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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1921
M ALIEN WORKERS
Depression in Business Is
Laid to Unequal Wages.
LOYAL LEGION IN SESSION
Head of Hammond Company De
clares Capital Will Xot Go Where
It Will Be Ruled fcy "Unions.
The depression in the lumber busi
ness on the Pacific coast was attrib
uted to the unequalized scale of
wages existing In the various build
ing: industries by A. B. Hammond of
San Francisco in addressing the an
nual convention of Districts 2, 3 and
12 of the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen at the Portland hotel
yesterday.
Mr. Hammond, who Is head of the
Hammond lumber interests in Cali
fornia, Astoria, Mill City and Mon
tana, said that the workers in the
lumber industry had taken the neces
sary wage deflation to bring about
readjustment of economic conditions,
but that other lines of labor had not
done so and, qualifying his state
ments as those of a financier rather
than a lumberman, he stated it as his
belief that there would be no great
Investment in building until condi
tions had been equalized throughout
the etvHrt building industry. This,
together with the lack of ability of
Europe to pay for American products,
he gave as the reason for the present
depression.
Advice Given to Workmen.
When asked what the working man
In the lumber industry could do to
help Improve conditions, he replied
the best way was to inform himself
on the business and conduct his work
as a business man. This, he said,
would subdue prejudice of working
men and enable them to look at in
dustrial situations from both sides.
The employer, he added, must also
do his utmost to understand the con
ditions of the working man and help
solve his problems in order to create
and preserve industrial harmony.
Mr. Hammond said that the only
bright spot in the lumber market of
the whole country was in Los An
geles and southern California, and
that these districs were now using
as much lumber as the total being
exported from all the mills of the Pa
cific coast. This was partly due, he
said, to the fact that the whole area
was working on an open shop basis,
together with the natural climatic ad
vantages. I
He concluded his remarks with an
emphatic statement about co-operation
between capital and labor. "Capi
tal desires to co-operate with labor In
putting an end to the existing de
pression, but it will not go where it
will be dominated by union labor,"
he said.
Representatives of the three dis
tricts of the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen went into convention
it 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning
with Norman F. Coleman, president '
COMMUNITY PHONE SUCCESS
TILLONE PATRON IS "FIRED"
Members of Neighborhood Syndicate Cut Monthly Bill to 50 Cents
Each Police Refuse to Spoil Nice Arrangement.
BECAUSE police detectives are
human and just common folks
like the rest of us, there's not
going to be any official report on a
telephone mystery whioh they were
asked last week to expose. The report
la simply going to be filed away in the
archives of "uncompleted cases," for
if the telephone company or hostile
neighbors want to step in and spoil a
perfectly good arrangement, the po
lice detectives will not be members of
the kill-joy party.
In one of the modest east side
neighborhoods there is but one house
. r. . , . - , 1
which contains a telephone. Recently
this family moved. to California for a
stay of at least a year. They neg
lected to have their telephone re
moved before their departure.
The next-door neighbor was given
a key to the house with the under
standing that he would keep a general
watch over the premises while the
family was away.
This neighbor has use for a tele
phone. And so have several of his
neighbors. He conceived the idea
of establishing a community tele
phone. The neighbors were perfect
ly agreeable. Additional keys for the
house were procured and the neigh
bors agreed- to "chip in" each month
and pay the telephone bill.
The arrangement has been working
perfectly for some two months, but
the other day one of the patrons of
the community phone was notified
that she had been dismissed from the
syndicate. She was accused and con
victed of monopolizing the service,
much to the discomfort and annoy
ance of the other patrons.
This outcast from the combina
tion immediately appealed to the
police. As long as her use of the
telephone had been stopped she
thought it "perfectly awful" that the
others should put it over on the tele
phone company in such a brazen
manner. She wanted the police to in
vestigate and report at once to the
telephone company.
"But of course yooi can't use my
name," she insisted.
Unofficially, it was eiatd there are
enough neighbors in on the arrange
ment that the community telephone
costs each but 60 cents a month. A
front window is left slightly open in
order that the ringing of the bell may
be heard by neighbors. The first to
hear the bell runs over to he house
and answers the phone.
Friends of these persons who know
of the arrangement have no trouble
in getting their connections. They
ask "central" for the number and she
begins to answer.
"They don't answer, "Central' will
respond nine out of ten times.
"Ring 'em a couple of more times,"
th-e person will request, and a mo
ment lateir the connection will be
ni d e.
"I want to speak to Mrs. So-In-So,"
the patron at the other end win say.
"Just a moment," the answer may
come. "I'll go over to her house and
call her."
This particular neighborhood takes
particular pains to see that the tele
phone bill is paid promptly each
month. There is also a gentlemen's
agreement that no long-distance calls
shall be made, as that would spoil
the arrangement.
These are facts which the detec
tives have glraned in thedr very un
official inquiries, but when it
comes to submitting a report, there
simply isn't anything doing. They
can appreciate cleverness in others
ab well as themselves.
Here's another arrangement along
of the organization, presiding. The
first hours of the session were given
over to reports from M. C. Ruegnitz,
executive secretary; B. M. Wightman,
treasurer, and J. E. Fitzgerald, editor
of the official publication of the or
ganization. Hiring; of Aliens Condemned.
