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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1918)
9 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1018. CAULKERS ARE OUT Mechanics and Helpers Strike at Grays Harbor Yard. WORKERS TO BE REPLACE 'RnpSPre declared Doe to Retention on Caulking Force of Two Men of Previous Experience in Shipyard Operations. ABERDEEN'. Wash, Aug. 10. (Spe eial.) Twenty-two caulker and 21 apprentice caulkara. the entire union caulking force at the Grays Harbor Motorship yards, quit work at 10 o'clook this morning, following a dls agreement over the addition of ship wrlghts to the caulking force In orde to bring the launching capacity of th yard to maximum, as demanded by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The men who quit will be replaced by men from other shipyard craft many of previous experience, in suffi cient numbers to handle the situatio and prevent delay to launching ships on the ways, according to officials of th Motorahip corporation. The decision of the caulkers to quit came within 12 hours after presentin to company officials a resolution 1 which the caulkers promised to fur niah enough assistants to handle the yard' output without delay. The res olutlon was agreed to by the company officials say. with the proviso that the sew shipwright caulking programm should be continued until such time th Caulkers' Union should furnish ad dltlonal men. The specific cause of the rupture thl morning was the retention on the caulking force of two men who were employed yesterday by the company. Their removal was demanded by the Caulkers' Union. The demand was re fused by the company. . The caulkers then demanded and received their time, WORSLEy MAY GET POST SECRETARYSHIP OP OREGOJT PUBLICANS IX SIGHT. Astoria Mas Considered by Executive Committee Arthur O. Jones for Tresraarer. Ben S. Worsley. of Astoria. Is being considered as the probcble choice for secretary of the Republican State Cen tral Committee. The selection of a sec retary and a treasurer of the state com mittee will be made by the executive committee of nine membra at a meet ing to be held at the Imperial Hotel at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Th position of secretary was orlg Inally tendered John R. Latourette, i young lawyer of this city, and O. C. Letter, well-known newspaper man. but neither felt that he could give the time required for the work. In the mean time Mr. Lelter has accepted a position with ' the New York Tribune. Mr. Worsley has for years been active In the Republican politics of Clatsop County. For a number of sessions he was sergeant-at-arma of the House of Representatives. He is also prominent in the Grange and. In the good roads campaign last year did effective work for the J6.000.000 road-bond bilL For treasurer of the state organisa tion. Arthur O. Jones, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of thla city, will probably be named. No other can didate for this office has been pro posed. In addition to selecting a secretary and treasurer, the executive committee at Monday's meeting is expected to formulate plans for the coming cam paign and arrange for headquarters. The present plans are to open head quarters and begin an active campaign for the election of the Republican ticket early in September. Thomas II. Tongue, chairman of the state committee, will meet with the executive committee, ' whose members are C. O. Huntley, of Clackamas Coun ty; Boy D. Smith, Hood River; S. S. Smith. Jackson; Dr. T. W. Harris, Lane Ben W. West, Marion; W. W. Smead. Morrow; jjavtd Jl. Dunne. Multnomah: Hugh McCall. Union, and R. L. Conner. Yamhill. TIN FOIL SAVING URGED RECEPTACLES TO BE INSTALLED ON STREET CORNERS. In Firms Generously Donate Services Transmitting Articles From Sob stations to Salvage 3nreau. The Installation of recentad enl- foil will shortly be extender! tn th. principal street corners of the city un der special permit just granted by the city council to the Red Cross Salvage Bureau. The bureau has already placed receptacles for this purpose In principal noteis, clubs, cigar stores and railroad stations. Smoker, and chewing gum users are asked to save their tin foil for the cause. The bureau has encountered some difficulty In transporting articles from substations and from Individual donors to headquarters. Plans are now under way to facilitate this work. A number of firms have generously donated serv ices in this connection, notably the Al berta Transfer Company. Alberta City Express & Baggage Company, Willamette Iron Sc. Steel Company, Ol een Transfer Company. Meier & Frank. Commercial Delivery Company, B, & Q Transfer Company. E. R. Chaney. Wel- mor Transportation Company. Kammer- .er Transfer company. Holman Ice Com pany, C. K. Knott and the Anderson grocery. The city fire and street clean tug truck have also rendered valuable aslntance. The bureau states that it cannot use ararbage or cans from vhich th. iave been cut. Bottles or small arti cles should be put. in containers to facilitate handling. HOUSE DEMAND GROWS THOUSANDS OF MEN TO BE ADDED TO LOCAL PAYROLLS. pwers hav been received, th serious, ness of the situation 1 apparent. Forty employers, representing 8000 -employes, report that within the next few months they will employ 3400 morj men, of which 2800 will need houses. If other