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THE MORNING OEEGONIAX, 3IONDAT, AUGUST 11, 1919. WARSHIP SQUADRONS LURE MANY VISITORS Vessels of Pacific Fleet off San Pedro Draw Crowds. CARNIVAL SPIRIT REIGNS Great Rush of Business Comes California Port as Result of Rattle Craft Arrival. to caeo; Wallace Odell, News. Tarry town - on-Hudson; A. L. Etter, Middletown, Pa., and W. J. Smith, Sun, Waukegan, ill.. devoted five hours to a personally con ducted tour under the direction of Al fred A. Ay a. visited mills, shipyards, the stockyards and the site of vh Pa cific International Livestock association. "We have been convinced that Port and is justified in every claim that has been made regarding its manufactur ing, commercial and shipping advan tages," said Editor Smith of Waukegan after the trip. "Portland has been shown to us very thoroughly, ana we Know that its people are most enterprising as well as most hospitable. Those who thought they knew something of the industry that centers here have been awakened to comprehension that the facts have been only meagerly told by the best of Oregon boosters who have spoken to us." SAX PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 10. Many residents of J-.os Angeles and other nearby cities today saw and trod the decks of an American dreadnought for the first time, when they visited this port and went aboard ine vessels of Admiral Hugh Rodman's Pacific fleet. Inside the harbor the visitors saw the slim sleek destroyers, the lesser battleships and the cruisers. Lying at anchor off the harbor were the first line battleships New Mexico, flagship; New York, Mississippi, Tex as, Wyoming and Arkansas, and two huge fuel ships. All were visited by crowds that thronged their decks, with the exception of the New Mexico, which was practically closed to visitors be cause of the great amount of official business that had to be carried on from the flagship. Visitors Carried Free. Not as many visited the port as yes terday, when the fleet arrived, but more boarded the ships. All day and long into the night the harbor and the waters off shore near the battleships were crowded with small craft bearing visitors to and about the ships. Motorboats and barges from the naval vessels took hundreds of persons to the ships free of charge. Accord ing to naval regulations these vessels are supposed to carry only relatives and close friends of men aboard, the ships to them. But so many came and claimed kinsh ip or friendship that all bars were let down and no questions were asked the visitors who wished to see and inspect the dreadnoughts. This action resulted in woe for the owners of various small craft for hire, who had planned a harvest of silver for car rying the traffic Los Angeles Greets Tars Sailors from the fleet who obtained leave went to Los Angeles in special trains to attend the many different affairs that had been arranged in their honor. Business places, such as drugstores, hotels, restaurants, fruit stands, con fectioners, soda fountains, gas sta tions, garages and the like, apparently are enjoying the greatest amount of trade in their history. Outside some restaurants and other places about the harbor "barkers" similar to those employed by circus sideshows cry the virtues of their re spective places. There are balloon sell ers and men selling pennants, photo graphs and fleet souvenirs. These, with the congestion of pedestrians, au tomobile and street-car traffic, give the little town of San Pedro the at mosphere as though a great carnival were being held. MORE HARBORS, DANIELS I LEA Secretary Wants Better Port Facili ties on Pacific Coast. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 10. "To be truly the American navy it must know the Pacific coast as well as it knows the Atlantic" Thus spoke Secretary of the Navy Daniels at a banquet in his honor here last night at the Jonathan club. "The part of the navy which arrived at Los Angeles harbor," Secretary Dan iels said, "is only a forerunner of what will come to the Pacific coast. It has not come here merely on a visit to ex change greetings, but to make this coast its permanent home. "We shall profit by our lesson haviwg fc-nilt the Panama canal in time to ftitnll the needs of the American navy on the Pacific coast. The cana is an American canal, intended to bring the two coasts together as one just as the American navy stands for America as one. "The Pacific fleet is not so much demonstration of America's power as it is a. permanent defense against any at tempted aggression by any foreign na tion. "Th day the first American soldier embarked for France America cm barked upon a new policy We spent billions for war. We must spend bil lions for peace. We must show the world we are prepared to do our share in keapin? the peace of the world." Mr. Daniels made a plea for more and setter harbors along the Pacific coast. Governor Stephens expressed his appreciation on behalf of California that the fleet had arrived "in time to settle the question of Pacific coast de fen.'" "We need now feel no alarm that our great expanse of coast is unguarded," he ea'd. "Before the fleet arrived it could have been truthfully said, as it was, that a single first-class battle ship ia a single engagement could have defeated the insufficient protection that We had. This fleet will make our coast line impregnable.' MOVIE STARS THRILL TARS 'Rodfo" Staged at Los Angeles After Vaniols Speak;?. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. Many thousands gathered in Exposition park here tiis afternoon to hear an address bv Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who opoke briefly on the "significance of the coming of the new Pacific fleet. "To the west coast," said Mr. Daniels, the coming of the fleet is significant because it has come here, not for a day. but forever. It will be a permanent defend against any possible aggres sion from any foreign toe." Mr. Daniels spoke in a highly compli mentary way of the officers and men of the fleet, their work in the war, their discipline and their conduct. Mayor Snyder of Los Angeles pre sided. Secretary Daniels was intro duced by A. B. Cass of this city. Ad miral Hugh Rodman and a number of officers of the fleet were present. Aftr the secretary's talk, a rodeo, with Douglas Fairbanks and Will Rogers iTi charge, was given at the park for the entertainment of the en listed men of the fleet, of whom about 6000 were present. For two hours they were thrilled by "wild west" feats. BAY ELKS WILL EAT ELK LODGEMEX PL.X BARBECtE AS FEATURE OF STATE MEET. All Plans for Journey to Klamath Falls Completed; Many Will Travel by Automobile. 0REGL11S TRIUMPH Iri WAR WORK ABROAD Civilians Fulfill Duties With Typical Spirit of West. FRENCH VOICE GRATITUDE Everett, Wash., Man Conducts Sight seeing: Excursion to Points in Vic tor Hugo's Iies Miserables,' Three big1 elk from Oregon forests will be served members of the Oregon association of the Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks when they gather at Klamath Falls Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the annual state conven tion. The barbecue at Pelican bay Friday evening, when the elk will be served to the lodgemen, will be the fea ture of the entertainment programme which the Klamath Falls .Elks have planned. - The animals are being secured through the courtesy of State Game Warden Carl D. Shoemaker, and a chef is coming- up from California to super intend their preparation. Headed by their 34-piece band Elks of Portland will march "Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock to the Union sta tion, there to board a special train for Klamath Falls. The delegation to go from here is estimated at 150, and many more will go by automobiles. A number have already left with their families, and Tuesday Exalted Rirler J. J. Berg will leave by automobile with his family for Klamath Falls. The special train Wednesday will bear the delegations from Portland, Astoria, Oregon City, Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Marshfield and Medford, and these members, together with those who will make the trip by automobile, will swell the total number of Elks in attendance at the Klamath Falls con vention to over 5000, it is estimated. A number of the Portland Elks who are making the trip to Crater Lake with the National Editorial association will go on immediately to the southern Oregon city after the entertainment for the editors has been concluded. Preparations on a large scale, and in which nearly every man, woman and child in the whole Klamath country are taking a personal part, are being made for the reception of the Elks, according to O. M. Plummer, who has just returned from there. He reports that practically all other business has been suspended and that preparations for the entertainment of the visitors are being made on a mammoth scale. As a sample of the forethought with which every detail is being planned, Mr. Plummer related how the citizens united to repair a bad stretch of road so the Elks motoring in by way of Bend will have smooth going. Through the Indian reservation between Bend and Klamath Falls there is a ten-mile stretch of badly cut-up road, and to fix this up for the visitors it was ar ranged that citizens from the upper country should bring down 15 hayrick loads of straw yesterday, and that a coterie of citizens should drive out from Klamath Falls. 35 miles away, to assist in filling the cut roads with this straw and covering it with a layer of earth. ELKS PASS THROUGH SALEM Hundreds or Automobiles En Route to Klamath Falls. SALEM, Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) Hundreds of automobiles, occupied by Elks from different parts of the state, passed through Salem today en route to Klamath Falls, where the state con vention of the order will open Thurs day. While not a few Salem Elks left for the southern city by automobile today, most of them will leave by train on Wednesday. Two special cars have been chartered to carry the Salem dele gation, which is expected to number nearly one hundred. GIRL KILLED IN ACCIDENT Martha Cheatum Is Crushed TTnder Automobile Near Astoria. ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 10. (Special.) Miss Martha Cheatum, assistant book keeper at the Wilson shipyard, was al most instantly killed in an automobile accident about 11 o'clock last night near Knappa. The young woman, with Mr. and Mrs. W. CJ. Wray and Mrs. Norman smith. was returning from Knappa. vV hue running along- the gravel road the car skidded and turned over, pinning Miss Cheatum underneath and crushing her. She was about 23 years of age and was a sister of Mrs. W. G. "Wray of this city. Her parents resitke in Missouri. BT E. B. LOCK HART. PARIS, July 22. (Special.) "I come from Portland, about the finest city in America," I said to some friends at the dinner table the other day In one of the "Y" restaurants, in answer to a question from one of those gathered at the table. In serious tone a man made response, "I don't agree with you." Then I added, "Well, perhaps it ranks next to the town in which you live." He surprised me by stating that he didn't agree with me when I said it was "about the best," and informed me that he held Portland to be the best. He turned out to be B. M. Gar rahan, a Knights of Columbus worker here. Mr. Garrahan has been a resi dent of Portlan I for a 'long time. He was connected with the water bureau. Here he has been connected with the Knights of Columbus as traveling sec retary. The new chief of the department in which I work, the sight-seeing depart ment of the "Y," is J. W. Killinger of near San Francisco, Cal. He is a min ing engineer, formerly of Portland. The sight-eeing department has been cut from 125 to 48 members within the past few days and the former Ore gonian has been promoted to take charge of the work of cleaning up the sight-seeing efforts, the former chief having gone home. The many friends of Mr. Killinger are congratulating him upon nis assuming this responsible of fice and predictions are made that he will, with his staff of workers, wind up this department in good shape. Mr. Killinger used to operate at Baker. He used, in past years, to contribute tech nical articles on mining for The Ore gonian's mining column. He has lived in the west for more than 2d years. Western Men's Work Valuable. Frank Lewis, an instructor in history at Kverett, Wash., whose address I have heard, is another western man who has made hi3 influence felt over here. Mr. Lewis was called upon to deliver a series of lectures on Greek mythology. He also has had charge of the Victor Hugo sight-seeing trip in which the points of interest made famous by Victor Hugo's book "Les Miserables." are shown. This has been one of the popular sight-seeing ex peditions of the French capital. The European edition of the New . York Herald in a recent issue gave a half page account of the work of Mr. Lewis. W. S. Parks and I arrived in France at the same time last year. Mr. Parks is from Bellingham, Wash., and was formerly connected with the Walla Walla commercial club of Walla Walla, Wash. He- conducts parties each day to Fontainbleau. the famous home of French kings, and to other prominent historic points outside of Paris. He has been doing this work now for months and is another western man to make decided success of his job. He knows Portland well and we often discuss to gether the latest happenings in the Rose City. Medfortl Ex-Mayor Leaves. H. L. Gilkey, former mayor of Med ford, who has been a "Y" secretary in Paris, left for home this week. Who should visit the Louvre the other day but Perry Reigelman, a well known elocutionist of Oregon's capital city and a former reporter of the Statesman of Salem. Mr. Reigelman is at the signal corps photographic lab oratory in Vincennes, a suburb of Paris Mr. Reigelman, when I haw him, had returned to the laboratory after a six months' trip through France. On this trip he visited Bordeaux, LeAIans, the great A. E. F. embarkation center, and other points. The former Salem man has been on special duty at the Hote." Crillon, Paris, in connection with file tographic work for the peace ctnfer ence. Here he told me he met Colonel Abrams of Salem who was visiting the hotel o- official business. Colonel Abrams was stationed at St. Aignan. He stated Colonel Abrams had just put on his eagles and that he made a dashing appearance. Private Reigelman does not expect to get back to the states until Sep tember, as he has been selected wltn about 20 others to close up the work of the photographic laboratory which Is located at the old Pathe mansion In Paris. It was in this mansion or cha teau that these boys lived while they made the pictures which will tell of the part