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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1918)
THE OREGO.Y.STATXLSMAX:. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 10, 1918 ESSAYS TELL ! STORES ABOUT k BAD SUFFERK Scores of Students Partici . pate in Armenian-Syrian i . Contest 43 tMflNGS RECEIVED Eleven-Year-Old Louise Nnnn Urges Response to Call fdr Funds The story of suffering Armenia ; has Been carried into many homes by the children of the public schools who have taken part In4 the prize essay-writing contest inaugur ated by the local lejlef committee. ' . Every mail brings anywhere np to a 4ozen essays, forty-three having reached headquarters .before norm yesterday. ! Among the essays, ol the school children of Marion county one here and there , is read, as it passe through the hands of those at head- quarters. .Nothing like an examina tion of all has as yet been made, and this . will not begin until all 'outside ' points in the county, have had nn op portunity to mail in their essays., j But occasionally one is halted and read. This happened Jn the case of an - essay by Louise Nunn of the : sixth arrade of the JCne-lewonri school which, allows good study of the situ ation Writing of the Armenians. . Louise says: ; "They are a thrifty pimple. They would not think of begging, or call ing for help If they were left alone so they could raised their own crops. They guard a little iAincJv of grans as if It were the choicest food. Tbey eat wayside dogs that have: died, even , without, cooking. , they are so hungry. White bread would be as great , a luxury as the nicest cake would be .to us. i. Some of the chil dren are herdedup into districts and , fed. Just enough to keep alive. They do not hare near food enough to go. around. ' . : "Think - of the Joy when 'a ship comes In loaded with food! Then try and think of the sorrow and mourn ing when there-la not enough to go around. Tn one section there are 10,000 orphans and in anothr 40.000. "Now this call has come. Can we let . it go by? Can w let them starve before our eyes? They are pleading. We should .take as our motto, No man "lives unto himself alone One dime will keep a person alive for one day, and five dollars will keep a person alive for a month. If we each give our bit they can be helped. When you thfnk of turning jfway and not giving even your mite think of this motto: To unto others as you would that the should do iinio.yon. " .-i.. . Xouise is only 11 years -old. ',Bit If she is any index to the sphrit f the Knglewoll district that portion of the city slult be a strong factor In putting Salem "over the top. , Up to noon yesterday essays had leen received frpm the following leen received from the following pupils: 1 " Salem High' School Vada Rinifo. Agnes llalzell, CelesMa Hraee. Will- lam Marr.N And red imch. Isa Up-son.-Kloise lTpnon, Helen Hose, Sara Kowland, Florence Jones. ( Joseph Albrich, Arthur nuell, Nellie Tucker. Veda , Vaughn. Kunice Jlart Meryle Whitney. Florence Jlerndt. Alice Wood. Jason Krizzell. Adlal K. Ksteb, Letha Wilson, Ardjnelle Clark, Jaco bina Schmidt. . Turner High" School roothy Taylor. - nervals High School Lillian Sandstrom. ... "'--4r . Junior Mlgh 'Schools -MargfU-eV Faught, ' Macyle - IJunter,. ;Ka1hleen Walsh, Linr.olh,f5UiV'hn filen Jtingo, school rf t indicated Wabfl Swlck. Aumsvllle; 'Mildred ".Kingsbury, Hub bard; Fay .Cagpell, Maybelle Morley, Muriel Morley, Shaw; Leona Prfem. Macleay. . ' Grammar Grades Alton Rrannon. Ida Ilensloy.lUchwond.. Salem; Lola ruggvn. Paul ilardy. Park, Salem : .Sadie Uishop,' Louise Nunn, Kngle wood Salem; Elmer Folk, MeKInley, Salem;' Velma Iluch, Hubbard. ROADS STRUGGLE WITH PROBLEIS OFSHIPMENTS Effort Made to Keep Fuel Moving Thrrfugh Bad Storm Districts INDUSTRIES MAY CLOSE Temperatures Reported. Ris- ing Factories Badly in Need of Coal WASrriNGTON, Jan. li -Against ATTENTION; - Bad Stomachs "My husband, has bees .troubled with his stomach ' for many years: STUMEZE Jtaa given him. so much relief he has not been troubled with his stomach" since taking same." . j Mrs. Koran