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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LVIII. XO. 18,102.
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MOQNEY
ESCAPES GALLOWS
Death Sentence Is Com
muted by Governor.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT DECREED
Executive Is Influenced
. President's Appeal.
by
CONVICT HELD NO MARTYR
Condemned Man DecTared to Be "o
True Friend of Labor; . Case
Decided on Its Merits.
! ACRAKTTNTO, CaL. Nov. 2 S. The sen
tence of Thomas J. Mooney. condemned
to be hanged Decemer 13 In connection
with the deaths of ten persons from a
bomb explosion in San Francisco on
Preparedness day, July 22. 1918. was
commuted by Governor W. D. Stephens
today to imprisonment for life.
In giving the announcement of the
Governor's decision to the Associated
Press his private secretary. Martin
Madsen. said the commutation was
gned early this evening, but that fur
ther than the written statement there
would be no comment.
The statement reviews the case fully
and quotes in their entirety the two
messages from President Wilson, in
which the action now taken by the
Governor waa suggested. The commu
tation, says the Governor, reduces the
case to the status of that of Warren
K. Billings.
Moo Bey Held Martyr. -I
refuse to recognise this case as in
any fashion representing a clash be
tween capital and labor." he adds, and
l.e characterizes as absurd the propa
ganda that would make Mooney ap
pear as a martyr to the cause of lib
erty. In support of this statement he
quotes a letter from Alexander Berk
man outlining the plan afterward
adopted for the Mooney campaign. He
denies that Mooney is a true friend of
labor and characterises his previous
record as such that it does not enlist
faith tn him among law-abiding citl
sens. but says in conclusion that this
particular case has been decided upon
Its merits.
GOTerae-r Slakes Statement.
Governor Stephens, in commuting the
sentence of Thomas J. Mooney to life
Imprisonment, gave out this statement:
"On July 22, 191$. 10 persons men,
women and children were killed and
about SO others wounded in a bomb ex
plosion during a Preparedness Day
parade In the city of San Francisco. The
parade was a patriotic manifestation
into which the people of the city had
entered with much spirit and loyal im
pulse. Manifestly, because of the oc
casion chosen, hostility to the Nation's
"uefense measures must have had a part
In actuating the perpetration of so hor
rible a deed. '
"It is not unreasonable to assume
that a sympathy or even a definite re
lationship existed between those mur
derers and the propaganda and violence
then being engaged in throughout the
country by agents of the German gov
ernment. The case, as presented to
the California courts, was that of mur
der, without further evidence of motive
than the impossible tenets of an
archists, whose sympathies for the
German cause in the war are well
known. Their wild pacifist theories
fitted into the widespread activities of
the Kaiser's agents in this country.
"A number of persons of pronounced
anarchistic tendencies were arrested
shortly after the explosion, and of these
Warren K. Billings was convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment and
Thomas J. Mooney found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged.
avenue, ot appeal to in. ;
eourts remained open to Mooney. and j
he waa availing himself thereof, I
deemed it improper for executive au
thority to Interfere. Although the con-
stitutlon of California clothes the Gov- j
ernor witu power 10 exercise clemency
"y "ra" -". "
rortant. so far as practicable, not to
iniruae imo iq; criminal case uniit
the Judicial branch has finally disposed
of it. Only recently has final action
been taken by the United States !
Supreme Court and the case of th
people vs. Thomas J. Mooney placed
squarely before me.
President's Appeal Cited.
In considering the Mooney case, I
have had be fore, me the urgent appeal
of the President of the United States
that I grant commutation.
"Originally in January of this year, I
received a letter from the President
asking if it would not be possible to
postpone the execution of Mooney until
he could be tried upon one of the other
Indictments against him.
"Inasmuch as an appeal already had
been taken to the Supreme Court of
California, which appeal Itself acted as
a stay of the execution, there was at
that time no occasion for action on my
part. I take it that the President was
not correctly Informed as to the status
of the case."
Exeewtrre A gala Appeals.
Tn March I received a telegram
from the President urging that I com
mute Mooneyes sentence. It waa as
follows:
" The White House. Washington. D.
C 12:0 P. M-. March 27. 1918.
" "Governor Wm. D. Stephens, Sacra
men to. CaL
"With very great respect. I take the
(Concluded oa Pa- i. Column 1).
TURKEY DINNER EATEN
HALF MILE UP. IN AIR
FIRST AERIAL BAXQCET IX HIS
TORY IS SCCESS.
