The Oregon daily journal., October 21, 1917, Page 10, Image 10

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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, , OCTOBER 21, 1917.
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LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS-WILL AVENGE
HE
ANTILLES
10 BILLION DOLLAR
MARK
Six Days Left in Which to
Raise $3,027,'000,000 for
Maximum,
PRESIDENT SENDS LETTER
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IK BOND DRIVE Mrip-1 - 8 t
MISSED 27.000.000 fe Mk . 7fr71
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Aviators. Drop Bombe With M'aaafcTe
Tram Executive to Mayors Fost
r Dropped In Trenches.
vVaahlnKtor.. Oct. 20. a'. P.)
merk-n found Itm-lf torl;rht 27,O0O,-
of the two nillion mark.
.000.000
tf the
to raise In tiie nix
Utterly loan
"000 short
R'ith $3.02
, final day
U iai-n.
'Allied airplanes paper-hombed the ,
country to h'lj the ppnrt which)
brought tonight's t'tnl within shout
ing distance of two millions.
At "the name I lino airplanes driven
liy members of r 1 1 , . I.afa.ette rsea-
drlllo IkuiiIxmI t tie kaiser's trenches
With Jiosfrrs, lirnRsln nhniit the suc
cess of tho Mtr loan t Ivf .
To makA ftoi 1 the hoant (?ovfrn-
rnfint offlrlals worn Huietxl tonlht
America mut n't down to bedrock
1heo final loan drlvo X;iyn and smash
through to nucci'KB.
Half BUUon Evry Bay.
TTiat means .i00. 000,000 a day.
Which, In turn, means $100,000,000
b..i. .. . . . . t .
J eta vcry banklnj hour. '
Thank.i to the nwakcnln? they (rot
from the wlnklnp of the Antilles and
the enthuBlaum aroused by tho fly
er, America, enters the final week
of tho Uhcrty loan drive with a
ttilKhty momentum and with superb
rlt, officials sahl tonlrfht.
Although the task of the coming Fix
rtaya n atupendous, thTe t firm
hope that the maximum quota of
$6,000,000,000 will he reached.
President' Note to Mayors
A nolemn warning that In many parts
Of the country an attack of optimism is
cauHin a wlump In ale was made by
officials tonight Kifty-l'ive urmy avia
tors today rained down on 23 of the
principal rltle of the country a Liberty
loan menpngi from President Wilson.
The mesHag, which was a strictly
guarded mi-ret until picked up In the
bombs" fired from the airplanes, read:
"My dear Mr. Mayor:
"This letter comes to you In an un
usual way, but in unusual circum
stances. I write It. not because I have
,the least doubt that your fellow citizens
would respond with patriotic devotion
to the call for subscriptions for the Lib
erty loan, but because I want to send
xnem a personal message. The
age Is this:
War Zs Supreme Test
This war is the supreme test of
MEETINGS AT NOONDAY
AT LIBERTY BULLETIN
ATTRACT BIG CROWDS
Streets So Packed Friday and
Saturday That Traffic Had
to Be Suspended,
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Scene at flag-raising ceremonies on postoffice lawn at noon Saturday, while Dr. Irving Fisher gare an address on the necessity that the
Liberty loan be subscribed. Daring the meeting the flag on the bulletin board was raised to the seven million dollar, mark. .Tre
mendous enthusiasm has been aroused at these mass meetings, which are hed under the auspices of the civic organizations of
the city.
Weed's nr Program
Monday Women's day,
women's Liberty loan commit
tee in charge.
Tuesday Labor council, la
bor organizations committee In
charge.
Wednesday Liberty loan
committee in charge.
Thursday Spanish-American
war and Civil war veterans in
charge.
Friday Oregon and Portland
day. Governor Withycombe and
Mayor Baker, speakers.
Saturday Boy Scouts, Com
missioner Brockway in charge.
Percy A. Campbell has do
nated the services of Camp
bell's American band for the
women's meeting Monday, and
the musical program will be
under the auspices of the
Musicians Mutual Association
of Portland.
Police Chief Johnson will have to
pull his bluecoats off other duty and
place them guarding traffic at Fifth
and Morrison streets during tms noon
hour every day this week if the meet
ings at the Liberty Loan flag bulletin
continue to increase In popularity as
they did last week.
From the few score that gathered
last Monday when the members" coun
cil of the Chamber of Commerce had
charge of the program, the crowd grew
into thousands at the end of the ween.
