'VTHE OREGON DAILY,. JOURNAL; PORTLAND, MONDAY. JUNE 24, 1918. . , r ; W.S.S.mEETING IN SALEM INDICATES SUCCESS Of DRIVE Enthusiastic and Determined Men and Women Throng the Armory to Hear About Thrift. MILLS AND LOWELL SPEAK Necessity of Making Campaign 100 Per Cent in Oregon !s Forcefully Placed Forward. QALEM, June 24. No more patriotic meeting hat been held m Salem than the bit mass .meeting held in the Armory Sunday afternoon sb a preliminary to the drive for the sale of War Saving Stamp. With 600 wildly enthusiastic and de termined men and women giving rigor ous expression to their patriotism, the aucceas of the drive In Salem seemed assured. A.-1, Mills of Portland and Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton were the principal speakers. Both drove horn In forceful' language the necessity of making a big success of the War Sav ings Stamp drive. . , "Every man and woman will appre ciate the necessity of doing his utmost," said Mr. Mills. "There in no halfway ground, no No Man's Land. It will be either Uncle 8am or the kaiser. Anyone who Is not 100 per cent American in '100 per cent America should and must get out. Blacken Allies of Kalxer "Man or woman who fails to do his or her part is an ally of the kaiser and. living, should be shunned by neighbors as a leper, or, dying; should go to the dust from which he came, unmourned. "All we need to put this drive over is faith and confidence. It can be put over. It must be put over. It will be put over. Just as the men at the front will do their duty, we will do our duty at home and when the day shall come when there will be peace on earth, may each of you be able to say, 'I served my country as best I could.' " Mr. Mills sppke of the attempt made by the I. W. W. and others to stir up strife between capital and labor, charg ing that all such agitation was German made. "Gentle reprimand from a judge or 10 days in Jail is inadequate punish ments for these persons, who are lower than the dog that bites the hand that feeds It," he said. - Americans Are Too Easy "Americans are too forgiving, too easy, In dealing with this sort of offense, but when the casuallty lists increase we will be awake to the necessity of deal ing with these criminals, even if it leads to the hangman's noose or the firing squad." 'If labor and capital do not march shoulder to shoulder under the Stars and Stripes we cannot win this war, but thank Ood labor and capital are march ing shoulder to shoulder, as witness the shipyard, which went 100 per cent In the Liberty loan drive, and erecting of the Liberty temple in Portland In one day. Capital furnished the materials and la bor furnished the workmanship." With equal force Mr. Lowell empha sised the necessity for every American citizen to get behind this war to the last ounce of his ability. "This is your government. This is your war," he said. "If this war faila you may well count on the loss of this investment, because you may count on the loss of your property. American Hog Is Quartered "It has been eald that most of those who gave excuses Instead of buying bonds or Stamps are pro-German. I do not think that, is so. I think nine out of 10 are Americans and they want this war won. They want our armies to be successful. They are Americans, but they are American hogs." Hal Patten, general for the Salem district, and W. M. Hamilton explained to the workers the plan of campaign. North Bend to Go Over Big North Bend, Or.. June 24. J. O. Mul len, chairman of the War Savings Stamp drive In North Bend, says that the city will oversubscribe its quota, as it has In every, other patriotic campaign in which money was needed for war pur poses. The committees are now at work In the mills and shipyards. For several days only the workmen employed in these Industries will be visited, and later ths teams will check up and everyone u SIXTH AT WASHINGTON .' - ' ; . HATE KAISER BILL? THEN BUY STAMPS YOtr hale Us kaiser, don't job! Of coarse. ' Aad every time ye pick ay a paper or maga slae aad read aboat the war yoa get so mad yea want to go right over aad eat s Bocae's throat. Bat listen to this i The mors yoa hate the devil the harder the devil laaghs. Be caste hate Is the weapon of the weak. Hatlag and caning ex haast yoa, and don't hart Ger many. Commotion, not emotloa. Is what we need. So, next time yea get "worked up aboat the war, dig down Into yoar pocket aad bay a War Stamp. If yoa are madder than nsaal, bay two. If yo- are actaally wild hay three or foar, or Glager. in the city will be seen, it not already a subscriber. .The workers are not selling the stamps but are giving cut cards which are good for stamps at the bank. All are given opportunCy to buy in monthly install ments, if desired. No money is being accepted, but everyone Is being asked to sign a pleCge to buy a certain amount. The city U dividea into IS districts which will be covered after the mills and other factories have been worked. ifarshfleld Couple Wins Gold Stars Marshfleld, Or., June 24. Mr. and Mrs.