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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 6, 1919. k If- I 4.' f LEGION WILL PROBE Portland . Post to Examine Postoffice Complaints. FULL ACTION AUTHORIZED 3la yor and Postmaster Exchange Broadsides and Demand Mu tual Proof of Statements. Charges of discrimination.. y Fost tnaster Myers against returned service men will be given full and thorough investigation by the employment com mittee of Portland post No. 1. American Legion. Following the investigation, a report will be made to the executive committee, and if this committee finds the charges substantiated, it has been authorized to ta.k.e whatever action may seem best. .Resolutions authorizing the investi gation and subsequent action were adopted by unanimous vote at tfae regular monthly meeting of the'Port: land post, and followed a spirited de bate, in which it was brought out that although the legion did not desire to take sides in any political fight, it etood ready to guarantee that no discrimina tion be made against any ex-soldiers by governmental or private employers. "What small amount of opposition de veloped was voiced mainly in the fear that the, legion might be accused of entering politics. The matter was presented to the post by K. J. Eivers, state chairman of the American Legion. Mr. Eivers explained that he believed the matter owe of importance to the legion and one which should receive prompt and care ful investigation. Resolution! Approve Plan. Evidence that Chairman Eivers was not alone in this belief, was a resolu tion presented by Mr. Korell. which after shojt discussion was adopted by a unanimous vote. This resolution is as follows: "Whereas. It is alleged by certain re pu tale officials and citizens of his city that Frank S. Myers, postmaster for Portland, Oregon, has unjustly dis i criminated against ex-soldiers and Bailors who served in the present war, and, 'Whereas, It is one of the princi pal objects and purposes of this or ganization to defend and uphold all former service men against unjust dis crimination and improper treatment from all persons whomsoever, and "Whereas, In the accomplishment of said object and purpose, it is the de sire and wish of all members of Port land post No. 1, American Legion, that a thorough investigation of all cases of alleged discrimination or mistreat ment shall be made in order to prevent injustice or wrong being done to any person or persons accused of said offenses, s Lesion Supports Action. "Therefore be it resolved, by Portland post No. 1, that the employment com mittee be vested with authority to make a complete and thorough investigation of the alleged charges made against the said Frank Myers, as aforesaid, and re port the results of their said investiga tion to the executive committee of Port land post No. 1. , "Be it further resolved, that if the said executive committee be satisfied as to the correctness of the said com mittee's report, that they be and are hereby authorized and directed to adopt the same on behalf of this organization, and to:-take such steps and procedure in the premises as the circumstances and merits of the matter appear to re quire or justify, and that Portland post No. 1, American Legion, does hereby ratify. and affirm every act performed or done by said executive in the execu tion of the powers herewith conferred.' Mayor Ak Denial, Other important developments in the controversy which has arisen between Postmaster Myers and Mayor Baker in clude the issuance of a statement by the postmaster in which Mayor Baker is accused of uttering "malicious lies." and a counter statement by Mayor Ba ker urging the postmaster either to confirm or deny the specific charges made against him by ex-soldiers and sailors. the Argonne - sector. Five companions were killed instantlv and Can tain Riocic ! spent eeveraj . weeks at an army hos- I pital. , v , Others who received silver wound I buttons Monday" were: Lester J. Haw kins, 880 Belmont street. Portland; Osborne B. Morrow, 390 East Seventh street; C. A. F. Feiaciscavick, 967 Bel mont street; Albert Reeves. 257 Chap man street; C S. Olcon. 990 East Fif teenth street; Adolph E. Asher. 390 Clav street; William Housen, Portland; Mar tin L Kimmel, 671 Lambert avenue; Clyde W. Alexander. Corvallis; Charles W. McCarty, Vancouver Wash.; L. F. Livingston, Klma, Wash.; Laird V. Woods and Irving D. . Balderee, The Dalles.