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TWO PLATOON BILL
HOT UNDERSTOOD
ather Did the Washiii
JOHN DREW GIVES THACKERAY
ATMOSPHERE IN "PENDENNIS"
Importance of Characters in Novel Is Shifted to Make Major Pendennis
Chief Figure in New Comedy at Heilig This Week.
for Just One Day He'd Say
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. MAY 27, 1917.
Fire Marshal Stevens Points
Out Reasons Why Voters
Should Oppose Measure.
PUBLIC SAFETY IN DANGER
Issue Clouded With Many Regula
tions, Says Chief, Having Nothing
. to Do With Proposed System
as It Is In Other Cities.
"Citizens and candidates are indors
ing the firemen's two-olatoon bill to be
voted on June 4 for one of three rea
sons. First, on purely ' sentimental
grounds, without having read the bill;
second, after reading the bill have not
had Interest enough to look further
Into the facts and realize the results;
third, have Indorsed It purely for polit
ical purposes."
So says Jay Stevens, fire marshal of
Portland and second assistant chief of
the Fire Bureau. Chief Stevens is op
posing the measure strictly In the in
terests of the safety of Portland from
fire. In proof of this he presents the
fact that on June 1 he -will leave the
Fire Bureau of Portland after 15 years'
service to take up fire prevention work
for the fire insurance underwriters all
over the Pacific Coast. He has been
selected for this work because he is
recognized as the leading authority on
the subject on the Coast. After June
1 he says he will have no connection
with the Portland Fire Bureau or Port
land except In the Interest of fire pre
vention. Chief Stevens says the Issue Is not
one of a two-platoon, but one of two
platoon and a lot of other regulations
for the fire service which have noth
ing whatever to do with a two-platoon
system and are not a part of. two
platoon systems in other cities.
Portland and Seattle Bill. Compared.
He offers the following comparisons
between the bill to be voted on in
Portland and that passed upon in Seat
tle, the nearest city to Portland havins
two platoons in the fire department:
Portland bill Provision made for
two shifts; firemen protected in bill
from any salary decrease; firemen to
retain one day off service In every six
as at present; firemen to take over cer
tain authority over men now exercised
by fire chief; firemen to have regular
vacations off; no provision made for
$171,000 added to cost of fire service
to be necessary according to the figures
of engineers of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters; bill made part of
city charter, so that City Council can
not alter it in any way; firemen must
be given "personal notice" before they
can be forced to report at emergency
fires.
Seattle bill Fire service divided Into
two shifts. All men off duty subject
to call immediately In case of threat
ening or unusual conflagrations or oth
er emergencies; no interference with
authority of fire chief.
Chief Stevens says the Portland fire
men in campaigning for the two
platoon system base their appeal strict
ly on the question of more time off for
firemen. However, the people won to
the firemen In this way are lost when
they read the bill and learn that It
really provides much more than merely
more time off for the firemen.
ROSE SOCIETY TO RECEIVE
Sellvvood Organization's Entertain
ment Will Be Monday Night.
The Sellwood Rose and Floral Society
will give a reception celebrating the
success of establishing a hedge of roses
around the Sellwood boulevard Monday
evening at 8 o'clock at the Sellwood
Community House, corner East Six
teenth street and Spokane avenue.
The special guests will be George I
Baker, candidate for Mayor; J. O. Con
vilL park superintendent, and R. M.
Townsend, property and tax agent for
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company, who have- rendered specific
aid, and those who have from time to
time contributed to the success of the
society. Including Judge E. V. Little
field, Frederick V. Holman, Alfred
Tucker, E. B. McFarland. J. A. Currey,
N. P. Gale and H. L. Wold.-
The programme committee consists
of Mrs. E. B. Kelly, Mrs. Alice Alexan
der, Mrs. Maude Coburn; reception, Mrs.
V. D. Palmer, Mrs. Carl Church, Mrs.
L. B. Andrews; refreshments, Mrs. Har
ry T. Capell, Mrs. James Renner, Mrs.
John N. Keeler; decoration, Mrs. D. K.
Howe and Mrs. R. S. Stearns. Harry M.
Huff will represent the Board of Trade.
The public is invited.
JAP MAY BE DEPORTED
Fine of $100 for Disorderly Conduct
Followed by Federal Arrest.
Immediately after having been fined
$100 on a charge of disorderly conduct
yesterday by Municipal Judge Steven
son, M. Yuasa, a Japanese, was picked
up in the lobby at the police station by
R. P. Bonham and W. F. Watkins, of
tre Government Immigration Service.