- George Good rum will receive the first two gold stars issued in Coos county in the War Savings Stamp campaign. Before members of ths local committees started out to work they ar ranged each for the purchase of the full limit, $1000. The committees expect to find many others in the city who will subscribe the full limit of stamps. Charles Hall, chairman for Coos coun ty, has the forces well organized and the different teams, each in charge of a captain, are doing good work. No one will be overlooked. Big subscriptions are expected from the working men as they are drawing high wages and pur chased liberally in the Liberty loan campaign. Herbert, Lockhart, who is chairman for the Marshfleld district, has at work the following captains, each of whom has a team of workers in the different districts : Mrs. A. E. Glossop Mrs. F. Marhoffer Capt. F. D. Fletcher Mrs. G. Dindinger J. A. Matson K. E. Winegar 4phn E. Ross George Doll C. JT. McGeorge Charles Mahaffy W. A. Reid Charles Dungan v L. J. Schmitz Mrs. Kelsey D. A. Jones Fred E. Wilson M. AMcLaggan E. G. Scott The subscribers, as far as possible, will be asked to pay up in full, so there will be no deficit by failures to buy the amount agreed upon. Clatsop 60 Per Cent Pledged Astoria. Or., June 24. Clatsop county is going "over the top" in the War Sav ings Stamp campaign. Judging from the way the people are pledging to buy war certificates. Up to noon Sunday Postmas ter Wise says, over $20,000 had been received for the sale of stamps for the past two days, and he expects the full quot of $300,000 to be in hand on the night of June 28. This means t.:at fully 60 per cent of the quota of Astoria has been pledged. At the Owl drug store a total of $4598 was pledged up to noon today and more patriotic citizens are calling for cards every hour. Tho Girls' Honor Guard will Temain in charge of the booths at the drug stores and receive pledges un til the final report is made. No official reportB have been received from the school districts, but visitors from the country' district all say that everybody' is doing his share in this laudable support of the government. Fred J. Johnson's Limit club is as suming proportions. Over IS citizens have purchased the limit in stamps and are proud of it. Postmaster Wise says his office is swamped with applications for stamps. All this activity la preliminary to the final drive on .Tune 28. -ur w.t.s. Sixteen Belgians Get Death Sentence Amsterdam, June 24. (IT. P.) Forty four Belgians were tried by courtmartial at Ghent on charges of transmitting to the allies certain papers concerning the German army and the effects of air raids on the Bruges canal, the Echo de Beige declared today. Sixteen were sentenced to death, five were acquitted and the remainder were sentenced to prison terms of from two to 20 years. DARLINGS DIMPLED DOROTHY DALTON in The Mating of Marcella ,4u nuKu iue aigi oeneatn trie moral vetaeer of New York's 400. , - - I0W0MEN GIVEN FACULTYPOSmONS L Ida Holmes, Portland Teacher, to Head Department Mathematics; H. C. Ostein Leaves for France PROg. PITTMAN TO GO EAST War Work Calls Several Instruc tors; Only Nine of Old Staff to Be at Monmouth This Fall. Monmouth, Or., June 24. At the an nual meeting of the board of regents of the Oregon Normal school last week, 10 new members of tho faculty were chosen to succeed members who have re signed to go into war work or to ac cept positions elsewhere. All of the new instructors are women, although two of the retiring ones are men. Miss Ida Holmes, for six years in structor in the Portland schools, will succeed 1L C. Ostein at the head of tho department of mathematics. Mr. Ostein Is now on his way to Paris, Where he will engage In Y. M. C. A. work. Miss Holmes is a graduate of several col leges, and has had 33 years' teaching experience. The department of "household econ omy will be headed by Miss Lucille Chase, a graduate of Columbia univer Bity, and the Oregon Agricultural col lege. For the past few years she has been head of the domestic science and art work in the Eugene high school. Miss Myra Butler, who has been head. is planning on going back to her homo in New England to secure a teaching position. . Gladys Boise was chosen assistant in the English department. Besides hav ing five years' teaching experience. Miss Boise has diplomas from the Michigan State normal at Ipseland, the Univer sity of Michigan, and the Leland Stan ford university of California. Miss Laura Kennon. who has been the as sistant for four years, is now attend ing summer school in the East In prep