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THE ? OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORT LAND; SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1917. M.UIN IS LIKELY A TRAGEDY AT SEA--SI N KING OF THE LIN ER SONTAY SWEDEN ASSERTS PORTLAND HEN Mrs, Frances Erickson, Who - Has Just Returned From Old Country, Tells Story. POOR PEOPLE STARVING BOHEMIA SUFFERING rood So Scare and Trice Bo Hljfc. It Xs Hext to Impossible to Satisfy Hanger's Simuli. "There is apt to be a revolution In Sweden this winter on account of ftfod conditions." says Mrs. Frances Erickson of 628 East Clay street, who returned to Portland on June from a stay In Sweden of nine months "The poor people there are starving. They cat ail their food by meana of tlcketa, and they have to live on very short supplies. Conditions are becoming so bad that when they go Into a store without a ticket, they simply lay their money on the counter, snatch what they can and run away. I think that Sweden la next to Germany In scarcity of food. "X spent last winter t Dalarne at my old home, which Is In the country' "We couldn't afford to eat white bread because the price was so high, and for a long time we made two meals a day out of barley ground up and baked with aalt water and a little milk. We couldn't get any meat but salt pork and bologna sausage. The farm rs all raised pigs Just to kill in win ter. The feed was too high to keep cattle, "so they were about all Slaughtered. A sack of oats cost 30 crown three and a half crowns are , equal to a dollar, and a dollar is worth much more there than it la here so people couldn't afford to keep horses either. Tickets Are Used. "The government controls every thing by means of tickets. The farm ers are all required to register exactly the amount of food they have on hand, and then it has to last them a certain length or time, uorree, sugar, bread rice, flour, grain, peas and vegetables can't be bought without cards. Bo far the people have been rais ing enough food for themselves, but tne trouble Is with the contracts which they had to sell food to Ger many and Russia, which they have to keep. If It wasn't for these they wouldn't be so hard up, but as it is, If any one raises any more than Is needed for one's own use, the gov ernment takes It. People now can't afford to raise any more than they have to have, because the prices of seeds have gone up so much, and when it is raised takes It at whatever price it wants to pay. "It costs eight crowns a day now to keep any ordinary family supplied With food, and that Is good pay for a. man there. But clothing, too, nas gone up. Wool can hardly be bought. My little boy, Clarence, was with me, and he had to have wool stockings, though they cost a dollar a pair. The men iriTne timber "camp hav been making good money this year, but they can hardly live on their wages. Hone reared Submarines "There were 1200 Americans comln back when I did, and there wasn t anv of thelff" who," were afraid to chance the submarines, for every one was so anxious to get back to -America, it twe had .got torpedoed it would only 'havo been a little bit more trouble. Just a swim ashore, which would have been as pleasant as staying there and starving. I tell you l m never going back. America's the land for me. "We didn't see any submarines, though. We had to change our course Oft' account of the blockade, and land at Halifax for inspection by the Brit ish authorities. We left Sweden, com ing through Norway and taking the 'Bergensford' at Bergen, and we had a nice trip coming over. The only real sign of, war we saw were the British battleships at Halifax. My, but we were glad to get there." Br . y . . " r . . ... .. . r. . . s - ...... v , I . . I ; I las , " " S f r " V J-f lis - 4 . ......... I V s i W -T4 I ! 5 , TI 'M,V i- ks W it f E4t ..v. ' "v. ' t . " t A IT -V ...... . . 