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Newspaper Page TextTHE . OREGON . CU1IDAY - JOURNAL, -PORTLAND, j SUNDAY I,I0.RNI1JG,..SEPTEMBER; ,15. 1913.- 21 R1ZZQ HERO IN ' . ; EVES OF WORLD intrepid Italian Commander ' of Torpedo Bolt fleet Deals De " structlon to'Austrians. 'ENEMY. DREAON AUGHT SUNK 4 Sljps Into Harbor, Under Cover t .of Fog, Cuts Obstructions. And bends lorpedo at tnemy. r- - ( , I , jag. "I t,1 0- .1 " ' - .V f I J il .in Mil. .1 r it. I z -MMEential io Deliver tort4o bokt flet.th young lfiiie'd 'SUS-cMtinUuiiCompI etel Po$t6ffice-; Esltablishment'iri JrnotcLrin'wtuJtBS A -FrancerWitK' Former Postal Ofhcials In flharger Rela- . stives Urged to Use Care in Addresses. - . VI f they have dashing naval job to p9 done; the Italian aend for ytizmo JfUwo' -.who reta 'em tkri eta away. vomroaots th Literary Diget. ; "With hi little ctmimander (nore -to- the the Dalmatian coaat on June- 10 "it wu in December last that the Ital ians, vhotte aeoret service aeema'to" Ue t mduuted lit the same efficient manner Washington, Sept. 14. Captain Frank r. everything olae Uat they have under- E. Kraaier. U. 8.-A.. aaaiataat director of ttAen In the war, learned that their an- PAROLED BRAGGART BOASTS HE JUDGE OF MANY FORGERIES r!ent' enemy was about to send two bat tleship from the harbor of Trieste to bombard the ooait of Italy. - aiwo was ordered to sUp the Austrian expedition. rtlaad did. With tw torpedo boats the lieutenant commander cut eight Ire ca ble that obstructed his passage, slipped Into the harbor during a thick fog. sank the battleship Weln, disabled another, and got away safely - notwithstanding the. fact' that the enemy picked up the torpedo boats by searchlight and cent a concentrated fire arter tnem. , Strike aid tfete Away Safely ."Recently the Italians learned that the Austrtans proposed to remove two dread naughts from tho harbor of fola, which waa no Jonger considered a safe refuge, since - the bold exploit of Commander Pellegrini he is running a close second to Rlsso succeeded In entering and sink ing a dreadnaught .1 . "Under cover of darkness the big Aus trian battleships moved out of the har bor convoyed by a fleet of 10 destroy ers It seemed likely that they would get comfortably away, but unfortunate ly for them Rlszo was on the job. The commander he has been promoted since that little affair at Trieste had been notified of the contemplated move ment, and he appeared suddenly In the ntdst of the convoy with" two torpedo boats and sank (he Szent Istvan. A sister ship was badly crippled by the other Italian boat, and. despite the fire the Amer)can Expeditionary Forces pos tal service at Tours. France,' has been sent to the United States on a. mission relative to postal affairs, with author ity ' to furnish - Information' heretofore, for military reasons, withheld from the postal officials. The military authori ties found it necessary.-In order to-secure prompt delivery of soldiers, mail, to provide the military postal offteersrin France with complete information as to the location of troops. The military postal officers at the cen tral postoffice In France have now been afforded access to the card-index direc tory of the adjutant general's depart ment, located In the same building ; and on hla arrival in this country Captain Fraxler furnished, under . seal of se crecy, to the postal officers a directory giving the location of troops In France and a record of those' on the way. Or ders have been issued to send mall on every boat destined to, dock at any port In France organised to receive mail. This, and the adoption of a scheme of designation for groups of - unattached men sent, from the United States to re placement camps in France, Which Is recommended, by Captain Frazler, will, It Is believed, go a long way toward ex pediting the delivery, of letters to sol diers. Addresses Inadequate The mall of more than 50,000 of our soldiers in France Is delayed, and per haps .cannot be delivered at all. - The reason for- this la that letters for a greater number than (0,000, In the aggre- France might be SI days -one day in distributing in New York: seven days on account of just missing a boat ; three days on account, of shortage of freight cars for carload transportation, from the port of debarkation in France ; ' seven days on account of secret troop move ments and, in case of severe "fighting, a holdup of trains carrying mail of perhaps three days. This exceptions 1 delay would increase the normal time from two to three weeks tor the delivery of mail, to from five to six weeks.. Normally it takes from two to three days to deliver a letter at the front after its arrival at a French port. Censors Caste Delay Delay that has been caused In the delivery in ' the United : States