THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, . SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1918.
MAIDS
RACTION FOR
GRANGE DEl
RET
ATTACK ON SPENCE
Libel Suit Threatened Against
I Portland Oregonian and .Tele-.
gram and Salem' Journal. r
'demand apology by papers
Amount of Money Received by
Master of Grange From Qr
ganizatlon Is Subject at Issue
HAS PRAISE FOR "BLUE DEVILS"
" ' ' ,. !' " "TiggSS -
Salem, Or., June A committee rep
resenting the Oreg 01 lUU grange , !
preparing to Institute libel suit against
the Oregonlan, Tlerm and Satent
Statesmen unless proper apologies and
amends are mad for the attache made
upon C E. Bpence, matter of the grange
. at the annual convention which closed
Iter last night "'.:''..'-
This committee called upon R. 3. Hen
dricks, publisher of the Statesmen, to
day and demanded an apology and re
traction of an article It published. The
chief complaint is against a report
which appeared In the Statesman and
the Telegram,
' Members of the committee are M. V.
Thomas, A. 1. Mason, C. J. Hurd, A. C.
Miller and "C. p. liorrraan. ,
. ' Expesaltaree Ars Detailed
Too BUtesman and Telegram, articles
reported that opponents of Speneo were
charging that although the salary paid
- the master' of the state grange was
. 300 a year, that by taking advantage
of expenses allowed the master for trav
eling he was drawing up of $3000 a year
: and had made no satisfactory account-
'' Ing of his expenditures.
- The grange committee has prepared
s statement showing that during the
past year Master Spence received from
the grange 1221 in salary and flOS.SO
expenses, and , In addition he was sent
by the grange to Washington on mat-
. ten relating to the fixing of wheat
prices, and for which he was paid $40
in salary and 1235.(0 expenses, making
total for the year of $60.
- ' Believe Member Is Ksiponilele
"Any statement to the contrary,' says
the committee's statement, "is malicious,
willful, falsehood and made for the pur
pose of discrediting the organisation ;
and If the person making this statement,
, as we have been led to believe, is a mem
ber of the grange, he is not only guilty
s of uttering a malicious He, but has vio
lated the obligation taken when admitted
to the order, and is unworthy of the re
aped of any self-respecting citizen."
i The grange committee has strenuously
endeavored to ascertain the source of the
statements which were published, and
declared that If the member's name could
be learned, he would be ejected from the
lerder.
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Mm. Donald Clarke (Vlda Reed) daua liter of Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed of
Portland, with officers or the Chausseurs Alpins or "Blue Devils," at
Camp Upton, N. Y.
THOROUGH INQUIRY ABOUT
!l THOSE SUBJECT TO DRAFT
A day at Camp Upton. N. T.. with the
detachment of visiting Chausseurs
Alpins or "Blue Devils" as the mem
bers ,of this dashing French unit are
commonly called was one of unusual In
terest for Mrs, Donald Clarke (Vlda
Heed), who expresses her admiration for
these stocky fighters In a letter to her
mother, Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed of
Portland.
The Visiting unit of 105 "Blue Devils"
in charge of three lieutenants all have
been decorated some many times for
gallantry In , action and Mrs. Clarke
writes, "They have been fighting three
years and all have been wounded at
least once and I counted seven wound
stripes on one man and five and six on
many. : If a man is wounded two or
three times in one battle he only gets
one strtpe. Most of them have won the
Croix de Guerre over and over again
Then uniforms are stunning and
their black tarns so Jaunty. Most of
them are very short and stocky and
tney nave tne snappiest marching step.
Ana they are happy as children, giving
no sign or the tragedy In which they
nave piayea.
(Continiwd iron ptf On,)
.physical -standards will be conducted
without regard to past conditions and
, for the purpose of putting in class one,
" available for military duty all men
whose claims to deferred classification
are in the least "shady."
