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MEMORIAL SERVICES
PHY TRIBUTE TO DEAD
All Denominations Honor Sol
diers of Country's Wars.
EVAN B. RHODES SPEAKS
Anxious Days of March, 1018, and
Subsequent Victories of Allied
Arms Are Recounted.
For those "who lie under rows of
white crosses somewhere in France,
as well as the veteran dead of the
wars of '61 and '$$, Joint memorial
services were held at the First Con
gregational church yesterday. Not far
from the pulpit was a flag toward
M-hirh the eyes of. those in the congre
gation often strayed. It bore many
blue stars, but in the center were three
of pold.
"We are here to honor the dead of
three great wars," declared . Ivan B.
Rhodes, former T M. C. A. worker In
France, who delivered the memorial ad
dress. "Let us give first place to those
who fought from '61 to '65 to preserve
a. young nation whose experiment in
democracy hung in the balance during
four fateful years. Suppose the north
tnd failed and two weak nations sur
vived instead of one strong. The prog
ress of free peoples would have been
retarded for centuries. It was a long
and bitter struggle, and some of the
comforts and conveniences if such
ihey may be called of modern war
fare were lacking."
A tribute was then paid to the vet
erans of the war with Spain, and the
speaker reached the last great war,
of which the United States for three
years was but a "horrified specta
tor." He touched on the disappoint
ment of the allied nations after the
United States had made the first
llunge into war at the seemingly Blow
preparations to take part in the strug
gle, the fear of the British and French
in the early part of 1918 that they
would have to stand the brunt of an
ether winter in the trenches without
the assistance of great forces of Amer
icans. Dark Days Described.
A brief description was given of the
terrifying days of March, 1918, when
the German hordes broke through al
lied lines for tremendous gains, when
Foch was made commander-in-chief
and received Pershing's offer of all
J-.is resources in men- and material. Mr.
Rhodes carried the story through the
days when America sent 300,000 men
a. month over there, finally stemmed
the flood of Germans, and started them
tack toward Berlin.
"There are 50,000 of our men buried
on French soil," he said. "But the rows
of crosses are not forgotten by those
for whom the world was made safe.
Their comrades still In France will
keep their graves green, and when
they have returned the French people
will minister tenderly the flowers and
grass."
The objects for which America fought
nave not been attained until full use
has been made of the fruits of victory,
said the speaker as he concluded.
"The church is in the balance. It is
& large, dominating factor in the life
cf the nation, and must realize its re
sponsibilities. Schools must turn out
real patriots. The spirit of '76, of '61,
cf '98 and of '17 must not be lost."
Visiting Pastors Assist.
Rev. W, W, Willard, pastor of the
First Congregational church, called
upon Rev. Oliver P. Avery, of the
Vvaverley Heights church, to deliver
the Invocation. Rev. C. H. Johnston,
of the "University Park church, read the
iriptural lesson.' Rev. J. J. Staub, of
the Sunr.yside Congregational church,
read the roll of churches, to which pas
tors or members answered with lists
of those of the membership who had
died since Memorial day of 1918.
Mrs. Dudley Clark was the soloist,
singing the musical version of the
great war poem, "In Flanders Fields."
Rev. Joshua Stansfield, of the First
ilethodlst church, delivered the bene
diction. A special song service was held at
the Portland crematorium. East Four
teenth and Bybee streets, by a full
vested choir yesterday, and an ad
Cress was delivered by Rev. Oswald
Taylor, of the Grace Memorial church.
At Mount Calvary cemetery the an
nual memorial mass was celebrated.
Kev. Gregory, of the Church of the
Sacred Heart, was celebrant of the
mass, assisted by Rev. William Cronin,
of All Saints church. Master of cere
monies was Rev. Arthur G. de Lori
mier. of t!e cathedral. Rev. Guy Quinan,
1 the Church of St. Philip Neri,
preached the sermon. Turner's "Mass
in Honor of St. Cecelia" was sung by
the choir of the cathedral, directed by
Frederick W. Goodrich.
CENTRALIA HONORS HER DEAD
Tribute raid to Martyrs of Three
"Wars; Graves Are Decorated.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 30. (Spe
cial. ) Exercises and a parade were the
principal features of Centralia's ob
servance of Memorial day. An address
was delivered by Rev. J. H. Gervin, pas
tor of the Christian church, in which ha
paid tribute to the martyrs of three
wa rs.
The graves in the outlying cemeteries
were decorated and at noon Civil war
veterans and their wives, Spanish Amer
ican veterans and veterans of the world
war were guests at a dinner in the
Chamber of Commerce auditorium.
