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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. ORfc. WEDNESDAY. MAY 22. 1918. FIVE NEW TODAY;: IF YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL SOMETHING, "DON'T I7QSPER IN A WELT-USE A JOURNAL WANT AD CLASSIFIED ADVESITSINO BATS9 Kate per word New Tod 17: mm uaeruoa OM week (S insertions) . Oh month (28 insertion) . -17e Tke Capital Journal will sot bs rs ponsibls for store thaa on insertion, for errrs in Classified Advertisement &ead your advertisement the first day tt appears and notify sa immediately Minimnm aharge, 15a. ItTJLTlGRAPHING Phone 340. -25 WANTED Girl for housework. Good wages. Phone 1144 J. U FOB RENT Furnished rooms. 290 N. Church. Phone 522B. 5-22 FOB SALE One horso wagon. Address Bt. 1, box 4C, Turner. 5-23 IjOGANBBRKY pickers register now Rov V. Ohmart. Phone 53F15. 5-2 OOU W. P. WEIGHT, the auctioneer, Turner, Oregon. Phone 52. ti ll WANTED A farm hand. Phone 53 F13. 5 24 FOB BENT 15 acre tracft. O. W. Stewart, Rt. 2, box 171A, Salem. 5-24 WANTED Stock hogs. Phone 24F23. 5-24 X)B SALE! Two fine canary singers. Phono 1224 evenings. 5-27 WANTED To buy child's iron crib, in good condition. Phone 982W. 5-23 FOB SALE 1917 Ford touring body. Call 1261 State St. 5-23 SWITCHES made from combings. Phone 1041, Mrs. Boyce. tf WANTED To buy large calves or stock cattle. Phone 1576W. 6-22 TWO and three room furnished apart meats. 491 N. Cottage. Phone 2203. tf WANTED Women and children to pick strawberries and cherrics.Phone 9SF5. 6-27 ONIONS FOB SALE Extra fancy No. 1. $1.25 per sack. Center Street Feed shed. Phone 927. , 6-27 FOB 8ALB 6 pass auto, good mechan ics! condition, would make A-l truck price $350. Call at 418 Court St. 5-28 FOB SALE 85 poirada Martha Wash- ingiUm beans. Warranted- tx grew. Phone 108F31. . 5-24 WANTED A milker and route man. Pincknoy Bros. Dairy. Phone 1437. ' 5-25 FOB SALE Good fresh milk cow. Also cheap work horso. Kt. 8, box 100. Phone 71F12. 5-28 FOR painting and tinting, also auto ipaitnting, jaddreisa '808 ,N. Liberty. Phone 70F6. 5-24 FOB SALE A young driving mare, . rubber tired top buggy and harness. Phone i4)F13. 5-24 OUE Foundry is running, we solicit your work. Anderson Steel Furnace Company. Phone 886. 5 25 WANTED By June' 1st, completely ' furnished 5 room bunjsalow, with parage. Adults. Phone 1242J. 5-22 WHITE Face Black Spanish eggs for hatching. M. A.. Vanderberg, Rt. 2. 5-23 FOB SALE Or trade, one half sec tion stock ranch dn eastern Oregon. 441 N. Church St. 6-25 FOB SALE 1 4-polnt Splitdorf mag neto and Splitdorf coil. Price $25. C. E. care Journal. 5-23 HONEY TO LOAN on real estate- H. M. Hawkins, 314 Masonic building, Salem. tf WANTED Mohair at East Salem Tannery, 25th and Oak St. Phone 8160M. tf FOB SALE Some fresh milch cows and farm horses, also want to buy a second hand binder. Geo. Swegle. tf FOB BENT 4 front sleeping rooms In Hubbard bldg. W. H. Norris, receiv er, room 304. ' tf OS BENT Good fivs room modern fcawe. Inquire 506 N. Commereial Bt. r phone 1C48M. tf TO TRADE Good farm near Oregon City, 15 miles out from Portland, wili take good reridence in. Salem or Portland. See Dr. W. J. Patterson, tf WANTED A small furnished bunga low at moderate rental. Win take the best of care. Prefer suburbs ear car line. Will be In Salem the Uth of May. Apply S. J. Y. Box 63, Capital Journal " 6-22 BOMB one wants your property and yon would sell. We charge no com mission for putting buyer and sell er together. For further information Oregon Realty Exchange Investment Oa, Ine 14 Breyman bldg.. Salem, Or, Chamber of Commerce bldg., Eu gene, Or.. 250 34 St Portland, Oregon tf FOB SALE New, light car, fully equipped, driven 1200 miles ss dem onstrator, $925. Cash and terms. Par ty leaving city. Answer this and tar will be driven to your door for inspection. D eare Capital Journal. 