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IN SPEEDING SHIPS
Huts Established In Plants
in Portland District to
Give Workers Comfort.
YARDS TO ERECT QUARTERS
rersona Behind More Sar That In
crease of at Least 10 Per Cent la
Output of Tonnage Will Be Re
salt of Association's Work.
A comprehensive programme for
speeding Bp shipbuilding; by bettering
the conditions and surroundings of the
workmen In the plants la to bo launched
at one by tho Y. V- C A. Details re
garding the establishment of T. M. C A.
hats of a modern nature in the majority
tf not all local plants ware announced
yesterday by I O. Nichols. Industrial
secretary and executive head of the new
undertaking.
The programme Is similar In nature
to that already demonstrated In several
Eastern factories and mills to be a suc
cess. Those behind the more claim as
a minimum tor tne mon an
of 1 per cent In the amount of tonnage
turned out by Industrial plants.
In each large shipyard the manage
ment will erect a T. M- C A. bulldin.
the cost to bo met by the company and
the T. II. C A. to take charge, having
a secretary on the regular T. M. C A.
payroll. These buildings will be thor
oughly modem, fitted with lockers,
shower baths, gymnasiums, cafeterias,
reading rooms and quarters where
meetings will bo held.
rear Secretaries at Work.
Mr. Nichols said yesterday that the
T. M. C. A. already has put four secre
taries In local shipyaras and has re
quests from two other plants for men.
They will take charge or the new ouua
Ings when completed. Mr. Nichols will
leave soon for a few weeks' trip East
to look ever similar structures In other
cities so that Portland can profit by
the mistakes of other clUcs where the
Dlan hss been tried.
"Portland's minimum output of ships
this year." said Mr. Nichols yesterday,
-ta estimated at approximately tOO.OOv
tons dead weight. We are morally cer
tain that this output can bo increased
1 per cent by our plan of Increasing
efficiency by building np good feeling
among the men. An Increase of 1 per
cent will mean additional tonnage.
enough to provide for about IS.toa men
In France.
Coeaforta to Bo PrevMed.
"Wo propose first to provide quarters
where the men can be comfortable
during leisure time. We will have
lockers where they can kep dry. clean
clothes. We will have sbowsrs where
they can wash after work. We will
have large cafeterias where they can
s-et rood warm meals. On top of these
things will come a series of lectures.
gymnasium classes, social entertain
ments and affairs of that sort not only
to promote good fellowship, but also
to promote good feeling en the part
af each workman.
"A man going to work after having
to stsnd In the rain wnue waiting ror
the shifts to change la cold and wet
ar.d he has not the ardor to work
efficiently. By providing a good place
for him to wait, this will be overcome.
Not the least factor In the programme
la the spreading of patriotism.
Cemaawat Pays Coat.
"It s a work that has proved suc
cessful In the East and is accordingly
being rapidly enlarged on by the Gov
ernment. For example the Government
Is spending $S0.0 for a Y. M. C. A.
building at the Merchants Shipbuilding
Company plant at Bristol. Pa. The
Government Is Just completing a sim
ilar building to cost 1 100.000 at the
Hog Island shipyard. Two buildings
are being erected at the plants of the
Iu pouts for the purpose of speeding
up munitions work. Two buildings are
being erected at the American Nitrate
Company In Alabama, and a $40,000
building at the plant of the Gulf States
tei Company.
lt Is a movement that Is spreading
all over the country as It has been
demonstrated that It pays well. It has
been recognised by the Emergency
Fleet Corporation which has arranged
to atd all plants In getting Y. M. C. A.
Institutions."
Mr. Nichols has tsken chsrge of ths
work In Portland and Is now selecting
a force of workers.
WAR GARDENS BOOSTED
IEKD POTATOES MSTRIBCTBO BT
CONSERVATION LEAGUE.
Laarelkant IHatrtrt Offers Vaeaaal
Orpertaaltlee to tiardeaers Who
Are Still Seeking Lead.
