GERMAN SPIES IIP OFF FLEET S A W Berlin Knew Four Days Before U. S. Destroyers Started. WASHINGTON UNEASY T hree Torpedo«« la u n c h e d a t ArncrU STATE N E W S IN BR IEF. S enator C ham berlain haa been a s­ sured by A dm iral H elm th a t he will a t once su b m it to S e c re ta ry D aniels his board rep o rt on th e su b m arin e and aviation base a t th e m outh of th e Co­ lum bia riv e r for tran sm issio n to con­ gress. Dr. J. P. T ruax, m ayor o f G ran ts Pass, c a p tain o f th e Medical Cor|«i of the new reserv e arm y and one o f the prom inent physicians of S outhern O re­ gon, suffered a broken collar bone and serious in tern al in ju rie s when his auto turned tu rtle w ith him F rid ay evening. A pproxim ately 10,000 annual rep o rt blanks a re being sen t o u t by C orpora­ tion C om m issioner Hchulderm an to the H arbor Mine« Alao I Aid. various corfiorationa which tra n sa c t business in th is s ta te . T he rep o rts, under th e law, a re to be filed w ith the W ashington, I). C .— An ex tra o rd in ­ C orporation com m issioner oh or before Ju ly 1. ary di.'inoriMt ratio n of G erm an apy efll- M arion co u n ty ’s crops have m a te r­ rien cy , aim ed a t th e A m erican de- ially increased, w ith th e exception of a troy era itent to th e H ritiah ialea, haa hops and w heat, according to a survey ju a t been furnished th e Navy d e p a rt­ by D istric t A g ricu ltu ral A gent C ooler, m ent by Vice A dm iral Sima, in com­ w orking in co-operation w ith th e Orc- m and of th e flotilla on duty in E uro- I gon A g ricu ltu ral college. Fall w heat has decreased about 13 per cen t and pean w ater«. j hojm a re way below norm al. A ccording to Vice A dm iral Sima, N icholas Ju a re g u y , o f Tacom a, th e G erm an« knew th a t th e 1‘reaident W ash., who waa p resid en t o f th e stu ­ and hia adviaera w ere conaidering th e dent body a t th e U n iv e rsity o f O re­ d iapatch o f th e d eatroyera a t th e very gon, u n til his an sw er to th e colors, re­ m om ent th e propoaal waa being dia- ceived notice F rid ay to re p o rt to P res­ cuaaed by theae high official«. ide im m ediately to go into th e O fficers’ B erlin knew fo u r daya before the reserv e tra in in g cam p. Mr. Ja u re g u y a rriv a l of th e «hip« th e d ate when has been a m em ber o f th e C oast a r til­ they would reach th e ir deatination. lery, Second com pany, and received his More than th a t, B erlin had p reriae app o in tm en t from th e N ational guard. in fo rm atio n aa to th e p o rt «elected aa T h at no Jess th a n seven steel bridges th e d eatro y er baae. P rom ptly th e G erm an ad m iralty a c t­ bought by th e B aker county court ed. E ntrance* to th e harbora w ere w ithin th e la st y e a r a re now lying use­ prom ptly m ined by G erm an aubma- less, e x c ep tin g tw o a t R obinette, which are being used a« sheep corrals, rinea. is th e claim of A. N. In g le and o th er N ever b efore had thia been done. F o rtu n a te ly th e v ig ilan ce o f th e persons in th e ir reply filed recen tly in B ritiah m ine-aw eeping veaaela p re v e n t­ th e ir effort* to enjoin th e county from ed a cataatrophe. Thoae veaaela, in paying |6 0 0 0 w orth of w arran t* issued accordance w ith th e ir in stru ctio n s, in favor o f th e C oast B ridge com pany, sw ep t th e sea, picked up m ines and of P ortland. th u s m ade th e way sa fe for th e A m er­ T h ere will be 114 seniors in the ican «hips. g ra d u a tin g class of th e U n iv e rsity of B at th is is not th e whole story. O regon th is year, according to an an ­ G erm an su b m arin es lay under th e nouncem ent m ade by R e g is tra r A. R. su rfa c e in w a it for th e A m erican ships I Tiffany. P ecu liarly enough, th e class ju a t in fro n t o f the harbor. is evenly divided as to men and women, Upon th e ap jiearan ce o f th e d e stro y ­ th ere being 57 o f each, who w ill ap- e rs th re e torpedoes w ere launched a t i |**ar in the caps and gow ns n ex t week. them . T his g ra d u a tin g class exceeds th a t of The lookouts saw th em com ing. The • last year by 15 and