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u. the onrcno rtatimaxi tiiuisdav. apkil u, iih U-BOAT SINKINGS REACH LOW EBB Record for Week Is Lowest Since Germany Entered . War; 4 Sunk I LONDON', April lOv-The, stinking of British merchantmen, by mines or submarines last week reached , the next to the lowest level of any week alnce OVtrmany began her intensive submarine campaign -early in-1917. two of Iw than 1C0O tons and two two of less. than ICO Otons arid two fishing, boats were sent to the bot tom. . The admiralty statement reads: s Vessels unsuccessfully , Attacked, 11, Including two previously. Arrivals. 2331; sailings, 249.'. Both fishermen reported today wre sunk during the week ending March 30. The low record in sinkings for any week since ficrmany bf Ran her in tensive snbmarlne campaign was, in the aggregate of 'tonnage stink, the week of November 11, last. Then only one vessel of lfiQQ and flve'ves. rela of less than 1600 tons were de stroyed.. r ARTS. April 10. Only two French merchantmen, both over 1000 ton, were sunTt by jnlnes or subma Tines during the! week ending April C. according to the official announce ment tonight?--One-vessel was un successf all. attacked. . .'r - Perching and the United Stages arniy.; r ' , ' 'The speaker dwelt upon German atrocities an Va prime reason why American, business men ihou3d see the necc&lsty of exerting thflr full energies In prosecution of the -yrw.- .Some, pwple say there were atroIties prnctlred by the Indans against the whites," he said, "but compared to the kaiser. Sitting Jiull was a philanthropist." t The estimated cost of the war. Mr. Hamlin said, has leen placed at f 1 000,000,000 annually, Jmt has run slightly below that figure for the first yl;r. He laid stress .upon me part played by the federal reserve banking Bysteui In the financing: of the war. r At present there are in the federal reserve banks ii.hijo.uimi.imiu hi gold which, he said, is anore than the, gold i reserve of the banxs or Italy, Spain, France and England combined. .. ; German-Born Officer , Discharged tromArmy "WASHINGTON, April 10. Dis charge from tho federal service of Tlrlgadier Oeneral Frederick K. Ttesche of Minnesota, a Clerman-born nfflcer.Vommanding a brigade of the thirty-fourth national guard division at Camp Cody, N. M., was annonncvd today In army orders. Failure to maintain his eommanl on an, efficient footing is the cauno officially announced for the dis charge. Certain remarks attributed to him, however have drawn atten tion to tho question of his loyaltv Ills utterances are being! Investi gated. :.' .' ,. , ' ' The primary desire of the war de partment, it was said, at the depart ment today, was to get out of the service an officer of high rank who was shown by the reports' of inspect ors to 1 . lacking lh zeal and enter- prlce III preparing his command for . conflict with the German army. For that reason he was promptly dis charged and the Question of his loy alty letf.to be passed upon by -the civil branch, of the government. Tho discharge makes a civilian of General Itesche.. . Had - he been a l regular army of fleer, .the .war. department's course would hare been different. The thirty-fourth division Is com posed of troops - from Iowa; Minne sota, Notth Dakota and. Nebraska. General Resche's successor has not yet been selected. ' ' ,1 - i ' i ; Fell Force of U. S.Army muBeJeUIsVievo CHICAGO, April 10. Speaking to more than IS 90 delegates, assembled at the- sixth annual meeting of the chamber of commerce of the United States, Charles S. Hamlin of. the federal reserve board said tonight there 'would "be no 'Victory In the world war until' the entire strength or Uio United States army and navy bad been transferred to Kurope. Mr. Hamlin spoke in the absence of Sec retary McAdoo. ' ' 1 "Don't let this talk of a premature peace mislead you," he said. "The ' only peace that we shall see, will be dictated In large part hr General Many Passenger Ticket. Offices Ordered Cut Out WASHINGTON. April 9. Orders went to the railroads today nom Director General McAdoo to curl ail expenses by discontinuing many city freight and passenger ticket offices. or consolidating ticket cmices, abandoning passenger 'travel solicita tion and "off line" trofflo ofilces, and by reducing publicity r to the minimum needed for pabllc Informa tion. . ! OBITUARY STAYTON WOMAN RETURNS HOME Mrs. Applet Recovering After Illness in Salem . 