- There were also 150 bronze buttons issued Monday, including two batches of the insignias to delegates from El ma. Wash., and Bend, Or. The ex service men at these points had banded together and sent delegates here to ob tain 'he buttons. Two mothers draw ing buttons yesterday are guests here for buye. - week. Thev are Mrs. J. M Woods, The Dalles, and Mrs. E. Jacob eon, Troy, Mont. MP DHESSESlfjLIKELY EARLY DECLINE IX PRICES IS DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE. Materials Cost More Than Ever Be fore and Labor Is Scarce and Hijrh, Says Manufacturer. NEW YORK, Augr. 5. The prices of dresses are as firm today as they ever were in the history of the industry, and there is no possibility of any drop on account of existing conditions in the trade. A statement to this effect was made Monday by Executive Director David N. Mosessohn, of the Associated Dress Industries of America, the national or ganization of dress manufacturers Mr Mosessohn pointed out that while man ufacturers generally are doing every thing within their power to keep prices down to a minimum, they are con fronted with many serious problems and are shaving their profits in order to quote prices on their merchandise which will attract the buyer and the ultimate consumer. Mr. Mosessohn said that if the manu facturers of dresses were to operate on a basis of profit equal to the figure in other industries, the cost of dresses would be much higher than they are today and would shock the average woman who wants to buy one. "The raw material situation is grow ing worse. each, week," said Mr. Moses sohn, "and the labor situation is not showing any signs of improvement. Not only is there a scarcity of labor, but production is at the low end. Some stocks of raw materials arc in the hands of jobbers and speculators who are charg ing abnormal prices for merchandise, creating an unprecedented condition in the industry and inflicting hard ships on manufacturers throughout the country." .E.V. 4 YEARS OF SERVICE Lieutenant-Colonel Home From Coblenz Station. FIRST ENLISTMENT IN 1915 FORESTS DRY IS WG A. G. JACKSOX RETURNS FROM TRIP TO SOUTHERN OREGON. PLANE SACRIFICE DENIED REPORTS OF WANTOX DESTRUC TION HELD I'NFOUXDED. Renewed Danger of Fires Is Being Impressed on Campers; Visiting Party Left at Crater Lake. Practically no rain has fallen in the forests of soutnern Oregon in recent weeks. The timbered areas are becom ing so dry and the fire danger is so much, greater that campers are being warned to use every precaution, accord ing to A. G. Jackson of the educational department of the forestry bureau, who has just returned from a trip to Crater lake with 650 members of the Massa chusetts Forestry aswiarinn Air Jackson left the party at the lake and made an inspection trip through that section of the state, visiting the Crater lake forest, Odessa, Crystal creek and Recreation. At the latter place Mr. Jackson says 32 of the government lots have been placed under permit as summer home sites and a little settlement is springing- up. The national forests are full of automobile tourists at present, many of them from the east and middle west. During the thunder storm of two weeks ago, 50 fires were started by lightning in the Crater lake forest, but all except one have been extinguished. Mr. Jackson returned to Portland via Dead Indian road and Lake of the Woods, where 50 people are camped for the summer. The crew of forest fire fig-hters employed by the government is engaged in improving Dead Indian road when there are no fires requiring attention. Kothing Barned That Could Be Sold or Salvaged, Says Former Chief of Air Service Abroad. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Denial that any aircraft of the American ex peditionary force was wantonly de- t royed was made Monday by Colonel Mason M. la trick, former chief of air service abroad, appearing before" a bouse war investigating committee. "That any planes were burned need lessly or waste fully is incorrect.", de clared Colonel Pa trick. "None that it would be economical to keep was de stroyed. Destruction of the machines followed effort to sell them which, failing, resulted in the salvage aa junk of parts," None was offered for sale or destroyed. Colonel Patrick said, until after an inventory had proved their worthlessness. Colonel Patrrtk said that when the armistice was signed the t'nited States bad about one-fourth the number of planes on the front that should have been there, considering the size of the front line army. He gave 740 as the number of machines actually at the front, of which 213 were built in this country. Falling down in the training of new aviators, rather than inability to get planes, caused the insufficient force. Colonel Patrick said. CAPTAIN BLOCK IS HERE XEW YORK OFFICER. WOIXDED TWICK, DRAWS BUTTON. HUN BARON'S DEBTS PAID Property of California Girl's Hus band Satisfies $250,000 Bills. SAX FRANCISCO, Aug-. 