THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 4, 1917.
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BENSON SCHOOL IS
OFFERED TO TROOPS
Plan to Use Institution as Re-
c&nstructlon Hospital for
I Wounded Indorsed.
FACILITIES ARE ADEQUATE
Proposal to Provide Occupational
Training for War Victims Made
by Dr. E. A. Sommer Public
Co-operation la Sought.
Tf the great war shall shatter some
portion of the young manhood that the
Pacific Northwest is sending- to Europe
to fltrht the battles of humanity, where
would a wounded soldier from Oregon,
or Washington, or Montana, or Idaho,
desire most to be?
In answer to this, and in recognition
of the probable need for "reconstruc
tion hospitals," such as are now oper
ated with great success in France and
England. Dr. E. A. Sommer, member
of the Portland School Board, support
ed by his fellow directors, has proposed
that the unutilized facilities of the
Benson Polytechnic School be devoted
to the rehabilitation and occupational
training of wounded soldiers.
At a recent meeting of the School
Board, where the plan was first of
fered by Dr. Sommer. the proposal was
unanimously Indorsed and Dr. Sommer
named as chairman of a committee
to further the important project.
Trade School Is Complete.
At present the plant of the Benson
Polytechnic has facilities for 800 pu
pils, with administrative provisions for
2000. The enrollment of school pupils
is 360. At a comparatively moderate
expense the entire unit could be In
creased to a capacity of 2000 pupils.
Admittedly no -other city on the Pa
cific Coast has a trade school as finely
appointed and admirably located as is
the Benson Polytechnic. Its .facilities
for occupational training have been
chosen and Installed with scrupulous
care, until it stands for all that a thor
oughly modern trade school should be.
As for "reconstruction hospitals"
the great war had been in progress
but a short time when the allies under
stood the need for institutions of such
character. Home from the battle line
came tens of thousands of wounded sol
diers, crippled and incapacitated. In
many Instances the nature of their
wound forbade a return to occupations
at which they had been employed prior
to the war. They were faced with the
terrible ennui of enforced idleness, ac
centuated by melancholia Induced by
brooding upon their unfortunate state.
Both England and France responded
with hospitals for occupational train
ing, called "reconstruction hospitals."
The purpose of these, hospitals was
two-fold, and was furthered by won
derful success from the outset, so much
so that the work laced far ahead of
the original designs and became the
most Important means of restoring cap
able and efficient, self-supporting sons
to the allied nations. The student-patients,
with respect to their disabili
ties, were taught trades that Insured
them future competences equal to, or
in excess of, those of pre-war days.
The black spell of brooding idleness
was lifted and recoveries to health were
rapid.
Facilities Held Excellent.
"With the excellent facilities of the
Benson Polytechnic School." said Dr.
Sommer yesterday, "capable of almost
unlimited extension, and with the su
perior new medical school of the Uni
versary of Oregon, now under process
of construction, for which Dr. X. A. J.
Mackenzie has worked so unremitting
ly, this city has both the facilities and
the personnel to carry on the recon
struction work.
"The establishment of the new med
ical school will place Portland in the
position of being the only city in the
Pacific Northwest, north of San Fran
cisco, to have such a school. Its con-
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junction in the reconstruction work
with the Benson Polytechnic, would af
ford an unequaled basis for the estab
lishment of the reconstruction hospital,
a basis that no other Pacific Coast
city can equal.
Jilt this war continues, as we have
every reason to believe, the time Is al
most at hand when the Pacific North
west will have need for such a hospital.
We must profit by the experience of
England, which was forced to establish
them. The time to take up preliminary
work for such an establishment is now.
and to interest the Government in Port
land's offer.
, . Portland Ideal Location.
"Where would a wounded -boy from
any of the Pacific Coast States wish to
be taken? Back to his. home, or as
near as possible, that is certain. There
he might see his relatives and friends,
in congenial surroundings and with in-
TETERAS DEPUTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY ACCEPT9 POST
AS DEPUTY CITY AT
TORNEY, Richard Delch.