1 Hospital p STAYTON, ORE., April 10 Mrs. S. Applet was brought home from a Salem hospital last Saturday. Mrs. Applet underwent an operation for tumor a few weeks a-go, and Is much Improved In health,. i Mr. ahd Mrs. K. R. Watters of Shaw and Mrs. William Harlan of Detroit , were called to Stayton Fri day to be at the bedside of their, father. Captain V. S. Walters, who Is seriously HI. - For the pleasure of himself and wife, C. A. Reauchatnp, ha purchased a lx cylinder touring car., Revival meetings are In. progress at the RaptUst church andj.will.be continued for a couple of weeks. Stayton people are subscribing lib erally to the Third liberty lond loan. The patriotic league gave another of Us delightful dancing parties In the Trotter building Friday night. A large crowd was In atetndance, and a good time enjoyed. The Talmage orchestra from Salem furnished the music. . ,.-'! Louis Lachmund of Salem deliver ed a good talk Friday evening on the Liberty loan bond Issu.e.; There was also a good program -of music, songs, magical tricks, etc., making up a splendid evening's , entertain ment. 1 J :, -r. i v.. W, F. Follls and wife and Laulne Thomas spent Friday In SUverton. Mrs. Kffle MHler was a week-end visitor; Jn Falls City. , E. C. Titus witnessed the Patriotic parade in. Salem Saturday afternoon ahd drove home a new automobile.. J. ;W. Jackson and wife were bus iness visitors i In Silverton Friday, when they bought a ' house and lot and expect to go there to live In the near future, i l " i George Davie, Tiroprietor of one of Stayton's barber shops Is confined to nis notne witn measies. t General Pershing Is not a true son of Missouri, ult-ls reported that he Is buying. his mules )n Spain. Champ Clark, that other noted Mlssourlan. ought to investigate. - ! The funeral services over Mrs. Mary Yaughan, who died April 1 In Vancouver. Wash., were held In Sa leji). Saturday. April 6, followel by burial in 'City View cemetery. An old time family friend,. Dr. 1'. 1. llam inorid of KlinbaM collt-Ke, conducted tho services. The revered woman was born May 17, 1832 In Kempville, Canada. Her maiden name was Mary Rrown and the was the daughter of Daniel and Uetsy Rrown, both of England. Her paternal grandfather was Rev. Abram Bull of England. At the age of 17 years, she was married to Itev. Daniel Vaughan of Ontario, Canada. The date of their marriage was November 25, 1849. In" th spring of 1850 the couple moved to I.ee county, Iowa, where they Itv. d for three years. For the six followr ing years they rcMded in Schuyler county, Missouri. In 1880 they mov m to Jasper county. Iowa, remaining there for ten years. From Iowa they started westward and arrived in Portland, Aoril 15, 187.1. Thev settled in Springfield. Ore., and lived there for twenty years, later moving to Htigcn. In the, early days they , welcomed many friends to thHr home. Many troubled hearts were soothed' and ennforted by their earnest prayers. Seven children were born to this union of whom two remain. They are Nancy 'M. Wallace of Hubbard ard J. W. Vaut'han of Vancouver, Wash. Mrs. Vaughan died at the home of her son. The following poem was read at the funeral: A Tribute T the Memory of My - Mother. Written by Nancy M. Wallace. Mother today mv memory wanders, To the year nf ln When In childhood days I lingered. Round your hearth with lovo aglow. ..... Fond tlu hearts, and Vlear the faces Of the homo wo loved so well. Now, to find them memory traces Yet of them we Jove to tell. i Many were the burdens. Mother, Which for us yon lore so wll. FaJth In Jesus, and none other, Only can the story tell. F.ver faithful true and oraylng. For your loved ones, held so dear, That they might be kept from stray ing And tjj Christ, b ever near. As the years rolled on, Dear Moth c-r. Oh how often did you nray. That your1 Saviour and Redeemer, Give you strength foreach new day. , -Whenat last the conflict over, And .of Death yon had no fear. When the Angels came to hovor. And to bear you up from here. When the pearly gates ar opened, And your soul forever rests, With the beautiful and ransomed In the Haven of the Rlest. . . -- Then we'll dry our tears of mourning And remember that, "Well done," Is the welcome voice you're hearing, From the Father and the Son. And we'll work a little longer. Til the summons comes to us When we hope to meet you yonder, In the land of Happiness. r rT-L1.,. u 14 Kct Contnfil!TFluidDfachr , 3 'I , X v ' '. 