Xine Fliers Celebrate Thanksgiving
2800 Feet Above New V. S.
Mail Service Field.
ELIZABETH, N. J, Nov. 2S. The
first aerial banquet in history was
h.irt mdar on an airplane 2800 feet
above the new flying field of the
United States air mail service, mark
ing 'the Inauguration of the field
the terminus of the aerial mail service
between New York, Philadelphia and
Washington.
A few minutes after the mall plane,
n rhrr of Pilot Max Miller, left
the field, at 12:10 this afternoon, a big
Hanley-Page machine rose under con
trol of CaDtain E. B. Waller, of the
Roval Flyinr Force and during
flight of 22 miles above the grounds
a real Thanksgiving dinner waa served
to nine persons. I
Amour the guests were Captain Ben
Jamln B. Llpsner, superintendent of the
air mall service, and Allan K. Haw.ey.
Augustus Post and other officials of
the Aero Club of America. Speaking oi
the Dronosed Nation-wide extension of
the mail service. Captain Llpsner said:
We will have machines which win
carry a ton and a half of mail and the
day's of freight and parcel post by air
plane are coming."
wilson ha;ledas leader
Medal for "Most Distinguished
Service" Awarded.
WASHINGTON, Not. 2S. Officials of
the Independent Order of B'nal B'rith
presented to President Wilson today
the gold medal awarded him by the so
ciety last October as the man who ren
dered the most distinguished service to
humanity during the past year.
Adolph Krause. of Chicago, president
of the society,' read a formal salutation,
hailing the President as champion of
permanent peace, the leader in the
fight against militarism, cruelty and
misery, and expressing the belief that
the people of the United States are
"fortunate in having at this time as
their leader a man whose words carry
weight, not only with the allies, but
even with the defeated nations."
ARTIST COMPLETES MODEL
Tacoma Sailor Gets Furlough to
Work for Victory Monument.
TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 28. (Special.)
Allan Clark, young Tacoraa artist,
new with the United States Naval Re
serve, has completed a model for a
victory monument to be erected in Ta
coma. Be was given a furlough to do
the work, t Clark gained National rec
ognition for his plaster casts of Ruth
St. Denis, which he made at Denlshawn.
m Southern California. He modeled
a bust also of Brigadier-General Henry
A. Greene, formerly In command of the
91st Division at Camp Lewis.
Alonso Victor Lewis also has com
pleted a model for the monument. The
base of the memorial will bear the
names of all Pierce County men in
service.
NEW YORKERS GET DINNER
Thanksgiving Day Strike Is Averted
at Eleventh Hour.
NEW YORK. Nov. 28. After a parade
today of hotel and restaurant workers,
followed by a mass meeting, it was an
nounced by the chiefs of tbelr organiza
tion leading a fight for higher wages
that the restaurant owners had yielded
their demands, thus averting a Thanks
giving day strike fixed for the night
dinner hour.
The strike of the waiters at hotels,
which has been in effect for several
days, would be continued, the leaders
said.
LAWYER STARTS FURORE
Claude Bell, of Missouri, Sets Up
as Constitution Authority.
MONTGOMERY. Mo., Nov. 29. The
victory meeting at the Courthouse to
ris v almost ended in a furore when
Ciaude EeU a iawyer. declared it un-
....., lon.i tor President Wilson to
make the peace trip, and that as soon
as the President started on the mission
the courts should mandamus Vice-
prtMmt Marshall to accept the Presl
,jenCy
There were 1500 persons attending
tho mtetlDg and raore t,an half Ieft
when Bell made the statement.
BOLSHEVIK TROOPS ACTIVE
Several Towns Kf ported Taken
In
Esthonla Province.
HELSING FORS, Finland, Nov. 28.
Reports from the Baltic province of
Esthonla Wednesday said that Russian
Bolshevik troops on Tuesday captured
Pskov, ISO miles southwest of Petro
grad. The fate of the volunteer North
ern army was unknown.
It was also reported that Dunaburg,
110 miles southeast of. Riga, had been
taken by the Bolshevik forces and that
Narva, 81 miles southwest of Petrograd,
was being bombarded. '
U. S. INSURANCE PRAISED
Soldiers Advised to Keep Federal
Policies After Return Home,
SALEM, Or.. Nov. 27. (Special.) Sol
diers are advised to retain their Gov
ernment insurance policies and not al
low them to lapse, in a statement issued
by Insurance Commissioner Harvey
Wells.
