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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1917)
8 THE MOEXIXG OREGOXIAJT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917. - STATE IS GENEROUS If! GIVING TO FUND Appeal for Money to Supply Soldiers and Sailors With Reading Matter Nets $2800. BAKER DRAFT IS LARGEST Eastern Oregon Town Contributes $300 on First Day of Drive for AVar Library Suc cess Seems Assured. TVith more than $2800 deposited with Edward Cookinjjham, treasurer, or re ported from various district war li brary councils on the second day of the drive, the success in Oregon of the War Library Fund to provide soldier and sailor camps and cantonments with libraries and reading matter seemed as cured. Only scattering1 reports havo been received from Oregon towns and the great majority have not reported ac tual collections at all. while most of the Portland teams did not get down to actual business until yesterday afternoon. Baker Team Leads. Joseph Heilner, campaign manager for Baker, held the laurels of the day, wt-en he telegraphed that Baker's first day totaled more than $300. Baiem made an unusually fine showing; with 187.75, reported by W. H. Burghardt, treasurer. Astoria telegraphed $24.35 as an incomplete report of the activi ties of Miss Dora Badollet's committee, while James Dunn, of St. Benedict, re-, ported he bad practically reached his Quota. The Silverton draft represented more than one-half the total quota and It was promised the entire sum would be in hand from Homer Davenport's town today. Ilrnctlt Dances Planned. John Hall, of Myrtle Creek, wrote that his committee had reached Its apportionment and Ike Robinette, of Vale. said that city was "going strong." At Sheridan, Mrs. C. II. Knicker bocker sent an incomplete report with the statement that committees were Just finding their stride and that a benefit -dance and other activities would feature the week. Accounts from Marshfield say that the war li brary fund dance being arranged at that city will be the social and patriotic event of the season. Sirs. Henry Sen stacken is chairman. Monmontb to Increase Quota. Mrs. Edward Bennett, Monroe, said her committee was doubling its pro rata, and K. W. Adams, of Marlon, told of his success with the fund. Miss Mabel O. West said she had already reached Monmouth's $30 apportionment and would Increase this sum. The only branch libraries to report were Sellwood, with $44. as an Incom plete report of its first day's work, and University Park, whicU reported that it had netted $t5 as the result of a picture show benefit Monday. Oresham is centering its drive today, while practically all the Portland com mittees are expected to be at. work at the same time. SHERIDAN CONTRIBUTES $10 Campaign for AVar Library Fund AVell Under War. BHERIDAN, Or.. Sept. 25. (Special.) .Sheridan made its first contribution for war library week last night, in the form of a check for $10, which was mailed by Mrs. C. II. Knickerbocker, head of the , work here. A vigorous campaign has been planned by tha girls of the Honor Guard and the women of the Council - of National Defense for the remainder of the week. Tomor row night there will be a box supper and muslcalo in the City Hall audi torium and a benefit at the moving picture house Is to be given soon. .Business men are co-operating and another check will be mailed tomor row. CRITICS PRAISE SINGER MME, MATZEXAt'ER CREDITED WITH PERFECT VOICE. Popularity In Other Cities Great and KntBuafaam. Greeting; Her Vn bounded Accord ins to Review Humanly perfect, also perfectly hu man." That's how the critics designate the voice of Mme. Matzenauer, who will ulnar at the Heilip Theater October 3 in a concert under the direction of Steers & Coman. The management is antici pating a record-breaking house, as the popularity of the singrer in other cities has been so great and the enthusiasm that has greeted her has been un bounded, according to accounts given by the various reviews. Of Mme. Matzenauer, Walter An DENTISTS Painless operation! on the teeth, as perhaps yon will know from yuur own experience, depend la rarely on the man who naen the Instrument If he In care IfKii. Irritable or njavympathetle. he will Inflict paiu. Ton Will Not Get Hart If You Find This amber. The Union Fninless Dentists are In corporated under the laws of Oregon, and the company is responsible for the Kuarantee that ftoes with ail the work that leaves their office. PLATES $5 Porcelain Crowns S3.SO to 5 I'orrelain Killlna. fil 22-K (Wold (ronu jtJ.RO to S5 Gold Brld Ke S3.50 to 5 attracting 50C 23VA Morrison, Cor. 2d Knttre Crn.r. Look (or tne Him Imaon 81(a. UNION thori'y-otthe Chronicle, said recently: Hers la not a. voice In a million. It Is a million voices at least it co-ordinates the loveliness of a million. It is yntueaia of sod g. It Is melody rendered vocal; color transmuted into tone: emotion ex pressed in notes, and