played by the United States soldier in the great war. In Paris Mr. rteigelman has been making good use of the opportunity afforded to visit the places of special interest, such as the art galleries of the Louvre, the Luxem burg, Fontainbleau and Versailles. J. E. Lewton of Portland, a prom inent' member of the Mount Tabor Methodist church, is at St, Malo at this writing, preparing for embarkation at Brest within a few days for America. Mr. "Lewton. who served as Y. M. C. A. secretary at St. Selves Gironde, France, is another Rose City man who has made a success of the work here, as at tested to by Lieutenant-Colonel Mai colm P. Andrus, commanding the 67th regiment, coast artillery corps, who said, upon learning of Mr. Lewton's assignment to a new area, that he be lieved he correctly voiced the senti ments of the entire regiment when he expressed his heartfelt thanks for Mr. Lewton's "kindly and effective efforts to promote entertainment for the com mand during your all too brief sojourn with us." Volume of Business Shown. I Lieutenant-Colonel Andrus continued In a letter 1 read. "In wishing you God speed, majf I ask you to take with you our sentiments of high esteem and our hope that all your future under- laKings and efforts under the Y. M. C. A banner will be as outstanding in their brilliance and be crowned with as much success as the fruits of your labor have Deen with us. Some conception of the volume of business done in Paris is given by the louowing resume of the work of the r. M. t. A. postoffice mailing depart ment rrom November 15. 1917. to Jnn 1, 1919, was given me by Postmaster -wen a. jjiacuill of McMinnville, Or. who is at the head of the general de livery. ine amies of the department have been: Receiving all mail, telegrams uu uauies aaaressea care Y. M. C. A. trance; recording latest address of all addressees; sale of stamps; registering of mail; reforwarding and dispatching nan irom ine states; addressing, dis patching and stamping business mail dispatching personal mail; receiving al personal telegrams and cables and aispatcnir.g same. The original number of secretaries served. November 15, 1917, was 130. The present number of individuals in 10 firm Of that number 8000 are secretaries, the remainder being officers, enlisted men and individuals in France on special missions. The original staff Novembe 15, 1917, was composed of five persons tne present staff. June, 1919. is 96. ine original numDer ol letters nan died weekly was 3000 in November, 1917; June 1, 1919, 200.000. Of them, 65,000 letters were refor warded and 135.000 business and per sonal mail was dispatcned. MacGill in the general delivery had a staix or 12. Duties: Giving out mai registration of mail, sale of stamps changes of address. Individuals served each week are 6305; number of letters handled, 32.500. In the receiving and forwarding room tnere is a tarr of 28. All In coming mail is received, sorted and re forwarded. Flat Mailing Room Staff of five; re ceives, addresses, stamps, checks and dispatches all out-going business mail. Entertainers' Mail Staff of three. Mail received and reforwarded to enter tainers in accordance with their itineraries. Unclaimed Mail Department Staff of five. Receives and handles ail unde cipherable and unclaimed mail; en deavors either to deliver same or re turn to sender. Number of pieces han dled in tills manner, 1500 weekly. Package Department Staff of four. Since May 1. 1918, 571.804 packages have been handled in this department. Entry made of every package received, date, from whom received and dispatch flf same. Change of Address Department Sfaff of nine. Average number cf change of addresses per week, 2400. Telegraph and Cable Department Original number of messages, ten a day. Average umber March 1. 1919. 250 a day. Out-going messages nave rate figured, are tyied in triplicate. censored and numbered, copy filed. From September 1. 1917. to March 1. 1919 the cable department has han dled 84,917 francs in cash, daily rec ords of which are turned in to cashier. Mr. McGill said: "It has been our aim to acknowledge every communi cation addressed to this department, including requests for change of ad dress. Throughout all of our depart ments we have tried to bear always in mind the fact that we are here to render the most efficient service pos sible and our aim has been to give each individual his or her mail just as ac curately and promptly as It was hu manly possible to do so. The average number of complaints received a day does not exceed ten, making .001 per cent of the total." W Lml liH . ill i ml V.; vt f&H-il h .'i" .t 1 1 , A F I 3 U l:ii!E3 nail EPT secret and special and I for you is in its wax-wrapped air-tight package. A goody tbat is worthy yoar lasting regard because of its lasting quality. Three flavors to suit all tastes. Be SURE to get VR1GLEYS Plane Scares Horse; Woman. Hart. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 10. (Special.) When her horse became frightened at a passing airplane, the vehicle was overturned and Mrs. Anna Brick suf fered a fractured leg and many body bruises. She was taken - to a Dallas hospital. EDITORS SEE INDUSTRIES Story of City's Greatness Not Told by Boosters, Plaint. Portland's industrial achievements were investigated by one group of visiting newspaper men Saturday. They quietly absented themselves from some of the festivities of the Kditorial as sociation meet in order to familiarize themselves with the source of the com mercial activities observed. Benjamin S. Herbert, editor of the Printer - Journalist. Chicago; F. W. Allsop. Gazette, Little Kot-k. Ark.: Harry Millman, Inland Printer. Chi WILDROOT will improve hair or we) pay you Wild root is a guaranteed preparation which goes right at the hidden cause of coming baldness the scaly, itchy crust of dandruff. Wildroot removes this crust ailows nature to produce the thick lust rous hair normal to any healthy scalp. THE GUARANTEED HAIR TONIC For sale at alt good drug stores, barbers, and ladies' hair dressing parlors, under our money -back guarantee" WILDROOT COMPANY. Inc. Buffalo. N.Y. Wildmot Shampoo 8oap. w4 In connection with Wildmot, hasten the tntmpnt. HURRYA TEA Flavor .Ml ood ' Sealed Tight fe, Kept Right :i The For Lasts iY' VETERANS APPOINT ANSELL Lieutenant-Colonel to Defend Sol diers at Courtsmarrtal. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. Lieutenant- Colonel " Samuel T. Ansell, formerly acting judge-advocate of the United States army, has been appointed junior vice-commander of the I'r. ited Ameri can War Veterans and chairman of the organizations' council of administra tion, it was announced yesterday. Colonel Ansell. who was the central figure in the army court-martial con troversy, will devote part of his time to defense of accused soldiers, it was said. The government of Uruguay will build water works in 1 5cities and power systems in most of them. SHIPBUILDING PLANT FOR SALE United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Invites Proposal for tbe Purchase of Shipbuilding Plant, Raymond, Washington Operated by SANDERSON & PORTER This shipyard Is located 11 miles from Willapa Harbor on the Chicatto. Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R.. with switching connection to the Northern Pacific R. R., and has been one of the very efficient shipyards in the Northern Pacific District in the building of wood ehip of 3500 D. W. T. capacity. Detailed inventory, blue prints and photographs and other data of said shipyard have been filed in the office of the District Man ager. 607 Securities Building. Seattle. Washington: in the office of the Manager of the Shipyard Plants Division, Emergency Fleet Cor poration. 140 North Broad street. Philadelphia, Pa., and at the yard: and the same may be inspected by prospective bidders during busi ness hours. Copies of a description of the yard and abstract of inventory may be obtained on application to any of the above and deposit of Slu.OO to guarantee return. Sealed bids will be received until 11 o'clock A. M-. Sept. 10. 1919. by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, at the office of the District Manager. 607 Securities Building. Seattle, Washington, or at the office of the Manager of the Shipyard Plants Division, 140 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa., for the sale of the said Corporations' Shipbuilding Plant at Raymond, Washington, including the tools and equipment thereof, said plant being now operated by Sanderson and Porter. One of the proposals will be accepted, or all rejected, within forty-five (45) days of that date. Bids must be submitted in duplicate, on standard proposal forms, made in the manner designated therein, and enclosed in sealed envelope marked "Proposal 8005 to be opened at 11 A. M.. Sept. 10, 1919." Proposal forma may be obtained from any of the offices designated above. Bids must be accompanied by a certified check on a National Bank, payable to the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, for 10CJ- of the amount bid. This amount will be ap plied upon the purchase price to be paid by the successful bidder, but in the event that such bidder fails to consummate the contract of purchase, the deposit will be forfeited to the Corporation. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid within two years. The rlskt Is reserved to reject any oraall bidm. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation 140 NORTH BROAD ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ill Popular 'Records Jlf I'll! - Which Every Victrola Sgjf fSjl Owner Should Have Is I ! Si ' ml 1 Us. 10-Inch Double - Face Record 85c. "Boat Song" "Joy of the Morning" Both Sung by John Barnes Wells. 10-Inch Double-Face Record 85c "Today" (Carrie Jacobs-Bond) Sune by Elsie Baker. Reverse. 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