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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-24
THIRTY FAIL TO
REPORT ON TIME

With the time limit for the return of
questionnaires up last Friday, the ex-
emption board recorded 29 registered
locally as delinquent. The names of
those who had not returned their Ques-
tionnaires and from whom the board
has had no word are as follows: She
saka Tekata, Lewis H. Gross, Jack
Yakic, Mike Tidos. Albert Eberhard,
Kenneth Mckay, Tom Pister. Azo
Karssui, John 0stlund, Pete Evanoff,
Lewis H. Scott, Harold B. Foley, Yu-
TAXI Tagasugi, Mike Katsimpas, Mil
ward Crosby. Tame Tasakas, Oloichi
Nishimoto, Russell Kelly, Tarpo Vasi-
left, Jorge Samard, Frank l.. Clark,
William b. Snowden, Naoshi Hamada,
Delbarco Mario, John Dossett, Y. Ishi-
motto, Joe Majais, Oscar Stranahan and
S. Namba.
The following list of men, whose
questionnaires have not been returned,
are in some branch of the service. The
exemption board has asked that their
parents or others knowing of their
whereabouts appear before the board
and inform the board by affidavits:
Leslie W. Stone, Ellis Kersten, j. J.
HIllstrom, Elvis Stockton, Sam Wieg-
gands. w. f. Slutz, Richard p. Strahl.
Ray Emry, Charles Seymour, Henry
Schultz, Pearl c. Perkins, Ray f.
Nicholson, Everett Vose. Chas. P. Nc
Can, Carl J. Bose, Gordon Boyington,
August Bosse, Robert J. Barr, A. 0.
Adams, Jr.. Theo. Blohm, Robert c.
Conkling, Fordham B. Kimball, Ed l..
McClain, Jr., Max M. Taylor, Gus
Marios, Ben j. Cantrell, l.. H. Schet-
ky, Walter Shay, Chas. F. Weller, Alva
W. Hardman, Leroy B. Krohn, James
o. Creson, Eric H. Gordon, Winfred
Shere, Chas. T. Sigl, Earl S. Ham
mond, John z. Zampiere, Harrison
Henry Hayes, Chas. S. Bowe, Tony
DALAI, August vonHacht, Walter Me
hans, Harry A. Routson, Arthur l..
Kerr, G. P. Schetky, Edward C.
Wrenn. Carl and Peter Mohr, Ber
Horn, Lee Mccain, Edward Krieg,
Miller, W. W Hall and John Wynn.
Two of the 80 Hood River men listed
as delinquent in returning their ques
tionnaires to the local exemption board
have responded. Russell Kelly is nc
Stacker, as was feared. Writing from
Texas point, where he is member OF
British aviation squadron in training
young Kelly returns his questionnair,
properly filled out Oscar Stranahar
has written from Portland to the effect
that his questionnaire was delivered
to him too late to be returned here OF
| time.
While he has not returned his ques
tionnaire, it has been learned that
William Hall listed as delinquent, is
now in the service in an aviation
squadron at Vancouver Barracks.
The local exemption board has in.
Quoted Waldo Mills, an East Side
orchardist into the service as member
of the third University of Oregon Ord
nance class.
Thirty five men of Class have beer
notified to appear before the exemp
tion board Thursday for physical ex-
aminations. County Health Officer
Edgington will have associated with
him in the examination work Drs
F. c. Brosius and DR.. f. 0. Dutro.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-24
ALL GERMANS MUST
REGISTER BY FEB. 8

