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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1918)
in THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JAXUART - 6, . 1918. PORTLAND III!! WAR STAMP SALE- Excellent Showing Made and Campaign Has Just Made Start. STATE TO BE ORGANIZED Eight Thousand Designated Station Will Serve as Places at Which People of Oregon May Make - Their Purchase. Portland Is ninth imow lb cities ef the L'nttad States In sales of war savings stamp, accord ins; to an an nour.cement from the l'o tms-ter-Gen-ral. which reached Associate 8tate Di rector Charles X. Wonacott. of the Ore icon division of the National thrift cinpaicn. yesterday. Seattle is twenty-ninth. The first nine cities are New Tork. Chicago Cincinnati, Detroit. Kansas City, I'lttsiurg. St. Louis. Mlwaukee add Portland. Los Angeles is tenth and San Francisco is thirty-second. ! regard this a a most encouraging thowiar. especially In view of the fact that the Oregon campaign has hardly as yet caught Its trloe said Mr. Won arott. 'Much credit is due rostmaaler Myers for this showing becaus-of the splendid work of the letterrarrlers. ?kwlas; lie IssprsveA. "We have practically completed our tale organisation and will begin the rw year with oranlid rampalgns In the three Congressional districts that e believe will brine the state sales ef war savings and thrift stamps to a daily average f ISo.eoo. to that we can reach our flT.OOO.OO quota at the cod of 1U. Campaign heads are to confer In Portland Monday. Ben Petting, state campaign chairman, will preside. L. J Simpson, of North Bend, chairman of the Ktrst Congressional Instiict or iranliatlon: Leon Cohen, of Pendleton, chairman for the itecond Congressional District, and K- B. MacNaughton. chair man of the Third Congressional Dis trict campaign organizations, together with Associate Director Wonacott. Mate Distributor J. A. Currey. Henry fc. Reed. In charge of fraternal, re llgloos and military organisations, and there will attend. Asjtbatity Rereitei Pi The state campaign will be mateiiaV IT aided by the authority received fiesna the Xttlonal organization to proceed directly with the appointment of state sales stations for war savings stamps. :tght thousand such stations will be designated in Oregon. The telegram containing the author ity cam from National Chairman rank anderllp. and reads as follows "The Federal directors today de cided to icaururats immediately a drive for the establishment of sales sta tions. One million such stations Is ths goal for the month of January. Thsy art to be In addition to regular au thorized, agencies. , flams te Be Displayed. "1 want you to see that every store and office frequented by the public has a gas conspicuously displayed, reading War Savings tit amps for Bale Here. As these sales stations are not agents. no applications for appointment are rtece-sary. These sales stations are to obtain their stamps and all supplies from regular agencies, agent banks. poftorriccs or state directors. "Your quota la approximately 'one aales station for every 199 population. Owing to congestion In the Government Irinting Office you will be obliged to have your signs printed locally. These rales stations must sell all stamps at the price current In the month aalea are made. MERCHANT SMIPSah" YAMfflE GUMWEK ry. -l i r:., " ... j ; if' 'H ! --V.JL- - i' i f ,. 'T ---rin. . " TQiMY " CUSTOMERS Months ago I bought thousands of dollars' worth of high-grade woolens, linings and trimmings. Therefore, I am in a position to build first-class tailor-made Suits and Overcoats as low as Made to - Order Suit or Overcoat Uniforms of , All Kinds Made to - Order on Short Notice This is the best time of year to buy your Suit or Overcoat, as we are anxious to keep the shop going full time. Come in and let me show you this high-grade stock of fine woolens. x RAY TT IFF TUT CT Portland's Leading Tailor- kssal Sixth' and Stark Streets MORE FEED IN PROSPECT wnrK MAY ENTER FORESTS OP " v WESTERN IDAHO. B. H. MAHAFFEY SLACKER ECtOr: M.K. BIBLE OCIETY CEST. CAICHT I.t DECEIT. Mas teasel. Saseeelrw ef Tsalarlag rreklbittoa. Prevee te Be I -Natarallaew Cersaaa. B. H. Mahaffey. ST. former agent of a Bible society, after maintaining for a time that he was not an Oregon rest dent on registration day. June I. 1)17. yesterday acknowledged before United rotates Commissioner Drake that Eu Fene had been his h -nr for the pant eight years. JIahafl . showed merely that he had been at Walla Walla. Yluh. on registration day. "There is nothing left for as to do