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I TOT OREGOX STATESMAN I WEDXK8DAV, AriUL KniOlS f I U.S, PREPARATION AWAKENING HUNS ... . f ; . German Military Critic Says -.America's Strength Is .-' 4 Now Realized - WASHINGTON'. . April 8. Word that .American "reinforcements are moving to the cup-port 'of the alii" In Picardy has revived argument In Germany over , the efficacy of the submarine and drawn from. Captain Perslus, military critic of the Her llner Tageblatt. the comment that, after being persuaded to under-esti-- mate America, German opinion is undergoing a chant. ! An official dispatch from Switzer land today reviewing the latest dis cussion quotes Captain Persius as follows: ; "We were at first. a great deal In clined to under-estimate the capacity of America in the war. We begin now to note a chancre of opinion. It is beyond a doubt that It would, be well to curb at the present time, these more or less fantastic vagaries f persona discussing the .submarine war. We cannot for themomen't es timate when the United States! will have ready the millions of niehi her population will permit her to rials, r but It Is certain America will, in tho t very near future cucceed In aniass I log armlet which, in any case, will constitute a leery valuable aid for our enemies.'' Captain Perslus concludes by not- Ing that America Is preparing for a war f long duration. ; v PREMIER IS FOR DRAFTING OF IRISH (Continued from page 1) all that is essential and most sacred Ia our national life, i - , "Before I come to the circum stances which led up to our submit ting these proposal to parliament. I ought to cay one word as to why parliament was not immediately summoned. Since the battle began the government bac been engaged almost every hour in concerting with the alllea the necessary measures i assist the armlec to deal with the emergency, Come in and look, over tk hundreds of all-wool suit pat terns we have In stock. . We'll make you a f nit at a inrprisingly low price. Order Early. t ; .'SCOTCH. VOOLEli MILLS STORE 426 STATE STREET From them we can make yon, switches, l Transformers : or Mary Janes. We do. hair dressing, hair, dyeing, etc, We give all kinds of hair and scalp treatments massaging shampooing, dandruff V re moving, etc. All kinds of facial massag ing. . . f ; Phoebe L Thompson ' Hairdressing and - Beauty A': i Parlors, ' ' :' 228HuhbardBldg. - Salem, Or. " Phone 1021 i IPH Save Your Combings fljlf tTsmHT'"'"" " LCSHCR WHITMAN 1 . ... ...I ... 1 I " -" ' 11 ' , . . - submitting! to parliament require very clone ! and careful examination and 1 think tlwr Is this advantage in our meeting today, rather than Im mediately after the impact of the German attack, that we shall be considering: these proposals under conditions whjeh will be fir re moved fron any suggestion of panic. llapHnliigi Not Known. "I hall now come to the circum stances which have led to' the pres ent military position. It Is very dif ficult at this time to present a clear, connected and reliable narrative of what happened. There has been a great battle ion a front of fifty miles the greatest battle ever fought in the history of the world. . Enormous forces have been engnged; there was a considerable retirement on the part of the liritlsh forces, and nnder these condition it is not always easy for some time to ascertain what actually happened. "The house will recollect the dif ficulty we experienced with regard to Catiibral. j It was difficult to piece together the story of the evett for some time and Cambrai was a very trivial event, compared with thjj gigantic battle. "The generals and their staffs are iinturally engaged and have to con centrate theiri attention upon the op erations of the enemy and until the strain relaxes it would be very diffi cult to Institute the necessary in quiries to find out exactly what hap pened and to furnish an adequate ex planation of the battle.: 1 "However, there are to or three facts which stand out, and, In stat ing them I should like to call atten tion to two things, which I think above all must; be avoided. The first is that nothing should be said which could give Information to the enemy: nothing should be said which would give encouragement to the enemy, and nothing should be said which would give discouragement to our own troops, who are fighting so gal lantly at this very hour. Recrimination Kh ut Out. "And the second question.' Ic that all recrimination at this hour must be shut out. r "What was the position at the be ginning of the battlc?