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24 THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAX, PORTLAND. DECEMBER 17, 1021 if Qfeexileleran. BT HARRY B. CIUTCHLOW. WHEN' the Jleuse-Argonne battle was at its worst thousands of wounded Yanks were stream ing dally through the dressing sta tions. In a little old tumble-down Bhack not far from the destroyed city Of Cheppy a dressing station had been established. It was crowded and over flowing and the doctors were having their hands full to care for the men. Outside on a pile of old lumber and ruin several Yanks who had suffered wounds of a more or less serious na ture were seated. Conspicuous among these men was a mere youth of a soldier who was small of stature. A hih explosive shell had all but torn away his right hand. With his good left hand he firmly grasped that stub of a right. Several times when his turn to enter the sta tion had arrived he Insisted that he was not seriously hurt and urged others, perhaps not as seriously wounded, to go ahead of him. A Ked Cross man arrived on the scene and noted the gallantry of the lad. "Boy. where are you from?" he asked kindly. The lad took a firmer hold on his wounded arm and gritting his teeth to check the pain he replied: "I'm from Oregon, by God, and I'm proud of it." He was a typical American soldier. The same men who in 1917-18 at the front suffered agonies of the worst character and smiled and denied that they were in pain, today will dodge dates with the dentist. Wounded and maimed beyond repair. It was common for a man to argue "there's nothing wrong with me they Just put one over on me and got me into the hos pital." When ambulances were few and the roads were impassable wounded men who could walk would straggle back to the dressing stations. They were kindly and uncomplaining. When a comrade, perhaps from loss of blood, was forced to fall by the wayside those who had strength left gave a part of it to the weaker man and aided him on his way. There was no auch a thing as selfishness. The men were stoics. They took pride in the fact that they could bear their sufferings without expressions of pain. Store often, as death ap proached and the road "going west" was ahead, were there smlle9 rather than tears. One night in a dressing station in the Argonne a score of badly wounded Americans were in a small room. There was silence in the place until a wounded German officer was brought in on a stretcher. His was a leg wound of a character much less dangerous than the wounds of the men who surrounded him. Unlike the Yanks about him, he gave way to his pain and cried out. .Disgust welled up in the hearts of the Americans. They were bearing their sufferings in silence and took Jiride in so doing and there, among them, had been placed a boche who gave vent to his agony. It is safe to say that had these men been able to arise from their stretchers they would have ended the complaints and the sufferings of the1 German without great delay. The cries of a suffering man dis turb the morale of any army, while etnllea and good cheer preserve It. The morale of the American army was never disturbed by the men wounded in its ranks. Allen A. Stockdale, captain of in fantry during the war, wrote "Soldier Kmiles." The verses were first pub lished in the Stars and Stripes and later were given a place in Yanks. These verses follow: Ton may talk of kings and princes, And the glory of their show; You may sins of knights and ladles In the days of long ago; You may paint a vivid picture Of the wonder-worlds to see But the smiles on soldier faces Look the befit of alltto me. They are gassed and vlielled and tortured; They are muddy, thin and weak: They are shocked and shot and shattered, And you marvel when they speak; They will give their all In battle That the world may be made free. And their smiles amidst their sorrows Arc real miracles to see. They have smiled since they were hahles Laughter, love have been their charma And their smiles were patriotic When their country called to arms; They go laughing to the trenches, Filling fighting lines with glee, And with smiles they come back wounded; Those are smiles that puzzle me. Kings and kaisers may be mighty As the bloody brutes of war; Tliey may use the worst of weapons. Never dreamed of e'er before; But they're sure to meet disaster Over land and on the sea. For the soldier boys of Freedom Fishl and smile tho whole world freel T. K. Kdward