Morning Oregonian., October 21, 1918, Page 14, Image 14

TIIE MORNING OREGOXlAx, 3IONDAT, OCTOBER 21, 1918.
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"HOLD YOUR BUS"
CAMPAIGN STARTS
Better Business Bureau of City
Ad Club Begins Work.
MERCHANTS ASKEDTO HELP
ppwnnl Investigation of Field
Ebows Treatment Man Gets
Who . Tries to Sell.
The better business bureau of the
TWtlund Ad Club Is using Its orgamaa
tion to educate holders of liberty bonds
In the importance ot retaining these
securities.
An attempt is being made to dis
courage their sale at less than, the
market value. where holders are
obliged by circumstances to sell, and to
acquaint owners with the cash, value
of the bonds.
Tk. hnroau has suggested to mer
chants of Portland that they refrain
from advertising that bonds will be
accepted in payment for merchandise,
in accordance with a. statement from
the Secretary of the Treasury pointing
out that when so exchanged the pri
mary object of their sale is defeated.
-It discourages thrift and increases
expenditures, thus depriving the Gov
ernment of material ana uoor
for war purposes, reads me state
BienL Teat Sales Made.
In pursuance of an Investigation as
to the treatment accorded holders of
bonds who offer them for sale C. .
English, manager of the Better Busi
ness Bureau, in the guise of a worker
obliged to sell a. bond, sold eight SaO
bonds at prices ranging from $47 to
S48.34. all of the third issue, me pur
chasers and amounts paid being as fol
lows: Elwood Wiles. 147.04: Jonn u
Wilcox. 147: Morris Brothers, $48.34; C
O. Kummell. $47.34; Lumbermen's Trust
Company. $48.23: Keeler tsromers.
$47.74: Clarke. Kendall & Co.. $47.63;
the Devereaux Mortgage Company.
$48.
An operative employed by the Better
Business Bureau supplied with six
bonds of the third issue called on a
number of firms and individuals that
had been reported as dealing in liberty
bonds to ask for loans on or offer the
bonds for sale on the representation
that he was obliged to raise some
money.
Leas Made at Dlseoamt.
At the Reliable loan Office, 130
Third street, he was Informed that the
office did not buy bonds, but would be
glad to lend money on them at the rate
of 3 per cent Interest for 30 days. A
loan of $25 was first offered on a $50
bond, then $30 and finally $35. After
some dickering the operative was fin
ally paid $40 for the bond in currency.
The Pacific Loan Office. 43 Third
street, paid $4i.for a bond, but first of
fered $42.50 and endeavored to pur
chase it for $-5 cash, and $25 in mer
chandise. "The difference of a dollar in the
price of a $50 bond may not seem very
much. said Mr. English, discussing the
Interesting fine points of the sale of a
single liberty bond by its owner, "but
in every case where the holder of the
bond is obliged to sell that dollar is
one he can ill afford to sacrifice."
KLAMATH FALLS HAS HOPE
Adjustment of Freight Rates Slay Be
Made by Administration.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Oct. 20.
(Special.) Although the move of the
Government In taking over the rail
roads delayed the adjustment of the
freight rates between Klamath Falls
and outside points, which had been
sought for several years by members
of the Klamath Commercial Club and
Business Men's Association,. and which
was looked for just at the time of the
change In management, there is still
a good chance for the equalization, ac
cording to a letter just received from
Bishop & Bahler, San Francisco attor
neys employed in this matter.
It Is believed that the Government
will not refuse to remove the discrim
ination in the way of class freight
rates which now exists here, when the
facts are made clear. The letter ex
presses the hope an adjustment may
be secured at an early date.
NEW REGIMENT TO START
Public School Children to Resume
Sale of War Stamps.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special) Or
ganization of the Sixth Junior Rain
bow Regiment will be started at once.
Superintendent Churchill announced to
day. Work of these regiments was
discontinued a few months ago, after
five of them had been organized and
more than $2,000,000 worth of war sav
ings and thrift stamps had been sold
through the pupils of the public schools.
