Morning Oregonian., September 15, 1917, Page 12, Image 12

TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917.
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Organization Said to Be About
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WORK IS DONE QUIETLY
Movement Declared Preparatory to
Enforcing Demands lor Better
.Pay and Working Conditions.
; 2 -Platoon System In View.
Portland firemen expect to come for
ward within a short time with a full
fledged union affiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. Reliable In
formation has been given city officials
that a union has been organized and
that a majority of the men have Joined
and that a charter from the American
Federation has been applied for.
Behind the move to organize Is a plan
to force the City Council to grant wage
increases. The firemen all elgned a
petition recently asking for a 25 per
cent increase, but the Council has taken
no action. .The. complaints of the men,
however, have brought about better
working conditions, each man now get
ting one day off in four in place of the
old schedule of one day off in six.
It is eald the firemen are organizing
so as to be in position to enforce wage
demands and demands for still better
working conditions. While it is said a
definite programme has not been an
nounced, the firemen, or some of them
sit least, have in mind demands for es
tablishment of a two-platoon system
such as was refused by the voters at
the last city election and also demands
for material wage increases.
It is said the firemen have withdrawn
from the Civil Service Employes" Asso
ciation, of which they formerly were
members. This association was affili
ated with the American Federation, but
under its charter had no right or power
to strike. The new' union, it is said,
will be an out and out labor organiza
tion with strike authority and with
backing of the American Federation
and the Central Labor Council.
City Commissioner Bigelow, who has
charge of the Fire Bureau, said yester
day he had heard that the firemen have
organized, but he has no information
as to any demands they intend to make,
further than the request already made
for an increase of 25 per cent in wages.
Members of the Board of Fire Chiefs
know of the organization having been
formed and say they believe the men
will make demands for establishment of
a two-platoon system.
"The union has been formed," said
one of the battalion chiefs yesterday,
"and the officers have been selected,
tentatively at least. As soon as the
charter Is received from the American
Federation of Labor the organization
probably will come out in the open.
Everything so far has been conducted
quietly in the customary way of "pass
ing the word along" from station to
station."
Opposition to the unionization plan
has developed in the City Council and
some action may be taken to head it
off. Officials say it might be a. de
cidedly serious thing to have the Fire
Department unionized. "What would
they do in case of a fire in a non-union
building or a. non-union shop or fac
tory?'" officials are asking. "Why
should men who are protected by civil
service law be organized into a labor
union?"
Y. W. C. A. LEASES HOUSE
War Work Council Makes Arrange
ments In Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 14.
(Special.) The residence once owned
by H. C. Phillips, president of the Van
couver Commercial Bank that failed
for $400,000 in 1910, is to be converted
into a home for the Young Women's
Christian Association. It has been
leased for two years and is at the cor
ner of Twelfth and B streets.
Miss Maisie MacMaster, of Portland,
will be in the city for three weeks in
getting the work started. It is the
plan of the War Work Council of the
National Board of the T. W. C. A. to
have such an Institution in each mili
tary post city in the United States.
From Vancouver Miss MacMaster
will go to American Lake to take
charge of the hostess houses there.
To get the plan under way. a meet
ing of young women of the city has
been called for 2 P. M., Monday, in the
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.
SALESMEN'S CLUB FEASTS
Dinner Dance Opejis Series
Autumn Meetings.
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A dinner-dance, the first of the regu
lar Fall meetings of the Portland
Salesmen's Club, was held last night in
the Tea Room of the Multnomah Hotel,
from 6:30 to 11 o'clock. Impromptu
speeches and a sparkling musical pro
gramme were enjoyed by the salesmen,
their wives and sweethearts. Nearly
a hundred plates were set. B. F,
Irvine was the guest of honor.
Among those who spoke were Frank
Egan. of the Southern Pacific: W.
Scollard, of Irwin-Hodson Company;
Henry Rittman. of the Log Cabin
Bakery, and Fred Ward, of the Port'
land Flouring Mills.
uontriDutors to the musical pro
gramme were Mrs. Dudley Clarke, lyric
soprano, and Monte Austin, tenor. Ac
companists were Lowell Patton, of the
Multnomah Orchestra, Melvin Ogden
and Mrs. Fred B. Newton.
