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THE 3IORXING OREGOXIAN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918.
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Business Men Ask Relief From
Present Situation.
KNOTTY PROBLEMS ARGUED
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Industrial Welfare Commission to
Discuss Question of . Straight
Eight-Hour Day for Women.
A large delegation of business men
representing the drug, ice cream and
cigar store interests appeared yester
day afternoon before the Industrial
"Welfare Commission of . the state of
Oregon and asked that some relief be
given in the situation that faces these
business concerns -when the next draft
shall take a large proportion of the
men employed.
Some knotty problems were placed
before the Commission. The druggists
and cigar men desire that -women be
allowed to work in the evening. The
suggestion was made that the solu
tion to the many questions -would
resolve into calling a conference at
which would be considered a plan for
a straight eight-hour day for workers
in mercantile houses, the women to
chose their working time. It was de
cided that the Industrial Welfare Com
mission meet again tomorrow at 3:30
o'clock when the matter will be for
mally presented.
B. B. MacNaughton, chairman of the
commission, said: "I admit as the law
now stands there is an element of un
fiarness. It discriminates against some
men. The one way out would be the
eight-hour law for women."
Ruling- Criticised.
The particular ruling that came in
for the greatest amount of criticism,
and that which, the dealers eaid, will
make business difficult to manage
when the men able to do other work
are released, follows:
"No person shall employ any woman
In the city of Portland in any mercan
tile establishment, other than cigar
stands in hotels and confectionery
stores, later than 6 o'clock P. M." This
ruling they would like modified or re
scinded as a war measure.
Wilson T. Hume, speaking on behalf
of the dealers, asked the consideration
of the commission in regard to sus
pending the ruling" during the war so
that man power be released. With re
gard to cigar stores, he said he be
lieved the law had been made because
cigar stores years ago often were at
the entrance to saloons and now that
saloons are no more the cigar business
was as safe and cleear as any other
for a woman. He suggested that only
those cigar men who obtained permits
from the Welfare Commission be per
mitted to employ women in the even
ing. "There is no moral objection that I
can see, and it would release many
men for the prosecution of the war,"
added Mr. Hume.
Business Done In E-renlns.
Julius Louisson, speakingr for the cigar-
stores, said "practically all the
business is done in the evening, and it
doesn't seem right that a man doing an
exclusive business should be penalized.
A decent clean cigar store is a respec
table place in which a woman can
work. You can put an age limit on
the order if you please. We don't
want young girls. Sensible, business
like women are far better."
Mr. Hume stated that the druggists,
ice cream dealers, biscuit men and ci
gar men present were all interested
because in so many of the small stores
many lines were carried and many
families depend on the income
these 6hops fo rtheir support.
Dunne spoke in behalf of the
tores.
Questions Put.
"Whether or not a woman might sell
Ice cream on one side of the store
and step over on the other side and
sell a cigar was one of the questions
expounded, and whether the depart
ment stores and all kinds of business
concerns that now close would want
to open evenings if the bars were let
down was another question that came
up. John A. Kelly, president of the
cigar dealers, said he thought fhe pro
posed change would have no such dras
tice effects, but would release many
men for other ser-ice and would help
the small business men.
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Helen Ladd, III, has arrived at the,
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alan. Green
(Helen Ladd) and she, with her charm
ing young mother, is being showered
with floral tributes and congratula
tory messages. The future belle made
her advent on Saturday evening. Mrs.
Green Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Wesley Ladd, and her wedding was
one of the fashionable events of the
season a year ago last Summer.
Mrs. John Cran. who has been in
Honolulu visiting her niece for the past
year, returned to Portland Saturday.
She is at present the house guest of
her niece, Mrs. H. W. Mitchell, 381 East
14th street North.
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A luncheon was given by Miss
Fannie Craigberg' on Saturday after-,
noon at her residence in Irvington.
Covers were laid for six. Games and
cards were played. Prizes were won
by Dora Rotner, Golda Sigel and
Gusete Lubner. Those present were
Grace Blumivitch. Rosiline Levin,
Golda Sigel, Dora Rotner, Sada Lubner
and the hostess.
