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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1917)
TIIE 31011X1X0 OREGOXIAy 3IOXPAY, OCTOBER 1 1917. OREGON'S DRIVE Of WAR LOAN IS BEGUN EXECUTIVE HEAD OF SECOND LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN, WHICH OPENS IN PORTLAND THIS MORNING. 5 BILLION IS GOAL IN LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE 1 JS P I ray s 1 wenty Headquarters Are Opened in Portland in Former Lumber men's Bank, 5th and Stark. Subscriptions Expected From 10,000,000 Individuals in Campaign Today. mm-" ....... .;.jf -tr?" wyl. & 'icvv M fi n (it ! w - ' s. RESERVE BANK MEN Dan of Local Campaign Differs Widely From That Utilized in the First Drive Soliciting to Be Largely Personal. "With bip banners blazoning- the for mer Lumbermens Bank at Fifth and Stark streets as "Liberty Loan Head quarters," and with a complete city and etate organization perfected, Oregon officially begins the drive for her J16, 600,000 quota this morning. The second call is for $3,000,000,000 from the Na tion. State headquarters are situated in this city, with C. A. Miller, represen tative of the Federal Reserve Eank, who handled the last campaign, as state manager. Mr. Miller will direct the drive, and give a great deal of the com ing month to a speaking tour of Ore gon. He is sanguine of success. Honda to Rear 4 Per Cent. The second liberty loan bonds will bear 4 per cent interest, as contrasted with the 3 per cent of the first issue. They are due 25 years after date, op tional after 10 years, and are free of taxation, with the exception of the sur tax and inheritance tax. Those who hold bonds of the first issue, it is of ficially announced, may exchange them for bonds of the second, without charge. One stumbling stone to a. wider popu larity and understanding of the first issue, successful as it proved to be, undoubtedly was the fact that the Gov ernment was not able to transfer the &ctual bond to the purchaser without considerable delay. Bonds of the first Issue are now ready for delivery. But bonds of the second Liberty loan, of the smaller denominations, will be ready for delivery to subscribers be fore the campaign is concluded, while those ot larger denominations will scarcely be delayed longer than the end of the campaign, which closes within the month. Plan of Campaign Changed. In general charge of state headquar ters will be C. H. Davis, of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, who reached this city yesterday and spent the afternoon in conference with Cam paign Manager Miller. Mr. Davis will be aided by a full staff of office as sistants and the state headquarters will be the base for information and cam paign supplies. Subscriptions will be received there from such as have not been visited br solicitors. The plan of local campaign differs Tt-idely from that utilized in the first drive. Chairmen of soliciting commit tees are chosen by business or profes sion and will name committeemen in the same manner. The field for each committee so formed will lie among business friends and professional asso ciates. Besides these committees, general squads of solicitors will comb the of fice buildings for subscriptions and cover the city at large. Nothing has been left to chance, and the liberty loan central committee, in consultation with Mr. Miller, has worked out a compre hensive scheme of campaign that does not permit duplication of effort, a con dition which proved vexing during the progress of the first drive. In charge of publicity methods, as director, will be C. C. Chapman, of the Oregon Voter, whose mission is to epread the message to be advanced and aggressive advertising methods. Mr. Chapman will be aided by one or more office assistants. Con.mtttee Chairmen Announced. Chairmen of the various campaign committees are as follows: Organiza tion, A. L. Mills, president First Na tional Bank: finance, Edward Cooking- bam, Ladd & Tilton Bank; distribution. John C. Ainsworth, president United States National Bank; publicity, E. G. Crawford, first vice-president United states National Bank; speakers, Edgar B. Piper, editor- The Oregonian. Local committees in the various cities of the state will keep closely in touch with state headquarters. In general charge of the campaign is the execu tive committee of the liberty loan state central committee, of which W. A. MacRae, of the Bank, of California, is chairman. It is estimated that two or three days will elapse before the drive gathers Impetus and the office machinery is working to perfection. From Wednes day of this week, those in charge of the campaign predict, the second lib erty loan will begin to loom large in the consciousness of Oregon, and will move forward to successful subscription. ry ,K?ir 1 Zz s-vfe AUTO CHECK IS Ai Members of Safety Commis sion to Report Offenses. DRIVERS WILL BE WARNED A Miller; of Saa FrancUcof Work at His Deslc Does My Money Go?" If you do not have a checking account it is a difficult matter to tell where your money really does go a little here and a little there but all una c counted for. With check cii Vim Avirl ran. I fejfcfegas&Sa, celed checks you itttsaiawi, nave a recora 0fSff, and receipt for every . dollar spent. This strong state bank wel comes your ac- large or m count, l.im smaU. '5 Record to Be Made of Any Breach Observed and Sent to Owner of Car, Who Will Be Prosecuted if He Errs Second Time. Another plan of checKIng up on reck less or