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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1916)
4 MAIL SHRAPNEL HAS 100,000 MISSIVES Towering Box at Postoffice More Than Twice Filled as Campaign Opens. LETTER-WRITING WEEK OPENS WIT H PARADE OF RAILROAD EMPLOYES. EASTERN TOURISTS INVITED Voor Ivone Knocker Sends Gloomy Message to Chamber Saying Prohibition Has Driven State to Bow-wows. LETTER-WRITING PROGRAMME FOR TODAT. Rotary Club. East Side Busi mm Men's Club and W. C. T. U. officially deposit their contribu tion of letters at the bis mall box at Sixth and Morrison at noon. Rotary Club members assemble at the Portland Hotel at 11:45. ' where they will be joined by rep resentatives of other organiza tions. Public stenographers are sta tioned in the leading downtown hotels and are prepared to at tend to the preparation of letters for a nominal fee. Those who are too busy to prepare letters themselves are urged to arrange with the public stenographers for sending letters- Oregon fired the first kalvo of let ters Is its campaign to capture the Eastern tourist for scenic Oregon, yes terday at noon. Railroad employes from all of the companies in the city. 1010 In line, marched up the runway at the great mail box when Postmaster P. S. Myers Jerked the lid open at noon, and dumped in letters by the dozen, by the score and by the hundred. The great box was filled more than twice over. You can go and take a look at it. towering nearly 30 feet in the air be side the Postoffice. and figure It out for yourself. Estimates Ru Illgk. Some estimates say that more than J 00.000 letters went out of Portland alone yesterday, inviting Eastern tour ists to come to Oregon in the Summer of 191C. Postmaster Myers was the first man to mail his fistful of letters, and he was followed by Mayor Albee. Frank K. Smith, of the committee; George E. Hardy, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, and Julius L- Meier, who originated the plan of Letter Writing week. After them came the deluge, while four motion-picture men cranked away with enthusiasm, and the Police band "blew its head off" with enthusiasm, and press photographers circled around the Titan mail box and took pot shots at it from every conceivable uigle. First Wmn Arrive. Anna Knglcsburg. who headed the Southern Pacific contingent, was the first woman to dump a handful of let ters into the box. The Southern Pa cific employes carried banners along the line, noting special scenic features that lie alon; the line of that road, and one squad of men carried a huge envelope addressed to "Everybody, i:erywhere. from the Southern. Pacific Employes. Portland, Oregon." The O.-W. R. N. men marched in solid divisions behind the Southern Pa cific, headed by a huge square banner, and after them came a truck full of mail sacks, and typists pounding out letters, and George Jackson standing on the running-board tossing out let ters broadcast to the crowd, and then rume the employes of the Spokane, Portland Sc Seattle Railroad. W. P. Strandborg headed the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company con tingent, di.xgutsed in 400 letters, that Were pinned onto his clothing. Returns from other parts of the state have not been sent In to the Portland committee, but it is believed that the 1 performance in Portland was dupli cated by the other Important cities of the stats and that between a quarter and a half a million letters are now on their way Kast from Oregon, bear ing their messages to Intending tour ists. Carriers Ilaadle Rash. The bulk of the letters mailed In Portland will probably go through the big mall box. Postmaster F. JS. Myers reported last night that the Increase In letters mailed in boxes generally throughout the city can be handled with the ordinary force of carriers. Because of this fact, every effort Is to be made to bring out the largest possible crowds at noon each day to the mailing bees at Sixth and Mor rison. The Kast (Side Business Men's Club has Issued a calk through President M. B. McFaul. to Its members, urging them to bring out at least 10.000 let ters to be mailed at noon today at the big box. Tbe W. f. T. V. will also bs ont In OUCH! LUMBAGO! RUB PAINS FROM SOREJM BACK Rub Backache Away With Small