Under the plan of organization for
the new regiment any boy or girl sell
ing $50 worth of savings stamps will be
enrolled in the regiment and will re
ceive a certificate of membership, an
achievement pin and a souvenir roster
of the regiment.
SOCIETY
DUE to the wonderful weather which
prevailed during this week-end,
dozens of Portland folk enjoyed motor
trips to nearby resorts, where they
spent Saturday and Sunday or had din
ner at some of the country places near
town. Other folk abandoned their
motor cars for the day and took their
lunch and hiked over the hills back of
the city, and out some of the country
roads.
As it was the first week-end since
the quarantine has been lifted at Van
couver Barracks, hundreds of Army
men came to Portland, where they were
entertained at dinner and on highway
trips. Informality was the spirit of
the day, and the gatherings were small,
o that the quarantine order was not
infringed upon.
Miriam Walker Oehme Invited a few
of her friends to her home. 214 Failing
street. Friday night to celebrate her
ninth birthday. Games and music made
the evening a happy one. Those pres
ent were Sadie and Louise Hill. Ellen
Ecklin. Helen Mcintosh. Miriam Willett,
Livonia Copeland. Ronald Mcintosh,
Charley Woodsen, Norman Wlllett. Gus
tave Steinberg, Arthur Haley and David
Oehme. Mrs. Oehme was assisted in
entertaining the children by Miss Jessie
Lewis. A large birthday cake decoratd
in the National colors was one of the
features of the evening.
Dr. W. B. Hare, of S21 -East Main
street, left last night for Mare Island,
having received orders from Washing
ton. I. C. to report there. He has
been commissioned as a First Lieuten
ant. Junior Assistant Surgeon In the
Navy. Dr. Hare applied for service
several months ago. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hare, of 274 Caruth-
ers street.
Messages of sympathy are finding
their way to Mrs. John Ellis Hays, of
Plainfield, N'. J., whose husband passed
away October 16, due to pneumonia.
Mrs. Hays will be remembered as Irene
Higgins, whose marriage to Mr. Hays
took nlace September 7. She is the
granddaughter of the late William
Higgins, one of the earliest pioneers of
Oregon. Mrs. Hays" early life was
spent In this city. She went to New
York four years ago.
...
Accompanied by Mr.' and Mrs. Clif
ford Weatherwax, of Aberdeen, Mrs.
Fred Green has gone to Burlingame,
CaL, where she will spend me n inier.
Mrs. Charles Basey. of Olympta,
Wash., is spending a few days in this
city as the guest of ur. ano jurs.
Stewart Sheldon at their home on
Salmon street. Mrs. Basey expects to
make her home in this city soon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wilcox have re
turned to their home In this city after
spending some time in ban F rancisco,
where they were entertained by Mrs.
FMeanor Martin and Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Wilcox.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Pattullo,
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Linn, Mrs. Will-
i.m F Gilbert and Miss Thera yoKum,
motored to Hood River for the week
end.
Mrs. William F. Gilbert, of Astoria,
wife of Major Gilbert, chaplain of the
ik-h lnfantrv. now in France, is the
guest of Mrs. Fletcher Linn for a few
days.
Earl R. Goodwin, of the
252d Motor Ambulance Company, 13th
Sanitary Train, spent the week-end in
Portland and returned to nis ouu m
Camp Lewis, Wash., last night.
Sersreant Merrltt Samuel Hughes, of
the Quartermaster's Corps, was a Port
land visitor Irom uamp lowb. ja- re
turned to the cantonment yesterday.
m
Mrs. Kenneth L. Fenton left Thurs
day for Camp Lewis, where she will
take up the course in nurse's training
tlc. rioriM K. Miller has closed her
home at Rivera and with her baby and
nurse has gone to join her nusDana si
Camp Fremont. Palo Alto.
Mrs. O. R. Bertholet. of Pasco, Wash.,
has gone to West Point to visit her son.
Captain Frank Bertholet, an instructor
in the military school.
MONEY HELD BEST GIFT
SEXD BOYS BANK NOTES, SAYS
3IKS. AXXIE GODBEY.
Sending of Food Generally Is Disap
proved and Thousands of Arti
cles Are Xot Permitted.