Meek; Woodbury,. Ky. PNEUMONIA Has . GREATEST TOLL In Country's Army Camps 149 1 Die From Single Disease i in Week . WASHINGTO. Jan. 1 onia caused l'4rW the SITU-MEZE the modern stomach -medicine, works' almost jike, magic. For , sale' and guaranteed by all druggists. Pneu monia caused UTot the 'Z'.i't death.? reported among HeJ national iguasds men and national afmjrraeji training in this country during thelweek end ing January J 1. pie weekly report of the division jo; field sanitation, made' public -tonight, shows . SS guardsmen dlfcdi during the week', as compared with 109 the week, before, and 147 national army . men as against 167 the previous week. Koth Ve hospital admission and pon-erfectlve ratea in. the-guard and national army camps increased dur ing the week, with pneumonia gen erally prevalent Among the guards men there were 342 .cases of pneu boirfa, and in the national army 340, The 'meningitis situation continued to improve both in the guard and national army," while measles con tinued to decline' tn most of the tamps., Epidemics of German meas les and mumps prevailed in ,- many camps, .with scarlet fever Increasing In the national army and decreasing In -the natonal guard.' . - the worst general snow and Ice storm of a generation, the government railroad hd ministration today strug gled in an effort to open main, trav eled' routes and keep coal and food shipments moving over the lines best able to handle them. The situation was regarded a3 worse than at any time within th? as't week ! traffic-paralyzing weather. I On top of an accumulation of snow in the , middle west, came fresh snowfall today. Soowplow went to I work: on the new Idrifts, while , gang . of laborers tackled yards and terminals already, cleared of snow within the week. ' ; Temperatures were rising In most sections tonight but It was not, warm eriongh to release cars frozen, to sidings or to 'thaw thousands of cars fwith coal caked in the carriers. Tele graph, and telephone; - wires . went down under weizht of snow and Ice nd i many ; passenger trains whose. schedules had been re-established yesterday - were withdrawn again, lest they meet the fate of scores of others'stalled beneath drifts. . , . . t Only coal rfnd foodket moving! Dut .siowiy. .Tne. railroads' supply ofllocoraotlves were used largely for these shipments. . - Officials believed it would be only a matter of daysbefore some indus tries would be forced to close by In ability . to get fuel. Measures are being planned t& safeguard domesti'S and public utilities rteeded. nd to distribute the remainder to the most essential Industries. , Railroad administration officials acknowledged, they could do little against the weather except to distrib ute cars, locomotives and snow .fight ing apparatus.1? Freight ; moving week, although recognized in telegrams from a num ber of, commerical organisations to day, seemed, almost snowbound. Di rector. General McAdoo spent nearly two hours discussing the mid-west ern storm conditions with R. HA Aisnion, president or tne Chicago & K6rthwejitern railway, who had been summoned here for a conference and there were. reports that Mr. Aishton wouiaroe namea formally 'as Mr, Mr aooo;s representative in Chicago tn soperyise transportation as A. H. smitfi is dolne in the eftrt. More Members Added to " Union Labor, A uxiliary At, an adjourned meeting r the Salem I'nlon J.abor ..l(ed Cross held in Union Iabor hall last nieht lh charter mem Iwrship was raised to fifty-five members, from the original thirty of the night of the organiza tion, and a third meeting was called to te held January 2f at which the women affiliated with the labor unions, or, their friend and reU tives. will be admitti to the aux iliary.. . r.. , - h' .. , . , , I The secretary last night sent the roljowing niessage to the State- Fed eration of Labor, now in session in Astoria: "The Sale n j Trades council has or ganized the Salem ITnion Iabor Red Cross auxiliary with flfty-rive char ter members; will meet on the 29th wth our ladles, who will Join tho order This is the first labor union Red Cross auxiliary In Uie