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. V" -Va- M2 THE OREGON . SUNDAY . JOURNAL. PORTLA ND, SUNDAY MORNING, ' DECEMBER , 9. 1917. POLICE COURT FINES DIN NY LAN E CALLS CAH ILL OLDEST COAST HIBERNIAN SOUTH AMERICANS ARE r toHj. s. a.; ENDING WAR Goldendale, Wash. Son of Erin, : 79 Years Old, Enjoys.; Xnnive'rsary. INCREASE OVER 1916 - CARRIERS TO SELL 1 CARRIERS WILL SELL;WAR SAVING-STAMPS" NOV 30 SHOW FRIENDLY STAMPS YOUR E 'OUT : ;:-3v-v"v:'" . mm Twenty-five -Cents Will Pay for . Thrift Stamp Which .Wili Start ( Payments for; Certificate. JNVESTMENTS LIKE BONDS Total Sales In Portland for the First Five Days, $14,187 Campaigners Plan to M eet. Tfce War-Savings Pl ; (Official) ; What lath War-Savings Want It is a ptan by which you can lend mall savings to your government at 4- per cent Interest, compounded quarterly. J How may this he done? By purchasing War-Savings Stamp and Thrift Stamp. ' ' "What Is a War-Savings Stamp? - It is a stamp for which the govern ment will pay -you $5 on January 1, 1928. . - What does it cost? Between $4.12 and $4.23 during 1918. depending upon the month in Ahich purchased. ,Whatils a Thrift Stamp? . . ,, It is a stamp costing 25 cents, to be applied In payment for a War Saving Stamp. It does not earn in terest. The purpose of its issue Is to enable people to accumulate In small sums the amount necessary to pay for a War-Savings Stamp.. -Where .can I. buy them? : - At postof flees, banks, and author ised agencies. , Why should I, buy "them? . , Evry dollar lent to mo govern-t - . 1 1 . .1 M . ' ttibiiv JieipB id hib iua uvea ut uut men at the front and to win the war. i frf ' - . 'Pi. ' - X 'U s . I . . .. I ' , -. ' Aft " ' ', 'r- ."t iiMiiin f nrriiAiLiL.r '- ' i Sna. -'.flf you meet a mail carrier anyinorn Jng, noon or; evening Jafterfeyoii, read f this, you have a right to stop, him. Even If you are an attractive, and: proper young lady, no convention will require a. third party to perform the introduction!' v Simply say to Uncle Sam's gray unl formed messenger: "I wish to buy a War Savings stamp." Instantly bis face will be wreathed in smiles. . From that trusty, Santa-Claus-looking pack of his, he will produce the - stamp. - Also he will bring forth an en graved folder called a War Savings certificate. You will pay the postman 14.12 for your stamp. In 1923 the gov ernment will give you $5 for that stamp because ,, it ? draws 4 per cent interest compounded quarterly. You will fix the ... 4 . . Traffic Violators in Large Num ber Appear on. Dock Saturday; Many Pay "Fines. ; Ambrose finds a fair customer for Uncle Sam war bavins and thrift stamps. 000,006 .. In Thrift and Saving stamp which will be issued. r The mall carrier will aak you 25 cent apiece for th Thrift .Stamp. You, will fix them on Thrift Card.- When.you have $4 worth, you turn them in at the postof flee and get a .. war Saving Stamp, and a War Savings Certificate redder tof fasten It on. - You will pay the few cent differenc in com. a v. - Isn't that eay ' . - f buy Thrlftr Stamps and War Sav ing Stam pa, generally speaking. 1 to be made the most convenient thing you have ever done. They are to be on sale at all postoffloes. All mall carriers will have them. Banks, drug stores, grocery stores and other responsible places of business will have the stamps for sale. For example, the Owl Drug company, Woodard -Clark & Company, and Olds, Wortman k. King, have already secured a quantity to sell their customers. Oregon's Quota $17,008,600 Oregon ha been given by the govern' . . I- v. . 1. aAlln 1 T AAA AAA tamp to the War Savings certificate "'"""V! s In. h, which will have room for 19 n- - Wariff ?t .. t . 