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h r, :' .FAGXuisnG MEnronD matt; trtrunk, mp.dford, BWTAJN A HUGE MMMEN! '""ff I-1MI OttKGON, WIWNNSDAY, 1 J. 1 MMIL1LV-. , , 11 FOR VOLUNTEERS CtiartM Edward Russti Tells ef the IttmrkaMft Cawpalflfl U Enthuse Enjllik Patrhitlsm Vehinterln Tested ami a FaHsre Censcriptten Evftattly Oftly Plan to Raise Army (By Charted Edward Bush-II.) (Copyright, 1015, by the Ncwspniwr Enterprise As&ocintion.) LONDON, Atml 30. Slatf Si ckit.-Talk about ndvcrtfctnel The KorersmMt of drcnt Britnlfi, in the lust mno months tins become incom parably the greatest advertiser the world has ever known. In extent, variety, ingenuity, boldness, nttrnc tivoiiMWJ and cost it has set a new nn'd truly wonderful record. What has the govcrnhieni been ml wt tiffing fort Mob. That's all. In spite of many and grave warn infra, Greai Britain wab caught by the war absolutely tWprejwred, like an uneenncd hhip struck down by a x)tta1l. Here Is the final and unanswerable iref that wkatever way bo pretend ed ckewliere, tkw country sever do ired, expeeted nor considered audi a war. Except for her traditional navy, ka was almost weaponless, and v if she bad been provided with, tools idie bad no traiaed bob to han dle thesi. The staggering problem was to create an array from a population mi Hchoeled in war. BufjUad'a IteMem May be Ours Here is hofnething in itself far rnorf intonating than any battle. Besides, we way immhc day face the same kind of problem. New, to criticise the manner in which the British fo eminent at temted this stupendous task is not 3' ib. Any adeainistration com posed of unwarlike tacu hlunjj in a Koaeat into such a Bless would blun der. Also, for my own part, I anl satisfied froa indqiendeiit investiga tion before the war that tho cause of the allies is just and true. There fore, X am not much moved to pick seedless flaws in what they do", but enty to set down here, for the benefit ef my countrymen exactly what bap pencil. Oa August -I, 1014. Great Britain bad aa army of 170,000 men; Ger many had 7,000,000 under arms and 2,000,000 in reserve; Austria had 3,500,000 under arms and 2,000,000 in reserve. One hundred and seventy thousand against 14,500,000 il didn't amount to a patch on the land scape. For years many sage counsellors bad urged Great Britain to adopt the system of compulsory military serv ice that Bismarck riveted uwn conti nental Europe. In 1005 the conserva tive government was all ready to do this and had a bill for it drawn, but before it could bo introduced the lib erals carried the country. Tho liberal iwlicy Iibs always been against con scription and in favor of volunteer enlistment for tho nation's defense. How Mfatem Was 1YteJ Volunteer enlistment as against conscription was now put into tho crucible and fiercely tested. The moment tho council dcclnred war the recruiting- offices were open ed and the men of Britain called upon to come in and enlist. They didn't corao! This Bin do an alarming situation Germany with her vast array complete aid Great 'Britain with next to noth ing. JJ the government took to ad vefUskrj "Il'bought full pages in tho Jjondes fwd ether journals and filled them with tho biggest tyjc ever seen in a British newspaper, eloquently ajipealing for recruits. You could not jinngino n moro com plete1 and conclusive indorsement of the value of nuwspajer ndvertising. The government in its greatest wniergenoy bud recourse to printer'n 'ink. Appealed In Letters Six Feet High It also resorted to ottier expedients not so wise. It covered tho billboards with letters six feet high. It pasted appeals on tho glass shield of every , tsxicsb and the side of every omni bus. It filled store windows and dead wall spaee with an endless variety of posters" constantly renewed. It held public meetings and engaged speak- "w. It appealed through church, com MHtreial, social, political and pbilan tkrapie organizations, Tkw. aawspapers most generously gave avary- eoaoeivable help. I be Kv Umt never wan a press so pnt- tflrceisand pinned while feather on every