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THE OREGON- SUNDAY jdURNAU PORTLA ND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1917. I.1ACH1NERY WILL WORLD WAR, T i : -" ' ' SAYS HENRY FORD New Shipping Board Official Scores Profiteer and Urges Standardization cf Vessels and. of War Supplies. Use of Cantonments When Peace Is Declared to Train Young, Men in Industrial Pursuits Is Suggestion. Washington, Nov. 17. TJ. P.) Machinery will win the war. Henry " lord declared her In a statement made public tonight. . Ford, who has become, connected Willi lw oiiiiii VVKlUt IU Rfnu if i u- cuctiopr of America's merchant vessels , to beat the U-boatr asserted that "the - ration that knows best how to use tools end machinery will whi" ra.. i i t i m , a i i l Bess, men must stop thinking about , proms. "I despise the profiteer," Ford aid. He urged "Standardization of Shipping. f Predicting that this would be the last war. Ford urged that the govern ment should preserve its cantonments . for' training In Industrial pursuits. "The Ford Motor company and its United States government and Its al lies," he said. "The production of au--.' tomobltes, for pleasure, must be re duced. , Will Take Ho Profit '',' "The idle cars standing along the street show that enough cars have : been built for a while. "Transportation for armies and sup. , plies Is a basic need of war times. Tlw . Germans are reported to have moved recently an army of 800,000 men from the eastern to the western front by .. 1 n nK U T?nA nlant .UIV4IIVM1I1 II UAV. 119 4 V A 4- t. . can produce 2000 one ton trucks dally and its production can he increased in a few weeks to 3000. Each truck oan a i - ii l il - nr II i si rn i iinmri wh i i l ui i ruuiu : ment During the first mc-nth our bops could furnish trucks to haul ar army of 410,000, thereafter for aWvww V11 wswbbvb V "We are ready, to furnish the gov j eminent these trucks . at shop cost without profit. I will take no profit jwr mAiJ tiling ijiwuuv:a Ml VfBIH- "ment during the war. . X despise the . profiteer who makes money out of the .; war. . Training After War Urged , The tractor for plowlnr need Im mediate attention. We can save ships by sending tractors to plow th land In Europe to grow crops there." "Our government must never aban don the barracks and army cr.mbs that are being built. When peace comes the world will be ready for disarmament. The people will understand the wrong of killing each other. The German will see that the American and Frenchmen ,ne went in to kill are just as rood as he' Is and the American will feel the same way about the German. Then we must develop a great national army! for training our young men between the.ages of 18 and 21. We can bring ' them together from the farms nnd -cities In the winter In the barracks -.and training places. Young Americans need discipline. In this service army -to government can teach them order and train them to work. They should have a few hours of ' gymnasium and drill and five or six hours work in 't a factory every day. .wur w win war . "We must think more about ma chlnery. If this war Is to be won, it Wilt h WAh Kw 1 1. M 1 A 1 . . - - - " "- "ii mi khows w ta U8e tool Qd machinery, . that knows the secret of quantity pro- . AtMf1nn thnunrh -..,.., .1 . - " - .w.umuiiriiiiui UL VHM 4tilna 1VI J . i . . - . . i vu.s 4.-711. iu n itauiIMCLun lO Xinn wur government planning different , 'sizes and different kinds of equipment , ' and machinery where one model coulj I be used. Ships could be built faster, , better, and cheaper If standardised to av single mnil.l . "Business men must stop thinkinc .o mucn aDout pronts. if you shoot .cr.aps.or play poker for money. Its gambling. To play for profits with , the titles of factories In the stock market is gambling too. We all can cheerfully give Presl flint 1V1IBtt All 1111 li.nvu.w T A 1 , -- . 0uivv . an ... act ol providence that h in mi. -.i dent today. His will strikes Inward for power. He builds on the motives that are rooted In the hearts of the BOYS MAKE FINE SHOWING ' -Photo ' by Peterson. .Above Left to right, Ralph Butt, Frank Sharp. Below- W. Frank lin Miller, Perctval J. Sharp. A record in preliminary wireless training that local naval officers be lieve has not been excelled anywhere else in this country has Just been made by a quartet of Sturdy youths from the Willamette valley. Two weeks ago they applied to the local- naval recruiting service Frank L. Sharp, percival J. Sharp and Ralph Butt of Newberg and W, Franklin Mil ler of McMlnnville. They were eager