THE OREGON i SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - SUNDAY MORNING, : MAY 20 1917.1
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GOVERNMENT RELIEF
SENATORS' WIVES SEWING
NIKE
FINANCIA
BELGIAN
NEEDS NOW
Oregon Relief Committee Will
Not Seek Subscriptions to
Cause Afer June 1.
BIG SUM WILL BE LOANED
XsOOAl Orgwiilifttloa Will Ba Xrpt In
tct, BowtTM, in Ordv to B Bady
if ircealty X mauds.
"The Belgian relief committee of
Oregon will seek no more public ium
scrlptlons In this state after June 1,"
announced Karl A. Clark, chairman of
tba committee, Saturday.
"The reason is that the government
is nvaklngr a relief loan to Belgium and
France of $75,000,000, payable at the
rate of $12,509,000 a month for six
months, beginning with June 1.
"The state committee organisation,
-however, will be kept intact in order
that it may be ready for any coopera
tive service asked of it.
Oregon Does Its Share.
"Oregon has contributed through the
committee of the Progressive Business
Men's club, and the state committee,
its successor, a Jotai of $7496.06 since
February 19 f this year. I under
stand that no other state of the
Union, In proportion to population,
has responded with more substantial
. sympathy to the pitiable appeal of
Belgium and the. starving children of
that afflicted country than Oregon."
The national commission for Belgian
relief has written the Oregon commit
tee expressing its appreciation in these
words: "We desire to add our ex
pressions of appreciation for your co
operation in making the work of the
commtsslon an outstanding success, and
to thank you sincerely for having
given so much of your time In organ
ising and making effective the work
of your district."
Government Loan Z.arge.
' The personal statement of Herbert
Hoover, head of the National Belgian
Belief commission, to associate com
mittees contains the following:
"We are sure that the whole Ameri
can people will be glad to know that
through the sympathetic arrangements
made by the president and the secre
tary of the treasury, the cost of the
Belgian and northern France relief, so
far as it Is feasible under present
hipping conditions, will be borne for
the next six months by the American
government. This has been made pos
sible by a loan of $75,000,000 from the
United States to the governments of
Belgium and France. The money will
be advanced by the treasury In install
ments of $12, buO, 000 per month, of
which $7,600,000 will be available for
Belgian relief and $5,000,000 for the
relief of northern France. The way
is open so that at the termination of
the six month "thus provided for, ap
plication may be made to the govern
nent for further loans.
Results Axe Obtained.
"We desire to state that although
the coroftilselon has endeavored for
many months to secure thie gratify-
. ing result, we feel that the appeal
that have been made by you have
largely Influenced the government In
finally granting the request of the
Belglayr and French governments.
Therefore the time, energy and money
expended in your campaign have done
much more than to bring in Immediate
contributions; they have helped to in
sure the relief of Belgium and north
ern France throughout the war.
"The' commission has long desire!
government recognition in order that
' its work should be more firmly estab
lished as a distinctly American un
dertaking, and we feel that you wll
Join us in intense satisfaction that
the work has now become a respon
Fibillty and a duty shared by the
whole American nation."
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DRIVE TO BE MADE
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3R RED CROSS FUND
Portland Chapter to Under
take Thorough Campaign
. for Money to ' Do Work.
MARKED SOCIAL FEATURES
Kn. Belen Xrftdd Oobet Xa Made Di
rector of Social Activities Which
Will Be rar Reacbinr.
Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall, wife of the vice president, has organized
the wives of United States senators to sew for the American Kod
Cross. The above photograph shows Mrs. Galllngcr, wife of Senator
Galltnger and Mrs. Marshall.
Leaders in Official Circle
At Washington in Red Cross
Candidates Are Invited.
Central W. C. T. U. has invited four
candidates to present their claims for
election at the regular weekly meet
ing in room A, Central library. "Wed
nesday. The program will begin at 3
o'clock.
Washington. May 19. Mrs. Wood
row Wilson is now busily engaged at
the White House in the making or
sheets, pillowcases, pajamas and other
hospital supplies for the American Red
Cross, of which Persident Wilson is
president. With greatly diminished so
cial duties because of the war, Mrs.