BY proclamation of the President of
the United States all German aliens
are hereby notified that all natives,
citizens, denizens, or subjects of the
German empire or imperial German
government, being males of the age of
Ia years and upwards on registration
day, who are within the United States
and not actually naturalized as Ameri-
can citizens, are required to register
as alien enemies.
The dates of registration, within the
state of Oregon, have been fixed by
the attorney general of the United
States to commence at a. m., on
February 4th and to continue on each
day succesively thereafter between the
hours of a. m. and 8p. m. up to and
including the 9th day of February,
at 8 p. m.
All German aliens residing or being
within the city of Hood River or vicin-
ity are hereby required to present
themselves for registration at the
postoffice in said city to the postmaster
who has been designated by the attor-
ney general as assistant registrar of
said city, and to complete their regis
tation on or before the 9th day of Feb
ruary, 1918, at s p. m.
Any German alien, required to regis
ter, who fails to complete his registra-
tion within the time fixed therefor, or
who violates, or attempts to violate,
or of whom there is reasonable grounds
to believe that he is about to violate
any regulation duty promulgated by
the President of the United States, or
these regulations, in addition to all
other penalties prescribed by law, is
liable to restraint, Imprisonment and
detention for the duration of the war,
or to give security, or to remove and
depart from the United States in the
manner prescribed by law.
Forms of registration affidavits,
registration cards, and instructions to
registrants, and other necessary forms
will be furnished by the postmaster.
Geo. F. Alexander,
United States Marshal,
District of Oregon.
T. A. Reavis,
Postmaster and Assistant Registrar.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-24

government had a list of meteoroIo.
gists, so the call was filled and the
men sent without delay.
Similar calls for specialists in other
lines are being made continually. 1t
is imperative that the war depai tment
have a complete card index. listing for
example all the carpenters, the me-
chanics, the blacksmiths, the account
ants and so on, so that at moment s
notice the men required can be called
out by consultation of the index.
Every teacher in Oregon who will
volunteer to help in this work should
present himself or herself Immediately
to his or her local board.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-24
Savings Stamps Sales Increase

During the past week Postmaster
Reavis has sold more than 81, 900 worth
of war savings stamps, and the total
sales of the office now exceed 81, 800.
Postmaster Henderson, of Cascade
Locks, here on business Monday, re-
ports that the stamps are being bought
literally by the employees of the Wind
River Lumber Co. at that town..
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-24
Food Man Visits Here

Simeon Winch, from the office Of
State Food Administrator Aver, was
here Tuesday night to confer with
local grocers, butchers, bakers, heads
of local patriotic committees and
others in an effort to stimulate food
conservation.
At the meeting, presided aver by
County Food Administrator L. B. Glib
son, and held at Library hall, growers
and butchers were called on to tell
how their customers were cooperating
in the campaigns being waged to save
staple foods.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-24
Standard Oil Gets Service Flag

The local Standard Oil branch has
received a service flag, from the home
Office, bearing ll3l stars. These flags
in honor of the eompanys' enlisted
men, will be flown from every branch
Office of the company on the coast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
100000 CHECKS
SENT OUT So FAR
IN WAR RISK WORK

More than 100000 Government
checks have been sent out to date
by the Bureau Of war-Risk Insur-
ance.
Most Of these have gone in the
form OF allotment and allowance pay
ments to the families of the enlist
ed men in the army and navy.
The grand total disbursements OF
the bureau up to June 10 aggregate
more than SOS, 900. 900. OF which $97,-
100000 is for allotPents and allow
ances.
Checks are going forward at the
rate of-more than $4,000 a month.
About $50, 900 checks for May al
lotments, which are payable in June,
have already been mailed.
Approximately $4,000 are going for
ward every day.
Payments under the war-risk IN
surance act are being rushed to the
limit by a force of more than 6.OOO
employees, working on night and day
shifts.
Under the terms OF the war-risk
Insurance act, alIOtments made from
June pay, together with the Govern
ment allowances added thereto, can
not be paid until July.
The first checks for June allotmentS
and allowances will go forward on
July /, just as the first May pay
ments began on June /. Under the
law, these payments cannot be start
ed any sooner. Relatives OF soldiers
and sailors are urged to remember
this fact and thus save themselves
worry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

The House pushed its laborious ex-
animation Of the great sundry civil
appropriation bill so far that it may
perhaps be passed today. Aside from
this the only important debate was
on profiteering in Washington, as a
result OF which conference was pro-
Vided for on the House and Senate
bills so different that IT seems impos-
sible to reconcile them. As the author
Of the House bill, Mr.. johnson said
that on the issue with the Senate they
had long row to turn" but perhaps
they might get past" "The real es
tate people here get everything they
want-they get everything they &c
AFTER he said. With the certainty
Of House backing as far as he forces
issues. he seemed disposed to Iook
for some way OF preventing necessary
legislation from being wholly defeat
cd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
BUILDINGS FOR ARMY
TOTAL $l,l7O,6l9,OOO

