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X. THE OREGO.V STATESMAN; SATl'KDAY. APRIL . - " - i 1 ! WANT SOLDIERS TO HAVE VOTES -.. . - -;v r . Marion County Veterans' As sociation Favors Enact ment of Law Deploring the fact that Oregon soldiers when absent from the state are without the right to vote, the Marlon County Veterans associatl6n has adopted a resolution favoring the , enactment of a law removing this disability and declaring that mem bers of the association will refuge to Tote for .any candidate for the leg islature not favoring such action. Another section of the resolution favors free transportation of all sold iers .on furlough to their homes, wbether-their passage Is on ships or railroads. , . The resolution follows: Resolved. That the measure of patriotism that no?, confronts us is that every man and woman of thfs nation sBall do their full patt In pro ducing and conserving; all things necessary to the prosecution of the war and we unhesitatingly denounce such as fall to measure up to the grave responsibilities now resting upon them as slackers. - "Resolved. That to the young men that have taken up arms in defense of country and home that we pledge them the full support of all that we have and that we will relentlessly stamp out all forms of unpatriotic ac tivities at home. , "Resolved, That we deplore the fact that Oregon soldiers when ab sent from the state are disfranchised and we hereby pledge our ernest sup port to the enaetmeat of a lew re moving this disability to the fxtent thatwe refuse to vote for any legis lator not favoring such action. "Resolved, Tbat we favor free transportation of all soldiers on fur lough from their commands to their homes on either ships or railroad and that a copy of this resolution be sent to each member of congress in house and senate from Oregn." CZERNIN'S LYING IS CONFIRMED Official Statement Shows Premier Clemenceau's De i nial of Assertion PARIS, April I.-In an official statement Issued by the government today ; Premier Clemenceau's denial of the truth of the assertion of For eign Minister Czernln, that a conver sation; concerning peace had been held between Austria and France, was given confirmation. The note follows: i . I "Premier Clemenceao, upon as suming the duties of president of the council, found that conversations had been entered Into In Switzerland upon Austria's initiative between the Count ! Revertata, a personal . friend of Emperor Charles, and Command ant Armand of the second bureau. French general staff, designated for that purpose by the French minister at thejtlme. "M.t Clemenceau did not wish to assume the responsibility of Inter rupting conferences which had yield ed no results, but which might fur nish useful sources' of information. Commandant Armand thus was al lowed to continue hi journey in Switzerland upon the request of Counts Revertata. Instructions as follows:! 'Listen and say nothing. "Count Revertata. becoming con vinced j that bis attempt to bring about a German peace was doomed to failure, la order fully to char acterize his mission, gave Com mandant "Armand a letter written In his own- hand . dated February 25, 1918,' the first sentence of which reads: " 'During the month of August, 1 917 with a view to obtaining from the French government a proposition to Austria which might lead to fu ture peace and be of such a nature as to be susceptible of being endors ed by Austria and presented to ffie O Into Your Waste Basket! Then Look on Which circulars 'The Cheap, The Neat Well Printed Ones k Now, Think What i& Others Do PRINTING COUNTS We Can Satisfy You STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. JOB. DEPARTMENT : ' ; - Phone 583 215 S. Commercial Upstairs Herman government, conferences have been entered upon.' "Count Revertata, being himself the solicitor, acknowledges in the following terms:. 'That the purpose was to obtain from the French f?ov ernmen't propositions of peace, ur-.der rover of Autria,for transmission to lierliu.' V Sin h is the fact borne out by an authenticated document which Count Czernin has dared to refer to la the following terms: " 'Clemenceau. shortly before the beginning of the Offensive on the western front, had me asked whether I was ready to enter upon negotia tions and upon what basis.' "In speaking thus, not only he did cot's tell the truth, but told the op- posi te of "truth, which in France is termed 'lying. LONDON. April G. Lord Robert Cecil, parliamentary n ml ex-secretary of foreign affairs, told the Associated Press today that whatever doubt about Count Czernln might have ex isted before his latest declaration. there can be no- doubt no tbat he. stands for Prussian ideals and Prus sian policy. "I must confess, Lord