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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1918)
THE OltEGOX STATESMAN: SATTRDAY, FEBnUAKY P. 1P1 BEST OF FRANCE BOYS' LOCATION r " 1 Russell Brooks Receiving Ed- ucation to Off-Set Loss i ' of Law Practice Sergeant Russell M. Brooks, who the 162d United States Infantry, is fleeing the best parts of France, and is now Quartered in a city. Hut in a letter home the censor won't allow him to say what parts of Franc he is seeing or what city is his location. The 162d, according to Brooks' le ter, does not expect to be sent Into battle Immediately at least that was the general impression among the boys on January 14, when the letter was written. Sergeant Brook Is learning to manipulate a French typewriter. He is making minute ob servations of the country, the people and the nistonis, and all in all be lieves he is being educated In a way that will compensate him for his loss of time from law practice at home. Sergeant Brooks writes: "Times do change, an I whilf the other day I was in a very unpleasant camp, but speedily moved to better one, I am now in the very lap of lux uryi at least it seems' that way con sidering all of the various thing that we have had to undergo since leaving the United States. One can't complain at the government for it Is certainly doing wonders In this war and (hone at home would surely mar vel at the organization and eff k-iency that have been developed In such a short time, considering that when we entered the war Germany designated us as not being Important enough to cause them even seriously to reflect. "How I wish, that I could tell you exactly where we are and the things .that I see and will continue to see for probably several months. I can only say that we are now In, a city; and that I have a really Important job in ; and that we are in little danger for a time at least of moving: to the, front; also tnat tne 162d infantry, formerly the Third Oregon, la now doing its bit. We hear the news daily from American papers published in Paris the same day;: and while the newa hasn't the advantage of the perspective that It receives before it reaches" you still we manage to keep fairly well In formed upon the general situation. "Day before yesterday I received the' first .mail that has as yet been brought to me since being in France: a whole lot of more than welcome letters and yon cannot imagine how much pleasure that they all brought totne for it is a long ways back to the good oli U. S.: and still further back to Oregon. (I am writing this on a French typewriter and the key board is different from those of the American make.) more, but with the headquarters or ganization r of the 16 2d -- Infantry, which is a company by Itself and has Its own organization. Primarily the tlon and performs the administra tive functions of tho regiment. "The rime came ajid it is a roost deferable acquisition to me in more ways than one. Uncle Doc is some man, and you can tell him for me that I appreciate it very much. As yet I have received nothing else, but am 'looking forward in great antici pation to the future. Your last let ter was dated December 6, so that I know that I must have a great deal of mall awaiting me sanie place. By now you know that we didn't arrive in England on the 20th. of December as was 'reported in Oref on according to the papers, but the fact that we are now heTe should compensate for the ; fact that we didn't, get here as soon as expected. It w is probably a pleasant rumor at that and satisfied you for a Christmas present. "We left Camp Mills so suddenly that I couldn't inform you that we any more than expected to sail, and so perhaps even by now you haven t heard from me. but undoubtedly will have leajned through the papers. "It vfis surely a lesome Christ mas, and a still more lonesome New Year's day, but all. this is almost verboten,' and it will not suffer In the telling when I get back, which I still hope as usual will be soon. We are seeing the best parts of France, and I am receiving an education that I hope will help to compensate for the time I lose from my practice of lawj The French towns are Teallv a curiosity to us all; a church, and low buildings; that Is low buildings for business houses, but usually three or four stories In height for houses. r will say that I had to gr to New York to see horse drawn street cars, but I had to come to Kurorne to ee many othe? things. "I rather think that the Christ mas box will be pretty late for little Christmas mall has yet been received by our boys. "I received the helmet and' box before lea wing Camp Mills, and they were both more than welcome addi tions to my wardrobe. This letter will be numbered 1, though of course it isn't the firstone I have sent to you. ' . - "I couldn't tell George Bnnre, or; rather ask him, whether he had got ten 'the sweater for the simple reason that I haven't seen him . for over a month and. probably wont get to see him! again, at least for several months. Am working tonight and being interrupted Is not conducive at all