
2,030.720
1.335.680
2.012,800
1,490,520
467,840
1.000.560
450,960
amount
Apportioned
S 11736
26.39
71.49
31.49
25.39
62.44
114.83
67.45
1 15.54
188.78
46 06
173 36
380.97
20.83
10H.77
67.94
67.16
230 08
303.76
176.89
38.60
86.03
879 05
45.79
77.67
17 30
27 19
32.06
43 15
121.70
80.04
120.62
89.84
28 04
65 35
27.38
mm
m&SJftlNGS STAMPS
.ISSUED BY THE -
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
61.188,480 13.666.87
Albany Cuts Banquet
To Conserve Food
Albany, Or., April 27. The Junior
class at the Albany high school at a
recent meting decided to drop the an
nual junior-senior banquet this year.
and in its place will substitute a hay
rack ride, with the accompanying frills.
The banquet was eliminated for the
first time in many years strictly as
a war measure, as It was believed that
the food consumed at the banquet
would do more good in France.
There are 54 in the Albany high
graduating class this year, 18 of the
number being boys.
Salem. ; Or,- April 27. w With three
Junior Rainbow regiments complete
with 1000. members each, the fourth
regiment is now nearing Us fur quota
of boys and girls who have sold at least
$50 worth of War Saving Stamps. The
seventh 100 names enrolled in the fourth
regiment are as follows:
Jim! MrMaMer. Union.
Dorotlty, Kay Itunriall, Union.
Mary Lrane Wright. Union,
Harold Patterson, Canyon City.
Kllk-e Sehroeder, Junction City.
France Kchroeder. Junction City.
Kuby Dollar, Beagle.
Zelda Mayfield. Beagle.
Harriet Cat heard, Medtord.
Lillian Robinson, Medford.
Lloyd Beers. Hotne Hirer.
Johnnie Wilson, Kent.
Bessie Witzell. Morgan.
lUrriet Wilcoison. Powell Botte,
Kdwin Porter. Albany.
Ie Barnes, Ten Mile.
Jack Beams, O rants Past.
Vemie Perry, Haiem.
Chester Williams, J rants Pus.
Beta Austin. Salem.
Meryle Whitney. Salem.
Josephine Baumgartner, Salem.
Kric Fisher, Shaw.
Manila Black. SL Helens.
Marjorie Hpecht. Ht. Helena.
Areria Shackelford. St. Helena.
Jesse Lansing, fft. Helens.
Ward Harnett, Ht. Helens.
Mildred Waldron. Oak Grore.
Jack Waldron, Oak Grove.
Haz-1 Ingram, Oak tirove.
Charlotte Martin, Oregon City.
Malcolm Vincent. Kickreall.
Kaymond Johnson, Newberg.
Halph Kmmons, balem.
Mildred Bunn. Salem.
Mamie Hoffman, Kamela.
Bessie Hoffman. Kamela.
Charley Hoffman. Kalema.
Ceraldtne Haneln, Kamela.
Dorothy Matbis. Kamela.
I Connelly, Rqreburg.
Edith Sanderson, Itex. .4
Allan Simmons, Olney. v
OrTille Beach, Friend.
Curtis Townsend. Kalem.
Ruby Johnson, Kcho.
;iade Kanford, Humner.
Hilda Thomas, Uastside.
Harry Bedford. Kastside.
I. ida I Barker, Humner.
Krelyn Oerding. Coquille.
Hal lie Fish. Bancroft.
Irene Woodworth. Marshfield.
Ruth Corey. Marshfield.
Wilmot (Jetty. Kmpire.
Bernice Thorp, Richland.
Darrel Smith. Weatherby.
Tommie Koach, Weatherby.
Inec Woodell, Summerrille.
I.loyd Woodell. Summerrille.
John Kuykendall. Klamath Falls.
Bill Kuykendall, Klamath Falls.
Violet Harkey, Burns.
Milton Brown, Burns.
