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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1917. RELIEF (BELGIUM 13 STARTED EARLY TW O BUILDINGS IN GAUTEMALA CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE. LEARN TO SAVE IN LITTLE WAYS TAKE YOUR S. & II. TRADING STAMPS All Charge Purchases Today Go on January Statement, Payable February 1 Mr. Gibson Tells of Going to London and of How Vigor ously Hoover Acted. ' NO DELAYS ARE BROOKED Secretary to American legation Writes of Hotv Favorably He Was Impressed With Food Admin istrator From Beginning. BY HUGH GIBSOX. Secretary of the American Iteration la Brtis se!s at the outbreak of the war. Copy right. 1P17. Doubleday, Pass & Co.. by Otla F. Wood. ' CONTINUED.) On board S. S. "Princess Juliana." off Dover, Sunday, October 19, 1914. Hera we are coming into England in rain and fog . Up to the last minute I waa In great doubt as to whether we should come at all, but everything was finally straightened out and here we are. Friday we spent in hard work, ag- grevated with many conferences. In the morning most of the German civil and military government came to the Legation and discussed the food Ques tion with the members of the com mittee, the Spanish Minister and our selves. They all united in asking that I go to London and lay the situation before the Belgian Minister, the Spanish and American Ambassadors and, under their chaperonage, before the British Government. Two Allowed to Go. When this bad been agreed to, some bright soul suggested that I be ac companied by a commission of 15 prom inent Belgians, to add impress! veness to what I had to say. The two Minis ters rose up and said no, adding that as I was to do the work and bear the responsibility in going on this mission of forlorn hope, I should not be hamp ered by having to carry the weight of 15 speech makers. That was knocked in the head, and then to show that we were not unreasonable, we asked that two members of the committee go along. The men chosen were Baron Lambert and Monsieur Francqui, onje of the leading bankers of Brussels and a man of poise and Judgment. They ex pressed reluctance but were soon persuaded. The rest of the day was spent in setting ready letters and telegrams and other papers necessary in our work. Fowler and I dined at the Lambert's, finished up our work at the Legation, end got to bed at midnight. We got up yesterday morning at half-past three, and at half-past four set sail in three motors one filled with servants and mountains of small baggage. Dutch Frontier Passed. We sped in the dark through ruined villages to Antwerp, and from there to Eeschen on the Dutch frontier, which we reached soon after daylight. We missed the morning boat train to Flushing, and had to spend the day in that charming city. We. found the place filled with refugees from all parts of Belgium, and were greeted on every hand by people we knew. The hotels were filled to overflowing, ' and people were living in freight cars, sheds and on the sidewalk. We clung to chairs in the reading room at one of the hotels, and walked the streets tin til 9 o'clock, when we got aboard the boat with 800 other people. Cabins were not to be had for love or money, but Francqui. by judicious corruption, trot us a place to sleep, and we slept hard, despite the noise, which, was tremendous. LONDON, Oct. 20. 1914. Here we are, much cheered up by the prospect. We hammered hard yesterday and to day, and this afternoon It looks as though we had secured the permission' of the British Government to send food to our people i?r Belgium. We got into Folkstone at 4 o'clock on Sunday. were passed immediately' by the authorities, and then spent an hour and a half waiting for our train to pull out. We got into darkened Lon don about a quarter of eight. We sat around and visited beyond our usual hours, and yesterday morning I was called ahead of anybody else, so as to Set down to my day's work. Telegrams Are Sent. First, I got things started at the Embassy, by getting off a lot of tel egrams and running away from an of fice full of people who. in some mys terious way, had heard I was here. I caw several of them, but as my day was going, I up and ran. First, to Alfred Rothschild's house In Park Lane, where I found Baron lambert waiting for me. He was beam ing, as his son (serving in the, Belgian army) had turned up safe and 'well be fore leaving to rejoin his regiment in France. Next I went to the Spanish Embassy, and gave the Ambassador details ' of what we wanted. He caught the idea immediately, and has done everything in his power. When I got back to our chancery, I found that the Abassador had come in, so I went over the whole business again, and made an appointment for a conference with him for the Spanish .Ambassador and my travelling panions. At half-past five we had our confer ence with the two Ambassadors. They .rnade an appointment with Sir Edward ' Grey for this afternoon, and went over the situation at some length, to make sure of the details. i. "IS. j -i n - Y-A 1 i V- r o.