state of Oregon, and suggest that the State federation organ!. a Labor Red Cross auxiliary as a war measure, thus doing our bit for the eovern- nient." j K. OF d MEETS GOOD RECEPTION Inauguration ' of ' Campaign Finds People of Salem ict Generous FUEL FAMINE IN EAST NOW BECOMES ACUTE -.4 i ,- , , : :- Thousands of Workers Idle; Many Theatres Are Or dered Closed TRAINS RUSHING COAL has ben carefully examined by the general staff and the. Var cabinet ironsidered it would be highly detri mental to the public interest to haV a publlr discussion on the break down wbiolt undoubtedly had oc curred. Tne cabinet, added the chancellor, was satisfied that pror measures hal been taken to deal with a'ny similar situation in 'the future. Noel Pemberton Rilling, member of Kast Ilertfordhire. . asked the chancellor If he coudl dispel the rn nior tbat Field Marshal Halg was be ing ft relieved of his fotnniind In France. Mr. Ronar law replies! that it -Was quife unnecessary for .him to do SO. ' " " , Weather is Better Corn Prices Lower Industry to be Normal in Four Days Unless New Storms "Set in , A committee of men soliciting funds for the war fund of the Kinghts of Columbus has been at work since Monday and beginning t Cay a comibittee of women will b at work In the name causo. Because of other campaigns" that arc on now, the Knights of Columbus have coii Hned their workerf to members of the order or members of the Catholic church. '",')': r , Frank TJavey, district deputy -for this, district, who is In charge of the campaign, says that the recep tion being received tn Salem is cord ial, and that considering the large number of good causes to which the people are being asked to contrib ute the generosity with which they give to one more is surprising. - The committee-of men at work if conipbsed of Albert O'Brien, James K. Heenan, A. A. Michel, Dr. Herman W. Barr, David O'Hanr? Jamesj Dom ogala, Frank V. McCarthy and Thomas Drown, t with Mr. Da rey in charge. ; , s-, : Four women leaders have been chosen as a nucleus for the organ ization! of women which will be ef fected today with about twenty mem bers added to the four leaders who are Mrs.. Frank Davey, Mrs. I A. A. Mlchkel, Mrs. J. O. Nadon and Mrs. Albert OrnrJen. , s T No quota has been set tor the Salem district but the campaign will continue all of this' week and a part of jiext. b- T WainiiL Work?. ,. ' . - - - . f ; w Want to Buy ing? Rent Anything? Sell Anyth Anyth insf? A Classified Ad in The States man Will Carry Your Message Into Over 5000 Homes and Business Houses THE fcdST IS LITTLEST HE RESULT BIG CkisKei Aicertuinz DepartaaiL'l Of gon otates matu - 215 5$. Commercial Street SENATE MJECTS PAPER CONTROL Resolution is Called Vicious; Loyalty of Press Held Uppermost , CHICAGO, Jan. IS. With thou rands of workers idlje and many In dustries facing paralysis, tho whole force of the federal jfuel administra tion today was directed toward relief of the fuel famine' In the storm- swept districts of the central west. , At Indianapolis, all theaters, sar loons, pool rooms and places not ab solutely necessary, were ordered closed uhtil further notice. In Michigan. W. K. Prudden, state fuel administrator, , declared that there is less than 500 tons of avail able coal In the state outside of De troit. lie Issued an order limiting sharply the hows during which' all places of business may be heated. Kansas City reported only a limit-: ed amount of fuel available' with the; authorities taktng every precaution to conserve that. The ward schools have-been closed and the majority of churches are holding no night servles. At Omaha, Neb., railway officials declare that-the coal supply wlfl be normal within four days unleBs. there, should ' be another storm ; and blockade. " j , j Wyoming .and Colorado i are ' said to be furnishing a larger supply of coal to Nebraska than ever before. Des Moines reported that conditions were normal and that there was no Shortage. Lincoln, Neb., reported no serious coal shortage in .Its district. In. Kansas the railways have been given instructions to run solid coal trains if