Committees of veterans yesterday
afternoon addressed pupils of Centralia
schools. '
School children played a prominent
part in Toledo's Memorial day exer
cises, which were -held this afternoon.
Addresses were delivered by Rev. Grant
Merchant and George Dew.
Winlock's observance included a pa
Tade to the cemetery, where graves
were decorated and exercises held.
HOMAGE PAID TO FALLEN
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large, has a fondness for the bluecoats,
did not neglect to cheer them. But it
was upon Sergeant Carlson, veteran of
the force, that the strenuous duty de
volved of handling the demonstrative
crowd at Fourth and Main, where the
parade formed.
The order of the parade, rigidly held
fts announced by General May, was as
follows: Police platoon. General May
and aides, city commissioners, National
Guard regiment preceded by band. Sons
of Veterans, fife and drum corps. Grand
Army of the Republic, Spanish war
veterans, sailors and marines of the
world war, veterans of the world war.
Boy scouts. Junior Honor Guards,
ladies of the "Women's Relief corps, cir
cles of the ladies of the Grand Army
of the Republic, ladies' auxiliary of
Scout Young Camp and automobiles
bearing veterans of the Indian wars
and other veterans not feeling "peart"
enough to venture the line of march
afoot.
Weather Is Disregarded.
Portland admits a certain fondness
for parades. Moreover, its public
counts a shower as nothing much to
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mar the day. But it is to be doubted,
with weather threatening as It was, if
any other event or occasion could have
drawn the thousands who came forth
yesterday, reckless of whether or not
they might be drenched.
At the conclusion of the parade, with
the line of march terminating at the
auditorium, was held the programme
of the day, when the larger portion of
the street throng filled the structure
to its doprs, to join in the exercises
commemorating the sacrifice of Amer
ica's sons.
Special services were held through
out the day at all cemeteries, and at
all outlying Grand Army posts Lone
Fir cemetery, Montavilla post, Lents,
Sellwood and St. Johns. A service to
the memory of the deal of the Spanish
war was held at noon, before the mon
ument in the Plaza block.
Youngster Carries Flag;.
Memorial day is very real to small
girls and boys. Here and there in the
big parade were children who stepped
mighty fast in order to keep pace, but
who wouldn't have been elsewhere for
anything in the world. And one of
these was Miss Gladys Crawford, 10
years old, of 712 Washington street.
who bore a large flag down the entire
line of march.
"Can't I march withou?" she asked
of Comrade Clare G. Morey, Grand
Army veteran, of Oswego.
"You bet, you may!
And for an hour or more the small
Miss Crawford served with smiling dis
tinction as a color bearer to the Grand
Army of the Republic.
SWEDISH BARITONE MARVEL
JOEL MOSSBERG, CHICAGO SING
ER, PLEASES AUDIENCE.
Programme of Varied and Difficult
" Selections Excellently Rendered.
Columbia Chorus Pleases.
BY JOSEPH MACQUEEIT. ,
Joel Mossberg, Swedish baritone from
Chicago, sings so splendidly in concert
and has naturally such a magnificent
voice that one can add after his name
the words: American baritone.
Mr. Mossberg sang Thursday night in
concert in Swiss hall. Third street, near
Jefferson, under auspices of ' Nobel
lodge No. 184, Vasa of America, as
sisted by the Columbia male chorus,
Charles Swensen, director.
Tall in stature and stout, with a fine,
powerf uj figure, " Mr. Mossberg looks
a singer. His voice is sonorous, ringing,
sweet and perfectly placed really a
vocal marvel in one singer. Mr. Moss
berg sang a number of Swedish songs,
also "Up From Somerset" (German), "A
Khaki Lad" (Aylward), "The Americans
Come" (Foster), "The Pretty, Pretty
Creature" (old English), "Largo al Fac
totum" from "The Barber of Seville,"
and other solos. He was greeted with
delighted applause.
The Columbia male chorus Ean' sev
eral numbers in excellent style under
Mr. Swenson's direction.
Oregon May Get the Oregon.
BREMERTON, . "Wash!, May 30. The
L. S. S. Oregon, the last ship of Ameri
ca s old battle fleet to retain her
name, has arrived at the Puget sound
navy yard here. She probably will be
put out or commission here, it was
said, and yet may be turned over to
the state of Oregon.
-THE.. -MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, ' MAY 31, 101D.
SCENES THAT 31 ARK ED PORTLAND'S OBSERVANCE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MEMORIAL DAY IN HISTORY.