la one of th e la rg ­ helm s w ere tu rn ed over and th e mia- e st classes in recen t years. ailes shot by th e ir ta rg e ts . In te le g ra m s to P resid en t W ilson, The d e stro y e rs prom ptly sw ung I member« o f congress and to th e public around to g iv e b a ttle to th e enem y, but th e subm arine« did not show th em ­ service com m issions o f W ashington, Idaho, C alifo rn ia and N evada, th e Pub­ selves. The search re v e a lin g nothing, th e lic S ervice com m ission o f O regon is d e stro y e rs w ent in to th e h arb o r to u rg in g th e ap p o in tm en t o f Clyde B. A itchison aa a m em ber o f th e I n te r ­ refit and resupply them selves. s Mr. Thus th e first b ru sh w ith th e enem y ta te Com m erce com m ission. A itchison form erly w as ch airm an of le ft both scathelesa. G ra tify in g aa is th e fa ilu re of th e th e O regon com m ission and now is so­ G erm ans to sink or d am ag e th e A m er­ licito r for th e N ational asso ciatio n of ican d estro y ers, th e ir advance know ­ R ailw ay com m issioners. ledge th a t th e vessels w ere com ing and W ith a population of 8000, Hood th e ex act d e stin a tio n o f th e c r a f t is a R iver has subscribed fo r th e lib e rty m a tte r th a t has caused g re a t alarm in loan $30,000. Local b an k ers s ta te official circles. th a t ap p licatio n s from individual in­ vestors, follow ing announcem ents of MANY DEAD IN BIG TORNADO fru it men of a possible condition th a t will ren d er apple d istrib u tio n th e com­ ing fall neg lig ib le, have fallen off ap- K ansas T w ister T akes Toll of A bout 90 | preciably. Hood R iv er V alley citizens and l>oea O th e r D am age. refu se to go fu rth e r w ith th e ir sub­ scrip tio n s u n til th ey have th e a ssu r­ W ichita, K an .—T h irty persons a re ance th a t th e ir product w ill not be sac­ known to have been killed, m ore than rificed. Such actio n is not fo r lack of fit) have su stain ed in ju rie s from which p atrio tism , b u t sim ply because they it is said several w ill die, and pro p erty wilj not be able to buy th e bonds. w orth thousands of dollars upon which no valuation has y e t been se t w as d e­ T he c ity o f E ugene is m eca fo r th e stroyed la te S atu rd ay , when a tornado Oddfellow s of O regon. E very tra in sw et up th ro u g h Sedgw ick and H arvey bro u g h t larg e d eleg atio n s to th e grand counties in th e south cen tral p a rt of lodge m ee tin g and th e R ebekah as­ th e s ta te . sem bly, w hich convened W ednesday Andale, a village of less th an 900 m orning a t 9 o ’clock. T he s tre e ts in h a b ita n ts, bore th e b ru n t of th e tw is- w ere crowded w ith v isito rs and gay t e r ’a rag e, 18 lives being th e toll be­ w ith decorations. fore th e sto rm which, accom panied by Ja m e s S tu rg is has purchases! th e re­ a blinding rain , bore on to th e n o rth ­ m aining 825 acres of th e B a rn h a rt w est. The country s o u th e a st of N ew ton ranch, w e st of Pendleton, from th e J . furnished th e re m a in in g fa ta litie s , E. S m ith L ivestock com pany, a t a re ­ ported price o f $30,000. The p a rt of th re e lives being lost from th a t city . T he country betw een Andale and the ranch on th e south side o f th e riv e r N ew ton was pierced by a p ath from was sold some m onths ago to th e U m a­ a q u a rte r to a h alf m ile wide, w here tilla Sheep com pany. th e tw is te r ground e v e ry th in g in its L ittle L etha H arness, of R oeeburg, p ath e ith e r to d eath or to in an im ate 6-year-old d a u g h te r o f Mr. and Mrs. d estru ctio n . R ussell H arness, died la te Sunday as a Sedgw ick, th e la rg e s t tow n betw een re su lt of in ju rie s sustain ed by being A ndale and N ew ton, escaped w ith run down by an autom obile e a rlie r in sm all loss. So suddenly did th e to r ­ th e day. 'E y e w itn e sse s to th e accident nado rise and so well did it do its work said th e child w as p lay in g on w h a t is th a t telephone and te le g ra p h lines known as th e B row n bridge and did w ere broken b efo re w ord could be sont not notice th e ap proaching car. Which ahead o f th e im pending danger. was driv en by C harles F ields, an em­ ra n Vra«»la a t M outh o f Britinh Censor Clause is In. W ashington, D. C .