THE 3IOR.NI.NGr OKEGOXIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1917.
SOLDIER WRITERS
STIR UP CENSURE
Private Letters to Relatives
Published in The Oregonian
Anger Colonel May.
CENSORSHIP IS POSSIBLE
Reorganization's Shifting: Hand
Takes Kive Men From Major Mar
ccllus' Command; Lieutenant
Thrown From Horse.
BV WILL G. MAC RAE.
WITH THE 162D REGIMENT. CAMP
GREENE, CHARLOTTE. X. C. Oct. 8.
Going to town from Camp Greene is a
luxury. Either that or it's a mighty
long- and l ed-dusty walk. Negroes and
a few whites are reaping a golden har
vest, for they charge 5u cents a round
trip. There are a few big truck ma
chines making the run to and from
camp for 15 cents,- but they are too few
to bring the negro with his asthmatic
tin Lizzy, or the white man with his
ancient and honorable spring-halted
machine to considering a reduction in
price.
Before going too deep into this letter
let me put the stamp of official dis
approval on the Private Lloyd O.
Church and Private Vern I. Marshall
letter. The young soldiers were over
enthusiastic when they drew their pic
ture of what the Charlotte people think
of the Oregon soldiers. I will also hold
a brief of what they think of the men
from Wyoming, but it s hardly likely
that any one of them "shot up a dance."
Tf they did division headquarters did
not hear of it. There is no Army record
of such an event, and tf the Wyoming
men had attempted anything like that,
they would have been court-martialed
and severely punished. The young man
who wrote the silly rot to his father,
while he no doubt has had a serious
talk from his Captain, is not, according
to Colonel May, who was made thor
oughly angry, as much to blame as was
the father for giving out the silly letter
for publication.
Censorship May Come.
While it is not given out as coming
from an authoritative source, it is
understood that the printing of another
letter containing such a distortion will
result in a censor on all private letters
written from the camp. There is talk
now of establishing a censorship on all
letters that are written, and the
Church-Marshall kind of letters will
do more to hasten such a censorship
than anything.
When The Oregonian of October 2
reached camp with the story and the
quoted letter from Private Church, it
made the second bad break an Oregon
soldier has made. The other occasion
was something that was written to a
local paper and credited to an officer
of one of the new Oregon units. Divi
sion headquarters took official recogni
tion of this and, although the officer
made a denial of having written the
letter, he was hauled on the carpet. It
is not known yet whether official
recognition is to be taken of the
ChurchjMarshall letter or not, but it is
safe to say that the young, soldiers will
get a sharp reprimand from their cap
tain. The 162d field hospital. Major M. B.
Marcellus commanding, is the first
Oregon unit to feel the shifting hand
of reorganization. Major Marcellus has
lost five men, and from the looks of
things they are lost to him for good.
He received an order requesting him
to name a detail of six men, five pri
vates and a non-commissioned officer,
to be assigned to the 147th machine
gun brigade. Those assigned were:
First-class Private Kent- R. Wilson,
who. upon going to the 167th, will be
come a sergeant, and Privates Karl W.
Moody. George Milton, Karl C. Goble,
Kugene Solomon and Harold Arm
etrong. Hoaxes for Families Scarce.
Mrs. M. B. Marcellus and Major Mar
cellus' mother reached Charlotte Fri
day and will stay until the regiment is
ordered overseas. Major Marcellus is
having the same trouble finding a suit
able place for the women folks to live
as are the rest of the officers whose
families have come here to be near
their husbands as long as they can.
They are temporarily stopping at the
came house where are Lieutenant and
Mrs. McAloney. who came with Troop
A. until Major Marcellus can find time
to do a little house-hunting. Because
many of the officers and many of the
enlisted men have brought their fam
ilies to Charlotte, house or room-hunting
is not going to be easy, for all
choice locations have been taken.
