16 TITE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, rORTLAXD, MAY 23, 1915. GUARD COMPANY C WILL CELEBRATE Reunion at Armory Tomorrow Night to Commemorate 16th Anniversary of Formation. CREDITABLE RECORD MADE Organized With Aim of Going to Quell Philippine Insurrection, Hostile Force Never Met, Ixut Mettle Proved In Peace. Just. 16 years ago tomorrow, on May 14. 1S99, 40 young men of Portland. In the expectation of being immediately called to the Philippine Islands, where the Filipino insurrection was then at its height, met at the Armory and or ganized as C Company. Third Regiment of Infantry. Oregon National Guard. They were not sent to the front as fhey had hoped, but instead of dis banding they kept the organization intact, and C Company ever since has been one of the crack units of the present Third Infantry. The 16th anniversary of the found ing of the Company will be celebrated iu a reunion of its present and former members, who include some of the best-known business and professional men of the city, at the Armory tomor row night. Though C Company has never heard the crackle of hostile musketry and the crashing of big shells in battle, it has a record of peace service in which its members take deep pride. If it had never done anything more than it ac complished, for instance, in 1910, the year of great forest fires through Ore gon and the whole Northwest, it would right there have justified the great value of military organization, and discipline and readiness in time of peace. Company Assembled Quickly. In the Summer of that year, a forest fire, starting in the Cascade Moun tains near the Bull Run forest, got be yond control of the rangers and swept toward the timbered reserve that pro tects Portland's water supply. A call was sent out for troops to help save the watershed. At 4 o 'clock one afternoon. Captain I. K. Bowman, of C Company got or ders from "Adjutant-General Finzer to assemble his men. Thougn the men of the company work at almost as many different places through the city and every man had to be reached per sonally, in exactly two hours the com pany. In full strength. and fully equipped, including cooks and mess equipment, was lined up at the Armory and Captain Bowman notified the Adjutant-General that he was ready. They were not sent out, however, un til the following morning. Then, with Company II, they took train for Bor ing, with orders to go on to the little hamlet of Monmouth near the Bull Run reserve, which was reported to be sur rounded by fire. At Boring they were Joined by Company E, Captain Smith, who as senior officer present, took command of the battalion. Boring it self was In danger. In five minutes the whole, battalion had thrown their packs, and in two hours they had given such valuable assistance that the town was safe. Hht In Dnsr. Leaving 25 men there as a detail In ease of further danger. Captain Smith, commandeering lumber and tie wagons, set off with the rest of the battalion for Monmouth. At the town of Sandy, on the way, orders reachedthem from Adjutant-General Finzer that they would be met by a forest ranger, and were to work under his orders. In the meantime Monmouth had been saved by its own citizens and the forest ranger ordered the troops to march along the Sandy River toward the re serve, now in serious danger. At 8 o'clock that night the troops camped, but at 5 in the morning they were again on the march. At Bright wood C Company, under Captain Bow man, was detached and sent seven miles further up the road toward Mount Hood. Word had been received that Rhodo dendron Inn was in danger. At the Inn Lee M. Holden. now battalion chief of the Portland fire department, borrowed a detachment of 12 men. After work ing far into the night, the inn was saved, and Mr. Holden returned the men with the greatest praise for their efficient service. Almost immediately afterward a for est ranger, who had been continuously In the saddle for 29 hours, came up with word that fire was sweeping up the further ridge of Zig-Zag Mountain, at the, base of which (tie Inn is situated, and calling for immolate help. Cap tain Bowman took 35 men and started up the mountain. Spread of Fire Stayed. For several hours they toiled up the slope, climbing over logs and pushing through dense growth. They had at tained a clearing about 3000 feet up, when the fire was seen coming over the crest of the mountain. Captain Bowman timed it with his watch as he' set his men at work trenching and backfiring. In 60 min utes It swept eight miles down the mountain side to the clearing where they were making