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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1918)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, 6SPTEMBEB 15, 1918. WOMEN TO RALLY TREASURY DEPARTMENT DIVISION OF LOANS AND CURRENCY TWELFTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT PORTLAND LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE Subscription Division . PORTLAND, OREGON, SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH, 1918 Liberty Loan Conference Will Open Here Tomorrow. I . . v l 1 - t --- 11 Tl 1 1 " ""' "" 1 l.!'"y."l-l.ni im.i.imii..ii "sw"f".t'jLi FIELD WORKERS TO REPORT Two Days Sessions Will Be Held st Multnomah Hotel Plans Progressing; for Parap of Blothers. 13 v. 1'WjKW.- Th chairmen of the women's com mittee of the fourth liberty loan will open a county conference tomorrow at the Multnomah Hotel. Enthusiastic re ports come from all counties of the tre mendous Interest being shown in the campaign as well as in the mothers' parade, which will bs a big feature of the fourth liberty loan campaign. Three member! of the state woman's committee, of which Mrs. baran A. Evans is chairman, are touring Oregon to create interest among the women's organisations in the parade and in the drive. They report great success in an towns that they hare ylsltsd. The field workers are Mrs. W. W. Calkins, who Is at Eugene: Mrs. H. B. Cartlldge. working out or trreapn t-iiy, and Mrs. George T. Cochran, with head quarters at La Grande, all of whom will attend the conference and make full re ports. . Coafereaee Pi oi amine Amaiti. The programme for the conference follows: Monday. 1 T m Drum Int. Mrs. Sarah A. Btmi OrHllnfi, Mra, A. 8. Baldwin chairman woman's department. Twelfth Federal Re serve District. . . s p. M. Fourth liberty loan. J. U Ether IA r, director of counties. Dl.cua.lon. p m .Rnort. from vice-chairmen flld workers) Mrs. Baldwin presiding-. Re ports from county cnairmen. iugiu&iun. Tuesday. 10 A. M- Greeting. Robert Smith, state campaign manacer. "Difficulties we nave td.t " msrulHlon. 12:13 P. M. Luncheon. Address by Mayor Baker: greetings by Mrs. Vincent Cook, chairman Multnomah County; response, Mrs. A. 8. Baldwin: Introduction. Eawara t-oo Ins-ham. chairman executive board. War ex periences. Carl Ricks, returned soldier of French Ambulance Corps. The Mothers' Parade has the atten tion and. co-operation of all the women In the state, and it will be one of the most distinctive parades ever assembled In Oregon. Plans for this city are progressing rapidly for a big demonstration to be held Saturday evening at 7 o'clock. The parade will form at Twelfth and Sal mon streets. The route will be very short, through the main section of the city to the Auditorium, where a huge patriotic demonstration will be neia. , Four Divisions Planned. In the parade will be four divisions. A band will precede each division, one of which will be made up ot mothers, one of wives, one of sisters and one of children' of men in service. A request has come from the state chairman. Mrs. Evans, and from Mrs. Cook, chairman of the parade commit tee, for all mothers who have lost sons in the service to take part in the pa rade as a badge of respect and honor to their loved ones. Mothers who have daughters In Gov ernment service also are urged to par ticipate. A great many "gold-star" mothers have already expressed a de sire to march in honor of their lost sons, and they will be given the places of honor in the line of march. For the demonstration at the Audi torium a splendid musical programme is being arranged by Mrs. Warren E. Thomas and Mrs. Donald Spencer. Portland Boy Goes Through Prison Caesar Built. William CBriea Daly Impressed With Horrors Prond of Showing; Made by Line of American Transports. ' T t A celebrate the rail or the xsastue, writes William O'Brien, 655 East Mor rison street, who enlisted in the Navy last December, and who has made eight successful trips on the Army transport to which he was assigned for duty. O'Brien's letter was written 1 from a French port to his sister, Amelia Plughoff, of Huntington, Or., after the young man had been taken through one of the old waterfront prisons, built by Caesar in the year CO B. C "It was shaped like a great dome cut out of solid rock," writes O'Brien of the I m aifnriir nni-w,..,. t mm i i ti irr tt A William O'Brtea, Portland Boy, Who Is la Transport Service. prison. "The rougn, stony floor was all slimy and slippery, and the sides were dripping with water. Looking upward we could see clear sky through a sort of tube-like opening about three feet in diameter, bored out inside the tower, about 60 feet above. Prisoners were dropped through this tube by a trap door. It was formerly studded with knives and bayonets at the bottom. Csu the dungeon was flooded from an Id well, and the prisoners'- were drowned. Then another trap let them float onx into the sea." Writing of incidents more modern, O'Brien tells of his arrival fn the French port. "It's Just evening, and we're lying Idly 'as a painted ship' on the bay." he says. "On shore a hay mile away ilea the port In a fan shaped semi-circle. All the buildings and houses are built of white stone and are never painted, so when the sun shines on them, especially in the morn ing or evening, against the background of deep green fields, they stand out beautifully. We approached land at dawn last Sunday morning. Our transports fUed Into battle formation, one behind the other, and our ship was first in this majestic procession as we- sailed Into a funnel-shaped break fn the coast ot HEADQUARTERS LIBERTT TEMPLE, LIBERTY PLACE. TELEPHONES S43S A 1B1 Ur::. ia- 4Jk:UAi-?m- .. . l -. 