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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1917. 29 013 SIGH FOOD PLEDGE, IS REPORT Less Than V2 Per Cent of Those Canvassed Are Slackers. FOUR SQUADS PASS GOAL Many "Afraid to Sign"; Several Re fuse to Io Without White Bread. Few Pro-Germans Air Views HUSBA3VD DOES COOKISG IX ONK HOME. In one smaJl cottage yester day a woman conservation pledge canvasser was- met by the hus band. The; object of the call was explained to, him- briefly. .This, dialogue .ensued: "Annie, you must come out and sign the food pledge card." From a. clothes closet Issued the reply: "No, you sign It: you do all the cooking, anyhow." "No, you're the -one to -sign," answered the husband, with a show of embarrassment, as he explained to the visitor: "It's so that I dt all the cooking. I think men know best how to be eco nomical." Despite the fact that he con fessed to being cnieif of ' ' the home's culinary department, . the husband insisted that the wife do. the signing and she finally consented after" emerging from the closet in a bathrobe. Reports of many successful smashes through to victory on the Oregon front were received yesterday by state and city leaders directing the save-the-f ood-to-feed-the-soldiers pledge campaign. In the Portland sector four "cap tains" were found deserving something more handsome than the iron cross for having led their forces "across" and effected the capture of about everybody In sight. The victories of these leaders and their patriot aides were achieved Thursday. Others are Known to have ewept on to their objectives yesterday, but confirmation does not come until official announcement is made from headquarters today. G Squad Han Honors. Squads working under "Captain" L. E. Latourette have operated with such zeal that highest honors still belong .to sub-district G. Asked to bring in 500 recruits to the cause, the workers In this district had by Thursday night en listed 1073, more than doubling their quota.- In their rounds they cajne upon 49 slackers. Yesterday's reports will not be compiled t)n,til.this morning. iSecond honors, by the latest advices, belong to sub-district fi, of which W. C. Alderson, is captain. "With a quota . t A , , . V. . AT- A 1 l u runn ' n VI ovu act Hi i t i v iii . . . . . . t. . ...... H aides had pledged 1002 for the conser vation service. Thirteen who were un willing to enlist were found. units v and in, witn a. a. jiuok, ana George R. "Funk, respectively, as cap tains, both pushed past the goals set for them. In- sub-district v, where the quota was 800, enrollments reached 853 and in sub-district N a total of 2661 signatures to pledge cards were obtained, while but 2500 had been ex pected. Sub-district T, C. L. McKenna. captain, had 998 signed pledges Thurs day night, needing but two more to make the 1000 total allotted. In sub district A, J. B. iSchafter, captain, there were lacking but six names to make the quota of 200. 65 Per -On Achieved Thiu-mlay District, No. 5, -onder general .man agership of W. O. Munsell and com prising sub-districts R, S, T and V, composed' chiefly of voting precincts from No. 252 to No. 298, is known to have filled its quota of 5300 yesterday, having been within 45 families of this goal Thursday night. Mr. Munsell took charge of this district when O. W. Davidson, originally its manager, was called to take over duties connected with the approaching 3f. M. C A. drive, . and has delighted the leaders by put ting his district to front rank in the" city. ' - " Portland's total for the drive, from reports in the hands of Manager Ever ett Ames Thuisday night, was 29,013. This is 65 per cent of the 45.000 goal eet for the city and exceeds his predic tions for the four opening days of the crusade by 5 per cent. But 366 slack ers had been reported, or much less than 1 per cent. The final .showing cannot be expected to be as good as this, Mr. Ames asserted, since several sections had not yet made reports on the number of persons refusing to sign the Hoover pledge. Odd Reasons Given. A greater variety of excuses for de clining to sign the- pledge cards than the uninitiated could Imagine are ad vanced by those, who turn away the canvassers. Many will tell the workers nothing more than that they are "afraid to sign." There have been several in stances where people have said they refuse to do without white bread. Here nd there" the-excuse- is given by-the solicited individual that she Is afraid j possible future conditions that may be Imposed on pledge signers. Many a.y they are economizing to the limit at present and do not feel they' can do jbpre in this