Four hundred sacks of fine seed po
tatoes are being distributed to war
gardeners by the Patriotic Conserva
tion League, for free use In planting
the city's vacant lots to this important
crop, the only stipulation being that an
equal amount is to be returned when
the harvest days are over.
Application for the free seed potatoes
should be made to the league. 7-S Cor
bett building. Main 4170. As the sup
ply Is limited It Is expected that the
offer will remain in force for only a
few days. It Is made by the generosity
of a cltisen who wishes the war garden
campaign to prosper.
Xo war gardeners who are still look
in for vacant lots to cultivate, the
lurelhnrst district offers unusual op
portunities, ssys Ferdinand E. Reed,
director of the drive. There are many
lots In Laurelhurst offered free of
rental to war gardeners. Some were
under cultivation last season, and all
are adapted to gardening. Application
eltould be made to Paul C. Murphy.
S74S Stark street.
Hood Ritrr Bridge Started.
HOOD RIVER. Or- April 11. (Spe
cial.) Men are engaged In finishing
the work of sinking caissons for the
piers of the new concrete bridge of the
Columbia River Highway spanning
Hood River here. The new structure,
to be constructed Jointly at a cost of
approximately HO 000 by the Stste
Highway Commission and Hood River
County, will be built Just north of a
wooden approach and steel span across
the river.
Aberdeen fo Entertain HoM.
ABERDEEN. Wash, April 1. (Spe
rlal.) The annual meeting of the
Washington State Federation of Labor
ta to open in Aberdeen June 2s. Aber
deen Is preparing to entertain upwards
of SO delegates and will start imme
diately gathering funds for the purpose,
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'TRAPPED' TOPS BILL
Headline Act at Orpheum Full
of Dramatic Action.
ELIZABETH MURRAY SCORES
Four Haley Sisters, in Popular
Songs, Recalled a Dozen Times.
Jack Clifford. In Dancing
Act, One of Features.
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
Timely, topical and tantalising in its
dramatic suspense Is the sketch
"Trapped." which headlines and Is the
most Interesting number on the new
bill at the Orpheum.
Edwin Arden. who Is one of the really
distinguished American actors who
hare forsaken the legitimate lor tne
vaudeville stage, plays the principal
role. To discuss the playlet means nec-
esaarllr disclosing some part of Its
story, and that is certainty not tair i
the folk who have yet to enjoy Mr.
Arden's excellent acting and the splen
did little war drama In which he stars.
Sometimes you can tell things ana
not snail It for others, and again you
can't. Vr instance, would you have
liked It last week before you saw tne
Orpheum show to know that Tarxan
wasn't a chimpanzee at all. but a clever
human dwarf who characterized a
chimpanzee? Pldn't you enjoy being
fooled? Well. It's a long leap from
Tarxan to Edwin Arden's act. but the
theory holds good. The plot simpiy
can't be disclosed or you'll not be one
bit surnrlsed when the big climax
comes and startles us all Into thunder
ous applause.
The story is an episode in tne insiae
ring of the secret service, snd It's ex
ceedingly thrilling, iir. Araen s sup
port Is excellent. Thomas Mitchell, as
a wounded patriot: Ruth Lee. as an
American girl: Harry Lelghton. as a
secret service man. and Mr. Arden. as
Major John Dent. L. S. A. make up the
cast.
Kllsabeth M array Scores.
Mr. Arden's methods are so sincere.
so unforced that his playing of the
role finds us paying him the honest
tribute of feeling that he doesn't act
at all. that he Is really Major Dent,
worn out and dead for sleep, carrying
out a secret mission for our Govern
ment.
Elizabeth M. Murray, in songs and
stories delights. Miss Murray Is mak
ing her first visit to us now, but her
fame had preceded her. and we were
prepared for the battery of her cheery
smile, rare comedienne qualities of
voice and gesture. One ballad. "Sex 1
to Myself. Ses I" Is a Joyous revelation
of one Irish maid's preparedness and
safety first Ideas.
The four Haley sisters may all be
long to Mr. and Mrs. Haley, but one
of 'em is Charlotte Greenwood's cousin.
