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15 SCENES AT THE GREAT AUCTION SAJ.E OF GIFTS TO THE REI CROSS, HELD YESTERDAY INI HAVOC BY U-BOATS REDUCED 2-THIRDS ,-. - , . LIBERTY PLACE. HER PROUD RECORD 11 SAMPLE SHOP Foremost Among Sisterhood of States, Red Cross Quota Is Far Surpassed. ' April Sinkings Compared With Th09e of Same ' Month , in 1917 Show Big Decrease. 360 .MORRISON ST., COR. PARK a UNLOADING MANY REPORTS TO COME IMPROVEMENT TO CONTINUE THE MORNING OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, 3IAT 24, 1918. OREGON MAINTAINS ill III II JiS II 4 i B V X I Vw. " iSi-V' 1 rV V-'l'l PHj W -V -A d Portland Alone More Than $80,000 Over 1 the Mark at Noon and Total of $400,000 Will Not Occasion Surprise. Again Oregon, -stands foremost I among the sisterhood of states, hav-1 irrg rst attained- more than a com plete Quota for the second war fund of the, Red Cross. Just before dawn yesterday the wire to Washington car ried 'the message that this stata had winged the shaft. of patriotic purpose straight to the target, scoring' far more tban her allotted quota of $600,000. For Oregon and Portland last night the Red Cross total stood at $715,888, with many reports yet awaited. Outer state districts reported $385,486, with more to come, he city alone, for ex ample, with yesterday's noonday total of $330,521.95, as contrasted with the original juota. of $250,000, may yet reach the height of $400,00 without occasioning surprise to local leaders. who know the impetus of the organi sation -they unloosed. Domtow Campaigns Ends. - , And Portland has taken an unprec edented position, realizing and appre ciating the spirit with which the pub' lie answered the call, and has offi cially declared the central city cam paign to be at an end. Features planned for the closing I days and evenings of the Week, com-1 prising novel street events designed to I glean thousands of dollars from the passersby, hava been abandoned. Though the residence and industrial district campaign will continue until all territory is cowered, officially the 1 drive is over. Concerning this action the following official statement was Issued yesterday noon by the city executive committee, I when the splendid finale became I known: House Canvass Govs Os "Owing to the success of the second Red Cross campaign in Portland, It was docioed. at sr special session of the ex ecutive committee, immediately to call off the Portland city campaign. "Further solicitation of the down town district will be abolished, as the business teams have completed their canvass, although canvassers are asked to 'complete their residence solicita tions. The spectacular downtown fea tures planned for the final days of the campaign, including- street collections, have been abandoned The auction sale will virtually be the final act in the campaign. -"Industrial plants have mainly com pleted their solicitation, and they will be allowed the last two days to finish their work. "Portland has responded so generous ly that it is felt that it is not fair to ask for further donations in the street collections. At the same time, those who have not been solicited may have the privilege of leaving their contribu tions at Liberty Temple." , Remarkable Sacrifices Made. C. C. Colt, city chairman, made the following statement when yesterday's totals verified the heavy over-subscrip tion. "Hundreds of Portland business men have made remarkable sacrifices in the last few days. They have donated their time and money willingly. Due ' to their self-sacrifice. Portland has more than made its Red Cross quota. For that reason we have decided to close the city campaign "I wish to express on behalf of the city executive committee and the Port land chapter the deep feeling of grati tude we have to our hundreds of work ers and to -the generosity of our Port land citizens. The organization which thrust Ore gon and Portland to the fore again largely composed of those who have won experience as veterans of other drives, and the success of the endeavor la in no Bma.il measure clue 10 trie lea sons so dearly purchased by the pioneers of patriotic campaigns. State Enthusiasm Great. For the state campaign, H. L. Cor bett served as chairman, with H. E. Wltham as assistant state manager. From Liberty Temple by telegraph and long distance phone they Vlirected the activities of thousands of workers throughout the various counties workers who went at the task with such enthusiasm that telegrams nouncing completion were constantly arriving. In Portland, the city chairmanship was given to C. C Colt, with W. E. Coman as city manager, and O. E. Overbeck as assistant