Trial Bottle of Old -St- Jacob's OiL" Back hurt you? Can't straighten up without feeling sudden pains, sharp achre and twinges? Now listen! That's lumbago, sciatica or maybe from a strain, and you'll get relief the mo ment you rub your back with sooth ing, penetrating- "St. Jacobs Oil." Nothing else takes out soreness, lame ness and stiffness so quickly. You imply rub it on your back and out comes the pain. It is harmless and doesn't burn the skin. Limber up! ron't suffer! Get a email trial bottle of old honest "8t Jacob's Oil" front any drugstore, and after using; it Just once, you'll forget that you ever had backache, lumbago r sciatica, because your back will never hurt or cause any more misery. It never disappoints and has been rec ommended lor years. Adv. r i4'.V hi i 1 . iSKMC (LsJ , : - J . S5v ' v 1l J V , I TV N h , ?j.-u- "! force today, and letters are to be sent to all W. C. T. U. members In the East ern cities. The Rotary Club is making elabo rate preparations, with the view to "snowing under" the contributions of every other organization that partici pates in letter-writing week. "We are not going to tip our nana as to the stunts we are going- to put on when we go to the letter box with our thousands of invitations." said Walter L. Whiting, assistant secretary, "but we will be In the limelight tor a time, all right, all right. Extra Boxes Requested. I don't mind saying that the Ro- tarians have asked the general com mittee to supply several extra mall boxes to hold the letters our member ship will tote over there on Tuesday at Boon. And I want to send out this last call to the ears of Rotary to get their letters ready and be on hand Tuesday to carry out the part that each mem ber will be assigned. The Rotarians are always reaay to do their level best, and when it comes to selling Oregon soenery to the tour ist, the best that these splendid men can do is none too good. When the whistles blow xuesaay noon, we'll bo there." remands for the loganberry alienors which are being given out at the Cham ber of Commerce have been unceasing, and the sales of the scenic . poster stamps have been enormous since yes terday mornlnK. accorains to reports from the various stores. om Vnockers have appeared, saia Mark Woodruff, of the publicity and onnvantiona bureau, yesterday, "but they are so very scarce that they make the exception that proves inn run 01 optimists and enthusiastic participa tion." Wrt" Delivers hnsru. One letter was received yesterday containing h. copy of a gloomy mes sage which the writer said he was sending to several people in Missouri. H want on to condemn the Chamber of Commerce and the citizenship of Portland In general, and then at the end of the letter let the cat out of the bag by declaring that the state had gone to the bow-wows anyhow, since prohibition came in. Letters sucB as tnis are only ins in finitesimal part of a drop In the great sea of enthusiastic and sincere mes sages that are being poured Into the eastbound mails. Some misapprehension appears to ex ist still in some quarters as to the real purpose of the movement, and a few bavs queried as to whether the plan Is to attract settlers and laborers. To this the Chamber reaffirms plain ly that this campaign Is not directed toward intending settlers or laoorers. It is a campaign solely to attract the tourist to Oregon and to bring to Ore gon its share of the millions of dollars of tourist money that Is to be expended In the Untied states next Summer. ARMENIANS DESERT HOMES Kefugcs, Ouce Wealthy, Arrive on Neutral Soil, Thanking Americans. GENEVA, via London. Jan. 17. Thirty Armenian refugees, some of them formerly wealthy, havs arrived here by way of Egypt and Italy and others are to follow them. The Armenians say that it was solely owing to the energetic action of the American Consul at Aleppo, who adopted a strong attitude with the Turkish military authorities. that thousands of Armenians at Aleppo and in the surrounding regions were saved. They assert that the German Consul. Herr Roessler. took no action to stay the Turks. Mrtle Point Has $6000 Fire. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. IT. (Spe cial.) 6ix thousand dollars' damage was done by fire and water to the building and hardware stock of the Flovd Reed Company at Myrtle Toint last night. The building was owned by P. W. Laird- To Fortify the System Against Grip. Wli.n Orlp Is prevalent LAXATIVE BROMO QLIXINB should be taken, as this combina tion of Qsinfue, with other ingredients, de stroys germs, acts as a Tonic and Laxatlvs and thus keeps the system la condition to withstand Cold. Grio and Inflaenja. There Is only one "BROMO QVIXINS'' E. W. GROVE'S slsnature on box. 23c mm (1 F. S. Myers Presldlsg at the Box While the Procession Slovea. At Bot tom of Incline K. IS. Smith, John aeon and Jullna Meier, Originator of the Plan. - Girls Uailiax Letters In the Big Box. (3) A Division of the Street Parade. (41 "Bill" Ntrand bsrg. Heading the Portland Railway, Light A Power Company Contingent. 'HEAT' ANNOYS VISITORS ST AA FIELD MAYOR DOFFS HEAVY ' GARMENTS ON ARRIVAL. Portland Weather Declared Springlike Is Compsslsost to That of East era Oregon. "Whew, but it's warm down here!" exclaimed a big, hei-vy-set chap, con spicuous by his broad-brimmed hat and his woolen shirt, as he entered the Im perial Hotel yesterday. "Warm? Quit your kiddln' " growled the clerk, eyeing the visitors contemp uously and banding him a pen. "I should say it Is warm. Give me the key to my room so that I can take off some of these heavy clothes." The new arrival was James M. Kyle, Mayor of Stanfield. Umatilla County, where the temperature for ths last week has been 10 below. Mr. Kyle dressed to withstand the rigors of the Eastern Oregon weather. The com parative warmth of Portland's -5 above made him squirm. So he withdrew to his room and a few minutes later reappeared in the lobby minus his woolen shirt and with lighter garments on. Mr. Kyle, who Is one of ths candi dates for the Republican nomination for Public Service Commissioner in Eastern Oregon, reports that the people in that part of the state have suffered no inconvenience from the cold. "If we'd have this Portland weather over there we'd think Spring was at band.7 was his cheerful comment. ALL JUDGES SERVE 6 YEARS Attorney-Gn?raI Makes Ruling Re garding Justices of the Peace. SALEM. Or, Jan. IT. ISpscial.) Doubt as to the length of the term of office of a Justice of the Peace in Oregon was removed today, when Attorney-General Brown held it to be six years. The opinion was given In reply to a query by Assessor Allen, of Wal lowa County. The Attorney-General says that the law provides that not only Justices of the supreme jouri nui Judges in all other courts shall serve six years. It was also held that when a person is appointed to nil the vacancy in the office of County Judge, that such a one shall serve only until the next elec tion, when a Judge is to be elected, and not for the remainder of his prede cessor's term. TWO MEMBERS OF MAKE APPEAL. COMMONS Stigma Placed on Countrymen Causes Objection, and Jobs Redmond Is Asked to Help. LONDOX, Jan. 17. Irish members of the House of Commons made au ap peal today for the inclusion of Ireland in the provisions ot the Dill lor com pulsory military service. A motfon to this effect was made by James Cham bers of the Southern division of Bel fast, supported by James Craig, of the eastern division of Down. Both urged that the stigma placed on their countrymen by the terms of the bill, be removed. They appealed to John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists to attempt to induce his followers to support a bill covering Ireland. , A. Bonar Law. secretary of ths colo. nies in charge of the bill, expressed the belief that any attempt at force would result in losing more than was to be gained. Threat to Kill Charged. Charged with threatening to kill his wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs. A. E. Lee, Patrick Roache, hotoj runnef. was arrested last night by Officer J. J. Murphy at 67 Failing street. Mrs. Lee went to the station and made com plaint against hira. Roache declared that Mrs. Lee was the cause of all the trouble. The man's bail was placed at $100. NEW SCHOOL SUPERINTEND ENT AT PENDLETON IS NATIVE OF OREGON. rkJ A. C. Hampton. PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) A. C. Hampton, newly elected City School Superintend ent of Pendleton, is a native of Oregon, having been born in Monmouth. He has