HOME GUARDS TO GET AID
County Commissioners Will
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The Multnomah County Commission
era yesterday advised Sheriff Hurlburt
that they would financially aid in
equipping home defense organizations.
This action was taken following a
conierence witn snerllf Hurlburt in
which it was brought out that 2000
rtries have been awarded Governor
Wlthycombe by the War Department
for home defense, and that a portion of
Tnese rules would be apportioned to
home defense forces in Portland, pro
vided Multnomah County would insure
an sucn equipment against loss.
The board agreed to secure insurance
ana storage lor all arms.
Sheriff Hurlburt told the board that
live units or home defense forces have
aireaay oeen organized, with the nrab
ability that three more units soon will
b mustered into county service.
Rental Suit Filed in Clackamas.
OREGON CITT, Or., Sept. 14. (Spe
cial.) Peter Wilson, of 435 Yamhill
street, Portland, has filed suit in the
Circuit Court hero for the recovery of
$225 alleged to be due as rent on a
320-acre farm near Logan. According
to the complaint, . Mr. Alt entered into
an agreement with Mr. Wilson to pay
for the use of tho farm in installments.
This baa not been done, Mr. Wilson
says.
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CHARMING SINGER WHO WILL BE FEATURE OF BABY HOME
BENEFIT THIS MORNING.
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ISS ELIZABETH JONES, pretty
bride-to-be, was the guest of
honor for the charming informal
luncheon presided over yesterday by
Miss Sara McCully. The table was ar
tistically decked with rose-toned zin
nias and covers were placed for Miss
Jones, Mrs. W. D. Clark, Mrs. Hallet W.
Maxwell, Airs. Norman N. Rupp, Miss
Harriet Cumming, Miss Ruth Teal, Miss
Rhoda Rumelin and the hostess.
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For the benefit of the Waverley
Baby Home, a worthy and most
deserving philanthrophy, a special
performance will be given today in the
Hippodrome. It is to be known as Chil
dren's day, and, judging from the
amount of enthusiasm already created
among Portland women and children,
the affair will be a huge success. De
pending on the interett of the public,
the Hippodrome will be lent every Sat
urday morning for the benefit of the
Baby Home, but as soon as the interest
wanes the management will turn over
the theater to some other organization.
So it behooves every one interested
in the little tots' welfare to give their
co-operation to the committee and at
the same time help the school children
of Portland to participate in a delight
ful affair. The part of the entire event
that is sure to appeal to the children
is the method of admitting the patrons.
A nickel, a potato, an onion, apple or
glass of Jelly will admit one person.
Miss Rhoda Rumelin is chairman of the
ushers, and she has selected a group
of pretty girls to assist in seating the
patrons of the benefit. Doors will be
open at 10 o'clock, and during the
films Mrs. Kathryn Crysler Street will
sing a. group of children's songs. The
pictures to be shown will be educa
tional, a Pathe Weekly and a. screaming
comedy also to be included In the pro
gramme.
Mrs. M. June Slusser, recently from
Denver, will accompany Mrs. Street in
her song's. Mrs. D. C. Burns and Mrs.
O. M. Clark, two of the board of the
Home, extend an invitation to the en
tire Portland public to assist In making
this affair a success financially.
Patronesses for the affair are: Mes-
dames William MacMaster, Holt C. Wil
son, William F. Woodward, Warren E.
Keeler, F. L. Stlnson, J. IS. Werleln, O.
M. Plummer, Joseph N. Teal, N. U. Car
penter, A. E. Rockey, C. J. Smith, C.
Lewis Mead, A. A. Morrison, F. E. Reed,
R. D. Inman, Lee Arnett, C. S. Jackson,
J. Wesley L'add, Winthror Hammond
and G. J. Frankel.
Assisting Miss Rumelin in seating
the patrons will be: Misses Antoinette
Hears, V'Ona Guthrie, Ruth Shull, Dor
othy Strowbrldge, Helen Farrell, Sara
McCully, Elizabeth Jones, Ethel Malpas,
Jean Mackenzie, Ruth Teal and Ailsa
MacMaster.
Miss Anastasia Hogue, niece of Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Hogue, of the Nortonia
Hotel, will leave today for Palo Alto,
where she will attend Miss Harker's
School.
