4 3 vWAR ENGINE TO PERFtiftSl (Continued from Page 1) - left unasslgned. About this time word came that a battalion of tank ers were forming for the overseas trip and as short a few men. Pri vate Liklns heard of this and, cradl ing out of bed, went to his com manding officer and politely asked (or release from the hospital for en trance In the corps. ' This' waa de- nled; Next dar . the performance was repeated, whereupqa-fne officer delivered himself of reflecting on the Intelligence shown ' fu happening. Il - .. .. - f - - - - soy me sick private. The private did 131 Private not take his officer fitting manner and after some par leying he returned to his bed. Be- iore dawn the next morning the C. O. came to the patient's cot, told him a truck was waiting and to get his THE OREGON STATESMAN TllTRSDAY. APIUL 17. 1010 ove'rleas"11' Pre'ator' the afternoon of the fifth f Novem. The trip was made without event- On November ' t The private did H,?18 Prlvate Llkins arrived at s remarks in a j SfJ?8,11' Fnce, and absolutely ! without Iouva itio.ii.j ki . - t xukucu uimseu lo a truck train leaving for Verinnes, (h was satisfied the war would end soon), and from there straight to the Argonne forest, with the 34 5th bat- Htmnoiine tank corps. This was Der. The PPtt mnrninr ... v- - ..... . I. mo i.c.O nour, a barrage went over. They were now at the front. Private Llk ins saw a man crawling into a tank and having been assigned to none himself, he crawled after him, tak ing the gunner's place. At 10:30 the tank ran Into a snell hole partly fill ed with water. Private Likins and the driver, get- wk wun mem the ma chine gun and the two men took turzs carrying it on thHr backs un der heaTy shell fire. U4.U1 la the ev- -ning. me otner man was killed. Not being able to manage the run. Prl vate Uklns dropped it, picked up a wounded lieutenant jear him and carriea Mm to first aid. For the art of carrying the machine gun, the Croix de Guerre was awarded, and w a. m i . . . tor printing in the lieutenant, a Palm :r -. I I : .,' ' mmmmm m 1 ...... ' Wfn n n rrK a Utttttt.II JXFF THOUSAND OF OUR AMERICAN BOYS IT lie among the-poppies of Flanders Fields in France. To thenl onl v is the war ovt . tt?i have paid the price in uH. To countless other thous ands of these boys returning home maimed and broken the war will still go on; they will be paying the price every day, during the remainder of their lives. Can we who stayed at home carelessly arid thought lessly assume the "ivcr is over" attitude until bur bal ance of account is paid--ointil we have redeemed our pledge-f o : bear- tlwalfwst:-no matter what its amount? All h in u b3 .P . is m liquidation of the debt for men and munitions we amassed, and which brought about the end of the war saving for every day it was shortened billions more in money Nand thousands more in lives. The imprint of fame upon the name of ouijair state will turn to a stain of shame if we do not meet the obligation this Vidlory Loan represents. You are face to face with the real tel of citizenship true Americanism. Let this tesl find you measuring up one hundred per cent loyaL i i U lL U mm ; it 0 mm L ME? BGON! The Parent Bond: or Them AH The government bond is the Parent bond of all bonds. Back of the gov ernment bond are all the assets and all the resources that supply the value of all other bonds, all other securities, all other investments. The government bond is a prior lien on lands, homes, chattels and every thing else, and the bonds to be issued under the name of v the Victory Lib erty Loan are the highest of the high in government bonds. They constitute a contract of the United States, government, entered .into by unanimous vote of congress, and therefore a contract and mortgage behind which stands the possessions of One Hundred and Ten Million American people with their entire resources developed and undeveloped; the intelligence, ambition and ability ofjhese One Hundred and Ten Million people mortgaged to pay the bill. . The Victory Liberty, Loan Bonds, will bear an attractive rate of interest and, together with all other desirable elements, when compared with other investments as to strength, collateral and return, have no equal; This is one of 176 advertisements inserted simultan eously in evey newspaper in the State of Oregon on behalf of the success of the Victory Liberty Loan for we believe in this cause and are willing to contribute to the full extent of our power. , MORRIS BROS., Inc. JOHN L. CTKERIDGE. Vice-President PORTLAND, OREGON ... THE PREMIER EOXD HOUSE m J waa attached, making thla medal equal to the Victoria Cross. iTijaie uuns next norninc at tached himself to another tank and In three days occupancy or It. three driTers were killed. The fourth drlr er to be killed was struck by a shell which also struck Prints Uklns. This was (he 8th of November. Next time Private Uklns took notice of things, he was hi base hospital .24. -nKres. mis on the llth of No vember. With a rnmnonn r.