THE 3IORMXG OEEGONIAX, THURSDAY, NOVE3IBEK 13, 1917.
Y.M.G. A.VVAR FUND
TOUCHES $60,000
ALLIES NOT ONLY IN FIGHTING.
far been raised and there Is every in
dication that the required allotment
will be oversubscribed before the end
of the week.
Y. M. C. A. FTTXD DANCE PLAN
Committee Addresses Improvement
Association at Mount Lakl Church.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Nov. 14.
(Special.) To assist In the securing
Portland Gives Generously
Toward Campaign to Raise
Money for Troops.
of funds in the big Y. M. C. A. drive,
arrangements have been completed for
a dance to be held at the Elks Tem
ple Friday evening.
The Red Cross dance held last week
netted 7330.
Inspiring talks were made yesterday
at Mount Lakl Church by the Y. M. C A.
committee having the drive in charge.
Cha'rman Rollo C. Groesbeck. Rev. G.
A. Oliver and George J. Walton made
ENTHUSIASM IS EVINCED
addresses. The meeting was held in
connection with a meeting of the
Mount Lakl Improvement Association.
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Hundreds Gather at Corner of Sixth
i and Alder Streets to Hear
Canadian Soldiers Tell of
Conditions Over There.
The hands on the great clock at Sixth
fend Alder streets point now to $60,000,
the city's gift thus far to the Y. M. C. A.
fcampaign, which is to benefit every
boy who has ventured all for his
country.
Yesterday afternoon the street cor-.
Sier, destined to go down in local his
tory as a rallying point of the great
Vrar, was deeply thronged with hun
dreds who heard returned Canadian
eoldiers speak graphically of affairs
"over there," where the lad from home
Is in dire need of the aid and encour
agement given by .the Y. M. C. A.
Contributions Are Good. .
"Today's reports are very satisfac
tory," said H. V. Stone, general secre
tary of the Portland ; association, last
liight. "We look for even larger ones
tomorrow, ince it has become under
stood that the entire fund is to be de
voted to war work, the size and num
ber of subscriptions have increased."
Late returns last night brought the
total of Oregon, outside of Multnomah
County, up to- $36,417.39. Many reports,
which are unofficially known to be ex
cellent, have not been received, and 19
counties have as yet made no reports.
It is predicted that Oregon, outside
of Portland, if the present pace con
tinues, will largely oversubscribe Its
(iuota of $100,000.
Salem reported a total of $5694 yes
terday for that city alone. Hood River
had raised $1000 and had promised at
least $1500. Roseburg reported $709.
From the northern part of Jackson
County, Medford reported $1019.50. with
all outlying districts to hear from. Al
bany sent a terse message advising that
nil but 3-llths of its quota had been
raised, while Brownsville reported all
but one-fifth.
Monument 1b Lead1.
In the first half-day devoted to the
campaign, wittrout subscriptions from
outside districts; Oregon City reported
$500. Monument, in Grant County, was
on the honor roll wih its quota dou
bled, while John Day and Silvies each
reported the filling of their quotas,
livery county heard from at state head
quarters has sent word that it will
oversubscribe its quota. '
Chaplain Elkins, of the Coast Artil
lery, spoke at Oresham last night, with
IXstrict Attorney Evans. Circuit Judge
Stapleton and Private Adam Erwin, of
the Canadian forces. Rev. Edward Con
stant, of Highland Congregational
Church, addressed -a meeting at Fair
viow. .
D. A. Thompson' will speak to the
" shipyard employes at ' Astoria this
morning and at the Astoria Opera-
" house tonight. B. Lee Paget will ad
dress a meeting at Holbrook tonight.
Other meetings scheduled for tonight
are: Rockwood, addressed by A. E.
Wheelockrftedmond mass meeting, ad-
( dressed by A. J. Montgomery, synodical
missionary of the Presbyterian Church.
Friday night meetings which have
-- been announced are: Orient Grange,
speaker to be named today; Oregon
City, speaker S. B. Huston: Russel
ville Grange, mass meeting, addressed
by Portland speakers.
, Entnuslasm la Shown.
