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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21
FIVE NEW CRUISERS
TO BEAR OLD NAMES
Glory of the Constitution, Con-
stellation, Saratoga, Lexing-
ton and Ranger Revived.

WASHINGTON. April 2o.-Names
famous for a century in American ma
val history will be revived when the
five battle cruisers now being built for
the american navy receive their
names. They will be named after the
Constitution. the Constellation, the
Saratoga. the Lexington and the Ran
ger. famous frigates in the War of
1912.
The old constitution. now laid up
as an historical museum at the Bos-
ton navy yard. will be- designated
hereafter as the old Constitution; the
Const ellation, now used as a training
vessel at Newport. will called the
Old Constellation The famous ships
Of the other names are gone.
The present gunboat Ranger will
he renamed, and the present cruiser
Saratoga will be rechristened City OF
Rochester There il no Lexington in
the navy now.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21
TUBERCULOSIS GREAT PERIL.
American Physician Finds Disease
Widespread in French Army.

NEW YORK, April 2O.-Tubercu-
losis is the greatest disease peril Of
modern warfare. says DR.. Hermann
NJ. Biggs. state commissioner of health
who has just returned from an ex-
hRustive study of the problem in
France DIR. BiSgs was sent by the
Rockefeller Institute at the Invitation
Of the French government.
Soldiers are not living in the open
air in tents, where conditions would
be favorable to those with weak lungs
he points out, but in trench dugouts.
or are huddled together in villages
He says there are 15O.0 cases OF tu-
bercuiosis in the French army and
from 400, 900 to 100000 cases in
France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21
Armistioe Report Not believed.

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-The
Russian embassy declared ''unbeliev-
able" the report that Germany and
Russia had signed an armistice." We
thing II such a report were true we
would have heard it," said an embassy
official. We have never heard a
word about such business and don't
believe it
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21

American organizing ability is new
to receive the supreme test OF its wen
known life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21

Captain J. l.. Jayne. L. 3 y. who
has command OF the United States
aeronautic station az Pensacola Fla q.
where naval aviators are trained and
where aeronautic experiments are
conducted captain jayne Is aiSl
experimenting with diriEibie hanoons
and captive balloons as submarine
detectors
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21

fall, was re-launched at Humboldt
Bay at eleven this morning. 1t was
pulled across the Peninsula on rollers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21

''The women in the cafes had scarce-
Iy any clothes on was the reason
given bV Mayor william Mcconoehie
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-21
THE SOUTH PLEDGES
FOOD PREPAREDNESS
Many signify willingness to Aid In
Preparedness Campaign; Enthusi-
asm is wide Spread.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 21.--
Believers in agricultural preparedness
are signing in large numbers through
out the south, pledge binding the
signer to do his part to increase the
food supply of the country in order
to provide for the needs of our army
and our allies. The pledge originat-
ed at the Memphis conferences con-
Quoted by carl Vrooman. the assist
ant secretary of agriculture. 1t reads
as follows:
In view of the pressing military
necessity of increasing the food pro-
duction Of the south and the nation
so as release food for our army
and our allies in our common strug-
gle against Prussian autocracy and
militarism. hereby pledge myself
to do my bit as follows:
Il VIII ...--.t.'... .-'----#--'.' '.'...'
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for revoking cafe permits of the Co
loniaI and New Harper hotels in this
city.
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Name
Address

Reports from the south indicate
that the enthusiasm for the work is
widespread and that formal meetings
and speeches are followed by infor-
NAL conferences among farmers to
settle on some one definite thing to
begin on at one. That the south can
produce much more food than it has
been doing has been for some years
a cardinal principle among agricultur-
al leaders. but the war has brought
this truth home to the people. They
are now determined to produce not
only enough food for their own wants
but surplus to aid in meeting the
situation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-25
NAME