- "Notwithstandlng the heavy cas ualties In 1917. the army in Fran was considerably stronger on the first of January, 191 R, than on the first of January, 1917. tTp to the nd of 1917 up to, say about Octo ber or Novemberthe German com batant strength In France was as two to the allies' three. Then eamo the military collapse of Russia,-anl the Germans hurried up their re leased divisions from the eastern front and brought them to the west. They had & certain measure of Aus trian support.; which tad been ac corded to them. - "Owing to j the growth of the strength of our armies In 4917, when thji battle, began the combatant strength of the whole of the German army on the western froBt was only approximately .though not quite, equal to the total combatant strength of the allies In infantry. They were fllgbtly Inferior In artillery' they were Inferior In cavalry, they were considerably Inferior, and what Is very Important, they were undoubt edly Inferior in aircraft. "The Germans, therefore, organ Jzed their troops so at to nroduce a larger number of divisions out of a slightly smaller number of Infantry and a slightly smaller number of guns. They had fewer battalions In a division and fewer men In a bat talion. That is entirely a question of organization and it yet remains to be seen that their organization la better than ours.1 It Is necessary to explain that in order that the house should realize why with approximate! ly the same number of men, the Ger mans' have a larger number of dl visions1; on that front. German Advantage Seen. "According tf alt the facts which have come to hand as to the-1ossei of the battle, that roughly represent the relative strength of the combat ants 'on both-sides at this moment. The Germans Jiad. however, one or two important advantages. The first. the Initial advantage, which is al ways commanded by Jhe offensive. is mat tncy know. where they mean to attack. They choose the ground: they choose the location, they know the width of the attacks, they know the dimensions of the attack, they know the time of the attack, they know the method of the attack. All that Invariably gives the initial ad vantage to the offensive. "The defense ban a general advan itage. i Owing to air observation concealment Is difficult. At the same time in spite of all that, owine to the power ot, moving troops at night, which the Germans exercised to a very large extent, there Is a large, margin for surprise even In favor of air observation and of this the enemy took full advantage. "I should like to say one worl here as to the difficulty which the allied generals were confronted with in this respect. Before the battle the.i greatest German cortcentratir was in fornt of our troops. That was proof that the full weight of the attack would fall on us. There "was a very large concentration opposite the French lines. There was a very considerable concentration I am re ferring to the German reserves -on the northern part of our line.; ' "After the battle began, or Imme diately before the battle.' the Ger mans by. night brought their dlvM slons from the northern part to the point where the- attack took place. They alio took several dlvilsons from opposite the French in the same way and brought them to our front, lint It would have been eqdally easy for them, while concentrating troops opposite our front, to maneuver them In the, same way opposite the French. I am only referring-'to that in order to show how exceedingly difficult u Is for ' general on the defensive to decide exactly where. In their Judg ement, the attack Is coming and "BLUE BONNETS" ANc FJaic with A Ftclam.- J?jM"' At?". rmtr A CO. L, Ml BJw,. Nr Yk where they ought trt concentrate their reserves. VeriiitM C'Hulder IrolIem. "I may Just say a word here. This problem was considered very closely by -the. military staff at Versailles, and I think it Tight, in justice to them, to point out that after a study of th German position and the probabilites of the case, they came, to the conclusion, and they stated their conclusion to the military rep resentatives and to the ministers in the month of January, or the begin ning of February, that the attack would come south of Arras: that It would be an attack on a very wide front that it would be an attack n the widest front ever yet assailed: that the Germans would accumulate ninety-five divisions for the purpose of making that attack; that they would throw the whole of their rer sources and their strength Into breaking the Drttish line at tlNit point and that their objective would be the capture of Amiens and the severance of the lirjtish and French forces. '"That was the conclusion Sir Hen ry Wilson, chief of the Imperial staff. came to and which was submitted at that time, two or three months ago. and I think that It was one of the most remarkable forecasts of enemy intentions that was ever made. 