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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919. ! El'IATHl CARRIES 14,300 OVER DGEAN Giant Transport Sets Record L for Single Trip. MANY UNITS ARE ON BOARD I5ri;?adier - General Daslilel "With 1 1 Uk Infantry Among Troops. Trip Made in 15 Days. TEW YOHK, June 12. With 11,942 soldiers the transport Leviathan en tered the harbor today. On the Leviathan were Brigadier General William F. Dashiell, command ing the 11th infantry brigade. Units aboard were the 51st and 53d infantry, 1st. 2d, d and 4th -companies of the 2d regiment air service mechanics, 223d military police company and parts of the 111th sanitary train detachment. 31t;th field artillery detachment. 1st re placement depot chauffeurs school, 10th and 50th sales commissary units, 318th engineer train, 308th train headquarters, 6th division show troupe and 165th, 170th, 375th, 495th. 667th, 803d. 805th, fc-'tith and S27th aero squadrons, com jri.sing 24 officers and 1140 men. On the Leviathan also was the 52d infantry. Ho cords Are Broken. Two records were established by the Leviathan on this trip. She carried a t oia I of 14,300 persons, including pas Nongcrs and crew, which is 23 more than she ever arried before and the largest number of persons ever carried across the ocean on a single ship. The giant transport also made the i rip from iSandy Hook to Brest and return, in a total elapsed time of only 15 days, 11. hours and 34 minutes, which is nearly six hours faster than the previous record. Six enlisted men died of tuberculosis on the way home. Transport on Way. WASHINGTON', June 12. Expected transport arrivals announced today in clude: Battleship Vermont, Newport Xews, date not given, units of the 603d f-ngineers; bakery companies 313, 320; supply tiepot 203; base hospital 64. -Nieuw Amsterdam, New York, date not given, units of the 34th infantry; base hospital 210, bakery company 355. America, New Tork, June 18, head quarters 14th infantry brigade, 64th infantry. Manchuria. New Tork, date not given, units of the 321st infantry, units of the 3ISth machine gun battalion, units of the 316th machir. -un battalion, 306th sanitary train, headquai l.. " de tachments and theatrical troupe oIL division. WOMEN'S WORK OUTLINED Department of Labor's Activities Re hearsed at Convention. WASHINGTON. The results of wom an's work in the war, plans for their work in the reconstruction period, sug gestions for the "Back-to-school drive," and a campaign to raise school-teachers salaries, were some of the high .spots touched in the recent convention of the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs at Poolesville, Md. Mrs. George Chandler, of Linden, president of the county federation, brought out the value of women's clubs through the fact that when the govern ment called for help in the war the women of the country through their or ganizations were in position to offer assistance wtihout delay. Through the hundreds of women's organizations di rect channels for national service were n Horded for government aid on the one hand and for the unorganized woman 10 work through on the other. The nation-wide affiliation of women with the womens committee of the council of national defense and the Red Cross was one of the greatest proofs, she said, of the co-operative power of women... In Governor Harrington's address on ""Reconstruction," he outlined some of the existing evils confronting the coun try intemperance, insanity, poverty and inspired the women to greater co operation in fighting them, and in striv i us: for high standards of social hy iene. He urged a closer co-partnership between capital and labor, be t ween employr and employe, and praised the work of the department of labor in 1 his connection, speaking also of its work for children, in the weighing- and mcasurine tests of children carried on by the children's bureau of the depart ment of labor and the council of na tional defense. Speaking on Rducation.M Mrs. Eu gene E. Stevens, of Chevy Chase, spoke of the importance of the Back-to- school drive"' of the child ren's bu reau. i Cnited States department of labor, and i told of plans that some sections had J suggested toward this end. Dr. A. F. Wood, president of the Maryland state college, spoke on the need of raising school teachers' sal aries. The average monthly pay of a common laborer, he stated, was about J 116, while the average pay of a first ura.de teacher was ?tJ5. The value of education in farming was given. A boy who stopped his schooling at the grammar school grade was capable of earning not above $300 li is first agricultural year. One who graduated from high school earned his first year. From one to four ears of college education brought up his earning power to $S00 the first year, while special agricultural training would training would enable him to earn at least $900 the first year, hioheeiceo joymZdoipkum mfw mf cm Dr. Wood claimed that each year of cd ueation for a ch i Id meant an actual cash investment of at least $2000 at per cent interest toward his later use fulness. The value of education was further revealed through the success of the training service of the Vnited States department of labor. Unskilled workers, said Dr. Wood, who had pre viously earned only $10 a week, by means of the shoptraining installed by co-operation with the department of labor quickly advanced to $13 a week and higher. Reports of the training service of the department of labor showed these figures to be conservative, instances being given where six months training had doubled men's salaries, and in some cases trebled. This meant closer co-operation, the speaker said, between employer and employe, the improve ment of both in the increased produc tive power and increased earning power being mutually beneficial. ALASKA DOG'S PARADISE legislature Refuses to Authorize Killing of Wild Ones. ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Ever since the time that the first white men began combing the gravels of Alaska streams for the yellow dust that spells fortune, dogs the Alaska malaraute and husky have been his main reli ance. They have furnished the white man's principal mode of travel, have proved his invaluable friend on many an occasion where life or death hung in the balance and the recent terri torial legislature proved the depth of the sentiment felt . toward the dog when it refused to pass legislation perroittingr war on "wild" dogs. There were petitions for this legis lation from several sections of the territory. In Anchorage, at least, a private war on "wild" dogs meaning the animals who have been turned loose by their owners in the spring to forage their own living hat been waged relentlessly. Poisoned meat has killed up to this time more than 30 of the animals to whom living with out care of an owner means a constant fight for the survival of the fittest. The war has proved decidedly un popular, for no matter if garbage cans are upturned by the hungry animals in quest of food, the sentiment con nected with the Alaska dog is deep in the heart of most northerners. On the other hand, there is no law in unin corporated towns of the territory which permits of the licensing or impound ing of stray dogs. Once a pound was established here, but owners of dogs taken there demanded their animals back without payment of subsistence charge of penalty and they won. The pound died. Finally came the attempt to make the legislature deal with the situation. In the meantime the self-appointed committee one person, the authorities believe began the work of exterminat ing the stray dogs of Anchdrage. The Anchorage authorities are seeking that person's identity. The legislature has remained true to the dog. CAPITAL MEETING LABOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY PliAX TRIED IX SILK MILL. Eliminatoin of Wasteful Methods and Stimulation of Worker's Interest Declared Results. NEW TORK. Sitting before a pile of letters from manufacturers all over the United States, hundreds of them, all asking him for information as to the success of the "industrial de mocracy" plan in operation in his silk mill in Paterson, N. J., B. Edmund David explainted in his office here to day the advantage of the system and the difficulties of installing it in the average factory. " "There is no doubt," said Mr. David, "that the plan, which is based upon the idea if constitutional government, creates a better basis of understanding between management and worker than is possible under the old system. It is the means if settling every question of wages, hours, and working conditions that may arise and, though the constant, close, personal contact between employer and employee, fa cilitates such settlement to a con siderable degree. It tends to the elimination of wasteful methods and minimizes friction. It stimulates the worker's interest in his work and, best of all, it puts the hum touch into the relation between employer and em ployee, the one thing more essential to industrial peace than all others com bined. "I have never known of an industrial subject that appeals to popular imag ination so much as this does. This idea will spread because every man ufacturer who is aljve to the times is looking for-some system that will ease up a situation that has rapidly been growing from bad to worse, the re lation between capital and labor. But let no one think the plan is easy or that it is one-sided. It is purely a give and take and a 'live and let live' idea. "Jf a manufacturer goes into it ex pect ing to make it pay 'financially; or if he expects immediate returns he will be disappointed. Such an attitude would foredoom him to failure. We have discovered that it is a slow pro cess, of education for both sides man agers and workers. "Tact, diplomacy, ingenuity and a desire to see absolute justice done are requisites for the success of 'democracy in industry. Problems are constantly arising that require gentle handling, chiefly because of misunderstanding. The system's great value lies in its aid in clearing away misunderstand ings. It virtually uncovers all of the elements that make for. possible dis satisfaction and thus becomes a kind of 'safety value so that, instead of workers nursing grudges or grievances they come to the lighe to be remedied or removed. 