1 MARTYRDOM SEVERE AS THAT OF BELGIUM H : Ever Since. First Year of War It Has Been Held Down Like Conquered Nation, PEOPLE LIBERTY LOVING cannot b destroyed, and shculj not be seia ia tutelage, wnea the war ends, there should b aa independent repub Uo ct Bohemia, Mrs. Jessie 0. Peel Goes to Last Best Tyranny Kbs Baaa mealsted is Xrery ' War roaalble Desert to Uasslaaa 1 Sathev Tsam ttgat for Oarmaaa, The French cteamsMp Sontay, en route to Salonikl from Marseilles, was sunk In the Mediterranean April 10. The ship sank rapidly in a heavy sea, but the rapidity with which the small boats were launched was the means of saving all bat 45 lives. MAX H. HOUSER BUYS $250,000 LIBERTY BONDS (Continued From Psa One) llcatlon a list of all persons In the city who have subscribed more than $2600 to the Liberty, loan, and this Is expected greatly to stimulate the cam paign. tl.577,850 Outside Portland The state total also made a favor able advance Saturday, the aggregate of amounts reported being $111,900 Aggregate subscriptions for the stat outside of Portland are now $1,577,250 This leaves Portland a total of $1,449,666 to raise In the next five days between now and Friday in order to reach the total apportionment of $8,000,000. For the state a total of more than $3,000,000 remains to be raised. Portland will have to sub orlbe at a rate of $488,980 every day of this week; in order to be successful. Store Employes Subscribe Julius lb Meier, general manager of Meier & Frank's store, said Saturday that the store 'had subscribed $50,00 J and that Mrs. Slgmund Frank had sub scribed another $50,000. Individual employes have subscribed $12,500, the tore cooperative association has sub acribed $1700 and other members of Mr. Frank's family have made pro portionate subscriptions. The total amounts to over $120,000. C. S. Jackson, publisher of The Jonr naf, telegraphed to Portlaud Saturday , from Baltimore, where ho underwent an operation at Johns Hopkins hog pltal two weeks ago, directing that a subscription of $24,000 in behalf cf members of his family and himself te made at once, Thotuvaad Hear Br. Boyd. Of this amount Mr. Jackson sub scribed $10,000 for himself, $5009 for Mrs. Jackson, $6000 for F. C. Jackson and $4000 for P. U Jackson. He also treated that a partial payment plan tor. employes of The Journal to suh- , aorlbe to the bonds be started. Nearly a thousand people gathered at the Hippodrome theatre at noon Saturday to attend the Liberty loan pubilo meeting. . Great enthusiasm was manifested over the address by Itcv. i John H, Boyd, who eloquently appealed ; lor Immediate action in subscribing towards the war loan. The ' speaker viviaiy paintea tne results that might f follow If the allies arenot, supported wus juncture oy tu wnltcd fetates, r Sand Plays la wettest. - v CL A. Miller, federal -h.-v . rsprssantatlVfL told at the. hanrf. s ht3T toPeatsaeat yatav Tha Ah quartet and Frank D. Hennessy fur nished a musical program and the Third Oregon band played on the etroets before the meeting and at the theatre. W. M. Ladd presided. The way other cities of the Pacific coast are viewing the rather desultory mannar in which Portland meets the lliuuii, o.mi i the government Liberty bona issue is luusiraiea m a letter receivea at camjia.is ueauquoi ters Saturday afternoon from the Pa cific coast campaign committee at San Francisco. The letter, in part, says: "From the evidence ws have, .Port land is less Inclined to recognise her responsibilities than any other big city on the Pacific coast. This Information will all go down as a matter of record when the aggregate subscriptions are turned In June 15. We have Informa tion to the effect that these subscrip tions iil be made public after that umc mat iun u& uuuvi - clflo coast cities will be compiled. This roll of honor will probably ahow the total amount of bonds which each city should 'have subscribed and likewise the amount that it actually did take. If Portland stands way down the list. It will rather make her the object of a certain, amount of contempt through out the entire United States. "Not only do we intend to make an honor roll amongst the cities, but an honor roll of Individuals In various cities will also be compiled, so that those people in each city who should have subscribed liberally, and who failed to recognize their duty In this matter, will be held up to the scorn of the entire community." BUT Drive Will Continue The big. drive among worklngmen will be continued through '-his week ! until the campaign close Friday. I Probably the largest