to get Into the electrical corps of the United States navy, but not one of them had ever had any experience with electrical' ap pliances of any kind. On Saturday they met the govern ment's requirements of ability to re ceive by wireless from 10 to 12 words a minute. They will leave for Mare Island to continue their training under govern ment direction on Monday. In two weeks by working day and night at the Y M. C A. electrical QUARTERLY ?AYW OF TAXES IS FROWNED ON BY CITY COUNCIL Commissioner Kellaher In structed to Investigate the , Matter Before' Acting. f, .' PRESENT SYSTEM FAULTY a' Voaey Comes Xm Wow at Soob Sates as tf wt City la Financial traits at Time. " . Although It has been suggested that the state taxMaw be amended to per mit collection of, taxes in , Multnomah, county quarterly to enable the city to get funds during period In which no tax funds are. now available, the city commissioners frown upon the plan and have instructed Dan Kellaher. com missioner of finance, to investigate the whole matter, . ' Commissioner Kellaher proposes to discuss the plan with county officials Interested before' making recommenda tion to the city council. Kellaher say a the law should be amended so that taxes In Multnomah county can be col lected that the ctty will have suffl school they successfully completed the preliminary course In wireless for whieb the minimum time, has hitherto; been a month. Usually more time la required. ' ! "It's another demonstration of 'Or4 gon First' in ability to serve the gov ernment as well as patriotism." com4 mented Ir. E. K. Scott of the naval recruiting office. j "The four boys came to us entirely unlearned - in electrical matters, but keen. Intelligent, wholesome, manly lads. . They had paid their railroad) transportation to Portland. They have paid the expense of their pro llminary training in order to become better fitted to serve Uncle Sam ef- flclently. It is spirit such as theirs that makes the United States uade-i featabla" The further training of the youth ful Oregonians at Mare Island will re quire about six months estimates Dr2 Scott. Age at Wedding No , JfAJibi for Heinrioh AUYed Slaeker irnabto to Vrora Mm w-as-Orer 81 em Selstnttom, Bavto aad Za Setalaed f ox Tortaer roof. John Heinrich, arrested on a slack ing ; charge, nopefuUy led federal au thorities in ; a meticulous research of Multnoraah ; countr records - Saturday afternoon to prove by one of his mar rlaga licenses that he was mora than, SI years of age at tha time of draft registration. .-' , - - ( . - Ha was shy a few nxoataa at the re quired age if noi of marital eonaee tlons. - v.fV 1 , -- j.,-. -v... " When ttfrned over- to federal authori ties Heinrich declared that ba could prove he waa over draft age by a mar riage license. His confidence waned, however, when he forgot ttie year in which be was. married and bis wife maiden name.. He said be thought" the marriage was In 190S or 1909,- but no records were revealed. . - . - His second marriage, which be said occurred in 11S, proved a happy thought," erven 'though he didn't recol- Tect whether be obtained the license under his' true name. His wife in thia marriage was Agnes Bates. The rec ord was .found and showed thaV ba was 2 years of age la May, 191$, so lacking a few months of being SI, he Is being held for further investigation. Names of British Subjects Sought In case the seriousness of this war clent funds throughout the year but he has not been at horn to au is opposed to the quarterly plan, fLr"8h 1r8,,d5,ti:S .3 fiiadlaS WJth present condiUons taxes are States the local British and Canadian vthu ln Anril and October The recruiting office has asked that all AyPear d. Number It -J-- TrmtSS'S STtt and for two years the city has had dif- 7lce be UeTLtiiM. til ficulty in financing Itself from Decern- I f address, and If PO"2f. bar until the first installment of taxes P1 ' ZV? Ihan,. were received in March and April. The of f IceJ has fhangs Twice It has borrowed money from the in the pay of the r soldiers. In tha " V: tn t1. -1ar1 future si) men enUsting in this coun- fwtinfnr tx fundf , try for service with tha British army available theommlssioners expeet to ried u la hope4 tnat tnU r 5!fww thlt tt th- t lw is nouncemcnt will be the means of ald- Kellaher aaya that lf tha tax law is good and true subjects to to be amended it should be done br the he h j f country. iniuauvs rauier inan oy The increase 4fl pay starts at nee. legislature. .M r n information as to the branches I don't know just what should be s, t1u ,ov AMn h hsA