At the noon luncheon yesterday held
In the Hotel Portland, where the field
- workers congregate to compare their
successes, the gathering was enthusias
tic and confident of victory by dint of
unremitting effort. The winning team
of the day was that led by Captain
' Paul C. Murphy, reporting a total of
$10,500, of which amount $10,000 was
'' given by the Ladd Estate and Ladd
interests. They carried the model of
' the "$1,000,000" automobile prize to
Captain Murphy's table, where it will
- remain until this noon, at any rate
The total subscriptions for the day
i in Portland were $36,737.50, harvested
- by the various teams as follows: Cap-
. tain Hirsch, $1331.50; Lawrence, $1012
rcAllis. $2221; McPherson, $S83.50;
Pattullo, $1782.50; Ransom. $532.50
Strong. $1031.50; Taylor. $735.50;
Thompson, $1077.50; Timms. $C58;
Cochran. $1110: Colt. $718: Coman. $365
Cnmmings, $818.50; Gilbert. $2716;
. Hauser, $5550; Metschan, $762.50; -Mur
phy, $10,503; Strauss, $2520; Ward, $440.
Worker Oiven Talk.
Roy Clark, until recently with the
T. M. C. A, division at Camp Lewis,
but now bound for France, addressed
: the field staff. Mr. Clark received his
training in the local Y. M. . C. A. In
his talk he expressed the wish that,
' while Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. work
ers are at the front in France, the
folks back here "will keep the home
fires burning."
That the members of his team, dur
lng their canvass, have not solicited i
i single person without receiving a sub
' soription, was the claim advanced by
Captain Charles E. Cochran. He re
' lated a story of the young stenog
' rapher who asked him what It would
cost to put a victrola in some Y. M.
C. A. hut in France. She waa told that
L $50 would turn the trick, and at once
subscribed that amount.
Incidents Are Told.
Two soldiers, on their way to an
Eastern cantonment, halted Captain
Taylor on the street. Identifying him
'. by the white badge of his work, and
made subscriptions to the fund, de
' ciaring that they fully realized Its
purpose and importance. "Various other
incidents such as serve to strengthen
r the teams in their work were related.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
. company marched to Sixth and Alder
streets, where they surprised the
', clock.
Many speeches In behalf of the cam
paign were made yesterday throughout
Portland, a partial list being: Dr. A.
L. Hutchinson, speaking before the
People's Institute and Albina Mothers'
Club: R. G. E. Cornish, before the
Ainsworth Parent-Teacher Association
-i and Red Cross Sewing Club; Dr. Ward
" "W. MacHenry,' before the Hawthorne
Parent-Teacher Association; C. C. Hall,
before Company C auxiliary; Ralph
Coan, before the Grade Teachers' As
sociation. ' Three labor unions were addressed.
Carpenter's Union, No. 1106, was ad-
dressed by Harold Kewlind; Painters'
Local, No. 10, by David E. Lofgren;
Grant Smith-Porter-Guthrie Company's
shipyard, addressed by Gus Mosier and
' "W. F. Woodward.
Ship Workers Contribute.
"It was great," said Mr. Woodward,
after the shipyard meeting. 'We talked
-- to about 1500 men, just after their lunch
T hour. They would not wait to 6tgn
pledge cards, but began to toss silver
and sold-into , haw, One man threw
-Photo From Underwood.
It doesn't take long for the men of our expeditionary force overseas to
make friends with' our French allies. Americans have the knack of mak
ing friends, and this soldier ia no exception. This French official photo
graph shows him sitting on a doorstep In earnest conservation with an old
French lady, who, like all other French folks, is trying to make France as
homelike as possible for""our boya" over there.
in a $10 gold piece, several contributed
$5. Their enthusiasm for the cause
was heartening."
Frank Branch Riley spoke last night
before the Portland Education Associ
ation, the Drama League and Shake
speare Club, at a joint meeting held in
the Little Theater.
Those who have charge of the war
work fund campaign in the high and
grade schools offer the prediction that
the result will prove the one big. out
standing circumstance of the Nation
wide drive. The money contributed by
the boys and girls of the schools must
be money earned, by themselves and it
s to go in Its entirety to direct war
work. No portion of It will be diverted
any other purpose, thus assuring
these young patriots that their efforts
are contributed directly to the care and
comfort of soldiers In camp and along
the fighting fronts.
Children to Help.
The National Council fixed $1,000,000
as the sum to be raised by the boys and
girls of the high and grade schools of
the Nation, stipulating that no money
should be given or accepted that had
not been earned by those contributing.
The funds thus subscribed are to be
kept separate from all other funds sub
scribed during the campaign and will
be forwarded to the National Council,
there to be directed into channels of
direct war work.
In the apportionment of this million-
dollar fund, the quota of Portland's
schools is between $4000 and $5000.
Those in charge of the work here re
port a wonderful enthusiasm In vari
ous school units, and assert that when
the total subscriptions is announced it
will prove a revelation to the public
and workers.
Walter A. Goss, state manager of the '
boys' division of the Y. M. C. A. War
Fund, reports that the boys have taken
hold to such effect that the quota for
the state already is "busted wide open."
From every point comes the news that
the quota has been raised the first day,
and ' many have doubled, tripled and
quadrupled their original apportion
ments.
Girls Show Interest.
"The girls are just as anxious to
have & hand In the fund as the boys."
reports Mr. Goss. "These young people
fairly grab at the chance to send their
brothers a. little of the home comforts
and home ties that are offered by the
Y. M. C. A. We don't have to ask them
to give, but we are telling them that
It Is their great privilege and one of the
few things they can do for the Nation.
Mive have purposely held back our
figures at the request of some
of the Portland high schools. But
the students are making records
we had never dreamed of. Fig
ures will be released today at the noon
luncheon. The money does not come
from their parents, but right out of
their own pockets and from their earn
lngs between now and April 1.
"The boys adopted a slogan. "Be i
best bet,' and they have already proved
that the best bet for Uncle Sam in
Oregon is an Oregon boy or an Oregon
gin,
Y. M. C A. Is Praised.
Illustrative of the soldier lad's appre
ciation of the Y. M. C. A. facilities in
French is the following extract from a
letter written by Leon Kirk. Reynolds,
a Portland boy now In France, to D. A.
Chambers:
"We have been here for some time
and have found It a most beautiful
country. The language has been the
greatest drawback, and I can now svm
pathize with the foreigner in America.
The Y. M. C. A. seems an oasis after
being an hour outside, hearing no Eng
lish, By the way, the work the Y. M.
C. A. is doing here is the best charity
I have ever seen. No revivals or deep
theology, just a good place to write.
o, Binone, piay Dllllards, etc.
Interest among the local ttirni 1
keenly Intensified by the offer made by
ric v. .Hauser, who will award his
iamous yellow touring car, known in
the last liberty loan campaign as "the
mimon-dollar special," to the team se
curing the largest total of subscrln
tlons. It Is indicated that the winners,
whoever they may be, will make such
disposition of the award as xhT.ll h. in
keeping with the purpose of the times.
Speaking to Be Feature.
Portland speaking announcements for
tociay are as follows:
i:iO P. M., auxiliary Company E,
room H. Central Library; speaker. L.
P. Hewitt; 3:30 P. M.. Bay View Study
Club, 711 East Burnside street, Harold
Newlin; 8 p. M.. Central Labor Council,
201 Labor Temple. 162 Second street,
W. I. Harrison: 8 P. M.. Longshore
men No. 5 local, Hill Hall. Elmer Ama
don; noon. Progressive Business Men's
Club. Hotel Benson. Frank B ranch
Klley.
Mr. Klepper has also arranirsH tar
the parade and band concert and
street speaking at Sixth and Alder at
tne sign of the big red triangle for
12:30, with the following speakers:
Congressman C. N. McArthur, Clarence
Reames. Frank Lonergan, . Sergeant
Smith (Canadian army). At this meet
ing District Attorney Walter Evans
will act as master of ceremonies.
At 7:30 o'clock tonight at Sixth
and Alder streets, at the sign of the
big red triangle, the following men
will speak: John C. McCue, Charles C.
McCulloch, Sergeant Smith.
was launched at a mass meeting at the
I. O. O. F. Theater Monday night. A
large choir and the cowboy band gave
special music and a number of prom-
GRESIIAM STCDEXTS AID DRIVE
Cnlon High School No. 2 "Works in
V. M. C. A. Campaign.
GRESHAM. Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
The students at Union High School
No. 2 have taken a strong interest in
the Y. M. C. A. drive, and it is expect
ed that a large number of the students
will do their "bit" In the present cam
paign. On Wednesday two teams went
by auto to the various schools through
out the county making speeches and
canvassing for subscriptions.
The first team consisted of Merrill
Good, speaker; Hadden Johnson and
Orville Zimmerman, assistants; second
team, Glenn Rusher, speaker; Emmett
Welling and David Peterson, assist
ants. In the student body or the high
school Merrill Good was chosen as cap
tain, with the following lieutenants,
who will canvass the high school: Wal
ter Brown, senior class: Bayard Miller,
junior class; Converse Burlingame and
Clifton Hillyard, sophomore class; Mel-
vin Brugger and Lyle Winters, freth
man class.
DR. FOSTER SPEAKS AT EUGENE
City Reports $2 2 50 Contributions,
Making $5 324 in Two Days.
EUGENE, Or- Nov. 14. (Special.)