5. (Special.) Debts contracted by Baron J. Henry von Schroeder, a German army officer, amounting to nearly $250,000 and due for the most part to San Francisco busi ness concerns, were wiped out Monday with the sale of his valuable California properties. The report of the paying off of the baron's debts was announced here by Attorney Walter D. Mansfield, representing the alien property cus todian, on the board of directors of the Von Schroeder Investment company. Baroness von Schroeder. -who shared her husband's financial misfortune, was formerly the daughter of the well known banker, Peter Donahue, who came to California a pioneer. SOLDIERS CHARGE RIOTERS """" 4 Action in Liverpool Follows Xight of Wild Disorder. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 5. Riotous crowds 'were driven from the streets of this city Monday by troops charging with fixed bayonets. The rioters filled the streets during- the night and it was not until daybreak that the soldiers were ordered to charge. The cruiser Valiant and two destroyers have moved into the Mersey river to protect the docks. $i The 'employes of bus and tramway lines failed to report for work this morning. No notice of a strike had been given and it is not believed that the movement was undertaken in sym pathy with the policemen's strike. Portland Visitor Relates Narrow L's cape During: St. Mihiel and Argonne Operations. Captain Edgar N. Block, formerly of Kuffalo. N. Y- who was twice wourTSed during the war, is visiting in Portland as a guest of H. H. Sichel, who was i formerly in the service. Captain Block tepped into the army recruiting office- Monday to obtain a silver victory j button. The captain was first wounded 1 during the St. Mihiel drive, when he and n is t irst sergeant were lying in fox" holes to protect themselves from German fire. A high-power shell wound ed the captain and killed Him com panion. He was wounded a second time ' severely iuie moving iu ouUit inu - BULLION' HELD BY POLICE Metal Held as Counterfeiting E-ri- dence for Federal Officers. While cleaning: up the apartment for merly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riley, who were arrested. Sunday on chargrea of counterfeiting;, the landlady o the Genevieve apartments. 414 Fourth street, Monday discovered a quantity of bullion, which police or dered held as evidence for federal au thorities. The landlady found the metal in the bathroom of the apartment. She noti fied Patrolman Palmer, who promised to take the matter up with secret serv ice operative. Fighting in Belgium, Ypres and Aisne as Well as Secret Mis sion to Berlin on Record. After four full years of war service. Dr. Earl V. Morrowj well-known Port land physician and surgeon, returned to this city Monday, leaving- behind him the rank of lieutenant-colonel and a long record of erncient service, and bringing; with him a great pride In the achievements of his fellow Americans and an immense satisfaction at being home. ' Dr. Morrow left Portland for the war first in January, 1915. to be -chief sur geon of the American Red Cross in Bel gium. For a year and nine months he directed Jhe medical work of the Amer ican Red Cross. He was also attached to the famous 29th British division, in charge of a group of field hospitals and ambulance companies, which in the British army are grouped under the name of field ambulance).. During all the fighting at Tpres Dr. Morrow oper ated at tne corps' main dressing sta tion, where nine surgical teams worked day and night preparing the wounded for evacuation to the rear. Operating; Rooms ITiiderjrround. "This dressing station." said Dr. Mor row, "was located in an old prison, built in the 11th century. As it was close to the lines and almost absolute in its se curity, it made an ideal first-aid station when the walls were whitewashed and electric lights and a system of ventila tion were installed. Some of tne oper ating rooms were 40 or SO feet under ground." ! After the fighting at Tpres was over Dr. Morrow was placed successively in charge of five different casualty clear ing stations, where he was engaged principally in surgery of the head and abdomen. Dr. Morrow then returned to this country and had been here only six months when the United States declared war, and he returned to France with the first contingent of American troops in May, 1917. With the arrival of Americans in force he was assigned to the 30th American division as com manding officer of the 105th sanitary train. When the 27th and 30th divi sions, with the British 2d corps, broke the Hindenburg line in the extreme north of France and advanced 39 kilo meters in three days. Dr. Morrow had charge of the evacuation of all wound ed of the 30th division. After a brief stay in a rest area he returned to the front in the upper Aisne offensive. After the armistice Dr. Mor row was transferred to the army of oc cupation as chief surgeon of the 3d di vision and was stationed near Coblenz. Dr. Morrow's final assignment to duty on the continent was to go alone to Berlin on a secret mission by order of General Pershing. After several months in the German capital he start ed for the United States, leaving Berlin July 1. GENIAL BURGLAR SCARED Miss Verna Gonghner Catches In truder Opening Window of Home. Miss Verna Gonghner. 