-trx'. "Kt-y Xrrttiit ft i I I . - '4 rr liU usn -jjii Pkbvw i ! til 'f r t t W ."44 ' i. . JEr ,4 IS r i aVrtarti TOP, TEMPLE OF MINERVA, ERECTED BY PRESIDENT CABRERA IN 1906. ASYLUM. BELOW. ESTRADA CABRERA jrm- Hoover Is Ready to Act. In view of its significance this meet ing was most impressive to me. It was made up of the two Ambassadors, my two companions, and Herbert Hoover, the man who is going to tackle one of the biggest Jobs of the time. He has been studying the situation, the needs of the civil population and the diffi culties to be overcome ever since Fhaler's arrival several weeks ago. While we could enlighten him In re gard to- recent developments and mat ters of detail I was astonished to see how clearly he grasped all the) essen tials of the situation. He sat still while the rest of us talked but his few remarks were very much to the point, particularly .when in answer to a ques tion, he said very quietly: "Tes, I'll take over the work; I have about fin ished what I have .in hand. Now we can take up this." LONDON. Oct. 23. 1914 On Wednes day we had things pretty well settled, and had also succeeded in raising from official sources about 150.000 pounds. I took a fair amount of satisfaction in gloating over those who had croaked. Then some helpful soul came along and threw & monkey-wrench into the ma chinery, so that a good part of the work has to be done over again. At any rate, we hope to get, some time today, permission to export enough food to serve as a stop-gap until the general question can be settled. Local Committee Plana Made. Monsieur Francqui and Baron Lam bert had to start back this morning to organize the Belgian local committees Into one central national affair, and T am to stay on until things are settled one way or the other. That may mean not getting back . to Belgium for a week or two more. I was surprised to find that I had been made a member of this commit tee, and was expected to attend. It was a comfort to talk with men who know what they are about and who can make up their minds right the first time. Hoover is a wonder and has the fac ulty of getting big-caliber men about him. We were not in session more than an hour, but in that time we went over the needs of the Belgian civil population, the means of meeting im mediate needs, the broader question of finding food from other parts of the world to continue the work, the prob lem of getting money from public and private sources to pay expenses, and finally the organization to be set up in Belgium, England, America and Hol land, to handle the work. Before we left a tentative organization had been established and people dispatched on various duties with orders to get things started without loss of time, so that food could be pushed across the line to Belgium at the first possible moment. It is going to be uphill work for many -reasons, but it would be hard to find a group of men who inspire as much confidence as these that every thing possible will be done, and oc casionally a little that is impossible. (To be continued tomorrow.) MIKE AMD IKE CLEVER "THE MERRY WHIRL" PLEASES BIG AUDIENCES AT LYRIC. Annual Mldmlsrht Matinee Will Be Given Immediately Following This Evening's Regular Show. If future musical comedy attractions at the Lyric are as goo. as the one which opened the New Year season yes terday, patrons of the playhouse will be satisfied. There Is not much plot to "The Merry Whirl." but there is a lot of singing, dancing and good comedy. It is a colorful offering filled with delightful melodies and intricate dance steps. Of course. Mike and Ike are always on the scene with their ready wit and remarks about everything. Ike Is a butler In a fashionable art studio, while Mike is busy hypnotizing