Morning Oregonian., May 23, 1917, Page 9, Image 9

THE MORNING OREGONIAX, AVEDNESDAT, MAT 23, 1917.
RECALL STARTED OH
PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN YESTERDAY OF NOTED BRITISH AUTHOR,
u-i'UKUK AJYD SOLDIER, OX HIS ARRIVAL IN PORTLAND.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
First Petition Directed Against
Dr. Alan Welch Smith;
Dr. Drake Next.
For All Shortening and Frying Uses
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ATTACK IS FROM AMBUSH
Announcement Made That Wilson
T. Hume Was Fathering Petition
Is Denied by Attorney, Who Says
, He Merely Gave Signature.
The season on School Directors
opened Monday by reason of the recall
becoming: effective as against those of
ficials, and yesterday petitions -were
started In circulation against Dr.
.Alan Welch Smith, -with the declara
tion that mors are to follow, end will
fee directed against IV. J. Francis
Drake.
The attack upon Dr. Smith Is from
ambush. The statement was made yes
terday In an evening paper that Wilson
T. Hume, ex-District Attorney, was in
itiating' the recall against Dr. .Smith,
but he denied it.
"All I know about It is that I was
asked by a woman I do not know if I
would Big-n a petition to recall Dr.
Smith from the position of School
Director," said Mr. Hume. "I told her
I certainly would, because I do not re
gard him as a fit man to hold that
position. I thereupon signed the peti
tion, which was a blank one, and my
name naturally is the first on that
particular blank.
"However. I have no further connec
tion with it, and I have no connection
whatever with any petition that may be
brought out against Dr. Drake."
Women Said to Be Active.
It Is assumed by school authorities
that the attack upon Dr. Smith Is an
outgrowth of the Alexander case, and
that opponents of Superintendent Al
derman's administration are lending
the movement aid and comfort. Women
are said to be prominent in the recall
proceedings, and it is said women vol
unteers will circulate recall petitions.
To become effective so that a vote
may be had upon the recall at the
school election on June 16, the peti
tions must be filed next Saturday even
ing, an d they must bear 7500 signa
tures. The recall petitions against Dr. Smith
allege that he is not a fit person for
the position; that he is temperamentally
unslted to the work; that he has not
the respect of many persons In the
employ of the school district; that his
recall will be for the good of the serv
ice, and that he recently figured in a
legal proceeding In such a way that
many citizens have lost confidence In
his Integrity.
Lawsuit TJsed an Argument.
The action referred to is that of
Vlbrand vs. Smith et al.. In which case
it was alleged that Dr. Smith alienated
money to his own purposes which had
been intended for the benefit of an
other. The case was tried before Judge
Oaten in September. 1915, and a Judg
ment against Dr. Smith for J1200 was
fallowed.
An appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court and the decision of that tribunal
was that, because of an error in the
rharges of the trial Judge, a rehearing
should be had. The case will be tried
again in the local courts on June 8.
Dr. Smith voted for the re-election
of Jo. R. Alderman, superintendent of
city schools, early this Spring, as did
Dr. Drake. There was much opposi
tion to Superintendent Alderman's re
tention and the decision of the boadr
In the Alexander case, in which Mrs.
Alevia Alexander, former principal of
the Benson Polytechnic School for
Girls, was dismissed from service,
aroused further opposition to members
of the board.
PORT LECTURE IS HEARD
East Side Club to Have Municipal
Candidates Next Week.
"How to Put the Port In Portland"
was the subject of the programme at
the luncheon of the Cast Side Business
Men's Club yesterday, and G. B.
Hegardt, engineer and secretary of the
Dock Commission, gave his Illustrated
talk on the Port and dock conditions
here and the plans for their better
ment. He outlined fully the plans that
have been made for work to be covered
by the proposed $3,000,000 bond issue
to come up in the eleotlon In June.
D. C. Lewis gave a talk on the ref
erendum measures that will come be
fore the people in the June election,
and Edward Grenfel spoke In favor of
the two-platoon system for the fire
department. C. W. Hod son was chair
man. The programme planned for next
Tuesday contemplates "open season for
candidates," and all thv Mayoralty and
Commission candidates re invited to
be guests. V '
Albany to Get New Warehouse.
ALBANY, Or, May 2. (SpeciVj.)
To take care of expanding business,
the Oregon Electric Railroad will build
a new warehouse in Albany. It will
Water street and will be 40 by 210 feet
in size. It will be a frame structure
and will cost about $6000.