'Aa a matter of fact, Uie attack was made up. I think, by about nine- ty-sven divisions. It was an attack on the wldfut front tat ever had been engaged. Its objective undoubt edly, was the capture of Amiens and the severance of the liritlsh and French , forces. So that almost In every detail, that very remarkable forecast has been verified in the event. i - Another remarkable prediction was that It might probably succeed to the , extent of penratlng the liritlsh line to thn extent of half the distance of the front attacked! They came to that conclusion from a close examination of the offensives of the war. . - v Kabter Kce X Knemy I'nlty. "There was another advantage. There was. first oi all. the advan tage which the Germans had from having the Initiative, There was a further advantage they had, and this undoubtedly was tho greatest advantage frmi having a united command opprmeTMo a dual one. The Germans undoubtedly relied on this to a very large extent for their suc cess. They owe much of the suc cess of this attack to this. "It-was reported to me on good authority that the kaiser Informed ex-King Constantlne: 'I shall beat them, for they have no united com mand.' - Which shows that that was what they were relying In the main, that although their numbers were Ilgby Inferior, they knew the Im portance that was to be attached to the fact that there was a perfectly united command. i "And- that la art obvious advatt tage, for, If the risks In one particu lar, part of the line are great, an other In another part of the line an great, but substantially less than in the former, with one command there Is no hesitation In the mind t the commander-in-chief as to. which he will' make the greatest provision against. "With twor separate commands the nrnlilem la sAdlff Icult nni "The enemy have another inci dental, but, as It turned out. very Important advantage that of weath er. Exceptional weather favored his designs. It was both dry and misty. The attack which succeeded was made on that part of the line where under ordinary spring conditions the ground would have been 'almost 1m passable, ' Hun I' Advantage. "The fact that It was warm In creased the mist, and the Germans were actually in some parts' within a few yards of our front line before- any one knew of their approach They had, therefore, a very splendid advnatage, of which they made full est use. "With regard to the battle Itself. It , will take" some time to-ascertain the whole farts. ,At one tlme.lt was undoubtedly very critical. The en emy ... broke, through between our third and fifth armies, and there was a serious gap. and tin situation was retrieved owing to the magnificent conduct of our troops. They retired in perfectly good order, re-tabllsi Ing. the Junction between Jhe two armies and frustrating the enemy's purpose. , "The house can hardly realize, and certainly cannot sufficiently thank nor can the country our troops for their atjperb valor and the grim ten' acity.with which they faced over whelming hordes and dung to their position. They retired, but were never routed and once more the cool pluck of the British soldier, that re fuses to acknowledge defeat, saved Europe. I mean the whole army. and I draw no distinction. "And I specially refer to what one brigadier general did. Some, refer ence hasbeen made In tiie press al ready to It. where it one point there was- a serious gap. which might ave let the enemv Intn falala "Until the whole circumstances which led to the retirement of the fifth army and Its failure to hold the line of the Somtne. at feast till the Germans brought out their guns and perhaps the failure adequately to destroy the bridges are explained it would be unfair to censure the general In command of the army. General Oough. But until those clr eumstances are cleared tip It wouH be equally unfair to the RrltlHh army to retain his services In the field. It is necessary to recall Iflm until the- racts nave oeen fully ascertained. r Itwltbm Held SUMIizoI. "After the retirement of the flfLh army, the French reserves1 came up with remarkable rspidlty, when their positions before the battle has been borne In mind. In fact the speed with which, when the final decision was taken as to the real designs of the enemy, the French reserves were brought up Is one of the most re markable feats of organization la thi war and between the courage of our troops and the handling of the army the way the third army neid. I think It right that It should be said about the army commanded vy General Iiyng the position Is for the moment stabilized. nut it is clear that tho Germans, having gained an Initial success are prepar ing another, and ierhaps an -even greater attack on the allied armies. Tp to the present the enemy has undoubtedly obtained a great -Initial success. There la no good In not accepting the fact. It is from that basis we 'must begin to build. But he baa failed so far in his main ob jects. He failed to capture Amiens. He failed to separate the French and British armies. But we should be guilty of great, It might be faltal, error if we were to under-estimate the gravity of the prospect. "The nemey has captured valuable ground .which Is too near Amiens for comfort and security, and he' has succeeded for the time