Totnl authorities. Red Cross leaders
and the newspapers are daily besieged
with inquiries from persons wishing
to know Just how to proceed in sending
gift parcels overseas.
In all the advice tnai can do given
probably none Is as sensible as that
of Mrs. Annlo Godbey, Almira Apart
ments, who has four sons now fighting
the Huns with the Canadian iorces.
with a fifth at home recovering irom
the effects of being gassed.
"Forget the gift articles, said Mrs.
Godbey yesterday, "and send the boys
American banknotes. A $1 or $2 bill
goes farther there than here, and will
please them better man someinms mc
will promptly share with all their com
rades." A HM.nl the sending of articles of
food the advice is all but unanimously
aginst the practice. Except in rare in
stances. It is said, the soldier on the
western front is never for more than
three or four days unable to buy arti
cles of food that appeal to him. Again.
except in the Christmas packages go
ing through the Red Cross to the
tmrrlnn soldiers, the sending of most
articles of food Is forbidden by regula
tions of the War Trade Board.
The plan for forwarding Christmas
! to the American boys has been
carefully explained In published Red
Cross statements. But one parcel, en
closed in a special container to be fur
nished and carrying the coupon re
turned from France, can be sent to a
soldier. These instructions may De od
tained by calling, upon the Portland
Red Cross chapter, 204 Corbett building.
For those who have relatives or
friends in German prison camps to
whom they wish to send parcels or
funds it is necessary also to consult
the Red Cross leaders. The procedure
in such cases is detailed and explicit
and the Red Cross is the exclusive
agency attending to this by authority
of the contending governments.
Persons wishing to send Christmas
nirmli to soldiers of other countries
fighting in France or Italy, or stationed
in England, or wishing to man pac
ages to residents In those countries,
face an array of obstacles. The process
Is so surrounded with red tape that the
advice of Mrs. Godbey to send only
currency or foreign exchange, with
which the recipient may purchase what
he pleases, again should be considered.
Chief among obstacles encountered In
making the mailings or shipments Just
described is the fact that thousands of
articles in the War Trade Board's ex
port conservation list may not be sent
at all. The list, for instance, includes
candy, chocolate, cocoa, canned prod
ucts, articles containing gold, brass,
copper, silver, nickel or tinplate. Copies
of the list may De consulted at any
postof flee.
Once the Intending sender has select
ed one or more articles which are "non-
conserved" the next step requires an
export license. This must be obtained
through the War Trade Board, though
the license proper comes from Wash
ington. Headquarters of this board for
Oregon is maintained in room 74S Mor
gan building. Armed witn tne export
license and the articles it gives the
privilege of sending, it only remains
to conform to regulations as to siss,
weight and nature of container to be
used.
Persons wishing to send parcels to
men in the Navy or serving with the
T. M. C. A- or Knights of Columbus
will obtain needed pointers by consult-
ng copies of the Government s publica
tion, the Official Bulletin, of Octobec
7 and 8. Those who wish to send pack
ages to men with the forces In Siberia
should consult the Official Bulletin of
September 26.
Autos Crash; Woman Injured.'
Mrs. Helmer S. Nelson, of B917 Six
tieth street Southeast, was thrown from
an automobile and suffered cuts about
he face and severe bruises late yester
day In a collision with a machine driven
by Mrs. J. Friedentnai, oi e jverett
street, at East Tweirtn and btarK
streets. Mrs. Jrledenthal was driving
west on Stark street and collided with
the other machine at the intersection of
Twelfth street. Mrs. Nelson was thrown
from the machine by the force of the
crash. The injured woman was taken
to the St. Vincent Hospital and later
sent to her home. The machines were
slightly damaged.
O. A. Archibald Is Vice-President.
ALBANT7 Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.)
O. A, Archibald, for many years an
employe of the First National Bank of
Albany, and for the past several years,
up to the end of 1917, cashier of that
institution, has become vice-president
of the Albany State Bank, of this city.
He is widely known in banking circles
in this section, ot the state.
6 1V1QRE SUGCUiVIB TO
SPANISH INFLUENZA
New Patients Continue to Be
Received at Auditorium.