--. the le. a dislocated shoulder, a frac- iurra ssuu and badly t:ased. After more than a month la the Place he was sent to an evacuation m soutnern France, bat be cause he had nvr a. VI A because he had heard it was a nice piace. ne aecided he mUht as well make It a nice visit. He was rone 14 dars before renortin ki. .. - - ' v l la l. wim a Itnrr nr v lost. SiZ months to thm v. minute, from th tima t t- the Unk corps. Private Uklns re- luiuea 10 nis wire and his small aagnier m Portland. He had been run 20 or mom nntflt. ka v . roaen many riba. but he came home with glory. Besides his Croix de Guerre with its Palm, he wear aronn4 hi. id.i. der a cord of scarlet, whtrh w.. award for valor, which was riven to uuit inree ouirns in the war, one to an infantrr orp and to the tank corps with which Private Uklns attached hi ni sei r. This particular ed by the French nine times for brav ery. - CLUB ROOMS FOR FARMER IS NEW PLAN ANNOUNCED (uontinued from Pace 1.) means that be also has the privilege of attending our monthly open farm meetings, where we may together discuss those matters that are of vi tal Importance to the entire community. "we soon will v tnr Mnnt. to solicit members In the various communities and if you will, it will assist us to put In motion a most meritorious enterprise and one much needed by the farmer a wti . fh town man." The - Drorfalnna . nf' IV. c 1. 1. - - t- . " J .7UIHU" Hughes bill providing for vocational education was explained by County ocoooi supervisor John W. U Smith who outlined the effect of the bill as applied to Marion Mint The remainder of the program waa kiich to mosicai DomMn and en tertainment. C. E. Snenca of Orrni Pi tr mm- ter of the state rrtnrr. u amA. rnose present. J. S. Whitehead Of Tnrn.r tipmI. . - Mr ed. I COAST LEAGUE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April-1. n tt v. San Frkndsco..- a o Oakland s 7 t Kantlehner. SmJLh and .XKv Brooks Arlett. Kramer and'SHlioiL Miixe. At ia Angeles II II E Los A'jgeles ....C IO I Vernon .4 c a Pertica and Lanan iionpir n Cook. At Sacramento n H",E Seattle ,...o 4 l Sacramento ....I 4 0 Mains and Coleman Pinrh ta Murray. i At Salt Lake Citlr n it p Portland i k i Salt Lake s - $ Lunkanovle. James and Baker; Markle and Spencer. Appearance of Influenza at Liberty Causes Alarm v Alarm Is beinr xnratuwl in iv bommunity Just south of Salem at the reponea outbreak or Spanish Influ enxa. which It Is feared may spread to the CitT. -Dr. J. Rit Pmhrtnn. city health officer says that to far no cases have been reported to him la Salem but he has personally attended a number of cases at Liberty and Just west of there. In several hous es as many as four in one family were 111 with it and he had knowledge of at least a dozen persons suffering irom me nu. Dr. C E. Cashatt. eountr fahrKlr- - w J - - Ian. has onlr been lDDriiuvl of ivn or three cases in the last few days. He expressed the opinion that most of the people he had seen near Ub erty were suffering from "tonsilitls. pure and simple. However. Dr. Cashatt issued a warning that peo ple be on the lookout for influenxa again, as he agrees with Ir. Pember ton that danger of Us spreading still exists. Correspondence School Head Under Bombardment The Salem Student nod- nt h in. ternational CorfeeDonde has begun a bombardment of teJe- grams upon tneofflee or Ralph" E. Weeks, of Scranton. Pa. nro.lri.nt nt the schools. In behalf of Benjamin n. i-crains. who has been discharged as representative of the schools in this district. Mr. Perkins waa re moved by Manager Snvder of th Oregon district. In reply to a telegram sent tt week Mr. Weeks replied yesterday, "eying the case had been referred tr Mr. Snvder for rersonal lnv.iiv.tin. This ransed the Salem students last night., headed by O. C. Newgcat. president of the organization th.t has been formed here, to wire the following ultimatum to President Weeks: , . "Received roars tat In? e..rf.r would personally Investigate Perkins. Have taken the matter up with him who positively refuses to rernrntz or cooperate in any way with ns. Rat- imea prvonal matter with Snyder. If school' policy is cooperation with students please amr h ? . Ill 1 squeegee toead . 4 m : When Your tires Cash in i Tour Ched?s -; Just as certainly as you buy. a tire,you. know that some day -it-will-iicesh in its- ; checks "ail yours! ' , That . day youll measure its mileage against the sum you paid for it. Not until then, probably, will "you know whether that braid of tires ? : really gives you your j moneys worth Unless those tires be. Diamonds. f You can count on f Dia monds to roll up 5,X50, 6,000 and8,000 I miles persistentry though they COST LESS than most other tires. ; For example, in winter driving with chains, 341 Diamonds arcraed orcr 5,000 : miles oa Quaker Cab Co. taxis in Philadel phia. The , Texas Co. with over 500 cars, averages between 6,000 and 8,000 miles with Diamonds. Why not cut your tire : upkeep with a Diamond? . LOT L PEARCE & SON 236 No. Commercial St. Salem. Phone 00 L. Ve.." Tm , a 4 . I - - j . v. u. Friday."