aration for war work. Plttman to Study la East As M. 8. Pittman has been g. ...ited a leave of absence from the rural school department to study at Columbia uni vesity, Mrs. Margaret Craig Curran has been selected for the position. Be fore attending Columbia university, from which she graduated this year, similar positions were occupied in the Cheney normal in Washington, as rural adviser in Clackamas county, and as the head of the teacher training de partment of Jefferson high school in Portland. Art will be taught by Margaret An derson, who has been in the Ashland schools for two years. Her training was secured in the State normal at Edmund, Okla. Miss Alberta Greene, former in structor, will attend Reed college in preparation for a war position. To succeed Miss Lilian Dlnlus, the regents chose Miss Bessie Dunham, a teacher of ten years' experience, to take the position as critic teacher of the third and fourth grades. She la a srad- uate of the State normal at Peru, Neb., and of the University of Nebraska, The primary department also will have a new Instructor, Ida Smith, who comes from Eugene, where she has been primary superintendent for a number of years. Her teaching experience covers a field of 15 years. Three years of train ing were secured In the Oregon normal school, and special methods were studied in the Belllngham, Wash., nor mal school. Only one new position in the Inde pendence training school is in evidence. Miss Mary Williams, a graduate of Co lumbia university, will succeed Miss Grace Williams as third and fourth grade critic there. Wise of Faealty to Stay Mrs. Inez Miller of Wilbur, Ore., will teach the upper grades of tho Moun tain View school, and act as super visor. Miss Mvrel Bond, a mitii.t nt the Oregon normal school this year, will ceacn me lower grades. The members of the faculty who re main another year are: Miss Rosa B. Parrott, head of English department; A. L. Ide, education; Mary Hoham, music; Laura Taylor, physical educa tion : -inomaa n futnti nx.iat - wva ods; AUco Mcintosh, seventh and eignm graae critic; i p. ailmore. agri culture and physics; J. V. B. Butler, history; Mamie Radabaugh, fifth and sixth grade critic. Summer school starts tomorrow. Reg istration will occupy most of the first day and regular work is expected to begin Tuesday morning. but w. a. a. Rainbow Division Is 100 Days at Front With the American irmv in v.n, June 24. (t. N. S.) Three French com manders lnv the Lorraine sector have Just cited the American "Rainbow di vision" upon the completion of the men's nrsi tioo consecutive days' service at the front. The order of the day testifies to the "fine military dualities wMrh tvi sion has continually exhibited and the services rendered," and says tho officers ana men have proved they can, at the first call, take a glorious place in th battle line. -BUY Mf.CS Engine 'Dies'; Train Hits Auto; One Hurt Woodburn. Or., 'Juno 24. Thomas Hunt of Broadacres was badly cut on- the head and Injured In tho leg when tho Oregon Electric car struck his automo bile at West Woodburn. His wife and 2-year-old child, who were In tho ma chine, escaped with little Injury. Tho automobile was carried 10 feet before going to tho side Of tho track and was damaged to some extent. It la said tho Hunt engine went "dead" when ho got on tho crossing and tho accident waa un avoidable as the view of tho metorman la obscured at this point. BUT W. . . Spearman Guilty Of Manslaughter Baker. Or.. Juno 24. After deliberating until 12:30 o'clock Sunday morning-, the Jury in tho case of Charles Spearman, who was charged with killing his father-in-law, William R Roseberry. at Halne. rendered a verdictof miitv at man slaughter. Tho verdict carried with It i a recommendation tn th winrt far im. i oncy. Spearman waa Indicted by ' the grana jury lor murder la the second aegreo."-- , - : , - , N NORMAL SCIO Central Empires Agree on Minister Amsterdam. June 24. L N. S.) The reorganization of tho Bulgarian cabinet has been followed by an exchange of telegrams between tho kaisers of the central empires and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, according; to information re ceived hero today. It is understood that tho appointment of A. Malineff as Bul garian foreign minister will not result in a change In tho country's foreign policy. The German press Is showing uneasi ness over the Bulgarian situation. BUY w. a. MORALE OF EVEN BEST IS GREATLY ON WANE Captured Germans Say They Are Led on by False Prom ises of Victory. By Frank J. Taylor With the American Army in Lor raine. June -24. (U. P.) Information obtained from prisoners - captured at Xlvray and other American points In dicates the waning morale of the Ger mans. Even the crack regiments of storm troops are affected. "We are living in hope that something