their stand. There, after a fight lasting for hours, digging trenches, starting backfires and beating out small blazes that started up In the brush about them everywhere, they prevented the main fire from crossing a small creek in the clearing and stayed its progress. For six days and nights the company was engaged in almost continual fire figliting in this vicinity. By that time the danger was over, and the Bull Run Forest Reserve was saved. The men of Companies K and H, farther down, had also done heroic service, but -it was to C Company, which bore the brunt of the hardest and roughest work, right on the main firing line, to use a. fitting war term, that the for est rangers gave the main credit for saving the watershed. Field Record Creditable. C Company ulso has a great record in field service atid maneuvers. It has always ranked us one of the best two or three of the 22 company organizations In Oregon, find has more than once received high praise from Regular Army officers for its efficiency at in spections, but the men of the company take most pride, perhaps, in the fact that they belong to the "Fighting First Battalion." in which also are B Com pany and D Company. This battalion, commanded by Major T A Bowman, a former captain of C Company, gained its name in the 1912 maneuvers in the Grays Harbor region. As part of the "Red army, it marched from Montesano to Gate, under theo retical fighting conditions for at least half of the distance. But It made its great reputation by a night climb tip a mountain which regular Army offi cers and engineers had declared im passable for troops, and flanking a bat. trry of the "Blue" army there which was holding the "Red" army in check. So impregnahlo was this position considered that the battery had neglected to station outposts. Under uar conditions, the battery would have been 'annihilated. To reach the posi tion, the First Battalion marched 54 OFFICERS AND MEN OF COMPANY C, OREGON NATIONAL GUARD, WHO WILL OBSERVE SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF ORGANIZATION TOMORROW. 71 - - i- vjf Jt Sy 3--- ? v K.;-Qy- '"-r. m "i &. v v- 1 MMBM . f , 11. t 4 - miles over logs, and up sheer rock bluffs, from 2 until 8 A. when they suddenly fell on the battery. Since its organization, C Company has had three captain. Its first cap tain was Arthur J. Clothier, who com manded, it for live years. He was suc ceeded by Captain L, A. Bowman. When he was promoted to Major eight years later, Daniel K. Bowman . took com mand, his commission dating from March, 1912. Captain Bowman is a charter mem ber of the company. He enlisted as a private, served successively as corporal, duty sergeant and first sergeant, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1904, First Lieutenant five years later, and Captain in 1912. He is the only charter member now in the company. Next to him in service comes Ser geant Cullins, a member of the Port land police bureau, who has served 15 years in the company. C Company has furnished many men to the non-commissioned staff who have afterward risen to be officers of other companies. Major Alva W. Hawkins, of the Washington National Guard, obtained his first 'military in struction in C Company. Victor S. Howard, quartermaster ser geant, is C Company's best marks man. He has twice won his way to the National shoot, and there shot among the high five in the Oregon. team. C. A. Waddell, second lieutenant of C Company, has been In the organiza tion more than ten years. He worked up from the ranks. sal.em ho v wivs willam i:tti; i.mversitv schol arship. Allan 1 , Jonea. SALEM. Or.. May 22. (Special.) Announcement was made yes terday that Allan V. Jones, son of Charles H. Jones, editor of the Oregon Teachers' Monthly, published in this city, had won the scholarship in Willamette Vnivrrslty awarded to the Salem High School. The winner is one of the brightest hoys of the capital city and always has stood at the head of his classes in the public schools. Ho said that he would take the law course at the uni versity. 