15 years old. reported to police Monday night that when she went home she found a burg lar on a stepladder removing a window from the building. The intruder genially invited her to go inside with him. The girl's mother arrived and scared the man away. Miss Gonghner described the burglar as young, with brown eyes, gray clothes and a dark slouch hat He had loos ened the window with a large knife. The girl lives at 69 Morris street. MRS. M. A. WILSON IS DEAD Sumner Resident Is Survived by Four Children. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 5. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, 73, of Sumner died of pneumonia. She crossed the plains with her husband, J. P. Wil son, in 1875. Mrs. Wilson had resided at Sumner for 44 years. Four children survive: Coroner F. E. Wilson. Marshfield; Mrs. Eva Barnard, Marshfield; Mrs. Zoe Selander and O. N. Wilson of Sumner. Monday's luncheon of the Chehalis Citi zens' club. George R. Walker fair sec retary, urged decoration of the mer chants' windows fair week. Secretary Marsh reported arrangements complet ed for a big special feature Friday, Au gust 22, when a great "ship by truck' parade will be put on by all principal northwest truck dealers. C. Ellington reported arrangements complete for proper reception of the National Editorial association and its entertainment at lunch at Chehalis civic center Friday next, with a grand parade from the station headed by the Chehalis concert band. Wednesday night the club will meet to consider permanent quarters for public gatherings and disposal of its furniture and other belongings to the Chehalis newly-established Elks' lodge. AMY OLIVER IS DEAD MRS. MOFFIT, XEWS WRITER, SrCClMBS AT SANTA CRUZ. One of Twins Will Be Buried With Mother Notable Tasks Accom plished During Career. SANTA CRUZ. Cal., Aug. 5. Mrs. Amy Oliver Motfit. former special writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, died here after the uirth of twins Mon day. One of the twins died and will be buried with her. Mrs. Moffit. better known in this city as Amy Oliver, came to Portland in 1914 and was on the staff of the Tele gram as general assignment reporter for a year and a half, leaving to go to the Chronicle. Tnere she performed several notable tasks, one of them handling draft news during the war. In this she was part of the time assist ed by a staff of 11 reporters. She was extremely versatile and capable of handling a man's work. While she was on the San Francisco paper she covered railroad news for the entire terminal at the time the interests were passing from private to government control. Later Miss Oliver drifted into radi cal social work and wrote much along this line. While engaged in writings of this nature she met the man to whom she was shortly afterward mar ried. The young woman was a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she was active on the varsity publica tion. She taught school, then went to a Minneapolis paper. While engaged in Minnesota journalism one of her feats -was the publication of a series of articles attacking tradesmen who were selling drugs to addicts. She traveled over the state conducting the campaign and writing on her own ex periences. Mrs. Moffit is survived by her hus band, father and mother in Santa Cruz, several brothers and a sister. Frances, who was married to a Portland physician. PORTLAND MAN ARRESTED Collector for Gas Company Said to Have Confessed Thefts. SAX JOSE, Cal., Aug. 5. Frank Beers, collector for the Pacific Gas & Electric company, who came here from Portland, Or., a year ago, was placed in jail here Monday by Chief of Police Black, who said that Beers had confessed appro priating $648 in collections he had made during the day. Chief Black said Beers had told his employers a story of being beaten and robbed. -A search for the mi.ssing funds was made by detectives, but no money was found. The Young Mens' Suits for Autum are Arriving Daily For quality, for smartness, for service, for style, young men should see this, the vanguard of the new season's clothes. Here are the models