Taking the 10 motorcycle cars and
drivers from the Machine Gun Com
pany and putting them at division,
brigade and regimental headquarters,
has shot the company all to pieces. In
dications are that those assigned to
division headquarters are gone for
good. They are apt to be kept on as
dispatch bearers. The young soldiers
selected for this detail certainly re
flect credit, not only on the 162d, but
upon the state of Oregon.
Captain Kdward J. Kivers started on
his judge advocate job today. He will
be assisted by Lieutenant Jacob Feld-J
man. captam a. v. Clayton, Battery
A, is another Oregon soldier sitting on
the court-martial board.
Lieutenant Spaulddng has a young
horse that he is breaking to be a
soldier's mount. The second day he
" was in camp he had occasion to ride
the horse for the first time since the
Supply Company arrived. The thou
sands of negroes that are working in
camp and the hundreds of madly dash
ing automobiles was more than the
nerves of the colt could stand. Lieu
tenant Kpaulding had occasion to visit
the lumber yard of the camp to see
fl.hout some tent flooring. He man
aged to get the colt to the lumber
yard, but the horse worked himself
into a frenzy while the Lieutenant was
making arrangements about the floor
ing. As he was about to mount to re
turn to camp the shrill blast of an en
gine frightened the colt and he bolted,
throwing Lieutenant Spaulding vio
lently to the ground. The injury- he re
ceived is not dangerous. He is able to
be about, but he has to hobble on
crutches.
neadlng Matter Wanted.
Major Gilbert complains that none
of the home folks have sent reading
matter to this new camp and as there
are a few of the Oregon soldiers sick
and temporarily confined to the hos
pital, he wishes they would get busy
and send all of the magazines
possible to him and he will see they
reach the right parties. The War De
partment, through the postal officials,
has provided a small postal rate for
reading matter mailed to soldiers. The
people at home should use care in ad
dressing all mail, for in the confusion
mail is very apt to go astray. It should
be addressed thus: In the left-hand
corner the sender's return address, then
to whom addressed and add. 162d Regi
ment, 81 Brigade, 41 Division, Camp
Greene, Charlotte. N. C. Magazines, not
books, are what to send.
OREGON BOY, MEMBER COMPANY C, 18TH RAILWAY ENGINEERS,
CHATS WITH BRITISH MAJESTY.
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SERGEANT A. C. PR A SIL AXD THE Ql'EEX.
Sergeant A. C. Prasil. Company C, Eighteenth Railway Engineers, now
serving abroad, who lately received a medal from the Queen of England,
tells of his stay among the English in a letter addressed to his sister,
Mrs. C. G. Applegate, of this city. H e says:
"Yesterday I put in all day going over London. It is sure some village,
old-fashioned and solid. Everything is very dull here; every woman you
meet is in mourning. The people sure' treat us fine.
"I sure have it over the most. Landed, in England Friday and had a per
sonal chat with the King and Queen Saturday. Keep your eye on Pathe's
Weekly in the movies and you will see me talking to them. Knclosed I
send you a clipping out of the Sunday Illustrated Herald, showing me
(your tramp) talking to the Queen. That is going some, don't you think so?
"You see, we were challenged by the Royal Engineers to a tug-of-war
at Aldershot at the military tournament, reviewed by the royal family.
I got a game leg from the pull.
"After the games the Queen gave us each a silver medal. As soon as
I think it safe I will send you mine, so I won't lose it. 1 wouldn't take
a farm for it. .
"There are quite a few wounded American soldiers in England already.
We don't know how many; in fact, we can't find out. There are lots of
things we can't write, but after I get home you will know it all.
"It seems funny that we are stationed now in barracks dedicated by
Kaiser Bill in 1910."
YARDS TO BE VIEWED
C. R. Page and J. W. Ackerson
Here to Study Conditions.
PARTY WILL LEAVE TODAY
Conditions of Shipbuilding Plants
on Pacific Coast Will Be
Reported to Emergency
Fleet Corporation.
