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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1917)
TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, " NOVEMBER 4, 1917. PLEDGES RUN OVER QUOTA, IS BELIEF LEADERS WHO HELPED PUSH TO CONSUMMATION OREGON'S EIGHT-DAY FOOD PLEDGE CAMPAIGN. Stragglers to Be Canvassed Today in Food Pledge y Campaign Windup. MOST GERMAN-BORN LOYAL 14 ' f "' fr-u i ' Washington County District Reports 10 of 22 Families Refuse; 95 Per Cent of State's 145,000 Homes - on Roll, It Is Estimated. (Continued From First Tare.) Oregon has any excuse for reporting 10 families out of 22' as slackers, no matter what their nationality. I know the thousands of loyal Americans of German descent In the state will back me up In thin assertion. If any of these people refusing to sign were In Ger many they would have found them selves on scanty rations the first day of the war. We are asking but slight sacrifices In this country; but we do Insist that every human being, as a . return for sharing- the privileges of this country, owes to our Government the sharing of Its burdens in this ori els." Portland, as shown In the announce ment made yesterday by Everett Ames, chairman of the city's drive, has mobil ized more than 33,000 homes for food conservation service. Additions to the list to be made through efforts of the workers yesterday and today, he be lieves, will complete the city's quota Of 40,000 homes. Seven Kxceed Quota. Seven of the city's 20 campaign sub divisions had exceeded their quota In the figures given out yesterday and one had exactly filled Its complement. These were the squads which had achieved Buccess, with their "captains"! A, J. B. Schafer; B, George P. Iekum G, L. B. Latouretto; H, Hudson It. Has tings; N. George R. Funk: 8, W. O.. Alderson; T, C. U. McKennal V, A. A. Uluck. Squad It Is counted on to have filled Its list of pledge signers yester day, having had 2614 of Its 2700 quota enrolled by Friday night. As predicted at headquarters, City district No. 5 passed Its goal In Fri day's efforts, being the first to achieve this success. The aggregate goal for these four subdlatrtcts of W, o, Mun Bell's jurisdiction, R, S, T and V, com prising No. 5, was B300. The workers had 5663 homes enlisted before under taking to round up the stragglers yes terday. A total of only 137 slackers .was reported, or less than 2 per cent. District No. 2, In which Frederick Ftrong Is general manager and James F. Ewing, A. H. McUowan, L. E. Latou rette and Hudson B. Hastings the "cap tains." was Friday night near Its goal of 6500, with 631S families on Its lists. It is considered certain by City Man ager Ames that this district won out yesterday. Quotas Too High. Both city and state managers yes terday called attention to the fact that In such subdlstrlcts as C and- D ef fective and zealous work has been done, though the workers have not yet ap proached the goals set for them. It Is probable that the goals were set too high, Mr. Ames said. In framing the quotas the voters' registration lists were used as the chief guide. These particular sections, being located near the downtown district of the city, are found to contain a large number of un married men and persons without es tablished homes of their own. Thus It comes about that estimates on the number of homes are proving too high, the leaders acknowledge. "Captain" R. L. Glisan, of subdlstrlct C, reported yesterday that practically every one of lils 16 lieutenants and workers report S8 to 100 per cent of the housekeeping families as Joining the movement. In subdistricts G and H, largely In the Fulton and South Portland sections, have been turned in the largest propor tions of refusals. This cvnditlon, the workers explain, is . due to the large number of Yiddish families residing here. In these it has been hard to ex plain satisfactorily enough the alms of the pledge card. A public meeting, at which speakers may carry the mes sage to theses families In their own languag.e may yet be held. One of the finest reports yet made In the city came yesterday from Pre cinct No. 275. where J. L. Richardson ia "lieutenant" of the pledge card pquad, under "captain" ' Wilmot K. Royal and District Manager E. W. Newbegin. By actual count 169 houses were found in Air. Richardson's unit. Pledge cards, were signed and win dow cards went up in every house. Other districts, some of them where many alien families reside, have -reported as low as three and seven re huffs. "Hoover Makes Doughnuts." A wearer of the Hoover badge work ing in the South Side section un earthed a decidedly novel misunder standing of the pledge