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PPICE TWO , CENTS
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TAMOS FIVE CENTS
CRITICISES
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IS EXPOSED
Oscar Straus Points Out That
Eyes of Borah, Poindexter and
Others Are on the Future.
Political Rivals of President Care
More For Future of Republi
can Party Than of World.
By Edward Price Bell
Special Cabla to The Journal and The Chicago
Daily Newa.
(Copjrriflit. 1919. by Chicago Daily Newt Co.)
LONDON, March' 22. The con
troversies in the United
"States relative to the League or
Nations now filling much space
in the British papers synchronize
with the , presence in London of
Oscar Straus of the American
- League to Enforce Peace.
Oscar Straus was secretary of oom
roerce and labor In the cabinet of Presl-
(lent Roosevelt and was ambassador to
Turkey under the administration of
President Taft.
Mr. Straus came to London to attend
a session of the International League of
Nations society where he has been In
conference 'with'" Bryce, Bourgeois,
Venlselos and other European leaders.
The former ambassador to .Turkey Is
naturally the target of inquiries con
cerning the strength of the movement
inside and outside the senate to dis
credit the league covenant as recently
submitted to the American people .by
Mr. Wilson.
Opposition Sheer Fartisaashla
"What I have said to my European
friends," Mr. Straus told me today, "is
simply; that this opposition to Mr. Wil-
son's program is sheer partisanship. It
. was conceived - and Is now being agi-
tated by political rivals who would be
hostile to anything .that promised to aug
ment" the prestige of the Democratic ad
ministration. -Senator
ter .and; McCormick ? as well as others
.late jiot lighting t baa, league because they
' are against it but WScause they are Re
. publicans in quest of an a rut-Democratic
; issue. VTheir eyes are , fixed not oh the
; future of the world butenthe future of
: the , Republican party 18 month hence.
' I confidently predict their rout. .They
will make as much partisan capital out
of .their opposition, as they, can and as
long as they cam but when the time
comes to line up sguarely for or afjainst
- the main issue; noiarty will dare to fly
In the face of what the Republicans
know to be the overwhelming desire of
the rank and file ef the. American peo
ple irrespective 'Of, party . politics. - ,
: "Borah. Pthdexter, ' McCormick an
their conferees ' understand perfectly
well that the league covenant threatens
neither the sovereignty of congress, the
Monroe doctrine nor the influence of the
United States . In the- councils of. the
league.' They talk about ' the- Stteh
empire's six votes" ami' our one.
.- Equal Yoleeln Coaaclt
"This refers to the house of -delegates.
', They know, or ought to know, that the
real power in directing the affairs of
the league is vested in .the council' of
nine in t which the five great powers,
America', Britain, France, Italy and
Japan have one vote each, with four re
maining votes split- up among the smaller
powers.
"They know, or ought to know, that.
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League Plebiscite to
Close Today; Belated
Votes Are
For a Leagoe of 'atlona 2S,7S7
Against a Leagne ef Katloas 1SS
- With the announcement of the clos
ing of The Journal's League of Nations
plebiscite delayed -voters have been
aroused, and today several hundred new
votes will be added to the totals. .
The canvass for sentiment regarding
the league in the Pacific Northwest will
close tonight and as nearly as the count
will permit the final vote will be an
nounced Sunday.
In the meantime the canvass for pub
lic opinion has been taken up by some
of the leading newspapers of the United
States. Among these are the New Tork
World, the Chicago Dally News and the
Pueblo (Colo.) Star Journal, as well as
the Pendleton East Oregonian In this
state. In every case returns show an
' unusual majority of voters favorable to
the league. , -
In The Journal plebiscite sentiment
-. has ' remained constantly . favorable by
an overwhelming majority, and with
votes on the final day of the canvass
come "enthusiastic expressions of ap
proval. ,
Incidentally, the' pupils at the Poly
technic school for girls complete bal
loting on the question Friday, casting
O YOU FAVOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS
to prevent future wars, such as President Wil
son and Former President Taft are working for?
EaetaM this coupon la an envelopa ad
draaaed to "Leasn of Nations Editor.