Building construction Of the army.
at home and abroad, completed, COM
menced. and projected, involves a to-
tai expenditure of Si,1TO,610.OOo. &C
cording to a summary authorized by
Secretary Baker. Besides canton
ments and camps, the department has
provided emergency housing for CT
william employees, expanding existing
warehouse and manufacturing plants,
and built new ones.
Up to June the construction di-
vision. has completed SO jobs. sc being
cantonments and camps, at a cost OF
S2O2. 100000. 1t has now under way
PA operations. which will cost &2TO.-
100000. Preparations are being made
to start III more, to cost 100000 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

tin for the Democrats resented the
charge made in a New York peyspa-
per that Senator Weeks had a private
interest in the tube system. Sena-
tor Borah announced that he would
renew the struggle for open sessions
OF the Senate in the consideration of
treaties. Senator Curtis secured the
publication in the Record Of CORE
spondence connected with the letter
in which the President tells Mrs. Car
RE Chapman Gait that as the war
could not have been fought without
the support OF women they ought to
be rewarded with the ballot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
ADVERTISEMENT.
AGE A CRIME

Some people are young at GO-red
oRCCked, rudy and vigorous. others
ere old at 4O-joints beginning to stiff
ID Up bit. step beginning to lag
md lose its sprinEiness; occasional
.0ucn OF pain in the back, feel tired
without cause. and possibly a twinge
z rheumatic pain.
In most cases these are the danger
Snals to warn you that the kidneys
re not promptly doing their work OF
hroWlng off the poisOns that arc al
yayu forming in the body. To neglect
Aesc natural warnings is a crime
slgginst yourself. II you have these
-ymptoms you can find prompt relief
= GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil Cap
-IieG. For more than 200 years this
as been the recognized remedy for
..idney and bladder ailments.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules
-.rc imported direct from the labor
tories at Harlem, Holland. Get them
- your druggists. Do not take a
.tbS titute. IN boxes three sizes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
WASHINGTON FLYER,
REPORTED MISSING,
CABLES TOBROTHER

Harold Y. Saxon. a Washington boy
flying with the French aviation corps
in the Rheims section, who enlisted
In the French army in May. 1917. so
that he might have a chance to night
in the air, was today reported safe,
following dispatches from Paris few
days ago that he was missing.
o. G. Saxon. q brother, connected
with the German internment division
OF the Department OF Justice in this
city. received . cablegram from the
aviator three days ago. II stated, as
did a letter received few days be-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

fore. that he was safe and Gin luck. -
His brother stated this morning
that in all letters received from
Harold the young aviator is enthusi-
astic over his good luck. he has. not
had an accident OF any kind, he de-
clares.
The Washington aviator Is 24 years
old, and was born In Atlanta. Ga.
He attended Pennsylvania State Col
lege for two years and was in his
junior year at Bowdofn college.
Maine, when he gave up his studies
and started for France. Saxon PLAYED
on the football team at the PennsyI-
vania College.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
Congress Did N Yesterday IT

The House Ways and Means Committee Trying to Make the
Best Of the WOrst-The First Principles Of American Success
ana the Principles Of Taxation The Freedom That Made
Amerca-LOdge on Political Crimes and Blunders Pneuma-
tic Tubes-The Prohibition Issue Sundy Civil BI-The
District Of Columbia Appropriation BiE-The PrOfteerng Bill
Secretary McAdOO on the Flexible Dollar Foreign Countries
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
DOG NEMESIS RELENTS;
BUYS One; GIVEN RABIES

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 15.-R. H.
Goldsby, after undergoing treatment
for rabies, left the hospital taking an
oath never to own or befriend a dog
again. One year ago Goldsby Killed
fifteen dogs because he thought they
might go mad. He relented and this
year bought a dog. He had the animal
at home only a few days before it
went rabid and bit him.
Our BOyH will Junk the JunkeFB
u you pay your Income Tax early.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
RESIGNS AS HEAD OF
ENEMY ALIEN DIVISION

William Wallace. jr.. who orran-
lied the new Justice Department a.
vision TO handle alien enemy cases AZ
New York and neighboring ports. has
resigned as head OF the division.
Rufus W. Sprague. OF New YORK
now special assistant to the Attornev
General here, will take charge i'm
mediately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
By W. V. BYARS.