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NO GRAVE IS OVERLOOKED
TRIBUTE IS PAID TO AMERICAN
DEAD IX FRANCE.
Memorial Day Services ' In Some
Cases Close to Line Where Boys
Fought and Fell.
PARIS, May 30. Not a grave of any
American who fell in the great war was
overlooked in today's observance of
Memorial day. Some of the services
were held in the vicinity of the battle
line along which the troops fought
and sacrificed their lives in the ceme
teries where they were laid to rest.
Others took place near the hospital
centers further back, where those whose
wounds finally caused death have been
buried.
The two most notable events of the
day were at Suresnes, near Paris, and at
Romagne, near the Argonne. President
Wilson left the peace conference to go
to the former place for an address in
the American cemetery there, while
General Pershing went to Romagne,
near the spot where the Americans suf
fered their heaviest losses in the fight
ing. The 2500 soldier dead at Romagne
were honored by the attendance of a
battalion of infantry, a battery of ar
tillery and a regimental band, while
similar detachments took part in the
exercises at other large cemeteries.
After paying tribute to the memory
of their fallen comrades, the members
of the American expeditionary forces,
from the Rhine to the sea, spent. the
remainder of the day in taking part
in and witnessing athletic events of
various kinds.
LASHING, JAIL TERM, GIVEN
Leader of Vancouver, B. C, Gang
Receives Unusual Sentence.
VANCOUVER, B. C, May 30. Ten
strokes of a lash and ten years in jail
was the sentence given yesterday to
Sidney Price, said by the police to be
the leader of a trio which held up the
caretaker of the Vancouver "Yacht club
recently and attempted to steal the
power yacht Iphis.
Price's wife, said to be a member of
the trio, was given three i-ears, and
W. W. Douglas, charged with assist
ing the Prices, was sentenced to seven
years in jail.
Names given by the three are said
to be fictitious. Police said Price's real
name was Sims, under which he served
a term In Montana for horse stealing.
His wife is said to be a former resi
dent of Sacramento, Cat.
Bend Elks Plan Drive.
BEND, Or., May 30. (Special.)
lnai plans for the launching of the
Salvation Army drive were made here
last night at a meeting of members of
the Elks' lodge, who are in charge
of the campaign. Every effort will be
made to go over the top by June 5, E.
P. Mahaffey, chairman for Deschutes,
Crook and Jefferson counties, declared.
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1 Section of the great parade swinging down Sixth street at Morrison. 3
Three veterans In America's win for human liberty Spanish war. civil
war and the war with the I Inn. 3--The veterans' fife and dram corps, whose
flghtlns tunes Quickened the pace of the marchers. 4 BrlKadler-Oeneral
John L. May, former commander of the 162d infantry overseas, who marched
as grand marshal of the day.-
PLANT NAME IS CHANGED
UNION MEAT COMPANY TO BE
COME 'SWIFT & CO.'
Branches of Big ; Chicago . Firm
West All to Take. Title of
Parent Organization.
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The name "Union Meat company"
will cease to appear locally-after this
week. In the future the big meat pack
ing plant will be known as Swift. &. Co.
Official announcement of the change
was made from the head office of the
company at Chicago in the following
notice to the trade:
"Swift & Co. announce that on
and after June 1, 1919, the business
heretofore conducted in Portland and
the Pacific northwest by the LTnton
Meat company will be continued by
and in the 'name of .Swift & . Co
the present owners. Mr. C. C. Colt
will retain the management as. here
tofore." Swift & Co. have for . many years
been recognired as the owners of the
Portland establishment. The reason
given by local officials for the change
in name is the desire of the company
to centralize its business by operating
all of its branches under one name.
Similar changes were made in other
cities. It is said the policy that has
been pursued by the company in the
northwest will not be altered in any
material way.
'School Patrons Face Puzzle.
BEND, Or, May 30. (Special.)
Whllo the state law provides for the
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election of only one director for the
Bend school board at the annual school
meeting in June, three will go out of
office at that time. They are: J. P.
Keyes, Carl A. Johnson and R. W.
Sawyer. As the law also provides for
a board' of five. Clerk J. A. Thompson
has written to the state superintendent
in an effort, to find a solution to the
puzzle. . '
EUGENE TUCK REPORT DUE
Grand Jury to File Findings In In
vestigation Today. ,
Results of the probe of the Multno
mah county grand Jury in the Eugene
Tuck case will be made public today
in . the - final report of that body,
according to Deputy District Attorney
Pierce. He has made a similar an
nouncement for four other dates, now
past, but is certain the report is com
ing out today, as that will be the
last report the grand Jury will make,
and several days were given over to
the Tuck ' Investigation.