spent prac tically all of his life In the state. Before being elected to the prin cipalshlp of Pendleton High School, in 1907, he taught in the high school for four years. He received his training at ths Ore gon Normal School and the Uni versity of Oregon and has taken correspondence and Summer school work at the Universities of Chicago and Oregon. BP - -rn.il Trading Stamps Are the Careful Shoppers Handmaid )tenn)DAY gcf)n)n)d3 tnIStt A money saving special in the new, always ready, solid alcohol outfits. - Here is your eVmnrp. Our regular 75c outfit, consisting of pint Brass Kettle, Stove Stand and Can of Sterno Heat. Complete, special, at 39. STERNO GRILL For light cooking. Can be used on any table. Regular $2.25. Special $1.69. SERVING TRAYS Nickel plate, satin finish, 10x14; regularly 75c, special at 57. STERNO CHAFING DISH An A-l number, very best material, sepa rate stove, can be used for other cooking. Regular 5.00. Special $3.29. STERNO PERCOLATOR Convenient, quick, always the same good coffee. Aluminum, six-cup size, separate cooking stove. Regular $3.15, Special $2.19. STERNO DISC STOVE Boil water, heat an iron or any other home use. . Five-inch diameter. Bums regular size Canned Heat. Complete $1.15 outfit at 79. STERNO BURNER Can be used with any make of chafing dish and coffee percolator. Regular 60c. Special at 39f . CANNED HEAT The solid alcohol for above outfits; 10c each, $1.00 dozen. REAL ARMY WANTED Mr. Garrison Says Foes of De fense Are Organized. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO ACT Slate Militia System Dubbed as "Mockery" Federal Control of Troops Regarded as Only Solution of Problem. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. An appeal to . . i tti.j Gr.t,a to or the people oi me uiuu ---- -- ganise in support of a ytmaf,.cJJa; tional defense was voiced by M Garrison, Secretary of War in an ad . i . 1 annual Via n till CL OI dress lonigiu t . - , Group . of the New York State Bank ers' Association. Group is composed. of the Danaers oi ow .. . .piflroii that tne secretary uartiauu "-- " opposition to National defense is well organize ano. tbat the present system, ""- - - . .,d was "utterly inefficient,' would be retained. c. National aeiense, - . . - v.Hnnnl forces. statea, musi rcai - . , Unity of xesponslbilty, authority and u . ....nfi.i rrinciDle of control is me all military affairs, hs said. A real military policy. Secretory a ar rison asserted, must be continental in scope and the reoerai must be In autnorny. i , --- . . . ,..j . mt.n system for saio, to uuim o ' - ..... of the United States upon the basis ot state troops are ------- a situation that is "illusory and not real, that is a sham and not sub- stantlal, that is a mm"') - ""After tracing the agitation which led up to the formation of plans for iationai aeiene ministration, Secretary Garrison question was to bring it sharply home to tne cjLioiin. j i j - adoption of a real military policy. Unless .they pursue that demand in stantly and persistently until it has SI enacted into law. their purpose will be thwarted. The opponents of will " . ' . , , j.nfl ulrhnilGTh a the real .National uc m", - .mll minority, are vigorous and vocal and very busy. "You cannot po""i ... . .thu nf fhm name military system based upon 48 separate armies, operat- ing una er neyin.i. , officered and trained under 48 separate commanders in chief. And the sug gestion that this hybrid, incoherent, utterly insufficient system is turned InS tn effective and trustworthy system by merely providing that the rayen who into the state organ zation must agree io . ernraent in time of war is deceptive in the extreme. "If that is all that the people of this country want, then they have agitated themselves to no purpose, and have . . , i; a hn(i n.rvii force wasted tneir now --- and their brain force unnecessarily If this is a satisfactory solution, no effort whatever upon anybody s part will be necessary to secure that "Ixjt the supporters of a real mili- . V. t. , vliatAVAn tary system forces tne ' " ' 7: ..T be raised, maintained and controlled by tka k'siAro i uoveiiiiuciib . subsidiary questions will be worked out in due time and be properly set- "lt all lies with the people, who must Impress upon their