careless autoists has Just been formulated by the Portland Public Safety Commission, each member of which will constitute himself a com mittee of one to report each and every case of traffic violation which comes under his observation. The Commission has determined that every case of reckless driving, either of a minor or jterious nature, shall be reported officially, on form postal cards on which the time, place and nature of each offense have been print ed in order that this work may be car ried on. For instance, if a member of the Commission witnesses some viola tion of the traffic ordinance, he takes the number of the machine and gets the name of the owner of the car from Harry B. Coffin, chairman of the Commission. This card is then filled out with all particulars and mailed to the owner of the machine. If a car owner receives a notice of his traffic violation he is urged to use more caution in the future, although such notice does not necessarily mean that he will be placed under arrest. If a second or third offense is reported, however, the owner of the car will be prosecuted. There are 15 members, of the Public Rafetv Commission. and all have I pledged themselves to watch carefully for traffic violations, .fciacn lniraction thus reported is put on record at po lice headquarters and stands as a black mark against the offender. 'This action was decided upon be cause of the unusually large number of automobile accidents in Portland during the current year." said J. f. Jaeger, a member of the Commission. We are determined to cut down me number of accidents, and believe that this can be accomplished if every mem ber of the Commission makes it his duty to report every violation coming under his observation. "There are any number of autoists who will always take a chance If they know that a traffic officer or uni formed policeman is not in signt. These are the car owners whose vio lations can be better checked up Dy members of the Commission." In order that this plan may oe wiaer in it scone, it is possible that the per sonnel of the Commission will be en larged In order to give memDersnip to those persons who are willing to assist the city officials in their effort to re duoB the number of automobile acci dents. Hardly a day passes witnoui from three to five automobile accidents being reported, and some stringent method must be adopted, say members of the Commission, to stop tnese xrai fic violations. COUSIN, SMITH AVERS SHERIDAN MAN COXTESTS AVltL OP LATE 8IHS. FALI.G. Mr. Smith. If she had had a relative. they declare, Mr. Strong surely would have known of it. It Is further declared that Mr. Smith had never made known his relationship to Mrs. Faling until after her death In this city in the Summer, and that he arrived in Portland from Sheridan the day before or the day of the funeral. It Is asserted that he never even at tended the funeral. In addition to laying a claim of re lationshlp. Smith will further attempt to prove that the last will and testa ment of Mrs. Faling was made out and signed by her through the "undue in fluence and coercion" of the two chief beneficiaries. Strong and Mead. This allegation is contained in the papers filed in the will contest. The law firm of Dey; Burnett & Hampson and E. E. Heckbert will repre sent the Sheridan man, while the heirs of the estate will be represented by John F. Logan, C. Henri Labbe and James G. Wilson. 26,000 BANKS TO GIVE AID Hundreds of Thousands of Firms, Corporations and Citizens, In- eluding Womeu and Chil dren, United in Movement. WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. The sec ond Liberty Loan campaign will open tomorrow. For four weeks the entire Nation will be a recruiting ground for money with which to carry on the war. To obtain $3,000,000,000 In subscrip tions,' the minimum set by treasury of ficials for the issue, a gigantic machine of many parts stands ready to be set In motion with the opening of the compaign. Fifty per cent greater than the first Liberty Loan, the pres ent offering is the largest the Amer ican people people ever have been called upon to absorb. Five Billion Is Goal. Five billion dollars and 10.000,000 subscribers that is the goal which of ficials hope to reach during the next four weeks. The services of virtually every Industry of the Nation have been enlisted. Hundreds of thousands of Individuals, firms and corporations will unite in giving all or a part of their time in carrying the work for ward. Secretary McAdoo will open the campaign formally with a speech in Cleveland, O., and then make a trans continental tour which will take him Into virtually every section of the country and keep him on the road until October 26, the day before the subscription books close. 