4It is an expensive undertaking if one merely regards it from the stand point of dollars and cents. It means that the firm adopting it is bound to pay the top notch wages for that in dustry. It means you must employ a superintendent of personnel and that the aspirations and desires of your workers must receive as constant at tention as the production of your plant. Meetings of workers, on the company's time, cost money, too. The workers in my Paterson mill are now the most contented lot I ever had. "The government of the mill, as now in operation, is practically along the lines of the government of the United States and rests with three bodies chosen by the company executives, the forman and the workers and known as the cabinet, the senate and the house of representatives," continued Mr. David. "Two strong features of the system are a very active committee called the committee on sugestions, appointed by the house, and a board of appeals. The latter was formulated under a resolu tion which provides that complaints and hatters of dispute shall be re ferred to the board of appeals, com posed of the presidents and five other members of the senate and house. If the decision if unsatisfactory to either side appeal may be taken to the cabinet which consists of the executive oficers of the company. 'Prizes are offered for suggestions for the betterment of the service or benefit of the workers or the company and ten to 2i suggestions are re ceived weekly. Fifty per cent of them mocracy is utilizing the brains of the receive awards. Thus industrial de employe." Mr. David expressed the hope that, if it were conclusively proved that the plan is feasible, its adoption should be promoted by congressional or gov ernment recognition. You -will enjoy a cup of Nuraya tea. Closset & Devers, Portland. Adv. Read The Oregonian classified ads. POSLAM LIKES BAD CASES OF FIERY ECZEMA When Poslam takes hold of virulent and stubborn eczema, it soothes and cools at once, putting a stop to the terrific itching. Onraw parts of the skin it feels immeasurably grateful. As Poslam continues to penetrate there develops just the healing process need ed. Contrast the ease of healing with the severity of the trouble, and Pos lam's work seems remarkable indeed. One ounce of Poslam is worth a pound of ointment less efficient. Sold everywhere. For free sample write to Kmergencv Laboratories, -43 West 47th St., New Tork City. Urge your skin to become fresher, clearer, better by the daily use of Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam. Adv. JUAREZ BESIEGED BY REBEL MEXICAN ARNIV Fighting in Progress on Out skirts of Border Town. EL PASO GETS REFUGEES Inhabitants of Little Town Scarry Hastily Across Line Taking All Possessions They Can. JUAREZ, Hex., Juno 12. A Mexican paymaster-general reported at 4 o'clock that fighting- was in progress about three miles east of Juarez and that ap parently the forces of General Angeles were superior to those of the federals. It was reported that at 9 o'clock all civilians were to be ordered from the streets of Juarez and all establishments closed by order of the military. JUAREZ, Mex., June 12. "With forces of General Felipe Angeles almost in the outskirts of Juarez, there had been sev eral skirmishes between federal troops and those or Angeles up to a late hour in the afternoon. These encounters took place in the vicinity of the Juarez agricultural college, about four miles south of the town. It was not believed General Angeles would attempt a se rious setback on the defenses or Juarez before evening. In addition to the forces or Angeles pressing in on the town from the south. considerable number of his commana was reported coming in from the west. Americans holding passports were leav ing Juarez and crossing the Rio Grande o El Paso late this afternoon. Funds and records of the Juarez cus tom house were taken to El Paso, it was said, and business establishments were transferring to the American side everything they could get across. General Francisco Gonzales, com manding the federal troops, supervised the disposition of his forces in prep aration for the impending attack. EL. PASO, June 12. Americans re turning from Juarez at 3:15 o'clock said they had been informed by Mexican of ficials that parties of Villa men had been reported approaching the federal trenches at the Juarez race track, about a mile and a half south of town. Other reports said that Villa troops had en tered the race track. lumbus, N. M., are 'on a special traialPo'enta0I Kendrick has pledged him- mmino. n TT1 I PORTLAND GETS SHRINERS fContlnued From First Page.) imperial council to Portland in 1920 they cannot return to the tribe of Al Kader. Think what it will mean to have this bunch of burglars of the desert permanently in the east. Then, today, for your own protection, vote Portland 1920 and be safe. It is better to be safe than sorry. For the last time we ask you, noble sirs, to put the 'pote' in Poteland. We have done our darndest to pet .you to accept our hospitality, and win or lose this day we say unto the no bility everywhere, 'Peace be with you. May Allah blast the dogr that reacheth a profane hand into your chicken coop. If Portland wins we will reioice. If Portland loses we will return to the western shore of America with enmity toward none of the true faith and kick a few planks out of the league of nations. SHRINERS FOREHANDED FOLK Motel Reservations for 192 0 Meeting Already Beinjr Made. Fifteen minutes after the Associated Press had carried the news that Port land is to have the next Shrine conven tion, Mark "Woodruff, secretary of the campaign committee, which waged the Portland campaign, received this tele gram : "Reserve 75 rooms for Hella temple, Dallas. Tex. This is first request. Be sure and hold. "HUGH J. BOYD. P They're forehanded folks, those Shriners! In a few minutes Shriners began to call up. literally screaming and yelling when Woodruff assured them that