Baker. The presidents yacht, glis-
tening white in sharp contrast to the
dirty misunderstanding gray of the
fighting ships, slipped into the zase
waters one Sunday morning. Except
for the strains of the national anthem
first from one ship and then another.
as the Mayfower, the two secretaries
flags flying from her masts, passed
down mile after mile of war vessels,
there was quiet. Putting ships
launches and boats going to and
from shore lay to as the glistening
bow of the yacht cut through the
water. Two navy airplanes circled
high in the air.
The two secretaries inspected some
Of the ships and men and then board
ed the admiraPs gig, which carried
them to a new recreation field fixed
up for the many thousand men of
the feet by the Navy League. Base
ball diamonds cover acres of ground
and they are we'll patronized; many
games were in progress when the
secretaries arrived.
Secretary Baker got so interested
in a game that Re stepped over the
foul line. A husky sailor, not c-cog-
nizing the visitor, addressed him by
yelling "Hey" and then followed it
up with a demand that he get back
! in a hurry, several choice adjectives
being added for the sake of force.
The secretary moved, and right
smartly, too.
Several bluejackets stepped up and
were recognized as boys from Cleve-
land, where Secretary Baker former
/ ~ was mayor. All shook hands and
/ the secretary Of war chatted with
them for some time.
/ There are other Tecreations besides
those found ashore at the base of
! the feet. Every day mail comes and
goes. There are band concerts each
evening, and every ship has moving
| picture machine. Screens are set up
on the decks and for an hour and a
half comedies, dramas and dark nys-
! teries are shown. The men cravs
! amusement after a hard days work
! and they get if. Pictures Of chill
/ dren are especially popular and loud
| 'ha-ha's" resound from each ship
showing a drama as the villain is
foiled. So-called custard pie come
dies are greeted with bowls of de-
light.
Every ship has a mascot. Some
/ times it is a goat; more often it is a
| dog, or several dogs. One big dread
naught has aboard q litter Of bull
| puppies, sons and daughters of the
ships chief mascot. When the ship
rolls the puppies slide across the
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broker. He graduated from Annap-
oils many years ago, resigned and
later came back into the service dur
ing the Spanish-American war. He
commanded the Hist in several fights
in Cuban waters and knows how it
feels to be under fire.
" The Navy Needs You was the
sign that got me back this time, -
said he. when I read that sign I
knew it meant me and | fixed it
right off so I could come back. l left
the navy at the close of the Spanish
American war and have been in the
brokerage business in New York
ever since"
On another ship is a little man
with gray hair--a grandfather-who
wears the uniform of an ensign.
Il resigned from the navy many
years ago" he said. Il have grand
children now. When we went to war
with Germany ! knew the navy need
ed men and I offered myself. They
accepted me and here I am with the
junior officers. | suppose | am the
only grandfather ensign in the
navy"
The grandfather ensign" is just
as anxious to fight as the newest re-
cruit at the Loading machines, and he
is capable, too.
They've got a slight attack of spy
scare in the navy. Officers said that
it was quite possible there were Ger
mans on the ships. The spy who IS
caught is very likely to find himself
looking into the business ends of the
rifles of a firing squad. Every now
and then suspicious of the officers
and men are aroused and a quiet in
vestigation is conducted. Bluejackets
are suspicious of anything unusual
One new recruit brought suspicion or
himself because he carried aboard
ship with him geometry book.
A magazine writer enlisted to gain
first hand information about the life
of an enlisted man. He had an
agreement with the Navy Depart.
ment through which he was to get
out of the navy in a couple of weeks
and enlisted as a woman. His sec.
Ond day on the ship he started to looA
around and finally appeared in The
boiler room. The fremen chased hin
out and one of the coal passers IN.
formed the boatswain, adding. a
yeoman has no business in the boiler
room. If he comes down there agar
the sneaking spy-I7l brain hin
! with a shovel. That ought 70 save
| firing squad lot of trouble"
/ The presidents yacht Mayfowe1
has just visited the fleet Aboard i
were Secretary Daniels and Secretary
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NAME
NAME

