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6 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1917. HAV E YOU GIVEN A QUARTER YET? 25 Cents Will Help Bring Hap piness to Some Lonely Soldier in Trenches. TOBACCO IS GREAT NEED iJo.vs in Khaki Are Unable to Get Enough Cigarettes in Trance. Orcgonlan'Fnnd Xow "Well Above $1000 Mark. The fund The Oregonian is raising to supply cigarettes and tobacco to Amer ican soldiers in France now totals $1120 and it is growing every day. From all parts of Oregon and even from Washington, Idaho, Utah and Cal ifornia, contributions in small and large amounts have come in to the fund from patriotic folk who wish to do their email bit to bring comfort to soldiers in the .trenches. It takes only 25 cents, one-quarter of a. dollar, to send through The Orego nian's fund a big packet of cigarettes and tobacco to some American soldier at the front. Every additional quarter will supply another soldier with the greatly prized "makings" for a lot of smokes. Each packet contains tobacco, cigarettes and papers that retailed at 45 cents before the war tax went into effect. "Smokes" Shortage Acute. There is always a shortage of tobac co and cigarettes in the trenches. Sol diers who have been at the front have "written others yet to come to bring with them tobacco, tobacco and still more tobacco. "Bring barracks bags full of it," was the advice contained in one soldier's letter published recently in The Orego nian. For the soldier at the front, enduring the hell of shellflre, standing in soggy trenches waiting for the word to go "over the top," or returning to the rear to recuperate after a nerve-shattering spell in the forward lines, no gift is no eagerly welcomed as a cigarette or a pipefu'. of smoking tobacco. Mora Folk Grnerom. The purpose for which The Orego nian's tobacco and cigarette fund Is being raised has the warm indorsement of the War Department and of high officers of the Army. They know that the need for plenty of tobacco for the fighting men is hardly second even to that of ammunition and supplies. Among the contributors to the fund in the past few days was J. M. Parry, postmaster at Moro, who sent in two checks for quarters, half dollars and dollars he had collected from patrons of the postoffice. His first inclosure was for $11 and yesterday he sent in a second check for $3.75, with the com ment that he hoped to send more soon. Another who h;i been forwarding amounts to The Oregontan is V. J. Love, proprietor of the Pedee general merchandise store at Airlle, Or. V. J. Love Sends 912. "I am inclosing check to cover the following subscriptions to the tobacco ! fund you have been working for and which we were able to collect from the "boys' coming in," wrote Mr. Love, with one check for $10. A few days later he sent in a second check for $2 from four other contribu tors who had left the money at his store to be added to The Oregonian's fund. With every packet of tobacco and cigarettes is inclosed a stamped post card, bearing the name and address of the person whose quarter made it pos- i sible to send the packet to the soldier. And the soldier recipient Is requested to mail the card, with a word of ac knowledgment to the donor. A person who gives 50 cents should receive two of these souvenir postcards from as many soldiers at the front, and one giving $1 would receive four cards, unless they should be submarined on the way back. But Uncle Sam's Navy these days is holding the submarine losses to a low ratio. Little Ctrl Sends 25 Cents. Many of the contributors to the fund are women, who, of course, don't smoke themselves, but express the patriotic desire to do their little bit to help make a soldier happy. And here is a letter received from a 9-year-old girl of Mon tesano, Wash., sent in with her gift of 5 cents: "I am a little girl 9 years old, and I earned a little money for Christmas picking blackberries and I thought I would send 25 cents of it to the tobacco fund for the soldier. 