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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORLAND FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1917. I BENSON TECH TO IE FACTOR Tentative Plans for Inauguration of Special Course Discussed ' at Meeting of School Board. . : : . y-: f SIGNAL COURSE IS WANTED Government Request Will Be "Granted j Junior I Red Cross Auxiliary Will Be Established. That th Benson Polytechnic School 1 ' 5 " m m v. -i mm, mm, m m mm . mm, mm m Mm.' i' IN SWUM v L for Boys will soon become a' real 1 actor In the shipbuilding- Industry of the Co '. Iurabia river district waaZ shown at : i Thursday's regular meeting- of the board of education, when tentative plans for the maturation of a special course at r - me scnooi were eiscusseo. owners 01 fe- some of the shipyards have expressed a will f TmrmmM maiwm t a r(H ttiA Pnun I 'school In the manufacture of certain t tool and machine arts and in pipe and I sheet bending. With a comparatively f small Initial outlay the school can be . equipped with the facilities needed In the work, it was explained by Superin ten dent Alderman. y Efforts will also be made to have the "United States overhihent lend its moral J ? support to the- undertaking and it Is ex ' "pected that conscripted meet engaged in ' the school shipbuilding, work will be v ; ' exempted from military duty. . , Will Eitabllia Signal Coarse At : tne request or tne government I r. authorities a signal course will also be t ,- established for the benefit of students. " Approval of the plan to organise a t ' junior Bed Cross auxiliary among- tfee ' ; f pupils of the city schools was given by the board.. Superintendent 'Alderman ex-I- olalned that such an organisation had -. c . . been successfully promoted in many or - the public schools of the United States. Request of A. jL. Mills, president of the Oregon Association for the Preven ' r tlon of Tuberculosis, for an appropria- tlon of $5000 for the erection of an open . r-'- 'r school building- on the old Mount f Tabor school ground at East Sixtieth . - and East Stark streets, waa re-referred. jt .-. Contract for the construction of the - s- second unit of the Kennedy school was awarded to Tranche!, it Pareliua, whose bid for $9182 was the lowest submitted. - f : Beqvett Is Sealed ' I . Request from residents of the Ter wllliger district for the use of the sew- ; lng-room of the school there for war " work was denied., i r; ' Committee recommendation that the board consider the readoptlon of text - t v books in the, elementary subjects of .. . music, writing', spelling and language. .and the high school subjects of general if science. United States history and oeda- " I gogy, and ' that publishers be notified i that bids will be open on March 1 next, & was rejected. -No action will be taken : I . until the district attorney renders an - opinion on the proposal. . S The request for additional playground s for AVoodmere school was re-referred. -5 - Hectare Complalat Bafcrred - ' .? Complaint of B. I McClmre against' , " X C. Veatch, principal of the Lincoln j? high school, waa referred to the edu V rational affairs committee. McClure , ' 't had been suspended from attendance ( at the night sessions. He stated to the v board "that reflections had been cast on . ,T his character which were not warrant - ' ed" Principal Veatch filed a counter complaint. ' Hllma E. Anderson of the Olenhaven ; school was granted a continuance- of her leave of absence for the remainder of the . school year. In order that she may cdntinue her work at the Univer ( sity of Washington, 1 , V Mrs. Margaret Walker-Dexter of the millinery department of the Benson 7 Bchoor for girls was granted permission t resign. 'j Teacher Is Harried B. B. Hughson of the Holladay school resorted that Bess Hockett waa raar- ried November 2$, -her name now being; : -.