will happen to the allies." declared one Bavarian. "The kaiser promised to be In Paris before this. He lied. The mili tary leaders are now stalling off the German public by promising a victorious peace within three months. After that. It will be another throe months, then another." Prisoners say that even the crack German troops want to quit. They are further discouraged because of the show ing made by the Americans and now believe they can never break the allied lines with the Americans pouring in. One German lieutenant, an exception ally intelligent man, says that respect for the American troops is growing along tho entire line. "You Americans excel in shooting and in Individual fighting," he sajd. "You are young, fresh, spirited, well fed and well clothed. Your morale is natural, ours Is still good, but is bolstered up artificially. Our strength lies In our numbers and organization." Germany, the prisoners admit, no longer hopes to break the allied lines. But they believe Germany could hold out for years, if she had enough food and clothing. They are too short of both now to keep up their morale and maintain effective fighting. BUY w. . a. ITALIANS FORCE HUNS ACROSS' PIAVE RIVER (Continued from Pate One) sion or will cause its indefinite post ponement is problematical. British troops', in a surprise attack south of Aslago, penetrated the Aus trian lines, killing more than -100 and bringing back 31 prisoners. Ten enemyi machines were brought down, UTinglnr-.their",total ;f aerial losses during" the drive tS 95 airplanes and six observation, balloons. - The allies ha vol lost eleven planes. Captare Jlontello Crest Italian forces have won back all of the Montello crest and the whole Piave line below that point, with the exception of one small point, the Italian war office announced today. "Nfontello and the whole Piave line to its right, with the excepgon of a small portion of Musile (opposite San Dona di Piave, on the lower river) where the struggle is still going on, have returned to our hands," the statement said. "Four thousand . prisoners have been counted. A great Quantity of arms and material have been taken. "There is an extraordinary number of Austrian dead on the ground recovered." American Aviators Help Washington, June 24. (U. P.) Counter attacking in the face of Ger man reserves, the Italians have broken through the Austrian line at Cella Bella and are threatening the retreat of tho enemy after crossing tho Piave, official Rome cables announced today. Forty-five thousand prisoners and vast war booty, including an enormous number of guns, have been captured by . the Italians. . American airmen are operating with Italians in tho drive, and the cables today highly commend tho Americans for their bravery in "their Initial ac tion." Artillery action has destroyed all but one bridge thrown across the Piave during the Austrian drive, it' was stated, and the wichdraway of the enemy is oeing eiiectea with tremendous losses. Several Austrian divisions have been practically wiped out. Entire battalions attempting lo ford the swollen streams have been: swept away and the muddy waters are choked with Austrian dead. The attack on the Austrian forces remaining on tho Montello, begun yesterday and com pleted today, was carried out by three Italian columns. Picked Austrian troops, ordered to hold the line from Maserada to Sardona to prefect the Austrian retreat, have been completely defeated after a desperate stand, and are being pursued by Italians on the left bank of the Plavo. Tho cables add that tho attempts of the Austrian command to prepare the Austrian people for the Italian retreat are being continued. 4.1,000 Austrians Captured Washington. June 24. T v s Th Italians are on tho offensive all along tho Austrian front and have taken 45,000 prisoners and enormous Quanti ties of war booty, according to of ficial advices fronj Rom reaching tho Italian embassy at noon today. American ' airmen cooperating with tho advancing Italians are declared to navo aispiayed great bravery. Tho communication states that the Austrian wewnpapers are preparing tno Aus trian MOBle for an official oiimluiAn of defeat. Bulletins are being printed wnicn say mat weather conditions on theh Piave have Interfered with the offensive. - Tho offensive ooeratlona ni the Ital ians, which began on Sunday, continue ai an points witn successes reported. - Emperor Hurries Back to Front Amsterdam, Juno 24. (IT. P.) Emper- r ivan nurnea to tno front Sunday according to a Vienna dispatch today. Tho last previous report said that Karl was at Austrian headquarters : Try Santiseptlc After Snavina fioMu Instantly relieve ra4 pntnti trtitaHoa. Pmata tefmtkia. Tav'U Hk ha vnmuir. MUUl? CUOktlJO. iil OTUUiSt. Ad. BOCHE STORM TROOPS GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF EXPRESS LINES IS FACT Contract Between "Big Four" and Railroad Administration Signed; Rates to Increase. Washington. June 24. (L N. &) The contract that will bring practically the entire express business of tho country under control of the United States rail road administration has been signed by the Adams, American. Wella-Fargo and Southern Express companies and by Walker D. Hines, as acting director gen eral of the railroads. Simultaneously with the signing of the contract of the present railroad admin istration came the announcement that the interstate commerce commission, on an application filed some weeks ago. had granted a general increase of 10 per cent in express rates. Tho action of tho interstate commerce commission was taken wholly without knowledge that the government would take over control of the express business. The matter of express rates, like freight and passenger rates, will come under the control of the director general of railroads by tho terms of the contract Bigned today, who can either adopt the 10 per cent increase or make still fur ther increase -or keep In force tho old rates. Under the terms of the contract, a new express company is formed. It Is to be known as the American Railway hx presa company. It will handle the ex press business of the four companies under the contract with the railroad ad ministration, and will share In the prof its of the business according to the terms agreed upon. The contract will remain In force dur lng the period of control, unless previ ously abrogated. It provides also that It can bo cancelled by either side upon six months' notice after being In effect for lour years. BUT w. a. . AMERICANS DRIVE 400 YARDS INTO HUN LINES (Continued from Pete One) Ishing barbed wire entanglements and nachino gun nests. I visited the American units in Bel- leau wood Sunday. The rocky, uneven ground is covered with dense under growth and small trees. The trees sre mangled and the ground torn by shell explosions. Oceapy Bocae Dngoats Hundreds of former Boche dugouts are now occupied by American?, whose advance left a trail of captured material. The Americana a Inn I nut some of their own. The latter Includes not-only war articles, hut arrest num bers of empty cigarette, tobacco an.l hardtack boxes, picture postcards and treasurea photographs. Occasionally there is a grave. Atop the fresh earth of one was a soldier's helmet an a bunch of red popples. These flowers nave oeen tho regiments unofficial insignia since an officer wore a bunch into the fle-ht and was isolated in a shell hole for two days with the dew iiom tne popples as his only water. Haas Shoot at Every Nolle I witnessed the burial of Cantain it. A. Darsche of Chicago, who was killed by a shell. A Catholic priest con ducted the service. If WOOd life is bad for th A marl. cans, it is worse tor the Germans. captured letter written by a Hun on Jrriaay, says: "Our canteens hav nnt nm ,,r The Americans are bombarding the villages 15 kilometers (between nine and 10 miles) behind the front. We are in one corner of the wood. The Americans are In the other. They rush us without warninsr. so we must shoot at every noise. vVe He here dav and ntarht XVm have no blankets and nearly freeso every night. Tho food Is miserable." Pershing Makes Report Washington. June 24. fir. pi Though harassed by enemy fire, Ameri can troops northwest of Chateau-Thierry Saturday further improved their po sition, uenerai Pershing reported today. "In spite of opposition, we again im proved our positions northwest of Chateau-Thierry." be added. "In this region the artillery of both sides con tinues active, in the Vosges, where patrolling has been very active, a raid attempted by tho enemy waa repulsed." noith of tho Aslago plateau. It la probable he had return, tn vi.... because of the food demonstrations and ministerial crises. Austrians Blame Rains London. June 24. (U. P.) The Aus trian war office through its official statement Sunday began to prepare the Austrian people for announcement of the retirementfrom the Piave. "Tho heavy rains, which have placed under water broad atretchea of tho Venetian Plains, have multiplied the burdens and privations of our troops," tho statement said. "The Piave has become a rushing stream and its volumes of water have many times made it impossible for sever al hours to communicate between tho two banks. It is only possible with tho greatest difficulty to provide tho fight ing men with the most necessary sup plies of munitions and provisions." Rome Is Rejoicing Rome, Juno 24. (I. N. 8.) News of tho Italian victory caused wild rejoicing. Crowds surged through the streets Bun day and Monday, singing, and tho air waa filled with music from bands. Tho whole city is decked with flags. A celebration of