After five years of legal bat
tling as a deputy in the office
of District Attorney Evans, dur
ing which time he scored a for
midable total of convictions,
Richard Delch has accepted the
post of Deputy City Attorney,
stationed at the Municipal Court.
The change was effected Novem
ber 1. Mr. Delch, who served with
distinction as a member of the
Second Oregon throughout the
Philippine campaign, bears the
reputation of being an uncom
promising antagonist in a legal
battle and his prosecutions of
liquor violators while serving: as
Deputy District Attorney afe
credited with having gone far
toward making the Illicit busi
ness both unprofitable and un
popular. teresting employment' his recovery
would be greatly facilitated. ,
"Portland has the railroad facilities
to bring the wounded boys of the Pa
cific Northwest to this city, as a cen
tral point not distant from the homes
of any. The climate would be con
genial to them and their friends would
be close at hand. As for the facilities
of the proposed hospital it is certain
that no other city of the Coast, can
duplicate them."
Upon the campus of the Benson Poly
technic the Government could construct
the temporary hospital buildings prop
er, according to Dr. Sommer's plan,
leasing additional ground from the
Buckman tract If larger acreage Is
needed. For the occupational training
of wounded soldiers the splendid plant
of the Benson Polytechnic, perfectly
heated, lighted and equipped, would be
at .the disposal of the Government The
courses of the commercial high school
also would be offered by the Portland
School District to the student wounded.
Purpose of Hospital Explained.
The purpose of the reconstruction
hospital, as conceived in England, is
stated in a recent article appearing in
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, as follows:
'The British War Office and" the
Royal Army Medical Corps early real
ized that the responsibility of the gov
ernment to- the wounded soldier did
not end when he was discharged from
hospital with his primary - wounds
healed, but with his usefulness more
or less Impaired.
They appreciated that to give a man.
with a badly united femur, contracted
trench feet, or a paralyzed arm. a pen
sion sufficient to keep him alive and
leave him to shift for himself was eco
nomically unsound. They therefore un
dertook the study and perfection of
methods to restore each man as nearly,
as possible to a state of activity and
earning power which should approxi
mate or excel that man's state before
he went into the war."
Against discouragement and apathy.
Sir Robert Jones, the great orthopedic
surgeon of Liverpool, struggled for the
establishment of reconstruction hospi
tals where the men might be restored
to health and usefulness. Provisions
In the British Isles are now for approx
imately 11,000 such patients, with a fu
ture minimum fixed at 30,000. The
work has been successful beyond the
highest hopes of its founders.
Patients Learn Trades.
As an adjunct to the hospitals proper
are large workshops, where woodwork
ing, forgeworking, splintmakingr. re
pairing and artificial limb manufactur
ing are taught. The patients are kept
busily happy and physical-and economic
recovery is hastened. Both in France
and England it is the object of the
reconstruction hospitals to fit each pa
tient so that he may enter civil life
again with little if any handicap.
In tentative plans recently announced
by the Government it was indicated
that three such hospitals were to be
located on the Pacific Coast, one at Los
Angeles, one at San Francisco and one
at Seattle. Neither of the three cities
can offer to the Government the ideal
location and facilities which Portland
is prepared to present, declares Dr.
Sommer.
From the standpoint of occupational
training,, the Benson Polytechnic is un
excelled and available. The construc
tion of the perfectly appointed Medical
School of the University of Oregon
adds an Inducement in the creation of
a medical center in Portland, to serve
in conjunction with the school facili
ties offered by the Portland School Dis
trict. No Extra Expense Entailed.
The establishment of the reconstruc
tion hospital would be of no expense to
the taxpayers, as the Government would
erect the additional hospital buildings
necessary and provide equipment.
Convinced that Portland Is the log
ical point for the establishment of a
reconstruction hospital. Dr. Sommer,
through the authority given him by the
School Board, and actuated by his own
keen Interest in the welfare of the sol
dier sons of the Pacific Coast, is ask
ing for public co-operation in the proj
ect, which will in due time be brought
to the attention of the Government.