The Government will investigate his
case with a view to deporting him.
Ruth Ferguson, who was arrested at
the same time with Yuasa on a charge
of vagrancy and was released yester
day by Judge Stevenson, will be held
as a witness by the Government au
thorities. Tuasa and Ruth Ferguson were ar
rested last Tuesday at 251 Flanders
street. He was originally charged with
having accepted money from her, but
was allowed to plead guilty to a less
offense.
"FIRST PULPIT" FEATURE
Relic Will Bear .Name of Prize
Speaker at Pacific College.
PACIFIC COLLEGE. Newberg, Or.,
May 26. The first pulpit ever used in
the city of Newberg, then a mere ham
let, Is to be the center or interest in
an extemporaneous speaking contest
Inaugurated through Professor M. C.
Mills, head of the public speaking de
partment of Pacific College. This old
pulpit was built for the first church
the Friends' ever erected In the
Chehalem Valley, and, though it Is pain
fully plain, there were those of the
simple friends of that day who feared
that its prepossessing appearance would
attract the attention of the hearers and
detract from the gospel message that
was being delivered.
Five contestants have been chosen to
participate In the final contest next
Tuesday morning. The winner is to
have his or her name Inscribed on "The
Old Pulpit," after which the contest ia
to be named.
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IN "Major Pendennis," the new com
edy In which John Drew is to be
seen at the Hellig Theater for four
performances beginning tomorrow
evening, Langdon Mitchell has been
able to create the real Thackeray at
mosphere, and he has used his vast
material so capably that the play has
pleased and not pained devoted admir
ers of the English novelist.
The Importance of the characters In
the novel has been shifted to allow
Major Pendennis to be the " principal
figure, although his nephew, the hero of
the novel. Is not too subordinated.
The first scene shows tHe spectator
the lodgings of the immortal Costl
gan. Captain Jack and his danghter,
known to all lovers of Thackeray as
The Fotheringay. Major Pendennis, de
termined to show. his nephew that The
Fotheringay Is not .what she seems,
goes to the rescue.
Under the skillful cross-examination
of Major Pendennis, The Fotheringay
is made to admit that she has reached
her 26th birthday. Arthur Is but 18,
so the Major has managed to make a
PNEUMONIA CAUSE OF FIRST
FATALITY IN THIRD OREGON
"Fighting Forty-Fourth? Organized at
Old Fourteenth Military Men
IN the death yesterday morning at
6 o'clock at the post hospital of
Sergeant Eldon Blake, Company L,
the Third Oregon has Its first death.
Sergeant Blake, who was 24 years old,
was taken sick about three weeks ago
of pneumonia, and, while he was con
sidered a sick man. It was never be
lieved he was in danger "until early
Thursday night, when a - sudden turn
for the worse was noticed ,by the hos
pital attendants.
Sergeant Blake had been a member
of Company L for about six years and
was considered by Captain Strafin and
the men of the company one of the best
non-commissioned officers In the com
pany. He Is survived by a mother, who
lives at Dallas; a sister, who is hurry
ing here from Salt Lake, and a brother,
who lives at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The
body was shipped to Dallas yesterday
afternoon and was accompanied by the
staff officers and 30 members of the
company. "
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SAM To Mr. anu Mrs. Uncle Sam,
Vancouver Barracks, May 28, the fight
ing Forty-fourth Regiment. .
This notice would be of no interest
if it were not for the fact that to the
United States new Army, the birth of
THE DALLES BOY APPOINTED
TO ANNAPOLIS.
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THE DALLES. Or., May 26. J
received notification of -his ap
pointment at Annapolis by Rep
resentative Sinnott. 'Mr. Hadley.
was one of the two successful
candidates out of 14 who took
the examinations in Eastern Ore
gon for the vacancy. Mr. Had
ley was born In Moro, Sherman .
County, and is only IS years old.
He Is a Junior in The Dalles High -School,
and is popular with fac
ulty and students. Mr. Hadley
distinguished himself this year
as leader of the affirmative de
bating team of The Dalles High'
School, which has made an en
viable record this year.
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good start in shattering his nephew's
romance.
Quite different treatment Is required
to bring around Captain Jack Costi
gan. i
Arthur, however, cannot live without
romance. In London he meets George
Warrington and together they begin
their upward climb. But In Vauxhall
Gardens Arthur has met Fanny Bolton,
the daughter of his laundress, and a
flirtation develops. It might have led
the youth into difficulties had not the
Major heard of it, and he decides to
bring out Blanche Amory as a rival
who will make his nephew forget the
pretty Fanny.