4 1 r 4 t ; I- - if : immmmmmmm i ' ( y I l , : ;Jl v T 1 I :..":; 1 V s,4 ' t T . AID SERBIA, IS PLEA Madame Grouitch Due to Ar rive Here on Mission. TYPHUS DANGER IS SHOWN Wife of Serbian Sex-rctary of Foreign Affairs, Who Is American Girl, Describes Pestilence . ancl Hung-er of Homeless. In the interest of the destitute Serb ians. Madame Slavko Grouitch, wife of the Serbian Secretary of Foreign Af fairs, who is an American girl by birth ami Serbian by adoption, will pass through Portland tomorrow or Tuesday en route to Tacoma and Seattle, plead ing for the suffering and destitute women and children of her little coun try. Madame Grouitch is making a tour of America to acquaint the American people with the dreadful devastation and destitute condition of her adopted country. She arrived in this country early in January to arouse interest In her people and start relief commit tees to raise funds to provide clothing, hemes, grain and food for the loyal Serbians. She organized the Serbian Agricul tural Belief Committee of America, with headquarters in New York. Among the articles for which the Serbian Society makes its appeal are motors, tents, plows, hoes, shovels, rakes, har rows, watering cans, garden hose, field ovens, camp kitchens, simple household utensils. clothting of all kinds for men. women and children. Hnndreilff of Taousandts Homeless. On account of the terrible typhus dis ease spreading over the section of the country, which has necessitated the bnrning of their homes, clothing and everything in which the germ would lurk, there are hundreds of thousands of Serbians living in tents, with little or no clothing, and without food. The women arc obliged to take the places of the men on the farms and endeavor to reclaim their denuded lands. Madame Grouitch. in one of her talks, sounded the warning that the dreaded typhus might come to this country un less efforts are made immediately to stamp It out. by giving clothing to replace that which has reen burned to destroy the germs, sending medicine and other necessities that will enable the nurses and surgeons to conquer the epidemic. It is a hurl-owing tale that Madame Grouitch tells of the Serbs. In many cases terrible operations are performed without anesthetics, the only antisep tics being tar soap and carbolic acid. Thousands are lying on the ground without shelter, thousands are dying when first-aid necessities would have cured them, and whole families are vermin-covered because they have no other clothing than that covering their 1 ravaged bodies, which might contain 1 - ? H4,rAS Vt 4rS i-V 'T ' - ' a - 1 yvV ' the deadly germ. The typhus insect was brought over ir. the clothing of Austrian prisoners, who were taken to Serbia, and the epidemic spread rap idly before it became-"recognized. Americans Thought Concerned. "Americans ought to watch this bat tle more than the battles of bayonet and cannon." says Madame Grouitch, "for their own people are concerned in it." Madame Grouitch, who was Miss Mabel Dunlap, of Virginia, has given several heart-rending descriptions of the conditions in her adopted country in various parts of California, recently talking to the members and friends of the Sorosis Club in San Francisco, and at a luncheon for which a prominent San Francisco matron was hostess sev eral days ago. Madame Grouitch will pass through Portland tomorrow and plans to give a talk at the home of Mrs. Walter F. Burrell. who has become tremendously interested in the sufferings of the Serbians. IRVINGT0N IS UP IN ARMS Densely Populated District Without l-'ire Hydrants. I.eft The Irving-ton district is now up in arms against the city's plan of con structing water mains without putting in fire hydrants. It has been called to the attention of the Irvington Club that a large district in the center- of Irvington is without a single fire hydrant although the district is sup Xailimr Slavko .rouiteh. W ire of Serbian Secretary of KorflKR fflr. Mho Will Be In Port land Tomorrow or Tuesday. plied with ''water mains. The hydrants were left off. The-district is bounded by Ififtecntl street. Twenty-fourth street, Stanton street and Tillamook street. It is 2000 feet wide by 1200 feet in length and is well built up." A committee compris ing W. J . Woodward, Walter M. Cook r:. .1. Jaeger and JC u Aidricu has been appointed to demand of the City Conn cil that tho fire hydrants be installed F ' " V'-: - J - i f-,v ' j - 1 1 1 ;vf . V - - If- - . J. it t I. -" i-'-Sa t it K- M t' - it r? - t j :! I, --; H V: , It CAIIDI DATES GIRD LOINS FOR BATTLE Confidence Declared Supreme in Every Camp and 16 Ex pect to Win Three Places. PERSONAL CANVASS MADE Managers and Press Agents Busy . Making Speaking Arrangements, While City Is Uttered WiUi Contestants' Llternture. With IS candidates all primed and cocked for the last lap of the cam paign leading up to the city election, June 7, it is expected the real pre election fuss will develop before the end of another week. Candidates so far have been retiring as far as the making of a noise is concerned, and as a result public interest in the cam paign has been lukewarm, but it Is