J. Kivers, chef de chemln de fer of tho 40 homines and 8 che yeaux, the sunshine order of the American Legion, passed last night In Tacoma. where he aided in the initia tion of a largo class of veterans. While in the Puget sound district Mr. Kivers visited the Seattle voituro of tho 40 homines and 8 cheveaux. It. F. Beatty, who during the war served In tho secret service depart ment of the A. E. K, and who now is in Tortland following the business of recovering stolen automobiles, passed a few days in Seattle last week. Mr. Beatty, who was a sergeant while in service, was several yea-rs above the draft age when war was declared. He volunteered and served overseas. Orderlies or "dog-robbers," as they were often called, were for the most part a faithful crew. When their of ficers desired food of a character that was difficult to obtain the "robbers" could usually be depended upon. Fred Brace tells a story of one of the offi cers in his regiment, who was hiding from the enemy fire in a small fox hole. Crawling up to the edge of the hole came the orderly. The lad reached into his shirt, pulled out a messkit, and upon opening it dis played a fried chicken. He then ' npologlzed to the officer because the fry was somewhat mutilated. This, he declared, was due to the fact that he had been unable to hit the fowl in the head at a 200-yard range. In the St. Lou' recruiting office of the army can be found First Sergeant Ora Goodpaster, who during the war was a captain in the 361st infantry. He was one of those men whose num ber the Germans did not have. Good paster had been wounded and had Teen placed In his blanket In a fox hole. His two attendants dug holes on each side of him for protection. No sooner had they placed themselves in their improvised shelters than a shell exploded over them. Both were killed but Goodpaster escaped further injuries. The Rev. W. S. Gilbert of Astoria, who during the war was chaplain of the 162d infantry and who last year was state commander of the Ameri can Legion, was in -Portland a few days ago and attended the banquet and reunion of his old organization in the Multnomah hotel. The annual election of officers of Over the Top post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held tomorrow night in the clubrooms at the court house. Last Monday night the nomi nation meeting was held and those nominated were as follows: Com mander, Thomas H, Magulre end b. i'r'My DoukIu McKay, who has been rliitsen an adjutant for Port land post of the American Legion for 192:!. George Sandy; senior vlce-comman der, Fred Angell, Arthur Monteith and LeRoy Peebles; Junior vice-commander, N. P. Hoff; quartermaster, Richard- Deich; chaplain, J. B. Simmons; sur geon, Dr. W. G. Scott; trustees, Jo seph Schur and 11. C. Stevenin; offi cer of the day, Alvln C. Baker and G. Ahlstrom. Ira Mercer, who was a 91st division ambulance driver In France and who now makes his home in Salem, was In Portland during the week. . Commander George F. Blair, who had charge of the Oregon naval mili tia for several years, is now chief of the construction and repair depart ment of the United States shipping board in the south Atlantic states, ac cording to a letter which he has writ ten to John Beckwlth. He makes his headquarters in Norfolk, Va. C. F. Basha, formerly a captain in the 364th infantry, has been made, dis trict manager of the United States veterans' bureau with offices in Hel ena, Montana. Mrs. E. E. Scranton, wife of Lieu tenant Commander Scranton who commanded the Marblehead when the craft was used as a training ship here, died last week in San Diego. When some 50,000 members of the American Legion descended upon Kansas City and were told that the town was theirs, It appears that they conducted themselves with conspicu ous disregard for the standards of professional pacifists approved by America's circle of tinpan Intellec tuals. A New York weekly, evidently disappointed because the Legion de voted itself neither to the Einstein theory nor to a venomous attack upon American Institutions, declares that the convention was an orgy of "rum, rowdyism and riot." Against the testimony of the week ly the testimony of the Kansas City chief of police must be weighed. He admits that some of the legionnaires tied ash cans to taxicabs and that the combination created a din at cdn slderable expense to the chaste con tours of the cans. The "riot" con sisted of an artificial snowstorm pre clnltated in a hotel