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ilif. PrtlNcfrllELb, LAMtf, COUNTY. 0ttEQOrt,hHURtDAY, APRIL 11.f1ffi. YDLr'XVII NO. 11. 7 THE SPRWGFIEL0 NEWS J PATH ADDRESSES II ' Private Roberts of Vancouver :And Qeo. W. Caldwell of ' Portland Speak I MILL MEN ATTEND IN BODY mm puui Deceit of Hun, His Awful Atrecltles, Irand Much of Intrlnuo of War ' i I Are Revealed Tuesday ovonlng Prlvato J. C. Hob crtslof Mississippi, a membor of tho aviation section of tho Hpruco Pro ductlon at Vancouver Barrack and 6co;V. Caldwell of Portland spoko at tholothodlst church In Uio Interest. of tho Third Liberty loan. I Tho high school orchestra which lununiicu uiu iiiunic lor inu occasiun i opened tho program by playing "Amer ica.". Prlvato Itoborts said, "Tho world war Is raging lmrdor than over. It Is plunging tho world Into a great slaugh tor. Wo will rcallzo this far bettor when our boys como homo, if they ovor do. Wo aro a froo and solf-ro- spectlng pooplo and as such will re FIERY HEARD TDESDAY EVE 6 until wo drlvo the Hun back to his ' Plant, which was built In 1913 and has''" mat i am nero, saio. i won me, .xneir present nign raunB may oe ai own soil. Our nation has pledged It's been running since that date, closed Victoria Cross on Hill 70 In August, .trlbuted to his systematic planning mcrcd honor to see this thing through. 'Jown Saturday because bl lack of for saving tho lives of many ot and the liberal attitude of the local "And when tho soldiers ot America business. Tho plant Is largo and up- Y comrades while under shell fire, board. Among tho features developed go forth to fight our battles and dlo to-dato in every respoct, but Is too big "At Yprcs, at tho beginning or the In the schools by Supt Kirk, the most for us wo must do our utmost for to bo supported by a town tho size of war, I was In a terrible attack. The noteblethe standing of the teacher. their success. Every dollar nut Into Llborty bonds will go to protect your Interest, and tho government will re turn It to you Iwtli a gonorous Inter est. Put your monoy Into Llborty I controlled by tho Henry Wolnhard bonds and by tho grace ot Ood wo'tompnny of Portland, and tho era-- shall win this fight and win for tho . ployoes from horo havo boon sent to right Portland to work In tho plant thoro. Mr. Caldwell snoko of tho different .Howard Woods, foreman of tho plant. look on tho faces of tho American , pooplo now. "Thoro Is grim doter-. mlnaUon written thoro, for wo as a pooplo are dotormlnod to win this war Wo aro asked to subscribe to tho many funds and we ovor-subscrlbo. So why should wo not lond to the government by buying bonds, when we will got J our monoy back with Interest. "We are fighting a power that has been preparing for the war for 40 years. Wo havo lived so long in .peace that wo had almost forgotten that wo might over need a military torce to protect our flag. But while jfcwo went about our peaceful pursuits 'tiermaay was busily engaged making, frguns and ammunition. They kept JCiaaklng their budget larger .each year wila order to raise funds to finance the -war, until It became ao largo that it was with difficulty, that it passoa nrfiniiltv. their legislature la 1912. 4 In 1913..0 of the richest men" of 'dermany were called togethor by tho Kaiser and of-1 tarnA Mr nrlzes. of land If they would aid In financing this war and thoy no copied tho bribes. "Tho Gorman government Is the , most deceitful government the world has ovor known. Dy deceit thoy caused TtiiBBin tn enol towards Franco bofore.' tho war was declared., Dy, deceit they decided Instead to mako donations, gained tho promise ot Austria-Hungary. jA would mean, quite a good doal to enter the war for them. They , o troublo and oxponse, to the ladJeB even decolvod Uiolr own mon. WheMMj a0clioi tha it, would be Brussels was captnrea tne soiuiers muoU oaslor and cheaper for all con were told that that was Paris, and thd ' cerno,i t0 mako dollops, Thcso dQ- .