The streets were so packed Friday and
Saturday while the meetings were on
that ail traffic was temporarily
stopped.
The meetinps could hardly have been
more enthusiastic. Portland's best ora
tors appeared on the platform at the
base of the flag pole, and appeals that,
set every heart to throbbing with pa
triotism were made.
Pathetic Scenes Many
Pathetic scenes there were many.
Often women, and even men, were seen
in the crowds crying, as the speakers
told of those who had sacrificed every
thing to go into the service cf the
nation, arfti exhorted their hearers to
come to- the support of these heroes by
subscribing to the Liberty loan.
The meetings were also productive
of half a dozen near fights, and in one
or two cases, actual combats. One of
the most serious of thee was when a
man in the gathering refused to take
off his hat as the Star Spangled Ban
ner was being played by the band.
Hardly any plan of appealing direct
to the public on the loan question
could have been devised. Many per
sons went direct from these meetings
to the nearest banks and subscribed.
This week, the good work will con
tinue. There will be women speakers
Monday, which is women's day.
Wednesday ought to be a big meeting,
for that is the day set aside by Presi
dent Wilson as the Library Loan half
holiday. The best speakers of the city
will be drawn on by the Liberty Loan
committee for that day.
Prlday to Be Big Bay
Again on Friday a big meeting is
anticipated. That Is Oregon and Port
land day, when Governor Withycombe
Farmers Liberal in
Buying Bonds When
Their Aid Is Asked
"It only shows what the
ranchers of Oregon will do
when the facts are put plainly
to them." said Henry K. Heed
in reporting results accom-
plished Saturday by Milton R.
Klepper and Frank T. Manning
at a country fair.
They were at Scholls. a little
community out in Washington
county, where there was a fair
during the last three days of
the week. This community had
$7100 in subscriptions, of which
$3800 was subscribed Saturday
at the meeting addressed bv the
Portland men. Their efforts
met enthusiastic response from
the comparatively small crowd
of men and women who heard'
them.
and Mayor Baker will be the speakers.
Those appearing on the platrorm last
week and the organizations in charge
'f the ceremonies were as follows:
Monday, members council. Chamber of
Commerce. W. F. Woodward and C. A.
Miller, speakers; Tuesday, Rotary club,
Charles E. Cochran, president, speaker:
Wednesday. Ad club. F. H. Whitfield,
speaker: Thursday, Progressive Busi
ness Men's club, Frank H. Hilton,
speaker; Friday. Realty Board. L. W.
Cronan. speaker: Saturday. Oregon
Civic League, Dr. Irving Fisher, of
Yale, Bpeaker. Military bands and
huglers furnished music each day.
And They Ought to Know
Krom the ClevrlntiU Plain Dealer
Somebody laments the passing of
the home-made lullaby. But there are
no complaints from the babies.
met-
the principles and energy of the peo
ple of the United States. The whole
world looks to us to omit nothing that
will bring about the complete triumph
of theae principles and the complete
vindication of the honor and sovereign
ty of oir government, which have been
so grossly violated and invaded. The
response ought to be such as will put
America at the front of all civilized
peoples.'
"Sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
Half holidays in many districts and
a snowstorm in the northwest retarded
sales.
Three Cities pass Quota
"Only the most vigorous efforts will
m'ake the sale a success," national
headquarters declared tonight.
Detroit (Claims the honor of being
the first big league city to paso its
maximum quota. Tha automobile cen
ter has subscribed more than $43,000,
000. Richmond, Va., and Tucson. Ariz.,
also have oversubscribed their quo
tas. Gra-e concern is felt by the treas
ury department because of the utter
apathy" in many rural communities.
The rioorest snowing so far has been
made in the agricultural parts of the
Atlanta, Dalla: and St. Louis districts.
Special efforts to "v.ake up" lagging
farmers are scheduled for the final
spurt of the campaign. Secretary Mc-
In)
1 1
ran nas loner
been recognized as
a hygienic health $
food.
egulates
digestion in a sen
sible, simple way.
nd NOW
you can get it in
a delicious form.
L
A
more
tastelessness,
since "Branolas"
are to be had!
pen your
first package and
see how good they
are!
ittle tots
also relish these
tasty brown
cakes.
nd young
as well as old are
. benefited physically.
Health Gems
(Fifteen Cents a Package Everywhere)
Adoo will devote the last week of his
Liberty loan tour to the south.
Oompers Sallies XaDor
' An army of 3000 Boy Scouts took the
field today for tho Liberty loan. They
will conduct a house to house compaign
for subscriptions.
