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21 CONDITIONS IN BEST STREET OF MUD IX UNITED STATES ARMY CAMP AT BREST. TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, MARCH 9, 1919. TERMED UNBEARABLE Imf tine Na.nrie of MuunnLanity Heed This Cry for Melp Portland faces sure failure in the present Armenian-Syrian Relief Drive unless hundreds of new volunteers respond immediately to this urgent call for help. Thousands ol: patriotic citizens who will gladly give to the cause cannot be reached because there are too few workers in the field. Portland Must Not Fail! X Mud and Poor Food Kill Many, Say Overseas Men. . -I - MUCH SUFFERING ENDURED i If ,t Men Forced to "Wade Through and to Sleep in Terrible, Filthy Mud, Is Y'cterans Testimony. 'A;-i',r'i J ' ' -"& r Tr SZ-Fi.!' Further descriptions of the unbear able conditions at Brest, were uttered yesterday by overseas veterans, who for years will retain vivid mental pic tures of the suffering's they endured nt the. French debarkation, port. Mud in the streets of Erest is a foot deep and it's everywhere, according to Paul E. Lancaster of the 65th coast artillery corps, who has just returned from France. Mr. Lancaster, formerly cf Hood River, now lives at Camas, Wash. "There were a few solid spots in the streets, but they were not visible to the naked eye." said Mr. Lancaster. "'It was more than, ankle deep extending- at least half way to our knees. Our feet were never dry during: the 14 days we were detained there. "Our tents were commodious enough, hut I can't say much for the rest of the accommodations. Six of us were Kiven one tick of hay. It was mouldy and insuffient for our needs. If we stepped off the beds it was into the mud and a foot deep at that. Itfild Cnases Sickness. , "We bad rather poor stuff to eat, but it was the mud and general con ditions that made so much sickness j among the men. The quarters were not fit for human beings. It rained the whole time we were there. The street shown in the picture is the one on which .we marc h in to mess." Everything that the newspapers Eenerally have said about Brest is ab solutely true, but they haven't told it nil, by any means, according1 to O. B. eltarrer of Portland, who was a mem ber of the 346th field artillery, and who was stationed at Brest for 17 days. "We arrived there on December 16 find remained until January 2," he said. "The conditions were simply awful. The mud and the food and the rain and the poor accommodations made the final overseas days of our army life a living nightmare. Many of the fellows were taken -sick and we had one fellow die on the transport coming home because of his ill treatment at Brest." Charles E. May of Astoria, who went to France with the tenth engineers, was even more bitter in his denuncia tion of army conditions at Brest. "When our command arrived at Brest from the southern part of France we were all in splendid health and perfect physical condition," he said. "But the ten days we remained there, sleeping in mud, with damp clothes and poor food, caused many of our men to be come sick, and we left some of them Bleeping forever under Brest mud. Men Made Invalids. "So far as food is concerned some of the messes were all right, but there was one in particular where wo were for a part of our time which was worse than a pigpen. The sanitary condi tions were simply awful. "During the ten days we were at Brest I have seen members of our regi ment work for hours endeavoring to scrape the mud from the ground in order that they might find a place to lay their blankets. Many of the tents had no floors, and healthy men were soon made invalids because of the ex treme exposure they were compelled to suffer." Other overseas veterans substan tiated the statements as made by these men, while some of them volunteered the information that the true story f Brest never will be written, because it would be impossible to picture con tlitions as they really were. 4 - i .