- .I.Ia.I tt rvl n InUnro lintith ... poor ioiiowb uuwu.iuuH .ulvU. ""."" Parl8, . I "Our nation Ib made up or people from all parts of the world but Uncle Sam does not ask us what our nation- uuiy ib, uu uiu, .,thoy turned In 120. the Stars and tripos, "Tho pooplo of Dolglum wore boatoh by tholr captors, and thousands . of thorn wore shipped Into Germany to work thoniBolvos to, death In thd foe-' torles thoro. Many wore even driven to work with bayonets. ' "Some say wo did not gp, Intq, tho war soon enough, othors any we onter od It too soon. Bqt we aro In it now, and tho only way wo,(can 'got outof It is by winning tho victory for Uncla Bam. The' freflcM and Skmitoh have bravely driven back the he, et the Hun, but they are almost exhausted and need our aid. The United States doe bot want one do)lr ?cr Indem- j nlty nor ono foot of land. Wo havo never1 taken a foot of land by forco, , and wo will not begin now. I I "Tho soldiers of the Allies aro fisht- I ltifr ovor thoro to froo tho world from 1 j tho tyranny of the Hun, and when thla 1 f'Kiit is over there shall bo a new birth j innd ,horo "hft1u nn(1 tr,ocom, ' I for all mankind. All tho nations of, tho world, both great and small .will "ft.- tf it I do iroo iruiu uiu uwiui luuruuiuua ,,U"' T,'" volco" 1,10 outn"5cl(1 Womon and children are calling to us j to savo them 'from this groat military iclno. . t ' "An,or,ca today, .call for the loyal, wholo-hcnrtnd nunnort of Its citizens, jundor tho stars and stripes, to mako peace for tho world. "Tho only way to mako pcaco Is to drlvo this great military machine- to It's knooH, until terms of peuco, with frecilom froin tyranny and barbarism, aro gained and the world Is mado a safe placo for us In which to live." JQC&l Plant Is Closed Saturday Wolnhard's Ico and. Cold Stor age Business Is Discontin ued Indefinitely. Wolnhard's ico and cold storngo Springfield gflold, so It will not bo used by tho company until there are prospects of more trade than there Is nt present. , t, inrai iiimintfls In owned and will mako hla headquarters In Eugene, I whore he will be In charge of tho soli Ing of tho Wolnllord products, tho Luxo, Toko and Appo soft drinks, In Lane county. Tho building and "equipment have ... in..,i th R.ienn nnd Storage Company, but no i plana for lta use have beon made &s yet. ' Tho building has a frontage ot bne hundred and forty feet along the Southorn Pacific, tract, and a depth' ot eighty foot. The plant has a dally ice capacity ot fifteen tons and a refrlger aUng capacity of thirty-five tons. At the tlmo ot Its opening, June 1, 1913, It was the largest tee and storage plant betwoen Portland and Sacra mento. It was built to provide stor age for meats, eggs, fruits, vegeta blesIn fact everything In the com' ralBslon line and Its closing , down, 1wlll.be a loss to tho peoplo ot Spring field and vicinity. '' BIG SUM FOR -RED CROSS Ladles of Methodist. Aid Society Get Money Through Donation. nM, r.n.ii' am snriotv nf Mm ninth. 0dlst Church' of 'Bprlngflold planned a n.i tenant .nm timn mm ' I nations, amounting aitogotnor to bo, i were gathered up through the offorta of tho ladloB of tho AId Sqclpty. Last th'oy turnei, ?24 ot Ulf8 nmount Jnto UxQ fr0M nnd M,,8 k ' Return to Portland Mr. and Mrs, O, C, Hansen ot I'ort- land returned Monday ovenlng to that city where Mr, Hansen was called on nuBlnoss. Thoy Intended, to mako an extended, visit In thla. city, but were office will opon at 8:00 and cIobq at he'rd only a week . Mrs,,. .Hansen is 0:30).nstead of opening at 8;00 and a sister of Mrs, lloso LotUlond.Mre. closfng at-OjOO as' borbro "There will Fjejlx Wosojow.Bka of, tlUs .clt'y 'nnd abp.iliV'fogular closlnfe hour'ifivn, m., daughtor of r, and Mrs. J, W. Mai- iphl. ' , ..i HUE SPEUKS. TOME Tells of Dreadful Atrocities of Hun; Says 'Money Will Win This War J .'Private Mlcbaol OTtourko,- tho Canadian soldier who is touring the country In the, interest of the Third CROWDS Liberty