Robert added, "that T prefer Prnssiaji bru tality to Austrian hypocrisy. If you are goifig to rob and strangle your neighbor, it is better not to talk of your moderation." Lord Robert, taking up whit he characterized as Count Czernln's lat est peace terms, continued: "Count Czernin claims with the .greatest audacity that he and his allies have just made proposals that are moderate, and even guided by the principles of self-determination, no annexations and no indemnities. As far as self-determination is con cerned la every one of the new states they have set up they have done so J without the slightest reeard to the wishes of the peonies and no serlo-us attempt was made even to follow racial boundaries or racial antece dents." i THREE FINISH HIGH SCHOOL Graduation Exercises Held at Scotts Mills Friday Night QOTTP MILLS. Or.. Aprfl G. Graduating exercises of the i Scotts Mills high school were given in the I. O. O. F. building Friday night. .A prosram was given which consisted of vocal and Instrumental music. J. W. L. Smith of Salem present el the diplomas to the graduates. Those graduating were: Louie Magee, Shirley Dunagan and Wilford Kellia. Ven Drager and sister Miss Mar ion Drager were week-end visitors In Scotts I Mills. I Mrs. Ill Ramsby and son of Port land are visiting her parents Mr. end Mrs. A. L. Brougher. Misses Francis and Pauline; Sem olke of Salem, visited relatives at Noble over Easter. Mrs. C. E. Mulchlll spent the week-endl 'with her hsuband in Port- J land Mrs. T. Maplethorpe of Salem who has been (visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. T. Hogg ard family, the past week returned home Saturday. Miss Ifalley Wiley of Newberg who has been visiting at the E. W. Conlson home for several weeks re turned to her home Saturday., J. B. Fisher has purchased a new automobile. Miss Vanetta Lewis returned home Monday from a visit in Portland. Her sister Mrs. It. V. Martin accompan ied her. ! 4tm' Mrs. and Mrs. F. E. Shafer and two boys Earl and- Frank and T. Maplethorpe' were Easter visitors at the W. TJ Hogg borne, W. iH. liiunw iuuui; biiihui EU'-l- r r I L .... AV1 A..-.. Intendent attended the graduating exercises Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. George Haynes were In Mt. Angel Wednesday Mrs. IL Daley of Crooked Finger went to Portland Wednesday for a few day visit. Visitor (noticing empty cage)- Dld your jcanary die a natural death? Ilobby Yes-m: the cat ate him. Boston Transcript. 01 your desk have you saved? Shoddy; Kind WILLAMETTE IT IS BEATEN BY OREGON, 15 TO 1 Eugene Nine Shows Advan tage Acquired by Earlier Spring Practice i SCORE MADE BY SMALL Coach Matthews Leaves for Corvallis This Morning to Play 0. A. C. Willamette was no match for the University of Oregon baseball team yesterday afternoon on Sweetland field, losing In a slowly-played game 15 to 1. The university team showed th effects of the spring practice they have had and bandied the ball much cleaner than the locals. Oregon hammered out 17 bits from the of ferings of Brewster and Sniess while the b?st Willamette could get was one a fdnsle by .Wa pa to in the fixth inning. "Art" Here, the big southpaw whom Coach Dean Walker used, was in rare form and sent six men back to the bench via the strike-out route. Steers was the hitting star for the afternoon, getting five clean bingles in five trips to the plate. Willamette scored its lone run in 1he third Inning., Small reached first when S'ie?by fumbled his grounder end then proceed-;! to steal peeonfl and third in succession. He scored on McKitrick's hit to Morrison. Mor rison threw home but It was too late to catch Small. One rather peculiar fact about the game Is that officially Pavles did not appear at bat. In the first and fourth innings be walk ed and In the fifth he was hit bv a pitched ball. Neither of these count as a time at bat. The Stato University team fielded much smoother than Willamette, making but three errors to the lat ter's nie. This may be laid to the fact that Coach M-athewa has bad his men out only a week while Ore gon has been practicing for the last month. Willamette leaves for Corvallis this morning to "meet O. A. C: at Corval lis and Coach Matthews Is confident that his team will make, a better showing against the Aggl?s TMmlck. the onej best bet on the pithing staff. is siattid to twirl. f The hox score of the game yester day follows: Oreaonj An. R. II. PO. A. E II. 1 1 r, l PO. n 12 i l l 4 0 0 0 A. 1 1 n 2 4 o ft 3 ureoe. ss 5 4 t n 1 n Lind. Ib 1 MedleyJ if 4 cf R 3b 2 c .1 ft Steers. 0 Sheeby, 1 1 ft ft 0 3 E. 3 0 1 ft 4 ft 1 0 0 ft 0 Dunton Morrlson2b 5 1 1 1 i: n. l o 1 0 1 it it o 0 0 0 Runqui ft.rf 5 l l 17 II. 0 o 0 0 0 1 o 0 (I 0 o Berg; p 4 .47 Totals 21 14 PO. A. 1 2 2 ft 7 1 2 0 WillamftteAB. Small, 3b 3 I)avies.