Tuesday Evening, August 13,
EUGENE DAILY GUARD
OTHER CITIES
ENID BENNETT in
"A Desert Wooing"
Packers' Costs
Profits
How much doVSii think
JtH-v .
t . i
Swift & Company did all this for you
in 1917 at an expense of less than 2
cents per pound of beef sold, including
an average profit of of a cent a pound.
Kit ri-too
Figure for yourself how
this cost and profit had on
paid for beef steak.
Swift &
OTJOTTEE
VMSTOPSMES
tiajaSliamSaaaBtajaB t
Amendment to Privent Indus-
duttrtal Tli'Upt and Loaf
ing Under ConsioVttion.
Waakiaftaa. is. A wark ar
figkt aaaaaaaut, aigad to prtr.nl
war ttaa atrike 4 to araeb loafing
tb Job, waa eooetdered ky th aetata-
Military easaasire today wtea work
oa. tf aaw aea-pwr Mil m munl.
jn eaautltt bpmm4 to caatpltt
(ft
Valuables
Such as
liberty Bonds
. W. S, Stamps
, 'Deeds 1 '
Insurance policies
. ! Jewak, etc
placed in om of our
modern Safe Depoait
Boxes are safe from lots
by theft or fire and will
'not become misplaced.
Let our Mr. Bristow
show; yoB ", through our
vaults.
-Tb
Eofeae, Ore.
JsaVrd JCeseFPs
1. ' To dress beef, cure hides, and
prepare all the numerous by
products?
2. " To cool the meat for two or three
days before shipment?
3. To freight it to all parts of the
country in special refrigerator
cars, iced daily?
4. To carry it in hundreds of branch
houses, each with its refrigerating
plant?
5. And to deliver it to the retailer
sweet and fresh in less than
two weeks after dressing?
Company, U. S. A.
IU laaara today. Ia aay aveat Ik kill
will be ready for preseatstloa wka tke
itult meets Thursday. - At that tlat
la attempt wiO ba aade to rail .Ba
ton bee for a regular aeaaloa Monday
for consideration Qf th bill.
T draft age of IS to 4S U1 ataad
aa tar aa tka aoauaittea (a coaetraed. A
figkt aay develop an tka floor. Eves
Ultra it it believed tka frank statement
of antral Crawdtr aad General Vitrei
kav dost muck to ally object loa to
4rajlDC aaa aader Zl.
Uora aajaetiea to lowartat tka at
ia expected to develop la tb hoot thin
a tka aaaata- But tk bill ia aa adatla
tttrttio ataturt and tkua far aoat f
tka itlea to aurk Mil kaa ranltd
la Taat talk kat comparatively ftw voteo.
"Bl trar" aa oa tk Republican
aM kav favored lowering tk tftt from
tk tttrt tad aay k depended to
aupport tkla aaaaura to tb limit.
ESCAPED CONVICT IS .
CEHLWOOD
Bennett Thompson Recaptured
At Rainier; Says He Would
Have Joined Army.
Saltaa, Or, Aag. IS. Beaaatt Ttaap.
aoa, aaa af Orafoa'a pat deeper doe,
wa back at tk aid ataad today. But
tka lturIy Ufa ka formerly caadweted
aa aa laaata of tka atata priaon ia
ekaaged. Ba ia aawtag wood, aparrad
aa ay tk tight at aa aratd guard.
Tka aaw la ntttng ia tkla eaaa for
Tkoapaoa waa tk aaa wka awd kit
war tkroutk oka priaoa kar aad
eaptd. leaving a kola tkronck wkkk v
rl atber prlaoaer crawlad lattc.
Tkoapaoa waa capturtd lata yeitor
dty Kir Kaialtr by a deputy wardaa.
Tstapoa'a clothing waa tattered. Ilia
fae wort keavy beard, . Ba waa
drioklat froa a tirtaa wkaa ka board
a foattalL Olaariaf up, ka looked iala
tka aaaaiee of two guas. Tbia waa tk
flrat tiaa Tkoaptoa bad appear k
dayltgkt ataea kn toetp Jaty SO.
"If I kid kept to tka dark I would
aava aacapod lata Caaadt aad Jolaod
tka arar." ko aatd.
