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- PRECOX STATESM,IX:, SATLTP.IX PKCTMUnR 7. 10 1 R. Ji 11 vs READ ' Enough Said TRY IT PEERLESS BAKERY 170 N. Commercial St. ' Salem j Deals in Real Estate Elizabeth I. St. Helen to Marrlet ti A. Bruce. Jot 2, Hock 26, Nob Hill 3dttlon, Salem; w. d. , Peter Sptinger ct ux to R. D. tticlan et ux. part of lot 9 and all of lot 10, Sunnyside Fruit Farms, js'o. 7 In see. 27-8-3w.: w. d. a F. Webb et ux to S. Tegland et tk MS cres In John Barger. claim 1-7-1.: w.'d. . : Janette H. Matthien to W. 51. San tod, and In James Brown claim 47-S-lw. tZIOi w. d. , A. A. UlTln et ux to Edward J.' Jones et nx land in James Brown thlm 4?-Mw.. 11500: w. d.. , ; For general real estate business. mortgires ana insurance see C. w. Niemeyer, . 544 Stati street. Phone 1000. , I SPAIN DISCUSSES , LEAGUE IS9 T Attociated Prett) 1 , , MADRID, Wednesday., Dec. 4.The question of a league of nations is re tbe meeting of the outgoing cab- reiving much attention in Spain. At tie last meetinr of the outgoing cab- laet the ministers were unanimous la declaring their absolute adreBion to President Wilson's Idea on the 1 abject, ; .-. , .-, -..- RAILROADS WISH otmionsnow as beforlwar Believe That Lines Should Bi Returned to Private OwnershTp MANY EXECUTIVES MEET Ninety Per Cent of Rail Mile- age Represented at New York Conference Debate on Revenue Bill " ' . h Coming Up Shortly WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. In re porting the war revenue bill to the senate today. Chairman Simmons of tho finance committee arranged for the begmlng of debate next Tuesday, wia exclusive right of -s.y given :L, measure. Filing of committee reoorta nn th. Mil was deferred until next weet. s-iuiuiuuj win present me Til3- jomy report, and Senator Penrose oT I Pcnnsylvaula will file a nrlnoruy re-pc-t, attacking especially the plan" of iiuoK issu rates. Senators S t out of Utah. fnd. La Follctte of Wlscr.n sln, Republicans, gave notice that they would file separate reports to present their individual vewi. As reiecl by tho ct tare eoramlt ee to meet peace Ujh conditions, the nie&sure L& designed to raise 15.953.. 466.000 as against f8 182,483,000. which would have been yielded by the house araft pasitu ptptember.2u. and propose legislation for return of the railroads to the Individual com panies. " ' - "This shows the railway companies want a readjustments conditions." sald Mr. Curler after the meetinr. They do not wish or expect to escape uequaie, responsioie public regula tions but look forward to relation be tween rates, wages and dividends which will stimulate business, ade quately, reward labor and attract the volume of new capital needed for expansion." lnimpcarhble If you were to see the unequalled volume of unim peachable testimony in favor of Hood's Farsaparilla. you would up braid yourself for so long delaying to take this effective medicine for that blood disease from which you are sutiering. YANKEE TROOPS AWARDED PRAISE n -t - At 1 1 comprising more than 90 f . itiri t the rail mileage of the ; port, LOCimends Work 01 Pershing and Men 3IAJ1E 1SIM WINS AGAIN BREMERTON. Wash.. Dec. 6. The undefeated Mare Island Marines football team today added another victory to their credit, when they VAII frnm Sallnr taam tt famrt " . v Perry here by a score of 89 to 0. NEW YORK. Dec. 4 Executives ox railroads per cent of country in conference here today have aaoptea a resolution favoring a re turn of the roads to private owner ship and expressing hope that the remaining period of federal control would be such as to leave the nroner- ties in the highest state of efficiency. Government ownership and opera tion of railroads was characterized as "not conducive to the highest eco nomic efficiency of the country" and 11 was suggested that private initia tive, enterprise and responsibility in creation, extension. Improvement and operation should, as a matter -of na tional policy, be fostered and pre served." ,;, ,: , - , The meeting, which was called by T. Dewitt Cuyler,' chairman of the railway executives' advisory commit tee, also voted that "assurance be given to the director general of rail roads and his assistants of our ear nest desire to co-operate with them in the performance of their Import ant and difficult trust and in the adoption of plans for the , return of these properties to private manage ment and operation, which plans shall be just,' alike to the public, to the owners of the properties and to the employes engaged thereon." It was. announced that meetings would be held soon to work put plans WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. The army program of 80 divisions In France by June 30,. 