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t 6 THE OREGON STATESMAN? THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1010 500 SOLDIERS"7 SEGURE BONUS Red .Cross ;Getf $60 Each for Men discharged from Serv? ice Before, March 1 : . ' More tban 500 former stiiors of Marlon and Polk applied to (hi,- home aervJce of the Red Cross during March for adjustment of their claims fb the $S0 bonus which was allowed by congress by. a. bill passed . Febru ary, 2 i. All soldiers discharged af ter" that-date have received the bonus and; it was granted to all who were mustered out previous to March 1, upjn application. . On ode day more than 50 applica tions for the bonus were filed. -'The . heaviest' work of the home service at present is taking care of the claims of men who , were re jected, for military "service .because . of . tuberculosis. The home service Investigates the individual' needs of the claimant and renders the service deemed most 'argent- and advisable. On one day -there were .11 case han dled.': .. ' fa"emonsTsale Ih equairyeTree f man neFTj their worth in peace." General O'Ryan'a. statement con tained a plea against "over central ization' of authority in the organi zation of 'the. country's future, mili tary system. , ' Pennsylvania Wins Second ? Round Against Government 'ji HARRISBURG, Pa., April 2. The commonwealth of. Pennsylvania won its ocond round today in the Injunc tion pioceedings to prevent Poatmas terIt,ir!eson from raising telephone rat. in this, state. County Judge Kunkel. handirg down an ; opinion in which he continues until a final hearing, a preliminary injunction. ; Judge' Kunkel said "neither the president nor the postmaster general was acting officially in changing the rates 'and tolls, but that the acted beyond the scope of their powers." nmnarjr service rendered either hi state or the United States. By, reason of Attorney General Ford's ruling the 76 soldiers were prevented from voting at the recent municipal primaries. . County at torney Jackson instructs the clerk and recorder to return the names of all of the men to the registration lists. SETS XKW RECORD PITTSBURGH, Pa.. April 2. Thomas.' of the Strand team, set a new world's record at the Greater Pitsburgh Duck Pin League-tonight with a score of 285, fifteen pins shy of iperfeot. The. jp levious record, held- by Coptis, also of Pittsburgh, wa 267. ' The Strand team also set a,new record for a five-man team when It made 914. ' PEACE OF u:s; NOT IN DANGER 0.1': Commander Saysi Returning Army Great Influence for Stability of Government . NEW YORK, April 2. While the "danger of transferring militarism from Prussia to America" through the : return' of . the nations'- troops, should not be ignored. Major Gen era! John P.' P Ryan, Commatder in France of the twenty-seventh dl- - vision, said ia a statement today there-was no military groirpln. Amer ica, which was, in his opinion, "know lngly- planning against the- peace of the United . States." On the btbe hand,' he declared "the greatest in fluence for stability and construc tive effort in America today is the returning army of : citizen-soldiery, '.'Organize them at sxjch,"he' ur? " ed, ;Mfor they have 'alemonatraled their worth in 'war and they- will Staff of Umpires Picked for Coming Ball Season 'i SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.Tbe selection of a staff of- unpires for the 1919 baseball season was an nounced here tonight by Allan T. Ban m, president of the Pacific Coast baseball league. ;-. , ' They are; Mai Weason. formerly of the, National league; R. E. Bed ford, formerly of the International league and the following former Pa cific 'Coast league umpires : W. J. Gnthrle, -Ed Fenney, W. J. Phyle, Pearl Casey, H. R. Held and Ralph Frarjr. Returned Soldiers to t vi vr. stave vote in in omana BUTTE. Mont., April 2. County written, opinion, given, .the clerk and, recorder today declared that' soldiers who .did. not vote, af.the last gen eral election and were In military service . at a time which prevented either, their voting" or registering could not legally be prevented from voting' at t the " .municipal; . election April 1: 1 In this opinion he takes: is sue with" the attorney general who had held that soldiers were not en titled to vote unless they had ballot ed at the last general1 election or had since registered a second time.. In his opinion Jackson declarer the 4 purity-of an election