every one he happens to meet into buying wine which he is supposed to be sell ing. Mike not only uses his hypnotic power to sell wine, but makes an im possible, homely old. maid, who has sworn that she will never love any man, fall in love with Ike, much to his unhapplness. There is a dapper chap with whom all of the women are in love, and who is naturally disliked by the men. An other good character is a rich old baron who is attempting to cast off his wife, but who is having a hard time. The Rialto Four sang several new songs which were good. They went with a swing which was enjoyed. One feature- song by the Rosebud chorus girls and the quartet, "Somewhere in France," was especially good. The annual midnight matinee will be given immediately following tonight's regular show. This week. the country store will be Wednesday Instead of Tuesday. QUAKE DEVOURS CITY Life and Property Consumed at Guatemala. HUNGRY FISSURES YAWN Earth Torn Apart by Terrific Seis mic Disturbance; Cbmrchesj Pris ons, Hospitals Among Struc tures ' That Are Wrecked. . (Continued From First Pare.) Saturday Indicated that SO per cent of Guatemala City had been demolished and that thousands of persons were homeless. Martial law had been declared and good order was said to be prevailing. Guatemala has been the scene of many disasters, the results of earth quakes. Since the settlement of the country in 1522 there have been more than 50 volcanic eruptions and in ex cess of 300 earthquakes. The original Guatemala City was de stroyed in 1541 and 8000 of its in habitants were killed by a deluge of water from a nearby volcano, which was rent by an earthquake. The sec ond capital was destroyed by an earth quake in 1773. The houses of the pres ent capital were built low in conse quence of the liability to earthquakes. City Trade Center of Nation. Guatemala City has a population of nearly 450,000. It Is situated on a plain at an elevation of 4850 .feet above sea level. In the great square stood the old Vice Regal Palace. Cathedral and Arch bishop's Palace and government offices. The capital is the center of the trade of the entire republic. BEES START TO WORK HIVES OF E. W. STA HI, SEAD OUT DELEGATES TO GET POLLEN. BODY FOUND IN FRAGMENTS Suction Pipe Does Frightful Work In Case of Drowned Dredge Employe. The body of John Qranby, the dredge deckhand who was drowned off the Port of Portland dredge Portland on December 13. has been recovered. The corpse was drawn into-the suction pipe, which is emptying near St. Johns on the flats, cut to pieces by the blades of the sucker, and deposited on the bank. Granby, who was 35 years old, was a native of Norway, and his wife and family survive him there. He was the second victim of the suction pipe, the body of a worker having passed through after his drowning last Summer. A fish with a collar of fur Just back of the head in place of gills was pulled out of the Iowa River at Dows with a hook and line. The fish had a body like an eel, four legs and was 244 Inches long. It will be sent to a museum. Balmy Weather and Bloaaoma Wake Little Workers From Winter Rest and Colonies Show Activity. Put it down in your book of rare oc-. currences the bees of Portland were out in force yesterday, December 30, gathering pollen from the flowers' that bloom in the Spring of Oregon's Winter The bee. that industrious creature which improves each shining hour and some that are not so shiny, had found some belated and persistent roses or other blossoms, and' forsaking their hives had labored seriously and long throughout the day. The 50 colonies owned by E. W. Stahl on the Mount Scott carline. near Flrland Station, were all at work, toting in loads of pollen that veritably made them bow legged to carry. Mr. Stahl watched them throughout the day and made an effort to find their source of supply, but without result. The bees usually complete their pol len harvest in the early Fall. The pol len is gathered during the late Summer and early Fall, and is stored until Spring, when it Is mixed with honey in making "bee bread" for the brood. The warm weather this last few days, however, had beckoned a few new blooms, and the bees, ever industrious, did not overlook -the opportunity to add to their supply. The bees carry the pollen in tiny sacks on their legs and they brought In heavy loads on each trip. So heavy were some with pollen that it was easily