lobhv with the aid of the contents of seven pillows. It is admitted that had the Legion nalres at Kansas City dedicated their visit to an exemplification of mercu rial vehemence they could have ac quitted themselves with credit. Three years before their Kansas City meet ing they were giving Heinle a taste of organized Impetuosity such as the world has seldom seen. Between the Meuse and Argonne wood they chased 800,000 Germans 46 miles toward home in 47 days. Beside that mag nificent riot, the unfortunate demise of seven pillow and a few ash cans appears insignificant that is, to all Americans but the few whose mental reactions are like the muffled tintin nabulations of feathers tn a bounding ash can. Indianapolis News. Down In Erlckson's dally cooking steaks for hundreds of men who throng the place, can be found Leland Prior, who during the war was known to his comrades as "Tracy In the days of 1917-18 Tracy cooked for the 363d Ambulance company, and with that organization he gained the rep utation of never refusing to feed a man, no matter who the man might be or how short the kitchen was on rations. When the company had moved to Eppinonville and established an ad vanced dressing station, Tracy, with George Keogh, who died shortly after his return from France, gathered to gether all of the rations possible. They managed to obtain almost two truck loads. A kitchen wi estab lished In the shell-torn town on the road that was being used constantly by men going and retiring from the line. They made hot coffee In abundance. A piece of sheetiron had been made into a griddle, and hot cakes and syrup were plentiful. For four days these men, taking turns over the hot fire, cooked and handed out food to passing doughboys. In many cases these handouts were the first warm foods the doughboys had received in days. Tracy was not required by orders to establish his kitchen where he did. He need not have fed other than those who belonged to his organization or were patients In the dressing station. But Tracy was not one of those, who needed orders. He saw an oppor tunity to do good and he took advan tage of it. It was a part of his con tribution to the winning of the war. Ray Boydston, who served with L company and Headquarters company of the 162d Infsntry when the organi zation was in France, was one of the old bandmen who brought their In struments to the banquet held in the Multnomah hotel a week ago and dis pensed music before the programme of "eats" started. Members of the Crook county oost of the" legion In Prinevllle have opened their club rooms, with Eric Gordon in charge. A bowling team has been organized and it will en ter a league composed of business men's teams. The club rooms of the post have been fitted up with reading tables, easy chairs and pool tables. At a recent meeting Clem Atkinson post of the legion at Gold Beach, offi cers for the coming year were chosen. The men who will lead the organ ization In 1922 are: James W. Wheel er, commander. B. K. Lawson, vice commander; F. J. Huntley adjutant, and John O. Melville, treasurer. An entertainment committee composed of B. K. Lawson, Ignatius Redmond. F. J. Huntley and Sidney J. Walker, was appointed by the new command er The post contemplates staging a number of entertainments during the winter. i I A spirited argument was evidenced ' ia the recent meeting of Capitol post ' of the American Legion in Salem when the suggestion was made that the name of the post be changed to "Jonea-Eckerlin" in honor of two Salem boys who lost their lives in the seivice. Opponents to the suggestion declared that It would be an injus ties to honor two Salem men by nam ing the post in their honor when the bodies of a score of former men of the capital city are now in the ceme terles of France. The name will re main as it is. An auxiliary of the American Le gion will be formed In Amity on the evening of December 22. Veterans of the war who reside in Scappoose have under way plans for the formation of an American Legion post in their town. At a recent meet ing a temporary organization was perfected. Members of the American Legion in newberg are championing a move ment for the erection of a large au ditorium with swimming tank, gym nasium and club rooms, according to P E. Overued, who recently visited state headquarters of the legion. The proposed building will be 100 by 100 and will be located on one of the main streets of the city. Mr. Overued, Dr. J. S. Rankin