crusade. The moment the women of the house be held the visitor's badge she exclaimed: Be Safe Anywhere Eat Without Fear Travelers Have Learned That Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Protect the Stom ) ach From Heartburn, Sour Ris 1 1 ings, Gas Fermentation and j I Other Distress. ?Fear the Missouri Aboard the Dou ble Kagle Limited. The ways of cooking change from town to town. You don't get food cooked twice the same way with the same materials. Thus the average stom ach gets rough treatment at times. It needs help. Hundreds of travelers never have the least bit of trouble because they have learned that a Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablet after meals prevents stomach distress. These Tablets absolutely stop heart- hum, nausea, indigestion, dyspepsia of the worst type, sour stomach, bloaty feeling and all eructations and irrita tion, and freshen and Invigorate the stomach. They cheer you up and make you get all the good there Is In your food. You will forget you ever had I stomach .to worry you. Get a 50-cent box of Stuart's Dyspep sia Tablets at any drug: store. Adv. 1 I - - U' V "'7 I I AVr - J IH V-f -i v f jrrri ' K -J W' ' f " 1 7 - 'A i f -w ' at- .: . : .':: '" i W X'y 3i r: a : : ::::.::... ' I -f - - . - j 4 TM hMi many men promoted " ' ' " v ; WORK IS EFFECTIVE K ;.-;f - i -. -.- -I J ' V - 1 Above (Left) W. B. Ayer, Federal Food Administrator .for Oregoal (Rlarht) W. K. Newell. AaaUtant Federal Food Admlmlatrator. Center ( Left ) Arthur M. Churchill. Chairman fttata ISxeeu tlva Committee for the Drivel (Rlsht) Fred Lockley, Director of I'ubllclty 1 n the Camnalitn. Below Kverett Aao, General Manager Cortland City Canvass. No, you don't catch me signing one of your pledges. I know this man Hoover. He makes doughnuts and such things, and if he can get people to give up using so much bread he can sell more doughnuts." This wom an. In her ignorance, really thought A. A. Hoover, who conducts a DaKery at 597 East Eleventh street In this city, the man who head the food economy propaganda about wnicn sne had vaguely heard. Out In the state there have been many Instances of loyal and patriotic effort in the week's drive. At Fossil, Carl Hendricks, a young-law student, v.olun teered to do all canvassing for the town. Young Hendricks made the rounds Monday and Tuesday, visiting every household and scoring 100 per cent. Dallas Makes 87 Per Cent. At Prineville the first "whirlwind" canvass was made Thursday by stu dents of the Crook County High School. On Friday members of the Woman's Club made the rounds to place the pledges in homes the younger people had missed. Figures on the results achieved have not reached headquar ters. "Cards are here in the office for 87 per cent of the families of The Dalles and for 55.4 per cent of all homes t)t the county," was the summary mailed Friday night by County Superintendent of Schools Clyde T. Bonney, chairman for Wasco County. He reported having had an actual census of families made for the county. This showed that 24 families were to be reached. Night canvassing ani visits Deiore a Sun day morning were ' on his programme for cleaning up the campaign eiiec tively, he said. Many returns from the rural districts would not reach his of fice until tonight, Mr. Bonney ex plained. In Josennine county, wnero su.nc work was done last week, 1450 families had been signed up, and when a few dilatory workers have made returns this county's quota of lbuo will De reached, was the'message sent to head quarters Friday by Chairman Sam H. Baker, of Grants Pass. Baker Enrolls 1671. Friday's report from Mayor C. I. Palmer, of Baker, chairman for Baker County, showed a total of 1671 families enrolled. "Ninety-eight per , cent in town signing; but few outlying dis tricts reporting as yet," he declared. A message sent Friday night by Chairman I A. Liljequist, from Coos County, stat ed: "Pledge card recbrdi over 95 per cent in Coos, estimated." The impossibility of forwarding daily reports from the rural sections of the state and of making accurate tabula tions as yet, a condition which con fronts many county chairmen, is set forth by W. D. McNary, chairman for Umatilla County, writing from Pendle ton. He says: "Am not making daily reports, as they are Just beginning to. come In. It will be the following week before we will be in a position to make satisfactory report to your office." Baker Refusals Negligible. BAKER. Or., Nov. 3. (Special.) Mayor Palmer announced today that he Is confident more than 99 per cent of the households in Baker County will have food conservation cards when the final reports of the rural committees