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Will Lecture at the Ilellls on Thursday Night.
IAN HAY BE1TH HERE
Soldier-Author Discusses Con
- ditions of War.
LECTURE TO BE THURSDAY
Change In Methods Is Described by
British Officer, Who Says That
Better Results Are Accom
plished at Less Risk.
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Our regiment pushed ahead two miles
and captured the German third-line
trench."
But on the left the British troops
were tardy. The looee ends of the line
must be knotted if the position was to
be held. It was the duty of Captain
Beith's machine gun detachment to
cover their advance. The German ar
tillery concentrated on the spluttering
outpost. One gun collapsed in ruin.
The sweating Tommies toppled into the
taken trench, paying the price with
death. '
"And, finally, I was the only sur
vivor," Captain Beith was saying. "It
takes two men to load or repair a
machine gun, while one may fire It.
But the last man to fall fell across the
remaining gun and Jammed it. It
takes four bands to fix a Jammed ma
chine gun. So I put the gun out of
action as far as I could, and beat a
hasty retreat."
First Army Acts Well.
The first 100.000 of British troops.
with which Captain Belth saw service
and which afforded him the material
for his book of similar title, declared
by critics to. be the most remarkable
literary offering of the war, were "a
very remarkable lot," In the opinion of
their biographer.
"They had no notion of the task be
fore them when they Joined," recalled
the Captain. "Everybody said that
anybody could point a rifle and kill a
German. But after eight months of
training, when they were shaken down
to military discipline, they behaved
very well. Indeed. Tes, at the battle
of Loos', their first big' affair, they lost
heavily, but they behaved very well
The tactics of the allied troops have
altered since, those disastrous days of
the outset, explained Captain Belth,
until the losses have been greatly re
duced, while the- gains have been con
stantly increased. - The present theory
of the allied advance is ' a definite
objeotive. say, BOO yards,
Kffort Is la ITnlaon,
"Not a man stirs until all are tip with.
him," continued the Captain, "Then wo
move forward again, after seouring
against counter-attack. Owing to our
tremendous screen of fire the losses are
very much lighter. In the last few
weeks we , have gained two or three
times as much ground as we did on
the Somme In similar time, while eur
casualties have been SO to 78 per cent
less.
"The British soldier shows the same
characteristics all along. He thinks of
comfort rather than safety, Tou can't
make him dlfr a dug-out. He'll find a
sheet of galvanised iron and crouch
beneath it, perfeetly content, I have
seen him fight In the open, under shell
fire, rather than get down in a ditch
tilled with water,
"I've seen a great many instanees of
personal bravery. But I think the
bravest thing I saw was the cass of a
young officer in my regiment. The
Germans had a great underground re
doubt, called the 'Hohenzollern,' pushed
straight out toward us. As we were
going to attack this redeubt and cap
ture it which we did we were ex
tremely anxious to knew how far it
was Joined up to the German front line
by communication trenches, that we
might determine the degree pf speed
with which reinforcements could be
brought up, you understand.
Geel Bravado Shown.
'And this young chap said that it
might be a good plan if he strolled
over and had a look. We suggested
that it was not usual to walk across in
broad daylight and examine your en
emy's position. 'Ah, I think it is, he
replied. He did. . He sauntered over
there, under artillery fire, coolly looked
into the trenches the Germans were
all In their dugouts and came back
with his report. He received the mill
tary cross."
Captain Beith's book, written under
tne pen name of Ian Hay. is the day.
by-day diary of actual fighting. "I
scribbled it on paper with pencil as I
got the chance." explained the Cap
tain. "The First Hundred Thousand"
ran serially in Blackwood's Magazine
and was finished three weeks after the
battle of Loos, the last Incident de
scribed. Plerpont Morgan besought Captain
Belth for the original manuscript to
add to his already priceless collection,
but It was found that the publishers
had destroyed the "copy" after it had
been placed in type.
Of the present status of the war
Captain Belth speaks with calm assur
ance and enthusiasm.
Status Is Pleasing.
"Tou read the German reports of
late." he said, "and notice that they all
say our attacks 'failed to break
through." Of course not; nobody ever
tried to break through. Each day has
its limited objective. We hit them
blow on blow and make the captured
positions secure before moving on to
another limited objective attack. There
is no attempt to break through the
German line. The Hlndenburg line is
getting to be rather a farce. Just now."
