The Oregon daily journal., May 13, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL'; P ORTLAND, MONDAY. MAY W 1918.
WILL NOT DEVELOP
SERIOUSSITUATION
Grave Misuse of Funds Charge
Not Expected to Be Sustained
When Investigation Comes.
DELAYS ARE DUE TO MOTOR
:sp
ruce Production Division Fair
ly Well Organized; Other Fea
tures of Program Satisfactory.
WaahinKton. May 13. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL).
Investigation of the aircraft program.
hlch the president has ordered to be
made by the department of Justice from
the side of criminal responsibility and
which Senator Chamberlain has prom
.Ised the senate committee on military
affairs will make on the side of account
ability to the country, is not likely to
disclose any serious misuse of funds or
the operation of "sinister influences.'
This Is the best opinion, after all
opinion are sifted, and the hysteria
which accompanies some of the charges
has been subtracted. The aircraft
board has failed to meet the expecta
tlons of itself and or the country, and
in the final re '.toning it is likely to be
pointed out for errors of Judgment
which resulted in frittering away valu
able time.
Board Wat Too Optlmutle
There will be no surprise If the board
Is arraigned for having from time to
time Issued glowing reports which it
had no reasonable assuring of filling.
It likely will be found to have made
too much of a play with the Liberty
motor, which is evidently a good motor,
but not a super-motor, and not the
sudden development which the aircraft
board led the country to believe it had
brought forth.
It la likely to be found that valuable
xime -was iBKen in mailing small im
provements In the motor, that orders
were delayed, that specifications .were
changed, and that disappointing results
came from correction of defects and
difficulties of manufacture of parts at
some of the factories.
Home Things to Commend .
On the other hand it Is likely that the
Investigators will also find some things
to commend. The spruce production
,nd has been organized without much
criticism or complaint. While few com
pleted planes have been sent overseas,
material for building them has been
supplied in large quantities, as well as
7,000 mechanics sent to France, and ma
chines constructed by American effort
are on the battle lines, though not in
great numbers.
It probably will develop from the tes
timony of army men and experts that
the best policy, particularly in the early
" stages, is to build in France rather than
on this side, because the builders in
France are in closest touch with the
chan sea which charging conditions may
dictate, an can more quickly accommo
date themselves to the demands of the
: service.
i , All Money Kot Actually Spent
t The fact that $640,000,000 was appro
priated for the airplane program, sup-
plemented by $200,000,000 as a defi
ciency, does not mean that all the money
has been actually spent. The favor
ite point of attack of the most persist
ent senatorial critics, such as Polndex-
ter. Brandegee and McCumber, has been
that "we have spent nearly a billion
and we have no fighting planes. What
has become of the money?"
', This kind of criticism fails to take
account, of the problems . which had to
be- faced, and it is in fact false in as-
limine' that nv mirh nm ha hn
pent. The Insinuation behind it Is
that the money has been squandered
Bo far there is not sufficient informa
tion to Justify such charges and lnsln
uatlons. Thousands of training planes
have been built, flying camps estab
llshed, great contracts let for motors.
. for spruce, and for different branches
pf manufacture.
There has been the additional diffi
culty that too much information might
be given if details were entered into,
V
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This has led to exaggerated reports on
both sides. -Statements that large num
bers of American planes had been sent
to France circulated side by side. wltn
reports that the aircraft program is a
total failure. Those who know have
hesitated to tell, because that is the
kind of Information the enemy wants.
This situation Is described in a, recent
report of the British war cabinet, which
says:
BrltltH ; Sltaatloa Is Applied
"The information desired by the coun
try is precisely the information desired
by the enemy. What the country wants
to know is what has been the expan
sion in our air service; whether we
have met and are meeting all the de
mands of the navy and of the army,
what the expansion Is likely to be in
the future.".