1 i. STAFF! General Ooy W. Talbot Llesrt.-Gen. Jallus L. Meier Lirut.-Gen. James A. Cranston Adjutant Okas. F. Berg Adjutant C. C. Colt Adjutant Otto R. Hartvrig Adjutant Thoa, Swivel Kxeewtlve Secretary WIlUs K. Clark Liberty Loan Subscription Division ." Wednesday, September 18, is the day set by the Portland Executive Committee for begin ning the canvass for pledges to the Fourth Liberty Loan. This is an imperative call to all loyal Americans to come forward promptly and do their part toward providing the sinews of war for our brave soldiers who are driving back the. Hun. Every individual must do his or her part. At this critical stage in the great struggle, for world liberty there must be no refusals and no delays. Everyone is asked to lend a little from his means to help carry on the war. Portland's share of the, huge loan is larger than ever before. In order that this call may be promptly answered the undertaking must be accom plished through the united efforts of all and not merely a few. An organization will canvass the city in every district, every precinct and every home so that none may be overlooked. Plan of Organization f(a) Thoroughly to omb the city there has been effected a military; organization consisting of officers as follows: : A General, two Lieutenant Generals, four Adjutant-Generals, five Majors, 34, Colonels, 386 Captains, under Colonels, and 4000 volunteer .workers, or Lieutenants, under Captains. This makes a working force of approximately 5000 to aid in the endeavor. AH enlisted in this Subscrip tion Division for the Fourth Loan have held meet ings hvtheir various communities and have planned a general method of receiving pledges, and are ready ' to launch upon the duties of actually securing pledges to the Fourth Liberty Loan on Wednesday . morning, September 18th, at 9 o'clock. (b) The moving spirit of the Portland campaign, the spirit that actuates officers and volunteers, is to have it over when it opens on the official date, Sep tember 28th. : (c) It is tne request of the Portland Executive Staff that every loyal citizen of Portland receive voluntary workers with a hearty welcome, and'have planned in advance the amount possible for each to subscribe to the Fourth Loan. There should be instant decision, when the workers call, to save and conserve the man power necessary to conduct this , work. The workers in the campaign are men and women in various pursuits of life with their private duties and responsibilities, but who have laid these aside to help in this common cause. (d) There will be a far-searching house-to-house canvass, in obedience to the expectations of the United States Government, and each and every citi zen will be given an opportunity to loan his money on the best security the world has to offer. GUY W.TALBOT, . General, Subscription Division. - Tkis 'Space Contributed In Behalf of the) Fourth Liberty Loaa. OUR COUNTRY, OTJR STATE and OTJR BOTS by PORTLAND GAS & COKE CO. and PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO. . . ! ' I - " . i i! ! i 1 France. Looking- back over the line we felt the same pride In our powerful America that- we do when we watch those endless ranks of infantry march ins throua-h our streets to war. That same determination and 'will to win' was just as surely and plainly there, plowing- through the water, as it is in those tremendous parades on Fifth avenue. We have a right to be proud. and' the French people have a right to be glad when we come." - Cement Plant to Resume. GOLD HILL, Or., Sept. 14. (Special.) The lOOO-barrel capacity local cement plant, which suspended operation last Spring, with its large storage ware rooms fully stocked, has found sals for large quantities of cement th last season and will be compelled soon to resume and grind on a large quantity of clinkers stacked and burned In for mer runs. Heavy shipments of cement have been made to the mines of North ern California and Southern Oregon for us in constructing permanent roads to the new chrome, manganese and quick silver deposits In this region, while mudh has been used locally on the Pa cific Highway pavement and construe- tlon works. Tacoman m British Hospital. TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 14. (Special.) ' Frank Cushman, eldest son of Fed eral Judge and Mrs. E. E. Cushman, Is scalp. Cushman enlisted with a Cana- in an English hospital recovering- from a head wound received in battle on August 7. After a sniper's bullet bad plowed through his steel helmet, Cush man crawled into a shell crater and finally dragged himself and three wounded comrades to a receiving sta tion. He had a deep furrow In the dian infantry regiment in Victoria, B. C 18 months ago. Ahem I Cartoons M&ffasln. That spinster has contsmpt With husbands, babas, and house For dames Hold aims. ii