being in ctlp pllng one of our gra armies. Hoy Hurried to France. "To meet the emergency, the cab- Inet took every step to hurry up re inforcements. No such larg-e num bers of. men ever passed across the; channel in so short'a time. "As the emergency was great, it was impossible to allow those who were summoned to Franco the usual leave to visit their relatives. "There was' an understanding that the boys under 19 years would be only used In case of emergency. We felt that the emergency had arisen, and Insofar as those who were over 18 were concerned, .those who had already received six months' train ing, we felt it necessary that they should bo sent to France. "As to prisoners, guns and ma chine guns, which were lost the number are grossly exaggerated by the enemy. "The In In 1st ry of munitions were able to replace those guns and ma chine guns and still have got a very suitable reserve. The same thing applies to ammunition. There Is an ample rserve of ammunition both in this country and In France. Xext I'neoantcr Awaited. "Our aircraft strength Is greater how than ebefore the battle' and we all know what brilliant service our airmen rendered In this battle.- Un til" the whole story of the battle Is told It will be almsot Impossible to estlmato the services they rendered. We feel confident that oar armies, generals -and soldles. will be quite equal to the next encounter, when ever It comes. "The next step to which I should like to call attention is the material and dramatic assistance rendred by President Wilson In this emergency as one. of the most Important deci sions In the war. In fact, the Issue of the battle might very well be de termined by this decision. U. H. Ilel Anticipated. "In America there la a very con siderable number of men In the cour se of training and the alllea looked forward to having a large American army in France la the spring. It has taken, longer than anticipated to turn those soldiers Into the necessary di visional organizations. If America waited to complete these divisional organizations It would not be possi ble for these fine troops in any large numbers to take part In this battle In this campaign, although it might be very well the drctilve battle of the war. , "Thrs was; 'of coarse, one of the most serious disappointments ' from which the alllea had suffered. It Is no use pretending It was not one of our chief causes of anxiety. We depend, upon It largely to make up the defection of Russia. For many reasons reasons, perhaps of trans port, reasons connected with the time It takes, not merely to train troops and their offkers, ut to complete the necessary organization It was quite impossible to put Into France the number of divisions everyone had confidently expected would be thete. "Under the circumstances we there fore submitted to the president of the United State a definite proposal. We had the advantage of having the secretary of slat for war In this country within two or three days after the battle had commenced. Mr. Balfour and I had a long conversa tion with blm upon the whole situa tion and we submitted to him cettaln recommendations which we had been advised to make to .Mr. Baker and the American government. -American- Merge With Allies. "On the strength of the conversa tion we submitted proposals to Presi- aeni Wilson witb the string support of Premier Clemenceau, to enable the combatant strength of the Ameri can army to come into action during this battlo, Inasmuch as there was no hope of It coming in as a strong separate army. By this decision American battalions will be brigad ed with those of the allies. This proposal waa submlfted by Karl Reading on behalf of the British gov ernment to President- Wilson and President- Wilson assented to the proposal without any Question, with the result that arrangements now are Deing made for the fighting strength of the American army to bo brought immediately to bear in this strug gle, a struggle which is only now be ginning, to this extent, and It Is not merely to a small extent, that the German attack has been held up. It has stirred np the resolution and energy of America, beyond anything which has yet:occurred. 