Another paragraph of the British re
port Is pertinent to the American dlffi
culties:
"The problem is complicated by the
fact that manufacture and delivery
rarely if ever proceed in accordance
with an anticipation. The output of a
particular -type may be delayed for
weeks or even months owing to some
technical difficulty of manufacture."
This is the element recently referred
to by Senator Chamberlain as the ex
cessive "optimism" of the . aircraft
board, which in full good faith was un
able to keep up with its 'prospectus.
The senator pointed out that with all
these discouragements the point of
quantity of production is being ap
proached, and he declared that his com
mittee has not - attempted to differenti
ate between aircraft actually built in
this country and the machines produced
in France with American money, ma
terial and skill.
Loggers Pay $300 ,:
ror ilea uross quilt
Weneling 31 ill and Caap Employe
Show Deep Interest in Nation's Af
fairs by Contrasting Cash..
Eugene, Or., May 13. A quilt sold for
$300 at a dance given at Wendllng for
the benefit of the Red Cross Saturday
night. The quilt was bid In by the mill
men and loggers of the Booth-Kelly
Lumber company, at Wendllng. after the
men of the West Coast Lumber com
pany had run It up to $280, bidding in
opposition to the Wendllng crowd. The
total receipts of the evening were dose
to $800.
A suit Involving $20,000 in which Rob- lum'n
ert Wakefield is plaintiff and Joseph long to tne j,, Region of Loggers and
Supple is defendant, is on trial before I Lumbermen and practically everyone
a Jury selected in Circuit Judge Kava- I has bought Liberty bonds, besides con
naugh's court this morning. I tributing liberally- to the Red -Crosa.
Wakefield is seeking to recover dam- I Thousands of loggers and other labor-
ages for an alleged breach of contract I ing men are accumulating a nest egg by
for the delivery of steel for the con- I their investments in war bonds and
TRIAL OF $20,000
DAMAGE SUIT BEGINS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
Robert Wakefield Alleges De
layed Shipment of Materials
Caused Loss on Contract.
PLAN BEING MADE
FOR
RECEPTION
struction of the government dredges
Multnomah and Wahkiakum. He al
leges that the material received from
Supple was defective and delivered 10
months after the time agreed upon,
whereby the work which he contracted
to do for $9000 coat him $29,000.
This is the second trial of the mat
ter, Wakefield recovering a Judgment
against Supple which the latter ap
pealed to the supreme court.
The former trial consumed over two
weeks and the present suit, according
to Attorney Coy Burnett, who is ap
pearing for Wakefield, will take longer
because of new testimony which he In
tends to introduce.
freceotng the selection or a Jury a
consultation was held in Judge Kara.
naugh's chambers regarding the per
sonnel of the regular Jury panel, which
the attorneys on both sides had been
informed contained the names of per
stamps.
$15,1 IS PUT UP
TO AID STANF1ELD
Expense Account Filed for Can
didate Not Regular, Is
Official .View.
PATRIOTIC
WOMAN
NOT TO LOSE VOTE
Enlistment of Husband in the
Canadian Force, Now at the
Front, No Bar, Is Ruling.
CHARLES M
SCHWAB
Shipbuilder Advises Mayor He
Has Set No Date Yet for
His Western Trip.
Salem. May 13. Mrs. S. P. Peirce of
Port Orford need no longer worry for
sons who had been accused and Con- fear she has lost her citizenship because
victed of various crimes, from forgery her husband, who was too old to be
and wife-beating to non-support. It was taken into the United States army, has
the intention of Attorney Burnett to enlisted In the Canadian armv and is
challenge the entire panel and demand now with British forces on the Ypres
a 3peciai venire or jurymen to try his battle front
case. I cvis vL-am afrnlrf Vir fiimhnnd'a nlint
wauer . Oeren Of the district at- mcnt in th armv nt another muntrv
torney s office was called In and asked would deprive her of her citizenship in
for information as to the charges this country, and, consequently, would
against the unnamed Jurymen, but was deprive her of her vote. She wrote to
, " nj particulars, say- Attorney General Brown for informa
Ing that while among the 200 men or nn -
so constituting the original panel there
Mayor Baker has received a letter
I may have been a few undesirables, but
that the panel as it now stood was
tion-
'Now don't tell me I am not an
American, because I keep the old Flag
from Charles M. Schwab, director gen- " J-; 7u. flyln " th time." was her appeal
oral f tha TTni't.rf Rfot .hinKnincr I of it I to tne attorney general.
