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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN: SATITIPAV. UVRCII fl, 1918 WHITE MOUSE TO PLAY BIG PART : i IN WORLD WAR as-,.. - Little Rodents Helping Crush Pneumonia Needed in Great Numbers PRICE NOW $1.22 EACH 1 Breeding Promises to Be Prof itable Industry; Declares Mai 1 CHICAGO, March 5. Tie is just a little thing, -with Lmow-white hide, and .beady eyes, yet he is destined to play a most Important part in th? ; 'world war. "He" is the white mouse. Major W. A. Shields, chief medf 1 cal officer at the Central department supply depot here, says that these mice are needed in large numbers now and that if there he those who are in a quandary as how best they may serve their country; it would be well for them look into the whita mice industry. - s White mice. Major (Shields said, are among the most important needs of the army hospitals. Upon secur ing a sufficient number of the tiny xodents may depend the lives of many: hundreds of American soldiers and sailors. Mice Eliminate J$uffering.,j ;.. . Pneumonia Is the f spectre , with whith the tiny mice are called upon to do tattle, and, according to the medlca) officer. If the-mlee can be had In sufficient numbers, they can erusbthis grim monster of the ean tonmenta and trenches.. They can alleviate the suffering caused by pneumonia by the "sacrifice of their llTes for the manufacture of serum. Through elaborate experiments it has been discovered, according to Major Shields, that pneumonia is of several kinds, each being . distinct from the other and requiring a dif ferent serum. There is, however . . " A - M . lV oai one way in wmcn 10 aeiermin-? which of the diseases has a 'tacked the patient, that is through the use of white mice. The question that faces the medi cal supply officers is to get the little rodents which play. such. an Impor tant part Ijx army hospital servic. Before the .war, said Major Shields.1 mice were so plentiful that ten .cents each would purchase all one might desire. r Mouse Costs $1.22. - i Then came the war. and the sud den demand for large quantities of the rodeTats"lm-medlareirthe,,priee leaped upward. Today, Major Shields said, white mice are quot ed at $1.2.2 each, with prospects that the price has sot yet reached the top. "This Is a sample of the "patriot- Ism: Of some of the people of this country.' Major Shield laid. "It ls'aisad commentary mpon such per sons that they will let - their grel outstrip their duty to America. A white mice breeder recently wrote, asking my quotation on mice. "When I told him giving him a figure that Yr. months ago would have been con sidered - extravagant he - replied that he could. get ten cents apiece more elsewhere, and he refused to let us have any. Not -all persons, however, are like this, the officer added. A woman in California-who sends on an average of fifty mice a month to the Chicago depot, has requested that the check In payment forrther rodents be turn ed over to the "American Red Cros:. "While the department could not do this, it was none the Iff exceedingly gratified to not- tbf ptrit. ' ' Breedhift J RapW. ' . 'White mice are bred in mouser les,' -the Major said in explaining how " the animals are reared. They breed rapidly and the expense for caring for them is practically noth ing. All that is required is a place to keep them which need not be expen sive. 'and a slight expenditure for food. The mice are fed .lettuce, oats and greens and are very hardy. They are shipped" to the "Chicago depot from the Pacific coast with practical ly no loss and are kept at the central department depot until called for by the various hospitals. Major Shields explained, however, that the supply Is so limited that the depot is unable to keep any on hand and has been WHAT DO When they read your circulars or catalogs? Do they answer or throw them into the waste basket? Print ing THE STATESMAN PUB? CO JOB DEPARTMENT S : j : - ' J - Always Furnishes The Best WE WORK TO PLEASE YOU Phone 583 obliged to use every facility- at its disposal in order, to , find enough to supply prosent needs of the hospital? Pneumonia is generally refogniz ed as one of the most deadly diseas to which soldiers are subject. Th-? averas' death rate is s.S per cent. In consequence of this fact it presents itself as a deadly menace to the men at canton nwnts both here and abroad but if a sufficient iftipply if whit. mice can be obtained" the death rate can be appreciably lowered. In the diagnosis of pneumonia with white mice, secretions from tho nose or