To deliver to the Emergency Fleet
Corporation at Washington, D. C, first
hand information concerning shipping
and shipping conditions on the Pacific
Coast, Charles R. Page, newly appointed
member of the Kmergency Fleet Cor
poration, with Commander J. W. Acker
son, of the United States Navy, is in
Portland on a two days' inspection of
the shipyards of Portland and Colum
bia River points.
Mr. Page, prior to his appointment
on October 2, was connected with the
firemen's insurance fund, of San Fran
cisco, for the past 15 years, and is
thoroughly conversant with shipping
conditions in and around San Fran
cisco. In speaking of the wooden ship prob
lem that has caused a heated contro
versy in the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion for the past several months, Mr.
Page said: "I am not yet familiar
enough with the Government's policy to
comment on the wooden ship question. I
am merely in Portland to acquaint my
self with conditions in the wooden as
well as the steel shipbuilding plants, so
that I may furnish the shipping board
with first-hand information concern
ing the conditions on the Pacific Coast
"Neither am I specifically Interested
in the strike situation as it exists, be
cause of my unfamiliarlty with the
subject. I am anxious, however, to
see the men and employers reach an
agreement in a short time, so as to
speed up the output of ships."
Mr. Page and Commander Ackerson
will be met here today by Captain
Blaine, district officer of the Kmer
gency Fleet "Corporation, of Seattle,
and will make a tour of inspection of
the yards in Portland and St. Helens.
Owing to limited time at his disposal.
Mr. Page said last night that he would
be .unable to visit the yards at Astoria.
Mr. Page was yesterday taken on a
tour of several of the local shipyards
by Lloyd Wentworth, Portland repre
sentative of the Shipping Board.
Tuesday night the party will leave
Portland for Willapa Harbor, where
they have Government business, and
later they will go to Olympia and
thence to Seattle.
Mr.' Page and Commander Ackerson
will go direct to Washington, D. C,
from Seattle. They expect to arrive at
the Capital not later than October 26.
CARS CRASH; NONE IS HURT
Two Vancouver Machines In Colli
sion; Both Badly Damaged.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) An automobile accident on a
steep, winding curve a mile north of
Vancouver, on the Pacific Highway, at
4 o'clock today resulted in two badly
damaged care, and, though both cars
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were filled with passengers, no one
was injured.
Joseph Wise, driving a car belong
ing to L. M. Jones, was going down
the hill and saw two cars coming up
the hill. Young Wise stopped his en
gine and put on the brakes when Ly
man Snell, driving I. C. Adams' car,
attempted to pass the other car travel
ing in the same direction, and collided
with Mr. Wise's car.'
FRASIER ARRAIGNED TODAY
Bankrupt, Alleged to Ifave Forged
Indorsement, in Custody.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 14. (Special.)
E. J. Frasier, bankrupt real estate
dealer, who is alleged to have presented
a fraudulent canceled check as evi
dence of the payment of a debt when
protesting the claim of a creditor be
fore Referee in Bankruptcy A. M. Can
non, of Portland, will be arraigned be
fore Justice of the Peace Jess G. Wells
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock under
an indictment charging forgery.
Frasier was arrested here yesterday.
He is alleged to have forged the in
dorsement of Dr. T. W. Harris and
marks of the bank, which would indi
cate that the check passed through the
bank in the course of regular business.
Keet Trial Xcars Jury.
MARSHFIELD, Mo., Oct. 14. The
fate of Claude Piersol, defendant in the
Lloyd Keet abduction- trial here, should
be known by Tuesday morning, it was
believed tonight. Testimony was com
pleted yesterday and tomorrow Judge
J. H. Skinker will instruct the Jury.
, FACTOR IX EASTERV OHR(iO
, IX KAHLV DAYS PASSES.
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David S. Rinsey.
A pioneer who played a big
part in the business and political
life of Eastern Oregon during
those early days was lost to the
state in the death Wednesday
morning of David S. Kinsey, aged
86. at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cosgriff, East
Fifty-fifth and Taylor streets.
