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Weston? Leader VOLUME 41 WESTON, OREGON, Fill i5 AY, OCT. 25, 1118 NUMBER 21 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERA INTEREST Principal Events of tht Wiek Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. tssaswMswa Clarence Morthad committed ul rlil by shooting blmef wIlU a hot gun near Carlton, Th fifth annual Marlon count eora bow will bo Md In Balcm tba eecond work In IWrinlxr. Tba plant of the Cottage Orovo Ira company at Cottage drove waa com pletely destroyed by flra. Th forest rvlr baa cload a con tract for conduction of the Canyon-vllMialt-svllle link completing tba IV clflo highway. County Judgee and commllonere of Oregon reunite will nieet In eonven lion at lha Multnomah county court hour October 30. Thirty lx mllltla companies. Includ ing national guard and Oregon guard, hava ben mustered Into atata service, aggregated In four regiment Lieutenant Italia Orland Toosa, ona of tba Toota twlna, known throughout tba atata, waa killed by Oerman ant per In Franca on September II. Tba fall season for ftahlng at Aatorla ' thla year haa been poor. Fairly good retrhee of llverld- ar nada off tba mouth of tba rlvar, but llttla la doing on tha Inside, Kerby Millar, or Med ford, baa re ceived appointment from Representa tive Ilawley for admlaalon aa a cadet to tba United Statea military academy at Waat Point. Becauaa of tha danger from Spanish Influmaa, tha bog and dairy abow which waa to bare been bold at IJr mlaton laat week waa postponed. Tba abow may ba bold later. Tba public eervlc commlaalon baa granted francblaa under tba boom act to tba Qreabam Lumber company, allowing It to operata on Drift creek, Alaea rlrer and Alsea bay la Lincoln county. Hood River will bava to go mayor leaa, according to present Indication. II. U Humble, who haa been mayor, declarea that ha will not run for re election, and tbera ara no prospective candidate In alght A. J. Ilolllngiworth, of Portland, la making an examination of recorda for tha Oregon Forel Flra aaaoclation to clear tha record of tha atata foreatry department from arrow relative to tba ownerahlp of timber land. There ara "9,761 registered voter In Multnomah county qualified to exer eta their franchlae at the general alee- tlon next month. Tba total registra tion of men la 67.61. wbile th regis tration of women totala 43.243. A survey of Umatilla county la be ing made by Theodora Shafer, director of rodent work for tba United Statea biological aurvey, with a view to ex termination of Jackrabblta, aqulrrela and gophere, which ara doing much damage. For the first time In the hlatory of Coos bsv there waa a double launching Saturday. Tha Burnsld and tha Fort Leavenworth. Ferris type 3500-ton Emergency Fleet corporation vesicle, went Into tha water at Martbflold and North Bend. Owing to the death of Malcolm Dunl way, Senator Chamberlain will ,-ba called on to nominate a candidate for appointment aa midshipman to Annap olis. Application may be sent to Sen ator Chamberlain by boya from 16 to 11 yeara of age, Tba state highway eommlselon has agreed with County Judge Anderson, of Clackamas county, to draw th plans and do tha preliminary engin eering for new bridge across th Willamette river connecting Oregon City and West Linn. Details In preparation for tha sur vey of labor and material resource of Oregon, to be made at direction ot the council of national defense, are near ing completion. Queatlonnalrea on which the desired data will be record ad are being forwarded from Waah i lngton. Professor H. D. Scudder wilt go to Washington early In November to rep resent the Oregon Land Settlement commission and confer with the secre tary of agriculture and the aecretary of tha Interior regarding tha part this state may take in caring for returning soldier. Exclulva of permanent improve nenta at th eastern Oregon state hoa- pltnl. and the estimate of tha biennial expenses for the state training achool for boya, atate institution heada bava prepared budgeta showing tbat they tUmt !At.aVltarltet-bsi it ts mXi'LM, gf.