tho victory was held at tho British embassy. Premier , Or lando attended. Tho Italian soldiers are on fire with enthusiasm. Two thousand additional prisoners had been counted Sunday "night by tho Ital ians, not counting the captives taken on tho Lower Piave, Much booty also haa boon taken. Ameriea Congratulates Italy Washington, Juno 24. (U. P.1 Sec retary of War Baker this afternoon ca bled the Italian war minister congratu lations on the-Italian success agalqst tho Austrians. Adding to the text of his message. Baker declared : "This is one of the fine, big suc cesses of the --r." BUT w. a.s ' Death Follows Sprained Ankle Springfield. III., June 24. A sprained ankle resulted In tho death of John Rob ert Lewis of Auburn, according to the findings of a coroner here. Lewis re ceive his Injury in jumping from a runaway team of horses.. An, embolus broke off . in the ankle and csuised an obstruction Jb the circulation f,. the heart, the coroner said, --v. J SATE ASD . SCBTE - M lai Waea yoa bay War Sartsgs lot Val , yoa do aot give roar a )a aioaeyi yoa loaa It at per coat Jai al latorest, eoatpoaadad asarterly. lag Ml Aad by so dolag yoa aot ealy bi Mai traatfer the parehailag power a 161,01 yoar atoaey to the goveramcat at al darlag tho war bat yoa stake a Id a safo aad profitable lavestBieat. )ai PERSONNEL CLOSE TO HALF MILLION MARK Scare Created by U -Boats on At lantic Coast Partly Responsi ble for the Increase. Washington, June 24. (I. N. 8.) Thanks. In part, to Germany's action In sending her U-boats to this sldo of the Atlantic, the total strength In personnel of the American navy has reached the unprecedented number of 450,093 officers and men. Announcement to this effect was made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels Sun day night. He garo tho following fig ures for the various branches of the naval service. Enlisted men. Offter. Total Regular narj ...SOS. 798 .204 215.002 Naval reserves. . . .148. SOB 14.704 183.208 Marine Corps. . . .. 48. SOS 1.3B4 4,86 National Natal Volunteers .... 18.000 7H5 18.785 Coast Uuanf 0.000 21!8 0.288 Totals ........ .423.803 28,285 4SV.UV3 In the navy, because of tho appear ance of enemy submarines off the American coast, and in tho marine corps, because of the wonderful exploits of the marines in France, recruiting rec ords have been oroken. The naval re serve force, from which the enlisted strength of the coast patrol service is largely drawn, has almost doubled In Size since March 1, when Its enlisted strength was only 77,314. -uy w. a. a.- ORGANIZED LABOR IS BACK OF W. S. STAMPS! (Continued from Paaw One) ' now. The demand for labor will not al ways exceed the supply, an it does in some Instances at the present time. Opportunity to Save And what you save now you can use to educate your children with iru the future to give them a better start in life, perhaps, than you had to begin with. What mother and father does not harbor the hope that they will be able to put their children through school, and perhaps through college, if possible, and thus give them a start so they can hold their own in tho struggle for existence, which struggle, most parents know, is a mighty hard one. The opportunity, working men and women, to save is offered you now In the purchase of War Savings Stamps. You will be asked by our government to jledge yourself to buy a certain number of War Savings Stamps each month for the balance of the near. Your govern ment is not asking you to give your money away. It Is only asking you to loan it to it by buying these stamps so that the money can be used to buy food and supplies for our soldiers In France. Clrlag It Not Asked Our government is not asking you to f ive. You get back all the money you put . n with compound interest for its use. What more can you ask? Our soldier brothers in France are giving everything their lives 1 necessary. They have left those who are near and dear to them and are prepared to make the supreme sacri fice. Are you willing to make a small sacrifice very small compared with the sacrifice that many an old mother is making who gives her only son to our government to help it in the struggle to make the world safe for democracy. Our soldier boys at the front have no guarantee that they .will even be alive in 1923 much less have returned to them what they are giving at this time. All they have is the knowledge that they are helping civilisation In its struggle to free Itself from that monster of autoc racy and Iniquity that Is attempting to gain control of everything worth having. Will Get Money Bark But you will g4t your money back with Interest In 1S23 and sooner if you warn iu ah you nave to ao u you need it sooner is to give the postoffice through which you are buying your stamps 10 days' notice and they will cash your