Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 20, 1917, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text: ;T.,: -Vr a In t- -. .-Tie f lUSTOBI v- ror 'ssion Ever Seen ;'::. Emphasizes ;.:;lV;'vcof Citizens. :;:? FLOATS ALOFT are " of Weather Slakes ration More Emphatic, ' determination " to Over "come Obstacles Xs Shown. . , fContlnuril From First Pag!. , .oonlusion. Yet so long: was the great procession and so maty ere the per- sons that marched In It, that It was nearly 6:30 o'clock, more than two and ona-half hours after the start, before '. the final division, the 12th, made up of vehicles and men from the Portland Fire 1epartment, could start on the march! The hours were trying- to those In tl last divisions as they stood In the - r.zlo and waited, waited for the ' .slons ahead of them to move on ; ! r.nak, rom for them trying espe to tne ma. women and children marched. It was chilling- and little feet and hands were T oed Ions before the order "For . ' !" Kave the relief of action, but . .1 was no complaint. ' ' -t" 9 marchers made a stirring sig-ht : ' . -. they moved along with steady '- ide' ca-rryillS flags at their shoul .3 I'Jt guns. Some organizations Vied large flags and others carried ..' ones, but there were few march- ; who did not carry or wear con ' " ,'Jously the National colors. had been intended this parade, ''- ' . It first was planned by the Ore- - - .'.'atriotio Service League should be ' .ionstration to be limited to Port- '.". t citizens. But so many were the - C . ,.ts from out of town, so many the " ' ' , iions of patriots from elsewhere ?ked the privilege of marching, ey were all admitted. ! ' - -'. -,"?o In yesterday's great parade ;ere delegations of marchers : - ; . . resham, led by their sturdy "' iieorge W. Stapleton; from Mil '. . "" , ' e, from St. Helens, from Orenco, ' " -a band besides; from Hillsboro, "' - 'staunch patriots, and from other , ' ' as wolL - k ' .en moe places were represented ; By individuals in the different organl , Eatljns. Democracy Is Emphasized. '. . Thei'e was no distinction as to social . or political or economic standing. The . railroad president marched shoulder to - shoulder with the section hand. Su preme Judges rubbed elbows with ,- every-day toilers. Society leaders and ., kitchen maids walked side by side and . ! cared nothing about it. All were there 1 as plain American citizens. Inspired by . 1 the love of country stirred by a great . . . National crisis. i " In the railroad division President L. C. Gilman, of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, marched afoot at the head of his men. Franklin T. Griffith, president of the ; Portland Railway, Light & Power Com- . pany, was in the middle of a column of ? -V j ia contingent of Sons of the .'.-' Revolution marched five Jus- ' the Oregon State Supreme "v.."' our of them Justices Thomas . : : ".'ide, George H. Burnett, Henry .- " ' ,- and Lawrence T. Harris in the same platoon. V - Wallace McCamant was in e delegation of Sons of the n Revolution, marching, how- '- , in another p'.atoon. Revolutionary AVar Recalled. 4ie fact that yesterday was the 142d Aiversary of the battle of Lexing .'jf Tin, which opened the American War . : Independence and opened the way ' ' a world-realization of the meaning liberty, was recognized by the . -chers. . v'here were banners repeating rally- - cries of the Revolutionary War. ' '..''3 of that conflict also were repro- ' : .---d. Likewise the North Pacific .;"i'al College students carried a huge "h flag horizontally, as a reminder ' ha. United States and Great Erit- .'. . -'f,are allies. ;'!'.-- "'- . -1 Tread on Me." read the in . , -''ViV'VJ on th rattlesnake flag of - . "ppeal to Heaven." read the ,' another flag. '' T-l '"athers Fought Under "Wash- M i proclaimed a banner carried : ' . . -ns of the American Revolu- " ".'." '.rough the parade were banners .j". -lotto wording. They abjured the esent an Unbroken Front." but be sll nd them all was the central thought. ,-a.raerica unucai" Boys of '61 Undismayed. rThe Grand Army of the Remibli pue a orave snowing In the great raae. men wno nave braved bullets the Civil War declined to turn back poie drops of water. More than J 00 Ite-haired veterans marched afoot. feds up, the old martial stride pre- nung over rneumatics and the stiff fes of age. Others rode in automo biles provided for them by the narade i - committee. "' The Spanish War Veterans turned out - j.Wn .preater number, it was declared by i their members, than at any time since "..''''..'"thttir return from the Spanish and Phil '... . ippine wars. There were more than ; :V TOO: of them In line. They marched be . ". ' -hlnd a drum corps of lads, all of whom -".fere sons of Spanish War veterans. .", ',t '; Close Jto the veterans marched a if. k.fplrltedcontingent of women and chil . .