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SATURDAY L'VLXIXG,
July 21, 1917.
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EXPLANATION OF THE DRAFT
' The great draft, perhaps the greatest in history is
over so far as its numbering of some ten millions of men
and fixing the order in which they shall be called to the
colors is concerned. Here in Oregon it is little more than
a form so far as the first unit of the selective army is con
cerned. With only 717 men to be taken from its seven
hundred thousand population, it is a mere bagatelle. It
makes a peculiar condition here too, and one which many
fail to understand. They do not see why the draft is
necessary in Marion county for instance, which along
with several other Oregon counties has furnished its full
quota of men by enlistment.
Adjutant General White has announced that at present
there is nothing required of those given numbers in this
and similar counties, for the reason that none are to be
drafted at this time, and under the first call, which selects
687,000 men. The government has however completed the
enumeration of all those between the ages of 21 and HO
inclusive, so that when another call is made it will not be
necessary to make another numbering. In case of a sec
ond call then the men drawn yesterday will be taken in
the order in which they were drawn, and so far down the
list as may be neeessary to supply the required number.
For instance in the drawing the first number in this dis
trict was 258 which was held by George L. DeSort, of
Silverton. The second number was 1,4:16 the third 8u4.
These will be the first three on the list of those who must
appear before the board should a second call be made, and
with them those haying the numbers following in the
order in which they were drawn. If such a call s made
then these men in such number as may be required will
go before the board and offer such reasons as they may
have for exemption if they have any. Until such call is
made there is nothing further required of them according
to the statement made by Adjutant General White.
It is suggested that those registered file away today's
issue of the Capital Journal for future guidance. By
counting from the beginning of the list as published, they
can tell whether they are among the second lot called. If,
for instance, the second call should require this county, or
rather this district, (for there are two districts in the
county) to furnish 50 men, the first 50 on the list, or as
many more as would be necessary to supply the full quota
after those exempt had been eliminated would be required
to report to the boards. Until that time the draft is
practically not in force in this county. Should a third
call be made the first man will be the one whoose name
immediately follows the last on the list selected in the
second call, and with him would be called those following
on the list until the quota was again filled. That is why
the complete list was drawn, and that is why it is sug
gested the copies of the Journal be filed for future refer
ence, for by consulting the list everyone can tell whether
or not he has been called. This resume of the operation
of the draft has been made rather prolix because so many
have inquired of the Journal as to what they would be
required to do. It might be added that each person is sup
posed to learn his number, and be ready to respond with
out further notice should a second call be made.
Germany's new Chancellor does not consider the
United States an important figure in the war. He says
we have not the ships to convey either soldiers or supplies
to France, and that as France cannot now feed her own
the United States can take but little part in the war and
tnat uermany with her fleet and her submarines is cer
tain of winning. If the delays caused by such rows as
that between Denman and Goethals are to be allowed to
continue, there may prove to be considerable merit in the
chancellor's assertion. We have not the ships, and Den
man and Goethals who are charged with building them
for us and who have a billion dollars to do the work with
are devoting their energies to. getting the job of bossing
the work and downing the other fellow. It is rumored
this morning that Goethals had tendered his resignation.
He proved himself the right man for the Panama canal
job, but he seems to be a misfit at this one. If the row can
be stopped no other way his resignation as well as that
of the much smaller man, Denman, should be accepted.
Seattle's street car strike has taken a new turn. The
courts ordered the company to operate its cars or showj
cause why a receiver should not be appointed, and in trv-1
ing to obey the order of the court two cars were sent from
the barns yesterday afternoon. These met all kinds of
interference from labor sympathizers, finally being at
tacked with a storm of eggs, which are admittedly high
priced war munitions. Mayor Gill had ordered the police
to give protection to the cars, and when the police
sergeant ordered a dozen or more of them to accompany
the cars they refused and were fired, the mayor says,
permanently. The cars did not run, although a showing
was made of the company's willingness to operate them
that will probably keep the line out of the hands of a re
ceiver. In the meanwhile the jitneys are chugging gaily
along the streets where erstwhile the cars ran, and doing
the passenger traffic the street car company is turning
down because of its disagreement with its men.
There is a striking illustration of the ' working of
averages in the draft yesterday as shown by Marion
county's contingent. There were 10,500 numbers drawn
in all. Marion county had among these 1957. If the num
bers came out of the globe in an equal way from each of
the hundreds, or from all of them, then in drawing them
184 out of each 1,000 should be drawn of the men having a
number below 1957. This would give this tdistrict when
the first 2,500 were drawn, 460. As a matte of fact when
the first 2,500 were drawn Marion county had 454 num
bers among them. It came within six of having what the
general average would have given her."-" This also shows
how fairly the drawing was made.