from done," said Kellaher. Saturday, "but R-ltl-u or, a Cjuiadian ' recrnltinx I am confident that something can b ffI t 0, and Oak streets, worked out with the county officials. ' to remedy conditions and provide ui with money when it is most needed." KELLY BUTTE YILl: HOUSE WOMEN FOR ; -faAL ATTENTION Recommendation Made v by ' Commission That Quarters . Be Put Into Conditioned Kelly Butts Is to be made the de tention . quarters and ' hospital for women of the underworld found dis eased, according to recommendation of the committee headed by Jokn Mc- Court, . representing the' Fosdlck com mission, appointed to handle the sit uation. The committee will -recom mend to the eounty commissioners Monday morning that the quarters im mediately be put into shape far the detention and treatment of the woman. It Is estimated that llo.OdO will be needed for. this during the next six months, or until the city can complete Its proposed .detention come en tract owned by It near Trqutdala The city . commissioners propose to' -have the work begun on its building within a few weeka . . -. t,- Only'the older women will be i sent to the sub-Jail at Kelly Butta Women under 21 years of age 111 be sent to the Horn of the Good Shepherd,' the xouise nome ana summr uuuiaiwaa FUNERAL SERVICES - TO BE HELD MONDAY OREGO f V - " . S ' -',- ' ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmm Mrs. Mary Haox Haseltlno, died Friday, aged 83. who Daniels' Criticism Bas Reverse English iOMELU S HUSBAND 15 SUED BY EX-YIFE TF FO SUPPOR UNDS to be earning from $600 to , f 1009 week as a concert singer. W. I Critchlow, attorney for Back us, claim that Madame Jomelll is 111 ln . a hospital in San Francisco' and that Backus is ucable at present to meet the demands of his ex-wife. Mrs. Backus Is asking for 20 a month for herself and S3S a month for the child. PITTSBURG. MILUONAIRE SUED Myrtle Backus Avers Man She Divorced Has Failed to Provide for Their Child. Myrtle Backus, divorced wife of Cto rln Backus, now the husband of Mad ame Jomelll, opera singer, was in court Saturday morning asking through her attorney, C. L. Whealdon, for a modi fication of the divorce deesae given her ln June. 1916. By agreement between the parties no demand was made for alimony, the husband however, agree ing to pay $10 per month for thq sup port of their child. This monthly al lowance was not paid, according to Mrs" Bockus, and there Is now owing her $250. Acpordincr to t.temiiit of her at torney, she Is at present working a a stenographer for the O-W. R. & N. for $45 a month and Is unable to sup port herself and crippled child. Backus, her attorney says, is manager of Pan" tagea theatre ln Seattle and also man ager for Madame Jomelll, who Is said. John. Kiernan Asks $50,000 as Re sult of Lumber Company Deal John Kiernan has filed suit in the circuit court against S. A. Kendall, millionaire of Pittsburg, for $50,000. He alleges ln his complaint that he was lnduood to buy $50,000 worth of stock in tne Kendall Lumber com pany on representations that the as sets of the corporation were worth in excess of $1,000,000, the par value of the capital stock. Subsequent in vestigation, be alleges, showed that they were worth not over" two-fifths of that amount. He also alleges that representations were made to him that- the city of Koseourg had donated $300,000 to the Kendall company to build a railroad; from Roaeburg ln to the timber and that the railroad when constructed would be the property of the com pany. He says this waa not truej that the $300,000 was donated to the Roseburg & Eastern Railroad com pany and not to the Kendall Lumber company. V ictrola X ami 24 Selections ? (12 Double 75c Record) Only $94 rThe Victrola enjoys the supreme ;i: : : a i j i . fpubuiuii in us wunu. n is me foremost of its kind. It brings to the home the voices of the world's most Tcrtowned-singers; the finest of i music as produce by the leading orchestras and ? bands; and the folk songs of all the nations. It is the entertainer De Lux. - Do not longer deprive yourself and family of the ? influence and benefit' of .a,v Victrola. . We have all the records. Easy .Payments to Responsible Folks : '- Gl F. Johnson piano Q: ' 147-149 Sixth, Between Alder and Morrison ; Mehlin; Packard, Bond and Other Pianos. : ; ELECTRiorrr theft charged N SHEEPHERDER HAS EVENTFUEUFEf ; : IN. VERY FEW; DAYS . 