At their best. office holders may
be highly useful. At their worst.
they are necessary. No matter how
hard it is to get along with them
when they begin swelling with the
mistaken sense OF their own para
mount Importance, it is impossible to
set along without them. But the
very best of them at their best had
very little to do with making America
what it is-sti1l less with making il
what it ought to be. And the worst
OF them, at their worst, have continu-
ally got their stupid, blockhead Bour-
bon blunders in the way OF what the
country ought to be-in the way OF
what it might be now but for their
criminal and imbecile delusion Of
some sort Of superiority in themselves
which entities them to master. to
direct, to dominate, to drive those
who are not office holders.
In making an honest attempt to
find what is best for the country,
now when it has been brought to
SAo VI AAAh Vi NAAG NEAg "CAENs NAAN
House Ways and Means Committee is
permitting a great deal to go on rec
crd which may finally help US find a
way out for the country, as the coun-
try means not merely the map, or
the land and water it represents, but
the American people"
The question OF what made the peo-
pie great and gave their greatest !
results forced itself yesterday and !
forced its answer. 1t was freedom. |
as they have often been |
oppressed, continuously as they have |
been interfered with and befooled by
their alleged superiors, they have had /
more freedom inside the United States |
than any other people in the world
ever had. It was not the mere free
ION OF voting and having the result
settled by the way experts handle the
but freedom outside Of poll
.ics" to- go about their own business
n their own way. As for a hundred
Iears, Americans have been free to
start something" in business for
heir own advantage, to push It to
success by making it pleasing or use
'ul to others, to push from State 20
state across the continent, with the
bars all down" in front OF them.
hey have developed continuously
With every generation, and with every
en- years, greater power for greater
'esults. And they have done It in
pite OF the worst political crimes.
)ur one hope Of redemption from
hese has been freedom to make the
,est OF the worst
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

The Senate Agricultural Committee
instructed Senator Smith OF South
Carolina to report the emergency
agricultural appropriation bill, with
the Jones proviso 10. straight prchibi-
tlon, substituted for the Randall pro-
viso from :he House. As members
protested that this was done without
a quorum, another meeting was held
and the matter postponed until next
week. Hr. Randall posted a defiance
to all concerned In the attempt to
suppress the issue. He wishes the
President to realize that he Is now
the leader OF q great Prohibition
party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

1t was this sort Of freedom which
sent the original "Conestoga wagon"
from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi
which. at the Mississippi. converted
in into the prairie schooner" and
drove it to the Rio Grande and the
Pacific coast over the Santa Fe and
the Oregon and the California trails,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

It may be remembered that Mr..
Kitchin expressed dark suspicious Of
a newspaper publishers lobby which
would hold up" the new~tax bill in
the Senate until its demands were sat
isfied. The Senate Finance Commit
tee resolved yesterday that there
should be no such interference. 1t ap-
pointed a subcommittee to begin get
ting ready for the war revenue bill
when it is sent over from the House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15
NEWSPAPERS RAISE PRICE.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 15.-Ef-
fective June Il, the price OF the
Cleveland News and Cleveland Press.
afternoon dailies, will be advanced
TO cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

In response to the Senate resolution
asking what is being done to keep the
American dollar 1.-THE flexible dollar)
at par abroad, Secretary McAdoo in
formed the Senate yesterday that he
was making agreements With neutral
countries involving financial consid-
erations, details Of which he regretted
not being able to supply at present
because OF the great value such In
formation would be to the enemy"
The amount Of reticence Mr.. McAdoo
can infuse into profuse typewritten
explanations is perhaps unequaled.
The Senate, however. is capable OF
very considerable reticence in connec-
ton with its own share in the most
astonishing experiment in the manu-
fscture OF flexible corporation money
in the history OF this country-and
probably OF any other.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