1 .5" trlotlc and thiifty" Portlanders must buy Saving stamps on it As yoi desire you can buy more War Savings stamps, until the certificate Is full. Thus you become an . owner of ."Baby Bonds," which like the Liberty v bonds have all the resources of the government back of .them. ' ' . Thua your money can be used to buy cartridges with which to-help win the war while at the sain time you are starting an absolutely. safe aavlngs ac count at a handsome rate, of interest. . . Thrift SUmps at is Cemts But. suppose you haven't. $4.12 all 'at onetime. 'fc.' -i.' v-X As-sfj.4 Then you can say to the mall m&nj "1 wish to buy some- Thrift stamp."'? He will smile just as, broadly-and re spond Just a promptly.. Uncle Sam and hi representatives are as. Interested ..in inaugurating a national fcabl$ ,y! saving as uiey are in aisposmg oi trie J 2,000,- at the rate of JH.O00 a day; and, that tcounty. outside Multnomah -must buy each county' butside Multnomah, must buy . at Uie rate fit ttOOa a day each or $34,000 a day altogether. , s The1 workUjf organization is proceeding wJth1eE' Geneaal headquarters have been' located on tie third floor o?-Th Journal building; C S. Jackson is state director and Charles N. Woncott ha been appointed associate state director fn active, charge of the organisation and administration of the big thrift plan. ' postmaster Myers says that it seems to him the sale has started off Splen didly. During -the first.. XI v ' days, jthe Thrift and War Savings stamps were of fered at the postoffice and its branches. th sales fotaied ?lf,ll77; v i" .. ' -.-i -i- . ; ' ......V mi. - Associate Director 5 lEVonacott says there must be a general meeting of ac tive campaigners from all over the state that every kind of organisation will be enlisted together with every patriotic Oregon! an. , Oregon will make the same kind of record la the War Saving plan that she made In Liberty bond Investment and Red Cross contributions. Lundin Wants to Know About Vice Seattle. Dec. 8. CI- N. S.) From a sick bed In Lincoln. Neb., where he is himself under quarantine, a victim of smallpox. Prosecuting Attorney Alfred H. Lundin this afternoon wired hi chief deputy, Frank P. Helsell, to be gin before the King county grand jury, which convenes Monday, an investiga tion of the conditions of lawlessness which resulted in the quarantine estab lished against Seattle by Major General Henry A. Greene, commandant of Camp Lewis. , If ear Nudity Is Art, Says Court CLUB WOMEN OF CflY ORGANIZE FEDERATION Fine collected In municipal court for four month ending November SO show an increase of S4S91 over the corre sponding four month of 1911. according to data compiled by Judge Koeamaa. The total of fines collected for that period In 11 was S12.791.&0; in 1917. fl7.llt.i0. More than 35 violation of the -traffic ordinance were disposed of Saturday, the greater number of offender paying fines. ThoM paying fines were: Mrs. J. W. Dolph. l; R. Field, II; a. Phillip. $5; A. M. Blaconde. II ; Robert R. Krotan. tl ; L. C. Relnhold. $1 ; W. Fin ny. SI; S. A. Stockdale. $7.50; 1L O. H. Poertel. 10: P. S. Tyler. $5; Elliott Benjamin. $5 ; Chester Rich.- $15 ; M, Stowbrlnk. SI; W. W. Jordan. IS; H. Blohm. Si; H. H. Gerber. Si; J. R. Me Guire. 1 ; C. J. SadUek. SS ; W. Targer sell. S. and W. Jones, S3 ; Ml LUlt Chin, charged with violation of traffic ordinance, was turned over to the Ju venile court. Charges against W. J. White and Jack Anderson were continued, for sen tence ; traffic violations against E. D. I Caltan. F. D. Shank. W.