Wilson and Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones, the president's cousin, are de
voting much time to Red Cross work.
Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of
the vice-president, has organized the
wives of the senators,! and they are
meeting weekly to ew for the Red
Cross. Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, wife
of the secretary of the Interior, has
organized the women of the Interior
department for the same purpose,
while Mrs. David F. Houston, wife of
the secretary of agriculture. Is work
ing along other lines of Red Cross
work.
To Equip Bas Hospitals.
A present endeavor of the American
Red Cross is to eqwlp the 35 army
base hospitals and the five navy base
hospitals which have been authorized.
Five of the army base hospital units
have been ordered to Europe.' These
have required very large amounts of
surgical dressings of various descrip-'
tions, doctors' and nurses' operating
gowns, sheets, pillowcases, towels, pa
Jamas, bed shirts and various otlfer
garments and hospital linen. At the
present time a census of such supplies
already prepared Is being made and
when it appears that ample quantities
are available for equipping these hos
pitals, special efforts will be made to
promote the preparation of supplies
for European relief.
Recent Shipments Abroad.
Reports from the American Red
Crosa up to May.l show that the -people
of the United States through the
Red Cross, in the months of March
and April, sent $165,000 to relieve war
sufferers in Europe. Since February
1 the Red Cross has also sent to Eu
ropean sufferers 107 cases of hospital
garments, 939 cases of hospital sup
plies, 238 cases of clothing and 1405
cases of fooodstuffs.
More than half the $165,000 has been
distributed through the American War
Relief Clearing House of Paris. Twenty
thousand dollars was used to relieve
the suffering of the tubercular among
the repatriated civil prisoners and
others in France. Relief supplies In
the amount of $7600 were purchased
for the Somme district and more than
$3000 was used for relief work in
Alsace and northern France.
Where nmdi Went.
Five thousand dollars went to the
relief of the French wounded; $10,000
went into relief work In territory re
taken by France; $7000 was used in
supplying the peasants and refugees
with shoes, and $5000 was spent In the
purchase of needed livestock.
The new American Red Cross hos
pital of Paris, the first American hos
pital in France, required an appro
prlation of $1X1,000 and $15,000 was ex
pended in the purchase of motor am
bulances and trucks.
Prominent among the other contrl
buttons were the following: Austrian
Red Cross. $10,000; Hungarian Red
Cross, $10,000; Bulgarian Red Cross,
$8000; Portuguese Red Cross, $1000,
and Roumanian Red Cross, $1500.
Clothing in the amount of $2000 was
purchased for the Siberian prisoners
and $12,500 used to relieve the suffer
lng among the Lithuanian exiles In
Russia. Five thousand dollars went
to Polish relief and $2500 to the suf
fering Serbians. Through the Ameri
can Relief Clearing House of Rome
$25,000, was distributed to the needy.
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held over until Wednesday to accommodate the thonsands who have
been unable to see the latest, greatest, speediest, funniest production
made by
Douglas Fairbanks
It's the laughing hit of a lifetime it smothers dull care in a gale of joy
"In Again Out Again"
at Portland's Popular Jioneer Photoplay Theatre
Ader at Weit Park 10:30 A. M. to 1 1 P. M.
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Mary
Pickford's
latest U
next.
The Portland Red Cross chapter Is
clearing the decks for the heaviest
drive for funds In the city's history,
That such a campaign will be needed
was made clear yesterday when a la
conic message came from the National
Red Cross headquarters at Washington
stating that President Wilson will. In
a few days, issue proclamation set
ting aside June 18-25 as Red Cross
week for the entire nation, when the
100,000,000 patriotic men, women ana
children under Old Glory will be asked
to do their share in the great conflict
that is ahead.
Anticipating that a nation-wide call
would soon be made from national
headquarters, the Portland Red Cross
leaders have been busily planning for
the past two weeks a gigantic cam
paign and had already selected the
week of June 18-25 as Portland "Red
Cross Week," with the addition that
the week will be inaugurated with a
"Red Cross Sunday" on June 17. On
that day every church and religious
body In the city will te yrgea 10 ae-
vote all their energies to the itea
Cross cause.
