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7 thk onw;ox ktatkkmav:- mi ii.shay. apiul 25. mis t i is c VI t t p n t. f, t 1 ri c t; NEW SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED Red Cross Has New Materials Valued at $2500; Some Sent to Auxiliaries . A shipment of 3024 yards of vari ous materials was received at lied Cross headquarters this week valued at $2502.43. The supply department wider 8ii !ervI?ion of Mrs. W. If. Pancy has been working strenuously for several days parking and for warding muslin, outing flannel and other supplier to the auxiliaries in Marion and Folk counties, where it will be rapidly worked Into hospital garments and-returned t& the head quarters to be packed for overseas shipment. Willamette chapter Is now com posed of 1T.2 auxiliaries and four branches. Fifty of these auxiliaries and three of the branches are lo cated In Polk i county, twelve of which were supplied from this shlp- CAMP LEWIS NOTES OA MP LEWIS, TACOMA. : - Wash., April 24. Coining of warm weather has caused a blr Improvement in the health conditions of Camp Iewls, ac cording to thi weekly report of Major it. F." Mount, division sani tary Inspector, made public today by Lieutenant Colonel p. C. Field, divi sion . surgeon. Tbevrejort In full follows: " "Communicable diseases reportei as occurring at Camp Lewis, Wash., ( for the wek ending midnight, April .', 19. 1 D I ; 1 13 1 1 15 30 ,.f 30 3 3 .. 1 .. 1 . . 3 2 . . 1 3 .. 3 Mumps ......... Measles ...,.. ,. Herman Measles Scarlet Fever llroncho Pneumonia. . Ixbar Pneumonia ... "Continued clear weather ha aid ed In the decrease of diseases trans ferred by sputuriand It has appeared that chllliag and exposure were fac tors In jirodmjnjr pneumonia, or ders were issued during the week-requiring overcoats to be worn in in clement weather. "Pneumonia, ; measles, ; German measles and scarlet fever are fewer In number than during the preced ing week. "There were no deaths during the week.,r t Sliding down a rope from a five story building, diving from a cliff several hundred feet into the water and ' jumping from an ooen draw bridge Into a river in an automobile was every - day work for William Emery of Los Angeles before coming to Camp Lewis with the latest draft contingent preparatory to being a soldier of the national army. . Emery'f work was in the movie?, where he doubled for tome of tho well known stars of the screen In dare-devil acts which were consider ed too hazardous for the leading ladles and men. : " Emery's work was to make up to represent the stars of the photoplay he was appearing In and take their places when there was a dangerous feat called for in the scenario. In a short time he e&uld become a beau tiful leading lady or a handsome leading man. resembling for all prac tical purpose the person for whom he , was 'doubling with the aid of grease paint and costumes. Now he is playing under his own name In the war drama and Emery .finds army life rather to his likirc, be aays. ; A well known concert pianist of the Pacific coast Is at' Camp Lwis learning to be a solder in a training .battalion of the depot brigade, lie Is Edwin Strlgfried of Alameda. Cal. Kelgfrled will appear In sacred con certs at each religious service to be given at Y. M. C. A. hut No. , be ginning next week. First Lieutenant Ralph E. Pavla, former V. M. C, A. secretary at Loa Angeles, came to camp this week as chaplain for the 347th machine bat- "COME THROUGH" is the biggest melodrama thij town will see this sea son. It's the photodrama that set all N. Y. talking. Produced by the Universal Film Mfg. Co- Written by George Bronson Howard. You'll hugely enjoy it You'll talk about it. Read what the N. Y. Dailies said about m 4 '"Bsisjas"jeaesa 'ammmmmtrmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm r 1 I " . mmm ' ". mmmmmmmmmmmA I I nienr with 140 j yards valued, at $378,67. Forty-six of the Marion county auxiliaries were furnished with 3029 yards, with a total valuation-of $!t3l.04. I : : .While a majority of jhe auxiliaries are now sc-ir-sustainlnc, the chapter make' no distinction