Dr. W. T. Foster, president of Reed
College, was the central figure In Eu
gene's campaign for tne Army Y. M.
C. A. fund today. Dr. Foster deliv
ered four addresses, speaking at the
university, high school, a luncheon at
the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and
the Armory, where he ad-dressed a
man meeting of citizens tonight.
The Eugene committees today re
ported contributions in the city to the
fund amounting to $2250, making a to
tal of $5?24 for the first two days of
the active campaign.
ABERDEEN BOYS RAISE QUOTA
Grays Harbor County Has $10,000
of Its $12,000 Allotment.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) Pledging themselves to earn
$730 for Y. M. C. A. work. Aberdeen boys
today exceeded by $230 the quota al
lotted to them for the $1,000,000 fund
being raised by the boys of the Nation.
More pledges are expected to come in.
Grays "Harbor County tonight has
$10,000 of her $12,000 Y. M. C. A. quota.
Inent citizens gave short addresses.
More than $200 was subscribed at the
meeting. The campaign managers an
ticlpate that the V1650 wiil be secured
In the time limit prescribed.
CHEHALIS TO EXCEED QUOTA
Ten Teams Raise $2 734 During
First Day of Drive.
Following the big Y. M. C. A. war
fund drive here today by the 10 city
teams $2734 had been raised at 6
o'clock this evening, with other sub
scriptlons coming in rapidly. Chehalls
was allotted $2500.
Onalaska reported it quota of $550
raised early this afternoon and more
coming. Galvln, with $100 allotted,
was the first over the top. Lewis
County was allotted $10,500 and will
probably more than double the allot
ment.
S4 0O COLLEGE QUOTA IS $1095
Lincoln Higli, McMinnviile, Raises
$520, With $300 Quota.
M'MINNVILLE. Or., Nov. 14. (Spe
clal.) After districting the city Into
13 divisions the soliciting committee
for the Y. M. C. A. fund began their
work here today and workers are so
busy that few of them at a late hour
have reported. That McMinnviile will
far exceed its quota is certain. Lin
coln High School started to raise $300
and realized $520. McMinnviile Col
lege students and faculty essayed to
raise $400 and found they had $1995 instead.
At the close of an address at the Im
perial Theater last night by Private
A. E. Erwin, of the Canadian Army,
just returned from two years' service
on the French front, followed by an ad
dress by Dr. D. A. Thompson, of Port
land, the volunteer corps of solicitors
was organized for the city and con
tiguous territory. Tomorrow they plan
PACIFIC COLLEGE RAISES $3 7 0
Subscription, to Tl. M. C. A. War
Fund More Than Doubled.
NEW BERG, Or.. Nov. 14. (Special.)
Pacific College made its Y. M. C. A
drive yesterday, more than doubling
the amount apportioned to it. The ap
portionment was $175, and the first day
the subscriptions exceeded $379.
The sum is particularly gratifying
in view of the fact that the college
also is aiding the Friends' reconstruc
tion work In France. In this work in
France Pacific is represented by Ben
jamin A. Darling. Mead U. Elliott and
Harold D. Marshall.
CHEHALIS READY FOR DRIVE
Sergeant Wills Talks at Mass Sleet
ing Held Tuesday Night.
CHEHALIS. Wash., Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) Last evening the 10 committees
appointed to conduct the Y. M. C. A.
fund drive in Chehalls and vicinity held
meeting and completed preparations
for the campaign. Chehalls is to raise
$2500 of $10,500 allotted to Lewis
County.
Sergeant Wills, a Canadian, who was
in the front trenches during the first
year of the war, was at the meeting and
gave an interesting address, reciting
some of the incidents in the front
trenches. He told of many things the
soldiers had to contend with and said
exceptionally good work was being
done by the Y. M. C. A., not only at
cantonments, but In the front trenches.
to work among the farmers.
$10,000,000 MARK IS REACHED
War AVork Council Reports Gratify
ing Response From All Quarters.
NEW YORK. Nov. 14. Contributions
to the big Y. M. C. A. war fund topped
the $10,000,000 mark today. Based on
telegraphic reports from all sections
of the country to the National War
Work Council of this city up to noon,
the official estimate given out was
$9,000,000.
In addition to this, C. S. Ward, in
ternational secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
announced two contributions, which
added another million to the fund.
One of these was from Cleveland H.
Dodge, for $500,000, and the other from
Arthur Curtiss James, for $500,000,
making the grand estimated total for
New York City and the country at
large $10,000,000. '
PATRIOTIC APPEAL ANSWERED
Speakers Aid Recruiting and Y. M
C. A. War Fund at Same Time.
BAKER. Or.. Nov. 14. (Special.)