Born at Jefferson, Pa., Septem
ber 3, 1831, Mr. Kinsey moved
later to Indiana, where he mar
ried Cornelia Henderson in 1?53
at Newcastle. In 1862 they crossed
the plains into Oregon, arriving
in the Grand Ronde Valley after
a perilous Journey. Mr. Kinsey
is survived by four sons and four
daughters.
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VATICAN FLAG TO
GUARD BELGIANS
Mr. Slevin Announces Plans
for Bringing Colony of 2200
Refugees to Oregon.
WEED TRACT IS FAVORED
Agent Says He Will Leave Immedi
ately for AVashlngton, Paris and
Rome to Complete His Pro
posed Tndertaking.
Under the protection of the Vatican
flag, 2200 Belgian refugees, to become
colonists in Oregon, are to be brought
across . from Rotterdam through the
submarine zone and by way of the
Panama Canal to Portland, according
to James Slevin, who has been here
several months making arrangements.
He will leave tonight for Washington,
where, he says, he will confer with
President Wilson, later leaving New
York for Paris, Rotterdam and Rome.
Having contracted for a number of
tracts in various sections of Oregon,
Mr. Slevin will close up his affairs here
today, preparatory to the long Journey,
personally to bring back the Belgians,
for whom he has been working here,
according to his statement last night.
"I had been intending some time ago
to bring the Belgians here in small
lots." said Mr. Slevin, "but have de
cided it is best to bring them all to
gether, as it will be more economical
and better in other ways.
"Inasmuch as this work is of a phil
anthropic and constructive nature, be
ing a broad charity and of benefit to
humanity, I have decided to make ar
rangements whereby the Vatican flag
w'lll be flown on the trip through the
submarine zone; no doubt it will be
granted.
"While in Rome arranging for a safe
voyage for the colonists I shall take
some more motion pictures of the Vati
can, the Pope, etc., and upon my return
here arrangements will be made where
by Oregon people shall see these pic
tures first. In Paris I shall ask my
backers to appropriate money for the
purchase of 21,500 acres of choice land,
known as the Weed tract, 30 miles
north of Klamath Falls, as I believe
this to be the most practical place for
a large colony."
WORLD TRADE STUDIED
CLASS IX' ECONOMIC GEOGRAJ'HY
WILL BE ORGANIZED HERE.
Members of Clans Will lie Required to
Register an Students of I nl
Ttnlly of Oregon.
A class In economic geography which
will give particular study to the devel
opment of Oregon's trade relations with
foreign countries will be organized here
this week by the School of Commerce
of the University of Oregon.
The class will be in charge of H. F.
Boyce. of Portland, who has traveled
all over the world in studying trade
conditions. Shad O. Krantz, manager of
the commercial and industrial service
department of the University School of
Commerce, and E. N. Weinbaum, assist
ant to the secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce. The first session and or
ganization of the class will be in the
women's dining-room of the Chamber
of Commerce at 8 o'clock Thursday
evening. Members of the class will be
required to register as students of the
University of Oregon and will pay a
fee of $5 per term. Their registration
cards will admit them to any of the
other extension classes now being given
in Portland by the university.
The work will be conducted in the
nature of a seminary and in order to
preserve this idea it will be necessary
to limit the number of students to
probably 30 members.
Many tentative applications already
have been received, bankers, business
men. professional men and other indi
viduals interested in the development
of import and export trade for the
Northwest are eager to join.
It is intended to study trade condi
tions not in the world at large, but
only in those parts of the world whose
natural trade relations point in the
direction of the Pacific Northwest. Spe
cial attention will be given, therefore,
to China, Japan, Russia and other Ori
ental countries and to the west coast
of South America.
MAYOR BAKER SPEAKS BEFORE
CROWD AT M'MIXXVILLE.
Joseph Knight and Bernard McPhlllips,
Boy Scouts, Decorated With
Medals By Mayor.