"My advice," said Mr. Wells, "is that
Government insurance be continued for
the reason that many of the boys will
come back more or less physically im
paired and will find it Impossible to
obtain insurance in regular companies.1
TO BE
TO THREE
U. S. Peace Envoys Will
Be Named Shortly.
LANSING EXPECTED TO LEAD
Others Probably Henry White
and Colonel E. M. House.
PRESIDENT NOT DELEGATE
Executive Goes Merely to Take Part
in Preliminary Meetings of
Allies' Representatives.
WASHINGTON". Nov. 28. The impres
sion Is growing among those who have
talked with President Wilson about the
peace conference that the American del
egation will be" limited to three mem
bers, and speculation of the personnel
has about narrowed down to three
names:
Robert Lansing, Secretary of State.
Henry White, Ambassador to France
and to Italy under the McKinley Admin
istration.
Colonel E. M. House.
. There has been no announcement and
there may be none before the Presi
dent addresses Congress next week, but
it was said tonight that White House
callers had been given to understand
that these men would be the American
envoys.
President Not Delegate.
It also was Indicated very definitely
that reports of the President having de
cided to sit at the peace table himself
as a delegate were untrue. He goes to
take part In the great preliminary
meetings of the heads of the associated
governments and to see the formal con
ferences under way, but not to serve
as a delegate.
In addition to the accredited dele
gates, there will be a large party, in
cluding, besides the military, naval.
diplomatic and economic experts, other
specialists in the multitudinous ques
tions to be dealt with, Among them will
be men of high rank,' prepared to par
ticipate in discussions that will take
place outside of the formal conference
and in position below only the accred
ited delegates, who, it is assumed, will
take ambassadorial rank.
All Arrangements Completed,
The exact time of the President's
sailing for Europe apparently still is
unknown to anyone except the Presi
dent himself. He is expected to leave
the day after he addresses the new see-
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Daily Casualty Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Total cas
- uaities reported today are 2168,
of which 536 were killed in action, 220
died of wounds, 10 of accidents, 6 in
airplane wrecks, 326 died of disease,
07 are wounded severely, 224 degree
undetermined, 177 slightly and 562 are
missing in action.
A list of Marine Corps casualties, in
which are several names of Northwest
men, is on page 11. Following la the
tabulated summary of Army casualties:
Deaths Reported Today. Total.
Killed in action ........17,775 536 18.311
Lost at sea . .'. 36 .... S96
Died of wounds 6.978 220 7.108
Died of disease 8.7X2 326 . 9.1 0.S
Uiai of accident 1.562 16 1.578
Total deaths 35.493 1008 30.591
Wounded 46.204 508 46.712
Missing and prisoners. .10.029 6U2 10.591
Total casualties 91.726 2168 93,894
" The complete list, except those out
side of Oregon, Washington and Idaho
who -are wounded slightly or in an un
determined degree, follows:
OREGON.
Killed In action
Grub be, Lee, Vamhlll. Or.
Bruce. H. H.. Enterprise. Or.
Swart. I. M., Newbtrg, Or.
Walch. William. Gresham, Or.
Johansen, N. H., Junction, City, Or.
Kothermel. Wilson H Astoria, Or.
Anderson. John, Rainier, Or.
Velziat. B. fC RoMbur. Or.
Vales. Rudolph. Cleveland, O.
vied or mwue
Schall, John F. (Cpl.), Eugene, Or.
Misfianr in action
Conner, William M.. Portland. Or.
Doollttle, Clifford Krnest, Portland. Or.
WASHINGTON.
Killed In action
Nei-on, Richard (Sgt.), Seattle, Wash.
Miller, Wesley Wm. (Set.). Harrington,
nun.
Larson, Carl A. (Corp.). Issaouah. Wash.
Koplitz, . William ill. (Corp.), Snohomish,
wun. -
Harlow, A. E.. Satsop, Wash.
Graham. T. J.. Pomeroy. "Wash.
Gaedecks, E. A., Seattle, Wash. ,
Twerdale, B. J.. Bow, Wash. X
Porter, G. M., Yakima, Wash.
Krlppner. W. H.. Seattle, Wash.
Becker. Henry, Ruff, Wash.
Bare. William K., Somas, Wash.
Theobald, E. T Colville, Wash.
Swank, C. E., Seattle, Wash.
Died of wounds
Cohen. David H. (Lieut,), Spokane.
Barbee, Irving H., Anacortes, Wash.