Philomath lias Small Fire.
PHILOMATH, Or, Nov. 3. (Special.)
Fire broke out In the wareroom ad
Joining D. RosenDaum's general mer
chandise store this morning about 3
o'clock. The building was partially
destroyed, as were groceries and canned
goods stored there, but the main store
was little damaged and the stock in
the store suffered no injury. The stock
was Insured but the buildings, which
belonged to J. E. Henkle, were not.
Evidence points to incendiarism, -
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VETERAN TO AID T
E. G. Hannah, Wounded by
Shrapnel at Ypres, Here.
HUTS OFFER COMFORTS
Work of Organization at'Tront De
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bcrlbcu Campaign for $3.5,000,-
O00 Fund to Run Novem
ber 11 to 19,
Direct from the trenches In Flan
ders and still suffering from the ef
fects of 12 Boche wounds, E. G. Han
nah, one of the veterans of the third
battle of Ypres, arrived in Portland
yesterday morning under special or
ders from the Canadian military au
thorities to assist the state war work
council of the Y. -M. O. A. in the forth
coming campaign to be waged to raise
Oregon's quota of the $35,000,000 fund
with which to carry on the work of
the association In the National Army
cantonments and overseas.
Although still exceedingly young in
years, Hannah Is a veteran in expe
rience, having served nearly a year In
the first-line trenches in Belgium and
France. As the result of a dozen shrap
nel wounds about the legs, he. will be
permanently Incapacitated from perfect
locomotion.
Hannah Praises Y. M. C. A. .
Of the work of the Y. M. C. A. at
the western battle front,' Hannah
speaks In the highest terms of praise.
"In the very trenches, within the
shadow of the redoubts of the Huns,
the Y. M. C. A. has erected tents, from
which coffee and sandwiches are Served
at regular intervals to the men on
duty." he said In detailing the char
acter of the work, undertaken by the
association.
"The Y. M. C. A, huts are from one
to five miles beyond the trenches. Here
the boys find so many- comforts that
they forget their trials and hardships
of the day, to' the extent that they get
together and dance around the hut.
"I have been In the trenches for nine
or 10 days, standing almost up to my
shoulders in water and slush, and my
first thought when leaving the trenches
was of the i, where a warm fire was
awaiting me and hot coffee and sand
wiches. There I dried my clothes
piece by piece, and at times was fur
rvished with warm, dry clothing by the
X. M. J. A.
"The huts are used for church serv
Ices of all denominations at different
hours.
Nine of 13 Killed.
In describing the circumstances Bur
rounding the manner in which he came
to be eliminated as a factor in the
world war, Hannah said that after
coming out of the trenches at Hill 60,
near Ypres, where he was with the
Third Battalion of the Third Regiment,
First Division of the Canadian army,
heavy shelling of the road occurred in
the darkness and upon turning a horse
shoe bend In the highway a large force
of Huns was encountered. Of the 13
Canadians in the party nine were
killed and four, including Hannah, were
wounded.
"I received 12 shrapnel bullets In my
legs and feet," said the young sol
dier. "I was taken to a dressing sta
tion and then to the Y. M. C. A. hut,
where I was given coffee, and then to
a hospital."
Hannah says he found Y. M. C. A.
workers on the hospital ship which
brought him home.
Hannah to Speak.
He is a guest at the local "Y" build
ing and will be sent to various cities
in the state during the, campaign for
funds so that prospective subscribers
may hear at first hand the excellent
work being accomplished by the Y. M.
C. A. on the battle fields of Europe.
Plans for the great drive for Ore
gon s quota to the National fund of
$35,000,000 to be raised by the Y. M.
C. A. have been completed and the
county organizations are ready for the
signal to start work. The week of
November 11 to 19 has been fixed for
the campaign.