That surprises of a most startling
nature are In store for some young men
who sought and achieved deferred clas-
aiflcatlon for reasons that will no
longer be condoned by the war depart-
tnent. Is seriously Intimated. . It has
been possible heretofore for men who
- have no honest excuse for their defer-
. ment to evade the operation of the draft
; laws, but without fear or favor, It Is
. ' declared, these men will be sought out
and put In the same available classes
as the men who have been too patriotic
. to seek a shield from their proper du
ties. Shipyard Zrapteyes Also
' It has been officially pointed out that
j there are more than 1700. class l men,
fully fit and Qualified for general mill
. tary duty, who are gaining deferred
classification by reason of their employ
' tnent In shipyards. While not accusing
. .any of these young men, who are doing
,, ;tnuch for tha cause of the war. It la
proposed to carry the coming inquiry
(to them and ascertain how and why
they are beyond the . army olive drab,
i 'Not only the claaa 1 men In the ahin.
" ar" wU1 ueetloned under the new
rlcrm DUt mn ,n other classes, some
, pf wom are said to be proper timber
aor ojas,.i, win be oulased.
A wetkVlil be sot aside and labeled
pass I week,, in which the inquiry Into
btatus of allVregistrants will be carried
, ton with the peclal idea of Increasing
iiuv rvue qi ciass l men.
and alien enemy act. under which thou
sands of "dangerous enemy aliens" have
been rounded up In this country. There
is no evidence that the Germans on the
Island were directing operations of U
boats. ,
Aatl-Dlver Devices Studied
The serious attention whlcR the gov
ernment is giving to the menace of the
U-boats was emphasised In another di
rection today when the naval consult
ing board met here to discuss the pos
sibilities Of developing more devices to
combat the undersea pirates. The
meeting was characterised by an . un
usually large attendance on the part
of Inventors and specialists composing
the membership, and In addition those
present . Included the secretary of the
navy himself. Admiral William E. Ben
son, chief of naval operations. Rear Ad
mirals Winslow ana BUoemaker; ' and
other naval officers contending-with
the problem.
Although the sessions of the board.
INDICATIONS POINT TO
II
BIG GERMAN - NAVAL
; ATTACK Oil THE ALLIES
Von Tirpitz Declares Fleet Must
Drive British ; From Seas j
'Persius;Says Nob
London, June t..-r (U. P.) '(British
Admiralty Press). "After the lana
forces - have 'driven the French and
English beyond. Paris, it will be the
turn of the Italaer's navy to drive the
English fleet oft the aea." urana ao
mirai vnn Tlrolt la uuoted . as declar
Ing In an interview with the publisher of
the Kteier zeuung.
The grand admiral mado this state
ment in ' renur to a Query aa u
whether Germany it in a position to
etmoee her ships to the British neet.
In publishing the interview, me new
rjaner commented n me extraordinary
acUvity In Klel the principal German
- The Milan correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph wired that reports are-being
widely circulated in uerroany wa
Swltserland that orders have i been
given 'to the high seas fleet to be in
readiness and that a number of high
German naval ofnctals have oeen Hur
riedly recalled from Swltserland and
other neutral countries.
Captain Perslus, the German navai
eipert, declares that while it is well
known that the British are anxious to
encounter the German fleet, on the
open seaa, "the Gennan admiralty has
no intention' of risking a confUct-
We shall not give the enemy the
satisfaction -of - venturing out and
entering pdn a' nayat battle fe.r from
our bases and coast defenses, however,"
he .said. : - . ! ' ' '
CONFERENCE .WILL BE HELD
10 TAKE. UP NEW RAIL RATE
in boxes 88.1 per cent and the rate on
Pplee has ' made a direct Increase of
2S per cenC . .
Mr, Miller thinks these rates will put
the Oregon apple., growers . la.- T posi
tion irhere v they cannot '.compete . with
the app)e'v growers of 'New England
which has more favorable 'ratea. or
with- the bananas y which ' baa ' water
transportation and escapes the In
creased rate. "This Increase will prac
tically kill the growing loganberry In
dustry and make unprofitable the
ETowlng of fruits for canning." Mr.
Miller declared. - .