5-22 WANTED Practical nurse for two or three weeks. Gall at 1S95 Center St. 5-2H WOMAN employed part time wants work as housekeeper,, to. save rent. Address B. ears Journal. 5-23 PIGS AT AUCTION S3 fine, 8-weeks old pugs at Woodry's auction, May 25. J. W. Woodruff. 5-23 CONTBCTIONEUT store la Silverton for sale Address A. H. eare Journal office. 5-23 FOB SALE Stevens Dnryea ear. suit able for truck, will sell cheap. Phone 734. 271 N. Commercial. V FOB RENT One 6 room and one 5 room bungalow, on or before June 1st Phone 1644 Hubbard bldg. tf FOB SALE Studebaker 114 spring wagon, will sell cheap. Phone 734, 271 N. Com'l. tf FOB SALE Lead and linseed oil at bargain prices. 310 Trade and Win ter St., J. F. Latham. tf WANTED Loganberry pickers, 3 acre yard adjoining City View cemetery. B D. Gibson. Phone 21F13. 5-24 FOB SALE Good work mare, or will take colt as part pay on trade. Thom as Little, Turner, Bt. 3, box 3. 5-24 TEAM, weight 2700, wagon and har ness for sale, or trade for Ford. Call evenings 196 W. Wilson. 5-24 NOTICE to the Public After June 1st all business must be conducted on eash basis. Quackambush Auto Supplies and Vulcanizing. 5-31 WANTED Girl for housework on farm; treated as one of family. No children- Call In person 695 S. Com '1 St. after six o'clock. 5-24 LOST Saturday afternoon, north Sa lem, bimch keys, two round, one flat. C. A. VanCleve, 1540 N. Front. Re ward. 5-24 FOB SAHE 2 . year lease on small place, lots of fruit; this year's crop all in; this will .pay to investigate. Address Lease eare Journal. 5-23 FOB SALE 30 acres 12 miles north of Salem, new buildings, good soil, well watered, cheap and easy terms. W. M. Bunard, Amity, Or. 5-23 WOOD FOB SALE I have cut a nice lot and am now ready to deliver to ycu, give me the order early. Phone 2504W4. . 5-28 WILL sell or trade for city property my 73 eicre river bottom farm, lo cated near Salem. Call at room 503, Salem Bank of Commerce bldg. 5-24 FOE BENT Modern 7 worn house, with nice large porch, completely furnished, including piano. A ice lo cation, close in. Phone 1081J. ' 5 22 WANTED Boy 16 to work in mailing departmont afternoons. Call at Jour nal office mornings from 10 to 12 or afternoon 5:30 to 7:30. tf FOB' BENT 9 room house in good re pair throughout, cltfse in, modern conveniences, small garden in, rent very reasonable .to steady renter. Phone 975. Call at 898 Broadway or 112 N. Commercial St. 5-28 FOB SALE A fine dairy ranch, JO acres, in crop, the Test pasture. Good buildings, orchard and spring on place.. Five miles from Salem. Address E- B. care Journal. 5-23 WANTED Woodcutters, will furnish drag saw and all other tools, first growth fir. $1.50 per cord. Ralph Martin, 219 N. Com'l St. Phone 66. 5-24 HAVE many Salem men working West Linn mdla. Everything opening though strike still on. You can have vacancy few quitters doily. Over 900 working. See free employment of fice across river from Oregon City. 5-25 SALE OF BONDS CALL FOB BIDS The undersigned will receive bids np till five o'clock p. m. on May 22, 1918. for improvement bonds of ths city Salem, Oregon, to the amount of $8, 633.50, interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annual jly at Salem, Oregon. Such bonds will be sold for not less than par and ac crued interest; date of bonds May 1. 1918. The city reserves the right to refuse any and all bids. EARL BACE, 5-22 City Recorder. American a Labor Mission Sends Greeting London, May 22 'To tine American people I can say: "We are proud of the part w are playing in the war and I urge the speeding np of every war necessity, so the terrible eonflkft may be successful ly concluded as quickly as possible." This message was delivered tot the United Press today by James Wilson, head of the American labor mission which lias just concluded a tour ef Great Britain and France. "The American labor mission is now en route home," Wilson said. "We have witnessed the war efforts of Great Britain and France, and I ean say