—C onferees on th e E spionage bill have draw n a so- called modified n ew spaper censorship clause, which w ill be b rought before congress w ith th e influence of th e ad­ m in istra tio n fo r inclusion in th e pend­ ing bill. T he w ording of th e new sec­ tion confines p ro h ib ited publication e x ­ clusively ta m ilita ry in fo rm atio n and re ta in s th e provision th a t a ju ry shall decide w h e th e r published info rm atio n 1s u sefu l to th e enem y. ploye of th e R oseburg postoffice. T he A m erican Poland C hina Record association, th e C h ester W h ite Sw ine Record association, th e A m erican D uroc-Jersey Sw ine B re e d e rs’ associa­ tion, th e A m erican Y o rk sh ire club and th e N atio n al D uroc-Jersey R ecord asso­ ciatio n have offered prixes to th e sw ine d e p a rtm e n t of th e O regon S ta te F a ir th is y ear a g g re g a tin g $1140, w hich are to be special prixes offered in addi­ tion to th e prizes hung up by th e S ta te F a ir board itself. HOW BIO ARMIES WERE CREATED BY GREAT BRITAIN Least Difficulty Found Was Ob­ stilted, also owing m uch to tbe Ignor­ «Ingle com pany; In a rtille ry the ance of the soldiers detailed for cook­ changes had been even m ore notable by taining Men In Earty Days ing duties, who served th e excellent th e Introduction and alm ost exclusive food provided In a slovenly unappetiz­ use at Indirect laying, which required of the War. ing wuy, and Im provem ent followed the In a rtille ry officers and noncom m is­ establishm ent of schools In Instruction sioned officers facilities o f rapid o b ser­ In cookery and th e adm onition to com­ vation and c a lc u la tio n ; again th e co­ m anding officers to lay stre ss on tbe operation of a rtille ry and airp lan es v ariety in th e cooking of the food, on w as a closed book to all th e old school cleanliness and on economy. g u n n ers; th e use of telephones and Byotsm I* Finally Established A fter Clothing th e re c ru its w as an o th er signals had been developed In a m anner Early Blundering and the Preesnt- difficulty experienced a t the beginning. unknow n to q u ite recent generations Day Efficiency of the Troops Im p o rtan t p a rts of th e equipm ent such of officers. To secure officers required the In Franc* I* Testimony to as arm y («sits w ere fo r a long tim e sad­ courses a t Woolwich and S andhurat ly d eficien t T he enlargem ent of old the Thoroughness of p lants, th e erection of new p lan ts and w ere reduced and th e age lim it low­ Their Training. Instruction in tb e m ethods of m anufac­ ered. A certain num ber of com m issions New York.—We received from tbe tu re w as a alow and laborious process. w ere g ran ted directly to university uflk» of th e g en eral «faff an Interest- W hen the w ar sta rte d . Kngluud seemed g rad u ates and ex-w arrant and noncom ­ log a rtic le on th e “O rganization and to have been as badly off In m a tte rs of m issioned officers w ere given com m is­ T rain in g of tho New Armies of G reat supplies aa we. T hey had less than sions. T here w ere a t the beginning of B rita in ’’ w blch te lls ua th a t the B ritish 800,000 rifle«, only h a lf of them the the w ar 22 senior otneers’ train in g arm y th a t w ent out to Mon* In tbe la te s t p a tte rn . T he weekly o u tp u t of corps. Some of the best train««! men ••«rly days of A ugust, 1914, waa proba­ rifles In th e U nited Kingdom w as under from the senior corps w ere given regu­ bly tbe beet tra in e d arm y th a t haa ever 2,000, which could be Increased some­ la r com m issions a t once and large num ­ left E ngland, tb e A nny and N avy J o u r­ w h at by night sh ifts, but w hich a t the bers received "tem porary com m issions" nal state«. N early all tb e officers w ere b e st w as Infinitesim al com pared with fo r service wRh tbe new b attalions. A men who took a keen lntero«t In th e ir th e needs of th e new arm y. U nfortu­ g