A resolution condemning the prac
tice of non-members of the legion,
together with some withdrawing oper
ators, whereby they were charged in
many instances with working under
the legion, wage scale and employing
aliens and orientals at wages below
the minimum was introduced by the
Silver Falls Lumber company's local,
of Silverton, Or., and adopted by the
convention.
It was said from the convention
floor that this practice had become
very general throughout Washington.
Oregon and Idaho and had resulted in
many American workmen being
thrown out of employment because
they could not maintain a decent
standard of living on the wages
which aliens, and especially orientals,
were willing to work for.
Similar resolutions, including con
demnation of violations of the eight
hour day agreement, were introduced
by the locals of the Hammond Lumber
company of Mill ,City, and It was re
solved that non-member managers
following the practice be called upon
and asked to desist from it and to
specify preference for American
workmen when employing new help.
The resolution will be presented for
approval before the board of directors
at the semi-annual meeting to be held
in November.
Board Members Elected.
The rest of the session was given
over to the election of district board
members. Employers elected for
district No. 2 were M. C. Woodward.
Silverton. Or.; F. R, Olin, Mill City.
Or.; Thomas Watt, Brighton, Or.; W.
R. LaLonde, Fails City, Or., and A.
W. Vosberg, Wheeler, Or. The em
ployes are: W. D. Smith, Hulit, Or.;
H. M. Pitney, Idanha, Or.. C. F. Jones,
Silverton, Or.; J. S. Baker, Falls City,
Or., and J. S. Castleberry, Brigh
ton, Or. 0
For district No. 3 the employers
are: E. D. Kingsley, Portland; R.
H. Noyes, Portland; F. H. Ransom.
Portland; A. S. Kerry, Kerry, Or., and
N. E. Ayer, Portland. Employes are:
W. A. Pratt and J. J. Drill, Portland:
T. L. Kay, Mount Solo, Wash.; Ira
G. Nelson, Astoria, Or., and S. B.
Ingham, St. Helens, Or.
The employes for the board of
district No. 12 are: Lester Vaughn,
K. H. Minor, George Broadwill, C. L
Simpson and E. A. Llllie. all of Bend.
Or. The employers for the board will
be named later.
, Pineapple Pack Estimated.
HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 20. The
1921 pineapple pack of the "Hawaiian
Islands will approximate 5.SS4.00O
eases, acording to a recent estimate
of A. H. Tarleton, executive secre
tary of the Hawaiian Pineapple
Packers' association. Last year's
pack exceeded 6,000,000 cases. No
attempt has been made to estimate
the value of this year's pack. None
will be made until the end of the
season, when the returns from the
crop have been fixed.
Bank Building's Walls Up.
KELSO, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.)
The outer walls of the new build
ing of the First National bank in
Kelso is complete and the scaffolding
has been torn down. The structure
1e of cream colored terra cotta and
has a pleasing appearance. It will be
among the best bank buildings In
southwest Washington. The First
National will move into the quarters
about October 1
the same linea which the police know
about, but because the others aire
members' of the same law-enforcing
fraternity, they wouldn't for the
world think of making a "holler."
In one of the public offices of Port
land are a couple ot men, who relieve
each other from duty day in and day
out. One of them lives on the west
side, up near Portland Heights, and
the other out on the Mount Tabor car
line.
When the east sid-e worker cornea
to work in the morning he gets a
west-side transfer. This he hands to
the man ready to go off shift. Then.
"Js"' wnl-n"1" S?es
to work, he gets an east-sSde trans
fer which he hands to the other.
This arrangement has been in force
now for more than two years and
never yet has either paid more than
a single fare for two streetcar rides
a day.
Either of these men would fight at
the drop of the hat if the mere sug
gestion that they do something
crooked was made. But because they
are "putting one over" on the street
car company, they feel it is a legiti
mate arrangement. And the best part
of it is that they are both close per
sonal friends of "Paddy" Maher.
street railway detective, whose job
it is to curb such practices.
To persons who, from necessity or
choice, have been compelled to enter
the swinging doors which lead to the
police court, it has always been a
matter of wonderment why they are
compelled to enter the courtroom
through the left-hand door and leave
through the swinging door to the
right.
So far as is known, it is the only
place in the city or any other place,
where entrance is made through the
door to the left.
In spite of the fact that the doors
are lettered with ample signs to di
rect countroom traffic, not a day
passes but there is some confusion
and at times trouble started because
of these doors.
Some buxom negress stamping out
of the courtroom after paying a
heavy fine will shove mightily
against the door to the right, while
some newcomer to the station, un
mindful of the sign, will start to
enter the same door at the same time.
The result invariably is a battle with
strong words.
Police court attaches yesterday ex
plained the door arrangement for the
first time. If entrance was made by
the usual and proper way, the per
son entering the courtroom would
swing open the door to the right
just as another person was leaving.
This would result In the inward-swung
door slamming smack in the face of
the person attempting to make a
hasty exit. The arrangement of the
doors and the stairway makes it Im
perative that the English system of
passing to the left be followed in
entering and leaving the police sta
tion. . "Why, your honor, even the women
are all gambling with these tops,"
argued Lou Wagner, attorney for a
group of petty gamblers, who faced
Acting Judge Leonard in police court.
"In other words, the women have
quit their knitting' for spinning,"
suggested the court.