throat of the patient are in jected into the aniiiial and then by a series of experiments which are executed quickly, the exact nature of the disease can be ascertained ami the proper treatment can be adminis tered. No other animal can be used for this' work, tHe major said. Major Shields said that he is now securing white mice from several mouseries in the United States and a small supply from Canada. "IT Sl'KE 1K)KS THE WORK" Mrs. W. H. Thornton, 352S W. 10th St.. Little Rock, Ark., writes: "My little boy had a severe attack of croup and I honestly believe he would have died if in had not been for Foley's Honey and Tar. I would not be without it at any price, as it sure does the work." Best remedy for coughs, cold.s whooping cough. J. C. Perry. FAMILIAR SONG RECALLS HOME i . . Company M Boy Hears French Girl Sing "Swaunee River" on Street ? Allan Jones son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jones of Salem, is doing office work in Company M in Franca and. says it is right in his line. Now and then he is able to attend a thea ter and finds it interesting. He writes that he was surprised to hear a French girl singing "Suwanee Riv er" as she passed along the street. His letter follows: , "I am still on the job in the office There is an immense amount of cler ical or paper work in our company and they find plenty for me to do. It is not an unpleasant job. and quite in my line. . i T "Have you got anv Allotment man- ey yet? If you haven't you doubt less will soon. I've received no pay. for three fonths and am in dire f-1 nancial straights I had to borrow 10 francs from Tommy Coates. I'll have rjuite a bunch of money. Ever since landing here I'll be drawing SI 8 Instead of $15. After pay day I'm going toget a theater pass, and to the opera. They play Faust, Si gurd, Boheme Wilhelm Tell, and many other grand operas here1. The trouble is they begin so late (at 9 o'clock) and last almost four hours, and we must be in at 10:30. We'ca" get a pass from 3 till 10:30 every fourth day. ; On Sunday, 1 to 10:30, so it is impossible to go to the thea tre, except Sunday matinee. T went to a musical comedy one Sunday, and was quite amused. The actors were quite good but all the men were old birds. . "There is one cVe where I go to the concerts occasionally. They have a stage at the end of the hall, an orchestra and entertainers. The en tertainers . are not so clever or do tbey work ' so hard or get the ap plause accorded the New York res taurant and cabaret artists. One hears American music verv little cutside of camp, although I did hear a girl Binging 'down Where the Suw anee River Flows.' as she was pass ing along the street. I was very sur prised. "At Tetreat the band plays 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'Marseillaise, both of which rate a salute from un iformed men here." Dallas Meat Company Is Sold to Firm of Grocers s DALLAS. Or., March 8. (Special to , The Statesman.) The Dallas Meat company one of the oldest bus iness establishments Jn this city, closed Its doors the first of the week and thejroprietors will devote their tife to other interests. The stock o? the concern has been bought by Vitrs & company, local grocers. Ed and Joel Shaw, owners of the busi ness will hereafter look after their big stock farm on the Luckiamute where they have several thousand head of sheep and other stock. Get Wise-Trv a Classified Ad THEY SAY rcb UN t s 215 S. Commercial ITALY PREPARES FOR PROTECTION OF SACRED ART Many Valuable Works Put Underground Since Aus trian Air Raids SAND SACKS ARE USED Matresses Filled With Saw dust Protect Great Altar of Church ROME. Feb. 28. Correspond ent of the Associated Press.) The most complete effort to protect works of art from damage.: and de struction the world has jtever seen, so it is stated, has just been finished by Italy's department of antiques and fine arts, the head of which Is Corrado Ricci. The aviation raids of the Aus trians in the early part of the war proved bo harmful that the effort has 'not been limited to putting un derground or in bomb proof store houses Italy's treasures of paintings and sculptures, but it has ajlso been attempted to protect cathedrals, pal aces and museums in every; city of Italy by erecting bomb-proOf struc tures above or outside the finer por tions of such buildings. j t . It is estimated that no less than a million sacks of sand have been used in this work and that no less than ten thousand temporary wooden frame structures of every size have been erected in the various cities and districts where necessary. It