bnt prefer charges against Mahaffey as a slacker. declared Assistant Co I ted States Attorney Rankin, after obtaining the man's admissions. v Max Stensel. arrested yesterday by Police Officers Craddock and liam mersley. on suspicion ef baring vio lated the liquor law. now finds him self being held by Federal authorities to await internment. Questioning con ducted by Assistant CM ted States At toreey Goldstein elicited the fact that stensel is an unnaturalized German. Confronted with evidence that be had been employed within the district pro hibited to enemy aliens and bad ap proached closer than onehalf mile to the Armory In attending meetings of the Longshoremen's Cnion. Stensel acknowledged correctness of the a ecu-satlons. An order from Washington, author ising internment of Stensel. Is expected today or tomorrow. In response to the request and Information telegraphed there. MRS. THOMPSON TO SPEAK I'onner State Representative Orator at Jackson Clnb Annas I Rranlon. "Democracy. Tast and Present." will pe the subject of an t Jdress by Mrs. Alexsnder Thompson, of The Dallea. member of the House of Kepreeenta- Uvea at the laat session of the Oregon legislature, at the annual reunion of the Jackson Club at the Public Library Tuesday night. The occasion will be in the nature ef a patriotic gathering. which has been sabetttuted by the Imocrata for their yearly Jackson day banquet. The programme will also Include ad dresses by John It. Smith, of Aetorls; NValter M. Pierce, ftate Senator, of I -a lirande. and Colonel Samuel White, chairman of the lemocratlc state cen tral committee. Musical numbers will be contributed by Mrs. George K. Alex ander. Robert K. Jacob and Mlsa Ber narfa Harry. The Misses Agnes and Dora Dobley will give a violin and piano number. Honoring Mrs. Thomp son. Invitations hsve been extended to the rlub women of the city to attend. The general rubllr Is also invited. Merchant Ships and Tankee G ua Tiers- BV RALPH D. PAINE. Par 5. TRAILING THE GCSrVERS. The men of the armed gun-crow ser vice are now numoered by thousands. It has swiftly expsnded aa a depart ment of the naval organisation. Impor tant and distinct. New merchant ships are building, fleets of them. In the most tremendous Increase of tonnage ever known. Tbey will carry guns and crewa trained to uae them. Unless the war ends within the nest year the Navy expecta to furnish 25.006 men for this Durpose. or almost half Its enlisted strength In the former days of peace. Army camps and cantonments have been constructed with magical celerity the country over, but the Navy has been building on Its account and much more auletlv. There were no quarters for the armed drafts aa they came from the fleet and therefore quarters had to be provided. The Navy-yard of the oort where most of tbem were needed had no space space whatever. It was crowded with sailors and artisans ana marines In the varied and urgent activ ities of war time. It was an Industrial cltv In itself, tolling at top speed in a disciplined, orderly system- Nearby was nubile park, a vacant place wnicn the Government was reluctant to with draw from the people who enjoyed it. The emergency Justified the step, for shlpa must sail with gunners aboard, and tonnage afloat la the chief factor of the American conflict with Germany. Rowsof neat wodden buildings bar- racka. offices and mess hall Oiled the park in a few weeks. The armed guard had comfortable established Itself apart from the Navy-yard and It was even able to take care of a large overflow from the other departments of the ser vice. 'The mess hall, for Instance, was built to feed 6000 men three times a day under one roof without confusion. sight worth going tar to see. ine quality and abundance of the bill of fare and the skill of the cooks would make any hungry man desire to enlist in the Navy. These Una young Navy lads come from the fleet In drafts of 200 or 300. Give them room to stow their eanvas bars and sling hammocks and they are ready for the special and exacting rou tine of schooling the armed guard. Chief nettv officers who have crossed the At lantic and fought the deadly subma rine tske them in hand as gun crews, to be held together until the word comes to go to sea. Stern experience has taught its valuable lessons. Trie game is no longer untried and novel to these seasoned gunners. In the yard are mounted, guns or tne tvoe which will be used In action. Most of tha youngsters have been drilled in the fleet, but they must learn more of it learn that this is a different busi ness from shooting at a canvas