of sol diers' letters mailed In -France is some times due In a slight extent to the cen sorship. , Usually the delay from this cause Is not great, but. there have been cases. , under exceptional circumstances, where it has been as much as three weeks. A cause of delays in mail com ing this way is that the civilian postal officials to whom this mall la delivered J The Dalles Banks Have Already Received $587.85 of Spurious Paper of George Goodrich. GREAT- HOUSING: PROlfCT f IDER VAYATVANCOUVER G.;;M. Siahdifer QorDoration' Is Preparing Hotels and Cottages " fpr Its ; SfipbuHding; Crews. HdTELfMAMMOTH"STBUCTURE Day andNrght Shiffe Are, Rush- .ing . Cpnstructipji Work and Grading: thjtV New District The Dalles, Sept. 14. Forgery, amount ing to $2000, is claimed by a recent trusty, George Goodrich, who has writ ten - a bragging letter from . Pittsburg to 'judge Fred : W. Wilson, who sen tenced him' to six months la jail for stealing a suitcase from the O-W. R. A j N. depot. Local banks have had f587.$5 wortn or tne jau btra s wortniess epeexs returned: j " Because of good behavior the man. who was generally well-llked, was per mitted to be a trusty-about -the Wasco county courthouse after serving five months of his sentence. -. He was pa roled . a few . day a . before . his time be cause he "got in so well" with the court house officials.. , r. -, At one time, while sweeping he found and" returned' a dollar bill In the sher iffs" office',-btrt now it is believed to at the French port have had but one j have been planted.' While working port of embarkation for all the mail. The he stole blank checks and stationery dispatching of mail" is therefore limited bearing the, names of County Judge F. 10 uio B&mng- luxio 01 steamers irom a. uannins ana oncrux, ajvvi nrwuuui that-port. The reason for this restrto- ! and -secured a list' of county officials in tion is that' the military authorities re-(cities to the east. garded it as inadvisable to furnish the! Immediately after his discharge, about civilian postal authorities, to whom, the a month ago. he took a letter of recom- of the converging flotilla of destroyers, gate, axe lmproirly or inadequately they both got safely away! CTo a correspondent at Venice, Com mander Rlzso thus modestly tells of hla exploits : '..."I am sorry for the sailors who lost their lives, but I am glad that we got the . dreadnaughts. Why they had ven tured out of Pota harbor no one knows, but it was certainly foolish for. them do SO. " T was on patrol duty as usual oft the .Dalmatian - ooast. -near - Selve. - be tween the islands of Alsnello and Pre- muda v, I had Just finished my patrol, and. as It would, soon be daylight had turned,: for" m base when, about 10 miles 'away, I7 say a great ' enveloping cloud" ot smoke. It appeared like a blo through the early light. '""'s.rew Kinr tn 0 at Cust addressed. ; Complaints covering these delays are sufficient tq give the public the Impres sion that the soldiers' mall service is bad. But besides the improper address ing of letters, which Is woefully common, there are other reasons for delay in the delivery of soldiers' mail which cannot be avoided by the military postal service any more than it could be when this serv ice was conducted by the .postoffice de partment.. . . These delays affect a relatively small proportion of the mall, but. the number is sufficient to give riso to a very gen eral," if unjust, trittcisra 'of the postal service.' .r, ; . But at times there is still delayto the mall after it reaches port in France. Some of these are absolutely unavoid able If the safety and welfare ot our mail Is turned" over at the port' of em barkation, with the sailing dates of ves sels from other ports. This matter has been adjusted now, so that the postal officials may take advantage of the op portunity afforded by sailings from other ports for the dispatch of mall. ' Complete Postal System A complete postal system correspond ing to that in .the United States is- now in .operation in France with sv central postoffloe located at Tours. This ser vice In France, except the. distribution and dispatch of mails to the United mendatlon and a check of $27,85 in his favor, forging the name of Sheriff Chris man on each, to Hood' River, and cashed the check on the strength of the letter of - recommendation. Similar work was done at La Grande, Or., and Pocatello, Idaho, when checks of $275 each were forged upon county clerks ; drawn In favor of Goodrich and signed by "Judge Gunning." The man is still at large. In his letter to Judge Wilson, the forger said, "I will now quit the check' Ing business for the time being. I am perfectly safe and never expect to face States, la . entirely .under military con-j you for punishment for this." He said 1 thought