-' -'-rlrejr-f in the Scout Young Auxiliary -VV-'.tV' V banner proclaimed them as Ithearts of '98," and. the crowds Sided and applauded as they d briskly past. Clergy Are In Line. .J - - no ticipation in it of clergymen of reat churches. (Tie Episcopal, ;ist Episcopal and Roman Catho- were 12 Episcopal clergymen procession, marching as a body j tiisnop tiumner. They held a I . . ?Jroad American flag, 1 w-as even a larger i 'iodist Episcopal mir v t " "loman - Catholic clerg r delegation nlsters. ' , .7 ,. Hy near the head f:' " ". They made a V ' 1 :' f- .,' J chbishop Christi . ." - vision in an aut 'w ' .-''-. "lell, president of W-near the head of the Catholic . i. i ney maae a spiendia show unuiHiiup jiritsLie roue in tne automobile with J. the O.-W. R. & others. '-Tfamous Multnomah Amateur ) Club made a remarkable ap- f io In the parade. The clubmen. :ljve been taking military drill ' jfcre the declaration of war, ' d in military formation in 10 . -Hatoons, esch officered like a of soldiers. They had Been ! '-illed, and they showed it. W. : ks, president of "the Multnomah if . jarched at the head of the dele jjf at least 400. Every man In X - iomah Club contingent wore , . oand in the club colors, and --onal colors were in evidence , .' ,:re. ' Jiurelhurst Club was another 4 ton that maws nn exceptional '.The delegation of about 150, CHARACTERISTIC w . , : XA T C V J t 3 -ZZ cMiVt . J pt f.fnl - , T-v 1 1 1 IV : jT J t ' """o.. 50m4 w " 4 i ! r., , .: ; t . Jr i -Ss i ). fe ... , - :. v - -,?;f..j. i- yvi ti - jf Sxys . . , - r , , 1 - MSttztzzzzt r v v-.,..uii jjiii... i - V .... 4? i - .c" j -? iftalii;'-'' --4 V - it -V. fJ 'V - i - V. f ilJwvili Jill?. -3 V -i s - I i 4 M P"M VI ' ..-" i - t-- ' V., v w -dL s :fefiiK ad". awiiN ' M ---::' Tprr? . : iil jltitl 1 sks " - - t - " - " S T -VV " i : If . fr"VrU ';;V --j uVffy"-" - 1 vi- -yvfj .i v-S'v t-H:; -r-.i -Vvr il li- " - :vfTrff , ;f.- , y,x, - - I L-r m 4 : iirizi- t 1 Uncle S; Charles Corps. Cinr and Chief Including women members, was led by Ferdinand 1. Reed, president of the club. They had their own band. The Elks had the largest turnout of any fraternal organization In the pa rade. They were preceded by their own band. Fully 600 Elks were In line. It was In every respect a parade of Americans for America. This was only the more emphasized by the delega tions of foreign-born citizens in the great procession. These contingents In several In stances carried the flags of their re spective native lands, but always it was subordinated to the flag of the United States. And by banners proclaiming al legiance and in other ways these citi zens showed their patriotic devotion to the country -of their adoption. Foreign-Born Take Part. The Serbian Society was in line, and wlKa it marched the Bohemian Alliance. The Italian Columbian Society, each man carrying an American flag with an Italian standard fastened to the staff lower down, .made an- excellent appearance. So did frtue Greek Com munity, with more than 200 well-drilled and ably commanded men in line. They, especially, emphasized on their banners their feeling of love for their adopted country, America. The Norwegian Singing Societies also were well represented. The Portland Social Turn Verein, composed of loyal German-Americans, had a big turnout, and its section was exceptionally well arranged. Dr. F. H. Dammasch is president of the organization. He was In the parade, but as a member of a military organization. The youthful members of the Turn Verein made a fine impression on the crowd, each youngster carrying the American flag loyally through, the rain. Organized labor was represented in a division by itself. Between 120 and 150 members of the local labor organiza tions marched with this division, but many more of them were with other or ganizations in the parade. The Chinese Society and Japanese residents of Portland both made good appearances. Honor Guard Wins Applause. The Girls' Honor Guard- comprised one of the most applauded features in the first division of the parade. They marched in platoons, 11 of them, each platoon officered by students from Hill Military Academy. The girls marched with military precision. Between 300 and 400 of them were in line. The business men's military training classes which have been taking mil itary drill under Colonel U. G. McAlex ander. United States Army, made a soldierly appearance. Colonel McAlex- ander marched at their head. The school division was one of the most applauded in the whole parade, and it well deserved the noiior. Ap TIIE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, SCENES SNAPPED DURING THE Alias Frank HtuniT. a Part of the Elks Continent. 