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l'HE UA1LY CAPITAL Jt RNAJL. At(:v THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1917. If S II . . a. , IE ii wi ft Mjuwrr"" r i MAZOLA tfm wwutfnhl ntl frAm Mm wlilrh afoea trial belt results in greneral cooking at loss cost f ... j THE nousewie has found that Mazola the pure oil from corn even better than the old cooking mediums for deep fryirrg, sauteing and shortening. And more economical Mazola does not transmit taste or odor from one food to another can be used over and over again, A recent demonstration showed that the same tinful of Mazola could be used eighteen different timet tor deep frying. Since it is a vegetable oil, it enables you to save butter, lard and suet, as requested by the Food Administrator. And next time you want an especially delicious salad dressing, try Mazola. Mazola comes in pint, quart, half-gallon and gallon tins buy the large sizes for greatest economy. Also abk your grocer for the free Mazola Book of Recipes, or write us direct. Your money refunded if Mazola does not give entire satisfaction. - Corn Products Refining Co. 17 Battery Tlace, New York SelliDt ReprunUtirie Johnson, Lieber Company Portland, Oregoa eVL'T 'Vw OCIETYfi By ALINE THOMPSON "J ) 0 k l!li. WWW ' v DO'JOLAS FAIRBANKS v Veacliin, for I lie Moon" j AN AWTOJAFT PICTUSft. , !41 I 1 (I STARTING SUNDAY The Oregon -" Colds Cause Headache and Grip LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE re moves tne cause, jnere is only ono "Bromo Quinine" E. W. GHOVE'S signature is on the box. 30c. S0APB0X0RAT0R (Continued from, page one) tho Now Yorker assented. "Now what 11 happen if you boys aud all other Canadians vote your heads off iu favor of conscription? Well, this time next year we'll be bumping steins iu the kai ser's throne room at Berlin and the kal ecr will bo asking tho allied stroet com missioner for a job pushing tho broom. Am I rightf" Again, laughingly, the chorused shout came back: "Of course you're right". "You're dog-gone right I'm right," yelled tho New Yorker in conclusion. Then the crowd melted away. MR. PLUMMER (Continued from page one) ferent manner than when it had been considered from a purely locul stand point. Meetings will be held iu every sehool district during the next two weeks aud it is sincerely hoped that Marion coun ty will sign up lUU per cent strong. Some misunderstanding seems to have existed at the time the remonstrance was signed as to the exact cost of a County Agent, to Marion county. Tho iiuteii. Mates Department of Agricul ture paid the entire cost of Mr. F. It. Urown, your agent, for the past threo months. This was $1200. ', Fur 1918: , 8. pays :. $1000 State of Oregon 1700 Marion County 1700 Total $4400 i:TEN8E: alnry of ngent for 1018 $2200 Purchase aud equipping auto ... 500 Travel ex. (gas, oil, tiros, etc) 600, Stenographic lure iluu Office rent 180 Field equipment (soil tester, cam era, lantern 'and sudes, etc).... 300 Ofifce equipment (file cases, sta tionery, etc) ..'. .32 Total ......$4400 This represents a cost to Marion coun ty tax payers of four cents on every thousand dollnrs of his property, as shown ou county rolls. A farmer paying taxes on, sny $3000, would pay as his snare of tlie Louuty Agent appropriation twenty cents. The papers of the county are asked t eo-opcuate in their usual splendid manner, so thnt everybody in the coun ty may have a pnrt. Cures C(,lds in Great Britain 'LAXATIVE IiltOMO QflXINE tab lets remove the cause. E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30e. FAIL TO BREAK (Continued from pago one) situation was "unchanged" bv this. Tho enemy suffered very heavy losses iu repulse of its attacks, the British commander in chief reported. At Uullcconrt yesterday there were two enemy attacks at dawn after heavy artillerying," Field Marshal Ilaig reported today. "Tho first was Immediately to the SOCIETY'S interest this week cen ters around the dance to be given at the lllahee country club, Satur day night. Several dinner parties are being planned as a prelude to the gayeties, and there also will be a few supper parties. Mr- and Mrs. Asaliel tfusu. will entertain with a dinner before the dauce, having asked a few of the younger set and one or two others as guests. Mrs. Mary Hofer rturned early in the wek from Marshficld, where she went before the Thanksgiving holidays tj .;.,:t ;jis. t. wiibur. 