1 - ; : t v 3 fc 1 fj n J mm l i , ' i . . - ' AVc4clabterfepara!s&fjW fiinilatirtterac4 i ttntiUieSBWcaailkMTO5 1 ri"-T-'- J!ii..rrr: ! Thcrchy Promoting Difiestfca H riv.erffitftMafloKeJtusu" blincratW Narcotic 0 7 A tiMnfut Remedy fcT 0 Ccmstipnlionand Purrboc'-i tl And FoTfishncss ana ZrrUnthwfrcw-falnunt- ; 7ac Simile SijnaturgcC las cm ConwKt o iJU For Infants and Children. ' Mothers Know That Genuine. Castoria Always Bears tho Signature ' of Li . 1 Use For Over Thirty Years M nr Esaa Copy of Wrapper. 1 t nmrmm ,, etti nr.lut, each IhhiI the winner's record in' breaking a tie forecond honors, making distance bf twenty and nineteen feet and four Inches, re spectively. Wlllinm II. Maltland. 3ICth ma chine ilin battalion of I.os Angeles. ii thf champion busier of Camp IjpwIh winning in competition with luglers from vtrtilly every unit in camp. A relay lilter race, com petitive Tin ad drill attd band eon tent In which five band participated, completed the program, the biggest athletic event ever attempted at camp. Cantaln T. G. Cook, camp athletic director, had charge of the meet and saw to it that'the field was keut, clear so that every contest could be viewed from every seat In the bleachers. Greater Willamette Club Is Organized by Students A Greater Willarnefe club was formed by lie members of the stu dent body and faculty of Willamette university Wednesday morning at chapel. Tho purpose of th newly founded rluh is to encourage stan dard high school graduates to enroll in Willamette university next semes ter. , The students, with the co-operation of the faculty, are endeavoring to work up a large student body for the opening fall term. And they are expecting to reach the COO mrfrk by fall. Names of high school graduates In Oregon will be Rent to a committee to be appointed by the manager, and a personal letter will. bo wrlltenach Individual, inviting him or her to the May ,day and Junior week-end fes tivities Uybo held la the near future. Tho stuuents will t rare . for their guests nnd a good time personally will be given them. 1 ' Harry Rowers will act as ex-faeto president of the newly organised club and Arlle Walker was appointed manager. Salaries of Teachers Increased at Silverton I CAMP LEWIS NOTES I CAMP LEWIS. TACOMA. WASH.. April 10. More than 10,000 soldiers and civilians this afternoon witnessed the first military athletic tournament ever staged at Camp Lewis. The big audience nearly filled the bleachers wnicn surround me divisional am letlc tournament ever staged at Camp Lewis. The big audience nearly fill ed the bleachers which surround the divisional athletic field and watched two events being staged simultane ous on opposite sides of the field while five bands aided In the cheer ing as each regiment saw Its repre sentative go into -the contests. 'Ma jor General H.A. Greene, command er of the Wild West division, attend ed the tournament. The 361st regiment's athletes-ear rled away honors, scoring 35 points against 32 for the 364th, their near est rompelltors. Rut for a fluke In the 800-yard relay race, in .which their team was disqualified for leav ing the starting point too soon, the 364th would have won the meet. The race was awarded to tho 362nd team. The tournament opened with a hand; grenade throwing contest, the Ion Rest event on the program. Mer man of the 363rd won In the accur acy contest, seorlng 13 out of a pos sible 18. Several scores of 12 were made In the distance grenade throwing Louis Gulsto of the 363rd took first honors, with 53 yards and also seeond honors with 48. A savage bayonet contest. In which ten men from each rerlment compet ed In a bayonet, battle against one apponent armed with wooden rifles and protected by a plastron mask and gloves, brought to Rud Star of the 364th Infantry, whose home Is at Pasadena. Cal.. the bayonet the the combat championship of the division 8. 