necessary t to relieve the shortage and coal Is to be handled ahead -of all other commodfties; , From the northwest" no suffering was reported. ' " 1 In Chfcago, Fueti Administrator Durham - said the situation will be' more critical in five jcr six days tha at present. "Though "we iope to be able to like care of the needs of the small consumers, some industries may ha'e to close because the mines are not in operation.," he declared. CfllCAOO, Jan. 15i Com aver aged slightly, lower in prices today mainly as a result of tetter weather conditions than, had been expected. The market closed unsettled, at tho same u yesterday's flcifch to Vn ft U' cent lower, with aJnuary 1.27 and May $1.34 (' $1.25. Oats declared U to cent net.. Pro visions scored gains of 2'z to 17 cents. Dright ckfoftv' Instead of a new snowstorm, which was looked for, put the bulls at a disadvantage in corn. A slight Increase of the Unit ed states visible supply totai tended to etse values and therejs-ere reports that a large n amber of loaded car were waiting throughout he west, especially In loifa, ready to -be haul ed to, market as.sooji a;s motive pow er aiid clear tracks were available. In oats nothing was hoard -of any seaboard inquiry, rind selling wan based largely on the fact that Illi nois seemed in a fair way to clear up congestion. Under, .such circum stances, rallies failed to last. : Tightening of the provision mar ket came xibcnt ' from the meager ness K)V offerings. . r rritkh mrn? ANOTHER RAID ; IXNDON. - Jan. -15. An official statement on aerial operations says: , "Following upon "the very snccera ful daylishf raid over Germany on 'Monday another raid was carrl-M out the same night, the objective of which was the steel works at Thion vnie, midway between Luxemburg and Metjj, where a ton of bombs were dropped. A further half ton of bombs were dropped on two railway Junctions in the neighborhood of Met. " ; "The anti-aircraft- gimfire and searchlight barrages .were consider able around the machines. ' All our machines returned." r- - Look Years Younger rio Gray in Hair It seems so unwise to have, gray, faded or lifeless hair ' these - days, now that Q-Hali Hair Color liestorer will bring a natural, even, dark shads, without detection, to gray or lifeless hair. Jave handsome, soft, liiHtroiiq hair in abundance without a trace of gray. Apply Q -Uan guaranteed harmless 7ic a large "-bottle -money back If not satisfied. Kold ly J. J. Perry and all good drug store. Try Q-ISan Hair Tonic, Liiiid Hhampoti and Soap. , -T Try r Hair Color Rostoror WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. The resolution giving -the federal trade commission direct authority to reg ulate the, production and distribution of prnt paper was rejected by the senate today, 36 to 33. . Atjcr the rote, which came at the close of a debate that had been In progress almost - alt continuously eince January 7, Senator .Smith of Arlzta,- who was In icharge of the resolution, announced that he would continue his .efforts to have the gov ernment take over control of the print paper industry, lie said he would seek to have the house adopt and send to the senate a similar measure in slightly changed form. In debate attacks made upon tho resolution both by Democrats and Republican senators,- Senator Knox termed it Incomprehensible and vicious in its purpose." No insti tution has shown more loyalty to the government thin the press, he said. adding "that as the newspapers seem to understand the viciousness, of this hill, the "more they are inclined 'to oppose It." j " Senators Harding and Hitchcock. both newspaper owners, also opposed the measure, the former declaring that it would only hinder the im portation of pulp from Canada and embarrass the publishers. Senators King and'Fernald argued that it was noti war, measure but a bil lto turn private enterprises over to the , government, .while Senator ICeed classified it as a "disgrace" to the senate and Senator Smoot as serted it would proye the greatest censorship ever imposed. ' , ; On the final vote, twenty-seven Democrats and five Republicans