-n fa'al acclijenla, besldee tR3 nun fii al c idi n. were reported to the ite ludimtrliil rrl,i'iit com ml Ion during the paat week. Tha fatal accldenta ware aa follow: Richard Mlnkenna, Homeatead, minor; Klanv ath Hilly, HI lets, lumbering; Tbomaa ICnrlshl, North Portland, flour mill John Gffforo, Cornucopia, miner Charles Dalrom, Oregon City, paper mill; Ifjalmar Swanaon, Seaalde, lum bering; W. W, Fletcher, Neveretlt, log. glng. J. A. Churchill, superintendent of publlo Instruction, baa sent to all county arbooT auperlntenduuta In the etala a copy of tha attorney genttral'a opinion, wherein ha polnta out that the law inquire arhool dlatrlcta to publish a budget and bava It voted on at the annual meeting. New poattnaatcre bave been appoint ed lu Oregon aa follow; Fox. Grant county, Auguatua nebme; Kobler, Douglas county, George A. Hum phreys; Ten Mile, Douctaa county, Ileaala L. Newland; Derlow, Clarkamaa county, Mary E. Tult; Cherry Grove, Washington county, Auguat Frld. Approval baa bean given by State Engineer John II. Lewi to an appli cation of James II. Sturglefor tha ap propriation of SO second feet of water from tba Umatilla, river to develop 284 horsepower for commercial purpoeee. The propoaed project la near Barnbart and tba approximate coat la 130.000. At a conference wltb tha war Indue trie board 8enator McNary waa In formed that tba board would endeavor to encourage tha production of chrpm ita In Oregon- and to that and would aeek to dteeourage Importatlooa and to fig a price for tba domeatle product that will yield tba producer a profit ' Queatlonoalree for men of tba 17-to-U and II year age ctaaaea under tba draft were ordered releaeed by Pro voat Marahal Oenerar Crowder in all local board dlatrlcta where tba clari fication of other group baa been com pleted. Local board aendlng out queatlonnalrea muat releaae 10 per cent a day. "Other tbtnr being equal, the de partment of agriculture, In granting prlvllegea on tba national toreata, will give preference to peraona who bava aubecrlbed for liberty bond to an amount considered reaaonable," aaya a mcaaaga from Waahlngton received by W. W. Cryder, aupervlaor of tba Uma tilla national foreat. At laat there are algna that Oregon prunea commandeered for uae of tha Unl d Btatea and allied arm If are to n ye. Meaaagea received by F. W. Arlaa, of Portland, aaalatant commla aloner of the bureau of co-ordination of purchaaee, and food admlniatratlon offlclala. brought promise of early re- lief for grower and packers. That tba government baa not aban doned Camp Mills, L. I where Third Oregon boya bad their Uvea endan gered in slush, mud and storms laat winter, la Indicated through tba re ceipt of orders for 9.000,000 feet Of lumber to be moved there. Tha order la now being allocated by tha fir pro duction board to tba mills of Oregon and Washington. Plns to erect a monument In Al- nr In "dishonor" of tha liberty bond lacker of the community hava been launched by officer ot th liberty loan committee. Tba plan la to erect concrete monument and place there on the name ot wall-to-do dtitena who have refused to buy bond. The apace on tha monument not occupied by names will ba painted yellow, ' Mlaa Cornelia Marvin, state librar ian, baa been appointed by tha atata council of defense to serve aa state historian for tha purpose of compiling permanent otnciai mora or Ore gon's participation In tha war, Includ ing tha military and naval earner of all Oregonlana. To factlitata the work Miss Marvin will appoint a county his torian for each county In tha atata. Tha state board of control Is con fronted with 'U peculiar fact, that It coils mors to accept fuel for nothing than to buy It . An offer haa been made ot some slabwood near Albany, which the board may hava gratia pro viding the hauling la done by tha atate. It waa determined that it might cost mora to deliver it to. the Institutions than tt it were purchased at a point nearer, 1 Resuming a custom followed In years past for tha development of newly re claimed lands along the gradually re ceding Tnle Lake ahora In southern Klamath county, tha department ot the Interior will leaae to aetUers ap- proximately 7000 acree of land early in November. Blda for theae parcela of land, ranging in sis from il to 100 acree, will ba received at the United States reclamation ottlct 14 Klamath UPttl KoTsgbw 1 , . HEAVY WORK ON SB "V V 1 . ,'.' jT,.ii $ la being rapidly -f)f,.y,.,. ...... y.-y. mowr',-;; a by British and ' t . ' . 