The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 21, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA ND, SUNDAY , MORNING t OCTOBER 21, 1917. lORTY-FIRST DIVISION being Installed for the showers so that haa been installed -In. th caqsp by the Charlotte Observer. Th boys, en Joyed seeing the Giants slip one over on the White Sox 6 to 0. On th first day of th bond cam paign in camp one third of the mem bers of battery A subscribed to $33t0 in Mberty bonds. The baseball stars of the battery have played thre games sine their arrival and hav pulled through with out a defeat.' Th champions of Mc Addenvllle, North Carolina, have been defeated on two occasions. In a gam at the Charlotte grounds the south erners were defeated 6 to 1, and were again defeated on their horn ground. team representing I4&th F. A. regi mental team (Wyoming), 6 to 1. Sergeant "Nig" Norris has taken first prise as solicitor for the Liberty bonds.. His f:rst act was to Uk the list , to hi sectlan and threaten heavy extra-duty to any of hi mtn w!io would not subscrlhe. unless they gave, very good reasons. WITH OREGON SOYS AT CAMP GREENE a warm bath may- be had. Corporal Thomas Pitts and Private L. D. Drlscoll, f battiry A, are as signed to brigade headquarters as stenographers., , During an 'afternoon of the wond series the men of battery A were taicon to the automatic score board, which a e v XI -i At T 6 to 5. Later the team defeated a PORTLAND'S PHOTOPLAY PALACEi 14,000 Soldiers at Camp Greene Participate in Pub lic Demonstration, ' D Organization perfected 'VyaUmloary Ibu of Prescribed Training Conn Xa Computed. Tleld Training t. PARADES CHARLOTTE TO BOOS BOND SALES -V J-V U ' ' ' ' , "X i?Sr & f f jirti"" 1 "a"mm """ 1 , , , v f , ' .j" &mr Nhrurff s fmr ' v m : Charlotte xs Delighted Charlotte, N. C Before th soldier cam to Camp Greene, before It n known what sol .4Uri were coming or from what part of the country, there wiijoma little apprehension on the part of a few people at least, leat disorderly conduct on the part of even a small proportion of the many thou sands of men to be brought to the camp would cause trouble to the city. This Is mentioned only to add emphasis to the re markable and gratifying fact that, with 14.000 men from half a dozen states of tho North west gathered In the -camp here, no trouble whatever has been caused the city by anything in the nature of disorder. On the other hand, the soldiers have shown themselves to be clean, uprlnht. Intelligent, high minded gentlemen; men of edu cation and culture and refine ment; of soldierly bearing and manly qualities. ChacJotte has been profoundly Impressed with the qualities and the conduct of thee men, and It is a mat ter of entliulastlc comment on every hand In the city. It Is perfectly appropriate and noth ing but the truth to say that the soldiers Teom the North west several thousand miles from home on their way to the front have captured Charlotte and Charlotte Is charmed and delighted. Let those facts be sent back home! The Chaclotte Observer. i t, vamp ureene, cnariotte. N. C, Oct. 3. The entire forty-first division ro lelved orders to march In the great karade Thursday-, through the streets t Charlotte, held for the purpose of cumulating interest In the campaign fcf this city to sell Liberty bonds aV kregattng $2,660.42 i Thl was the first opportunity of. Tercd the people of Charlotte to see in formal parade the 14,000 soldiers now lonstltutlng the forty-first division. Rapidly this dlvsion la being worked Jnto a wonderful military machine. nd each day brings apparent progress. jn ireai majority or in men com posing the division are veteran guards men, with a record of service on tiia Mexican border, and years of service n their home atates. Preliminary Training Over At the close of this week the prel iminary phase of the 16 weeks' traili ng course prescribed for the divlsi ir. as completed, and the "field train- rig" phase will be taken tin. Already any of the infantry units have pro- Guard Motmt at. Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. Camp Greene News Notes Camp Greene. Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 20. The feted guest of the city cf Charlotte, Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, brought to the assembled sol diers at Camp Greene a message of earnest encouragement from President Wilson. His presence among the soldiers was only of about 15 minutes' dura tion, but during that brief period he faced for five mlnutps the sea of up turned, browned faces of the flower of the manhood of the plains and j mountains of the northwest, and ad dressed these soldiers, telling tham President Wilson expects them "to ac quit yourselves , as Americans" in thU great struggle. The squadron fire department nad its first opportunity to show Its abil ity as a fire fighting organization on a recent evening As the night waj quite chilly the men had built a fire in the fireplace of an old hcruse. Aboj:. midnight the sentry noticed the bla-5 and gave the alar.n. Six minutes after the bugle blew "fire call-' Foreman Sergeant William Bates and his fire squad were playing water on vhr building. The fire, which was caused by a defective flue, was .soon extir guished. Major KcBonaall Entertains, Major McDonnell arid his staff of officers gave a dancing party that was a brilliant . success. One of the mess buildings was converted Into .t dance hall and was beautifully dec orated with autumn leaves, evergreen and Japanese lanterns. Yellow letters forming -the words "Oregon Cavalry"' were suspended from the ceiling and added materially to the pleaBlng ef fect. Major General Jervey, Briga dier General Volroth, officers of tha former Third Oregon infantry, Oregon engineers, Batteries A and B of the Oregon field artillery .and a number of the most prominent! people of Charlotte were invited guests. Thu committees were as follows: General committee. Major VcDonnell, chairman, assisted by Captains Hogan, GJedsted, Cladwell and Magulre:-. decorations. Lieutenants. Peabody, . Wackrow, Du rant, Cooke and Spell; refreshments. Lieutenants Riley, Klff, O'Brien, Brad shaw and Doolittle. Splendid mu-io Ihey ar receiving Instruction in the bse of the bayonet thoUeh a nurabv if infantry units still are being In tructed In the use of the rifle, theo etically and in practice. The great rifle and machine gun ranges of the camp are not complete, plough ar expected to be ready fcr the llrst cbmpantes within a few days Vo rang is provided for the artillery Jrlgade, and non 1 contemplated, fyhere. if at all. these thre regiments 111 be given target practice is njt discussed at division headquarters. Or. tidal information regtrding the great Jhanoeuver field now being selected by board of army officers Is wlthh'd. staff lfeatra Itudy rroh 4 Lieutenant Henry Wolfson, assigned the division adjutant's office, bom It Bulgaria, learned to speak French li Germany, is Instructing all mem ber of the division staff in the French language. It is now his privilege to severely ask of th commanding gen , tf&: "Have you prepared your les tn?" Th class of atudent officers - liaklng satisfactory progress. I "Go, my son. and do thy duty by the qreat White Father in Washington," 'I .. 1 '.. 1 said Chief John Grass, the aged ruler and chief justice of the Sioux Indians, nOw living on the Standing Rock res ervation in North and South Dakota, to his only grandson and heir, Elbert Grass, as the young Indian departed for Camp Greene with Company IT Second North Dakota infantry, accord ing to Elbert Grass. The heir of the aged chieftain, with 20 others of tne Sioux tribe, are making fine soldiers, their commanding officers say. All are well educated. Colonel White Commands Trains Colonel Frank White, commander of the former Second North Dakoto In fantry, scattered into six branches of army service by the working of the reorganization plans of the forty first division, including the ammuni tion train, supply train, sanitary train and engineers' train. He is a veteran of the Spa.iish-American war. Washington County Gets Back Taxes Kemper, Charles Schldden, Harry Han sen, Edward H. Kauffman. L. S. Rob inson, ' J. H. S. Brandaw, Henry Yandecoc-Overmg, Lawrence J Bacon and Wildemar Prahl. High Wind Is Blamed For Fall of Hangar Boston, Oct. 20. (I. N. B.) Exami nation today of the wrecked hangar at the Old Sausrus race track where two military lying machines were housed, failed to show evidence of a bomb ex plosion. The building tumbled down upon two startled watchmen at 1.20 a. m. They reported there had been an explosion. Firemen and police failed to verify their conclusion. Of ficials today believe a high wind caused the building to collapse. was furnished by the Third Oregon infantry band. While the men do not have the de.l cacies in damp life that their mothors used to make for them, they have plenty of good substantial food, which the following average menu will ir dic.te: Breakfast Oatmeal mush and milk, fried ham, fried potatoes, hotcakes an 1 syrup, stewed prunes and coffee. Dinner Roast beef, mashed -potatoes and country gravy, corn on cob, appl; sauce, bread