Portogalo, Thomas, Seattle.
Died of aeidrnt
Johnson, -Arvid C, Custer,. Wash.
Missing in action -
Cass, Elmer H. Sgt.). Sultan, Wash.
Chounos, George. Chattle, Wash.
Barstrom, Carl M., Spokune, Wash.
Dougherty. William H., Dondulac, Wash.
Lassila, Monroe, Deer Park, Wash.
Rickard, Artie At.. Oakdale, Wash.
Riser, Lloyd W., Puyallup, Wash.
Olson, Andrew, Puyallup, Wash.
Cross, Fulton 6., Jordan Valley, Wash.
Carr, David R., Kamllche. Wash.
Clark, Earl P., Castle Rock, Wash.
IDAHO.
Killed in action
Gardner, John W. (Sgt.). Teuton, Idaho.
Williams, G rover D. (Corp.), Arco, Idaho.
Erensen, C. M. W., Malad, Idaho.
Walsh. H. M.. Three Creek, Idaho.
Bergendorff. J. F., Idaho falls, Idaho. "
Died of wounds
Paulson, Tuce A.. Wallace, Idaho.
Missing in action
Lockmao, Paul J., Nampa. Idaho.
ALABAMA.
Killed In action
Webb, Ernest P. (Sgt.), Scottsboro, Ala.
Tucker, Anderson (Corp.), Otachie,
Butller, ' R. J., Hlghtowen Ala.
Aaron, Bart L., Arley, Ala.
McCray, Judge, Louisville, Ala. , .
Died of wound
Allison, Oral, New Market, Ala,
Smith. Walker, Danville, Ala.
Died of disease
Young, Alfred C. (Sgt.), Linden, Ala.
Harden, William J., Hacoda, Ala.
Wounded everel
Jernlgan. William H., Wallace, Ala,
Robinson, John. Mable, Ala.
Missing in action
Hollis. John C, Hamilton, Ala.
Hendricks, Bernett, Oneneta, Ala.
Partrick. 6im E.. Buhl. Ala.
Gooch, Chester L., Jackson, Ala.
Coates. Lester L.. Grovevllle, Ala.
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ALLIES TO DEMAND
GERMAN EX
KAISER
Counter-Revolt Declared
in Full Swing in Berlin.
HUN GENERALS ARE IN PLOT
Austria Will Try ex-Emperor,
Bechtoid and Czernin.
FAMINE IS NEAR AT HAND
Six Thousand People Stand 'In Line
Daily for Soup Made From
Rotten Cabbages.
LOft'DOX, Nov. 28. The entente allies
have decided to demand that Holland
sdrrender the former Emperor of Ger.
many to justice, according to the Daily
Express.
LONDON, Nov. 28. At a Berlin meet
ing of the Soldiers' and Workmen's
Council, Herr Barth, secretary for so
cial policy in the Ebert Ministry, de
clared that a counter revolution was
In full swing, according to a Copen
hagen dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company.
Several Generals have issued counter
revolutionary proclamations and have
attempted to dissolve the Soldiers' and
Workmen's Councils.
Oast Eberhard, la Demand.
Herr Barth said that the chief Vmy
command had been ordered to come to
Berlin, and that the dismissal of Gen
eral Eberhard had been demanded,
owing to the arrest of members of the
soldiers' and workmen's councils on
the western front. No reply had been
received, Herr Barth continued, but if
the order is disregarded, the chief of
the army command will be arrested,
LONDON, Nov. 28. The Vienna gov
ernment intends to bring to trial all
persons responsible for the war. In
eluding Count Berchtold, Austro-Hun-
garian Foreign Minister when the war
broke out, and Count Csernin, Foreign
Minister at a later period, according to
an Exchange Telegraph- dispatch from
Copenhagen today.
War Cannes to Be Probed.
Former Emperor Charles, the Aus
trian Grand Dukes and a "number of
Generals are also tb be tried, according
to these advices.
BERLIN, Nov. 27. (By the Assoclat
ed Press.) The German-Austrian Na
tional Council is negotiating with the
Hungarian and Czech governments for
the purpose of securing their co-operation
in the publication of diplomatic
(Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.)
TASTE OF WILD WEST
IS GIVEN NEW YORK
IMPROMPTU BEAR HUNT IS
STAGED Kf CENTRAL PARK.
Zoo Keeper Drops Dead; Patrolmen
and Soldier Bitten and Automo
bile Collides With Bruin.
