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3 T1IE MOKXIXG OREGONIAN, SATUKDAY. - OCTOBER 13 1917 t. St r r m V t TASK CONFRONTING OFFICERS BIG ONE Preparing Camp Greene for Soldier Habitation Is Her culean Job. ARMY OF : WORKERS r BUSY Swift Way Troopers Have of Getting Tilings Hone Constant Itcvela tion to Easy.Going Toil ers of South. BT WILL G. MAC KAE. WITH THE 162D JJEGIM KXT. CAMP GREENE, Charlotte. N. C. Oct. 7. (Special.) There are four Brigadier Generals at this camp and every one of them has the Job of a colossus be fore he can hope to bring order out of chaos. The task is simply stupendous and it -would seem from a hurried glance at present conditions as if the 16 weeks prescribed as the period of intensive training for the troops at this camp would be taken up largely In preparing the camp for habitation. It would, too, if it were not for the caliber of the men selected by the War De partment, for the cementing of the 41st division. There Is at work at the camp, from early morning until quitting time at night, an army of civilian em ployes, both white and black. Added to this number are the thousands of soldiers, who, while they are not drill ing, are digging stumps, leveling com pany streets and the almost countless other details necessary to make a sol dier camp fit and -sanitary. The work ing people in this section of the coun try do not work with indecent haste. The negro is the second cousin to the Mexican when it comes to the manana stuff. It has even permeated the white business man. Nothing is done in haste, nothing is done in a hurry or rush. The negro loves to sing at his work. If he is wielding a pick, be tween the interval of raising the pick out of the ground and sending it aloft he sends forth several bars of music. The only time white or black hurries in this country is when he makes a drive to the paymaster's window Sat urday night. Soldiers Ways Surprise. The swift way of the soldier going to a job and getting it done is a constant revelation to these people. The natives down here do not seem to realize yet that Uncle Sam is in a hurry. By the time they awaken to the fact the soldier will be up and Bono. Just the same the coming of the Northern soldier, with his snap and vim, will leave a lasting mark behind. Ilia rapid way of doing things, his em phatic demand that all things must be clean and that time is no longer a plaything just because it goes on for ever, will without doubt wake the Charlotte people from their long lethargy. One can notice the old order of things crunVblimj, whlch-ln itself be speaks worlds for- the high class of Charlotte's citiaennli'ip. It is splendid to see the way they regard the sol dier. There seems to be but one condition asked of the soldier. That is that he go to church on Sunday. A visit to a church, and by. the way all have the "welcome' sign hung out, means an invitation to a home and a good home cooked dinner. Some families whose homes will permit . invite as many as three or four soldiers to their homes on Sunday. So far. to the credit of the soldier may it be said, in all earnest ness, not one that has accepted this free and welcome hospitality has abused it. This alone is remarkable when one considers that in this camp there are nearly "20. 000 men, taken from every walk of civilian life. Policing I Knr Tank. Even the provost marshal. Major "Palmer, of the "Washington squadron, has very little trouble in policing the city. No soldiers are allowed on the streets after 10 o'clock at night and most of the work the3e soldier police have to do is picking up soldiers not wearii the prescribed uniform to be worn when they are on leave from camp. Charlotte is a historically old and quaint city. In addition to it being the birthplace of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, President Jefferson Davis, of the Confederacy, was in the city when he received notice of the assassination of President Jyincoln. The spot where Jeff Davis stood when he heard the news is marked with a largo tablet. There is, right in the heart of the city, 'an unused home of the silent population. It was a Presbyterian cemetery. The donor, a Scotchman, gave the land to 2 .n; flUE POKES A VN IN KT FA CP J ISTTii A.VD A I NEVER SAW J AJVP JAY? ELL-ASNSS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. Golden West Coffee Is Jost Right XT 3MI 1 II the church to be used by the church and no one else. The city of Charlotte has grown around the city block given over to the cemetery, but because of the con ditions of the will, the property, although it has a value of $450,000, cannot be used or it would revert back to the heirs and I understand there are over 200 of them living. Many of the marble headstones are