seen that their legs were bowed under the load. Swiss Funeral Customs Odd. The funeral customs of the Swiss are very peculiar. At the death of a per son the family inserts a formal black- edged announcement in the papers, asking for sympathy, and stating that the 'mourning urn" will be exhibited during certain hours on a special day. In front of the house where the person died there is placed a little black table covered with black cloth, on which stands a black Jar. Into this the friends of the family drop little black margined visiting cards, sometimes with a few words of sympathy on them. The urn is put on the table on the day of the funeral. Only men ever go to the churchyard, and they generally follow the hearse on foot. Tit-Bits, London. ROBBER SUSPECT IN JAIL Man. Thought Involved In Portland Holdup Held .at Seattle. A man who Is believed by Captain of Inspectors Baty to be the same person who held up and robbed Mrs. Ivan Humason In her home here on Christ mas eve and who later the same night held up and robbed a downtown deli catessen, chose the poorest kind of a place to stage a "stick up" in Seattle when he selected the residence of Chief of Police Warren last Thursday night. He was arrested by the chief and is in jail there, but his name is unknown here. "From this man's description," said Captain Baty. "I am inclined to credit the belief that he is the man who held up the two places in. Portland. He was Just in the act of forcing the maid at Chief Warren's home to stand aside and permit him to rob the premises when the chief walked in and cap tured him. I am awaiting further details." IRVIN BROOKS DIES IN CAMP Portland Boy Succumbs to Illness at Fort Sam Houston. News was received here yesterday that Irvln Gordon Brooks, aged 25, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Brooks, 755 John son street, died at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., where he was in training for the aviation service. No details were re ceived other than that the end had come. A message that the young man was sick came earlier In the week and Dr. Brooks left here Friday to go to him. The son was born at Silverton and graduataed from the high school there and later from the University of Ore gon in the class of 1913. He enlisted September 9 as a volunteer and went to Camp Lewis at American Lake. There he applied for a transfer to the aviation division and was sent to Fort Sam Houston November 9. YEAR'S CLOSE TO BE QUIET Multnomah Guard to Serve as Spe cial Police o nStreets Tonight. Four companies of the Multnomah Guard, Lieutenant-Colonel Hlbbard commanding, will be on duty tonight on the streets to serve as special police to see that order attends the ushering out of the old year and the welcoming of the new. The Guard members will not collclt for the Red Cross on the streets, but will assist in keeping oder only. This Is the first time the Multnomah Guard has been called to active service since taa organization some months ago. Sheriff Hurlburt, In command, issued the call for duty tonight. REPAIR WORK UNDERTAKEN North Yakima Engineer in Charge of Work at Hood River. HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) J. E. Shinn, of North Yakima, Wash., construction engineer for the Pacific Power &. Light Company, is here superintending the work "of re pairing damage to the company's plants, the result of recent freshets of Hood River. Mr. Shinn says it will be several weeks before the work will be completed. The freshet destroyed a fish ladder which had recently been constructed over the Powerdale dam at a cost of J1200. , ' Henry Haags Sunday-school class of boys, at Fern Creek, Ky., whose ages range from 10 to 14, memorized In one week 166 verses of Scripture. If $ u -- a iSiiffj I CELLTh Ideal MeU1 Hot Wat Bottle- reliable for instant use any emergency. will bring warmth, comfort, relief and good cheer for many years. Cant crack, leak, break nor col lapse, like ordinary bottles or rubber bags Always ready for ....$2.00 and $3.00 HOUSEHOLD BRUSHES FOR EVERY USE Good quality Hair Floor Brushes $1.25 to $4.00 Toilet Brushes, 20-inch handle 230 Handled Sink Brush 17 Good Hand Brush 170 Vegetable Brushes .' 