that every rewraree at their com mand is being utilized in speeding up ithe war." When the delegation left London it was absolutely unchanged in its de termination not to confer with German laboritee until Prussian militarism is crushed. COMMITTEE WILL MEET TO DECIDE ONAIRfflAFTIMIRY Hughes and Gregory Go Ahead With Preparations For Complete Probe By L. C. Martin Washington, May 22. Granted full authority by the senate to investigate aircraft production and every other phaso of war department work, the sen ate military affairs committee met this afternoon to determine whether to hold its aircraft inquiry in abeyance. Senator Chamberlain, committee chairman, indicated that "developments during the day" might result in the committee deciding that for the present, at least, it will not investigate along lines parallel to the department of jus tice inquiry. Chamberlain was to place before the committee the new developments and ask tlw committee to decide. iu any event the sub-committee on air craft will bo named and even if it! does not plunge at once into an inquiry j will visit aircraft factories, gathering. data which will be used either in the committer's own probe or by the de partment of justice. The committee today will uecide on its contention that an investigation should be made in spite of President Wilson's expressed view that congres sional investigation is unnecessary jn view of the appointment of Charles E. Hughes to assist the department of jus tice in its probe. Full Investigation. Washington, Mav 22. Attorney Gen eral Gregory and Charles Evans Hughes have determined upon a far more sweep ing investigation of the aircraft produc tion program that at first planned and as a result the senate military com mittee probably will defer its action in the matter determined upon today. The Gnegory-Hughes probe will not be limited merely to charge of "dis honesty" against the aircraft board, but will be a comprehensive inquiry to detormine whether there is need for civil suits as well as criminal. At its conclusion there will be a complete re port of its findings for the American people. Mrs. Stokes Mind: Doesn't Want To Be Shot Kansas City, Mo., May 22. "I love all countries." Thus did Mrs. Bose Pastro Stokes, en trial in the federal court here for al leged disloyal utterances, on cross-ex. amination, define her view of patriot ism. "I do not believe in patriotism inso. far as it pertains to loving just one country," she said. Mrs. Stokes declared that her letter to the Kansas City Star denying that she had publicly made an appeal for support of the government in its war aims was not intended to create uisloy alty. t was -upon this letter that the indictment against her was based. She denied that she opposed the gov ernment, adding: "1 am not opposed to the attitude of the government in the war, my oppo sition being only to the capitalists "who are deriving profit and controlling tW. government. ' ' Government attorneys quoted a speech Mrs. Stokes made in Minneapo lis last year as follows: "I have always repudiated America and looked upon it as one of tb3 most oppressive nations. I would not rise to the national anthem or saluto the sture and Stripes. If I had to choose between rising to this anthem or standing up against a wall and being shot i would choose the lattet" She admitted having made such a speech. Salem Bridge Work Is Progressing Steadily The State Highway Engineers office says the work on the steel bridge is progressing satisfactorily and rapidly. There has been some trouble with the air compressor which furnishes the power for running the riveters but this it is expected will be done away with today. Two spans are up and bolted and are ready for the riveters. The third span will be ready for them be fore the end of the week. The falso work for supporting the steel is all in place. I'olk county is having the fill made on the west approach