Spectacular "stunts" ' will feature
the closing week of the campaign. Lib
erty bonfires, from "Washington mon
ument to Pikes Peak, will blaze forth
Tuesday evening, heralding the coming
of Liberty loan day on the morrow.
Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the secretary of
the treasury, will light the first fire.
Samuel Gompers tonight called upon
workingmen of America to rally to
the loan. He declared that a Liberty
bond is by all odds the safest invest
ment in the world.
MEN WILL GO
BACK TO MEET
WAR DEMAND
Surplus Profit
Tax and Excess -Tax
Explained
(Continued From Page One
United States shipbuilding labor
adjustment board, is predicted.
Unions Will Meet Today
A special meeting will be held by the
Metal Trades Council at the Labor
temple today at 1 o'clock, at which It
is expected that definiteaction toward
resumption of work will be taken by
those unions which have not hitherto
accepted the agreement. The Mari
time District Council, comprising ship
carpenters, caulkers, and other mem
bers of the wooden yard workers, will
be held at 5 o'clock today at the La
bor temple.
Acceptance of the agreement offerM
by the federal board carries with It
the unqualified determination to aid
the United States government in the
present demand for more ships. The
adjustment board, which has just com
pleted its hearing at Portland, has re
turned to San Francisco, where the
decision as to wages will be rendered.
It Is understood that the resumption
of work will be undertaken on the un
derstanding that the workers will
abide by whatever ruling the federal
board-, shall make. The - employers
have already pro.nised to accept the
findings of the board.
Officials Urge Return
The officials of the' international
unions, who are In Portland today, are
using their best Influences to get the
unions concerned to subscribe to the
agreement. They insist that the re
turn to work is a patriotic demonstra
tion and in no way a surrender of the
main principles for which the unions
are contending. In order to meet the
present war demands . it has been
proved that the ships under contract
must be completed; the needs of the
imiiuu mo put auuve muse any ou
ganization, whether employers or enf
ployes. The continuance of the ship
building program in this vicinity is to
be undertaken, it is said, on the broad
principle of Individual and collective
obligations toward the nation.
The plan under which the organized
workers are . to return is as follows
according io tne declaration or some
of the leaders:
ah laDor organization members are
to get back their old positions as
rapidily as the employers can clear
the way for their return. The bosses,
it is said, will not employ any new
men until all the former emnloves
nave been cared for.
Ko Discrimination to Be Shown
Members of organized labor are not
to be interfered with by the employers.
They are not to be asked if they are
connected with organized labor. The
employers promise that they will show
no discrimination toward the union
men.
Grievance committees will be named
to represent each craft in the service
of the several steel and wooden yards.
unree men win constitute each of the
committees. Whatever misunderstand
ings that may arise will be referred
first to the shop foreman, then to
tne superintendent, president of the
company, the federal adjuster and, fi
nally, to the United States labor ad
justment board.
Decision to Wait on the findings of
Lthe adjustment board in the matter of
wages Is one of the main issues of the
strike. Other questions, such as
working on unfair materials and the
closed shop will. It is said, not be
raised during the period of the war.
Acceptance of the federal agreement
already has been reported by the fol
lowing unions: Machinists, boilerznak
ers, engineers, steam fitters and pat
tern maKers. xo DiacKsmitns are still
holding out and ship carpenters and
other crafts affiliated with the Mar
itime Trades council are still to be
heard from. .
Conference Clean Clouds
xne conierence between the em
ployers, employes and the interna
tional union leaders at the Multnomah
notel yesteraay served to clear up
many of the perplexing Issues which
have heretofore' impeded the progress
of a speedy termination of the strike.
The meeting resulted in a. better feei-
"As there has been consider
able misunderstanding regard
ing the tax free feature of the
Liberty loan 4 per cent bonds,
I desire to call the attention of
the corporations to the fact
that purchases of these bonds
will relieve the corporation
from the surplus profit tax, but
not from the excess profit tax,"
says C, A. Miller, state man
ager of the Liberty loan cam
paign. "The surplus profit tax Is 10
per cent on the amount of net
income still carried as surplus
on the books of a corporation
after dividends have been de
clared, and after six months
from the date of the closing of
the books.