The facts disclosed that a group
of youths had gathered in the tonneau
of an automobile with one of those
"put and take" gambling tops, and
the police crabbed the party.
"Tou fellows all put $2.50 each here
on the counter and I'll spin the top,"
ordered the court. "You see," as he
gave it a spin "the star shows. The
city takes. That will be the amount
of your fines.
Qie GifeeiLVeierainL
BY HARRY B. CR ITCH LOW.
M
ANT were the wails that went
up In France from the dough
boy whose stomach revolted
against the constant diet of corned
beef, alias Corned Willie, alias Bully
Beef. But the man who framed his
words in the shape of a poem and
had them published in Stars and
Stripes above the initials "Jm P. B.."
and later in "Tanks, came near ex
pressing the sentiments of some
2,000,000 men. The poem, "I Love
Corned Beef." follows:
I love corned beef I never knew
How good the stuff could taste In stew!
I love it wet, I love it dry.
I love it baked and called meat pie.
I love It camouflaged in hash
A hundred bucks I'd rive in cash
To nave a barrel of sucb chow
A-st-anding here before me now.
1 say "yum yum" when "souple" blows,
1 sniff and raise aloft my nose;
Corned Willie? Ha! Oh. Boy, that's fine!
Can hardly keep my place in line.
I kick my heels and wildly yell;
"Old Sherman said that 'War Is Hell.'
But gladly would I bear the heat
If corned beet I could get to eat!"
1 love it hot, 1 love It cold.
Corned Willie never will grow old.
I love it now pause listen friend;
When to this war there comes an end.
And peace upon the earth shall reign,
I'll hop the boat for home again.
Then to the restaurant I'll speed
No dainty manner will I heed
But to the waiter I will cry:
"Bring me well, make it corned beef pie!
And better bring some corned beef stew.
And corned beef .cold I'll take that, too.
And now, don't think I'm crazy, man.
But could you bring me a corned beef can?
And wait! I'm not through ordering yet
I want a sirloin steak you bet.
With hashed brown spuds now, listen,
friend.
I've got the casti. you may depend
Right here it is let's see. I'll try
Oh, bring a piece of hot mince pie
And all the stuff that's printed here;
My appetite Is huge, I fear."
Then, when he's filled my festive board
With all the eats, I'll thank the Lord
(For that's the proper thing to do).
And then I'll take the corned beef stew.
The corned beef pie and corned beef cold.
The corned- beef can I'll then take hold
And ram the whole works into It
And say: "Now, damn you, there you'll sit.
You ve Haunted every dream I've had
Now sit there, Bo see how you feel
And watch me eat. a regular meal!"
An Idea that should be of benefit
not only to veterans' organizations,
the national guard and the regular
army, but the general public as well,1
was left in Portland by Lieutenant
William M. Wright Jr., aide to his
father, Major-General William M.
Wright, when they were in Portland
last week. Wright declared there is
too much effort going to ' waste
among the various organizations of
the veterans and of the military, and
has suggested a bureau in connection
with the Chamber of Commerce
wherein all the activities of the vari
ous bodies could be co-ordinated.
Spokane is one city in the northwest
where the policy has been tried out
and has proved a success. As condi
tions are in Portland today there is
no centralized agency, representing
all the- organizational When the
American Legion wants anything it
works Independently of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Spanish-American
War Veterans, the national guard
and other bodies. The same may be
said of the other organizations.
Usually what Is of benefit to one Is
of benefit to the other, and the old
military rule of orga-nized and well
directed action should apply, said
Lieutenant Wright. St. Louis more
than two years ago found that it had
more than a d-ozen posts of the le
gion, each working independent and
without regard to the others. After
a time a sort of an executive council,
consisting of representatives from
each post, was organized, and the
various posts functioned as one when
the time for action came. Portland
has one post of the legion and three
or four other military and veterans'
organizations.
Lieutenant Wright suggested that
all these should be brought together
in a bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce. He did not suggest the con'
solidation of all these bodies, but
merely the 1 regulation of them by
oome sort of a general governing
board consisting of representatives
l'rom each body.
A large number of men who were
members of the 91st division are not
listed at the office of Andrew Koer-
ner, secretary of the Oregon Assocla
tion of the Powder Itiver Men, ac
cording to Koerner. He has-'sug
gested that all men who were mem
bers of the division either at Camp
Lewis or in France and have not re
ceived any notices from him, send
their names and addresses to his of
fice. Koerner's address Is care of
Southern Pacific legal department.
Yeon building.
The ambition of the doughboy to
live to see the day when there are no
second lieutenants has almost
reached the point of realization. In
the new army of today, after the
pruning shears of congress have been
applied, there is an absolute scarcity
of second lieutenants, and the burden
of the work now falls upon the ser
geants and the wearers of the single
silver bar. In Camp Lewis, where
several thousand men are assembled
the camp records show the name of
but one second lieutenant, and he is
a member of the veterinary corps.
While .other camps of the country
may not be as nearly depleted when
it comes to second lieutenants, there
is but a small percentage of the re
quired number throughout the army.