-2b M'Kitrlck lb 2 Waltz, rf 2 Dimlek.ns- 2 apato.icf 0 I 0 1 1 0 Medler. 1 1 2 1 0 0 Story. Tlrewstei Spless, Olson, sj Totals 20 1 1 21 X , . . t 2 n r, i 2 l . ..1 3 2 L 3 2 1 . . . ft ft 1 ft ft ft -0 Oregon & . -15 17 - 1 Hits ".!. t, Wlllannttf Hits ...O 0 0 0 O1O 1 llnm run, Dunton; Summary tbree-base hit,, Grebe; two-base hit. Medley. I.ind. Steers; strike outs, by Rerg. 6M)y Drewster. 1: by Fpiess, 2; bafes ori balls off Ib-rg. 4: ofr Brew ster, 2;off Ppiess. 2; Wild pitches. Brewirtef. l;!passed balls. Medler. 3; double lilays; Fpless to McKltfick to Dtmlck; hit by Pitcher, by P.erg, Davlest Dimlck. Small. Empire, Thomas Kay; time of game, 2 hours and Z minute. SALEM PRODUCT MASSES MUSTER Dehydrated Potatoes to Be on Move When Cars Are Provided Resulting from recent visit paid The SaUMti-Kingi Products cntnpajy In Salem, by a government lnpeeior frin the quartermaster? nnpart ment. Manager Walker "has b-en civ en permission- to sfilp out from tha. piant In Salem the dohydrated pots toes contracted for only a short time sgo. Mr. Walker said yesterday that shipments would begin moving In carload lots jujt ns soon ns the nee eary equipment can lie secured from th railroad compnnv. Hie contract call for tons tif dehydrated potatoes or nurly .1.- 2.".o,000 pounds, and It will now take over 2fto carloads -pnlaUws of po- 1ato as they came fmm the field or not Ih than'thlrtv straight cat s of the finished product. Thre still remain to be let by the government contracts ' for' carrots onions and turnips, but the potatoes vere ordered first b4us.; of thel supreme Importance at this stase nf the war. as it Is impossible to ship potatoes raw. Hud mn aic.to V? bad abroad at any jiibe. l OKMI U si KVKVOU ItA.XKIU IT. DALLAS. Or.. April r., fSp--U to.The Statesman Creditors of f It. CanfMd, former Polk county sur veyor. have received notices stating that be ha fild petitions in bank ruptcy in rortliui. CVaflcld's fara ily lived In Dallas until a short time at-'o when they moved to Portland where he has been working for some tin-e.. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN Women clergymen in the United States total over 700. Women are to be employed as for est patrols in the Northwest. The Woman's Democratic club of New York City is to hold a Jeffer son Day dinner. A training course for women dent al hygienics has been provided at the Harvard dental school. Dr. Mary Freeman holds the of fice of second vice-president of the Florida State agricultural commis sion. ' . Mrs. A. H. Taylor, of Bowling Green, Ky., is the manager of a large and successful mail order business. One hundred and fifty women are studying at Kansas State Agricultu ral college to become electrical en gineers. The "National League for Woman's Service Is arranging to give a great patriotic food show in .New York next mohth. One half of the 260 girl students at St. Olar college, Minnesota, have received Red Cross certificates in first aid. Some of the wealthy society wo men of Pittsburg are planning to "do their bit" by going to work on the farms this summer. Cincinnati's most successful drug gist Is a woman who owns and man ages a chain of downtown drug stores in the Queen City. "Cleveland trado and technical schools have been thrown open to girl pupils so that they may-learn any trade that is tpen to their bro thers. In Multnomah county. Oregon, which includes the city of Portland., nearly 4o,"o women . voters have registered for" the coming primary election. Mrs. Emily R.. Weinberg, an active suffraglht. Is one of the- firt women in New York City to be appointed a receiver by a Justle of the Supreme Court. To. Dr. Eugenia, Ingerman, of New York City, belongs the distinction of being tho first woan rhyniclan who ever performed an operation for tho transfusion of blood. Mrs. Hope-Doeg, formerly Miss Violet Sutton, one of the famous members of the Sutton tennis family of southern California, has become the first woman tennis professional in tho United States. The Camp Fire Girls of Chicago have adopted three Belgian families for a period of five years and have divided themselves Into three dis tricts each one of which is pledged to care for one of the families. k BIG ROOSTER HltiDUCES $41 Blooded Langs hang Sells for More at Auction Than Thor oughbred Cow Liberal contributions have been coming into Tied Cross read'juarters this wek from the rural districts. Among the larcr personal con tributions Is a gift of l.'iO from II. I.. Ilchm of Mt. Aragel. Another do nation of considerably plre came in ytsterday from Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Dent of Jefferson, belne In favor of the Tied Cross ror $",3.0. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Dent are mov ing to Spokane and conducted a pub lic ?ale of their" stwk ou their Jef ferson farm and. wl.hltr? to do some thing for Willamette chapter, put up nt auction a full-blooded registered J rsey heifer and-3 p.Iack Langshan roster for Ihe benefit of the Red Cross, realizing $11 for the rooster ard $12.ri0 for the Jersey heifer. The handsom chanticleer was a Christmas gift to, Mrs. Dent, and came originally from Pnllmsn. Wash. Considered lively bidding, develop ed when this, lusty LanKshan wtis put un'ns a patriotic prize. Com- tr.larloner J. A. Deckwlth mad a bl 1 of $1." at on time. He was sold several times and finally went to Wt E. Way. Mr. Way Intends to p-- sent thU aristocratic bird to the Itei ('ross orrranlzatlon to rend out on an extensive tour to be auctioned off In different cities and towns for Hel Cross benefits. The registered heifer onlv brought $12. CIO as the successful bidder de clined to let It be auctioned the sec ond time. THE VALVE OK A SMILE. ."lie came down to breakfast every- . 1 tm t t .1 r r n ,.tr. tlcnlarlr cood riere of -news." The man of whom Ktiieraon wrote Is fa rnons. We worked In ft company with unch n. man once. 'When our work turned uplde down. harVwnrdt and the circumambient air seeraeu panicnlarly dark, we would say to one of our side partners. "Well. I at. going to see- Mr. minute." for t "What for?" someone would say "You are not In his department. "That doesn't make nny differ enee." - "What are von golts to say yon csnf bother him with your work?' "Oh. I am going to sav. 'How 00 von do. Mr. ?' snd he will v Mlnlln. Jim how are thin- f tnc?' And I wlfl say. Oh. all rlRbt. f.n.1 rome hnek nraln. And every r4nir1 lime I would KCt bk to m deslr that work. would have straight ,.nA aii an1 twmni S Well behave ns a convrled trail hltr. And ibe only secret I havo ever found In tho was 'he knew how ..it Vmt nn rave nbout th vonders of-the henvervs. but from the . 1- . tum. n-viivn I know or nni 11 Inr more beautiful than a smile. J.jy Stock (England ) "Tbrrc's rather a lfInr man " "Isn't he? The last t'mn 1 saw him hi was on the bench. U'hal a tiidpe?" "No; rubMltutc ball player.' Doston Tranicrlpt. Advertisin STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. TROOPS CHANGE GREATLY AFTER LEAVING TRENCH Men Rest Up and General Ap pearance Changes to Re markable Extent RETURN TRIP CHEERFUL Fifty-Pound Pack Carried on Long Walks Back to Fight ing Zone FRENCH FRONT. March 13. ( Correspondence of the Associated Press. ) SI weeks are allowed in some Instances for a rerlmert to lie ! In a rest camp for refitting and res toration of. its efricliy, after'a pe riod of hard service In the first Uni trenches. Take the case, of the '!)9th Infantry." a fictitious num ber of a real reglment. for example: When the men came down to tho cantonment six weeks ago from the sector they had been holding, the '899th' looked somewhat the worae for wear. The men were dirty and fatigued and their uniforms were far from being of the original bright horizon blue of the time of their issue. There were a few gaps in th ranks, although not of a serious nature, for there had been no big en gagement. Arrjved In the email country town he various squads were told off '.o heir billets, where packs were hrown off, arms ranred and every body except the guards settled down. o rest. The following morning the ntlre regiment was Inspected and note was taken of the men's re quirements In tbe way of new uni forms. Then there was a general washup of dirty articles of clothing and the men went In groups to the hot and cold shower baths now In stalled In vcry cantonment, while many vlMted the company barber. Hy the end ofitho- day a complete change had come over tb appear ance of the men. On the eneulng day the roll was called and of those men entitled to he regular ten days' furlough due to them every four months, .and, large groups or mem speeauy maae tnetr way to th nearest railroad station from which a "leave train'' was scheduled to start. All Is not test !n the rest-cam ds. The work there Is sometimes very hard for the men are kept fairly constantly at exercises with tho bay onet and ordinary tnanunl exercise. They must perfect themselves in the new formations brought about by modifications In the tactics necessary for the most efficient employment of the automatic rifle, the rifle-grenade and the hand grenade, as well at In the best methods of manuevering. all o which undergo constant chantce. . It- is not Mil hard work, however. for the men find plenty of opportun ity to indulge in sports. hlch are greatly encouraged by tho officers. Hy the tlmo the period of rest Is over and all the men have returned from