1 hope it will glad den one of our dear soldier boys. My address is Alvina Fehler, Montesauo, Wash., box 774." Every quarter'added to the fund will make one more soldier happy. Send in jour contributions today to The .Ore gonian's tobacco fund for soldiers. SHE BIKES, SHE DOES, AND SHE HAS PICTURE THAT PROVES IT Eleanor Montell Discusses Books and Things With Oregonian Special Writer and Shows Bermuda Photograph Does She Wear Bloomers? BY LEONE CASS BAER. ELEANOR MONTELL stands out alone and distinct as the only actress in captivity who rides a bicycle. That is the thing that clung close to my memory after a perfectly wonderful afternoon with this new young leading woman of the Alcazar Players. She played the piano for me, those croony. soft melodies that make you forget the trappings of the room you're in, and make you take your other self by the hand and go a-wan-dering in the faraway. She writes poetry, and it's good poetry, too. She dances and she sings, and she can de sign a bonnet or a pudding and she rides a bicycle. Not only rides it, but glories in it, and regarded my pained astonishment with an unholy glee. We were talking about books, 1 believe, when the blow fell. She has some original ideas about books and the peo ple who read them. She showed me her library, poets and Russian literature and more poets and original transla tions and more poets, all high-brow and ree-fined "Women have had a lot to do with bringing literature to its present sub level," opined the fascinating Montell. She has Spanish coloring and her eyes get all lighted and flash like gems when she talks, a happening wholly at variance with the perfectly controlled and beautifully modulated English speaking voice. But I told you she's a paradox. Imagine being a dreamer, as she is with her lovely head in the clouds, who loves to sit at her window and make moon dreams out o' moon beams, and she scallyhoots around on a bike. "If men are to be judged by the com pany they keep, why not judge women by the books they read?" she asked. "Half the homes in this country are not built for the accommodation of authors, and if, by chance, or the ma neuvers of a book agent, an author creeps in to lie in state on the center table of the front room, who is he?" She was asking me and I started to guess E. P. Roe or a set of encyclo pedias, when she answered it herself. "Nine times out of ten he is Robert Bore-you-to-death Chambers, with his collection of heroines who manage to be submerged in dirt and are still as undefiled as the well-known lily of the field. Or it is Gojvernor Morris, with his equally sordid but always good damsels, or Gordon Phillips, who left us an eight-pound, two-volume story about Susan Lenox to prove that a lady may wallow in mire and garbage and be a perfect lady still, bearing to our mental nostrils only the scent of vio lets. Maybe it's Oppenheim. specialist in mystery, with his doubtful matrons and obvious non-matrons, or Robert Herrick. who splashes in candid sex v ......... I w 'W:--V.-.;-.- -V-it.':'Ti. I I I - - iiifill! 1 : V ...... . Or : t ' f - -AS Eleanor Montell. delineations, or the too utterly gushy Harold Bell Wright, with his goo-ey girls and awful men. Chocolate-fudge thrillers I call 'em," she finished. I had Just decided I'd make this inter view about books, when she showed me the bicycle picture, a whole group of notables and some soldiers, and some lovely ladies and in the middle was Eleanor Montell, all done up in smiles, leaning against a bicycle. All of 'em were .leaning on bicycles. Eleanor's lovely and talented mother, Eugenie Blair, was among those present, also posed beside her sturdy steed. "What is it," I gasped, "a bet or something?" "No. indeedy," said my rharmins hostess, flashing the big, brown choc olate eyes at me, "everyone in Ber muda where I live rides a bicycle. All the naval officers and the Army men and the ladies ride. Motor cars are bsrred from the island and we all bike. It's the custom in Bermuda. It's great sport, too. I wish I'd brought my wheel along. It's a beauty an Eng lish model. Are you going to put that in the paper?" she finished. "Yes," I sez, "I have met a thousand lovely actresses and you are the first who bikes." "Well," she defended, "you can add that I also drive a car. and I can swim and I'm crazy about, horseback riding and once 1 took a ride in an aeroplane, and that I'm still ab-solutely loyal to mv bike. So there." FRATS