Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, August 29, 1918, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Textt , 13 TIIE MORNING OBEGOXIANr THURSDAY, AUGUST ,29, 1918. PRISON LIST GROWS fourth Liberty Loan drive . has been perfected. Dr. A. J. Hodgea is general chairman for the county and heads of the different departments have been named as follows: Speakers, Dan Johnston; four-minute men. J. M. Hawkins; publicity, Georgo L. San ders: advertising. F. K. Churchill. More Americans Interned at German Camps. Chairmen various banking districts At banv. Dr. A. J. Hodges: Lebanon. S. C. Stew art; Scio, . C. Peery; Brownsville, W. P. Elmore: Harrlsburg, Georgo J. Wllhelm; Halsey. D. Tsvlor; Shedd. C. J. Shedd. Captains, Albany and territory trubutary First Ward, Dr. w. p. White; Second ward, Charles H. Burggraf: Third Ward, Henry Lyons and E. L. Umphrey; Calapooia Pre INDEPENDENCE MAN HELD clnct. O. A. Archibald; Orleans Precinc Heike Ohllng: Tangent Precinct, Homer Speer: Sunrise Precinct, Homer Dowd Price Precinct, A. R. McCall; Knox Butta Precinct, E. B. Wallace; Syracuse Precinct, Rev. Albyn Lsson; Lyons district, b. Brown. Lieutenant Ralph Floyd Reported to Bo at Karlsruhe Darmstadt, Rastatt, Clcssen, Merzbnrg Other Detention Points. FIVE SEEK DIVORCES . - .. - .. -, ... . - , y. 1yasfc- . ., , null mi , .mil ii si i sr nmi.. 4Wlliir.iiiii.iiii n n mi ilaylfsisl s.irs.iaisl.'isrli 'swltB.!. t A ,y jnn.,t .r .1... i l.-a ymmm, mi fT-?'.? "'V WASHINGTON. Aus. 28. American held as prisoners of war in German camps, with their home addresses, were announced tonight br the War Depart xnent aa follows: Camp Darmstadt Sergeants Theron E. Johnson. IVIlksebarre. Pa.: Hobert Kemp, Somerset. Pa.: Sydney J. Winship, Moscow, Pa.: Roy A. Hill. Scranton. Pa.: Peter 41 Coyle. Johnstown. Pa.: William F. Scott, Lebanon. Pa.: Corporals Joseph Schulte, NaniiooWe. Pa.; George M. Houck. Prlngle, Pa.: Cluster C. Coo It. wanego. w. va.; sia ney E. Brown. Marthavllle. la. : Edgar L. M. Crouse. Somerset. Pa.: Arthur B. Jenkins. Sydam. Pa.: Charles H. Doane, Terre Haute, Ind. ; Earl J. Smith. Gettysburg. Pa.: Rob ert D. Waterman. Scranton, pa.; Michael Connolly, New York: Nelson H. Ewing, Springfield. Ohio: Peter. J. Mccormick, Rox bury, Mass.; David L. Etcher. Somerset. Pa. Privates William Lagassy, Bristol, Conn. Peter Monaco, Schenectady, X. Y. : Oscar Leckman. lalton, Minn.: Samuel Chaskes. New York: John P. Becker, Philadelphia and Homer Steele. Chanute. Kan. Camp Rastatt Lieutenants Zenos R. Mil ler, Carthage. III.: George W. Puryear. Stona Hill Place, Memphis. Tenn.; A. M. Roberts, Oulfport, Miss.: William H. Oates. Hender onville, N. C; Alfred B. Baker, Washing ton. D. C. Camp Glessen Corporal John GTbwIckl. Faginaw. Mich.; Prlrates Howard R. Freer, Northampton, Pa.; William H. Ross, Phila delphia. Camp Karlsruhe Lieutenants Ralph Floyd, Independence Or. Clyde Vaughan, Liberty n, Texas. Camp Mersburg Privates Salvatore FIlo- mo. Philadelphia; Frank Monso, Italy; Daniel Stein. Philadelphia; Sergeant Thomas J. Jiines, Lynn, Mass. Camp Landshut Lieutenant Blanchard B. Sattle. Columbus, Gs, Camp Alchfield. Bavarfa Sergeant avia- tor Thomas Hitchcock, Westbury, N. Y. Unknown camp Lieutenants Richard V. Martin. Mechanicsburg. Ohio: Charles Frizzle, New York; Walter B. Wanamaker. Columbus. Ohio: Sturte McKeown. Fort Col lina. Colo.; Henry G. Maqlure. Newton, Mass. XLEUT. RALPH FLOYD AVIATOR Reported Prisoner Son of Parents Sow Living at Independence. IXDEPEXDEKCE. Or.. Aug. 28. (bpecial.) Lieutenant Kaiph Floyd, reported prisoner In a camp in Ger many, was born in Clarke County, Wasssing-ton, 23 years afro. He is the son of Mn. and Mrs. O. Floyd, who Jiave been residents of Oregon for sev eral years. The father is a shoe maker here. . . - "- - Younfr Floyd enlisted in the Aviation Corps in March of last year and took his training- at the aviation school at fan Diego, graduating January 1 this year, receiving his commission as Sec ond Lieutenant and started for New York February 1. Before going to the front Lieutenant Floyd took a course at various camps in France under French tutors. The last word received by the young man's parents was several weeks ago when he told of being In command of an aero squadron "somewhere" on the front. r." Xot -until The Oregonian ' broke the news had the "family heard , that the young son was a prisoner. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Am. 5S Mlllinnm t.mn.r alure. 6d degrees: minimum temperature. 5. drtrees. River reading, 8 A. M., 4.7 feet: change. In last -4 hours, none. Total rain- mil u t; jl. no o f. none: total rain Jail since eptcmbor 1. 1B17. an.r.u inches normal rainfall since September . 1. 4.Y0-J uienrs; ofucirncT oi raimau since septem ber 1. 1017. j.tii inches. SunM. '? a m sunset. 7:... P. M. : total sunshine. 13 hours :io minutes:- possible sunshine, la. hours minutes. jjonnrlso. ii:4a P. M.; moonset; :!:3S P. M. Barometer, (reduced sea level). a f. o.a Inches; relative humidity at noon, s-t per cent. - THE WEATHER. Wind STATIONS.: f tt at IVsathar Baker I Boise ,.....f 7H0 .001 IVTV Clear r..i !:"0 SlO 84 0 700 1.0(1 I L'; W Clear .nosion Calgary Chicago v.. Ienver , . . v. Tes Moines...'. Eureka ...... Galveston . Helena ...... Juneau Kansas City.. Los Angeles.. Marshfield Med ford Minneapolis . . ew Orleans.. New York . .. Xorth Head . . ,00 use ,ooi.. x OniiM'sw OO'IL'SR loud V "I Pt. cloudy Pr Inuiiv r.si Cloudy ,74 8 .001.. is-.O0T- .I.VW I t. cloudy Cleae :.vo 7S: Sri n .OOllLVSE Pr rlotlflv 411 74 ( ."t"."ij;l Tflns'0. 86 O 00:1 SW 00."."N "" .001. .ISW ( louay Haiti Ft. cloudr Clear 441 7fi 0 .0(V..;.NW Clear 6! 74 O Pt. . Hnudv TIl'ilXW! t:iear 701 S'i n. M 7'JO. Rliil'O'R tCIar OOilo.N Irioar -"ort h Yakima oof S4jn, 72;ion o .-OO .. SW riar I'hoenix . . . . . Pocatello Portland Itowburf . . Sacramento .. St. Louis . . . . Salt Lake .... San Die no San Francisco Seattl .ool. ,nw riear .00!t2SWlriar SCI! SO O. r..-.) s o 4S $8:0. fi-'jlOJll) .0014i.NW Clear 0o..N iciear OOl. .ivw Pl.ur OO'l'J SW iPt. cloudy 4I ,uo;ia,NW i lear 7in 74 0 74 0 0O)..(W. Oll .U SW OOil!i'V Clear Clear Clear Sitka. . . .1 r.-"o. OOjSW Rain Spokane . .. . . Taroma TaiBosh laid., tvaldcs TViattn Walla 4' r.4 OOl. .W oo.'io;x Cloudy Clear 4 I 2,0 4SI.. 44ttO0. IS!. . Rain ..'.I 82 0 7o( 7 0. 4S' BS 0 OO!. . XW:clear 'Washington . . Winnipeg' . . . -I Oil. ,!SR ICloudv oo;l NW Pt. cloudy t A. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair and warmer; moderate norinwesxeriy winds. Oregon and Washington Fair and warm er; moderate northwesterly winds. Idaho Fair and warmer. . EDWARD U WELLS, Meteorologist. Shortage to Bo Made Vp. KSTACADA. Or.. Aufr. 28. (Special.) It is expected that the city will not lose by the shortage in the water fund as it is Understood that it will be made (rood by relatives of the late recorder. Claude W. Devore, if lie does not do aa himself, ilia whereabouts are still un known. 1.1 n a Ready for Campaign. ALBANY. Or., Linn County's Aug! 2S. (Special.) Organization for the s 3 a- H 1 : o 2 : - e - a ; ft "TC. Made Intler y- Sr- . Patriotic rjlrv J . Slssdirds CRXEXTY AXD DESERTIOJT BASIS IX APPLICATIONS BY WOME. Use Clalmamt Says Husband Caused Her ChUd's Deafness Through His III Treatment. Anna Valentine is plaintiff in a suit for divorce filed yesterday against Angelo Valentine, whom she married a Vancouver, B. C. in 1312. She says she was deserted last Summer and de mauds the custody of their two minor children and $20 a month for thei support. Gross infidelity is charged against Fay Foes in the complaint of C. R. Foss. The parties were married at Vancouver, wash., in June, 1917. Extreme cruelty is charged