tarket. Hunting the submarine Is snap-shoot-Inc. enormously difficult. Incessant practice is required to master the art of training, sighting anf firing a four or five-Inch rifle In a few seconds. There are classes In signaling, sema phore and doner, and at night with the blinker" that sets tne electric tamps to winking and flashing the letters of the Morse rode. Lookout duty requires special instruction. There Is boat anil, more exacting than In the fleet. The armed guard service r-j learned that to lower away, quickly and without bungling, to avoid capslxing-tn a heavy seaway, to fend off from a 'sinking ship whose propel lers still thrssh. aa a race between life and death. It Is part of their trade. There Is also rifle and pistol practice at the target range as items in the rig orous dally routine. , When not other wise employed the men pore over the Bluejackets' Manual, in which small volume is compressed an amazing amount of information essential to the making of a iirst-class naval seaman. By far the most interesting part of this special education for the armed guard service is the personal contact with the chief petty officers and sea men who have done tbir bit behind the guns and are waiting for another crack at a submarine. It is no theory with them. They know. Absorbed, respect ful, the new recruits from the fleet lis ten to their stories of sea fig-tits and foreign ports. They gather in groups when the day's work is done and the drum and bugle no longer echo through the yard. The talk may run something like this: . When you're ashore on the other side you hear stuff that never gets into the newspapers. The Belgian Prince isn't the only case of its kind. Our lifeboats picked up fthe second engi neer of a British steamer that had been sunk a few miles ahead of us. The swine of a submarine had taken off all the officers, stood them on deck, closed the hatches and then submerged after . running Ave miles. The only survivor was this second engineer, who could swim like a duck." "I believe you. Did you know the Germans were pulling this same stunt on their own sailors? What do I mean? Two of them were washed ashore last time I was in England. They were still kicking and explained that their com mander had put them on deck as look outs and then sealed his hatches while he was running awash In waters where the destroyers were after him. When he had to submerge In a hurry -these poor guys just naturally floated off. That was what they were there for. They were supposed to drown, which they usually did." -Like chaining 'em to the machine guns on the western front." observed a chief boatswain's mate, accepting the story as fact, for he had seen a- thing or two himself. "Drowning Is soon over. " hat about the boat from an American schooner we picked up last voyage? There was a sight tog've you bad dreams. Fourteen days adrift they were and 12 days of it with nothing to eat but their boots. There had been eight men "to start with. Four were alive when we found the boat the captain, mate and two seamen. Yes they were some skinny and hungry looking. Tough roosters, though. They couldn't- wiggle a fln. of course, but they chirked up a lot before we reached the ship goes to sea is must be In man-of-war style, so far as its armed defense Is concerned. It is a perfected system, still expanding, but efficient for the emergency which called It Into being. The Navy had made good in a new. complex and arduous activity of the service. - Sailing day comes and the deep-laden cargo steamer is . about to dare the western ocean passage, where hundreds of fine ships rest in the ooze of the bot tom with shattered sides and shell-rent upper works. Brave men are the mer chant officers, serving their country well and taking these ve.iselc out with a higher incentive than their monthly wages.. Trim, earnest, youthful the members of the naval guard stand in line on deck and saliite the Lieutenant or Ensign who has come aboard for a last look at them. They may have learned by heart a few lines of the n- .,lnna vklxk , K i - .hi., ...... .