stamps at once. The entire trans action is between you and Uncle Sam. He is your banker and you are his back er. He needs money to continue the fight for democracy. You have the money bo needs. Will you let him have It? I am sure you will now that you un derstand what it Is wanted for. Ask yourself the question, brothers and sis ters. "Next to giving my life as others are aoing wnai can i ao to help win tho warT" And if you are honest with your self and your countrv vou will aav -r will give everything I can morally and lina.iicia.uy, ana oy Duying stamps with the money I have saved by thrift and sacrifice I will be aiding morally to bring victory to our country in this, its great hour of need and suffering." For a friend tn need is a friend indeed. Show your friendship, fellow working men and women In a practical, concrete way. Ameriea Hops of World When tho news flashed across the ca bles that tho United States had entered the war. It put heart and life Into the soldiers of the other nations affected. America was the beacon light of hope and victory. All faces were turned to ward America. Friends cheered. Ene mies cursed. America was the one great force that could save civilisation from annihilation. We are in tho fight to win. Soon we will have from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 soldiers "over there." On tho eve of battle their faces will be turned toward America, and If their minds could be searched It would dis close tho question: "What are our fellow-Americans doingT Are they saving? Are they backing us up with their sav ings? Can we depend on them to deny themselves tho things they don't have to have, and use the money instead to buy War Savings Stamp?" Let our an swer e : "Yes, we're behind you, and not far behind, eitherright up close. We are backing you to win with all we have." Yet us prove to them that we are worthy of tho sacrifice they are making for us. Then, when victory crowns our efforts, we can look every returning soldier In the eye and feel satisfied we did all In our. power to help him and other hii win tho fight. ur w. a. s. Ball bearings lessen the labor of ust lng large shears that have Just been Invented. SAVE THE ViiEAT &ys the food odmtol zrvzson. CAT THE CIUCI0US CORN FOOD POSTTOASTIES silk J N0RTHCL1FFE HOLDS Noted British Publisher Pays a High Tribute to President of the United States. Paris. June 24. (I. N. S.) "I have lived both in Germany and in the United States, and I believe that America alone could beat the Germans," Lord Northcliffe made this statement Sunday in an article in the Petit Par lsten. "I. have absolute confidence In Presi dent Wilson." Lord Northcllffe said. "It la he who must decide tho Japanese Intervention question. "I remember the president said he had a one-track mind. Last month he sent 250.000 soldiers to Europe, although ho bad promised only half that num ber. "People ssy that President Wilson Is Slow to act. but tho progress with a rush of such a vast number of troops is an enormous undertaking. "We understood the significance of the rush and tho vast figures. "Frankly, I would rather President Wilson should devote himself to the transporting of men than to solve the Japanese problem. "The president does one thing at a time, but It is wonderful how he was able to train one hundred millions of cltlsens despite German and allied propaganda and many German-Americans ia the population. "Germany Is beginning to weaken. The British, American and French blockade is now much firmer and Is slowly strangling the enemy -aur w. a. s- WORKERS READY FOR W. S. S. DRIVE TOMORROW ( Continued from Page 4.) gathering one of the most Impressive of me year. A. L. Mills, president of the First Na tional bank, will preside. Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner will offer the Invocation. II. D. Marshall, associate regional direc tor of the War Savings organization, will present President Wilson's message to the people. Dr. Esther Clavann Tv. Joy will tell of her vivid experiences at me ironi in r rance. B. F. Irvine will speak on the significance of the thrift movement and V.wat-nr- v. Smith m An scribe the Importance of the campaign as a war measure. Judge Stephen A. Low ell of Pendleton will speak, and Frank McCrlllis. manager of the Portland cam paign, win aenver the final Instructions to workers. Seats Keserved for Workers. "Seats will be reserved for workers, but in order to secure reserved, seats all workers must wear their ribbon badges as identification." said Mr. McCrlllis. "It is highly Important that 'all should, be In their seats by 8 o'clock. Beats not reserved for workers will be open to the public" While campaign leaders are confident that Oregon will make as proud a record In the War Savings campaign as in other patriotic drives, they