NEW TORK, Nov. 28. An impromptu
bear hunt in Central Park was the most
thrilling event of Thanksgiving day
in New York. In the excitement of the
chase an assistant keeper of the Zoo
dropped dead of heart disease, a pa
trolman lost a chunk of flesh through
a bite in his right calf, and a soldier's
left thumb was bitten off while he was
pursuing bruin up a tree.
There Is reason to believe the bear
would have escaped had it not got in
the path of an automobile. It was
swaggering across a road in the direc
tion of the topmost tree in the park
when the motor collided with it. The
car was considerably damaged and the
cub's spirit was broken.
Bruin had only strength enough left
to' reach the top of a small tree, the
eighth it bad climbed since the chaee
had started, and there it wae lassoed
by a mounted policeman and dragged
back to the cage in the zoo from which
it had fled.
The cub was the mascot of the 22d
United States Infantry until it became
too boisterous for the barracks.
MISS CARNEGIE TO MARRY
Engagement to Son of Late Rail
road Man Announced.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. The engage
ment of Miss iJargaret Carnegie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie, to Roswell Miller, of this
city, was announced tonight.
Mr. Miller Is a son of the late Ros
well Miller, of New York and Chicago,
widely known railroad man who at
various times served as president, gen
eral manager and chairman of the
board of directors of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railroad Company.
Recently he has been in the United
States submarine chaser service.
BRITAIN'S LOSSES MILLION
Killed, Wounded and Missing Men
Make Mighty Total.
LONDON, Wednesday, Nov. 27.
(British Wireless Service.) It is offi
cially announced that during the war
the forces of Great Britain actually
lost nearly 1,000,000 men killed or dead
through various causes.
Recently it was said that the British
losses totaled 658,704, but this number
did not, take into consideration men
who were reported . missing, who ac
tually lost . their lives, but of whom
there is no trace, nor did it account for
men who died at the front from sick-
ness.
GREEK PREMIER TO WAIT
Projected Visit to America to See
President Postponed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. The projected
visit of Eliptherios Venizelos, Premier
of Greece, to this country, has been
postponed "in view of the imminent
arrival of President Wilson in Europe,"
said a cablegram received here today
by the American Hellenic Liberal As
sociation.
The message signed by the Premier
was sent from London, where he has
recently been advising with allied
statesmen regarding Balkan questions.
BRITONS ON HUN FRONTIER
Advance Guards in Possession of
Surrendered Guns.
LONDON, Nov. 28. Advance guards
of British troops have reached the Bel
gian-German frontier in the region be
tween Bebo and Stavelot, and are in
possession of more than 14 surrendered
German guns, according to an official
communication issued tonight.
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum. 'J degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy, southwesterly winds. -
War.
Casualty list. Page 1.
Foreign.
Allies will demand that Holland give UP
Kaiser. Page 1.
yam burg Huns confer with Slav reds.
Page 3.
America's allies pay tribute to Tanks over
seas. Page 18.
Ex-Crown Prince is still considered danger
ous intriguer. Page 2.
Chile and Peru still quarreling. Page 10.
Allied blockade of Germany to continue.
Page 3.
National.
United States peace delegation probably will
be limited to three members. Page 1.
East to save Oregon fruit juice Industry.
Page 5.
Domestic
American soldiers get harsh treatment In
Hun prison .camxts. Page 2.
First aerial banquet In nistory is pronounced
success. Page 1.
New York gets taste of Wild West. Page 1.
Mooney's death sentence commuted to life
imprisonment. Page 1.
Poles seek inquiry Into conditions abroad.
Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor appeals to Wilson for reinstate
ment of ship construction. Page 6.
Sports.
Pitt trounces Penn State in 28-to-6 game.
Page 17.
Idultnomah Club takes hard game from
Aggies. Page ltt.
Marines defeat Camp Lewis. Page 16.
Stanford no match for . California men.
Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland worships and feasts. also. Page 1.
Wooden ships have proved success, says
Captain Bulger. Page 21.
Lumber situation regarded as critical.
Page 21.
Flaws in Ferris type react on all wooden
shipbuilding. Page 21. -Portland
School Board to pass on 1019
budget today. Page 15.
Citizens hope to welcome Third Oregon
boys as unit. Page 13.
City gives thanks for reign of peace. Page 8.
Labor not satisfied with commutation of
Mooney's sentence. Page 4.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 18,
CITIZENS WORSHIP
Hi FEAST
Whale of a Thanksgiving,
Lampman Calls It.