blackened' with age, some of the earlier ones dating back to 1791 and even earlier. Still other marble slabs, more exposed perhaps to the ravages of time' and the elements, have names and legends no longer legible. In this plot is the last resting place of many men and women prominent in the his tory of the United States. On one stone, blackened and corroded, is the name, hardly legible, of Joseph Wash ington, buried in 1812. Unexpected Men Appear. Getting back to the soldiers and starting right in with an "I told you so," in making the rounds of the dif ferent organizations in camp, I have come across a number of Oregon men, those who were turned down by the physical examiner at Clackamas, while the ' examination of the squadron, the battery and the engineers was being conducted. It would hardly be fair to give their names or to tell what organizations they have been successful in joining. At the time they were turned down most of them declared their intention to enter the Army and that they pre ferred to go with an Oregon organiza tion, but if not with Oregonians with any organization that would accept them. They got their wish. They are here today and doing their share and, best of all, they are not sorry. Heroes, eh! Not all of the Third Oregon is going to remain intact. In order to fill in another hospital unit. Major M. B. Marcellus will lose a non-commissioned officer and four men. At thi3 time Major Marcellus has not as yet named the men who are to be trans ferred. 200,000 IS PROMISED ROCKEFELLER Fl.DS PLEDGED FOR SOLDIERS' RECREATIOX. Appropriation for A rffl y Caatomnenta Is to Be Used Entirely In This Country. NEW TORIC, Oct. 12. The Rockefel ler Foundation announced tonight that t has appropriated an additional $150,- 000 for work at American Army can tonments by the Playground and Recreation Association of America. With the $50,000. which the foundation-appropriated on September 14, its total contribution to the coming year's budget for this work is JiOO.000. The Playground and Recreation As sociation, working in co-operation with the War Department's commission on training camp activity "and the Amer ican Red Cross, will direct its efforts to activities that concern the soldiers in the communities surrounding the various cantonments, just as the Y. M. C. A. is concerned with the soldiers within the camps. The foundation s appropriation will be used entirely in this country. The Rockefeller Foundation also has contributed $25,000 to assist the Army and Navy commission on train ing camp activities in raising a sup plemental budget of $50,000 for the year, beginning bepiemDer i, mil. This fund will he used, to meet trav eling and maintenance expenses, and. in some cases, a part ot the salaries of secretaries, athletic coaches, song leaders and- other general and emer gency expenses of these commissions. FREIGHT RATES LOWERED SOCTHEllN PACIFIC MAKES CtT OX EASTBOL'IS'O KLOL'R. Xttr Tariff, Effective November 1, Ap plies Only to Shlpnifl Con signed to Europe. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. Efforts to stimulate production of wheat and flour in California and to encourage snip ments of Australian wheat to this state for reshipment to the European allies in the form of flour, thus saving bot toms because of the lesser bulk of the finished product, lie behind a reduction In freight rates on the two commodities from San Francisco to tlulv ports an nounced here today by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The new rates of 60 cents per hun dred in carload lots becomes effective November 19. and apply only to wheat and flour consigned to Europe. The reduction amounts to approximately 5 and 10 cents, respectively, per hun dredweight to Galveston and New Or leans. This action was taken by the com pany at the request of the ' California liraiu Corporation of the United States Food Administration. Wheat now shipped directly from Australia to Eu rope, a longvoyage, will be sent to California for milling and the flour transshipped from l!ulf ports at a great saving in shipping space, accord ing to tho plans of the grain corpo ration, which is co-operat'ng with the Australian government, it was an nounced. FRENCH ARE PATRIOTIC WAR IS FINANCED LARGELY BY SAYINGS OF PEOPLE. Factory Workers In Republic Nott Are Producing 2.0,000 Big Sheila Each Day. NEW TORK, Oct. 12. France has for a year been producing 250,000 shells a day for the famous "75" guns, as compared with 12,000 daily when the war began, Andre Retardieu, high French Commissioner . in the United States, said in a statement here today. His estimate of credits voted by France from August, 1914. until America en tered the conflict was nearly $21,000, 000.000, of which more than $19,500, 000,000 came, he said, from the savings of the French people. The statement adds: "In our country the amount raised by annual taxes " reached this year 3.500.000.000 francs, which is the high est figure ever attained even in time of peace, although 12.000.000 French people are either mobilized for the army or the factories or kept in in vaded regions. "Figures sometimes bring' revela tions. Since the outbreak of the war until the intervention of the United States credits have been voted which amount to 104.000.000,000 francs. And do you know how much we borrowed from abroad? Six billion francs. So 98,000,000,000 were drawn from the savings of the French themselves, for me uerense of the country." Billbugs affecting corn can --not live on cotton, therefore follow corn with cotton, COAST TELEPHONE STRIKE-IMMINENT Tie-Up of Lines From Van couver to San Diego Is Threatened. WAGE INCREASE DEMANDED Recognition of Girl Operators' Union Is Also Asked by Employes. About 5000 3Ien and Women Involved. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12. A gener-J al strike of approximately oOOO union ized employes of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company for demand!" "said to include a wage increase of $1 per day was declared imminent today. Conferences to avert the threatened strike, which would tie up compan' lines from Vancouver .to San Liego, were being held, it was announced. L. P. Fullerton, general superintend ent of the company, said that demands for a wage increase were unde dis cussion. He denied published reports that the employes, which include line men, plant operators, repairmen and electrical workers, had issued an ulti matum calling the strike for next Monday unless their demands were granted. "Conferences between company of ficials and representatives of the men are now going on. We are hopeful of averting trouble which might lead to a walkout," Fullerton said. It Was de clared that a referendum vote taken by locals of the different crafts affil iated with the electrical workers' or ganizations in different Pacific Coast cities favored a. strike unless the com pany met wage demands. "Apart from a wage increase, the In ternational Brotherhiod of Electrical Workers is seeking elimination of the present examination system and recog nition of the tsirl Operators union, declared John S. Wilson, secretary of the District Council of the Brother hood. "The present agreement between the electrical unions and the company expires October 21, so there can be no walkout before that date. The unions are now taking a referendum vote on the questions involved. This is under the direction of E. C. Crasser, a vice president of the brotherhood. In certain sections of the Northwest the company has recognized- the girls' union to the extent of granting an in crease in wages. But it has not gen erally recognized this union and. as It is a part of the brotherhood, this rec ognition is necessary." LOCAL FORCE NUMBERS 1000 Portland Girl Operators' Union Or ganized Short Time Ago. Negotiations to avert a telephone strike which would tie up the Pacific telephone system of Portland along with systems in other Coast cities are being handled entirely in San Fran cisco, according to Vocal officials of the company. Manager Spoeri. of the Portland system is out of the city. Assistant Manager Greer said ycsteri- day that he knew nothing more about the situation than what he has seen in the press. , The employes of the company in Portland are affiliated with the same union as those in all other Coast cities. What affects the employes in one city will affect those in all. A strike in Portland would call out more than 1000 persons if the girl operators join. The girls organized a union recently in Portland and arc now affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Elec trical Workers. It is understood locally that the union demands now being considered by union and company officials in Kan Francisco include a wage increase of $1 a day and recognition of the girl operators" union.- Jf a strike should c:ome it is considered certain that it will not come before after October 1. the union having a wage and working agreement until that date. I'MOX LEADERS ARE HOPEFUL Conferences Being Held and Strike May Be Averted. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. Reports of a threatened strike of 5000 workers of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, to extend from Seattle to San Diego, were declared exaggerated by union leaders here today. "We do not expect to go out Mon day, as some of the published reports state," declared John S. Wilson, sec retary of the district council. Interna tional Krotherhood of Electrical Work IIUSIC TRADE WELCOMES NEW HOUSE Packard Piano Factory Products to be Handled Beautiful New Store in Heart of Best Retail District Mr. G. F. Johnson, the well-known music dealer, opens a new house in the heart of Portland's retail district, on Sixfh street just opposite Meier & Frank Co. It is the most modern Phonograph and Piano shop in the city. It has new modern, attractive features. One of the chief points of merit Is tha perfect system . of ventilation throughout the store. A letter written to a prominent Portland citizen contained the follow ing: ' Would fresh air In a Vletrola record room add to the pleasure of your record buying? KVery record room In our store Is an out ride room, with an abundant supply of .pure, frenh air. Will you-honor us with your patronage and w-f for yourself that we have futilities for rendering "Better Service" than you will find elsewhere? The Victrola? and Piano departments will open for business today. The public is invited to inspect the estab lishment. New, complete stocks, bright, wholesome surroundings, courteous and competent salespeople await you. Here you will find all the latest Victor Rec ords and supplies. 147-149 Sixth street, between Alder and Morrison. ers. "Our agreement with the com pany does not expire until October 21, and we could not go out before that time. "We have made demands for in creased wages, elimination of the com pany's examination system, and recog nition of the girl operators' union. The unions are now taking a referendum vote on the questions involved." D. ; P. Fullerton, construction super intendent of the company, declared that the demands of the workers are under consideration. "Conferences between company offi cials and representatives of the men are now going on." he declared, "We are hopeful of averting a walkout." TELEPHONE STRIKE LIKELY Tacoma Girls Demand $2.75 for Eight Hours' Work. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 12. (Special.) Tacoma telephone girls will strike October 19 unless their demands for higher wages and better working con ditions are met by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph CJompany. The girls demand $2.75 for eight hours and time and a half for overtime. They are now paid $1.75 for eight hours' work and straight time for overtime. BRITONS EASILY DUPED AMERICAN CAPTAIN TELLS OF GER MAN RAIDER'S CAREER. Inspection of British Cruiser Is Passed by Disguising as a Lum ber Carrier. HONOLULU. T. IT., Oct. 12. Graphic details of how the famous German commerce raider Seeadler, which, preyed on allied commerce for seven months' in the South Pacific before meeting her fate on the reefs of Mopeha Island, passed the inspection of a British cruiser by assuming the disguise of a lumber carrier were revealed here to day by Captain Hador Smith, master of the American schooner R. C. Slade. one of the three known victims of the Ger man craft. After capture by the British and subsequent escape the Seeadler put into Bremerhaven, a German port, and in December, 1916, fjtted out as a motor schooner under command of Lieutenant von Liekner and a crew of 68, half of whom, according to Captain Smith, spoke Norwegian. With forged Norwegian clearance papers and two four-inch guns con cealed by a deckload of lumber the vessel put to sea, encountered a Brit ish cruiser, passed inspection, mounted her guns and proceeded to sink 13 ves sels in the Atlantic, two of them Brit ish, captain Smith said. The final capture In the Atantic was a French bark on which 300 of the Seeadler's prisoners were put and sent to Rio Janeiro. The Seeadler escaped pursuers and ro.mded Cape Horn, Im mediately beginning a campaign of de struction in tho South Pacific, Smith said. Depredations of the Seeadler, a con Verted American vessel, were an nounced by the Navy Department Oc tober i. NEGRO MURDERER KILLED Black Takes Ilefugc in House, but Fire Brings Him to Door. DANVILLB, Vs., Oct. 12. Walter Clark, a negro, who murdered his wife in their home today and afterward bar ricaded himself in a house, where he shot and killed a policeman who at tempted to arrest him and then prob ably fatally wounded Deputy Sheriff Boisscau. was killed when he attempted to escape from the building in which ho had taken refuge. Several thousand persons surrounded the house. There w a teirifi.r fusil- ihmhmiiui HimiililliiiiMNMKiiiiiiiiniimiiiiiinimiitmimmMHnnii 'Men and Railway Thanked i We, the undersigned retail merchants of the City of Portland, desire to take this occasion to express our appreciation for the manner in which the dif ferences between the platform men and the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company were adjusted. We have confidence in both the men and Mr. Franklin TV Griffith, Presi dent of the