do not underestimate the size of the taak before the state. The national Issue of War Savings Stamps Is ,2,000,000,000. Of this amount $17,500,000 waa (assigned to Oregon. At the present time ap proximately $3,500,000 has been Invested and the work of the week is to secure pledges which will assure the Invest ment of the remaining $14,000,000 by the end of the year. All Mutt Go the Limit This means. In the Judgment of the state director, that every person must "go the limit" in War Saving Stamp investments. Each person's limit, of course, varies, but tho limit placed by the government is $1000 worth of stamps maturity value for any Indi vidual. The restriction is Imposed be cause it is desired that the democratic nature of war savings may not be les sened by great individual monopoly of S3 "His Majesty offers you your passports if you will sign a treaty not to seize German vefesek interned in U. S. ports." "I'll stay till hell freezes, but I won't sign" replies Ambassador Gerard . in His Super-Cinema. My Four Years Germany n 1MI1IM25c Portland' Palace B. C. Guild, Pioneer, Passes in Woodland Last Mtsaber of Family, 'Waka Settled la GaUd's Lake District la Xorth Portlaad, Crossed Plains la 1S47. Woodland. Wash.. Juno 24. B. . C ? Guild of Woodland died at his residence ' hero Sunday morning after a lingering -illness. Funeral services will be con ducted Tuesday under the auspices m. tho I. o: O. F.. of which he waa long a member. Mr. Guild waa the last surviving member of tho pioneer Guild family, which came across the plains in U47 : and settled In the Guilds lake district In Corth Portland, which in 1305 was the site of the Lewis and Clarke fair. He came to this section In' Its Z, reared a large family and BfYame ' a prominent and prosperous farmer ani dairyman. The following children sur-' vive : Jesse J. Guild and Mrs. J. D. Oliver of Woodland ; L. W. Guild of HUf&boro, Or.; Mrs. O. Cates of Wood pile. Wash., and Mrs. Alice Everest of Sylvan. Wash. -BUY W..t Great Damage Done Ilo Crops by Rats Washington. June 24. (T. N. S.) Rats . nave oeen neiping tne Huns. Informa tion received by the department of agri culture to the effect that millions of ' dollars in damage to crop in tho Far; West and Northwest has been done this . year by rodent pests. The damage la. Montana Is estimated at between 115. 000.000 and 120.000.000, in North Dakota . 16. 000. 000 to 19.000.000. In Kansas 113. 000.000. in Colorado $2,000,000. In Call- fomia $20,000,000. In Wyoming IS per cent of all the crops, in Nevada 10 to 13 per cent. In New Mexico tl.20Q.000 . destruction to crops and double that . amount to ranee. -auv w. a. a.- Welsh Coronation Day Is Observed London, June 24. (I. N. S.) Premier Lloyd George Saturday helped take the collection at the first services in Welsh extr conducted at Westminster Abbey, on the occasion of the Welsh Coronation day. Queen Mother Alexandria waa among those present. . the investment which, from a financial viewpoint, is regarded as the best in the world today. The interest rate on War Savings Stamps is 4 per cant compounded quarterly. A $6 stamp, maturity value, costs today $4.17. A question was asked at Liberty tem ple headquarters this morning as to whether the signing of the pledge cards which solicitors will circulate would for bid War Savings Stamps purchasers from buying from organisations from which previous purchases had been made. The answer was : "No; tho only purpose of the pledge card is to put the government in pos session of pledges which will show that the entire quota has been subscribed and which will serve as an Individual loyal ty record. For those who are able to subscribe, but who decline to do so. an other record card haa been prepared, wtilch will bo filled out and filed with the despartment of Justice, this record particularly Indicating the nationality of the person who refuses to suhecribe. But those who are purchasing War Savings Stamps frAm clubs, societies, or stations may continue us heretofore, except that they will buy each month the amount indicated On their pledge cards." Sunday was observed as "War Sav- lngs Sermon day" in many churches of Portland and Oregon. One of the most successful meetings in the city was that held at the Rose City Park Presbyterian , church Sunday evening. The gathering was of a community character without regard to church membership or de nominational affiliation. The church was filled. A concert by the military band from Vancouver barracks preceded the program. Dr. Robert 11. Mllltgan presided. Charles N. Wonscott, associ ate state director of the War Savings campaign, explained the purposes of this week's drive and the chief address was delivered by Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton. in of the Picture Play : p4 sSJBsas I