are made. Mayor Palmer has based his estimate upon the 1000 persons who have been asked to sign. The number of refusals reported is negligible, and when the committees have completed their "come-backs" It Is expected that there will be still fewer. O. C. Oliver, of Phippsburtr, Me., while digging potatoes one day recently, un covered & vessel containing several Bold and stiver coins. Among them was n Spanish dollar of date 1788, and In a remarkable state of preservation. Th pot of -money Is belisved to b. on of many hidden by local residents durlnn the war of 1812. Portland People Praised by Local Food Administrator. PLEDGE CARDS IN DEMAND W. B. Ayer Says More Than 90 Per Cent of Portland Housewives Have Been Enrolled In Food. Conservation Movement. fluous. . Without the aid of the press there could have been no campaign. So splendid has been the voluntary assist ance of the newspapers that I have felt that the press has been a sort of partner with the food administration in this work. "I. myself, plead guilty to being a kind of 'tenderfoot' in this work, and I have felt that the newspapers have Just picked me up and. swept me along. "Not only have the newspapers co operated with me in my efforts as food administrator, but they have taken the initiative frequently, and given a stimulus to the campaign that kept it moving splendidly, sweeping it on to final success." FREE PASSAGE IN BALANCE Transportation Question to Placed Before Council. Be Tt.fnr. leaving for -Washington to confer with Herbert C. Hoover. Federal Food Administrator W. B. Aer ii night gave out the following state ment: "Now that Oregon's pledge-cara cam paign has been completed ana nao proven so successful, I wish to express my sincere appreciation of the loyal and tireless efforts of all the commit tees and individual workers who have given so freely of their time and ener gies to this patriotic undertaking. "I feel that the success of our fam ily enrollment campaign is due. not only to the loyal and enthusiastic help of these committees and workers throughout the state, but to Arthur N. Churchill, State chairman for the cam- paign, and tne reaiiy wuuu..-. ganization he built up to direct and handle this work throughout Oregon. Great credit also is due to Everett Ames for his masterly handling of the campaign here in Portland. Leaders Are Landed. "Under- his - personal direction the small army of enthusiastic workers he gathered around him have so thorough ly covered the length and breadth of the city that no family within its boundaries has been neglected, and each household has been given the op portunity to enlist under the food ad ministration emblem in the conserva tion service. "There yet remains much to be done. Now, that we have signed the food conservation pledge, let us all, see that we keep the pledge, and I wish to im press upon every family th importance of displaying, in a prominent place, the United States food administration em blem. This emblem Is really abadge of honer, and should be at all times displayed upon the door or in the front window of the household, so tRat 'he who runs may read." The inspirational effect of these emblems, displayed with pride from the doors and windows of Portland's thousands of homes, cannot fall to be tremendously effective in their results. . "I am sorry to say that, when I drove about the city yesterday I ob served that not more than 60 per cent of Portland's homes were displaying the emblem, although upward of 80 per cent have already signed the pledge card. Some were tucked away In side windows or behind curtains. Let every good American not only sign the pledge and keep It, but make it a point to proudly display the emblem In a place where It will be seen from tho street and be an inspiration to others, , Publicity Helped Cauae, "In regard taSlh'er splendid es-snera Hon of the newspapers ef the eity and the state In our enrollment campaign. to express my appreciation ef their in-1 - phone your want ads to The Ore- estimable assistance would be super.0niaa. Mala 7070. A 0S. If AVAL HOSPITAL CORPS IS ATTRAC TION TO YOUNG- MEN. More Than lOO Enlisted Men Have Been Commissioned Warrant Officers -In Last Few Months, The local Naval recruiting' station announces big opportunities in the United States Naval Hospital Corps. The strength of the Naval Hospital Corps has increased from an establishment of 1600 men in December, 1916. to more than 6000. with more than 400 reserves. Enlistments are now being made in rating of hospital apprentice, first and second-class, high school education be ing required of applicants for rating of first-class. The local Naval