THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND," OCTOBER 13, 1918.
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FORCES
FIGHT liJ MACEDONIA
5000 Jugo-Slavs From United
States "Doing Their Bit."
CANADA PROVIDED CHANCE
Volunteers Enlisted in Dominion,
Joined Serbians' Camp at Bizerta
and Have Since AVon Glory.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. (Special.)
General Misich. and his Serbs have
crossed the Vardar. In one of those
amazing combinations of tactics, march
ing and mountain fighting which. In
1915, overwhelmed Austria in north
ern Serbia, a handful of divisions have
now been carrying all before them in
the south. And everyone in America
has just one wish, that we were with
them, says the committee of public in
formation. Well, we are. America is represent
ed In Macedonia, too. It has its brl
gade, 5000 ghters from Cleveland and
icago, Seattle
and hr l Diego. Their names may not
Pittsburg, St. Louis, Chic
and FfL Diego. Their nar
preciTF'v be ''American names, as we
still insist on using the term. And the
5000 may not, to tell the truth, be nat
uralized Americans. But what is that
between friends? They are there and
fighting. Just now that is tjie main
thing.
Legally, most of them are citizens of
Austria. But they aren't citizens who
love their mother, or stepmother, coun
try. They are "Jugoslavs," Croats and
Slovenes and Austrian Serbs; in Amer
ica there are virtually no Serbs from
Serbia proper. And they began to sail
for Europe long before we entered the
war. You may remember that Ambassa
dor Dumba complained constantly that
we were permitting . recruiting against
his unoffending country. There was no
recruiting. The first members of Austria-Hungary's
subject races were
merely returning as individuals to
make war on her alone.
Few Inducements Offered
Few inducements were offered them.
Tf they were captured they knew that
they would assuredly be hanged. By
her own confession Austria has just
made a wholesale execution of captured
Jugoslavs on the Italian front. "Whether
they fought in the armies of France,
Italy or Serbia, their pay would be ex
actly one cent a day, with the initial
privilege, if they had the money, of
paying their own way to Europe. Many
of them who sailed from New York
direct, did this. For the majority.
though, their first step was to journey
quietly across he border into Canada,
If the United States wasn't at war
with Austria, Canada was. Once he had
reached Canada, any Croat, or Slovene
or Austrian Serb could reasonably trust
that 'there would be someone, there to
understand and do the rest. And there I
was. Very soon Serbia and Jugoslav
officers were being brought over from
Europe. Two training camps were
established, at Levis, in Quebec, and at
Sussex, New Brunswick. They were
adjacent both to the border- and the
transports. Within a few months 2000
American-Canadian-Jugoslavs were
uniforms. And by the time they had
had their preliminary training others
were waiting to take their place. More
than 1000 are at Levis now. Mean
while the nucleus of this new army had
been taking its second step. It was
being moved across to Africa, to the
great French assembly camp at Bizerta.
At Bizerta 100,000 Serbians, all who
were left of Serbia's old army, were
resting and training anew. And the
volunteers from America trained with
them. They were given their course in
intense tactics. An officers' school
gave the best of them the chance to
win Serbian commissions. And pres
ently a division, or what remained of
it, the Iljfcision of the Vardar, was
filled out to full strength and renamed
the "Jugoslav." Of its 15,000 men,
about 10.000 had formerly been prison
ers in Russia, and had worked their
way to the English ships i.t Archangel.
The other 5000 were "Americans." In
due course they had a chance to take
the third step in their journey, to Sa
loniki. And they have been winning
glory ever since.
We English-speaking Americans have
not heard much about them. But there
are 750,000 Jugoslavs in the United
States who have. Where we have had
our Lufberys and Putnams and Quentin
Roosevelts, they have had their Mances
and Kovacs and Trosts the bravest of
the brave on the Cerna front. Captain
Trost was a New York bank .clerk.
Louis Adamich, anbther hero, was a
clerk in Cleveland. Lieutenant Frank
Kovac was making money in Pitts
burg till he saw his opportunity to
do something better. All America will
know of these men sometime.
The Jugoslav division was assigned
the place of honor and difficulty in the
last advance, the position before Kosiak
Mountain. And in a few hours they
carried it by storm. "I don't know how
they did it," says an English attache,
just back from the Saloniki front, "but
they did." So there you are.
What is more, the members of that
Jugoslav division have, apparently had
their wish in another way. They didn't
go to Europe to fight Bulgaria. They
went to fight Austria. And, once they
had made the first break through, they
found themselves a part of tha:. army
which was swung westward against
Prilep. Which is where the Austrians
are, and the Germans. . And for our
"Americans" under General Misich, they
are all the came.