-Mrs. Bess H. Skog. -V Mildred E. Kruse. a teacher of the Clinton Kolly school, -sos- granted leav s of absence from the Christmas holidays r i; - until the end of the school year to study ; at the University of Washington. Mary C Peery. teacher at the Mount i Tabor school, waa given leave of ab- t .X' senca because of Illness. Newtorg BanqueU Fire Chief , Newberg. Or.. Deo. 7. The Kewbera rire : aepartment enjoyed a banquet Wednesday evening- in honor of Chief Artnur Bashaw, -who is leaving tewnH ifvwae were maae oy uayor Iarkin. City Attorney Chaptn, Ez-ehlef Baa haw and Chief Smith. . About 20 mem- mrw were present. - Santlsoptlc Gives Skin Comfort baa. Yoa-ll Uka II. (iMOlr. baltv (1 lTU air w. s. . s. f ! - - I The apointment of Charles U. Wbna cott. assistant general 'secretary of .the Portland T. M. C A as assoclaU di rector Sot Oregon , of tho g-overnment's war savings Stamps and thrift stamps campaign waa announced this morning by C. 8. Jackson, state director. V Mr. Wonacott Immediately assumed his duties whlch will Include the or ganisation and active manag-ement of the statewide campaign to secure dur ing the coming year Oregon's quota of $17,244,780 In purchases of war sayings certificates and thrif f stamps. To "no this, Portland thrift lnestmenta must average ' $lf,000. a day,, and tne dally average for each county, outside : Multnomah, roust be $1000 a total or $34,000 a; day. Thrift stamps can be bought at; any ! moneyorder ; postof f ice and any bank in the state, -and at other designated places. . . - - , Small Savings -SeseaUal. V Mr. Wonacott declares that the gov ernment i holds equally Important the Imperative need, forced en the people by world war emerm-ency, to save In every ( MulhU Old tn Tout th mall aa well as larger amounts in to savings certificates, t '' Mr. Wonacott will devote his time to. 'njPrtnt1 JlrtftfT,' ! the Y. M. C. A. have agreed to release I him from hU present duties and Harry ' W. Stone, general secretary of the Port land association, who la- now in New Tork,. this morning, telegraphed his consent. , :' Is Efficient Orgaalsatloa. Mr. Wonacott haa fow a number of years directed much of the administra tive work of the Portland x. M. C A. and his withdrawal even temporarily In volves heavy sacrifice on the part of the officers and general secretary of the' association. His ability In organisation and administration was demonstrated signally In-the recent V Red Cross and T. M. C. A. fund - raising campaigns and -it was" felt that he was better qualified than most any other man In Oregon to oecome m- uis furernnwui mui vuv-u the State. The headquarters offices of lh cam- patgn are . on the third floor of. The Journal Building. ' Portland Is Second As Big Wool Center ( , . j v.kj uwui w&i-hv.' nun m ai 1 1 I yiv" Hon redacts Week" CaUs Atteatloaf PprUon of 'reactors- Is found, the prac rrv.. i-IT. -.Jtlce. if possible. U to make teaU twice to Fact That Small Amoaat of Wool j Is Used la Oregon Factories. "Home Products Week,' which endsiOIien-'" . ' ' Saturday evening-, haa resulted In call ing, attention to the relatively small amount of Oregon wool which la manu factured before shipping it to other. Yai V Ul W v-obvi BMuyiusj a w w msw a points. Portland la the second wool concentrating point in the United States. - "Oregon's wool clip waa estimated at J 0,000,000 pounds last year," commented A.0. Clark, manager of the Home In dustry league. "On today 'a market It -would represent a value of from $13,000,000 to $14,000,000. In normal times most of our wool Is shipped v clear across tha country and our purchases of fabric are largely made from the product of mills whose payrolls are thousands of miles dis tant "If wa demanded Oregon woolens, our factories would be kept busy) would .man with tne .untrained .assistant who multiply their number and their output. draws the salary of a qualified veterln and payrolls would be built up here. ' nrian. la testing about the same number At present Oregon mills are engagad almost exclusively on war orders, but;"-. metnod and about half