reports bear out this proportion, th shortage of houses will run into th tens of thousands within the nsxt 13 months. Answers from the Northwest Steel Company. Albina Engin & Machine Works. Supple-Ballin Company, Penin sula Shipbuilding Company, Grant Smith-Porter Company. Standifer Clarkson Company and many other large employers of labor have cot been received yet. The survey by the architects' com mittee also showed a serious lack of transoortation that Is hampering the ship plants and other industries in their Government work. A labor turnover of 2000 per cent is Indicated In the questionnaire answers. It requires the employment of 20 men to keep on on the payroll, according to 40 employers. Probability of labor upheavals and serious loss of effi ciency in the work are among results of this excessive turnover. Employment by the city of a housing expert or efficiency engineer In meet ing these industrial problems is to be urged by the architects at a meeting with the City Commissioners at 11 o'clock next Wednesday morning. The meeting will b open to all those in terested in the subject. OREGON M EN WIN PRIZE CHARLES K. COUCHB AND F. H, CLARK THIRD IN CONTEST. Poster Portrays Typical "Prussian "Brute" Stealing Babe From Belgian Mother Americana In Background. Charles E. Couehe, president of the Couch e Advertising Agency of Port land, was the only man in Oregon and th only man outside of California, In seven states to recelv a prize in th Pacific Coast sweepstakes advertising contest conducted in connection wjtb, the fourth liberty loan. The Portland entrant in the contest as awarded third prize. The first went to Dan Miner, of Los Angeles, and second to th H. K. McCann Advertls lng Company of San Francisco. The idea portrayed in the copy sun mltted by Mr. Couehe and F. H. Clark, of Portland, the artist, was "The prus sian Brute," the drawing showing an Idealistic German figure in th act of stealing a baby from the arms of Belgian mother, while- in th back ground Is shown th Yankee "going over th top. Th copy submitted by Mr. coucne read as follows: "Carry on! "The battle isn't won. "The German brute still darkens France and Belgium. 'He etill defames poor French and Belgian girls. He even steals the babies ne nas wronged and raises them as Germans. "Pitiful fate! "Would you have it happen in America? 'Buy bonds and know that every bond you buy buys bullets to revenge those heinous crimes." Mr. Couehe has lost one brother in the war, who was killed in action while attached to an English regiment, tie has another brother who is -with the English armies on the Italian front. H. W. THOMPSON DEAD EX-JUDGE OF LANE COUNTY LONG RESIDENT OF OREGON. Veteran Arrive In Eugene in Year 1867, Engaging tax Practice of Law. Two Brothers Survive. EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 10. (Special.) Judge Helmus W. Thompson, attorney, leader in patriotlo ana public move ments and prominent member of va rlous fraternal organizations, died at the home of William Renshaw, sud- enly, this morning. Mr. Thompson was appointed County udge of Lane County In 1909, and was later elected to that position for term of four years. Under his ad ministration the first macadam roads, ow a part of a splendid system, were ullfc Judge Thompson recently re urned from a visit of about a year the South Sea Islands and his fall' ng health prevented mm irom tailing p any work requiring great effort. He never lost interest in publlo ar fairs and devoted his energies," so far as his condition would permit, to the work of the Red Cross, acting as chair man of the committee for civilian re lief in Lane County. Mr. Thompson was born at Wells, Minn., In 1867. Ho was graduated from th University of Minnesota and the Harvard Law School. He lived at La Crosse, Wis., until 1897, when he came to Eugene. He was a member of the aw firm of Thompson & Hardy for years. Judge Thompson was a Knight Tem plar and a member of various other Masonic lodges, the Benevolent Protec- ve Order of Elks and the Knights t Pythias. Ho is survived by two brothers. Mortimer Thompson, of Car son, v asb.. ana Macicay rnompson, of St. Paul, Minn. Mortimer Thompson Is on his way Eugene and announcement of fu- eral arrangements will not be made until after his arrival. CROOK FAIFMS ASSURED Exhibits Will Be Better and Larger Than Ever Before. PRINEVILLE. Or., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) The Oregon Interstate Fair will be held In Prlneville this year, October to 5. inclusive. The fair will be larger and better because of improved rail road transportation. Because there will be no other fairs this part of The state this year, and that many of them are being dlscon- nued elsewhere, the display of live stock and other exhibits will be larger than ever before. President Wilson has urged that all ira and livestock shows be held this year as usual and In response to this ppeal the Oregon Interstate Fair will be held? Architects Will Ask C ity Commissioners to Employ Expert to Handle House Problem Is Portland. That Portland's shortage of houses will be more acute in the near future is Indicated by answers from a ques tionnaire sent to leading war industry employers by the housing committee of the Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Architects. While only a small part of the an LADS HURT IN COLLISION Two Boys Injured When Streetcar Runs Into Ice Wagon. William Kilgore, aged 8, of Twen tieth and Wilson streets, received a fractured skull and a broken shoulder blade, and Harry Pelluin. aged 14, of 61f Upshur street, reeclved sevetal scalp wounds when a streetcar col lided with an ice wagon on which the two hoys were riding at Seventeenth and Thurman streets last night. The two lads were on the rear of the wagon when the collision occurred. The injured boys were taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where it was reported that William Kilgore Is in a serious condition. Phone your want ads to The Orego nisn. 