Does the British soldier hate his
foemen? The Captain looked his -unqualified
surprise, but humored the
question.
"No, he doesn't," he replied. "The
British Tommy is a very flippant fel
low and he regards Fritz as an abstract
personage. Earlier in the war the Ger
mans in their trenches sang- the 'Hymn
of Hate' each morning. Our lads fi
nally picked up the tune and sang It
wick at mem wun improvised words
quite unprlntablein any case, I assure
you.
American Soldiers Praised.
These things stand out In Can tain
Belth'a conception of the months of war
to come:
"That the American regulars will be
the nucleus of a splendid expeditionary
army; mat tnose recruits be has seen
are fine looking fighting men: that the
manufacturing equipment in this conn
try will prove Invaluable to the United
States and her allies; that Russia, if
me Dear turns witn tooth and claw.
will evoke 'something pretty big: and
that Germany will surely go down to
defeat
Captain Ian Hay Belth, on his lecture
tour of the United States for war re
lief work, will describe his experiences
with Kitchener's army In a lecture at
the Ilelllg Theater on Thursday night,
on the human side of trench warfare
entitled "The First Hundred Thousand."
He will appear under the auspices of
tne junior League for the benefit of
the American Red Cross fund.
Yesterday afternoon Captain Belth
was the guest of Mrs. Henry I Corbett
on a motoring tour of the Columbia
Highway and at dinner at one of the
inns. He will appear at Tacoma tomor
row night, returning to Portland on
Thursday mornlnjr.
RAILROAD TO PROVIDE MEN
California & Oregon Coast Will Kelp
Technical- Division.
GRANTS PA 88, Or,, May B8, (Spe
cial.) The local effioa of the Califor
nia & Oregon Coast Railroad has an
nounced that It will try to raise a com
pany ef practical railroad construction
and operation men, as a part of the
division now being raised by Colonel
Kavanaugh, of pan FranoiBco, fop lm-i
mediate Bervlce behind the battle lines
in France,
Only experienced railroad men, are
accepted. They must, beside passing
the Army physical requirements, make
satisfactory proof ef experience and
qualifications. Enlistment is for the
war's duration: Those in charge ef the
plan hope to have the company raised
within ten days.
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LEADS TO ARRESTS.
Murder of Thomas Cavanaa-li, of
Welser, EXabUahrd by Coroner's
JaiJ nelatW-es Suspected.
AVEISER, Idaho. May 22. (Special.)
Following the finding hy tho Coro
ner's Jury here that Thomas Cavansgh
met his death by a gunshot in the head
and skull crushed by a blow from some
blunt instrument, the body was taken
to Cambridgo for burial.
Tho first chspter in the mystery of
this young Tale man's disappearance
is written with his interment. The
surmise of the authorities following his
disappearance March 12 thst he had
been murdered proved true. The search
for his body cpvered all of the territory
of the Snake and Columbia Rivers and
three bodies were reported before the
right one was found. Even as late as
the day before his burial another body
was reported.
Two men. one of them Cavanagh's
cousin, are held in jail here under sus
ptclon. They are Dan Ruth, the cousin.
and Jim Elliott. Ruth s brother-in-law.
Dan Ruth wss arrested shortly after
Cavanagh's disappearance was reported
to the authorities, charged with forg
ing Cavanagh's name to two checks, to
taling 1183.50. He was allowed his
freedom under bond and while .out In
this manner himself reported the find
ing of the body on the ranch of his
father, four miles from Cavanagh's
place. Although he found the body
four days before he reported It, the
only excuse he gives for this delay is
that he wanted to turn suspicion from
himself.
Ruth's sister, Mrs. Elliott, Is In a hos
pital here betng treated for her sanity,
a condition brought on, it is declared,
by the disappearance of Cavanagh.
Tjogglns to Bo Increased.
BANDOX, Or., May 22. (Special.)
The Onlnf Txxrglng Company is estab
lishing new headquarters in the Boutin
tract recently purchased by the Pros
per Mill Company and will soon double
its output in view of supplying the mill
for double-shift operations. New build
ings being erected include a cookhouse,
bunkhouse, commissary and residences
for th enmp emploves with families.
The logging will largely be devoted to
spruce, the mill having received a large
order for airplane stock for the British
government through Sudden4 & Chrls
tensen, of San Francisco.
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