by Lydla M. Knous in a suit against William H. Knous, who were married in 1894 and have two minor children. Th plaintiff demands their custody and SaO a month for their support. Katie B. Johnson says that Franklin T. Johnson has been cruel to both herself and her children. He caused her daughter by another husband to become deaf through ill treatment, she alleges. She demands the custody of one minor child and S2 a month In permanent alimony. Francis T. Atchison alleges both cruelty and desertion against Charles W. Atchison. They were married at Dale. Ia.. in 1892. The plaintiff asks for $30 a month alimony. MAYOR'S ORDER ARGUED MATTER OF ' SAFETY COMMISSION SECRETARY BEFORE COUNCIL. Commissioner BljreJow Proposes Mem ber of Police Department Be Ap pointed to Position A public safety commission with member of the police department acting as executive secretary and manager is the plan proposed by .Commissioner Bigelow yesterday. At the present time the commission s an unofficial body, with H. P. Cof- in serving as secretary-manager. The ordinance which proposes a secretary manager at a salary of $200 monthly, came before the council for considera tion yesterday. The recognition of the organization. aid Mayor Baker, was necessary in order that the responsibility of the work would fall on the city instead of upon an unofficial body of men. Commissioner Bigelow argued that the police captain in charge of the traf fic department could handle the work and the city would thus save the sal- ry. Mr. Bigelow stated he believed Mr. Coffin had done remarkable work for the city In the past two years. Commissioner Barbur said he would be opposed to the appointment of Mr. Coffin. . -The ordinanee, which was introduced by Mayor Baker, was sent to the City Attorney's department for amendments. WOMEN ADDRESS - CITY AND COCJT TY MEDICAL SOCIETY. Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar and Miss Emma E. Crlttlngrr Among; Principal Speakers. At a meeting of the City and County Medical Society last night at the Port land Hotel Mrs. Sadie'Orr Dunbar, ex ecutive secretary of the Oregon Asso ciation for-the Prevention of Tubercu lusis, and Miss Emma E. Grittinger, superintendent of the Visiting Nurse Association of this city, were among the principal speaker. Mrs. Dunbar gave an interesting talk on "The Open Air School," while Miss Grittinger spoke on "Observations of the Visiting Nuraes." . The general subject for the evening was "A Plea for the Pale Children of Portland." Dr. E. A. Pierce presided, also giving a short talke on "Bron chial Gland Complications." Dr. Clay ton Seaman spoke on "Tonsils and Adenoids."- Dr. J. B. Bilderback's topic was "Intestinal Disorders." Dr. J. W. Parrlsh spoke on "Exatnination of School Children." "The Teeth" was discussed by Dr. Arthur "W. Chance. Dr. Emma Mackie Wickstrom snoke on The Diagnostic Value of the X-Ray." Following the talks a general dis cussion was led by Dr. A A. Witham. BOY SHOOTS PLAYMATE Roy Baldwin, Aged 1 0, Lying at Point of Death in Hospital. Boy Baldwin, aged 10, is lying at the point of death at St. Vincent's Hospital from a bullet wound received when Robert Evans, aged 11, aimed a re volver at his playmate and shot him through the body while playinjy in the basement of the Belle Court Apart ments, 62 Trinity Place, yesterday af ternoon. Roy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baldwin, who have charge of the apartments. The bullet penetrated the boy's body one inch below his heart. His parents were down town shopping and occu pants of the apartments took the boy at once to a hospital. Police Inspector Morak' found that the Baldwin boy took the revolver from a bureau drawer in the basement and that Young Evans seized it and pulled the trigger to see it it was loaded. The latter is in the care of the Juvenile Court. SERVICE BUREAU EXPANDS Xciv, Quarters Secured In Northwest ern Bank Building. New and larger quarters for the sea service bureau of the Shipping Board because of tho unanticipated business being transacted in Portland was one result, of th. visit here of E. J. Griffith, J " ' I P S f Z fUM N sl I"' ssmM V'.'V ' mjl JT.X.