and this work is well in hand, and will be completed when the bridge is. On the east approach a beautiful cement rail ing is b.'iiig made and this will have a length of 360 feet on each side of the roadway. It is made of white cement and white sand brought from California and will add materially to the appear ance of the structure. It is expected the bridge will be ready for traffic by July first. Baker School Pupils Buy Bonds and Stamps The school -children of Baker, Ore gon, have invested in liberty bonds ana thrift 4tanvps a total of $33,000 or an average of a little more than $20 per capita, according to a report from City Superintendent A. C. Strange, to the superintendent of publie instruc tion, J. A. Churchill. Five hundred and forty nine chil dren in the Baker schools are buying thrift stamps systematically at least once a week. In addition to this they have sold $23,000 worth of stamp. The report contained the names of twenty eight more children who are eligible for the junior Rainbow regi ment. This report brings the enroll ment in the junior Rainbow regiments np to 4600. FIFTEEN CHAPTERS HAVE DELEGATES HERE Opea Session Tonight For Delegates and brited Guests The delegates from the fifteen chap ters of the P. E. O. Sisterhood of Ore gon, devoted their time today to busi ness matters and the reports of com mittees. Short addresses were made to day by Mrs. Ida Kidder and Mrs. Enea aor K. Brace with the presentation of service flags. This afternoon after the business session, the delegates were ta ken for aulomobile rides over the city and to the state institutions. The program this evening is an open session for members and invited guests. After a program of music, light refresh ments will be served. List of Committees. Committees appointed last night in clude the following: Credentials Mrs. Lydia Leabo, Mrs. Je-esi.3 Scott, Mrs. Lina Borton. State By-Laws Mrs Lena Odell, Mrs. Alice Currier, Mrs. Ella Bailey, Mrs.; Caroline Selee. ' I Officers Recommendation Mrs. Em ma Kiddle, Mrs. Lena Odell, Mrs. Ella Bailey, Mrs. Eva McClung. Local By-Laws Mrs. Blanche Mur phy, Mrs. June Korf, Mrs. George Wright, Mrs. Jessie Scott. Chapter Reports Mrs. Cecile Bittncr Mrs. Viola Wade, Mrs. Josephine Kirk, Sirs. Arlcta Lawrence. Finance Mrs. Maude B. Mann, Mrs. Martha S. Bowen, Mrs. Elizabeth Gunn, Mrs. Mabel Evans. Auditing Mrs. Minnie Bosworth Mrs. Aliivj M. Smith, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Emma Kiddle. Florence Grace, Mrs. Grace Morris, Mrs. Memorial Mrs. Martha Bowen, Miss W. H. Hornibrook. Resolutions Mrs. Cora Garman, Mrs. Mary K. Logan, Mrs. Georgia Wright. trtsx iTsaiaents nre Three past state presidents were pre sent yesterday. They were Mrs. Doro thy Seymour of Forest Grove, Mrs. Da vid Brace of Portland, and Mrs. Willard P. Jones of Portland. Delegates who registered yesterday from Portland were, Mrs. Maude. B. Mann. Mrs. Blanche Murphy, Mrs. Alice Currier, Mrs. Lena Odell, Mrs. Lydia Leabo, Miss Ada Brookings, Mrs. C. F. Wright, Mrs. Eva McClung, Mrs. Ce cile Bittner, Mrs. Lina Borton, Mrs. Amanda Smith and Mrs. Cora Gorman-. Those from other chapters were: Sa lem Mrs. W. T. Kirk, Mrs. F. W. Selee; Eugene Mrs. June Korf; La Grande Mrs. Emma Kiddle, Mrs. W. W. Wade; Woodburn Mrs. L. Lawrence; Albany Mrs. W. H. Hornibrook, Mrs. Mary K. Logan; Oregon City Mrs. W. Ander son. Mies Florence Grace: Corvallis Wrs. Elizabeth Gunny Mrs. Minnie Bos worth; Newberg Mrs. ' Jr. A. Morns, Mrs. Mabel Evans. The sisterhood has eighteen chapters in Oregon and all but three were represented. All of the state officers were either her yesterday or expected this morning. Beside the pre sident, Mrs. Kirk, are Mrs. Emma L. McCaw, of Portland, Mrs. Grace J. Volk of Salem, Mrs. Edna C. Brownton of La Grande, Mrs. Nettie 3. Whita of Forest Grove, Mrs. Bertha L. Gray of Portland, and Miss Margaret Copeland also of this Albany P. O.Ei Makes Vests For