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TnE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, 28, 1019. DR. PARRISH SEEKS destroyers stuck to their posts after the flying boat had passed, relaying back to Ponta Delgada reports from ships farther eastward. The chain was not broken until after the plane was safely moored for the night near Today, Roll Your Dollars Downtown to Simon's They'll Go Twice as Far. Read About the Hosts of Dollar Day Bargains We Are Offering Throughout the Big Store. DO YOUR SHOPPING EARLY L the cruiser Rochester at Lisbon. 16 GENERAL T Joint City and County Institu tion Needed, Says Report. SANITARIUM ALSO ASKED Health Orficcr to Submit Iist or Recommendations to Council Outlining Betterments. A greneral hospital is to be operated jointly by the city of Portland and the county of Multnomah, and a tuberculo sis hospital to be built and maintained by the city are among the chief rec ommendations found in the annual re port of Dr. CJeorge Parrish, city health officer. The report will be submitted to City Commissioner Mann within a few days. Without a general hospital it is dif ficult to give patients coming under the jurisdiction of the city proper med ical attention, according to Or. Par rish. Especially is this true, he states, when contagious cases must be han dled, as there is only one contagious ward in the city, and this is often filled to capacity. Hundreds of tuberculosis patients are suffering needlessly because of inade quate, improper and insanitay housing conditions, according to Dr. Parrish. This is the second time that Dr. Parrish has urged the city council to take some steps to provide a hospital for tuber culosis patients of the city. Hospital Need Great. "These people are entitled to atten tion," said Dr. Parrish yesterday "and yet without a hospital it is impossible to give them proper treatment. The city should provide such a. hospital as a safeguard to the health of the com munity as a humane measure. I sin cerely hope that members of the city council will consider this suggestion made in the report, as well as the suggestion for a general city and coun ty hospital, which is also sorely needed." Other recommendations made in the report by Dr. Parrish are: That a combination patrol wagon and invalid car be purchased and main tained at the police station. That an ordinance be enacted to pro vide that new buildings be constructed rat-proof and that all rooms in which food is kept be either in rat-proof buildings or be screened off. School Innpectlon Inadequate. That the school force of the city health bureau be either expanded or the work be discontinued. That an ordinance be enacted to pre vent keeping of fowls within city lim its without revocable permit. That all suffers from whooping cough be compelled to wear a red band around the sleeve. That all firemen adn policemen pay $1 per visit for medical attention while off duty, the money to go into the gen eral fund of the city. That all applicants for civil service positions pay $2.50 for medical exam ination, this money to revert to the general fund. That nurseries, baby homes, children's homes and maternity homes be regulat ed and licensed, the licenses to be re vocable by the city council for cause. TRENCH SCENE REALISTIC "AX AMERICAN' ACE" WINS SOL. DIERS' PLAUDITS. Herschel Henlere, Former Resident of Portland, Makes Appearance In Orpheum Show. All the noise and glare of battle are in "An American Ace," the headline at traction of the Orpheum show which will be presented for the last time this afternoon. The feature scenes show a battle in mid-air by aeroplanes and an advance "over the top" by Yankees. The trench scene is the most realistic Laura Flerpont. In "An American Ace." at Orpheum. yet seen in any war production and the noise and light effects used in the bat tle scenes are so true to life that Tay lor Granville, star of the act, wins com .mendation for them in every city from soldiers who have been "over there." "An American Ace" "was devised by the celebrated Lincoln J. Carter, king of stage effects, and from start to f tnlsh the act is a thriller of the noisy melo drama type. The principal roles are taken by Taylor Granville, who adapted the melodrama for vaudeville, and Laura Pierpont, who. as a brave French girl, is the heroine of the piece. There are 11 scenes in the act and the com pany numbers 30 persons, including ex tra stage hands and mechanicians re quired to handle the various effects. Of special interest to Portland li. thi Orpheum show is the appearance of Herschel Henlere, a former resident of this city, and Nora Kelly, who in real life is Mrs. Nat Goldstein. Nat Gold stein, who is Miss Kelly's piano accom panist, is a brother of Monroe Gold stein of