board. In which it is stated that no defi- Judge Kavanaugh declined to order
nlte plans have been made for the west- a. bp0'" venire, expressing his opinion
lect a satisfactory Jury from the men
on hand. A large number of the Jury- I
men naa -oeen excused upon their own
request, he said, and others would be
hard to get.
IS CAUSE OF ARREST
em trip which Mr. Schwab proposes to ha the Parties in the case could se
make. The mayor will be advised later
as to the exact date.
Mr. Schwab expresses his entire satis
faction at the spirit of patriotism And
cooperation which has been shown by
thft nnnl nf thA racer In thA KtilrkKt, tid
ing industry and adds that "all persons
can help in the general program by
manifesting increased enthusiasm in the Bottle Found in Auto Brings Fine of
unaenamng. . 51ft nA ri. T-,f..
i.ioncj biiu gsBQiine won t mix, was
i.. ,v-- " uKium revive! DV jJisirict Jndn
,MU CUWiUlllllUCIIV V lilt? UlOllll I T-vtt.. . , , - ' " "
"7:;;o7" "7 moDVe. was brought in by Deputy
Included in the program being ar- court that Hurihnrt h-i.
ranged Is a big launching event It is merely had the "ammunition." On rec
expected that every shipyard of the Co- ommendation of Deoutv nistrW ittnr.
lumbia river district will launch a ves- ney Earl Bernard, Judge Dayton as-
eei me aay set ior ine.ocnwaD enter- i sessea a comparatively light fine of S10.
talnment. I P. C. Lewis, a youth Just over 18.
It Is also proposed to hold a mass I with a motorcycle, was fined S10 for
meeting at The Auditorium and to havef aemonstratmg to his girl that it was
air. scdwid as tne speaker.
Union Ticket Office
Not Yet Selected
y f
You will enjoy Alpha
oecause it is a real
all -the-year -'round
drink the new
beverage that satis
fies thirst and puts
an edge on appetite.
Don't Fail
to Try
Alpha
the test is
in the taste"
Keep Alpha
in your
home. It is
a beverage of
quality-ever
welcome
whenever
friends gath
er 6r where
good-fellow-
L Slip is found.
Sold ererywhere
serve cold and '
vou will cay it
is great
V- invi J!l
easy to go 48 miles an hour when no
lone was looking. Speed Officer Harry
xayior, nowever, was looking.
rrainc orricer Rexford caught R. B.
Woodbury and J. F. Schuyler traveling
the Sandy road Saturday, each going
faster than 34 miles. Their haste cost
them S7.60 each.
R- A. Russel with a tin can mufflr
i.noice oi location ror a union ticket on his motorcycle, was arrested bv nn-
office is being considered at a meeting uty Sheriff La Mont and released unon
of traffic men of Portland terminal lines I his promise to appear In court and give
today, xne inability of the committee I " excuse ior tne niaeous uproar. The
to arrive at a decision in this matter I on,v excuse he had to offer was a 5
is said by railroad officials to be due DU which Judge Dayton accepted on
primarily to the exorbitant rent de- tena" oi tne county.
fnanded by owners of buildings In the
business district. The railroads have I BRlNUl.Mi BACK TWO PRISONERS
been paying an outrageous rental for I '
fu . , Jn for"an?- " Deputy Sheriff Chrlstofferson Will
nrrnc r rum ovum lonigni,
Killing two birds with one stone. Dep
uty Sheriff Chrlstofferson, who was In
San Francisco to get J. L. Doak. wanted
here on a charge of forgery stopped off
at Oakland after crossing the bay with
his prisoner, and gathered In M. J. Rob
inson. Chrlstofferson will arrive to
night with his two prisoners.