Miss Edna Mae Morrison and Oliver
Or Rudig were married Saturday at the
residence of Rev. Joshua Stansfield, of
the First Methodist Church. They will
make their home at Jennings Landing,
the Summer home of the bridegroom.
The couple were attended by Ir. and
Mrs. T. L. Perkins.
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Dr. Marguerite Crockett has just re
turned from France after two years'
service. Her first year was with the
American Fund for the French Wound
ed and her second year in a Y. M. C. A
hut near an artillery camp one mile
from a desolated village. The workers
there toiled under most adverse condi
tions, and the cheerfulness of the
women made the men say: "Well, if the
girls can stand it this way, we can,
too."
Dr. Crockett, in an interesting and
inspiring way, tells of her experiences.
one is here to recruit women for Y. M.
C. A. work overseas and expects to
form a local committee to pass on the
qualifications of applicants. She will
speak at a lujcheon at the University
Club on Thursday. The meeting will
be open to all interested. Reservations
may be made at the University Club,
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St. Ann's Charitable Society will meet
Thursday at 2:30 at the residence of
Mrs. L. K. Hodges, 594 East Ankeny
street.
WOMEN'S &
PatrioticService
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ister are requested to do so at the
earliest possible date at the league's
headquarters in Meier & Frank's au
ditorium. Members of the Oregon Chapter of
the United Daughters of the Confed
eracy are requested to be at U. S. Kan
nlng Kitchen today. Much fruit on band
will need the assistance of a large at
tendance. . . .
Oregon Field Artillery Auxiliary,
battwries A and B, will meet this even
ing in Judge Kavanaugh's courtroom,
580 Courthouse, instead of the- former
rooms, which are at present being oc
cupied by the Draft Board.
Woodlawn Circle will meet today at
3 o'clock in the school assembly halL
Miss Loulee Plumley will speak on so
cial hygiene work. Miss Merle Poul
son will give a group of violin num
bers and Miss Geraldine Rose will play
the accompaniments.
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The Navy and Marine Club will meet
this morning at 10 o'clock at the East
Side Business Men's Club rooms. This
is the first meeting of the season, and
all members are urged to be present.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
friends of the Navy and Marine Club.
Wonen'sClubs
THERE will be a private exhibition
of the war film "Crashing Through
to Berll" this morning at 9:45 at the
Hippodrome Theater for the benefit of
the workers of the National League
for Woman's Service and the chairmen
of their various divisions, as well as
for the press, all of whom are cordially
invited to attend. The picture will be
shown next week at the Star Theater
for the benefit of Uncle Sam's Kan -ning
Kitchen, a branch of the league,
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French classes under the auspices of
the National League for Woman's Serv
ice will open this evening in the Port
land Hotel, Mrs. A. van Roosendael, in
structor. Tomorrow morning at 10:30
the morning classes will commence,
also with Mrs. van Roosendael as in
structor, and today is the last oppor
tunity any one will have to join these
classes.
A class for teachers will begin in
automobile mechanics from 3:15 to
5:15, four days a week, in Adcox
school, and all those who "care to reg-
THE Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Presbyterian Church will
hold its regular monthly meeting this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The timely
question, "Red Cross and the Mission
ary Society," which is to be settled in
skit given by Mrs. B. A. Thaxter. Miss
V icia Mchols and Miss Agnes Syming
ton will be a feature of the afternoon.
As this is rally day, every member is
urged to be present, and a cordial invi
tation is extended to all new members
of the church and to all visitors.
a
George Wright Woman's Relief
Corps will meet for sewing tomorrow
afternoon in Room 525 of the Court
house. A large attendance of members
is desired.
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Auxiliary to Company C. lS2d In
fantry, U. S. A., will meet Wednesday
at s ociock in central Library. Busi
ness of importance will be discussed.
ana a run attendance is requested.
Members of the Progressive Woman's
League will meet this evening at 7:30
tnstead of 8 o'clock, in Central Li
brary in the story hour room. Each
member is requested to bring an art
icle to contribute to the linen drive for
the- Red Cross, and all members are
urged to be present.