Portland. Final Journey Simple. For the next few hundred miles of his epoch-making journey, Commander Read and his crew will be within sight of the Portuguese or Spanish coasts in the sweep northward. Skirting the coast of Cape Finisterre, they will head out across the Bay of Biscay to sight Brest, the most westerly point of France, thence direct to Plymouth. The destroyers that will guide them across the bay were already in posi tion tonight, provided with the flares and bombs that have made the trip safe thus far except for the fog that forced the other two machines of the seaplane division, the NC-1 and NC-3, out of the flight after they had safely negotiated virtually the entire distance from. Newfoundland to the Azores. -Same Crew Throughout. Commander Read had with him on the flight to Lisbon the same crew as left Newfoundland on the NC-4 May 16. Lieutenants E. F. Stone of the coast guard and W. K. Hinton were the pilots with Ensign R. C. Rodd as radio operator, and Chief Machinist's Mate E. S. Rhodes as reserve engi neer. The crew was met at Lisbon by members of the crew of the NC-1 and NC-3 who had preceded them on a destroyer. The chart of the flight shows how the winds helped her along. At times Commander Read's ship apparently was whirling through the air at a 90 knot clip; again her speed fell off to less than 60, only to pick up again as she reached the zone of inflence of other breezes. Probably the machine overtood and passed winds that had stirred the waters, about Ponta Del gada the day before preventing i earlier start. Washington Gets News. Official word of the arrival of the plane at Lisbon reached the navy de partment frist through a dispatch from Brest, France, sent by Rear-Ad- miral Halstead, commander of the American naval forcese in French waters. The message was received at the Ot ter Cliffs, Me., station, and relayed to Washington. Immediately Secretary Daniels ca bled the congratulations of the de partment to Commander Read and sent a cable to President Wilson telling him that American naval aviators had been the first to cross the Atlantic. The message to Commander Read follows: Daniels Cables Appreciation. "The entire navy congratulates you and your fellow aviators on your epochal flight. The ocean has been spanned through the air and to the American navy goes the honor of mak ing the first trans-Atlantic flight. We are all intensely proud of your achieve ment and thankful that ia has been accepted without mishap to any one of the daring aviators who left our shores on the first air journey to Eu rope. To all of them and to you all honor is due." The cablegram to President Wilson said: "Know you will be delighted to learn naval aviators first to cross Atlantic." Secretary Daniels said today no defi nite plans for further trans-oceanic flights had been made. He explained that the first trip was the beginning of a series of experiments in long-dis tance flying and that very probably after defects in naval aircraft had been corrected, another squadron of seaplanes would be headed across the Atlantic. Story of Flight Told. T)ai;e's said he had not decided whether the NC-4 should attempt to fly back to the United States or be "knocked down" at Plymouth and shipped back to America. Following is the brief log of the flight as it was told by the guardian destroyers. "8:20 A. M. NC-4 left Ponta Del Gad for Lisbon at 10:18 G. M. T., today (6:10 A. M. Washington time). "8:58 A. M. NC-4 passed station ship No. 1 at 11:13 G. M. T. "9:01 A. M. B. A. M. weather report: Flying conditions from Ponta Del Gada Lisbon very good today. fr atr weather ana moderate to fresh southwesterly winds at flying altitude prevail over the entire course with the barometer rising slowly. Weather clearing and wind nearly west. Favorable flying conditions should continue over Wednesday. "9:10 A. M. NC-4 passed station ship No. at 11:38 G. M. T. 10:10 A. M. NC-4 passed station ship No. at 12:54 u. M. T. "11:01 A. M. NC-4 passed station ship No. 5 at 13:35 G. M. T. 11:07 A. M. NC-4 passed station ship NO. 6 at 34:05 G. M. T. 12:13 P. M. NC-4 passed station ship AO. 7 at 14I4U G. M. X. 12:l P. M. NC-4 passed station ship No. 8 at 15:16 G. M. T. 1:08 P. M. NC-4 passed station ship No. u at iw:is m. i. 2:33 P. M. NC-4 passed station ship No. 11 at 17:10 G. M. T. "J:37 P. M. NC-4 passed station shio No. 12 at 18:05 G. M. T. 4:46 P. M. NC-4 passed station shio No 14 at i:it it. ai. i. Y I.H ..Ml J " ' 'iJi (J AMERICAN CROSSES OCEAN (Continued From First Page.) progressed. The plane was never off its course and there was no moment when officials in Washington did not know to within a few miles where it was in the air. To maintain adequate communica tion for this stage of the journey the 7 High - Grade Slightly Used Pianos, Player Pianos and Grand Pianos now on sale at our big store, 435 Washington Street, Corner Twelfth, at Ex traordinary Price Reductions. We were fortunate In making a purchase of a large number of slightly used high-grade Pianos, Player Pianos and Grand Pianos from the trustee of eastern finan cial institutions. They wanted their money at once. We bought these pianos cheap and are passing the opportunity on to you. Tour chance to SAVE $150 to -ssoo on your piano -purchases. Read this list over carefully and remember this is only a few of the many to choose from. 