Tktaptaa biOad twa aaraeoa aad iu
ttrrtat Ufa atattac.
and
it costs-
little effect
prices you
GASSING OF LIGHT
HOUSE I SURPRISE
OFFICIIIWIISSEBT
Aot Confirms Expectations of
Nava) Officers That Ger
mans Would Attempt Some
Spectacular Display.
WtihiBfton, An 13.Giaint af aa
Amtricta lifbtkoua bj a Utrnaa tub
aurla (oaflraod aaptctatiooa o( naval
ofllc.rt bra today that tb Gwaaa
ooar or later would nab aom iptr
ttcultr diaplap aa tb coatL No ailitarr
(lirautaa can mult froa tivk h.-l.
a tb aaa aiaiaat tb 8mith Itlaad light
oil taa nortk vartuaa eoatt Saturday,
but tb Guaaaa aridtatlw knnait A .
rorlM by aurk attkodt. Siakiuf of fiih-
laa aaipa on ia A.w uiUad cottt it
part of tbia caapaiia of fricbtfulartt.
In mtkinc tb.ir ... atuifb ... k.
Smith Itlaad Uibtboutt, wbirb injurxl
til ata, aoat fatally, tb Gtraani art
btUtvtd to ban uttd a a.w fora uf
auatard gaa. Official rprta to tbt a try
ofpariaeiit tuit mat um largt oil
ipota, tab or aa acr Id tittnt. wrrt
obttrrtd aad It U UUnl k ...
(tarrattd froa tbia ell. Tb attack
uiaira nnnj aa pour.
Italian Successes Continue
on Entire Albanian Front
Mob. Alia. 13. Artill.r. artivltw In
antral aactort at tb Italiaa front wa
nponoa ay ia. war otnc loaay.
"Ia tbt Toaa ragioa, tb Lasitist
l.y, aad ia tb Mat art art of la Atitgo
dittrtct. our batttric (ftrtily bai
rtaacd tba .tfiny," tb cuooinuiqu
aaid.
' "North of Col Dfl Ro o ir tulrola
foread tk aa.aiy It rttirt frva au ad
faacod poattloa.
"Ftva mtmf alrplaa.t wr Sroathy
dowa duruif coabata.
"Ia Alkaata taa aaatvy waa eblitd to
atacaata taa Jaoobiaa bridcba aa
tb paa to tb ripbt of tb rircr,'
Mr. aad Mr, t. C Kraai of Sattl.
bar UN tor boat aftr a viait htr.
wttk Mr. rraai' tartata, Mr. aad Mr.
Ckarlta Fraa.
Letter "C" Is Placed on Door
Sills in Portland, Albany,
Springfield and Towns of
Valley Generally.
Tb preaence of myit.rioui mark oa
door ca tiara at hornet is varloua porta
of Laaa county la y.t untx plain d, but
tk thrary la adVaacad that th.y wart
autda by caaraattra aad may bava beta
oa tba fcouaa for amral watka.
Tb diacor.ry that mora than on
koutt in a community wit marked lrd
to inTwtlgatloo, which gradually r.Tai.
ad that tb marking wa general, sot
only in Eugwe, but la otber part of tb
eouaty. Springfiald bouaea generally
bar bean narked.
Mark! at tba bomca of Darid Link in
Eugene tupport tbe theory that they
were mad by can'aaaera. Tb mytttr.
ion letter "C" faintly printed witk a
lead pencil and about aa big aa a half dol.
lar, appear on tb till of both tb
front aad back door at tb link bom.
I'ndtrntath tb letter at the back door
la written "A- C. C. Company, Kauaa
City, Miaaouri." Two different markinge
are uaually made In connection with the
"C." It cither baa a until croaa intid
tb euro at tb bottom, er a atralghtJ
una upaernoaia ta inter.
Mr. B. S. Bryaon, tecretary ot tb
Lane County chapter of tb Bed Croat,
aad Mr. .W. P. Fall, chairman of the
committee wbicb hat been engaged in a
boutt-toouie can van in connection
with the work of weighing and meaaur.
log Lane county babiet, taM Monday
sight tbey were aatiaftad tke markt were
aot made by member of any war work
organisation.
Portland Aha Find feral.
Tb OregonUn tbia morning telle of
finding almilar markt in varioua tectum
of tb dty of Portland. Tb paper ata tea:
"Report from Eugene, telling of tbe
appearance of a myeterioua letter 'C at
front door of suaerou bouaea ia Eu
gene and Marahfield, canted hundred
of bouaeboMera to look for narUnga
at their own front doora, and reporta
made to the police atatioa and other
placet indicated that bundrtdi were re
warded by the finding of marking.