between those and the ones which are not. but all requests -for materials are filled In the order received at the office, re gardless of location or financial con dition,. Delays In shipment and transport ation and the great scarcity of mer chandise are such that the chapter has been unable to keep a supply on hand. Orders are outstanding for approximately 40,000 yards of mate rials which will cost In the neighbor hood of $10,000. - i '.'ftKST FOIt CTtlMlftEX. Experience prove tBat. Foley's Honey ahd Tar is the best family medicine for children for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Mrs. M. K. Schlarb. 556 Oakland Ave., Ashland, Pa., writes: "When my little girl gets a cold 1 give her a dose of it and it always relieves her. I cannot praise It too highly." J. C. Perry. tallon. Lieutenant Davis Is the f Ir3t graduate of the army school for chaplains at Fort Monroe. Va.; to be assigned to Camp Lewis. The first class of' chaplains was graduated there April 4. and a second school was begun this week. Hereafter chaplains must take the five week' prescribed course 'at 'Fort Monroe before being assigned to duty in the army. The first of the Y. M. C. A. play sheds to be built at Camp Lewis will be - opened Tuesday night between the barracks of the 3C3rd and 364th Infantry regiments with volley ball ahd basketball games and a w res Mean 10 17 18 19 Totl. Strength 40 20 17 20 137 31,687 .. .. 1 .. 7 31.6S7 .. .. .. .. 1 31,687 2 2 1 3 IS 31.6H7 . . .. .. .. 7 31,67 1 3 ,.. .. 16 31.6S7 tling tournament. The building has three volley ball courts, four banket- ball courts, one handball court and rooms for wrestling and boxing. The two regiments will have the use of the building on alternate nights. The second bulldinr is nearlng com pletion and will be ready for occu pancy without a couple of weeks. : The third Liberty theater boxing show, presenting men of Camp Lewis who have received training in the ert of rtelf-defense at the hands of Willie Riteble. division boxing in structor, was announced by Ritchie today. It will be staged next Friday evening. Ritchie is developing some good boxers among the men and a big Im provement in the work over the first two performances Is expected when the third tourney is staged Friday. Taylor of the 21th supply trains and Sergeant Starr of the 364th in fantry, who fought three fast rounds to a draw at the last Liberty theater show, are matched to appear again Friday. Their weights are 173. Dyrness, the San Francisco hotel clerk, who fought under the name of Marty Kane . before entering the. army, will appear Friday The big decrease In the number of contagious diseases In camp with the coming of fab weather makes it improvable that quarantine regula tions will ' interfere with the pro gram this time as It has in the past. Five.hundred student officers com pleted their course of training at the third officers' training camp at Camp Lewis today and were, present ed with their diplomas by Major General II. A. Greene, commander of the Wild West division of the national army. General Greene re viewed the graduates on the parage grounds and personally presented the diploma to each man. The training camp consisted of seven companies of " Infantry and three battalions of field artillery. The camp opened January G. The men will be sent back to their or ganizations to await receipt of their commissions from Watihington and assignment to command as second lieutenants. ' IT STARTS TODAY AT USUAL PRICES SEW TftkC rmnriyn .' r " mm elvre.