EXACT SITUATION VAGUE
Lack of Reports Sunday Slakes
Impossible to Determine if Dis
ease Is Spreading or Not.
It
Portland's death list, due to Spanish
influenza, was Increased yesterday
morning when J. Livsey, 186 Arthur
street, and J. J. Phillip, a resident at
the Rainier Hotel, succumbed. Both
had been receiving treatment at the
Municipal Auditorium for several days.
and both died at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning.
Mrs. Blanche Buck, Sandy boulevard;
Axel Carlson, 445 Vancouver avenue;
R. R. Bean, 125 East Eleventh street,
and Mrs. Andrew Arano, of Oregon City,
died late Saturday night in Good Sa
maritan Hospital.
Whether conditions in the city were
improved, or more serious, could not be
determined yesterday, because of ab
sence of reports usually sent through
the mails by physicians. New patients
were received at the Auditorium al
most hourly, indicating either that the
epidemic was spreading or that pa
tients who had been reported previ
ously were being removed there for
better attention. One of these received
at the Auditorium late yesterday said
he had been atone in his room several
days without food or nursing. He was
In an advanced stage of influenza, and
physicians pronounced him seriously ilL
Official Is Hopeful.
City Health Officer Parrish was on
duty all day yesterday and late into
the night. - He was optimistic regard
ng the situation generally, so far as he
was able to learn yesterday, and re
ported patients at the Auditorium and
in many private homes to be getting
along satisfactorily.
There are 115 male patients in the
Emergency Hospital, three big wards
being filled almost to capacity. It was
found necessary to establish a ward on
the upper floor for. women and children.
and there are 31 being cared for in this
department. With Health Officer Par
rish and his assistants. Mayor Baker is
working in the hospital, giving his
personal supervision to details that
must be looked after by the city of
Portland. Practically every patient
who has been removed from a rooming
house or hotel to the public hospital
has expressed appreciation of the
transfer.
Soldiers) Help at Andltorlouu
In addition to the 20 soldiers who
have been on duty at the Auditorium
for several days, 20 other men in olive
drab went on duty yesterday, through
instructions issued by Brigadier-General
Disque, commander of the Spruce
Production Division. These 40 men will
work in three eight-hour shifts, for the
relief of the women nurses, many of
whom were so overworked that their
own physical wellbelng was at stake.
"If ever there was a time for women
with trair.ing as nurses to do a serv
ice to humanity, that time is right
now," said Mayor faKer yesteraay.
Any who desire to volunteer are asxea
to register with the Red Cross."
In preparation for an emergency, lou
additional beds from Vancouver Bar
racks were taken to the Auditorium
yesterday and will be set up in a fourth
ward if the increase in cases justifies.
I find people crowding everywhere
In the streets, stores, streetcars and
other buildings helping to spread the
disease." said Mayor Baker. "I have
Instructed the Police Department to
prevent crowding in the streetcars and
Sunday they were stationed at all
downtown transfer, points to see that
the cars 'were well ventilated and not
packed with people. But we must have
co-operation of the people every one
If we are to avoid the fate that already
has settled on other cities."
TWO MORE DIE IV SPOKANE
Women Work on Sunday to Make
Masks for Students at Moscow.
SPOKANE, Oct. 20. Two deaths from
influenza and 11 new cases of the dis
ease were reported here today.
Several hundred women worked all
day today under the supervision of the
surgical dressing department of the
local Red Cross chapter to complete a
rush order for 1000 gauze masks for
the use of the Students' Army Train
ing Corps at the University of Idaho at
Moscow.
Forest Grove Orders Closing.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Twelve cases of Spanish influ
enza have developed here within the
past few days and the lid went on with
a bang yesterday when the Mayor and
City Council issued an order closing
the schools, churches, lodges and pro
hibiting all public gatherings until the
epidemic has abated. No fatalities have
been reported.
Reopening of Schools Forbidden.
YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.)
Reopening of schools and the holding
of public meetings anywhere in the
state will be forbidden until statewide
control of Influenza is established, ac
cording to a letter received by the
Takima health department from State
Health Commissioner T. D. Tuttle.
Five Deaths In Pasco.
