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TOE OH12GOX 8TATESMAX: TIIIR-SHAY, JANUARY 0, 1.019 4,762,000 ARE CASUALTIES IN FRENCH ARMY French High Commission Makes Known Figure , to November 1 GREAT SACRIFICES MADE Over Million of the Fighting Men Were -Killed or Died of Wounds 44,OOO.j to which must be added these of the 3500 held as prisoners of war who will have to be pensioned. ...-'-!. I : A X ENEMY OF WOMANHOOD. roofct woman Woman as they circles The complexion, digestion and al the complete personality or are dependent upon bealta. s ilia are her great enemy, cause bad complexion, dark under the eyes, headache, backache, nervousness, sleeplessness. dragging down "pains and the blues, and' oftfn totally unfit her for a com panion. The great American rem edy; for such conditions is Lydia E. Pinkhafti's Vegetable Compound. whScS has been restoring three gen erations! of ailing women to health, and! mar be felled upon with perfect confidence. -:--' BOLSHEVIKI ARE ROUTED i IN BATTLE Thirty-one Thousand Prison ers Captured by Loyalists Under Authority of Omsk Government j . PARIS PRAISES ROOSEVELT AS HEROIC FIGURE 1W YORK NOW1 FACES SERIOUS HARBOR STRIKE Papers There Job in Declar ; j ing Him One of Greatest j Men of His Age WASHINGTON, Jan.- 8. Casual ties In the French army, excluding colonial troops, tq November 1 were 4.762,800 ( acocrding. to official fig ures .made public today by the Trench high commission to correct conflicting reports hitherto pul jishea, ;.! lien killed in action or dead of wounds, numbered 1,028,000 and to this total must be added 229,000 listed as missing and given-up for lost, making a total of 1.327.t00. . The number of wounded was 3,000, 000 with 435,000 listed as prisoners. Three-fourths of the wounded have recovered; either entirely or at least to such an extent as.to be fit to work . again. Slightly-less than 700.000 are ab solutely unable to work and have been pensioned, .To this figure must be added those who will come back from prison camps in Germany un fit for work. The French govern ment estimates that tfle total nwm ber of unfit and pensioned may final ly be between 800,000 and 900.000 .men.",' ' ; - "!- The losses among the native troops coming from French colonies or pro tectorates were 42.500 killed or died of wounds, with 15,000 missing and vry probably dead. The number pen sioned after wounds or Illness was Funeral of Ruby Baker To Be This Afternoon The ri'.nerai or Mis.? Ruby Esther Baker, aged 27 years, who died at herj ho ne, 2527 Fairgrounds road. Tuesda", of influenza-pneumonia, will be held this afternoon it 2:30 from the Wetb & Clouph undertak ing! pa clois. Although the services at the tfhapel will be private friends. may attend at the grave. Miss Hater was a graduate phar mac ist and at th time 3f her 1eath, was ertpUiyed ' at the D. J., Fry drug store, I laving been there about sis months. She had worked many years for Dr. Stone and later bad worked at ilootjl River for about a year. She was a fnember of tre Artisan lodge and the Jason Lee Methodist church -and was active in the La Area dub. The deceased Is survived by her mother and step-father, Mrr and Mrs. Ej L. Charlton, her sister, Mrs. P. G. Bjrown, and two brothers. jton, of thei Un Rev, charge termen cernetery Boise, Idaho, and Baker, In f.d Stnts navy. . Thomas 11. Atchcson of Ja eon Lee Memorial churchy will have of the 'uneral services.- In It to be In the City Vier COLONEL'S WILIiFILEB SOON OYSTER RAT. X. Y W. Kmlln Roosevelt, cousin of Thebdore Roose velt said tonight that-in all proba bllity the colonel's will wf! be filed in Mineola Friday: Mr. Roosevelt said thie will had Toen3 turned over to him but he Tef used to make known Its contents. - , ,' k T .. . ..inn II II ii m i A Leap To IFame OF' Oregon's resources, natural and devel . - oped, none has so quickly reached the public eye, nor so appealed, as the Willam ette Loganberry and iti products. And this may be considered only as an indication of what diversified berry culture can be made I to mean in the future, j j Co-op era tic n is the forerunner of develop ment The United States National both preaches and practices it MUNITIONS AND STORES TAKEN IN QUANTITIES HELDvLOSS TO FRANCE All-Russian Government Said