- "eree Mfl4MM hf BtM4. way Umm Had uvmnm." JKW IOHK I1K11ALU Ther in m pmmrtt ih plrny." WKW tORK WUULDi Rrall.m l every fmi." .E?Y RK' KVE- The lUlf Tmt. tmU iVm there. mVlt Cm rHN X. V. SIORM5G TRI.KGR A Til "With punrh mm m mnU that hl4 Make It aveeaa. W. V. AMKRICAK Th Met. 4ranta thrilUi tar re ta vcrlt mmif eMs;c ( eventa." ZIT. X. V. JOVHXAV warkaalr tarilllajr mmmMrrtmUy riM tm 1 mm-tr ft. - J far mm J'rara. i TROUPE AGAIN TALUESrHIGH Salem Cherrians Score Second Big Success With Min " strel Show Tally another magnificent success for the Salem Cherrians. Standing room was again at a premium at Ihe minstrel and mys tery show last night and some, semi privileged persons resorted to the wings on the stage to view .the per formnace. So thoroughly trained were the performers that little dif ference could be noted in the work of last night and that of the previ ous night and the reception given the players was equally as enthus iastic. The grand finale to the first part the 'minstrel show proper was worked out to a perfection of ef fectiveness with a pervading patri otic theme Introduced by "We'll Knock the llellgo Into Heligo out of Heligoland." sung by Charley Know land. Those who saw both performances say the end men were in better form last night than the night before. They were Charley Knowland. Leslie Springer. II. 11. White and Uily Lerchen. One of the salient hits in the first nart was the original poem rexltwl by Interlocutor "Ikc" Epley, en titled "From t)ut the Depths, or the Km I unary of Hell." which was a scathing Indictment of Kaiser Hill of Cermany. The' chorus work was again of high order, directed by John W. Todd, who knows the art of injecting pep Into a trouoe of singers. Mrs. A. I. Hahn scored another big hit with her "original camou flage." and the instrumental acts by Ivan Martin and the three Glad stones had professional flavor. Fred Taylor, whose dark complexion is no camouflage, since he carries It about with him all the time, exposed a lot of things that go on around Salem and the f owd en loved It so much that he was allowed to retire with reluctance. E. Cook Patton's "A Night In Spookvllle" closed the show. He has conquered the art of legerdemain, and his performance la In big time class.. COMriUTTEES TO CONTINUE WORK McAdoo Urges Communities Not 6 Be Satisfied With 100 k r Cent Record WASHINGTON. Antll 24. Anoth er pica for Vx!f carcra'.n coniiiiit- tee not to stop working arter co-e-rounl'ies reach their llLe '. oau r.ifb scrlDtion ouotas. went forth tod.? from Secretary McAdoo, prompted oy recurring reports that workers Ur some tmvuj arc satisfed with liti er cent re ;-.jrds. .... . "If we stoo flrhtlnar when we have reached tho minimum of th tutni- v i.'.n .of "the Jlberv - loan."' k!J thi secretary, "we are not comparably sustalnlpg' our sons in France who are fighting not for ' the minimum. but for the maximum of America's rights and world liberty." At the rate the country Is uhRcrib- ing this week, the loan will be slight ly over-suDscrioea, out treasury of ficials are hoping for a total of at least $5,000,000,000. The aggre gate of -reports ud to the onenlne of business today Is $1,790,478,160 which is $132,000,000 more than the total announced last night. , The average daily subscriptions necessary until the end of the cam paign are $120,000,000 to make the thtee billion, and $320,000,000 - to make the five billion. The Minneanolla and - St T.. nit Is federal reserve district were offici ally reported tonight as having over subscribed and headquarters recog nised the claim of the St. Louis dis trict of having gone over the top first. ! Governors of twelve statoa tnrinv wired Secretary McAdoo that they either had or would issue proclama tions declaring; liberty day Friday, a state holiday. The states ar.e Illi nois, Wisconsin. Texas, North Caro lina, South Carolina, West Virginia. Minnesota. Virginia.. New Jerser. Mississippi, California and North uaicota. Probably ten thousand communi ties in the country now have exceed. ed their quotas, said the headquart ers review tonight. Definite reports from six of the twelve federal re serve districts showed that about 4500 flags had been awarded as fol lows: Chicago, 2076; Cleveland, 740; San Francisco, 677; Boston, 482; New York, 424 and Philadelphia, MOKK FLAGS 8F.XT OUT. SAN FRANCISCO, April 24 Tot al district subscriptions mailed to the federal reserve bank in hindina- form yesterday aggregated $152,213,500 irom 074.789, suoscribers, it was an nounced here tonight. . This amount was divided as fol lows: Arizona, $1,211,300; Washing ton, $20,509,400; Oregon. $19,421. 00; Utah. $6,739,550; Idaho. $5, 533.200: Nevada. 