is also stated that the deliber ate bombarding of the Church of St. Anthmy at Padua, for hundreds of years a Mecca for Catholiss through out the world, tends to prove how little will be the consideration shown St. Peter's church and the Vatican palace in Rome where dwells Pope Benedict, should Austrian av iators succeed in reaching Rome. So far there has been no effort, however, by the pope or the rulers of the Vatican to protect the Sistino chapel or any other of the Vatican museums filled with many of the world's most valuable paintings, frescoes, bronzes, and sculptures. . Many of Rome's treasures on the Capitoline Hill and elsewhere .have been shielded or stored in bomb proof locations, either in Rome itself or in secret places in the south of Italy, as has been the case with many works of arts of north Italy. The vast protective work undertaken In Venice three years ago by Ugo Ojetti has been practically duplicated .all over Italy. The wall paintings of the "Last Supper" by Leonardo di Vinci In the Church of Our Lady of Grace, at Milan, more famous even than the paintings on the subject by Roselli in, the Sistlne chapel of the Vatican, both of .which paintings .nave been widely ' reproduced throughout the world, has been votected in . the most careful manner. It la not argued that a high ex plosive . bomb falling directly upon this space would not injure the painting, in view of sad experiences elsewhere, but It is believed the painting would be protected ' from light bombs or ones falling indi rectly. The treatment of this painting Is typical of what has been done in hundreds rJ cases at Padua, at Ve rona, at Bologna, at Florence, at Ra vonna and elsewhere with treasures whose ' names have been household words. Many bron?e or marble statues have simply been covered up, as with the gigantic marble "David" of Michael Aneelo, In the acdemy gallery at Florence and the triumph al arch of Trajan, at Ancona, on the Adriatic sea, an arch some seventy- five feet high. ' "I To protect the mosaic work' pre served, in the. tomb of the Roman Empress Galla Placida. at Ravenna, a new building was placed about the tomb, so that now the tomb . is a building within a building. The fa mous "Assumption" by Correggto, painted on the ceiling of the dome of the cathedral at Parma has been secured from danger It is thought by the arrangement of a series of 600 sand sacks in clrculaj form un der the roof of the dome, iwth an ingenious set of wooden rafter to relieve the strain from the priceless ceiling. As church altars always contain the finest and most elaborate paint ing and mural decorations, great care has been taken to shield them, as In the cast of the gTeat altar of St. Anthony's church at Padua, by Ionatfllo. Here many hundreds of sand farks were piled up, and in ad dition many hundreds of square yards of mattresses filled with saw dust bung on scaffolds reaching up to the ceiling. There Js not a val uable altar In all of north or central Italy which has not likewise its cov ering of sacks and mattresses. In the .same manner fronts of churches remarkable for their marble and bronze decorations have bee a cared for. "The only reason that will keep the Austro-Germans from attempt ing to destroy art works." paid Ugo Ojetti. recently, "is the hope that some day they may be able to steal them. Afteady in the imperial-museum and the imperial academy at Vienna are twenty-five paintings of Titian and fifteen of Tintoretto." Todd and Moores Elected Captains for Itiffball , The T. M. C. A. biff ball contest which attracted a larger attendance as well as more attention than any farmer contest this season ame to a very happy close at the association gymnasium last night by Captain Sikes and hfs team winnrng both of the evening's, contests and thereby winning ttr series. Immediately" after the games tho men adjourned to the dining room, where a dinner had been prepared. Short talks were made by retiring Captain Sikes and Alderin. also by John lindd. state Y. M. C. A. .secre tary for boys and college work, and W. D. Farnhaiii. local .manager for the Oregon Motor Car company. New captains for the 'coming series were elected, John YY. Todd and Chester A. Moores. x imi.kov oc: saiii ".V Ko..t (.!. Army is An Army Half D'-l-atel." Men in Training ('amp, in antonntnt, in the Army nnil Xa,v sudor from llist-r an.t imre ppot on their feft. Kvery "CimUnrt Kit' should contain; one or more boxes of Allen'n Koot-Kde. the altifeptic powd er to shake into the Plioes. It fresh ens the tlreit. aching, smarting feet nrol heal blisters and Fore ppotg. The I'lattsburt; amp Manual advices mm in training to niakc daily use of Kot Ka.e. tv-ld everywhere. 