Morning Oregonian., April 02, 1917, Page 14, Image 14

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TITE MORNING OliEGONIAN,
3IONDAT, APRIL 2,
GUARD MAY RESORT
TO DRAFTING MEN
General White Calls on -Five
Cities to Fill Up Their
Home Companies.
571 RECRUITS NEEDED
Reserve Battalion Still to Be Formed
If War Is Declared Too Many
Are Holding Back, Cap
tain Hogan Says.
tnlesa the Third Oregon Is recruited
up to full war strength of 2002 men
and 56 officers by the time war- is de
clared by Congress actually to exist. It
may be necessary to draft men into the'
service to fill the ranks.
While the officers do not want to re
sort to the draft they have the power
to do so, in war times, under provisions
of the National defense act passed by
Congress last Summer. Able-bodied, un
married men between the ages of 18
and 45 will be taken first. ,
It is violating no confidence to report
that officers of the regiment, as well
as Adjutant-General White and the
regular Army officers, are somewhat
disappointed over the failure of Oregon
to recruit its only infantry regiment up
to full strength long before this time.
The call for the Third to enter the
Federal service was received a week
ago last night. The regiment then
was nearly 1100 men short. Only
about half of that number has been
recruited in a week.
Mayors Are Called On.
The Adjutant-General last night sent
th following significant telegram to
the, mayors of Corvallis. Dallas. Mc
Minnville, Woodburn and Salem, th
home stations of five of the companies
of the Third Oregon:
"The President's call for troops is
sued last Sunday requires 150 men
from city of has furnished
. . . men and the company from your
community Is short . . . men of full
war strength. Colonel May reports. It
Is requested that you arouse civic and
commercial bodies and patriotic citi
zens to the necessity of supplying ad
ditional men needed. Transportation
to Vancouver will be furnished them
and arrangements made for their caru
on receipt of advice that enlistment
has been made. Please advise me of
the action taken.
"WHITE, Adjutant-General."
Moreover, as soon as the war meas
ure passes Congress General White will
begin recruiting a reserve battalion
for the Third Oregon. This will re
quire 600 additional men and the pro
portionate complement of officers, in
cluding a major, captains and lieu
tenants. Volunteers Soneht First.
The people of Oregon will be Riven
an opportunity to fill this battalion
with volunteers, but if this method
fails the draft will be promptly re
sorted to.
The reserve battalion will remain at
home, but will be on constant duty in
charge of competent instructors. It
will be used merely to keep the ranks
of the original regiment filled. As
fast as the regiment loses men by In
Jury, sickness, death, captures or dis
ability men will be detailed from the
reserve unit to take their places. At
the same time men will be drawn from
civil life to keep the reserve battalion
mustered to full strength.
Colonel May, commanding the Thiro
Oregon, reported from Vancouver Bar
racks last night that an aggregate of
1431 men now are enlisted, precisely
671 men short of the requirement.
To Company V goes the honor of be
ing the first infantry company to re
cruit its ranks up to the full strength
of 150 men. It completed Its roster yes
terday. The sanitary corps, the supply
company and machine-gun company are
the only other organizations in the
regiment that are filled to the limit.
Numerical Standing Shown.
The present numerical standing of
the several units of .the regiment fol
lower Enlisted. Need.
Company A . .
Company B .
Company C . .
Company E . .
Company B . .
Company P . .
Company O . .
Company H . ,
Company I .
Company K . .
Company L. . ,
Company M . ,
Panitary . . . , .
Supply ......
Machine
Headquarters
80
1US
PI
7B
70
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71
07
'45
48
fit
r,7
40
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102
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71
50
Totals 1431 571
"I hope the people of Oregon will
not make it necessary to fill their regi
ment by drafting men into the service,"
said General White yesterday. "It would
be a sad reflection upon the patriotism
and loyalty of the people of this state.
"The young man who enlists in the
Third has every advantage. In the
first place he will be in charge of com
petent officers, which is an important
factor. Colonel May is an experienced
and capable man. He is a veteran
Guardsman and has had actual experi
ence in the Philippine service and on
the Mexican border. He is a man of
cool judgment, liberal views and always
takes a kindly interest in the welfare of
his men. If a man is sick or injured
Colonel May gives him his personal at
tention. Officers Are Experienced.
