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VOL. LVJII. NO. 18,130.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
POLAND BESET BY
REDS AND
UN
E
iCOLD GRIPS COUNTRY,
MISSISSIPPI TO COAST
EASTERN OREGON' POINTS RE
PORT SIX BELOW ZERO.
Bolsheviki Surge Through
Streets of Warsaw.
'JIM ARE SLAIN IN FIGHTING
PEACE DELAY. SEES
ALLIED IDEAS GRIN
Official Casualty Report.
Preparations Made to Repel
Slavs and Ruthenians.
GERMANS LEAVING VILNA
Polish Troops Wait I'och's Permis-
siun to Enter City, but Bolshe
viki Hasten Toward Place.
Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Cub and Other States Swept
by Real Winter Weather.
LA GRANDE. Or, Dec. 31. (Special.)
The ytir 191J will find L uranae
and the entire Blue Mountain area in
the rrtp of a cold spell. The mercury
fell last night, and tonight the cold con
tinues. At Meacham and other moon
tain points the temperature was i
below xero. North Powder was another
below-xero point. There Is compara
tlvelr little snow except on mountain
ous levels.
PENDLETON. Or.. Dec. 31. (Special.)
Pendleton's first touch of real Winter
weather came last night when the ther
mometer registered 4Vi degrees above
aero, the minimum record for the year.
There is Just a coating of snow on the
ground.
HIBBIXG. Minn.. Dec. 31. Local ther
Imometors regleUred 13 degrees below
sero here today, the coldest of the Win
ter. Considerable snow fell. Ely re
ported 11 degrees below xero,
NORFOLK. Neb.. Dec. 31. Below-
xero temperatures with a heavy snow
and a northwest wind Drevailed In
France and Italy Revg
Out for More '
J ASHINGTOX, Dec. 31. Casualty
iisis luuay contain tot) names.
in action. 42 died of wounds, 3
accidents, 47 of disease, 590 are
junded severely and 31 are missin
Tn action. Following: is the tabulated
summary to date:
Deaths Reported. Today. Tota
WARSAW. Dec. 30. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Forty-seven personal North Nebraska and Southern South
have been killed In the streets of War-1 Dakota today. Train service is stalled
. . ...i...t,..lln Southern South Dakota, due to
which occurred between troops and!
revolutionists. The city Is at high ten-1 EALT LAKE CITT, Dec. 31. Nine
ion over the shooting today and yes-1 above xero. the coldest weather experi
terday by the troops of Red itcvolu-1 enced In this section this Winter, was
tlonlsts who were holding demonstra-1 registered here today. Railroad men
tions in favor of the lltK-ation of sev-1 brought' reports of 26 below xero tem
eral interned Bolsheviki ' perature at Monldi. on tne Doraer oe-
Thls is the first time that such draa-ltween Montana and Idaho.
tic measures have been taken here. A
Mate of virtual martial law exists with
the soldiers of the newly-formed n,
innal arm V and the munlciDal aruard
ratrolltna; the streets. Cavalry and I Momer injured in Aiicmp ip .;
light artillery are active, and the ar-1 Children Near Silverton
.... t .h. t.nrt- r -WMrs.w. the SILVERTON, Or., Dec. 31. (Special.)
The little son ot jur. ana .Mrs. noy
HOME BURNS; BOY IS DEAD
booming of which is Intended as a
warning to revolutionists x-ho are sus
pected of an intention to seise the gov
ernment.
Yloliaist Irged for Pre Heat.
The arrival from Posen of Ignace
Paderewskl. who has been proposed as
president of the republic, has served to
strengthen the hands of the authorities,
who are now passing through anxious
tluys and nights.
It is extraordinary how unspectacular
are the stheet fights, several of which
the correspondent has witnessed. In one
instance, soldiers whu r Try- to salute
thw red flag, when Jostled' by th crowd.
opened fire, but the rioters were un-
jtrturbed, merely waiting to see who
tv as killed or Injured. Desite intermit
t. nt outbreaks, the customary life Is
goinc on and the theaters are well pa
ifonixcd.
Many demonstrations in support ot
Padercwskl were held at Posen. where
l oirs are in control.
Reel Baaifra Are Waved.
Sympathizers with the
larrick was burned to death late this
afternoon and the mother and her in
fant daughter seriously burned when
the Herrlck home. located five miles
south of Silverton. caught fire. One of
the children, playing with the fire in
the stove, is said to have spread the
flames. Mrs. Harrick was not in the
room when the fire started. In her ef
fort to save the children she sustained
serious burns and her recovery seems
doubtful.