- Car .The Journal. Portland. Orecoa.
or bring it to, The Journal busiaaa
offioa and drop U in the ballot box.
Only persons of voting ,ss abouU aaad
in shallot. -I: , i .
EVERY SINGLE
ABERDEEN MAIS
IN TAX CLASS
ABEBDEEIT. March 28 Internal
revesse office devaties are ef
tke oplaloa that Aberdeen's in.
come tax retarns will shew larger
than any ether city of Its six In
the United States dne to the asm
be r of single' men . working In log
ging camps, shipyards and mills
and whose wages have been higher
than at any time In the history ef
the country. Every single man here
has made a report and paid a tax.
Because of this the Chamber of
Commerce has been asked to start
a marriage bnreaa with a view of
planning for a larger anmber of
hemes. The Importation ef yoang
women from France and Belglnm
for wives for the namarried men is
also suggested.
LOWER PRICES ON
LUMBER ACCEPTED
Manufacturers Reach Decision at
Conference With Industrial
Board of Government.
Washington, March 22. (U. P.)
Lumber representatives and the. indus
trial board today reduced lumber prices
after a four-hour conference, it was
learned.
The lumber men are standing pat, It
was understood, on their determination
to make only email reductions at thia
time.
After the conference with the board
they conferred among themselves on the
exact price schedules they would accept
and another conference with the board
has been arranged for late this after
noon. Trades Council In
California Favors
Week of 40 Hours
- Fresno, Cal.. March 22. -(U P.) Se
lection of, 'a convention city for 192 wtu
be the principal business tr "the nine
teenth annual convention of the Call
Tornla- State Building Trades council to
day. Following the selection the con
vention Adjourns after a week's session.
'iiJL I: resolutions favoring- the 40 hour
working week was adopted by the con
vention. As adopted the resolution
recommends that the question be handled
nationally by the American Federation
Of Labor. A request that technical inT
structors in the schools of California
should be men favoring labor's cause
was also made through a resolution
adopted. c.
500,034 Troops Are
Back From France
Washington. March 22. (U. P.)
Troops returned from Europe and de
barked in the United States total 500.
034, the war department stated today.
Polish Troops Are
In Lemberg Again
Warsaw. March 21. (Delayed.) (U.
P.) Polish troops, after five days, have
reentered Lemberg and are vigorously
pursuing the Ukrainian troops.
Pouring In
208 votes for the league and only 10
against It.
From St. Johns come the votes of the
family of the Rev. J. H. Irvine, Includ
ing the ballot of A. W. Irvine, who has
Just returned from 15 month's of military
duty ; overseas. The veteran declares
soldiers in France are enthusiastically in
favor of the league and are champions of
President Wilson in his efforts on be
half of the league.
"Enclosed find votes to help convince
the would-be leaders Senators Knox,
Poindexter and Lodge that 'the people
of the United States have more faith In
the tried and proved policies of Presi
dent Wilson than in the switching meth
ods of the former," writes W. J. Reed
of Portland.
"I am sending my vote In the prayer
ful hope that those wolves in Washing
ten will heed the voice ot the people be
fore it Is everlastingly too late," says
Mrs. C- E. of Estacada, who enclosed
with her own the votes of three neigh
bors. Ballots in The Journal plebiscite may
be delivered or mailed to the office any
time today. Coupons for the ballots of
all who have not voted will be printed
in each edition today.
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(Sign your name here)
Address-
JAPAN YIELDS
0E1MS
FORHIT!
Threatened Menace to Success
Of League of Nations Pro
gram Disposed Of.
America Placed in Position of
Passing on Problems for Her
self and the British Dominion.