"All the Majors and most of the Cap
tains and Lieutenants have had actual
military experience, some of them in
the Spaish-American War and nearly
all of them on the Mexican border.
Every man with military experience
knows the advantage of serving under
trained officers. Regiments that may
be recruited later may not be so
fortunate in this particular.
"But I am confident that the War
Department will not permit us to raise
additional troops In this state until we
have the present regiment filled."
In an effort to stimulate recruiting
the Third Regiment band and one full
company will come over from Van
couver today and parade the streets of
Portland.
The temporary recruiting office on
Fourth street will be open all day and
will continue open until the regiment
Is filled. About 10 men were recruited
there yesterday.'
Captain Cicero K. Hogan, In charge of
the station, advises that more than half
the recruits are ycung men who were
born in foreign countries. Almost
every nationality is represented. Two
natives of Greece were enlisted yester
day. A substantial number of men who
have served the regulation period of
training in the German army also
enlisted. Norwegians. Russians and
Danes have been numerous.
"There seems to be too much of a
tendency among the boys and men of
Portland to hold back and wait to be
appointed officers in a volunteer regi
ment," said Captain Hogan yesterday
"We can't all be officers. If we are
forced to use the draft law we'll not be
able to discriminate and will take men
from all walks of life as we find them.
HEAD OF OREGON NATIONAL GUARD, WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED
VICE-PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION.
CEXERAL GEORGE A. WHITE.
. George A. White. Adjutant-General of the Oregon National Guard, has been
elected vice-president of the National Guard Officers" Association, which organ
ization held its annual convention in New York city last week.
This association is composed of high officers of the National Guard of
every state in the Union, and the recent cdnvention was attended by about
300 men. General White had arranged to attend, but in anticipation of a call
for troops decided to remain at home. .His surmise proved correct, as the call
came last Sunday. His presence here enabled the officers of the Third Regi
ment to make a remarkable record in mobilizing the regiment, as General
White, Colonel May and other officers worked night and day for four or five
days. When the regiment moved to Vancouver Barracks on Friday, every
man was fully equipped.
"The election came entirely as a surprise to me." said. General White last
nifrht when informed of the honor that .had been conferred upon him. "Of
course, I appreciate it. The association is doing a wonderful good in stimu
lating interest in the National Guard and helping to make it more efficient."
NEW DICE DARING
Artistic Act Built About Old
Hallowe'en Rhyme.
ORPHEUM AUDIENCE IS WON
Comedy Trio With Rare Offering,
Pleasing Farce, Blackface Mu
sician, Ragtime King, . Arc
Included in New Bill.
BY LEONE CASS BAER. '
The old folk believ and often tell
That if at the stroke of the midnight bell
You look in a mirror on Halloween .
The face of your true love Is seen. '
So runs the rhyme, and on and
around the quaint thought is built the
artistic and novel act presented by
Alice Eis and Bert French, headlining
the sparkling new bill at the Orpheum.
It s a happy, snappy bill, splashed
with music, dance and comedy, and
with the Els-French offering to add an
artistic, esthetic flavor.
This pair have taken the already
mentioned little Halloween supersti
tion and about it have fashioned a
fine fantasy, a glowing, colorful in
terpretation in dance and exquisite
pantomime. ,
A corps de .ballet appears as car
nival .spirits who in mischievous mood
lure a love-mad harlequin to seek the
"face of his true love" in a mirror at
the "stroke of the midnight bell."
Miss Eis is the madcap spirit who is
called forth by the magic of the mir
ror, and she dances for the harlequin
and with him in the silver moonlight
in a gorgeous old, garden redolent of
soft winds and roses that .must be
swaying Just outside the high walls.
Dancer Is of Vampire Type. "
l Miss Eis is the spirit of dance in
carnate, of the vampiring variety, with
a wealth of harmony and knowledge
in her toes. . '
French dances boldly and affords a
striking contrast to the evanescent
charm and witchery of Miss Eis .art.