The farmhouse and contents were en
tirely destroyed. No insurance was carried.
MISCHIEVOUS EFFECT NOTED
France Wants Saar Coal, Be
sides Briey Iron Mines.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE AGREE
Killed In action 8.060
Lost at sea
Died of disease 18,744
Died of wounds ll.L'Stf
Died ot accident and
other causes 2,'J."9
Total deaths .".s.TL'.'i
Wounded lirj.kiib'
Missing and prisoners.. 1S.S'.4
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I.
28.10:
16.7H
11,3:::
2.24
5S.S
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J.S.S
Clemcnceau Backs Lloyd George on
Sea Power Question Before It Is
Known What Wilson Thinks.
TACOMATO GET NEW HOTEL
Prominent Capitalists Will Build
Million. Dollar Structure.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 31. (Spe
cial.) Architect Kirtland K. Cutter
will build a million-dollar hotel in Ta-
I coma, tor a hotel company wnicn nas
Bolsheviki I been organized recently and which In
marched to the Hotel Brusl In Warsaw I eludes a number of prominent Tacoma
yesterday and demanded the release I capitalists, among them being H. F. Al-
f aix Bolsheviki agents. Polish troops I exander. Chester Thorne, William Jones
fired into the crowd after several sol-I and John S. Baker.
(tiers had been wounded by the mob. I This hotel company is purchasing the
and five persons were killed and a I Tacoma Hotel, one of the string of Nor-
bumbcr of others wounded. I man hotels. The prchase price of the
The crowd which numbered more I Tacoma Is reported to have been $360.-
than 1.0 00. paraded through this streets I 000.
singing, carrying red banners ard cry- I Mr. Cutter hss been engaged to build
iitc "Down with Pilsudaki Down with a 10-story re-enforced concrete hotel on
tne Government. It was composed I the site of the present Tacoma Hotel,
mostly of young men and young,
women. They then marched to the ho
tel where three companies of th- Pol
ish legion were guarding the Bolshevik
agents. j
Leaders of the crowd demanded the
release of the Bolsheviki agents, and
when his was refused, revolver shots
were fired from the crowd IntrV the ho
tel. The soldiers answered with three
volleys into the crowd.
Military Caaaswlaw Planned.
Poland la preparing for a military I
campaign along her entire i Russian
frontier. The Bolsheviki will, be op
posed on the north and east and the
Ruthenians of the L'kraine. on the
southeast. The Bolsheviki have forced
the Poles to take up arms by their ad-
BT JAMES M. TUOHT.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished Dy arrangement.)
PARIS, Dec 31. (Special Cable.
The French political situation, which
last week developed symptoms of
sbakiness, has again been established
by the enormous majority votes sus
taining the Clemenceau government in
the Chamber of Deputies last evening,
after the exposition of the peace situ
ation by the Premier and Foreign Min
ister Plchon.
Franklin Bouillon, who opened the
discussion, stirred the Chamber to
noteworthy enthusiasm by the flat-
footed claim to the Saar Valley, which
is rich in coal mines and by the dec
laration that not a single German sol
dier or fortified place should be per
mitted on the eastba nk of the Rhine.
That stretch of territory is fast under
going transformation Into a neutral
zone.
These matters of territorial acquisi
tion and of the acquisition and the pro
tection of a neutral zone are foremost
In the thought of the French at the
moment.
Bouillon asserted that France has as
good claim to the Saar Valley, which
was wrested from her by Prussia in
IS 15, as she has to the restoration of
Alsace and Lorraine, lost to her in
1871. Undoubtedly, the public has been
encouraged to expect the double res
toration, and sentiment now favors it. j
Coal Mines Arc Wanted.
It is urged that the Saar Valley coat
minee complement vitally the adjoining
Briey iron fields, and if Germany was
to retain control of the coal supply
necessary for, the Biieys works, she
could hamper operations to such an ex
tent as to prevent France from reaping
the full benefit of the reoccupation of
the Briey mines.
Minister Pichon refrained from pledg
ing the government to demand posses
sion of the Saar Valley, but this decla
ration that the government Intended
to preserve its right of action in re
spect to the frontiers of Alsace and
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Column 1.)
Total casualties 200.415 Too 201,1
OKEOOX.
Waanded severely
Peck. Kir L.. lOnl.l. rorvalllji. Or.