furlough the regiment is In, a condi tion 01 idc mgnesi eincieney, wnue the strain from which the men had suffered while under constant bom bardment In the trenches has com pletely worn off. TrtK'i" !Utnm Clicrrfplly. It as in this Male of efficiency and geieral cheerlncss that the "!99th" found Itself hn the bulges rang out th reveille on morning of Its return to the trenches. After breakfast of hot coffee and bread tho regiment started off on Its twen-ty-Tlve mile march to the sector to whlrfc. It had been assigned. With the men carrying their heavy packs asd nrms tbe pace was not rapid. The very senslblo arrange ments of the French regulations call for . a ten-mlmite halt every hour, which i highly appreciated by the mn. Twenty-five miles Is a long way with over fifty pounds weight on one's back, and when dusk fell and they reached the Immediate rear of the front positions there were many weary ones among Ihem. Every now and again a shell from the Gertnan battere away .yonder would scream overhead and some times one of-them would strike the ground near-by. In the darkness this was rather disconcerting to the new hands, but veteran comrades would reassure them. At length, to avoid uatlcts losses. ' A CLASSIFIED AD, . - . IN THE STATESMAN. WILL PROVE OUR STATEMENT Phone 23 215 South Commercial the men were ordered to -enter the winding communication trench lead ing to the front linear A liaison agent from the regiment about to be re lieved by the "999;h" met them her to lead them to tbe proper sector of the liny?, for it was very easy to go astray through one of the num erous arteries in the absence of any light and a false route might have led the regiment far away from Its destination. Perfect silence had to be kept, for sound travels far at night. The only nolso besides that of shrieking shells was thefootsteps of the tiied men muffled by the mud. Eventually the sector was reached and here the officers of the outgo ing regiment handed over to those of the, "003th" plans of the sector, gave all the indications as to dang erous points and accompanied them while they posted their sentries and small and great buards. Tbe regiment bad taken over tho sector and all was silence. A PATRIOTIC CREED. X believe In the principles of d- mWraey as established by our fore fathers nn this American continent. and as interpreted by our constitu tion. I believe In patriotism or that manifestation .that feeling In the human being called love for ones country, which should y. the pri mary and guiding principle of all guqd and true Americans.- I believe that In o-der to preserve r.nd maintain the integrity and ideals of our great nation, and In order to perpetuate the memory ot our great patriots and statesmen who founded and established thevo great United States of America, we must live true to our principles and to our tradltlbns Americans fn deeds and actions at well as In words I believe and maintain that we Americans have demonstrated to the world that a representative rfemnc. I ,,rv on M.! inrm Ar end in the world's great crisis we Ihe people cf that great nation roust support and. sustain our government with all our might and energy; and we as citizens of Jhat glorious nation must stand ever ready to serve an! to defend our country and the prin ciples for which it stands. I believe that we have made th!s ration greatby practicing the prin ciples of .democracy as laid down by our ancestors the right of the hi man lacing to pursue and seek lif.v, liberty and happiness as his .con science may dictate, under the" law and order. I believe that these great United States of America are united as one end shall last as long as human en deavor shall last one and Indivis ible forever. I believe In nd swear allegiance to the most Ireauteou emblem that represents that great and glorious nation, and all that Is good and true In the human family The Star C . ,t. I ti inner, ixing may it wave ever our glorllus land of Freedom! Charles J. Rlttenhouse. Azusa. Cal., "A 4-Mlnute Man. Many Scheme, t ltel Crms Kale In. netwwn twelve and thirteen thou sand dollars was turned over to ( II. Harrett, treasure of tbe Clay County Red Cross. n a result of a street auP. tlon held for th bene'lt of the' Red Cross in Vermillion. More than two thousand persons attended the sale. A baseball which had been auto graphed by President Wilson sold for 174. A Ford automoMI donated to the Red Cross was raffled for I13S0. A lot at the corner of North Dakota and Cherry streets which had been given to the auction bv John Me-Keii-r sold for Itoo. A bantam hen. siTrn nr s-year-oia l.iuian Kearns, daucater of a Clay county farmer, was auctioned over and over arafft until It'flnally sold for f45. The various purchasers