aa many f f V- war e.t.nt1nn miiat t rlvan to commercial cloth and garments and we ought to begin now asking fpr Ore- ron woolens, blankets and robes." Seaplane Accident . Causes One -Death Washington, Deo. L -(L N. S.) One American naval flier was killed and an other Injured In a seaplane accident tn France, the navy department waa 'In formed late Thursday In a dispatch from vice Admiral suns. The victim was Claude -Albert Baker, seaman, second class, whose father. William B. Baker, resides In Sparrows Point, Md. Richard W. Thompson, runners mate, first class, suffered a broken thigh. Thompson's father, F. J. Thompson, lives In Raleigh, N. C.' Baker's body waa not recovered and officials Infer from th dispatch that tha accident occurred while the, seaplane was In actual flight, although' Admiral Sims does not definitely say so. Woman Had Much Liquor When Angelina - Xlda. Russian, went to the Union Station thla morning to claim her two trunks Patrolman rC E. Staton greeted . her with a search war- hrant. In the-vtrunks were 18 Quarts of whiskey and several Quarta of win. Th woman and trunks were -taken to the police station, where It was found she did not 'understand KngHaT-i x Russian interpreter was sent for. ' THE THRIFT GIFT A SAVINGS, BANKBOOK showing- a deposit at the Northwestern National Bank in the name of wife or chil dren will be t practical Christ mas flft Indeed. H will pre vent waste by promotinr THRIFT. Anj amount opens " a Gift Savings ' ' - Account. Hational TUBERCULIN TEST : RESULTS CUT BY POLCY 0 III Removal" of Yeteri narian and the ' v Substitution of Untrained Man z Is Given as' the Cause. SALARY REMAINS THE SAME Detection of Diseased Cows Fast ' Enough to Protect . the Con sumers Is Now Impossible. ? Though Dr. D. W. Mack, chief . tn- 'spectof of the municipal 'milk division. ha, installed a new system of testing - . ws ?or toberculosjs. .that Increase, the jerricuncy f the veterinarian making the testa nearly". three times, the policy of Commissioner John M. Mann In ra mvtagr ono of the two veterlnartans employed for this work by the city and putting in his position aa ' untrained man without legal authority to make tuberculin tests, has mads It impossible to detect diseased animals fast enough to protect consumers - In Portland against the milk of these cows. . Commissioner Mann removed Dr. WD- llam Miller, a veterinarian of ' four years' uncriticised service in the milk division, and put In his position at the , same salary. I Bennlnghoff. a man without qualifications, , . raiuam Wm mwi The In method of testlna la from the -sub-cutaneoua to the Intra- drm.l" With th ihmIiiIImi .m ft Iwu TMfnn Tr. Mlllr waa A.nnavl. it j la altTtA that tMt. m hTmu with' sufficient rapidity to weed out dis eased cows and protect consumers, par ticularly Infanta leas than two years of age, who are moat endangered, from the infected Qk -of these animals. The milk of about 8000 cows la deliv ered raw (not pasteurised or sterilised) n tne citv. according- to records in tha j a year. Where large numbers are de- tec ted, tests .should be repeated more Tts Aboat Cat la Half Two veterinarians with the lntra-der-mal method can test about 1000 cows a month or 13,000 a year, which la about o w w a eaawa j the number of teats required The vet erinarian retained In the city service Is only able, under the most Ideal condi tions, to test about half this number. Under the sub-cutaneous test, with two veterinarians hard at work. It haa never been possible to catch up with the work that needed to be done. One man could test about 225 cows a monthc and frequently It waa necessary for the chief Inspector to give time to testing which he needed In general direction of the work. Beeords ef Teats Made The records of the city hall ahow that at present, with the new method, one , oi cows aa two veiermanans aia unaer . as SnOUId DO tested. U " wvnwm oi uui year were maae unaer tn suB-cut- wrw monuu . . - r I - A Ill - JW ' Z''Cr ;M 7m ii' r-rrf ffii ' f j. l I II tr- n i ir i n MdT- riTiii i i t f " m&py I - I r t ' f - --- i ' l ' ' ' ' 1 - f-f Ji- J - If Copyright IS 17 . - - ' ' Old Santa Clans is making J i (" ..this specialty store head- t , i jS5v. x quarters for practical -Jres-, r H " : : : pJjaL ents, thtt: wUI live hap pi-..