to Be Rapidly , Gaining ' in Its Strength One Declares for Seven Years He Was Most Powerful Man in World mm ill MS M WASHINGTON, Jn. 8 Loyal Russian troops operating under the authority of the Omsk government have deteated a large Bolshevik ar mi,; capturing 31,000 prisoners and large quantities of war material, ac cording to a telegram from1 the Omsk authorities to the Russian minister atj Stockholm. . -The, message as printed in the Swedish press v&s. re ceived today at the state department. The, telegram said the third Bol shjevig" army of Ten regiments has beten shattered and that the loyal troops had advanced beyond Kama anki Noet and were pursuing the en ergy toward Glassov. Booty cap tured included armored trains as well asl large quantities of war materials and reserve supplies.- jit was assumed here that the Rus sian forces referred to'thoe which repently returned frcTm Perm, a city In-European Russia, near the Siber ian line. - More thasplO.OOO priainers were taken in that engagement. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 The all Rdssian government at Omsk has succeeded In winning to its support all thy factions of Siberia and some off the strong organizations of Rus sia, according to a dispatch from the Russian minister of foreign af fairs at Omsk received today at the Kussian embassy.. i , ROOSEVELT j (Continued from j Page J.) U tbUedStafm- r i ;Salsm OreorL All Traffic in Greai Arteries May Be Ef ually Tied U water ect- MAY USE U. S. SOLDIERS Possible Boys in Khaki Will Man Great Shipping Fa- ciiities There I Children Cry f or jFIotchcr'c Wr6 rl The Clod You HaTC Always Bought, and which has tee a la tee for over over 30 years; hai borne the signature of - and has ieea made under his per p5 soaal supervision since its infancy. K 4CU46i uow no one' to deceive von in this. AH Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health cf Infants and Children Experience? against Experiment, J What Is CASTOR ll Castoria is a harmless .substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor btheif narcotic substance. Its f.ge is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it hzs been In .constant use for the relief of iConstipation, FUtulency, "Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feyerishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids V the assimilation of Food; giving htjalthy and natural deep. The Childrea's Panacea The Mother Friend. GENUlilE CASTQHIA ALWAYS )Beai3 the Signature of . In Use tor Oyeil 30 Years iTho Kind You Have Always Bought '- i'' " Tm rNTxii eMVNr. Nwv v mpr Speaker J. G. Cannon of the houBe of representatives were pres ent to pay thfir last tribute on be half of the nation, congress, the state add the metropolis The diplomatic cqrps .at Washington also was rep resented. ; .. JMany wreaths and (floral tributes, for there has' been node at Sagamore Uill home, filled the church with fragrance. One sent :to the Roose velt home and then brought to the altar - was the tribute of President Wilson. - r ' Dr. Talmage, with Hi shop Burgess of Long Island, seated in the sanct uary, read the sentences, Psalms and scriptural lesons which are a part of the Protestant EpjScopal funeral ser vices. The former president's fav orite hymn, "How Firm a Founda tion." was recited ly the rector. In conformity to the Roosevelt familjr's desire that all music, even the organ voluntary be omitted. When he fi nlly came to the Lord's Prayer the congregation joined. fThe scene at the graveside was perhaps the more impressive. The pEot which Colonel Rosevelt had se lected as his burial place is the com ntanding spot in the peaceful and picturesque cemetery. jAt ihe foot of the slope and be yond the public highway there "is a cdve while beyond , lie the. waters of Long Island Sound. 'Not far dis tnt, but concealed from view 'byl some or the woods in which the col onel was wont to roam, stands the Sagamore Hill home to which his father brought him when he was a small boy. Trees stand about this knoll and today the winter grasses were vislDie through the thinning snow. j I Here stood the Roosevelt familyj except the boys who are abroad ami' iir moiner, as tne casket, its his-; t0ric flags now removed, was lowered' into tne ground. Near at hand. look4 lg on reverently. 