sup ported the resolution and twelve Democrats and twenty-four Republic ans, oppbsed it. The federal . trade commission is now preparing to fix news print, pa per prices under an agreement reached by the manufacturers "with tne commission and the department of justice. ' r Alexander Not to rsk Exemption from Draft Omaha, Neb., Jan. 15. G rover Alexander, premier pitcher of the Nationals, has been placed in class 1, division A. of the draft and will not play ball with the Chicago Cubs this , year. Alexander received his catxl" today and says he fmmedlately wired Weegham. : i - "I shall ask no exemption," said Alexander this afternoon. "I'm ready to go. l am no slacker. I aon t know what they will do about trans ferring me from Fhiladelhphx to Chi cago., .That's up to the baseball peo ple, not me." WASHINGTON. , Jan. 15. Denial ofeoal supplies to th? less essential Industries for a period of a week or longer and a railroad embargo against the shipment of non-essentials are IneTuded in a plan undr consideration today , by government officials studying means of relieving the coal 'amine In the east. A proposal that President Wilson be asked to declare Monday, a legal holiday In the eastern, states for the next eight or ten weeks and that only Industries supplying' the . pnbllc; with necessaries be permnted to operate on that dav came to -iFuel. Adminis trator. Garfield from a meeting of fuel administration officials at New York. . . A general, plan for dealing; with the situation probably will be an nounced by Dr. Garfield tomorrow. It was believed that he will decide to snut down entirely the less Essen tial industries for ,a period rather than to ask President Wilson to de clare an industrial holiday. HIGH COMMAND : NOT AT FAULT British Government Considers Cambrai Reverse Was Not Surprise LONDON, Jan. 4,5. Andrew Ron ar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announced In the house of commons today that as tfie result oT Field Marshal Halg's inaulry, the.governr ment , considered the British higher command had not been surprised by the German attack in the Cambrai sector, November 30. and had taken all proper means to meet it. Mr. Bonar Law said Field Marshal Halg's Inquiry was Instituted before instructions had been received by him from the war office. His report WIRELESS USED - IN INDIAN PLOT Government Introduces Evi dence at Hindu Trial Show- ing Conspiracy SAN FRANCISCO, J"an. 15. The wireless equipment of " the United States gunboat Yorktown was used by cennpirators In an alleged tlot t(? overthrow Brtlsh rulo In India, ac cording to testimony adduced at the trial of 31 of the supposed conspirat ors in the United tSates district court -here, today. :.r.i -xJ, '.-..: 1 Letters secured by the government from, the personal correspondence of J. Clyds lllzar, one of the AeUiA ants, which tended to show that W. II. Pafcef another t the defen!i:vts. used th? York tow n' wireless to ob tain charter money for the schooner Annie Iarsen-while both ve'ls were In the rarbor of Acapu Ico, -Mex ico, were introduced. I Tho govern ment maintains that a 'cargo o :imui and a'Liii unit ion which was aboard the Lr-.rse4 at IKe time was for 4he use" of th.i Indian revoh'tionuf.. .No -evidence was precented to shnw that; thn fhmmanilcr in- nnv of the erew of the Yorktown had any knowledgef they were participating In a supposedly criminal act when tbey allowed Page to use the snip's wireless. -. -T- ' : , .., -. These alleged facts were brought out during' the cross-examination of Marcus Martinez, a San Diego eus tous broker, who testified that be chartered the Larsen at llizar's re fjnest, to carry arms aiid aramunU tion giipposedly to the Carranza port of Topolobampo, Mexico. Robert J Sebastian, deputy col lector of custom at Aberdeen. Wash, testified to the seizure of the Lar sen and her cargt after shofrad put in at ttie port of Hoqnlam, four milns from .Aberdeen. Page escaped, after two deputy sheriffs had. been put aboard the vessel to see that he did not get away, Sebastian! testified. 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