8. Lambert. 361st, fnftnary. Sum as. Wash., took second honors; Ser geant Malcolmsop, 361th Infantry. Pasadena; Cal.. was, third: L. Pedley, 364th, Riverside, Cal., fourth: Hilton, 44th Infantry, fifth. f-.very event was of rreater Inter est to the average spectator than the ordinary college athletic mee the athletic; events being arranged to aprpoxlmate the work of sol aier in me rteir. The rescue race was one of the. The contestants ran fifty yards, picked up a "wound ed" man without any assistance and ran back to the rtartlng point. The wall scaling contest brought put record of 23.4 seconds from the 361st Infantry team of eight men who ran twenty-five feet to a ten- foot wall, scaled it and ran twenty rive yards to the goal. UeoiarkabJe work .was hown In me running trench-lump. lU'rd if the-41th Infnatfy Jumping over tho trench and plunging hla bayonet Int.i a dummy Uerinan nineteen feet an: threo injiea away to win first hon ors. . jwuer of the 363rd and TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT YOU HAVE TO SELL ' 1 Is It a "Farm, House, Cow, Horse, or piece of furniture? A CLASSIFIED AD will dispose of it fo you. THE COST IS SMALL , TRY IT STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ' - - - Phone 23 ' x 215 S. Commercial .UK s .-f i removed he was arrested on com plaint of the. health officer and be fore the municipal Judge, pleaded guilty and paid a fine of -5. He de manded a- certificate showing that he had been vaccinated for sfliallpox, but this, it is said, was refusM blm. Larson claims that bis physician pro nounced it a caso of cblckenpox. SILVKRTON. ORR,- April 9. tSjieclal to The Statesman) At a recent meeting of the Silverton school directors R. T. Youel was re elected superintendent for next year. The teachers are as follows: High school, Mr, and Mrs." A. H. Tchanr, Merle Uowen, 4iover R. Mlllen and . I. Freeman; eighth grade. Guy Iarkins, heventh grade, Hilda )1- sen, Stella . O'Conner; sixth grade. Kthel Smith, Relle Conologue; fifth grade, Ixdah Riches, Maurlne Tall- man: fourth grade.. Alpha Ilosen- quest, Mabel Renson; third grade. Ina Hubbs," Minnie Mascher; eeeond grade, Rlanche Hubbs, Nettle War nock; primary. Kora E. Rrowne, Inez Donahue. It was voted to Increase the sal aries of all teachers and the study of German will not be permitted in the schools next year.v . O Dr. Carl Goehrini Is Promoted to Captain Mrs. Miller Revler of 773 North Cottago street has rwelved the re port from her brother. Dr. Can Goehring. that on March 30 he was promoted to, captala' in the govern ment labratorles at Fort Renjamln Harrlxon, Indiana. " Captain Goehring Is making a rec ord for himself. He Is a young man of 28 years, a graduate In medicine and surgery at Ann Arbor university. In Michigan, and a member, of N'l Sigma Nil fraternity. ,The past three years he has been first assistant to Dr. Klotz, a noted bacteriologist in n Pittsburg hospletl, and was also a member of the faculty In the Pitts burg medical colle'tre. Irritation Firm Denied K . An Extension of Time Fifteen Thousand Books Are Donated to Soldiers Application of the Malheur Irriga tion Company, Ltd..' for an extension of two. years for the completion of the Heers resefvolr on Willow creek In Malheur county was denied yester day by the state water board. Creorge VI. Datls and Ivan OaVes of .Vale. representing the Willow River land & Irrigation company, appeared be fore the hoard to oppose the exten sion. They contended that th Mal heur Irrigation company has not pro gressed rapidly enough with Its pro poed projele to show rood faith. The hoard appointed fJeorr Gom- pert as water master for Malhe-ir county and -Aubrey K. Perry water master for Imatlllar and Morrow counties. - Mark Paulson Hopes to Find Place in Washington , SILVKRTON, ORK.. April 10.