to my good temper and to the quality of the, work. Tell every one in Salem hello for me; I don't want them to forget me over here. Am looking forward to a good feed some time about Thanksgiving if the box doesn't break, as many of them do. on the way over. Ten o'clock. Mast quit and go to bed." Reason for American Coalless Days; French Buying Wood by Pound AUt fin - : DA tl . If . w -' . I I nrn mi im ii n ii i mi nsrii 1 - in 4 w .. - '. ' -1 V j: " f . . ; t .V:.. f I 1 This photograph is believed to show why Fuel Administrator Garfield decreed five coalless days and jjton roalless Mondays. It shows French people in the streets of Paris actually, buying wood by the pound. The dealer has several small sticks of wood on his scales, while men and women buyers point to piece" 'they want. Such a condition in Pa.'is, it is thought, made it important for ship loads of coal tc leave Am erica at once. Hy cutting off the American supply many ships cleared for foreign ports. 1 i 1 mentary evidence was seized. Much i I. W. W. literature to obstruct the FIFTY-FIVE I. W. W. GIVEN INDICTMENTS (Continued from page 1) fully. A third true bill charged Hoo-i with: illegally transporting dynamite on a passengar train engaged in in terstate commerce. ; It was the arrest of Hood and Voetter that led to a raid on the I. W. W.s headquarters here in which a headquarters company furnishes all I number of men were taken into cus- of the Tapew work for an organlza-1 tody 'and a large amount of docu- fion," and the distribution of alleged of this evidence was presented to the grand Jury and some of it was quoted in the conspiracy indictment which was returned today. Espionage Allecel Violated. Forty-six of the rlfty-five persons indicted today. including Hood and Voetter, have been in custody of the city and county authorities here since late last " December. Two of them Frank Reilly and Louis Toil are wanted ; on ; similar charges named in an indictment returned Ln Chicago, according to federal author ities. The names of nine of the fifty five were placed on secret file be cause they have not been taken Into custody. Five of these. John W. Preston. United States district attorney, an nounced in court, were Involved in charges of conspiracy to violate the esiponage act, dismissed recently in San Francisco. The other four re side Jn or near San Francisco, fed eral authorities said. Warrants for the arrest of these nine were pre pared today, a-, "IteJoels" Are Indicted. " The indictment charged the de fendants with a general conspiracy hy "threats, assaults and intlmida- artivities of 'ths government .In the prosecution of the war. It alleged that they were members of branches of the organization known as "mili tants" and "rebels." Violation of various sections of the penal code and war regulations and proclamations, including the enemv alien and selective draft acts, also were alleged. The defendants also were "accused of an organized conspiracy to "In jure and oppress certain citizens of the United States by threats and intimidation." CASTOR I A For Infants aad Children In Use For Over SO Years Always bears the Signature of Meyer London, the lone Socialist in congress, gays that the war will be over by election But the clever Meyer does not designate what elec I - - , .l.ll - I ., , !'" - "" ' I - m, , """"""""""" IWMM I III..IIH.H I ...l.. I ' r '' I '' " " ; ! ' . i : - . ljJ Ty"' - i L i 1 ) ' '''5 1 i I t.; iv - - ! v v I ',4m ! ! ! i i i i i t v We want you to realize the dependability of anything you buy at this store. DEPEND UPON IT Our stock of clothing and furnishings for men, young men . '. and boys is the most complete to be found in Salem. DEPEND UPON IT The Quality of our! merchandise is of a high order. It is a cardinal rule of this store to sell nothing but goods of su ' perior quality i DEPEND UPON IT You'll get the very latest and most popular styles here as well as the best quality and your suit will fit you perfectly for our own skillful" tailors will see to that part of the work. DEPEND UPON IT You'll get no old, shelf-worn goods at this store our stock is kept clean and new. - V I:--".''.'.!'''. '' DEPEND UPON IT The price of all our merchandise is extremely low -quality considered. We bought in large quantities before the re cent increases in wholesale prices and our price to you is based upon this low cost to us. DEPEND UPON IT . .T. I Evcrv lcle boug at thb store must be absolutely satisfactory. If it is not, bring it ' J .'! back and we will cheerfully make it so. SALEM WOOLEN ! I MILLS Always Dependable 147 SOLDIERS OF U. S. STILL ARE MISSING (Continued from page 1) the loss was remarkably small con sidering the number involved, - the revised admiralty report caused but ter disappointment. Press dispatch es last night Indicating that the dead might not exceed 100 had led to th hope that not more than fifty of the soldiers had perished. A cablegram received by the navy department during the day announc ed that 76 officers and 1274 men of the army had been landed at Buna rana, Ireland, that 91, soldiers are in hopsitals at Londonderry, while 570 officers and men1 are at Islay. This gives a total of 2011 but does not include the scattered surw?vors unofficially reported in ports in Scotland. Additional details of the snlendid conduct of the untried soldiers as described in press dispatches today were received with pleasure by officials.