"On woman called up tk police de
partment to report tkat there were three
of fie reiidencee in a block near Eatt
Tbirty-tecoad and Market ttreeta that
bore tbe initial 'Cr near the door Jamb
at a height of about fir aad a half foot.
No markt whtterer were found on tb
otber two koueee."
Tbeee mark are apparently eery aitn-
llar to tboao which bare been found
on hundred of tn county borne.
Syrian Ua Naaa Mark.
Aa txplanatlon wa yoachaafed for
tb appearance of tbe markisga by a rep
reientativt of a Chicago company Hut
tell a variety of mercbandia to con
aumera through the medium of agents,
that tbe myeterioot lettert art probably
the work of aom eolidtor, who a4opta
tbt method of checking tbe localitiei
he rtnvataei, according to the Oregonian.
"LeaviDg a aymbollc mark oa h-ui't
eanvataed ia a commoa practic of Syr
ian rug peddlera," aaid t'oia man, who i
Informed upon the wtyt of the tolh'iting
tiletman, "and it hat been quite gener
ally adopted by othere. By mctnt of ra
rloue methoda the mark ia made to terre
a pnrpot where It ia tb deeir to can
tata a locality thoroughly, for iaatanco,
a line under tbe letter aeana there wa
ao answer to the bell, though it waa ap
parent tb people were at bom. A plain
initial letter ututUy aeana that tb peo
ple were not at borne, and ia used aa a
meana ot recognition that no mistake
bat been mad when another call ia made
to try to fipd tbe resident. When tbe
people bar been area no mark is made."
One. Portland woman states that the
mark were mide on ker borne more
than three week ago and leversl Eugene
women bar reported that tbey maue
aimilar diacovriet lata ia July.
About oae-half af tba homes in Al
bany baea been marked.
OLD'ftOMME BATTLE
IS ON AGAIN
(Continued froa page oaef
aut to crack. Priaonere Juat taken de
jectedly admit tke Otrmant will b un
bit to retiit further in their present
position. Tbey declare tb battle of
tb Marne bad a demoralising effect oa
the whole army, while the entrance of
tb Americana "i regaled with die
may." Haig'a new blow ate grttlly ddtd ta
tbia. Tbt feeling it gradually apreadiag
that Germany baa finiabed her course.
But Germany ia aot finished and un
doubtedly will put up a stubborn Tight
for aom time to com. Nobody here
rea intimates tb war ia orer. Von
Hiadenburg, la dearly facing tbe prob
ability of purely defensive warftr.
aany la Hard Patitlaa.
Tb filth month of tka preeent fight,
lag aeaaoa waa near It aad whea Haig
truck Thursday. Oermaa division in
reserve on tb whol west front were
very low. I should calculate tber were
aot over 40 divisiona (480,000 men).
8inca Thursday tome 10 ot tbett have
been identified. Yet, aa a result at
von niadenbarg' balt-iaeceaaful Maw,
tww Itrt salients reaaia to be bold.
Tb coat of holding thea la hog, as
tk allied guna pound eeelely dty
ad aigkt, Juat a tbey pounded tba old
Soam Uoea, wbwk became aatoaaMa.
Owing ta heavy lo.se. wbicb ara dwin
dliag their army, tb. German aay fled
It aacaaaary not only to reaaia oa tb
detonate, but to abort their H la
ardor ta aaiataia a aufftcieat (urn af
reoorve to bold voa tbia. Ia tb aeaa
time, a comparative lull continue.
Britiib poeitiona bav bee a improved
along tka Semae. EJatwaar tbtra ig
oalr local tigkUaa
AT THC PLAYHOUSES TODAY
BEX
Enid Bennett
.in
"A rrt Wooing"
and
"Tka Woman and tk Web
OBEGON
Fraiicia X. Buabmaa
with
Beverly Bayn
Jn
"Neataee and Dlspatcb"
and
Allied War Review
and O
Mutt and Jeff Cartoon
. EUGEN3
Dark.