2.".o. coatkIeads national party Socialist Party and Non-Par tisan Leaguer Choice for Chairman CHICAGO, March S.-David C. Coates, formerly lieutenant gover nor of Colorado, an active figure in the Socialist party and one of the founders of the non-partisan league, was made chairman 'of the National party at the final session of its first convention here today. "His election as well as that of all other officers, was without dissension and ie tick et as finally adopted carried a rep resentation of ali of the several par ties bmalgamated with the new or ganization." J. A. II. Hopkins, formerly New Jersey" state chairman of the Pro gressive party, was elected chairman cf the executive committee, and first vice chairman of the party. Other officers elected were: Second vice chairman. Miss Marie C. Brehm, Ixng lleacbv Oal.; secretary, Clar ence K. Pitts, Xhieago, and William F. Cochran. Baltimore, treasurer. Two additional vice chairmen will be elected by the executive committee. Ira Landrith of Tennessee, was nam ed chairman of the advisory commit tee. SALEM MEETING PN5EYEN Series of Laymen's Missionary Conventions in North west Soon The Laymen's Missionary conven tion to be held in Saltm March IT, IS and 19. is ope of a series of sevei great missionary 'conventions fo men and women that, will be held in Washington and Oregon from February 27 to March 22, 191 S. In a recent series in California the av erage registration of men and wom en was 1000 in eaich cityj The northwest hopes to surpas3 California.- The purpose of , tfbe convention is: To consider the-, new missionary opportunities and" demands in' a world at war. , To face new world conditions and America's enlarged responsibility. ' To Increase the spiritual power and efficiency of the local church. To inspire men and women to take their part in the extension of the Kingdom of Christ. To contribute a permanent mis sionary impulse to the churches. The convention is financed by a registration fee of SO cents, which i' reguired of each delate. The reg istration fee for the men's conven tion is $1. Mobilizing for world service is the general theme of the program. Some of the topics follow: ThCall of the Hour. 1. The Challenge of the World's Need. . The Church in a World at War. The Field to He Won. 1. The Northwest. 2. America. 3. The World. Enlisting 3Ien and Women in World Service. 1. An Adeguate Program of Mis sionary Education. 2. Fundamental in Missionary Efficiency. Assignment f r Service. 1. Opening meeting and rally of men and women by oenominations. Forres to lie Wielded. 1. Men and Women. 2. Moneyv S. Prayer. Equipment and Training. 1. A Program fr a Modern Church. 2. Mastering; the Plan or Cam paign. 3. Releasing the Resources of the Church. Victory. 1. Triumphs Far and Near. 2. How to Make Victory Certain. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature off Coqaille Man Is Candidate for Seat in Legislature Charles It. Harrow of Coquille yes terday filed declaration, of his inten tion to be a candidate for the Repub lican nomination for representative in the legislature from the fifth dis trict. His solgan is "Support the boys. Winn the war. Sane busi ness legislation. Clean moral legislation." PLAN TO TAKE MARKETS FROM GERMANY LAID France to Depend on U. S. for Goods Formerly Pur chased in Europe ALSACE TO MAKE BEER Belief Is Expressed That Dye Problem Can Be Solved With Allies PARIS. Jan. 26. (Correspond ence.) Elimination Of German pro ducts tfnm the French market and closer commercial contact with the entente countries and especially with the United States is the goal toward which the Republican committee of commerce, industry and agriculture is striving. Senator Alfred Mascur aud told The Associated Press to day. Founded in 1914 under the auspi ces of the ministry of commerce and with Senator Mascuraud of the Seine as its president, the committee .with a view to dispensing with German importations after the war has been making an extensive study of eco nomic conditions in France and has been trvinc to ascertain whatifrlend ly countries could furnish France with the products formerly Imported from Germany. "It sounds very well," said Sena tor Mascuraud, "to hear brilliant orators speak of driving the Germans from the foreign markets but in or der to do so other supplying markets must be found. Goods formerly pur chased In Germany will be needed after the war and unless other coun tries among our