- -i Captain Andre Tardleu, high com missioner of France in the United States, telegraphed this message to j Secretary Baker today from New York: - ; . . , ' - . j "Accept my deepest feelings of sympathy in the present bereave ment, of the American army." Mr. Baker replied: y . v JPlease accept my deep apprecia tion of your telegram. Our loss la not so great-as at first reported, but It Is a contribution to the great cause j whlc we make with heavy hearts but nign spirits." Serious Injuries Suffered. , AN IRISH PORT. Feb. 8 Amer ican soldiers to the number of 550 left by rail today for a temporary camp in Northern Ireland. They left behind 32 hospital cases, the major ity suffering serious Injuries. :, The townspeople gave the Ameri cans a flattering send-off. The Amer icans marched one mile to the har bor while hundreds of townspeople cheered. The people have taken the Amer icans into their hearts. A brass band of British bluejackets headed, the procession, playing Yankee Doodle and Dixie to the delight of the Amer icans who presenteed a strange ap pearance In their misfit clothing. Many of the Americans wore ' the uniform of British soldiers which the authorities had rushed from var ious army barracks. The headgear of the Americans ranged from jockey caps to sou'westers. The Americans had a smile for ev erybody and felt grateful towards the townspeople whose generosity has known no bounds. The Americans were particularly grateful to the wo men of the village who had made them comfortablee. Farewells were satd In nerson at the railway station by the wife of the British commodore and a committee of women. Just before the train pulled out the Americana gave three cheers for the women. - : Occaftioit Made Holiday. The townspeople made the occasion a holiday. The schools were closed an hour earlier to enable the chll dren to)ld farewell to the Ameri cans and even the factorfes in the vicinity suspended work a few min utes to permit the girl workers to loin the crowd of 3000 persons who awaited the procession at the rail way station, Prominent among those at the sta tion were thee gray headed British commodore of the port and the may or and members of the town council At the head of the procession was a stalwart Texan who carried a large American flag. White-hooded nurs o distributed cigarettes among the Idlers as they bid goodbye to tne townspeople. . , "I doubt even If Americans could beat' thiV said the mayor. As the rain nulled cut factory and , boat whistles almost drowned the cheering. 1SOO Americans landed. Last night 1200 Americans who were landed at a laraer city 100 miles from here had recovered suf ficiently from the shock of their ex oerience to leave by train for a con centration camn to the eastward. " In two hospitals they left behind sixty two sick and injured comrades under reatmit. The majority were sur ferlng from exposure and pneumonia. Comparatively few had injuries and all were reported as progressing. Several America! surgeons wero left with them. It Is expected that a few men will be idlschxVged each day. They will be sent tr.two con centration camps where It is propos ed to kee the Americans until the majority have been reunited, when they will be sent to their original destination. BAKER IS PRAISED CABINET OPPOSED t Senator Thomas Says New BUI Would Add Ltnk to Binding Cham WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Except for more senate discussion, led by Senator homas, a Democrat of the military committee, who praised the array's - accomplishments, defended Secretary Baker And opposed the war cabinet ' bill there were no moves today in the controversy over war efficiency and organization. By common consent further action was postponed until next week: Both the senate and the military commit tee adjourned until Monday-. Tomorrow the conference of Re publican senators will be held. Republican- Leader Gallinger today de nied that solid party action upon pending legislation is planned. Senator Thomas renewed debate in the senate. He asserted the war department's record ' should be praised . and that Secretary Baker's statement before the committee was "a story replete with accompFisn ments." Opposing the war cabinet bill, he declared it would add "an other link to the cMain that already binds us." and take away the pres ident's powers as commander-in-chief. . , " JDurlng the discussion Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the mili tary committee, replied to criticism from Senator Lewis, Democratic whip, regarding the committee's ex amination of Mr. Baker. The latter suggested that the secretary should have been called - before the com mittee at first instead of after wit nesses had presented attacks. Sen