- ''rJL. - pj7Na ness and lasting - satlsfac- y ZL -r Ill . : tlon to any .. man or t r. Lil ' ' JTJ " . I-' I I r- - ..; v :-" - .-".;.. - I -,. -We GlTe s & Stamps -why not get ,V, 7 ' -. - .-. . this cash discount on your Xmas shopping? -J-r by the tntm-dermal records follow s , . f method.' The KMBtM 4TT ? MoBtk '.- T-ul 7ut .......... .......2S rtnurr ................ 14 aUrea ................... 2 . f " ieo - ai tis Not ..... . w . ' ' ' SOI i Dalryatea Pay Expeases In Kovember. the chief v Inspector made part of the testa. - - 4 . . Under this new method, the dairymen paid until recently sqven cents a head for the service, and now pay 10 cents a head. Under- the old - method no charge was triad e. - There 'la no legal authority to charge the dairymen any thing, but they consent to the. fee be cause under the new method It Is not necessary to keep the cows in the barns until the test Is completed. aa waa nec essary under the old method. Dr. Mack bought the first, amount of !ntradermal tuberculin himself and waa reimbursed by the dairymen. "The government fur nishes free the sub-cutaneous tubercu lln. but although the state haa recog nised tne lntra-dermsi method, the gov ernment baa not and does not supply tuberculin for It. . FREDERICK MANY YEARS HEAD OF DIES Aged Financier Had Lived in L This City Almost Half Century; Body Lying in State. Frederick Townsend died at his home. IS East Thirty-ninth street. Thursday In his eighty-sixth year. He waa a native of England and had resided In Portland for 46 years. .Mr. Townsend waa an active member of St. Marka Episcopal church for many years, and took great Interest In the Human society and tn Brtuan Benevo lent society. For over zS years he waa bead la Portland of the Bank of Brltlah Colum bia. Mr.' Townsend la survived by Ms wid ow, Mrs. Jane E. Townsend. and by his son, Robert Townsend of the P. R X at P. company. . The funeral win be held at BL. Marka church. Marshall at North Twenty-first street, at 11 a. m. Saturday. and burial will be in Rlvervlew cemetery. The body will lie In state at the Hobnan chapel. Third at Salmon street, until 10 a, m. Saturday. John R. Simons John K, Simons, who died In Port' land Wednesday, was IS years of .age and a prominent member of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows In Hspp ner a few years ago. Mr. Simons has a eon. Bert Simons, at La' Center, Waah. and a. daughter, Mrs. H. M. Kirk. Waterman. Or. The body will be sent to Heppner for burial. - Oscar Oawlord Glass) Oscar Crawford Olaaa died this morn ing at the ood Samaritan Hospital, at the a of at yeara. He waa a native of Canada and had resided In Oregon for IS years. Mr. Glaas la survived by a brother, O rah am Olaaa of 211 Vista avenue.- Funeral services will be held at the J. P. Flnley chapel. Fifth at Mont gomery street, Saturday, at 11 au m Rev. A. A. Morrison offldatlng. Burial will be la Rlvervlew eetnetery. John,, HcGmth John McOrath, aged . died while lOYNSEND PORTLAND BANK reinc home on a streetcar last night at Grand and Hawthorn aveanea. He had been attending a meeting- of Port land tent No. 1. MsrmbesB, of which he had been a member for It years. Mr. McOrath resided at 17 Grand ave nue south and Is stirvtved by a son. John H, McOrath. That body waa taken. to tne coronet's otnee ana ru- neral anangvmenta will be made later by tha Maocabeea. - ' 1 r Auto lata Given Jail Terms It. F. Waasell. contractor. "JM East Fifteenth street, charge 44 polio court with driving past a standing etreet ear. waa fined Sis and given to, days suspended sentence by Judge Rossmaa this mornlnc. If S Hobsxm. was fined SIS and given five days la Jail' when-he waa found