would not suf fer by their voting and that it' Is an should lose his residence because of Doughboys -Don't Like Shady Sort of Pictures SAN FRANCISCO. April 2 What kind of movie? do the soldier hoys lige? , , : , : ;: .. Melodrama, "If yon please; real l.ve iwelodrama, with a kick in it, and the villian still pursuing the fair maiden up. to the final curtain. So declares secretary T. D. For guson, in charge of Knights of Co l.imbus war work activities at Fort Stevens, Oregon, who has been sounding out the men as to their likes and dislikes as far as the screen is concerned for the past two mofeths. The screen production that the soldier boy likes is of the clean, up standing, red-blooded variety, saja Ferguson, : He is 'apt interested In the so-called problem play, where the sex' interest predominates. The Jlght- lyv camouflaged plot which is used as an excuse to play on the passions of the spectator,-and in which on conventional relations are the raison d'etre.' do not find any response from the jack-tar or'the doughboy, ' ; Ferguson has superintended.' the presentation of more than 2000 dif ferent -screen productions during the past 'six months, including many in the spruce camp divisions, and de clares that not one picture of a qnestionable character has been shown at any K. of C. hut. Nor do the soldier boys want them. YARD; IN NEED OFMSION Naval Committeemen Decide Conditions at Bremerton Are Too Cramped BREMERTON. Wffsh., April 2. Complete inspection of the Puget Sound navy yard, made today by seven-members of the Louse naval affairs comnHttee, was followed by the statement by Congressman W. J. Browning, New Jersey, senior mem ber of the committee, that the yard was too cramped and required Im mediate expansion. More dockage, yardage, shops and probably two new dry-docks larger than any now , .: ... - . j nere, ae inougnt would he necessary- " ' , The visiting congressmen were en tertained at luncheon at the home of Commandant JIarry 'A. Field and Mrs. Field, and later housing fa cilities in Bremerton were inspected. Tonight. the party attended a din ner given by the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce, which was followed by a pnblie reception In . the armory of the navy yard. Tomorrow the com mitteemen will return to Seattle. Congressmen Carl Vtuson. Georgia was summoned east-unexpectedly to day and left at once. and fishermen upon the same basis as' last year. Under this agreement rea saimon win nrtng aevea renia each ,'at Kaahagal. rtyer and 6&c at tSe other. streams.. The men will receive 1$0 a month for time work In place of $ ISO paid last year, end workin.the aejth. before. the season opens and after it' closes' will be on the basis of an eight-hour day. ' was learned here today. ' The men will be entertained during ineir brief stay. The personnel of the or- ganitatlons represented In tne tarhment Is not known. . de- Newsy Notes. of State, . Industrial Growth x SEA3IEN BREAK RECORDS .SEATTLE, Wash. .April 2. Place ments . of . seamen dhring March, to talling 400, broke the years "records of the government sea service bu reau here, it was stated today. ; Pint Manufacturers. Will; TU' ADl riVO TV ln,1l ' Sontnern "pine lhmber manufactur- ers. at a mass meeting here today, declined the proposal of the indus trial board of the department of com merce to enter Into Joint price agree ment as a means of stabilizing mar ket conditions. Such action, it was declared, would be "contrary to the best Interests of the public and of the Industry" and would violate an ti-trust statutes. Crawford Fails to Get March 31 .PvrUani Willam ette Iron and Steel, works ships six marine boilers for ship being Out fitted by the Todd Shipbuilding com pany at Tacoma. " North Bend has orders for 20. 000.000 feet lumber for middle west. North Bend milk cocdeasery will reopen with enlarged pUnt capacity. Salem State board of control asks bids on two brick dormitories. Tne extension or pionc owner ship can only mean ultimate com mon ownership of lands and tnaus tries. Do we want this? J Astoria installing flS.OOO berry canning plant. - i Portland gets . 125.0 00 auto ren der and body factory. Portland Sawmills In northwest . f?'srt Aw Hnhn Cnmm resuming operations rapidly. kvov w a ah a w w - v Airplane Wing Buckles, . Trowing Han to Ground ' ' ' - f WASHINGTON. April 2.