passion raised to spirituality through art. There Is not, in deed. In all the world another's voice like hers. Warmth, Intimacy, personal charm and an conscious, spontaneous allurement are the qualities found in this sinrer's art. I say nothing- of her marvelous range, nor of her kill in compassing its heights and depths frith effortless and unbroken loveliness, nor of her art in phrasing, nor her control of the dynamics of her tones from softest whisper to vehement appeal. These things so rare one somehow takes for granted in the singing of this wonderful woman. Mme. Matzenauer sing3 the good old "Annie Laurie," "Home, Sweet Home" and "The Lost Chord" as well as she PORTLAND ACT IS COMING i TO HIPPODROME. Gene Knight. Unusual interest centers around the appearance at the Hippo drome next Thursday of "The Symphony Belles," an act com- The act Is- a spectacular musical 7 one, featuring violins, and an J unique Instrument played by Miss VCJIC .a7k.ll alb, LUO U1I CV. .U i , WUIUU resembles the 'cello and violin. It is an unusually large violin, manufactured by a Portland vio lin maker following the original design made by Miss Knight. The company members are Ger trude E. Hoeber, Marie Weiss, Kheublna Larson, Dolores Cul len, Zalie Colson and Elisabeth Standley. The act was given a tryout in Seattle and was booked immediately for the entire Ack-erman-Harria circuit. does the classics and the difficult op eras. Such a general programme she will offer here. ALBANY FEEDS TROOPS ALMOST lOOO CALIFOIUVIAXS ARE BA4l'ETED 1ST ARMORY. Men on IVay to American Lake to Join National Array Pleased Wllk Their Reception. ALBANY", Or.. Sept. 23. (Special.) Almost 1000 men bound for American Lake for service in the National Army were served with meals by the local chapter of the Red Cross today. Five hundred and twenty-eight ate dinner here late last night. for several days the local Red Cross Society has been serving; meals In the Armory here for men from California who passed through here on their way to American Lake. "Here's to Albany. The best recep tion we have hud since we left San Francisco." This was the toast proposed by one of the men at lant night's dinner, and the way the soldiers cheered showed that they meant it. The soldiers gave cheer after cheer for the dinner, for the Red Cross which served it. for the Honor Guard Girls who acted as wait resses, and for the high school band, which played during the dinner. Albany evidently is making a great "hit" with the California men, because it is the only place they have stopped. they say, where they ate on tablecloths and with silverware. While the Albany members of the Red Cross served the dinner, members of the organization throughout the county assisted by sending? in food and supplies. The soldiers have been furnished with postcards here on which to send messages home. PORTLAND KIRI, RETIRXS AS STAR AFTER FEW YEARS. Mi., Fare OWellL. Seven years asro Miss Kaye O'Neill, charmer par excellence in the sparkling musical success, "little Miss LTp-to-Date," at Fantages this week, was a student at the Ladd Grammar School here. Two years ago she was quite the hit of the famous Ziegfeld Follies and last year she duplicated her suc cesses. Now Miss O'Xeill comes home for the first time since starting on her pro fessional career as a vaudeville star of the first water. - Many of Miss O'Neill's achoolday friends welcomed her return. Edward O'Neill, local commercial artiat, is Miss O'Neill's uncle. it It 's. U I 1 ' 1 1 if - isaasv i T " si I f a ' J ; It !: . VJ : ',' & ' ' V ". i ' v. " ' i A I t - - . ... ; J la H - J ft ? "VTW 'v - V t i v - .3 - TAXES ARE LIKELY TO JUMP UPWARD New Propositions Will More Than Offset Council's Budget-Paring. BOND INTEREST IS HEAVY Marquam Gulch Playground. Audi torium Terwllliger Boulevard. Paving Plant, More Arc Lights, Higher Salaries, Swell Levy. The city tax levy. In keeping with the times, is likely to take a jump up ward In spite of every effort of the Council to keep it down. All city de partment budgets Tor 191S must be filed with the City Auditor Monday. I Special propositions pending probably will exceed by far what is lopped off. Various propositions, which have to be met, will make it difficult for the i Council to keep the budget within the; 6 per cent tax increase limitation. The btggrest proposition in the special I line will be the four-tenths of 1 mill special tax for park purposes, as voted on at the last city election. Four-tenths of 1 mill will mean about $120,000. This amount, which is for a fund to build a playground in Marquam Gulch, will not be subject to the 6 per cent limi- tation, because voted by the people. Bond Interest Heavy. Funds needed for the Public Audi torium will mount up to about $60,000 a year, including1 interest on bonds and all other charges. The city will have to pay out $338,840 in interest on out standing bonds of all kinds during