friends are prepared to supply us with them, inevitably the Lusiress eventually will revert to Germany." French Imports Heavy. The; committee has discovered that France, during the last fiscal year previous to the outbreak of hos'il itles. imported machinery to tho ts.1 ue of 431,000.000 francs. Germany headed the list of exporting coun tries in that commodity by a com fonab!e margin. Then came Great r.ritan, Switrerland and the United States, 'in the order named. The idea of th s committee, as ex pressed b Mr. Hivy. i secreary. Is to intensify the production in the three latter countries in such ratio that with the German share of the importation from the French market, indus'ry in, Frame shall not suffer f -oni lack of machinery. I'e fore the war a largj per:entag2 of agricultural implements came Germany. "There is not reason In the world why the United States should not supply France with all its needs in that line," said Senator Mascuraud. V. S. to Replace Germany. - "In exchange we shall attempt to furnish the United States with such merchandise as was formerly pur chased in Germany and which Is be ing or could be manufactured In France," he added. In reply to a query as to whether In his opinion, Germany could be dispensed with in the market for dyes and dyestuffs, Mr. -Ha vy ex pressed himself as confidcpt that, with the recent discoveries in Eng land and the experiences and won derful improvements achieved in, the United States since the beginning of the war. Germany, could well be Ig nored when the matter of dyes was taken up. "All the secrets relating v to the manufacture of these dyes were sto len from the United Sttates. Great Britain and France originally," said Ui It&'vy. The same view, it la pointed out. could be taken with regard t surgi cal Instruments, chemical products and other commodities of which Ger many appeared to nave more of less the monopoly before the war. "What will France do fc-r beer? asked the correspendent. ' It is a matter of statistics that more than sixty percent of the beer consumed in France in times of peace was of German brew.1 "We have done without German beer since 1914 and I presume we ifroaai The Oreqon S 215 can continue. At in rate America is a great beer producing country," replied Senator Mascuraua. "When we have Alsace-Lorraine back." said Mr. Havy, "we can brew some there. The best German, beer came from there and not from 5a rarla or Bohemia." Thus if the French soldier would have his German beer after the war he must first conques Alsace-Lorraine. ' Professor Brown Here to Confer With R. C. Paulas Prof. W. S. Brown of the horticul tural department of Oregon Agricul tural college paid a visit to Manager Robert C. Paulus of the Salem Fruit nnlon in anticipation of the needs of the big crops in sight for the com ing season, especially the require ments of the prune orchards In Mar ion county, which, perhaixs, may re quire scientific pruning. I He stated while here that he is looking forward to a tremendous crop of prunes, as well as other fruit both large and small. Mr. Paulus told tho professor that he had just shipped his last car of petite prunes, hich netted the grow ers upwards of $8,000. Great Northern Company To Use Big Auto Trvck Sanford Jones, agent In Salem for the Great Northern Epress company, announced yesterday afternoon that his company, on the first of next month, will have in operation in Sa lem the first auto truck to be placed In service in'Salem in express serv ice. It will he a large car. with a ca pcity of nearly two tons of freight. and will enable the company to make its deliveries of feright, and the gathering of packages from shippers very much more quickly than with its present system of express wagons drawn by horses. $10,000 WORTH STAMPS SOLD Phenomenal Showing Is Made by PupiIs,of Salem Pub- lie Schools City School Superintendent John W. Todd, announced yesterday after noon after he had received all re ports of the sale of thrift stamps by the pupils of the different schools of the city, 6ince tljie drive began two weeks ago which- amounted to more than $10,000. Following are the figures from the beginning of the campaign: Highland school, $112.14; Park school. Si GO ; Lincoln school. $698. 25: High School. $3,981.95; Rich- rmond school. ,,$447.25; McKinley school, $288.57; Garfield, school, J, -063.54; Englewood school, $147.33; Washington school, $3.0i6.07; Grant, $907.50; total $10-892.65. The total for this week is $3,557. 