A thousand dollars' worth of elec
"THE FOX" SHOWS POPULARITY
OF PLAYS VEILED IN MYSTERY
Baker Theater's New Leading Woman Appears in Dramatic Role, and,
George Taylor Gives Splendid Character Drawing. .
T. .............. ......?
"THE FOX" .2
CAST.
Roger Delaney. .. .George P. Webster
Harriet Delaney Lora. Rogers
Kate Delaney Aline MacDermott
Peter Delaney George R, Taylor
John Lisle Albert McGovern
Luke Burton.. Harold Holland
1 Leary .Will Lloyd
Bowles .Henry Norman
J sparks. ........... .George J3raa.ou.ry
........... .............4
BT LEONE CASS BAER.1 11
THE fact that audiences still cling
to a liking for mystery plays. Is
evidenced again by the interest
displayed In "The Fox," which opened
yesterday at the Baker Theater. It is
a -mystery play In which the audience
is not always "In" on the solution, and
for that reason it makes for successful
entertainment. Moreover, its characters
are rational and its situations are at
times quite thrilling, evpn sensational,
and we, all of us, love a bit of the sen
sational in our dramatic episodes.
The interest in""The Fox" gains ma
terially by reason of two factors. One
is the appearance of the new leading
woman in a dramtic role, and the-other
is the splendid character drawing of
the title role as played by George
Taylor. '
It is not until the play is almost
finished that we discover who is play
ing the title role. Any one of five or
six people might be "the fox," a thief,
whose identity is kept concealed the
while he has plied his calling.
When it turns out thatsthe fox is
none other than the bibulous, babbling
but thoroughly splendid Old grand
father of the heroine, then we are in
clined to the belief that the play's title
should read not "The Fox," but "Foxy
Grandpa." .
The story is a case of the turning of
tricity is spilled all over- the place
while the Eis-French act Is on, and
there is scenery enough to put on a
grand opera. ,
Possibly there are funnier stage hus
bands than Charley Grapewin, but I
do not remember having seen them.
He's so true to life that I'm sure
every wife in the audience felt per
fectly at home.-
Of course, Anna Chance, as the stage
wife, also runs pretty true to form,
'and possibly made all the audience
husbands feel perfectly at home:
The Grapewin-Chance act is one of
those homey little pastorals which
might be billed as "Any wife, any hus
band, any flat, anywhere, any time.
Charley Grapewin is a delightful
comedian. His - personality counts for
a great deal and his smile is infectious.
Whether he hangs the portieres, kids
his wife or beats her, the audience be
longs to him and is for hirro always.
Anna Is some little comedienne, too
and the two of them in "Poughkeep
sie" are one of the hits in a, season.
. Rare Comedy Is Scream.
Medlin, Watts and Townes are In
dividual and collective screams. One
of them is bigger than both the oth
ers, and he makes capital out of his
Mellinsfoodish atmosphere. He is one
of these rare boys, a "born comedian."
His rendition of "Oh Johnny" would
elect him President or King or Em
peror on the popularity vote.
. The three dash into this "close har
mony" vocalizing . and it's sure ear
ticklin". They stopped the show in. the
afternoon."
Another show stopper was Walter
Weems, whose music is real music,
played out of a big, deep-voiced horn,
with the orchestra "jazzing" along
a few octaves higher. Weems chats,
too all done up in burnt cork, but it's
his music that gets us going.
Herschel Hendler, the poet of the
piano, returns' with new adventures.
He could put "Pilgrim's Progress" In
ragtime and get away with it. There's
a brilliancy and. true musicianly un
derstanding in his renditions that prove
delightful.
The Norvelles, athletic wizards, a
man and a lovely maid, clad in artists'
regalia.- open the bill with a smart,
up-to-the-second bar act in which they
attain the heights of their calling.
A trio. Palfrey, Hall and Brown,
close the bill in what they call "Follies
of .Vaudeville," introducing .a girl who
dances, a man who works straight
-tricks on the cycle, and a tramp cyclist
who is a whole- show by himself with
his comicalities on the wheel and
off It.
the worm. In this instance the poor,
crushed little worm Is grandpa, who is
thrust from pillar to Host. treated
shabbily by his only son and his daughter-in-law,
forced to ask for an allow
ance, and who finds his only happiness
in the affection and faith of his grand
daughters. Just why all of this treatment Is
accorded him we do not discover until
the worm makes his inevitable turning
and we learn that he is the fox.