M'MINNVILLE, Or.. Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) "You have given your boys to
the service of the Government, now it
is necessary that you help the Govern
ment to care for their bodily wants,"
said Mayor George L. Baker, of Port
land, in a patriotic address delivered
to a large crowd at the City Park here
this afternoon in the interest of the
liberty loan.
Mr. Baker thrust home the fact that
the United Staes is in war with a pow
erful and unscrupulous foe and that
either a loan at this time or heavy tax
ation soon is inevitable. He was fol
lowed by R. W. Montague, of Portland,
who explained the Investment features
of a liberty bond. E. C. Apperson,
chairman of the local liberty loan com
mittee, said that McMinnville and vicin
ity would be expected to take $15,000
liberty bonds and that he had confi
dence in their patriotism to reach this
sum.
In the course of the evening, two boy
scouts. Joseph Knight and Bernard
McPhilllps, both of whom had been ac
tive in selling liberty bonds of the first
issue, were called to the rostrum and
decorated with medals by the Mayor
of Portland in recognition of their serv
ices. The itinerary of Mayor Baker and
Mr. Montague in this county is Xew
berg Monday evening. Amity Tuesday
evening and Sheridan Wednesday even
ing. OPTIMISM SERMON TOPIC
War Produces Condition of Hysteria,
Says Rev. Ward SlacIIenry.
A hopeful outlook for the future was
offered yesterday by the Rev, Ward W.
MacHenry, pastor of the Mount Tabor
Presbyterian Church, who preached to
a large congregation on "Reasonable
Optimism."
"Let us not lose faith and hope; the
war produces a condition of hysteria
because of tremendous emotional strain
and extra burdens," said Mr. MacHenry,
"but rational optimism leads us in
light of history, present conditions and
future promise to see, not destruction
of civilization, passing of Christianity
and failure of democracy, but the sal
vation -and cleansing of our civiliza
tion from ancient and , intolerable
wrongs of autocracy, serfdom and
might. This optimism leads us to see
the lifting up of Justice and right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness for all men and a new era of
Christian conquest and the dawning
of a great day of liberty and democ
racy for all mankind and a vast step
toward permanent peace.
"Rational optimism is based on
knowledge of life, not ignorance: faith
and facts, not cheerful disposition; the
stimulus of definite accomplishment
through hard work and careful prepa
ration and fine vision, not on merely
artificial stimuli and finally on life
principles and convictions, not on petty
or partial failure or success.
"Intelligent view of our harbor, Co
lumbia River basin, great resources in
lumber, farm products, minerals, etc.,
convince hard-headed, far-seeing busi
ness men that Portland has a great
future and that optimism makes them
big constructive citizens."
FINDING IS OPERATIVE
BIGHT-HOiR DELAYED, SCHED
ULES BEING DRAWX".
Wage Increase of About SO Cents a
Day. Overtime Provisions Are
Effective at Once.
The finding of the arbitration board,
in the controversy between the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Company
and its employes, becomes operative
this morning, awarding the eight-hour
day and an increased wage schedule
approximating an advance of 20 cents
per day.
Although the agreement is presuma
bly in effect, by the terms of the agree
ment between company and carmen.
several days will probably elapse be
fore the eight-hour schedule will be in
operation, owing to the delay incident
to drawing it up.
President Griffith, of the company,
said last night that the work of draw
ing up the schedules is in progress and
will be expedited, but that no definite
announcement could be made. The
wage increase is now in full force, and
the eight,-hour day will be in actual
effect as soon as the necessary read
justment of runs is made. Tentative
schedules for the new runs, under the
eight-hour day. were said to have been
practically completed for several di
visions soon after the board returned
its ruling.
Under the increased wage schedule.
carmen in service less than one year
will receive 3S cents an hour; more
than one year and less than two years,
40 cents an hour; more than two years.
45 cents an hour. Time and a half will
be paid for overtime beyond eight and
one-half hours. There was no overtime
provision in the old schedule, and the
wage ranged from 28 to 34 cents.