Company, that the best interests of Portland will always be con sidered. The retail merchants of Portland, as a unit, ask the public to give the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company their support and patronage they deserve it. A. & C. Feldenheimcr Rosenthal & Co. Woodward, Clarke & Co. L. C. Hcnrichsen R. M. Gray Martin & Forbes Co. Henry Jenning & Sons. Hovenden Piano Company Edwards Company G. Heitkemper Company Phegley & Cavender IV m. Gadsby & Sons L. Shanahan F. Friedlander Company Buff um & Pendleton Company Jaeger Bros. Henry W. Jacob son . Gevurtz Furniture Company S. C. Brant, Pres. lOl 'THE STORE THAT A Special Offering in Handsome FALL SUITS at $16.85 Just an even fifty Suits to show you at this special price. ' Garments of the latest and best styles, in gabardine and tricotine, in navy, brown, green, taupe, etc. They come with medium length coats, with belts, and are trimmed and finished in a most attractive manner. All sizes 16 to 42. Don't fail to see them before purchasing elsewhere. Another Soap Sale Saturday Six Bars for 25c 3 Bars of Fairy Soap 3 Bars of " Lurline Only 6 bars to each customer. None delivered except with other goods. Lux Soap Flakes, priced 2 for. . . .25 Cream Oil Soap, priced at 3 for 25 Bath Tablets, priced at 3 for 25 f Large Bar Castile Soap for 35 Ide's Cream Hair Remover at...50 Large size Eversweet at 290 La Blache Face Powder at 4Gc Diana French Face Powder at. .290 Pond's Vanishing Cream at 190 Sempre Giovine, priced at 4O0 Woodbury's Facial Cream at 220 Willow Almond Cream at 190 Air Float Talcum, priced at..... 100 A Special Showing Introducing the New Fall Models in R. & G. Lady Ruth Henderson and Rengo Belt C o rse ts- $1 t o S3. 75 Pa i r In these well-known and reliable makes are to be found every desirable new and staple model suitable for every figure and at a price to suit every purse. As usual, every pair of Corsets sold by us is guaranteed to prove satisfactory in fit and to wear to your satisfaction or your money will be refunded. Your most critical inspection is invited. Store Opens at 8:30 A.M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. The lade, with scores of guns blazing away. Meanwhile dynamite had been brought to blow up the house. Fire, however, proved elective enougfi to bring the ngro to the front door, where ho was killed. The policeman, was killed after Clark demanded to see the warrant for his arrest. The officer turned his head momentarily and was shot. Two spectators also were injured. Phone your want ads to The Oreffo nirm. Main 7070. A 6095. UNDERSELLS BECAUSE Another Great Showing Women s New Pall Neckwear 49c A "wonderful variety of the latest fityles in Women's Neck wear Lace and Net Stocks Georgette Crepe Collars and Sets, with filet and Vcnise lace trimmings. Also Satin and Petuna Collars high-grade Embroidery, Organdy and Net Lace Vestees and Guimpes Broadcloth and Flannel Collars in fact, every taste may be suited. All go on 6ale AQkr Saturday at TfJC Saturday Showing of Children 'sNobbySchool Dresses $2.50 to $6.50 All styles and sizes for girls from 6 to 14 years. They are well-made garments of fine cotton serges, wool mixtures and other desirabe materials, in navy, brown, checks, plaids, etc. Dresses that will please you in every respect. Most in Value The Best in FLOODS DEVASTATE CHINA RockefelIer Foundation Preparing to Relieve Hcstitute. - PIC KIN, Oct. 12. The floods along the Hoangho shov no signs of abating and the area under water in Chili prox' ince is increasing. Floods are reported fro'm six other provinces, hut they sre C. II. Baker, Shoes By R. W. Stewart, Mgr. Portland's Emporium Z.Swett, Mgr. N. V. J. Rosenthal Levitt's, by Sx J. Levitt, Pres. Drake & Mauck, Inc, Hatters F. J. Glass, Mgr. Boston Sample Shoe Store Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Lennon's, by Chas. F. Berg, Vice-Prcs. and Mgr. Roberts Bros. Powers Furniture Company LatiC'Davis Drug Company Jimmy Dunn Eilers Music House The Whitehouse C. E. Holliday Company Olds, Wortman & King IOC IT SELLS FOR CASH' o n o n o o n o a a n o o a o a o o n o Store Closes at 5:30 P. M. D o Saturdays at 6 P. M. Quality on a smaller scale. Considerable dam age lias been done, hwwovrr, and tho people driven from their homos by the water are suffering. The Rockefeller Foundation, -which is preparing, to relieve the destitute and starving in the flcrodod area, is ne gotiating for a largo tract of land in the Russian concession in Tien Tsin. It is proposed to erect refuge. camps which will house several thousands. Use the poisoncd-bran bait to control grnsphoppers. iiitiiiitHiiiiiiiiiiHniimtniiiluiiiHlnlliliiiiiimiiininiliMiiliitiiiilltiiltiiiiiiiiiir: mitiitijmiHiimiituiiiiiiHwimim t