The reorganization of the army made
it possible for almost any man with
ability to reach the grade of first
lieutenant through promotion, conse
quently the lower grade became al
most extinct. Few men who wished
to enter the service from civilian life
cared to accept a second lieutenant's
commission. The men who served
through the war with ranks of cap
tain or major scorned the offers of
the war department when it was of
fered them to remain In service with
a second lieutenancy. West Point
does not turn out officers fast enough
to fill the vacancies in the lower
grade of lieutenants, and the army
will have to content Itself and let
the first lieutenants do the work un
til a crop of men ambitious for silver
oars presents itself.
S. W. Morrison of Salt Lake City,
who has been in Portland for severa
days pursuing his business as
lumber salesman, has returned to
Utah. He has been renewing acquaint
ances with his old "buddies" of the
347th Field Artillery, Lyle Brown and
Robert Kuykendall.
Past Department Commander Clar
ence R. Hotchkiss was guest of honor
at a meeting of Scout Young camp of
the Spanish-American war veterans
Tuesday night and was presented
with a solid gold ring bearing the In
signia of the Spanish-American war
veterans, .as a token of appreciation
fbr services rendered as commander
of the organization. . The presentation
speech was made by Adjutant H. V.
Reed.
The war department has adopted
the European Sam Browne belt as a
regular part of an officer's equipment
and now many men and officers are
making the inquiry "when will the
department issue regulations permit
ting a comfortable collar on the uni-
iform?" A hot day when the stiff and
U-" fitting collar ' scratched, burned
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Major Fred M. West, ex-A. P. M.
In Parln, who will command
national sroard rifle' team at
Camp Ferry.
and agonized his neck, would con
demn the issuance of a uniform with
a roll collar. All European countries
engaged in the recent war clothed
their soldiers in blouses with com
fortable collars, but not so with tne
Unite States.
When there were days at the front
and a soldier was required to wear
his uniform night and day. he froze
if he opened his blouse Collar and he
choked if he permitted it to remain
buttoned. In many of the canton
ments of the country where discipline
was being drilled into the men in a
few weeks one requirement was that
blouses should be buttoned at all
times except when inside of quarters.
It may have taught discipline -and
probably was a good thing, but it
caused some annoyance and agony to
several hundred thousand men, not
one of whom today would not speak
out in open meeting favoring a more
sensible collar for future armies.
.
Before many months have passed.
there - undoubtedly will come an or
ganization of the 91st division to In
clude all of the states that were rep
resented in the organization. This
year there Is a conflict in reunions
Seattle and Los Angeles are both
holding division get-togethers on the
same date. In Los Angeles Captain
Walter Brinkop, formerly of the 364th
Infantry, with a score of assistants,
is preparing for a big two-day cele
bration September 25 and 26. Invita
tions have been sent to the governors
of the seven states from which the
men of the division sprang and the
ex-doughboys received Hie "assemble"
call and have been urged to attend.
The 91st Division association of
Washington will hold its annual din
ner the night of September 26. A
score of members of the Oregon as
sociation will go from Portland to at
tend the function. This delegation
will be headed by Judge Jacob Kanz-
ler. The following Saturday night
the veterans of the Powder river out
fit of Oregon will hold their dinner in
a place yet to be determined, but
probably in the Multnomah hotel. The
committee is headed by Colonel W. E.
Finzer.
uck together" is the plea, of a
veteran to American ex-service men
in a recent i&sue of the American
Legion Weekly. He makes this ap
peal after having spent two years In
Europe visiting among the alHeat na
tions and having observed the work
ings of organizations of veterans la
those countries. Following the war,
in England a half dozen veterans
organizations were formed- There
were organizations of officers, organ
izations of wounded men, organlza
tions of men who had served across
the channel, and other organizations
with varied limitations and require
ments for membership. Little was
accomplished; wounded men, depend
ent upon the country for Which they
had fought and suffered, were neg
lc-cted, and legless and maimed war
cripples were forced to go into the
streets and beg for enough to live on.
Italy followed the same course until
anarchy, boishevism and lawlessness
became so rampant that the ex-serv
ice men banded themselves together
as a self-protective measure and
wiped out the disturbers. France has
no centralized organization of veter
ans, and as a result her war wounded
wnne prooaniy receiving some sup
port, are practically neglected, and
in the minds of those men who so
gallantly fought from 1914 to 1918 are
being sown the seeds of hatred for
their country. The writer warns his
fellow service men of the United
States to profit by the experience of
other countries and organize, not only
to be better qualified to uphold the
thimgs they fought for, but to see
that a fair deal comes to tahose who
nave suffered most.
Frank Moore, vice-commander of
fortiana post of the American Le
gion, has faith in the issue of $10,000
in notes to the membership of the
organization to aid in paying off the
indebtedness 9f the post. Moore has
been a hard worker for the legion
since its organization in Portland
and says he is ready to take off his
coat and do his part In selling tr
notes to other members of the post.
Leslie Lawson. .rtio had charge o
the medical supplies of the S16th san
itary train and now works behind
the prescription counter in a local
drug store, has been spending his
vacation at the coast. He will be
somewhat disturbed when he learns
that his old friend Captain McRae
oi Tacoma is in poor health.
m
W. D. Wells, who used to be a
colonel with the American expedition
ary forces, in charge of stevedoring
successively and successfully at Nan
tes and Bordeaux, has organized his
own company, to be known as the
Willamette Stevedoring company, and
already has acquired contracts for
loading and unloading a number of
steamships. Wells was awarded the
ordre de l'etoile noir.