and Leonard Gower have been appointed to work out plans for the auditorium. William Follett, formerly state commander of the American Legion, Is now in Rome, according to a letter that has been received from him by friends in Portland. He expects to return to the United States next spring. Before he returns he will attend the international meeting of mo war veterans In Paris. A new voiture of La Societie des 40 Hcmmes et 8 Chevaux has been or ganized at. Bend. The charter was forwarded to the organization during the week by Harry N. Nelson, grand correspondent for Oregon. The work of organization was carried on by S. W. Hubble, formerly a member of the sunshine order of the American Legion in Delling'ham, Wash. Dr. Phil Kelzer of North Bend has a war trophy which Is unique in character. It Is a handsomely em bossed memorial card upon which has been printed "In Memoriam of Cap tain Phil Keizer. First Gas and Flame negiment, w no Died August is, 118 (Signed) John J. Pershing." The memoriam goes on to tell of the brave deeds and exploits of Captain Keizer before he died." The Joke of the matter Is that when doing personnel work for his regiment Dr. Keizer made out a list of men who had lost their lives in his unit. He signed his name at the bottom and when the records were made up a memorial card was printed in his name. Pigs and chickens, so familiar In the village streets of France, will not be lacking on New Y'ear's eve when the American Legion stages. Its Night In Paris' celebration in the municipal auditorium. "Pat" Allen had made arrangements for several pigs and chickens and these will be turned loose to wander about through the crowds that will pack the audi torium on the night of the show. Details regarding the appearance of Mme. "Fifi," the famous Parisian danseuse, haoie been almost complet ed. She will arrive In Portland sev eral days before the "Night in Paris" and will aid In the advertisement of the show. . Junior league girls will reproduce the famous Cafe de la Palx. where refreshments will be served in much the same style as they were served in Paris in 1917-18. These refresh ments will be thirst quenching but not nard. Fred West is now working hard on a programme of entertainment to be staged in his Hotel St. Anne, which he has been assigned to reproduce. More than 250.000 war veterans will be insane by December, 1926, unless something constructive In mental h glene is begun immediately, C. W. Chamberlain, director of the Sioux City, Iowa Institution of Pathology has declared. "Th6 national commit tee for mental hygiene," Mr. Cham berlain said, "estimates that 3M0 ex service men go insane every month. There are probably 166.000 Insane vet erans in the country now." No restatements of government insurance can be made after Decem ber 31. according to word received at national headquarters of the American Legion. All ex-service men can reinstate their government Insur ance except those who have a disa bility not traceable to the service. The yearly renewable term insurance may be reinstated by the payment of two monthly premiums. The appli cant must state that he is in good health and provide A report of full medical examination substantiating that statement. The state tax conservation commis sion, composed of F. W. Mulkey, Louis Goldsmith and R. L. Sabin, has elimi nated from the city budget the $3000 Item with which the rental of the American Legion club rooms at Sixth and Pine streets was to be paid dur ing 1922. The city commission originally paid this rent for the reason that they be lieved it was better for unemployed former service men to have such a place to spend their Idle moments than to be forced to loiter about the card rooms of the north end. The club rooms of the legion were open to any and all men who had served during the war, whether or not they were members of the organization. Portland post now faces the task of raising this money to pay Its rental. The debts of the past have been paid through the sale of bonds and notes. The new officers will start January 1 with a clean slate. The solution" of the problem Is a membership campaign. There are sev eral thousand former service men who reside in the city who are not now members of 'the legion. In view of what the legion has done for them they can afford to become members. Had it not been for the American Legion there would have been no bonus legislation passed at the last session of the legislature. Portland