81.865. KOO? North. era California, $59,279,160; South ern laurornia, 93 5,033,700. The district's quota 1 $210,000, 000. The total number of honor fUgs awarded in the twelfth federal "re serve bank district np to tonight was Kit .v a . A 1 t .. ui iuwu 47 nave.oeen won oj California cities and counties. Ore-' gon was reported next to California with 224 flags. Washington counties to be award ed flags were announced as follows: Island. Lincoln. Pacific. San Juan, Skagit. Walla Walla, ClaiKe. Colum bia, and Ferry. The Laveen anl ScOttsdale school districts In Aritntii f 0kX e" - m mi -Rheumatic Aches Drive them out with Stcan's -Liniment, tta crutck-acting v cooihing liniment that per.etntt3 , vithou: rubUag and relieves tb pain. So much demer than niussy planters or oiatacnts: ic docanot Uin the skin or clog . the pores. Always hav a bottle ' in the house for the aches And poina of rheutnatMm. goutluia- . bago. train, sprains, atitf joints . (nd all muade aoreneas. Gaar;a) aisa bettlaa at all draga!ts 1 1 ?tCnff: v-v.a. ayi M fc M U-M U Sa1 Slaaw'a mrtrn Mat iarrriitft 2S U loan was announced tonight as $44, 116.800, or approximately H0 per cent of the city s quota. Mrs. Matilda Grant Died ' at Late Hour Last Night Mrs. Matilda Crant. ?S years old. died shortly 'after II o'clock last night at her residence, xiy Center street, death In-lpg caused by bron chial pnelitiionia. ' Hhe - was' the mother of Miss Iaura Grant, the music instructor. Murruy Cox, a brother, arrived In Sulein Tuesday from i'ela. Iowa. Mrs. Grant had lived In Faletii seven years, earning here from Iowa. Why Not lk CfetfMl to Yourself If you awaken weary and unre freshed In the morning, or tire early In the day, are bilious and "blue," with coated tongue and bad breath if you are suffering from Indigestion or constipation you will find Foley Cathartic Tablets quick to relieve and comfortable In action. They are wholesome and health-giving. J, C. Prry. , ( Camp Lewis Assigned , Part of Drafted Men WASHINGTON, April 24. Camp Lewi has been assigned 9920 of the 1." O.ooo drafted men ordered mobil ized next Friday, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today. They will be drawn from the states of Washington. Oregon, California. Idaho. Nevada. Montana, Wyoming and Utah. , REDTpSSTO , GATHER MONEY Second .War Fund Campaign Scheduled to Be Waged May 20 to 27 Beginning May 90 and extending through the week to May 27, the American people will be asked to sub scribe to the .second War Fund of the American Red Cross. Ope hundred million dollars-will be needed and every cent of every dollar will be spent for war relief. Thenorthwestern division which has jurisdiction over the stutes of Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska will have to raise $2,000,000. For many months now the wtwld has been spending over $100,600,000 a day in the destruction of life and property. In connection with this the follow ing appeared In the weekly bulletin published in Seat tie : Chapters Hbould plan no money-raising activ ities that wlu Interfere in any way with the coming War Fund Drive of the lied Crosx. It is would be ad visable that all local campaigns for funds and all Dlans for benefits and entertainments be suspended until after June 1. BASIS LAID FOR FISHING TREATY No International Policy Yet Adopted Secretary Red field Speaks ' -a . ' SEATTLE. April 24. Wbl?e no international policy to be adopted by the United States and Canada to ward fishermen of either country was determined at the first day's session of the American-Canadian fisheries conference, which opened here today, ground work for the diawlng up of a treaty goverlng .the fishing Indust ry was laid, it was staUd. The kef not to the discussion sounded by. Sec retary of Commerce William C. Red- LAST TIMES TODAY ( &f frSJg ) i United States and Canada are now fighting side by aide In the common cause, the moment was opportune for removing the sources of vexation that has existed between thetwo countries over fishery questions ever since the Declaration of Independence was signed. The secirtary likewise as serted