2 Jnitl - Thomaa A. McBrlde. Who Marched in the Sons of the American Revolution Contingent. C The Sons of So parently almost the whole attendance, both In pupils and faculty members, from the Lincoln, Jefferson. Washing ton and Franklin high schools must have been In line. Both boy and girls marched In military formation. The Portland Grade Teachers, headed by their president. Miss Jessie McGregor, had nearly 400 In line. L. R. Alderman, Superintendent of Schools, marched at the head of the school division. To the o!-W. R. & N. Company went i - , , O.-W. R. & X. Wins Honor. the honor of having more men in line than any other organization in the entire parade. With hundreds from shops, rail lines and offices, the grand total of the company s marcher was close to 1400. The Spokane, Portland & Seattle, the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany, and the Southern Facifio all were well represented. The head of the big parade started from Tenth and Jackson streets at 3:15 o'clock. It was nearly three hours later, at 6:10, when the last marchers had filed past the reviewing stand in Park street, near Jefferson. They were reviewed by General Beebe and his staff, and by Maior-Gen-eral Thomaa M. Anderson, U. S. A., re tires; Colonel John L,. Hayden, U. S. A., commanding the northern district of the Western Department, including all troops in Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Montana: Colonel Hamilton S. Wal lace and Samuel R. Jones, in the United States Army quartermaster's depart ment; Lleutenant-Comander John H. Blackburn. U. S. N. : II. H. Ward, presi dent of the Oregon Patriotic Service League, and Charles E. Cochrane, chair man of the board of directors of the league; Dr. E. K. Scott, U. S. Naval Re serve; Mayor Albee and City Commisr sioners Dleck. Daly, Baker and Bige low. "I think there were fully 20.000 per sons in line," was the comment of Lieutenant-Commander Blackburn. "It was a wonderful parade and a great credit to Portland. It was all the more remarkable from the fact that it was carried out in weather conditions that would have stopped any ordinary pa- raae. Colonel Hayden estimated, also, that about zo.ooo persons were In the pa rade, t General Charles F. Beebe said he would make about the came estl mate. Twenty thousand is the figure General Beebe had previously set for the procession. Mayor Albee and the Commissioners also thought that the estimate of 20,000 marchers was correct. There were some who estimated that there were even a greater number In line. Commissioner Dleck said he was cer tain that at least 40,000 persons, and perhaps 50,000 persons witnessed the parade from the side lines. "They were three and four deep, and in some places even more than that, all PATRIOTIC PARADE PARTICIPATED A Group ot G. A. 11. Marchers. 3 along the two-mile line of march," said Commissioner Dleck. I consider 40, 000 spectators and 20,000 marchers a very conservative estimate Indeed." Parade Sidelights. JOSEPH SIMON, formerly United States Senator and otherwise prom- .'" niarhi'cuv ' HsTlhe "a sTaU I Ing near the City Hall when a small g near the City Hall when a sm detachment of men, bound for the pa rade formation ground passed. "Better tan in, senator," called out a iriena in the small detachment. "Wo have ex-Governor Geer with us." "All right, I will," the ex-Senator replied, and swung into line and head ed for the formation ground. Ex- Governor T. T. Geer also had been beckoned Into the ranks and was serv ing as captain of the small body of citizens, among whom were also a Deputy District Attorney. The small body of men marched to the forma tion ground and marked time and finally swung into line. "What is this an unattached squad T ex-Senator Simon finally asked after he had been with the small detach ment more than an hour. "This is the Multnomah County grand Jury," was the reply. In a few minutes Mr. Simon had dis appeared, to fall in with some less ominous body of men. Mayor Albee and the City Commis soners forgot to find out where they were to Join In the parade. As a re sult the early movement of the first division found them wandering about listlessly trying to wedge In. They also forgot until the last minute to decorate themselves with flags. . Rank In the world made no differ ence in the parade. For example, in the Sons of the American Revolution section Justices of the State Supreme Court marched side by side with men in ordinary walks of life. In the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company section President Griffith and Vice President Fuller marched in the same squad with laborers. The women of the Oregon Federa tion of Women's Clubs marched in a body, 16 of their number carrying a large American flag. Mrs. Nettie Greer Taylor started the women singing "America" and other popular patriotic airs. Just ahead of the clubs marched the Methodist preachers. "Now, then, all together. Join In the chorus," Bhouted