post has passed out bonus applica tion blanks to all applicants, and has made no charges for services ren dered. The post has established an employment office and is doing great work in finding Jobs for unemployed men. " The loyal and active members of Portland post should adopt the Na tional Legion slogan, "Every member get a member," and go down the line to double tho membership during 1922. When it comes to war records few men can be found on the Pacific coast who have equaled the service of Hugh McCIure. who lives at 629 Clay street. McCIure enlisted in the Royal Scots in 1889. With this unit ha served eight years. His next hitch was a five-year period with the Cameron Highlanders. With these organizations he saw action In Bur mah, Malta. Egypt. India, China, Cyprus and South Africa. When the war broke out in 1914 MeClure went into the Third Cana dian tunneling company and special lied for three years at the front in demolition work. ' He holds the king's and queen's medal.won In the Boer war In South Africa, and wears -the Canadian victory, medal, McCIure was born In Scotland and ' it served under British colors all of his military career. He is now an Amer ican citizen and is specializing in the raising of canaries. He ships these song birds to all parts of the north west. Members of Scout Young camp of the Spanish-American War Veterans will journey to Salem Tuesday to j discuss with the legislators In their special session the advisability of presenting a bill to appropriate funds to return the battleship Oregon to this state. Scout Young camp of the Spanish American War Veterans will have a big Christmas tree Tuesday evening. December 27. In the East Side Wood man hall. East Sixth and Alder streets. All members of . the camp, veterans of the campaigns of 1898 and their families are invited to at tend. Candy and toys will be given to tho children. The following new members were added to the muster rolls of Scout Young camp of the Spanish-American War Veterans at the last meeting: Orrin M. Pierce, Fred S. Swender, John P. Krupke, Martin O'Sullivan, Ralph J. Bailey and Edward L. Fraley. SCHOOL TRAVEL IS COSTLY TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS HEAVY EXPEXSE ITEM. Districts of State Pay $83,151 This Year for Rural Wagon and Boat Services SALEM, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) It cost the various school districts of Oregon $83,154.85 during the last year to transjrort pupils to and from the high schools, according to a report prepared here today by J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruc tion. To transport these pupils 89 -wagons and nine boats were commissioned by the 98 districts. The Coos river, Bmlth river and Mapleton districts used boats exclusively In the- transporta tion of their pupils. The number of pupils transported aggregated 2029, at an average cost the route of $848.51. The average cost the pupil was $40.98. The number of districts covered by the transporta tion facilities aggregated 120. The following summary shows the various school districts, together with the cost of transporting pupils in each and the number of wagons and boats in operation: Alflea. three waeona .'.$ 2,547.00 Canby, one wagon ;i).00 Knappa, two wagons l.U.su.DO U-l Seaside, two wugoni l.ar.u.oo Bridge, two waftons 747.0) Cooa River, three boats 1. DIM). 00 v ernonia, four wagon .......... 214.nu Rainier, three waeona 3.6H).(fu Parkdale, one warm S.ltlo.OO Kedmond, three wagons 2.HHI.O0 La nine, two wasona i!,j''.VtM) Arlington, one waKon l.U.'i.OO Hood River, three wagons 3.7.'0 00 Hubbard, one wagon l.MMJ.Ou lloardman, two wagons 4. 00.00 Jone, two wagons l.i4.uu Stanfield, four wagnns 3. 41. l0 .4J.".5( 1, 800.00 rK3 HO 30U 0O 70.o k!;j.s: 8.1M.Y0O 1.3HS.W M0.O0 3.311. 0 31 .1.00 1.30:i 0O Umatilla, three wagona . Irrieon. two wagona Union, one wagon Dundee, one w agon . . . . Dayton, one wagon Wheeler, one wagon . . . St ay ton, one wagon Woooburn. rive wagons Vale, two wagona Mapleton, one boat . . . . :ulver. thr wagons . . . Jacksonville, one wagon Olendale, two wagons . . buUierUn, oue wagon 4 IIS.OO . two wagona ..... J.bOO IH Myrtle Creek, two wagons 1.4H4.0O Warrenton, one wagon . 073.00 Xysfta. two wagona 1,000.00 Days Creek, two wagons 2.430 O0 mith River, two boats l.M. M Pine City, four wagons ,"."10.00 Keho, three wagona 3,000.00 MrMlnnvllie, one wagon 300 00 Newberg two wagons l,44ii.Ml ClatHkanle, three wagons, one boat :.'