- Special oTho 9'atesmanl Attor ney Mark PauWn left Monday for it antiinKKJu, i. wnere lie win probably enter the service of the gov ernment In some capacity. In that event he will close his office here Mr. Panlson is abo municipal Judge of tm city, and.it will be necessary to elect. .an offleer to fill the vacancy Silver Falls Company to Resume Work Next Monday SILVKRTON. ORK.. Amil 10- ( Special to The Stateaman) After having been shut down for- several months pending the completion of about six pillea or railroad Into tha logging ramps, the Silver Falls Tlm- r-er company's mill will start Monday me company antlcipateg A big run of work this season, and will emplov three hunoYed men In the mill. Quarantine Is Ignored -? . and Larson Pays Fine ... 1 1 1 I. SILVKRTON. ORK.. April 9. Jhperlal tb The Statesman) Co cause John larson left his home be fore the quarantine for smallpox was Miss Cornelia Marvin, Ktato li brarian, reported yeate'ay . that In the last drive for books for soldler:i 15,000 volumes, whHh nre now ready for distrlbut Ion to the several can tonments, wero . collected. Lan-J county1 led all other counties of tho state with 3500 volumes. Salem has contributed 2000 volumes, but n Marlon county the drive has not y?t been made outside this city. Second Unit Is Assured, Says Secretary A. H. Lea Secretary Lea of the state fair board announces that construction of the second unit of the new coliseum at the state fair grounds this year is assured. The. acquiring of the nec essary funds is still to be arrange. An effort' will be made to obtain the money from banks, but It Is posible that the funds may be obtalnen fr.vn other sources. Construction of the first unit Is now nnder way. Better Accommodation Are Urged for Loggers . Retter facilities for the comfort of lalorers in logging camps are urged In a letter written by State Labor Commissioner Hoff to the managers of logging companies of the state. He urges bath and drying rooms and bunk house for the acrommotlatlcn of two "men each Instead of the or dinary larger bunk houses. ItllOOKK ilKMH RROQKfl,' Or., April 10. Mrs. Lore Wallace has returned home af ter an extended visit with relatives In Portland a surprise awaited her In the shape, of a new automobile., which Mr. Wallace purchased during her absence. Joe Zelllskl isthe owner of new automobile. Fred Dowe, wife and family moved back Thursday from Oregon city. Melvln Dowe who has been In the aviation school In Texas came homo Sunday. Burris Ranch East of Shaw Sold at Good Price SHAW, Or.. April 10. It I re potted that Adam Rurris has sold his ranch eaafc of Shaw for I8G an acre. J. Ruckel Is home from Oregon City. A large number of Shaw people wero In Salern Saturday. Mr. nnd Mrs. H. Kcene, Miss Kva Wells, Frank Wasser and George Powers wero among the number. . Mr. and Mrs." O. K. Lewis and amlly visited friends In Stajlon Sun day; Mr. and Mrs. Will Darby were Fri day and Saturday Salem visitors. Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson of Crejhatn visited their son, Kurncxt Teterson and family, a few days last week. Mrs. Vernon McAllister of Salem Is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. Ii. McAllister. Mrs. L. Young spent Friday and Saturday with her daughter Mrs. Effle Maftzger of Salem. Warning Is Given of Vast German Intrigue WASHINGTON. April 10. Warn ing of a new German, policy of In trigue, far overshadowing Zlnuner niann's efforts to riuoroir Mexico and Japan with thn I'nlted State,,, and designed., to cause a dftunmlizitinit tn the allied countries similar to l haft in JUUjuia, was given to the nation al 'conference, f American lecturer a hero today by William Kngllsh Wan ing of New York. - Declaring that the . recent Inter allied labor conference at- London had for its real purpose the arrang ing or an International Socialistic conference to which German Social ist would be' invited, Mr. Walling vigorously attacked the Social Is ts of the allied nations. He asserted their purpoie is to bring about a peace of their own dictation' and that unless their effort are fustrated ''the dem ocratlctlcally elected governments of Fiance, Kngland and America might as well abdicate." Tho conference today discussed social, economic and historical as pects of the war, speakers Including Professor Robert McKIroy of Prince ton, and John Rates Clark of Co lumbia; Dr. John A. Ryan of Catho lic university, and Gustavus Myers, historian of this city.. LIGHT PENALTIES IN PMIS MANY . 