meeting of all will be at the Union stockyards In North Portland Tuesday noon, when over looo men win oe aaaressea by H. R. Blauvelt and several other Break ers. A meeting is scheduled for Wed nesday at the Helser & Undine machine shops and the Independent foundry. Both concerns employ 690 men. Em ployes ct liers will hold a Liberty bond meeting at 6:30 Monday evening. Thirty boys of the T. M. C. A. worked hard all day Saturday distributing lithographs 'and posters through the business district and their work will bo supplemented this week when aU the Boy Scouts in town begin distrib uting 30,000 Liberty loan emblems through the residence sections. These boys will also be equipped with bon4 application blanks. Pendleton Is the premier city of the state as far as loan subscriptions are concerned. The city's apportionment was $475,000. Over two weeks ago Pendlton subscribed $400,000, and now a can ror i7fi,uuv more or the bonds has been closed. The city has over subscribed its quota, reports received from Pendleton today indicate. L Allen Lewis of Allen & Lewis In formed th Liberty loan campaign committee today that the company's subscription of $25,000, recently an nounced, Would be doubled to $50,000. The added subscription will be made at once, firemen Invited to Subscribe Mr. Lewis' mentioned the fact that Portland was so far behind in the mat ter of subscribing to the bond Issue and said ha felt the necessity of doubling his subscription. Other sub- scriDers who are aoie to, snouia do the same thing, Mr. Lewis declared. Beginning Monday morning at 10 o'clock. City Commissioner Blgelow. Fire Chief Dowell and IL B, Blauvelt of the Oregon Life Insurance company. will begin canvassing tns engine houses of the city, and every fire man will be personally interviewed. Xhere are over 400- of these men, and it is felt that at least 118,000 should b subscribed among them. David M. Dunne addressed a meet lng of worklngmen at the Columbia Steel company Friday afternoon and the men afterwards subscribed $3200. Additional subscriptions of $1000 were promised. A. w. Clark, manager, an nounced that a partial payment plan had been put in effect with the em ployes. Nathan Strauss, chairman of the Wholesale and retail merchants com mittee, announced that actual sub scriptions of $131,000 'had been se cured by ; his organisation. . -i ; ; Pledges aggregating $90,000 more have been made, and Mr. Strauss -said he was confident that the 'committee would, secure $250,000 before the Hats SUBMARINE j i SAILOR'S LIE IS CONTINUOUS NERVE-RACKING AGONY British Officer Tells of Hor rors Experienced by Ger mans Aboard. London. June 9. The life of a sub marine sailor is one of nerve shatter ing, mind wracking agony. A British naval officer, writing In a newspaper here, gives a graphic account of the horrors endured by the German under sea sailors, summing up with a few tragic words 'the end of a "U"-boat whbch had become entangled In the netting under a mine field. The account follows: "We hear a great deal of the suc cess of the German submarine. Its failures are cloaked in an Impenetra ble secrecy. It requires an effort to visualize all the sweating agony of others. any moment, across the North Sea to certain perturbed waters tossing In the north that are the only possible outlet, and every inch of those waters Is patrolled by British vessels de stroyers, motor launches, trawlers, and the like, all carrying guns, all carrying every device known to man that will kill the submarine. "Worse remains behind. A smudge of smoke on the horizon, and down the submarine goes Into darkness. The thudding of the Diesel engines is replaced by the soft purr of the elec tric motors. Then across the silence there brakes a soft, slow, grinding noLse. The commanding officer looks at his coxswain by his side. In the thoughts of both is the one idea. Trawlers' and trawlers carry . grap pling hooks that will pierce the thin BKin of a submarine in a score or places as they are towed along at a leisurely pace. Place Vot Stealthy Then the note of the trawler's pro pellers Is mixed with a aharper, clear er, faster whirr. Destroyers! The U-boat Is In an unhealthy corner. "The commander dives lower and swerves