Members and veterans of Battery
A will hold their first annual picnic
and high jinks at Clackamas range
next Sunday. It will be one contin
uous round of fun from the time the
grounds are reached until the tired
picnickers start home, according to
James S. Gay. captain of the battery,
and E. T. Hall. ' commander of the
veterans. Wives, sweethearts and
children will have a part in the pro
gramme. There will be races and
games and, most Important of all,
a basket dinner.
-
If there was one man In the army
who, when they were passing out
their war and other crosses, citations
and such, deserved a little commenda
tion that he did not always get. it
was the motor driver at the front.
Night after night, with no lights save
those that came from the sky, he
worked his truck or ambulance over
roads that were strange to him. He
felt his way along and trusted to
luck. If the truck went Into a shell
hole or a ditch It was part of the
game, but with that "vehicle, would
go provisions, medical dressings or
ammunition that were needed by his
comrades at the front, and he tried
to avoid such accidents.
No more anxious or hard-working1
bunch of men ever lived than the
soldiers who guided the motor ve
hicles over the roads that led to and
from the Argonne. There were few
roads and these were clogged for
miles with artillery ambulances, mo
torcycles and trucks. For hours at a
time It would be Impossible for these
vehicles to move, but the men, with
the diction , of the muleskinner and
patience of Job, stuck to their
tasks until they arrived at their des
tinations'. Their part contributed not
a little to the winning of the war,
and those who know what they did
give them credit.
Outstanding claims of ex-service
men against the bureau of war risk
Insurance now the veterans' bureau
are to be cleaned up throughout the
country, according to the plan of
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, director. A
flying' squad is being formed In each
state and the men constituting these
squads will meet the claimants in
various towns and hear their. claims.
The Oregon squad Is composed of Cliff
Wood, compensation claims, contract
examiner; Dr. Morse, medical Officer;
K. Klggins, of the Red Cross, and
W. P. Wise, advance agent- They will
be in St. -Helens Monday morning;
Rainier Tuesday, Clatskanie Wednes
day and Cathlamet Friday. Saturday
they will spend In Seaside and the
first three days of atie following week
will be spent in AsiOria. The purpose
of the campaign as outlined by Colonel
Forbes is to clean up the cases that
are now pending; to give the men who
are deserving of compensation their
claims without further delay and to
establish efficiency where it has been
lacking.
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The efficiency of the veterans' bu
reau since Colonel Charles R, Forbes
took charge is shown by a case re
cently brought to his attention. A
Portland physician who left here in
1917 in perfect health, returned a
wreck after 17 months across the
seas. He had never been in a hos
pital In France but had been severely
gassed. The officer when mustered
into service weighed 200 pounds. When
dischargee he weighed 150 and could
not properly conduct a business that
had been profitable. Failure to re
port, at hospitals -n France made pub
lic health service officers skeptical
regarding the man's condition. Some
compensation was granted but it was
very limited amount. Two weeks
ago a friend wrote Congressman Mc
Arthur and McArthur visited Colonel
Forbes. The head of the bureau did
not hesitate when he saw the affi
davits showing the condition of the
Portland claimant before him. He
ordered th'at compensation of $90 a
month and back pay be sent the ap
plicant. Congressman McArthur's no
tification of the adjustment arrived
here Wednesday.
Dr. M. J. Donnelly of Arlington,
who dreams of good roads when not
caring for the ailments of his patients
the eastern Oregon town, recently
recalled tha to was a veteran of tne
Spanish-American war. He was made
a member of Scout Young camp at
the meeting Tuesday evening.
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A meeting of the veterans" commit
tee appointed by the mayor to super
vise the funerals of overseas men was
held Wednesday afternoon and Major
Fred M. West was elected chairman.
James Alexander was made secretary
and treasurer. Flans were worked
out so that the bodies of the heroes
who lost their lives In France will be
taken care of as soon as they arrive
in Portland. Friends, relatives and
comrades will all be notified so that
arrangements may be made for the
funerals. AH veterans' organizations
in the city are represented on the
committee.
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Milton H. Smith, who saw service
with the 166th field artillery brigade
in France, took up a homestead near
Umatilla, Or- after his discharge and
return to civil life.- Two weeks ago
he proved up on that claim and de
cided he had led the single life long
enough. He took Miss Edith Powell
of Umatilla by the hand and visited
the courthouse, and then called on
the preacher. The couple will reside
in Umatilla, where Smith is employed
by the railroad.
The ladies' auxiliary of the United
Spanish war veterans will hold
benefit card party in room 625 of the
courthouse Tuesday evening. All vet
erans and their relatives and f riend I
have been invited to attend.
Colonel W. E. Finzer, chairman of
the reunion and banquet committee
of the 91st Division association of
Oregon, has announced that the. an
nual banquet will be held In th
Multnomah hotel on the evening of
October 1. As planned originally the
banquet was to be held on the night
of September 26. as that date Is the
th'rd anniversary of the Powder
river men entering the Argonne. The
date was then changed to September
29. but the change to October 1 is
said to be final. The date falls on
Saturday, and the veterans will have
an opportunity to rest the following
day. An effort will be made to have
at least 300 members of the division
at the reunion. Last year, when the
first banquet was held in the Univer
sity club, there were more than 100
men present.
Ralph Winsor, who served as a ser
ant-major of artillery during the
ir and who recently underwent
.crious operation, has recovered and
is now back at his position as man
ager of the Star theater.