Mrs. Leon Peters entertained yester
day with a bridge luncheon at her home
in Irvington, honoring Mrs. Boyd
Katherman, of Marietta, O., who is vis
iting Mrs. Peters. Covers were placed
for 20 and the affair was charming in
every detail. Several affairs have been
planned for the coming week for Mrs.
Katherman.
Mrs. Theodore Nicolal has returned
from a two weeks' enjoyable auto
camping trip to Crater Lake, being the
guest of Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Rand.
Mrs. Paul N. Carlson, of Seattle,
joined her husband in Portland, and
they are domiciled temporarily in the
Multnomah Hotel. Mr. Carlson is con
nected with Grant, Smith & Co., and his
work in Portland requires his atten
tion the greater part of the time. Mr.
and Mrs. Carlson will make their home
in Portland for some time.
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Mrs. Mary Wicke, of .'.naconda, Mont,
who recently underwent an operation
at the Portland Surgical Hospital, is
now convalescing at the home of her
sister, Mrs.P. J. Flynn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kofeldt and Miss
L. Mae Harris have returned from a va
cation of several weeks spent at Wave
crest, Cannon Beach.
A miscellaneous shower was given
last night by Misses Glen Shope and
Katherine Nelson, at the Shope rest
dence in Irvington, in honor of Miss
Nelle Fargo, a charming bride-elect.
About 35 intimate friends of the honor
guest were present and the evening
proved delightful and merry. Miss
Fargo will become the bride of Ralph
M. Raeder, the wedding to take place
about the middle of October.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Weaver, who has
been spending three weeks at the
coast, returned to her home this week.
Mrs. Weaver. was at the Hotel Moore,
Seaside, for a couple of weeks.
yrr- ana Mrs. w. Clefton will give a
public reception this evening in the
First Spiritualist Church, Sixth and
Montgomery streets. The affair will
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be a welcome to the new pastor and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. Scott Bled
soe, of Kansas City. Music and re
freshments will be features of the
evening.
rpODAT being known throughout the
.a. country as registration day for
women, clubwomen all over the city
are requested to register in their vot
ing precincts between the hours of 10
and 4 o'clock. For the benefit of the
women who are unable to reach the
polling booths, the registration cards
may oebDtaInea-atWoo"aara, Clarke Sc
Company's shop, and from Mrs. Sadie
Orr Dunbar, 503 Corbett building. They
also may be left with' Mrs. Dunbar or
at any of the precincts, but wherever
possible the council requests that the
cards be taken to the booths placed in
the neighborhoods of the registrars. All
women over 16 are requested by the
Government, the request being ap
proved by the War Census Bureau, to
register today, so that the United
States may have an intelligent manner
of calling upon women to fill positions
or do war duty. The women are not
compelled to offer their services to
their country, but the registration will
enable them to give their services in
any branch in which they are trained,
also permit them to take up study of
any line they desire, in the schools to
be established later by the Govern
ment. When they have received their
training it is quite probable they will
be given positions in which they will
be remunerated for their time and
services. The movement is creating a
great deal of interest among clubwom
en of Portland, many of whom the
planning on special booths in the vari
ous districts to further the work. The
Women's National Defense, District 224,
will have its booth at 333 Union ave
nue, the doors to be open at 10 and re
main open until 4 o'clock. All the
women who register there, through the
courtesy of the United States National
Bank, will be presented with a booklet
of the National hymn.
The officers of the "War Viceroy"
were guests of honor at a reception
given last night at the Seamen's Insti
tute headquarters. Second and Alder
streets.
Mrs. Elizabeth Daglelsh. who is su
perintendent of the work of the Oregon
W. C. T. U. among soldiers and sailors,
and Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp, state pres
cient of the W. C. T. U., were especially
invited guests. Comfort kits, made by
members of the W. C. T. U., were pre
sented by Mrs. Dagleish to all of the
men on the "War Viceroy."
East Side Central W. C. T. U. will
meet today at the home of Mrs. C. M.
Peterson, 71 s East Ash street, near
Twentieth. -Take the Montavilla car.
A short business meeting will be fol
lowed by Red Cross sewing.