at first It was some boat! troops are to be given first consider which had discovered me and was giv ing chase. I determined that the safest j courso. was to turn back and get It before it got me. After turning back I said to my two crews of 10 men to each boat: Fellows, the Italian scout boats Vt sA - Warns. r sa 1 1 1 twa ssm anil the 'whole Italian navy has been trying to vtroy Austrian snips for three years. Are you willing to risk all on a chance of obtaining glory and the coun try's gratitude?" , . To. man they 'answered, "Yes.1 ' "Wet, were speeding back' with . our , ment, I1 discovered two battleships sur rounded" by a number of destroyers. which, I later counted as 10. I assigned tho second battleship to the other mo- torboat . while I took the first. I slipped inside the lino of destroy- ation. Others can bo avoided, and steps to that end which were Impossible under military testrlctions, upon civil author ities have been or are being taketfc Mass of MaU on Time Only in exceptional cases, and under circumstances which, will be explained, does It take more than three weeks for a properly addressed letter to reach a soldier in-. France who la attached to an organised unit: of the army. Most of the.' mail, reaches Its destinatidn in-less time than that. The great mass of tet ters to . and from .the Expeditionary Forces go and come on schedule time. Yet, exceptional -circumstances may delay a soldier's mall as much as two or three months, or he may not get it at all. In the extreme case where there are sev eral soldiers of the same name it will be because' his letters; are improperly ad dressed and he has tailed to . correct the erSJ. between the third and -fourth of I condidops by 'furnishing his proper ad- these craft. I was not-noticed in. the aress.- llght 'fog. The; water, was.; smooth and - At each ; replacement camp in France my torpedoes got off nicely. My first, a. directory section of the 'army poetof w 10 '. ar 500 po undercharge, atruck t the iqo has been established,, apd mail for a first, dreadnaught between the. two fun- replacement, soldier: will hereafter fol- nels.' while the second struck her just low; him to' the unit to which he is sent aft Che" second futteL As the torpedoes from .that camp, the clerks in the direc tory section of the postoffice using the card records of the statistical division of the 'Camp commander. It still rests with, the ' soldier to immediately notify his .correspondents as to' his correct ad dress, and. with the various cantonments In tVi TTnltuV StutH.tn-.iw thai -mall e second, and third destroyers in' the addressed to . him at the cantonment i lln. Mwaat .discovered by the fourth nmMPi, tAkrmHi or forwaMin to unuvjvr, woivn, sw - viuh a a U1S- Uaee of , 150 ards and fired, at roe. -was;' too, close, however, 5 to tbe . hit TMn I-dropped a depth charge bomb,' exploded.! saw the mighty ship' tremble. two great fountains of water, rose high in , the air , and -black smoke welled up from the rent tn her side. ' ' vleti; omV:Criple Peitreyer ThenrI-jran fdr .lt. escaping between save.-, the lives ot dreAanatlght." the our Instead : OfjWheat Suggested France. It is- equally Important, for the soldier- to notify - his eor respondents im mediately upon' his aaslgnment'to a def inite unit in France. : ' ; ; '"V .SeereeT'IiIssenttal';"' Delays lin the delivery, ot mail which occur at great activ- of troops. Where the' success- of a. troop movement YZ on he front .depends' upon secrecy, maP S.On. U 1 Wbi lu'wnt' lh.mDihwf-WjnAh(! selected destlnationi Whatever; delay Is involved. I w this, whether 24 hours or sev eral days, must be accented a 'a military necessity. " The ame Js- true when ship ment Ol Supplies, munitlops, fresh meat etc, ' are such as to make .an extraor dinary .-demand upon transportation fa-' cnttiee from the jrrencn ports. - sncn .ae such as Js generally used against sub marines. --fx 4 if -1 . -Tvrttiaatelysfor WMllJtSS: a- Amirki,mr t m ' u,ti' .cannot. be, avoided are liable.to. t&f&SSZ. y 4ima during a period of gre ZZrr Ity : and ..secret -movement other -destroyers were' busy trying, to sailors trol, the director and aasistant-dlrectors being ' commissioned army officers and the "entire force being a part of the militanr service. ;'. . . , : . - i-,. erjy -tut -o. uuw ;omcer; ano sol diers ''detailed to this -work are men form erly 'employed tin the postal service of the United States, former railway mall clerks being employed in the handling of malls on postal trains, and others acting as distributors, etc. France Is" divided , into three- sostal districts, each district In charge of an army' officer who was formerly a postal omcjai , ,no mesa atsincts are . una er the : Supervision of the director at the central postoffice at