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War Subjects to Be
Graduation Themes
Vromlaeat Place . for Topics Win Be
round on Programs a ITrged by
Secretary XAn.
Causes and purposes of the war will
occupy a considerable share of atten
tion in commencement exercises
throughout the country If the sugges
tion of the government is heeded. In
a letter Franklin K. Lane, secretary of
the Interior, urges upon all schools,
universities and colleges in their com
mencement exercises to give preemi
nence to the discussion of these topics,
and In this connection suggests a num.
ber of themes for essays or orations.
Among the suggested subjects are
"Belgium's Wrongs," "Washington's
If 17; "What Would He Have Doner
"The Debt of ' the United' States "to
France,"; "Mobilisation of the Nation's
Industries and Resources." "Value of
Sacrifice to a Nation."
Other subjects might be "How Can
I Help In. the .Wart", a self -analysis
by . the Individual pupil of his or her
opportunity for service gardening,
scouting, etc; "Education and War,"
the direct relation between education
and industrial efficiency, and there
fore between education and war;
"Women and the War"; "America's
IXity to the World's Democracies";
"What Constitutes 'Sacrifice' for the
Nation?"
Workers to Honor
Mrs. Chapman Catt
President of the Hattonal Association
WU1 Be Xrtiacheoa Ousst of Oregon
Suffragists, June a. r
The Oregon Equal Suffrage alliance
will give a luncheon for Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt. president of the Na
tional American Woman Suffrage as
sociation, next Saturday noon at the
Multnomah hotel. The Civic league,
which holds a luncheon every Satur
day, will give up its separate lunch
bed tickets allotted to them,-that all
their members jna7 'haveths -tppr 1
tunity of hearing Mrs, Catt,- members '
of these organisations obtaining tick- .
ets from their secretaries as listed:
Oregon Civic league, Isaao Swett; XV
A. IC. Mrs. John Keating; Red Cross,
Miss Edminson; Consumers'" league.
Miss Trevett: Professional Women's
league. Miss Nona . LawlerJ . Grade
Teachers' association. Miss McGregor;
McDowell club, : Mrs. John Keating;
Congress of Mothers, Mrs. George W.
McMath; Coterie club. Mrs. C J. All
ien; Council of Jewish Women. Mrs.
Alex Bernstein. r i'
AMERICANS AT WORK
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Representatives of American
Ambulance Field Service
to Visit Portland Monday
and Tuesday.
Elks' Band Concert.
The Portland Elks' band will give
Its monthly band concert next;Wednes
day evening at the Elks temple. All
Elks and their friends are invited to
attend and an exceptionally fine pro
gram 1 promised. -' " T
Garden Hose Fees lieducrd.
New York. May 19. To encourage
food gardens the city has cut the fee
for garden hose permits from $5 to
80 cents. The new fee covers all
eon that day as a courtesy to Mrs.
Catt and win; meet with the alliance.
Mrs. Catt will be the principal
speaker and Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy
will. preside.
The . following organizations : have
Attitude Toward War," "Lincoln
in gardens under 600 square feet in sUe.
OFFICIAL FRENtH REELS
Graphic presentation of tne Colossal
Conflict la Trance Promised by
Visit f Xilemtenant Boeder.
OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND, SUNDAY t MORNING. . MAY- .20, : 1917
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AMERICAN AMBULANCE FIELD SERVICE
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The heroic work of the American
ambulance Held service and the gal
lant performances of the American avi
ators who constitute the Lafayette
corps will be" presented in graphic
fashion to Portland audiences tomor
row and Tuesday by Lieutenant George
H. Roeder and M. M. Palmer, who will
appear in this city on behalf of the
American ambulance.
They bring with them several mo
tion picture reels, taken by the Fnch
government, whlcn are aenartu
those who have seen them in other
cities to be the most thrilling portray
al of activities at the front yet pro
duced. In addition to showing in de
tail the fearless service performed by
the young Americans engaged in the
ambulance and aviation work, compre
hensive views of first line trenches,
big guns In action and certain grip
ping scenes of the siege of Verdun
are presented.