'were men in pub- Itc and private life who had been in-t ttmately associated with Colonel Roosevelt in affairs of state noliticai IHerature and the army; rough ridi ers, neighbors' for whom Sagamore,' tlMl win ever be almost hallowed gyound. and children from the vtli iae school, to which the colonel sent Bis own sons and daughters. Thpvi formed a sorrowing circle as Dr. Tal4 v " " Ml 154 VUUtlUlllIL ' f former Presfdeat Taft stood quitd a'oart from the others in these final moments and seemed almost an isoj Jated figure. The political auarrel hich had kept these two formetf presidents so long apart had longj sinco been, healed and Mr. Taft hatt hurried here from Pennsylvania td attend the funeral. Early In the dayl standing, outside Christ church, h oaa saia to interviewers:. S uoionei Kooseveit would nevee tiave been hppy (o live the life of a,n invalid. His passing is an inter-l national loss." S' At the graveside he joined Dr. Tal ijnage and the others assembled iif ifaylng aloud the fiord's Prayer . a4 lart of the committal ceremony. To night while an honor-guard of soli (tiers was pacing back and forth nea the grave In volnntarx service, it b4 name known that .BIrs. Roosevelt had fefrrred Indefinitely the pilgrlmari which, she had planned to take wltli lirr hit .band to Frante to visit th ravc of Quentln.: her youngest son ,ho died in an aerial battle with 4 man pilot. It was reported her4 that Mrs. 'Roosevelt Would go to Plo ida before making ' the ovcr-sca Journey FARIS. Tueriay. Jan. 7. "The sudden and p-cmature death of Rooscve't Tvill be felt in France as a genuine national loss." declar ed the Petit Journal. The phrase seems to sum up the sentiment of all the morning newspaper on the death of Colonel Uootevelt. . "During .seven years, says the Journal, "Roosevelt vas the most powerful man in the wo-ld. In that short period he found the means to revolutionize national , opiaion. to piovide the United . States' with fleet, to settle the Uusro-Japanesfc conflict, and to create a great in ternational" power w-iiich today nn dei take.; to create a society for the future. The Ganlois, the Royalist organ says:- ... "This paladin of the heroic ages was at, tne same time the mofct far- sighted of modern statesmen. H formed the American swoid which has been victorious and he showed his country the way when it was still groping." ; "Humanity, justice and law. siys the Fi?aro. "wese not for merere spectnble entities, bu' familiar reali ties to be accepted always, acd un hesitatingly' Stephane L&uzanp ,tr the Matin. quotes Colonel Roosevelt's farewell words to hinv when lie teeently left the United States, zs follows: f "1 have no message to send to France. I have riven her the best Imd. If over ther3you speak, of me, ttll them slmoiv mat I havs but one regret, that I was not ablj to plve myself." '" The Temps a-is: "The man who has iisap?ar:d u- prematurely will be not only one of the . greatest figures of his day bu. the incarnation of oae- of the gr eat est stages In American uianagem?n of public affairs, both iaterr.il anl external IJor the historian he un doubtedly remain the first Ar.ierl can statesman who 'directed his country in two directions, apparent ly divergent, but really parallel in terior reform and world policy. Til; Tonrnal drs De .Bats conclud-3 fvs sketch of' Colonel Roosevelt cs fsl- lows: , "-' . "No man raised the morale of ta American soul to a greater hi?M by insisting more tn the ncroiisiiv of saciifice, but a sacrifice nte'i- ed not to fee a vain sacrifice, for th great ends which humanity holds be fore -as its ideals. It is in this way that the great fighter, on entering into eternal repose will have deserv ed ' lastine plory and th supreme gratitude, not'only of Ms own coun try, but of the .whole world. NEW YORK. Jan. 8.f-iA strike which it is claimed will virtually tie up all traffic in .New lprk harbor unless the federal government mans tugs and ferries with soldiers and sailors, was called tonight by th Marine Workers' affiliated for sis o'clock tomorrow mc-rnjing.' The strike vote was taken after the war labor board announced its! inability to effect a settle'ment wi h.' the boat owners' association and placed all blame on the shoulders at the em ployers. . j The strike was called because pri vate boat owners refused to submit the question of an eigbjt-bour day to arbitration by the wiar labor board. In announcing the - action taken Thomas L. Dlahinty. presi dent of the Marine WorMrs' Affil iated declared the strite, will tl up every ferry boat, Ftqajn lighter towboat. barge, deck scotf and steam holster in the harbor and jwill 'au tomatically . throw out oi work '32.