the year. This includes the $24,000 interest on the Auditorium bonds, but does not Include $10,800, which will be necessary for redemption of part of the crema tory bonds, or $2500 for interest on crematory bonds. It takes in the in terest for bonds for bridges, buildings, fire-boats and other municipal property established by bond issue. Then there will be $40,000 for paving the north half of Terwilllger boule vard. This must be provided under a contract between the city and the donors of the property. Commissioner Bigelow intends to ask for the purchase of considerable new automobile fire apparatus for the fire bureau and probably two street-flushing machines for the street-cleaning bureau. He says he will ask for no new fire stations, although some are needed to replace present buildings. More Street Lights Wanted. Commissioner Mann will tisk for an appropriation for establishment of 1500 additional street arc lights. He Is planning a general revision of the arc lighting system, and the additional lights will cost several thousand dol lars. The city has put In no new arc lights for about four years. There are about 2400 petitions for lights on file in Commissioner Mann's office. Commissioner Barbur will ask for about $8000 for a municipal paving re pair plant. This, he says, is necessary because of the vast amount of paving now under municipal maintenance and the cost of repairing this pavement. Then there is the question of wages for men. All sorts of petitions have been filed for increases. Firemen are asking for a 25 per cent increase, laborers want from 25 cents to 75 cents & day increase, policemen want in creases, and virtually every other city employe is asking for a boost and it will be necessary that many of them get recognition or the city will-lose a lot of its best men. On top of all other difficulties will be. that of providing , money to carry the city over from one tax-paying time to another. This has come to be an annual nightmare, for the Council wilL again need probably 1200,000. PIERCE FUNDS ARE LOW COUNTY OFFICIALS FACING risRIOD OF GOING WITHOUT SALARIES. Law Prevent, Issue of Warrants In Wairiiinclon After 2 Per Cent Deficit I, Created. TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) Pierce County officials and in stitutions deriving maintenance from the general expense fund are likely to be without salaries for the last month or two of 1917. This is the development today of the county fund overdraft muddle. "X will not issue one warrant from the general expense fund after the le eal amount has been drawn," Deputy Auditor C. A. Campbell said today. Under the law the County Auditor cannot Issue warrants on the current expense fund in excess of 2 per cent over the estimated revenue of the year. Attorney-General Tanner has ruled that this law is made to apply to the 1917 budget. Unless he now' chancres the rulins the county won't have a cent for ex penses for December 1. Already the current expense fund is about $50,000 behind, according to the figures of Deputy Auditor Campbell, and at the present rate would be be hind about $130,000 by the first of next year. The law says the county shall be absolved from any liability for such overdrafts. Hence the County Com missioners are worried. M'CLURG WILL LECTURE Luncheon Talk at Progressive Busi ness Men's Club Is Notable. Gilbert McClurg, who is on his 10th transcontinental lecture tour, will speak to the Progressive Business Men's Club tomorrow noon at the Ben son Hotel on "To the Shining Moun tains and the Sunset Sea. Mr. McClurg has lectured In more than 25 of America's leading unlversl ties. His talk will be illustrated with exquisite colored lantern projections. Judge E. V". Littlefield will act as chairman of the day. Women are invited to be present at this luncheon, and each member is urged to bring a friend. ROLL OF HONOR ORDERED Names of Lane County Soldiers to Be Recorded. EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 25. (Special.) Tha nam of every man who has gone from Lane County into the service of the country is to be placed on a roll of honor by tha patriotic committee of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. The committee in charge has ob- talned the names of members of the Oregon Coast Artillery and has writ ten to Captain J. E. Kuykendall for a copy of the roster of the Fourteenth Ambulance Corps, in which there are many Lane County boys. The Navy and War departments will be asked to supply names of those who entered the service since the declaration of war, together with the names of those in the Army and Navy at the time war was declared. SUGAR ECONOMY URGED Appeal of French People Voiced by Washington rood Office. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 25. Charles Hebbard, Federal food administrator for Washington, tonight appealed to the people of Washington to heed the urgent call of the French people, voiced through Herbert Hoover, to provide them with 100,000 tons of sugar within 30 days. "This must be done." said Mr. Heb berd. "if the minimum ration now fur nished the French people is to be con tinued until the new crop of West In dian sugar is available. January 1. There is only enough sugar in the United States now to supply our normal consumption until the new crop is available. The call of the French peo ple can be answered only through economy by every citizen of the United States." DESCHUTES MEN HEALTHY Selected Men All Pass Physical Examination at Camp. BEND, Or., Bept. 25. (Special.) Word has been received from Camp Lewis that all of the 15 who went from here last week as the second increment of Deschutes County's quota on the selective draft had successfully passed the physical examination given at the camp. Arrangements are now being com pleted by the local board for calling: the next 40 per cent, which will mobi lize here October 3. Theft at Grangeville Mystery. GRANGEVILLE, Idaho. Sept. 25. (Special.) The cash drawer in the li brary at the high school building1 was rifled last night and about $20 in cash stolen. The thief entered through a basement window, which was left open, and two doors were unlocked and locked again in gaining: entrance to the library. The authorities are certain the thief possessed a key to the rooms, and as all the known keys are held by responsible parties, an additional mys tery has been added by this phase. Su perintendent J. J. Staley today offered $50 reward for apprehension of the thief. Clarke Gets New Rock Crusher, VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) Another new rock crusher is be ing installed at Hockinson, under the supervision of Abe Miller, County Commissioner. Mr. Miller said today that the rock obtained here will be of the finest for a top dressing for the county roads. Clarke County has sev eral rock crushers and operates his automobile trucks, which haul rock and g ravel much cheaper than horses and waarons formerly did. Use more corn and save Wheat! Corn bread in various styles has been used by the white man from Pilgrim Father days, and by the Red Man for untold ages. Corn is America's greatest grain crop. Of late years ingenious Americans have found that corn can be transformed from a common, into an uncommonly delightful food by cooking, rolling and toasting. And of all corn flakes the most delicious, the most palatable, and most richly flavored, are All the goodness of white Indian corn! A delicious, nourishing dish, usually eaten with cream, milk, or fruits and juices in season! These bubbled flakes have a substance that gets them away from old style corn flakes thin and wispy. They are a substantial food not a soggy confection. Eat H. C. BEAM AT FRQflT Portland Youth Writes of Life in Dressing Station. NEW KIND OF GAS IS USED First Lieutenant In Medical Re serve Corps of United States Army Lrent to British Po sition Declared Safe. Judge Robert S. Bean, of the United States District Court, has received a letter from his son, Harold C. Bean, describing life in an advanced hospital dressing station just behind the front line trenches of the British army in France. Though a First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army, Harold Bean is one of several medical officers lent- by this Government to the British army. He sailed from New York for the battle front last July 24. He i.i a graduate of the University of Oregon and of Johns Hopkins Uni versity. He was an interne in Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, when he obtained his commission in the Medical Reserve Corps. In his letter, he speaks particularly of a new kind of gas the Germans are using-. He describes It as "especially disabling." The letter follows: My Dear Father and Mother and Folks: Here I am, down In a comfortable dugout, listening to the ponnd of the Bosche's shells overhead and the Joyful sound of our bis BTuns answering back, with many times the number he sends over. As you know, I did not crave this situation, but things fell so as to put me here according to orders, so I am making the best of it, and it la not so very bad, even when one thinks of being under fire, within a few hundred yards of the German line. Advance 8tatlon Occupied We are stationed at what is called the advance dressing station, usually located within a few hundred yards of all the reel mental posts, bo. the stretcher-bearers will not have so long a distance to carry the wounded; and also so they will reach us as soon as possible after they are Injured. All stations are not alike, some in houses, basements or even fcents, but this present one Is in a large cellar that has been reinforced with steel and concrete. "We can handle about 00 men at the same time, and quar ters for as many or more men of our unit. Have an Improvised operating room where all dressings are put on and hemorrhages checked. No