Positive convictions are held by some
of the grand jurors in this matter, it
is reported.
Seventeen true bills, ten of them se
cret, and three not true bills were re
turned by the grand Jury Thursday.
Leslie Awde and Alvin Shurtliff were
Incicted on two counts for the theft
of the automobile of Ralph W. Hoyt
chairman of the board of county com
missioners, on May 18. King O'Lear,
alias Fred Evans, was indicted on two
counts for larceny and defrauding an
innkeeper. Rex Shields was indicted
for the theft of an auto tire and for
s'ealing a suitcase and some clothes
from a dwelling. J- E. Alton was in
dicted for contributing to the delin
quency of a minor.
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LIQUOR BURNED HT MADRAS
FINAL- CHAPTER IN SMUGGLING
EPISODE IS WRITTEN.
Entire Cache, Based on Bootlegging
Prices In Jefferson Connty, Val
ued at $5000.
BEND. Or.. May 30. (Special.) The
final chapter in one of the biggest
liquor smuggling episodes in the history
of central Oregon, was written Wednes
day afternoon in Madras when Sheriff
Ira Holcomb of Jefferson county, pre
sided at the funeral services for 649
quarts of whisky. A deep trench was
dug, the liquor poured in, kerosene
added, and a match set to the mixture.
The grave of John Barleycorn was then
carefully filled at the conclusion of
the ceremony.
Bootleggers " who were' the original
owners of the whisky, were pursued by
Sheriff S. E. Roberts of Deschutes coun
ty, making their escape into Jefferson
and caching their consignment of wet
goods with a farmer near Madras
fortnight ago. After accepting J100
from the whisky runners the rancher
removed and re-hid the liquor, inform
ing the owners on their return that
it had been stolen.
The arrest of the man followed and
he eventually disclosed to the authori
ties the location of the cache contain
ing 15 10-gallon kegs and SO quart
bottles.
Sheriff Holcomb retained on sealed
quart to be used as evidence in case
the liquor smugglers are ever appre
hended. At the present bootlegging
prices the entire cache was valued at
more than fSOOO.
SOLDIER WEDS FRENCH GIRL
II. O. Peterson of Eugene Marries
Maid lie Met Overseas.
EUGENE, Or., May 30. (Special.)
Harold Ossman Peterson of Eugene and
Miss Amelia Bezement of France, were
married in Eugene yesterday. The
wedding was the culmination of
romance started in the war zone in
France when Peterson was a sergeant
in the engineer corps of the United
States army.
Miss Bezement is the daughter of
well-to-do French people in a town
where Sergeant Peterson was stationed
during "hostilities and there they met
and plighted "their troth. About three
months ago Peterson received word
that his regiment was soon to sail for
home and he sent his fiancee on
ahead.
Major John M. Williams Speaks.
OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Mon
mouth, Or., May 30. (Special.) Major
John M. Williams of Eugene was the
speaker at the Memorial day pro
gramme in the chapel this afternoon.
No elaborate exercises were held be
cause the classroom work is being
ri.shed to make up for time lost
through influenza vacations.
The Goddess of Liberty was created
by the French convention in 1703 and
was enthroned by a public ceremonial.
WAR VOID OF GLORY,
SAYS BISHOP HUGHES
Sherman Dictum Is Held Abso
lutely True.
MEMORIAL ADDRESS GIVEN
Great Auditorium Filled to Capacity
by Grand Army Men, Women's
Relief Corps and Others.
"Memorial day !s not set apart to
celebrate the glories of war. because
warfare itself is devoid of glory. The
glory in connection with conflict of
nations grows out of individual or col
lective sacrifices made because of the
great cause for which, the fight is
waged."
Such -was the message delivered by
Bishop Hughes at the exercises held
yesterday afternoon at the Auditorium
under the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic
"I am not here today," he said, "as
your speaker to eulogize the glories of
war. I would as soon eulogize pesti
lence and famine as I would pay trib
ute to or attempt to glorify war, as
war.
Sherman Told the Troth.
"Poets have sung of the glories rf
war, authors have given vivid descrip
tions of the glory of battles, but the
greatest verbal description of war was
given by that great military leader.
General Sherman, who said War is
hell.' And as a Methodist preach.ee I
certainly will not stand here and eu
logize the inferno."