Whether or not the adoption of the
eight-hour schedule will necessitate
the employment of more men, has not
yet been indicated by the company.
STRAND RILL IS STRONG
SIX BIC ACTS REPRESENTED IX
VAUDEVILLE OFFERIXG.
Photoplay Is Delightful Story of Two
Orphans and Gallant Flsht of
Elder to Stay With Sister.
Augmenting the vaudeville half of
the bill to six big acts, supported by
the Butterfly photodrama, "The Girl
Who Won Out," the Strand Theater
made a new mark with its bill yester
day. Stroud and Claire opened the vaude
ville with a Mexican operatic burlesque.
Margaret Carson, a handsome sing
ing comedienne, who has some pretty
dresses and knows how to wear them,
made a hit with her popular and topical
songs and Dale and Carreg had a char
acter offering that was very popular.
Barrett and Bayne are a duo with a
dressy and up-to-date singing act, end
ing with a prettily costumed Swiss spe
cialty. The De Bell trio, two men and a
girl, proved the premier laugh getters,
with comedy and harmony singing.
Something quite out of the ordinary
in contortion work and balancing Is the
offering of Davis Allison, the European
acrobat who closes the vaudeville bill.
Violet McMillan is starred in the
photoplay, which is just a sweetheart
story of the love of two orphan chil
dren and the gallant and winning fight
that the elder girl put up to keep
from being separated from her baby
sister.
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY HELD
First German Iteformed Congrega
tion Organized 43 Years.
With song and sermon the First Ger
man Reformed Church at Twelfth and
Clay streets yesterday celebrated the
43d anniversary of the organization of
the church. Special tribute was paid
to the early workers who founded the
SEW MEN AT HEAD OF O.
DEPARTMENTS.
C.
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OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Oct. 14. (Special.) The hog
raising branch of the animal husbandry
department of Oregon Agricultural
College will be in charge of E. J.
Fjelsted. who will take the place of
G. R. Samson, now farming for him
self. Mr. Fjelsted is a specialist in
the work, both in colleges and on the
farm. He was formerly field animal
husbandry-man for the University of
Idaho.
The school of mines, one of the seven
schools of O. A. C. has a new dean this
year in E. K. Soper. Dean Soper is
succeeding Dean Henry M. Parks. Dean
Soper received his B. A. and M. A. at
Stanford University and his Ph.
D. at Minnesota University. He has
been on the faculty of Idaho. Minne
sota. Stanford and Cornell. Idaho being
the last university with which he was
associated before coming to O. A. C.
SJUL!
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The Truth about Aspirin
The genuine is of unvarying quality and
every package and every tablet bears
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church and to Rev. G. Hafner, who has
been its pastor for 23 years.
The congregation started with a
small membership in 1S74 and soon
built a church at Stark and Tenth, at
that time North Xinth street. The late
Rev. John Gantenbein was the pastor
for many years. The wooden building
was taken down to make way for a
business block, and a fine stone build
ing was erected in 1911 on the present
site. Among the accomplishments of
this church has been the organization
of the Second and Third Churches. Rev.
A. E. W'yss is pastor of the former and
Rev. W. G. Lienkemper occupies the
pulpit of the latter at Lents. These
two churches were represented yester
day in the special service held at'First
Church.
The regular' services were held at
10:45 A. M. and 7:30 P. M., and at both
there was a good attendance and many
happy reunions of frienrls.and old-time
members of the church.
AUTO DEALERS CWG
ALL-YEAR CAR" SHOW AT PACIFIC
KISSELKAK RRAXC1I Sll'CESS.
Out-of-Town Dealers Will Re Given
Special Attention ly Local
Manager Today.
Automobile dealers from all parts of
Oregon and Southern Washington will
be in Portland today attending the "A 11-
lear Car show at the Pacific IvisselKar
branch. This is an event held annually
throughout the United States, and re
sponses to invitations sent out by Del
Wright, local manager, indicate that Tfi
dealers will be present.