Plays whether mad on tbe screen or
on the roulett wheel are ail the earn
to Norm Talmadge. The Select tear
spent a few weeka at Palm Beacb recent
ly and tried her luck at the Casino;
wkere, with the good fortune which in
variably follow her lead, ah almost
broke tb bank. Her amazing winnings
attracted a throng of curious rpectatort
wko witched her playa with fuacinated
interest.
Miat Talmadge'a second aticcest cam
ia tb Bed Cross lawn feto and auction,
wbicb wa beld at tbe rcsorl while this
popular (tar wa vacationing there. She
took ber turn on the auctioneer' chair
(long with otber celebritet oi the stuge
and (creen, end her scttion Kith tbe
gavel brought $15,000 for tile Ied Crust
fund.
On returning to New York, 5l'i Tal
madge aet about filming "Do ',uk An
nie," ber latett Select Pic an which
will be howa here on Wedmnny ted
Thursday at tbe Oregon thenrre, and
went ahead on full apeed, peruiittii.g oniy
on interruption. This occurred during
tb recent Third Liberty Loan cam
paign, when Norma Talmudgc sig.Kd her
name to a aubscription for S.'OO.OOO
worth of tb bond another typical il
lustration of the large b'arteclneoa die
played by tbe petit star la every good
cause.
Retarni frm Mill City.
Vtra Vaughn returned from Mill City,
where he baa been employed for the past
two weeks. He expect to leuve for
Medford toon.
Rattrni tram Montana.
Mr. and Mr. William Knott and fam
ily returned from Boieman, Montaiu,
where they went several months ago.
Tbey have returned to make this their
bom.
6ees t Oregon Cily.
Ben Conley and brother Oscar Lee,
left Sunday for Oregon City to visit an
other brother, Bert Lee, where tbe boya
ar employed. Ben Conley la here from
Denver, Colorado.
Her from Cottage 6 rove.
Mr. and Mra. George lion! of Cottage
Orov. pent bunday in town. They mo
tored np. Mr. Hohl formerly owned a
blacksmith shop in Springfield.
Dawa from Lebanon.
Mra. Barbara Darling and daughtera,
Mrt. Jest Hansard and Florence Dar
ling, of Lebanon, tpent Sunday at tbe
bom of Mr. Darling' con, William
Darling and family.
fioea to Astoria.
Mill Avia Thompaon left here Satur
day night for a few day' visit with
friend at Attorit.
SPRINGFIELD PERSONALS
Mr. tod Mrt. C. F Mead tnd son Boy
ind diughter Vina of Walterville, apent
over Sunday in town.
Ray Vincent of Elmirt tpent over
bunday in town visiting friends.
Mr. and Mr. John Jlc Kay and fam
ily bav returned from Portland for tke
winter.
Calvin Burnt tnd mother, Mr. J. C.
Burn, apent Sunday at Roaeburg. They
motored down.
Mra. Cy Burton and family are (pend
ing a few daya at Cottage Grove with
friendt.
Mrt. Lulu Baker of Ltuna (pent tbe
week-end in town, viaiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brumette and
daughter Mrt. Charlea Huck and fiaiiy,
tpent ever Sunday at Jatpet.
Jokn tools of Leona apent Sunday in
town viaiting friends.
Mitt Itie McDowell returned Mon
day morning froa Ntwport, wkere k
peat a week' vacation.
Ckarley Doriry is reported as being en
tbe aick list
All Uruguay Business
Paralyzed by Strikes
Moativiedo, Vruguay, Aug. 1.1. AU
bnaineM it completely paralysed at the
retttlt of a general strike. Several per
sons ktva been killed in claihes between
strikers and th police-
Tbe government appear helpless,
while tb public i stupefied by the ex
teat of th strikers' power. Window
r shuttered. Raj,,,,, anj H(-tt com
paaiee are idle and aewspaper a re not
appearing. Troopa and policemen are
bivouacked la th streets.
PEST ROT ER 13 SUNK
London, Aug- 13. A British deetroy
tr, damaged ia a cojlulon. wa aunk by
a aubmarin in the Mediterranean en
Aagajat Stfc, tka British admiralty aa
aonaced today. Sevea Ut wr loit
She thought he was a
Beau Brummel, and he
imagined her a good cook.
Phew I
"Woman and the
Web"
Full. Speed Ahead.
Last Time Today
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Revolution in Germany lm-,
probable, Says Miss McAvoy
Montdtir, N. J., Aug. 13. A revolu
tion in Germany is hardly probable, in
the ouiaion today ot Mils Florence Mc
Avoy, who hat jutt returned to America
after tcvernl yeart in Germany.