"Eddie" Sammons was a happy man
a few days ago after a telephone
message caned bint from his work
tome over to the Multnomah and
see the Old Man,' " said a voice over
the telephone. The voice was that of
Lieutenant William M. Wright Jr,
ana me "oia man referred to was
Major-General William M. Wright,
commana or tne via army corps on
the Pacific coast.. Sammons. as
major and lieutenant - colonel, was
division inspector for General Wright
wnen ne was with the 35th division.
Harry N. Nelson, assistant state
adjutant of the American Legion, is
spending his vacation at Canno:
beach. Nelson served with the o
Third Oregon in France during the
war.
Corporal ("Boots") Kersey, mall
orderly for company L of the old
Third Oregon when his unit was sta
tioned at Contres. France, passed
through Portland a few' days ago
after a short visit at Seaside. "Boots'
lives In Dallas,, where he is regarded
as more or less of an oracle.
Within a short while the 6th Ore
gon Infantry band will number at
least 75 pieces, predicted Frank B.
McCord, new bandmaster of the or
ganization, at his first rehearsal at
the armory last night. There are now
31 instruments in the band.
Mr. McCord, who has been active
in band work since 15 years old, has
Just been engaged by the Oregon na
tional guard to fill the position left
vacant by the resignation of Philip
M. Hicks last month. He is 38 years
old. a veteran of the Spanish-American
war, and has a wide acquaintance
among musicians of the northwest
I with whom he has been associated In
band work for nearly 20 years. ,
The last band organization led by .
Mr. McCord was the Oddfellows' band
in Portland, which he directed last I
year. From a band of 14 piece's it
was increased under his leadership to
75 pieces. He left it last April to go i
to Seattle, from which city he has I
Just returned. Mr. McCord organized
a Shriners' band in Tacoma and many
other musical organizations in the
northwest
Dr. Karl Swenson, who wears the
D. S. C. for his work in the Argonne
with the 91st division, has been col
lecting a bunch of pictures from vari
ous sources that almost give a pic
ture story of his organization's wan
derings in France. Swenson was a
major in the division and served with
his unit from the time 04 its organi
zaton until his, discharge.
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Frank R. Prince, commander of
Percy A. Stevens post at Bend, was a
visitor at state headquarters during
the week, and reports that an Ameri
can Legion orchestra has been organ
ized with L. R. Wood as jazz pianist,
and has been named the Legion Sax-o-Jazz
Dance orchestra. Wood is a
member of the local post and at re
cent rehearsals demonstrated that he
can tickle Che ivories with the "pep"
which transfers itself to the dancers.
More than 170,000 women, members
of 3400 units, will be represented at
the first national convention of the
Women's Auxiliary of the American
Legion to be held at Kansas City
simultaneously with the third na
tional convention of the legion to be
held October 31 to November 2. The
auxiliary has completed departmental
organizations in more than 30 states.
At the coming convention it will se
lect a national headquarters and per
haps a new name.
e than one-eighth of the popu
lation of Radcliff. la., is enrolled in
the American Legion. The town has
106 ex-service men out of a popula
tion of 800, and every one of them is
a member of the local legion post.
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George Boehmer, overseas veteran
of Springfield 111., waited two years
for the war risk bureau to adjust his
claims for compensation. The award
came eight hours after the veteran
had succumbed to tuberculosis. Will
iam G. McCauley, department com
mander of the American Legion, who
had been assisting Boehmer -with his
compensation claim, wired to Wash
ington as fellows: "Boehmer received
his reward this morning. Case now
in hands of his Maker.
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Every post of the American Legion
in Illinois will donate a five-year-old
tree to be planted on the grounds of
the new Sfpeedway hospital at Chi
cago, which will be dedicated by the
American Legion on Armistice day.
When Nathan Potak, a youth from
Ukrania, gave his life to the service
of the United States in the world
war he made a sacrifice which may
save his father, mother and two
brothers from deportation. The fam
ily arrived in Minneapolis nearly pen
niless and were taken in custody by
immigration authorities as violators
of certain Immigration regulations.
They then learned for the first time
of their son's sacrifice. The Ameri
can Legion" is endeavoring to obtain
the (10.000 government insurance.
state bonus and dependents' allow
ance.
FIGHT ON KLAN LAUNCHED
Sumner Post Prepares to Enlist
Grand Army Against Society.
A committee will be appointed to
draw up strong resolutions condemn
ing theorganization of the Ku Klux
Klan in the state. They will be pre
sented to the members at the. next
meeting for their indorsement, ac
cording to action taken unanimously
at the regular meeting of Sumner
post No. 12, Grand Army of the Re
public, yesterday afternoon.
C. A. Williams, department com
mander, said last night that he ex
pected other Grand Army posts in
the state to adopt similar resolutions
following the lead of the Portland
post.
Commander Williams Is strongly
opposed to the Ku Klux Klan and
believes that the national encamp
ment at Indianapolis, the last week
in September, will pass resolutions
similar to those proposed by the
Portland post.
FIDDLERS T0 COMPETE
Unique Contest to Be Featured at
Multnomah Fair.
A reunion and pioneer time musical
jlg-fest it used to be Jig and now is
Jazz of pioneer fiddlers ot Multno
mati county will be a center of much
interest for one day at the Multnomah
county fair the third week in Sep
tember, as now being worked out by
a committee in behalf of the fair
management.