ator Chamberlain said the commit tee's followed the express request of the secretary. ' The military committee met today hut did not attempt to consider the war cabinet measure, nor continue its war inquiry, . Long years ago a "crank" made England laugh by going to the pat ent office with a plan for the con servation of energy. ; He said ; he conld store enough energy In a box to move the Bank of England. , He couldn't. Put today this idea is- a commonplace which is put into oper ation every day. It Is nothing more nor less than hydraulics. Nat Goodwin declares that he will never many again. Has any design ing woman been proposing to Nat? COVGILL JUIOJ GOES TO FRAIvC Joins Regiment of Englz:;. in.PortlandTo Stop b Illinois Miss Helen CowglU, state lead;? of tlfe boya and girls clubs in Ori gon, passed through Salem yester day afternoon on her way to Wag'.! ington, D. C, where she will attest the annual convention of . agrlcuL turnl college - delegate from all t,, dlfferenC states, as representing On egon Agricultural college extengir a work and workers. Miss Cowgill was accompanied v far as Portland by her mother, Ifn V. C. Cowgill, who will - pfobab'y go on to eastern Oregon and vis t a few weeks with friends in Eaker her old home. In Portland they will be joined t W.'C, Cowgill Jr., who has Jnst tuc. cessf tilly passed his physical exam, (nations and Joined a regiment cf railroad and civil engineers at; u . will take passage for France. mu CowglU will go as far east with h: 1 as Chicago where their paths !j separate. ., Mr. Cowgill was born. In Spring field, Illinois, near the old Lincoln homestead, but has lived In Oregon since the was a smalt child. . La October he returned from Alas! 5 where he was engaged under. Maior M ears, .-of- the Alaska engineering commission as assistant engineer h constructing the railroad In the ifat anuska valley, leading to one of t: government's, coal mines, afterward taking charge of the undergronni surveys of the mine. Finding th I the company he expected to Join m Seattle had been filled and had ed for France, he came to Salem an up to tne time he learned of the tr r company forming In Portland, iraj resident engineer of the Pacific h!; i way with headquarters at Oaklant, Oregon. , In reaching the other side if 1 does safely his work there rwill U to 4ake the place, with others of 1 1 regiment, of the engineers who ha? been on the casualty list while bull; lng the necessary, railroad tracks ti carry munitions to the fronts buill tng trenches, or bridges, anything t keep the ' troops ln action. His e perience fn Alaska, where the the! mometer reaches 60 below sero I: the winter, will stand him in goci stead In France, where the weatt'r Is reported as still severe. ' Toung Cowgill will ro first Fort Grant, Rockford. I1L. and then will make all preparations for tU trip. A 'long distance phone re ceived from Portland says his regi ment will be known as the junior railroad engineers. He 'leaves with his mother and sister on an ear-s train this morning, headed for CLi- cago. ..:'.- - r ;.: ; ... . Fourth Effort Destroys Sixteenth Street lkz:i The fourth effort to destroy It fire an unoccuDied house at 2-j South Sixteenth street resulted C a&taously for the house and very satisfactorily for the person or per sons who set the fire last night. Tie Interior of the building was borne i out and the house virtually destroy ed. The house Is owned by a II rs. D. W. Smith. who lives in anojier part of the city. f The police and members of th fire department are certain that t fires have all been of Incendiary or igin. - Similar fires have occurred In other unoccupied, houses. In tfcs South Sixteenth street hous at a previous fire a quantity of k eraser ? was found in a milk bottle. , The of ficers believe it is the work of or and believe they have the gu'I'O' ones spotted. ItAXK REItTCET. Because the newly-commisslonel major on the way to Toronto lookel like ready money the porter h3 been very- active ln his attentions. His movements ' were of the "hot foot variety whenever the officer apperad to require service.' 'Also he was careful to address the major os "gin'rak" And when the train neared the" union depot and follow ing the assiduous use of the brash, the sable servitor discovered biro self In the possession of a dime c was equal to the emergency IH clicked his heels together, sainted and remarked. "Cofp'ral, Ah fan yo' sah.' Argonaut. The Poilu and the Lady in the Winter . . . : 1 . t . . ..... i , m m m 5 . . - s, . 1 , ' If- v rs-, r-lh; STORE '.',,Ji.w- t" -y r V -. 1 1 ' f ' '. f 1 " ( A i r ( - 0 r II '.V , , U WINTCR IN THC TRCNCMC4. WINTUt IN ruotOA. The picture at the left shows tho Poilu In or near the trenches In-northern France this winter, wher"' the snow has been deep and discouraging. The picture at the right show Lady Weilealey of England 03, the sands at Palm Beach. Ha.. wl3re there Is a near-tropical sun In the dead of winter. If wars could bf fought in a Florida climate, they would be over sooner, because there would be more time for flchtin?