7 1KV J - y VljJ fn bava occu I lo ' ' - ' - croed the Ghent : r--Oe-A-. K '.''y frontier. L jTi ,1 S ' A Tboueandeol Lf': .VeVi-:-,f' -S-zA'Zi crated by the lilt- - 'iVV ; and maaaea of if I; , .!. .3 I iMfjJM!MI.ll!. Theae powerful American artillerymen, with buje crowbar, are working faat to get their heavy gun into poeitlnn to burl Ita abella at the retreating 1 1 una. It la a difficult Job, for tba earth la pitted wltb abell crater. AUSTRIAN PLEA FOR . PEACE IS REJECTED Subject Peoples KUSt Be Free Before Peace Can Be Discussed. Waahlngtoni-Prealdeot WlUon bat the Il70.500.ooo aougnt in tn unueq rejected tba plea of Ati.trlallunW" Work campaign in the United f . ',.,, .nd ..-j Biat. for the aeven approved organ- V,T J i,..t!: iatlona mlnl.terlng to the American negotlatlona, and In doing eo baa mad s n wU, neede4 i4Bfc clear the condltlona which tba central Thu u th(J worJ of ,ea(Jer- of "?"Tt'ti?';m 'Ddr,,ln Mm.plen ,D? l'r im ymmtm w. can be no talk of peaca wltb the Aua tro-Ilungarlan government except up on the baala of complete liberty-, for Caecho-Slovaka and other eubject n tlonallllea aa free member of the fam ily ot natlona. Ha refuica to entertain the Auirtro Hungarian auggeation for tbla reason, without dlacuialng the military que tlona dealt wltb In tba reply to Ger many. The Vienna government naked for negotiation on the baala of the pre Ident'a announced programme of peace, mentioning tba speech ot January I laat. In which the preeldent aald the people of Austria-Hungary abould be accorded the freest opportunity for autonomoua development Tba reply aaya tbla la Impossible; tbat tba Cxecho-8)ovak national coun cil baa been recognized aa a de facto CM umm uwu i vwsutaiii m w '- belligerent government, the Justice of tha nationalistic aspiration of the Jugo-Slava baa been recognised, and mere autonomy no longer can be ac cepted. . Thla declaration may be far-reaching In Ita effect on Austria-Hungary, where long-enslaved peoples are apparently nearly ready to sweep away the hated dual monarchy and the Hapeburg dy nasty. It came one day after the ii i .i. i 77 - . , : TJ . aZ emitting tha Au.trlan atatea In a dee- Derate effort to aave his government ., 4. t-. kj. ,nd tt tIa Mme 0me prepare the way for peace. Huta for Nuraea. Huts for nurse are maintained by tba Y, W, C. A. at the base hospital In France. To extend thia work a portion of the United War Work funda to be raised In November will be used. PERSHING'S "DO WITHOUT IT" CLUBS Organisation ot "do without It" cluba In America, aa a meana of aiding tba United War Work campaign, which open November 11, waa recommended by James F. Perahlng, brother ot General Pershing, In an addres delivered recently In Portland in behalf ot tha drive. H urged the American1 people to make some sacrifices in order to help "carry on" tha great undertaking that la to turnlah money tor war work in tha battl sona during tba coming year. A great percent age ot American people, b aald. do not know, from any aacrlfices made thus far. that a war ia In progress. Relaxation ot activi ties because ot peaca proposals, ba declared, abould not ba toler ated, and asked people of th country to throw . their whole energy and co-operation behind this latest drive for securing funds for the seven big war working agencies cmia.jlitlalal in the campaign. ' THE FIGHTING LINE ; a. UNITED WAR FUND SURE TO BE NEEDED Even End Of Hostilities WOUla Not Change This. Though the war abould ceaae im mediately It la aald tbat every cent of pianauon.eeaeiiycompreoeuaeo. ia the ffrat place, it baa been officially eetlmated tbat ll montba to two yeara muat elapaa before all the American knu. mm MdirnAil tmm firlvn mi;. a. in ........ mwv. ..wh. . - o aolL There are tha men ot many other countrlea to be transported home when the war end, ao the number or boate for use ot the Yankee will be limited. Then there ia alto the fact that thou aanda must remain ao long aa the great properties and store of the United Btatea hava not ben disposed of or returned. Immediate ecasation of war activi ties In Europe would plainly create grave problem connected with the care of the men. Remove the great the fo-Am ttA a w mnA thr-n htm Inf A dull inactivity, with nothing much to do but await bia chance to return to borne and loved ones, and the work ot eepiog aim caeeriui ibwhuki in iuag- nitude. The aoldler welfare organixa- . "on foresee all phaaea of thla grave contingency. They foresee how great would be the need for seeding matter, entertainments, amusements, recrea tion and the cheery personal touch. PERSHING WARNS OF PUBLICITY German Oermany'a efforta to Involve the United Statea and her Allies Into a consideration ot peace terms and an ruiimiut um uuv imynw iiucv -, Pershm. brother of General Pershing, ietisn to give .k. u v. i, i. -.in tnr at Pergblng. who waa in Oregon recently ID la! mierm oi iua uuuii nw nwir. drive, which opena November 11. cau- tloncd the American people against the too-common tendency to become .l.