Loan campaign, spoko yestor-, of superintendent of tho public schools Jay afternoon at Uo Booth-Kolly mill, 'at The Dalles, Oregon. . FUchor-Doutih mill, and at tho corner J While it la understood that Mr. of Main and Fourth streets. Tho 'Kirk-Is seriously considering the, of- grammar and high school students at,, for. It is not known at this time what (on.in.i in i.n.iv Private O'ltourko is ono of Uio most distinguished men of today, hav-, nB won three, medals for bravery In nation. Although born In Ireland ho wan at ono tlmo a citizen ot tho United States, and lifter a subject ot Canada. Ho Is a stretcher bcaror and at otto tlmo ho carried 16 wounded comrades off No Man's Land. Another Ume bo captured 20 Germans In a trench and' brqught them In a ono tlmo; Hp has bcon over the top many times. Prlvato O'Rourko said, "It takes 48 hours to go over tho top, to dig la' ' "Money will win this war and "iJnclo Sam will win the war, bccaiWjlw has the monoy. 'WvC 4'l enlisted In the Canadian? army and had been In Franco and Belgium from 1914 to 1917, and it's only by (Jorranna sent gao over into our linos' nnd We had no gas masks The only thing wo could do was to bury our "ces In tho mud and take a deep oroatn once in a wnuo. "Even when we havo gas masks It's niGhty hard on us. Wo havo to wear ra when wo 80 over tho t0P wn,ch H,eans for 48 hours- "When Vpres wns attacked the city, was lovelcd to the ground in 24 hours mo lerrinc suon lire oi me enemy. ,n wonostary near by all tho monks woro ,c,Ued by tho cnc"88,on- Vpres l called tho 'Graveyard of tho World' because the roads around it are.llned tor miles am miles with the graves ot the fallen I "At one time myself and one Bcr geant took single banded a German concrete pill box . armed with four machine guns That was last Novem ber, In the captured German dug outs are found the bodies of dead French girls; which shows the treat ment ot tbe German soldiers' of wo men and children. "In one batUe on the front five divisions were so cut up that when tbey were reorganized only two dlvis- na cou,u 00 wrraeu. ft M 1 I had to .go nine months without a .bath one time, Why a man Is lucky If he gets one even that often when he la In the trenches. And tho food.. It is often so poor we havo to hold our noses in order to get it down. Wo J don't get any too much ot it cither, nnJ we R,wayB tako tho rations from 1,10 Boa,es 01 acna Bia'erB- Tho women and children of England and Franco aro tilling the soli and keeping "the machinery of their coun tries running. It I'b up td "tho United States to finance tho boys 'at th'o'fronV This War has tpM)o Won and moho'y will win it So yra have to dig up.' Close Successful Meetlna pjayAtti O, Ethel of thl city and nev aeorgV Wallace Scott closed a very 8U0C0gpfu, mocUnE nt MoUl0(llat WondUng Sunday night nev Snntf l ihn Rlnelne nvnnenllst whn , helped conduct a revival in' this city soma tlmo ago. The WondUng mooting - . .. was ot three weeks duration. Post Office Hours Boglnnlng Friday .April 12( tho Post n Saturday. -This, la a paftrof tho. daylight saving movement Dane iff m VES Hm Offer to Become Head of ? 1 1 . I I ? eft t I . . ruoiic ocnoois ai ... The Dalles ' rrot. ft h. Kirk, for tbo paBt six years superintendent of the local schools, has been tendered. Opposition hla reply will be. Since coming to Springfield Prof. Kirk 'has been a very earnest worker, v n ;'. ; for the betterment of the local schools training-. course ,wmcn raieu at m top of shch'work In Oregon. Under his supervision the work In manual training, domestic science and art, and military training have reached a most creditable condition. Mr. Kirk 1b a Normal. school grad uate, graduato of the Universities of Missouri and South Dakota and has long, occupied a prominent placo In the educational affairs of Oregon. Bond Quota Is Almost Reached Springfield Will Do Her'Part in Third Liberty Loan., Campaign The Springfield district had pur-, chased 28,150 ot