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BV WILLIAM BYRON PORBUSH.PHD.
i T a certain military academy the
X boys Invented a unique way of
packing their goods when it was time
to go home. Each lad set his open
trunk below his window, then he
dropped his clothes into it, then he
ran down and partly closed the cover,
and finally two boys jumped on the
top. Generally they got everything in
side, but their mothers complained
that the clothes seemed to need press
fng after they arrived.
usually only women understand the
art of packing trunks. Even a careful
man puts things in loose layers, and
after he has filled the space to the top
he begins to look for a. Buitcase to
hold-the overflow. His wife or sister
will take the same articles out, roll
them in close bundles and pprsuarle
many ways
of serving macaroni.
Serve
Porter's
any way that good recipes
direct and youH not be
the least disappointed.
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way that there is always . plenty of
room for more.
Doit Be m Jn Bdk.
The art of packing Is required in
other places than trunks.
The training of children often seems
a mere Jumble. It takes so much time
to wash faces, mend tears and kiss
bumps that none is left for real mental
and moral discipline. Most mothers
are thankful to reach the end of the
day without having lost either their
tempers or one of the children. If a
mother should take literally the prov
erb. Count that day lost whose low-
descending sun views from thy hand
no worthy action done, she would
have but a scattering record for the
Lamb's Book of Life. Her recollection
would be that she had been busy all
the time stowing away without really
ever having anything packed.
Scientific Management.
But do mothers., of leisure really
bring up their children any better than
the hurried ones?
Why is it that you always go to busy
people when you want to get things
done? If you had an Important serv
ice to share, you would not stop to ask
the corner loafer sitting by the steps
and who has nothing to do but "just
set." You would spring past him up the
stairs to the office of the man in his
shirt sleeves who is doing more work
than any other in town. You would
find him busy, but calm, and probably
smiling. You would know things were
doing by the hum around him. But
you would be Impressed by the order
liness and system that make hard
things easy. His walls would be lined
with files. His table would be filled
with well-arranged drawers. If you
should call upon his memory for a
fact or upon his Judgment for a proj
ect he would, not pace restlessly around
looking for something he had lost. It
would either be under his hand or he
would touch a bell and it would be
brought to him by a competent assist
ant. So it is in the life of the successful
mother. She knows how to pack.
Card-Cataloguing; a Day.
Here is the new use for husbands.
They cannot pack a trunk, but they
know how to pack a life. You have
lately been reading an advertisement,
arranged in two columns of pictures,
one entitled "Business Manager," the
other "Household Manager." The ar
gument is that a certain device essen
tial to the office is equally useful in
the home. This represents A general
truth. Every mother ought to keep a
card catalogue beside her Bible. It is
the key that unlocks the well-packed
trunk of everyday.
It will tell where to find everything
from the Winter flannels to something
to play when it rains, and something
to put on a hornet's bite. And the
front card of this catalogue ought to
be the arrangement of "Duties for To
day." It can be filled! out while saying
one s prayers.
Bis Thing First.
This is the way a mere man would
go about it.
Most of us have each morning
enough in store to do, so that if we
simply fling ourselves into our tasks
without arranging them there will be a
fringe of unfinished duties hanging
over the end of the evening. The art
of packing consists in picking out the
big things first, doing them up com
pactly at the bottom of the morning,
and then carefully fitting In the little
things around, them. The one who
does that always finds that she has
plenty of time at the top for pleasures
and Joys that at the start she never
expected to be able to crowd in.
MIDNIGHT JUSTICE RAPID
Slfton Man. Begins Jail Sentence
Hour After Arrest.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 14
(Special.) Arrested at midnight, tried
30 minutes later, and jailed before
A. M., was the experience of F. S.
Sproul, of Slfton, today. George John
son. Deputy Sheriff, was called from
his bed late last night, when Sproul
and C. H. Delanoy, of Slfton, engaged
in a fight, Sproul being charged with
being the aggressor.
Sproul was arrested, and J. C. Price
Justice of the Peace, was routed out of
bed, and convened court at 12:30 A. M.
The prisoner was found guilty and sen
tenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs,
or go to Jail for 30 days. Being with
out the cash, Sproul was at once
brought to the county Jail in this city.