An outgrowth of the Y. M. C. A. war
fund campaign in Grant County was
the enlistment of 18 young men in the
Army. Rev. Owen F. Jones, of Baker,
and C. P. Haight. of Canyon City,
while on a speaking tour of the county
in behalf of the 1. M. C. A., added patri
otic appeals for volunteers.
Soliciting in Baker today continued
with success. Other meetings were held
at White Pine and AuBtin.
HOOD
RIVER TEAMS
BUSY
Idaho County Starts Campaign.
GRANGE VILLE, Idaho. Nov. 14.
(Special.) Idaho County's campaign to
raise $1650 lii 1- iL C A. war funds
Indications Are County's Quota Will
' Be Easily Reached.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) Hood River County's Y. M. C.
A. fund quota, as indicated by the suc
cess of drive teams, thus far will have
been reached long before Saturday
nlght. With their portion of the
$1500 the total goal of Hood River
County, set at $180, the four members
of the team of C. N. Ravlin yesterday
raised $140.
"Several times," said William Stew
art, "we were offered large sums by
men and women who I knew would
make too great a sacrifice in giving
the amount, and we urged that their
offerings be cut."
Medford Y. M. C. A. Drive On.
MEDFORD, Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
Medford is now engaged in a Y. M.
C. A. drive to raise $3300 as the
portion of Jackson County in the Na
tional campaign. Over $600 has thus
STUDENTS RAISE ABOUT $20
"Three-Fingered" Jack Godwin
Talks at Tillamook High School.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
The pupils of the Tillamook High
School have raised $225 for the Y. M
C. A. "Three-Fingered" Jack Godwin
spoke at the high school before the
subscriptions were taken.
Following this meeting Charles
Lamb, president of the student body
with a committee of students, visited
the seventh and eighth grades and se
cured $65, swelling the grand total to
$290.
Cloverdale Response Liberal.
CLOVERDALE, Or.. Nov. 13. (Spe
cial.) The quota for Tillamook Coun
ty south of Beaver was oversubscribed
in two days by the little village or
Cloverdale and immediate vicinity by
the hustling teams, headed by Charles
Ray and Frank Taylor, under the cap
taincy of L. M. Kramer. The allot
ment will probably be doubled before
the end of the campaign.
Astoria Woman Donates $1000.
ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
Astoria's total for the Y. M. C. A. drive
totaled $1624.50 at noon today. The
largest subscription so far reported is
$1000, contributed by Mrs. Samuel El
more.
STENOGRAPHERS WANTED
Girls Wanted for Service in. Adju-
.tant-General's Office.
NEW YORK. Nov. 14. Young women
stenographers and typists are wanted
as recruits for the Army stenographers
demanded by the Adjutant-General at
his office in Washington, according to
an appeal Issued today by the Mayor's
ccmmlttee on National defense. High
school graduates and newly graduated
pupils of business courses are pre
ferred rather than girls who are al
ready employed.
The pay is $1000 a year.
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CX'ItE A7CD CAUSE OK THE DISEASE
TO BE DISCVSSED.
J. C. Elliott Spenlta on "'oa."
Vnder Anaptcea of Sonnyfelde
Cnnrcneai S Meetfnga Dally.
"The Cause and Cure of Kheuma
tlsm" will be discussed toaay by J. C.
Elliott, who is giving a series of health
lectures in Sunnyside Methodist Church
under the auspices of the churches of
that district.
The meetings are held at 2:30 and
7:30 P. M. and are free. Yesterday Mr.
Elliott spoke On "Foods." He said:
"The shortening of human life By. ex
cessive food supply is appalling. The
only diseases on the increase today
are those which are the product of
auto intoxication, produced by exces
sive food and the lack of a balanced
ration.
"The average individual eats double
the food necessary to sustain the Cody.
The surplus decomposes or rots in the
stomach and Intestines. The poisons
from this decaying food are carried
through, the whole body by the cir
culation of the blood. This poisons
nerve cells, muscle cells and brain
cells.
RAY MARK IS BURIED
Willamette University President
Speaks at Sheridan Services.
SHERIDAN. Or., Nov. 14. The body
of Ray Mark, Oregon cavalryman, who
died from sutrocation Dy gas in new
York recently, was buried with honors
yesterday. Memorial services were con-
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Boldler by Dr. Carl Doney, president of
Willamette University.
Mr. Mark ws a sSheridan attorney
before hie enlistment.
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