Thelma Hickey. Burns.
Xarnien Hickey, Burns.
Doris Sandry. Burns.
Claus Klinehammer, Jackson rille.
Sidney Pierson. Rogue Hirer.
Herbert Dillingham. Grants Pass.
Helen Lister. -Grant Pass.
Donald McCook. Pendleton.
Harold Green. PendisJon.
Haroldine Horton, Pendleton.
Kdith lloskrns, Pendleton.
JOula McAtee, Pendleton.
Kthel 'Myers. Pendleton.
Armond McCalfum, John Day.
Josephine Land rum. John Day.
Margaret Herburger. John Day.
1-ettie Shields. John Day.
Helen Pratt. John Day.
Krnestine Hupprich, John Day.
Aggie Warner, Arlington.
Allen Gilbert, Bearer.
Jean Wilson, Bearer.
Norma Bhstn. Gaston.
Henry Kdmondson, Banks.
Willie Mills. Banks.
Zed Atlee, Banks.
Philip Liresley, Woodburn.
Vivian Colrin, Aumsville.
Charlotte Zieber, Detroit.
Louise Freres, Stayton.
Sadie Brewer. Silrerton.
Irene Boje, Hubbard.
Ruby Koach. Clackamas.
Verna Shank, . Boring.'
Albert Moore, Clackamas.
4 EUGENE CHILDREN
RAISE HONOR FLAG OF
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
France, England, Italy and Amer
ica Are Allies Represented
at Pretty Ceremonies.
War Garden Planned
Albany. Or., April 27. The Albany
Honor Guard expects to plant a war
garden entirely with potatoes this year.
A tract of land has been loaned the
organization and the spuds for teed
will be donated.
Tie Mill Begins to
Cut on Big Contract
Lebanon, ur., April Z7. The new
sawmill of the Henry Gerllch Tie &
Timber company, on McDowell creek,
near Lebanon, began operations the
first of the week and will run steadily
getting out ties and timbers for the
Southern Pacific company, for which
this company has a large contract. The
mill has a, capacity of about 16,000
feet a day and employs 14 or 15 men
a day.
Eugene. Or., April 27. Eugene's
Honor flag, recognizing that the city
is over the top with its quota In the
third Liberty loan, was raised at Eighth
avenue and Willamette street at 7:30
o'clock this evening with pretty cere
monies.
The actual raising of the flag was
performed by four little Eugene chil
dren, representing each of the four
largest allies. The quartet chosen
consists of John Leader, son of Colonel
Leader of the University battalion ;
Betty Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eric V. Allen ; Emma bJane Rorer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Rorer,
and Mary Bonoflglio, pupil of the
Washington school.
Betty Allen with the Stars and
Stripes represented the United State.
John Leader bore the Union Jack, his
r.atlve Great Britain ; Emma Rorer car
ried a tri-color, France, and Mary Bo
noflglio' carried the banner of her na
tive Italy. Each had a hand on thn
cord that raised the flag.
The honor flags for Eugene and other
Lane county towns arrived from San
Francisco today. .The towns outside
of Eugene will hold separate exercises
in dedicating their respective flags. The
Lane county flag will not be raised for
the present.
Locomotive Driven
By Director McAdoo
Washington, April 27. (I. N. S.)
According to a telegram reaching the
offices of the railway administration
today, Dlractor General McAdoo yes
terday, drove a locomotive through
the mountains of New Mexico. He
played the part of the "man at
the throttle" with as much effl
ciency as tnougn ne had been an
engineer all his life, it was stated.
HUGE ORDERS
PLACED FOR
FREIGHT GARS
W
J
ASHISUTOX, ArU SI' (I.
K. .) Contracts for
steel asder-frame box and
eoal ears were awarded late Friday
atteraooa by the federal railroad
admlalftratloa to tbe American
Car 1'oaadry company, wltk
plant! in Illinois, Indiana, Michi
gan, JtllssoarU Peaniylranla, Ten
neatee and West Virginia. An ex
pendltnro of between 8MM,WO
and $fo,M,Mt Is Involved, the
company to have a profit of ap
proximately t per cent.