191v, was embarked upon with complete confidence that Ger many could and would be defeated during 1919 if the project was car ried out. General March, chief of staff, declares In his annual report to Secretary Baker, made public to day. That conviction was based on a comprehensive study of the whole war situation ordered by General March immediately after he assumed his duties as the head of the army last March. After a study of the situation.'' the report says. "Including as accur ate an 'estimate of the- potential strength of our allies on the western front and. of the probable German strength as was possible, I came to the conclusion that the war might be brought to. an end In. 1919. provided we were able to land la Franco by June 30 of that year 80 American divisions of a strength of 3,360,000 men. "On July 18. 1918. I submitted to you a formal memorandum, accom panted, by a study of methods by which the men could be obtained, the U S, Prisoners Study To Fit Themselves For -II ' '- 'f - 1 - ; . - - . - After Allies Have Won the -Wat Better Jobs Books of Technical Nature, . Particularly i., , Those Dealing with , Ejj, Survey ing, Chemistry and Electricity in Great est Demand. ' ll I i . mmff wmfM&$k ir- .. . v. ' : An'An:v?.a BYE. A, BATCHELOR WHEN an American soldier Is unlucky enough to be taken prisoner by the Boche and -. "ent to one of the camps in the In-' , terior of Germany he doesn't lose all contact with, his own people. It Is true that he doesn't have an Ameri ' can dally paper delivered with his coffee and eggs each morning, nor receive a letter every afternoon with the latest gossip from home. He Is ' fairly well kept out of touch with ajs own land but occasionally ho - learns that he has not been, for Rotten. The Y. M. C. A. Is one of , th9 agencies that keeps the line of communication open.' In a quiet way, the International Committee, through Its European ; "cfencles. Is doing a gTeat dcl.to ' ameliorate tho condition f Yankee prisoners of war In Germanr. The ts ;a-.yi.''-.iut would to make it Still some concessions have been secured from tho central powers. Since the United States entered tho" war, Americans have not been exactly popular In Germany. There was big Yankee Y. M. C A. organ ization looking after Allied prison ers In the Fatherland prior to April. 1917, but when Uncle Sara got tired of fooling and went to fighting, the workers were handed their hats. Most of them came out with Am bassador James W. Gerard, but the Germans bad confidence enough Min Virat Hoffman, one" of the " leaders In the work among the pris oners, to allow him to remain for several months. . - - When it became necessary ror the Americans to leave, the Y. M. C A. artirities were placed In the hands of neutrals, mainly Swiss and Scan danavian. These men are doing ex stint work. eontlnulnK the various acUvitiee instituted by the Yankees. v-.Mvkw w. not iu uciuuu;. . aCUYllHTO - " ork,' of cours la subject to drastlo The funds are still being furnished restrictions by the German Govern- by tne iniernauuum ont and Is not nearly so extensive which maintains central ode la Berne, Switzerland. la charge of A C Harte. Other officers are lo cated in Berlin. Vienna, Paris, Pet rograd, Copenhagen, Rome and Bona. . . The work of the War Prisoners Aid Department consists mainly In furnUhicg the Interned men with moan3 of amusing themselves, and pursuing studies la various subjects. Books, particularly those of a tech nical nature, are in great demand Mnsical Instruments, indoor and outdoor paraphernalia for games, theatrical material, and in some cases food and clothing, are sent In. Scores of prisoners are putting in most of their time studying elec tricity, chemistry, engineering, sur veying, etc-,' so that when the war is over, or they are exchanged they will be qualified to hold better posi tions than they ever have held be fore. It seems strange that a term of a prisoner of war might be the means of starting a man on the road to success, but this Is what Is likely to happen in some cases. Recently a car load of 'baseballs and other athletic goods was for warded through . Switzerland to American prisoners la German camps. No assurance had been given by the Imperial Government that this consignment would be allowed to go through,, but Mr. Hart had hopes that be would be able to ar- range it Included in the consign ment were 27U dozen baseballs, six dozen bats. 10 dosen tennis balls, a dozen tennis rackets, several dozen footballs, etc Imagine the whoops f Joy that will greet Its arrival at its destination- . German prisoners in France also are cared for by the Y.'M. C A. through an agreement