By a clever piece of his old artistry
he steals some papers which make it
possible to hold the whip hand over his
son, and at the same time restore his
granddaughter to the keeping of a
young attorne.- whose suit has found
no favor with her father.
Mr. Taylor's work In Its gentler
moods, as, for instance, his scenes with
his granddaughter, are marked with
tenderness. His dramatic moments, as
when he forces his son's-allegiance to
authority, are stamped with grim real
ism and a vibrant quality of sincere
emotion. - , "
Easily Mr. Taylor Is the star of the
bill this week, although others In the
cast give individual gems of acting.
Miss McDermott is sweet and femi
nine as the granddaughter and Albert
McGovern plays one of these straight-a"way-hero
roles and gives a splendid
accounting of it. ,
Will Lloyd, in a makeup that Is
amazingly faithful In detail, appears
for a moment or two In a crook role,
which he makes very real.
George P. Webeter has a big role and
gives an admirable accounting of the
son, who, like Lear's daughters, was "a
thankless child."
Charles Compton gives an excellent
characterization of a drunken young
scape goaf.
Harold Holland, as a detective, gives
a good performance, and so, too, does
Henry Norman as a butler.
Lora Rogers appears as the mother
to the fox's granddaughter, and besides
playing the role exceptionally well, she
wears a stunning evening frock.
"The Fox" will play all week, with
matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
CHINESE SEEN 111
OLD
Smiling Faces Evidence Re
lief That Follows 'Strain
Brought On by War.
FAMILIAR CHATTER HEARD
Seid Gain Denies His Affiliation
With Any Tong and Explains At
titude In Requiring Signature
of Leaders to Insure Effect.
Refugees of the warring tongs,
whose officials reluctantly signed a
peace pact late Saturday night, at the
urgent insistence pf Mayor Albee. be
gan returning yesterday from their
chosen retreats at Astoria and The
Dalles. Tongmen say that the pact is
accepted at its face value and that al
fear is past.
For the first time since the opening
of the season's strife on March 8, when
Mar Duck, of the Suey Sings, was shot
and killed in a sharp street fight with
gunmen of the Hip Sing Tong, the (Chi
natown district resumed its normal ap
pearance of chatting complacency and
lounging Chinese.
Familiar Chinese faces, that have
been discreetly hidden for almost two
months, venturing forth at rare inter
vals, if at all, reappeared yesterday,
wreathed in relieved smiles. There is
no doubt but that Chinatown, most ot
all. Is glad to be free from the menace
of Imminent murder.
Seld Back Disclaims Affiliation.
Seid Gain, son of the late Seid
Back, one of Portland's most influen
tial Chinese citizens, decries the as
sumption that toe took part In the peace
negotiations, because of any affiliation
with either of the tongs concerned, and
declares that he was merely moved by
a sincere desire for permanent peace,
as was his father before him In times
of similar tong crises.
"I represented the Bing Kung-Bow
Leong as their attorney." said Seid
Gain yesterday, "and was authorized
to speak for them as such. But I am
not a member of that tong, although,my
father was, and was actuated only by
the sincerest desire to aid the authori
ties, which I felt was my duty as a
patriotic citizen. My position in the
peace conference was similar to that pf
another attorney, Mr. Banks, who acted
for the Peace Society. I have no mo
tive in offering this explanation other
han to correct the mistaken notion that
I am a tongman."
Signature! of Chlefa Demanded.
That he retarded the peace negotia
tions by objecting to certain tongmen
who were brought forward as author
ized representatives is also denied with
emphasis by Seid Gain. who de
clares that he was assured that their
signatures would not bo binding, and
that he therefore insisted on the proper
officials coming forward to sign the
truce for their tongs..
The tour tongs, the Blng Kung-Bow
Leong 'and their allies, the Hip Sing,
and the 'allied tongs of Hop Sing and
Suey Sing, will enter at once into ne
gotiations which must assure a perma
nent peace for Multnomah County be
fore the expiration of the 30-day truce.