--LIeuten-ant "Thomas E. Graves of . Seattle. Wash;, waa killed instantly in an airplane accident late today at Boil ing Field. While flying alone at an altitude of two thousand feet direct ly above the field, the left wing of his airplane buckled and the machine crashed to the ground. ' ; Officials at the field station stated tonight this -was the first fatal acci dent -which 'had. occurred since the field was opened.. ; . . Salmon Prices Adjusted onScalklof Last Year ASTORIA, Ore,, April . 2. An nouncement -. was made here today that the price? to be paid, for raw salmon .In tne Bering. Sea, Alaska district during the coming .." season have been adjusted by the packers PORTLAND. Or., April 2. W.H. Crawford, wanted in Arltona on a charge of non-support of his wife lost a second effort today to obtain his release on habeas corpus after leng thy arguments had - been . made in court for both sides. -Crawford was held for an extradition hearing April 7. An officer is said to be on bis way from Arizona to take him back. Educators at Spokane Convention. Banquetted company will erect paccing plant in this city. . Over 100 miles permanent road will be constructed in Douglas coun ty during coming months, U present plans are brought to consummation. Canyon City $11,246.15 conxtact let for grading and graveling, 7.2 miles of John Day highway. Gresham gets new factory. Echo Hill road from Kcho to Pendleton being repaired other work coming. v North Bend Buehner Lnmber company to reduce rages April 1st, from 4 to $3.20 a day.. Hood River "Dee Mill" of Ore gon Lumber company, to, resume op erations this month. . it Portland Oregon log' demand strong due to resumption , of opera tions by mills of western Oregon and . SPOKANE. Wash.. April 2 Edu cators of Washington and Oregon in attendance here at. the. 21st annua! convention of the . Inland- Empire Teachers jasoclatlon. which opened here today were guests this evening at banquet followed by a reception! Washington. riven by the chamber of commerce.! Cottage 'Grove Highway between Sectional meetinrs of teachers inter-1 Walker and . this city to receive fi- ested In the various technical, lines- nancial assistance from Southern Pa- were held this afternoon, at which cific. i addresses were made by educators of this and. other states. Another Casual (Company PORTLAND. Or.. April 2 Ninety six members of Newport News cas ual company No. 296 will .spend one- half hour in Portland Friday after noon, en route to Camp Lewis. It T ) .1 I i .Li IMJ i i I- t i i-' h , I i. i N V N ' v . V. t J it " ? The wise stopper .keeps in touch with ihe advertisements of her favorite stores. When she sees aniwoncements of goods in which she is interested; she knows right where to go to find thecL She knows when they are put on sale, ! . j No tide is lost in aimless looking and asking. Reading the advertisements saves her. time for other duties or pleasures.1 r .''!' i li' - . .-'v -"- i. , .1. ' a,. , " ' '.! When parents decide to send a boy or girl away to school, thy cannot. take the time to: go and inspecli a great number, of, schools frpm which to choose. They study' the adverUsements of schopls and; to the ones that seem to .offer, right; conditions they write'for catalogs. . t : . ' . . ' . ' I'., "."y :;1!,5v fj '-r-.;'. v. ':" ' " ' ; .-" ' r ' - ' - . ! a ; mjin decides ta buy a aomohil he reads' carefully the advertisements which teU : about the. different makes of cars and then he calls to see only those iir .which . he is interested. He does .not start out by hunting tip the salesrooms and look ing at all the cars sold. iksrr-- : -: These are only a few of the .ways in which reading advertisements saves the, time of . -readers. There are many others. Gold Hill Owning to continuous rain, roads all over district require considerable work. Portland Representatives of sev en coast counties omnize nuDIici- MakeS Visit tO Portland campaign for Roosevelt highway Iruje.i-carrying i,vv.vv uuuu gw se ior financing vie nignway. . St.- Helens Columbia River Can ning, company paid fanners and la bor total expenditure of $94,806 during four years of operation. St. Helens Contract - - let for creamery building to cost $3,000. Reedsport makes rapid growth; Incorporation proposed.' . NewpNriM-New 'garage to be op ened here. : . . ' - - Banks Much lumber shipped bv Cedar Valley Lumber company. ' - Marshfield Estimated cost Coos road 'about $350,000.' Portland Pnblie dock commis sion favors construction of 13.00 0 ton, dry dock at once. Satherlin $50;0rdrret::Tlannd here." ; , j .,..' ' T. " 1 - . Pendleton- Standard Oil comapny to expend' between $25,000 and $10. 