The Portland Woman's Club will
meet on Friday at the Multnomah
Hotel. The music will consist of a
group of songs by Mrs. Petronella
Connolly Peets. The legislative depart
ment, Mrs. Lucia Faxon Additon, is in
charge of the programme and it will be
not only interesting but of vital im
portance, having in consideration bills
which are to come before the next Lee
islature. The programme begins at 3
o CJOCK.
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The members of the Monday Musical
Club entertained yesterday with a
luncheon at the Portland Hotel. Covers
were lam for 30, the affair being given
for the board of managers. Interesting
reports were reaa. Ten dollars' worth
of thrift stamps were- sold to the as-
semmea members. An interesting pro
gramme was given.
The Parent-Teacher Circle of Couch
School will meet this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in the assembly halL This Is the
ursi meeting or the season, and all
motners are requested to attend..
EXCESS NEARLY -S500
OVERSUBSCRIPTION" TO LOAN
SOW REACHES $458,500.
ENGINES MUST BE STOPPED
Pueblo, Colo., Cars, While Standing,
Must Sot Waste Gas.
PUEBLO. Colo. The City Commis
sioners have announced that Pueblo
officials will enforce rigidly an ordi
nance prohibiting automobile owners
from permitting their engines to run
while cars are standing. The ordinance
makes the practice a misdemeanor.
The Commissioners' announcement
was made after George McLagan, chair
man of the city and country fuel boards,
requested them to co-operate with the
boards in saving gasoline. In a letter
to the officials he said that truck driv
ers were the most common offenders,
some of them often leaving their en
gines running while their trucks were
reins: unloaded.
"Think of It, Elsa A New
Suit and a Bond All
in One Week"
"No mystery about it. I bought my
suit the same as I bought my bond
on easy payments. Seems to me you
can do so much more with your salary
when you use your credit. I had no
intention of buying a Fall suit until
I'd saved two or three months' pay as
usual. Paula dragged me downtown
the other day and we landed up at
Cherry's. Paula got togged out like a
millionaire and all she -did was make
a small payment down and walk off
with all these swell togs. So I Just
followed suit, for I could see" it was
more sensible to get the clothes and
have a full season's wear and take my
time in paying for them. There are
coats and suits and lovely Jersey
dresses and exquisite furs and all sorts
of pretty wearables for women and
any blessed one is yours to wear by
making a small deposit.
"They are at 389-91 Washington St..
Knock block." Adv.
15,000 Transportation Employes of
Oregon, and Washington Re
sponsible for 51,009,000.
Close to the half-million mark is
Oregon's oversubscription to the fourth
liberty loan, with the certainty that it
is to be further increased, though ac
tive campaigning is no longer in
vogue.
Yesterday's totals for city and state
show the gross quota to be exceeded
by 3458,500, with the oirter-state over
subscribtion figured at $353,750 ami
Portland's excess at $104,750. The
slight increase in outer-state returns
yesterday amounted to $23,750, from
Umatilla and Ialheur counties.
Portland's total remained unchanged
yesterday, owing to the fact that later
returns are still being audited. It Is
probable that the city's oversub
scription will be materially increased
by today's report
New totals for the transportation
lines of Oregon and Washington, under
the jurisdiction rf J. P. O'Brien, Fed
eral manager, show that 15.000 em
ployes have subscribed for Sl.009,000 in
fourth liberty bonds. The total for the
Spokane. Portland & Seattle system has
Increased to approximately $240,000.
These subscriptions, it is stated, will
be apportioned among communities
where the subscribers reside.
Eclipsed by $458,500, Oregon's quota
of $33,800,000 has been voluntarily
raised to $34,258,600. with every pros
pect that the close of the official drive
will be marked by a further substantial
increase.
operations, ever
the most gigantic
undertaken at home.
j. ne x-anama construction force was
40.000 men; hens it is a good sized army
in itself. It includes engineer troops
and laborers of all kinds for the con
structive work and foresters for fur
isning the material of construction,
' b aown lorests, running saw-
whis. supplying timber and lumber.
The call for material is mi ir.m.n
dous that the forestry force will have
to be increased before lone-. Alreartv
it is running 70 sawmills and 200 more
are required to keep up with the con
struction. With this increase the engi
neering iorce engaged on construction
will reach more than twice as many
as were employed on the Panama
canal, the largest previous construe
tive work the united States ever under
took.