-H. Leonard. Fred Lownberg. E. Shelton, .G. Kde. Fred D. Shower. Lv Larsen and J. R. Gerber were set down for hearing Mon day. , J. L. Jensen, charged with reckless .driving, has asked for a Jury trial, on December 14. . Prison Cantonment Next Leavenworth. Deo. t. Work is to be started Immediately upon a prison can tonment here. In which will be lodged slacker, spies, alien enemies and other war offenders. It was announced today by officials of the disciplinary barracks. The cantonment will provide accommo dation for 3000 prisoner. The Inmate will be placed at hard labor. FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT Constitution Adopted Provides for Officers and Selection of Delegates at Meetings Martin CahUl. of Goldendale. WasK, who cam to Portland to attend the 40th. anniversary . of th Hibernian lodge here, and to pass a few chatty hoars on a crackerbos; la th ator of Dlnny Lane, prominent Alblna grocer, claims to be th oldest Hibernian on th Pactfio coast. Mr. CahQl is 79 year old and was bora In th parish of Kilbara, County Ttpperary. He landed In th . new world In 1S. He waa Initiated .into th Ancient Order of Hibernians in 1I7 . In Vir ginia City, on of Nevada ghost cities, deserted after th pay streak ran out. He obtained enough of th glittering dust, 'however, to bwy about acrea of land In Washington when he first cam west In 1S85. . He now ha 400 acres.' Dlnny Lane say according to th record In hi possession of th Initial meeting of Hibernian her In 1S77 Mr. Cahill I th oldest member. Verification that time will only en hance waa produced by Dinny tn an old ledger. It pages green with as. While on hand was doling out two cookies to a couple of hungry-eyed Alblnaltes. .with th other Dinny reached under th counter and brought forth th old Hibernian record ledger. It la on of the' most prised posses sions of the 'order In Portland. Th Business of th organisation meeting, presided over by Thad Flanagan.' state delegate of California, is contained la It. Mr. . Cahill. although not a charter member of th lodge, being a member of th Nevada lodge in 1877. 1 the oldest . member. Besides being th oldest Hlbemlata In . this neck of the wood a Mr. CahUl say he 1 th oldest sabacriber to Th Journal and ha read very Issue that has com from it presses. Convicted as Slacker Tacom. WaatL, Dec . U. P.) Found guilty of being a slacker. Leon ard W. Hartman. alias Harrison Curtis, was today sentenced to six months in jail by Federal Judge Cushman. - ' 1 V ) pi yr V in ! h c . I i i -1 7 a r si ii - - i - - - r 1 1 I YRITES'PR: NORDEH Former Portland Physician Tells of Experiences Aboard Battle : ship on Ocean of Trouble. ) ; Dr. Ben L. Norden, formesly well- known Portland physician, now a sur- i geon In th navy, has written an Inter esting letter to Dr. E. K. Scott, cxamla : Ing physician ith th local nary re- i crultlng office. Dr. Scott and Dr. Nor- , den are old shipmates. They mad a trip together with the Oregon Naval i Militia to Honolulu thre year ago, " . Dr. Nordao la aomewhtr on th At- , lanttc probably, by thl time seeing ac- i tlv service. Practically ever sine th 1 Oregon Naval Mllltla was mobilised he has been aboard a battleshtp stationed ' In th South Atlantic - ' When th letter was written he was . somewhere near th submarine son. He had ea no fighting, but expected to.; see some before many day had pass d, Port after port In the South American f republic waa visited and everywhere -J th boys In blue were greeted with open arma "They took us Into their arm and i mad us feel at home." wrote Dr. Nor den. He said that now only the most : cordial feeling existed between the na- ' Uvea of th republic and th United State. He said that before th war th republics looked with suspicion upon th t'nirxl RtiiM hut now all has chanced. our friends." says th letter. Martin . Cahill California Snake Story Stone, spinster, was hauling a bucket of water out of her deep well her faU teeth fell In. They wer appropriated by an old and toothlea water snake which, though somewhat of a pet. has learned how to use th teeth and I gnawing away th wall of th weli. letting the water leak away into th sand. f ft More than 100 women representing