- poor ships are better than poor men with good ships. Do not forget that wherever you go the department and the country expect that your conduct will bring credit to the Navy and to the United States." There is no ceremony; none of the thrilling and elaborate routine with which the fleet weighs anchor. The skipper tells the mate to heave short. The steam capstan clanks as- the cable comes home. The screw churns a foamy wake and slowly, solemnly an other gray -bull slips seaward to run the gauntlet of the abominable piracy of Imperial Germany. Pima Considered to Benefit Eastern. Ore ' (on and Assist in Work of . Conservation. ' I In order to conserve the food supply a,nd encourage the grazing of as many head of stock as possible, the United States Forest Service is considering a plan to open the National forests of Western Idaho to cattle and sheep from Eastern Oregon. , T. P. Mackenzie, assistant supervisor of the district that Includes Oregon, Washington and Alaska, Is In Missoula, Mont., conferring over this question with the supervisor of district 1, which includes most of Montana and more than half of Idaho. Results of the work of the Forest Service in encouraging the grazing of stock are shown in statistics in the of fice of the district forester in this city, showing that nearly 1.000,4)00 head of stock are grazing In the National for ests of Oregon alone. -- Reports received by the district for ester from rangers throughout the state show that weather conditions so far this Wtnter have been unusually favor able to cattlemen. Cattle in all parts of the etate have thus far been able to subsist comfortably on grazing, and very little hay has been fed. It is expected, accordingly, that there will be hundreds of tone of hay left over next Spring, and that the pris therefore will be lower than the $15 a ton which prevailed last year. dent Engineering, Art World and Pop ular Mechanics. . JOSE RIZAL IS HONORED Twenty-first Anniversary of Death of Filipino Martyr Observed. The 21st anniversary of the death of Jose Rizal, the Filipino martyr, was celebrated by the meeting of 40 young Filipinos at Eagles' Hall on December 29. Felix Beluso, a McMinnville Col lege student, arranged the programme. C: Billanusa and C. E. Ferguson dis cussed the life of Rizal. -who is r. membered as the greatest Filipino martyr. Mr. Carreon gave Rizal's- "My Last Farewell" in Spanish. Frank Reyes gave several vocal sel'-'"n and instrumental music was furnished by others present. After tne pio gramme refreshments were served and dancing was enjoyed by many of those present. Pershing: Reports Two Deaths. WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. General Pershing today reported the deaths of Sergeant Charles A. Fraley, pneumonia. Lincoln, Neb., and Private Otto Rudolph Edmonds, meningitis, Oldham, S. D. MRS. R. E. SMITH BURIED FXXER.1L PARTY REACHES PORT UD FROM SAX FRANCISCO. Relatives of Family Deelare Death Due to Heart Attack Following Heavy Dinner. The funeral of Mrs. Maud Hudson' Smith, wife of Rod E. Smith, of Port land, who died New Year's day in San Francisco, was held yesterday ' from Holman's chapel, burial being In River- view Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was daughter of the late H. T. Hudson, neer sporting goods dealer in the city Mr. bmitn is a well-known insurance broker. Mrs. Smith's body ' was accompanied to Portland by Miss Jessie Smith, of Santa Rosa. Mr. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hood, of Emeryville, CaL. Mx. Hood being a cousin of Mr. Smith. Mr. Hood said yesterday that the rel atives were convinced that death was due to a heart attack. "Mrs. Smith had been In Santa Rosa visiting, and had returned to San Francisco -on Saturday. There was a dinner party downtown Saturday night and Sunday Mrs. Hood and I had arranged to' meet them, but when we telephoned Mrs. Smith she said she was suf faring from indigestion and thought she wouldn't go out. We didn't see them on Monday because I was bus', and on Tuesday night I called for them and discovered Mrs. Smith dead and Mr. rimith asleep. Phy sicians called in said Mrs. Smith prob ably had been dead several hours, and the maid in the hotel said that she had been with Mrs. Smith in the afternoon, and that she was presumably all right at that time. "Mrs. Smith had been suffering from stomach trouble for some months and had been treated in Portland. I am quite confident Mrs. Smith's death was due to a heart attack resulting from indigestion, caused by the heavy din ner Saturday night." LATE MAGAZINES WANTED Rales Governing Collection of Peri odicals for Soldiers Received. Directions for those who are con tributing to the magazine supply for the men in the Army and Navy arc given in a request received from the committee In charge of the ork" of collecting and. sorting the periodicals submitted. The committee aks for magazines of general appeal, dated no farther back than two months. These magazines may be' left at the check room at the Central Library. The committee finds that certain types