20,000 Bank to Lend Aid. More than 26,000 banks, working un der guidance of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks, regional headquarters for the loan, will be the treasury's first lieutenants. The entire press of the country daily newspapers, weekly and monthly magazines, trade papers, foreign language publications and farm papers which contributed so largely to the success of the first is sue, will work for the success of the second. Chambers of commerce, boards of trade, manufacturers' associations and kindred organizations have pledged their active and unstinted efforts in the campaign. Patriotic societies by the score have been enlisted, as well as church and school organizations, labor unions, fra ternal societies and school children. Boy scouts, veterans of the last cam paign, are planning a heavier drive for the second. Women's organiza tions from coast to coast have been marshaled under the leadership of a central women's Liberty Loan Com mittee, headed by Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, and tens of thousands of local com mittees of both men and women will aid in the chief towns and cities. mmmm FAIR WELL ATTENDED TOTAL ADMISSIONS FOR WEEK ES TIMATED AT 121,000. of Receipts About 93000 Above Those Last Year, Showing Surplus of f 12,000 to 915,000. SALEM, Or., Sept. 30. (Special.) An estimate made today by Secretary A. H. Lea, of the State Fair board, placed the total admissions for the week of the fair at 121,000, or 11,000 more than last year, with total re ceipts approximating $60,400. This year's total receipts exceed last year's by about J3000. and it is estimated that the fair will show a surplus of be tween $12,000 and $15,000. A protest filed with the State Fair board against the exhibit of Polk County was withdrawn by the protest- ants today. The protest was made on the ground that Mrs. Minnie Braden. superintendent of the pavilion, also had charge of preparing and putting on the Polk County exhibit. Secretary Lea today sold his little pacer, Helen Hal, to Joe Carson, mil lionaire racing man of Winnipeg, for $1000. Helen Hal is free to enter in any class and is a pretty little animal. fane figured in two races at the fair. to LaddTIlton BANK. Wa s iVi nLon ana i nira li irnftrii is n - i Contestant Claims He Is Entitled Share of Property Otherwise Disposed of by Will. Whether or not W. Tyler Smith, of Sheridan. Or., was a cousin of Mrs. Xarifa Faling, deceased, and, if so, en titled to all or a part or ner nair-mii lion-dollar estate, is a question which will be fought out before County Judge Tazwell, starting October 15, in a will contest which promises to arouse un usual interest. W. Tyler Smith bases his claim for a portion of the estate on the ground that he was a first cousin of Mrs. Faling and, as such, was entitled to a substantial amount by law. This rela tionship will be denied by Thomas N. Strong and C. L. Mead, chief benefi ciaries under the terms of the will. Attorneys for the Sheridan man de clare that they can show positive proof that Mr. Smith was closely related to Mrs. Faling, while, on the other hand the attorneys for the Faling heirs are skeptical as to these claims of rela tionship. It is pointed out by attor neys for the estate that Thomas N. Strong had served as attorney for Mrs. Faling for more-than 40 years, and during that time had never heard of GAMP WORK GOES AHEAD TACOMA BUILDING TRADES PATRIOTIC STAND. TAKE Semtary Parsons Says Government Will Not Be Embarrassed at This Stage of Construction. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 30. (Spe clal.) Although action was taken by the Metal Trades Council Friday to refuse to handle non-union lumber, ev ery man affiliated with the council re ported for work Saturday mornine. uarap Lewis construction work will not be delayed by the present non union lumber controversy. T. M. Par sons, secretary of the Building Trades Council, which has 3000 members em ployed at the cantonment, says: "We absolutely refuse to have the Govern ment embarrassed at this stage of the cantonment construction. The Build ing Trades Council has taken this stand from a patriotic and humanitarian standpoint.. Troops are arriving daily. and to stop construction at this time might deprive the boys of shelter." Relative to the action of metal work ers, a number of union officials said today they believed this was not bind ing on affiliated organizations involved and that if a strike was actually pend ing it could not possibly be effective inside of 10 days. There are only two Tacoma shipbuilding plants actually affected, the Seaborn and Foundation yards. The Todd plant has refused to handle unfair lumber, while the Ta coma and Barbare shipyards are open shop. FAMOUS HENS EXHIBITED State Hospital Flock Shown at Fair Has Record. SALEM, Or.. Sept. 30. (Special.) Superintendent Stelner, of the State Hospital, today removed from the State Fair the hospital's exhibit of its fa mous Oregon heiw. This flock of 3000 hens produced 43,6 S dozen eggs from September, 1916 to 1917, and the ex hibit contained 2309 eggs, one day's product Some hens shown in the ex hibit had trapnest records for their first year of 302. 291, 284 and 281 eggs. The flock had 272 hens which averaged 229 eggs each for 1917 and 1349 of these hens averaged 198 eggs each in 1915. These famous Oregon hens were orig inated by Professor J. L. Dryden, of the O. A. C, and are the only breed used in the State Hospital poultry yards. Gresham School Xecds Repairs. GRESHAM, Or., Sept. 30. (Special.) Frank C. Jones, a local contractor and builder, has been employed to re place the floor in the commercial room of the union hlgrh school building. When the building was constructed two years ago the contractor laid the floor on scantlings embedded in con crete, and there was no space for air circulation, which caused the floor to decay quickly. A clothes -selling policy which has saved the men and young men of Portland many thousands of dollars This profit-sharing plan was only inaugurated a few months ago, and today this store is the most-talked-of store in the city, because every man who buys his clothes here gets so much better value than