-..t ..RJaB , 1. a Uii. that MBM and the cessation ot hostilities ara at For State Senator, Nineteentn explains Emery Olmstead. etat chair hand. District man, "developed from the commission "When heaven Is ready to negotiate 40 COLON R. EBERHARD created by the War and Navy Depart wlth bell." he declared.' "then will nf TTnmn ronntv menta, first known as the Fosdick Com- America 'be ready to make peace with Germany." He told ot the great work being done In Europe by the Y. M. C A Knights ot Columbus, Salvation Army and other agenciea, and called on Americana to respond liberally In aupportlng the campaign about to open for falsing money with which to carry on these activities. UNITED WAR WORK OFFICERS State committee officers tor tha United War Work Campaign are: W. M.- Ladd. chairman: O. W." Davidson, director; John W. Kelloy, and Mrs. William fi. Marshall, associates; direc tor publicity. Ira F. Powera; speakera and entertainers' bureau. J. W. Day; students, John H. Rudd; vicetory boya' and girls' feature, Walter A. Gosa. Chairmen ot the aeven allied organ laationa: T. M. C. A., Mr. Ladd; Y. W. C. A, Mrs. William MacMaster; War Camp Community Service, Emery Olmstead; American Library Association, W. L. Brewster; Knights ot Columbus, Frank J. Lonergan; Salvation Army, O. C. Bortsraeyer; Jewish Welfare Board, Ben Selling. John R. Mott. ot New York, la dlrec-tor-ln-chtet and Lyman L. Pierce, ot San Francisco, ia director ot the Western Department, embracing eight ItAScA, IqcludlEi-. Oregon, BRIEF NEWS OF THE WAR Victory crown the allied arma on Northern Belgium cleared ot tba enemy Belgian force. Bel- pled ZeebragRe and Brugee canal, and reached tha Dutch ' civilian bave been Ilb- i;lglana and French booty fell Into their haoda. ' ' It la conddered quite poasible that the Germane wilt try to make aeveral lucceeilv atanda in Belgium, and one Una of reaietanee undoubtedly will comprUe Antwerp, Brnssela and Na mur, on which much work la being done. In France, eaat of Lille to Cambral, the Brltiah are preaelng forward, de spite aupreme effort of the enemy, blotting out the big aallent which baa Tournal aa Ita northern and Valen slcnnea Ita aouthern enemy-held ban?. To reduce tbla aallent Field Marshal Haig, wltb wboae force Americans are brigaded, is driving bard along the Bobain-La Cateau front in a ma neuver which ia throwing Valenclennee Into a dangerooa pocket. , In Champagne the Germana are trongly reaiitlng the French and Americana In their attempta to drive northward toward Mexlerea and Sedan. Tha American front haa been the Kene of conitant patrol fighting with Sene'ral Perchiug'a men morlog ahead illghtly la Logea and Banthevllle, wood. I DPniinifflf! TtPUVP ( fc F U il L 11 Ail lillllll wo MVUMI - for U. S. Senator, Short Term 13FRED W. MULKEY of Mnlrnnmah fnnntv For United States Senator 14 CHARLES L. McNARY of wuni-jr. For Congressman 18-N. J. SINNOTT of Wasco WIlnf v county. tOT Uovernor 22 JAMES WITHYCOMBE of Marion county. P- c, T..i,,. For State Treasurer 23 O. P. HOt F Of MUltno- mah county. por Supreme Court Justice 27 CHARLES A. JOHNS of aiuiinoman coumy. For Attorney General 28 GEOKGE M. BROWN of Douglas county. A. C a. J A. For State Superintendent 30-J. A. CHURCHILL Baker county. For Commissioner of Labor 32 C. H. GRAM of Multno- mah county. For Public Service Commissioner 35 FRED A. WILLIAMS of Josephine county. For Water Superintendent 36 GEORGE T. COCHRAN of Union county. mttnty Tinrrr For Circuit Judge 38 G. W. PHELPS of Pen Hieton LJi I . . VI nrerr battle front x. ., mission. The community is its panic- For State Senator, Twentieth vXu IleW anti thousands of workera District are assisting th towns in caring for 41 ROY W. RITNER of Uma- vsitlng aoldlera and aallora. providing tills countv wholeaome amusement and clean reo mi v-u-j j. - nation and eurroundtng tha eampa For Representative, 22d District wttn no.pitnty." , (Joint) Functiona of th American Library 42 C. E. WOODSON of Mor- Association, aaya William L. Brewster, row county . atate chairman, are "to provide books r-. r 1 ooj n-...