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Out-of-town customers, write us about these wonderful values. They all are fully guaranteed and carry our one-year exchange agreement, whereby you virtually have a year free trial of any instrument you purchase. Liberty bonds accepted at full face value. Reed-French Piano Mfg. Co. 435 Washington St., cor. 12th St. C. ; S:09 P. G. M. T." M. NC-4 arrived Lisbon at 20:02 READ EARNED GREAT HONORS Secretary Daniels Says Commander Entitled to Unique Position. WASHINGTON, May 27. Refusal of Secretary Daniels to permit Flight Commander John H. Towers to proceed from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon aboard the naval seaplane NC-4 with Lieutenant-Commander Read, was commended today by members of the house naval affairs committee before which, the sec retary was testifying on the naval ap propriation bill. The matter was brought up by Rep resentative Britten, republican, of Illi nois, who said he wanted to compliment Mr. Daniels for his decision. "It was a very delicate question to decide," Mr. Daniels said. ."I held that Commander Towers was not in com mand as an admiral and hence could tremendously fine piece of work, and I felt that he should be entitled to continue in command. I know him very slightly,- while I have taken flights with Towers, but all things considered, I believed he should proceed with the same crew with which he started and in the same way." Another echo of the flight came when Chairman Butler of the committee asked Mr. Daniels if there was any truth in the report that a naval aviation officer who planned the trip, charted the route to Trepassey bay and mapped out the whole NC programme, had been re duced in rank and deprived of the chance given Commander Towers. The secretary replied that he never had heard of the report, but as scores of officers had presented suggestions for the project, he would investigate and find. out the facts. PONTA DELGADA, May 27. (By the Associated Press.) The Atlantic ocean has been crossed in an aerial passage. I I I'll'fT". !L U V First, Second and Alder Streets 11 Wednesday Is Dollar Day at SIMON'S tore!! Portland's Biggest Downtown Dollar Day Dollar Day 1 Footwear Tennis Shoes for women, misses and children, men and boys; also short lines of Tennis Oxfords and Shoes in men's sizes, black and white "Sister Sue" Tennis Pumps for women, misses and chil dren; all sizes in white; rubber soles, ankle straps brown Children's Barefoot Sandals leather uppers, good leather soles; sizes from 5 to 11 only FYTR A f Men's, women's and chil iA.li. dren's Shoes; short lines and odd lines; some slightly water damaged, some mismated, but all in good condition and worth from four to five times the price. Choose early, for they will go quickly. 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Rice for only SI 25 bars Yellow Laundry Soap SI 12 bars Peets' Mechanics' Soap. . .SI 12 lbs. Spaghetti for only SI 16 lbs. curve-cut Macaroni... SI 12 lbs. White Beans for only SI 10 cans Gold Shore Clams, No. 2. .SI 6 packages Cream of Barley SI 8 packages Raisins, 15-oz for SI 5 lbs. Assorted Cookies for SI 12 lbs. Pearl Barley for only SI 12 lbs. Lima Beans for only. .' SI 3 cans Glass Label Peaches, No. 2Yt can, for SI 7 cans Golden Elk Tomatoes SI Dollar Day Specials for the Household 2-way Benjamin Electric Sockets SX 2-cell Flashlights, with battery. . .SI Any $1.15 or $1.25 Pocket Knife SI $1.25 Busy Lawn Sprinklers SI $1.39 Ten-piece Casserole Sets SI 5-gallon Stone Jars with Covers. - SI 4 lbs. Old English Floor Wax for. .SI $1.25 quart White Enamel only. 1.20 quart Hueter's Varnish. . . SI SI Specials in Good Cigars Schiller's Smokers, 20 for SI New Bachelor, 15 for onlv Si Tom Wilson, 20 for only SI Soho, 20 for only SI White Owl, 16 for only SI Plug and Smoking Tobacco Westover, two plugs for SI Dixie Queen, 1 ; 11 packages SI Five Brothers, 11 packages SI Bull Durham, 12 packages SI Tuxedo, l'i oz., 11 packages SI Lucky Strike roll cut, 1 lAt 8 pkgs. SI CIGARETTES Fatima 20s; 5 t packages &JL the American navy winning the honor. The arrival of the NC-4 at Lisbon marks the completion or me nrst