manager. The two central city divisions were com manded by S. Benson and Adolph Vi one, as colonels; while the chair manship of the house-to-house and in dustrial campaign was entrusted to Henry E. Reed, with Colonel Holman and Colonel McCrtllis in command of the field. For the balance of ' Mult nomah County, Colonel Fixott led the workers. Women's Brigade Praised. Red Cross leaders yesterday were un stinted in their praise of the service rendered by leaders of the women's brigade, and by Julius L. Meier, chairman of the publicity committee. Among department heads who received special commendation were Miss Getta Wasserman. office manager: Mrs. A. L. Fish, In charge of supplies: Mra E. C. Oiltner, in charge of volunteer 1 O&j sctr r v.'vyr ;- t l'yj '-s"' over the top in the Red Cross drive. Seventy-five per cent of the Quota of $14,000 has been subscribed already. Albany has raised over' 80 per oent of her quota now and-expects to raise the other 20 per cent soon. Tangent the first city in the county to go over, 116 per cent being reported here by Wednesday morning. Upper Partial View of the Hate Afternoon Crowd. With Oil Palntlnc of Presi dent Wilson, 1 p for Sale. Lower Just an the Banket of Panstes, W hleh Wns Sold Again and Again, Bringing More Than , Was Offered for Bids. their uniforms and took up the contributions. When the successful conclusion of the campaign was made known yester day noon, at the luncheon of officials and workers in the Portland 4Iotel, the dining hall rang with cheers for sev eral minutes and burst forth "again in applause when cheers for C. C. Colt, as city chairman, were suggested. Everett Ames congratulating , the workers on Mr. Colt's ability and diplomacy. . Clatson County Accepts Burden. In response, Mr. Colt said that the brief way to victory -had been a pleas ant one, largely through the co-opera tion of every member of the organiza tion. An absolute lack of unpleasing features and friction had been a char acteristic of the drive, said Mr. Colt. Detailed report of the Red Cross High School Students and Teacliers ' s Donate $734 'to Cause Students and 'teachers of' Jefferson High School yesterday turned In to the Red Cross $734 in donations and more will be ready today. The donations represent actnal sac rlfices of the students and teachers. ona walking to school, another collect ing tinfoil and selling It, another, a boy, turning over to the Red Cross an extra dollar he received for work, and one girl giving her liberty bond cou pon The fund was turned In through the captain of the precinct and it is thought the sum will equal $760 when it is tin ished. . j VANCOUVER EXCEEDS IT QUOTA All Clarke County Towns Go Over Top in Red Cross Drive. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 23. (Spe ciaL) Vancouver and Clarke County have "gone over the top" In the Red Cross drive. During the next fou more days workers will be out and ev ery one .will be given a chance to assist In the great campaign for humanity. Camas, which had a quota of $1500 to raise, .subscribed $5000: "u " $Z00 . ri Vi rir V f : y lBp?" I $1500, and many other smaller places and The be surveyed and in time It is felt the production of parts for vessels here can be increased to meet most require ments. CEXTRALIA HAS NEARLY $11,000 Allotment of AVill Be District of $18,000 Oversubscribed, drive, by counties, night as follows: County , Baker ............. Grant Benton ............ Clackamaj .......... CllLtHOP Columbia ' .............. Coos Crook Curry - Ltaschutes .............. DouKlas Giltlum Harney Hood Kiver ............ Jackson Jefferson .............. Josephine .............. Klamatu ............... f,ake 3.tioo Lane 25.0OO Lincoln I'.UOt' Llnu .-. . 14.000 Malheur - S.7IK) Marion SO. 000 Morrow ............ 1 u. tit Ml Multnomah 2du.0Ou Polk M.tlOO Sherman . - 10.0O0 Tillamook .... v S.onu Umatilla 37.000 T'n ton -Wallow a 2.1. OOO Wasco L'j.uOO Washington 12,,"0i) Wheefer 6.500 . Vamhill - 15.000 Total state outside of Portland... Total Portland, noon Thursday... was announced last Quota Reported ..$13,000 1.000 T..urj 7.0O0 15.000 , 2.VOO0 6,500 ::.imo ' Ti.000 j.ooo a.:so 10.443 ' V.i'ot 4.100 15.000 1.7.-i0 6.6O0 8.300 4.500 12.000 i.OOO l.flOO 6.500 30.000 11.710 330.43 8,000 10.000 C.000 3S.52i iS.000 25.000 12,500 lV.OOO .SSS.46I5 .330.422 5,000 7.000 13.000 -SO.ocn , 6.500 23, 000 n.ooo '.'