the preachers, giving "moral" support and joining with regular re vival meeting enthusiasm in the songs. The crowds bordering the line of march took up the reiiaia and the club- APRIL 20, 1917. IN BY 20,000 PEOPLE IN PORTLAND YESTERDAY. General Charles F. Beebe, Marshal of women, as one expressed It, "had the time of their Uvea." The flag, how ever, got. heavy as It became soaked with rain. And once mora the Meth odist ministers came to the rescue and helped the women carry the Immense banner. No disorder of any sort marked the progress of the parade to the great sat isfaction of Portland s police who had taken every precaution for the handing f th W assemblage. i Vt-nm ri mnmino- From early mornlnz 'intil noon one of the police department patrol wagons, with a crew of trusties, conveyed rope along the route of march, which the crew stretched as barriers against the enthusiasm of the crowds. Despite the fact that 60 uniformed patrolmen and the police band were In the patriotic demonstration, led by Captain C. A. Inskeep, a sturdily marching unit of blue, the city, suburb and downtown district did not take ad vantage of that circumstance, but re mained on its best behavior. No police calls of consequence were received Cur ing the progress of the parade. The City and County Medical So ciety turned a novel trick Wednesday night and Thursday morning in getting out its membership to march in the parade. Not until late Wednesday night did the society know It would be rep resented officially in the parade,, and shortly before midnight a telephone operator was engaged to call up every member of the society to notify him. Consequently, around midnight tele phones began to ring, and not until 7:39 o'clock Thursday morning was the all-night task completed. As the girl reached each doctor or his household, she would repeat, "General Beebe wants you to report, etc., etc." The result was that more than 125 doctors were In line, and some 25 or 30 doctors drove automobiles which car ried 150 nurses from the various hos pitals. The doctors called at the hos pitals for the nurses, who, had it not rained so coplouslyl, would have marched In the procession. It was a parade In which advertising was absolutely taboo, and this was dis covered by a man who attempted to get into It with his wagon plastered over with cards advertising a 10-cent dance. The driver of the wagon in question was "jockeying" for a position in the parade on College street, when he was spotted by George B. Thomas, a marcher in the Moose contingent. Mr. Thomas seized one of the objectionable cards and ripped It from the vehicle, when the driver persisted Jn his at tempt to get Into the parade in spite of objections which were raised. Other men forming one of the rail road sections completed the work of the Day. 4 Jnstlce Georice n. Borsctt, anUh-Amcrlcu War Veterans' Brum divesting the wagon of Its advertising. m m Those who are accustomed to meet lng A. Im. Barbur. City Auditor, in his immaculate business suit at the City Hall, could hardly recognize him in his raincoat and high-top rubber boots in the parade yesterday. Mr. Barbur said he was merely demonstrating his belief in preparedness. Bill Souls, . erstwhile newspaperman and now bookkeeper In the County Clerk's office, was one of the leading members in the County Clerk's fife and drum corps in the parade. "Bill's" abil ity as a serenader on the tin flute i well known among the fair employes of the County Clerk s office, but he pre viously had kept his ability as a fifer "dark. Owen Jones, a well-known membe of the waterfront fraternity, assisted in keeping up the spirits of the mem bers of the North Pacific Dental School contingent at a time when the parad had halted at Sixth and Oak streets by sticking his head out of a third story window and singing "Tipperary. He then acted as choir master and led the several hundred men in the chorus of that song. "How Dry I Am" proved to be ; popular song with the members of th North Pacific Dental School contlngen or tne parade, someone with a sens of humor started the words of the song as they were marching down Sixth street during the heaviest rain of th afternoon, and the long line took it up, securing mucn applause from the side lines. Every Greek business house or stand practically, in the city was closed yes terday. voluntarily, so that proprietors ana employes might march in the na rade. The result was that more than 400 Greeks turned out. and. led by jonn j. bourapaa, made a fine showing in we uemonstration, The Bohemian and Serbian . socletie of Portland made a gallant ahowin yesterday in the parade, more than 400 marching In a body, led by Dr. J. V Halas, of the Bohemian Society, an ine ioiiowing ironi me Serbian con tingent of the city: Mark Mitrovi Nikola Odalovich. Milan YerkoVlch Robert Todoravich and Mat Ritza. They carried American. Serbian and Bohemian nags. Following the parade the Bohemian and Serbians dispatched a message to President Wilson assuring him of thel hearty indorsement of his course in dealing with Germany and supplemeu tary telegrams also were sent to Gov ernor Withycombe, Senator Chamber lain and Representative McArthur. 