- Big Sum to Be Asked Tot.
Just how much money Portland will
be called upon to contribute as Us
share of the general fund is not known,
but that It will be a heavier contribu
tion to relief work than has ever been
appealed for in the city's history is
absolutely known. The Portland cnap
ter, therefore, will lose no time in get
ting ready for action. It is expected
that the war council of the Red Cross,
of which H. F. Davidson of J. P. Mor
gan & company is chairman, will no
tify Portland within a few days or tne
exact sum that will be fixed as the
financial goal for Portland.
A great deal of preliminary work has
already been done and the local chap
ter Is extremely anxious that the Red
Cross movement in Portland and Ore
gon shall take rank with the active
millt&rv branches of the service in
nobly responding to the nation's call.
The Portland navy recruiting record
was the highest In the country and
the army record for Oregon was sec
ond in the list.
"Oregon first again" will be the
slogan of the Red Cross workers.
Executive Committee Appointed.
The executive committee has ap
pointed a board of finance consisting
of the following well known citizens
S. Benson, Elliott R. Corbett. M. H
Houser, C. S. Jackson. W. M. Ladd
H. I Plttock, J. E. Wheeler. J. D. Far
rell. A. L. Mills, T. B. Wilcox. J. C
Ainsworth. W. B. Ayer, J. B. O'Shea,
Ben Selling and Mias Henrietta Fail
ing.
. The following committee has been
chosen to have charge of the "big
drive": Robert H. Strong. John C,
English. Charles F. Berg and W. P,
Strandborg. This committee has se
lected Strandborg as director general.
and will begin at once the organlza-1
tion of a staff to handle the extensive
array of special events and features,
as well as for the special program for
each day of "Red Cross Week." which
will be the whirlwind climax of the
general campaign.
At a meeting of thecarapaign com
mittee yesterday it was estimated that
it will require "the services of fully
2000 volunteer workers, men, women
and children, to carry out the cam
paign of the magnitude that the local
chapter has figured on.
City-Wide Appeal Made.
One of . the first steps to be taken
will be to appeal to every organization
in the city that engages in any form
of relief or benevolent work of any
character to Join forces with the Red
Cross for the next 30 days, so as to
guarantee the final success of the cam
paign. A feature that will be one of the
most important of the campaign, and
one which is relied upon to add splen
didly to the big Red Cross week fund
will be that which Is In personal charge
of Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett.
Mrs. Corbett, -who is designated the
director of social activities In the
campaign organization, will mobilize
all the city's social forces, large and
isroall, into an energetic and har
monious whole for the garnering of
Red Cross funds. She has volunteered
to devote all her time and her con
spicuous executive talents, from now
on until Portland's share of the na
tional fund has been raised, to help
ing with the "big-drive."
She will be assisted by a corps of
prominent society women, selected for
their abilities in this kind of work,
and within the next few days the work
of organizing Portland's social circles
into energetlo units will be well un
der way.
Tribute Asked of All.
Endeavor will be made to enlist
every social organization, of whatso
ever kind. In this work, including
dancing clubs, bridge clubs, tennis,
golf, riding, swimming organizations
and all others. Each will be asked to
divert all its energies and direct all
its efforts during the month of June
towards the swelling of the Red Cross
fund. .
Instead of slowing down, as is usual
with the approach of the beach and
summer resort season, Portland's so
cial activities will be given an im
petus that will make the June social
calendar very lively and interesting.
Stepping parties, sports contests,
bridge bouts, .to say nothing of teem
ing bazaars, will be progressing in a
mad whirl all over the city, each with
its incidental levy of tribute. Each
unit In the big organization will strive
I to outdo the other In Originating at-
' rm err a m r- 4 r.lannfnv In.
Kenlous ways through which coins, lit
tle and big, may be coaxed Into the
fund.