The differential f - B cent allowed
between lumber shipments made from
the. Willamette valley points and from
Southern pine shipping points Is not
an actuality. : according to Mr. Miller
who fortifies his statements with fig
urea. He further states that the rail
road freight rates ' to San Francisco
Bay points will be raised 25 per cent.
wnue water rates will not be raised,
thereby placing Willamette valley mills
at a disadvantage.
All Are InvUed
Mr. Miller does not think these in
creases ara reasonable and - just. aa
they 'are intended to be under the "fed
eral act. lie says he would ' have no
objection to them If they . were made
to.; raise ; war r rerenueb :: t"f e t ees
that the people of the West are Wmpljr
being? ebliged. to pay for. the.deXUl
ctenclae-of eastern carriers. f r'.T".'.
The -' pubtto service comrnlaaion has
bead conferring with similar commis
sions from Idaho and' Washington and
will welcome the presence of many
growers and .shippers at the confer
ence In Portland June 13, from whom
they may get advice and information. H
A it . . ,.iti Mm
. . . aniuk to. am unarpca -
Harry Wilson Is being held in the city
jail-In default of $1000. ball on a charge
of - assault with a dangerous : weapon
with Inter to kill M. ' B. McCreary of
the Banaire 4l Omnibus Transfer com
pany. - WUson .wallfed Into police head
quarters Saturday and gave himself up.
A patent has been granted for an elec
trically operated sand box for aotomd-
blles, controlled by a - button' on - the
dash. i
Lecturer Will
iFilms From Kheims
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T. J- Smith, chairman of the .nommlUee
In charge of the lecture.. - s-L
. Mrs. Herdman - hae s, collection of
slides made from photographs which she
gathered when he was to Europe
studying art lz years ago. She also haa
Mrs; Betflwan' wm beeerlbe Catkedral t alldee reproduced from photographs thatS !
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,,"Tsa4 for .Italian Hid Crof Work
'3 'The ' cathedral dty of Rhelras, Its
pre-war appearance and the various
Btagea'ofdestrucrlon through which It
has passed under fha'Geravan nombard
inenta, wlU be deiirlbeaa "a atereoptl-
-eoB lecture, ;Wr atlheime.'' by Mrs.
rl Hr Herdman -the j First Preeby-
tarian church Monday, ar. 830 p. m.
v Proceeds from the lector will be put
into '.War Savings . Stamps and these
will be turned ever to Madame Arabella
Angel Inl for the promotion of Italian
Zted Croaa work. The. Muttoomah chap
ter of "the Daughter of the Revolution
is promoting the i lecture and hopes to
start a movement among .the women of
Portland lor mors' effective work in the
W. , S. 8. 'campaign, according to Mrs.
Vancouver Aviator !:
, .Injured in Texas
AjijuiUnir Texi, June 8 (I. N. 8-i
iFJrst Ueujenant Harry Dodda of Van-
couver,- B. C a student officer, -wa.
seriously' Injured In an airplane accl-
dent, today, on Stlnson flying field.
Lieutenant Dodefs machine fell Into a
tall, spin at an altitude of 200 feet and
crashed to the ground. Podds worst in
juria resetted f rom ; the explosion of
gasoline.- Lieutenant Dodds came to
Kelly Field in March from the Univer
sity of California." His wife lives at
VencolTHrand his mother at Detroit.
Mich. r.
(Continued from Pace One)
Italian's Case May
Involve Trouble
Laredo, Texas, June I. (U. P.) A
possible international diplomatic Inci
dent was seen here tonight in a pro
est lodged with the national embassy
at Mexico City by Giuseppe Martlno,
an Italian resident of Monterey, over his
summary deportation from Mexico as
a "pernicious foreigners
Giuseppe appealed to the American
embassy to protect his property in
Mexico. The Italian, according to his
statement,' Vis Chrovn lnjUr jafl on his
nnurn ip ine Mexican sde,i After a
brief visit in Xrdo, when Mexican
officials found in his possession an of
ficial Italian government circular
:r'., r"Z. I ascribing German atrooitias. H. was
thus far, since the United States en
tered the war, the board had examined
66,000 inventions .of all kinds submit
ted to it, the bulk of which involved
ideas for anti-submarine devices.
than deported without trial, after five
days In Jail, he declared.
wood is now hauled in Oregon over
short hauls for not more than $10. so
that the new minimum will mean an In
crease of 60 per cent, which will not
nermlt the wood to move to household
ers and industries. This will cause a
curtailment of freight revenues and
.knw how the new order defeats its
alms,!'. '
Kates Already Increased :
The increase on short hauls of logs
will be as high as 50 per cent Mr. Miller
claims, and he haa figured that the
largest sawmills in tne state win
have to pay ani Increase of 1200,000
in fvtrht rates which, he believes, is
more than they can stand.