5 - J , v Fate Wilson Arrested fbr Ber ing Unregistered, Acquitted, and Buys Liberty Bonds. - turiag the last few weeks events - came fast and .furious into the simple life of Fate." Wilson. Oregon sheep herder. ' For three oi four years since he for ' sook his home. In Tennessee for Ore gon, 'he has peacefully sung the song of the shepherd among the hills near Fossil. Then a few weeks ago things began to happen. He came to town for the -first time in a year and was arrested because he wasn't registered. He was tried and acquitted la the federal .court ln Portland.' He can read but little and took no interest la the infrequent newspapers that hap hazardly came hfs way. It didn't take bim long to find out what -was going bn. however, and he applied for enlistment In both the army sad the navy, but failed to pass the examination. When he asked in what other way be could serve his country, he was told of the Ldberty bonds. Nine hundred dollars of his. savings are now Invested in the bonds, and he says he will take out $600 worth more before he returns to the hills with his flocks. "I'm all het uo over thlnss ln aeneral J. B. Haseltine. who Survives her. In 1 and too nervous to so back ln the hills 1S82 the Hasel tines moved to Portland,' right away; I'm gonna' visit the folks where Mr. Haseltine established a (down home." he said Friday nlcht be- Seeretary Oaniels remark that tha hardware and mill supply business. ! fere he left for a few weeks' trip to Vn It tin a that the 'American women are. Hrs. Haseltine became a member of . Tennessee. doing la wasted energy, has stimulated the knitters as much as the Red Cross officials have been able to do by hours ef persuasion, it was said at Portland headquarters yesterday. Mrs. Mary Knox Haseltine, who died Friday evening at the age of 83, was born, and reared in New Hampshire. November 30, 1S65. she was married to sised needles and the beet quality of yarn. The output of knitted wear ha not diminished at all. say "the Red Cross workers who have been seeking to neutralize the effect of the Wash lngton utterances. .- . the Grace M. EL church (now the First M. - E.) shortly after her arrival in Portland, and, bad retained an active interest in its affairs. . Besides her husband. Mrs. 'Haseltine is survived XUemen who have never knitted he-1 by her five children. Ambrose, Harry m. hunt nv th. H.littiinil Cr HiLMltlira. Mrs. Out Haael- and Carl Haseltine, Mrs. Gage Hasel ton and Mra M. Scfrmeer. Funeral services will be at the family resi dence. 247 Stout street, at 18:39 Mon day morning,, and Interment will be in River view cemetery.'; Flnley & Son will have charge of the arrangements. On the eve of his departure lie was host at a dinner to his attorney, W. T. Vaughn. ' Mrs. Alice Butler Mra Alice Butler, who formerly re sided at 722 Bast Burnside street, and who had a wide circle of friends In Portland, died at her home, ln Clark son, Wash., Thursday. Wfcea writing tq r railing e!M mt!m Tbe Journal. oa advertisers Record Number Visit Land Products Show Jjarge Somber of Out-of-Town People Present Monday Wight Teeture to Be Chinese Baby Beauty Contest. A - new record in attendance waaJ made at the Manufacturers and Land Products show Saturday . night. The Imoerial Quartet, formerly the Ad ub Quartet. Hartrldge Whip director. appeared, for the first time. A large-number of ut-or-town vis itors were present. Indications are that next week the attendance from up-state towns will again be large, Tuesday. Country Life day. It Is ex pected, will see representative farmers from Eastern and Southern Oregon present. Wednesday will.be Vancouver day, when it is expected a large num ber of men ana womenirora .(Jiarice county will attend the big show. The feature of Monday evening win be a Chinese baby beauty contest. Seid Back will act as master of cere monies. Mrs. J. C Costello. Mrs. W. D. Wheelwright and Mrs. D. C. Lat- ourette will act as Judges. The musical program wUl Include a Chinese orchestra and vocal selections by Chinese boys and girls. . M J ... AAOW U& EPUTATOOW H tf STAKE! II. Ii. Davidson Is Placed Under Arrest This Morning. R. Lv Davidson of 7141 Seventy4 second street southeast was arrested baturday by constable Mark Peterson and, Paddy Matter, special arent for the Portland Railway, Light A Power company,, charged w4th using eleoj trlclty without permission and with Inteht to defraud. crf, j Maher said the wires and ififeter were . taken, out - of Davidson's house a year ago because he refused to slgU, a contract. He subsequently recon nected his house with .the feed wire and used curreut for a year or more; it is charged.. He was held under $500 cash bail. . .