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TROOPS IN FRANCE DISCIPLINE Offlcors Aro Incllnod to Follow Stlffneck British System, But French Domooraoy Is Invading Ranks Our Now Crop of Rcscrvo Offiooro Aro Greater Sticklers for Form Than Most West Pointers. Dy HEYWOOD DROUN. (Accredited to the Pershing Army In France by the New York Tribune and Syndicate.) American ICxpedltlonttry Army.- "Tho most Important fuctor In tho Atnorlcnn nrmy will liu discipline," said nn officer shortly after the troops cmno out to thu trulnliiK camps. "It It twin good dlsclpllno It will bo n good nrmy; If It has bud dlsclpllno, It will bo n bnd nrmy. I citn watch n regiment stand nt attention nnil toll you whoth or or not It cim light effectively." The iiii'Htlon remains ns to whnt Bort of discipline tho Ainerlcnn nrmy will lmvo. Home observer any tliiit there uro two kind of good discipline French tllHclpllna nnil English disci pline. Unilor tho French system thero nro lot-down period. Off duty nn of ficer mny frnternUu with enlisted men to nu extent which would scandalize tho English nrmy. Thin Ih duo, In purt, to tho fnct thnt tho armies nro com posed differently. Tho English nrmy to much moro Ktrutllled tlmn tho French. It him. iih tho American nrmy hud before tho wnr, a dlMlnct officers' class. An Englishman of certain edu cation received n commlKHlnu iih n mat ter of courite. Under tho volunteer nystrm, which prevailed nt tho begin ning of the war, tho English volunteer of thu upper or upper mlddlo cIiihs did not offer hi services until ho wiih prepared to fulllll tho duties of nn olllcer. The French draft, on tho other hand, thrust many n distinguished citi zen Into tho rank. A sergennt In the Instruction division hero was ono of tho most popular playwright In France before tho war, and tho other day a grimy little mnn climbed from n coal cart to tell mo In perfect English that he had been nn assistant professor of Itomanco hinguogos In ono of tho gront American unlversl lien Cornell, I think beforo tho call came. Of course, when tho word English discipline Ih tixcd It falln short of tho British army. AtiHtrallan dlHclplIno and KiikIIhIi discipline nro vnHtly dif ferent. Thero Ih ii popular Htory about nn Anxnc colonel In Egypt who drew up hi men and told them: "An English Kenernl l coming hero todny to Inspect tho regiment, nnd re member, d you, don't call mo '11111' until ho rocs." Canadians Well Disciplined. An Instructor nt n HrltlHh training cnmp told mo thnt tho Cnnndlnns were now among the bent disciplined troops In tho army, but that tho AtiHtrnllnns Ktlll gave occiiNlonal trouble. "Every now and then," ho mild, "n couple of them will Hiicitlt down to tho woods nnd cam) out nlono for n couplu of days." British officers will tell you that, al though tho Australians light well, their losses aro much higher than they would bo with better discipline. If thero Ih hiicIi n possibility iih an ab solutely democratic army, It has been much Impaired by tho poor work of tho Russian republican army. Tho scheme of submitting each plan of nt tack to tho soldiers beforo It Is or dered cannot bo suld to lmvo proved effective. Tho question of dlsclpllno In tho American army Is complicated by ninny factors. Before tho war thero was n gulf between olllcers and men fully ns wide as that In tho English army. It was not duo to lack of democracy. It was u gulf founded on fundamentnl differences of character and education. VANITY CASES FOR NURSES Red Cross Lassies Oolna to France May Deautlfy Themselves to Heart's Content. New York. Ued Cross nurses going to Franco to do their bit, as arduous us tho soldier In tho trenches, nro not being forgotten In tho distribution of "small bundles of comfort." Tho nrmy nnd navy Held comfort committees Is planning 10,000 special "vanity" cases for tho nurses who will servo with tho Ainerlcnn troops. Tho articles which will bu contnlned In tho enses nro: Ono bottlo toilet water. Ono rnko toilet soap. Ono box talcum powder. Ono tube dental paste. Ono tubo tollot