1.1. s. K. E. Loa Steiuer will open her home lo lniiow afternoon to the mem lj .. ji tkj Woman 's Alliance of the Unitarian church. A business session will precede a Red Cross sewing. Mrs. J. S- Barker and her daughter, Miss Velio Barker, of Koseburg have arrived iu Salem and are visiting tho former's daughter, Mrs. Louis W. Josse. They are en route to Portland for a snort visit, but plan to return to H lem later. Mrs. George G. Bingham has gone to ol'rtland for a short visit. First Lieutenant C'loyd Bauch left yesterday for Camp Lewis, where he has been ordered to -report for duty. i.ater Mrs. Kauen aud small daugh ter will join Lieutenant Eauch and they will make their home in Tacoiua until the latter leaves for France. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bishop and small daughter, Jean, of Portland have been spending several days in Salem as the guests of Mr. and Mrs- Jock Har din at The Court. Mrs. David W. Eyre entertained in formally yesterday afternoon with a few tables of bridge, her guests "being memDers or the nappy itour club. Mrs. Charles Miller and small daugh teir came home yesterday afternoon irom Portland, where they have been spenoing several days with relatives. Ir. and Mrs. H. C. Epley have re turned from a. visit in Portland. ; The Presbyterian. Woman's Mission ary socioty will hold a joint meeting witn tne guild and O. IS. society tomor row trnaay) At 2:30 o'clock there will be the usual monthly nieeticg of the mission ary society, after which there will be a social time, and a basket supper. In tho evening at 7 o'clock, tho young Ieopie win have charge or the program tne siiDjact "An evening with our missionary." Yesterday Miss Louise Griffin be came the bride cf Charles H. Schwel lonbach, of Spokane, at the oratory of bishoperoft- The ceremony was solemn ized at 4:30 o'clock, Rt. Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner officiating! It was a charming affair, noted especially for its simplicity, only about 30 close friends and relatives being in attend ance. The bride's sister, Miss Emily Griffin of Salem, was her only attend ants and William Harry of Spokane, acted as best man. The oratory was prettily decked with clusters of pink roses ana carnations, comDined with mistletoe :and holly. The bride wag charmingly attired in an afternoon toi lette of Wisteria silk de londres, adorn ed with exquisite lace. Her bouquet was a shower of bride rose's and pints and white bouvardia. The bridesmaid wore a smart gown of gray Goorgetto crepe and' -.chiffon, and her bouquet was a shower or uptiena roses. Following the ceremony, a wedding supper was served, and Mr. and Mrs. Schwolleubach left for the north. Ore gonian. - "The Prince of Peace" by Leslie M. E. Choir The choir of the Leslie Methodist church, under the direction of the pas tor. Rev. H. N. Aldrich, will sing a cantata, "The Prince of P.eace," Sun day afternoon, December 16th, 3:30 o'clock. The chorus of fifty voices has been rehearsing carefully since the first of November, and is well prepared for this work. Among the special parts will be so los by Mrs. Fred W. Schwab, Mrs. Ma son Bishop and the Misses Grace Sher wood, Florence Miller, GertJude Aid- rich and Agnes Halsell. Floyd MeJn- t.ire win sing the tenor Solos, Charles Douglas the baritone and Fred Mt- Grew the bass. Other features are the women's chorus and the men's chorus. An offering will be taken for the pi ano fund. - SHIPLEY'S FEATURING Quality Merchandise east and the other was on a wider front cast and north and against the angle lines south of Reincourt aud LaEzcag- uicourt. "Both were repulsed." "Shortly aiterward," the report con tinues, "iu another attack ou the lat ter front, parties of the enemy peuo trated obliterated trenches at the apex of tho angle. The few Germans who reached there were killed or taken pris oner. ''Thore was local fighting late in the evening, tho portion of the trench which tho enomy reached, not changing the situutiou." Artillery Is Active. Paris, Dec. 13. Artillerying over practically the whole French front, was reported in today's official statement. No infantry actions were