Paris. March 22. (I. N. S.) Japan's
claim' for equal rights everywhere for
Japanese citizens, which has been men
acing the League of Nations plans, has
been settled in a series of private con
ferences, it was understood today. H is
reported that Japan's demands have
been so modified that jfcjiey are now con
sidered unobjectionable.-
The word "equality" has been taken
out of the Japanese demand so that it
simply calls for Justice alike for all
members of the League of Nations. But
even with the modification it is learned
that the British dominions, especially
Australia, are not satisfied. Australia
has taken the stand that she will not
tolerate any interference which might
be remotely construed as softening the
racial issue. This places the United
States in the position of passing on the
entire question for both- herself and
England. f ' ,
Kelshire Metsul, Japanese peace dele
gate, today said the proposed racial
amendment must-not be confused with
the immigration problem. He said that
the Japanese did not have any intention
of taking advantage of such a clause
but were merely insisting upon a broad
principle. ' J . -
This criticism of the United ' States
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FOR BOMB CASE
Oakland Police Follow Many
Clues in Efforts to Uncover
Bomb Plot. '
Oakland, Cal.. March 22. (I. N. S.)
The Oakland police arrested two men
early today who are suspected of being
implicated In' the bomb explosion which
resulted ' in the killing of Mrs. George
D. Greenwood, wife ef a San-Francisco
banker, in her mansion here - Tuesday.
Oakland. March 22. U. P.)-Dlscov-ery
of the names of several ' prominent
Oakland and Ban Francisco families, in
cluding that , of George D. Greenwood,
in papers found in a box car at Tracy
leads police to return today to -the the
ory that a radical element may be re
sponsible for the bomb explosion here
Tuesday night (that killed Mrs. Green
wood. ..The papers were found in a roll
of clothing by a railroad officer. In
the car was also found a quantity, of
radical literature. : 'i . ;
A number of stories told to the police
regarding persons seen around the
Greenwood neighborhood before the ex
plosion are being investigated by offi
cers. Everett .Can trell, chauf f eur t or
the Greenwoods until recently; ; Is held
at Stockton pending -the arrival of Oak
land .detectives, 'who wish : to 'question
Cantrell regarding persons seen' around
, the Greenwood home.. ; . ... .. ;
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RADICALS BLAMED
BANKER'S WIFE 1 SLAIN BY BOMB
MRS. GEORGE 6REENWOOD, wife of the vice president
. of the Savings. Union Bank and Trust company , of San
( Francisco,, who ? was killed by a bomb in the garden of
her home. in the fashionable Lake Merritt district of Oakland.
Below, the Japanese tea - garden of the Greenwood home after
the explosion. The fence, blown to bits; is indicated by the
figure 1, while 2 indicates where the body was found, 10 feet
from where the bomb exploded.
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By Ben Heeht.
Special Correspondence to The Journal and the
Chicago Daily News. -Copyrisht,
1919, bjr th Chicago Daily News Co.
Berlin. March 22. Professor Bocken
helmer, the great surgeon, shook his
head.
"The war has taught us nothing new,"
he said.. "Surgical and "medical science
has not advanced in the last five yars.
This is one of the grimmest paradoxes of
the war. .-, The only discovery made dur
ing the five years of anatomical debauch
on the front was made by the French
chemist, M. Dakln. and applied by the
American scientist. Dr. Carrel. This
was the discovery of a famous wound
wash in 1915, which proved to be one of
the principal factors In keeping clown the
mortality rate in operating cases during
the war"
Professor Bockenheimer is one Of the
dozen leading. German surgeons who were
active on the German front throughout
the war. He was the fourth scientist I
hat pursued In Quest of the secrets of
Teutonic , surgery, if . there V'wjere any
such. . - . - -. j
"The surgical V profession,- he con
tinued, "developed manyi already- known
methods of operating and curing but
organised. - skill . and ..doggedness rather
than --genius fought '; death v behind t the '
lines In the ? hospitals, y We . found . out
that salt water injected 'into the arteries
often -cured shell shock, and that hyp
notism often cured, aphasia. .We . per
formed millions of operations..: Speaking
roughly,-90 per cent of the wounded re
covered." . Vl- ' -r - ' -- ' I
; "I am now :; assisting in the prepara
tion -of - a scientific . report on. the ; war
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wounded. The report will show many
ingenious applications of old principles
of surgery and medicine but no new
ideas. The jwar to us at the operating
tables was . a great clinical nightmare.
Without the Dakin-Carrel gangrene anti
dote we would have been lost. . There
were thousands of striking cases
thousands of instances of surgical mira
cles. - Our face operations developed al
most a new branch of surgery, but tre
panning and facial reconstruction were
old surgical history when the ' war
Btarted.