.OOO s.000 10.000 10.000 5.000 4.000 15,000 1.500 5.000 8.500 ts quota of $9500 to the Red Cross war fund. The drive will continue, how ever, until every family in the city and vicinity has beerrvislted. Reports received yesterday after noon from the branch towns Indicate that the $18,000 allotment of the Cen tralia district will also be oversub scribed. Wlnlock reported $1135 raised on a quota of $1000; Walvllle had sub scribed $700 on a quota of $400; 11c Cormick oversubscribed by every em ploye of the McCormick Lumber Com pany, giving a day's pay; Cathlamet rcsported subscriptions of $250, and the first remittance of $392 was received on Doty's allotment of $700. Dryad reported that it will start its drive to morrow and hopes to pass its quota in one day. . vadep oversubscribed her allotment after a half-day's work. PASCX) WELIj OVER THE TOP Red Cross Grand total . The report by follows: Chapter Portland Jbany Avtori-i Baker Bend Bums Corvallis Eugene Grants Pass ........ Heppner j . Jlootl Kiver Klamath Falls .... L.a Grande ........ Lakeview ......... Marshfield ........ Medford Ontario Vale no report. Pendleton ......... Pilot Reck Ptineviile Rosebnre . . . 10.0O0 The Dalles WiUametts S9.O0O ...$715,888 chapters Quota .$304,000 . 14.0O0 . 30.000 . 20.000 0.500 0.000 8.000 . 25.000 5.000 . 10.000 4.O00 S.SOO . 28.000 3.600 .. 25,000 . 15.000 8.700 . 84.000 3.0O0 5.0O0 Total S3S5.4: f.600 25.000 23.000 11.000 4.185 8.000 12.000 6.600 11.7U 4.100 8.300 23.000 4.500 - 25.006 15.000 6,500 3.1.52 a.ooc 5.000 10.443 35.000 39.000 - S715.8SS PRODUCTION" DIVISION HERE Important Arm of Emergency Fleet Corporation Opens Agency Investigation ,of the long chain of workers, and Miss Irene Daly, leader I auxiliary plants operating in Portland of the special features committee. An unusually dramatic incident oc curred at Liberty Temple yesterday morning, hen a young man hurriedly approached the cashier's window and asked for a subscription blank. "I have given already," he" said, as he signed the ard. "but I must give again. Word has just reached me that my brother is now captive in a Ger man prison camp." pupils of Lincoln High School set and vicinity, a. majority of which are engaged in the manufacture of ship machinery of various kinds, while there are others ' that can be pressed into service, has resulted in the establish ment here of an agency of the Produc tion division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. W. D. Fannon, district manager of the division, with head quarters at Portland, has - spent the past few weeks here and, assisted by representatives of the Chamber of a pac for -students In other schools commerce, personally has inspected and yesterday when they contributed $498.20. through the committee headed by Airs. Phillip Gevurtx. Concert Offering S14TO. Proceeds or me ottering taken at the Galli-Curci concert, at the Heilig on Wednesday night, were' announced yesterday to be $1470.42. of which amount, the noted singer herself con tributed $200. Nurses from St. Vin cent's and Good Samaritan hospitals passed through the theater, garbed in checked numerous plants. - The office is In the Northwestern National Bank building. There are nine botiersnops listed. eight turning out engines, 17 foundries. 25 machine shops, two sheet metal works, five' tank shops, three building winches, two turning out steel castings and two on brass castings and there aie coppersmiths, ice machine manu facturers. bolt works and plants for special tools. There are others yet to 11,000, Centralia today oversubscribed Vancouver's quota was $8000, more than $12000 was subscribed. shipyard workers donated $5000. Bis Red Cross Sale and Dance Brings In About $500. PASCO. Wash., May 23. (Special.) At a big Red Cross sale and dance last night about $500 war realized, which to gether with the voluntary subscrip tions puts Pasco well over the top with its apportionment of $1600. -Other portions of the county have not been officially' reported, but it is thought that when the reports are all the county will have reached its quota, while subscriptions still coming in win snow tnat franklin County has maintained Its reputation of exceeding its allotment in an tunas tor war pur poses. The can has met with a hearty response all over the county. It is worthy of note that Connell. where there are a large number of German born and German decendants, was the iirst town in ine county to go over the top. CASCADE LOCKS GOES OVER RIVETING RECORD BROKEN Oakland Hand Riveter Drives 3515 Rivets in Nine Hours. OAKLAND, Cal.. May 2J. L. W. Ma son, a riveter employed in the Moore Shipbuilding plant here, using a pneu matic hand riveting machine today, drove 3514 rivets in nine hours, there by, according to company officials, es tablishing a new world record for han riveting. Mason s record, according to an an nouncement issued by the company, beats the nearest record made recent ly