line. -jjissatisf action with the National Ad ministration is given as the cause for ileclining to sign the card by a few. New and then a pro-German sympa thizer frankly states his or her con victions in explaining- the refusal. In other instances the German or pro German flatly refuses to grant the so licitors an interview. Both State Chairman Churchill and City Chairman Ames yesterday made .Jhe request that families where the pledge has been signed be sure to dis "play the window card left with them to inform the public of their patriotic co operation with the National food ad ministration. "No matter how fine an difice the residence may be I feel that householders owe it to patriotism and o the public to display the pledge emblem in a front .window," urged Mr. Jbhurchill. v One of the first complete preliminary bounty reports to reach state head quarters arrived yesterday from Wash ington County. It shows that six of the 87 school districts had already pledged every family to food saving. Several districts report large German populations. In these an average of About 25 pe' cent of refusals is ex pected. Canvassers in the Inez Kraft district, where nearly all are German families, reported that 10 out of 22 de clined to sign pledges. Through a mis take in transcribing the report . this community was credited with being solidly united against the food conser vation movement. - Reasons why reports of progress in the drive are slow in coming in to state headquarters are made apparent Jn a letter from B. L. Eddy, of Rose- burg, chairman for Douglas County. He explained that under the system employed daily reports are impossible. It requires three or. iour days4 he BROTHER AND SISTER WHO DISAPPEARED THURSDAY AND FOR WHOM DETECTIVES ARE SEARCHING. ax VERXOy AKD pointed , out, to get the cards- back in the rul districts and more time to send the reports to the county chair man where the telephone may not be used. Again, he points ouC many school districts are holding back, re ports until the work-is completed. Rnral Reports- Made. Despite the handicaps pointed out by Mr. Eddy and common to most rural sections, he was able to report these achievements: . "In Roseburg have received back every card but one and they are making an effort to get that one card. The Fullerton School In Roseburg last night showed 88 per cent, but today every card had been returned save one. Am just assured by Sutherlin banker that they will return 100 per cent." "Marion County will give 98 to 100 per cent; conservative," telegraphed F. W. Steusloff, chairman, to state head quarters from Salem. "Eleven hundred homes have signed the food card: four districts report 100 per cent," was the message received from County Superintendent of Schools L. B. Gibson, Hood River, chairman for Hood River County. Other gratifying reports in abund ance are flooding in to Chairman Churchill's office. The forwarding of more cards and supplies to counties calling for them constitutes a big part of his work each day. With reference to counties which have not filed re ports, as yet he said he knows definite ly that most of them are achieving ex cellent results. - Hotel Men Knllirt. - R. W. Childs, head of the state com mittee engaged in enlisting hotel men and restaurant owners for food conser vation, reports that between 70 and 80 per cent of these men in Uie state have already pledged their co-operation. The list will be extended, he says. Assist ant" State Superintendent of Schools Carleton has just returned from attend ance at the Washington County Teach ers. Institute at Hillsboro. He reports that the teachers have shown them selves keenly alive to the situation and have done good work in spreading the "clean-plate" doctrine. MrsTJennie Kemp will speak In Port land this evening at the Evening Star Grange on the food situation, and next week will begin the extended state tour she has planned in interest of the movement, with visits to Uresham and Sheridan. Humor, pathos, eccentricity, .patriot ism are disclosed in Incidents related by workers in the city campaign. A -woman living on Union avenue gruffly turned away the pledge-card bearers, though she knew who they were and their mission. The next day she tele phoned to headquarters to apologize. She had been ill and permitted her physical condition to make her ill-tem- tempered, she explained. "I have a son in the Third Oregon," she stated, "and H would be a disgrace to him if I did not sign one of the cards. I will sign if one of the workers will be kind enough, to call again." Aliens Sign "Cards. A -well-known woman of the city. who served as interpreter for canvass