Negotiations are still pending
for the contraction of 7MM nd
dltloaal cart.
The railroad administration ex
pect to receive the first allot
ment of the cars la time for the
fall and winter basinets of the rail
roads. Tbe complete expenditure for tbe
first 1H,MI cart will be approxi
mately f!il,IM,M0, tbe cart aver
aging abont ! each.
OATHS A
E
REQUIRED
OF
CIRCULATORS
OF
NTATVE PE10NS
Law Requires That Signatures
of All Signers Must Be Prop
erly Certified.
Purchases of Bonds
Spur Men to Work
Salem, Or., April 27. Enthusiasm
generated by the purchase of Liberty
bonds by employes in the highway con
struction camps has resulted in the men
doing more and better work, with a
noticeable lowering In unit costs, ac
cording to reports received by the state
highway department trom its field
forces.
One camp purchased over $5000 of
Liberty bonds, and in making a report
to the department the engineer in
charge said : "This Entirely gratuitous
assistance given by the men had such
n enlivening effect uoon them that I
am pleased to report a distinct drop In
unit costs due clearly to greater per
formances within the eight hour period
since that date."
At another camp the contractor ad
vanced money on their salaries to the
employes who desired to buy Liberty
l.onds.
Salem, Or.. April 27. Reports reach
ing here from persons who are Inter-
ested in the circulation of initiative pe- '
titions Indicate that some confusion ex- i
ists in the minds of some of the county j
clerks In relation to the verification and I
certification of names on such petitions, i
These matters. It is pointed out. are !
covered in section 3473 of the election
laws. The law provides that each sheet j
of a petition bearing names must be
verified by the person who circulated
said sheet. In this verification the cir
culator makes oath that "every person
who signed this sheet of the foregoing
petition signed his or her name thereto
In my presence. I believe that each has
stated his or her name, postoffice ad
dress and residence correctly, and that
each signer is a legal voter of the state
of Oregon and county of ." i
The next step seems to he the one i
which confuses, according to reports.
The law requires, in addition to the ver
ification by the circulator of each sheet
of a rtetition. that the county clerk of
each county In which the petition Is
signed shall compare the signatures of
the electors signing them with the sig
natures of the registration cards. After
he has done this, the county clerk is
required to make certification to the
secretary of state, showing that he has
compared the signatures on the peti
tion with those on the voters' registra
tion cards and that from such Informa
tion as he has been able to obtain he
believes the signatures are genuine.
If he finds some of the signers are.
not registered, he gives the names and
the number, and if he finds some of the
signatures are not genuine, he says so.
The secretary of state then counts only
the genuine signatures.
But the certification by the county
clerks to the secretary of state Is en
tirely different and separate from the
verification . of the names by the one
who circulated the petition.
BUFFALO TO
EE SOLD FOR
RED CROSS
PENDLETON. Or, April 17.
MBnck,w the Roane-Lp's lam
eat backing bnffnlo, will be
sacrificed to aid the Red Cross.
Tbe Koaad-l'p board Friday ten.
dered the shaggy animal to the
committee In charge of the big
Red Cross anctlon to bo held hero
May 1, and he will bo told to the
highest lldd--
Thonsands of dollars worth of
livestock and merchandise will bo
sold In an all day anctlon. The
Hat of articles donated rango from
antomoblles to ten days In Jan.
Drafted Men Begin -
Moving to Camps
. .
Mobilization of lil,MI Shows That Ar
rnngeraenlt Are Working Ont With
Bmoothnesst Every State Contrlbntes,
Washington. April 27. (L N. S.) Tli
movement to training camps of the 150,
000 drafted men In the April quota began
Friday. Reports to Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder show that the advance ar
rangements were carried out with
smoothness and precision. '"-
Every state and the District of Colum
bia contributed to the-quota. Included
in the 150,000 are 116.700 white men and
33,330 negroes, to bo distributed among
the It national cantonments.