and butter, tea. Supper Boiled ham, baked beans, mashed potatoes,- gravy, creamed peas, apple sauce, bread and butter, coffee. Murphy On th Job ' 'Bill Murphy of Troop A caused con siderable mirth about camp following an incident whichs happened while he was on guard. . It was after the chal lenging hour, when a negro drove up on Bill's post, whereupon he halted the colored gentleman and asked "Who's there?" th challenged one answered, "Ham Anderson." Bill then commanded In a huslcy voice, "Advance Ham An and be recognized." ' The Y, M. C. A. has Tive different building in Camp Greene at which the men. are entertained every evening. Special programs are arranged fram time to time which are largely at tended. Mrs. Lorn "G. McAloney and Mrt. James F. Cooke have" arrived at Char lotte, where they will remain until the departure of their husbands for France. Private First Class Walter H. Liliy haa been appointed a sergeant. Pri vate First Class Clarence A. Cox of Troop C has been appointed a cor poral. Private First Class Walter C. Newman of Troop A has been appoint ed stable sergeant. Private First Class Oscar Flack, also of Troop A, has been appointed a corporal. Private First Class Harvey S. Lob dell, - master of the canteen, was granted a four days' leave of absence to visit relatives in Georgia lteassignjnenta Mad Board flooring and walls have been installed in the tents, and now that stovea have been furnished, the men are about as comfortable as it is possible to make them. A heating plant is also llillsboro, Or., Oct. 20. Ex-Governor Oswald West, represented bv his sec- ressed In training to the point wbeWfretary. Miss Fern Hobbs. today paid Washington county the back taxes, penalty and interest on the O. & C. land-grant reversion lands, his check amounting to 1114,293.24. The tax re ceipts were Written by Sheriff Apple gate yesterday in response to a call by the government's agent This county hfrti over 17,000 acres of the grant lands, much of it being valu able for timber only. It is estimated that 6000 acres are available for agri culture. Washington County To Send Seven Men Hlllsboro, Or., Oct. 20. Sheriff Ap plegate has received word from the adjutant general that the Washington county selective draft will be com pleted November 2 by entraining sevenj men. inn enirainnient Will complete the 88 men going from "her. So far trot on man has failed to report. He is Leo J. Gray of Orenco. The 10 from whom the seven are to be selected are Leo J. Gray, Stephen PORTLAND'S FAMOUS FAMILY THEATER BigDoubleShow! todays;: Continuous 1 to 11 P. 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Allegretto. (c) Ballet No. 2. Adagio. 3. A FAVORITE MELODY. Chosen from requests. 4. PRELUDE In D Hat. Op. 2S. No. 15 CHOPIN 6. THERE'S A TRAIL. L'ONa. LONO Arranged for organ former. , per- Organist Albert Hay Malotte ii On account of 'Government war tf. on films and gross receipts we are compelled to charge for admission Children 10 Adults 20 iJOge Seats 35 I it 3 fflWHI vixm it mm mm W6 jULrJ mm. U "W: V t aa.T' ' ri VA.mta'kAi . V O R1A Mte. mm 0 N AUGUST , laet appeersne 1917, Fritt mad bis 0, i- httorm the eanera in the eloing crne o "Th Nsrrew t" ;i - n. ni Thomas H. IOC production for Artcrsft. KrRer, he will SVVlo reuremest with all u coatforts W basse Ufa I have riedea FrlU eotutantlylor ar iyjmn iva veart. sad he has served sm se iZmX. hs eouraceous whenever called upon to pertarsi rbMirdott. feet, that 1 feel all wte have Sen so kind to u in our wort apoo the creen will know end understand my mo tirrl 1 love the old fellow i irly, ss3 cm not. after all hit loyslly. subject tun further to a chance f injury. I with to tell sll who like the little Unto that he will be right with me wherever I mar go ontil the ix- Ranger comes along ad iimmu one or both of us across the Big Divide. With deepest gratitude from Frits and my (. ' P aaaVa4BaFM9a J WW Liberty success service. Nowhere in Portland does photographic, dramatic, musical and decorative art com bine to make such pleasing entertainment. Liberty programs pick of the world's best. A LIBERTY BOND HELPS Starting today for 4 days only we present the Narrow Trail the first of the Ince-Artcraft Hart releases. In this latest and most novel Western every promise has been lived up to. Hart puts all the punch in his powerful personality into the char acter of "Ice" Harding, desperate highwayman and passionate lover. Then there are new stunts, the big thrills, daredevil feats put over with the realism and finish that only Tom lnce can command. j4l..Oe.