guilty of driving- a machine while Intoxicated He. waa arrested at Fifty-sixth and Powell Valley road. Nine Convicted of : J Resisting Draft Kanaas City. Utx, Xfeo. T I. K. S.V Kin draft reslsters were found guilty of conspiracy to 'obstruct tha draft In the federal court her Thursday after noon. They are : Mrs. Laura Warne son Moore, former school teacher,, who "'trtil nro-Oermaalsm in the Kana City schools ; her husband, Raymond Moore. Ralph,' Earl and . William E. Browder, - Thomas - R. Small. Harry L Doyle, Edward Eag-an and B. Lubockea. a i Resolution to Aid y Railroads Passed Washington. Zeo T T. N. B.) i-Th eeaate this afternoon adopted without opposition - the Overman iufAn. I. that suspending until January 1. lilt, part of lb Clayton an U-trust law for bidding Joint buying agreements by the railroad a. The action la the first step toward carrying; out the railroad unification schema proposed by the interstate commerce commission. Seattle I. W. W. Is; . Arrested by fosse i Winston. Mont. "Deo. 7. !. K. S.) Edward Master of Seattle, an L W. W waa shot and probably fatally wounded her today by a poas under Sheriff H. A. Crittenden, after Masters had barri caded himself and fought off th offi cer. He waa wanted for holding- up a saloon andv robbln six men. Seventeen Killed " For Train Holdup Laredo, Texas. "Dec T. (L K. S.) Seventeen men. suspected of being the bandits who held up a freight train near VDlaldam last weak, war appre hended Tuesday and their bodiae hung to telegraph -pole and riddled with bu leta, according' to word brought her to day.by arrtvala from th VDlaldama section. Patrolinan te Killed By Uegfo" Druggist AUanta. Deo. 7. (X. .K. &) Patrol man W. T. Adams waa killed and Pa trolman F. T. Roberta badly wounded thla morning In a . pitched battle with C T. Thomas, a negro druggist, who barricaded himself In his rooms over his drugstore and defied arrest.' Buy raitod gtatas Oa-rt Thrift 0aaq sad Savtnas CaiUitetas as The Joarnal amoa. Not for Mothers ancLXhildren! A confidential talk to the head ef th family who la trying; to economise an his own need in order te meet lis Chrlstma and War Budgets. Several men who used, to have their clothes tailored to measure came to 'us for KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES in the past few weeks. We weren't surprised, but tfyey were. sThey looked upon ready-made clothes' as a sensible economy. They , found the&e particu lar clothes to be riot economy alone, but wis dom as well. One little stout fellow who had a time cettiof a fit from his tailor slipped Into a suit that wis made for a short, stout man, and.lt just fitted. No alterations, no pulling here and tightening there. - . ' . ' i That's the. way oar clothes are madet to fit yon. And our service consists In satisfying you. Suppose you try oar service Md sec what real economy means. - The Kuppenheimer Clothes are here at $25, $30, $35. Lion Special 5uiU, Overcoats and Raincoats at $14, $17, $20. mw far mw mm r v aw PW mmW vrw -; - - 11 mw ; ' . . The KuppehheimerHousein P o r 1 1 a n d MoiTison at Fourth Stl ' '. GUS KUHN, Pres.. I LETTERS OF BRITISH WILL BE AUCTIONED TONIGHT AT BAZAAR Some Epistles Only Recently Re ceived; Letter of Queen Vic? torja Is on'the list.- ". A notabl occul-anc on th Jw mart at th Allied Red Cross hasaar thla eve- nlnar between th hour of B and I, wiU be th auctioning- off to th highest bid der a number of letters troav Bntiaa celebrities, (am of which have been received reoantly, who content con oern th baaaar.. and other which have been turned over "to th good cause by persons to whom th latter hav bee sent personally. On of these ptetle la from David Lloyd George, in which. he commend th purpose of th" allied nation la preparing a baaaar aa a means . of carrying succor to th sick id wounded of Europe. Phis letter waa reoelved by John O. Edward , and waa - tisfhad ever by him to th baaaar commttte prior to his leaving for war. Another latter la from Lord