C. E. Spence on Way East.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Sept. 14. (Spe
ciaD C. E. Spence, of this city, master
of the State Grange, is on his way to
Washington, where he will confer with
a party of Grangers from other Coast
states and representatives of the 'De
partment of Agriculture m regard to
the price of wheat recently fixed by
the Government. Oregon s other dele
gate Is W. W. Harrah.
The Boy Who Rally Sings.
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Dancing every Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon and evening.
Oregon City or Milwaukie Cars, 5c Fare.
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REALTORS TALK FARES
BUILDING CODES AXSO DISCUSSED
AT BOARD MEETING
Rev. E. II. Pence, Formal Speaker,
Pleads That Hate of Germans
Not Be Taught Children.
The 6-cent carfare issue and the
proposed amendment of the building
code to permit the erection of mill con
struction buildings in the inner fire
district were discussed by members of
the Portland Realty Board at their
regular weekly meeting at the Hotel
Benson yesterday but no definite rec
ommendation was expressed in either
Instance.
H. D. Idleman suggested that the in
fect the status of property in suburban
districts and urged that a committee
be appointed to investigate the problem
and file their recommendation at a
subsequent meeting. A number of the
realtors including George D. Schalk, J.
Fred Larson and N. H. Atchison pro
tested against any interference with
the legally constituted body that is
empowered to handle the rate ques
tion and urged against the passage
of Mr. Idleman's motion but it prevailed
in spite of them.
Dr. E. H. Pence, the principal speaker
at yesterday's meeting of the board,
pleaded for a return to simple serious
living and incidentally admonished his
hearers not to allow their children to
cultivate hate for the German people.
VETERAN AUXILIARY SEWS
Meetings Held Tour Times Weekly
at Carlton Hotel.
The Ladles' Auxiliary of Scout Toung
Camp, United Spanish War Veterans,
has secured the use of the peacock
room of the Carlton Hotel for their
sewing meetings. Materials and equip
COTILLION
HALL
14th at Washington
Portland's most beautiful and
spacious ballroom. Ball-bearing
spring floor.
Opening
Dance
Toraigiit
Informals Every
Weds, and Sat, Eve.
Butterfield
the sweet singer and the Cotil
lion Orchestra.
Sold In three at sea of
packigea and In balk.
ment are at hand and members of the
auxiliary and their friends are urged
to participate actively In the relief
work. Meetings are held Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from
10 to 4.
Mrs. George Carr. president of the
auxiliary, is in charge of the work.
The committee consists of Mesdames T.
S. Bodley, Amelia Smith, Marcellus
Wagner, Clyde Nicholson, Gertrude Van
Overn, M. Turlay and A. L. Love.
Bloom's Ankle Broken in Bont.
PITTSBURG. Sept. 14. Bloom, of
Brooklyn, sustained a broken right
ankle in tho second round of a sched
uled 10-round bout with Benny Leon
ard, lightweight champion, at the lo
cal baseball park tonight.
Nobody knows how tired a teacher
is, sometimes,
and it almost seems to her like nobody
cares if she is
and sometimes that all comes from
her overworked eyes
and then we just wish she would come
in here for thirty minutes
and let us make a new woman of her.
Columbian Optical Co.
Floyd F. Brower. Manager
145 Sixth Street
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Patriotic Ecoiiomv
Patriotic
Economy Is elimination of waste, not grim martyr-like re
duction in methods of living. Inviting sweet foods must be
continued but desserts containing little or no nourishment
should be dropped. Try Ice Cream unwasteful and nour
ishing. This Sunday's special is
Royal Brick, made from Pineapple
Ice Cream and French Frozen Cus
tard in the Center, and the Bulk Ice
Cream is Pineapple.
CLARKE TO SEND 69 MEN
Second Installment of County's
Quota to Go to American Lake.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 14. (Spe
cial.) While the lists of the names
of 69 men, called by the draft, hava
not been received by the local exemp
tion board, they are expected daily.
The 69 men, the second installment to
go from Clarke County to make up the
quota of 172. will leave here Septem
ber 19 for American Lake.
The first number sent from here was
but nine and they were given a big
sendoff. being led to the depot by a
brass band, after having been given a
breakfast at the hotel.
Economy
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