Tours, Lieutenant Colonel Ti D. Howe. "Permanent postofflces are established at numerous points, and mobile -postof flces are right at the front and move with a division to which they are at tached. They are frequently under fire The commanding officer of each com pany or military establishment la re- Iqulred to detail from 'hla company a mail orderly especially selected ,for Vthe'pur- rpose or receiving ; and. handung mall wnerever possible a man -with former postal experience, is drawn '-from the ranks for this .purpose. Byarj mall orderly is required tos keep, an- accurate record of officers, and men-attached to or formerly attached to1 his unit and to keep, a. record of : changed, addresses. This record' is alphabetically j arranged and the location of 'every man is. noted np to date. , - . , j -'-'; A ' ' , ' . MaU For 8tekForw4rded Where a man Is slclc'of wounded- and the orderly has no record of his-where abouts, mail for. hln? is, endorsed Bick' or- "wqnnded. giving the' date,' The letter then goes to the central postof- nce at Tours, whlchr is furnished by the hospital with : the. names -of H . those under treatment, identified by the desig nation or tne umr to-whicti they belonr. rne - central oince is nzormed ;- also -of every removal, of s eoldler -from ; one hospital to - another 'when- in hospital jong.-enough! to establish an, address. A perfect card system is, employed to Keep track-,of . an , wno ase In nosoitala. and ithere; is . no delay in the delivery of mail unless t is that of. a. wounded sol dier In transit or so slightly wonnded as to be discharged :before the letter oould reacn nim- . s 7 A letter for an American soldier In Europe should be '-so. !ddressed as" to' show his rank, full .same. .Including his hmiddle name, his comoanrv or Jbatterv n :ws regiment, as .well as the branch ox service. .3 Ay letter to- 'vohn v waiter that, the lowest amount he forged was $27.85 at Hood River and -the largest $1000 at Memphis, TP-enn. Many Small Homes Of Moderate Price Are Sold Recently EXC H AN G E JAH P) CTU RE si MAN -TO BECOME OFFICER The popularity of Portland as a home city- Is evidenced by the increasing number of sales of residence property. rThe majority of these houses were built as an Investment and are being purchased , by the city's increasing in dustrial population as permanent homes. A. G. Teepe reports the following re cent sales of property in Rose City Park : A. D. Siephenobe to. J. W. Bain. house, and lot, $3500; E. F. Younger to Jack Ford. ' modern home for $4000 ; A. ,W. Ruth to C. B. Andrew, house and lot. 4500 cash ; F. A. Grigsby to G. W, Root, house and lot, for $37SQi Joseph -B. Brady to F. E. McMlchaeU house and lot for '$42001 O. H. Patrick $2350; A. J. 5lhmdgren to-Ptakney Whitney, house and lot for $3500 cash; T. A." Anundson to A: . E. Freeman, modern house and lot for $3800. cash i Myron Carver to Carl O. Christetnson, house and-; lot, $3300 cash; C A. Carl son to H. A. Thomas, house and lot for $3750 ;r Dorothy May Copock to 3. T. Hotchkiss, house and lot, considera tion not given ; . L. C. . Westbrook to Myron - Carver, house - and - lot, $3300. Rose ' City, Park Is a comparatively new residence district. The ' majority ot the - sales recorded are houses -'of the bungalow type. All of them ; are strictly " modern and have been ; built within , the past 10 years. , The $350,000 housing project of fh G. M. Standifer corporation at yancour er is belngrushed to completion by an army of workmen. At the earn -time streets, are being graded, fillings made and grounds prepared for seeding lawns. " Lots are being cleared for the. erec tion of 138. cottages of the: bungalow ype and construction work on these already has begun, but chief among the buildings being put up la the big hotel now nearmg completion. The hotel is of the double "H" type, three stories and basement, the plan being . similar to that of the Multnomah hotel in Port land. The building covers ground space of 148 by 263 feet. The lobby. 30 by 128 feet. . extends through the main floor from east to west; on. this floor la a reading room, 20 by 88 feet, and a din ing room 40 by 100 feet in dimensions. capable of seating 400 persons. Back of the dining room is the kltchln. SO by 10 feet, with 1 rooms above for hotel em ployes. ' AH Xoems Oatslde seems Massive stairways lead from the lobby to the- second and third floors, which contain 233 sleeping rooms, all outside rooms, each 11 . by 12 ' feet In dimen sions. Each room is supplied . with hot and cold water, steam heat and electric lights, and each Is equipped with a buOtin wardrobe and chiffonier. Win dows are 4 by 8 feet and doors I feet 8 baches by feet: 8, Inches, with large transoma All rooms am covered with automatic sprinkling devices