specified, but it was believed here that the enemy was preparing its boa3ted offensive blow somewhere against the poilus, to synchronize with the attack made on the British further north along tho west front. Iu Caurieres woods, the war office re ported repulse of a German raid. Iu this section uino German aeroplanes were brought down. French aviators, it was announced, dropped bombs on Colmar aud Rombach. Took Several Shelters. Berlin, via Loudon. Dec. 13. "At Bullecouit we wrested several shelters from the enemy and took six officers and eighty four Englishmen as pris oners," today's official statement de clared. KORMOFF (Continued from page one) I I Outdoor Workers r-re subject to e::pes::rs to all Mnc'j of weather, er.d ctrcn-jpus outdoor v.-orkbrinpothc rli-jun-iatior.clics. You can't afford to bole :d up. so fcs?d thnt first twinge cf llirjmatiam. Use Sloan's Liiiimsnt. Clean anrj con venient, no used to rub, no stains, no clumsy pl&storo and your poia disappears. a - Sprain, aortitis, neuralgia acSe n:l ar-'fr. tore rapsrlen tie all ixt.evcd L thj e;jp--cation oi Slc&n's Liiiinrciit. Gcnrroua sia bo'.'!3 all (!.'U-'.tj. 25c. 50c.. tl.00. CROZIER here. The warship Kolhida is firing on the Cossacks at Novo Tcherkask. Novo Tcherkask is a city on the Don river, 25 miles northeast of Rostoff. II is considered au important Cossack stronghold. lb "WAIT VV Arc Told How to Relief from Pain Nashua, N.IL UI am nineteen years oi every month for two years I had such pains would often faint and have to leave school. 6ueh pain I did not know what to do with i and tried so many remedies that were of r I read about Lydia E. Ilnkham'a Vogeti Compound in the newspapers and decided i try it, and that is how I found relief from pain and feel so much better than I used to. "When I hear of any girl suffering as I did I tell them how I.yuia & Iinkliam's Vegetable Compound helped me." Dkuxa Mautix, Ltowers btreet, Nashua, 2s. II. Lydia E. HnLharu'a Vegelallo C'ompor.i made from native roots and herbs, contains narcotic) or harmful drugs, and h, therefore, THE PERFECTLY SAFE REMEDY IYBIAE.PP V fca SiiUJ JLi.4 4 yBLE t i rnm, wEjurfiriinnuiii. i pip, mi., j.- utftwwfcf-iwg. -v.: :J. mlms " J j (Continued from page one) ing gun was officially adopted in June as the best type of machine gun, the weapon is not yet being manufactured at all. He disclosed thnt although the Euro pean war showed the value of the ma chine gun, the government had to buy 350 Lewis guns from Great Britain with British ammunition for use in the field test under actual war conditions, Qrozier admitted. We declared war in April: -when ilid you actually begin equipping the army for war " asked Hitchcock. (Jrozier replied: "Before the war, in that we were then getting the equip ment for the first increment for the army authorized by the act of Jun? 1910" Chamberlain demanded why it took Crozier so long after war was declar ed to submit estimates of needed funds to congress, if he had started work on the first increment of the army author ized in 1916. Crczier said the many, checking up operations required by law caused the delay. Delayed Asking runds We appropriated $100,000,000 as an emergency fund, before the war was aeelared,". said- liitclicoek. -vvny wasn't it used!" Chamberlain prevented an answer bv asking "When did you first ask for share of this sum," "The first formal request was made n August," said Crozier. 1 ; "I remember speaking about it once or twice before that time." "Yiu got it as soon as you asked for it, didn't you?" asked Chamber lain. "Yes, we -got $35,000,000," replied Crozier. Senator Weeks returned to the sub ject of pre-war preparations for con gress. " Every juan iu the country antici pated war long before it came, " said Weeks. "What preparations did you mako before the war declaration J" "We listed people we could get to work for us and made estimates of needed material," replied Crozier. Troops Abroad Well Armed Crozier declared every American sol dier abroad has a modem American rifle. He angrily declared a statement by Senator Hitchcock that hundreds of thousands of men iu cantonments are without rifles and therefore are unable to complete their training, un; true. "Thousands of men are without rifles," admitted Crozier, "but