ELECTRIC CHARGES
Clothing Given for Belgians.
' CHEHALIS, Was.. Oct. '12. (Special.)-:
Many, tons of good clothing, the
gift of Chehalis and other local peo
ple to the Belgian relief cause, have
been packed into boxes for immediate
shipment to Europe.
Even Expert Gets Mixed on
Kilowatt Calculations.
CITY SERVICES COMPARED
Rates in Portland Are Shown to Be
Both Higher and Lower Than
Charges in Seattle.
W. A. Hall, contract agent and rate
expert of the Seattle municipal electric
plant, appearing as a witness in the
hearing on electric power rates before
the Public Service Commission of Ore
gon, yesterday testified that Seattle
rates for electric current are lowe.r
than rates for similar service in Port
land, but upon cross-examination re
versed himself. He did show, however,
that there is a slight variation in borne
rates in favor of Seattle and in o'.her
special rates in favor of Portland, and
that on the whole Portland rates are
lower. .
When shown that he had erred in
his calculations he frankly admitted his
mistake. He showed that on a con
sumption of power amounting to 12.000
kilowat hours per month the charge in
Portland would be and in Seat
tle $204.
Marked Contrast Showa.
On cross-examination Mr. Hall was
given the rate and consumption of the
Selling building as an example for of
fice building comparison of rates In
the t.wo cities. This showed that wtiile
the charge in Portland is 1421 it would
be $586 for an equal amount of current
in Seattle.
Edward W. Cousin, traffic expert of
the city, occupied the stand nearly all
the afternoon, protesting against the
proposed increase in rates. The traffic
expert justified his protest by declaring
that in its decision in the six-cent
streetcar fare case the Public Service
Commission held that the city of Port
land offered no objection to the fare
increase, and that he was employed to
oppose further increases in rates.
Fictitious Valors A I leered.
In direct testimony Mr. Cousin con
tended thut rates are as high as they
should be, and pointed out what he
termed "fictitious values," but on
cross-examination declined to say how
he arrived at his conclusions.
In answer to a question by Assistant
City Attorney 7mlinson Mr. Cousin
said that he was not an electrical en
gineer. He refused to answer directly
questions nskpri in cross-examination
by President Griffith, of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company, as
to whether he was qualified to com
pute rates for electric power.
Hearing; Is Adjourned.
. Commissioner Fred O. Buchtel pre
sided at the hearing, sitting with Com
missioner H. H. Corey. Ij. was expected
that the testimony Would be concluded
last night, but Attorney Tcmlinson said
he desired to introduce one more wit
ness. Accordingly the hearing was ad
journed until 9:30 o'clock Monday
morning. It will be two to three weeks
before the Public Service Commission
renders a decision.
FILM AGENCIES TO CLOSE
Picture Houses Cancel Orders as Re
sult of Epidemic.
Orders were received Friday by the
Universal film exchanges of Portland,
Seattle and Spokane, of which Sol
Baum, of Portland, is district manager,
dosing the exchanges until after the
ban imposed by the Spanish Influenza
has been lifted from motion picture
houses.
Exhibitors of Portland, Astoria. Sa
lem. Medford and Eugene have been
forced to close their houses and all day
yesterday telegrams from all parts of
the state poured into the Portland of
fice cancelling orders for films. Many
picture houses in Portland have dis
charged ushers and other employes,
foreseeing that their houses wilt be
cloaked in an enforced darkness for
several weeks to come.
Closing orders have also been re
ceived by the Paramount and Mutual
exchanges.
Slacker Octs Jail Term.
Sixty days In jail was the sentence
accorded to Alexander Gafvert, of St.
Paul, in the Federal Court yesterday.
Gafvert was found guilty of refusing to
answer or file his questionnaire. When
his term In jail expires hewill probably
b immediately Inducted into the Army.
Washing Won't Rid
Head of Dandruff
The only sure way to get rid of dan
druff is to dissolve it. then you destroy
it entirely. To do this, get about four
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply
it at night when retiring; use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it in gently
with the finger tips.
Do this tonight and by morning most,
if not ail. of your dandruff will be
gone, and three or four more applica
tions will completely dissolve and en
tirely destroy every single sign and
trace of it, no matter how much dan
druff you may have.
You will find. too. that alt Itching
and digging of the scalp will stop at
once, and your hair will be fluffy, lus
trous, glossy, silky and soft, and look
and feel a hundred times better. ,
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. It is inexpensive, and never fails
to do the work. Adv."
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