-. and reading matter to the aoldlera and For Representative, 22d District 0S" through cc-operating agenciea 43 C. G. BROWNELL of nd directly." Thirty library build Umatilla. Inge have been provided at canton- 44 E. P DODD Hermiston menu; 3,750,000 donated books dis T- CI r or oiiena . . of 48 GEORGE TONKIN Pendleton. For County Clerk 49-R. T. BROWN, Pendleton. For Recorder E0-B. S. BURROUGHS, Pen dleton. GILLIAM of ' For Treasurer 51-GRACE Pilot Rock. For Coroner 52- J. T. BROWN, Pendleton. For County Commissioner 53- G. L. DUNNING of Stan HOW YOUR MONEY 1 WILL JBLP "BOYS" Official Statement of Seven Great Welfare Organizations. Citizen, of Oregon. In the week of November li lt, will respond to tba call of the United War Work Campaign (or funda to make happy and effective the fighting men of the Nation. Tbat tba cltlzeoa will uphold the common wealth' notable record In doing its ahare to win tba war la taken tor granted, once the need ara under stood. . Oregon's quota In the Joint drive of tba aeven great organlzatlona doing war acrvlce work la $770,000. Presi dent Wilson authorized this united drive and named tba participating bodies. The purposes for which the funds are needed and to which tbey axe dedicated ara vital to the war e success. The T. M. C A. baa more than .000 huts In the great battle tone and la ministering to tba boys oversea. In trench and camp, leaving undone noth ing tt can do to help them. In America tha "Y" ia In every camp and canton ment It la with the boya "eroaatng over" and, at request of the War De partment baa recently Jolneo In tha task of Instructing eelectlvea even be fore tbey are called. War work of the T. W. C A. 1 thu outlined by Mrs. William MacMaater. atata chairman: "Already we have In this country 1,000,000 women doing actual war work, while another 2,000.000 bava re leaeed men for eervice by undertaking their work. To tie T. W. C A, 'the beat big sister la the world.' baa been committed by the government and mili tary author! tlea the serious reapon aiblllty ot directing the thought creat ing the environment and furnishing the material neede of thla army of girls. Already 105 hostess houses bava been opened. War Service Clubs organ- JJfL f" are aaked to furnish emergency hous ing for thousands of girl war worker." w- Kelle 'f1',,,"? "I rector, says ot tie Knight ot Columbus: -Knights of Columbna halla ara In operation In all cantonment, training- t- nd i " u",itd Butes and the halls ara also estabitah- ed wJUi u,, American Expeditionary Force in France. Italy. Russia and England. Tha motto la 'Everybody Welcome', aervlca being given Irrespec i - . M,u, - n -Mttlr MltHAn 0f cigarettes, pipes, bouillon cibe. gum packages and tona ot chocolate bava been given free to the aoldlera over seas. One of the specialties la the pro motion of athletic and a considerable Item in the budget la for baseball equip ment, boxing glove, etc. In the war of tone the troop are followed with motor truck which are virtually traveling huts, fully atocked with ath letic goods, stationery, cigarettes, and the like." Need and activities ot tha Jewish Welfare Board, explained by Ben Sell ing, are: "In ona year the number ot onr field representative haa grown from 10 to 113. Now we are faced with the de mand for 400 additknal workers la this country and 100 oversea. The money going Into our fund paya nec essary expense and salaries, furnlshea Bibles and prayerbook by the thou sands and letterheads and envelopea by the million, and provide camp, edu cational and recreational activities for the fighters, both here and abroad." "War Camp Community Service," WlUUfcU, ,vvw,vvv magazines sent abroad," and 600,000 needed military technical books bought and given the men. Theae are some thing tha Salvation Army does, according to O. C. Borta meyer, atate chairman: "On lines ot communication onr huta are open day and night Then, follow ing their methods, our men and women, go right to the trenches and distribute chocolate, coffee, doughnut: and pies. Smv per cent of the 1000 workera are women. We bave now 703 hut and 0 ambulances In service. In the past . ...... i J . V lew montns aia nas oeea aii uia, Red Cross In aendlng abroad 100.000 parcela." Americana have recaptured Brieullea an important point on tha Meuso.