Long of nether limb, and full of har
mony and comedy that tall Haley girl
had us all hanging on her every little
movement or melody departure. The
other three Haleys look alike but sound
differently. One is a high flutey so
prano and the others range around
between her and the tall contraltolsh
one.
Bill Is Well Balanced.
They all dress alike snd their sing
ing Is a Joy forever. They sing popu
lar melodies and were recalled a dozen
times yesterday and could have stopped
the show if they'd been more generous
snd sung Instead of bowing nine times.
Nobody wanted to see "em bow. We
wanted to hear more of their crooning-
get-you-golng singing.
Jack Clifford, minus Evelyn IsesDll.
returns to stsge an attractive dance
novelty called "A Country Side." which
Is a blending of fact and fantasy. Mr.
Clifford is a sensational dancer of the
whirlwind sort, and he brines two
partners. Agnes Dunn snd Gertrude
Kerotn. who step and sing, as a wiia
finale Mr. Clifford whirls madly while
both girls cling to his neck, with their
bodies stretched horizontally through
space. They all carry life insurance.
I hope the orchestra aoes.
Blllle Reeves returns on nis annual
tour of inebriation. His Charlie Chap
Unesque methods are decidedly funny,
but his sketch is a sad mess. Percy
Bronson also depicts the chap who
looks too long into his cups and sings
and talks about It. Percy's partner.
Winnie Baldwin, -still pleases us witn
her song about Paul, and together they
ukelele and sing.
Owen Lewis, an English gin. ap
pears In smiles and nicely enunciated
sings and chats at the piano.
COUSINS MEET IN FRANCE
Portland Railroad Terminal to Un
dergo Inspection.
SEATTLE. Wash- April SI. (Spe
cial.) R. H. Alshton. of Chicago, re
gional director of railways for territory
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Saaday School Lads. Jack Ker,
west of Chicago, will reach Seattle about
May 1 on a trip of Inspection of the
terminals of Portland and Seattle and
to study the developments In the way
of conservation of motive power, equip
ment, unification and consolidation of
thf railway facilities on the Coast.
The car commission will hold a brief
session at the Oregon-Washington sta
tion Monday morning, and In the aft
ernoon the central or general managers'
committee will discuss further the pro
posed unification of the Seattle ter
minals and freight handling. It Is
said that the work of unification has
been delayed because of the various
new points regarding the less-than-carload
freight service, and Superin
tendent McCullough's recommendations
that the Northern Pacific be designated
as the United States railway for this
class of tonnage.
Under Mr. McCullough's plan, as re
ported to Mr. Alshton. the Northern Pa
cific would warehouse and handle this
class of business in and out of Seattle,
other lines being designated to take
care of carload and other movement.
Committee representatives of each of
the lines have taken the position that
each should share this business.
"EGIEEK GIRLS. MARCH1'G
SONG OF S1STH ENGINEERS." HIT 7"
Werds Are by Frank Fox, of Co. D,
and Masle by Mrs. Stuart C. God
frey. Wife of Lleeteaant Godfrey.
Rapidly leaping Into public atten
tion and liking are two regimental
songs, "Engineer Girls" and "March
ing Song of the J18th Engineers." the
words of which were composed by
Frank Fox. of Company D,.and the
music by Mrs. Stuart C. Godfrey, wife
of Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey.
The songs have been put. out in most
attractive form, the cover of the "En
gineer Girls" songsheet being the orig
inal work of Billy Williams, of Com
pany D. It shows a pretty maid wav
ing adieu to a band of soldiers.
The cover for the songsheet of the
"Marching Song of the 318th Engi
neers" is unusually novel, and shows a
collections of patriotic motifs in tones
of bronze, black and yellow. It Is the
design of Harvey N. Heater, of Com
pany D. The music is tuneful and has
a whlstlcable quality.
The music sheets are on sale at the
Army post. All communications rela
tive to them, may be addressed to Mrs.
Stuart Godfrey, Vancouver Barracks,
Vanvouver, Wash.
Miss Jean MacKenzIe has copies for
sale In Portland and this week they are
to be placed In hotel lobbies.