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Authorities ex press the opinion that no element can intervene to check the upward tendency of prices, for while diamonds are becoming scarcer, the demand is growing greater and greater. I advise my customers to make selections now a small deposit will hold them until later, or you may pay for them on CONVENIENT TERMS Without Extra Charge hs'irHflS 1 1 'iifl MY SPECIAL $50 AND $100 DIAMOND RING HAS NO EQUAL. "."' ' Largest Diamond Dealer in Oregon. 334 Washington St., Opp. Owl Drug Co. :'- E .mHwrnnnmniimmiHmimtmmmw 'OUR BOYS' IN FIGHT Yanks in Great Battle in Am- lens-Somme District. BRITISH TROOPS HELPED Combined Forces Take Chlpilly, With Support or Tanks Wash ington Pleased Over "Con siderable Success." WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 10 (By the Associated Press.) American troops hare been thrown into the fighting in the great battle In the Amlens-Somme district. They sucoeeded in overcoming a stiff resistance and helped the British cap ture important positions in an attack launched yesterday between the Ancre and the Somme. v Chipllly Spur, north of the Somme. was captured by the American and British troops at 6 o'clock last night. The attack began at 6 o'clock when the allies moved forward between the Ancre and the Somme. They were sup ported by tanks and were preceded by a heavy barrage fire. The enemy was driven toward Bray, northeast of Chipllly. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The Brit ish War Office official statement today on the drive in Plcardy reveals for the first time the fact that American troops are taking part in this smash ing blow there against the enemy. The identity of the unit or units is not known. The news that Americans, actually are in the fighting and have won "a considerable success" was received here with gratification- communication expressed the belief that September 5 would be the date for the new registration, and urged ade quate and timely preparation. Volun teers to cars for the registration In each prebinct will be needed by the local board, as was the case in the original registration. It is expected mat approximately 3200 men will reg later in this county. BOY SAYS TOLD TO STEAL Married Woman, Ago 16, Arested for Her Part in Theft. Mrs. J. M. Gross, aged 16, of 405 First street, was arrested last night by Off! cers Tully and Ingle, charged with contributing to the delinquency of Robert Killiam, aged 10 years. The boys, according to the report of the police, said at the suggestion of Mrs. Gross he went to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. John Helnrlch, 894 First street, and took $20 from her trunk. He was later sent back by Mrs. Gross, he said, for another $20. AH the money he turned over to Mrs. Gross, who went on a shopping tour and purchased $39.40 worth of wearing apparel. Later the clothes were re turned to the store and the money re turned to Mrs. Helnrlch. Mrs. Gross is held in the women's detention ward at the city jail. WIFE OF SOLDIER DIES Sirs. Violet Gwynn Ray, of Toledo, Was in Philippines. TOLEtoO, Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) Violet Gwynn Ray, who left Toledo in the early Summer to join her husband. Wesley Ray, a soldier stationed at Cavite, Philippine Islands, died at Cavite July 6, of dropsy. A letter con veying the news miscarried, and yes terday the relatives here received a Xeiv. Registration Prepared For, . . VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) The Clarke County local board today was instructed by the Governor to prepare for the registration of men from 18 to 45, under the new draft. 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LONDON, Aug. 10 Two royal air force officers, with two mechanics. have completed a flight from England to Egypt, a distance of 2000 miles. Russian Red Guards Beaten. AMSTERDAM, Aug.. -10. General singers trola, see terms. We solicit mail orders. Records sent promptly and safely via parcel post. Victrolas Violins Guitars, Etc. CFJohnsonPianoCo. li 6th St., Bet. Alder and Morrison Mehltn Packard Bond Pianos Pianos Tuucd and Repaired FOR SALE jffe . 1 II) l i eir J 111; i;l Central Oregon Bank Building Located in Bend, Oregon M 380, OREGOXIASf. Semenoff, the anti-Bolshevik leader, with the help of Chinese artillery, has defeated the Russian Red Guards on the Chinese frontier and dispersed them, according to a Moscow telegram to the Rhenlsche "Westphalian Gazette of Essen. Tobacco Habit Cured Not only to users of pipe and cigars, but the vicious cigarette habit is over come by using the "NITRITE" treat ment. Price, complete, postage paid, $1.50. 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