-nr-Trf ' r-Mt This photograph. lrouprht to Portland by Private Paul E. I-anrniHt-rr, ahom what the American soldier were compelled to rndarc. LOAN PLANS TAKING SHAPE OREGON'S QUOTA ESTIMATED AT ABOVE $30,000,000. ROAD WORKERS NEED FARE SOLDIERS 17 V ABLE TO GO CAMP AT CASTLE. TO State Highway Body Wants Reliet Commission to Advance the Transportajion Charges. For two weeks the state highway commission has maintained a camp at Castle for returned soldiers, and not one soldier has applied for work. The camp was hastily prepared by the state highway commission at the instigation of the soldiers' and sailors' relief com mission when the relief commission was demanding, that work be provided for soldiers. Some of the food on hand has spoiled. Soldiers want to go to this road Job, but haven't the money to pay the transportation. The state highway commission cannot advance money for fares, and wonders why the relief com mission, with its $100,000 for the imme diate relief of soldiers and sailors, does not advance transportation to the sol diers. Dan Kellaher explained that a num ber of soldiers who want to go to work on the road are without funds to pay their fare. The highway commission ers, Mrs. W. L. Thompson and It. A. Booth, explained that the commisssion rushed to build a camp for soldiers be cause the relief commission wanted it. and for a fortnight the camp at Castle has had a welcome sign on it for the soldiers who haven't arrived. John H. Burgard, member of the $100,000- relief commission, says the re lief commission will try to help the sol diers get transportation, but if it is a private contract, then the contractor should furnish transportation and de duct from the wages the fare advanced. coma before the six months period bad expired, following her divorce from Hans Taug. Taug had Kolll arrested Mrs. Taug then attempted to dive through a window on the third floor of the courthouse, but was caught by Deputy Constable Watkinds. Taug took her back and on February 14 Rolli went to the Taug home while the husband was away, shot and killed Mrs. Taug and attempted suicide by shooting himself in the stomach. Mur der in the second degree is charged. Walter B. Scott, colored, yesterday was indicted on a charge of murder in the second degree. He is accused of killing Theodore Sykes, colored, at the Sykes home in North Portland, March 1 George Harris was indicted on the charge of assaulting Charles Davidson on February 2 4. CLUBS WELL REPRESENTED PORTLAND AVOMEX'S FED ERA TIOX HAS MEETING. MAN MISSING EIGHT DAYS Swiss Inventor Thought to Have Overworked His Brain. MARSH FIELD, Or., March 8. (Spe cial.) Emil C. Hollenstein, Swiss, is being sought by friends who declare he has been missing from his boarding- house at Bunker Hill "for eight da vs.' The Marshfield police and Deputy junti w. Advance Information Indicates Cam paign Will Start April 21. I Leaders Are Announced. Going upon the basis that the Victory liberty loan will begin April 21, ex tending for three weeks, and that the total of the loan will be $7,000,000,000, Portland liberty loan leaders conjec tured yesterday that Oregon's quota would be between $30,000,000 and $36, tlOO.000. In view of the fact that no definite announcement had been received by the Portland committee of the inaugu ration of the loan, local leaders did not care to announce their plans. Because of the illness of Guy W Talbot, no announcement has yet been made regarding the choice of Portland city manager, although it is hoped that Kobert E. Smith will be state manager. .Mr. Talbot will be well enough to con duct the campaign, as he did the fourth. Edward Cookingham will be chair man of the state executive committee and Emery Olmstead city chairman. Marshall N. Dana, director of pub licity, announced that W. P. Strand borg would take charge of city pub licity, hydney B. Vincent of state pub licity and W. S. Kirkpatrick would be tidvertising man&c'er for Oregon. The advisory committee for adver tising will consist of D. C. Freeman, Thomas Emory, George Hall, Frederick T. Hyskell and Earl Wellington. J. C. Ainsworth will be chairman of the general publicity committee. Mr. Dana will leave Tuesday for San Francisco to take up problems of pub licity organization, as he will look after promotion work generally. Sheriff Goodman were called in to as sist in locating the man today. Hollenstein was interested in the in vention of a steam engine, and being employed at the Smith mill in day- me. spent long hours in the night in working on his invention. Overwork s believed to have affected his mind and friends think he has wandered away in a confused state of mind. COOS TO GET ROAD FUNDS 500,000 Reverts to County From Forfeited Land Grant. MARSHFIELD, Or., March 8. (Spe cial.) Coos county soon will come'into possession of the apportioned fund from .the forfeited Coos Bay wagon road land grant which lapsed from the Southern Oregon company to the government because of failure of the Coos Bay wagon road company to sell lands at $.50 an acre, according to the provisions of the contract. The payment of $500,000 will put the county on a casn Dasis. Oswald est, who protected the county's interests, will receive $500 as tin initial payment for his services and probably a further sum later on Locally, the money is to be apportioned among the