ENTRY TO CAMP IS SOUGHT
University of Oregon Trying to Get
on Approved List.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
Nov. 3. (Special.) To obtain entrance
to the Third Officers' Reserve training
camps for graduates of the school is
one of th problems now occupying the
attention of the university author
ities. When it was announced that appoint
ments to the third series of camps
would be made to graduates of mili
tary colleges of repute and of a few
universities which had recently in
stalled military training, application
was made to have Oregon designated
as one of the number. The application
was based upon the showing made by
Oregon graduates at the first series of
camps, where more than 50 per cent of
the candidates from the university ob
tained commissions.
Gresham Farmer Loses Home.
GRESHAM". Or., Nov. 3. (Special.)
The residence of James Burns, a farm
er living a few miles east of Gresham,
was burned to the ground yesterday,
when a can of grease being heated on
the range in the kitchen exploded.
throwing burning grease all over the
room. The flames spread so rapidly
that nothing could be saved, and the
entire contents of the house, including
a large stock of Winter food, were
destroyed. Insurance of $400 was car
ried on the house.
Polk's Birthday to Be Observed.
DALLAS, Or., Nov. 3. (Special.)
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Revolution will commemorate the
birthday of former President James K.
Polk, for whom this county was
name. In an open meeting at the. Dal
las Library Monday evening. A spe
cial programme has been prepared for
the occasion. The local chapter was
named Sarah Chlldresa Polk, after
President Polk's wife.
MANY GRADUATES ENLIST
Eighteen Per Cent of O. A. C Alumni
Membership In Service.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COI
LEGE, Nov. S. (Special.) Oregon Ag
ricultural alumni has 18 per cent of its
membership in National service. Sta
tistics compiled in the office of the
president of the college show that, not
Including 1917 graduates. 110 men are
in the service. Of 849 of last year's
graduates who replied to questions
sent out, 169 have gone Into military
service.
According to statistics thus far com
piled, Oregon Agricultural College has
one Lieutenant-Colonel, one Major, five
Captains. 13 First Lieutenants and 50
Second Lieutenants. Eleven men are
now in officers' training camps and
others are in the ambulance, aviation,
hospital and other branches.
POLK TO GET $51,000 TAX
Back Levies on O. & C. Lands to Pay
Bridge Debt.
DALLAS. Or., Nov. 3. (Special.)
After a delay of several years Polk
County will receive the back tarfes
from the O. & C. grant lands that are
located In the western part of the
county. Oswald West, a Portland attor
ney, was in the city this week check
ing up the records In the Sheriff's of
fice on the O. & C. land's and stated to
Sheriff John Orr that the amount due
this county was something over $51,000.
Polk was one of the few counties to
get a large share of the back taxes.
It's share will more than pay the in
debtedness on the new bridge being
constructed across the Willamette at
Salem.
Toledo Boys Assigned to Ships.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Nov. 3. ( Spe
cial Gall Steinberger and Robert
Lambert, two Toledo boys in the Navy
who have been stationed at Bremerton,
have been assigned to sea duty and
have left for parts unknown. The boys
had expected to remain together, but In
assigning them to ships they were
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Do you know that neither the Pacific Company nor the
Home Telephone Company is paying its . working girls
a wage in keeping with the times? If you don't believe
it, ask the Pacific Company to publish its wage scale. We
are ashamed to publish ours, notwithstanding the fact
that we are paying our girls more than the Pacific Com
pany is paying theirs. The Pacific Company could pay
better wages but won't, the Home Company would pay
better wages but can't.
The Pacific Company advertises that it furnishes its em
ployes plenty of light and air, so does the Home Com
pany, but it takes no credit for this it is an act of God.
What the girls need is decent pay so as to enable them
to buy food and clothing. .
REMEMBER
The Home Telephone Company is a Home institution,
backed by Home Capital. Not a dollar is being paid in
bond interest or dividends, practically every cent of its
revenue is spent for Home products and Home labor.
Our working girls need more pay and a little better pat
ronage on the part of the public will enable us to give
them their due. . . .
' OSWALD WEST, RECEIVER,
- HOME TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
separated. August Forth, of Winlock,
was home this week, his ship beins on
drydock.
Army Officials After Mohair.
DALLAS, Or., Nov. 3. (Special.)
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