The schedule calls for the completion
of the movement by the night of May L
Auto Turns Turtle;
Driver Loses Eye
Klamath Falls. Or., April 27. Louis
Copeland. a well known resident of -Fort
Klamath. 40 miles north of here,
Friday suffered the loss of his right
eye. as well as sustaining other - In
juries on his face and the fracture of
two ribs, when the Ford car ho was
driving to this city turned turtle at
a bend In the road about 10 miles north
of here.
16,000 Will March
In Field Practice
Tacoma. April 27. (U. P.) With
Major General H. A. Greene In com
mand, the Ninety -first division of the
national armr at Camp Lewis will have
its first field practice march next. Tues
day. -when 16.000 men i,nd officers will
participate. The problem which the di
vision will be called on! to work out will
be on a larger scale than any yet attempted.
Bone Dry U. S. at
Early Date Is Plan
Washington, April 27. (I. X. S.)
The country would be made "bone drv"
without awaiting ratification of the
national prohibition amendment under,
a bill presented in the house Friday
afternoon by Representative Barclay of
Kentucky. The aim of the measure is
to conserve grains now used in making
beverages for food purposes. The pro
hibition period would continue for the
duration of the war and until the
troops are demobilized.
Capital Celebrates
But House Grinds On
Washington, April 27. (I. N. S.)
While all Washington watched the Lib
erty day parade the house stuck to the
grind Friday afternoon in an endeavor
to pass the minerals and metals bill be
fore adjournment.
Majority Leader Kitchin opposed all
efforts to force an adjournment. The
appearance of the house membership
in the parade "would -t sell 10 cents
worth of. bonds" he asserted.
Butter Price Is to
Advance 2 Cents
Butter and butterfat advanced 2 cents
a pound in the Portland market this
morning, following announcement of
city creameries yesterday afternoon
The advance Is called most unseasonable.
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High School is Standardized
Lebanon, Or., April 26. The Crab
tree high school was standardized this
week by State Superintendent J. A.
Churchill, who was making a tour of
Inspection of Linn county high schools.
British and American
Labor Firmly United
Xew York. April 27. British and
American labor is united and ready for
a nnisn right with German autocracy.
according to a cabled report from the
American Federation of Labor mission
to England, received Friday. 'British
labor agrees with American labor re
garding the aims enunciated by Presl-
det Wilson," the cable stated. "What is
more important is that the movement
In Great Britain for a conference of
allied and German workers has almost
disappeared. Even Arthur Henderson.
labor leader, had declared his unwilling
ness to negotiate with the Germans."
Newsboys Strike for
Half-Cent Increase
Spokane. Wash., Aprll27. (I. X. S.)
One hundred and fifty newsboys went
on strike here Friday because an eve
ning paper refused them an increase of
half a cent per paper. So disorderly
were the lads that police reserves were
called to break up the mob about the
newspaper offices. An early settlement
of the trouble is expected.
Walter Graves to
Take Stone's Place
Jefferson City. Mo.. April 27. (I. X.
S.) Governor Gardner Friday ap
pointed Walter W. Graves, chief jus-
tL.. . - V. .t ,
ui lira ouwouri supreme court, as
United States senator to succeed Sen
ator btone.
Plenty of Workers
For Every Purpose
Baltimore, April 27. (I. X. S.) An
increase of 20 per cent In the available
labor supply will be gained throueh the
elimination of the labor turnover In this
country. Roger W. Babson, chief of the
Inquiry and education division of the
department of labor, said in an address
here. Workers are ample to meet war
needs if they are properly distributed
he asserted. He advocated granting
of half-fares by the director general of
rauroaas men transporter from one
section to another for labor purposes.
Such a step, he declared, would greatly
iacimaie laoor aistrtbution.
