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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1916)
THE SUXPAY OltEGONIAN, PORTIiANO SEPTEMBER 17, 191G. WORLD'S BIG EVENTS FIGURING IN NEWS ARE PICTURED ' s Young Women Are Taught Quilting of Early Times Motorboat Owners Trained to Help in Event of War. 14' ... -. f-lt-i sr. V- f L ' Ir l i ft ' ni 1 ' t iO!ht fipll 5 V? A ' ' " " f 7 -"-?rrx -j.. . I uiv wi'l i n , i v v "ts A - i St- , gl I h t. - "-xA ? J jr r - : rr - u w : i W W- - :-r : r. rrH " J J I I ' v - . ? - s r 1. ft - -4 One of the Jhs-Z S7cZoz 3oas WJizcft dire Be in a ' est orris:, SattJArw, IN a row of quaint little -white cot tages built on land the title of which dates back to Revolutionary times, youngr women are now plying the needle, patching-, felling, quilting. There are some 20 women and girla who are earning their living making the same kinds of quilts and coverlets their great - grandmothers used to make. As this is the 20th century, they have put a few modern touches to the industry, the most noted of which are their rigid eight-hour working law, and a regulation earning wage. The Quilting Bee, as the little cot tage factory is named, was established three years ago to give congenial em ployment to the women and girls of Kye., N. J., who needed It and to rt'Vivp the art of quilting. The Quilting Bee was incorporated last year and now has become self-supporting, and before long the trustees hope to make it a paying Dusiness. The girls are being educated In the art of plain and fancy sewing. A large part of the food supply for New York is received along the water Tront on what Is known as West street. This street wit crowded with wagons fretting shipments of food from the railroad piers, in the days when the recent railway strike threat loomed large. The city authorities took charge of the situation to see that excessive prices were not charged. There was not more than a week's eupply of food on hand but non-perish-sbles were brought in as fast as pos sible and the commission shops on Washington street piled the boxes on the sidewalk, their warehouses being tilled. The New York Flying Yacht Club dedicated the grounds on the Hudson Ttiver at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Btreet recently, where it is proposed to establish a landing station for aero plnnes and air-yachts. Six of the guests at the function arrived by aeroplane two from Atlan tic City, two from Amltyville, L. I., and two from Port Washington. David H. McCulloch. with Robert Edgren, the sporting writer, as guest, came from J'ort Washington in 10 minutes a Jo-urne'y that would have taken an hour by train and streetcar. B. J. Kend rick came up from Atlantic City with J. D. Davis as guest. Lawrence Sperry, the inventor, and Ripley Bowman came in from Amityvtlle. Later young Pperry took Admiral Peary for a flight. A trophy called the "Hydro Aeromaid" was displayed at the luncheon. It was offered by the club for a flight around Hew York. Whisky flowed in a river through the streets of CJirard, Ala., when the authorities broke up $10,000 worth of it which was being sold unlawfully and turned it Into the gutter, , Kavala Is the Oreek town occupied recently by the Bulgar troops. The earrlson resisted at first and then on prders from headquarters evacuated the town. The long-standing enmity I between Bulgaria and Greece has caused this act of occupation to stir up much feeling among the Greeks. Japan is rapidly building up the aerial branch of her military force. The army aviation school recently graduated a large class of aviators at the Tokosozawa aerodrome near Tokio. m m The Mexican and American members of the international commission to de cide disputes between Mexico and the United States met in New London. Conn., Monday. September 4. With them were Robert Lansing, Secretary of State; K. Arredondo, Ambassador designate of Mexico; Dr. Rowe. secre tary of the commission, and Stephen Bonsai. Liteutenant J. W. Wilcox, Jr.. and H. I. Pratt are prominent among the own ers of fast motorboats who are being trained In naval maneuvers near New York to accustom them to their use in time of war. "Miss Minneapolis," owned by the Minneapolis Boat Association, showed the speedboat owners from the East surprising power in the big motorboat races at Detroit. She had things so much her own way in the gold cup race that she loafed over half the ?0-mile course. ' ' The "Sunbeam II," owned by R. B. Roosevelt, is jone unit of the civilian fleet assembled In Gravesend Bay, N. Y., for defense maneuvers with the United States Navy. The "fleet" is com posed of 20 high-powered motorboats, and they are under the direction of Lieutenant P. W. Wilson. U. S. N.. aided by Lieutenants E. S. Land and C. W. Nimitz, also of the Navy. Aeroplanes, battleships, destroyers and submarines were actors in the mimic warfare staged for the benefit of the mosquito fleet. The detection and destroying of hostile submarines, the luring of big ger vessels Into attack, how to cover their lights and muffle their engines and do night scouting and carrying of dispatches back and forth under fire and the art of signalling all this and much more was taught the mosquito fleet's- captains and crews, so that, should & war occur, they may "do their bit" - The recent appointment of General von Hindenburg to direct all operations of 4he German armies in the field has caused the greatest of satisfaction among all circles in Germany. In honor of the great victories gained by the General a great wooden statue was erected. To render homage to the man and to raise funds for the Red Cross, admirers hammer nails into the statue and contribute their donation to the fund. S v. 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The railway rates which have been reduced because of the expositions In California materially lower tne cost of the trip and make it alluring to the traveler from the East. As exposition reduced, rates will be good for (0 days one should be able to include the trip to the Orient and return within the limit of the railroad ticket. Objection to Seriousness. ' Life. If everybody were able to see' clear ly, think straight and reach sound conclusions, there could be no objec tion to seriousness except its mortal monotonousness. But, Inasmuch as about 90 per cent of what serious peo ple think and know ad say Is Incor rect, the evil effect upon the social body is tremendous. It may be. prob ably it, equally true that 90 per cent of what uonserious people think and know and say Is incorrect, but as no body takes the in seriously, no harm is done to the community and these non serious ones have at least added to the sum total of enjoyment. The people who take themselves seriously ought to be carefully selected by law and their number rigidly limited. A A