he expected to get or could get elsewhere that he sends his friends here, with the result that our business for the whole store has increased for the month of Sep tember more than 100 per cent over last year, which proves we were meet ing the situation in the right way when we concluded in these times of high prices to share equally with our customers the profits charged. We guarantee to duplicate in value suits or overcoats sold by other stores for $25.00, $30.00 and $35.00 At Our Price . . EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR We guarantee to duplicate in value suits or over coats sold by other stores from $35.00 to $50.00 At Our Price . . . . EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR We pay from thirteen-f if ty to twenty-one-fifty to sell at twenty. We pay from twenty to thirty-two for clothes to sell at thirty. Corner Washington and West Park SEAMEN WIN STRIKE Shipping Board Decides Grant Wage Increase. to OTHER DEMANDS WAIVED Lake Carriers Yield Many 'Points and Controversy Is Settled. Other Shipping of Nation Already In Accord. WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. The strike of Great Lakes seamen set for tomor row was called oil here today by union leaders when the Shipping; Board, serv ing; as arbitrator in their dispute with the carriers, decided to grant wage in creases demanded. Other demands were waived pending Investigation by the board. The dispute was brought to the Ship ping Board when it appeared the car riers' refusal to deal with the Seamen's Union had defeated all hope of an ad justment. Both sides agreed to abide by the board's decisions in all except the demand for union recognition, which the carriers still refuse to meet. The men asked a minimum wage for seamen during October and November sen of $95 a month. The carriers had de clined to pay more than J85. Deck hands will receive J60 a month, 2.50 more than the carriers were willing to pay enter into the general agreement nego tiated a month ago by the Government with shipping interests and union rep resentatives under which a new gen eral wage scale was fixed, and living conditions aboard ships Improved. ON 70 CATTLE BRING $12,000 W. K. Newell Herd at Gaston Is Sold at Auction. GASTON. Or.. Sept. 30. (Special.) The sale Friday of the W. K. Newell herd of registered Holsteins at Clov eridge Farm, near Segher's Station, was well attended. The sals was held under the direction of the new owner! of Cloveridge Farm, Mandius Oteon, of Portland. While there were many fine animals sold at a sacrifice, the sale as a whole was satisfactory, 70 head bringing $12,000. Thirty cows averaged 23o. The top price, J440, was paid by the Rev. Mr. Martin, of Mount Angel, for a beautiful 4-year-old with a high butter-fat record. Many of the cattle were bid in by the dairymen of this lo cality. Louis Wilcox, of Scogeins Val ley, paying J1475 for a bunch of nine heifers and young cows. Lionel L. Paget, of Kast Gaeton, purchased three young heifers for $00. John Kiernan, of Portland, -was the heaviest buyer. Alleged Deserter Taken South. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 30. (Special.) Sergeant Howell, from Vancouver Bar racks, left Eugene this morning with George Trott, of Eureka, Cal., in custody. Trott is alleged to have de serted from among the drafted men from California, leaving a train at Junction City. He was arrested In Eu gene by Chief of Police C. B. Christen- The lake carriers were the only ehip- owners of the country who did not 23 Malheur Men to Go to Colors. VALE. Or.. Sept. 30. (Special.) Twenty-five Malheur County men will leave October 3 for war service under the selective draft. Eat More Core! When you eat corn instead of wheat you are saving for the boys in France. Corn is an admirable cool weather food. Whether or not you like corn bread, corn muffins, "Johnny Cake," or corn pone, you are sure to like Railroad Addition Proposed. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 30. (Spe cial.) A survey is being made for a proposed road to be constructed from the terminus of the railway, east of Onalaska, to Salkum. If the road is established It will mtke fTTe railroad accessible to a large number of farmers in the vicinity of Ethel and Salkum. The newest wrinkle in corn foods crisp, bubbled flakes of white corn a substantial food dish with an alluring smack and costs but a trifle. Make Post' Toasties Your War Cereal i i UNI DENTISTS Pnfnlesn operntlon on the tectta. mm per ha pa you will know front yonr own fiprrifncr, drprnd largely on the man who aura the lnatrument. If be la care Icmm, Irritable or unamathetic, he will inflict pain. Yon Will ot Get Hurt If Yon Find This umber. The Union Painless Dentists are In corporated under the laws of Oregon, and the company is responsible for the guarantee that goes with all the work that leaves their office. 1 1 r-ar iu tKLJ JO n rl . ua i PLATES $5 Porcelain Crowns 83.50 to 85 Porcelain Killings g 2--K. Oold Crowns S3.50 to S3 SS-K Oold Bridge 3.50 to 85 Extracting 06 23VA Morrison, Cor. 2d luntlre Corner. Look for the Ilia; Union Slffn CENTRAL OREGON'S INTERSTATE FAIR PRINEVILLE SEPT. 30 TO OCT. 6 A mobilization of the Central Oregon Army of the Grain Fields and Fine Stock Ranches. $9.30 Round Trip From Portland to Redmond Sale Dates Daily Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 Standard and Tourist Sleepers Daily to Bend ThcNorthBankRoad Tickets at: 5th & Stark Sts. 10th & Hoyt Sts.