Travelling across France from tHe
seacoast. one sees tne magnitude
mis Ar.ierican constructive work a
every hand, from the ten miles of new
docks and piers at the ports, then the
American railway, telegraph and tele
phone lines, vast areas of warehouses.
snops ana lactones and finally the gre
stretches of military camps and bar
racks for this Army of over a million
.'American troops. But while one see
this work In immense detcher parts, it
Is only at Army headquatrers that de
tails are available on the magnitude of
the work as a whole.
On the one item of timber and lum
ber for this construction, the Army
foresters are called on to furnish
Beautifies
$150 -REFUNDED J. WILBUR
Ball Put rp for Others a Tear Ago la
Now Returned.
Kchoes of the raid made by Sheriff
Hurlburt a year ago at Julius Wilbur's
former bootlegging: resort, Claremont
Tavern, were head yesterday before
the County Commissioners, when the
board refunded to Wilbur $150 which
he deposited on the night of the raid on
behalf of six prominent Portland people
who were arrested at that time.
These Portland people never appeared
at the trial, Wilbur being convicted
without their presence. Because of the
fact that they gave fictitious names.
it was impossible for them to be locat
ed. Now that Wilbur is said to have
quit all his bootlegging operations and
inasmuch as the $150 bail was exacted
without any court process, the board
decided, on the recommendation by Dis
trict Attorney Evans, he should re
ceive the refund.
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pearly white complexion -Brines back the
soft smooth appearance of youth. Results,
are instant and improvement constant. f
Gouraud's
Oriental Cream
edd 15c for Trial feix.
FERD. T. HOPKINS St SON. fim
York
CONSTRUCTION WORK HUGE
Titanic Tasks Performed by Arm)
Engineers In France.
TOURS, Central France. (Corres
pondence of the Associated Press. )
American Army engineers are doing
more constructive work in France to
day than was ever done on the Panama
Canal, stupendous as the engineering
project was and more also than was
ever done in a day on all the river
and harbor work of the Vnited States.
This comparison gives some idea of the
magnitude of the Army construction
now going on in Europe, exceeding
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but "gives," workmanship so supremely re
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It cannot shrink because df the process every
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OLDS, WORT MAN ? KING
Wholesale Distributors
nearly 500.000,000 board feet of timber
of which about 300,000,000 feet is sawed
lumber. This 600.000,000 feet is no
rough guess work, but Is the estimate
of requirements carefully worked out
by the engineers. The precise total of
these estimates is 44,79J feet, or over
96.000 miles of lumber.
This lumber is required to build
docks, barracks, for trench timbering,
railway construction, building: barges,
warehouses, hospitals, railway cars and
for telegraph and telephone poles. This
with the provision for firewood makes
the huge total of nearly SO0. 000.000 feet
which the engineering foresters must
supply for this constructive work. It
Is this which will Increase the forestry
force three fold and increase the saw
mills they are running to nearly 300.
the canal remains closed. Strive as the
Germans will by slave-driving methods
to reestablish Zeebrugge as a practl
cable harbor for their submarines, the
continuous air offensive of the British
airmen maintains the effect of the Brit
ish navy's work.
Eleanor Woodruff, after two years as
leading woman for Otis Skinner, Is con
sidering a flattering offer to return to
the pcreen.
CANAL NOW UNDER REPAIR
Thousands of Men Engaged on Ze
bmgge Waterway.
AMSTERDAM Thousands of laborers
are now engaged in repair work on
the Zeebrugge Canal, according to a
frontier correspondent of the Telegraaf.
They are working under the direction
of German military engineers on the
mole, the locks and te walls of the
canal, in an attempt to clear the canal
of the cement-weighted cruisers which
were sunk there by the British.
The Telegraff reports that all the
repairs which have been carried out at
Zeebrugge Harbor, mole and locks,
have been destroyed by airmen, and
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We urge those who
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a fur until needed.
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the famous Marmola. Prescription and now.
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druggists sell Marmola Prescription Tab
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can get them by sending price direct to the
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