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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1918)
TIIE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, 3IAT 3, 1918. 7 M BUY BABY BONDS" IS TODAY S APPEAL Thrift Stamp Day Campaign On in Every Section of i. United States. BIG SALE EXPECTED HER Drive In Portland Is Well Organ' lied Merchants Tlan to Fro- V mote Sale of Sticker In Course of Business. Now that the buying of liberty bends cr me inim ma is recorded for tb citlsens of Portland aa obligation eurharged. or dodged. It Is especially timely, point out the sponsors, tha today bo recognised as thrift stam day and every man. woman and cblld bo reminded of tna opportunity fo lending In smaller amounts. Thero la Just as much patriotism, tha Nations leaders have declared, in buy ing thrift stamps as In burin wa bonds of large visa. Ths money tbu brought to tha National treasury will r to tha same uses and. proportion ately, will aid tha war programme. Tha Government baa, in fact, already ecunted as available for Its neeoa tha f .. we.t0 the American people are ajked to Invest la thrift and war sav ings stamps. Merehaats Provide I watte. There will bo compel ling reasons to- ay reaeona almost appealing to self labnese why thousands in Portland should begin tha filling of thrift stamp books and why other thousands, who have already started the thrift habit. should add to thetr Investment. It is the merchants of tha city who are today providing the Incentive to thrifty buying and buying of thrift tamps. Bargain unlimited they are offering tha economical patron. Not with a view to boosting tbelr own business but for tha purpose of popu larlung thrift stamps and war aavlngs stamps, have the merchants banded to gether for observance of the day. AH bare laid in large supplies of tha stamp to b given as rhanre when ever called for and to be sold to all wishing to purchase. Ortvo la Well Organised. If the goal set by Julius L. Meier, tale chairman of tha merchants divi sion of the war ssvings stamps organi sation. Is realised. Oregon investors wilt Invest J 1 '.) In the little stick ers todsy. The ststa Is thoroughly organised for tha drive. In Portland there has been remarkable co-operation between business bodies and civic eocletlea in preparing for the observ ance, women'a organisations taking a prominent part In perfecting details. Kvery householder and housewife Is asked to scan tha bargain attractions announced for the day and then sally lorth on a buying expedition which will not end until there has been accumu lated a neat little stock of tha Gov ernment's "baby bonds." FLAG HAS ONE GOLD STAR l'lrst Spiritualist Church Dedicates Banner Honoring Soldlcr-Sona. The service flag of tha First Spirit "Ballet Church was dedicated at a spe cial service yesterday afternoon. It contained 2S stare, one of which wss a gold star for K- W. Jones, who died to a recent drive In Kranca. Tha dedication aermoa by the pastor. Rev. A. Hcott HlcdJoe. cited the fact that although the Spiritualists are op posed to all forms of killing, they have not had a single case of disloyalty within the church anywhere In the I nlted States, and they have given three ambulances for work at the front. The Portland church atarted another ambulance fund with a subscription of I'atrlotle songs were sung and Mae Celeste Post read an original Doem. Name for the ttoldtera." which waa re ccntly published In The Oregontan. It was Mra. Poets brother who waa killed la ranee. .recent events In Ukraine, the Vor waerts. of Berlin, atatea that affairs In the east are in a deplorable condi tion. "The peace concluded there has become a peace calculated to scare away opponents still at war with us,' the newspaper says. "It waa agreed with Russia tha Esthonta and Livonia would remain under tta sovereignty." the Vorwaerts continues, "and three weeka later personal union of ttiese countries with Prussia waa benevolently considered. We pee only enormous political dam age being done Ukraine and not a mor set of bread to be aupplled Germany from that country. The Berlin Tageblatt says: "We cannot deny that we have not succeeded In winning the affection of the population under our military rule of Lithuania, not to apeak or Poland. It Is precisely the saoie In Ukraine fcven optimists may see that the east- TUB WORST rtr is tovk E.Exr. This la no mere sensational ut terance; It la a cold statement of fact. Listen to one of the most emi nent scientists of the country, a man trained to weigh every word he aye: "Plies are conceived In Iniquity, bred In filth and lead a life of crime. They occupy no place In the economy of man." That is a strong Indictment. but It la not a Jot too strong. The American people have come f to realise the danger of the fly J and are campaigning strenuously a against him. I Plies must be fought, and fought In the right way. To fight them la the duty of every com- munlty to Ita members, and of J every Individual to the com- munlty. Knclose a 1-cent stamp for re- e turn postage, write your request plainly, and address The Portland t Oregonlan Information Bureau. I Frederic J. Haskla, Director. I Washington. D. C I ............ .......seeee CYCLOPS HUH PREY? Rio Janeiro Paper Hints at Loss of Naval Collier. SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST rn structure stands on a very in stable foundation. It waa alwaya clear that Ukraine at the earliest possible moment would seek union with Russia.1 SERVE BY SAVING, PLEA FREE GARBAGE COLLECTION HAS SCPPORT OF WOME. Social Workers Will Meet Today and OaUlae Plana for Campaign la Behalf of Meaaare. ROAD TO TACOMA IS GOOD A. D. Berkley Reports Highway In fair Condition Kxcrpt In Spots. A. IX Beckley. of Portland, en his return Saturday night, brought good news or the condition of the roada be tween Portland and Tacoma. Uoir.g either by way of Uoble on the Oregon aide or by Vancouver and Kalama on the vtaeUlnston side, the route, with the exception of short strips. Is In good condition for light or heavy car. Cm the return the road Is good to wunin eignt miles or Chenalls. From there to Toledo the road Is good except for a strip of corduroy around some construction. From Toledo to Kalama Is good with a few bad spota From Kalama to Vancouver It Is good except for three anlles near Woodland. VANCOUVER FAR OVER TOP Third Liberty Loan Quota, Is More Than Doubled. VANOOCTXR. Wash, May I.(5pe- elal.) ancouver has subscribed It:, TOO to the third liberty loan on a quota or eiss.sou. according to figures given out today by Fred W. Tempes. city chairman of the drive. Clarke County, outside of ancouver. with a quota of $j:o.000. haa Invested approximately $iiV.00t. County Chairman A. W. Calder announced. This does not Include the allotment of various railroad companies to this district, which will add about IJtf.QOO more. TRIBUTE PAID TO SOLDIER Governor Addresses Large Gather ing at Rick real I. SALEM. Or, May S. (Special.) Governor Withycombe delivered a pa triotlo address today to nearly 1500 people In Burch Grove at the little town of RlckrealL The crowd gath ered from many points of Polk County to pay tribute to the memory of Ben jamin Ulll. who died not long ago In Franca. He waa a Polk County boy. Rev. D. V. Poling, formerly of Dallas, now at Camp Lewis, also spoke, and muale by a quartet and band and other features made up the balance of the programme. UKRAINE PEACE IS COSTLY Berlin Vorwaerts Says Province Not I Friend of Germany. AMSTERDAM. May I. In the course f a sharp criticism in connection with "Serve by earing." With this as their motto, several thousand Portland women are lining up for a campaign in he Interests of the "housewives meas ure, which the municipal collection or garbage measure haa already been hrlstened by them. Organisations that are already back Ing the movement Include the Portland arent-Teacher Council. Council of Jew- sh Women. Patriotic Conservation League. Portland Woman's Club and regressive Woman's League. The mat ter will come before the meeting of the City Federation of Women'a Organi sations at Ita meeting Saturday at Hotel Portland. Mrs. G. J. Frankel. president of the Federation. Bays of the measure: "While I hsve not looked Into the various pro visions of the proposed measure, I will ay that in a general way I believe in he municipal collection of garbage. both aa a health and economic meas ure." A meeting of the presidents of aft omen's organisations of the city anil all social workers Is called for Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Central Library Immediately following the eeting of the Council of Defense, hen plans for a campaign will be made. The women point out that the people ould save an expenditure of 1150.000. that amount now being paid for pri vate collection of waste matter: that he city would be enriched to the ti nt of 1100.000. aa that amount will be paid for the various wsste materials, and that the waste food will main tain 5000 head of hogs. The women also emphssise the point that, as a fat famine la facing the world, thia Is a patriotic measure and last, but not least, that the 3.t8 places where waste matter is now allowed to accu mulate would be eliminated, thus mak ing It a health measure. FIRST PICNIC SUCCESS KXIGHTS AXD LADIES OF SECURITY AT CRYSTAL LAKE PARK. Crowd Jelly and Good - arared and Take Great I teres la Races and la Ball Gasse. Klrkpatrlck Council. Knights and Ladies of Security, held their first pic nic of the year yesterdsy at Crystal lake Park. A large crowd attended. In the morning prospects for a favor able day were poor, but aa the day ad vanced old Sol held his own. The crowd wss Jolly and good-natured and took an interest In the races and the ball games. The foot rare were full of pep and ginger. Old men and women Joined In the fun with as much enthusiasm as the young folka The fat women'a race waa feature of the day. ISO contestant waa allowed In the race if abe weighed under Hi. The park swarmed with ambitious candidates who paased out cards and solicited votes. At times It looked more like a political meeting than a picnic. The dance hall waa alwaya crowded. It proved to be the most popular sort of entertainment. A few aoldiera enjoyed the enter tainment, and two of them V. McCor mack and R. Lovelace, of the Spruce Dispatchers, won the bowling