of .periodicals come in large num bers, while others are not so plenti ful. They have therefore submitted a list of magazines which they are most in need of. The list includes Scribner's, Atlantic Monthly. Sunset, Century, Na tional Geographical Magazine, Har per's, North American Review, Review of Reviews. Literary Digest, Indepcn- I EXPERT SEE 3 The Morning After lhe Big Wight The Wise Precaution of a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet After the Banquet Brhrgs Pleasant Memories With the ' Morning Coffee. DR. E. G. ACSPIU5D, MGR. My Practice Is Limited to High-Class Dentistry Only rt' Dyapep l'd Have a Hibernians Flan Frolic. Monday evening, January ?. the An cient Order of Hibernians, in conjunc tion with the ladies' auxiliary of the order, will hold joint Installation of officers at the Hibernian -HalL The installation ceremonies will he under the direction of M. J. DriscoIU county president of the Hibernians. A short vocal programme will be given and an orchestra will provide music throughout the evening. Committee appointments for the first quarter of 191S will be made by E. H. Deery. newly-elected division president, and has read and passed on to them, such f an outline of the new year's activities as: "Never forget that good men with will be announced. If It Hadnt Beea for Stua sfa Tablets Like as Not Headache This Morning. If you ever feel distressed after eat ing be sure to take a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet. For no matter what you eat there will be no gas. no sour risings, no lump In your throat, no biliousness, no dark brown taste in the morning. And should you now be troubled, eat a tablet as soon as possible and relief will come promptly. These tablets correct at once - the Taults or a weak or over worked stomach, they do the work while the stomach rests and j-ecovers itself. Particularly effective are they for banqueters and those whose en vironment brings them incontact with the rich food most apt to cause stomach deraeigement. Relief in these cases always t rings tne giaa smile. Get a ox or Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets. 50 cents, in any drug store. Be good toj your stomach. Adv. I VICE Wante The Arts, The Trades, The Professions, Are Paying Premiums for Brains.. '.' If you can 'do - something better than ,ahyone else . can, don't hide your light under a bushel come to the front your country is begging for help. The trenches are calling for more and. still more of the flower of American manhood and we stay-at-homes must make up in efficiency what we lack in numbers'. The part Dentistry is playing in the war drama cannot be overestimated, and the lessons gleaned from this world wide clinic, costly though they are, have proved worth all they cost. Statisticians have figured that as high as 96 per cent of enlisted men (had defective teeth, and have, deduced that this alarming condition is due largely to ' high cost of EXPERT dental services. - As a means of correcting this evil, they advise SPECIAL IZATION None but EXPERTS to attempt SKILLED work. ' Lower priced workers trained to do MECHANICAL den tistry. This, they predict, will result in a reduction in cost, an improvement in quality of dentistry, and a vast saving of time, both of the patient and dentist. I am naturally pleased to see the theory indorsed by such, unquestioned authority and now if some genius in the profession will produce a substitute for gold for use in crown, bridge and inlay work which will look as well, serve as well and cost much less we will all call him blessed. The Dentist who finds a specific for pyorrhea which ACTS EVE.RY TIME and is inexpensive will have done bis country and profession a great service and assured him self of fame and fortune. Experts versed in the technique of root canal fillings form but ten per cent of the profession (it has been estimated) . and preparing a cavity for inlay or filling is another branch of dentistry in which few excel. There never was a time when skill and efficiency were at such a premium. I am trying hard to "do my bit" locally, but I am frank to say we all need help.' Any Dentist Can Cut Prices, But It Takes BRAINS to Turn Out BETTER WORK! MY PRICES FOR GUARANTEED WORK Electro Whalebone Plates $15.00 Flesh Colored Plates $10.00 Porcelain Crowns $5.00 Gold Filings, from $1.00 22-K Gold Crowns $3.50 to $5 22-K Gold Bridge $3.50 to $5.00 Open Nights We Have the Knowledge, Ability and Experience Electro Painless Dentists IN THE TWO-STORY BUILDING . Corner Sixth and Washington Sts., Portland, Or.