Wright. E. It., 834 Thurraan eu, Portland. Or.
WASHINGTON.
Died of wound
Connell, E. B. (Cpl.), Aladdin, Wj.
Benson. Crls, Seattle, Wash.
Winehart. B. E.. Snohomish. Wash.
Died of accident
Jeasou. W. E.. Tacoma, Wash.
Mounded Severely
Blair. Julian II. ( pl.). Seattle. Wash.
Harris. Willlard. iSt.iliwi.rer. Wuh.
Sande, John, Burlington. Wash.
KOOI). William I... Seattle. Wuh
tiled or disease (previously reported died
com wonnu,
Kayiseer, Charles 1.., Seattle, Wash.
Hounded slightly (previously reported
missing
Benson. Emll, Kent, Wash.
Minting in Action
Hamilton, Harry M., Chewslah. Wash.
IDAHO.
Killed in action
Cozzette, Joseph. Rathdrum. Idaho.
Died of wound
Trowbridge. Sherman. Gannett. Idaho.
Killed in action (previously reported miss
ng
Drtimmond, Frank E., Falrylawn. Idaho.
Wounded severely (previously reported
missing
Callahan, Clyde A., Cambridge, Idaho.
"it ounded severely
Palmer. Kobert. Holllster, Idaho.
Matthews, Jesse H.. Liberty. Idaho.
ALABAMA.
Killed In action
Clague. Charles Cpl.), Frultdale. Ala.
Died of wounds-
Bailey, J. G., Nawawah. Ala.
ARKANSAS.
Died of wounds
McCoy. Floyd. Zack. Ark.
Died of disease
McKinney, Charles M., Newark, Ark.
CALlrOKMA.
Killed in action
Catlin. S. L.. tcpl.). Kingsburg, Cal.
Hied of wounds
Laramey, Clarence, Hcrmosa Beach, Cal.
Ontiverosa, Mike. Sasquoc, Cal.
lied of diseune
Brennan, William. Stockton, Cal.
COLOKA1IU.
Killed in action
Rice, Leadre, Troy. Colo.
CONNIX'TICIT.
Killed in action
Patton, J. A. Lt.), New Haven. Conn.
Carlo, Peter, West Haven, Conn.
FLORIDA.
Killed in action
McKeown. O. T. (Lt.), Qulncy, Fla.
GEORGIA.
Killed In action
Nix, C. Y. (Cpl.), Grayson. Ga.
Hied of wounds
Williams. F. E. (horseshoer) Lilly, Ga.
lied of disease
Campbell, Archie, Valdosan. Ga.
AVheele- Harrison W.. Ke-nsln.-rton, Ga.
tmith John o., Cf!Qultt. 'Ga.
ii ' ii.IJNOl.
Killed in action
Cooch, C. G. (Cpi.), Leaf River, 111.
Blesterfeld, Martin, Crete, ill.
Monk, Kobert, Went Union, LI.
Uled of wounds
Cowler. S. I. Lt.), Belle River. III.
Besinger, Edward (Cpl.). Chicago, III.
Llnskey, W. F., Chicago, III.- .
Died of disease
Marello, Tony, Chicago, 111.
Miller. Alfred B.. Chicago. 111.
Murdoch, James L. Brisficld, I.L
INDIANA.
Killed In action
Teriiune. (.'. W. ISgt.1. Linton, Ind.
Kroll, Stanley, North Bend, Ind.
IOWA.
Killed in action
Sherer, W. A., Burlington, Iowa.
Died of wounds
Geke, Leo L.. Baxter, Towa.
PORTLAND
NEW Elld
GUY AS
ENTERS
Revelers Join in Farewell
to Passing of 1918.
PRAYERS LIFTED FOR FUTURE
"All Nations' Watch Party"
Formal Greeting of City.
MUSIC AMD LAUGHTER VIE
(Concluded on Page 6.)
Downtown Hotels, Churches, The
aters and Private Homes Unite
in Observance of Occasion.
BT BEN HUE LAMPMAN.
Well behaved little children they
are, with modestly downcast eyes
and cherubic countenances. They are
dressed as for Sunday school, with blue
polka-dot ties In double bowknots be
neath the demure little chins.
In ginghams and serge of the neatest
with never a tousle to mar the utter
perfection of curls and pompadours,
they are standing all in a rosy row.
Mark them well, good folk, for an
other year must pass ere you see such
admirable enfants again. They are your
New Year's resolutions.