; "Regarding solely from the non-human
clinical standpoint I am sure that the
surgeons of. the, world .will agree with
me In saying'that the war wasn't worth
while. As aclinic It was a' failure." '
2 Men Leap From
; Aiif o; and Hold Up ;
Late Pedestrian
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On his way home from a dance at 1
o'clock this morning W. Plympton, 2068
Hawthorne avenue, was held up by three
men at Eighty-second -and: 'Salmon
streets. Eleven dollars was taken from
hlra. Plympton ; heard ' an . automobile
come to a step, and turning around was
faced by two men who leaped from the
car. ; A third stayed in; the automobile
while the other two-' searched Plympton 'a
pockets.' ,: They - turned his back toward
the automobile "and he failed to -Observe
the license number. 'He gave a descrip
tion' of th.emen.to the police. - - n
POISONER IS
lOVED FRQEvI
SEATTLE JAIL
Prosecuting Attorneys Indignant
Because Ruth Garrison Is
Given Special Consideration.
Seattle, March 22. tU. P.) Out at
the House' of the Good Shepherd, where
all Is quiet and restful, the peace
broken only by occasional chimes and1
the soft-footed steps and whispers of
the sisters, is Ruth Garrison, the con
fessed modern Borgia. She was taken
there Friday .afternoon by Deputy
Sheriffs Connor and Ramage on the
order of Sheriff Stringer.
Immediately after ' her arraignment
Friday In Judge Boyd , Tallman's court
she was taken to the county Jail where
a haft hour's conference with her at-
.tomeys resulted in her being removed
to the other institution.
" Prosecuting Attorney Fred C. Brown
was indignant over the treatment ac
corded her. '
. "Sh Is no better than any other
woman prisoner," he asserted, "and I
shall object to . her being accorded bet
ter treatment than any other."
'She is a murderer, not a martyr,"
said Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John
D.' Carmody, "and there Is no. sense In
trying to make her one, , She" "belongs
in Jail ,and she should- be there."
Sheriff Stringer, on whosa order Ruth
was taken to the Good Shepherd home,
exnlalned that he wanted her to be
away from, everyone. "Il,
"I want her to " be out there where
she can -obtain all the . rest- and quiet
she needs," he said. "I don't want her
in the county Jail with those "women up
there. It is no place xor. her. And I
don't want her to.be where she can be
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SLEEPING SICKNESS
CASE IN PORTLAND
Colored Woman Has Been Asleep
Since Last Tuesday Night;
First Case of the Kind.
City health officials this morning in
vestigated a . reported case of sleeping
sickness, the first to develop in Port
land, wher they called upon Mamie
Hiatal, colored wife of Frank Hiatal, a
Japanese living at the Berkshire hotel,
232 Vt First street
The woman had .been asleep since
Tuesday night, rousing -to half -consciousness
only at intervals. City Phy
sician Parrish and City Health Officer
Abele reported this morning they had
not definitely decided whether the ease
is typical of the "sleeping sickness" re
ported elsewhere, saying the symptoms
might be attributed to specific causes.;:
For three hours Friday morning Mrs.
Hiatal was awake, but - even' then she
was only, half aw Are of what was going
on around her. She has eaten practi
cally nothing since she fell asleep, the
physicians reported. What nourishment
she had taken was tm liquid form and
was forced dowfi her throat. , -.
f The .authorities, said they had learned
Mrs. Hiatal -was almost, fanatical on
religion which jnlghtl have been, acon-
trlbuting factor in developing the sick
ness. No particular treatment lav being :
administered, though; the health bureau ;
may decide later, upon a: course. The !
physicians believe ' she eventually -will
rouse of her own-accord. : - ,
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ORLANDO TO
MEET WILSON
OVER FIUME
PA BIS, Msmb M-I.;ir. SJ
Premier Orlando of Itsty will
. confer this nitsrnoon with Prs
ldent WUsen.- and : Colonel E. Mi
Hoots regardisg Italy's claims to
Flame.