HAVE PLEDGE Freshmen Announce Choice of Societies at Corvallis. WOMEN STILL "RUSHING" noon today was $2,900,850. Seattle has subscribed $253,800. and other districts of the state $847,050. Seattle Women Rush to Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 11. (Special.) Terrified by operations of the mysterious Seattle woman slugger, three women of that city, Mrs. M. O. Nilsen, Mrs. J. G. Monrad and Mrs. Eu gene Serwin, have come to the Yakima Valley to pick apples while the Seattle police chase down the villain. Read The Oregonian classified ads. BREAKS A COLD IN A FEW HOURS First Dose of "Pape's Cold Com pound" Relieves All Grippe Misery. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! A dose of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, chest, body or limbs. It promptly opens clogged-up nostrils and air passages; stops nasty discharge or nose running; relieves sick head oche, duHness, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. "Pape's Cold Compound" is the quick est, surest relief known and costs only a few cents at drug stores. It acts with out assistance, tastes nice and causes no Inconvenience. Don't accept a sub stitute. Adv. ANew Way toShave Tender Skins With Cuticura Soap Co-Eds Have Three Weeks Before Which Xone May Announce Re cults, ' but Men Are Permitted to Sign Members Any Time. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, Oct. 11. (Special.) The pledging of new members by the men's fraternities here has been carried on actively during the week and although pledging is. possible throughout the semester, most of the new members have been selected. The boys' Greek letter organizations are permitted to invite new members to Join them as soon aa the entering students are reg istered in the college. The women's organizations have a three-weeks' rushing rule which prevents pledging until that period is over. Most of the fraternities have an nounced their lists of pledges. Delta Tau chapter of Sigma Nu has the fol lowing list: Roland O. Craig, La Habre, Cal.; Marion L. Boetticher, Albany: Lionel C. Karmien. Newberg; Hugh W. Kyle. Portland; Fenton J. Glennon. Portland; R. Lenox Benner, Oakland, Cal.; Hugh Taylor, Corvallis; Dana S. Frame, Tal ent. Pasadena Quartet Pledged. Oregon Alpha Chapter of Sigma Al pha Epsilon has pledged George Paul, Portland; Glenn Sprtggs, Portland; Chandler Kellogg. Maynard Turner, Floyd Mushrush and William Brewster Hayes, of Pasadena; Leo Spitzbart, Sa lem; Marion McCart, Selma. Cal. The pledges of Alpha Sigma of Alpha Tau Omega are: Clarence Wyles, Al bany; Bal Sterns, Los Angeles; Will iam Young, Portland; Willare Lewis, Lostine; Arthur Cockrum, Ontario; Neale Freeman, Moro. Beta Pi of Sigma Chi announces as new pledges. John Holden, Portland; Merrill Jasper, Baker; Leonard Taylor, San Dimas; Charles Helder, Portland; Lynn - Fisher, Haines; Howard Chad bourne. San Francisco. Gamma Sigma of Kappa Sigma an nounces Milton Dent, Amity; Lyle Johnson, Klamath Falls; R. Kincaid, Portland; Aner Matthews, Portland; Kirk Thompson, Portland, and George W'eller, Salem. Many Tovrna Represented. Alpha Lambda Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha announces as pledges: William Young, Salem; Edwin Scatton, Port land; Andrew Harvey, Pendleton; Ho bart Alter, Ontario, Cal.; Wilson Ar nett, Ontario, Cal.; Willett Murray, Grants Pass; Gene Hampton. Pendle ton: Clifford Meacham, Weiser. Kappa Sigma Nu, a local organiza tion petitioning Phi Delta Theta, an nounces the following pledges: Miller Farrell, Portland, Will H. Proctor, Jr., Everett, Wash.; Joe Reynolds, La Grande, Garth L. Young, Portland; Ferris " Bagley. Fay- Rlcketts, Donald Morse, Portland; Joe Kassberger, Mount Angel; Ralph L. Strong, Elk City, Idaho. The pledges of Sigma chapter of Theta Chi are Joe Avery, R. Prather, Klamath Falls, Harold Wakefield, Fresno, Cal.; Strout and J. Camel, Amity. The women s Greek letter societies on the campus are Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega and Pi Beta Phi, National; Beta Tau Beta, Delta Alpha and Alpha Chi, local. Beta Tau Beta and Delta Alpha have been permitted by the col lege authorities to move out of the dormitories owing to the crowded con ditlons of those halls. Alpha Chi will be Installed as a chapter of the Na tional sorority. Kappa Alpha Tbcta, within the near future. Washington Total $2,900,850. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 11. With a number of banks over the state delin quent in making reports to headquar ters, the total subscribed to the ood Liberty Loan in Washington up to STEEL PRICES ARE FIXED War Industries Board and Manu facturers Get Together. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. An agree ment between the War Industries Eoard and steel manufacturers fixing maximum prices for steel products about one-third under existing market prices was approved today by Presi dent Wilson. Prices agreed upon with Pittsburg. Fa., and Youngstown, O., as bases are: Blooms and billets 4xt or larger). $47.50 gross ton: billets (under 4x4), $51: slabs, $50; sheet bars, $51. Prices with Pittsburg as base are: Steel bars (3 to 5), $3.25 per hun dred pounds: steel bars (5 to 8), $b'.50; steel bars 1 8 to 10), $3.75: steel bars (over 10, $4: pkelp (grooved). $2.90: skelo (universal), $3.15: skelp (sheared), $3.25. J. A. MYERS RE-ELECTED Washington Merchants Choose Bel lingham as 19 18 Meeting Place. ABERDEEN. Wash., Oct. 11. .Spe cial.) J. A. Myers, of Everett, was re elected president of the State Grocers & Merchants Association here today, while C. H. Rychard. Hoqulam, was re tained as vice-president and Edward Cook elected treasurer. A fight to oust T. C. Simmons, of Seattle, as secretary, loomed and to avoid it the directors were given power to fill that office. Bellingham was chosen as the 1918 meeting place. A banquet this evening, at which 250 people were In attendance, and a trip to the ocean beach this morning com prised the main social features of the day. .'1IIIMt1tllltlllllinHIIUIIIIIIIIMIIiriimilllllttlllMtlllllllllHllllllllllillllllllliiHr. When a Cook Is a Chef S3 Cooks are cooks, whether they are playing the small-town hotel circuits, or whether they are in charge of the gilded hostelries patronized by millionaires. There are two differences between cooks the way" they cook things and the pay they get for it in either case. When they are good cooks and draw big salaries they become known as chefs. So when H. M. Suthoff want ed a good cook for -his hotel at Metolius, Or., he went at it in the right way. Mr. Suthoff en listed the services of, the Want Ad Man of The Oregonian, and today his patrons are gorman dizing on the finest sort of cook ery. All we personally know about that cook out at Metolius is that a woman took the job. We hope she is good enough to be known as a chef ess, and that her salary keeps right up with the title. It is also a cinch that she is a good cook, because the hotel man writes that he is well pleased, and that Oregonian want ads certainly do have the faculty of landing in the right spot. The Want Ad Man is obliged to the gentleman. Every day dozens of other business men are becoming con vinced that the way to sell mer chandise or to trade a farm or to hire help is through the ad vertising columns of this paper. Live merchants advertise all the time. mmi. u i mjuvw jumi it uimranra P-IlllUllllllllllllllllllllllllllilUIUIIIIIIIIUIIUIIIItllllllllllllllllUlllllllll iiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiimiimuHiiHittmMiiimuiuimiiwiumiiiHUmiiutiiiiliuumi pf PLA2A A Pound of Writing Paper for 25c f Do you get the full Importance of that headline? We offer you a full pound (90 or 102 sheets) of standard sizes, high quality writing paper for only 25("! No reason for you to worry over the paper market with an offer like this in effect. Better get a supply while it lasts. Envelopes to Match. XOt a Pkg. Same quality; various shape flaps. SO Sheets of Paper and 50 Envelopes 37c Another exceptional offer, combination is neatly boxed -the "Orchid" brand. Self-Filling Fountain Pens $1J)0 We feature "Todco" brand pens at this low price a practical, reliable, a&u - iiinu moaei. tjnoice of fine, medium or coarse points. RAZOR STROPS 79c w& SPHINX m II A sterling value. Mad of genuine shell horsehide one side specially prepared for sharpen ing, the other smooth for finish ing. Has real leather handle and strong