Whole City la Joyful.
Not many of them were out last night.
when the city danced happily into an
other cycle of time. Tucked cosily
way, while their elders frolicked at
ance and watch party, at dinner and
theater, they waited the advent of 1919.
This morning they will troop forth to
the hard school of experience.
Yet, It is presumable that at least
one of them in sponsored by the city
entire, with thousands of godfathers
nd godmothers. It is rather an in-
efinable resolution, and it grew from
the rough footprint of war. Briefly, it
purposes to tutor Portland, that the
city may never forget its lesson ot
acrifice, and that it shall remain true
to is memories. -
Music and Laushter Blend. j
It ft for this, and for' naught else,
that 1319 will survive definitely In rec
ollection, long after lesser years and
I later have gone down the lane to tne
valley of forgetfulness.
Toung 1919 is a captious youth if he
finds anything to complain of in the
reception that Portland held for him
last night. He came to music and
rieht lights and laughter. Everyone
acclaimed him as the infant prodigy,
potent for prodigious deeds in the
twelve-month that is to be his. In his
hands, it was conceded, rests at birth
the welfare of a world grown utterly
weary of wrangling and bogus brother
hood.
There were quieter welcomes. In
CHAMBERLAIN LOOMS
FOR U. S. PRESIDEN
SEXATE SPEECH STARTS BOOM
FOR OREGON SENATOR.
Hundreds of Letters and Telegram
Approve Recent Attack on
War Department.
OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 31. (Special.) A presi
dential boom for Senator George Cham
berlain, of Oregon, is looming: as
result of his sensational speech in th
Senate yesterdaj-, in which he tore th
lid off of the War Department and ex
posed its workings.
His speech was widely discussed at
the National Capita" today and gav
impetus to speculation which connect
his name with the presidential nomina
tion. The Chamberlain presidential
boosters say that the Republicans ex
pect to make a vast deal of capital
out of exposures of the short comings
of the War Department in the recen
war and that the Democrats could
make a ten strike by nominating an
independent and fearless critic and
military expert like Senator Chamber
lain, whose leadership would give as
.surance to the country that the ob.
jectionable conditions in the War De
partment and other branches of Gov
ernment would be remedied.
Already many telegrams and letters
of approval of the speech are begin
ning to reach the Oregon Senator. Men
tion of Senator Poindexter, for the
Republican ' presidential nomination
suggests the interesting possibility
that the Pacific Northwest might fur
nish the rival presidential candidates
in 1920.
ARMY' ADVANCING ON KIEV
Control of Railroad Line to Odessa
Is Aim.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 31. (By
the Associated Press.) A volunteer
army and a French force are advancing
from Roumania through Bessarabia
toward Kiev, the Ukranian capital, ac
cording to a report from Odessa re
ceived here.
The advancing forces aim at gaining
control of the railroad between Kiev
and Odessa from the republican Sepa
ratist forces in the Ukraine.
A French force under General Ber
thelot has been in Roumania for more
than a month and aided the Rouma
nians in forcing the Germans to retire
from the country.
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THE FIRST JOB WHEN THEY GET HOME.
LARGER LOANS ADVOCATED
Farm Loat Board Makes Recom
mendation in Report.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. Increase In
the lending power of Federal land
banks and the grant of authority for
them to write life insurance on farm
property were advocated by the farm
loan board in Its annual report sub
mitted today to Congress.
Modification of the Federal farm
loan act so as to make the minimum
loan S500 Instead of $100, and maximum
loans $25,000 Instead of $10,000 also
was urged.
Vint. Into Polish ferritorv Th Pnlt
and the Ruthenians have been ae. odds ITALIAN FINANCE EXTENDED
since the KuthonUn attempt to take
I-emberr; in November.
The Bolsheviki are advancing as the
tiirman army of General Hoffman re
tires. The Germans, say reports, per
mit the Bolsheviki to advanrvl while
t.ix'kins the efforts cf the Poies to
ihcil the Bol.iievlkt. The Ueitians
are scheduled to evacuate Vllna. capital
cf Lithuania, on January 4. ItiU the
i'olea await permisrion from Marshal
Koch before goinr Into the city prior
to the German evacuation. I
i
Reds .Menace t Una. j
The Bolsheviki are advancing rajpidly
toward Una and are favored by mild
t father. The advance guards art said
to be orderly and well armed. jThey
.v, unu iiu vjt i' : u &i i u ii a cTXCtrpx
where they meet with resisian:L At
I'rkov, where tho Bolsheviki werli op-
posed, they carried but merciless , mas
sacres. The Bolsheviki. it Is reported,
also are sending forces to occupyj the
l'orts of Libau and I'.iga as soon as! the
Germans evacuate. I
Regarding the situation In i-sen
(German Poland). General I'llMtdski.
the Polish military leader, ino'ik-ated
to the correspondent that he woulil fol
low out there a firm policy of surrt"s-
iiiS any German aggressions aytninft
the Poles-
Milan Bank Bu) Interest In New
York Trust Company.