with the Ten-" tons that whatever is done for Allied prisoners In their, country must also be done for the Boche captives held by the Allies. Books, games, musical Instruments, theat rical make-up and costumes, ath letics equipment etc are being furnished the "Fritties, The de mand for musical Instruments and theatrical material Is particularly great Almost every German has some sort of musical talent and many of them are amateur theepl ans of ability also. Up to date, the Y. M. C A. hasn't been able to keep up with the demands made upon it by the devotees of these two arts. The work has been extended to the Polish prisoners held In France. In one camp, the Poles publish a very well-edited and well-printed sews niner This llttla sheet besides amusing Its editors and readers. Is doing excellent missionary work by printing the truth about the politi cal aspects of the war and thus dis abusing the prisoners of some of the false ideas engendered by Inspired propagandist supported by German gold. . , ' . . . . The International Committee of the Y. M. CA.li working with the prisoners of war la all parts of the Central Powers, as welj as a, G?. manjr proper, J GROCERIES This year's crop Fresh Raisin. 2 pounds for 25c New Crop Prunes. 2 ounil for .25c Home Canned Fruits (in gla&s jars), consisting of Cherries, Imnr, Blackberries, Straw berries, t'oosf berries, etc., quart size, 25c; half gallon at '.......,.....453 We have Apricot: Paten, Fig, Cocoanut. Mrs. Porter's. anl Ileuix Fip PtiMinpi, Jlince Meat, ami all the delicacies that go with a first class Christmas dinner, and. all. at tho right prices. Fine grade of White Beans, 3 lbs. for .... 25c FRUITS Nice large Oranges, No. 126, each 5c No. 80s, the largeKt Orange, 10c each? 2 for 15c, or 4 for ...25c The Choicest Cranberries, quart l&c Large Ma Florida (irape Fruit, each ..... . 15c Baldwin Apples, box $L23 Fine Pears, 1kx $L10 il VEGETABLES Fancy pud-s per hundred pound- SL75 Sweet Spud, 6 pound for 25c Cabbage, per pound, 3c; in hundred pound lots, per pound 2ViC Turnips, per pound I 2c Table Carrots, per pound ...f 2e 4 tons of Fancy Hubbard Squash going at, lb 2c . SEE ME FOR LIVE POULTRY The Farmers9 Sfdeof Quality 270 NORTH COMMERCIAL STREET PHONE 721 H WE DELIVER ORDERS OF 50 CENTS AND OVER FREE OF CHARGE fry"" supplies procured, and an analysts of - greatest value Co the department shipping which must be obtained in order to accomplish this very large military vrorram. This, was accom panied by an estimate of the cost f the .proposed program. 4 A "In this study I recommend to yon the adoption of the American pro gram, of 80 divisions In France and 18 at home by Jane 30. nit. paseo on a total strengrn 01 me Awncw army of 6.850,000 men. . This was approved by you and oyHne president of the United States and adopted as our formal military program. To carry this pro grim Into effect re quired the Adoption by conges of a change la the draft ages so as to In clude men between the ages or is and 4 5 years, and also created a de ficiency over the enormous appropri ations already made by congress or some 87,000.000.000. The presenta tion of the program to congress, ac companied by the statement that this Increase In the army. II laws were passed by congress which would mak it etefctlve, would lead to success tn 1919, produced prompt and favorable consideration oy mat oouy. "Up to the signing of the arimstlee troona were being transportea io France monthly in, eccoraanee wiu that program. The results speak for themselves. The remainder of the report Is de voted to a presentation of the steps it waa found necessary to .take to build up an adequate general stall and the announcement that , a com plete plan of reorganization for the irmy. Including tne stair, is oemg worked out r" have directed the divisions of the reneral staff concerned to study and submit to your consideration a plan for the reorganization of our army, which will take advantage of our experience la this war. which has brought about many change to or ganlaUoa of all arma of the service, and - has developed new arms not known when the war started. Tne air service, the tank corps, the de velopment of heavy mobile artillery, tne proper organization of divisions. corns snd armies, all will oe let lonn la the scheme which will be submit ted to you with the rccommenaation that It be transmitted lor the consid eration of congress." , "The modesty and gallantry of the Individual American soldier In France Is a matter of pride to all Americans," General March declared. adding:; "Central Pershing and his. com mand have earned the thank of the Kmerican people." Th chief of staff also commenas .. wnrk or flenerai uuss at er- ..ui wtilrh he ears was ox ine Appended to the report Ls a terse chronology of the operations of the American army la France and a day to day sketch of the campaign begin ning on April 28. 