for fire protection. . On each of the dormitory floors are 88 closets, 8$ , shower baths, 38 lavatories and tub, baths, together with janitor's closets, sinks and other facilities for the comfort and care of guests. . In the concrete basement will be the' barber shop, laundry, boiler room and store rooms. The building Js of heavy frame con structlon with steel stirrups to carry joist weight. Herringbone bridging is used throughout and the I by 4 studding Is erected In 18 inch centers. - Especially heavy, lmtela are used and 4 by 4 ma terial Is used for window trim. All shrinkage has been - eliminated before the material goes into place. The struc ture' is built to withstand any storm, will be warm in winter, cool in summer and as nearly fireproof as it Is possi ble to make a-, wooden building. Spaeleas Lawn Aboat Btrsetsre The hotel stands in the center of two blocks and win have lawns 128 feet deep in fronts 85 feet- at the rear and 44 feet attach' side.' It lslocated ti the center ' of the 188 lots being prepared for the erection of bungalow homes, f The bread streets.' Miller avenue and Home avenue, each half a mile In length, will connect the new housing center and the steel plant of the Standlfer corpora tion with the city of Vancouver. A bulkhead wide enough to support a paved roadway has been constructed across the flat from the home site to the steel plant. The Vancouver Homes company has contracted for the construction nf th I hotel and bungalows. R. V. Jenes, comptroller of the G. M. Stapdtfer Con struction' corpora tion, is in direct charge of the expenditure of the $360,000 fund and A. L. Haley, architect, is supervis ing the work on his own plana. Mr. Haley has had years of experience in building . operations in Minneapolis. Se attle and San Francisco. He has a splendid organisation of executives and force of 225 men on the job. Carpenters. - plumbers, steam fitters. electricians, painters and finishers fol low In 'close succession as the ' work progresses. Each craft -works from its own set of plans, and there to no con tusion. Construction work on' the housing project is carried on In day and night shifts; - - i -. ' " K ' r ' -v-v - til 1 . , -- I - 5- ' fiS x ' ' ; - - S Y'y I a iiiinfii 1 (oiiiiiiiiji; fib I UKti TiiAfi; liutd S U Au Vt ,KtAL T ' Fred ILt.SlmoBtoii Fred M. ' SlmontonWill: Jakel Frank 5. McGuire Notei lT ; OfficersV Trklriingr Cpani), Fonner Renters; Feel Jthfit::; Former Owner of Theatre.' - ct Owning Their Vlomes. ; , Fred M. , Sunooton. one of the 'oldest I . t Every ldlcaUo, poInU to a 'very ao and beat known, ptetore theatre and film ttve realty tnarket , durtag' the- ootnte' exchange men tn the Pacific. Northwest, fan and winter,- perhepe te be "over left ' Portland ' Saturday - night to take shadowed tn its activity by no former. , the'- Infantry officers', training veurme realty conditions. It is . the opinion -ef r' at Camp Pike. Ark. Mr. . Stmontoa' is Frank L" MoOaire that Portland fttis 1 !t.nbn " "Jf!!?"!!: never; experiafioad such a lively market in real estate as it Is about to. witness.. Langell-Villey To Put 20,000 Acres Tinder . Irrigation Klamath Falls. Sept. 14. At a meet ing of landowners of the upper LangeU valley, held at Lorella last week, plans were formulated for the Irrigation ot approximately 20,000 acres. A. E. (3der ls acting as attorney for the farmers of that section In the organisation of an irrigation district under the state irri gation law, which permits a district to be formed .on a vote of the majority of the landowners within its boundaries. Water is to be secured from Clear lake. The government has fixed a tentative charge of $10 per acre for the water, the landowners to construct the sys tern. The estimated cost of construc tion is' $35 an acre. The proposed district covers the old government project down as far -as the Big Springs unit, now organised under the Horsefly district. Farmers of the section have been endeavoring for many years to secure water for their lands. through, his ' ownership Of the Oregon Weldlnar & ManafacturtnsreaHtnaiur- foeM several years prior -to his ' fagmgv In I Each week the sales become greater and the film exchange business as owner ot I the., demand for homes of a moderate the State Rlrhts and Standard' Feature I Prce .steadily are Increasing la number. FUm companies" and - snanagsar? t the -' tV exUvtty. is evidenced by the f pi Portland branch .of the Mutual.. FUm lowing sales made -during the past wWlc coropany. - Theatres which MrsMmopton by the Frank L. McGuire company: Sold' operated were tn Salem, Astoria and for CM. Harrison to H. K. WUlUm. ! Uequiam. -' ;,;.,''. bouseiar-Noi 1115 East Eighteenth street Mr. Blmontoo has been a member of North. consideration . $3000; for. M. t the Oregon