One of the interesting displays is the
complete equipped closed car in a Win
ter scene. This picture is very strik
ing and many people come in each day
to investigate the company's claims
that these cars are storm-proof. The
Autumn scene is laid in a fence corner,
with shocks of corn, pheasants and
nunters in the field. The Spring scene
is a tour of Oregon, where Weister's
famous colored views of interesting sec
tions of the state form a const.intlv
changing background.
hile the out-of-town dealers will
be given special attention today the
exhibit will be open to Portland peo
ple during the day and evening. The
show continues until next Saturday
night. Special programmes will be
given evenings later in the week.
SOLDIERS BREAKFAST HERE
Demonstration Will Be Given in In
terest of Liberty Bonds.
Five hundred reasons for buying a
liberty bond will be seen at the Mult
nomah Hotel this morning at about 8
o'clock. Every one of them will be a
hungry reaejon and a demonstration
will be given of the necessity for float
ing the bond issue on record time, as
well as the necessity for Oregon cof
fers subscribing J16.500.000 in liberty
oonas.
The Multnomah is to serve 500 sol
dier boys this morning and the break-
taut that is waiting for them will be
one of K. V. Hauser's examples of how
to win the war without laying up
treasure.
The Multnomah management has ar
ranged for a large number of Port
landers to visit the hotel during the
breakfast hour and have a look at the
type of American boys who are going
to the front.
Portland girls will be there to dis
tribute apples, cigarettes and tobacco,
along with a smile.
PRUNE CROP HARVESTED
Washington County Orcliardits Sat
isfied With Season's Yield.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) Fruitgrowers in this locality
are finishing harvesting the prune
crop. Although the crop was not as
large as expected, the fruit is of ex
cellent quality, and high prices pre
vail. Ten cents a pound is being of
fered for dried fruit. This is the
highest price ever paid in this locality.
The ranchers are now engaged in
harvesting the grape crop, which is
large in Washington County. The
weather has been ideal for the ripening
of the fruit and the quality Is better
than ever before. Growers are obtain
ing good prices, ranging from 3 'rj to
4 Vi cents.
Hundreds of tons of this fruit will
be shipped from here this season.
Dairy League Meeting Set.
GRESHAM, Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.)
A meeting will be held in Metzger's
Hall on Wednesday evening for the
purpose of organizing a local branch
of the Oregon Dairy League. The
Dairy League is a new organization,
which has for its purpose the opposi
tion of monopoly in the sale and pro
duction of milk, to encourage compe
tition and protect its stockholders.
John Montgomery Buried Today.
Services honoring the memory of
John L. Montgomery, who died last
Friday, will be held from the Finley
chapel today at 12:30 P. M. Interment
will be in Mount Scott Cemetery. Mr.
Montgomery had lived in this state for
the past 15 years. He was 32 years of
age and is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Nellie Montgomery.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Oyer 30 Years
Always bears
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TABLETS In Pocket Boxes of 12
Bottles of 24 and 1 OO
CAPSULES In Sealed Packages
of 12 and 24
Ths trsde-mark " AroWn " CRea. V. S.
Pat. Off.) is s Raarantee that the mono
acetiracideBter of mtiicrlieafid in these
tablets and eapeuirs ia of the reliable
Jiajor manufacture.
FLOOR SPACE ASSIGNED
BRITISH FIKST TO COMPLETK
1T.A.N.S FOK KEI) CKOSS BAZAAR.
Meeting of French People of Portland
Will Be Held at Offices of Henri
l.alihe Tuesday.
The space selected in the Auditorium
by the British in charge of the allit-d
Ked Cross bazaar work 13 40 by l.".'
feet, in which 10 little business estab
lishments will be conducted by the va
rious committees in charge. The
stores and their chairmen are as fal
lows: "Old Curiosity Shop, Mrs. J.