-. 9i .... C-ats&W i .v . ,n . - .. vQj 1. ...sf-i, , - - iljt" ,,,! - rv isi as mr-:: -- - mn - --- -', yf , - ir.'riri Northwest chief of the bureau, who left for Seattle yesterday. Following a conference with Lieuten ant Harold Jones, local representative of the bureau, two rooms on the ninth floor of the Northwestern Bank build ing were engaged for use, beginning September 1. Additional office help will be employed, it is understood. The Portland office has been tak ing care of nearly 100 ' applications daily since its establishment a few weeks ago. GUARDS REPLACE WATCHMEN Shipyard Guardians Will Bo Uni formed at Portland Plants. Watchmen" in Portland shipyards are to be replaced by guards, according to Lieutenant R. A. Blyth, district guard inspector for the United States Shipping Board, and the 500 civilian guards now doing duty will be uniformed. Regular meetings of the guards, with speeches by members of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, will be a feature of the new organization plan. Discipline will be enforced through plant guard inspectors, who will be required to have had military or police experience. No reading of newspapers or books while on duty, and no conversations with other guards or with visitors will be among the rules strictly enforced., Marino Notes. Inspection of the Wilavls, Rainier tow boat will be completed by Inspactora Wynii and Edwards today. They plan to finish the Barabos. built by the Coast Shipbuilding Company, Friday. Countess Madeleine ds Bryas, French Red The illustration shows an "Ox ford" suit,, one of our many new Fall styles, and. a Byron overcoat, both drawn from life in our own shops. The "Oxford" is a beautiful model, with curving slash pockets, close high - fitting waist line, military cut back, and seamed cuffs on the sleeves. The vest m is cut in fancy style. Can be obtained in several colors and materials at $25.00. For we Cross nurse, ia this country In th tnterast of relief work In France, will speak to em ployea of the Grant Smith-Porter Company at 10 o'clock tonight. - Th Annie Larsen, schooner well known because of promlneuce In a German block ade runninr scheme at Graya Harbor two years airo, is reported a total losa on Maiden Island in the South Pacific. She was owned by Oliver Olson, of Ssn Francisco. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug-. 28. (Special.) Ths system of placing cadcta oa Jboard ship Is becoming; so popular that the steamship concerns are flooded with requests to take boys to sea, 'William Both, vice-president and general manager of the Matson line, aid today. Ha declared he had more de mands tor positions as cadets than could be cared for. With the first contingent of graduates from the training ship Iris released from their course of training today, nearly 200 oilers and water tenders and firemen are now at the disposal of the operating steam ship concerns, snd it Is now believed there will be less difficulty in supplying the shortage of men below -decks. -W. Leslie Comyn.. president 'of the San Francisco Shipbuilding Company, Is en route to Philadelphia, where he will con fer with ths United States Shipping Board officials regarding , the future programme of concrete ship construction. The company plsns to proceed immedistely with new work at the Redwood City plant and ex pects to have two vessels in course of con struction in a few weeks when the railroad faclities have been extended to the works. No report was made by ths lookouts of a Pacific Coast port on ths long-overdue