fleet for places where they may sink
German submarines or cheerfully
give up their lives trying. And these
bOys-for most of them are no more
than that-can shoot"
A large majority OF the new men
in the feet, their officers said, have
come from farms, especially in the
Middle West. On any ship may be
found youths who until the war be-
gan were following plows.
"In this fleet" said one of the of
tlcers, more than ninety per cent of
the men are native-born Americans.
There are few foreign-botn men
here"
On any ship may be heard the
draw of a South Carolinian or q
Georgian, the New Yorkese of the
East Side, the twang that is New
England's. the rising intonatiOn OF
western Pennsylvania. and the tone
that only comes from west Of Chi
cago. So fast is the enlisted person
mel of the navy growing that there
is no room for the new men at the
training stations ashore. A man
enhsts one day in Kentucky and three
ASNs A@At~A AAAlNAS 4A1tIASCiA al "a ANSAN'AAts
machine on the deck of a dread
naught.
Many ships have aboard them the
naval militia from the various states.
Some OF the militia are pronounced
good sailors.
On nearly every ship are men who
used to be in the navy and who have
gone back to their old, and usually
low, ranks because their country
needs them. They are regular Off
GERS.
On one of the ships is a Wall street
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The feet is dark after certain hour
at night. Not a light shows, but the
watch is intensely alert.
One of the deck officers saw the
submarine outline itself and a gun
quickly was trained. The submarine
was hailed, but the men on it failed
to hear. The fact that the submer-
sible was running behind the patrols
was the only thing that saved it. A
tive-lnch gun probably would have
blown it to pieces if the maneuver
had taken place on the other side of
the net. Now submarines don't move
around like that at night. 1t was
dangerous business.
Before the feet is darkened, the
ships lying in every direction pre-
sent an inspiring spectacle. Lights,
as of a city, show everywhere. Blinker
signals flash on and designating in
the dots and dashes Of the Morse
code. Long fingers of white from
searchlights shoot up into the sky
on and Off--On and off-signalling
also with dots and dashes.
Other searchhght beams pick up
boats that approach them, some illu-
inmate a landing wharf. Away in
! the distance searchights of the patrol
boats fash on every now and then ;
sweep the waters to discover that
what might have been a periscope is
only a white cap. Then they flicker
out again. From the shore, at night,
J boats passing anywhere in the neigh
bOrhood suddenly find themselves in
! the glare of searchlights.
While the gun crews are being
1 trained on some of the ships, aboard
others are being trained men TO run
+ the hundred or more German vessels
/ the United States will operate as
: soon as repairs are made to their en-
gines, and the feet Of merchantmen
being built to carry food and sup
plies to the allies. The feet is train
ing engineers, electriclans-men 70
fill every position. The Atlantic fieet
is confident that it vi be able to
supply a full complement for every
ship, for the navy is getting men now
faster than ever before, and If the
officers are proud OF their ships. the
guns on the decks and the power o.
the engines in their hulls, they are
doubly proud of the spirit of the new
men who are coming into the navy
A ranking officer said:
These new men have come INTO the
navy to fight and they want to gel
into the thick of it We are turning
out gun crews every day and every
day we get orders for more. II
three months from now many hun,
dreds of gun crews will have left the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-25