- 000 longshoremen and 9400 freight Jiandlers." I I He declared that onlyfboats own ed by the fderal goveiniufnt which carry siek and ,wounde from the transports to the base hospitals and ioats plying between j Manhatten wharves and islands on which there arc hospitals would be! exempted from the strike order. GALE GO, PopMar I 1L and Service Service is tha biggest thirty fin the world, and service isn't anything tangible either. It comes from the heart. IV is a desire to do as well as the act of doings and it is felt more than seen or heard. Our Prices Always the Lowest : GALE & CO. Phone 1072 . . - . Commercial and Court Sts Ealem--Fnnerly Chicago Store Horrible Brutalities , - Practiced by Balgars LONDON, Jan. 8. Evidence has been received from Htltlsh officers who have been prisoners of war in Bulgaria of cruel treament and tor tures which they saw the Bulgarians Inflict upon Serbians and interned civilians. Renter s limited learns. The evidence shows that civilians half dead from - exhaustion were clothed in rags and were almost barefooted when they arrived in Bui garla. The interned civilians used Yo visit the British pri-on camp In order to collect vegetable peelings to eat. Most of the British officers witnessed the brutal flogging of Ser bian prisoners. They mentioned the commandant. Ivan . Nokolov who himself ordered the floggings and personally struck prisoners as they lay on the. ground. Women, were flogged until their backs were lac erated. In several rases the vic tims died from the treatment they received. " . " Many Americans Ate In Legion 'of Honor iu PARIS," Jan. 9. The french gov ernment wishing to show iits eratl- ! tude to Americans who. since the be- ' . . . : i . . , ginning or nosiimies nave) renaerea diftinguished services tq ihe cause of France and the allies announces a n ximner or promotions ana nomina tions in the Legion' of Honor. Car dinal Gibbons Is promoted to a grand officer and Herbert Hoover. Henry P. Davidson and Dr. Henry Van Dyke Ln the grade of commanier. James M. Hre k. Siruon nexnev, insnopj. ti. Darlington and-Presideijt Hibben of rr'fceton will receive the Rosette of officers." ' ( Among those who will receive the cross of chevalier in the Legion of Honor are Ralph Pulitzer, Charles R. Miller,. Frank H. SiniQds. Frank McDoupsil Hawkes. Fraakj A. Van derlip. the Rev. W. T. Meaning and Charles M. Schwab, all of New York: President Schurman of Gornell Uni versity and Maurice Leon.) 1 i MASQUKRADKR WllTJHT SAN FRANCISCO. Jani 8. A spe cial agent of the department of jus tice left here tonight fbrj Nogales. K. R. Jay who. according to federal dulently by representing; himself at times and ln different nlaces to be Captain Archie Roosevelj, la depart ment of justice official and In other roles. Jay and a woruanj companion, the ofifcials said, registered at Al buquerque, N. M., as Caritain Archie Roosevelt mnd wife. Later . they went to Santa Fe. N. 31.1 where Jay posed as a cousin of th4 late Theo dore Roosevelt and a government of ficer. According to the! police Jay querading as Lieutenant Howard Gaynor. son of the late Mayor of New York. I J on the Rhine and of necessary serv ice behind the front both in France and at home. "Although the fighting has stop ped, the- war is not over. The Ger man armies nave not yet been de mobilized and are still very power ful. - No one can tell what the Ger mans will do. nor whether they will agree to the terms of peaca and re paration which we seek to impose upon them. "During the next few months we must be strong and united, in order that a firm sympathy may be made with the enemy and that our country may exert its proper' Influence among other nations at the peace -conference. 