Kd wards: dairy. Mrs. J. D. Karrell:
sweet shop, Mrs. Charles HIakely:
fancy work, Mrs. .lames 1 -a i d U w ; tea
parden, Mrs. K. Borthwick; toy shoi.
M rs. Peter Kerr; confectionery, M vs.
John Latta; souvenir shop. Mrs. It. .
Blackwood: postoil'ice and post -a rri
shop, Mrs. J. C. Robinson. A eoniplcie
list of assistants will be announced in
a few days.
This booth is to be operated alonjr
the lines of a small Ensrlish village and
the surroundings will be Jypical 111
every respect. The proceeds of this en
tire exhibit will be used for Bed Cross
purposes. Mrs. K. T. C. Stevens, K. K.
Baxter and K. W. Blackwood are in
charge of the exhibit.
The committee in charge of the
French booth, with Henri L.abbe as its
chairman, will hold a meeting ot' the
French people of this city in his of
fices in the Lahbe building Tuesday, at
which time every loyal Frenchman is
expected to attend. Mr. Lahbe can be
reached by phoning- Main. 1M4S.
SOLDIERS NEED HOME LIFE
V. M. C. A. Appeals to I'ortlaml to
Take Men to Dinner.
Speaking to an audience at tli
Church of Our Father, last niiiht, I. B.
Rhodes, director of the Y. M. C. A. in
the Army camps of the Pacific Coast
states, appealed to the people of Port
land and Vancouver, Wash., to assist in
pivins: a little toucli of home lift to the
soldiers who are now in the camps.
"All through the Southern states peo
ple are extending the privileges of their
homes to the boys who are in the
camps," said Mr. Rhodes. ."One cannot
realize what that little touch of hunw
life means to the boy in khaki. 1 am
sorry to say that the people of Port
land and nearby cities have sadly
neglected the regulars at the camp in
Vancouver. I would like to see tlioso
boys taken into the churches of the
city and made to feel at home, and
after services it would be a fine, thinj
to take them into the home for dinner."
Mr. Rhodes lias visited the principal
Army camps throughout the I'niteil
States and expects to leave shortly lot
Y. M. C. A. work in France.
Body Shipped to Kansas for Burial.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) The body of Mrs. Nancy P.
Kentner, who died at a hospital here,
was sent to her former home at Sa
betha. Kan., Friday for burial. Sho
was born in Ohio May 14, 1SS1!, and for
many years before coming West lived
in Kansas. She made her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Roy llesseltine, who
recently moved to Vancouver, Wash.
PREPARE FOR
THE CRISIS
Every mother awaitine motherhood
should get in condition for the crisis.
There is just one thins to do srive
nature a helping hand throughout the
waitinsr period.
No time should be lost in beginning
the use of the penetrating external
preparation. "Mother's Friend." By its
use during the period the muscles of
the abdomen are made pliable and elas
tic; they can then expand with ease
when baby is born and pain at the crisis
is naturally less. Ask for a bottle of
"Mother's Friend" at the drug store
today and do not go a single night
without applying it. Write The Brad
field Regulator Co., Dept. D, a:i Lamar
Puilding. Atlanta, Ua., and they will
send you a book of scientifically pre
pared, practical information, without
charge. "Mother's Friend" is composed
of such penetrating oils and other in
gredients as to make it entirely indis
pensable to expectant mothers. Adv.
VIKOL MADE
THIS NURSE
STRONG
Nothing- Like It for Rundown
and Nervous People
Von Ormy, Texas. "I suffered from
a general run-down condition anae
mia, loss of appetite and cough, so I
was unfit for my work. I tried differ
ent medicines without help, and
through my druggist learned of Vinol.
I took It; my appetite increased, my
cough disappeared, I gained in weight
and I am now well and strong, so I
can conscientiously endorse Vinol."
Viola Salada, R. N., Van Ormy, Tex.
We guarantee Vinol to build up run
down, anaemic folks or return your
money. We take all the risk. The Owl
Drug Co., Portland, and at the best
drug store in every town and city ia
jhe country, Adv.