cream. Ono vanity box, with mirror, etc. Though tho retail vnluo of tho enscs would almost double tho amount, tho nurses' boxes aro packed at n cost of ono dollar, It Is bclloved that tho mngnolln was innracd uftor Maguol do Moutpollor, ARE LEARNING OF On ono hand, thero wan tho oftlcor class, carefully selected nnd carefully trained, nnd on tho othor hand, tho en listed men, hnphnznrdly nccoptod from tho llontlng population. Professional untiles tho world over nro recruited largely from tho Industrially Inefficient during times of pence. An Ainerlcnn regular of no grcnt promise was bewailing tho fact thnt nn oftlcor hud hopped him becnuso bo executed a comtnnnd Imperfectly. "Well," his compunlon answered, "wouldn't tho funner bnwl you out If ho told you to feed the horses nnd you didn't give them ns much as ho told you?" It was the typical point of view of tho old typo of professional sol dier. Ho wris drawn from tho "bawled out" class and he could bo governed only by "bawl out" niothods. Things nro largely changed now. Moro tlmn half thu American nnny In Franco Is tiinilo up of men who joined urter the declaration of wnr. They were not Jobless or inefficient Multi tudes of reasons sent them Into tho ran Us. A few wanted to mnko tho world snfo for democracy. Many moro desired ndventure, un ocenn voyngo and a trip to Purls nnd perhaps Ber lin. "I was marching my men nlong tho other dny," said n young cuptnln. "when I heard a prlvnte glvo tho cheer of tho University of Nebraska. I ran up to him imd said : 'You didn't do thnt ery well. I'm a Nebraska mnn myself. Let's do It together.' All Sorts of Officers. Thero nro then men drnwn from many classes In tho nrmy nnd thero will bo more. Alrendy thero nro nil sorts of olllcers. Thero Is tho regulnr from West Point, tho occasional regu lnr from civil life, tho olllcer who enmo through tho Fort Leavenworth training school, tho reserve olllcers nnd n num ber of former "non-coms" recently elevated to commissions. Tho grentest sticklers for discipline nro tho rcscrvo olllcers. "I wns talking to n soldier In the street," said an old West Pointer, "nnd ho was telling mo he had too much money to spend. 'I enn't uso half of It,' ho snld, 'and I waste It on things I don't want. Look nt tho bunch of cigars I bought. Tako n hnndful.' I took three, but I wns mighty sorry afterwards, because I bud with mo n young fellow, Just commissioned sec ond lieutenant, nnd ho wns almost shocked to denth thnt I should tnkc clgnrs from n soldier." Tho olllcers who roso from non-coms nro also somewhat stiff nnd formnl In tho exercise of their now-found honors. All lmvo been transferred from their regulnr regiments, so thnt they nhnll not bo associated with tho enlisted men they know beforo they held commis sions. Somo olllcers believe In lending their men, while others In driving them, while still a third class combine the two methods. Ono of tho best young olllcers I lmvo seen In tho nrmy Is absolutely Informnl with his men nt times. Ho comes to their concerts nnd hands cigars to the quartette and con sults with them as to what song thoy shall sing. "Cuptnln. do you llko 'Cnthlocn?'" tho big soldier who snng tenor would nsk, nnd tho cliptuln would answer: "Docs It go llko this?" bumming a bar, nnd then add: "Yes, that's a good ono; let's havo It." IIo could bo stern enough upon occasion, nnd ho had tho best, bombers In tho army, but liked his men to know tho reasons for things. German Coal Shortage. Amsterdam. Tho coal famlno is In creasing from week to week through out Germany. Although a largo num ber of miners havo been brought back from tho front nnd thousands of wnr prisoners uro employed In tho pits, even tho ammunition factories cannot get sufficient fuel. Tho uso of electric power nnd gas has been reduced 20 per cent everywhere, but this mensuro falls to bring relief. Many cities hnvo been compelled to prohibit cooking and heating with gns, nnd lnrgo num bers of towns hnd to shut down their lighting plants. Tho manufacturers of war materials havo