Aviators Chapter O, of the Albany P. E. O., claims ito be the only organization east cf New York city doirwr a certain kind of patriotic, work, that of mak ing vests for aviators out of eld kid gloves, parts of old shoes and in fact any old kind of leather. And not only has the Alt) any chap ter been making the vests, but they have ft dozen or more with them here today in Salem, just to show their pa triotic sisters what ean be done with old gloves, shoes and scrap leather. These vests are on exhibition in the Meyers .department) store patriotic windows. Some time aso the suggestion was made to the women of A5bany that what the aviators really needed was vests of lea'her, as they are exposed to the colds of the upper air, and or dinary woolen garments were not adapt ed to this service. The government has recognized that leather will keep out more cold than wool, but has not been able to prop erly supply aviators. Hcwe the Al bany cha(iter has been giving its timo to not only the collection rf old leath er scraps but to the making of vests and) now has 85 to its credit. So mueh favorable comment has bees caused by ithe display of the avia'ors' vests, that it is probalble the P. E. O. haiters in the Btato win take up as their special patriotic work the col lection of leather and the making of vests. In the east, those assoeuntml with the biuife have become interested in ttiirt work. A look into the patriotic window of the Meyers department store will show just what can be doae frcm old gloves, shoes, and scraps of leather in the way of making vests for the birdmen. Does Any Old Resident Remember This Incident? Here is a chance for any of the old timers who ean remember what was happening in Bal'in about 28 years ago. This applies especially to physicians. The following letter was received, ad dressed to the recorder or eity clerk of Salem. It is dated May 15, 1918, and comes from CoaDiurst, Alberta, Canada: "I am in need of a certificate of my birth end am asking if vou will kindly send me the same. My name is John Plumer Van Eaton and my fath er's name is John Andrew Van Eaton. My mother's maiden name was Mary Adeline Love. The date of my birth was June 18, 1890. 1 was born in Salem. Ore- gon." Neither City Recorder Race nor Conn ty Recorder Boyer have record of such RED CROSS DRIVE SOiTIHOHCOilV j OVER TOP QUICKLY; Salem Well Over Top and Other Towns Are Report ing Quotas Raised With th reports coming in from the captains and 600 workers at the close of the 48 hour Bed Cross drive, the total sum subscribed in Salem amount ed to 21.588.00 and the indications at noon were that this amount would be increased $1,000 today. With $7,000 already assured from eight out-of-town places in the county and seven more to hear from, there is the definite assurance that the quota of Marion eounty's $30,000 has been safely subscribed. Mount Angel wired in today that it had raised its quota. Silverton re ports $3,500; Aumsville and Shaw. $800, Hubbard $600; Donald' $600; Gervais $.rCK); St. Paul $500, and Brooks $4000. Other points to hear from are Jef ferson, Turner, Stayton, Butteville, Monitor, Aurora and Woodburn. Red Cross headquarters on State street will remain open this week Tn ort'er that those who have not been approached, may be given an opportun ity of voluntarily bringing in their subscriptions. Hornibrook Elected National Committeeman Albany, Or., May 22, Will H. Horn ibrook today claimed election as dem ocratic national committeeman for Ore gon Ivy a 'lead of 1500 votes over J. W. Morrow of Portland. "Complete official returns from 25 counties, together with unofficial, in complete returns from all too remain ing counties except Clackamas, Doug las and Washington counties, give me a lead of 1008," aid Hornibrook. "1 will carry those three counties." Hornibrook, who is editor of the Al bany Democrat, formerly was United States minister to Slam. Strike In Winnipeg