that the conservation of sock eye salmon, one of the subjects und er discussion, was war measure and had been regarded in more than a local light. Suggestions for conserving sock eye salmon ranged from . increasing the length of the closed season to ab solute prohibition of the taking of these fish for an extended period. A number of Seattle and British Co lumbia fishermen and fish packers attended the conference and testi fied. ' The Seattle conference probably will end tomorrow. Sessions will be held later at Vancouver, B. C, and Ketchikan. Alaska. Brigadier-General g , Under Arrest at Camp i - WASHINGTON. April 24. Briga dier General Arthur H. lionnelly. a former Missouri national guard of fl eer. Is under arrest at Camp Willis. N. Y.. facing trial by court martial. War department officials tonight re fused to discuss the nature or the charges against the ofricer or to say when he would be brought to trial. Forty-Nine Working Days Is Ship-Bailding Record PORTLAND. April 24. When the wooden steamer Capon ka was launch id late today by the Grant Smith Porter Shipbuilding company, with in forty-nine working days from the time her keel wa4 laid, a new world's record wis set up for the speedy con struction and launching of "a hull. The best previous record also was held by this company, which put thj Wakan In the water April 20 last, within, 62 working days from the time her keel waa laid. A statement of today's achievement was tele graphed tonight to the Emergency Fleet corporation by Lloyd J. Went worth. director for Oregon of wood en ship construction. Beginning with February 17 last, when the Wssco was launched, the Grant Rmlth-Portef company has p it ten shfps In the water. Five have been launched this month. The plant has eight ways, so this means from two of them two vessels each have been launched within 66 calendar days. The Caponlka is a 3S0O ton ship. rimeIlror5fli;eiPoIfc County Man From Mad Ball CLOVERDALE. Or.. 'April 24. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kunke while on a motor trip thtougb Polk count passed the Bradford farm Just as an enraged bull was attacking Mr. Bradford. The men hurried to his assistance and Mr. Kunke struck the annlmal wib a club dazing it; and soon had Mr. Bradford safe. But had he have had five minutes more time the bull would surely have killed him. as It was .he was badly scratched and shaken up. Miss Agnes Arnold and Miss Pearl Blachmun attended a teacher meet ing in Salem last Saturday. Albert Ilennia came tin f mm PnH. land Saturday evening to spend Snn- aay wun nis parents, Mr. and Jrs. L. C. Hennis. Mrs. F. A. Wood waa a S1n. visitor Monday. - ' Mrs. J. D. Craig and " daughter Ethel were In Salem Tuesday. J. P. Craig la tltowlna- tnr John Mc Kinney this week. Condition of A rchbishop Is Now Slightly Improved ST. PAUL Minn.. April ?24. The condition of Archbishop Jehn Ireland was slightly Improved tonight. An nouncement made at the home of th aged Catholic orrhhi.h.. t h - 'I' 14 IU41 e had enjoyed several hours of Test r,u iui u was noped ne would recover. fifld, who asserted that since the New Fashion Plates for MAY -are '-here SHOWING ALL THE LATEST STYLES FREE COME AND GET ONE Oar prices always the lowest Gale & 'Go. Commercial and Court NEARLY ALL OF HUN LOAN PAID Count Ton Roedern Speaks Before Reichstag German Success Forecasted BERLIN, Tuesday. April 23. (Via Amsterdam. April 24) Speak ing on the first reading of the new taxation proposals In the relcbstag today. Count von Roedern, secretary of the Imperial treasury, said that 11.000.000.000 marks of the 14,600, 000.000 marks subscribed to the eighth war loan already bad been paid. The count pointed out that during the war the Indirect taxation had been considerably lower than the direct taxation. t "In the forthcoming reconstruc tion of the lsiperlal finances that masterpiece, the Imperial constitu tion, must not be fundamentally al tered," be said. 