re e t m any senior boys from th e cadet profession and who a vailed them selves nately th e rifle, though needed in larg er corps of the schools w ere also given of every opp o rtu n ity to Increase th e ir q u a n titie s th an any o th e r w eapon for tem p o rary com m issions. It is an Indi­ m ilitary know ledge and experience. an arm y, req u ires longer tim e th an cation of th e value of th ese O. T. C.’a The tra in in g of pu rt of the expedition­ any o th e r before Its m an u factu re w ith a t a critical Junction of th e w ar. th a t ary force a t A ldershot, under th e com­ new p lan ts can be sta rte d , owing large­ w ithin th e first y ear of the w ar the m anders who them selves led It into ac­ ly to th e num ber of gauges of extrem e O xford u n iv ersity O. T. C. provided tion, w as tra in in g such as never bad accuracy required In th e p ro cess; con­ over 2.300, th re e of the sm aller n o rth ­ been seen In E ngland. Owing to the sequently th e recru its had to w ait ern u n iv ersities’ O. T. C.’s over 1,000 and th e Inns of C ourt O. T . C.’s over *tru«a of circum stances the train in g of long. the new arm ies during the first period By Ja n u a ry , 1915, the first new arm y 2.500. It w as found necessary to give w as le w com plete th an th a t of the ur- had about 4»M) service rifles per b a t­ tem porary com m issions even to univer­ inles organize«! la te r In the second talion, and th e second about 100, and sity g rad u ates and th e sen io r boys In period, h u t both arm ies w ere c h a ra c te r­ It w as not until M arch, 1915, th a t these public schools. P ractically all pupils of ized by th e sp irit which puts life Into arm ies w ere beginning to be fully the public schools applied fo r com m is­ the ln atru ctlo n In m ilitary duties. arm ed. To provide even a lim ited sions as soon as they reached th e age T he p ractical train in g In sm all w ars am ount of drill and m u sketry p ractice lim it. E xcellent m aterial fo r Junior had tau g h t th e B ritish soldier the Ines­ It wus necessary to baud around the officers w as found am ong th e young tim able value of never knowing when few service rifle« In each battalio n as l men who had gone to th e colonies o r he Is beaten, th e R ussians saying th a t the th re e F ate« handed around th eir • foreign countries to ta k e up a life of the E nglish nev er win more th an one so litary eye In the sto ry of Perseus. adventure. No young men m ade b e tte r victory In a w ar—but th a t Is th e last. Many rifles w ere too worn to shoot officers th an these, fo r all had tak en T his and a stro n g regim ental feellug w ith sufficient accuracy fo r m usketry some r is k s ; they had been on th e ir own which h a s alw ays been ch aracteristic practice and th ere w as no opportunity responsibility, and generally had men of th e B ritish arm y have been p re ­ to cu ltiv ate In the soldier a personal under them and experienced dangers p ride In his own rifle und the knowl­ by flood and field. T he supply of offi­ served In th e arm ies now In th e field. edge of its idiosyncrasies. T his scarcity cers fo r a technical corps proved su r­ Men at First Responded Quickly. Till* regim ental feeling ten d s to of rifles In th e early day« prolonged the prisingly adequate, th e w a r office se­ lecting according to th e recom m enda­ m ake officers and men one happy fam ­ training. In the a rtille ry It w as q u ite as bad. tio n s of th e heads of th e correspond­ ily. proud of them selves. Jointly an x ­ ious to m ake th e ir regim ent a glory to In O ctober. 