- PASCO, Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.)
Five deaths have occurred in Pasco
within two weeks, four resulting from
influenza. Leo T. Shegley, 12-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shegley,
was the latest victim. Several other
members of the family are ill. Pasco
schools are still closed.
311 Die of Influenza In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. Three hundred
and eleven deaths, due to the influenza
epidemic, were reported in Chicago to-
day. Dr. St. Clair Drake, Public Health
Director of Illinois, declared that re
ports from down state showed no de
crease in the epidemic.
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Obituary.
XL of ti
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men
MAX LANG died yesterday at St.
Vincent's Hospital at the age of 90
years. He was born in Germany,, but
came to the United States when a boy
of 16 and has been in this country
continuously ever since. . .His first
years in this country were spent as
cabin boy on the United States man-of-war
Brandywine.
In 1S52 Mr. Lang came to California
and settled in Weaverville. where he
was engaged in business for about 40
years, coming tp Portland 26 years ago
to join his sons, who established the
business of Lang & Cp- grocers, over
10 years ago.-
His wife died seven months ago. He
is survived by four sons. Isador Lang,
Henry Lang and Louis Lang, of this
city, and Julius C. Lang, of Seattle,
Wash.
Funeral services -will be held today
at 2:30 from the residence at 722 Park
avenue.
James G. KidwelL Jr., age 17 years.
son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kidwell,
673 Wasco street, and brother of Albert
M. Kidwell, who is in active service in
France, died October 19 at St. Vincent's
Hospital following an operation for ap
oendicitis. He was a senior at Wash
ineton High School, a member of Phi
Delta Kappa fraternity and a member
of the Multnomah A. A. Club. Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock from the chapel of J. P.
Finley & Son.
Miss Elouise Loewenson died yester
day morning at Stanford University of
Spanish influenza after an illness of
FORMER PORTLAND SCHOOL
BOY DIES OF PXECMOXIA.
Corporal James P. Brown.
Corporal James P. Brown, who
died Saturday of pneumonia at
Camp Ogelthorpe, Ga., was a
well-known Portland boy, hav
ing graduated from Irvington
public school and Jefferson High
School. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Brown, 295 East Six
tieth street. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
have been notified of their son's
death. They were on their way
to Camp Ogelthorpe to be with
him during his illness when ho
died.
two weeks. With her at the time of
her death was her mother, Mrs. Max
Loewenson. of this city.
Miss Loewenson was 17 years of age
and lived at 734 Main street in this city.
She graduated from Lincoln High
School in February and was a sister of
Mrs. Lawrence Selling and Miss Dor
othy Loewenson. Mrs. Loewenson will
return Tuesday with the body. Funer
al arrangements have not been made.
Miss Blanche Buck, after 10 days'
illness, died from pneumonia at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Lena
Pharis, Luzerene Apartments, Saturday
evening. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock from
the undertaking parlors of Miller &
Tracy.
Miss Buck, prior to her illness, was in
charge of the bakery sales at the Sealy-
Dresser Company, where she had been
employed for the last seven years. With
her sister she came to Portland about
10 years ago from Denver, Colo. Rep
resentatives of her fellow employes and
the Sealy-Dresser Company will be at
the funeral services.
BISQUE'S M BUY MORE
LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS
SHOW BIG INCREASE.
Telegram to McAdoo Tells of Re
sponse by Spruce Division Sol
diers and Loyal Legion, Too.
j
That members ot the Spruce Produc
tion Division and the Loyal Legion of
Loggers and Lumbermen of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho are pilln- up
subscriptions at a rate mat Justifies
Brigadier-General Brice P. Disque,
commanding the division, in estimating
that these men will add $3,500,000 to
the liberty loan totals of these states,
was the message General Disque tele
graphed last night to Secretary Mc
Adoo.
The message stated that the total
reported from one-sixth of the camps
and locals is already $1,500,000.
General Disque sent this telegram:
"Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secretary
of the Treasury, Washington, D. C
'The spruce production division and
the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum
bermen have given the- fourth liberty
loan an additional boost amounting to
$1,500,000 already reported. Reports to
date are In from only one-sixth of the
locals and camps, and I am confident
the total will reach $8,500,000. This is
in response to your message October 18.