.o-.tHi 1 Gre.sham, nine wagons 6.40.00 ( Medford, one wagon u4U.ou Total, 01 wagons 7 boa'.s. . .$83.104. SO 7 PASS CENTAL QUIZZ f Applicants Take Examination at Olympia, WunIi. OLTMPIA. Wash., Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) Of. the 21 applicants takins thfi, dental examination held by the department of licenses and which were concluded J?riaay, 1 were suc cessful. They were: Kuprcne O. Hallan and idward John Rinckel of Tacoma, Her man Fechtner of Winlock, Harry W. Mathews of Kverett. Harry V. Flynn of Spokane, Edwin K. Marion of Seat tle, Evan W. Holway of Seattle, Mau rice Woods Ineson of Seattle, James Albert Taylor of Olympia, William Thomas Reid of San Francisco, Dwight Dowlinit of Everett, Stanley B. Roth, Salt Lake City; T P. Stout, Portland: Charles A. Maher of Eu gene, Thomas Charles Ohmart of Pen dleton and Bird Glenn Vinson of ortland. Mineral Water Baths Supervised. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 17. A com pany furnishinc water from a min eral lake or mineral springs to be used exclusively for bathing purposes is a public service company and un der the Jurisdiction of the depart ment of public works. Attorney-Gen eral L. L. Thompson has informed E. V. Kuykendall, director of public works, in an opinion. The attorney- general construes the wording In the act in connection with water used for "other beneficial uses for hire as including- mineral waters. EYES Go for years without the need of glasses. Others, due to some refractive error or con tinued close application, need glasses early in life. Whatever the reason for your need of glasses, my ex perience of more than twenty two years in sight testing and the use of scientific instruments will enable me to determine your ex act needs. Perfect-fitting glasses fin ished ifi my own shop will meet your every require ment. DR. WHEAT OPTOMETRIST ' EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Suite 207 Morgan Building ' ' k1 Take old Santa's advice this year and give furniture I There is nothing more lasting, nor will anything give such a great amount of satisfaction and be such a pleasant reminder of your good taste and thought fulness through the years to come. We are making it easy for you to give furniture by offering you our unusually convenient credit terms on any purchase, which means that you can fill your entire gift list here and pay next year! Read Gadsbys' liberal terms. Doll Cabs $5.75 v ' 4 ill t?::7,. $5 Delivers This Bed Davenport Solid Oak Bed Davenport, up holstered in brown Spanish leatherette.. Price 855. Tapestry or Genuine Leather Rockers, $35 Easy Terms mm Rugs for Xmas Rues make wonderful Xmas Kiftn. We have a larire awsort ment priced from 85 and up. m, i mi Music and Record Cabinet, $10 Reed Rockers Cretonne Cushions $15.00 h . J Vrii.'Sr.nat illtpli- 1 Gadsbys' Easy Credit Terms $ 50 Worth of Furniture $ 5.00 Cash, $1.00 Week $ 75 Worth of Furniture $ 7.50 Cash, $1.50 Week $100 Worth of Furniture $10.00 Cash, $2.00 Week $125 Worth of Furniture $12.50 Cash, $2.25 Week $150 Worth of Furniture $15.00 Cash, $2.50 Week No Interest Charged at Gadsbys' $7.50 Delivers a Davenport $1 Weekly An exceptionally pleasing design, made with loose spring- cushions, heavy rolled arms and winpM. Up holstered in an exceptionally fine grade of floral tapestry and spe cially priced at a big discount. On sale at $74.50. I Footstools for Christmas Cheap at Gadsbys' A Pedestal For That Fern or Plant $6.75 ' Boys' Little Red Wagons Priced From $2.75 Up Odd Chairs and Rockers for Xmas Reduced I ir0jciinff card I r W w sw hi CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON STREETS The Ideal Xmas Gift All Our Best Lamps Are Reduced 25 to Close Out. Smoking Stands Here is the very popular pedestal Hmokinp stand that takes up but little room and In eafily taken rare of. Special in mahopnny or walnut finish tomorrow at $2.85. LjS- It mm Dining Room Outfit, Table, Six Chairs, $40 I M HI wnl IVrl! ill I . I L. mm 71 11 V -'S V.V acisd Dressing Tables with Triple Mirrors Priced $19.50 Up Children's Rockers as cheap as $1.50 1 Ladies' Desks for Christmas Ask to nor itirso. l'rl ed from i:t.5( and up. Our Prices on Cedar Chests Now Reduced Share in the preat decline In prices. We have a. lure va riety of pattern, with or without copper trlmmnms. in Hi-iiuino red "dur. air tluht and moth proof, liasy tetmi at ilailMby'B. Tea Wagons as cheap as $18 Table, $4.50 Ctrfr