Officials of the Peace Society, as well
as Seid Gain, are positive- in their
assertion that tong wars must cease
forever In this district, regardless of
strife in other cities.
WHITE MAX CHIXESE VICTIM
Fusillade of Shots .Follows Xolse
Made at Laundry Door.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 1. The Chi
nese tong warfare, which has raged
along the Pacific Coast for the past
two months, claimed its second white
victim early this morning, when George
McLaren, 19 years old, was shot as he
passed a Chinese laundry on the out
skirts of the main business district.
Two bullets, fired through the laundry
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ing in his left lung. He has only a
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McLaren, with two other young men. j
passed the laundry at" about 1:60 1
o'clock this morning. As they went
by he reached out and rattled tne
small swinging doorof a tin box, used
as a depository for packages of laun
dry. A fusillade from within resulted.
The three boys fled, but bn discover
ing McLaren's wound a call was sent
for an ambulance and the Injured
boy was taken to the City Hospital. A
few minutes later a squad of police
men forced a way into the laundry and
found four Chinese cowering within.
Three of them ae now In Jail and a
fourth Is in the City Hospital, 'wounded
In the leg by a stray shot from the
gun of one of his companions. .
The four prisoners are F'ng Kung
Bow Leongs, who are allied with the
Hip Sings against, the Hop Sings and
Buey Sings. It is thought that they
shot la the belief that members of a
rival tong were attempting to enter
their place of business.
Peace Efforts Kail.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1. The po
lice were taking extra precautions to
night to preserve order in the Chinese
quarters, following the failure of a con
ference here today to bring about
peace. The terms, the police learned,
were rejected and a truce which had
been arranged to permit the holding of
the conference, was declared canceled.
CITIZEN IRS WANTED
LlEl'TEXAXT BECKWITII SPEAKS AT
RODNEY-AVEME CHURCH.
Naval Militia Needs S60 More Men to
Meet Navy Requirements, He Says.
Others Support Plan.
An S. O. S. caU for additional re
cruits for the Oregon Naval Militia
formed the substance of the address of
John A. Beckwith, Portland attorney
and Lieutenant in the Naval Militia,
who spoke at the patriotic meeting at
the RodneyAveaue Christian Church
last night. .
Lieutenant - Commander George F.
Blair was to have delivered the prin
cipal address, but owing to his inabil
ity to be present Lieutenant Beckwith
was substituted.
"In order to till out a recruiting ap
portionment made for Oregon by the
Navy Department we must secure an
additional 260 men., raising the total
strength of -the Naval Militia to 500,"
he said. "This is in accordance with
the plan of the Navy Department to
increase the strength of the Naval
Militia of the country from 11,000 to
25.000."
Lieutenant Beckwith emphasized the
pay and valuable experience which
those wishing to specialize in different
trades and occupations might secure
as members of the Naval Militia, while
at the same time carrying on their
civil occupations. He also touched
upon the annual Summer training
cruise with the opportunity which it
gives for travel.
Dr. J. A. B. Sinclair, surgeon. United
States Navy, and Carlos W. Huntington.
City Attorney of St, Helena, also spoke,
taking up patriotic themes. Dr. Sin
clair took as his subject "The Navy
and the ' Development of True' Man
hood." and Mr. Huntington spoke from
the subject "What the Patriotic Ameri
can Should Know." City Commissioner
Will H. Daly was chairman.
ENLISTED ,MEN FAVORED
Travelers' Protective Association to
Suspend Dues During Service.
A decision to lessen the inconveni
ences of members Joining the National
Guard or the Naval Militia was formed
Saturday night by the Travelers' Pro
tective Association, holding its quar
terly meeting at the , Hotel Imperial.
Regular dues need not be paid during
the time spent In active service, and
all privileges will be restored on be
ing mustered out by the Government.
This move was authorized by the
National organization of the Travelers'
Protective Association.
Paul J. Sullivan and Clyde Evans,
president and secretary of v the local
organization, were chosen as delegates
to the annual convention. Ground work
is being laid for a strong representa
tion next year, with the aim of secur
ing the National convention for Port
land in 1920:
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