by Edward Gibson, In the Federal shipbuilding plant at Kearney, N. J. who hand-riveted 2919 rivets In eight hours. v An official record made by a rivete in a Long Beach (Cal.) shipyard .yes terday, was 3220) rivets in nine hours. Red Cross and Other War Quotas Easily Exceeded r CASCADE LOCKS. Or.. May 22. (To the Editor.) I have never noticed any mention of Cascade Locks in the- re ports of the results of liberty loan and tiea (jross drives in your paper, uur allotment for the third -liberty loan was $7000, while our total sub scriptions amounted to $15,400. The Red Cross people asked us to raise $300, and at 4 P. M. on Monday $378.55 had been collected without half trying,! putting us "over the to" on the firsiN day of the drive. We are proud of our showing and want the whole world to know it. ,So if you can find room In your columns. just mention us among the "also ran." A HOME GUARD. - TROTTER GIVEN RED CROSS A. A. Mehaffey, Klamath Falls, Pre. sents Animal to Organization. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., May 23. (Special.) One .of the most valuable and unique gifts made. thus far .in this district to the Red Cross is a trotting horse presented to the organization by A. A. Me haff ey The animal is of 'the best trottimr stock, its sire holding a very good record. The horse. Black Prince, is ZVi years of age and is broke to har ness. It is planned by the local Red Cross to raffle the animal off at an early date. ' 4 - Linn County Xear Quota, ALBANY r.. May 23. (Special.) MRS. C. M. CLARK IS DEAD Philadelphia Woman's Circle or Friends in Portland Large. Word was received In Portland last night of the death of Mrs. C. M. Clark at her home in Philadelphia, yesterday morning, after a lingering illness more than a year. Mra Clark was the wife of C. M. Clark, chairman of the board of directors of the Portland Railway. Light lc Power Company. She had a large circle of friends Portland and visited here from time to time. Her last visit to Portland was in October, 1916, upon the occasion of the wedding of her son. E. W. Clark, HI. to Miss Hazel Dolph, one of the leaders of Portland's youngest social set. , . Mrs. Clark is survived- by cr hus band, and three sons. E. W. Ill, Frank Clark and Sewell Clark. . Naval Authority of London sews Credits Convoy System, Arming of Merchantmen nd Destroy ers With Good Work. LONDON. Mar S3. The naval corre spondent of the Daily News, analysing theshipping losses for April, points dut that the total or amea ana neutral lnklngs was hardly more than a third if that of" a year ago. There is not any likelihood, he says, that there has been any marked decrease in tne snip ping entering and clearing sarts of the Although the effects of blocking the bases a Zeebrugge and Ostend and the placing of the great new mine field In the North Sea are not yet known, the Germans in the whole first quarter of 118. the correspondent shows, sank little more shipping than they did last year in a single month, while the total losses for each-quarter from April. 1917, up to the present have steadily fallen. Improvement te laerease. 'Wn am nntirelv lustifled in beli&V lnsr this Improvement will continue and be progressive." he writea Discussing the recent statement Dy Admiral Von Capelle. head of the Ger man admiralty, that the " number of German sublnarlnes had Increased, the correspondent declares that the rate of destruction of U-boats has now passed the rate of construction and he asks why, if the number has grown, an in creased number of U-boats is doing so very much less damage. . The correspondent gives several rea sons for the lower rate oi sinKings. Among "these is' the convoy system. Another is the arming of merchant men, wrnle the- increased number of destroyers, patrol boats and seaplanes is also a factor. Perhaps most Important of all. be thinks. Is the unification of command and methods in the Mediterranean. New Tonnage Exceeds Lossta The correspondent further asserts that the construction of new tonnage throughout the world has overtaken the rate of destruction, while the Brit lsh themselves are within a reasonable distance of the point where their own output in a month will exceed the month's total losses. The enemy Is destroying British, allied and neutral tonnage at the rate of about 3,600,000. tons yearly, while Great Britain and ber allies and the neutral countries will very eoon be producing tonnage at a rate of aboTit 4.000,000 tons yearly, writes Archibald Kurd, the naval expert, in the Dally Telegraph. That favorable situation, he declares. should be reached in a few weeks, and thence forward the upward curve in favor of the allies should proceed in a manner to convince the Germans oL their failure. An enemy destroyer has been sunk in the neighborhood of Zeebrugge by a direct hit from an airplane, the Admir alty announced today. 