Milner. known to many aa Admiral Jallloo. Thla too. concern th baaaar. British Consul Harry Sherwood ha also donated to the baaaar letters from King; Oeorg III and from Queen Victoria, to be sold for th Bed Cros beaeflt. , More than S000 people attaaded tha baaaar Thursday and th receipt were over IS 900. Th baaaar will continue thla afternoon and evening and Satur day afternoon and evening. -Those de- slroua of making- purchase ar asked Victrolas and Records This machine and 4 selection (11 aouoi im ords Pay ft Cash aa 11 Jer Week. This maehtneand 14 selection only eaah and - m TTCTO Ton TEX MOST JOT AT y C0T. TXL. aCAUl SIM. G. F. Johnson Piano &L PACKlSD MEHLl5BOXD PIAXOS) " ... . - New Houston Hotel SIXTH An rear tMeeks froei Cslas (Xe-M sad narsg TSe to sa rxx sat I VUaa. O. HOPKUia. Msasge $29 J V S94- to attend early In th afternoon a th crowd at later hours make it difficult to see th ware to ad van tag. Bidding at th international booth waa atlrnu- lated Thursday afternoon by th pres ence of Mia Kuth Galea, leading- woman or tn iJaaer - stock company, and a number of th ether women of th com pany , who entered into th spirit of th sal with much seat and brought many dollars to th booth.'. v Th songs, drill and dance nut on under th direction of Robert Krohn were roundly , applauded and th Rus sian theatr did a ruah business tram early afternoon until late eve nine The voKHuaj ta room wa aota out 'for tta. suppers cn evening-- be tor th .PAxaar opaned and aa many moi ticket could nave oeea niaposed of . , . . . An entertaining feature of th Belgian booth at th baaaar Wadneadav ma- waa th whistling performance by Pierre ran Auasnnagen. a Belgian who haa been In thla country only a few -yeara. H wa fdtmarty on th Pan tags cir Women's and Men's Wearables For the Holidays Here's the place to buy ionable apparel at a savins:- We buy for 106 big "Gatel Stores at one time We get the pick of tne market 7 Buying; in quantity we buy for less This saving- goes to you and, further, - wately's credit system enables you to wear as you pay. OPEN A CHARGE v ACCOUNT TOMORROW Your credit is good here. A small surn down and the bal ance can be paid m little week ly or' monthly payments. 1 m Opa Satnroay Night" Until 8 a'Cleck a i VJ Marshall 5525 423 Washington Paramount cad Aitcraft trade-marks in a theatre VLvhrnccmcatstgitify omething. 7 Something more than mere seating capacity and a ticket booth. Foremost stars, superbly directed, in clean motion pictures." , . .. -. ... ... , u ' . . I - '--, '.-.'.'.' .' - . ..,'-- ' i .- i - . - - Sj " . ; '-'.".v. ;:!''" B ' ' M ' if" ' ' ' " " - cuit and la ahl to lml tat any bird closely that in th prasenoa of th bird be I Imitating, hla audience ar pus siea aa to wnich 1 dolor th singing. Van Audenhag-ea learned, to Imitate birds while gamekeeper on a nobleman's eetat In .Belgium. He now live on a farm near Forest Grove with hi wire ana xamuy, and la aa Amedcaa dUsen. , New Census of Trees v.; Now Under Way; - . . White Salmon. Wash- Deo. f. Tha de'parlaieat of agriculture of th state of Washington Is making a tree census of in enure state. Th laft census -of this sort waa taken la 1110c- M. L. Dean, chief of, the division of horticuUur from OlympU, was her last week conferring with County Horti culturist Earl B. Co. y New Arriveds in 1 ' ll 'it W V Almost Eveiiyfliing That Women Need in Dress , Suits, Coats, Dresses, Waists, Skirts, etc Exquisite garments selected by our buying specialists as the pick of the season Every accepted style, color and , fabric is represented at almost any price - you care; to pay. . , , New, Smort Funushhgs Nowvon Display" Hats, Tiis,Shirts, Underwear, Half Hose and the like New this season Come in and make a selection from ouT complete stock. Drees WS Never KUs th Max St. Bet. 11th and 12th 0 ,K(jitttvvesterrr Pbrllana : - -. V t , - :: ; ' - ' - . j,,- -, .' :- , ' ; - ' . - ," i . ' ' .' , . V - .. . . - v . - . . V Ml " ' " .... - - . -'.""- - V r ,