000 in new buildings here.' Astoriar $15,000 worth of ma chinery to be install ed In Farwest plant immediately. " " ' ' Sherwood-; Clackamas Coanty Hop Farming company -receive Dig ' con tract. from foreign buyers for 30, 000 pounds hops at 25 1 cents Pr ponnd. : Sheridan Plans completed for paving of highway-between Sheridan and Wlllamiaa. - Fleetwood Lake courty may get highway. . Willamette, West LIna and Fulton to build 552.000 school.' St. Helens The McCormtcks are now. operating 15 ships ' several o! which ply regularly to Portland. They recently sbjd 28,000.000 feet of ties. to the jailroad administra tion: for delivery at Boston. Phila delphia and other Atlantic ports. The ties will be carried in their own ves- . Mmf a A . figures In the lumber'and shlppln? Industry of the coast. Their ship building business will o forward as soon as conditions are more set tled. - Macy shipyard wsge scale extend ed to October 1st. Number production In 1518 .fell off -3.000.000.000 feeL Outlook for fruit market In north west Is good. - Last Resident of Ghost, Town Fights Starvation HELENA. Mont., March 31. Jimtown. once a thxlvlng frontier town, with hopes of rivalling any of the other "camps'" of the gold rush days of the west, at last is-deserted as a place of human abode. Its last Inhabitant, .one of the. active resi dents of the days when gold in Jim town was handled out like flour, has come or rather has been brought away. . ...--.- -Dick Cotter, the last of Jim town's citizens, although 78 years, of age. until last fall continued his prospect. Ine with unabated seal. Occasional "pans' made him a scanty living, and he was as indlrrerent to the jines of other prospectors of this region as to the cruel winds and the jagged bnttes of his lifelong home. After a trip by rescuers to the abandoned town, perched on the very top of the rimrock of the Big Belt range,' one or tne wiiaest sections or. the Rockies. Cotter has been brought to Helena, where he Is. being cared, for by the county, It was after Cotter had. failed to make his accustomed trip "to town" that friends here became' worried for his solitary condition, and Con stable J. M." Adamson and Charlei liegeman of Helena set-out. on a trip that is a task even in the summer, to investigate. Through a biting bllx zard they took an automobile as far out as they were able to follow the trail, - and - thjen set out afoot with ropes.' . The "ghost town lay deep " In drifts. With some difficulty, they found Cotter's cabin. The last1 resi dent of Jimtown. lay shivering en his bunk, without fire or food and unconscious. It developed later that he. had not eaten for three days. They fought their way back to town through the blizzard with' te aged man, and .it was found that he had lost his reason through the priva tions which he had undergone.- r Pupils Rule Teachers .in Schools of Bolshevifd LONDON, Feb. 27. (Correspond ence of The Associated Press) Tn pils instead of teachers, control the schools of Russia under the Bolshev ik regime, according to two English men, one of them - an experienced. schoolmaster, who have Just retained fro Russia. . Boys and girls are herded Indis criminately and there is no-discipline, says. the. Englishmen. Pupils control the teachers.' In a Koloma school a youth of It was appointed commissioner of the institution and was in charge of all teachers. On one occasion he dosed the school for a week as a protest against the act ion of the master who reprimanded a pupil. . .. . ' Should a master prove unpopular, he Is promptly ejected by his class. Often The master appears for a class only to' find his pupils engaged In a committee meeting which must not be disturbed. HOW TO GROW A GARDEN. - Manure the land. . Plow or spade deep, Make a fine firm seed bed. Plant early and late varieties. Cultivate often to save moisture and to kUl weeds. ' Manure and plow land next autumn for the foUowing season. sets, f iuvj opr iwo urss HWK n J S V mills at St.; Helens, and are large KCad the ' LlaSJinCa AdS. Woman Hemmed in by Crowds Uses Trench Periscope to Get Glimpse of Princess "Pat' it if:.. ;... if. ' Your daily ne.wspapr is fulTof advertisements which are noti only interesting but have some, special message of-benefit to you. 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