her $32,090 quoU at nine o'clock, this morning, with several outlying sections yet to be heard from. The reopense ot the people haa bcon most generous and the cosmlttee feels assured that the entire sum will be subscribed. It is hoped that every individual in the community will buy one or more bonds. This plan distributes the load and gives greater interest In the pros ecution of tho war. ij , The different commtttees are . to actively canvass the town on Friday and Saturday and It is expected that Splrngtleld will go "over the top" with a rush. a'i- - Refuses 'to. Buy fond, . ... , A. T Stevens, who has been employ ed at thioBooth-jce'iiy mill In h!s cty for tho last nine; inoqths, refused for no good reason to buy a Liberty bond In tho Third Llborty Ipanr and yes terday morning he was oscorted off tho mill grounda. by tho Loyal Legion of Loggers and mmbormen. Besides boing oscorted off tho grounds he was ordered novar to return. Mr, Stevens has' a wife and family. In Kansas. Have Short Furloughs... Hugh Landsbery, a member of the, 361st Ambulance Corps', - stationed at Camp Lewis, a,rid Glen LeVee, Her bert Moon and Fred : Lotnlev .mem bers of tho. same company, arrived" .. . . -v . i . ... . . aaturaay 'morning at mo nomoa. oi th'dlr .pkrerits; In. thitj .pity. Thqy, re-turjied.-to'.(?ampL.ovwl8 Sunday oven ing, 4 TRADES rwA rnnm HI!bIS0 &f Iff H'll Butfneee Health 4 vVffe. 3, W. McDowell, a farmer living five miles north of Eugene, has traded his farm for the Hill's department store In this. city. Mrs. Hill, who has been In charge of the store here, wes com pelled to make this chango because of 111 balth. The Hill's department store was ;Tbpencd in Springfield in 1911 under the name of tho "Racket Store." It was then situated. In tbo Wclby Ste vens' bulldlilg on Main, betweeft Third and Fourth streets. . In February, 1917, the stqre was moved to Its present,, sito In the I. O. O. F, building. Its name .was then changed tc Hill's Department -S,toreJ and yardage goods, laces, .and em broideries were added to the stock. There was then ja. full. lbae-. of dry goods, notions, chlnaware, toys, hard? ware and stationery. . . . The stbro will be closed on .the 15th of this month .for an inventory ot tbe stock. Mrs. Hill wishes, to thank the qubllc for their kind' patronage during the years In which she has been in busi ness here, Lane County Has Work Speeding Up Road Building Program Rushed to Completion Before Labor Becomes Scarce. The work of road building and. im provement in Lane county this year is being pushed with tho plan In view of facilitating the marketing- ot-tftn products and utilizing farm labor In the months when the farmers can spare the time, but cannot leave home for a long period such as would be necessary in order to engage In ship building or other war activiUes. Two scarifiers and graders are at work. One team propelled scarifier and a small grader are being used on the McKenzie river road above Thurs ton, while the- big scarifier .with a 75-: horsepower tractor, Is working on the road between Junction City and the Benton county line at Monroe. The road from JuncUon City to Harrlsburg has, already been scarified and re dressed. One tractor and a train ot cars is hauling crushed rock from Eugene to the Pacific highway between Engene and Junction City. On the Lowell-Dexter road the clear ing ' is practically completed and a gang ot men Is filling up the holes made by blasting out the stumps pre paratory to grading. The work on the Hayden-brldge Harlow macadam will be commenced as soon as the weather settles suffi ciently bo that It is safe to tear up a road, according to County Commis sioner Harlow, and the gravel will be furnished from the plant at Spring field. F. MARTIN DIES SUDDENLY la Son-ln-Law of B. A. Washburne of This City, only III Short Time Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Washburne ot this city received word Saturday of the death of their son-in-law, Fred .Martin of Vancouvor, B. C. Mr. Mat- tin, married Miss Helen Washburne. Mr. and Mrs. Washburne left Saturday evening to bo with their daughter In hero bereavement ' "Mr. 