not hundreds of thousands. Rifles are now on the way to tho cantonments which, need them most." j . Crozier said rifles were sent to can tonments in the ratio of one Tifle to overy three men, early in September. "Considerably more than one man can use one rifle," said Crozier. Eifles for Camps Crozier admitted that some canton ments didn't get any rifles until Octo ber. The first rifles sent to canton ments were not the modern type the army will use in France, but an obso lete type for which there was no am munition. This, he said, made neces sary postponement of target practice until modern rifles could be obtained. "Isn't the real reason for the delay to be found iu the quarreliug of the war department over the Lewis gun?" demanded Chamberlain. Chamberlain Wants to Know "That caused some delay," admit ted Crozier, "At tho outbreak of the war we had verv few machine guns in hand. No body ever thought they would play such au important part in the war. Ct.r actual output of machine guns when we declared war on uennanv was notn- AT Popular Prices PRACTICABLE, SERVICEABLE GIFTS Women's Blouses Hosiery : Gloves Neckwear Ribbons Jewelry Knit Underwear Muslin Underwear Silk Underwear Linens Bedding Bath Robes Kimonas Petticoats Corsets Infants Wear Sweaters Umbrellas Coats HHI Suits Toys Dolls Dresses Games U. G. Shipley Co. WHERE SHOPPING IS A PLEASURE wirnoriusn a i mmmion xor use in u.e . g Lpwia were bpi made Mexwan trouble because tho t u)ted w t r Eu(f)and but be- Mates didn t have as many machine f .0nld"use these guns wo had guns as the Mexicans. Was Needless Delay Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, told Crozier that many high army officers have told senators there has been need less delav in providing rifles and ar tillery for the army. "We want something specific," said Hitchcock when Crozier resumed his statement at the opening of today's session of the war probe. "We want to know exactly what you have done toward gettiug ready for war. We don't want generalities. Let g got down to cases," said xlitcn cock. Members are Insistent Pelted by a machine gun fire from every member of the committee, Cro- ..w u...lu " i-- " "was the setting of time for a com- reo pnuiiciy ine jnrormai.ou uiia.iu-.petitive tegt of scvera, mBl.hinp gun9. r..ulu .d-. .....,Thg n to change them to make our ammuni tion available." Senator McKellar asked why no part of an appropriation made for machine guns in lttlrj had been used in proviov ing them. "Part of it was allotted in contracts for Vickar guns, such as we use in our aviation service, " said Crozier. "But no guns have been ordered?" asked MeKellar. , "Xcne, " replied Crozier. ' ' Well, what has the war depart ment done to get machine guns be tween tho making of that very consid erable appropriation in 191 d and our entrance into the war!" Waiting for Test "The chief step," answered Crozier, to the enemv. Hitchcock. Weeks and Chamberlain bombarded Crozier with blunt demand why he waited frim April, 1917, until August before asking for an allotment from the president's $100,000,000 emer gency fund. This was because Crozier yesterdiy blamed congress delay in appropriat ing money for the delay in obtaining ordnance. Congress Not to Blame You put responsibility for delay ime was set for May, 1917, and tho test was held then." "So that it wasn't until after we had been in the war a month that we decided which machine gun we wre going to use?" "The decision was made this June," replied Crozier. Factories to Blame Questioning by committee members brought out the fact that when the United States entered the war the rifle factories were making ten thou sand rifles dailv for the allies. Xow than .... .vu, .... . , sanj nt!os dailv for the allies, ai upon congress and the labor situation they Rre ,nakin- a Utt( bettor th yesterday. said Chamberlain. ''five thousand dailv for the arniv. A o a nio.tt. nf fit.tt Vrtt. hn.fn t : . - V i? t. V"Y i L t Committeemen demanded lie explain spent all the money that had been ap-the . hRf tM prcduetion preprinted tor yon when war was de- , 1 Qommm LYDIA C.