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12 TJTP . 3IORNTXG OREGONIAN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1918. HERO'S LIFE PAYS III FORI ilCR'QRnHn m LIIUUUIIU r 1 1 ! :T. : i ; ; . , : i ; n i n i : r : Tin i I i i i : iiM'HPSlltCTS L I ill PI J MM III I I I II I Mil IV III; I I I II MIM mrca Slackers and Shirkers Put to Shame City's Pride Hum bled by Citizens' Apathy. I ' 1 1 I BY OK P TP rrE F. C O RBETT ( OR the benefit of the Belgian and l the U. S. Grant Hotel Monday In time Tench orphans a dance will be I to witness the taking of the big film at tne BaiDoa KarK naval xrainmg bi tion. when 30,000 relatives, friends and sweethearts of San Diego boys "over there" paraded before the camera, that their relatives, friends and sweethearts might enjoy a glimpse of them when the Aim is shown in the Y. M. C. A. huts abroad. Iven this evening at Laurelhurst Club, to which everyone in the city Is invited. It will be an informal affair, and all club members are especially urged to attend and bring their friends. The patrons and patronesses consist of a long list of prominent men and worn en of the city. Another benefit for Army men as well as sailors is the silver tea to be CAMPAIGN WILL GO OmZn?m!?&?lAZg street, LurtlhurL The proceeds will Determination to Win Expressed. Organization Ordered to Remain Intact Plans 'Laid for De tails of I'inal Drive. LIBERTY LOl.1 WORKERS COM MANDED TO STAY BY SHIP. In the face of the fact that Tortland has not kept her prom ise to announce victory today in the fourth liberty loan, workers and officers of the city divisions are hereby ordered to remain with the organisation until the quota of Iis.400.uu0 is raised. l"p to last night not more than 113.000.000 had been re ported, with scarcely an addi tional tl.0o0.00O In sight. The deficit is not less than $4,500,000. PORTLAND 13 IN THUS FIGHT TO WIN. EFFORT WILL. NOT CEASE UNTIL. THE LAST DOL LAR HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED. NEW AND MORE DRASTIC MEASURES ARE TO BE USED IF ESSENTIAL TO VICTORY. x Workers of Portland's cam paign: You are volunteers In a 7 - ! ..4 ..... . n 9 t sacred cause. You are pledged to i a finish fight. Instructions re- garding the final phase of the task will be Issued to you. EMERY OLMSTEAD. Chairman, t GUY TV. TALBOT, T General. be given to the Red Cross Society, and everyone interested is invited to at tend. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Babcock have returned from a month's trio to Tacoma ana v ancouver. Is, c. Arleta, Assembly, United Artisans. will give the first of a reriea of dances this evening at Myrtle Park Hall. Myr tie l-ari station. Mount Scott carline. An Interesting marriage of recent date was that of Miss Norma E. Hope and Ensign R. James Rasmussen, who Is now en route to San Francisco to receive further orders. The wedding took place on Septem ber 19 at the home of the bride's parents. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L W. Hope, of Vale. Or. Mr. Ras mussen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rasmussen, of Forest Grove, Or. The young couple are graduates of Pacific university, in the 1916 class. The bride will remain with her parents for the present. . Dr. and Mrs. A. Tllzer will leave this evening for a couple of months' trip to Paso itobles. Cal. e Mrs. F. R. Ferris entertained Tues- Iday with a luncheon in the main dining- room of the Hotel Portland. Covers were laid for ten at a table decorated in delicate pink and lavender asters and ferns. a l OAfl uitKjxj, Lai., epc - i special. J I Miss I. Hendrix and Mr. and Mrs. C J i R. Pumelson, of Portland, registered at WomensGlubs THE trinket and treausre fund of the J. Red Cross, which has Portland headquarters at the Red Cross Shop, is soliciting donations of metals of all kinds. Jewelry which cannot be resold for the benefit of thv. Red Cross at the shop Is turned over to the Govern ment for Immediate use in the manu facture of war materials. ... The county convention of the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union will be held in the Methodist Church, South, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 1 and 2. The first session will open at 1 o'clock Tuesday, with devotions, by Mrs. Laura Dot son; organization of the con vention. confirming committees, and re ports