the news was authentic, as a result of a confirmatory telegram from Potentate W. J. Hofmann. Especially marked were the congratu lations to Mr. Woodruff, who has worked night and day for four months to get the convention to Portland and to whose efforts Portland Shriners pay tribute of praise. The 30 minutes in which was settled the destiny of the 1920 gathering, at which 65,000 Shriners will make the journey over the hot sands to Portland, wonderful shirts in madras and silk $2 to $12.50 most complete stock of b.v.d., wilson bros., vassar athletic underwear $1.50 to $10 agent for interwoven and phoenix hose 331 Washington street was the finale of four years of hard work. It. was four years Ago that Seattle entertained the Shriners. About 10,000 of them stopped off In Portland en route and so genuine was the hospi tality accorded them that many of the delegates found it difficult to realize that Portland then was not the conven tion city. At the first meeting after the notable Seattle convention. Noble Hofmann sug gested the appointment of a committee to begin a campaign to land the 1920 session. In following out its campaign, Port land has sent year after year the same delegates to the imperial council, their mission being to spread the word that Portland in due time would ask for the council. Before Portland could even ask for the Shrine convention, there had to be presented to the imperial divan a guar antee of $100,000 to defray expenses. This guarantee, Emery Olmstead, pres ident of the Northwestern National bank, personally presented under the seal of the bank. After a spectacular campaign in Portland. $40,000 was raised by members of Al Kader temple and $60,000 by representative citizens. Now the Shriners plan to increase the fund to 1 150,000 so that the convention may be a memory in years to come. Because it will be at the Portland session that Kreeland Kendrick, the new imperial potentate, will preside, Shriners have no doubt that Kendrick will mark the Portland convention with even greater spectacular effects than have marked his gradual rise to the highest offer than Shrinedom can make. They recall the horse, every hair of which was gilded, and the wonderful solid gold armor he wore, on which he rode into the convention hall two years ago. They expect that he alone will spend $25,000 to make his reign as imperial potentate as gorgeous as an Arabian night. Great strings of camels and elephants will be on Portland's streets and the entire downtown section will become an Oriental city. The paradas will exhibit a magnificence such as never before has been seen. If the Imperial council is not held at the same time as the Rose Festival, the principal festi val parade will be reproduced for the 65,000 visiting Shriners. Every temple in North America that has a band and patrol will send them and dozens of temples will organize patrols for the purpose. In the winning of the campaign the Portland delegation distributed 16,000 rosebuds, sent to Indianapolis in ice. Thousands of delegates were enter tained with loganberry- juice. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of literature were presented and every member of the Shrine had mailed to him before the gathering some description of what Portland had to offer. When the gathering opened the Port landers believed they had already pledged a majority of the - delegates, but it was on the floor of the conven tion that Portland won out. There are 145 temples, with from three to six voting delegates, which will be represented in Portland. Some idea of the throng to be expected may be gathered from the fact that Imperial BCU O UriH& 1UUU H T 1 II C T 3 I TO in If!! lll" uciiih. c nine. i nia wan His pieage whether New Orleans or Portland won, and, it is asserted, he was strictly neu tral in the campaign. Shriners declare they will surpass anything that has ever been done in Portland in the line of magnificence and hospitality. T IS BEACHED CRAP WALDERSEE OX SAXDS AFTER. BEING RAMMED. Steamship Tankee Sinks Following Collision With Argentina, But All of Crew Are Saved. NEW TORK, June 12. The transport Graf Waldersee, formerly one of the crack passenger iiners of the Hamburg-American line, which was rammed last night by the steamship Redondo, was beached shortly after 11 o'clock this forenoon on the sands of Long Beach, r,. I. The steamship Tankee operated by the United States shipping board, sank early today off tiro island after having been in collision with the Italian steamship Argentina late last night. The crew of the Tankee was taken aboard the Argentina. Immediately after being struck the Tankee began to list heavily. The captain and crew were taken aboard the Argentina which stood by for several hours until the Tankee went down. The Tankee was built at Cleveland In 1918 and was engaged in coastwise trade. She was a 241S-ton vessel. The Argentina, continuing on her course acros the Atlantic, reported that she would transfer the Tankees crew to the Cardinal lightship. Lake of Soap. Soap lake is in Washington and is said to be tinlike any other lake, its waters being stronger and containing more mineral matter than the famous Carlsbad waters In Germany. When the head in shampooed with Soap lake water a white lather i crpjttM which straw hats $3 to $8 panama hats $5 to $15 fancy straws $5 to $15 c) So That All Women May Know the New Way to Sew A Demonstration and Special Featuring of