iililcbodied young intui who had not rnlistcd. "WVilt until the first battle," said Hid wise1 men; "then you'll see them rush lo tho colors." The first bnltlo passed. ''YVnit until the first death list nro printed;" said the wine men; ''thai wilt etir them up." Thb first death lists passed. Ktcn Lowered PIijthIomI Stnmlanl The physical standards were tvw cred and sometimes conveniently, overlooked. In some parts ofthe country it was posted that men fi feet 1 inch in height would be accepted; the t'hcsl measure limit was reduced to 31 inches everywhere. Under these provisions a view of some of the detachments strongly surfeited cradle robbing. Tho government declared "separn tion nllownnces" to bo paid to the wives and dependents of men that volunteered. Many persons vnid that tho trouble wnH these allowances were loo small; no poor man would be eager to eulist so long as his wife would receive in his nb-.cnee only $1.87 n week, with 4 cents n day for each child. Bo the government increased the allowance to tho basis of $3.12 n week for wife and $1.25 n week for each child. "Men and more men, and .still more men," continued to be the urgent de mand. Since the country's last great war all war conditions had been transforeied. What was a creat army then is but a beggarly handful now. Recruits gathered slowly, and every recruit must be trained at least 'six months before be could be worth any thing in modem warfare. LanffttaftD Hnm-wagcd for Wonts of Appettl The weeks and months went by; the government 'redoubled all its efforts. Nine months have passed since the beginning of tho recruiting campaign Today London is one huge, advertising gallery, the liko of which has never been seen. There is hardly a square foot where a poster could be stuck that docs not scream the appeal to enlist. On ono bill board I counted thirty-six different varieties of post ers. The language has been rum tnaged and strained to find new phrases that may awaken the patriot to a sense of the nation's danger. A "whirlwind speaking campaign" for enlistments covers every region of the great city with more than seventy meetings a day. Here, from my notebook, are n few specimens of the billboard style of appeal one sees everywhere: "To arms for the king and empire I Join today!" ''Line up, boys ! Enlist today!" "Men, to delay is dangerous when your country needs you enlist now.' "Kally round tho flag! We must have more men I" "Think! Are you content for him, to fight for your (Him being tho picture of a gallant young warrior.-, "llemerobcr Scarborough! Enlist now!" (With a picture.) Nine months of prodigious effort have gathered a largo army of re cruits but the dullest observer must know the army is not nearly large enough and n vastly greater army of avaiUblo men walks the streets every day, apparently unconcerned. There bad been enlisted what in former times would have been regard ed as a huge army. Probably it was the largest volunteer army ever cre ated. And yet the totals fell so far fchort of tho totuls attained in conti nental countries that tho dispropor tion struck one as hopeless. (taly, Two MJIIIoh In Nino Months In nine months tho government had spent 4125,000,000 in securing re cruits and had collected, including the responses from Canada, Australia. ... THE NINETY-MIL E-AN-H0UR FACE ftfj ' ,-- MAY 12, U)15 JUpa.iJ-U This picture shows 1mw nn Automobile race driver looks nhen trav eling HO mlto lMur. It W tlw first of tho kind ever nuulo. The far' Is that of Kiltllc lUckcwbachcr, siceilemoii. C. Itta, a mechanician, was stra)ie'l lo Uic hood of tho marhlne, as Indicated In tho sketch Mow, to take tho snap-Jxit when icobix at thin terrific icod. OMMLOWEir TO OWN VESSELS UPON COLUMBIA and New Zealand, what optimists de clared to bo a little more than 2,000, 000 men some trained, somo untrain ed and some as raw ns n March day. Two millions! On December 15, 1014, Germany had under it mis 11,542,000 trained men. At the outbreak of the war Ger many had a population of about (!.", 000,000; Great Britain n imputation of 45,000,000. Taking the outside figures, Great Britain in nine months had secured one-fourth ns many men ns Germany had put into the field in forty.cight hours. If Great Britain had been as well able ns Germany to produce an army she would have hud about 7,000,000 men in the field. Counting the populations of the overseas dominions she would linvo had about O.OOO.OOO.