Robinson is wanted in Portland on
Edwardsville, 111., May 13.-CTJ. P.) 1 ua Y.' ' "'f ,Z1 J. Z
Jl men8 Xd "tH-f htS ' quan'Uty of r ir a hydraulic Jack
1L2!S :lai-!Te Und a cable. A district court warrant
,,"J Jll A 'Jirr" X , "Ber' charges him with having sold a auan
tity of beans for an East Side merchant
"You are still an American citizen
and have the right to vote," Is the re
ply the attorney general is sending to
her today, to cheer her as she runs her
dairy farm to make a living, while her
husband is soldiering.
Her letter reads as follows:
"My husband, S. P. Peirce. Joined
the Canadian forces, went overseas,
and has been through this drive the
last month in the Tpres sector with
the British Canadian troops, in the
Royal engineers. He wanted to get
In the United States engineers serv
ice, but he was over the age limit.
Now what I want to ask, Is can I
vote?
"All my folks have gone with the
IT. S. A. Three nephews under 21
enlisted and are now at the front.
My brother is going next week. Am
I an American subject or not? I
am running the ranch. I have
plowed and helped put in 12 acres
of grain. I am milking 14 cows
and running a dairy of 30 cows.
Make all the butter and do all the
housework, and I bought a bond
also.
"Now don't tell me I am not an
American, because I keep the' old
flag flying all the time."
DE LUXE EDITION OF ,
RED CROSSES TO BE
SOLD TO GARDENERS
Washington. May 1J. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL,)
Robert N. Stanfleld's primary expense
account, received here today, shows
$15,000 contributed. $5000 each by Miles
Lee of . Baker and J. N. Burgess and
W. 1. Thompson of Pendleton. The
statement is split into- two parts, one
personal and one by .'W- C E. Pruitt.
secretary of the Stan field league. The
personal account hows'; pe receipt of
$5000 from Lee and the disbursement
of an equal amount to Pruitt. The only
other Item of personal expense reported
is $400 for- the official campaign
pamphlet. Pruitt's account shows the
Burgess and Thompson contributions.
also the Lee contribution through Stan
field, with expenditures of about $2000,
all for advertising.
Neither account Is regular under the
federal law as understood by officials
of the senate. Stanfijld. it Is stated,
should report in detail the expenditure
of the $5000 received from Lee. : Pruitt
should report all expenditures, whereas
he has allowed himself exemptions,
which are permitted only for the candi
date's personal account and reported
only expeneses , f or newspaper advertis
ing. Fred W. Mulkey. candidate for the
short term, reports no receipts and no
expenditures.
MrNary Visits Oregon Boys
Washington, May 13. Senator Mc
Nary Sunday visited Camp Meade and
Laurel, Md., where the Oregon boys are
stationed. He says he found them in
excellent Quarters and ' animated by a
fine spirit.
MANAGER SCOTT SAYS
FREIGHT BUSINESS OF
S. P. IS GROWINGTAST
Counter . Eevolt in . i
Russia Is Brewing
Fresilcr Leslae Bays Efforts Arc' Hade
ts Stir SlaesBteatsd Pesalaee Agalaat
Soviet t Fssr Xeteew raters Flaed.
Moscow. May 13. (U. P.) Nikolai
Lenlne. Bolshevik! premier, has sent the
following telegram broadcast regarding
Petrograd's "catastrophic position and
demanding help:
"A counter revolution is raising its
head, turning the discontent of the
starving masses against the Soviets."
American Ambassador Francis has re
turned to Volgoda.
Four Moscow newspapers bave been
suspended because they published re
ports of a German ultimatum. One was
fined 50.000 rubles. Eleven others are
being prosecuted.