Has Crippled Business Winnipeg, Man., May 22. Business activity here was seriously crippled to day 'by a general strike ciT union men in sympathy with telephone gitls and civic employes who quit work several weeks ego. Fire department employes are on strike, leaving the city virtual ly without protection against . a con flagration. Streetcar traffic has been suspended Every railway shop here is closed. A walkout of 12,000 steam and street railway workers yesterday was fol lowed by a ica!l to 15,000 more union mien in various trades to stop work. State House News The returns from fherman county and also from Hood River have been received at the office of the Secretary of state. The Sherman report was received Monday and that of Hood River Tuesday. Sherman is usually the first to report on elections due to Its small area and light vote. The same causes make Hood River a close second, The Public Service Commission has received word from Astoria to the cf feet that Miss Fannie Keyt, who was received on passenger train 32, at Astoria Sunday night, died a few minutes after boarding the cars. She came frcm San Francisco on the steamer Beaver and was accompanied by Miss Nellie Keyt. The cause of her death is unknown. The Golden Rod Milling Company filed notice this morning with the corporation department increasing its capital stock from $75,000 to $1;j0,000. Its place of business is Portland and its business that of cereal milling and the manufacture of poultry foods. Portland's High-Toned Idlers Are Worried Portland, Or., May 22. Consterna tion prevailed at the Arlington club the mil lai nuires' hang-out when word was received, that the city council to day passed a atrie anti-idlers ordi nance. The ordinanae, which, goes into ef fect immipdiaitely as a wnr emergency measuro, declares that rvery able !od icd mail must find useful employment at once. It fixes a maximum penalty of $0U fine and six months imprison ment. The only men exempted by the ordi nance are thf: who have applied for work at an employment agency and can present a certificate showing that work could irat be obtained. MARK W. GILL DIES ' Portland, Or , May 22. Mark Wilson Gill, a'leii 50, secretary of the J. K. Gill company, stationers, died here to day. He was born at Hniem. A AVAL APPROPRIATIONS Washington, May 22. The senate fats today passed the naval appropria tion -bill, carrying approximately fl, .000,000,000. The measure will now go to conference, having j.as-sed the house a birth. If any old timer or physician happens to remember what was happen ing in Balcm away back ariuut June IU, 1SS0, they would confer a favor by writ ing Mr. Van Eaton at the abuve address. Oregon Home Grown Strawberries Extra Quality, per box 15c Riverby Asparagus, per pound 15c Home Grown Gooseberries, .3 pounds for 25c Ward's Thin Skinned Oranges, doz. 50c, 60c and 75c One Thousand Pounds Extra Guatamala Coffee Especially Blended, 5 pounds for .$1.00 Try it. YouH like it Roth Grocery Co. GERMAN INTRIGUE FIGURESIH FINAL One Prominent Member Wrote That Us Germans Must Hang Together Chicago. May 22. A German tinge appeared today in the government's evidence opainst the I. W. W. leaders in the sedition trial here. "Us Germane must together hang or else we'll hang alone," was ths note written on the reverse side of a letter Charles Jacobs, of Denver, defendant, was accused of writing last July to Win. Weyh, Indicted in San Francisco. Government attorneys have hinted there are surprises in store in connec tion with the alleged German contribu tions to the I. W. W. and its prostitu tion to pro-German uses without its leadors knowledge. Today's evidence carried the journey rar aneld to Colorado, Texas, Utah and Montani. One Jacobs letter dated Denver, July 28, 1917. declared: ''We are going to make a drive on the Colorado Bugar industry this fall. Wiltih a few Wobblies (I. W. W.) on the job we can do some good organ ization for the A. W. I. U." Pierce C. Wetter is alleged to have written to A. Bergeson at Salt Lake: "It is not necessary to tell yon how important it is to get the eoal miners m the I. W. W. But stop and con sider that two weeks of a general coal strike in Australia caused all trainr to stop and tie up all shipping. Camp Lewis Recruit Committed Suicide Taectna, Wash., May 22. Private William Silvers, drafted from Solano county, Oil., committed suicide at Camp Lewis today by throwing him self under the wheels of a heavy truck. Silvers was walking along the com pany street and when the truck came abreast of him, deliberately hurled himself in front of the vehicle. Al though the driver made a sharp turn to avoid hitting him, both front and rear wheels passed over the uiau's body. He died m the bose hospital a few minutes later. Silvers, according to other members of his eouipany, has beun moody ever since his arrival in camp. Records show ho has a wife at Fairfax. Cnl. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES National New York St. Louis postponed, rain. B. H. U. Brooklyn 1 9 0 Chicago 2 0 0 Cheney and Krueger; Hendrix and American Cloveliand-Boston .postponed, rain, KERENSKY REPORTED HIRE At an Atlantic. Port, May 22. Re ports that Alexander Kcreiishy, for mer Russian .premier was aboard the Scamdiitvian) 'liner illilligolaiv wliiich reached hero tday wore denied by port officials. . JOURNAL WANT AOS SELL Job Department Is Busy all the Time. . It goes to prove that our work and prices satisfy the users good Printing. 39 F0RMINGJF1 FRANCE Secretary Baker Busy Work ing Out Details of New Organization Washington, May 22. Formation of tie firs American fWd army had already been undertaken when Secre tary of War Baker was in Franc. Ho revealed this today, following publication rf the United Press story yesterday pointing out the likely ap pointments to leadership therein. Major General Hunter Liggett, Ba ker said, was working on the organim tiion plans and Geneia Pershing a!o had the problem under consideration. Liggett 'a prominent part in shavinsf the plana were taken as confirmation of the report that Ite would be th . commander of this arwiy. Brigading of Americans will continue during the summer, ft is assumed, but by fall or winter a rC-im to 'the orig in divisional plan is Kkely. Shipmemt of troops is progressing nt a surprisingly good rate and next year the added tonnage and tft extra de stroyers, will iu ttie words of Secrfl. tary Daniels, permit sraaoport of mil lions. This year the American, army 'abroad, regardless of casualties,' should numilber two million or more, according to official estimates. Murdered Woman Practically Identified Tacoma, Wash., May 22. That tho women and two children murdered iicnf Kelso came from some point near Spokane and were on their, way to Portland, was apparently established here today when Mrs. John H Mooney of Puyalhip identified the party from descriptions printed in local news papers ss the same that spent the night last Tuesday at North Puyallup, camp ing between tho Mooney farm and . rioatman s lirove. j Mrs. Mooney tallied with the woman and children and with tho men who accompanied them. All were at ths time very cheerful, 5! is. Mooney snid. Tho little boy told her her parents' j lived near Spokane and that they had . crossed the mountains in their enri j coming by wny of Snoqiialmic PnsM, : They spent tho previous night In Seattle, the boy satd, Mrs. Mooney did not leurn the nnmo of any member of the ill fated party PRINT BAKER'S STATEMENT Amsterdam, May 22 Vienna newspapers are plmying 'promt- nently Secretary Baker to stnto ment that 500,000 American sol- riiers soon will be in France, according to a dispatch from that city today. jfe SENATOR JAMES BETTER Washington, May 22 Senator Ollio James, Kentucky, ' ill in a Baltimore; hospital, is greatly irrrproved, his phy sician announced today, 17