Arrangements are being made to
have them sung In local theaters and
at patrlotio meetings. All proceeds
go to a benefit fund for Company D.
IDLERS OILY AFFECTED
XEW ORDINANCE! WILL NOT IN
VOLVE RIGHTS OF WORKERS.
Mayer Baker Frowas oa Attempt to
lasert Ideas Expressed la Aatl-plck-ellng
Law, Recently Assailed.
The city's new ordinance against
idlers will not carry any provision
which might in any way affect the
rights of working people. Assurance to
this effect has been given by Mayor
Baker, who has instructed City Attor
ney LaRoche to prepare the measure
purely to affect men of the won't work
kind.
An effort has been made to Insert a
provision in the measure to bring about
some of the Ideas expressed In the antl
ptcketlng law as annulled by the State
Supreme Court. The Mayor put a
quietus on this move, explaining that
such a proposition had nothing what
ever to do with the plan of the new
measure.
"The ordinance is to force to work
able-bodied men who are idling away
their time In North End resorts and
elsewhere while Industries are clamor
ing for such men." said the Mayor. "Any
effort to inject anything except a blow
at I. W. W.lsm will not be considered
In this measure.
Ridgefield to Celebrate Loan.
R1DGEFIELD. Wssh.. April 21.
(Special.) Mayor N. C. Hall has made
a proclamation requesting that all
labor cease in this city between the
hours of 7 and 9 o'clock on the even
ing of Friday, April 26. for the pur
pose of celebrating the success of the
liberty bond sale. This district sub
scribed four times its quota.
Contraband Liquor Captured.
ASTORIA. Or., April 21. (Special.)
Federal officers raided the steam
schooners Johan Poulsen and Hoquiam,
arriving from San Francisco today. A
few cases of contraband liquor were
found on each craft, but no arrests were
made.
w. i-j .a,. i.ittl Onea From Portland
Billy West and Peter Jewett.
YOUTH IN PAGEANT
Sunday School Children Give
Inspiring Spectacle.
EPISCOPAL RALLY IS HELD
Hundreds of Youngsters Gather at
St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral for
First of What Hereafter
Will Be Annual Event.
"Onward. Christian Soldiers, March
ing as to War."
Hundreds of happy children's voices
mingled in the popular hymn yesterday
afternoon as the Sunday schools of the
various Episcopal parishes of the city
marched from Portland Academy to t.
Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, where a rally
was held under the auspices of the
board of religious education of the
diocese.
Preceding the children came the
crosses of the different parishes and
the silken flags, the Stars and Stripes,
with the united choirs of all the
churches marching In a stately pageant
representing youth, patriotism and re
ligious InsDiration.
Automobiles were nauea oy meir
drivers; people in the streetcars leaned t
out to wonder ana aamire; passersoy
stopped, looked and then followed the
procession.
Bishop Sumner Speaks.
At the church the children occupied
every available seat and the choirs
were in the front with the array of
golden crosses and bright American
flags before the altar, forming an im
pressive sight. Teachers and the few
grownups who chaperoned the young
sters stood at the back or in the door-
WTlie rally was the first of what
Bishop Sumner declared he hoped
would be annual gatherings of the
sort. In his address to the Sunday
schools, he said: "I am pleased with
the good attendance. I am glad you
gave an offering of over $600, but I
want to ask how many will pledge that
to the Sunday schools of Portland
there shall be added by May, 1919, 500
new members? How many will prom
ise to help make the offering from the
Sunday schools $1500 next year?" The
entire assemblage rose and made the
pledge.
Bishop Sumner gave the children a
delightful, simple story-sermon. Illus
trating his lesson by the use of para
bles. It was an address cleverly
planned to Interest little folk. It car
ried the message:. "Use your talents." '
Patriotic Action Urged.
T want you to buy thrift stamps,"
said the bishop. "If you have money
and bury It It will do no good. You
must make the best use of your gifts,
you must give and pray and also work
for the winning of the war and for
the spreading of the gospel of God's
love."