But the Major Is equal to this new
emergency. He convinces Arthur, who
had Intended to marry Fanny to pro
tect her name, that Fanny does not
realty love htm and that no one be
lieves that Fanny has done anything
wrong. In the meantime Arthur's
chivalry has fortunately lost him his
opportunity to wed Blanche, who elopes
with Harry Foker, a former" suitor.
And so Arthur at last finds his true ro
mance in the person of Laura Bell, the
chastened and benign Major is giving
them good advice over a cup of tea as
the final curtain falls.
Vancouver From Two Battalions of
Attend W. O. W. Meeting.
this new fighting organization, from
the Colonel yet to be named by the fond
parents, down through the personnel
of its officers to the privates In the
ranks, blda fair to become a regiment
that will make history for Itself. It
also means that from now and forever
hereafter, Vancouver Barracks, no mat
ter where the Forty-fourth Is stationed,
will always be considered the home of
the Forty-fourth.
The work of transferring the offi
cers and men to the new organization
was done with the regular Army pre
cision, yet beneath the surface there
must have been, on the part of both
the officers and men, keen regret, for,
until the order was posted on the bul
letin board yesterday morning, they
composed the two battalions of the
"blOQdy" Fourteenth Regiment, from
which the Forty-fourth was organized.
The colossal task of building from
the ground up of the fighting Forty
fourth will, without doubt, be in very
capable hands, as will be seen by the
following list of the commanding offi
cers. They are: Major Marcus B.
Stokes, Captain Francis C. Endicott,
Captain Wilbur A. McDaniel, Captain
Carl F. von dam Bussche, Captain
George A. Herbst and Captain Walter
F. L. Hartigan; First Lieutenant Ham
mer Huston, First Lieutenant James A.
Merritt, First Lieutenant Henry H
Dobney and Kenneth M. Halplne. The
Second Lieutenants are Richard K.
Smith, Jewett C. Baker and Clarence
M. Culp.
Just what the detailed plans of the
new officers of the fighting Forty
fourth are Is not known, but it is un
derstood that as a nucleus will be
taken from the men of the Fourteenth
of brilliant memory. This will not only
apply to the commissioned officers, but
to the non-commissioned staff as well.
It is understood that the Fourteenth
has a great many recruit's, and It Is
believed that there will a 50-60
spilt. That the officers are of the
opinion that they will be stationed at
Vancouver for some time to come Is
evidenced by the fact that many of
them have been assigned housekeeping
quarters, and expect their families to
come on at once. The Fourteenth will
also be built up again.
Major L R. Groves, the Fourteenth's
famous chaplain, will assist Bishop
Walter T: Sumner at the field religious
services this afternoon. Of course it
depends upon the weather. If It Is
clear the services will be conducted In
the open, but If rainy the post gym
nasium will be used. The programme
will Include a band concert. The serv
ices will be held at 2:30.
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There are two business men whose
places of business are located where
detached units of the Third Oregon
are on duty that are doing their splen
did bit by making It more comfortable
for the men In the field. W. H. H.
Reed, who conducts a store near one
of the outposts, extends to them a
credit. J. R. Hudson, whose business Is
that of a barber, still In another direc
tion, gives the boy In o. d. baths, hair
cuts and shaves at half price. It Is
rather hard that the names of these
two worthy citizens can be used, but
not where they are located, for if places
were named It would only give the
censor a chance to delete the names
of the places.
There certainly was a brilliant dis
play of military men at the patriotic
rally of Webfoot Camp No. 65, Wood
men of the World. Friday night. Ia ad-
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dltlon to Colonel C E. Dentler. Colonel
L. R. May and Major Marcellus, there
were present on the platform Major
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R. Logus, Adjutant of the Third Ore
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Riedt, father of the Third Oregon, to
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John F. Cordray, amusement manager
of the Oaks, has written a letter to
Colonel May announcing that any sol
dier In uniform Is to be admitted to
the Oaks Park this Bummer free. The
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by.-all soldiers, that are on duty near
and In Portland, for It will mean a
pleasant place to go when off duty or
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for the first time In the history of the
Army. Is one of the new problems to
be considered by the General Staff. It
has been found by commanding offi
cers whose men are fighting In the
trenches that amusement for the fight,
lng man is absolutely necessary.
OLD PEOPLE ENTERTAINED
Loyal Daughters of First Christian
Chnrch Visit Pat ton Home.