of local unions and county super lntendents. Music for the convention will be in charge of Mrs. C. W. Barzee. At 7:30 o clock Tuesday evening an ad dress will be given by Bishop Sumner in the church. Devotions will be led by Mrs. Earl Du Bois, and the music ill be given by the choir of the church. " Wednesday morning the convention will open at 9:30 oclcx, with devo tions by Mrs. Lucy King: reports of officers, election of officers, election of delegates at large to the state con vention. The afternoon session will open at 2 o'clock, with devotions by Mrs. Edith Whiteside; memorial serv ices, conducted by Mrs. Jane M. Don aldson. At this service M s. Et'fie Lucia will sing "The Shining Shore," and Mrs. M. Alice Hanson will sing "No Night There." An address will be given by J. P. Bragg, a Y. M. C. A. worker from Washington. His topic Is "A Day n the Hospital at Vancouver. A re port of the resolutions committee and confirmation of county superintendents will conclude the session. so you see that the eyes of the world are on our state.' IT.. 1 1 .AAA mltnmnltll.. n I. A (Ontlnned From Wrt P.ge.) r.nrtvnii vo.torria v mnrninir In mourning stood In Liberty Temple ssuei oy Aaron Frank, chairman of the yesterday morning prefacing her ap- I special committee, and paraded in four plication with tne single iow-vuu.su divisions through every section of the comment. I city, their accompanying musicians The check she tendered was the nrst I wakinir with more or less tuneful Insurance payment for tne a earn oi ner 1 clamor. son who fell in France. I All day long and late Into the night "How are vou paying for your Dona I the electric announcers in the down- if at all?" is the query that Is leveled town district bore word of the fourth at every citizen. I liberty loan vocal in the midst of the Portland, with a quota or iis.uu.uuu. i hurrvln crowds, with little knots of ttanda distant from the goaL'With $14,- IneoDle eanine un At the hnriv that SDokfi 000.000 nledged and in prospect, anaiso amazingly. But in the special lea with not more than 113,000,000 actu-1 tures headquarters perspiring orators ally subscribed. I relayed one another at the task of Outer-state counties, with a com- I .neaklne into the transmitter, that bined quota of $15,538,000. but without none of the city's citizens might say the wartime prosperity that is tne that he had not hear! city's, lacked $3,500,000 last nignt. wiin The following counties have reported an estimate of over $12,000,000 in sub-1 100 per cent subscriptions, according to scriptions. i returns compiled by John L. Etheridge, Determination to Wlm Expressed. state director of organization I U.uu Rk-.. T air f In.nln THlammlr "We have lost the first round," runs I DeMhutM. Eherman. Gilliam. Wuhlnclon. a statement issued last night by Chair- I Waxco. Coos. Clackamas. Yamhill. Curry, man Olmstead and General Talbot, OI I Douglas, Wallowa, Columbia, Wheeler, Lane, the citv forces, "but are determined orani. to win within the next few days. The I The following towns have subscribed city organization Is ordered to remain 1 100 percent: intact. Every report now in the hands of field workers will be tabu lated before Sunday morning. "There will be no cessation In the city campaign. On Sunday plana will be laid for the details of tne rinai drive. Such plans will Include the fer reting out of slackers and the publica tion of their names. But. above all. we must raise the deficit within a few days and the purpose of every worker must remain firm to the end. "The organization has served loyally ind welL But the phlegmatic and selfish disposition of many citizens of Portland is an unsolvable problem and is the basic cause for our failure to announce Immediately the close of the campaign. Eumcter. Monroe. Thllomath. Canby. E- taeada. Alllwaukte. Molalla. Bandy. Wilson, vllie. Westport. Wauna, Knappa. Warrenton. Coble. Rainier. Dr Island, North Bend, Belief la State Still Holds Belief that the outer-state counties of Oregon, in the aggregate, will finish their combined quota before Portland, Is expressed by both Robert K. Smith, state campaign manager, and John 1 Etheridge, state director oi organiza tion. Already a number of the coun ties have reported completed quotas. COXCERXIXO EXEMPTIOV. OS LIBERTY BO.D3 OF THE FOURTH ISSIE. Inquiry concerning the ex emption measure governing lib erty loan bonds, instituted by Guy W. Talbot, general in com mand of the Portland drive, yes terday brought the following message from Representative C N. McArthur at Washington, D. C: "Interest on $30,000 or less of fourth liberty bonds and on $45.