The bishop told the children to get
the habit of giving to God regularly.
He challenged the teachers and par
ents to take an interest In the cam
paign for membership. "The parent
who does not give the child a chance to
attend Sunday school has a grave re
eponsiblllty on his shoulders," said
BiBliop Sumner.
Archdeacon Chambers read the les
son of the day and Rev. Thomas Jen
kins, of St. David's parish, was chair
man for the day and chanted the serv
ice. When the roll of schools was
called each parish sent up Its offering
by one of the children. Some were tiny
youngsters who toddled up to the front
of the church with a most important
mien.
Rally to Be Repeated.
Elisabeth Gray, representing Trinity;
Richard Morse, the Church of Our
Savior; Selwyn Jenkins, St- David's,
and Isabella Chandler, of Oregon City,
were among the offering bearers.
.The children representing the differ
ent schools met at S:3o P. M. at the
academy and were there Joined by the
choirs and the clergy and the proces
sion was under way. The bishop an
nounced that next year the rally will
be held as a part of or Just preceding
the diocesan convention in May. Plans
for concentrating on Sunday school
work will be announced at the con
vention to be held here next month.
CHtRCH'S PART IS RELATED
Pastor Declares That Service Is to
Be Watchword for AH.
The church's part in patriotic service,
in meeting the requirements of the day
formed the theme of the sermon of the
Rev. Warren Morse yesterday In Atkin
son Memorial Congregational Church.
"Farmers look with dismay upon the
shortage of labor, but Uncle Sam whis
tles and an array or young America
appears and the cloud shows its silver
linlns: so likewise churches fear to
face the -future, but soul-hungry men
snd boyless mothers line up In Increas
ing numbers and, the church forgets
IN MARCHING TO THEIR RALLY
Academy to the Church. 3 Patriotic
itself and gets busy," said Mr. Morse.
"The American quality of resource
fulness will be the winning element in
this war. The demands of the war are
stimulating the inventiveness of peo
ple in many lines; it must in the
churches. Not far from here when the
price of woolen yarn soared beyond
reach some good women dug some spin
ning wheels out of their attics and
have been making their 'own yarn.
When enough do this there will be
plenty and at fair prices. People come
to their meals with new interest to
learn how the clever housekeeper has
developed strategy in furnishing palat
able foods out of new constituents. We
now come to church with a new pur
pose. Service must be the watchword
for alL"
NEUTRALS NOT WANTED HERE
People Must Line Up on One Side or
Other, Says Dr. Morrison.
"I cannot Imagine the kind of being
that a neutral Is. He doesn't seem to
belong to the world at present. I
should say the neutrals are not much
better than cattle. Their only ambi
tion Is to browse around and do noth
ing." The speaker was Dr. A. A. Morrison,
rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, who
preached yesterday from the text, "He
that is not with me is against me,"
Luke, xi:23.
"The world is divided practically Into
two great camps good and evil," said
Dr. Morrison. "All righteously disposed
people are spiritually progressive peo
ple of the world. They are full of kind
ness and charity. The other camp is
filled with people who are selfish,
egotistic They Insist on everything
being bent to their satisfaction. Now,
these are two antagonistic forces, and
there is no place for neutrality not
an inch of ground to stand on. Christ,
the leader, is in the fight, a leader
who never worked or looked for ap
plause. "There are many kinds of leadership
in the opposition. There Is the skulk
ing coward who has not enough hu
manity in him to be a type of either
camp. He represents that kind of oppo
sition that holds us strength wnen a
life and death struggle Is on. Such
people say, 'We are so busy with our
own affairs that we can't bother about
the rest of the world whether it is
going to hell or not.'
"Out upon such false reasoning. You
must take sides. Neutral people are
short on common sense. The issue to
day is clearly drawn the survival of
democracy or the rule of the plutocrat.