5 It Can't Be Done I
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The Daily Novelette
Due partly perhaps to the cooler weather of nights but
principally to the good will of down town people who did
not turn ia, deaf ear to the call of their neighbors, the
water situation was so greatly improved Ihis morning
that there was no shortage anywhere. It shows a fine
community spirit, and causes a deeper feeling of friend
ship between citizens of all sections of the city. Could the
down town people hear the expression of appreciation of
those in the suburbs this morning, they would feel amply
rewarded, for their generosity.
The Oregonian paragrapher savs " the reappointment
oi so many uregon postmasters by President Wilson is a
slap at the old warhorses for not doing better in Novem
ber with all the jobs in sight for new men." Perhaps
brother, but only perhaps. Another perhaps is that the
old war horses alluded to refused to work for the party
that gave the postmasters their jobs. Many old war
horses are of the opinion the president in the first ap
pointment made as poor a selection as was possible for
most of the places.
Rippling Rhym'es f
Some Things For
America to Consider
By Spencer Wilkinson
(Professor of Military History, Oxford
University)
(Written for the United Press)
ARTICLE THREE
London, July 7 '(By mail) In war
tho infantry soldier fs a day laborer
and a beast of burden. From the Eng
lish Channel to Verdun there is at this
moment a belt of country a mile or two
wide which is seamed and scarred with
endless white lines, which, when you
come close to them, prove to be rows
of irregular, deep trenches, their sides
supported by woodwork or wickerwork,
and, here and there pierced with shafts
running deep down into the earth to
underground chambers, where the
troops are guarded from shells during
the bombardment which nrecedes the
attack.
All this earth has been turned by the
infantry soldier.. When yon sec him
mnrching he is carrying on his body
everything that is indispensable, his
kit. his food, his rifle and cartridges.
hs steel helmet, his gas mask. He is
one of a thousand moving for hours
along a dusty or muddy road. There is
a man just in front of him. another
just behind him anil one on either side.
His normal day is to march or dig. It
is a weary monotony from which the
excitement of a fight is an occasional
NECKOW BANGSKY
And He Did
(Translated from the Russian.)
In the midst of an enthusiastic
silence, Pctroff Doosky, president of
Nihilistic Anarchists' Extermination
Society, rose to address that body. His
voice broke with emotion and his
whiskers beamed with happiness.
"Follow brothers," he said, "it is
with the greatest skookaloutch (joy)
that I am able to announce the disbanding-
of this honorable society. Our
dear Russia now being free, one Rus
sian is as good as another, and a darn
sight better. Hence there is nobody left
to exterminate, and our work is done.
I thank you each and everyone for your
loyalty in the great task which is now
finished, but most of all I thank
Neckow Bangsby, our faithful official
bomb thrower, to whom we must ae
knowledge our gratitude for making the
N. A. E. 8. the most successful of all
the thousands of extermination socie
ties. Neckow Bangsby is largely re
sponsible for the present freedom of
Russia! "
With three yokiskies (cheers) tho N.
A. K. S. broke up forever, none remain
ing in the ('ark hall have Neckow
Bangsby, whose unerring right arm had
planted so many bombs where they
would do the most good.
'Russia free!" he muttered. "JVo
need to kill another soul not another
soul to kill! Ah! I can't bear it! "
And taking a 999 horse power bomb
from the bomb-closet, bp sat on it, lit
the fuse, and closed his eyes.
'lorif r-iouj To TEll
rue ujirer--
relief. In a good army very thorough rVmlm take irt. 8ho
arrangements are made to cause the 'l! ?e ."""ni 7 iLu tJ vi. tm-v
rope as Philip and Alexander of Mace
don dealt with Greece. Their object is
to be at the head of Kuropc and then
of the world.
The conflict resembles also that be
tween Carthage and Koine. The Romans
were successful and for many centuries
the civilized world spoke tho Latin
tongue and was regulated by Roman
law. Out of that Roman world grew tne
world we know. Germany means to re
peat the exploits of the Romans and
make a German world.
If German v succeeds In mastering
Europe her niastcry of America is only
Question of time, mat is wny many
of us think there can be no compromise
and whv we, think the victory of the
allies is as needful for America as--for
Europe.
In war, time is everything and the
character of a modern war, of a war for
a cause that affects all the world, i9
that there is no limit to the liabilities
to be incurred. It is a national affair.
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STEVENS FAMILY REUNION
as pos-
In speaking of laws it used to be said they applied to
the United States and some parts of New Jersey. This
is a mistake at least so far as the registration laws for
the draft were concerned. They did not apply to any part
of the state. Instead the Jerseyites, probably being wor
ried by the mosquitoes misunderstood the law and fixed
up their registration system on New Jersey electoral dis
tricts instead of by registration districts. This deranged;
the entire plan of the draft and caused the drawing of j
luUO numbers instead of 1,011, as originally arranged.