The committee is Headed by T. C.
Freeman, manager of the Associated
Industries, and H. W. Snashall, super
intendent of the free amusements at
the fair.
Old-timers residing within striking
distance of Gresham, who have toyed
with fiddle and bow, are being sought
in order that they may receive Indi
vidual Invitations. Those desired
must range in age from 65 to 100
years, as years go, but whose hearts
must remain at 21, musically speak
ing. STREET HEARING IS SET
Proposal to Extend Interstate Av
enue to Be Considered.
A public hearing on the proposal
to extend and widen Interstate ave
nue so as to provide a direct route
from the Broadway bridge to the
Kenton approach to the Interstate
bridge has been set for September
21 before the city council.
The extension would not only es
tablish a direct route to the inter
state bridge but would avoid some
of the hill on. the present route. It
would also take traffic off a street
now used by streetcar lines.
The cost of the project is estimated
at J52.000. If put through an im
provement Aistrlct of approximately
6000 lots will be created to bear the
expense. Opening of the street would
require several months, even If no
opposition is encountered. Paving of
the portions opened would have to be
authorized by separate proceedings.
C. C. Dickson to Judge Livestock.
TOLFJDO. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
C. C. Dickson, one of the most prom
inent Jersey breeders of the state,
will Judge the livestock exhibit at
the Lincoln county fair t Toledo
September 8, 9 and 10. A new stock
barn is now being built on the fair
grounds, and it is expected that at
loast 50 head of pure-bred livestock
will be on exhibition during the fair.
The county fair board has doubled its
premiums on livestock with a view
of Increasing the livestock exhibits at
the county fair this year.
Fall From Tree Leads to Hospital.
Ernest Paquette, 18 years old. 595
Overton street, was sent to St. Vin
cent's hospital yesterday with pain
ful injuries to his head, sustained
when he fell out of a fruit tree at his
home yesterday. His condition is not
serious.
TOURISTS PRAISE AUTO CAMP
AS FINEST IN WHOLE COUNTRY
Supplies Are Purchased at Reasonable Rates and Graft Not Found
Here Grounds to Draw Permanent Residents to Portland.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
ANSAS CITY OR BUST" was
e chalk inscription on the
tea
ar of a machine that yes
terday was emerging from the camp
grounds near Peninsula park. In the
machine were nine persons, four
"grownups" and five children. I
found the head of the party was
W. H. Williams. Mrs. Williams and
five little Williamses were packed
away comfortably, and in the back
seat were Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Kin-
caid, , the entire party having left
Kansas City, Mo., in June, 1919. The
winters since have been passed in
southern California, the remainder
of the time in traveling, the distance
made being more than 8000 miles. "In
all of our journeying," said Mr. Will
iams, his wife and the Klncalds
heartily Joining in the praise, "we
have found in no place as fine accom
modations or as good treatment as on
your beautiful grounds here, where
we have been treated as friends and
not as subjects upon whom to levy
graft. We came to stop a day or so,
but when we found such fine facili
ties we did a big washing, and now
we leave with every dud spick and
span." Upon further inquiry I found
Mr. Williams so Impressed with Port
land that he is contemplating coming
here with his family soon in mj, v
Utheir home with us.
There were 78 machines registered
at the camp yesterday, the one from
tannest east being from Massachu.
setts, with a license number bearing
the figures 204635.
Seeing- a car from mv natlv n'A
of New York I, of course, made myself
known and found the owner to be J.
S. Savage of Buffalo, who. accom
panied by. his wife, left their home
town June 6, and they stonDed at the
camp for a day. Thev have now heen
there ten days, stopping for rest and
recreation because they found the fa
cilities so good and the camp society
so entertaining. "On the whole trip."
said Mr. Savage, "it has been just one
uitie grait alter another. In one
place we were charged 60 cents for
two plates of Ice cream, same as here
cost 15 cents a plate. Here we can buy
our groceries, milk and all supplies
cheaper than at home, and everybody
nas a smne ror us. The water here is
very cool and pure, the camp grounds
are Clean ana well lighted at niirht.
the cooking and washing facilities are
fine nothing is lacking. So after
being here a day or two friend wife
saia j. s. our 32d wedding anniver
sary you know comes on the 20th of
August, let s stay and spend it here,'
and we spent it happily and Joyfully
SCHOOL HEADS TO CONFER
V. M. C. A. FAOCLTV TO REVIEW
PLANS FOR YEAR.
Social Features Listed for Three-
Day Session to Be Held on
Pacific University Campus.
Preparations for the work of the
school term will pe fully covered at
the annual conference of the faculty
members of the Oregon institute of
technology to be'held at Pacific uni
versity. Forest Grove, Thursday, Fri-
da' and Saturday. Kitchen and
dining room equipment of Herrick'
hall and the use of the administra
tion building will be opened to the
visitors.
Among the special speakers will
be Professor Tuttle, head of Pacific
university school of education: Dr.
Cook, professor of religious educa
tion and Ralph McAfee, executive sec
retary of the Portland federation of
churches.
According to plans announced yes
terday by the Oregon institute of
technology, half of the sessions will
be geneu-al and the rest departmental
in character.