tourna ment. Msyor Harley, of Astoria, marie things quite lively st the picnic. He threw the first ball and atarted the baseball game between two girl teams. Although adratssldn was charged to the game, a crowd which packed the stands attended. California Labor Short. SAN FRANCISCO. May 6. California will have to take definite steps to re crutt farm labor from every available source to meet the harvest needs, ac cording to State Labor Agent K. L. Adams, of ths Unlvsrsity of California. He eaid 12,000 men will be needed In addition to the available labor now in algbt. Four Killed In Crash. OAKLAND. CI Ma-e Kir-ntir sons, two 12-year-old girls and two women, were aiuea instantly when the automobile In which they were riding was etrucK py an Interurban electric train here todav. Two others in h. car were Injured. Steam Feed Inventor Die. CHICAGO. May . De Witt Clinton Preacott. 77, Inventor of the Prescott steam feed, which la said to have revo lutionised the sawmill industry, died yesterday from heart disease. i Newspaper Advertisement Refers to Sinking of Craft at Sea Ger man Agents Believed Reporting Dee d. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Msy 5. Four teen persons, one a German, were ar rested when A British steamship ar rived here today from a Soath Ameri can port. Government officials met the veseel and perhaps never since this country entered the wsr were passen gers subjected to a more thorough ex amination. The German. It was said, was placed under guard by the quartermaster soon after he had boarded the vessel. In their search for concealed documents the Government agents even broke two hollow cases he carried and also eeized phonograph records In his baggage. Lieutenant-Commander W. H. Booth, 8. S.. said that the missing naval collier Cyclops left a Caribbean port and long before the collier was re ported missing sn advertisement ap peared In a Portuguese newspaper at Rio Janeiro announcing that a requiem mass would be celebrated for Alfred Moreau Gottschalk. United States Consul-General in Rio Janeiro, "lost when the Cyclops was sunk at sea." It was not until April 15 that the Navy Department announced that the collier was missing. The advertisement, appearing nearly a month before the official announcement, was signed by prominent men In Rio Janeiro, who later are said to have disclaimed re sponsibility for Its appearance. The passengers said it was suspected that the advertisement was Inserted by German agents, to transmit a report of their operations. Boat davits for sesgolng vessels that sn Alabama man has invented resem ble long cranes that lower boats Into the sea at a safe distance from a ves sel or from one listed to the opposite side. IF WE can't fight, we can help the boys who are. They need White Bread, and lots of it. Don't waste White Flour and time trying to do your own baking: It's far more economical and patriotic to buy BUTTER-NUT VIC TORY BREAD from your grocer. You will be doing a War-Time duty and yet serving your family with the most delicious bread scientific methods and famous Master-: Bakers can produce. To be sure of the best Victory Bread, have your grocer send .Better-Nut ici mm 3- ory Bread K Sprleg Find You Worn fipgj -Aj amid' Achy? i it i fT''Awy lyt i- -r i : i i ,vx'm i i i r v j , y DO YOU feel dull, tired; achy all over- back feel as if it would break? Are you "all played out" feel as if you just can't keep going? Then it's time you looked to your kidneys! Winter with its chills and changes throws a heavy strain on the kidneys. Spring finds you full of mys terious aches and pains; you are nervous; dizzy, irritable and "blue." You may have kidney irregularities, too. Don't wait! 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At first it waa a slight pain across the small of my back and that was the only sign I had ray kidneys were not right. Defore long, however, other symptoms showed up. My kidneys began acting irregularly and the pains In my back were so cutting, to bend over was almost impossible. I was In bad shape when I read about Doane's Kidney Pills. One box of Doan's strengthened my kidneys and relieved me of all kidney troubles." EAST EIGHTIETH STREET. Mrs. J. W. Miller. 44 E. Eightieth St N., says "I began to have pains In my back and they soon became so steady and wearing that I was miserable all day long and many nights I couldn't sleep. My kidneys acted irregularly and bladder trouble dis tressed me. AJy neaa acnea ana x naa aizzy bpcub. I hart abnut all the d isaereeable troubles of Kidney disorder. I used Doan's Kidney Pills. They strength ened and regulated my kidneys and my health Im proved 100 per cent." (Statement given November 18, 1915.) On May 19, 1917. 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I had sharp pains in the small of my back and when a bad spell would come on, for several -days I would be unable to do anything. My kidneys acted Irregularly, too. Doan's Kidney Pills gave me quick relief and I have felt like a different man since Doan's put ny kidneys In good order." aim 7. '17 o T .U. Ever) Druggist has Doaris, 60c a box. Foster-Milbum Co., Manufacturing Chemists, Buffalo, N. Y.