recrult- ng station ts alloted two Hospital Corpsmen each month. Promotion in the Hospital Corps is very rapid, more than 10O enlisted men having been commissioned warrant of ficers in the last few months. The men are of the highest type, the service at tracting young lawyers, druggists, med ical and dental students, as well as col lege and high school graduates. Twenty-three chief pharmacists in the corps were recently made warrant of ficers and 54 men given temporary com missions, while eight pharmacists were given commissions as assistant sur geons. U. S. N. Pharmacist's Mate R. A. Howtll. of the local recruiting sta tion, has just received confirmation of his appointment as pharmacist's mate first-class, and announcement of his eligibility for promotion to chief phar macist. NOTED SPEAKER IS BILLED Fred B. Smith, of Y. M. C. A., Meet ing Today "With II. P. Davison. One of the largest audiences of pas tors and church officers ever assem bled in the city is expected to meet b red B. tomith. International commit teeman of the Y. M. C. A. in confer ence at the First Methodist Church at 3 o'clock this afternoon, with H. P. Davison, of J. P. Morgan & Co. Arrangements also are being made for a packed audience of men at the mass meeting for men in the White Temple auditorium at 4 P. M., which is also to be addressed by the man who is known as "the greatest speaker to men in America." The questions of whether the city will discontinue requiring the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company to carry city employes free of charge, and whether the city will decrease the license exactions Imposed on the com pany will be determined by the Coun cil as a whole. These questions were put up to Commissioner Mann for Ye port and recommendation. He Is send ing them back to the Council. The license and the free transporta tion propositions are the only features of recommendations made by the Public Service Commission in the recent 6-cent fare decision that can be decided by the Council. The other recommendations of the Commission would have to be voted on by the people before any changes could be made. Licenses and free transportation amount to about $35,000 a year. ; TIME CHANGES NOV. 4. Fnget Sound-Grays Harbor Beginning Sunday, November 4, O.-W. R. R, & N. "Owl" to Tacoma and Seattle leaves Union Station at 11 P. M. instead of 11:10 P. M. Berths ready for occu pancy at :80 P. M. Change- in Grays Harbor service same date, affords connection with limited train Laving Union Station at 8:10 P, M-, arriving Aberdeen at 7:40, Ho Qulam at s P. M. Tickets and reservations at V. TP. City Office, Third and Washington. Phonss: X I1S1, Broadway 4600. Adv. Mothers! Buy Mayo ior Boys, Yes! Boys must have heavy under wear. Yet, generally, boys do make a fuss about their, heavy underwear. But try this, Mother. Buy your boy a Mayo Union Suit. Make him climb into it -, right before your very eyes. Then ask that boy of yours if that fleeced inner surface of Mayo Underwear ' doesn't feel downright good. Make him say, honest, if there's a bit of scratch, itch or tickle. " "We'll leave it to him. Yes, Mother, Mayo Underwear vrill keep your boy warm. Through cold and damp it will keep him snug and cozy. And Mayo Underwear does wear. After repeated washings it still holds its original warmth, its original elasticity. And Mayo wear means Mayo economy. Mayo Boys sizes come in Union Suits only. Each bears the Mayo trademark in the neck -band. Look for that trademark. Insist on getting Underwear that you know about. JWjk rofn Altryn Ym r WTER UNDERWEAR Men's "Winter Shirts and Drawers Men's "Winter Union Suits (With the same 10 -rib knitting usually found in dollar garments) Any progressive dealer either has or will quickly get for you this Mayo Underwear Wholesale Distributor. Fleiachnor, Mayer & Company i VACATE 0 WE MUST DO 1 IT IMMEDIATELY Our occupancy of this store is now limited to days. The new lessees must be accommodated. We must clear out every piece of FURNITURE remaining on our floors. If sale prices ever meant anything, then those that prevail here and now have a double meaning to furniture buyers. There's still fairly sufficient assortment to interest most every person who has furniture of the better grade to buy. Overstuffed and uphol stered Davenports, Easy Arm Chairs and Rockers, Mahogany Art Chairs, Sewing Cabinets, Dining-room Pieces in Mahogany and Oak, Bedroom Pieces in Mahogany, Oak and Enamel, and many odd and novelty pieces. Be quick to take advantage there's no time for delay on your part if you wish to share in the exceptional bargains. J. G. MACK & CO. 6S-70 Fifth Street and oak