of the hen put It up to be sold again and In this way the price was rmosted. The hen Is to be presented to Gov. peter Norbeck and was crated and sent to him. Lil lian Kearns had raised the chicken snd it was her pet arwl a most high ly prised treasure. A large ther mometer with sums of money painted qn'the sides Instead of degrees of temperature was used to announce results of the. sale. The farmers of Clay county show ed their patriotism and prosperity by paying goodfprlces for all sorts of farm prodtrQMon and live stock. One white rooster was auctioned until the total rrtnrns from tbe sale amounted fo more than $.100. A rake worth only a few rents brouaht $ when sold in this manner. Cattle, hogs, sheep, horses, corn heat. and oats sold far above market prllea. One calf sold three times for moro than 121 each time. Incubators, steel fecce ports, canned goods, and artl- Pay s clea of all kinds were given to tb auction by residents of Vermillion anrT vicinity. Turner County (g. Dak.) Herald. GERMANY STILL I CLAIMS ALSACE 160,000 Exiles Look Forward to Day of Guaranteed Freedom FRENCH FRONT. March Ir ( Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Germany Juit now main tains almost absolute silence la re gard to Alsace and Lorraine, but tk many thousands of refugees from those two provinces who have waited patiently In France and her colonies since 1&71 for the time when they shall be able toVetnrn to their for mer homes continue eagerly to dis cuss what they consider their cer tain redemption. . Borne Idea pf how large Is Us number of these exiles may toe gata ered rtom the fact that 160.000 rest dents of Alsace and Lorraine accept ed the option of leaving their homes and taking up their tesidence ia r ranee after those rrovinces passed under German rule by the treaty at Frankfort on May 10. 1871. The Prussian authorities annulled lf, 000 of these options because the peo ple railed to leave within the timi specified in the treaty. The annulment or the eptions dll not prevent the Alsatians and Lor-' ralnlanefrom leaving when they had made arrangements for. dotnyr so. From IK'S to 1880, 35.000 of. them crossed the frontier, and these were followed dating the next five years by another S0.000. while a further 37.000 left from 1815 to 180. aal run anotner 34.000 decided tht German rale was not for them 11 the period between 1890 and 11-. In conseenenee of this constaat immigration the towns on the French side of, the Vosges mountains hits increased greatly in sixe.. Epical lias tripled In population since 1871: Delfort has grown from a small towa of 85000 In 1870 to SS.fl&O today; Raon-tEtape. Val-et-Chatltlon, Ctrey. Thaon-les-Vosges. Nancy. JUr-le Due. Fro n ard and Pagny have all rs lv4 large accretions of inhabi tants. Atl along the frontier these exiles have built np on French territory la dnitries which formerly flourished In Alsace and Lorraine, when their departure caused much dhunrb ance. as may be gathered from tse fact that Mets haa lost at least one third of Ita civil pepnlation. waits nisrhwiller and Phalsbourg hats fallen off In similar proportion. Home of the rnral population emi grated as far off as Algeria, where &000 t them settled on allotments and remain there with their de scendants till .today, still spcallBf inetr original dialect. " All these people are waiting for the outcome of the war so that thef may return to the soil they love well, and where they are sure they will he Joined by those of thetr com patriots who migrated to America in the hope of some dsy telcf abU to return to find that German mill' tariam had disappeared. Soldiers' Identification. Discs Are Advantageous WASHINGTON. March l.-i-Fre-fjuent mention haa been nnd? of tks Identification disc adopted by Ends Fam for his soldiers and sailors, bat the advantagea offered by the gvv teui are not generally known to ts public. On one side of ae disc U engraved the man'a name, with ta date of hia birth and enlistment. - Oa , the other aide Is. an etched fiarer print from the Index flnter ef tn wearer, the duplicate cf the print be ing at the war and navy departments Ot course, there might be two with Identically the same name, wlta the. datea of birth and enlistment tl same, but any difficult? aristag from ro remote m coincidence will be got over by the fingerprint. It 1. ever, about the metal of the disc that the Invention mainly scores. This Is Monel metal, silver-white In colr and consisting of nickel with a mis tnre of iron and copper. After bcISg subjected to certain process, tie tr.eUl cannot corode or perish by fir If the wearer's bodr was entirely c .rurned by fire, and no trace were left of him. his Identification d' if foond, would be undamaged, eve the flflsor-pritL r