Lieutenant Roeder and Mr. Palmer
will arrive from San Francisco Mon
day afternoon, and that evening will
exhibit the pictures before an Invited
audience at the Presbyterian church
house. Lieutenant Roeder, a New Jer-
' sey boy who entered the service from
Harvard and was cited for gallantry,
will explain the pictures. A. L. Mills
will preside.
Two Fsrformajc Tuesday.
Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock,
and Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, per
formances will be given at the Elev
enth street theatre, to which the pub
lic is invited. Tickets are on sale at
the Owl drug store, the Hazelwood
(Broadway store), Sherman, Clay &
Co. and at the theatre, and can be
exchanged, for reserved seat coupons at
the Eleventh street theatre after 10
O'clock Monday morning.
' High school students are planning
to turn out en masse at the Tuesday
afternoon performance, at which
Franklin T. Griffith, will preside. W.
W. Cotton will be chairman of the
Tuesday evening performance Special
patriotic music has been arranged for
these occasions, representatives of the
Musicians' Mutual association. .No. 99,
having volunteered their services, as
have a number of the city's leading
vocalists.
Portland Boys In tna Berries.
Portland is represented In Franc
at present by Jack Burns, son ot
Walter J. Burns and a Yale man, and
Marion Kyle, son of Mrs. G. A. Kyle.
who went to the front with a Stan
ford unit, while Donald Skene and
Rouse Simmons of Tale and King;
Bturgls of the University of Califor-f
nia are planning to join tlie service
In the near future.
These young men of America who
are enrolled In the ambulance and
aviation services have gone to France
animated by the highest motives of
humanity, and at every big battle
Alsace, Flanders and Verdun their
competent work ha3 been appreciated.
The American ambulance has gained
such a reputation for efficiency that
wounded Frenchmen, when first picked
up on the battlefield, If conscious, ask
their bearers to arrange to have the
Americans care for them.
XTnlted States Indorses Work.
This service has the unqualified in
dorsement of the United States gov
ernment. Secretary of War Baker hav
ing recently declared:
"The war department 'looks with ap
preclatlon and approval upon the
splendid service being rendered by the
American ambulance field service in
France In association with the French
army. These young men are serving
their own country in the highest way
by their courageous contribution to
the efficiency of the armies of those
associated in interest with us in this
war. I, perhaps, have no right to urge
that they remain in France now that
the United States has entered upon
active rauuary preparation In the con
'"ti, uui, il least ior me present, a
substantial number of these vounsr
men will not be needed here, and the
. training they are securing, while a
mere incident to the service ,they are
rendering, will qualify them to be of
special value in the American army at
a later time."
Wells Gilbert is chairman of the
committee representing the Collegiate
alumni for the Portland visit of these
two American ambulance representatives.
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Portland Boy Sees Planes
In Action on West Front
Marion Kyle, Member of American Ambulance Service,
Declares War Aviators to' Be Most Privileged and
Reckless Men to Be Found in the War Zone,
Mr.
By Marion Kyle. i
Kr le l a Portland boy now Miring
rith the American Field Ambulance In France.
Somewhere in France, April 16. In
this life, so full of changes and con
trasts, it is hard to pick out the few
details about which there is oppor
tunity or permission to write. Since
last I wrote, we have had much ex
citement. We have changed our posi
tion, and are-, now on another part of
the front. We live somewhat like the
Arabs and roam from place to place,
packing up at a moment's notice, and
making old barns and tents homelike
in an hour or so.
It is the best way to Sec France,
and already I know all the villages
and roads in this section of the coun
try. On days when we have been off
duty several of us have obtained passes
and have tramped 10 or 12 miles to
some little village and eaten lunch
there and made an all day trip of It.
Villages Are xrnmerons.
One cannot go three miles In any
direction without encountering a vil
lage of some sort. Quaint littie places,
all the same in color, tone ana me.
In the military none women are pro
hibited, and only when you get back
toward the rear more do you see them.
There is one predominant feature
about every village, and that is the
church. A community of only 800 will
have a most marvelously beautiful
little cathedral of Gothic style.