Representatives in . i. i i m nniiAvfntiii? oeter- C'ongress iiicn imu, ----- mination to have this matter settled right ana settin tuw. 1 BY LIBRARY LAUDED CHAMBER- MEMBERS' COTJXCH. TOLD OF COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. "Call us by telephone and wo will bs glad to do what we can for you." George D. Lee. B. C. Ball. J. T. Dougall and others spoke on the sub stantial assistance that the commercial department of the Library had given them. The Library will publish notes regu larly In the Chamber of Commerce Bui letin. OREGON GAINS PUBLICITY Southern Pacific Official, on Tour, Quoted on State's Attractions. Portland is getting some valuable publicity through the Southern Pacific passenger officials who now are on a tour of the East and South for ths pur pose of gaining first-hand informa tion of those parts of the country. S. E. Stratton. the Portland member of the party, never falls to sing the praises of Portland whenever the party stops. They stopped at San Antonio, Tex., a few days ago, and Mr. Stratton was quoted at considerable length in the San Antonio papers on the attractions of Portland from the tourists' stand point. He mentioned particularly the Columbia River Highway and the Rose Festival as reasons for travelers com- j lng to Oregon and to Portland. NAME INJUNCTION SOUGHT William Constantino Sues Xearby Fish-Market Owners. r ... t. nAnlanfa half, onenftd a concern two blocks away and have named it "Constantino's Fish Market," William Constantino yesterday peti tioned the Circuit Court for a restrain ing order, enjoining William Karam- i . i t--. V -nK la a B.d ("1 tl t DBJaB, reir jv.iaw.viwi -'. KarambelaH from continuing business under a name so closely resembling that of "Wm. Constantino's Market." Damages of f&oo are also asuea in ...i. . 1 1 .4 n-.,rHav Th, market in. ouii. i ' i - owned by Mr. Constantino is at First and Alder streets, and that of the de fendants at First and Yamhill street MEXICAN TO BE DEPORTED Man Thought Responsible for Tun nel Fire Will Be Sent to Cuba. ttt . x a an T., .Tun. 17.- Maximo Castillo, the Mexican said to be respon sible for the Cumbre tunnel firo In which 21 Americans, including several women and children, lost tneir iim, will bo deported to Cuba at his own request, it was announced here today. Castillo has Deen m cusioay oi mc mmtgration authorities since he fled across the border at Columbus, N. M.. last July. BIG DRYD0CK IS ASKED Three Million Dollars Is Wanted for Puget Sound Plant. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. A bill call ing for a IS. 000. 000 drydock at the Fuget Sound Navy-Yard was Introduced today by Senator Jones. The bill cans for a dock at least 1000 feet long. Made-ln-OregoB Trade Catalogues Top la New Branch ot Work. Plan Vsed In East Followed. "Our commercial department is net a reading-room, but an Information bu- -n i i b t the service of all the business men of Portland," said Miss Vera Dixon, in cnarge oi mm .,?--ment of the Public Library, in a talk i. 4V mmhrJi' council Of tBe UC1U1 IMl. ssswm. Chamber of Commerce at noon yester day. ....... . The plan of linking tne UDrary cioso- ... i.i. .h- .Ativit a. nr tne Dusiness 1 y niiu ,u, ttv.... - - world was developed first in NewarK. N. J., and Portlana is one oi tuts mm cities to adopt the plan and develop it. A reierence bucil w ...u..v- ... - e trade catalogues, indexed so that any Information aDout uregon ujwjw---tured products can be readily found. -.. nf th. jmnnrlsnt features of the department touched upon by Miss Plxon. xxaae oireuiui u ... - States, carefully indexed Government reports bearing on matters of com merce and Industry, and innumerable other sources of facts that a business roan Is spt to require on snort notice, . i,AAn tn.. in the commercial arsenal that Miss Dixon has been de veloping. V, You neea not even taite ine injouw to come up to the Library." obe said. w Thompson's Deep- Curve Kryptok Lenses Are Better. Dont Wear Glasses before you have had it proved to your satisfaction that your troubles will be removed by their use. At the present day, too many glasses are sold simply for what is made out of them, without any regard to the eyes. 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