Troops of the Lettish. Rifles raided the
headquarters of revolutionary bodies,
making some arrests.
LEADER OF DEATH
BATTALION IN U
S.
Mme. Leonina Batchkarcva, With
Price on Her Head, Smuggled
Out of Moscow.
Shortage of Labor Presents
Greatest Difficulties to Rail
road Companies.
Seerel Treaty Exposed
.Geneva, May 1J. U. P.) The Ga
zette has published a dispatch from Ps
trograd regarding a secret Brest
Lltovsk treaty containing a clause In
which Russia promises to support, at
the general peace econferenoe. the Ger
man claim that the Polish question Is
not an international problem.
Fisheries Commission Goes East
Seattle. May 12. (I. N. A) Secretary
of Commerce Redfleld and other mem
bers of the American-Canadian fisher
ies conference, left tonight for Ottawa.
A raciflc Port. May II. L N. &
After escaping the Bolshevik pursuers,
who had been ottered a pries for ber
capture, dead or alive. Mm. Leonina
Batchkarcva. who was commander of
Russia's famous "Battalion of Death.'
arrived today at an American port.
Madam Batchkarcva is en rout to
France, where she will offer her serv
ices to the allies.
I am ready to ale on the field of
honor." she said.
With a pricA-on her head, the woman
soldier was smuggled out of Moscow by
friends of the Kcrensky regime and
taken to Vladivostok via the trans-Siberian
railway.,
Bolahevtk troops, learning of ber es
cape, set out in pursuit and the woman
diaguised herself first ss a peasant
woman and later as a man.-
Arriving at Vladivostok, she took
refuge on a British ship with her daugh
ter, who had joined her, but shortly
afterward th two were taken aboard
a second vessel and on this they war
brought to th United States.
Mm. Batchkarcva woa perhaps last
Ing Cam whn ah helped organis th
"Battalion of Xath. composed entirely
of Russian women, and fought will
them through . many battles, with ' th
Germans, when th Kcrensky govern
ment lost control snost of the women
soldiers refused to recognls th Bol
shevlki. I Intend to giv my services In any
capacity in which th allies can us
ene," th woman soldier told reporters.
"I formed th 'Battalion of Death to
areng my husband wh was killed by
th Germans and to sav Russia.
Th powers In my country havs list
ned to th voices of false prophets.
When they finally se th light, aa
they will, holy Russia's enemies will be
crushed Into the dust.
Him. Batchkarcva told how after
aha escaped to Moscow she wss arrested
In a little town In Siberia and held for
three days, st th end of which tint
Bh in allowed to go on th strength
of her story that ah was th peasant
wif of a Bolshevik.
Portland Clearings
Show Big Increase-
Portland's bank clearings today
showed $4.1tOSf.05. compared with $.
4 1 5.757. TS one week ago and Sl.til.211.Js
on the corresponding date last yesr. This
Is not a record In clearings, but ap
proaches th high msrk, Th Increase
la attributed to a general improvement
In business conditions snd to th usual
heavy MondTy clearings.
evidently of the opinion that they will
continue to do so under government
management.
Praeger Lynchers
Are Placed on Trial
alleged pro-German, at Collinsville, on
April 5.
Fear of the mlners-that they would be
victims of pro-German outrages and the
additional plea that super-patriotism
carried away the mob will be the de
fense.
and failing to account for the money.
TWO DIVORCES ARE ASKED FOR
Miss Abbie J. Mills
Dies at Hood River
Man and Woman Have Complaints
Against Missing Spouses.