Washington. D. c.. for the week ending
Saturday. June 8. 1918. averaged 22-ss eents
per pound.-AdVt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

Senator Fall wants three million
more men for 1919 conscripted, equip
ped, and sent to the trenches. His
resolution OF yesterday stopped at
three millions, when it would have
been just as safe to make it I'VE or
ten millions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

These are mere suggestions Of the
inestirhabIe benefits Of popular free
dom to start something" without
having to apply to any officeholder
for HIS permit, his license, his ap-
prevail before commencing to begin"
working for something Of which he
knows little or nothing-which. IL il
is not fraudulent, is none Of his busi-
ness.
Under what we have left OF the
great American novelty OF free trade
among the States, never existing 20
the same extent elsewhere, Earl c.
Sans and his associates have built UP
a chain OF 1877 stores in far Western
towns, reinvesting earnings until he
estimated that they now have in
capital and surplus S2,3oo.OOO at
stake on the issue Of being permit
ted to survive under war conditions.
All he asked was not to be crushed
by issues for or against his or the
local stores, for or against the great
mail order houses. He thought they
might have made Is or 20 per cent !
more since the war than before. He
was willing for the Government to |
average profits for two or three |
years before the war. and take every |
thing above that average.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

while the issues for the perpetuation
OF slavery were being debated in
politics.
With the same sort Of freedom now,
as far as it remains. two or three
young men developing their business
in a central city may reach every
State in the Union, even the remotest
crossroads, with what people need
and are ready to pay for as soon as
they can get it delivered at a fair
price. Operating in another way. two
or three other young men, beginning
with little or nothing, may build up
before they reach middle age a
Chain" OF small stores in a hundred,
two hundred, or three hundred far
distant towns. competing with the
local stores and at the same time
with the great mail order houses
and all together. so long as they work
together, moving the country for
ward.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

The Senate began considering the
District Of Columbia appropriation bill
and concluded with all its own
amendments to the House bill except
that for increase Of police salaries.
etc, from SI,II7,OOO to 81 ,2T7.OOO. The
bill will probably be passed before ad-
journment today. The House amend
ments to the vocational rehabiIita-
ton bill" for manned veterans were
accepted yesterday. as were conference
reports on stack" Of pension bills,
recklesSly passed through both
houses. Senator Eankhead announc-
cd the refusal Of the House to concur
in the Senate amendment to the post
office bill providing for the purchase
Of the pneumatic tubes. The bill goes
to further conference. Senator Lodge
for the Republicans and Senator Mar
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

The same sort Of freedom to start
something" outside the United States
was defined in results by P. J. Eder.
Of New York. While the issue OF
taking control Of foreign business
through Government banks Is being
debated in a Senate Committee, he
represented a Chain OF banks" already
operating, under American charter in
Chile. Peru, Brazil, and other South
American countries, as well as in
France. What he asked was not to
be taxed exclusively on business done
in South America, where he was pay
ing local taxes, until. II excess
profit taxes" are levied beyond the
limit, hisb usiness is one OF many,
a. he thought. now operating under
American charters. which may be
forced TO give UP such charters and
simply take the chance" on the
local charters II other countries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

Complete Assert
ment of Officer
Uniforms Made by
the House of Kup-
Penheimer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

On Monday Senator Lodge will give
his perspective view % crimes and
blunders OF the civil war period we
have not yet finished paying for. he
developed an issue yesterday with
Senator Smith OF Maryland on the
bill for a statue In Washington to
James Buchanan. Few men know
more OF the facts Of American history
than Senator Lodge. Fewer stilI may
suspect more Of the truth OF history
never yet printed in any history made
to sell. This country now needs the
truth Of its political history worse
than it needs anything else whatever.
Senator Lodge could tell a great deal
OF IL il he pleased. But
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-15

So OF one question after another
before the committee. with the same
bottom question" always coming up
for settlement. It is the question OF
how far war and war taxes are to
be used to abolish freedom-when
the only thing that can do more for
America than freedom has already
done Is justice.