1914, th e a rtille ry of one di­ ing civil professions. In addition to the B ritish arm y. It cultiv ates a sp irit vision of tho first new arm y had only th ese th e w ar office h as obtained a of self-reliance, loyally and kindness, «lx 18-pounders alto g eth er Instead of larg e stnff of specialists fo r w ork w ith all based upon th e strong sense of d is­ Its full com plem ent of 54; a n o th e r had th e troops, e. g.. bacteriologists, oph­ cipline and com m unity of in te re st. It only a few of th e obsolete 15-pounders; thalm ologists, a u rists, radiologists, d er­ Is u broadm inded and to le ra n t method in M arch, 1915. some divisions had only m atologists, ex p erts In tro p ical d is­ wblch Insists on sm artn ess and un duty tw o guns p er b a tte r y ; even in May. eases, etc. F o r all p ractical purposes, m ost o f and discipline aim high courage and when th e full com plem ent of guns had courtesy, b u t not on hute. arriv ed fo r th e first new arm y divi­ th e in fa n try su b altern s o f th e new a r ­ T he men who cam e Into the arm y ns sions. th e equipm ent of dial sights, etc., m ies had to tra in them selves d u ring th e recru its w ere th e kind who w ere ready for Indirect laying w as still deficient. first five m onths of th e w ar as b est to respond to the B ritish m ethods of F o r m onths the gunners In som e di­ they could In th e Interv als of tra in in g (gtlnlng a volunteer arm y. T he least visions hud to learn w hat they could th e ir men. If th e officers w ere u n ­ difficulty found w as in obtaining the of th e m echanism of a rifle* w ithout train ed , the noncom m issioned officers men In th e early days of th e w ar. Re­ even seeing one. Some e n th u siastic of­ of th e new arm ies w ere In th e m ain cru its cam e fa s te r th a n they could be ficers provided dum m y wooden guns at even less train ed . T his presen ted a taken core of and supplied w ith proj>er th e ir own expense and obsolete guns m arked c o n tra st to th e really good se r­ equipm ent. Some 80U.0U0 troops w ere w ere utilized fo r th e sam e purpose. geant of th e old school w ith his m in­ housed in hired buildings and o ther W hen some such guns as th ese w ere gled hum or and severity, p u ttin g a tem porary q u a rte rs, but w ithin a year av ailab le th e re w ere no a rtille ry in­ squad of re c ru its through th e ir paces, huts to hold th re e -q u a rters of u million stru m e n ts such as dial sights, range th e type of K ipling’s P riv a te M ulvaney. men, w ith w a te r and light laid on, had finders, directo rs and so on, w ithout T h ere w as som e com pensation fo r this, been built, besides v ario u s enorm ous w hich a m odern b a tte ry is alm ost help­ ho w ev er; th e fact th a t th e necessity of depots fo r stores, rem ounts, etc. These less, except those th a t could be Im pro­ doing the noncom m issioned officers’ Job huts seemed to sp rin g up In every p a rt vised by an Ingenious lim ber gunner. as well as th e ir own gave th e officer* of th e c o u n try ; one g re a t b are m oor­ Sim ilarly horses, h arn ess and the pro p ­ g re a te r proficiency and b e tte r u n der­ land In th e m ldlunds, uninhabited e r w agons w ere hard ly ever com plete stan d in g of th e ir men. since th e dnwn of history, had been fo r any b a tte ry of th e first th ree An experienced B ritish general w rit­ covered w ith new roads, railw ays, arm ies till on th e very eve of th e ir de­ ing on th e tra in in g of som e of th ese pum ping establishm ents, pow er s ta ­ p a rtu re over sen. Noncom m issioned new divisions, said th a t a m ass of tions and h u ts for som e 40,000 individ­ officers fit to tra in re c ru its w ere sadly civilians had been tran sfo rm ed In less uals. lacking. T hose having experience th a n eight m onths into an arm y w hich Soldiers' Quarters and Food. ; could not be sp ared from th e ir regi­ had m ore p ractical tra in in g fo r w ar W ithin a y ear the problem of q u a r­ m ents a t th e front. T he m ost th a t th a n It had ev er been possible to g ite tering th e troops In th e chief train in g 1 could be done w as to have one experi­ to troops In E ngland before. T h e re was, centers b ad been solved. T he previous enced man In each u n it and th is only he added, a feeling of confidence In all uncom fortable accom m odations w ere by em ploying 200 officers of th e Indian ranks, due p a rtly to th e organizing the enuse of bnd discipline and sloven­ arm y home on leave and re tire d officers pow er of a short-handed staff, but ly train in g . F o rtu n a te ly a satisfacto ry ( “dug o u t" ns they