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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
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proves it 25c at all druggists.
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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-
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'Men and Railway Thanked
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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.
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'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
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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.
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