Two deserted spouses filed suit for
divorce against their missing mates
in the circuit court this morning,
wide tl. Johnson alleges that when
he came to Portland from San Fran
cisco in January, 1916, his wife, Lettie
Hood River. Or., May 13. Miss Abbie May Johnson, refused to come with him
J. Mills; a native Oregonian and one of and that although - he is willing to
the best known nurses in the state, died provide her with a comfortable home
here Saturday morning, following an I here she refuses to leave the California
illness of several months. The funeral metropolis,
was held Sunday afternoon at the Meth- Ethel Frazier complains that Harry
odist church, of which Miss Mills had Albert Frazier, whom she married in
been a devoted member. the county June 1, 1910. deserted her
Miss Mills was born at Brownsville. I a year Sne " to be allowed
Or., in 1869. She graduated as a nurse to resume her maiden name of Ethel
from a Portland hospital and was for a 1 tray.
number of vears matron of the hrmnital
at Salem. In 1904 she came to Hood I Bought Car; Check Returned
Kiver ana naa pracucea ner profession Deputy Sheriff Roy Ward left tht
nere ever since, one is survivea Dy morning for Astoria to bring back
three sisters Mrs. S. M. Walker of Una Archie B. McNary. who is wanted here
county, Mrs. C. L. Bilyeu of Portland for obtaining an automobile under false
and Mrs. E. T. Raymond of Hood River, pretenses. McNary, it is " said, bought
a car and ''gave in payment a check
on an Astoria bank for $1034.25 which
was returned marked "not paid for want
: of funds.'
Missing Aviators '
Found in Hawaii
Aik Yr Dealer
ALPHA BEVERAGE DEPT.
' Chicago, Illinois
T.wJeskias&C. Lasg Jeac ACe,
' Portland. Or$on .
Alleged Murderer Released
Frank Gaudlo, twice tried for the al-
Honolulu. May 13. (I. N. S.) Major 1 leged murder of Lucy Carter at the
Harold Clark and his mechanician, I Cadillac hotel December 22, last, each
Sergeant Grey, who started on an In- I trial resulting in a disagreement of the
ter-island airplane flight several days I Jury, has been released from custody
ago ana mysteriously dropped from on motion or Deputy District Attorney
sight, have been found. They were John Collier, who explained that he
forced to land In Maunakea forest I did not wish to put the county to the
when their gasoline supply gave out. 1 expense of another trial, doubting the
xne oincers narrowly escaped injury I liKeiinooa or a conviction.
when the airplane partially collapsed
at the end oi a tall landing. They wan
dered througp the torest for two
and - nights without food or water
fore being found.
District Trarrie Agent Named
, R. K. Pretty has been named district
traffic agent of the Great Northern
railway , in Portland : and will" continue
to look after the interests of shippers
over the Great Northern, lines. H. V.".
Costigan has been -appointed to a sim
ilar f position' in Seattle and C. D.
Thompson and E. J- Healey carry this
title for the Great Northern in Spokane
and Tacoma, respectively.
Lister Appoints Two
To Supreme Court
Seattle, May 12. (I. N. a) Appoint
ment of Judge John R. Mitchell of Olym
pia and Warren W. Tolman of Spokane
as members of the state supreme court.
was announced Saturday by Governor
Lister. - John M. Wilson of Olympia was
named to succeed Mitchell as superior
judge for Thurston and Mason counties.
Mitchell and Tolman will succeed Jus
tices Ellis and Webster, both resigned.
W. R. Scott, general manager of the
Southern Pacific company, arrived In
Portland this morning from San Fran
cisco on the office car Del Monte. He
spent Sunday with his son. George A.
Scott, private In the quartermasters
corps of the United States army. . sta
tioned at American Lake, and, will re
turn to an j?Tancisco Tnursaay
Mr. Scott reports a continually in
creasing volume of freight traffic over
the Pacific coast lines of the Southern
Pacific, especially In lumber and agri
cultural products. The car situation is
being held at about . normal by drawing
on the supply of empty cars from east
ern lines.
Shortage of labor presents the greatest
difficulty the management has to con
tend with at this time, according to Mr.