the women's organisations of the city met Saturday afternoon at the Hotel Port land and adopted a constitution for the City Federation of Women's clubs, this being the official name finally decided upon after considerable discussion and consideration of other names. Following sre a few of the high lights of th con tltution which will govern th body : "The 'object of thV organ Ixatlon" shall be to bring the women's organizations into closer communication for mutual helpfulness and to consider all matters pertaining especially to women and chil dren and to lend support to educational. S.) I civic welfare and other interests of the sans I city. Delegates Ar Specified Clubs shall be entitled to send to the St. Louis. Mo.. Dec S. (L N. Gertie - Hoffman's "Spring dance'1 superfluous clothing Is O. K., Judge Mil' ler ruled this afternoon. Charged with exposing her person; In a, vaudeville act I meetings as delegates their president or nera, .miss Honmaiw w-no return ca nere her SDDolnte and other delegates ac for th trial from New Orleans, was dis charged. Evidence showing th dance was "art" was introduced- Cases against her. husband-,'. Max . Hoffman, and v Ed ward Sullivan,, theatre . manager, were Bolledw UmmiHiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiijiiimiiniiiimimii Between Alder 1 J. G. MACK & CO. Removed to 148-150 Park St. SET Many Atfeave Pieces of 1 FIJKMlTtJR E Attractively priced. A goodly niimber of odd pieces show very unusual reductions. Selections made now will belaid"aside for later delivery if you desire. $35 Mahogany Sewing Table, .::.;$2K50 . $38.50 Mahogany Arm Rock v er, upholstered, (OO .PA now for ....... tbeDU $50 Living Room or Hall Chair in old oak, upholstered seat, cane back, now. S30.00 ; $40 ; Solid Mahogany Table now offered v 010 fi for...,....,..5Z0.5U $58 large Overstuffed Arm C ha i r, tapestry flOIJ CA covered, now... .DJU D U I NEW ARRIVALS IN PRACTICAL $38.50 Mahogany Library Table, ' Colonial, now............ Gift L,iorary ' j $27 sn Furniture! i nese suggest tneir j $42 hand carved Table Lamp appropriateness and btand, electric, a)1 A A I U3CiUluca!- now.......,....tSZl.UU I MUFFIN STANDS SMOKERS' STANDS SEWING $58.50 Solid Mahogany Arm Rocker, caned back, - uphol stered seat, now i at $27.50 It's Not Too Late to Place Your, Christmas Order for Our Shop-Made OVERSTUFFED FURNITURE' You'll give "a gift of comfort" If you give one of these splendid handvnade . pieces productions f our own -workshops. DAVENPORTS, CHAISE LOUNGES, EASY ARM CHAIRS, ROCKERS. We design and make types that-are distinctive. - TABLES FLOOR LAMPS DAVENPORT TABLES TABLE LAMPS GATE LEG TABLES TABOURETTES TIPTOP TABLES LADIES' DESKS AND CHAIRS LAMP TABLES CHAIRS AND : ROCKERS ' Clubs of 60 or lea two delegate: club of from 60 to 100 three delegate and on for each additional 60 members. 'Delegates shall have power to vote on all Internal matter, but matters In volving public policy shall be returned to the Individual 'Clubs for a referendum vote. No officer shall be elected for more than two. years, consecutively, ex cept the aecretary. "The officers shall be a president, vice president at large, presidents from each organisation who shall be a-vlce presi dent unless elected to some other office in th organization, recording and cor responding secretaries, treasurer, and auditor." . Meet Each Meat Meetings will be held on the second Saturday of each month. Nominations will ba mad in March and election will take plac in April. Th due will be on per cent per capita with a min imum of 25 cents. The first regular meeting of the fed eration will be held the second Satur day In January, when nomination and lection of officer will be held. 1 ne meeting waa presiaea ai ny miss Viola Ortschild and Mrs. Anton Ql blsch acted as secretary. Th