various port districts, road and school districts. The largest sin rle payment is for road district No. 12. amounting to $24,147.57; second largest. $10,210.26; school district No. 65 and third largest, to- the Port of Bandon, $10,060.22. Appointment of WomeA to Serve on Board of Management of De i tenlion Home Is Urged. The Portland Federation of Women's Clubs held a session of unusual inter est and scope yesterday at the Hotel Portland, with nearly 50 organizations -represented. Mrs. (. J. Frankel pre sided. Dr. Harry Beals Torrey pre sented an outline of his series of six lectures on "Growth and Development' to be given at the University club. Mrs Millie R. Trumbull reported the fate o bills presented at the recent legislature having to do with women aud children. The question of having women on the board of management of the Cedars, the detention home for women, was dis cussed and the president was asked to appoint a committee to urge action in this matter. The committee named in cludes Mrs. S. M. Blaumauer, Mrs. J. F. Chapman and Mrs. A. V. Klegel. The need of plain and modest dress ing among high school girls was con sidered and the president was author ized to appoint a committee to work out this problem. Lectures on psychology to be given by faculty mn of the University of Oregon for the benefit of the woman's building as announced by Mrs. George T. , ... 4 I am Vartas, one of the -lOO.OOft orphMta. She has never yielded place to any community in deeds of mercy and benevolence She cannot do it now. Yet she has barely reached one-half her required quota of $73,200 after one full week of arduous effort. The drive must there fore be carried on through the coming week. Will you, fathers and mothers and patriots all, give three days, two days, even one day of your time to aid the little band of heroic volunteers who are striving valiantly for Port land's honor and glory? Let every man and woman whose heart is moved by the world tragedy of fche millions of starving women and chil dren in the Near East come to the front at once. Report at the Unitarian Church, Broadway and Yamhill, at 9 o'clock, tomorrow (Monday) morning and give of YOUR TIME AND SERVICE as well as of your money. PORTLAND MUST NOT FALL DOWN SHE WILL NOT FALL DOWN IF WE ALL DO OUR DUTY AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF IN THE NEAR EAST J. J. Handsaker, State Director for Oregon; Ben Selling, Treasurer; John T. Dougall, City Campaign Manager. Headquarters, Unitarian Church, Broadway and Yamhill Phone Main 2304 "Yoa io't lrt me lirr, will j-n! SS.OO m. noilk vrill save my lifr. Carlisle was wounded while engaged as a runner, but continued on duty without reporting his wound. Private Carlisle, Captain Evernden said, "was wounded in the leg while an duty as a platoon runner, and would not leave his work until ordered to do so, after his condition was noticed." Carlisle spent several years in Marthfleld as a chauffeur and attended school one year. He enlisted while in California. TOIL PREFERRED TO JAIL Gas Hutchinson Will Xot Annoy Mrs. Miller Any More. ' Love may laugh at ordinary lock smiths, but the lock on the city jail is too much for him, according to Gus Hutchinson, 36, who agreed yesterday that he would abandon his suit for the hand of Mrs. Belle Miller, and go to work at North Powder, Or., in prefer ence to spending four months in prison. Mrs. Miller testified that she had Hutchinson arrested because he came to her rooms in the Almira apartments, tore up her books, and otherwise mis behaved because she did not welcome his attentions. Gerlinger. Miss Vella Winner called at tention to the lecture to be given by Vilhjalmar Stefansson, the Arctic ex plorer. Tuesday. March 18, at the muni cipal auditorium. The business session was followed by an address by James J-. Jawing on ine proposed league of nations. Cannery Official to Speak. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., March S. (Special.) "The Advisability of In creasing the Berry Acreage" is the sub ject of an address to be given at the commercial club Monday night by J. O Holt of Eugene, manager of the Eu gene cannery. Farmers and berry raisers are especially invited to be present. Dairy Husbandry Course Assured. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. March S. (Special.) A two days' course in dairy husbandry will be held here March II and 22 under the auspices of the Oregon Agricultural college. Arrangements for the meet are being made by X. S. Robb, county agent, with the co-operation of a local committee composed of O. K. Umphrey. C. A. Kartell, R. S. Trask. Alfred Jury and K. K. Mills. The programme has not yet been an nounced, but the lectures will be given by experts from the college. VOTERS FAIL TO RESPOND School "Election Called at Toledo Ilc- cemly Not Held. CEXTHALIA, Wash.. March 8. (Spe cial.) The school election called re cently In Toledo was not held, owing tcfthe fact that not enough voters went to the polls even to form an election board. The former directors will hold over. At the election in the Knah district Mrs. E. P. Layton and Mrs. E. S. Layton were elected to the board for three and two years respectively, while Henry Lahti of Osceola was elected to the board of district No. "03. At the school election In Winlock T. C. Torgerson defeated C. A. Randt by a vote of 137 to 73. C. S. Yates of Portland wa. arraigned in the circuit court this afternoon on a charge of uttering a false check. He pleaded not guilty and his trial was hi-t for March ;o. f'ight Orplians to Be Supported. UNIVERSITY OK OREGON, Eugene. March 8. (Special.) Eight French war orphans will be supported by students of the university high school on the campus during the coming year. Most ot the students will tnemselvca earn their share of the $36.50 required for Hit; support of each orphan for the year. The money will be forwarded to the relief committee for devastated France, whose representative. Miss Brenda Francklyn. recently spent several days on the campus. Portland Man Arraigned. ASTORIA. Or.. March 8. (.Special.) Thought She Would Die from Eczema ! wmt to Johni Hopkica Hospital, t went to arersi dtxrtora. I tred other remadm. I tbourht I woold die. D.D.D. cured mm after I had iho op all hope to ever ret well acmta on earth.alra. tan W" lac, Ul i-'raaalia St Baltimore. W oaraeteaa have oaea D. D. D. heal ao MM n r raars of aevera akio trouble that w know it will help yoa too. la fact we -araitea Uta mrat bottle, ate, 0c aod ll.oe. inxmxii IML Lotion ibr Shin Disease Sola by Tliu o v. 1 lruc t o. 4.nd Kidinur Urufc Co. MURDER BLAME IS PLACED Sam Rolli and Walter B. Scott In dicted by Grand Jury. Sabin Radich, better known as Sam Rolli, was indicted by the Multnomah county grand jury yesterday on a charge of murdering Mrs. Betty Taug on February 14. Mrs. Taug had married Rolli in Ta- COMMISSIONS TO BE GIVEN Instructors in Military Science In Schools to "Be Officers. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene March 8. (Special.) Commissions in the Oregon militia will be granted in structors in military science in tne high schools of the state which give the course in military training. Colonel John Leader, in charge of the work, announced today, on receipt of author ity from the office of the adjutant-general of the state. Instructors in the 20 high schools in the state now following out the military-physical training programme will be advised by Colonel Leader to apply to their local school boards for ap proval for applying for the commis sions, and submit the applications to Superintendent Churchill when favor ably recommended. The applications will then be sent to the adjutant-general, from whose offices the commis sions will be issued after being coun tersigned by the governor. Marslif leld Alan .Is Cited. MARSHFIELD. Or., March 8. (Spe cial.) Halbert Carlisle of Marshfield was cited by the commander of the 363d infantry for bravery in action. Lemons for Complexion Juice of two lemons made into creamy lotion can be used to bleach, whiten and soften the skin. Make a quarter pint cheaply I The beauty lotion which isbecoming so popular throughout the country is easily prepared by anyone and a whole quarter pint of it doesn't cost any more than a srnall jar of the common, ordi nary cold creams. Add the juice of two fresh lemons to three ounces of orchard -white and ehake well in a bottle. Strain the lemon juice two or three times through a fine cloth so no pulp gets into thro lotion, then it will keep fresh for months. Regardless of what price you pay or how highly advertised, there is nothing else really more meritorious in beautifying, soften ing and clearing the skin. As a tan and blemish remover, also to remove oiliness, freckles and sallowness, lemon juice has no rival. Massage it into the face, neck and arms once or twice each day and just eee if it doesn't bring out the roses and hidden beauty! Lemons have always been used to bleach the skin, but pure lemon juice is too highly acid, therefore irritating. Try it: Till sweetly fragrant lotion will speak for itself. Any drug store or toilet counter will supply the three ounces of orchard white at very little coat, and. the grocer will supply the lemons. Adv. le.-' tat. 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