that are the very acme of clothes excellence, styled in a, manner in which young men like them. They're on display, young gentlemen; come and see" them. $18, $20, $25, $30, $35, ' $40, $45, $50 The Second Floor for Young Men's Clothes 41 IDeriBellto ) CIVILIZATION'S END FEARED BRITISH LABOR LEADER SEES SPASM OF RAGE COMING. Socialist Conference Hears Course of Entente on Russia League Condemned nd Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Phone Main "rtTft. A 6095. LUCERNE, Switz., Aug. 5. Before the winter sets in there will be "a ter rible spasm of rage and despair among the peoples of Europe in which the final remains of civilization may be totally annihilated," it was predicted by Arthur Henderson, British Labor leader, at the opening session of the international socialist conference here Sunday. The remarks of Mr. H-enderson fol lowed those of Otto Wells 'of the ma jority element of the German socialists, who declared German workingmen ex pected from Jhe socialists the creation of a real league of nations. He char acterized the league organized in Paris without Germany and Russia as mem bers as a "mere pleasantry." In alluding to the peace treaty Mr. Henderson declared the principal points of it ou&ht to be subjected to imme diate and thorough revision. Condemnation of support of Admiral Kolchak. head of the all-Russian gov ernment at Omsk, by the entente na tions was expressed by James Ramsay Macdonald of the British delegation and Marcel Cachin, the French socialist leader. Both the speakers demanded that an energetic attitude be adopted by the socialists toward the nations, particularly on this ground. Emit Vandervelde. Belgian socialist, gave his opinion that It would be im possible to reconstitute the interna tional socialist organization until the question of war responsibilities was settled The Modern Way of Practicing Dentistry PLANS OF FAIR ARE BARED Chehalis Club Learns of Prepara tions for Editors. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 5. (Spe cial.) Civic matters were discussed at GIRLS! USE LEMONS FOR SUNBURN, TAN Try It! Make this lemon lotion to whiten your tanned or freckled skin. Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well, and" you have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion whitener, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will sup ply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fra grant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands and see how quickly the freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Tes! It is h armless. Adv. fig! DR. PARKER Just One Application and the Hairs Vanish (Modes of Today) A harmless., yet very effective, treat ment is here given for the quick re moval of hairy growths: Mix enough powdered delatone and water to cover the undesirable hairs, apply paste and after 2 or 3 minutes remove, wash the skin and the hairs have vanished. One application usually is sufficient, but to be certain of results, buy the delatone in an original package. Adv. NURAYA TEA tickles the palate Closset Se Devers - Portland By DR. PARKER Founder and Executive Head of the E. R. Parker System "D EGISTERED Dentists using the E. R. Parker System practice dentistry on the same principle as a leader conducts an orchestra. '' A good orchestra consists of "violinists, cornetists, trombonists, clarinetists, flute-players, drummers and all the rest, and when they play together the result is harmonious melody. No man can be a complete orchestra by himself. Following that simple idea, the E. R. Parker System recognizes that no man can be a complete dental estab lishment by himself. ' " And so the Registered Dentists using the Parker System are men who have been trained to do some one kind of dental work particularly well by doing much of it. , The kind of work your teeth require is done by the dentist, who is trained in that kind of work, just as the man who knows how to play the violin is the man who has been trained to play the violin in an orchestra. Thus the dental work done under the Parker System is as good as can be done anywhere. . , And the prices asked for this kind of work are more than reasonable, for specialists lose no time, and time saved is money saved, and this saving is shared with the patient. , If you think that Dentistry under the Parker System is done the right way, come in, have your teeth ex amined free, and learn in advance how little the price .will be for having your teeth properly cared for. PORTLAND OFFICE . ' ' Dr. A. D. Cage Examination Dr. F. T. Christensen Extracting and X-Ray Dr. A. R. Mitchells-Crown and Bridge Dr. C R. 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