warned tho gov ernment that they will not bo nblo to fill their contracts If tho present con ditions continue. To Remove Qreaso Spots. To rcniovo grenso Bpots from car pets, mix fuller's enrth and magne sia together In equal proportions by scraping and pounding. Form this Into a pasto with hot wutor and sproad on tho spots. .Tho n$xt dny brush It off and, If necessary, repeat tho process. FOREIGN ARMIES IIo wan fond of letting thum get his point of view about things. Thus, when ho found somo soldiers drinking too much, soon after their landing, ho called a conforoneo nnd told them that It hud to stop. If tho Wholo Army Drank. "Homo of you tuon aro spending nil your monoy on boozo," ho said, "and getting stlnko, pinko, sloppy drunk. It won't do. A fow old privates got drunk, but don't copy them. It's Just becnuso of thnt they're old privates. I'm going to chooso tny non-coms from you, hut not tho men who drink. You'vo drunk yourselves out of n commission, sergeant. I wns going to recommend you, but how can I do It now? Just look nt tho wny 1 seo It. If I took tny pny In a lump I could buy every saloon In tho town nnd stay drunk for two years. ("I had to exaggerate a little," ho confessed when ho told tho story to mo nftonvnrd). Whnt do you supposo would happen then? Supposo tho majors nnd tho colonels nnd tho generals nnd tho wholo bunch got drunk, whnt would happen to tho nrmy? Don't forget that this Is your army as much as It Is mine That's all todny." Tho chief nnd most nblo member of tho English school of dlsclpllno Is Oencrnl Pershing. Ho puts tho drlvo In tho army. Ills Inspections nro masterpieces of thoroughness and bo Is exceedingly stern with nil Ineffi cient, whether they nro officers or soldiers. Slouchy benring nnnoys him fearfully nnd ho takes an active nnd penetrating Interest In shoes, buttons and bright metal. Ho Is exceedingly chary of praise. Probably nobody In tho unny will ever call hlra Papa Per shing, but for all thut ho Is a Ilomnn futher to his men. NOTED BEAUTY HELPS Latest photograph of the beautiful Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, first wife of the late John Jacob Astor, who has been living In London for several years. She Is now devoting her life to war relief work. She is one of the most Industrious workers among the society women and nobility In London. She seems to be Indefatigable, for every moment of her time Is spent advantage ously. Mrs. Astor has won a place high In London's social sphere, and Is much sought by nobility. Her daughter, Muriel, aids In the relief work. It Is reported that Mrs. Vincent As tor paid her mother-in-law a visit while on a short stay in London. Mrs. Vincent Astor Is now In France aid ing In the organization of a hospital behind the lines. ALLIGATOR FOUND IN SEWER Employee of Pittsburgh Bureau of Highways and Sewers, Pulls Out 3-Foot Saurian. Pittsburgh. Tho North sldo has been famed for many things. Now It is tho habitat of tho alligator. If you don't believe It, ask Gcorgo Moul, n perfectly reliable employee of tho Bureau of Illghwnys nnd Sowers. Ho bus tho proof on exhibition nt his homo In Lockhart strcot. Ho got It yesterday when ho wns seut to fix n sower In Royal strcot. IIo hnd lifted the mnntiolo and wns prodding to reniovo tho obstruction, when n strnngo face, with rather ovll looking oyes, bobbed In his rnngo of vision. After tho first shock Moul grabbed tho head nnd drow forth n 3-foot nil! gator. Ho got n ropo nnd led It to his homo and Is trying to dopo out how tho Florida nntlvo got this far North. St. Louis hns ono fuctory which will this year consumo 100,000,000 feot of lumber. START APPLE PICKING Harvest of Jonathans and King Davids Begins in Yakima Valley With Labor Supply Plentiful. Wcnatchco, Wash. With tho pick ing of n big crop of Jonathans esti mated at 20 per cent of the total npplo crop of tho valley this year beginning Tuesday tho outlook for successful handling of tho yield is excellent. Thero was considerable picking of King Davids nnd Winter Dananna last week nnd