Scott. Lumber mills and logging camps
offer bigger wages and shorter hours
than the railroads can afford and there
is a decided shortage of track men and
unskilled labor In other branches of rail
road service.
The Importation for the period of the
war of Chinese and Japanese laborers as
a solution of the labor difficulties on the
coast has been proposed by large em
ployers. Women are being used In In
creasing numbers in a variety of railway
nnaltlnna hv the Southern Pacific Mr.
inriiis l. Meier rroDoses f an scott says.
tO Increase SubSCriDtlOnS diminution of pasnrer traffic on the
I U a MCMneens. DvaIKl le
I tUttOl UUIlllg uii ni: . a waifiv
TO the Hed LrOSS. creases In rates will be in keeping with
the general advance in prices ana cur-,
tailment of train service will not re-
They won't b happy till they get nv r hardship to patrons.
them?"
Thus did Julius L. Meier Prphra T J.U prr. A pnH pm V
a famous aavemsemeni. wnen ne con- i uuuuux tvu .u.swv.uu.(j
ceivea tne iaea or issuing a a luxe
edition of red crosses.
No stores, business houses or firms
will be permitted to purchase one of
the special edition of 100 red crosses.
The sale will be limited entirely to the
first 100 applicants, but each applicant
must have a beautiful garden in which
the cross may be displayed. In fact.
Mr. Meier points out. the garden must
harmonize with the dignified nature of
the cross before its erection will be
permitted.
Among the early applicants for de
luxe red crosses -were : Mrs. Helen
Ladd Corbett. Oscar E. Overbeck. C.
C. Colt. Wilbur E. Coman. Robert H.
Strong. J. P. Cooke, Guy M. Standlfer.
Julius L. Meier. A. H. Devers, F. S.
Doernbecher.
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I
To Graduate Five
Recital Taeiday and Conmeaeeaeat
Wednesday Evealags to Be Witkoat
Viaal Blags and Program
Commencement exercises of the Pad
flc Lutheran academy will be held Tues
day and Wednesday evenings of this
week, at which five students will be
graduated. They are Martin Johnson.
Gertrude Klttleson, " Gladys Torgerson.
Nora Salmon and Olof Mesford.
The recital of the music pupils will
be given Tuesday evening, under the dl
rection of Professor Arthur oren. on
Wednesday evening will be the com
Drake C. O'Reilly was mencement exercises proper. Two mem-
an early applicant at Liberty Temple I bers of the class will give short ora-
this morning but C. C. Colt ruled out I tlons. Professor Noren will play a piano
ills application for he bad no garden I solo and Mrs. King of Tacoma win give
to display th red cross. a vocal solo, followed by short addresses
Each cross will be hand-tooled in by the Rev. O. Eger of Seattle, and the
best grade, machine finished Oregon Rev. Olaf Holen of Tacoma.
pine." said Mr. Meier.
The edition of de luxe crosses is
strictly of a . subscription nature.
Checks for $10 should accompany appli
cations.
"A committee consisting of Mr. Colt
Simplicity will !e the keynote of the
exercises, the graduates having decided
to forego the use of commencement In
vitations, class rings- and other tradi
tional necessities, because of the war.
Since no invitations have been issued the
and myself will pass on the eligibility PlkJ is asked to regard the announc-
of all gardens for crosses. Mail appli
cations may be addressed to us at' Lib
erty Temple."
Assessment of S. P.
Temporarily Held Up
XeecMfty of Imsroveaeat Wrk la
Wsodbarn to Be Seterotlaed Before
Ballroad Forced t Pay 8k are.
Assessment against right of way prop
erty of th Southern Pacific company
by the city of Woodbnrn for street Im
provements has been held up by Re
gional Director of Railways R. H. Alsh
toh, pending, a decision as to the neces
sity of the improvement. Estimated
cost of street improvement work is $17.