toward the coast. There la only one thing to do to rest many zathoms down on the sandy bottom till it Is dark. "That lav what happens under the happiest circumstances. There are There may be no sandy bed Kancher Buys S&000 Bond for Each Child Petalume, Cal.. June 8. (P. N. S.) Charles Hunt, rancher of Two Rocks, today purchased at the Sonoma County National bank $6000 worth of Liberty bands for his children, giving each a $1000 bond. The children who received the bond are: Marvin L. Hunt, who is with the Q. P. McNear company; Clyde Hunt, Mrs. J. O. Da Bose of Santa Rosa, Cecil Hunt. Miss Lena Hunt and Miss Hester Hunt. Br V. Cladek Much, though net a "word too much, has been -said of the sufferings of Belgium, Poland and Serbia; brave, unfortunate peoples bludgeons by the war makers of Berlin. But there Is another heroic state whose martyrdom, as cruel as these, has passed almost unnoticed Bohemia. By this term is meant the Czecho slovak nation. Including Bohemia prop er. Moravia and a slice of northwestern Hungary. This nation numbers nesrly 10.000.000 members, has a rich and ancient culture, a stirring history and an unbreakable love of llbe-ty. It has resisted all the efforts of the i rulnd Slavic ct&tA friendlv te France and England as tho liberal powers of Europe and to Russia as the protector of Slavic pecple. Country Zs Oppressed For this, vn before the war, it was held down like a newly conquered and hostile province, and slnco the war broke, Bohemian sufferings have been Incalculable. By the nd of the first year of the : conflict, two thirds of the Csech publl ; cations had been suppressed, and many of the editors Imprisoned or executed. No musician Is allowed to play the works of the great Bohemian com poser, Smetana, and no Csech is al lowed to circulate or read the .writ lngs of Tolstoi and Emerson I The athletic societies have been dis I banded, Germans Rave been put in charge of the police administration of Bohemian cities, the national language la forbidden on tho railways and may not even be used in sending WUgrams These measures are enforced with sav-1 age severity; according to a semi-official paper of Vienna, up te December, 1915. there had been 1045 civil execu tions in Bohemia and Moravia alone. Tyranny Zs Beslsted. The Bohemians have resisted this tyranny in every way they could. Forced by their tyrants into a war against their friends, they have de serted at every opportunity. The Twenty-eighth regiment went ever to the Russians in a body, and is now fighting gallantly on the Russian side. The Eighth. Thirtieth. Eighty-eighth and One Hundred and Second regi ments have made the same move in a little less unanimous fashion. Thou sands of recalcitrant Bohemian soldiers have teen executed, and wholesale con fiscations have been levied against the families ef those who have been taken prisoners: yet the desertions go on. A people so devoted anl resourceful Tenosfany at Xs Sataraay Afteraecm. rmneral "Win Xe SCeld Xoaaay at Malsya Chapel Mrs.' Jessie Cameron Peel, a resident of Portland for IT years, passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon at her hems,' $01 East Sixteenth street. Mrs. Peel Was It years ef age. Four sons are residents of this city, Allan C Peel, treasurer ef the Glass A Prudhorame company; George A., Gordon A. and Marcus A. PesL Two other sons re side in the easL Arthur Peel la Cleve land. Ohio, and Norman Peel in New Tork. The latter is now in Portland. having come west on account of his mother's falling health. Mra. Feel la survived also by three daughters, Mrs. R. Lewthwalts ef Oregon City. Mra R, W. Osbora and Miss Mate Peel of this elty4 The funeral will be held at Finley's, Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Newspapers of : City are ittveii xnanKs ... f . ' ; : At the final meeting Friday ef the general Memorial day committee from - O. A. R, pests, U. S. W. V, camp sad ; Bens ef Veterans, wlta women s Re lief corps. Ladles ef the Grand Arm of the Republlo and the Ladies' auxilU ofy of the XL S. W. v resolutions-ef thanks werjr adopted in favor of Port land newspapers, for the publicity' given to events of Memorial day; la favor ef the contributors ef flowers and services and