ers in the Nicolal mill district, where alien homes, including Russians, Rus sian Jews, Germansv Roumanians and French families were encountered, re lates this incident: They entered the home of a Russian junk dealer. The wife could speak no English, but the husband interpreted everything to her. The two were greatly perturbed about something. This the husband finally explained. He said there were many German and Austrian families In the neighborhood. For this reason, while he did not object to signing the card. he feared to put up the window card. with its shield of the American Na tional colors as the central object. The wife, keenly patriotic, prevailed when she said: "We live in America and are making our living here. No matter what happens, I want that flag in the window." Large numbers of German families were enrolled as pledge signers by workers in the Nicolal section. Not more than three homes of the score visited by the interpreter and her as sociates were left without being won over, they reported. "I am so glad that t have now round a way I can help stated one aged German woman as she affixed her signature to a pledge card Fruits of the good work the public and parochial schools have done to 1m press upon pupils' minds and hearts the urgency of saving foodstuffs is re ported as particularly in evidence' in the districts where alien families pre dominate. Through the. influence and teaching of the schools the way has ef fectually been paved to reach the par ents. Six-Year-Old Interprets. in a Roumanian nome a lass of six interpreted to the mother for the vi itors. The little girl had already told in the home of the movement and about f ' - f i' ' -!-? 1 f , V B I" 1 f v -' -v . v . - I K f " i:: . ' ' t ' tin: i ' - I I ? i" I t. i :- ' - I" I V " ; ' ' 1 - 1 - f x I U ' ! I I -t s $ v 3' - 1 f " ' ' n ' ' v , - va' " " l JL ' S 'X - RESULTS UP TO THURSDAY NIGHT IN PORTLAND'S DRIVE FOR HOOVER PLEDGE SIGNERS. District and Territory- Captain v GcaL Dist. A, Precinct 318, comprising farms,: town of Llnnton J. B. Schafer 200 Dist. B. Precincts Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive. George P. Dekum - 900 Dist. C. Precincts Nos. 10 to 41. inclusive R. L. Glisan 4,000 Dist. D, Precincts Nos. 42 to 63, inclusive.- L. H. Hoffman t.800 Dist. E, Precincts Nos. 64 to 87, inclusive Joseph F. Ewing 8,200 Dist. F, Precincts Nos. 88 to 95. inclusive, and No. S19 A. H. McGowan 800 Dist. G, Precincts No. 96 to 98. inclusive.. . L. E. Latourette. ,x 500 Dist. H, Precincts Nos. 99 to 112, inclusive Hudson B. Hastings 2,000 Dist. J, Precincts Nos. 132 to 1664, inclusive . T. M. Hurlburt 4.200 Dist. K, Precincts Nos. 113 to 131, inc.: also Includes Precincts 157 and 157 . .A. A. Bailey'. 8,000 Dist. L, Precincts 158 to 172, inc.; also Includes Precincts 206 to 214, inc Arthur I. Moulton. . . . . . 3,600 Dist. M, Precincts 173 to 183, inc. ; also includes 198, 199 and 201 to 205, inc. ... Ferdinand E. Reed 3,000 Dist. N, Precincts 184 to 197, inc.; also Includes Precinct 300 George R. Funk 2,600 Dist. O, Precincts 216 to 288, inc. and 235 to 249, inc : L. B. Woltrlng 4,600 Dist. P. Precincts 229 to 234, inclusive. Charles C. Hall 1,600 Dist. Q, Precincts 262 to 278, inclusive Wilmot K. Royal 3.000 Dist. R, Precincts 252 to 261, inc., and 279 to 283, inc C. H. Beard 3.700 Dist. S, Precincts 250, 251. 251 and 285 to 287. inclusive W. C. Alderson 800 Dist. T, Precincts 288 to 293, inclusive, and 284 C. L. McKenna 1,000 Dist. V, Precincts 294 to 298, inclusive A. A. Muck 800 Totals m m EVELYS MACK.'. the pledge cards. As a result the moth er paused only to learn the identity of the canvassers, then turned to get a pencil with which to sign. A little girl in Lincoln County, deep ly impressed with, the importance of signing the pledge to save food in every reasonable way. Is reported to have said: "I have read in the Bible where .they -used to mark blood on the doors of houses to save thje lives of the peo ple, and I think that if everyone will sign the pledge card it may save the lives of my brother and the other sol diers who are going to France." 