real operations are attempted this far in advance. After a case Is dressed and made a little more comfortable, he Is placed in a waiting ambulance and driven back some six or seven miles to the casualty clearing station, where all operations arc performed. The Bosche has apparently taken a dislike to wounded and hospitals as you have noticed In recent papers, so he gives us a reception each eve ning with what the British Tommy calis "iron rations," but I am glad to say usually without any injury as our shelter U well made and strong. There are three medical officers on duty here at a time, and then we are relieved, week in and week out. But the few days I COFIH an all-tlie-year-round food TOASTIES me HARD ivl ANa FIVE-FOOT GRAND no mon? spaa? than anupright.9Ind Caruso says.'Jts 725- FOB Sasy terms if desired. 0 Morrison Street have been up here we have been very busy, especially with gas cases. They are throw- lng over now a new gas, smelling like mus tard, but very disabling if one does not use the mask at once. All dugouts, etc, are pro tected by large, heavy blankets saturated with chemicals so as to keep the heavy vapor out. Gas Stella Give Warning. Just day before yesterday he gave us a shower of gas shells. Apparently the cloud gas Is not used much now, but instead he sends the gas in small shells that cause a peculiar sound as they pass through the air and this helps In warning us. They do not make much noise as they explode, but at once give off this peculiar smoke. Usually night time is the favorite chance, so the other evening be began to throw them at us; at once our sentry spotted the smell and warned everyone, yet In spite of this we all got enough to have sore eyes, slight cough, sore throat and groggy feeling, all day yesterday, but today am feeling fine. All day we had many poor, tired men seriously affected by this terrible stuff, and the sight is not easy to stand brave, young fellows who fight to the last and hate to give in to the stuff, but are compelled to do so. I am- glad to eay that after sev eral days the majority of them recover and can return to their regiments. Wounded? Yes, scores "and Scores, and it is too terrible to attempt description, but only to say that what Sherman said about war is more than true over here; . men chewed as though gone over' by a harrow, yet not complaining and in fact cheer ful as we attempt to patch them up and give them the anti-tetanus serum which each one who has a scratch must receive. But speaking ef - wounded, - the ambulance drivers and stretcher-bearers are certainly nervy. Very little is ever witten about them, for they do not make the charges or "go over the top," yet they 'work under fire and the roads near here are certainly shelled, especially at night. Ambulance Is Shelled. Just the night we had our gas attack they shelled our ambulance standing in front here and destroyed the same, but for tunately no one was in It at the time. We all live, work, eat and sleep in this one place, so we are safe, and the sound of our own artillery at our backs and near us is wonderfully consoling, for 'Frlta' is getting more than he is giving our side. But how eager every-one Is for this ter rible struggle to be over. Some of the men have not been on leave for two years and others have been home and back again. I have only been here a few weeks, yet I have had plenty and am eager to re L and Save WHeat! at Broadway turn to my own country. Wouldn't it be fine If It were all over by Christmas, u the men Often talk of? As the Tommy says: Cheer on,' for everything j8 coming out all right and I am coming back to you safe and sound. Don't worry, and write when yc-u can. lour loving son. - UAt. WOOL THEFTS CONFESSED G. E. Van Orden Faces Early Sen- tence to Penitentiary. CORVALLIS. Or.. Sept. 25. (Special.) Q. B. Van Orden, arrested yesterday at Dallas, charged with being: Impli cated in wool thefts in Benton County, today confessed to the District At torney. Four other members of the sans wera convicted in Linn County at the last term of court. Van Orden was groins under the name of McBride when cap tured and was at work as a painter. He was traced by means of a watch found where the automobile in which the thieves made their escape had been stationed. An extra session of the grand Jury has been arranged in order that the court may impose sentence as quickly as possible. TEXTBOOK REFORM URGED Ballot Petition Filed to Provide for State Printing. SALEM, Or.. Sept. 25. (Special.) W. B. McKinney. 71 North Eighteenth street, Portland, today filed with Sec retary Olcott the tentative form of an initiative petition to go on the ballot at the general election in November. 1918. providing for a constitutional amendment which would require that all textbooks be printed at the State Printing Office, that they be furnished free and that textbooks be channel no oftener than once in four years. o Wlhea.ft tea