said the real powder and redfire has been held in reserve for the last 10 days. tfo far the campaign has been what is known in political parlance as a "per sonal campaign." This consists of the extensive distribution by the candidate of handshakes, smiles, promises and cards. No opportunity is missed to shake and smile an opening into the ood graces of one of the many thou sands who will decide which ones of the candidates get the J5000-a-y ear Jobs. While the candidates are busy dis tributing their handshakes and cards. campaign committees are busy devis ing methods of getting their respective prospects before the public in a favor able light. They are also doing "per sonal campaigning" among their friends. Thefi committees are busy making dales for the candidates to ap pear before niuetings, and press agents are hard at work grinding out "dope" to bolster up the campaigns. Judging from appearances Dame Nature, or whoever has charge of such elements as confidence, has turned loose a large supply of that ingredient so necessary in campaign headquarters. h-ach one of the 16 individual camps is flooded, with confidence. Kach camp has figures and arguments to prove conclusively, and beyond all pos sible question of doubt that it is be hind the winning candidate. A visit to the headquarters will con vince any interested individual that Portland will elect 16 candidates June 7, though there are three positions to be filled. The city is littered with the cam paign cards bearing the pictures and promises of the candidates. Nearly everybody has used the card system except Commissioner Brewster, who announced in the beginning that he is for the "city .beautiful" idea. and therefore will put out no "tree and barnside literature." The latest campaign headquarters to be established are those for Ralph C. Clyde, who is a candidate for Com missioner. Quarters have been opened -t 401 Stock Exchange building. The campaign committee comprises F. O. Lehman, J. B. Ziegler, Robert A. Big- ham. W. Haislip. J. O. Stearns. Jr.. Charles V. Jennings. George Anderson, Mrs. Mary I. Jones, Mrs. May K. Flem ing. James R. Bain, A. M. Himes, Helen Bock. Matilda Greiner. W O. Powell and Mrs Lydia A- Irons. PORTLAND IS CRITICISED mj(;ligkcf. iv nnu protiiction ASSERTED. iBdrrnrlttn' Report of San' Francisco I'ncompllmentary to Bureau and City Officlala. Portland comes In for 'severe criti cism in the current issue of the Un derwriters' Report, an insurance paper printed at San Francisco, for alleged negligence in failing to prevent fires. or for failing to remove the causes of fires. After paying its respects to the Port land fire bureau, which it declares "far from perfect" in handling fires that gain great headway, the article in question proceeds in this fashion to arraign the city officials and the peo pie generally: "In this, however, the fire depart ment only reflects the general apathy of Portland city officials in a perfunc tory observance of totally inadequate building laws and restrictions designed to prevent fire waste. The downtown or congested section of Portland is filled with numberless frame shacks, which are fire breeders of the most objectionable sort. Itelics of the vl lage days before Portland grew into a great city, they are maintained through the greed of their owners, and because Portland has never realized their menace to surrounding property. Insurance men have grown hoarse pro testing to the authorities against their maintenance in the downtown district. "Another reason tor a rate increase in Portland is the appalling growth and extent of incendiary fires. For several years the arsonist has made the Oregon metropolis his home and the insurance companies have had to bear the burden." ROSE MEETING WEDNESDAY Sell wood Ladies' Auxiliary Is to x Give Big Programme. Itoses will reign at the meeting of the Sell wood ladies" Auxiliary Wednes day from 2:30 to 5 o'clock and from 7:30 to 10. A brief business session will be followed by a rose programme. K. B. McFarland, president, and Al fred Tucker, secretary of the Portland Rose Association. and W. K. Sher brooke. rosegrower of Cornelius, Or., will be the speakers. Mrs. Pauline Miller Chapman will sing "A Spray of Roses'' and "The Mission of a Rose." . The display of roses grown in Sell wood gardens will be made in the east parlors. The exhibit will be open Wednesday night, when a programme will he rendered. Hostesses for this occasion will be: Mrs. C. M. Thompson. Mrs. W. H. Beard. Mrs. L. H. Alexander, Mrs. 11. M. Huff. Mrs. Marry Black. Mrs. M. K. Crider. Mrs. I. 13. Dutcher and