Brit ish barkentine which was reported a month ago and later by a ateamer off the Cali fornia Coast. As the craft waa but 50 miles from a port when Isst reported and the officers announced that all was well on board, it is believed that the vessel will make a safe arrival in the near future. The stevedores coaling ships sre running tbe ship revuera a close race in the mat yi'ii jjssiiissi.siijLswjBsis; ajiu i siusim;isyy4.icssui ismyr"1"" mi mn sunn sssi sun i 'I'm sn n m ui.isiss 11 ssi .nm.! ,M inn,,, ..iBt,sjstsip,u.i-iu n ... i 'r J All ready for school. He'll work better, play better, feel better, if he's well dressed. Let his first grown-up suit and overcoat teach him a lesson in thrift. Buy them upstairs, because we save you money. You Can't Get Around This Upstairs rent IS lots lower than street-level rent. It DOES cost money to collect credit payments. 4 It DOES cost money when you give credit to somebody who never pays. Elaborate fixtures DO cost more than plain ones. Big buying power DOES get better prices. Big selling DOES make possible sailing at less profit. men and young men, have the best clothing values in the world $15 $20 $25 : Alterations Free Fit Guaranteed- Open Saturdays Till ter of wages was announced today by the manager of a big steamship line. About ISO a week, and in some instances the indi vidual score runs as high aa $115. This is on a par with the wages mads by the pluto. crats of ths shipbuilding plants. SEATTLE. tV'ash., Aug. 28. (Special.) At the regular meeting of the Port of Seat tle Commission today a resolution strongly objecting to the commandeering of the entire Northwestern output of creosoted piling by the War Industries Board for use at a Sa-a Francisco shipyard, and copies of the reso lution were wired to Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board, and to the Industries Board. The protest Is based on the need of thia piling in the construction of the pro posed new port terminal at Smith's .Cove, and unless the order is modified it will be necessary to build that pier- of concrete, thereby increasing the coat tremendously. The commission, at the request of Max Houser, Federal Grain Administrator, voted to adopt 15 cents a ton per month as the monthly storsge rats on bulk grain, histead of -5 cents, as had been contemplated. The Skinner Ac Eddy plant today launched We manufacture for Shipbuilders BOAT SPIKES BOLTS SHIP RIVETS NORTHWEST STEEL CX Portland, Oregon of every age, size and s TAKE THE ELEVATOR their sixteenth ship sinre January 1, and tha twenty-ninth vessel for the United States Shipping Board. , The vessel waa the West Humhaw, 800 tons, the hull construction of which was accomplished In 01 forking days, which grives the plant an average of 57 days for the lant 14 ships. Tne ship was christened by Miss Sally Harbausrh. the. l!i-y ear-old daughter of Kwrl M Harhntiirh, The standard Army Shoe made from top-grade materials by top-notch work men, under expert supervision. All the more reason why you should insist on the BuckhechT Army Shoe and accept no other. , Worn by thousands of men in all walks of life- Office Men Hikers Attorney Farmers Physician Orchardists Motormen Conductors Hunters Look for the name BuckhechT stamped on the sole of every Shoe. I he UuL-khecht Army Shoe Is BUCKfcffiCHT AB Mf ' ' "SHOE : Sold Portland by C. H. Baker. In Other Towns by Principal Deal at 8 P. Mi n j i a t i 1 3 9 E 1 l Jst M it- an official of the United States Steel-Trod-; ucts Company. .. : In the event of a successful' trial trip bf Injr held tomorrow. Skinner & KddV will have delivered an 8800-ton vessel in 11 days' following her launching, a new reenrd for .the concern, which has already placed "7 ships. iTicludlnR- a lo.oon-ton tanker, in the service' of the Shipping BoRrd. GUN METAL Ex ; r: '" $6to8 '. era. r. I ' ?r . ur . " s'- re.