The engineering school is slated
to present a programme for the en
suing year's work covering civil and
electrical engineering, special engi
neering mathematics, radio telegraph
and radio telephone.
Plans of ihe business school for
day and evening classes In book
keeping, stenography and secretarial
work will be reviewed. A programme
by the school administration and ac
countancy, on the faculty of which
are Portland business men, will out
line its courses in accounting, law,
economics, business finance, money
and banking, income tax procedure,
traffic, salesmanship, advertising,
public speaking and credits and col
lections. The conference Is to be divided
Into five broad divisions: administra
tive, student and teaching problems;
space and equipment and social
features.
The faculty members will be ac
companied by their wives.
OUTDOOR FETES PLANNED
FESTIVITIES WrlA TERiMTXATE
PLATGROrX'DS SEASOX.
Directors Arrange Programmes In
"Which Children and Their Par
ents Will Participate.
Festivals of all kinds are planned
at the 18 municipal playgrounds as
terminating features of the season's
work. Athletics, folk dancing. a
circus, community picnics and other
events are arranged by the directors
of the playgrounds, and children and
their parents will participate.
Vernon park will have its festival
Wednesday evening beginning at 6:30
o'clock. The events are: Grand march,
boxing, kindergarten stunts, high
land fling by six girls, horse and
rider contest, aesthetic drill, special
feature by the older boys and folk
dancing by the intermediate girls.
Josephine Goldstaub and William
Coleman are the directors in charge.
Peninsula will stage a big celebra
tion Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The events are:
Grand march: rainbow dance, Doris
Allan: slnBinu games, kindergarten: folk
dances, "Oxdansen," "Reap the Flax."
junior girls; tumbling and pyramid build
ing. Junior boys; dance. "Humoresque."
five junior girls; May pole dances, inter
mediate girls; Highland Fling, senior
girls; Russian Mazurka. Edna Payton.
Alma Wortley. Gladys Bateman. Ruth
Walker; Dutch dance. Junior girls; grand
finale. "A Song of Nations," ensemble:
Goddess of Liberty, Gertrude Eckles; Uncle
Sam. Junior Lewellen.
Mrs. Felix Zaverl. Laura Pickens
and Walter Brodle are the directors
Alfalfa Quarantine Lifted.
BOISE. Idaho, Aug. 20. (Special.)
In a proclamation by fhe governor
of the state of Montana the alfalfa
quarantine has been raised in seven
counties In the state of Idaho. These,
yesterday." Mr. Savage has been In
the movie business, but now has his
two houses rented and he and Mrs. S.
are Just having a heavenly time
"When will you reach Buffalo?" I
asked. "Some time next year, maybe;
maybe a year or so later. There is
no telling. But not until we get good
and tired of this nomadic life which
has us in a tight grip."
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Duane C. White and Herman, C
Hangen were graduated at Harvard
this season. Their home is in Boston.
On June 13 they hitched up their No.
204635 and hit the trail for a long
vacation. They came via the north
ern route, through Yellowstone park.
and are going down through south
ern California into Mexico, with in
determinate ideas as to the end of
their journey. "This is the best camp,
with by far the best accommodations,
we have struck on the trip," said
Mr. White, and Mr. Hangen joined
in unstinted praise of their treatment
here.
A traveler from Oklahoma, who
said his name "would be Brown if it
wasn't Green or maybe Black."
wished me to say that while he was
not advertising himself, he wanted It
distinctly understood that he had en
joyed his stop here mora than at any
other place on the trip, which began
May 14.
E. A. Jordan and his daughter
Doretta, accompanied by E. W. Jor
dan and his wife and son Robert,
"set sail" from Cleveland. O.. In their
No. 266202 on June 27. These people
had found the Dodds family, men
tioned in Friday's notes, at the camp,
and they had a fine visit sort of
Cleveland reunion. The Jordans agree
with the Dodds that Cleveland is the
greatest city on earth, bar none. At
the same time they all decided that
it might be better for Cleveland if
they had a little of the Portland cli
mate and a lot of the Portland Bull
Run water to ease up their hot sum
mers. W. J. Kenna and Mrs, Kenna, ac
companied by the father and mother
of Mrs. Kenna, Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Kinchke of Michigan City. Ind., in a
Dodge, Ohio license No. 235794, are on
their way California bound.
Paul B. Low and Mrs. Low have
come all the way from the Quaker
city, their car license being 340049.
Mr. Low has been in the automobile
business and is just taking a well
earned rest. I fancy from the way
Mr. Low spoke about business that
his financial status is such that he
can let business go hang until he gets
the flitting bees all out of his own
head and that of his wife's.
Lemhi, Latah, Benewah, Shoshone.
Kooterfai. Bonner and boundary coun
ties, which were formerly, with the
rest of the state, forbidden to ship
alfalfa into Montana, due to the
alfalfa weevil, will be under certain
regulations, but will be allowed to
ship hay into Montana.
DOUBLE RESCUE ENACTED
Seattle Man and His Wife Saved
From Drowning try Physician.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) A double rescue from drown
ing was effected here this evening
by Dr. W. Thomas of Kermos, Wash.,
when he pulled Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Smith of Seattle from the waters of
English bay, where they had gone
over their depth in bathing.
The rescue was spectacular, but Dr.
Thomas modestly disappeared whea
he found there were no further
heroics to perform.
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