National Ouard for over Janlcke to L C Bevel, house at No. 1871 20 years. He waa a member of the old H. Morrison street, consideration $iW ; high school . Company ,U ot the First for Masy -J, Graham to Charles Hansen, : regiment. O. N. G but was under the house at Ne. tX East Hoyt street, oon- age limit when, that company ' was aideration 82600 ; for Tyson KlnseU to - mustered into the. Second Oregon-vet ua- Joseph Nanea. No. 4008 Forty-eliihtA ' teers to go to the. Philippines In 1838. treet. Southeast. consMeraUoa 1X2;" Hs. was a member of Company O. Third for t.ucy Inman to A. R. Eastman. houMB - Oregon, being a corporal whea that or- 748 East Fiftieth street for$l00i tor ganisation become the 183d Infantry, and W. A, tcDonald to Helen G. Tutle, - lnoe its oreaniaation baa been ' a cor. I house at 428 Baldwin street oonaider- poral In Company B, Oregon State tion $1500; for Carl F. Hager to Herbert Guard. I Winiama. house at 1502 Fern street, con- Kimnnton Aiut thair Uttie hi wfll I siaereuon : ror urace A. uale te make their home, at least temDorarily. r wooo. nouse at .o. ltof Huron MEDFORD DISTR1C T WILL VOTE ON BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT Proposal Is to Place Water on 20,000 Acres at Cost of 1,500,000. street, for $1408: for P. B. Mime to ft. vwigni, xo. s ua l urm street, for $2500; four houses sold "At-'' $100 each, and many more. ' w - A noticeable feature of this present activity la the fact that the home buyers " ot today were the renters of the past.'; who have come to realise the extreme " Importance of home ownerahlp and tile spirit of thrift thus encouraged. NeV. onaers. Instead of being encouraged to ' ren8 homes, as they have been tn fe peat, are now willing to purchase , homes, . . Demand for Modern Houses Is Greater- Says Realty Agent "The demand for modern houses . Ul New; Waiv in East.V : Predicts Vorwaerts Copenhagen, Sept, 14. (U. P.V--"A new" war -tn the east is certain," the Berlin Vorwaerts declared. In comment ing on an unpublished German nltlr matum regarding the British expedition operating upon the Murman "coast of Russia. - , - - SL'Louis: Mb... amtSLrit-X resihrtloa urging lh..,Unlted Btates gpwnment to j4ays, jhoweyer, are but a tew -daya at cut down.-wheat' shipments to-jthe-allies I tnoit. Wh4naHsl8lonal- postoffice is and to ship more wheat flour has been moved in coraiecuon wn - a Dig xroop . adopted by . the ,St, Louis. Millers' club, movement .treat, secrecy has to be exer The miner a ;aay that fey shipping -more clsed.. "No -word even to the army postal ftouil theltwan Witt be avallabU fnr feed.' ,uhOTlflea,-is- herihitted: concerning the ing atock In this oountry,"s;JLt is pointed i eecret trpop aovemenUUfttll the- troops out -fhat'.the bran is not needed to sdeh have' been located permanently -enough --.. .Wmai. v. . . . 1 l mmmU IhA.unlnv nt mall T7i?k B.uwii mivwi uwbuh raucni swea 1 "" w there has been killed for food. .. m c thM conditions a weeks' delay in . the f : '- ' "- ' . f delivery of arall is possible. -';". T. A J' r-' JZ. TI 'i r- r , Tweatv-os. Days R.anlred .VXaUUlGllOCO XliiJUy I One"of the.tnost pussllng things to the J Tf'.Tl-l TI- 1 If ' I public has been tne frequent occurrence,-! U-JjUilL nUITOr IVIOVIB houi as to mall delivered in France and L ' maU received In this country, ot a letter 'I - t ; o(i later date being received be fore one ' Amsterdam Aug. I. By -MaU) w Jin mailed perhaps- a .week or more earlier, ortp 4ft', exultation greets . the sinking: of One explanation of this to that the post an English merchantman with all hands : master at the port of embarkation has when th feat is depicted in the great i been assigned, by the war department a jinbrmvrtne spectacle being shown in Ber f definite -limited -space for mail, and when lln.v'TrQrpedo-4os''-riet - loose th tor- the amount of man has exceeded', this. pedtMxto 1 the : title or tne spectacle. , tn the excess has had to be held over untu which 00 persons take part, depicting I the next steamer, , ? the U-boat s life from the shop to its j The possible .delay that would be un the ' 102d Regiment of-lnfentry 4hould be. addressed as follows,: the" return ad dress of .sender to 'appear la. the upper left hand comer, of the envelope: - p ...... . - - Mrs. John Walter Smlfn. i : . "Street , , final .Hfe of. crime upon the aeasv avoidable thoughunusuaV Inthe trans- Boston, Mass. . .f Private - John Walter Smithy Jr " Co. L, -102d Infantry : American "E.' F. : " Vla'N. Yi ' . ';',r', . t , j- - - - -- - - ' . ' ' -" '...f : . - - SMS Broke Heart and Her Vidlin at One Time Atlanta. Ga. Sept 14. fL" N. is. M . Sarah R. Cohen,, who left Brooklyn and came to Atlanta because, of unhapplneaa in her llfewithr her husband. Harry Cohen,- has filed a suit: for. divorce from him in the superior eourtt alleging abuse and cruel treatment5, As a. particular Instance of beartlesanesar : Mra' -Cohen clteg an occasion wbenjahe was1 ptgying "Home. Sweet -Horned on her vloUn. The air seemed, htq Irritate -Mr. -Coheof she said, and he-fuially. -took th Violin jiway from, nerr ana smashed' iv "When -he Incendiary Fires - Are Niow, Suspected Calexlco. Cal.,! Sept. 14-(U. P.) Pre viously expressed ' opinions of officials of the Imperial Irrigation district that the tire last night, which destroyed $100, 000 worth of the district's property, was accidental, ware shaken today when two other fires broke out in the same vicin ity. In one of these fires 200 tons of hay was destroyed.' In the other -the damage was smaller. ' Last night's tire burned tne irrigation district's ware house, machine shops and offices. It was supposed to have started from defective-wiring-Will Take Prunes in Small Boxes Washington, Sept- 14. Food . Admin istrator Hoover has notified Senator Mo- Nary that the food, administration will accept Oregon prunes in sixties, sev enties -and eighties tn 25-pound boxes Instead ot the 50-pound slxe originally demanded. . ' , - " !! Medford. Sept. 14. Laud owners In the Medford irrigation district will vote on an issue of $1,500,000 of bonds for the construction of an irrigation system to bring water onto approximately 20, 000 acres of land. There are 700 land owners in the district and the majority of them are said to favor the proj ect- Water. It is proposed, will be taken from Big Butte creek, a mile and a half below Butte Falls. The main canal of the project will be about 70 miles in length. There are three syphons and two tunnels on the line. The syphons will be about five feet In diameter. Distribution of water will be to the high point on each tract of land within the district An estimated cost of $'s an acre for the first year allows a lib eral margin for construction work and takes care of the interest on- the bonds. ' - a ' Foreigner's Body Found, Throat Out From Ear to Ear with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Simon ton. Mr. Sim on ton's parents; In the Washington apartments. S., P. & S, Plans Big Hotel for Employes At Vancouver, Wash. Vancouver, Wash- Sept 14- Plans for a hotel to be erected on Twenty- sixth street near the tracks of the Spoke ne, Portland . A 8eatUe railway have been prepared by W. H. Marsh, en gineer for that- road. The building is to be of two stories, with a frontage of 84 feet on Twenty-sixth street. - Two La, each 103 feet In length, -with a paved service court between, win ' aUow uxni ana tuuiiu in eeca use J I more active than ever. says J sleeping rooms or tne upper story. lWlckman of the J. A. Wiekman -- Lobby, reading .room, dining room peny. "and I find It hard to keep . and kitchen will occupy the ground enough strictly modern home. on our' floor. The hotel to planned lor the lists to supply our patrons. A featur accommodation of employes of the Bp- of- the present market Is the sbtltty kane. Portland Seattle railway ,and of purcbasere te pay down half or an wHl be equipped with every modern cash. Mr. Wiekman reports the fas- - device - for their comfort. The eetk- lowing sales during the past week i mated cost of the structure ts.S40.eO0. - Maude Tetter MacTarnagan to Fran ' owing to the high cost of mataruu I Nelson, bouse and lot at 180 Skldmer ' and the scarcity of labor wo date has street $2700; C. B. Richards to Oeorgl W. Dow, house and lot at 5005 Forty- ' second avenue southeast $2850 ; Wj A. Junkln to J. P. Qulnn. bouse and Mox a lit East Webster street $:50j-l " Klecker to J. Ferguson, house and at ' at 18 Portland boulevard. $3000 1 RvdE, Hollister te James Heffron. bouse a let at 824 East Forty-ninth street; $288; George Roes to H- I Georgen-fc house and lot at 758 East Twenty serenth street $3400 ; George Ross -L9 wauam A. Jones, bouse and lot East Forty-eighth street. $31504 1J been set for the beginning tlona of opera- No Rehearing ior, Oregon. Highways To Be Conducted Washington, Sept 14. (WASHING TON BUREAU, OF THE JOURNAL) The federal highway council has decided oreX rTczT I Knights of Columbus; Complete Building At Fort Stevens tkm for .approval of the construction of nine highway, units, notifying Senator McNary that it fails te find these roads within any of three classes. ot construc tion which It will authorise : - Roads of military value, roads having substantial ouutandlng oontractural rsutloas. I V .,VT "T Unless the council enlarges Its class!-1 rzlV -a . . flcation at a future . time, the capital Fred Meyer, a foreigner, evidently about. 