Effort will be made . to enlist the
social circles of the remotest suburbs,
as well as the most aristocratic dis
tricts of the city, in this work. Mrs.
Corbett and her assistants will en
deaVor to make the participation uni
versal, and from headquarters In the
Corbett building, will cooperate In
every way possible with each unit lh
this unique organization of social
forces for the harvesting of Red Cross
funds.
. Social Zvents lasted.
- Each social circle or organisation
events with Mrs. Corbett at room 104.
CorDett building, where these events
will be card-indexed. . The director of
social activities plans to systematise
the work thoroughly, so that the aim
towards universal participation can be
effectively developed.
Advice and suggestions will be given
to all those who wish to help by ar
ranging social events. Appointments
may be made by telephoning Main
4204, where Mrs. Corbett or her sec
retary can be reached at any time of
day.
Plans for many Important functions
for assisting the Red Cross fund are
already well under way, not only for
events In private homes, but in the
clubhouses. In the churches, dancing
pavilions and theatres. Many outdoor
events axe also being planned, in
eluding contests in different sports.
excursions by motor and boat, and
lawn and garden parties.
The following appeal to the people
of the United States by President W1I
son, last week, revealed to the local
committee the necessity of preparing
at once for a call to "Give till it
hurts." Immediately following the
publication of this appeal the Portland
Red Cross Selected a campaign com
mittee and plans were set In motion
for the drive.
Oregon T. P. A. Plans
To Get Convention
Baker Theatre Bought Out for May
29 to Get rands With Which to Ac
oouipUsh Aim,
The Oregon" Travelers' Protective
association "has started in to secure
the national convention in 1919 for
Portland. Iio 1901 It was held here
with 1S0O delegates and visitors In
attendance. If secured In 1919 there
will be from 2000. to 3000.
Paul C. Morton. Thomas Rothchlld.
W. S. GrinnelL Roy C S locum and
Charles Ringer are the members of I
the committee to secure funds to send fiftHD WflftFQ ' &RF P&m
delerates and booatars to Savannah. jWJUU WVHUCO ; Mrlt THIU
Ga, this coming month, where the
CONDITIONS OR TRADE
REPORTED EXCELLENT
BY LABOR UNIONISTS
Nearly Every Member of the
Various Organizations Has
Plenty of Work.
President Wilson Appeals.
The appeal reads:
"I have today created within the
Red Cross a war council to which will
be entrusted the duty of icsponding
to the extraordinary demands which
tho present war will make upon the
services of the Red Cross, both in the
field and in civilian relief. The best
way In which to impart the greatest
efficiency and energy to the relief
work which this war will entail will
be to concentrate it in the hands of a
single experienced organization, which
has been recognized by law and in
ternational convention as the public
Instrumentality for such purpose. In
deed such a concentration cf admin
istrative action in this matter seems
to me absolutely necessary and I
hereby earnestly call upon all those
who can contribute either great sums
or small to the alleviation of the suf
fering and distress which must In
evitably arise out of this fight for
humanity and democracy, to contrib
ute to the Red Cross. It will be one
of the first and most necessary tasks
of the new war council of the Red
Cross to raise great sums of money
national body -will be in session
To secure the funds they have
bought out the Baker theatre for
Tuesday night. May 29. The play
will be -A Pair of Queens." and the
T. P. A. will add some special stunts,
variations and supplements. The
theatre's regular prices will prevail.
Unidentified Body
Taken From Biver
The body of a man was found float
ing In the Columbia river Friday aft
ernoon by Coroner T. S. White of SL
Helens, who yesterday notified De
tective Lee Aekerman.
The only article on the body that
could tw used to Identify him was an
employe's number check bearing the
Inscription "McC. Co. 1788." The mat
ter was tAken up with the McCracken
Lumber company, who will endeavor
to discover the name of the person to
whom this cheok was Issued.
Mechanics Will Wot Accept Publle Jobs
Because Pay Offered Is Xevtr
Than for3rivats Work.
for the support of the work to be done
and done upon a great scale. I hope
that the response to their efforts will
be a demonstration of the generosity
of America and the power of genuine
practical sympathy among our peo
ple. This will command the respect of
the whole world."