Irajis-Atlantic air flight In history, with the coveted honor going to a ma chine designed, built and manned by Americans. Flotilla Commander Wortmann at Ponta Delgada received a radio mes sage, relayed from the plane, saying: "We are safely on the other side of the pond." Later m-ssages reported the crew all well and gave brief details of the ar rlal In Portugal. The engines worked splendidly, and apparently there was no untoward incident of any kind. The NC-4 was greeted by the cheers of great crowds on the waterfront, the shriekinfr of whistles and the ringing of bells. The plane covered the distance at a speed of more than SO miles an hour. As soon as the news was received here. Admiral Jackson ordered the war craft in the harbor to blow their whistles and sirens. This was kept up for five minutes, the sailors and officers meanwhile cheering the great American triumph. Commander Read, according to infor mation here, plans to remain at Lisbon overnight and continue to Plymouth tomorrow, weather permitting. Commander A. C. Read and his crew in the United States seaplane NC-4 started for Lisbon this morning at 10:18 o"clock, Greenwich time. The crew of the seaplane, which was the same as that which made the mem orable flight from Newfoundland to the Azores, boarded the plane an hour before sunrise, but it was not until several hours later that the giant ma chine taxied outside the breakwater, headed to windward and rose gracefully into the air. She circled the harbor and then headed for her destination amid cheers from the sailors and sol diers who lined the decks of the ships in the harbor and the crowds on the piers, together with the shrieks of whistles from all the steam craft within sight. The weather was almost perfect this morning, with the warm spring sun shining brightly on the waters of the bay. There were but few clouds in the a slight northwest wind which was favorable to sky and only was blowing. the flyers. The course between here and Portu gal was marked by 14 American de stroyers, stretched out aloitg the route to guide the flyers. COOS GETS TRAIN SERVICE Southern Pacific lo E.-tablish Week End Schedule to Gardiner. NORTH BEXD, Or., May 27. (Spe cial.) Announcement has been re ceived here from John M. Scott, of the passenger department of the Southern Pacific, that beginning Saturday, May SI, week-end train service between Coos boy points and 3ardiner will be established and the following schedule maintained: Leave Marshfield Satur day, 6:15 P. M. Arrive at Gardiner, 7:3') P. M. Leave Gardiner. 8 I". M. Arrive at Marshfield at 9:15 1. M. Liave Marshfield at 2 P. M. Arrive at G&rdiner at 3:15 P. M. Leave Gardi- CHART SHOWS ROUTE COVERED BY COMMANDER READ AND HIS WONDERFUL MACHINE, MARKING COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR FLIGHT IN HISTORY WITH MACHINE DESIGNED, BUILT AND MANNED BY AMERICANS. . . name PONTA i f"" DELGAPA ha Va ARIA 1. N?l. CCtVO I ' j 1 ' ' , , 11 n 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 -rTif 1. .TT RaWjiy .t CROUP I - mz L LISBON THE FLOTILLA ISDER COMMANDER H'ORTM.tS W AS STATIONED ALL THE WAY FROM PONTA DELf, ADA. AND IT WAS TO THK f RllSER ROCHESTER THAT THE NC-4 WA9 MOORED FOR THE NIGHT AT LISBON. (IN GROIP 1 THE NAMES OV THE TWO VESSELS ARE MISSING.) r.cr at 8 P. M. and arrive at Marshfield 1.1 !:13 P. M. The increased service is being e.- tr.blish?d to accommodate fishermen and week-end excursionists to the Ten- Mile lakes. Reedsport and other points. and facilitate local commerce and pas- scr.ger traffic. RANCHER TAKES OWN LIFE GEORGE SMILEY DESPONDENT AS RESULT OF ILLNESS. Body Is Eound Hanging to Tree in Orchard About Four Miles Xorth of Milton. MILTON. Or.. May 27. (Special.) Georse W. Smiley, ayed 65 years and a tesident of this district for more than SO years, committed suicide by hanging himself to an apple tree in his- orchard, fout mi!e3 north of Milton, this morn ing. Despondency over continued Ill health of himself and wife is given as the reason for the act. Although the family missed Mr. Smi ley soon after he left the house, it wax not until 6 o'clock this morning that the body was found. Dr. C. W. Thomas was called, and he said the man had been dead for several hours. So far as the coroner and relatives could determine. Mr. Smi ley left no note. He was in good finan- cial circumstances. Teachers to Talk Unions Today. Unionization will be discussed this afternoon before the regular meeting of the Portland Uradc Teachers' associa tion, which convenes in library hall at 4:30 o'clock. A complete attendance is desired. The discussion of unionization will be by Otto L. Hartwigr, president of the state federation of labor, and K. L. Sabin. Phone jour want ads to The Ore-ro-liian. Phone Main 7070, A 6U'Jj.