Uruguay Dislikes
Reply of Wilhelm
Montevideo, Uruguay, April 27. (I
in. s.J ii was reported Friday that Ger
many haa given Uruguay an unsatis
factory reply to that country's inquiry
as to whether Germany considers that
a state of war exists between the two
nations. - A German submarine recently
stopped a Spanish steamer and com
pelled an Uruguayan commission to
France to promise that it would not
proceed to its scheduled destination.
"I find that for the month of March
Oregon stood fourth in per capita sales
of War Savings Stamps for the United
States, and that your standing for the
entire campaign up to April 1, is fifth,"
writes E. C. Bradley, federal director
for the Western States, to C. S. Jackson,
state director for Oregon.
"You certainly deserve to be congratu
lated on this fine showing." writes Mr. i
Bradley. "I know It is the result of
careful planning and good, Jiard work.
"The per capita sales for March for
the United States was 55 cents and the
average per capita sales for our district
was 65 cents. The per capita Bales for
the United States to April 1 was $1.41,
and the average per capita sales for our
district was $1.65, so, you see, we are
keeping ahead of the average."
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Mrs. Fred K. Howard reports the
less, probably by theft, of three War
Savings Stamps, the property of her
young son. Mrs. Howard was in tnc
first Xatlonal bank drawing her son's
savings from the bank to invest in
more stamps, and believes that the
stamps were taken from her pocke'
as she found the envelope which
contained them, on the floor empty.
The stamps were not registered so
that Mrs. Howard has no protection
unless the stamps are returned to her.
The treasury department has made
arrangements for the registering of
War Savings Stamps at the postoffice.
without charge, for protection in case
of loss or theft, and such registration
ia urged by thj Oregon W. S. S. com
mittee.
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War Stamp societies are springing
up all over the city, due to the efforts
of Miss Falling and her committee in the
organization of women's societies for the
purpose of encouraging systematic sav
ings and purchase of these little patri
otic stickers. One of the newest of the
societies is the Clinton-Kelly Xo. 2 club,
of Which Mrs. Ida Day is president and
Mrs. Audre Woodbusy secretary. The
Church of God War Savings Stamp
society has been organized with Mrs.
Hazel Xeal as president and Miss Viola
Tllden secretary. i
Germans Land War Supplies in Tripoli
Washington. April 27. (I. X. S.)
Guns, ammunition and food supplies
are being landed on the coast of Tripoli
by German submarines, according to an
official dispatch from France.
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and British armies or to take the Channel ports ranks it as only another "bath of blood" for
German arms. For, as The Globe, New York, reminds us, "It is the destruction of armies, not
the loss of territory, that is vital in war." And the tremendous slaughter of men which Ger
many has sustained is "making her weaker relatively as well as absolutely."
"Even the German General Staff," notes the New York Wprldt "cannot continue in
definitely the policy of trading men for territory unless the territory means more than a fur
ther extension of their lines." Months may yet elapse before the decisive hour strikes and in
those months "tens and hundreds of thousands of Americans can be transported to France to
turn the scale in our favor." Even the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung assures its readers that the
greatest victory by land can not impose a peace of force on America and England."
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Why Ireland Opposes Conscription
All Phases of This Acute Situation Are Shown in This Comprehensive Article
Austrian Emperor's Peace Feelers
Why Allies Have the Whip-Hand
The Backwash of Frightfulness
Russia's Golgotha
Making Wages Keep Step With the
Cost of Living
Promise and Performance in the Air
World-Wide Interchangeability of
Materials
Safety in Making Explosives
An Indian Engineering Feat
The Costs of Hiring and Firing
Wheat Slackers and Wheat Patriots
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Labor and War
(Prepared by U. S. Board of Education)
Is It Amiens Next?
The Paradox of Papa Joffre
Books for German Soldiers
Bishops on the Firing-Line
Mobilizing Women as Nurses
Baring the Soldier's Soul
Live News of Finance and Commerce
Personal Glimpses of Famous Folk
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