It is characteristic of these simple
countrv folks In France to devote
their life to work and the worship of
God. The money which in America
goes for luxuries and home comforts
rroes here for the church. The win
dows are masterpieces of color work
and invariably the walls are covered
with artistically placed religious pic
tures. Another distinctive feature is
the colored statuary. All the statuary
In the churches is colored, and while
I do not think the effect is as good as
the white marble, it fits in well with
the general artistic detail. To give
the background of conditions Just
listen to the war of the guns in the
distance as I write. The sounds come
as .dots and dashes to emphasize ray
words.
Air Planes In Action.
The day we left our lastlace was
full of excitement. It dawned ! beauti
ful and clear, which Is unusual for the
miserable weather we have had so far.
All indications were for much aerial
activity, and we were not disappointed.
At about 10 a. m. the blue sky became
dotted with the planes, which were so
high up that they looked and sounded
like huge dragon flies. Puffs of black
and white shrapnel smoke showed
where the Germans and French were
using the - anti-aircraft guns. You
could trace the course of the planes
by the trail of smoke from the burst
ing shells.
Soon te white puffs came nearer
overhead, which showed the Germans
were coming closer and some French
men went after them. We could hear
the popping of the mitrailleuses far
overhead. They maneuvered around
some time, but neither side lost a ma
chine, and the Germans, apparently
satisfied, sped back to their own lines.
In the afternoon the Germans start
ed to shell a place about one half
mile away from us. They used shells
about 380 millimetres in size, and the
vibration was terrific.
A Bombardment Occurs.
The first indication we had that the
bombardment was on was a terrific
explosion that seemed almost next to
us. Mirrors bounced 8ff the wall and
the dishes in the cuisine fell out of
the'ir racks. We rushed out In time
to greet another explosion. Great tim
bers went into the air like sticks, and
clouds of smoke and dirt rose in a
great sphere about 200 feet in diame
ter. The shelling kept up obout an
hour at three minute Intervals. There
was over J120.000 worth of ammunl
tlon fired in that short time.
We watched from the safe distance.
thanking our stars the gunner didn't
raise his sight about a millimeter and
get us, when we heard the ominous
whistle and something crashed through
the edge of the roof -about 20 feet
away and buried itself in the ground
We all dropped flat on the ground
without wasting a moment and waited.
mere was no explosion, and after a
while we got up and went over to the
place. We found not a shell, but a
huge piece of steel. When a shell
bursts the exploding gas has to force
itself out of about two Inches of solid
steel. This tears the steel Into pieces
and throws It red hot for sometimes a
, mile. That is how some of the ter
rible wounds from shell fire come
about. I picked up the piece of steel
after it had cooled off, and am going
to keep it for a souvenir. This piece
came from half a mile away, and was
thrown at such a speed that it was
invisible. It weighs 15 pounds.
Aviators Enjoy Privileges.
We had the -good fortune to be sta
tioned for a while near an aviation
camp, and got to know many of the
aviators well. None of us were al
lowed to go up because a week before
two of the American ambulance boys
were wounded in an accident while up
in a machine. The aviators are the
most independent and most favored
men in the array. They have privi
leges other officers lack, because their
work la so hazardous. One of them
came up to a few of us and began talk
ing in excellent English
THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL
SIXTH ST., OFF WASHINGTON
15c CHILDREN 5c DOORS OPEN 10:30 A. M CONTINUOUS
Above Scenes of war wreckage I
whence the American ambulance
drivers rescue wounded soldiers.
Below lieutenant George H.
Roeder, cited for gallantry, who I
will visit Portland this week.
AGGRESSIVE POLICY
IN DEVELOPMENT OF
PORT IS ADVOCATED
Spirit of Fault Finding and
Dry Rot Should Be-Buried,
Declares Resolution,
"As citizens of Portland it is our
business to see, that no other com
munity gets our business."
Thus begins a strongly-phrased res
olution favoring an aggressive port
development policy on the part of
Portland, which was adopted Friday
evening. The resolution continues:
"That the civic mistakes of yester
day can be corrected today. It is
never "Too Late" to those who never
give up.
"That the business houses of this
city wnicn patronize other ports
snouia sees their trade In other ports.