Under the original plan it would have taken but about an
hour to have drawn and sent out the whole list;'" as it
was it reuqired ten to twenty hours to do this. New Jersey
has other things than mosquitoes that can sting a fellow.
LADDSt BUSH, Bankers
Established 18GS
CAPITAL - - - - ... . $500,000.00
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
by Walt Mason
THE BIG FAMILY
Our family, in times of peace, has many
rows and wrangles; it sometimes takes the
town police to quell our little jangles. Then
mother, losing all her tact, complains of
which and t'other, and father reads the riot
act, and sister nags her brother. Some
times the pans and skillets fly, heaved by
indignant tosser, and uncle catches, with
his eye, perhaps, a cup or saucer. Some
times our grandma takes a fcroom and
knocks the dust from auntie, and now and
then we wreck a room, and fairly rock the
shanty. But if a neighbor seeks our door.
...M. - 1:1.. i 11 . ' x nom,i love it:
i Willi WillllKe HISS alia DlUninP'. WP PPase such beautiful thinsrs." I returned
; our rows forevermore, and from him knock the stuffing. Lli KAilnZ
i forgotten every grievance then, all friction has an end- i
was in a luxurious ofifce being
j jng; the women line up with the men. our little shack de- t.Tr.'SSi'S
. fending. In normal times this happy land is full of noisy Biackiock. it , ,n done so
march to bo as little irksonio
sible to the men in the rnks.
qthing would contribute more to the
health and happiness of the American
citizens who are going to fight for the
cause than a thorough study of tho
modern arrangements for the march of
an ii i in v corps.
The inventor of the whole system as
now practiced was the French general
Lewal, whoso volume, Tactique de
Marc he, is the basis of the modern
marching arrangements of the French
army, by which the troops cover a
longer distance with less fatigue than
those of any other army in the world.
I should like to let you go without
touching on a larger aspect of the war.
The struggle now under way has had no
parallel for many centuries. The chang
es in the machinery of war though they
have been enormous are really -but a
trifle. In the art of generalship, there
nie no changes. But this is a conflict
concerning the spirit in which human
ity is in future to govern itself or be
governed.
The Prussnns aspire to deal with Eu
If America is to fight with her might
she needs a great Htatesman to guide
her and a great commander for her
army and navy. Of the qualities of a
commander I already have spoken.
Those of a statesman are the suaie. I
remember the time when America pro
duced a statesman. No one suspected
him of being a great man. lie was re
garded as an uncouth backwoodsman,
with a sense of humor and a fund ot
good stories. By what seemed the
chance of an election in which there
were party divisions, the man from
Illinois was elected.
He had one quality, not, too common
among politicians the single eye. y the
time his work was done America knew
she had had a great statesman. I be
lieve that if America is true to herself
that kind of recognition may yet be
repented.
The proposed war slogan "Let's Go"
is not so good as the one we intend to
force the Germans to adopt "Let
Go!"
The 2(lth annual reunion of the Stev
ens family was held Wednesday, July '
IS, in the grove at the home of Rebecca
Mount. Members were present from Al
bany, Oregon City, Portlund and way
points numbered 56. Many who
were infants in arms at the first moet
ing being present this time with in
fants in their arms.
The immediate heads of the several
families who were present are: Isaac
.Stevens of North iowell, Rebecca
Mount of Silverton, Hispa Bingo of
Gervais, Christina Esson of Woodburu
and Mary Smith of Silverton.
Mrs. R. C. Wright of Silverton an
old school mate and friend of the fam
ily was also present.
The officers of the day "were R.
Mount, president, and Mrs. Albyn Es
son, secretary, inose eieciea ror next
year -were Robt. Ringo, president, W
H.'Stevcns, vice presidut, Jessie Ringo,
secretary.
A program of song, rending and ora
tions made a very pleasant afternoon.
All .joined hi singing "God be with
you 'till mo meet again" at the horns
of Rispa Ringo near Gcrvai9, Oregon.
AUMSVUXE COUPLE MARRIED
Last Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Glenn R. il imkcr of Btayton and Miss
Lola Hein of Aumsville were united in,
tho holy bonds of matrimony by tho
Rev. F. T. Porter of Salem at tho
Christian church parsonage in that city
The bride is a popular and accom
plished young lady of Aumsville hav
ing resided there all of her life. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Hein. Mr. Hein was formerly a mer
chant of that place.
The groom is one of Stayton's most
popular young business men, being the
assistant cashier of the Stayton State
bank where he has been employed for
the past two years.
They are spending their honeymoon
with the. bride's sister, Mrs. W. D.
Wright, of Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Wright
will return with them for a visit with
home folks.