87. Parker & Banfield Mast Replace Work in Walls Parker & Banfield. Portland con tractors, will, be at an additional ex pense of several hundred dollars be cause of a misunderstanding with Architect Lazarus relative to con struction of interior partitions in the new north wing of the state hospital receiving ward. An arbitration of the difficulty by W. A. Legg of Sa lem and Albert Sutton and O. G. Hughson of Portland was completed yesterday. . The question arose over failure of the contractors to put reinforcement at the base of the walls after a change had been agreed upon in th? construction of the walls, the archi tect contending that the requirement for the reinforcement had not been eliminated from the specifications. The arbitrating parties were the con tractors and the state board of con trol. The agreement is that the work be accepted except such de fective portions as may be pointed out by Superintendent Stelner which must be removed and replaced by the same construction as the other portions at the expense of Parker Banfield. ' , The expected eruption of the Kil auea volcano will not materialize. Too much opposition. IS THIS YOUR HOUSE? m Only the passers-by will know if you have a placard on your house, but Thousands will see vou use. a - asslf led A S. Commercial Phone 23 GERMANY VERY SHORT OF MALE LABOR THIS YEAR Women Take Places in AU Branches of Industrial Activity RAILROADS USING MANY Competition Between Plants Boosts Wages of Labor Vigorously NEW YORK. Feb. 28. Germany has b.n extremely short of .mala labor this winter, according to Ger man newspapers. The latest official' labor statistics published show that there were only fifty-six applicants for every one hundred vacancies fori male workmen. The market for fe male laborers showed for the first time since the early days of the war an over-supply. 108 applicants being registered for every hundred posi tions. J The Prussian state railroads alone employ over one hundred thousand women in various capacities froii section hand to railroad conductor. Before the " war there were barely ten thousand women on the payrolls of the state railways, employed largely. as scrubwomen, although they were also found. in the tele graph department, as clerks in vari-' ons bureaus and sometimes as cross-' tng tenders. ' . Minister Von Breltenbach, head of the Prussian ministry of ways and communications said that if the war continued the number of women em ployed would increase even further in order to release more men for " the eolors. He stated in the Lejps:c Illustrated Zeitnng that the women laborers had in general proved fair ly satisfactory, attributing this in part to the fact that the use of'trous-. eis had been made compulsory and hinted that skirted employes in th traffic denartment and on the road bed' would have been far less effi cient 5 lie said that in duties of a pre dominantly mental character, women wer,e praqtieally as efficient as men. When mental ability must be com bined with strength and physical ; skill, aa in the ease In most branches.' of ; the operative departments, the. women," he declared, could not keep pace with the men. while." in posi tions requiring chiefly qualities of muscle and endurance, such as those of track repairers, for example., the women reached only 50 to 75 per cent of ' the efficiency of the male laborers. - ' For this reason Minister Ttrelten-', bach apparently looked upon the era-, ployment of women in such large numbers nTm the railroads; only as, a temporary expedient, to be gradn- , ally abandoned aAer the conclusion of tie war. The shortage of labor and til) competition between the . various plants engaged on war work lias re sulted In a decided boom In the wages of labori-some of the working classes in Germany now being in re ceipt of such high wages as to pro voke sniteful and sarcastic eommeit from the anti-socialist newspapers. One provinclil - paper, printing a story of the extremely h!?h prices on the Berlin market, mentioned tbs normal equivalent of $50 as the price of a fat goose wben bought by surreptitious methods and added that only workmen could afford th luxury. - When tacitnrn. slow-speaking Tom r Bixby lost his wife, in 1915, he went to live with his son, Jim. whose wife talked at the rate of 300 words a minute practically all the time she was awake. After a few attempts Tom quit trying to say anything. There never was an opening in t& conversation wide enough to get in a word. In 1916 Mrs. Jim went away for a visit. , "Pa." chuckled film, upon his re-j turn from the station, "what was it you started to say last spring?" , Country Gentleman. I. SALES T 1 , TATESMAN