1500 Violations in Two Days Are Recorded in "City - of Light" PARIS, March 13. (Correspond ence of TheA Associated Press.) Fifteen hundred oro-utlon in !- days for violations of the new light ing regulations In Paris Indicate how difficult It Is to -darken the "City of Light.' The general order is that all In side lights shall ho masked so as to be Invisible from the exterior. No one breaks the-rule wilfully, certain. !y, unless It Is a rare spy here and there, yet lights are risible until 'a late hour In every direction and th only effective solution seem to be Oitner tne hermetic opaque sealing of windows or the suppression of In fclde lights. Curtain have been used every where but often they appear to be opaque from the inside only. Some, times they are to loose that the light bhows around the edges and then, through the negligence of servants, cr others, they are cither partly low ered or ..partly raised.. On any. night since the r.oth ti,i January 31 perpendicular line of jirms rouia.oe seen shining; inter mittently from number of buildings through the windows or the stall way or elevator well. Tenants re turning home have, only to push a button to light these six or seven signals from which aviators may b- sure they are flying over some -Mi town. One of the prlftoncr who pi loted the German machine brought town during the raid said "wo found our way easily thanks to the light of the all buildings." . - . - The deluge of prosecutions. It Ii hoped, will finally produce a "darh. er Paris," hut a newspaper man who made a tour of tho city last night found not only a. respectable num ber of lights shining) from privst apartments but an aufailng number of violation of the order in public talldlag. On the He do la Cite more than thirty windows were Il luminated in the Palais de Justice, where all appeals from cnnvlctloni In the lighting rases will be heard. Light waa also shining brilliantly from, a dozen windows of the prefec ture of policofrom which was Issue4 the orders for darkening tho city. Other public buildings, hospitals, annexes and main buildings of cer tain ministries were also caught la default while mivlng lights rarrlel by motor cars, locomotives of sobur-'. ban railroads and all other orU of. vealreles made the street look. oat thing like fading glowworm. I . LITTLE JAPAN. . Little lacquer -enp In botes "of light wood, exquisitely made. The swords, of the Samurai, wltJt guards Inlaid In patterns of silver and gold, which, when one drawn, must be sheathed with honor or la the bodies of their bearers. The children at evening. In their bright dresses, playing about tho street. - ... The stupid, degenerate faces of the, women In the fishing villages.. . The grotesque, yet overwhelming, dignity of the No dancers. mak4 and brilliant, declaiming before tns painted Ipne tree of the background. The tracks of ghost foxes throncU the wods, where the boys bunt for mushrooms. - The restraint of the tea ccrcmosy. The long swirl of the robes of the beauties of the green houses. The fsrm girls, with their klraone skirts caught In their belts, planilnf , young rice shoots, knee-deep In tbe ooxe of the terraces, thinking envi ously, as they see their face rrfJee ed la the brown water or the white, powdered skins or the city girls. The consumptive faces of the clerks kneeling on clean mats like ascetics in contemplation. r Compactness. Klliabcth J. CoaU worth In March "Asia." The way of the American censor with new Is one of the bewllderlag mysteries of life on this mundane ISP O OI Into Your Waste Basket! Then Look on your desk Which circulars have" you saved? The Cheap, Shoddy Kind . or The Neat Well Printed Ones Now, Think What Others Do ' 03 PRINTING COUNTS We Can Satisfy, You STATESMAN PUBLISHING GO. - . JOB DEPARTMENT . Phone 583 215 S. Commercial . Upstairs I .4 i v