"The excess profit tax is a
tax based on the percentage of
net income as regards the cap
ital invested in the corporation,
allowing a deduction of from 7
to 9 per cent on the interest
return in accordance with the
profits 3 years average prior
to the war, and the surplus
thereafter will be taxed on a
sBding scale of from 20 to 45
per cent In accordance with the
percentage of income after the
above deduction is made."
lng on the part of all concerned
at adjournment it was apparent that
it was only a matter of a short time
until the federal agreement would be
ratified by all of the unions interested.
In the meantime the several steel
and wooden yards are making prepara
tions for the early resumption of work.
The Northwest Steel company ordi
narily employs upward -of 2500 men.
The Columbia River Shipbuilding cor
poration employs about 1700 men. Sup
ple & Ballin have on their payroll more
than 400. The Alblna Engine & Ma
chine works employs more than 1000
men. Other hundreds were on the pay
rolls of yards at St. Helens, St. Johns,
the Foundation company of North
Portland. Kern an & Kern; South Port
land, yards at Vancouver, Wash., and
at Astoria.
That there will be work for all of
the men who went out on strike, and
more, too, is the opinion of shipbuild
ers. Most of the plants are loaded un
with contracts and the delay caused by
the strike will make it necessarv for
tnem to speed up their work. Exten
sions are planned and the new yards
are just getting in readiness to at art
active building operations.
Seattle Strike Ends
Seattle, Oct. 20. (I. N. S.) The
Seattle shipyard strike came to an end
this evening through a vote of the
boilermakers and iron shipbuilders to
return to work Monday morning. The
proposition to return to work carried
Dy a majority or zis. The vote was
very light, being 1457 for and 12S9
against.
Probably not over one half of the
boilermakers and iron shipbuilders on
strike voted.
ah other unions involved in the
strike voted earlier in the week to
return to work Monday, so on that
date, according to the action taken.
tnere will be full resumption of ship
construction, steel and wood. In all
tnese Seattle yards.
Criminal Camouflage
From the Washington Poet
it is said to be the death penalty in
.
" many io impersonate an army oi-
ricer, but so far the crown prince has
escaped.
SHIP TOOLS
For a limited time we are going
to sell at REDUCED PRICES THE
CELEBRATED BARTON &
WHITE UPED ADZES in sizes 4
inch to 6J4 inch. SHIP AXES,
6JA and 7 inch single and double
bevel, all sizes SHIP CHISELS and
GOUGES, PLANES and CALKING
TOOLS.,
EACH TOOL CARRIES A FULL
GUARANTEE
OUR STORE IS HEAD.
QUARTERS FOR SHIP
CARPENTERS
Levin Hardware & Furniture C
221 Front Street, Corner Salmon
When Yon An T
ftrong
ily Convinced
That ! You Have Been Mislead By Catchy Ads
WHEN
WHEN
WHEN
WHEN
WHEN
you have worn yourself tired and weary and your pa
tience is Sorley tried;
you have hunted down all of the so-called "was $600
now $115 piano bargains;
you have attended the many ''bona fide" factory sales
(in which you find an imaginary factory);
you are awakened to the shady tricks and methods
used by certain dealers in cheap "stencil pianos";
you are disappointed in finding the $600 bargain at $65
is only an old, wofri-out square piano;
AND
AND
AND
AND
you are thoroughly convinced that good standard pianos
cost good money anywhere;
you realize that the ' 'would-be" factory owner who has, in
reality, very little worthy merchandise to sell, but instead
lots of catchy advertising;
in which you are given all kinds of (promises) extras; "free
music lessons," "free trials for a year," "no interest" and at
"nothing down and nothing a month," etc., etc,
in whichy ou are almost made tobelieveyou can get' ' some
thing for nothing,
it
Then Read This
And This
These Are the Pianos for Sale
In order to demonstrate to the public beyond all con
tradiction that the Bush & Lane piano has no superior,
we agree to pay ,
$1000 in Gold
to anyone who can prove thahe Bush & Lane piano
is not a strictly high-grade and artistic piano, or that
there is any piano sold in America today that, from a
standpoint of workmanship and material (case ex
cepted) , costs more money to build than the Bush &
Lane Piano.
This Offer Is Open to All
BUSH & LANE PIANO COMPANY
Bush & Lane Piano Co. are not merely agents, but are'
in reality builders of one of the very few really high
grade pianos. These pianos bear the makers' name,
and are guaranteed by them for 20 years. A stencil
piano i one sold under a false name.. It is an orphan,
with no factory to fall back upon in case your piano
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ardpianos are much less than many cheap stencil
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We Do As We Advertise Bring This Ad With You
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