NEW YORK, Dec 31. Closer co-op
eration and extension of international
financial interests Is foreshadowed in
the purchase, announced today by the
Banca Commeiciale Italiana. the larg
est commercial bank in Italy, or a
substantial Interest in the Lincoln Trust
Company, of this city.
The Banca Commerciale Italiana. lo
cated In Milan, has a capital of about
$40,000,000 and surplus.
HUNS FREE KLAMATH BOY
Horace Shidler, Released From
Prison Camp, Reported in France,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. A list of
prisoners released from prison camps
in Germany as announced today by
the War Department.
Christian A. Sorenson, Big Sandy,
Mont., is reported to have arrived at
Lrf-ith. Scotland. Horace Shidler, Klam
.th Kails, Or is reported to have ar
rived in France.
.y
Fight In- Is t Brier Way,
Fighting between the Ruth
and the Poles X reported taking i
at several points, especially at it
rucks. Galicia. where 799 Ruthi
aro said to have been killed.
Poles opposing the Ruthenians aro
to l prepared, and they are e-i
with supplies taken from Russls
tary depots. However,
iUUMiiiua aa J'-
m Rwssls-y I nil- from tl
. the Rutr mis J the alii
NEW LOAN GRANTED ITALY
I United Mates Government Extends
Creditor $100,000,000.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. Italy today
received a new credit of $100,000,000
from the United States Government.
This Increased Italy's total credit
from this country to $1,310,000,000 and
Hies' aggregate credit to $8,5SS,-
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GUARDSMAN TO BE TRIED
CJarge of 3Iorder Preferred in Con
1 nection With Boy's Death.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec 31. Fol
lowing a verdict of a coroner's Jury
that Ezekiel Trens. a youth who died
recently after an altercation with a
guardsman on duty at Exposition Park,
had met his death from . accidental
causes, it was officially announced by
the district attorney s office here that
the case against the guardsman would
be prosecuted.
A charge of murder has been formal
ly entered against W. M. Toung, the
guardsman, and he is in custody. Trens
received a bayonet wound and died in
a hospital a few days later.
PRESIDENT HAS PAYDAY
Check Indorsed by H. P. Webster,
Disbursing Clerk.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. President
Wilson today had his first payday
outside the limits of the United States
Iand the Treasury warrant for $6250
drawn to his credit probably was the
first presidential pay check ever in
dorsed by any one other than the chief
executive. The President had designated
N. P. Webster, disbursing clerk at the
WTiite House, as his "attorney in fact"
ariH W Wphotor t ,irl rj If raahrarl K a
I warrant, indorsed it and deposited it in
! the bank to the President's credit.
GREAT RECORD IS
ESTABLISHED 1818
All Lines of Business Make
Great Strides.
SHIPBUILDING IS BIG ITEM
City and State Prepared for
Greater Efforts.
NEW INDUSTRIES SECURED
Bank Clearings, Postal Receints.
Building Permits All Show
Great Increase.
(FREIGHT CARS HIT TAXICAB
Driver and Passenger at Pendleton
Escaiie With Bruises.
PENDLETON, Or.. Dec. 31. (Spe
cial.) Though his taxi was dragged 200
feet down the O.-W. R. & N. right of
way on Main street last night. William
Goedecker, the driver, and Mi?s Ada
Decker, passenger, escaped with only
bruises.
A string of five freight cars, shunted
off from a switch engine, which was
making up a train, struck the taxicab
broadside.
DEATH PREVENTS REUNION
Elma Soldier Dies in Denver
Way Home From France.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 31. (Spe
cial.) Howard Perkins, of Elma, on
his return from France a few days ago.
telegraphed his wife he would be with
her Christmas. Perkins was taken ill at
Denver, en route home, and died Sunday
last, according to a telegram received
last night. He leaves three small chil
dren. He had been In France over a
year.