1 , , "Demobilization cannot be carried out in any way that would under mine the military strength of Great Britain until final peace is secured. No'less. however, than 300.000 men already - have been demobilized and steps have 'been taken to increase this speed." Wouli Rehabilitate the Women of Underworld Government Ownership Is Sought by Farmers WASHINGTON. Jan. S. Immedi ate passage by congress of legislation providing for government ownership and operation of th railroads'' was recommended in a resolution adopted today by the National Farmers' Re construction congress at Its closing session her. The resotBtion declared that five year control of the roads a? recommended by Director General McAdoo was unnecessary and uniquo because it would enable the railroad to accumulate a. great fund to fight government ownership and bnera- .tion and "would give the Atilroari a opportunity to undermine the mor ale of their employes and by an ad vertising campaign of misrepresenta tion; such as the packers have con ducted attempt to poison the pub lic mind against government owner-J jbiij nu W" auMi:. Another resolution adopted de manded an immediate' !nveUgatlo of the department of agriculture by a senate committee ftr. disclosing th J fact relating to thu suppressing in formation relative io ine cost, or pro duction of farm staples. Opposition to the, mineral and oil land leasing bills now before congress was ex preed in another resolution. Res olutions of. regret at 'the dath of Theodore Roosevelt also wero adopted.- - -. , Lloyd George WarTO That . Larze Army Stilll Needed LONDON. 'Jan. 8. Tie following is the text of the officii! statement Issued today regarding j demobiliza tion: , "The nrime minister hart been kIv ing careful attention to Ihe speed at which the process of demobilizing the, armies is being maintained. He considers that his first' duty is to make sure that the fruits of victory which have been won liy the sacrl fice of so many lives and by so many brave deeds are not Jeopardized by any apparent weakness jon the part of Great Britain during! the critical months of the peace, negotiation. For this purpose it Js imperative that we should maintain a Itrong army Z3j Alkali Makes Soa For Waiting Hair SACRAMENTO, Cal-' Jan., 8. Es tablishment of one or more state de tention homes for the rehabilitation of women of the underworld Is ad vocated in the report of the bureat of social hygiene, included in tb biennial rcpoit of the ftate board of health. Bills providing appropriations nec essary for such homes are to be in troduced at this session of the legis lature with the backing of the Wo men's Legislative Council and Wo men's clubs throughout the state, the report said. '.Th'e bureau recom mended that the proposed homes t-e established on farms and that com petent pyschologists" and suitable vo cational teachers be included un their staffs. - Four methods of stamping out so cial disease were nrrcd by the bn reau, direct treatment, law enforce ment measures, education and rehabilitation. "This last, a world old plan, is of course the most difficult." said the report. "But any plan that does not include it was foredoomed to fail ure. If the diseased woman is mere ly given a jail sentence and then turned loose again' to resume her trade it will only start over again the vicious circle." From 70 to 80 percen. of all pros titutes ane suffering from venereal diseases and from 20 to 30 percent are mentally . deficient and should have permanent custodial care, the report said. The report review i the' war time activity of the burean ince its es tablishment' in AugU3t, 1917. with Dr. W. A. Sawyer, secretary of tho slate Hoard of health, as director. Lectures were given to 70.000 en listed men and -a campaign of edu cation carried out in co-operation with United States authorities. ' Arsephenamlne, which the report said ranks first in tiptrient of syph ilis, has been Issued free to health officers and approved hoepii&is anl clynics. In spite of the comparative inexperience of some physicians its administration baa resulted In very few severe reactions and In ni deaths, said the report. Referring to the work of suppress ing prostitution, the report said: "Any local plan thaciiias for Hi object the issuing of certificates of ti-alth to prostitutes hac bn mo-u actively, comhatted. the fallancy of such proceeding bein