Paris, March ft W.' P.) Cap
tain Ferneol, head of . the official
Italian press bnreav, today denied
Us widespread story " that Italy
threatened to .withdraw from the
peace conference nnless provision
was mads at once ; to award her
Flnme, an Adriatic seaport. "
SPEED WESTWARD
Detachment of 74th Engineers
and 5th Ammunition Train
Due for Discharge.
Special Dtapatct; to The journal
Helena,. Mont., March 22. Marry Ore.
gon and. Washington men are 7 among
a detachment of overseas troops that
passed through here Friday on their
way to Camp Lewis, where they will
arrive Saturday to be discharged. Most
of the soldiers are from the Seventy'
fourth engineers, and the Fifty-fifth am
munition train, those from various
points in- Washington and Oregon being
under the command of Captain Shirley
of Olympia.
Engineers of the Forty -first division.
mostly recruited in lxs Angeles, are
also Included in the : detachment. They
spent 15 months in France operating
the new "flash and sound, device" for
locating enemy sunn and took part in
every American offensive.
Oregon Men fa Trnla .
The troops in the - ammunition train
are all from Oregon. They are as fol
lows: . ' :
Hood River Lee Allen ; Albariy Dale
B. Dams ; Salem Claude Amesi Astoria
Reisbpech Backman : Gold: Beach Al-
var Backman; Pendleton Leonard
Bearert; Bend Asa Byland t Portland-
John Brodsnlskl ; Portland touls West
land s Tillamook John v Wester ; ' The
Dalles Ellis Wilson s Warden' K. O.
Beaman ; Waro Walter HaU; 8t Helt
ens - Ralph s Daven ; Coqullle Andrew
Holmes i-"Portland Paola pebenedettl
: . :. -Jjl any Towns Beprstsated
The personnel of ; the engineers
is
fOllOWS: , V-y -C:,;:. "f,.-:.;.;.
- Seattle. Wsh.-George Rl Ames, Don
ald . Buckingham. W. J. Griffith.1 B. J
Gioseclose. Charles W. Htnton, Oville
Leech, Frank L. Paige. Harold P.' Vane,
Pierce Weiss,' Oliver Wolf inger, Thomas
Wllles. .
Portland D. W. Griffith, George : B.
Howe, Richard D. E. Rlodshaw, Donald
Campbell." Allen B. Chambers, Joe T.
Cotton. Philip Durant, Sam J. Engholm.
Gregary, R. Ford. John H. Fraser, George
D. Gerson, D. W. Griffith.
Astoria Jesse R. HJnman. John E.
Carlson ; Seaside Claude Hereaohew ;
Corvatlia Ralph R. Barrick. Jarne P.
Mlcheals; Spokane Arthur M. Bengel.
Ira Buchanan, Fred W. Terrill, Averdell
E. Ed berg ; Davenport. Wash Fred L.
Bristown ; Pasco. Wash. Anders Chr'.s
tensen r The Dalles Oliver BriHian ; Eu
gene Dole Burns ; Portland Charles
Ballley ; Pendleton John W. Beamer ;
Baker George W. Ees ; Roeeburg D.
E. Bplrd; Elgin John Cruikshank;
Lake view John Crampton; Portland
Clarence H.. Drake : Klamath, Falls
Arthur Guernsey; Buxton Frits Glnd
hard; Tillamook Herbert Goldsmith;
Pendleton George Grigar ; Portland
William Gaupman; Oregon City August
Generowski : Portland Hoard . Hole ;
Bend Martin Hansen ; Canyon City
James L. Harrison f lleppner Micheal
Hartin ; Tillamook Kiel I lines ; Port
land Radovan Jourvick; Portland
Clarence .Jones; Portland Alexander
Lampert ; Albany Peter Lanx ; Portland
Raymond Alann ; Baker George W.
Rohner; Portland Michael Ryan; The
Dalles William Patterson ; ColvUle Ar
thur Peterson ; La Grande Williams
Sollsburg; Ma b ton. Wash. George D.
Eckfield ; Central Point William W.