'Another Important decision takn by the allies I must also call to th, attention of the bouse. . It 'became, more obvious after the battle than ever before that the allied armlea were suffering from tho fact that tbey wire fighting as two separate armies and had to negotiate support with each other. , Valnablo4ne was thus lost. Some of .us had been deep ly Impressed by this peril for some time and had done our best to avoid ft. "But the Inherent difficulties to be overcome are tremendous. There are national prejudices, national inter eRt. professional prejudices and tra ditions. The inherent difficulties or getting two or three separate armies to fight as one are almoxt insur mountable and It can only be done If public opinion in all these countries insist upon It as one condition of success. The Versailles conference was suggested as a remedy. How were the Versailles dc-dslons car red out: and the extent to which they were not carried out? This Is not the time to inquire. IVHifidciM) put In F h. , I respectfully suggest to the house that no good would come at mis stare in uisciisslng this qtien- tmn. Hui if imiv one nedd convlc lion as to the wisdom of that policy. this battle must be supplying it. The ptrll we passed through, by esta lisbing the conviction without chal lenge, may. I think, be worth tho price we paid for It. A few days af ter the battde commenced there was not merely the government, but tho commanders in the feld. We had not merely field marshals, but army commanders present. We were ro convinced and the same thing ap plied td the French of the Import ance of more complete strategic unity that. the) agreed to the appointment of General Fosh to the supreme di rection of the strategy of all the al lied armies on the western front. "May I not say Just one word about General FochT It Is not mere ly that he Is one of the most brilliant sobllers in Eurpo.e oui mr i i to be said about blm. . Foeh Is the man who. when we were attacke and were In a similar plight at the battle of Tpres. rused the Frencn army there by every coneeivalbe exedient buses, cabs, lorries, anything be could lay his hands upon. He crowd ed French divisions tnrougn ana un doubtedly helped to win the great bafUe. ..... Inlty Condition of lrtory. "There is no doubt about the loy alty l and comradeship of General Foeh. I have no doubt that this arrangement will be carried out, not merely in the letter, but In the spirit. But what Is the most important de cision that has been taken In ference to tho coming battles. This strategic unity Is. I submit to the bouse, the fundamental condition of victory. It can only bo maintained by complete cooperation between the governments and the generals and by something more than that the unmlstakeable public opinion behind It. "Why do I say that? For the reason. A generalissimo in the ord inary and full sense of the term may bo Impracticable. There are three functions which a general wields strategical, tactical and administra tive, i What does administrative mean? It means control of organiza tion, the appointment and dismissal of officers and generals, and that Is a Dower which It Is difficult or al most Impossible to give to generals of another country with a national army.; Hitccca lHnda on lUcJilna'. "The-efore, In spite of all th? ar langemcnts made Jtinlcss there be pot merely god will, but the knowl edge that the public of France; Great Britain and America will assist In co-ordination and In supporting the authority In the supreme strategical plans chosen by the governments nd In supporting the governments In anv action they nftiy take to-assert their authority, any arrangements made will bfe futile and mltcblevous. I make no apology for dwelling at some length uDon this point. I havo always felt that we were losing val ue nd efficiency In the allied armies through lacV of co-ordination and concentration. "We have sustained many disas ters already through this and we shall encounter more unless this de fect In our machinery Is put right. Hitherto, I regret, every effort at amendment led to rather prolonged and very bitter controversy and tho great inheront difficulties were them selves accentuated and aggravated. There, were difficulties of carrying out plans and other obstacles and what Is worst, valuable time is lost." Rodgers Wafts Cherrians (o See First Ship Launched George F.Mtodgers. now head of the Rodgsrs Shipbuilding company of Astoria, sends a turlng Invitation to his former associates' In the Cher rlan organization to visit the city by the sea 1 In June and witness the launching of the first vessel com pletes!, by that company. Mr. Rodgers Is an ex-King Ring and retains a warni place In his heart - for the Cherrians. for he promises them a place of honor on the occasion, and If he followed his own inclination would christen the ship the 'Cherrlan." However, the fJrst lady In the land has already selected the name "Blue Eagle." The matter wfil be taken up by the or ganization at Its next meeting and the probability Is that the Invitation will tie accepted for a royal good time Is anticipated. The exact date of the event Is not yet decided, but It will probably be late In June. Liberty Loan Drive Is Carried Into University The liberty loan drive was carried Into the chapel exercises Tuesday morning at Willamette university. Dean George II. Alden, acting pres ident of the university, gave a pat riotic pka In behalf of the liberty bond drive, which was followed by a talk by Dr. It. N, Avlson of the First Methodist church. Dr. Avlxon urged all students who could to buy liberty bonds and those who