w ere popularly chiefly to th e keenness of all ran k s to system fo r feeding th e troops on a w ar called). Some of th ese did im portant m ake them selves fit fo r th e front. T he basts had been elaborate«! tw o years service and o th ers w ere of little value, experiences h ere recorded a re highly before th e w ar. A description of this not being up-to-date nnd lacking the suggestive of o u r own experiences and method la given. At th e beginning cer­ capacity of m aking them selves so. The they Indicate th e m ethods we shall tain a rticles of food, especially m eat, In fan try drill had been altered nnd the have to follow in c reatin g arm ies to were so excessive th a t g reat w aste re­ double com pany su b stitu ted fo r th e old m eet o u r re g u la r requirem ents. PROBUMS QUICKLY SOLVED M0 FAVORITISM IN DRAFT ! of re g istra tio n will fall, not only on th e d u ties of th e 'offioe a re perform ed Selectiv« Service Act la Specific and Allows No Latitude to Reglstra-. tion Officials. W ashington.—A sta te m e n t h a s twen Issued from th e office of th e provost m arshal general of th e U nited S tates »may as follow s: T he atte n tio n of tho w ar dep artm en t hns been called to th e fact th a t fear ex ists in some p a rts of th e country th a t some m em bers of th e county nnd city reg istratio n boards may be Influ­ enced by personal considerations to d iscrim inate betw een young men who are liable fo r service, and to m ake friendship or some o th e r consideration a m oving fa c to r In the selection of soldiers for th e new arm y. T h ere Is no ground fo r such a fear. The. law Is specific nnd nllows no la ti­ tude to th e offlelnls e ith e r In th e m at­ ter of reg istratio n o r In tho la te r m at­ te r of exem ption from service. In fact, the law Is self-executing. Every man w ithin tho age lim its fixed by thq selective-service a c t m ust register, tq d th e penalty of th e law fo r evasion I th e m an 'vho falls to appear, but on In s tric t accordance w ith th e req u ire­ any m em ber of a reg istratio n board m en ts of th e law. who may be show n to be in collusion So fa r as th e o th e r reaso n s fo r ex­ w ith th e person who atte m p ts to es­ em ptions un d er th e law a re concerned, cape his duty. exem ptions fo r men engaged In p u r­ F u rth e r th an this, the reg istratio n su its In w hich th e ir w ork Is m ore v al­ bo ard s never will act as exem ption uable a t hom e th a n In th e service, th e boards except In certain specific cases ad th o rlty will lie w ith a board of high­ ns w here a young m an who has reg­ e r Jurisdiction. T hose w ho fe a r t h a t w ill be m ade on istered shall claim to be employed In d iscrim in atio n s j a federal, stn te o r local office, and grounds of personal frien d sh ip o r on ! thereby does come w ithin the exernp- o th e r grounds m ay be a ssu re d th a t ev­ | tlon clause of the statu te. In a case ery precaution w ill be ta k e n to m ake like th is the fa c ts m ust be eu tered it c ertain th a t th e re g istra tio n w ill be conducted w ith e x a c t Ju stice and t h a t officially and attested . T he law provides the penalty of im­ th e dem ocracy of th e law w ill'd w e ll prisonm ent w ith no altern a tiv e of a In its sp irit a s in Its le tte r. tine fo r any official or any registered Im port of Gems C ut T hird. m an who shall m ake a false retu rn or connive a t such a practice. T he safe­ New York.—D iam onds an d o th er g u ard s ag ainst favoritism or evaslon( precious gem s will not be so p len ti­ a re am ple. ful In th e fu tu re. T he Im ports fo r T h e response to the governm ent’s [ M arch w ere only $1,084,133 ag a in st ap peal for volunteer service has been ! S3.S10.G79 fo r F ebruary. so prom pt nnd general In Us dlstrl- , tuition th a t It Is assured th a t in v irtu ­ A K entucky man has w ritten to a ally all th e d istric ts th ere will be of - 1 C onnecticut m ayor please to find him ficlals whose sole moving purpose Is a step -.(o th er, "not *oo fa t," fo r his th e p atrio tic one of seeing to It th at | four daughters.