Foley i Ticoma Vincent S. Hart ; Red
mond, Wash. Ralph W. Killer: Mo
Minnvllle Hubert Little; ColvUle
Harry Oredlng; Hassan, Wash. Carl I
Paxtus; Dix, Wah. Charles Sayler,
War Council Gives
Danzig to Poland
Paris. March 22. (U. P.) The su
preme war council today definitely de
cided to award Danzig to Poland, with
a corridor running from the Posen dis
trict to the Baltic sea, it was learned
authoritatively. . . .
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SOLDERS
: 0. . tomorrow's features include: " .'"''"'
THE LEAGUE; OF NATIONS
An intelligent and informing discussion by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
formerly f Portland. t . : ; v ' -" - -- ' ' '.
THE COVENANT OF PARIS
. For the reader's convenience, the constitution of the League of Na
ti6ns will be republished with the suggestion that it be filed for reference.
! - A MORAL HOUSECLEANING
. George . Bernard Shaw discusses the rancor and hatred that follows in
the wake of the war and points to the necessity for its early effacement.
PORTLAND LIBRARIAN OVERSEAS
Letters from Miss Mary. Frances lsom, Portland librarian, make an
engaging story of her work among the soldiers. . .
TOMORROW .
PiSIDEfJI
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AT PARI8
Unanimity Displayed by Neu
' trals ' in Accepting League of
Nations; Few Changes Made.
Wilson Plans to Make Fight
For Ratification in American
Senate; May Go on Stump.
PARIS, March 22-(I. N; SO
President Wilson's position at
' the peace table was strengthened
by r the , unanimity with which
neutrals- received the League, of
Nations covenant.
Only 1 minor - amendments were
suggested, which; were easily met
without . materially changing tho
lext of the document.
".Dispatches 'from America oppos
Mng. some of the features of tho
league aroused comment, em
phasizing the fact that the cove-'
" nant and I the peace treaties are
inseparable. , -
The 13 neutrals participating In
the League of Nations discussion
were Invited by Lord Cecil to be
come charter, members of the
leaguer together .with the allied
and associated powers..
1 Paris, March 22. U. T.) President
Wilson is prepared to make a strong
flerht to control the United States sen
ate's ratification of the preliminary
peace treaty containing the League of
Nations covenant, it was learned today.
Close friends of the president say that
he may stump the country on a speak
ing tour if the sen at is unable to act
separately on the league's covenant and
-the peace treaty or refuses -to ratify it.
'If' the' people back up Wilson's stand,
he will demand that the senate ratify
the treaty- or take the responsibility.
When "asked - by his associates if he
would stump. the country in the event,
that the senate did not ratify the treaty.
President Wilson said: "That's a good
guess.'-' -- ' - ':
President Wilson is now riving con
siderable Attention to United Statt-s
finances,' foreseeing that Some brandies '
of the government may be in serWms
financial trouble before the end of May,
but unable to secure more than emer
gency appropriations.
WhUe the president has not confide;!
his Ideas concerning an extra session
of congress to his friends. It Is believed
he will return to the United States for
that purpose by May-15. ;
; Amendments Are Considered
Paris, March 221 (I. N. S.) All pro
posed amendments to the. League of
Nations covenant were to be considered
when the League of Nations toramta
slon met.
President Wilson has acted as chair
man of the two first full meetings of
the commission which -were held since
February. '' '
It Is - understood that definite plan
have been shaped for meeting the ob
jections of thos! opposed to some o
the measures. The immigration que
lion and , the Insuring of the Integrity
ot the Monroe doctrine are the moat
perplexing problems. . , .
49th Coast Artillery
Has Left Chicago En
Koute To Camp Lewis
'The Forty-ninth artillery, C. . A. C
left Chicago this morning on its way U
Camp Lewis through Portland, it be
came known in a telegram received by
the. parents of Lieutenant Herbert W.
Kruger of 1 82B Buxtojv street. There
are 12S Washington and Oregon men In
the party from the Ferty-ninth and 97
Western casuals, making up Hoboken
Casual company 262.. They left Camp
Merritt Thursday, so that " they should
arrive in Portland probably next Mon
day. : . i -:-
The Forty-ninth Is net strictly a
Western unit. It was made up of a
number cf .Western . troops, . however.
Into the regiment which was assembled
at Camp'Eustis. Va., for overseas ser
vice. - - - ' .- -