4,641,190 CARDS SIGXED NOW 632,000 Reported in Day; Michigan Leads Nation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Signing of more than 632,000 pledgre cards during the day was reported to the food, ad ministration tqnight by voluntary workers throughout the country who are enlisting housewives for food con servation. This brought the total for the week to 4,641,190. Michigan now leads the Btates with 213,851 cards, of which 68,206 were signed today. New Jersey is second. with 187,078, and Indiana third, with 147.078. New York City reported to night that 286,7 62 cards had been signed. Final figures of the week's campaign probably will hot be known for several days afer the work is over. The food administration hopes the campaign will bring at least 10,000,000 signatures. OBSTRUCTIONISTS AT WORK Bogus Hoover Cards Slake Appear ance in Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash., Nov. 2. (Special.) Pro-German plans to nullify the food campaign being conducted by the Pierce County Council of Defense have been uncovered, according to C. M. Riddell, chairman of the body. He says his workers have come across cards nearly similar to the food pledge signs which are so worded that if the pact was kept the owners would starve. The bogus cards, he says, are almost simi lar, to those issued by Food Adminis trator Hoover. , Records are being kept of disloyal remarks made to food conservation workers and of those persons who slam doors in the faces of the Hoover messengers. ( Conservation Drive Progresses. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Nov. 2. (Special) That the food conservation pledge card campaign being conducted in this county this week through the public schools is progressing unexpect edly well is the news given out today at the office of County School Super intendent Miss Edna Wells. Principal C. R. Bowman, of Klamath County High School here, reports that nearly 100 per cent of the parents of the high school students have enrolled them selves as supporters of the move. The few who have not signed the cards have agreed to do so. Columbia Residents Loyal. ST. HELENS. Or., Nov. 2. (Special.) Pledge cards for the food conserva tion campaign are being freely signed by residents of St. Helens and other Columbia County towns. The work is under the direction of County School Superintendent Allen, who has enlisted the aid of the school teachers and school children, and thus far, the plan has worked out successfully. 1 County Council Is Organized. : OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 2. (Spe cial.) At a meeting attended by hun dreds of farmers, a county council was organized here yesterday. State Leader Maris and his assistant, W. L. Cad derly, of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, assisted In perfecting the organi sation. The council will act as an ad-v visory board to the county agent. Pendleton People to Hooverlze. PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 2. (Special.) On the basis of reports received from over the county. Dr. W. D. McNary, in charge of the footl conservation cam paign in Umatilla County, estimates that pledges will be signed by 95 per cent of the families. The work is be ing handled 'through the school chil dren. Deserter Gets 10 Years. i CAMP CUSTER, Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 2. Frederick J. Hagin. of Mid land County, Michigan, court-martialed for desertion, was today sentenced here to ten years at Leavenworth Prison. BOY AND GIRL FLEE Children of Mrs. J. C. Mack Run Away From Home. . FUGITIVES ELUDE POLICE Vernon, 12, and Sister Evelyn, 11, Are Believed to Have Gone In Di rection of Oregon Clt jr When They Left Thursday. Vernon and Evelyn, 12-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter of Mrs. G. C. Mack, of '410 Park street, ran away from homo Thursday night and ara still missing. They are at present be lieved to be hiding in the woods near Oregon City. Mrs. Mack called on the police to aid in the search for her children yester day morning, after they had been, gone all night. She had given them 50 cents at 8:30 o'clock Thursday night, she said, and had sent them to & store two blocks away for a bottle of milk. They failed to return. i Children Try to Cash -0 Check. j Detective Hawley spent all day yes terday in a search for the children, but suoceeded in tracing them only as far as the store.. The boy and girl had ap peared there, he learned, and had at tempted to cash a check for $40. The proprietor of the store, not wishing to cash a check of this size, loaned the children $1.60. They took the money and left without saying anything about the milk for which they were sent. Police of Oregon City and Clackamas County deputy sheriffs are Beaching for a boy and girl, answering the de scription of the missing Mack children, who arrived in Oregon City on a late car from Portland Thursday night and, without the knowledge of the officers, slept on a couch in the fire hall. The children arose early Friday, crossed the bridge to West Linn and there found a horse and buggy, which they appropriated. The rig has since been Identified as belonging to a