could nol were aked to. sign a pledge card to buy wsr saving and thrift stamps during th duration of the war. All members of the faculty were interviewed personally and wee asked to sign cards showing what they had done toward aiding In the drive. A complete report will , be made Thursday noon, showing "the total amounts pledged bv the Willamette students and Dean Alden is confident that tho students will give their loy al 'support tn helping Salem go over the top. j . Older Girls' Meeting Held at Dallas Church to The Statesman The annual con ference of the Oregon older girls was hci, Friday,! Saturday and Sunday at tho Dallas Chtistlan cbiMrh. Sev eral hundred delegates from all ov- the state were present and enjoyed the hospitality of the city. Saturday afternoon a trip was given the dele gates through the prune growing section of the community and to the heights west of the -city where a beautiful view of the fertile valley cocia be obtained. SOLDIERS TELL TALES OF WAR Private Burke and Sergeant MajorChniiy Thrill Bis: Audience Sergeant Major Christy and Pri vate Burke, two Canadian soldiers who stirred the liberty bond solicit ors at the noon assembly at the First Methodist church yesterday, spoke to an audience at the armory last night that packed the auditorium. The fact that cyie of the soldiers who stood before them had lost an eye and had bis body lacerated -with wounds, and that the other, after being gassed at Ypres. had endured fearful hardship In a German prison camp before his escape, brought the war nearer to those In the audience than It has been brought on any pre vious occasion. 9 ' Mr. Christy said Jhat he had been Incorrectly reported as having been wounded eight times, but thst the shrapnel thst wounded hlra on one occasion had lacerated his body la eighty different places. x His left eye wbb blown out and his skull frac tured so that a bit of bone from one leg was Inserted to fill the whole. "There Is some advantage In that,' said the sergeant major, "because now when I want to scratch my leg I don't have to reach so far." Kkllled Doctor In Army. "Don't yon young fellows.be afraid of being wounded," he continued, "for no matter what the bullets and the shells do to you, those doctors over there can patch you "up so that yviur girls will never know you have been hurt unless you tell them.' Christy was one of twenty-four men out of 27S In his company left after a certain engagement which he described last night.' He empha sized th work of the Canadians and said that whenever an officer desires to have something done over in France he Is likely to lc the Canadi ans to do It. He described condi tion as they hsre tn caused by the war, particularly the devastation of the country, and pointed to tho necessity of wheatless and meatless days and other food regulations. He urged the yonng men In his audience to enlist for service and put In a word for the liberty bond sales. American rVddlem Iralof. Sergeant Major Christy has no use for the I. W. V, and minces no words In saying so. "Drive them out." he nrged. "If they are allowed to settle In any community they will cause troubl9. Keep them moving on. He visited the cantonment at Camp I yew Is some time ago and com mended the type of men quartered there. Prhrate Burke's story of his es cape from the German prison camp Illustrated the truth of the saying that "truth Is stranger than fiction." and left no doubt that the rrtielt!' and atrocities attributed to the Huns are as bad as reported. He described the crnelty of the German officers to prisoners compelled to work on the coke ovens and lnlhe mines, and told bf Belgian children with their arms and legs cut off. "When the Canaldan prisoners of whom T was one landed at Ksaen. said Private Burke, "the people of the city gathered about us and spit upon us." He told how the prisoners were starved on filthy rations. Tho occasion of a visit of former Ambassador Gerard to the prison camp, before the United States1 en tered the war. , Mr. Burke said, caused a general cJean-trp In the ramp and the display of nicely dressed beeves, but the camp revert ed to Its regular condition as soon as the ambassador left the camp. Adventure Are Thrilling. Hair-breadth, escapes were dsllr occurrences aHer Private Burke had escaped the camp with one compan ion until 'they succeeded In getting across the boundary of Holland. Private Burke still suffers from the effects of the gas attack of tho Germans, his speech being very no tices bly affected as a result. Following the addresses of the soldiers. Miss Ada Miller sang two selections. Scouts Will Organize for Disrti ct Council It Is proposed by th local -Boy Scouts to organise a district council, the district to Include Balem and all nearby towns In Marlon and Polk counties, the body to be made up of one representative from each Rcout troop organized. Also a few mem bers from