Mi. Mt-Avnv left Drcadec March S3,
when the first Hindenburg drive was at
itt height. Tbe people were jubilant, ah
said. Although they got scant food tnd
wetr paper clothing, tbe Germane ttill
think they are fighting a war of defense,
Mist McAvoy declared. Ttr. working
men who nad to bo noor now draw big
pay in munition work and purrhaa
drljcaciea the aristocracy cannot auoru
to touch.
PRISONERS IN EXCESS
OF 37,000
(Continued from page one)
Ing from tb Oit at a point about a
milt touthwett of Ribecourt to a point
west of Bailly (two mile southeast of
Ribecourt).
The French occupied the deerted po
sitions. Paris, Aug. 1.1. (10:18 p. m.) Ger
man prisoners taken from Thursday to
Sundty exceed 37,000, M wbicb if ,300
are officers. Marcel Huton", military
writer of the Echo de Ptria, declared
today. ,
Huton said more than 1,000 cannon
and over 10,000 machine gun bav been
captured.
The total of enemy pritonsrt taken
since July IS is more than 70,000, Huton
(ays. . .
French Flanking Roy a.
London, Aug. 13 (1:26 p. m.) The
French are driving forward in an ef
fort to flank Roye. Laaaigny and Ribe
court, it was learned thia afternoon.
Roye it being preaaed cloaely from the
west and touth and the French appear
already to be commanding it. The com
munication! eattward from tbe town ar
under artillery fire. After capturing
Let Loges wood, tbe tmporttnt defen
sive point between Roy and Latsigny,
tht French progretted and took the
wood to the caatward.
French troops have captured L'Ecou
villon (midway between Laeaigny and
Ribecourt), and bav gained ground
north of St. Claude farm.
The German ara withdrawing addi-,
tional troopa from th battle line. Ex
tenaion of tb flank ia known to have
greatly aided ia exhausting their re-,
(erve. There ar now 33 enemy divi :
aion (probably 306.000 men) on tb '.
battle front. i
On the Aisne-Veilo front, French tnd '
American troop by atrong counter-attack
regained positions they had loot
temporarily near Fiamette.
Tbe French havt now almott rtacbed
tbt crett of the Latsigny heights. A
Francis K.
Bushman
With
Beverly
Bayne
in
"IrVffi
Neatness
andDispakh"
A novel comedy of ex
citing situations which
form a basis of a delight
ful romance.
Allied War Review Mutt and Jeff
LAST TIME TODAY.'
Ijfie 0.r.e.g.o.h
U 1
KSawaanVtg&JS.aiii.. itJk.
aa(aTM7T;r-.;jaVik
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j
few Germans remained on the hirknt
point.
British Caatlaaa Advaaoa,
London, Aug. 13. British troop, ad
vanced laat night north of Roie izi
along the north bank of tbe Soma,,
taking additional prisoners, Field Msr
sbsi Haig reported today. (Amiricu
troop ar fighting north ot the Sonm
German counter-attacks were repuliei
near Fauquescourt (between Chaulm
and Roye). A hostile attack in tba
Merria aector of the Flandere from
failed.
"On the battle front we effected fur
ther improvement in our position! nortk
ot tb Roy road and on th north buk
of the Somme," tbe ttatement laid.
MAdditiontl prlsonera were taken. A
local enemy attack In tbe neighborhMi
of Fauqueecourt wat repulted.
"A few priaonera were taken in pa
trol encounter touth of tbe Scarpe lid
in the neighborhood of Viux-Bereult,
A hoatile attack in the Merria (eeter
waa repulaed in aharp fighting."
Parle, Aug. 13. There was no la
portant development during the night,"
tba French war office announced todir
"In the Voagea and upper Aluce,
enemy raids were unsuccessful."
Norma
Talmadge
in
"De Luxe
Annie"
"As Good As Gold," "A
White As Snow,"- "As Pure
As Silk," why are other f ilmi
invariably compared with
."DELUXE ANNIE?"
There's a Reason. Learn thia
Reason at the
Oregon
Theatre
WEDNESDAY and THURS.
fEANQS X. BUSHrWIats) KVEK.Y 5AYJC
V"WlTHNEATr,eSJND. WPATCH"
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