That we condemn discrimination
against tnis port rrom any source
whatever.
That the spirit of fault finding
and the dry rot of complacency and
self-satisfaction should be burled to
gether and forgotten.
"That the members of the United
Artisans of Portland. 6000 strong, call
for a new spirit of constructive ef-
He showed us his machine, a new i fort to the end" that the business of
eiyie icuuu, huw 111a in&cmne Kun j hub iuri may-ue expanded to occupy
worKea, ana otner interesting tnings. its legitimate rieia. mat the new
He owns a farm in Calgary, Qanada,
and went over once a year to look
after it before the war.
The French aeroplanes are marvels
of speed and construction now, far
ahead of ours. This machine traveled
at the terrific speed of 150 miles an
hour, and left the ground after going
only about 70 yards. It can clVmb at
an angle of about 45 degrees. It looks
like a dragon fly and is painted silver
president of the Chamber ot Com
merce is entitled to a square deal and
the unqualified support of the people
of this city in his endeavor to outline
and put in force a constructive pro
gram and that we. Individually and
as an organized body, pledge him such
support. '
Fourteen Years Ago
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Color Photography
is wonderful. Let us show you
how to transfer to transparency
and slide, nature's witchery,
tints and colors. 'Us easy for;
i We Sold Our First
ANSCO" Camera and Film
a picture-making machine remarkable for
compactness and efficiency a film of sur
passing clearness, depth, softness and detail.
Last year we had neither cameras nor films
in sufficient supply. NOW we ar prepared.
1917 films are better than ever and we've
a plenty to fit any and every film camera.
We warrant each to be perfect in every
detail. '
WE DEVELOP FREE
your films when prints are ordered, and
pay return postage when mailed to us.
We Give Double S. & r Stamps with all
finishing orders.
We Rent or Sell Cameras on? Small Payments.
WE SHOW YOU HOW.
white. The engines are of the rotary
type.
Airmen Are Bookless ZAOs.
I now feel more interested in the
safety of the speck in the air. with
DiacK shrapnel bursting around It.
than formerly, because I know It may
De our iriena. ne said that th con
cussion of the shells exploding around I
the machine rocked It violently and
sometimes almost upset him. The avi
ators are all rec-iless lads and lux
urious livers, for they as:' "Whv
not? Tomorrow we may be here no
more to enjoy these things."
It Is certainly a great life while it
lasts; but the casualty list is very
large. They carried out a bombing
raid while we were there, and we
watched them steal away into the
night, the wicked looking torpedoes
dangling from underneath, and the
thought came to us, "God help some
rerman tnis nignt."
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Tlw,y. -S. & H." Stamp Fin Three Floors.
"Rube" Foster Shows
Remarkable Daring'
Outvleing the intrepidity of the man
with the straw hat an(l setting an
xample for the matron hesitant upon
the weather bureau, "Rube" W. Fos
ter, general agent of the C. B. & Q.,
has dared the elements and actually
accomplished spring housecleaning.
Now the old quarters of the Burling
ton at the corner of Stark and Third
streets are proudly pointed to as "our
new home" The job of housecleaning
was thorough and went from base
nent to ceiling. New floor, papering
and painting and complete' refurnish
ing all went into the scheme of re
modeling the offices and even the fur
niture takes on the proud aspect in
glistening. mirrorlike varnlshlnr.
"Rube's" friends are being Invited in
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A siMtiTe area-part pictvrlntioa ef Edward
SxUn'i oolerfsl dram. "Zgypt," tae taasti
fnl Gypsy girl msaatie story ef those se
madie psoplo, thm sypttoe. The mm is laid is
the southland, sear soothers Georgia towa.
Ethel Banyraora, said fran fcaiaa-
Calabratad Actresa, ia a member ef
the GREATEST THXATKICAI. FAM
ILY U A1CXJUCA. -Tba Call of Har
People" la ana ef her latest sad stoat
weaderful aeooeaaea.
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THE COMEDY A Maiden's Trust, with Alice Davenport and Ford Sterling Two reel of Mack Sen-
nett's Keystone fun laughter-filled and double-distilled.
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