report of the committee on constitution and bylaw was read by Mrs. O. J. Frank el. chairman. I Fire Accidental, Workman Admits Electrician's Helper Be veals Trsta Is CoaaectioB With Oiigla f Chicago CoaHagraUoa That Cost St,. Chicago. Dec 8. (U. P.) Fir which ! destroyed a government warehouse on i the South Side today, with . a loaa of 1600,000, was accidentally started by th explosion of a gasolln torch. It was learned tonight. - Th torch was being used by Daniel Heasley, IT, an electrician' helper, who working on th third floor. II dashed out of th building and ran home, leaving th polio and federal au- I tboritle to round up a number Austri an In th belief that th fliVwa an "enemy plot. Haasley confessed to bis .father to night, who promptly Inforaedrth polio. Th boy later mad a statement to th authorities. . He la being detained. V Enhance The Joy of Giving Add usefulness, art and originality to the tender sentiment which invokes the gift t v IVORY PYRALIN The Choicest of All Resembles real irory in its beauty and at a fraction of the cost. Any article purchased will be engraved free Gifts Trays, all sizes and shapes, 35 to $2.50. Clocks, many different designs, - $2.25 to $12.00. Manicure and Toilet Sets, all styles and prices. Mirrors, $1.00 to $9.50. Photo Frames, 50 to $6.00. Hair Brushes, $1.25 to $7.00. Cloth Brushes, $3.00 up. Vases, $1.00 up. Jewel Boxes and Perfume Bottles, 50 up. ( . . . Hat Pin Holders, $1.00 up. Powder Boxes and Hair Receivers, 75Mo$7.50. Candlesticks, $1.00 up. Springs -and r Mattresses, to Your I Special Order : 148-150 PARK STREET " - ; , Between Alder and Morrison . . Your ' 'Upholstery, r Repair and,' . Refinishinff Work Handled at Reasonable ' "Cost -O.V ' I 1 MnHHHnmimtmmimimiimHmmitiiHm fMftftfftfi"' Forest Grove O. E. S. :s Has New Officers Forest- Grove, Or- Dec. J. Forest chapter. No. 42. Order Eastern Star, has recently elected - officer . as follows Worthy matron, Mr J. Abbott ; worthy patron, W. H. Mollis : sssadat matron. Mrs. A. E. Scott; condnctress, Mrs. A. B. Todd ; assoclat conductress. Mrs. Ed Ahlgren; secretary. Mrs." J.' Q. Lenne- vUl : treasurer. Mrs. Dorothy Seymore : chaplain. Miss Mary Stalley ; marshal. Miss Jiancn iaagiey ; organist. Hasel Carmack: Adah, Mrs. Mary Miller; Ruth. - Florenos Enchede : Esther. Mr. Eva Conger : Martha, Mrs. Alio Hlnn man ; Electra, Mr. C. West ; warden. Mrs. Priscllla Rldgely; sanUnsI, O. a iHlgby. , TTha wrt!n t. mr cY,nt ea sdvertben r'Mn .Sewiag Baskets anJ St A most attractive display of these handsome baskets, fin ished In Morocco leather and Japanese brocade. Each one fitted- complete . and ranging in slzelrom the smallest sets, which can be carried ' In the handbag, to the large sewing room pieces. . , Our Leatlier Department Offers for Your Christmas This Year a Se lection Unsurpassed in Fitted Suit Cases Traveling Bags and Overnights These in addition to' an endless variety of Leather Novelties and Gifts, We aie exclusive agents for the famous LDCLY Bags, Suitcases and Wardrobe Trunks Fitted" Oversight a very popular traveling conven-. ience, 12, 14 or 16-lBca,. Each with a striking brocade, or moire silk lining, ivory fit tings. Outside leather is of ' best cobra grain seal and goat. Priced from 91S.OO to SSO.OO Gas St-A wonderfal va riety of Pinochte, ; Chess, Checkers and Poker Sets, In leather cases. " - A . gift appre ciated by" anyone. " 'Prices at $10 to $25.00 ' ; Beautiful Handbafs -the very newest patterns, in smart pieces. Seal leather attractively grained handsomely lined. -lilady would be pleased with one of these. v . , , " ' - - - a. 1 ? i. " Manicure Rollups t Contain t all the fittings i. necessary for manicuring. " Cases are silk-lined,, out side, leather of 'seal and ' SUede." - Always S.' Jk lL" SUaips First Threw Floors.