decks and into the seuppers, to b.
fished out and set on tBeir feet again
by the bluejackets, their mother all
the while watching the proceeding
with a critical eye from around the
corner Of a hatchway.
Then there is a dog, hale fox ter
yrier and half something else, that
answers to the name of Pork Chops ="
He follows squads of sailors all over
the ship, but he hasn't become USE
to the guns yet.
When a fve-inch gun went off al
most over his head, he lit out for the
crews galley. skidded around the
door and disappeared for the rest Of
the day. Whereupon the crew began
TO run" his owner.
"a hell of fine mutt to be afioat
in this packet" yelled one sailor
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struments. As the turret begins to
fire, a lift, bearing the huge projec-
tile, bangs up from below, great bags
of powder slide from the magazines
into a long brass trough. Husky
bluejackets toss the powder into an
other brass trough that is slipped
into position at the gigantic breach.
The projectile, almost as large as a
man, meanwhile has been rolled into
the trough, a long automatic rammer
has jumped from the rear and showed
it into the barrel. The powder bags
are driven home, a man at the breach
swings a lever, a ton of steel swings
up with a hiss of compressed air.
The breach block turns and locks, a
buzzer sounds, the charge is ignited
and with a rush of air the guns xecoiI
about a yard and then jump back into
:. position. There is a loud ''swish-
swish" as the guns come back and
then go forward. inside the turret
not much more than that is heard
Outside, it is much different There
is a flash, a roar, a ring of smoke
and the loud whistle of the projec-
/ tile rushing through the air. So
great is the conclusion that every
man outside has cotton OF some other
substance IN his ears to save his ear
drums from being broken.
/ Fifteen seconds from Commence
! firing" to fire" is considered pretty
I good time for the big guns in the
| navy. They have new gun crews II
training now who never saw salt
water until three weeks ago who are
| doing the thing easily in sixteen sec
/ onds.
Some nights the ships of the feet
! cruise in waters nearby for night
battle practice. Other nights they
are anchored in the base waters
/ where crews are drilled at torpedo
defense, The guns are manned anC
dummy torpedoss and Submarines
are picked up by the searchligEt!
and theoretically destroyed.
The fleet has gained efficiency il
torpedo defense. They tell q story
in the ward rooms of an American
submarine which decided to chang
its anchorage without giving notice
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-25
40 YEARS AGO

40 years ago Number 40 For The
Blood, (then an old doctors prescrip-
tom cured specific blood poison in
its worst forms, which have not re
burned. This disease is manifested
tby mucous patches, copper colored
spots, aching bones, ulcers or running
sores, falling hair, glandular swell
ings, pimples on the face, constipa-
ton and a form of dyspepsia. Your
health is important, insist on No. 40,
put up in a blue carton bearing the
signature of J. c. Mendenhall, 40
Years a druggist, Evansville. Ind.
Sold by Crystal Phamacy.-Adv.
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how Ii viii Be Done.
The bond to be purchased from or
through the bank, by paying SO
cash, and borrowing 800 from the
bank, for 9 months, paying interest
in advance. and repaying the $50 in
nine monthly iustallments of $40. each.
All interest to be simple and at 8 IL
per cent, which is the rate of interest
Of the bonds.
The banks under this method
would not be making q profit. nor
would they be seeking any, their as
sistance being one of pure patriotism,
which is the big appeal IT, govern
ment is making to people to purchase
the bonds.
The meeting adjourned to four
o'clock Friday afternoon at the Amer
lean National Bank, when the COM
mlttec will make its detailed recon-
mendations.
Headquarters Established.
The headquarters of the Liberty
Loan Committee will be in the Amer
lean National Bank, which has do
mated quarters free of charge. The
Office equipment will be Supplied by
B. S. Hancock. R. F. Mitchell, de-
Claring that the United States is in
the fight to q finish, he is going to
do all he c5u!a to see that the boys
a. the front got a square deal from
those who stayed at home-plenty to
CT plenty to wear. plenty of .ammu-
n.5ion. and plenty of support. 81
Wiz 1--WE up my own business en-
t,e.v until this issue is floated," he
sid, and / call on others to spare
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no effort to make this thing a sue
cess.
The meeting developed a great
spirit of helpfulness. Buy a Bond,
and Help Others to Buy a Bond, are
the slogans.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-25
FRECKLES
March Brings Out Unsightiy Spots.
How to Remove Easily.

maECH hFingS Out CnSlghtiy spots.
How to Remove Easily.
The woman with tender skin breads
March because it is likely to cover
her face with ugly freckles. No mat
ter how thick her veil, the sun and
winds have & strong tendency to
make her freckle.
Fortunately for her peace Of mind
the prescription othine double
strength, makes it possible for even
those most susceptible to freckles to
keep their skin clear and white. No
matter how stubborn 8 case of freck-
les you have. the double strength
Othine should remove them.
Get an ounce from your druggist
and Danish the freckles. Money back
if it fails.-Adv.
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NAME