'A fundamental tax ation division Into direct and Indi rect taxes would at present be pre mature. "We do not yet know the amount of Indemnity we shall win. "Our taxation legislation need not fear comparison with that of foreign countries. Great Britain's big taxa tion achievements show neither ' a new basls nor an organic reform. American war taxes represent mere ly random and variation. The suc cess of our loan policy is attribut able to a conscientious covering In terest on Imperial loans and to bal ancing the budget." Kays 20,000 Wounded. AMSTERDAM.. April 24. Speak ing before the main committee of the relchstag xyesterday. Lieutenant Gen eral von Stein, Prussian minister of war and atate, said that 20,000 men wounded in the battle on the western front have already returned to their regiments, - according to German newspapers received here. He In ferred from the small number of Americans captured that not many Americans had as yet been sent to the front line. t Gustav Noske, socialist, said that the number of .Americans on the western front appeared, according to the latest reports, not as small as the minister represented. General von Stein said that gas fighting Is not a development of this war, but had been used earlier in po sition warfare. "Our new powder develops car bonic oxide gas." he said. "We or ganised the employment of this gas and the enemy soon followed. Thanka to our excellent gas masks, the suc cessive enemy gas attacks In the Homme battle amounted to but little. (lm Now InvUible. After the development of the as UN ECONOMICAL. DELlCHTrUf. LIGHT I-LACE The Accepted New Styles Attractive Dresses for Spring and Summer Wear There is just enough variety in the styles we are show ing tp'make the choosing of ones dresses a most de lightful pastime. Simple tailored models for busi ness use. Uressy models In many variations of panelsnd overskirts at mod erate prices 112.50, $14.50, $15.50, $16.50, $ 1 7, $l9.5Q"aja,"$25r Phone 1072 attack gas shells made their appli ance. We now are raanufactur'.-r an invisible gas. The enemy a at j caught up to us. Our lonaes throe,", the effects of gas have been s'.:t -The statements relative to the v tor of gas fighting have been tms. ly exaggerated. The majority of i j poUsnlng cases In the hospital ti doing well and there will be no re manent Injury to the men's beal-.b u fear. Our experts made maikt ml: l give absolutely certain prolactin. 'No country will agree to react:: i the use of gas. It Is therefor, t essary'for our experts to labor ecs. tinuously to keep us ahead. "Our tanks are superior to tl enemy's, particularly In speed. proMsaI has been received from u enemy government to restrict ar.j attacks to fortified towns and cannot one-sidedly undertake i- obligations." At the opening of today's s-:-j Professor Morits Pasche paid a t" ute to Baron von Rlchthofea. ; German airman killed on the wri.: front, to whom be referred as a ti tlonal beo. "I suppose when your sonest t: college he was inoculated with U love or learning." "Yes, but it didn't take.- AN OLD RECIPE TO DARKEN HA! Sage Tea and Sulphur Tun Gray, Faded Hair Dark ; and Glossy Almost everyone knows that f " Tea, and 8ulphur, properly compo-.: A ed, bring back the natural color r ! lustre to the hair when faded, str?a ed or gray. Yeara ago the only v:j to get this mixture was to make it at home, which la mussy and trocVe some. Nowadays we simply aik at arr drug store for "Wyeth's Bare scJ Sulphur Compound." You vUi get i large bottle-of thU old-time redp improved by the addition of other In gredients, at very little coC Every body uses thla preparation now. be cause no one can oosalhlv tall tilt you darkened yonr hair, as It Cft it no nainrauy and evenly. You Cxu.p en a sponge or soft brush wltk u and draw this through yonr hair, til Ing ohe small strand at a time; li morning the gray hair CTiappear and after another application or t. your hair becomes butlfully dirt thick and glossy and you look Jfti lounger Wvrlh'i anil phur Compound Is a delightful toil reqnissje. it is not Intended for ts cure, mitigation or prevention of i- sease. TO TRADE for special occasion Sts. 3 BL1GH THEATREc also won flags. 4l$ $TATC Sl , , -tUlUVUettuoro San FrancUsco'i subscription to the BLIGH THEATRE