200,000 .ECU 111 HEW YORK PARADES Young Woman Gallops Over Streets Summoning Men to Country's Call. REVERE'S RIDE DEPICTED Boston's Horseman Speeds Alon Route Taken by Revolutionary Hero In 17 76 8000 Turn . Out at Aberdeen, S. I. NEW YORK, April 19. The patri otic spirit of New York was stirred to- ay by reminders of the Battle of Lex ington and the beginning of the Amr- can fight for independence. Nearly 00,000 persons took active part in parades and meetings and other demon strations througnout the city to cele brate the 142d anniversary of the be ginning of the Revolution and to stim ulate recruiting in the Army and Navy. Wake up America day" began at midnight, ushered in by the ringing of hurch bells and the cheering of crowds on Broadway, while a young woman In the costume of Paul Revere rode through the streets summoning he men of America to answer their country s all in the new struggle for human lib erty. BOSTON. April 19. Patriots' day was observed with more than usual enthusiasm today. The principal event was the trip of a horseback rider im personating Paul Revere over the route from Boston to Lexington and the out skirts of Concord, followed by the revo lutionary patriot who warned the Mid dlesex County farmers of the approach of the British troops in 177a. ABERDEEN. S. D., April 19. Despite light rainfall which prevailed all day 6000 persons marched in the loyalty day parade here this afternoon. All business was suspended during the afternoon. rs parade: reunites veterans OF PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGNS. Big Representation From Scoot Youz Camp Indicates Willingness of Men to Serve Again If Needed. Many Spanish-American War vet erans marching yesterday behind the banner of Scout Young Camp were moved to recall that the last time in active service that some of the com mands represented there were In company was in the jungles of the Philippines. The day was the anni versary of that on which orders were issued for the mobilization of troops which were taken by Major-General H. W. Lawton on a memorable campaign through the provinces of Bulacan. Nueva, Ecija and Pampanga. starting April 21 and constantly on active duty until May 30, 1SU9. In the Lawton column were the Twenty-second U. S. infantry; Gale's squadron. Fourth U. S. cavalry: First North Dakota volunteer infantry; two field guns of Scott's battery D. Sixth rtlllery; two mounted guns of Haw thorne's mountain battery; Companies A. B, I, L, F. G and K. Second Oregon Infantry; two battalions Third U. S. infantry: two battalions Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry: troop I, Fourth U. S. cavalry, and one gun of the Utah light artillery. Men of most of those commands were in line yesterday and they caught the same swing in the parade that caused General Lawton to commend them in the old days. On resting at the head of the second division yesterday, when the column was lorming, tne ooys or iss sizea up" the equipment .of the Machine Gun Company, of the Third Oregon Na tional Guard, and many remarked as to what could have been accomplished with such field gear in the Luzon Island engagements. The eight platoons turned out yes terday, one of the largest showings they have made in a parade here, at tested to their feelings and willingness to help again if the need arrises. PHONE BOYCOTT LIFTED Central Labor Council Acts in Casa of Home Company. Wearied by the long march through the rain in the patriotic parade yester day, the members of the Central Labor Council assembled for the regular meet ing of that body last night and ad journed. The only action taken was to remove the boycott which had been in opera tion against the Home Telephone Com pany. Representations were made that the company and become "fair" to or ganized labor. The removal of the boy cott was asked by the Electrical Work ers. Dr. J. K. Hart to Speuk. Dr. Joseph K. Hart will address the Sellwood Community House tonight on "World Peace Problem and America's Part in It." Prevents Infection, Heals Stubborn Old Seres, Cuts, Burns, Wounds. Why don't old sores heal? Simply because they are infected In other words, they are alive with germs. Get a bottle of Benetol. Follow directions in booklet. Bathe those sores, bolls, carbuncles or eczema patches with a solution of Benetol and kill every germ. Surprising results are Imme diate. Don't fall to try Benetol if you are afflicted. For Sale at All Druggists In Original RED Cartons. 1 " - i I v -