MASKED MEN STOP TRAIN
Armed Guard, Protecting Silver
Shipments, Drives Orf Bandits.
LAREDO, Tex., Dec. 31. Six masked
men stopped a train near La Jarita,
18 miles south of Nuevo Laredo, last
night, it became known here today.
They apparently knew the train had
large shipments of silver on board.
Because of the silver the train car
ried a special armed guard, which
drove off the bandits.
Railroad Contract Signed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. The Rail
road Administration's contract with
the Norfolk & Western, signed today
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for payment of $20,810,000 In annual (-82,798.21 as compared with $888,331,-
: i rental. . .. .tcuucluusd ou Pao 13, Culuum ii.)
Future appraisals of the growth and
development of Portland and Oregon
will be measured by the unprecedented
record of material prosperity attained
in 1918. For it was in the last 12
months that the state and its metro
polis made their most notable gains
n every line of business activity. All
former records were shattered and new
high water marks of achievement
were established as the basis for sub
sequent endeavor.
The legend of this phenomenal
period of prosperity is reflected in
he shipbuilding industry, bank ciear-
ngs, postal receipts, building opera
tions and the acquisition of more than
half a hundred new Industries, which
warrant the prediction of continued
growth and good fortune.
144 Ships Launched.
Since March 20, 1917, a total of 14 4
teel ot wooden ships have been con
structed and launched by the ship
yards In the Portland district. Of that
number of vessels a total of 345,700
tons has been launched by the steel
hipyards. This consisted of 44 ves
sels, 34 of which were SSOO-ton craft,
while the othei ten ranged from 3300
to 800 tons each. Meel contracts
ave been awarded in all for 109 ve?-
els aggiegat.ng &73.700 tons, repre
entins $118,518,012.
The wooden ship Industry in this
district dates from February, 1918. In
little more than ten months 80
wooden ships for the Government were
launched and one-half of ther.i have
been delivered. These vessels cost
95,000,000.
In addition to the steel and wooden
ships already mentioned, 20 other
ooden ships were constructed during
the year for tho French government
a cost of $12,500,000. Besides,
probably 12 other vessels were built
for private concerns.
Bank Clearings Larger.
Portland's progress industrially in
918 kept pace with its remarkable
ncrease in bank clearings and other
nquestioned evidences of thrift. The
utlook for the New Year gives every
romisc of a continuation of that de-
elopment with the possibility that past
records may be surpassed.
Previous to 1918, the maximum num
ber of persons employed in industrial
plants in this vicinity is estimated by
the statistical department of the Cham
ber of Commerce to have been 18,000.
Last year, exclusive of the shipbuilding
industry, which employed 34,000 men, it
is estimated conservatively that not
less than 30,000 persons found employ-
ment in the same field.
In other wordB, there has been a job
at an unparalleled wage, locally, for
every man who wanted to work, to
say nothing of hundreds of women
who responded to the call for help and
efficiently replaced in industrial life
many of the 32,000 men whose enlist
ment for war service left countless jobs
to bo filled in the store, factory and ,
workshop.
During the year 1918, 51 new indus
tries were induced to locate in this
city, largely through the efforts of tho
Chamber of Commerce. Many of these
new industries were of considerable Im
portance, ranging from this scale down
to a limited payroll.
Draft ( alls Filled.
But at no time did the people of the
State become so engrossed in attaining
new heights industrially that they did
not with record-breaking promptness
meet every wartime responsibility. In
supplying 32,000 soldiers, Oregon fur
nished more volunteers than any other
state in proportion to population. Every
call under the .. selective draft was
promptly complied with and in tho
final registration of men under 46 years
of age, the state reported more than
108,000 although the War Department
had estimated a registration of only
approximately 89,000.
Not only did the State respond loyally
with Us manpower, but with generous
hand Oregon's citizens invested or con
tributed outright millions of their
means towards financing the war. Tho
combined quotas apportioned the state
in the four liberty loan and associated
war-time drives aggregated $101,502.-
085, but the state responded with actual
subscriptions amounting to $125,981,09),
or an oversubscription of $24, 479, OOP.
Based on a total population of 800,000,
the per capita subscription for every
man, woman and child In the state was
$157.47 in a period of 18 months. Prin
cipal among the items making up this
enormous total were: Liberty loan,
$103,546,600; war savings stamps, $18,
000,000; Red Cross, $2,232,253; and
united war work, $1,168,135.
Portland's bank clearings in 191 S
reached the enormous total of $1,323,-
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