swivel. Get an idea from the picture. Shaving Powder 23c One of the most popular of all the Williams products. Sprinkle a small portion on a damp brush it lathers aa you go over the face. Creams 23c You have your choice of three popular brands Williams', Men nen's and Johnson's. Wonderful quality, too! Fine writing surface no blotting, no snagging. Popular shape neat design envelopes. Choice of white, buff or pink. We cannot hope to duplicate this offer get your share of this lot. ALARM CLOCKS $1.50 "Made In America" and you can't get a better clock at the price. Absolutely relia ble as a time-keeper and dependable as an alarm. The back bell style. The case is real nickel. Reliable Watches $125 Nickel-case Motor Watches and Pocket Ben Watches with nickel or gunmetal finish case. Both are reliable timekeepers. Both are great values at $1.25. Radiolite Watches $225 The illuminated dial makes It pos sible for you to tell the time In the dark. Ingersoll's greatest achievement. .... JSv "OWL" Fac Totals The Manufacturing Division of The Owl Drug Co. on of its most aggressive branches is un known to many customers of its 25 stores. These facts may help you grasp the idea of its impor tance and capacity: More than 500,000 Capsules are used annually in preparing various products. The annual output of Todco Syrup of White Pine exceeds 1500 gallons. It takes 1600 gallons of Scott's Compound Syrup of Hypophos phites to meet the annual demand. 20,000 plexion nually. jars of Todco Com Cream are sold an- DAYLO" FLASHLIGHTS $125 n 1 5 II II Half Price Sale! Churchill's Skin Soap Cakes for 15c Friday and Saturday Only You know the Soap as well as we do it is a high-grade medicinal toilet soap. Being antiseptic, it purifies as well- as cleanses. You know the regular price 15c a cake. You will appreciate this chance to get it at Half Price 2 cakes for 15. This offer good for Friday and Saturday-only. j i fi il 1 ; !i P E E-' i.i i THE OWL OPTICAL SERVICE This department Is operated on well-founded Owl principles. You get the best In knowledge, ex perience and equipment. You can accept the services of this department just as you ac cept merchandise in an Owl Store absolutely confident. You will have no fault to find with the prices. DR. IRVIXti MILLER. Optomctriat. Red Feather Olive Oil Soap A perfectly pure soap that war conditions have not changed in quality or price. An ideal soap for the baby's tender skin. It s delicately O C U perfumed... AOIs LstArtty 0 0 1 C1 J Nickel case. Black fiber case, same style, $1.20. Handy size ideal for the average need. Prepare for the long, dark nights that are coming. Other "Daylo" Flashlight features: Vest Pocket Style (nickel) 75 Penlite (black or nickel) Sl.OO Candle style Sl.OO Cigarette Case Style SI. 25 Plain Tubular Style $1.00 (nickel or black fiber.) riain Tubular Style $2.00 (nickel, large reflector.) Corrugated Tubular St yle . . . . $3.00 (Black fiber, large reflector.) A ME ROIL For Constipation Ameroil is a direct nature product pure paraffine oil. highly refined. It lubricates rather than stimu lates. It is not ab sorbed into the sys tem goes direct to the Intestinal walls to assist their natur al functions. It Is colorless, odorless and tasteless easy to take. Try Ameroil If you have constipation troubles. A pint bottle for 65". A COLD The Owl Theatrical Cold Crear women it will please you. It is a time-tried, perfectly pure preparation which critical women use with wonderful results after outdoor exercise. It cleanses (better than soap and water), refreshes, invigorates and softens the skin: it prevents and removes sunburn, tan. freckles. A full pound for 60. Sent postpaid anywhere in the United States I Ml CREAM THAT PLEASES has pleased thousands and thousands of Its m BROADWAY EL Struplcre, Manager. AND WASHINGTON Phones: Mar. 200, A 1333. .,........... fiitiiiiitiittitiiiiMiiitiiitiiiiiiiittitoiiMtitiiiiinittiitii tmmimMitMi.it I ittiiiMiii-iMtiiiiiiitiiM uiMfimtMMiimiiiiHiimiimiiftiiiMimiiiiMMtn tin tiiiminntmniM mutt miMMiMiir mi .. HOOVE CONTROL President Issues Proclamation covering 20 Kinds of Food. LICENSES TO BE REQUIRED Karly Regulation of Baking Indus try Is Promised by Food Adminis tratorEither Size