Mrs. K. II. Froderickson: recep tion. Mrs. S. Dean. Mrs. 1. F.lkins, Mrs. F. Mclndl. Mrs. '". K. Sncll: rose com mittee. Mrs. Harriet C. Hcndc, Mrs. J. W. Caldwell, Mrs. D. C. Stanley. Mrs. Carl Mordhorst. Alberta anthracite, 90 carbon, a con densed supply of intense heat. Adv. GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. CITY OF PORTLAND, JUNE 7, 1915 SAMPLE BALLOT A S IT WILL APPEAR. Preparation of the three ballot forms to be used at the city election June 7 was completed yesterday by Deputy City Auditor Penfield. who lias charge of election arrangements. The copy will be sent to the printer tomorrow. Sample ballots will be turned out for general distribution as soon as possible. Three ballots will be used. The main one will carry the names of all the candidates and measures excepting the i:stions of annexing Linnton and St. Johns to Portland. Kach of these" questions will be on a separate ballot. This is required by the annexation Jaws. The main ballot bears 10 measures and 16 candidates, the candidates being for the positions of City Auditor and City Commissioners. There will be two choices for the position of Auditor and three choices for Commissioner. The merger ballots are in the form prescribed by the city charter and the state laws governing annexation of territory to cities. ISTRl'CT10!f. To vote for any person mark a cross ( x.l in a square to the right f tha name. Vote first choice for three (3). Vote second choice for three (3). Vote third choice for two t2). Vote your first choices in the first column. Vote your second choices in the second columtu. Vote your third choices in the third column. Do not vote more than one choice for any one candidate. All distinguishing marks make the ballot void. If you wrongly mark, tear or defaoe the ballot return it and obtain another from the election officers. Officers to be elected: Two (2) Commissioners .and Auditor. If any voter shall vote more than one- choice for any one candidate the vote highest in grade shall be counted and other rejected. AlDITOIt ()B TO 12. Monroe Goldstein "Against official. office longer than four years. seek re-election." 13. A. L, Barbur "Serve the people fniehfully and merit their confidence. Qualifi-i ac countant under the charter." 11. Emma Colut utilities." -"Social ownership of 'OMMIIOKH! -TWO 15. George L. Baker "Faithful performance of my full duty to Portland first, always." 16. C. V. Cooper. 17. George W.Caldwell. 18. William Adams "1 stand on, my record as Fxperienced, reliable, effi- City Treasurer, cient." 19. George Parrlsh "Oregon labor and made goods. Keep money here. 20. W. L. Brewster. 21. C. A. Bigelow "For re-election. Will tinue conscientious business-like Ralph C. Clyde "Win take action enforcing my 60-cent monthly minimum charge for gas and electricity." Charles H. Otten "Social ownership of pub lic utilities." 4. J. P. Roy "Social ownership of public utilities." Boon Cason "Will represent all the all the time." 26. A. W. Lafferty "Will fight for the rigid economy, municipal ownership, re establishmeut of public pamphlet." 27. A. C. Marsters "Will fight for the rigid economy, municipal ownership, re- establishment of punlic pamphlet." Mark Cross X ) Between the Ordinance submitted to the voters by referendum petition. An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public t'tilities to purchase 6000 water meters of such kind and size as may be determined by him. Shall the above ordinance pass? 100 Yes. 101 No. Ordinance submitted to the voters by An ordinance prohibiting the opening day except for works of necessity or charity, and excepting theaters, amusement places, drug stores, undertaking establishments, shoe-bhinmg stands, livery stables, garages, butcher shops, bakery and delicatessen shop, allowing the serving or meals, the sal of tobacco, medical and surgical supplies. Shall the above ordinance pass? 102 Yes. 103 No. Charter amendment submitted to the voters by the Council. An act to amend section 109 of the charter so that reappointments in the classified civil service shall be made in the order of original appointments. Shall section 109 of the charter of the City of Portland, as revised, codified and arranged by Ordinance No. 293&0 lie amended? 