000 and approximately - half of this
amount la assessed to the railroad
Grading had already begun and th
work was gotng forward speedily when
th order for a hearing was received
from Mr. Alshton. According to a
ruling of Director General McAdoo, rail
road property may not be assessed for.
road and street improvement work until
the necessity is proven to the satisfac
tion of the director general.
Plans under way for the-paving of
Front street In Woodburn for half a
mile south of the present paved section
will also b affected by this ruling-.
ment of ui exercises to take place In
the school auditorium as a general invitation.
U. S. Guards to Be
Organized at Once
Col. Geo. 8. Toaag to Recruit for Bat
talions for Army of Men for
Service at. Home.
Immediate steps to organise 25.000
United States . guards, national army,
are to bo taken, according to a com
munication received by Colonel George
S. Toung. in charg of th Portland re
cruiting station, today. H was in
formed that Battalions 6, 23, 24 and 25
would be formed in the western de
partment at once.
These guards will be mad up -by
transferring from other orgsnlzatlons
men unfitted for duty abroad but suited
for service in th United States or vol
unteer enlistments of men abovo draft
age.
. Uniforms wOl be furnished ,by the
quartermaster corps, and the ordnance
department will supply old model ma
chine guns, : Russian rifles, munitions
and such articles of goods and ammu
nition as are available. . i,v
Officers will be selected from men
above draft age who are physically un
fitted for duty abroad.
Merchandise cJ Merit Onjy
Tuesday Is APRON DAY
On Our Fourth Floor
Fresh, New Aprons in Abundant Assortments Selected Espe
cially for Those Women Who Want to Look Sweet and Dainty
Percale Apron Dresses
$1.19
Neat apron dresses in plain colored ma
terials with Dresden patterned trimming.
Square neck, side buttoned style with full
belts. In pink or. blue. .
Percale or Gingham Dresses
$1.29
New striped percales or checked ging
ham dresses in round or V-neck styles.
With full or three-quarter belts. Some
are in laced front style. All trimmed with
black and white pipings.
New Extra Size Aprons
98c
Envelope, Middy and aprons with side
front closing, made of light colored ma
terials. Some with black and white
pipings.
Extra Size Apron Dresses
$1.79 $1.98 $2.25
Round and square neck apron dresses"
with dainty ruffle or band trimming.
These are made of figured percales and
ginghams.
New Rubber Aprons T)
59c
Ideal for household use. In black and
white checks, plain pinks or blues. Other
rubber aprons of patterned cretonne
85c, and rubber shampoo aprons at $1.00.
New Ruffled Aprons 1 j
$1.49
Pretty, new aprons, made of figured
Scout percale in light colors with plain
colored ruffles at neck, sleeves, pocket and
belt, a most attractive style!
Fancy Percale Aprons ' j
$1.69
A special showing of new aprons made
of fancy figured percale. With square
necks, full belts, fancy pockets and collars
of plain materials.
New Apron Dresses r t
$1.98
Neat garments made of plain colored
materials with fancy collars and patch
pockets or of fancy striped materials with
plain trimming.
Fourth Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
2000 Yards of Fancy
NEW VOILES at 39c
A. special purchase of fine quality satin plaid
voiles with the most attractive floral grounds
enables us to sell them at this very low price!'
These are in light and dark combinations just
the fabric for waists and dresses. All a yard wide.
THE NEW BEACH CLOTH '
r AT 50c THE YARD
The best substitute for linen the smartest
fabric for beach or mountain wear. One which
will not crush as easily as linen! In a good
assortment of colors the right weight for suits,
and separate skirts. 36 inches wide. -
TrV;i - Second Floor, Up man, Wolfe & Co.-
New Slipons
, For the Younf er Set -We
bare last received the
most fascinating new knitted
wool slipons for litis and small
women. In pretty shades of
Turgiroise, Salmon, Nile, Light
Bine and pink, made with V-neck
and tie.
. Sizes 28 to 30 $2.95
Size 32 to 3S & 39
Fourth Floor,
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
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