The demand of truth Is to line up with
all that you have. If you are doing
nothing you are against us. If you are
not a gatherer you are a scatterer. I'd
like to have seen the bond issues 'over
the top' in one week. Does it mean
nothing when babies are hoisted on
bayonets by bloodthirsty beasts? Does
this not suggest an obligation to hu
manity? "If there Is any human stuff in hu
manity, you should be so aroused that
you would follow any leader and do
anything to rid the world of the brute
force that inflicts such misery on hu
manity. So, line up on the right side."
PRAYER DR. GRIFFIS' THEME j
Appeals Not Always Answered as
One Wishes, but as Is Best.
Prayer as a necessity, a privilege, an
expression of faith, prayer as a patri
otic duty, prayer as a means of coming
Into communion with the great All
father formed the theme of the sermon
of the Rev. H. H. Griffis, pastor of the
First Christian Church, yesterday
morning.
"He who depends solely on himself,
leans on a broken reed," declared Dr.
Griffis. "It Is not sufficient to give
your time and your money, but you
must pray.
"When we begin to pray we set in
motion new f -rces not by violation of
a law, but In accord with it," said the
pastor In referring to the objection
made, he noted, by some who claim
that God's law will go on and there's
no need for prayer.
"And all things, whatsoever ye shall
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall re
ceive," quoted the speaker.
Dr. Griffis said that the prayer isn't
always answered as we wish, because
that isn't always best for humanity.
He referred to God as "the father" and
said that the loving father cannot in
dulge every whim of the child. When
the lad of 6 years asks his father for
a shotgun he doesn't get it, but if he
has a good talk with his father and
comes into a closer friendship with
him, his prayer is answered In a better
and wiser way. Prayer for the people
at home, prayer for those away, prayer
for the nation and all the world was
advocated.
CHRISTIANITY FIRM AS EVER
Rev. Constant Preaches Strong Ser
mon at Highland Congregational.
Yesterday morning at the Highland
Congregational Church the Rev. Ed
ward Constant spoke on "The Chal
lenge of the World to Christianity,"
and in the evening he dealt with the
companion subject. "The Challenge of
Christianity to the World."
"It seems to many minds," declared
the preacher, "as if the crucial hour
for Christianity had arrived. Some go
so far as to allege that Christianity
has failed to save the world. The light
it held out had a certain fascination
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about it, but the light has been blown
out by the great outburst of passion
which has fallen upon the world.
"Christianity evades no challenge.
Truth is never afraid of investigation.
Christ himself courted inquiry and
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"Cnristianity," said Mr. Constant, "is
ready to meet the world on its own
terma It readily takes up the gauntlet
thrown down by the critics and does
so without any air of euperiority. It
simply eays. try me.' "
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that have the
Meier & Frank
guarantee for the
best of service are
shown here at this
favorite price
?30.
Whether a
man's taste runs
to extreme fash
ion or to the most
moderate, digni
fied design, we
Boys' Clothing Shop, Third Floor.
COLORED FOLK LOYAL
SUPPORT OP THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
MOST GENEROUS.
Button That Denotes Membership to
Nation's Family of Patriotic Invest
ors Worn by Great Majority.
Leaders of the circle of Portland
colored people are properly proud of
the manner in which their members
came to the support of the third lib
erty loan, and aided in winning dis
tinction for Portland and Oregon. The
button that denotes membership in- the
Government's family of patriotic In
vestors is theirs, almost to the last in
dividual. Isolated figures are, of course, un
available, but it .is estimated that col
ored residents of Portland bought at
least. $25,000 worth of liberty bonds,
mostly in small denominations. The
largest individual purchase amounted
to 800, but the bulk of the bonds were
of the $50 issue. In both the first and
second liberty loans many of the same
investors hold the Government's war
time securities.
In the soliciting field numbers of
colored people were actively energetic.
one member of the force reporting sales
that aggregated $1600. Colored em
ployes of the downtown hotels have
liberty buttons almost without an ex
ception, while railroad and depot em
ployes hold the same record.
In the war activities parade Portland
colored people launched two striking
floats, one of their Red Cross work and
one for the war savings stamp cam
paign. In the latter activity they have
taken keen Interest from its inception.
and have invested thousands of dollars
In the "baby bonds."
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