- 000 or less of first, second and third loan bonds exempt from excess profits, war profits and surtaxes by bill which has passed ing that it was his misfortune not to be able to serve America in the field. T. W. Sheridan, the blind cigar deal er. whose stand Is in the City Hall, bought a $o00 bond yesterday, expect ing to meet the payments from time to time with the profits from his business. 20,000 ESSAYS ARE PREPARED School Children Compete in Fourth Liberty Loan Contest. Twenty thousand liberty loan essays were written by Portland school chil dren in, the contest conducted in con nection with the campaign Just draw ing to a close, and these have been passed upon by teachers in the several schools. The best ones have been sub mitted to the publicity committee of the loan campaign, who will award the prizes. L. R. Alderman, superintendent of war activities in the Portland schools, who had charge of the contest, said yesterday that some remarkable essays were written, the subject being 'My Liberty Bond and I." , Liberty bonds will be awarded as prizes in the contest as first awards. the winner In each grade to be so re' munerated for effort put forth in the undertaking. All children of the state participated, and the competition came to a close yesterday. It is expected the decision of the publicity committee will be announced during the coming week. Specialfor Saturday CREPE DE CHINE AND CEORCETTE Blouses $3.95 Lovely' new embroidered and , beaded models in Georgette crepe, in the new round an1 square neck effects that are such a delight to behold. Tailored modes in crepe de chine, prettily hemstitched and tucked $3.95. Crepe de Chine and Wash Satin Underwear $1.95 Envelope Chemise of crepe de chine, trimmed with braids of filet lace and satin ribbon $1.95. Undervests of light weight wash satin, finished with hemstitched lucks and hems $1.95. Camisoles of wash satin and crepe de . chine, tailored and lace trimmed mod' els $1.95. THE NEW FRINGED PETTICOATS $4.95 The Last Word in Petticoats! Of all-silk jersey, in all the favored shades. , j49-isi73nmdiSay FUR?. fcsaaWJaaaaar BrPBS 'BsaVflHr''sF 1B TWa!T Starting Tomorrow FOUR DAYS X I both houses and which is now I In the hands of the President." "Oregon and Portland have set their i-nTE ol. 'ook'ln strength to the task, said Manager Rd R-dmond. LmPlne. Riddle. Myrtl. Smith last night. "There can be no Jcreek. Yoncalla, Sutherlln. Arlington. Condon. turning back now, no relaxation oi er- tieneca, isiivlta, izee. Frame city, uranite, fort II i hiirhlv nrobable that con-I Auatln. Canyon City. Ritter. Fox. Hood River, tinued effort, strenuous and unselfish. Albraon. Crane. Lawen Drewsey. Flelda. v. ain for Both the oveted Jatkaonvllle. iladraa. Metouua. uat.way. w may yet 'or coin tne coveiea M crmndview. A.hwood. Warm sprtnss. honor of first announcing full quotas L.ulver Grlley. Hay Creek. Lakeview. Fre- io mo iroeuum imiu. o.ivun w montt piuen. ort kock. ivew fine ireea, borne well in mind that success hangs Ooofe Lake, Paisley, lakewood. Summerlake. upon a scanty handful of hours, and Silver Lake. Coburc, Newport. Waldport. To that every moment is precious If we ledo. Sii.ts, Orton. Elk Creek. Eddyvjii.. , win" I . BKI1 . 11 IC. 1.1L, lyitB, u 1 lull, jwav uwft.i U . . 1 ... Albany. Lebanon. Scio. Harrisburs. Halsey, consider tne apirn oi un v.uuuij, i . . ... ,, D, s.... ui.r absolutely drought - stricken, where oerval Mill Olty. Bllverton. St. Paul. Lex Chairman Bernard Daly advises us that I inn ton. Bay City. Cloverdale. Tillamook, the quota has been douDly sunscriDea. I Wherler. Conklin. Moro. brass v alley; waaoo. aid John L Kthehidge. state director of Glendale. Roaeburit. Drain. Gardiner. Hot organizations. That is the sort of fight I-". Enterprise Wallowa. Loitine, ..I. .h I,-,,, i. 1H., .H Klora. Uufur. Mail pi a. M osier. The Dalles. on it I confidently base my belief that v,Mhlnlton. Banks. ' Beaverton. Gasco, the sister counties oi Aluunoman will I Forest Grove. Cornelius. North Plains. Amity, distance her." I Carlton. Dayton. At city headquarters