The Mail joins the many friends of
tho happy couple in wishing them a
long, happy and prosperous journey
through life. Stavton Mail.
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GUARANTEED ACCOUNTS
CHAPTER CII.
I had cut a list of apartments to
rent from several papers and armed
with these I set out. I had said noth
ing of my errand to Helen. I real
ized she would doubtless obieet tn
we were.
an apartment."
Undecided,
"Are you really going to move?"
"I am sure I don 't know! " I replied.
"I am crazy to. but I am afraid Tom
won't think as I do that is unless I
can get a good apartment very reason
able. I do want one more room, and to be in Kdith Pnlpmnn m..r.,.
TW ... ...!.. . . ' ...
iu Auriuvr uuwu-iun. nesiiaTea. to ten me.
I have an appointment and must Well let him be secretive. I would
leave you liow," Carol said as we also. I wouldn't sav a word about
reached tho real estate office. "But the new account, I wouldn't even tell
it i aear ot any apartments I think
& Co. for me. But instead of coming
home, Tom telephoned about half past
six that he would not be home until
late. When I pressed him for a reason,
asked where he was going, and with
whom, ho answered so evasively, I was
suspicions at once that he was going
every-
cur leaving where
iiau signed a lease for a term of
years, whila ourg was a yearly agree
ment.
As I left the subway, the very first
pei son I saw was Carol Blaekloek.1 would suit ,i I'll cll
He nskodm3 Where I was irniiiur anrl! -
torn hint I was flat hunting it t , kj
t i - lt - j tiling, J- icimru,
-May l walk to the real estate of-, Tnr
ti c with youf he asked, and I glad- five minutes when I realized that I had
ly gave him permvs,so. I never have I a hard task on my hands. He disconr-
remembored how it came about bnt;cr,l , ;,, ;,t w T ,i.i
some way I told him of my desire ' .nvthino- . i,j 5..
to open accounts in the different th son, t,,m,V .
stores, and Tom s objections. We "Small apartments arc hard to find
were just passing one of the larger, jn g0od localities at a reasonable rent,
finer department stores. lt u ,. ,,.., txt Pt i,rM norf.
"If you would like an account here. v.V : T.i. ru..i
I. - 7Ill1Til(, , ill V A I'l If,- I , c jruiHis. mil
Know the manager ouite well, there ,., ..u... '
ill be no trouble arranging it," he , iv, " he told me
i&ltfi f "ol,;s,sl-v- . . . . j " However, he sent me to two or
-i fiionui love it: inev nave ti.va .,u..,..o.
Tom I had been out. He needn't think
he could treat me like a child, and I
not retaliate. He was too much in
clined that way.
I was so ti -ed that I went to bed
almost as soon as I finished my din
ner. And I never wakened " when
Tom came in. At breakfast the next
morning I asked him where he had been
and with whom.
"Out with some of our western peo
ple," he told me.
"But who?" I insisted.
"Xo one you know," was his answer.
Thf, usual one.
"Any women in the party?"
"What a question mark you are Snef
jfriskers, who see that harmony is canned, and pull eachi1
ouicklv
aieu.
and
so easily I was a bit
Mrs.
A stranger standing on a height, our
noing. would tnink we v
ana ngnt. some neighbors scab demanding Rut when out.
jinaic vtiunu, iiuu we ail SliUHl United. l'nr alJI" to tne street entrance.
. 1 1
uuiert. wiusKers. a stranger standing on a henrht. our "l haii pieaSe v0U.
n.. J i , ! . 11.1 . . nm n nvt,l I- . : . . . . - . " I
vs Jim umiersiamiing, WOUld imnk We lived tO WhOOD . '. ",r. rrnluK leaving the only friend on whom I could omitting his
was! I'm slad I'm not as curious as Toti
T a- J rri -r i t . ,
ni nmufn. men x iriea iwo more ; are. '
real estate -f fires, and looked up sev--j "But yon haven 't ' answered . my
eral other apartments. But I found i question?" I insisted. "Were thero
nothing, and went home about 5 o'clock.! any women with you?"
tired to death, and discouraged abont! ."Yes. four! Now are veil satisfied? "
maxmx. "Who were thev? Was that Colemmn
Helen was worried when she saw, .girl there?"
now tired I looked aud male me lie "Ves. Miss Coleman was one of the
down and rest. She was so kind that I j four," he replied shortly, then rose
wondered if I were wise to think of! from the tible. and hnrried nff nra
usual morning visit t
call in time' of need.
A Great Mistake.
I could scarcely wait until Tom
came home to tell him of my meeting
with land Biackiock and that he had
-Xoihing today," I must look for guaranteed an account with Callir.an
Now I was SURE I should tell him
nothing of what I had done. Let him
find ont as best he could. I had to.
"X Monday; Xews of Importance.)