or Price to lie Standardized. WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. The ma chinery of the food administration was set In motion today to complete prep arations for Government control on November 1 of 20 or America's prin cipal foodstuirs. Authority to assume supervision over the. leading articles of diet la vested in Herbert Hoover by a proclamation of President "Wilson. Under the terms of the order, li censes will be required for the manu facture, storage. Importation and dis tribution of flour, bread, meats, pota toes, sugar, milk, butter and dairy products, canned foods, rice, staple vegetables and other stipulated com modities. Farmers and small dealers specifically are exempted. Bread Control Promised. Early regulation of the baking in dustry was promised tonight by Food Administrator Hoover. Plans to con trol bread production and distribution are under consideration and will be put into operation as soon as' bread baking experiments in several cities are completed. Municipal bread depots will be provided if It is found that re tailers cannot be controlled under a voluntary arrangement. The baking Industry was left out of the general food control law to be put into effect November 1. "Before taking any steps to deal with the in dustry the food administration wishes to standardize baking flour; bread in gredients and either the size of the loaf or the price. Competition Kxpected to Serve. If the size of the loaf is to be stand ardized, Mr. Hoover believes prices can be kept down through competition and If the price Is stabilized, he believes, competition will keep the size of the loaf from being reduced. If a licensing system is put into effect, it cannot be made to apply to retailers and the price will be for bread at the bakery. The plan for bread depots will be put Into effect. If retailers refuse to. co-operate in hold ing prices down. in December 17-19, school superintend ents of the two counties decided yes terday. Out-of-town speakers to ap pear on the programme will be Presi dent Doney, of Willamette University; Dr. jje Busk, of the University of Ore gon; Dr. Reid, of Oregon Agricultural College, and State Superintendent Churchill. Drafted Men Are Summoned. CHEHALIS. Wash., Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) Notices were sent out yesterday by the Lewis County draft board to SL'O more men to report Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday of next week for examination for service in the United States Army. L,ewis County lncks about 26 men of having enough to fill its quota. All examined previojs to this time have been used in filling vacancies. ASTHMA SUFFERER WRITE TODAY and I will tell you of th simple home treatment for anihnia ami bronchitis whlrh has cured many afrer phy sicians and change of climate had failed. I want you to try it at my expense. Drop m a card and I'll mail you a 'JTtr sample boU! FREB. c-o. J. Thomaaien, Box A-lrtJ), Dps Moines, Iowa Adv. wmm H k. . .cisw ft M'i-V-'T'' 7- 7 'Df -ZS. line Teachers' Institute Announced. BEND, "r.. Oct. 11. (Special.) That the annual teachers' institute for Crook and Deschutes counties will be made a Joint affair, and held in Bend Spanning a decade the" Milwaukee Road" has wrested from tomorrow the comforts and conveniences of electric travel and made them the heritage of today. Giant electric locomotives, the mightiest in the world, impelled by the forces of the moun tains themselves haul the heavy steel trains of this railway across the Great Continental Divide 440 miles through the Belt, Rocky and Bitter Root Mountains with ease. No smoke no jars no cinders just smooth even almost silent travel through the glomes 01 the mountains. And so successful has been the operation of these electrified mountain division3 that work is well under way for the electrification of 211 additional miles through the snow capped Cascades in Washington. The future has indeed been made to serve the present. When next you journey across the continent travel the electric wayvia the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Electrification and travel literature free on rtquui. K. K. GARRISON, D. F. & P. A. Third and Stark Streets Main S413 Mil 0mm