Trade conditions are reported as ex
cellent by nearly every organized In
dustry In Portland. iAt the Central
Labor Council last Thursday night the
printers reported that six of the al
lied printing trades are preparing a
new scale of wages, and expect to pre
sent It to the employers shortly. Their
way of procedure Is to hold confer
ences and come to an understand
ing with the employers. There has
been but two strikes in the printing
trades in 13 years is Portland- and
both of them involved but a small
number of workers and were quickly
settled.
The moulders reported that addi
tional men are being demanded for the
manufacture of stoves, and nearly all
the members of that craft are em
ployed, with additional men to be
needed shortly when shop are pre
pared and enlarged. More stoves are
being made in Portland with free la
bor than were made with convict la
bor before Governor West took the
convicts out of the contractors hands.
BUI -Posters All Busy.
The hoisting and portable engineers
report that all but one of their men
1 emergency - and ' relief ' work when U1- j
ness or accident mar overtake a man., r
This body of men runs all the porta'
ble and hoisting engines and tba n-I
gliics in the 'shipyards. , i i ,
Partially because of election pub
licity the bill posters are exceedingly
busy, and have all men-at work. The
union has been unable to supply the
demand for men, and has had to per- ,
mlt the employment of casuals. - I
The tailors are somewhat In the
trough of the sea, which Is wttrib ,
uted to the many men enlisting with :.
1,'ncle Sam, who would have ordered, "y
suits this spring. The demand In the
manufacturing line, and the general J "
demand for skilled and unskilled la-
bor In alt lines keeps the tailors from' IS
complaining very much. ' ;
FubUo ray Too low. -
During a discussion of the civil
service It was apparent at the Central
Labor Council that the reason mpra- ;
union men are not employed at various J
trades by the city, county, state and,
federal governments is that the scale ,
of wages is too low. The skilled mem-f
ber of an organized building craft !
looks with scorn on a S3 lob. and
will not submit to the examinations
required to gather such a position off, -the
bushes. K J
The United Garment Workers have
recently arranged a new scale t
wages with the manufacturers of the !
city. All of the 400 girls are employed
under better conditions and wages, S
Should expected contracts materialize
there will be a call for women becauso
overtime soon exhausts a regular force.-? :
The bakers reported that owing tar?
general high cost of living Invading :
their domains, there were a larger 7
number of idle men than for some i '
time past. It takes no more men to - '
make one 10-cent loaf than one flve-t ;
cent loaf, and the public Is largely
turning to the larger size. As there la
demand In other lines for labor the";
bakers are sufferin no hardship, an4 '
on city lota. ,-. i '
many are gardening
Road IlorKl Discussed.
At a w!l attended meting at Es
tacada Friday night the M.000.000 road
bond measure was dlucuiised. The i
principal speaker in behalf of the bill,
was Jay Bowexman of Portland !!
was opposed by C. E. Spence, mater,i
of the state grange.
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$12 Oak Arm Rocker $8.75
A well-made Rocker, in solid oak. Auto seat, covered
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A $15 High-hack Arm Rocker, made of solid quartered
oak. This has an auto seat, covered with genuine Span
ish leather. This week's price is $11.25.
A $19 High-back Arm Rocker, made of solid quartered
oak. It has wide arms and a leather upholstered spring
seat. Price $14.60. ,
A Handsome Bedroom Suite
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The ordinary price of this suite is 98.75. It is furnished either In
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24 Dresses with 22x28 beveled French plate mirror $18.75
$22 Chiffonier with 16x20 beveled French plate mirror $17.50
$21 Dressing Table with triple French plate mirrors. . .$15.25
$3.75 Bedroom Chair $ 2.70
$4.00 Bedroom Rocker $ 2.85
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$35.00 Saxony Ruga $25.85
$37.50 Khorossan Rugs .$27.35
$40.00 Smith's Axminster Rugs 428.85
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William and Mary Dining Suite $81 .25
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