other organizations Inter ested Scout work. One of the first matters to come before the council will be the formation of a Scout commission which will have charge of the organization of new troopn in the district, and also have supervision the scout work generally. Ata meeting held at tbe First Chris tian church Sunday afternoon, 'at which seven or eight troops were representee! by their scout masters, a committee was selected composed of O. J. Hull. M. A. Fulkerson and Fred Cook, which will arrange for a Scout rally to be held in the armory. At this meeting members of the coun cil will be elected and the district organized. Boy' Scout work will be put on and a good program pre sented. Scout Executive Brockaway or Portland will be Invited to attend and preside over the meeting, the date of which will be announced lat er, pOHsibly about the time the Scouts ente.r upon the4r liberty cam paign work April 20. Emergency Board Provides for Quarantine of Women The state emergency board yester day authorized the creation of a de ficiency in the state board of health's department for the provision of a fund of $15,000 for the quarantine of women Infwrted with veneral di seases. "Jhe board meeting was at- lender ty representatives of th state boardof health, the- Oregon Social THE PHOTO DRAMA SENSATION." OF BE0ADWA7 ' A drama for everyone from to 80. Played by brilliant cast, FEATURING Dorothy p! Phillips The New York World said; " 'Pay me' Is a drama tt vivid hue." The N. Y. Tele graph said:. "'Pay me u a real thriller." The N. T. Herald aald: "'Pay me u unusually swift." The N. Y. American aald: "'Pay hss power, polgnance anl punch. The N. T. Tels graph said: "'Pay me ooa tains tho maximum of rus pense."' KT.RTI. THUIWDAY LIBERTY THEATP Hygiene society and by CoJoM Magruder of the health depirtcc! of tho army, whoso special work it (ho protection of soldiers frota t teases of this character. The plan to be followed Is that rf transpoitlng Infected women from i3 tine station to be located at r?-s; I - r - 1 - , . . w M . iaau. wivnri jtisgruuer ana vt. . E. Ilplt, secretary of t be board tf A neann win lour tne state to uun the co-operation qt the differ'! towns. A conference was held w.'.l city Health- Officer Miles anl oln local officials here yesterday. . BENCH OFFICES ARE ATTRACTIVE Charles A. Johnt Files C&zf dacy to Succeed Justice McCamant . One rsndidate for the snprrtri court bench and two candidates t t the circuit bench for the fourth Ju dicial district, all Republicans, filei their delaratlons yesterday. Chsrl's A. Johns of Portland aspires to tit supreme court position, now held U Justice McCamant. His slogan li. "Fearless and Impartial admltlilri Uon of Justice. ! Arthur C. Dayton or Portland is a candidate for judge In department No. 2, fourth district, and Robert C. Wright of Portland la a casftdtU for Judge In department Xo. 4. I Seymour Jones of Salem, w no If elected to the legislature will U candidate for speaker of tbe hom filed his declaration of ca'ndld7 yesterday. His platform Is: "I t vor strict economy In state andlo-! matters consistent with proper pa lie administration: I favor stats aM to dependent wives, children sfj mothers of soldiers In cases whr the federsl governmeat hss mot plied proper y adequate asiitU&ft: favor -passing a law perilling diers outside the state la the govern ment service to vote, and the prose cutlon of the war'at any and all cod until victory. ; Four other candidates for the Io er house, all. Republicans, filed yr terday. They are: John Lewellf". Oregon City, sliteenth represents! district: Clar C. Clark. Arlington twenty-eighth district: W. C. Boltns. Friend. twentynlnth district: OrS H. Klcharda. Portland, eighteen! district. A part of Richards' slorU ia "No 6-cent car fare." Action Against Ralhocl The supremo, court yesterday. ! an opinion by Justice Harris. affir ed th lower court for Clackamsl county In the'ease or Lionel C. Palm er, minor, by Charles Palmer.'" guardian, against the WlUawrtt Southern Railway company. T eae In the lower court was tried be fore Judge J. IT. Campbell, who 4l mused It upon motion of the defend ant after the plaintiff had rest? his case. IJoneJ C. Palnfer. IS years eM brosght stilt through hi gusrtl sgainst the Willamette Valley Sottta ernVompany for $40,423 damar because) of Injuries received he attempted to board a movio trala at Molalla to go to his home ' Ogle. The motion for non-suit w on grounds, among others, that negligence was shown on tbe part of the Company, but that ngllgca" had been shown by tbe plaintiff 1 attempting to board a train g"'8' eight or ten miles an hour as crossed a county road.. In appeallnc attorneva for the ntalnti'f claimed. ainoag other things, that the eo erred in granting the motion for non suit at that point In the trial wha the paJlntWf had Just rested his case- - - N ' Classified Ads Work lor Yea,