19 IT; and conclud ing-November 11, 1911, wbea hos tilities ceased. winter.' A CLEAR COMPlfXION . r Ruddy Cheeks Sparkling Eyes Most Women Cm Have Says Dr. Edwari ae2 Known Ohio rty?teaa rv. V. r.f. Tv.-z-lt (or 17 Tears tres-r cores of women ix liver and bowel amenta, During these yrs be rare to us paUent3 a prescription cudc ct a few xll-cnowa egelahle ingredient-! mixed ith olivs on, naming them Dr. Edwards Mive Tablets. You wifl kxn thaa by beir oLre color. These tablets arc v.-or.dcr-wor";er$ on las ver and bowels, which cccae a normal ction, carrying ofl tho waste and poisoo 4 matter in one's system. : . U you hrre a pclo f ace. sallow !ook.duTi ryes, pimples, coared tocnfc?aches. a a sticks, co-good feeling. aU out ofj sorts, i&riv tvnrta. voa take one ox uc Edwards' Oi.ve Tablets nighUy for a tune and note the pieiiins results, . Thousands cf women i as well as meo take Dr. Edward OLvo Tabletsthe sue cessful substitute tor olomd-ew wa then just to keep la the pink of condition, Uk and 25c per box. Aildxi-t. SOLDIER BOYS . VnX HOP HERE Dance Put od by Fourth Regi ment Ii Set for Week From Tonight ' j Private I B. Gross, advance atrnt for the Fourth Provisional resident orchestra ot ToWlo, sncrdtl yes terday la risking arrangements for a dance .to be gira In the Salem armory a week frra tonight The dance Is to be put on by the regi ment orchestra and Uw proceeds will g toward paying oft a deficit ot 81C90 on the soldiers' dab hoac built by the re si men t at Toledo at a total rost of $400. , W. nrysat. who operate the Saturday' alght dance at Moos halL ha coaser-ted to for go Ms daace for that evening and will assist the army boy In making a sneers of their entertainment for Salem peo ple. It Is possible that the co-opera-t Ion of the Cherrian may be en listed. . - i . Private Eugene Apolls. fenucrly a star of the Chicago Grand Opera com pa no, will be with the orchestra and will sing several selections from Italian grand opera. L'entraant John M. liobson will accompany the i orchestra from Toledo and It Is probable that a large number of sol diers from that point will obtain leivc and cone to Salem for tht af fair. .-...,.. , Captain LeRoy Hewlett of Com pany 5f. O. N. G.. Colonel A. T. W. olpert. Captain A. IL Wllwn. Hal D. Patton and other will lend their eflorts to make the diDce a svecesy. Thirteenth Division WSl ' Be Demobilized Among Lost CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Waih..1 Dee. i- The Thirteenth division which Is stationed here will be one of the last to be demobollzed la this country and very probably the men and officer of the division who wish to remain la the army will be ased as a nucleus for the formation of a permanent division, according to a- dcatons here today. From advice received from Wash ington the place ot officers la the division who wish to resira Immedi ately will be taken by others who wish to retain commissions. These will be sent here as occasion demand from other posts and camps a anits are eat down by the demoboiliaUoa piatLS. Ofr!e-i ere believe the regular army after the war will consist of ap proximately SOO.000 men la 20 di visions. The divisions, it ls under stood, will have their headquarters at camps and cantonments that will be kept as permanent posts. The health and climatic record of () camp is expected to cause Camp Lewis to be used as a lare depot for troops and supplies ot the regular army. With Camp Lewi as a central point for a division troop from the division would be available for duly la smaller posts la coaat states adiii la Alaska. The divisional plan. It I believed, will be retained for the regular s tablUhmeaL It U said better ref ills can be obtained in handling the reg ular army throne diviaUcs asl much work and delay would be saved for departmental headqaartera. The Forty-fourth infantry. CoL E. X. Jones commanding, was order-! today to proceed to the Presidio, Saa Francisco, for station- , One battalion from the regiment was ordered to proceed Immediately to Fort Wordn Wash., and on company to be divid ed between Butte. UoaL. and Fort George Wright. Wash., to relieve the United Elate guard stationed there.j The guards will come here or m&s-l tertng out. - Leoa Haanersley left lart alght for Kansas City where will spend the SEE v TE-3 IS If - xly IN f M i in Placed with xu for sale at bi lacriTica. Its A Player A New IIlh-Tie Iiutnia.et REGULAR PRICE $750 MAKTS US AN OrFER E.L. Stiff o Ob So n 418 Court EL t