The "Western Electric'' Portable Sewing is now being held on our Street Floor, just in front of the elevators. You will see how pleasant sewing can be made; how it will be possible for you to sit on the porch and sew this that will make sewing a pleasure, letting electricity do the work. This Machine $ 1 Down, $ 1 Weekly is the rotary type, with .rotating bobbin and automatic tension. It will -sew any fabric, from sheerest chiffon to heaviest woolens, and the tension will adjust itself automatically. Jt is free from vibration, silent, efficient e.nd high grade. Come in and see. Other types being demonstrated are the automatic type, known, too, as the single thread machine which produces chain stitch without a bobbin. Another type is the two-spool machine, which substitutes a spool for a bobbin. It operates on a bobbin principle and sews direct from two spools. . thoroughly cleanses the scalp. The cowboys clean their saddles by throw ing them into the lake. There are said to be authenticated instances of cures of the most obstinate cases of rheuma tism and other maladies. The lake is two and a half miles long and three fourths of a mile wide. U. S. RECOGNIZES WOMEN Nation Appreciative of War Work or Gentler Sex. WASHINGTON. The distinguished service medal, which was presented by Secretary of War Baker to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw in Washington on Mon day, May 19, marked the appreciation not only of Dr. Shaw's personal serv ices and recognition of the work of the women's committee of the council of national defense, but was also indica tive of the meritorious services ren dered the nation- by the women of the country during the war. Dr. Shaw was chairman of the women's committee of the council of national defense throughout the war. This work was originally carried on through 48 state divisions and subdi vided into 18,000 local units. About a year ago the machinery of the women's committee, which directed women's activities in the states, was amalgamated with the state councils section to form the present field divi sion of the council. . The field division was that part of the Council of Xatlonal Defense which co-operated with-the children's bureau of the Department of Labor in its chil dren's year of its "back-to-school" and other child welfare activities, as re ported at the ecent child welfare con fenerce in Washington, D. C. Dr. Shaw commented on the coin cidence of the conferring upon her of the distinguished serivco medal upon May 20 the opeing day of the 66th Congress, which has pledged Itself to pass the Federal suffrage amendment, for wh'ch she has worked for many years. While she values the personal honor of being the recipient of this dis tinguished service medal, she stated that she looked upon It as the begin men s furnisher and hatter near broadway "Merchandise of cJ Merit Only" Last Two Send in Your Old Machine and Use the We Make as a First Payment on a You can put your foot on the All these machines are sold on the easiest terms we have known to be quoted $1 down, $1 weekly with a liberal allowance for your old machine. Street Floor Lip man, Wolfe & Co. ning of the recognition by the country of the service ana loyalty of all women, and above all, that the part women were called upon to take in war time was recognizer by the Government as equally as necesary In times of peace. "This departure," said Dr. Shaw, "on the part of the National Government, through the President and Secretary of War, gives the greater promise of the time near at hand when every citicn of the United States will be esteemed a Government asset because of his or her loyalty and service, rather than be cause of sex." Gill's, The House of Souvenirs, Western Books, Cards, Booklets, Folders and Novelties The Oregon Gift Book s A souvenir of merit and a permanent acquisition to your bookshelf.. It describes the glories of the Columbia, and forests primeval, inter mingles the history and legends. Contains a splendid map and guide of the wonderful Columbia River Highway. Is chuck full of information and interest to all, whether they are old-timers or new comers. It is the Oregon Gift Book. Its title is: "The Guardians of the Columbia" Special Price ' SOc Take a Copy or Two Home With You (Gill's See How Advertising Is Made and Used Business men and bankers should visit the Advertising Exhibit assem bled under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's Convention now going on in Portland. Exhibit in the Marshall-Wells build ing, opposite Multnomah Hotel. Doors open from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. No admission charge. nc Machine Days How conveniently you can carry your machine over to your neighbor's, attach the plug and have an electric "sewing bee." And, best of all, you can see how simple it is to let electricity do' the work. Allowance Neto One pedal and sing as you sew. John D. Roc-kerellcr Xearly 80. NEW TORK. John D. Rockefeller has returned from Florida, where he spent the winter. He is now at Lake wood. N. J., but is expected at Pocan- . tico Hills any day. Neighbors who have seen him since he came from the south say he" is in splendid health. In July Mr. Rockefeller will be SO years old and there. is talk among his neigh bors at Pocantico Hills of making the event a notable one. Read The Oregonian classified ads THE J. K. GILL CO. Books, Stationery, Office Furniture Third and Alder Sts. 3D