50 Feather and Wool Dusters 250 to $2.50 Paint Brushes of All Descriptions. The pleasure and instruction which the ear gets from the talking ma chine, the eye gets from pictures and other objects shown by the Home Balopticon made primarily as a projector of postcards, photographs and various objects. Automatic, perfectly safe and simple enough for any child to operate. Fitted with high-grade lens, giving well-defined pictures, sharp to the corners. Come in and let us demonstrate it for you. V t fi!0 Storm Glass and Ther mometer Combined An a m a t eur can easily foretell weath er conditions. Special $1.28 An Internal Bath will cor rect many a trouble. Let us explain to you the J. B. L. CASCADE . Sold on small monthly payments if desired. Ask for booklet. $2.00 White Swan Foun tain Syringe Outfit ad justable to any faucet" special $1.00 $1.75 2 at Fountain Syr inge, special $1.19 ELECTRIC TABLE LAMPS Solid Oak Stand, stained glass panel shades spe cial $5.19 Mahogany Base with Silk Shades of assorted colors. Special $3.98 Always "S. & H." Stamps First Three, Floors EARLY CLOSING PLAN Vancouver Merchants Advised Government Backs It. STATE TO CO-OPERATE Traffic of Drug Stores and Pool Halls to Be Regulated Retail Dealers Urged to Adopt Economy System. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 30. (Spe cial.) Vancouver merchants who- were inclined to think that C. O. Gingrich, who recently addressed a meeting here In the Commercial clubrooms, an nouncing that stores will be required to close at 6 o'clock, January 1, and thereafter during the war, did not rep resent a Federal movement, will be much mistaken. Many were of the opinion that this was a state movement only, and as no one in Portland could be found who had heard of It, it was believed the action was being taken only in Washington and was not compulsory. Programme Is Explained. J. G. Bennett, chairman of a com mittee appointed by the meochants to learn more of the new move on the part of the Government, has received the following telegram from E. 1 Dahm, chairman of the state commit tee: The commercial economy committee rep resents, complete and official, the Federal Government. State Council of Defence and National Chamber of Commerce. Drugstores, soft drink places and pool halls ar or. dred not to sell goods competitive of reg ular retail stores. Their problems will be handled for the time on honor, but failure to comply will bring absolute closing at 5 P. M. Oregon and Idaho have similar plans under consideration. Though the movement Is backed by Federal Government, application la left with each Individual state. Letter follows. In Chehalis the merchants got out the following resolutions, whicTi were signed unanimously by the merchants of that city: The retail merchants of the state of Wash ington are going to help win the war. Uncle Sam, through the Federal Government and Board of Economy of the National Counci. of Defense, has requested every retail dealer to economize in every department, to elimi nate waste and expensive delivery system. And we, the undersigned, are going to live up to every request made of us by the Na tional Council of Defense. ' Thrift Is Encouraged. Beginning January 1. we will deliver once a day; positively no goods taken back after three Qajs in your possession, lour account must be settled In full every 30 days. Positively no deviation from this rule. Our places of business will be open at 8 A. M. and close at IS P. M. every working day In the year. No merchant will be al lowed to buy any more luxuries after Jan uary 1. Every request made by the National Council of Defense la to encourage thrift and economy, to eliminate waste and to en able us to sell merchandise for leas. We beg of you. our friend and customer, help ua to keep our pledge to our Government and help us win the war. A brochure, received In Camas, shows that a meeting was recently held in Washington, D. C. by the National Retail Grocers' Association for a con ference with the members of the United States Food Administration staff. Representatives were present from the principal independent retail grocers and chain stores of the country, officials of many state and local asso ciations, representing practically the entire retail grocery Interests in the United States, numbering about 360,000 retailers, including many of the chain stores of the country. LABOR MAKES CONCESSION Railroad Clerks and Station Em ployes WalTe Some Demands. PASCO. Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) J. H. , Sylvester, who has been in St. Paul for the last three weeks, has re turned. He represented at St. Paul the Pasco lodge of Railway Clerks and Station Employes on the board of adjustment, meeting with the general manager and other officials of the Northern Pacific in an effort to adopt a schedule of wages and working con ditions that would be satisfactory to employers an'd employes. At a special meeting of the lodge Mr. Sylvester read the schedule proposed and stated that while it was not all that was wanted it was considered the best that could be expected at this time. There were disputed points, he said, which in less critical periods might have resulted In a strike, but, owing to the war conditions, the committee did not feel justified In holding out for further concessions to the point of a walkout. As it is, the order has ac complished as much . within the two years of its existence on the North ern Pacifio cystera as other orders have in the last 20 years. "Rookie PsyekaiogT Portrayed. "A New Recruit" in the New Republic. "So a psychological commission is now engaged in measuring our men tal aptitude and adaptability for vari ous types of service in the National Army.- Who can guess what incredible revelations may be brought about by these vocational experts? We who have been paperhangers it may be are bet ter fitted by far for the signal corps, and we former professors of Greek perhaps have that unique intellectual equipment which makes one well-nigh Invaluable as a camp cook. All honor to this attempt at efficiency and fair ness in military organization. As for myself. I cannot say with certainty yet what branch of the service I am pe culiarly fitted for, but I have a sneak ing suspicion that it is for the Red Cross rather than the heavy field artil lery." Read The Oregonlan classified ads. Ground Gripper Shoes are absolutely the talk of the town when it comes to shoes. All who wear them will recommend them. We have added the Ground Gripper Economy Shoe for Men at $6.00 This is a real value. These shoes can be purchased only at the Ground Gripper Shoe Store - . . 3Sl2 Washington St. The following: persons have been awarded prizes for submitting the best recipes for Liberty Bread with Seedless Raisins: 1 TT:-- OA fl A Mm. 3. W. Marshall. W. 1324 IUver- lSt 1 riZe, $ZU.UU side Atn Snokane. Wash. 2nd Prize, $10.00 "'.JS.0?,?'- -653 Ewctt 0 J T; fl C AA Geo. M. Rice. People's Inwt- Fourth OrU IT rlZC, tp d.UU and Burnalde, Portland, Or. Winners of the Fifteen Prizes of $1 Each: Edith F. Aumack. 349 East 42d St. N.. Portland Or. Mrs. Julia A. Hays. 562 K. Ash St., Portland. Or. Mrs. McCants Stewart, 513 N. Union Ave.. Portland. Or. Mrs. R. McLeiman, 434 Larrabee St.. Portland. Or. Mrs. E. A. Clarke. Route No. 1. Mulino. Or. . Mrs. Rachel Bentley, 318 Monroe St., Portland. Or. Mrs. A. W. Stypes, 1168 E. Stark St.. Portland, Or. Miss Marjorie Stennlck, Fairview. Or. Mrs. Edward W. Foy. 207 N. Jersey St., Portland. Or. Mrs. W. J. Enscheder. Route No. 3. Hood River, Or. Mrs. P. E. Kuenxel. 595 E. 34th St. N.. Portland Or. Mrs. E. E. Aldrich. 254 Ainsworth Ave., Portland. Or. Catherine E. Norrle, 415 Yamhill St., Portland. Or. Mrs. J. M. Sherrlll, 441 Fullerton St.. Roseburg, Or. Mrs. W. A. Bevan, 612 N. 9th St., Corvallls. Or. The names of the prizewinners have been sent to the California Associated Raisin Company, Fresno, California, and they will receive their prizes as soon as the mails can carry the judges' report to California and bring back the checks. LIBERTY BREAD POPULAR The unusual interest manifested in our offer of prizes for Lib erty Bread with Seedless Raisins has proved that Seedless Raisins Improve All Bread. The request of our Government that all Americans save wheat to send abroad has made it necessary to devise Libert Breads of various kinds. Some are made of wheat flour and cornmeal; some of wheat and rice. Others are mixtures of wheat flour with rye, barley, oatmeal or potatoes. SUN-MAID SEEDLESS RAISINS improve all these breads tremendously and give added food value. Even the cheapest of the Liberty Breads are made delicious and most palatable when these delicious Seedless Raisins are added. You need not bake your own Liberty Raisin Bread, from your baker or through your grocer. Order it CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATED RAISIJf COMPANY Membership, 8000 Growers Fresno, California Parrott & Co., Local Representatives, 3d and Oak Sts., Portland. 6 i