PEOPLE PAUSE FROM LIBOR
Churches Give Thanks in Union
Meeting or Singly.
UNFORTUNATES ARE DINED
Old Man Thanksgiving, Interviewed,
Tells Us What Is in Our Hearts,
as Divined by Himself.
BY BEN HTJR LAMPMAN.
Everyone in Portland In all the wide
United States, for that matter agrees
that when those stern old psalm-singing
pioneers, the Pilgrims, laid the
spiritual masonry of Thanksgiving thry
started something that will go Joyfully
echoing down the corridors of time for
a thousand years or so to come.
With this conviction comfortably
stowed away, but agreeably conscious
of its presen'ce, Portland met Thanks
giving at the threshold yesterday .with
greetings that may well be termed
gladsome, and ushered the presence into
the Inner circle, a cushioned chair wait
ing by radiator on fireplace and the
tantalus of bronzing turkey and merry
mince tiptoeing from the general direc
tion of the kitchen.
Interviewed by a great many thou
sand citizens right after the dinner hour
which the local room will tell you is
the most sagacious time to tackle the
prospect Thanksgiving in Portland
yesterday authorized the ensuing Inter
view. The genial old Puritan was
munching raisins at the moment, and,
though he scattered seeds regardless,
none ventured to interrupt.
Thanksgiving Discourses Thanly.
"I have always, ever since the 'stern
and, rockbound coast' days, been gifted
with not a little psychic Insight,'" said
Thanksgiving. "Thus I perceive what
is in the hearts of men, rather than the
superficialities which reside aloft And
the former is by no means the least in
importance, I assure you.
"May I nt say to borrow one of
Woodrow's pet phrases may I not say
that I grip and hold fast this festal
season a sentiment of gratitude that
swells with every pulsebeat. It is phe
nomenal. It is almost beyond compre
hension. In nigh to three centuries of
experience I have encountered no gen
eral jubilation that holds a candle to it.
"Prosperity? An ephemeral. Plenty?
A wisp that' is blown helter-skelter by
the winds of circumstance. No, neither
of these, though they have blessed you
in abundance, and it is but fitting that
you should be appreciative and devout
ly grateful.
"Permit me to tell you," begged the
good old fellow, tossing aside the raisin
stem, "just what is in your hearts.
You have seen, as I have, a vision of
the -foam before the troopships home
ward bound. You have correct me If
I am 'amiss beheld America no longer
the girl on the dollar bright-eyed,
high-hearted and resolute, come strid
ing out of the chaos of conflict, with
freedom's torch undimmed!"
"Enough," Quoth Thanksgiving.
At this juncture Thanksgiving waved
his interviewers aside, contending that
he never was much of a talker, any
how, and that a great many remarks
had been attributed to him without
authority. It was astonishing, he de
clared, how one may be misinterpreted
year after year by thoughtless and
slovenly chroniclers.
"At any rate," he concluded, "I have
said enough. When I get to talking
along this line, I prove myself to bo
one of the most indefatigable old fans
that Freedom has. Sometimes I fear
that I grow garrulous, not to say
hyperbolical," he sighed.
Portland churches and Portland
homes observed Thanksgiving yester
day with a depth of feeling that has
no previous parallel. Each of the
scores of churches heard sermons that
dwelt upon the debt America owes
for guidance through surpassing strife
and difficulty to the safe haven of
triumphant peace.
ITnlon Services Are Held.
In numerous instances, for the
greater glory of the day, union services
were held, with half a dozen or more
congregations joined in mutual thanks
giving At each of these the songs that
were lifted were not all gospel hymns,
for certain songs have been sanctified
through battle and sacrifice, and of
right maintained the prominence that
was accorded them.
There were intermissions at all the
aters, when soloists stepped forth and
sang those sa-me songs, and when the
huge Thanksgiving audiences joined In
the singing. Known as the "universal
sing," the airs of American patriotism
rang yesterday in till the theaters of
America, from the "nickel movie" a
rare bird nowadays to the "high
brow" drama.
There's Turkey Left Over. '
And, while dwelling on rare birds, let
It be noted that Portland in general
rather pointedly declined either tom
turkey or his consort at the prevailing
pre-Thanksgiving prices. There was a
sentiment, resolutely backed, that the
festival fowl roosted rather high at
60 cents per pound, snd many a home
(Concluded oa Page 8, Column 3.)