Practically all had already over
subscribed their quotas before this last
appeal, and the splendid return is only
another evidence of the real patriotism
of the lumber industry of the Pacific
Northwest, one of the great industries
that has met every Government re
quirement without labor disturbance
and without profiteering on the part
of employer or employe. There Is only
one thought here, and that is to win
the war. DISQUE,
"BH gadier-uenerai.
It was only on Friday, in response
to the appeal of Secretary McAdoo, that
General Disque sent 1200 messages to
the 130.000 lumber workers coming un
der his Jurisdiction, asking each to pur
chase an additional ioo Dona.
CHRISTENING PARTY ENDED
Six Men Are Arrested on, Charges of
Being Drnnk and Disorderly.
In "Little Russia" last night the po
lice broke up a christening party at
272 Baker street, it is said, when six
men were arrested, charged with being
drunk and disorderly, and locked up.
They are Philip Charoshavin, John
Borisoff, R. Brown, Mike Zenovieff,
James Chuggo and Mark Bokoff.
Several bottles of beer were conns-
cate'd, say the police. Three men made
lr escape. Shortly alter ine arrival
the natrol wagon at police head-
uarters the wives and relatives of the
appeared at the station. ra.he men
were released on bail.
City Offices ing Begging.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) With the election only a few
weeks away city offices are going beg
ging. Vacancies will exist in all offices,
yet the only men who signify their in
tention of filing petitions are J. W.
Crites and Henry L. Howe, who seek
re-election, as treasurer and recorder,
respectively. Other officers whose terms
will expire are: H. L. Dumble, Mayor;
E. L. Scobe, K. W. Sinclair, James
Stranahan, C C. Cuddeford, Walter
Walters and J. H. Ferguson, Council
men. At the coming election three
Councilmen must be elected for a two
year term and three for one year.
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LACK OF ORDERS
CLOSE GOAST PLANTS
Worsted Mills Idle Despite, De
mand for Clothing.
ENTIRE WEST IS EXCLUDED
Manager of Home Industry League
Tells Reasons Why Eastern
Factories Are Favored.
"Some industries engaged in manu
facturing lines in which the Govern
ment is the largest or only customer
are having difficulty in obtaining or
ders." said A. G. Clark, manager oi
the Home Industry League, yesterday
in discussing the effect or wartime
conditions on manufacturers of Port
land. Explaining the source of the
troubles alluded to, he continued:
"Bids for furnishing supplies for
Government departments are frequently
so presented as to exclude manufactur
ers who would be glad to submit esti
mates through making the demands
cover units embracing something out
side the line of the local manufacturer.
Expense is too great to justify small
manufacturers in maintaining a rep
resentative at Washington and at this
distance it has been impossible to get
orders by absent treatment methods.
Some of the excuses for failure to
award orders to Portland plants are
ridiculous.
Worsted Mills Are Idle.
"In the case of the Columbia Worsted
Mills the explanation of failure- to
place orders was that there is a short
age of cotton warp. It requires three
pounds of cotton warp to weave cloth
that requires 30 pounds of wool. When
the wool is shipped east for manufac
ture the amount of warp needed is pre
cisely the same, and it requires more
tonnage to carry the wool east than
it would to send one-tenth as much
warp west.
"The wool is here to make the fin
ished product, except the small amount
of cotton warp necessary in weaving.
This plant is ready to operate, is well
equipped with modern machinery and
the Government is short of woolen
goods for the manufacture of clothing
for men in service, yet through the
strange failure of some bureau to func
tion a plant that should be working on
Federal orders is not permitted to op
erate. .
Orders Short at St. Johns.
"Oregon has been making great
strides toward becoming one of the
great wool centers of the country, it
is most unfortunate if the Government
will not permit a plant to operate in
these times when woolen goods are
needed as never before. With the best
facilities for production of high-grade
woolens, the center of a vast region
that produces wool of splendid staple,
Portland men are firm in the belief
that this will ultimately be the heart
of a great woolen industry.
'The Portland Woolen Mills at St.