little time Is I The following towns have subscribed being wasted over the "spilled milk 1 75 per cent of their ruotas: of the preliminary pledge promises.! corvallia. Oregon City. St. Helens. Scap- Far Irom being aisneartenea ny tne I pooie. Bandon. John Day, Burna, Eugene, luirrard resDonse of Portland to the Florence. Creawell. Nyasa. Jordan Valley, quota call, the campaigners are busily Monitor. Latayette. lIcMlnnvllle. La Grande, devising a new offensive which is to New berg. TWIlamlna, YamhilL make duty stand forth as never before.! The following towns have subscribed and which is to bring the drive to an SO per cent of their quotas: end during the first part of the week. I ciatskanle. Med ford. Talent. Aahland. Cen rii,. I tral Point. Gold Hill. Junction City. Cottage St -lackers. Grove. Springfield. Aumsvllle. Independence. There Is to be no further quarter for Pendleton. Adams. Umatilla. Pilot Rock, slackers. That much has been laid down Athena. Weaton. Freewater. Milton. Echo, as a rlcld nrinciDle of the final oner- Sienriem. Hermiaion. rtenx. union, oner atlons. In the possession of the city woou- """""r"' committee are the names of many men and women who do not wear the but ton of the fourth loan, though amply able to do so. Also the names of those who have failed to subscribe in keeping with their resources and their incomes are known to the committee. - "Slackers and shirkers alike, there is VAUDEVILLE TO BE REPEATED Encore Performance Before Iilbertj Temple to Be Given at Soon Today. So successful was the vaudeville rally scarce a whit of difference between before Liberty Temple yesterday noon them." is the expressed opinion. "Vpon that ,t wlu be repeated at the same ..... -n-- iir im.r,a i h,mi th.m hour toaay, announced Milton R. Klep down, to dig them out. to ask them Per. state manager of the speakers' bu- whv. Unon their answers depends their reau. . Several thousand spectators wit treatment. For the name of every nessed the novel acts yesterday, and It slacker is a thing of shame, and it Is predicted that today's gathering will should be known and separated from be largely Increased the names of men and women who are Vaudeville performers from the Or loyally with this loan:" I pheum. Hippodrome, Pantages, Strand Every Worker to Stay o Doty, ?.ot one recruit in me cuy neia ni- voice the liberty loan message. Com visions, mustering more than 6000 munlty .inging of the National anthem Zi . ,. . " , , j , I will conclude the programme. 1 nere will dv wuia iur an, nuu wuia In nUtitv. drrlnrt the - leaders of the drive. At tomorrow's conference, where BLIND decision is to be reached upon the final ance Monday morning. re Doins Their Bit." Word of the success or failure of Ore- I gon is not confined to local hearing, as Though many Portland people appear testified to by a letter received by Mrs. i to be spiritually blind to the signifl K. R. Markham. of Lake Orove. whose cance of the fourth liberty loan, those SUBSCRIBE TO IXAX husband is with the 18th Engineers.-In a letter from her husband, which was brought to the attention of the Liberty Temple yesterday, is this significant comment on the last loan: "1 notice In the Army edition of the London Daily Mail that Oregon has oversubscribed the third liberty loan; upon whom the physical affliction of darkness rests seem to see clearly what It means to serve one's country. There are numerous instances on record at Liberty Temple of the blind who have subscribed to the loan. One of these, a young man under 30, purchased a bond yesterday, comment- ODDFELLOWS BEHIND LOAN Loyalty of Hassalo Lodge Members Expressed at Patriotic Sleeting. Impressive patriotic exercises were conducted last night by Hassalo Lodge No. 15. I. O. O. F in the temple at, First and Alder streets. In the absence of Past Grand Master Sawyer, who was to have delivered the principal address. Grand Warden Johnson spoke on "Fraternalism and Patriotism," showing the loyalty of lodge members and urging them to subscribe to the liberty loan. Vice-President Jarvts, of the Re bekah Assembly, spoke on the same subject, and closed her talk by singing "Keep the Home Fires Burning." Elizabeth Meldrum, marshal of the Rebekah Assembly, gave a short address along, patriotic lines, while musical numbers by young people were especially appropriate and well ren dered. BOHEMIANS CO OVER THE TOP Malln District, Klamath, First to Subscribe Liberty Loan Quota. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) More than $50,000 on the county quota for the- fourth liberty loan, which is J485.000 was subscribed at noon Thursday, the first day that the pledges have been received, ac cording to Chairman Arthur Wilson. Reports today show that the Malin dis trict, a Bohemian colony. In south eastern Klamath, is the first to go qver tne top with its quota of J13.500. Oak GroTe Will Celebrate. OREGON CITf. Or.. Sept. 27. (Spe clal.) Oak Grove has gone far over the top, and to celebrate the event there will be a big rally meeting at that place Saturday evening, when tne speaker of the evening will he Milton A. Miller, of Portland. The quota was 3900, but $5000 was raised. WORKMEN' BUY . LIBERALITY Industrial Employes Are Generous buyers of Liberty Bonds. Two Industrial reports well calculat ed to stir the emulation of other Indus tries were received at L'iberty Temple last night. They were those of the Pacific Marine Iron Works and the Grant Smith-Porter shipyards. With 185 employes, the Pacific Ma rine Iron Works reports $27,700 sub scribed, or a per capita average of $148. Every employe owns a bond, une firms own subscription was an addl tional $17,500. The employes of the Grant Smith- Porter yards reported $650,000. Brain Exceeds Loan Quota. DRAIN, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) Drain and vicinity had oversubscribed their liberty loan quota $8200 tonight. 3 STREET RALLIES HELD Fraternal Organizations Sponsors for Liberty Loan Meetings. To the skirl of bagpipes and the strains of brass bands, thousands of Portland citizens turned last night to ward the mammoth liberty loan street rallies that were held simultaneously in the downtown district. The rallies were three in number, and were conducted under the auspices of the fraternal organizations of the city. At Sixth and Alder streets the rally was under the direction of E. P. Martin. Before Liberty Temple a second meet ing was held, with H. S. Hudson pre siding. Another rally was conducted before the Y. AC C. A. building, with Frank Lonergan as presiding officer. Speakers, bands and musical numhers were featu: ;s of all threo, each con cluding with the congregational sing ing of the National anthem. , loresters Respond Liberally. Employes of the United States For estry Department responded liberally to the call for purchasers for liberty bonds, and the total represented by subscriptions made by the 67 employes was announced last night to be $8600. An address was delivered Thursday evening by John A. Lee, of the speak ers' bureau, who visited the Beck build ing and presented liberty loan facts to the forestry force. Meetings Announced for Today. The following liberty loan meetings for today have been announced by the speakers'- bureau: Judge Wallace McCamant, Florence Judge George W. Stapleton, Salem. "Walter H. Evans. Salem. Sergeant Dave Wells. Madras. Lieutenant J. A. Gallagher, Heppner. Rev, A. A. Morrison, Hillsboro. - W. Lair Thompson, Salem. . . George A. Brown. Salem. Milton A. Miller, Oak Grove school house. Dr. K. H. Pence, Peninsula shipyards. Corporal Gibson. Civic League. CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Sept. 27. Castle Rock district's apportionment in the fourth liberty loan is $59,7a0. The organization is making every effort to be able to report the full quota raised by Saturday morning. yours i Your new model for season of 1918-19 is now ready and waiting for you, Madam, at The New Petticoat Lane Shoe Store for Women south side, 2d door from Park in your favorite color and lowly priced, at from $6 to $15. A new and complete service that will aston ish and please. irapsain o t?7 7 ' 1 I 1 11 m m lis 1 1 sv jm jm jbf 1 mM - m w msm m i i - i It 1 DHAIS WORKERS need light, energizing I I food. Snow Flakes and milk or cheese ft - 7 M make a nourishing, eattlly digested lunch. f I Snow Flake are ertxp, delicious, aalted tE J rrackers. Dr. At water's table of food values jL - J gives aoda crackers 1K7& calories per pound, I . , 4 mn compared with steak at l75 calories l eggs ff ", I 635 calories. if . I Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. I- - ; . I PORTLAND. 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