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYNN. MASS. lared. had vouf" "Some ef it was unspent, but most of it was needed to cover contracts that had been made," replied Crozier- "I didn't intend to criticise congress The favt is that no appropriation that congress could have made when war was declared would have made possi ble the provision of artillery now for our tones. Congress should have ap propriated the aioney three years ago to get us ready." Secretary of War Paker was fl.itly charged by Vroiier with responsibility for delay in providing machine guns for the American army. Tho war department did not official ly adopt a liis. hine gun until Juu 1317. when the Browning gun was adopted. It ha never been given a f f tf$i A comparable V ''V i'.rfj Baby Food. N 1 v-'-f y healthy actws weti. v5 fJia'-Vrart la Mdktr,' Ifili" VI of a vital weapon. "Its principally due to the disinte gration of the organizations in the f ac tpvies," said Crozier. Interest of Economy. "Keeping them intact would have meant keeping thousands of men on the payroll for some of them that wo had no work for," said Crozie-. "We did keep many after manufac ture of allied rifles had practically ceased and before making of our rifles' was goiliir full swingr" ; - - ,( Crozier explained that much of the delay in getting rifles was due to al teration of the British Lee-Enfield mod els so thej- would fire American ammu nition. It was either change the En fields or throw away 500,000 Spring field rifles and a great deal of am munition, Crozier said. On the Firing Line The questioning switched to .franco. Crozier said the location of American troops oh the firing line was decided by the president in conjunction with the British and French missions and not by the war department. ."Our knowledge that our troops would be on the French front was part of the data on which we based our rifle making calculations," he said. "We could not make our ammunition interchangeable with the British be cause we knew we would be far remov ed from tho British front. So wo did the best thing in the situation; we made two types of rifles to take tho same ammunition. French Machine Guns Pershing's forces have been supplied with machine guns and ammunition by the French government, Crozier said. The French are continuing making machine guns for the United States. Some French machine guns are now being used in training camps jiis country. A large number of factories are "preparing" to manufacture Brown ing guns, Crozier stated. But until they actually begin deliveries, the American armies will have to depend on Franco for most of its machine guns. Senator Wadsworth inquired whether "we are not taking a chance by plant ning to equip our army with guns nev er tested in the field f" Crozier didn't see any danger. Wadsworth brought out the fact that more than 30,000 liuht machine guns will be needed to equip the forty five divisions cf the army. And none of these has yet been de livered f" asked Wadsworth. "Xone." replied Crozier. "When will thev besin to be? "Xext April." " "Whvdon't we use the Lewis as the English do?" insisted Wa4sworth. Lewis Chin Now Used "We are getting enotith guns from the French," answered Crozier. "We'll use Lewis guns if we can't get any oth er. But we. are certain that ali our troops that get into the theater of war before next. April v. ill, be equipped with these light French machine guns.' "These guns shoot French ainniuui tioij," Crozier said, "but arc later to be made in this country so they will shoot American ammunition." "Throughout this summer tho Am oriftan. output of mnchine puns for our forces was practically nothing," Cro zier said. ''The delay wasn't due to lack of money, nor to labor conditions, and I have never been entirely iV-S' fied what it was duo to."- .,. , KERR HOLDS JOB Corvnllis. Or., Dec 13. Dr. J. W. Kerr -will, not resign the presidency of the Orftron Agricultural college to ac cept a position with the Kansas Agri cultural college. Ho formally notified the board of regents today , of his in tention to remain. To Stop a Persistent, a g Hacking Cough S 8 The heat remedy Is one yim can i& easily make at home. Cheap C 8 but very effective, . Thousands of people normally healthy in every other respect, are annbved witi a persistent hanging-on bronchial coiiufi year after year, disturbing their sleen and making life disagreeable. 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