Johns is working on Government or
ders, but it is reported that orders on
hand will keep the looms busy for
only about two months. Senator Mc
Nary has telegraphed to the Chamber
of Commerce that the Government will
give future orders to keep the mills
busy, but up to the present time there
have been no orders for one plant, and
the management of the other would
probably be better satisfied If the or
ders were on file, to be sure that their
plans for future operation may not be
upset."
The War Industry Board state com
mittee, of which Judge C. H. Carey is
chairman, is designed to assist the man
ufacturer in obtaining just recognition
and in obtaining materials that may
be necessary to his particular line.
Geographical Location Blamed.
The organization work of the com
mittee and becoming acquainted with
its relations to the bureaus co-ordinating
with the War Industries Board
has been an arduous task, but tfee real
tug-of-war is in an effort to make it
possible for Oregon industries to op
erate for the Government. Many of
them have been told to go from less
essential into more essential war work,
but the Government has neglected to
give them orders for war work.
It is the contention of Judge Carey
that the region west of the Rocky
Mountains, by virtue of its geographic
segregation from the rest of the coun
try, greater distance and longer time
necessary for transportation should be
given consideration. Its climatic con
ditions that permit continuous opera
tion of industries throughout the year
without interference or slackening up
by reason of the severity of Winter
weather Is also cited as additional rea
sons' why Industries here should be
kept going.
Interruption of transcontinental traf
fic east of the Mississippi often works
distinct hardships on Pacific Coast
business that is dependent alone upon
the East for supplies. In those lines
of materials that must come from the
East under priority orders it is im
portant that jobbers and warehouse
men here be permitted to stock up
against such possible contingencies in
transportation as occurred last year,
when an exceptionally severe Winter
closed down upon the East.
CIS FREE FPU ID DAYS
FORMER INMATES OF "THE CE
DARS" TO RETURN.
Shovel Found Near Fence Enabled
Gladys Lee and Nellie Coop
er to Dig Way Out.
After 10 days of freedom, Gladys Lee
and Nellie Cooper, -who escaped from
the women's detention home at the
Cedars, are in the municipal jaiL They
were arrested Friday night by Lieutenant-Thatcher,
of , the War Emer
gency squad, at East Sixth and Morri
son streets, as they were planning to
leave Portland.
After leaving the home, the girls
made their way to Portland under
cover of darkness, but feared arrest
here, and went to Vancouver, where
they were taken into custody and later
released. Dolly Thompson and a com
panion, who made their escape from
the Cedars at the same time, are at
large.
"We dug our way out under the
fence with a shovel," said Miss Cooper
at the city jail yesterday. "About 8
o'clock in the evening, as we were
walking around, we noticed a shovel
standing near the door.
"We were treated well at the Cedars,"
said the - girls, "but we did not get
enough to eat and we wanted to get
a square meal. I would rather go
back, though, than -stay here in jail.
We get out there and get plenty of air
and exercise."
Lieutenant Victor Hugo, a great
grandson of the author of "Les Misera.
bles," accompanied the American
troops In their recent charge at Can
tigny, Picardy. H is a French
chasseur,
Today's News
For Further Details See Yesterday's
Papers Back Page of Section One
YOUNG MEN!
A Fine Assortment of
-New Suits
, Tor Fall and Winter
' .$30 ;
awaits your inspection and selection at
MEIER & FRANK'S. Finely serviceable
garments in the best of 6tyles and the. new
est of colorings.
Worsteds, velours, cassimeres and -cheviots
in solid colors, stripes and mixtures,
also novelties.
A 6uit here for ' every young man no
matter what his build. See these splendid
$30 suits today.
I.
Meier & Frank's:
CHINES LOSE TRAFFIC
THOUSANDS OF FORMER PAS
SENGERS NOW. WALK.
Schedule to Vancouver Will B Cut
While Soldiers Are Forbidden
to Use Trolley Vehicles.
Spanish influenza germs are costing
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company $4000 daily.