63 MILLION SUBSCRIBED ABOUT S20,O0,nOO RAISED FOR RED CROSS IX DAY, f NON-PARTISAN IS INDICTED League Organizer Impersonated Se cret Service Officer. WALLA WALLA.. Wash., May 2$. (Special.) Alfred A. Crow, organizer for the Non-Partisan League, was in dicted today by the Federal grand jury on a charge of impersonating a UnlMd States officer. Crow is already out on bonds. He was arrested here several weeks ago. He is chagred with repre senting that he was a secret service man and used this to help eet members for the league. ' It is cnarged that he carried a star which he exhibited to prospective members. V From all reports Linn County will go HINDENBURG STORY DENIED Germans Brand as False Statement of Attempts on Generals' Lives. LONDON, May 23. Rumors tt a re cent atempt on the lives of Field Marshal voa' Hindenburg and General Ludendorff are denied in a Berlin dis patch to the Koelnische Volks Zeitung, according to the Amsterd-m corre spondent of the Morning Post. - Greater New York Ralls X'p Big Total. Korty-tfcree Xattssal Banks Make Coatribmtioma. WASHINGTON. May 23. Approxi mately $20,000,000 was subscribed to day to the American Red Cross' second $100,000,000 war mercy fund, bringing the subscriptions reported up to tonight to a total of J63.949.611. Four more working days of the campaign remain, and officials were confident tonlsht tnere would d a large over-suDscri tion. Greater New York's subscription, as reported, totaled $16,294,53$. against its quota of $25,000,000. The Atlantic di vision outside of Greater New York lacked only about (1,500,000 of reach lng Its $10,000,000. i Large subscriptions reported in New York today were Carnegie Trust Com pany, $1,000,000; American Telephone & Telegraph Company, $250,000; Con solidated Gas Company, $100,000, and the Central' Trust Company, $92,000. . Forty-three National banks reported to the Controller of the Currency today that they had made donations to the fund, their subscriptions totaling $531 000. Other banks were expected to be heard from before the end of the cam paign, the total contributions from this source being reckoned at several mil lions- Memphis, Tenn., was the only city reporting today to go over its quota. its subscriptions being (173,793 and its quota (125,000. Many other large cities are near the top. subscriptions . cy divisions as an nounced tonight follow: Atlantic, lncludinc Greater New York (24.75U.799; Central. , 9S0.0O0; Lake, $5,464,673; Gulf. tl.47S.S79: Mountain. $1. 122.8S4:New Knsland. 2.74.rtG0: Northern. S2.3tl2.000; Northwestern. $1.8(18. 928: Pacific, S2.103.392: Pennsylvania. S2.821.24S; Poto mac ai,IKr.rid; rautnern. S2,37971: Souui western. sv.-ti,3; -oreis, S728.040. COPPER PRICE MAY STAY War Industries Board Committee Makes Recommendation. WASHINGTON. May 23 Recom mendatlon-that the maximum price of copper fixed by the government at 23 cents a pound at Eastern refiner tea be continued for 75 days beginning June 1 was made to President Wilson today by the price-fixing committee of the war Industries board. No official announcement of the ac tion was made. Final decision rest with the President, who is expected to issue a proclamation in a lew day fixing the price for the next period. The present price expires May 31. AUCTION IS BIG SUCCESS Continued Front First Pare- Wilson. N. G. Pike, and Judge Staple- ton, while members of the auction com mittee did yeoman service as 'well. The special auction committee was com posed of the following- members: H. E. Thomas, chairman: C B- waters, G. H. Douglas, J. A- Henry. ). L. Wright and W. U. Whiting. o 3Iost beautiful ladies stock in Portland must be sold at once. i Just Look at Prices and remember" during this sale Blank's Sample Shop will exchange all goods, and your money back if not satisfactory. Sample Coats, Sample Suits Sample Dresses Hundreds of beautiful Ladies Hats mostly sam n pies must be sold. SAMPLE DRESSES Silk Serges Georgettes some up to $37.50 must be sold at once at only 316.95 Up-to-the-Minute Styles SUITS Some run up to $35; Serges, Poplins, Silks and Gabardines, at only COATS Most Up-to-Date Up to $32.50 VELOURS POPLINS SERGES All sizes and shades. $12.95 v I $12.95 MILLIMERY Hundreds of beautiful Hats,rmostly sampleand some hats in this lot run up to $20.00, at only $2.95 and $3.95 Children's Coats V Price Dress Serge Skirts '. $2.95 Silk Sport Skirt .$3.95 SILK WAISTS Some run up to $12.50, at only $2.95 and $3.95 1 3 io7.o