now-well rec ognized." . THREE STATES MORE ARE DRY Maine, Tennessee and Idaho Join in Ratifying Prohi bition Amendment ClflCAGO. Jan. 8. While report of the distillers of the country were organizing here today for a finish lighrj against ntl-liquor legislation befoethe highest court In the land, the States of Maine. Tennessee and Idahb. -joined the movement for na tional prohibition by ratifying the proposed constitutional amendment. . Tweity-two state now have ratified I the amendment. . Tbirty-eix. states are required ln addition -to final ac tion jin the three states named, the Illinois and West Virginia scnatet and (the Georgia house also voted for tatlficatlon. i I SPRINGFIELD. III., Jan. 8. By a vo(e of 20 to IS the Illinois senate todair ratified the federal prohibition ameadmenL ' .In niHD TREATY NOT AFFECTED WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. The ml gratdry bird traty nnder which pro tection is afforded game and song birds of the United States is not af fected by the action yesterday of the supreme court In dismissing, on mo tion (of the government, the Shao vr se involving the constitutional- -lty tf the migratory bfrd law of 1912. Dr. Nelson said, it was re pealed by the treaty act of July 3. 191 SL The Shaaver case, which has been! In the courts since 1915, In volved the constitutionality of the repealed law and consequently was dismissed. . : STAKDARIHZrXG WHITE TLAGUH SACRAMENTO. Calif.. Jan.. 8. Standardization of tubercular wards the. (hief activities of the bureau of health, according to the biennial re port E..L. M. Tate-Tbornpson. di rector of the bureau, presented de- tallen findings from Investigation of the founty hospitals directed toward ascertaining. which were entitled p the state -subsidy of $3 per week per Resident tuberculous indigent, provided by the 19 IS law. "The bu reau" said the report, "discourages! the erection of an expensive type of building unless it is part.of a general plan; for a large county or city hospital." ' Most soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkali, which is very injurious, as jt dries the scalp and makes the ha(r brittle. The best thing to use lis just plain muUiried roroaiwt oil, I for this is pure and entirely" greaWeless. It's yeryCOeap. and beats the most ex penslre soaps or anything else all to pieces. You can get thiat any drng store, and a few ounrt'sj will last the whole family for niotoths. Simply moisten the bir with wat er and rub it in. about ai teaspoon fill is all that is required. 3tl makes an abundance. of rich, crapiy . lather, cleanses thoroughly, and irinses out easily. The hair dries (quickly and evenly, and Is soft, frsh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy apd rasy' to handle. Besides, it loojusn and 'takes out every particle of dijsl, dirt and dandruff. KfECKIIEFER ST I IX CTLtSIT. ClIICAGO. Jan. 8. Angle Kieck hefer retained the throe-cushion bU liar4 championship tcnlgnt by de feating Pierre Mauporae. Mexican champion. 150 to 141. It was this seventh time Kleckhefer has suc cessfully defended nls title since winning It last February. " In six weejes Kleekhefer is expected t meet Alfred de Oro from whom n won! the titb III GILL IIUIHK! TODAY SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 8. Fu neral services for Hiram C Gill, for mer of Seattle, will be privately held tomorrow at noon. The body Is to be cremated. (IT DOWN t'O.VST. DEFENSE SEATTLE. Wash..- Jan. 8. Coa.t defenses of Pucet Sou'rd have been reduced to a peac asis, for the first time since the war closa. Nearly 9o soldiers rtniain at-th forts and will be kPt there until those not members of the regular army are relieved by regulars. Cap tain Elmer T. Foss. rorumandlne the North Pacific artillery district ah- nounccd today. OILMEAL JiiKt received a carload of Ljiiscvl Oilineal and can take elre of all liaclc orders aim -wiiaievrr yon may need lor early delivery; ' bthi r ULr Hrfve in utoek Ileet Puln . . .- . .. either by the sack or hy the t u. ' STRAW Have plenty of nice clean I'fiffht wheat straw on Land. OTHER FEEDS Have all kinds of feeds on hand, including hay. Yqu will always find our Ince an low as tlw liest peade of feed can Ie Mld for. h A - WHITF x, enwe . 251 jSUte Street ' Phone 1G0