"Where we have coal rates ana
charges of $1 a ton, two charges must
be added, amounting to an tncreaae of
45 per cent. In the case of coke," con
tinued Mr. Miller, "the increase will I be
55 ter cent"
Increase of freight rates from the
East to the Pacific coast ; during the
last 18 months, inclusive of the? last 25
tier cent ranges, according to Mr. Mill
er, from 92 per cent for structural steel
and tin plate from Pittsburg, to 104
per cent on platea and rivets from Chi-
t v lanil , Ttiat 1 nrvAs etsa nn
bottles and glass containers-from Ohio
is 88 2-8 per cenfcf . t. ' j , .
Xastboand ktet Higher
Eastbound rates f from ' Portland to
New York on canned- goods during the
same IS months ''have increased 44.8
ner cent canned naimon 45.8 per cent.
dried fruits In sacis 88 i-8 per cent.
REPORTED SEEING OF
DIVERS NOT CONFIRMED
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(OoetiSMd freo Pat One)
able for coast ships which it Is deemed
, ;wlae to arm.
The navy is closely watching the
. entrance to the Gulf of Mexico.
' Secretary Daniels said the apparent
. southward movement of the U-boats Is
not being neglected.
. c Eleven Taken la Porta ntn
Reports of the arrest in Porto Rico
en presidential warrant today of 11
German subjecU. Including the Swedish
,onsul. a native of Germany, aroused
.widespread Interest At. the war de
partment, which ta in charge of Porto
Rican administration, it was stated
t there Is no direct, connection between the
-arrests and : the sinking of the Forte
, ,Rloan liner Catallna.
. It Is admitted the destruction of this
Vessel, on board which several Porto
Rloafta are believed to have lost their
- (lives, haa arouaed bitur feeling against I
vuj oerman resteenu or tne s&iaheV Tbe
arrests, it was stated, were under the
' '.general provisions of the espionage act
its
Little Surprise in London
London, June 8. (U. P.) There is
little surprise or dissatisfaction ex
pressed at the United States naval
headquarters in London over the trans
fer of enemy submarine efforts to the
American coast.
; The possible losses in American
waters through these submarine at
tacks, it is believed, will have little
effect upon the issue in the subma
rine war. It was pointed out that the
Germans havp a limited and decreas
ing number of submarines and while
sinkings are to be expected until the
end of the campaign, so long as the
tonnage destroyed is kept well within
the danger line, as determined by new
construction, there should be rto alarm
felt It was pointed out that the
present' German movement is colnci-
dent with the significant decrease in
the sinkings In German waters.
The, idea that any submarine oper
ating on the other sida : could carry
airplanes for raids, or the idea- that
bases for . supplies . ana arms existed
there is scouted. :
Mexican Editors to
Pay Portland Visit
Plans for the entertainment in Port
land upon an indefinite date of a party
of editors of Mexican newspapers are
In the hands of the Chamber of Com
meroe, -which has been advised . of the
Impending visit. The Mexican publish
rs, traveling under the auspices of the
committee en publio information of the
war department, are directed on their
tour of the" United States by Lieutenant
P. S. O'Reilly of the United States navy,
Tne object of the tour, as it is under
Stood here, is to bring to the attention
of the Mexican republic, through Its own
spokesmen, a better Idea of what Amer
ica is doing and what she plans to do,
especially in her commercial relatione
witn tne southern people, it is antici
pated that the visit will be Important
in turciing a more iirm weiu Between
Mexico and the United States and re
Having . the diplomatic tension.
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