- -t- OFFER TO MAKE CHECK GOOD Spokane Man Arrested on Instruct tions From Sheriff Hurlburt. J F. R. Hagenback was arrested ia Spokane Saturday on telegraphic ini structlons from Sheriff Hurlburt of this county, charged with passing aj spurious cheek for $40 on Dahl & Pen ney of this City. - 1 Hagenback' employers la Spokane wired Sheriff Hurlburt to ask If the case would be dropped If they made good the amount. j If prosecution Is Insisted upon, the accused says ns will waive, extract! uon. 7 Memorial Service I Tor P. L. Willis Held; At the memorial servlcea In honor of the late Pv I Willis held by the Maltnomesv County Bar association in Judge Kavanaugh'e courtroom ywaa. day morning ex-Snator Joseph Simon reaa a resolution eulogising the de ceaaeo. -watch, was spread upon the recoros oi uxe court..:' . . . i The following members mad hor speeches extolling- the virtues of their late associate: Russell El Bewail, John F. Logan, Frederick V. Holman, Rich ard W. Montague. S. B. Huston. K. MeNary and Presiding Judge Kara Bennett Succeeds As Air Student The Dalles. Or., Nov. 17. Word has been received in this city that Alfred Bennett, son of Judge A. 8. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett of this city, had suc cessfully passed his examinations In the aviation ground school at Colum bus. Ohio, and had gone to Garden City, to take his final course before leaving for" Franca . Mr. Bennett was one of the best known and most popular young men in The Dalles. He is a graduate of the local high school and when war was declared was a student in Columbia university at Portland. Judge and Mrs. Bennett and daugh ter. Miss Brma, '. left 4ast week for Ohio to visit their son and brother, and will go to New York and the southern beaches before returning to The Dalles. . The Dalles Master Griffith Wil liams, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mra Carlton P. . Williams of The Dalles, has knitted by himself in six weeks a regulation army scarf, which is to g into a Red- Cross box. The, scarf is pf the standard army wool. At a re cent local fair given oy tne .Honor Guard of this city the scarf won the young .man's first prize in the Indus trial division. . - Elaborate downs No Longer Fashionable According to local dressmakers, new and elaborate gowns are fashionable no longer. Milady is having her aowns made over and ts devoting both 'her time and money - to her sons at war. She Is buying" yarn instead of bead trimming and iher seamstress works overtime that she may have time for Red Crs work. Due to war economy and shortage , of materials her silhouette Is getting slimmer and bids fair to bo a mere slip by spring. Business is so rushing ln the dress makers' . - establishments that they haven't time for extra flounces any way. Tha war is affecting thla busi ness in Inverse ratio to the effect It Is supposed to have on business in gen eral, but the dressmakers are aorog their bit by. conserving time; for the Red Crossers and . knitters. , Here is a photoplay which we fully indorse as being equal to if not greater than "The Honor) System! It has been called "The Perfect Photodrama" and it is. we i Made oil, "Isle of Man" with full co operation of British government. Three years spent in study ef loca tions, players and the story before pro ducing. British troops shown are veter ans of Mono oa furlough and are now again at the front. 1 Nine thousand natives of the Isleof .Man gather in one scene. The man or woman who doesnt jeve Pete isn't human. Never in the history of photoplay has any acting been seen that can compare with that of. Fred Groves In this character. ' The story of Sabs, the girl la 'The Manxman," epitomizes the great story of se To her oonost aU that sweet, terrible knowledge that la the heritage of the daughters of Evev she leara tSat after the sunshine of girlhood must come the clouds, and that tears -must fall before the clouds can clear. "The Manxman," Ilka ail stories that finally arrive to genuinely, great dra matlo heights, starts Quietly and pro ceeds gently, exactly aa 'the rivulets from. Che mountains of . the Island run from their quieV- sources together to form the mighty stream that at last dashes with tremendous power Into the1 Tristh Sea; so does The Manxman" swing ever stronger , and stronger to Its mighty final sweep of pathos, tragedy and) sacrifice. . .. ... s . wiifp ),, V ft I Plajinf; for the first time at V To ee tha Tery best , results take Dr. Humphreys rSesnty-seTen at the first sneeze or shirer. Seventy -seven breaks wp Cells that hang on Grip. 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