The Loyal Daughters of the First
Christian Church, under the leadership
of Mrs. T. A. Douty, entertained the
old people of the Patton Home with an
evening of music, readings and dra
matic selections WeineJay night.
Songs were sung by Miss Norris and
Mrs. Mildred Green Bennett and there
were readings by Miss Agnes Cover and
Miss Elvera Anderson.
The play, -'Every Girl," was present
ed and all Joined In singing "Amer
ica." Snnnyslde, Wash., Man Missing.
' OTTAWA. Ontario, May 26. The
casualty list of the Canadian overseas
forces, issued tonight, lncude J. Craig,
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Marches, Wand Drills, Folic Daaeea and
Rhythmics Delight Large
Audience.
Portland's Y. W. C. A. gave Its first
public "demonstration, of gymnastics
and rhythmics on Friday evening in
the gymnasium or the Young Men's
Christian Association. The attendance
was unusually large, the big gallery
and all available opace on the main
floor being completely filled with in
terested onlookers. About 180 gym
girls took part in the programme of
the evening, which consisted of
marches, gymnastics, wand and dumb
bell drills and rhythmics.
A series of folk dances by the Y. W.
C..A. Juniors was an interesting fea
ture, as was also the Irfdian war dance
by the Campfire Girls under the lead
ership of Miss Myrtle Walker. The big
feature, however, of the evening's pro
gramme came under the heading of
rhythmics. For this exhibition the
girls were dressed as Grecian maid
ens. In pink and white. Grace and
lightness of movement so character
ized each feature of this part of the
programme as to call forth unceasing
applause from the audience.
Great credit for the success of the
affair is due to Miss Jacobs, the Y. W.
C. A. physical director, who had charge
of the affair, and to her assistant. Miss
Grace Tiffany.
Miss Jacobs has just completed her
first year's work as physical director
of the Portland association and she
has been proclaimed by many the "best
ever" In ' this capacity. Her services
have been retained as the head of this
department for another year.
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fime In many years the Alpha Zeta and
Gamma Bigma literary societies of Pa
cific University held a Joint meeting
for this week's programme. It was
held by both societies In the hope of
doing away with the old animosity that
has existed between them. The pro
gramme, which consisted mostly of
musical and dramatic productions, was
greatly enjoyed. The evening was con
cluded with a big "feed."
A. 0. BJELLAND IS HONORED
Portland Importer Made Member ot
Norwegian-American Trade Body.
A. O. BJelland, Norwegian Vice-Consul
of Portland, haa been made a mem
ber of the Norwegian-American Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. BJelland received
notice of his election to that Important
body yesterday from Einar X. Mohn.
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Instantly ! Few drops stop corn-soreness, then
corns and calluses snrivel, loosen and
lift out "with fingers No pain !
The world owes thanks to the genius
In Cincinnati who discovered freesone,
the new ether drug.
Small bottles of the magic fluid can
now be had at any drug store for a few
cents. You simply apply a few drops
of this freesone upon a tender, aching
corn or a hardened callus. Instantly
the soreness disappears and shortly you
will find the corn or callus so loose
and shriveled that you lift It off with
the fingers. Not a bit of pain or sore
ness is felt when applying freesone or
'Never again for me!
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a washing machine
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assistant secretary. The organisation
has head offices at 17 State street. New
York City.
Mr. BJelland is one of the well-known
Norwegian Importers in the Northwest
and for many years has been Identified
with the Norwegian specialties busi
ness in Portland. As an Importer he
haa been' in close touch with many of
the business interests of Norway.
Friend Farmers Arrange Picnic
THE DALLES, Or., May 26 (Spe
cial.) The Farmers' Union of Friend
has sent an Invitation to the citizens
of The Dalles to attend the annual
plcnlo which will be held at Friend
on June 9. A programme of sports
and raolng is being arranged and a
genuine old-fashioned picnic will be
the feature of the day. Prominent
speakers have been procured for the
occasion.
Vote 29 L. M. Davis, Commissioner.
Adv.
This On Dresser!
Corns Ache Twice
afterwards. It doesn't even Irritate the
skin or flesh.
For a few cents one can now get rid
of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn
between the toes, as well as painful
calluses on bottom of feet. .Everyone
who tries freesone becomes an enthu
siast because It really doean't hurt er
pain one particle.
Tell your druggist you want a Email
bottle of genuine freezone. Each bottle
is packed in a little round wood case.
Don't accept anything else.
Sunnyelde. Wash., who la mlsslns,
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