'Martin's death jvas quite suddon and unexpected. He had been 111 with tonsilttls but complications sot In "until pneumonia developed. He passed away early Saturday morning. Cremation services wore held Tuob day In Portland. Mr. Martin at one tlmo lived In this city. Rebekahs. Have Initiation 'The local Rebekahs held an initia tion 'Monday night. ' A large crowd Vas present. Visiting members came from Eugene and vicinity and the work ot the degreo team was complimented by the visitors. Light refreshments were served at a late hour, MISS ME ff SCHOOL CHILDREN 6E6IP1II Pupils From Grammar Grade And High School Take Part in Celebration FOR THIRD LIBERTY LOAN , . urt. Business Section, Booth-Kelly "Mill, Fischer Bctitin 'Mill Are Visited " by Noisy Eond Advertisers , Monday, the opening of the Third Liberty Loaa casapaign.was celebrated in this city by parades, flyteg flags, bright posters, sad noise making de vices. The school children were dis- missed In order to take part in the parades. Monday morning at 11:30 all the school children ot Springfield, both the grammar grades and the high school students gathered at the cor ner of Fifth and A streets for the grand Third Liberty Loan parade. Mother's of boys 'in the service also took part In the Noise day celebration. Tbe parade was headed by the high school girls carrying an American flag, tho high school service flag, and several Liberty Loan banners. The girls, who marched in company for mation, carried the wooden guns used by the boys In military drill. They presented a very military front This section was in charge of William Hill aS captain, -- 5 Then came the high Ychool Hboya' section, and oh the noise. Each boy was armed with a horrible noise maker and not a boy remained idle. Noise was tho order of the day and noise they made. Walter Gossler was in charge of this section. The grade children from the high school building came next, also armed with various implements for making noise, which they all Industriously used. Next came Uie ladles section where the mothers ot boys in the service ot Uncle Sam marched. They carried a banner which read, "We have given our men, they are more precious than dollars." The women were followed by1 the 'children rfom the Lincoln school carry : ing flags, Liberty Loan banners, and ' no(se makers. And the. noise they-ill! make, it was fairly ear-splitting; ' ' ' The parade, which was tour blocks long and in which there were 458 pa pits alone, marched down Main street twice and then over to the Booth-Kelly mlltand back. At 2:30 the columns of pupils were reformed and the parade visited the Fischer-Boutin mill. During the parade the girls at the head ot the parade kept step to such slogans as Loan. Loan, Third Liberty Loan; Buy, Buy, Buy-a Liberty Bond; and Kill. Kill, Kill Kaiser Bill. They also sang popular songs and high' school songs. The parade was a "howling" suqeess despite Ihe rain, -and was heartily enjoyed by all. The noise makers uBed by the pupils wore donated by Mr and Mrs. CY F-. Egglmann ,oi thta1 city. '' Will Settle . Here Mr. and Mrs. Will Regie and two., sons of Portsmouth, Ohio, are visiting at the homes ot Tom Slkes and Mrs, , Julia Godman ot this city. Mr. flegle and Mr. Slkes are old friends but until Mr. Keglo came west they bad not seen each other for eleven years. Mr. . Regie and family Intend to locate here on a farm, The boys have entered tho 1. high school as members of tbe Fresh? man class.'- 1 Will Move Bicycle Shop J, W. Stevens, who owns the local blcyclo shop, Is going to move his shop into the building recently -fa cat ed by the Safley ' meat'1 market 'This chango' will be made as soon 'as the floor in the old-meat market has been ' rolald, This and other repair -wdrk tt boing done now. ' 1