YOU surely know who carries the
best and biggest stock Of Auto
Supplies and Accessories in the
city, and whose motto is; Ser
vice First" All the worthy
novelties are to be seen In this
shop, and the largest stock of
Tires and Tubes in the city.
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GIVE the name. location and
phone number of the Shoe Store
i'm the city whose Shoes are al
ways attractive in price, com
forta BILE i'm wear. and properly
represents its goods to make "A
sale, adjusts complaints to your
entire satisfaction, whose sales
force are courteous and atten-
tive to all alike.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-25

WHO has done most Cor YOU for
the least money When YOUR
automobile lights We're out"
When your self starter was dead
When your ignition was had2
When your battery was dead"
anne concern, location and
phone.
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GIVE name, location and phone OF
the Food Store wncre every de-
partmeut is represented staple
Groceries. Fine Canned Goods.
Teas and COffees who have
done more TO help fight the
nigh cost Of living ny making
the prices the lowest in the city
for the money.
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WHO sells tile car the manufac-
turers of which say: when
better cars are built, We will
build them The powerful. dur
bile car with the famous Valve
in the Head" the economical
car. The car that laughs at
the hills and s8ndbeds."
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Liberty Loan Launched;
Camp Site is Offered
Continued From Page One)

by the American Federation of Bank
CrS. was road.-
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Ships of U. S. Navy
Busy in Getting Ready

Continued From Page One)
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NAME
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The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-19
RzSkpf @
 Rt7N Ca m|NO1es

What is thought to be the wind up cf the Skagway league of bas- ket LaD games will be played to- night, and it will be the hardest Soughe game of the series.
 The contest will be between the Athletics and the Firemen. If the Bremen win, they still have another try at the Elks for the silver tro- phy cup, but if they lose, the cup gees to the Athletics, and it will be placed with the other prizes of the club.
 While it is not fair to let the cat out of the bag, still it is rumOred' or rather given out at war head quarters, whether it is constitution al or not, that both sides have a We'll organized group of rooters' who will be inattendance, and at the first overt act performed by either side, there is going to be real doings. By this it is meant that voices will be cracked in bowling, aud other demonstrations of a friendly nature transpire which is intended to spur the players on to more heroic efforts.
 Turn out with your yells.-. you COW. bells, and your horns, and let 'er whoop.
 The dance will follow the game, and music will begin early to beguiI tue time while the teams are being warmed up.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-19

THE SANTOX STORE IS THE SAFE STORE IN WHICH TO
 TRADE. If 1t were not, 1t could not get the San-Tox exclusive
 agency. Keller Bros. Drug Store
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-19
MILLIONAIRE TRAMP
 MOURNS LOST MATE

Denver, March 19-E. A. Brown, the man whom American newspa- pers have made known as the mil lionaire tramp" has lost his "pard" his wife of 20 years, who went into the widest mountain country Of the West with him on his wagon trips, who tramped the roads of the pioneer world with him slept nn- der the stars and cooked over many campfires the game he brought to her, | IIsi.Isti
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-19

Summit, H., March 19-Thomas Adams was probably fatally injur- ed while digging a grave following a dynamite blast. He drilled two small holes and charged them with inc explosive. but only one of them exploded. Thinking both had dis charged, he jumped into the grave, when the other exploded, sending him high in the air with the loos- ened debris.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-19
GOVERNMENTAL
 MAIL RIFLED

New York, March 19-When the Cunard Liner Saxonia arrived in this port this morning and the mail was being transferred from the ship to the wagons which were to haul it 10 the station for transhipment, 1t was discovered that twenty-six pouches of mail, addressed to Wash, ington and the British embassy at Washington, had been cut open and Tue contents of the sacks rifled. It Is believed that many important communications have been stolen.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-19
J. 5. SENATOR
 COLLAPSEtj

New York, Marh 19-While ad- dressing a Republican club meeting, in which he was denying emphaticat lv that he had been guilty of fili- clustering during the last hours of the late congress, Senator Cum mins collapsed and was carried to his hotel.
 His physician today stated that Senator Cumming condition was not dangerous, although his patient was in Q serious condition and needs rest.