85 Tears of age, was found dead with, hie throat cut from ear to ear in a room at the Martin hotel. Second and Davla streets. this afternoon, v , Meyer vwas. last, seen alive at 8 o'clock- Friday -afternoon by J. T. Dod- well. bedmekerat. the hotel. It is pre sumed from the condition of ' the bodr that he committed suicide shortlytafter that hour. 'A new rasor was found be side .the body. -No registration card could be found Jn the man's clothing or among his effects. Hun Papers Think' Peace Is in Sight . . eas a -sw-as-s Amsterdam. Sept' 14. (U. P.) Ger man newspapers ' generally consider that the speech, of the vice chancellor.' Von Payer, is a Mg step .toward peace- judg ing from German papers received ' here , today. . ' - :-';;' r at is pracucaiiy completed and -will be ready, tor. occupancy this week. . TJ building was begun August 5 and has been constructed under the personvel supervision of General Secretary Thomas .Duncan Ferguson. The building is for the accom mode Uon of soldiers of Fort Stevens an 8 nearby spruce camps. The main strvo tare to 80 by 105 feet In dimensions Pies of the kmergency Fleet corporation 7L Wtti a n V. f tCT 'i has informed Senator McNary that he f !, ""T.00' A cannot comply with the request of tne fT- , . llL, , rl!? Chamber of Commerce of Floreace, Xu- lJ?? , for tb otr , gene and Frenaoa tor contract ror a I " w"""- wn,sM nim a-d at (TiAr .Th fi unm. I oeiBearta of soldiers. 1 lssuee committee will not grant permis sion for projects of the' kind proposed. This vetoee the bond Issue ex $530,000 propoeed for a total of. TO rallea, mostly in Southern Oregon, partly on the Co lumbia highway. No Contracts for Florrnee Washington, Sept 14 Vice President shipyard at Florence. The fleet em pin e ti6n already has more ways- for wooden ships than are needed." he says, and Its duty to to .keep existing yards- busy. ftr . sr 1 1 l t n i m n . Astoria, Sept 14v Following a con -terence of officials of the Spokane; peruana .Seattle railway with the No sarther Ships'. si Fresetot Waahlngton. 8ept , ItThe 'sfilpptag president of the Astoria Chamber ? of board's premise to Senator Chamber-1 CKaroeree .last week, plans were eat Iain to allocate 10 ship for gran ' and I lined lor tb construction of new freight, flour from Puget sound and the-Colon- I sheds andean addition to the waltma bto river Is all the shipping board's coo- I room at thet passenger depot at Astortsl. trot o niiHtt is appare nuy .wuitag to I Increasing-, t bsslnees -neceesitates " an--, order at present It most use the bat-1 isrgeraeste- of railway facilities. A sew ance of Its ships fa servioe f or carrylag UsAtlna system for the varda and eta-' nitrates tor munitions and will allot the ships .as the .situation' develops. v ties will -also be Installed. Josephine ' Hotel.8ol() ' -f V -r.SeUjk-.Ldaa Near i Forest CrovSfT- J. Martlneaa.of Portland, the sale la- fj2 JZTZJZ m SltS 2 eluding furnishings and equipment Mr. li0 ,rrfm?- Bxta Metachan is a brother of Phil Meteehao, r7 w'"r owner of the Imperial hotel In Poraand. He has been managing the Josephine tor several years. Time equivalent te 8,000.000 days to said to have been saved to the worn ea of : the United State by the electric washing machines soid last year. ; - ' HOTEL WILL ; HOUSE STANDIFER CORPORATION EMPLOYES . . . , i...-. , , ., .. 1.-, hi. un.'iyMi.L-.i,j,.,jLiii j . .-WJtt)6-MaMJMgXS.. JOi.-J..W.jlt,',liW.'.-aW--fcPtf.r.', 1 '.;3;-f! . I eenee '-j frm- - rri;r ii ;-l . ft .''v.:" -s yrausast . "Cf .' ' . v . ' -a - '1 'Ep' liv- i . , i-r-. .. ... t ' fei ..:': : . ,.i, , ' "''.....-..-: " about October L Mr. BuxtOtt has also disposed of a five acre tract. -on; North Main street to Albert Meek of ' Saskatchewan, consideration ' being. $4000. , . ' ' . Demand for Hsosea ; V-' v', Salem. Bert. 14. Demand ,for, moas . ern houses, both furnished and.nnfur ntobed, greater" than for many year. i ' according to C W. . Mlemeyerr - protn! j ; ' rssat local realtor. Indication are goof lor a oonsiosTaDte movernenc- n, rose - pfopeity ' during the 'aut nt Quarter Sectloa bought - Si r Walla WaUa. Wash- Sept 14v N. Wl saer of waia WaUa nee sold to c 74 Rosenberg a .quarter section: of ' tan described as the northwest quarter 4 sectloa A . township . S north, ranre 3 1 Conaideratloa $4000. E. T, Wad handled the deaL' . ' . M m . 1- - H Waierfrofll Sold ; v Rainier, Or Sept 14. The ' AJlet Heodrickson Canning com pany has pof chased a tract of . land on the watet front and 'will begin the erecttoa of js tsge" canning; factory, build Uig It tit narfuture Jet J .vvv. .-v.-.--ii(.-.V't",'-ji-v ' Thuhderoapplaussrsath.ffer.fporta - - - ... -,."", t 5 V '"l " i I C"Sa AaiC3 Cfc'i-lVCi " . forfMsAoV.?;V-f'; ,J'--,"V '. - "Structure will eontaio 233 sleeping rooms, and, win. he equipped with evei; modern sWBdiaf Idalm US, A269J BOND S TT. McCargar, Bates &-Livel;j . I saa eaa e slaT -'at aaare a a sT