- i --- Apparently the system of volunteer cnliMmcnt, having been put to the test, had crumpled up. Human ingenuity could have done no more with it and these were the results. WASHINGTON, May 12. Appll-cation- or the Oiegon-Wnshlngtun ItnilroKil & Navigation company, un der the Panama canal act, lo retain ovl!frlili a nd t'outlimu. operation of boat' lino! on the Willamette unit Co tumhiu rivers, Lake Coeur d'Aleue Hud tho Niuiko river, was approved Jbday-hy the intelstato I'oiuiiiercv commission. PORTLAND, Or., Aliiy 12. Appll cations ttf t tin Oregon-Washington Itailroad & Navigation Ttimpnny to retain ownership of its inland sleamer lines was made a year ago on tho ground that, while water and rail iiues ran parallel at certain points, thuui was uo real comitctitioii between the two. Shippers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho petitioned Unit the railroad be allowed to retain ownership. Idaho farmers, on the south bnuk of Iho Snake, between I.ewislon and llipnria, cited us mi instance that thev would flnivn to ferry their crops uuross the river in order to reach the railroad. , .The, Spokane, Portland & Senttle railway system, which made npplicn tiou at ho same time, ns the Oregon Wttshingtou lilies, was recently or dered to disHise of its inland water lines because actual competition ex isted. , YALE STANDS IY WILSON: GERMANS REGRET DISASTER NKUMIAVKX. Conn.. May 12.' Nearly a thoucand Yalo students sign ed resolution, which wcrn -out to President Wilson today, approving his attitude In tho "unfortunate events Incidental to tho Kuropcau war." .'JR'Jtl Bg LIBERTY BELL TO STOP IN MEOFORD Tho Liberty Hell, tint most cher ished icllu of American history, will pass through Medford next July, dnto jet unknown. It Is planned lo hnvo tho bell mnku tho trip across tho country on n special train, thun al lowing for amnio stops at all points an the schedule, lleslden Medford, the fioll will stop In Portland, Ku geuo, Grants Pass and Ashland In western Oregon, It will leave phlla- 'ilelphln July a. The story of tho Liberty Pell Is known to overy man, wopiau and school child, Hecontly thq city of Phlndclphla city council ordered that tho heavy clapper bo removed for tho trip across country, ns a precautionary meaauru against damage. JO iunrn Dr. Gsler en Tuberculosis Sir UllllMm lUlrr, wv f hr fr mmI r II, Uh Mtxllrnl Mm. for. mrrly ,r Jahita llutihlMC IImIiImh,, antl iiuh llralaa l'nlMr l Mrll r,."t.",.0,or,, ' ' "lie of MrillrUu (isnai, on nar 341)1 Tr kalH u( ttMlmonnrr tHbrr ralaaU u Nnnn rllnlralljr by lk rrro,tr ul pallrNt In nliwf ga Ual ilaanr aaU harlltl kar Srra ri.J, . H (k, ralall.. 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Itest room, Moving Pictures, travel lectures, Ticket and Validating Oiflca and Information Uurcau. Full iafbrmatioB from nearest A Kent of SOUTHERN PACIFIC Joh M. Scot), General PasseRser Agent, Portland, Ore, !Ih4ih; YYYYyY ' MAILORDERS liueeivo our prompt ami )eisoiml attention. Wo prepay all postage, ex press or freight eharges. Give us atrial. Scud for samples. ' ' f MANN THE WOMEN'S STORE CENTRAL AVE., NEAR P. O. IMPORTANT NOTICE May i.2 t lie new law against the giving away of premiums goes into effeet. After that date we will disfontiiiuu tho silver premiums. LAST CHANCE TO GET SILVERWARE EREE 'ft ! w "Vox:,- All purchases during the next nine days are good for Win. Rogers' Guaranteed Silverware After May 22nd We Dicontinue the Use of All Premiums MAY SALE OF WAISTS ONLY A FEW SUITS LEFT But They Are Selling Cheap 10 beautiful new Spring Suits, all good styles and colors, worth up to .$20, now on dM A AO I each, (E1 PA X sale, each. 1 V. 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