somo gathering of Jonathans chiefly thinnings but tho real harvest of Jonathans is just starting. In a few days it will bo In lull blast proba bly tho Inst of tho week. Prospects arc that thero will bo no scarcity of labor. Now thero is a sur plus. Many idle men aro to bo seen on tho streets and at the Harvesters' League it is said that work cannot bo found for all applying now. Hundreds of laborers have come to the valley ex pecting the harvest to begin at tho us ual time. Instead, they find it a week or two lato and their services arc not yet needed. The result is that many of them nro without work. Neither tho State Harvesters' league nor the Federal department of Labor is send ing men to tho valley. Hundreds of men and women arc coming to the val ley on their own account and they arc having difficulty getting placed. Men, women and children come by train from Spokane, Seattle, Everett, Bell Ingham and other points. Hotels are taxed beyond their facilities by de mands for rooms and in several hos- tclries people wore glad to sleep on the floors and in hails. Among those arriving were a party of 35 from Ev erett who are to work in the Clark or chard. Milk to Raise to 15 Cents. Tacoma, Wash. Fifteen cents a quart and ten cents a pint is the new pneo confronting Tacoma consumers. This was announced by Tacoma dairymen, who predicted that the in crease would become effective about October 1. All dairy products, including ice cream, will be affected by the proposed increase, which will be caused by de mands of producers for larger quota tions from condensaries. This will create a higher market level for milk and butter to city consumers. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Portland Wheat Bluestem, $2.05; fortyfold, $2.03; club, $2; red Rus sian, $1.98. Flour Patents, $10.20. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $34 per ton; shorta, $37; middlings', $44; rolled barley, $5557; rolled oats, $55. Corn Whole, $81 per ton; cracked, $82. Hay Buying prices f. o. b. Port land; Eastern Oregon timothy, $27 per ton; valley timothy, $2325; al falfa, $22.5024; valley gram liny, $20: clover. $20; straw, $8. Butter Cubes, extras, 47c; prime firsts, 45Jc Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 48c; cartons, lc extra; butter- fat. No. 1, 49c Eggs Oregon ranch, current rC' ceipts, candled, 4445c; selects, 48 50c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 17119c; broilers, 2021c; ducks, 1620c; geese, 8 10c; turkeys, live, 2022c; dressed, 28S0c Veal Fancy, 2S30c Pork Fancy, 21J22c Vegetables Tomatoes, 4070c per crato; cabbage, lj2c per pound; let tuce. 5075c per dozen; cucumbers, 4050c; peppers, 67c per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; beans, 6 7c per pound; corn, 30c per dozen; carrots, $1.50 per sack; beets, $1.50; turnips, $2. Potatoes Now Oregon, 22ic per pound: sweets, 31(33 Jc. Onions Oregon, $2.35; California brown. $2.50. Green Fruits Peaches, 6590c per box: apples. $1(2)2; pears, 76c$1.75; grapes, $1 1.40; casabas, ljc per pound. Hops 1917 crop, 4142c per pound; 191C crop. 25026c; fuggles, 60c Wool Extra Oregon, fino, 50G0c per pound; coarse, 550:60c; valley, 55 fttuOc: mohair long stapio ooc. Cascaru Bark New 7ic per pound; old 8c. Cattle- Best beef steers $ 9.00 9.75 Good beef steers 7.60 8.75 Best beef cows C.76 7.50 Ordinary to good 4.uu(yi o.yd Best heifers 7.00 8.00 Bulls 4.00 6.60 Calves 7.00 9.50 Stockers and f coders,... 4.00 7.25 HOKS Prime light hogs $17.8518.00 Primo heavy hogs 17.6517.85 PJga 15.0016.76 Bulk 18.00 Shoop Western Iambs $13.0013.50 Valloy lambs 11.7612.75 Yearlings 10.7511.00 Wethers 10. 50 10. 