of those who lent automobiles to the committee , 1 - . Sixth Church Will Hold Service The newly organised Sixth, Church of Christ. Scientist, announces services ,i beginning today at 11 a. m. and p. . ro.. Wednesday at S p. m., Sunday -school at 11 a. m. and 11:1$ p. W in the assembly hall Of the Per Hand hotel. Morrison street entrance.. An . additional church service will be held this afternoon at S o'clock. ' The Portland Hotel Sunday TabU d'Hote Dinner $1 5:30 to 8 Afttife Dinner Dance Every Weekday Evening - Dancing 6 :15 to 8 :15. Table d'Hote Dinner $1 or a la Carte 5 :30 to 8. Mr. and Mr: Ceo, Edwin Love assist at the dinner j dance, introducing the new s steps. - Club BreakfastB in main dining room. Noon Luncheon 50c . in dining room grill, Richard W. Child, Mir, fear, all the minutes that are cen-1 only treacherous rocks, with a lumpy turles in passing when deathly dls-1 sea running that means banging and aster Is half a fathom away, all the battering the frail hull till It leaks. nerve racking Intensity of mental con- I Then the U-boat must crawl on under centratlon that never eases while the water hour after hour while those submarine is at sea. Perhaps only the I telltale propellers throb on the sur man with submarine experience can 1 face. The engineer begins . to look even guess at the price of such war- I serious. Electric storage, batteries will fare. I only run a few hours. There U ner- "The Germans pay . for whatever I haps enough power to keep her going successes they have. X offer them no I another couple of hours sympathy on that score. It la a dirty "There is a sudden moment of annl game, anyway, but it takes full grown hllatlon in the submarine. .Every one men to play it. Worse Remains Behind Have you ever thought what it means for a German submarine to get out into the Atlantic? It has to dodge mines in the Bight of Heligo land. It has to crawl In a half-submerged condition, ready to plunge at' PIONEER HAD LIVED IN THIS STATE 65 YEARS f a - v. X rl v V - " s 1 nit Ml n I V 1 $ i v4 a James M. IUckey Is struck unconscious for 10 seconds while the boat shakes and trembles. Each wakes to find himself flung headlong Into a corner. The bows sud denly swoop downwards, though the diving rudder is set upward; the stern cocks up to an incredible angle. A trap, A mined net, probably, or some new contrivance . . . that Is the ever-haunting fear something new, something from which there is no known "method of escape, some peril that has nbt been faced before. "There is a silence of the tomb in the steel hull. No one epeaks. Then another explosion. few oily patches on the surface of the sea, a few bubbles that burst and are gone. That Is all the slayers see. Later a Query mark is put against one more report In the anti-submarine department." Aged Horse Will Be Feature of Festival A feature of the coming Rose Fes tival parades will be Prince, the aged horse whose sturdiness has elicited the admiration from throngs at prevl ous resuvaia. prince was corn in Kansas in 1888, and ever since he was broken In he has worked continuously. despite the fact that be Is blind in one eye, due to accident when he was but 2 years old. At present he draws the Salvation Army wagon and makes the East Side stables his habitat. He was originally owned by J. W. Dowty, owner of the Oak Grove stock farm, at Barton, Or. Veterinarians, not knowing his age, have estimated it at about IS years. Initiation Stunts Fatal to Engineer The Season's Corset Styles - - - w-AS . sa t af ft James VL Rickey, who died at Ws JSfl,? JSEZ"' home, 4231 Iftynsixth street avenue T " XZ"7JZ? X " V.vr. ..n?c .C. k i-r. t,k,,. tt- action of. the ooronefs Jury before VJTir 7y;T making arrests) in the ease ef WUnam nlalna In 18SS. Most of hla sarlv llf I N1.fOIV Erie engineer nho died was spent In and about Salem and Marlon county. He is survived by a wife, Mrs,' Joseph one Rickey, and four chUdren. air of Portland' They a e Barton . W...