NMnetv thousand former passengers
are being forced into daily constitu
tionals, while approximately 75 per cent
of the former Sunday riders are staying
at home, according to W. P. Strand
borg of the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company.
istatiatina Anmniled hv the company
during the two weeks that public gath
erings in Portland have been closed
show that traffic during the morning
and evening rush hours has remained
virtually normal, but during other
hours of the day it has iauen on. u
to 45 per cent.
Vancouver cars will go on a new
1 truqaw q a rAIlt fit the fita-
o;iicuuio . j " "
tistlcs gathered from the last two
weeks of streetcar iraiiic lomor.
-T,niT,ir in anil from Vancouver
will leave every 28 minutes between
i o HiAM1, ,Ar,n mnn R o'clock in the
evening, instead of leaving every 1
minutes, as tney no me resi oi mo uaj
and the entire time -under normal con
ditions. This change has been made
because soldiers from the Vancouver
Barracks were the principal passengers
at these hours until ordered to cease
o, Whpii ttiA order is
rescinded the old . schedule will be
established.
Cars were taken from several of the
i ; .. -., ..noiDt-Hiv whinn nn normal Sun
days, are usually given from two to
five extra cars. These were- sucn ime
as the Council Crest and the Portland
Heights lines.
Sanitary regulations imposed by the
TtnarA nf Wealth are being ob
served. In every car a window on either
-! .j m.vinv a Araft rilaeronallv across
the 'car,-is kept open. Notices asking
persons not to sneeze or cougn nave
been posted in every car. Conductors
have instructions not to aiiow over
crowding.
Seattle Death List Grows.
cir'A'rT'T.H' Oct. 20. Incomplete re
ports to city health officials today
showed nine more aeains irom ajjaiunii
influenza in Seattle. The number of
Kappy IMhsrs
Prepare in Afecs
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Mothers.
ir.. nr.. half a century have
used with the utmost regularity the time-
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' m, .(&3fi-!'fM -r"
Men's Clothing Shop, Third Floor.
BOYS! PARENTS!
Your Attention Is Called to These
Overcoats
For Fall and Winter
$12.50
Fine wool overcoats of heavy quality materi
als. These garments are shown in every 6tyle
that is new and approved, in every shade and
pattern you could wish for.
Heavy cheviot coats with sateen skeleton
lining. Fancy and plain brown melton finished
materials. Tweeds and novelty mixtures.
Coats that will give splendid service. All
sizes for boys of all ages and builds.
Meier & Frank's: Boys' Clothing Shop, Third Floor.
new cases will not be known until Mon
day.
FROM OCEAN
TO OCEAN
Women Praise Lydia EL Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound j
for Health Restored.
In almost every neighborhood in
America are women who have tried
this standard remedy for female ilia
and know its worth.
Athol, Mass. "Lydia E. PinkhamV
Vegetable Compound has done me a
world of good. I suffered from a weak
ness and a great deal of pain every
month and nothing brought me any re
lief until I tried this famous medicine.
I am a different woman since I took it
and want others who suffer to know
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Cottage St, Athol, Mass.
San Francisco, Cal." I was in a very
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Rupture Kills
7000 Annually
Seven thousand persons each year are laid
away the burial certificate being marked
"Rupture." Why? Because the unfortunate
ones had neglected themselves or had bees
merely taking care of the sign (swelling) of
the affliction and paying no attention to the
cause. What are you doing? Are you neg
lecting yourself by wearing a truss, appli
ance, or whatever name you choose to call;
it? At best, the truss is only a makeshift
false prop against a collapsing wall and
cannot be expected to act as more than a
mere mechanical support. The binding pres
sure retards blood circulation, thus robbing
the weakened -muscles of that which they
need most nourishment.
But science nas iuu wir. ux everx
,-,i.a iifrrer In the land Is Invited to make
a FREE test right In the privacy of their
own home. The PL.APAO method Is unques
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has ever known.
The PLAPAO PAD when adhering closely
.v. KnHv nnnt DOSsiblY 8llD or Shift OUt
of place? therefore, cannot chafe or pinch.
Soft as velvet easy to apply Inexpensive.
To be used whilst you work and whilst you
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Learn how to close the hernial opening as
nature Intended so the rupture CAN'T come
. c 4 wnll- name today to PLAPAO
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TOASTS lsiij
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