Bishop Hughes said that glory grew
out. of all that had to do with man
kind's full measure of devotion to our
national defense of the traditions which
we hold sacred. Glory, he said, also
resulted from the motives or great
cause which Inspired great action and
noblo endeavor in three American wars.
.ow history.
Great Auditorium Killed.
The Auditorium was filled to capacity
nt the afternoon meeting. The lower
floor was reserved for members of tha
Grand Army, the Womens' Relief corps.
Spanish-American War Veterans, In
dian War Veterans, Veterans of the
World War, American Legion and tha
Boy Scout organizations. The balconies
were thrown open to the general public
Department Commander -T. II. Stev
ens presided at the meeting. The ses
sion opened with an assembly bugle
call and closed with the call of taps.
The original order creating Memorial
day. issued in May, 1868, by General
John A. Logan, was read by Adjutant
J. W. Ogilbee.
President Lincoln's famous Gettys
burg speech was recited by K. R. Lund
berg, a member of the United Spanish
American AVar Veterans.
Music ProKrnmmr Feature.
The invocation and benediction were
delivered by Chaplain B. J. Hoadley of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Fred
erick W. Goodrich played a number of
selections on- the Auditorium pipe
organ, including Beethoven'B funeral
march, "On the Death of a Hero."
The officers in charge of the services
at the Auditorium were: Commander
T. H. Stevens. Adjutant J. W. Ogilbee,
Chaplain B. J. Hoadley and Officer of
the Day T. B. McDevitt. Members of
the w omen s itelier corps served a
ushers at the meeting.
COOS BAY REMEMBERS DEAD
Civic and Military Organizations Ob
serve Memorial Day.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. May 30. (Spe
cial.) Coos Bay military and civic
bodies combined in the observation of
Memorial day and fair weather favored
the ceremonies, which included a
parade, speaking at the Orpheum thea
ter by Supreme Justice Charles Johns
and others and subsequent exercises at
the Oddfellows' cemetery. The at
tendance was large. Flowers were
available in abundance and the ceme
tery was a bower. Little girls strewed
flowers on the waters of the bay in
remembrance of the sailor dead.
McKinley Post Holds Services.
William McKinley post. No. 45, G. A.
R., and Woman's Relief corps held me
morial services yesterday morning at
East Eightieth and East Glisan streets,
the exercises being attended by a large
number of residents and school chil
dren of Montavilla. Among.those who
participated in the programme were
Laura Alstrom, Dorothy Jewel. Carrie
Baxter, Mrs. Letho Fowler Miller, Jire.
Ethel Johnson, Mrs. Minnie Anthony,
Mrs. E. Keyser, Mrs. Nellie Pollock,
Rev. Dr. Gould and others. Mrs. Al
strom was chairman of the day. Charles
L. Webb made the address of the day.
Enterprise Has Big Parade.
ENTERPRISE, Or., May 30. (Spe
cial.) Wallowa county observed Me
morial day at a largely attended gath
eilng in Enterprise. A long parade
m as a feature In the morning, in which
the G. A. R, returned soldiers from
the world war, home guards, and many
other organizations participated. A
picnic dinner was held at noon in the
ST-acre city park, followed by ad
dresses on patriotic subjects, and also
on good loads. William Smith of Ba
ker and James Stewart of Corvallis
w ere speakers.
Parade Ends Salem Services.
SALEM. Or.. May 30. (Special.)
Salem residents honored their dead to
day with memorial services which
started In the morning and continued
until late in the afternoon. The vet
erans of three wars took part in the
ceremonies, the khaki of today keep
ing step with the faded blue of yester
day. Services at tme cemetery and at
the river were undar the auspices of
ijhe G." A. R., and allied patriotic or
ganizations, xne services closed wlta
a big street parade this afternoon.
COWS BRING RECORD PRICE
Clifford Rcid Herd or 45 Average
$ 100 Each at Sacramento.
With an average of $400 each for
the entire herd, a new price record for
western cattle was established recently
in Sacramento, when 43 head of import
ed registered Jerseys, shipped to Cali
fornia from the McMinnvllle farm of
Clifford Reid. president of the North
western Trust, company, were sold at
public auction. The first ten animals
sold averaged $S56 each.
In the herd was Goldie Nchalem
Beauty, an Oreson-bred and raised cow
that held the junior three-year-old rec
ord and the senior four-year-old record
for two consecutive years' production
of butterfat. The others ranged in age
from a few weeks to nine years. While
some cf the parent stock was imported,
the younger animals were products of
Oregon.
Miss Lottie K. Siddons, a Philadelphia
hitrh school teacher, has just completed
fifty years of continuous teaching
service. ,