75 Ewes , 8.00 9.00 STATE NEWS I ! IN BRIEF. ! Fruit is being thrown away because there is no market for it, according to reports reaching Baker from the John Day valley. The Supreme court has set Novem ber 13 and 14 as dates for hearing arguments in the Hyde-Benson land fraud cases. William E. Wood, alias several other names, and M. P. Jackson, charged with cashing forged checks, were Saturday bound over to the Baker grand jury, each under $1000 bond. Superintendent of Banks Sargent announces that the banks and trust companies of Portland had $17,298, 497.08 more in deposits on September 11 of this year than on September 12 last year. J. F. Griffith, representing the Pa cific Potato Starch company, met with a number of the business men and farmers of Gresham at the city hall on Monday evening, and plans were laid and discussed for the establishing of a potato starch factory at that place. The Public Service commission Sat urday received word from the Inter state Commerce commission that that Commission refused to suspend the supplemental train's providing for a new minimums on shipments of lum ber ami lumber products and the new trams are effective September 24. Fred Gross of North Bend, convicted of having 14 quarts of liquor in his possession, was fined $200 and sen tenced to four and a half months in the county jail. Jed Campbell, who is al leged to be part owner of the liquor, escaped the officers while hunting bondsmen and has not been apprehend ed. The arrival in Hood River of a Port land detective Friday to get the bag gage of C. W. Hilliard. a young man who registered there last week from Chicago, caused no end of surprise. The detective said that Hilliard is in jail and is suspected of being one of the cleverest bad check and draft oper ators abroad. Tho Estacada Co-operative Cheese association's factory this week paid its patrons for the month of August, be ing the third month of its operation, a total of over $2400, being paid to 70 patrons. This payment was based on butterfat at 47 cents per pound, the plant having handled during August over 94,000 pounds. Hoyt S. Gale, of the United States Geological Survey, arrived in Bend Friday on his way to the sections east of there where he will investigate re cently discovered nitrate deposits for the government. Mr. Gale planned to go first to Rivers, at the extreme east end of Deschutes county, to make his first study, after which he will visit other points. The Commonwealth Lumber com pany of Portland has purchased be tween 12,000,000 and 15,000,000 feet of timber in the vicinity of Nekoma, a station on the Coos Bay line of the Southern Pacific railroad system, and hia started work on the erection of a sawmill which will have a capacity of from 40.000 to 50,000 feet of lumber daily. Options on other timber in that section have been obtained by the company. October will be "go-to-church month" in Albany and the ministerial association is developing plans to in crease the attendance in all the churches. Rallies will be held to coun teract the "stay-at-hoine" habit con tracted during the summer vacation. F. A. Pierce, of Days Creek, who took a number of his long-haired goats to the California state fair at Sacra mento, made a clean sweep of all tho prizes offered by the fair in tho de partment of goat exhibits. Altogeth er Mr. Pierce took 14 prizes on goats. Mr. Pierce also sold a number of his high-bred goats, one to a South Amer ican breeder. J. J. McDonald, a rancher, 40 years old, and Rae W. Clark, aged 20, of Portland, his farmhand, were electro ucted Saturday eight miles west of Freewater. Thoy were moving a der rick when the cablo came in contact with tho wire of tho power line, and Clark tried to pull the cable free. Mc Donald, coming to the assistance of Clark, was also stricken. The bodies had to bo left in the road until mes sengers could ride to Umapine and tel ephone to Walla Walla to have the power shut off. A. E. Bradley, a rancher of Turner was acquitted at Salem Monday of a charge of murder in the second dergee. Bradley shot and killed Fred Moore, n neighbor, ono night last month. Moore had como to Bradley's house and stolen a load of wheat, Bradley alleged, and had returned for another load when tho altercation ensued which resulted in the firing of the fatal shot. Testi mony developed tho fact that Moore had a reputation as a gunman and had on a number of occasions threatened to tako Bradley's life.