Mrs. Shaw, of Belton. Sheriff Wilson and Chief of Police French started on the trail of the rig and finally found it; the horse driven between two trees on the roadside and stripped of his harness. No sign of the children had been found last night From the direction taken by the buggy, however, .it is thought that they may be headed back toward Portland. Girl Takes Bet Salt. Suspicion that the children had run away was first confirmed when Detec tive Hawley learned that Evelyn's new blue serge suit was missing from her home. It is presumed that she took it with her. While Mrs. Mack and her children lived in Tacoma. from which city they moved to Portland less than two months ago, Vernon attempted to run away several times. His sister has never before accompanied him on any of these escapades. Mrs. Mack says that the boy exerts a strong influence over the -girl, however, and that she usually does what he advises. When last seen the boy wore a blue serge suit with knee pants, blue hat, dark shirt, bow tie and black shoes. He Is described as small for his age, with light hair. He took his little red wagon with him. i The girl was dressed in a rose-col-oredt sweater and suit. Her hair Is dark and curly. Vernon has been attending the Shat- tuck School and Evelyn the Ladd. It has been requested that anyone seeing the children notify detective headquarters at the police station or Mrs. Mack at Main 2061. 73,891 SIGN INJVASHINGTON King County Has 15,166 Pledges; Pierce 10,43 7. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 2. A total of 73,891 signatures to the Hoover food pledge have been obtained In the state of Washington as a result of the week's campaign to date, according to reports received at the pffice here of Charles Hebbard, Federal food commis sioner for this state, tonight. They represent almost entirely work done previously to today, as only 11 counties included today's activities in their reports. Island County, with 86 per cent of its quota, led the other counties of the state, and Pend O'Reille County, with 72 per cent, was second. King County, with 15,166 pledges, led in the number obtained. Pierce was sec ond, with 10,437, and Spokane, third, with 10,369. The state's quota is 233,000 signa tures. License Fees Increase. SALEM, Or., Nov. 2. (Special.) Re ceipts of the motor vehicle department in Secretary Olcott's office up to Octo ber 31 this year amounted to 1 194,937.50. according to a statement issued today as compared to $146,254 for the entire year last year. The receipts up to Oc tober 31 last year were $145,036. Li censes this year have been issued as follows: Automobiles, 48,312; motor cycles, 3394; dealers. 375; chauffeurs. 3413. Automobile licenses issued last month totaled 1225, while 39 motor cycle, three dealer and 102 chauffeur licenses were issued. The total num ber of licenses issued in 1916 was as follows: Automobiles, 33,917; motor cycle, 3368; dealers, 276; chauffeurs, 4019. Escaped Convict round In Army. SALEM. Or., Nov. 2. (Special.) Warden Murphy, of the state peniten tiary, today received word that John Smith, who escaped from the prison In August, 1916, had been captured at Fort Omaha, Neb., where he had en listed inN the First Balloon School Smith was one of six to make his es cape at the time. He was serving from two to five years for burglary from Hood River C.ounty and had served two years of his term. Smith had enlisted in the Army under the name of Will iam B. Whan. Information as to his whereabouts came through the office of the Adjutant-General. A. L. More lock will be sent as a special agent to return Smith to the prison En- Re rolled, fused. 194 860 2.219 1.037 1.727 v 600 1.073 1.S80 2.425 1,825 2,050 1,690 2.661 1,524 1.097 1.196 2.402 1,002 998 853 1 16 18 6 20 49 106 16 7 "o7 13 13 38 45,000 29,013 ISC You Wffl Save Money in Having a Player-Piano in Your Home These Coming Winter ' Evenings It Is None Too Early to Start X It has long been an open secret that piano builders have been pay ing exorbitant prices for material they are finding it extremely hard to get some piano materials at any price. Consequently it is only a matter of a few months before the retail dealers will be compelled to add 25 to 50 per cent to the selling price. The Bush & Lane Company, as builders and sellers of genuine standard grade Pianos and Player-Pianos, are prepared to sell you Pianos at prices no higher than pre-war times. We have just five good, desirable Used Pianos left. These were traded in on Bush & Lane Pianos. They are in excellent condition and will be sold at prices, and upon such terms, as will make them worth your while to in vestigate, them. They will not be here by the end of the week, We Do as We Advertise Bring This Ad With You Report of Twelfth Federal Re serve District Made. FIRST LOAN IS ABSORBED Conditions Generally Kegarded as Promising "With. Lumber Stocks Low and Mammoth Applo Crop in. Prospect. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. Bank re sources in the Twelfth Federal Re serve District Instead of being ad versely affected by a first liberty loan, showed marked advance over the cor responding period last year, according to a statement on business conditions issued here today by the District Re serve Bank. The statement reports disturbed labor conditions but a su perb agricultural situation. The salmon pack, reported previous ly from other sources as generally very light, will show an extraordinary total, although weak in spots, the re nnrt sura. In cart. It follows: "The second liberty loan has had the center of the stage during October. Subscriptions to the first liberty loan closed June 15 and the last payments were mada August 15. Consequently the pressure upon banks because of withdrawals and borrowings occasioned by the first loan would appear within this period. Some timid, banks feared great reduction of resources. The loans, however, of the National banks in the eight reserve cities of this dis trict show an increase of only $17,900, 000 from June 20, 1917, to September 11, 1917, while deposits increased $32. 800,000. During the year. September 12. 1916, to September 11. 1917, deposits in the same banks increased $80,000. 000, ranging from an increase of 11.7 per cent in Los Angeles to 24.2 per cent In Seattle. While complete re ports of state banks are not available, those published indicate a similar trend. "Strikes have hampered the lumber Industry, but output has again reached 75 per cent of normal. Mill stocks are from 51 to 83 per cent below those of November 1. 1916. "The yield of grains is below normal, except in the case of barley. The hay crop is about normal, with decreases in Oregon and "Washington and increases in California, Idaho and Utah. "The October 1 Government forecast gives "Washington's commercial apple crop as 3,660,000 barrels, an increase of 200,000 barrels over that of last year. The Northwestern Fruit Ex change reports the 1916 apple crop in excess of 16.000 cars, compared with 9600 cars in 1915. "Constantly Increasing hay prices, with alfalfa now quoted at $25 per ton, are causing many farmers in Central Oregon to ship their breeding cattle to market." TRIAL IS NEARIN6 END GOXG WOO, ACCUSED OF MURDER, MAY KNOW FATE NEXT WEEK. Frank Louie Expected to Enlighten Jury Concerning Peace Pact Signed by Tongs In San Francisco. Testimony of white witnesses to prqve the actual killing of Chin Hong, June 2. last, occupied the greater share cf the day yesterday in the murder trial of Gong Woo, secretary of the Suey Sing tong. charged with com plicity in the murder. Judge Gatens adjourned court early in tne arternooii until Monday morning. Deputy District Attorney Collier an nounced that the prosecution would close its case by Monday evening, after which the defense will start. The case 1b not expected to reach the jury until the latter part of next week. Frank Louie, prominent member of the Portland Bing Kung-Bow Leong tons, is expected to oner testimony BANKS ARE THRIVING l:.:&-"a v.:- '.. w AS SHOPFI Twelfth and Washington Streets Monday concerning the signing of a permanent peace pact in San Francisco, August 9, last. He attended the peace conference as a representative of the Portland and Seattle Bing Kungs. Although Frank Louie is himself at liberty under $10,000 bail for alleged complicity in the murder of Hop and Suey Sing tongmen, he is expected to bare to the jurors the workings of a Chinese peace conference when the warring tongs meet together to settle old scores as the result of the tong wars. It Is Frank Louie who Is said to have proposed at the peace conference that in the future all officers of the Chinese tongs be held for complicity in murder cases if there are any more outbreaks in the Pacific Coast tong war. He ex pressed the opinion yesterday that only through the prosecution of the officers can a permanent cessation of tong hos tilities be brought about. WIFE TAKES FRENCH LEAVE . L. A. Leonard Asks Custody of Chil dren in Divorce Action. While he was confined to his bed with illness, his wife took one of their two children and left for parts un known, alleges LA A. Leonard in a suit for divorce filed yesterday against Nellie Leonard. He charges his wife with cruelty. 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