- Joseph C- Edward L. Rickey and Mrs. Ethel L. . ChurchUU Funeral services Were held at the Mil ler St Tracey- chapel Friday afternoon and the' body forwarded- to Salem, for , interment. While he was being initiated into the Brotherhood of Railway Employes. He was not submitted to a medical ex amination before joining the order .and was ordered Id put on a pair ef cop pef soled shoes through which a cur rent was "turned on4 "When he began to step high,' he fainted and died in an anteroom before medical aid could toe sAimmoned.- , . , , , " ; I Special Announcement! Sr Meat Cutters and Retail Grocers' Association and close our store on Wednesdays at 1 P. M., during July and August, instead of Thursdays as has been our custom the past four years. Would it not be well to extend this arrangement to all commercial establishments during these hot months? Store Opens at 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A.M. noonRRSMsw The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes at 5:30 P. M. Saturdays at 6. P. M. Our Corset Department shows all of the latest sea sonable designs and in such an excellent variety of models that shopping with us becomes an actual pleasure. For excellence of style, accuracy of fit, genuine com fort and lasting service, we know of no better corsets than the Henderson at the moderate prices we ask. A visit to our Corset De partment will amply repay you if you are interested in this season's new styles. Prices From $1.25 to $3.75 Here Is the News of an Underpriced Purchase and Sale of Silks, 98c Yd. For well-known Trademarked Silks in 36 to 40-inch widths The season's most fashionable we'aves in popular plain colors Also a full showing of neat and attractive patterns including the new ''Sports" effects. This sale, com'mg now, beore we have had say summer weathef, really at the very epenias of the summer seeson, is the greeteet opportunity ever offered to purchase the latest, the most sought after silk creation below their real worthen opportunity we believe yew will sol let pass. Come Select From; 40 Inch 5ftk and Wool Poplins In creifn, bUck, browns, reds, blues. 36 Inch Black Measalme and Taffeta Saks Perfect in weave and of rich, lustrous finish. 36 Inch Sak PepUns In all wanted plain colors, etcJ etc., but words of description seem to tarns and unsamiacTory you wiu want to set uess suu lor yourself. Sale Starts Promptly at 0 A, M. 36 Inch Tsuaah Silks fn Sports patterns. 34 Inch Shantung Pongee Silk in sports patterns. 36 In. 'Messaline and Taffeta Suks in evening shades. 36 Inch Sell Colored Satin in light colorings. V-"- .i- a - a . o. Undervalued Shoe Offerings for Carnival Week Women 's Pumps and Shoes on Sale at $2.19 Pair r Patent, Cunmetal and White Pumps in styles with low or high heels, strap or plain mode is in an sizes also tact uxioras ana vici &id comfort snoes wiin elastic iiae, paicni up ana rucoer necix. Children's Psunns, sises (?" FA ChOdren's Pumps, sixes 8H to 11, at V--t 11 H to 2 at Barefoot Sandals at: 99c Pair . Children's Barefoot Sandals in foot form styles with two straps they com with Goodyear stitched sole and In all sizes from 5 to i. $1.89 Carnival Week Specials in Sheets and Pillow Slips Afl opportune time to replenish your Summer Bedding needs st saving prices. PttW- Slips, 41 by .3 6 - Ol . Inches, at, each ...... AJ Pillow SUne. 42 inches, at, each.. Pillow Slips, 45 by -'36 -f At taches, at,- eacnr. :...;.. ; XaU !?..?? 17c Bed Sheets, 72 by 90 In. av saca . . . Be4 Sheets, tl by 90 in', at, each .............. Bed Sheets, tt by 90 In. at, each .............. Fine-White. Cambric, ,36 inch width, st, yard. .V. . 50c 69c 89c 15c A Sale of ; Novelty Ribbons pedal purchase of rnt ana osra Just received new Kovl t-r Blbbona He warp prints, especially oesiraoie tor hairs, fancy work, hair bows, eto four lots te elect from as follows: . . XeS t 0 Sale at Its TIL XMt S On Sale at se T, Xo s On Sale at Se Ta, Isot 4 Om Sale at eoe Td. A Splendid Lot of SecoSilk Coats at $5J5 and 96 J5. Every woman's wardrobe should In clude one of these fashionable Bummer Coats they are made of best Quality Seeo Silk, and are shown ta modele with lers-e eoUar--they eome U tan color, finished with stripe oiler, belt and cuffs wUl sis. It te 4a. Women's Silk Poplin Sport Skirts at ?4SS ; V, ronr clever new models la Women's ports Skirts- All slses tn a complete assortment ef the newest and , best shades hlah-srade sarmeeta at a very low price. : ...... v..f - t