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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1918)
13 THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 13, 1918. . Art IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT Biggest Men's Clothiers' in the Northwest Portland and Seattle 15 But One Car Remains With Original Section. - 30,000 MEN ARE .CARRIED r Wells Gilbert Gives Interesting In formation tn Letter to Port land Donor. on AMBULANCE UNIT SHATTERED ,,11 Ifore than :9.009 wounded aoldlera war carried from tha fighting- lins by ambulance furnished by Portland res idents despite tn fact that bat on f tha cara atill ia with tha original action. Interesting facta regarding tha fata of tha cara acnt In tha Port land ambulance unit wera explained Jn some detail In a letter received here from Walla Gilbert, with tha American Had Crosa In Parie. who had charge of raising- tha funda for the ambu laaeea "The section an rely had severe and very real cja. altboarh the German drive at tha and of May practically demolished tha eectlon aa a whole," ca reporta Probably none of our sections had a greater test of phyal cal endurance than ill. which, had practically no rest. Wei Removed te Safety. "Because) of tha chances In place' Bient and military action. It ta almost Impossible to tell with abaolute accu racy tha number of men carried by tha cara. but wa can state positively that, despite tha briefness of tha anit'a pa- nod of life, at least 70.000 wounded troops wera hauled to safety." Beaidea car :. representing- the Ar Ilngton Club, the only car atill In use with the original unit, aeven other cara were turned In to Pare O. and In soma eaaea overhauled and returned to serv ice It la believed. The aeven were 00, In memory of C H. Lewis: 001. tn memory of Henry Failing; 901. I0S, 197. f 91 and Colombia River steel ship builders. Kate of aoma of tha ether cars Is riven as follows: Captured with driver J, In mem ory of W. S. Ladd; tit. Kamm; 107, Chevlin. Destroyed by shell fire I9J, Mr. and Mr. W. J. Burns; 0, Alnsworth; (OS. Warren. Abandoned after being- badly wrecked 909, Genevieve Thompson: 911. Cap tain Kenneth Hauaer. Guy Robert Porter: 80. In memory of Gllea Gil bert: 91J and 12. Turned In almost a wreck 512, Helen W. and Jamea B. FarrelL "Car 904 waa one of four cara going through a town to a post when they ran Into a Boche patrol with machine guDB," he continue. Driver Makes Escape. 'This car waa last In line and by running- It over a curb the driver allowed room for three leading- cars to turn and ret away. He then Jumped and escaped. Two of the men In other cars were wounded and a Frenchman on the lead ing car waa killed. Driver for 904 was wounded last night In line. "Car 94, representing the University Club, went out of commission on a one way road. To make room for a big artillery convoy to pass. It waa dumped In the ditch. Next morning It waa found that someone In need of parts had taken tha whole works, making rescue im possible. Ford parts were scarce at this time and everything loose Instantly waa put In use. "With every part new except body, front end and steering gear, car 926, representing the Arlington Club, still Is with tha section and is doing good work. - IYERS & POND PIANO It embodies distinction, ex clusiveness, efficiency, per fect tefhe' quality. More than four hundred Conservatories and Schools, and over sixty thousand Americanhomes use IVERS fc POND PIANOS and at test their superiority. . Our method of keeping down overhead expense and low rent, enables us to sell at the lowest possible prices, consistent with the very high quality of our pianos. H0VENDEN PIANO COMPANY 14S Park St.. Bet. Morrison and Alder Sts. Vktrolas Victor Records arrest with Hasel Vinson. The girl also waa turned over to the Federal authorities. They were arrested in a downtown hotel. Police say they came here together from the Middle VVtit, and that a charge of white Slav' ery may be filed agalnat young Lea. INSURANCE CODE SATISFIES Removal of State) Commission to Portland Is Desired. Resolutions requesting the removal of the headquarters of tha State In surance Commission from Salem to Portland, following the example of Eastern cltlea In placing- the commis sion In tha metropolis of tha atate rather than at tha capital, were passed yeaterday at a meeting of the Life Un derwriters Association of Oregon in he Chamber of Commerce building. Speakera at the meeting were: Alma D. Rats, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company: II. R. Albee, for merly Mayor ef the city: 8. B. Hus- on and State Insurance Commissioner Wells. The meeting was held with the ob ject of Influencing members of the State Legislature to make no change! In the present inaurance code. Several of the legislato.-a were present. SPRUCE FEOBE WELCOMED BRIGADIER - GEXERAti DISQUE CONFIDENT OF FINDINGS. Investigations Requested by Persons With Grievance or Ignorant i k" j of Programme. News reports from Washington that a "thorough and comprehensive" inves tigation of the work of the spruce pro duction division Is under way aa result of a resolution put through the Senate by Senator Polndezter, of Washington state, elicited no surprise or pertur bation In Portland. Brigadier-General Brlce ' P. Dleque, -who haa commanded the spruce pro duction division since its Inception and baa been head of tha United States Spruce Production Corporation, said he had no knowledge of the Polndexter resolution. At least four other inves tigations by War Department agents have been made, ha said, and all are welcomed. "I know nothing of a new Investiga tion," stated General Diaque. "I know of four different investigations." he ejaotinued. "that have been made. These have generally been the sequel to let ters or complaints written by parties of tha Northwest who had a grievance or did not comprehend details of our programme." 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