104 Yes. 103 No. Charter amendment submitted to the voters by the Council. An act to repeal the present provisions of the charter providing for a. municipal garbage collection system and enacting new provision re-au ihorizing the sale of $75,000 of municipal bonds for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a municipal garbage collection system, giving the Council power to provide for the management of said system, for the collection of garbage either with or without charge therefor, and giving the Council power to provide for the management of said system, for the collection therefor, and giving the Coun cil all powers necessary to carry said provisions into effect. Shall the charter be so amended? 106 Yes. 107 No. Charter amendment submitted to the voters hy the Council. An act to amend the charter by adding thereto a section to be designated as section 27511. authorizing the Council to provide in one proceeding for the elim ination of the grade crossings of two or more streets with any railroad or railroads in a district. Shall the Council be given authority to provide for the elimination of two or more grade crossings of streets and railroads li the same proceeding?. 108 Yes. No. Charter amendment submitted to the voters by the Council. An act to amend the charter bv adding thereto a new section to be desig nated as section 290. authorizing the Council to contract with some association which has been organized for at least ten years for the prevention of cruelty to aimals, for the operation of a pound, giving the Council power to fix the terms of euch contract and to delegate to the contractor all necessary police power. Shall the charter be so amended? 110 Yes. Ill No. Charter amendment submitted to the voters by the Council. An ordinance licensing and regulating the operation of all motor vehicles i" the City of Portland, commonly called "Jitney cars." engaged i'. the business of carrying passengers for hire over a particular route or between particular points. Shall the above ordinance pass? li: Yes. 113 No. Charter amendment submitted to the voter by the Council. An act repealing section 278 of the charter and enacting a new section pro viding for the pavment. in 20 semi-annual Installments, of assessments of or more for the Improvement of streets or the laying ft sewers, providing for Jh sale of bonds to pay for such improvements and sewers, and providing for the redemption thereof and for the sale of property for delinquent Installments Shall the charter be amended hy repealing section 2,8 thereof and substitut ing in lieu of said section 28 a new section numbered 115 No. ,,1 - - n..Hn,.. .Kn,itieri tn the An act to amend the charter providing porary firemen shall he deducted f"r the granting pensions of 62. 0 a monin 10 C I. Shane. Shall the charter be so amended 7 116 Yes. 117 No. Charter amendment submitted to the voters by the Council. An act to amend the charter of the City of Portland by authorizing the Council to condemn land for and 10 erect fire stops to prevent the spread of fire and to assess the cost thereof against the property benefited thereby. Shall the charter bn amended so as to provide for the construction or tire stops and levy of special assessments therefor? 1 1 8 Yes. TUT No. l,lTO MF.RVRIt BALLOT. 1 Official Merger Ballot for Prerlnrl o. . City of Portland. Oregon. June 7. 1 ! 1 Mark Cross ( - Before Voted For. the Answer Submitted to the voters by the Coun- cil Shall the City of Linnton. Oregon, he merged into the City of Portland by amending the charter of the City of Portland so as to extend Its boundaries to include the City of Linnton. Orepron?ito include the City of St. Johns. Ore- (The elector desiring to vote affirma tively on the above question, shall place an mark In the space before the word "yes." If be desires to vote negatively lie shall place an X mark In the space before the word "no.") Yes No. UK HXKCTKI). l-'lrst Choice. 'COTIil Choice. holdinu Will no pulilic TO ,BK KI.KCTKU, First Choice. Second Choice. Third Choice. last and Oregon - con policy." people jitneys. Jitneys. Number and swer Voted For. referendum petition. of shon. Mtorei and trriyfrtrm on fii n - milK, rruit, conrectloncry, newspapers, voters by the Council. tha t 1 per cent of the. salary nf lew firemen relief a.nJ pension runl nd W. H. Wbitcomb and 45 month to ST. JOHNS M Kit i CR It I.I.OT. Official Merger Ballot for Prerlnct io. . City of Portland, Oregon, Jnne ISIS. i Mark Cross ( -.' Before Voted For. the Answer Submitted to the voters by tho Coun cil. Shall the City of St. Johns. Oregon, bo merged into the City of Portland by amending the charter of the City of Portland so as to extend its boundaries on .' T ie elector desiring 10 vote ai- firniatively on the shove Ueslion shall place n mark in the space before the wo-d "ye.." If he desires to vole negatively he shall place an V mark in the space before the word "no.") Ye:-. No.