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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL 20 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 1; 1918. PORTLAND; OREGON VOLUNTEER II WORKERS J 1 NEEDED N ARMENIAN SYRIAN RELIEF DRIVE Headquarters at Hotel Portland, 111 -ft I All J'S . I :" i vr nere rreiiniHiary it urn i Under Way. ' Fifty or more worker are Installed la the aMembly room of. Hotel Port land, where campaign headquarters for the Portland division -of the Armenian and Syrian Relief, have, been opened and the click of many typewriters, the tinrlnr of toleohonea and the hum of voices augurs well for a thorough sys tematizing of the preliminary work in cident to the drive for half of Ore gon's 1150,000. $75,000, which will begin In ,; earnest Monday. Two telephones have been Installed, Marshall 203 and Marshall . 204. Additional - volunteer workers who will fold letters and ' pamphlets and put them In envelopes, are greatly needed and anyone who can devote a few hours or the. entire day1 Saturday to this work, will be welcome. . Mrs. Jtfllus L. Louisson, colonel of the woman's division, with Mrs,. Edmund C, . Glltner. lieutenant' colonel, has com- leted her organization of captains as follows: Mrs. Charles Rcadding, Mrs. William C. Alvord. "Mrs, Ludwig Illrsch, Mrs. Arthur I. Fish, Mrs. C B. Sim mons.. Mrs. Robert Strong, Mrs. Thom as Carrick Burke, Mrs. Blaine . R. Smith. Mrs. Hugh! Maffulre and ' Miss Jean Morrison, Miss Irene Daly heads a special committee which Is organising a squad r of girls- fwho - will gather tn starry coins from booths In the down town public buildings. , v ; : John T. Doug-all colonel of the men's division, has introduced -a new Idea Into his organization of captains, having them represent prominent ...or ganizations of men, whom it Is ex pected will rally to their support.1 His organization follows: V.. M. C. A, I. C. Cunningham ; Ad club E. E. Ra iette, Fred Spoerl, lieutenant; Irvtngton club. Frank McCrljllU ; RdUry club, E. L. Barnes; Progressive Business Men's club. Edward W, - Fralejr ;, Business Men's team. E. L-'Devereaux ; Knights of Columbus, tPati-ick-Bacon; Mr. : Ca halln, lieutenant, t, Captains for the Portland Realty hoard and Multnomah club teams are yet to be chosen. - Mrs. R. S. M. Emrlch, who stirred Portland to Its very heart with her powerful ' message from the starving millions of Armenia, among whom she lived for 12 years, left Thursday after noon for Seattle and Tacoma to assist In similar drives. Thursday morning was a busy one for her; at 9 o'clock she addressed , 200 - students at : the Behnke-Walker Business college ; at 12 o'clock she spoke at a luncheon at the University club and at 1 o'clock she addressed the Progressive Business Men's club. ... Small Type Used in Schoolbooks Rapped - r John A. Keating, .president of the Lumbermens Trust company,, objects to the small sized type in textbooks used In Portland public schools. "The health of the pupils should be of primary consideration in choosing text books," says Mr. JKeatlng. and being forced tor read every day textbooks printed from small faced type Is Injuri ous to the eyesight 'and general health of the average child.. Mr. Keating has sent a letter !to L. R. Alderman, city superintendent of schools, voicing' the objection. . i ; - Welfare Work Done ;,. By Jews Described Elmon Weiner,' secretary of the Jew ish board for welfare work In the United States army : and . . navy,' described the work being dons among the soldiers at American Lake at a dinner of Our Club tn the dining room of the Chamber of Commerce " Wednesday, night. Mr. Weiner is stationed at Camp Lewis and devotes his energies to the spiritual and temporal welfare of soldiers of all creeds and denominations. ' "There are at present over 600 Jewish boys among the soldiers at Camp Lew is," said Mr. Weiner, "but it is not to them alone that our organization ex tends Its ministrations. .We look after men of all. creeds and denominations. We maintain a commodious club house in Tacoma, where soldiers and sailors Lcongregate. Hundreds of men visit the ciuo aany ana mere are as many tio gans and Murphy s as Cohens among them." ' - Rabbi Jonah B. Wise acted as toast master and spoke in praise of Our Club in sending nearly half of its mem bers to the United States , army and navy.- Honorary guests at the dinner were Ben Selling, Adolphe Wolfe, Rev. R. Abrahamson, Captain Louis Levy and IX Soils Cohen. NORTHWEST AHEAD. OF , EAST IN SHIPBUILDING, . SAYS MR". VMORTH w . f . 7 t - . Mrs. Emrich Blames Prussian Ruthlessness for Massacre of the Armenians. Th Rock of Gibraltar is Mraad, bnt incomparable with War Sarlnti Cer tificate. The trenth of the United State ii t.hind them.. The ordeal of taking an examination for the aviation service was demon strated before the club by officers of the aviation' examination unit here, includ ing Captain Lewis Levy, Captain Joseph L. McCool, Lieutenant Frank N. Cord ner and Lieutenant G. Norman - Pease. Captain McCool, who Is a well-known Portland physician, had received his commission as captain just before going to the Ad club meeting. c That, cruelty; torture and barbarism as an organized, systematic .institution was unknown in Turkey until Germany became an ally of the "unspeakable Turk" was asserted by Mrs. R. S. M.I Emrlch, who credited to deliberate Prussian- ruthlessness the deportations of Armenians, Syrians and other of the Christian people in Turkey that have been direct cause of two million deaths. "The men had the best of it in those deportations," .she said significantly. "They were only butchered or drowned or shot, while as for the women ." War Council Changes Meeting Place The Portland War Emergency Coun cil will hold Its regular meeting Monday night at the Benson Polytechnic- school. Instead of tn the council chambers of the city hall. The change was made for one night at he Invitation of School Super intendent Alderman, but in future it is understood that all meetings will be held in the council chambers, , - - :: - y ' Superintendent's lest Coming ' ' An examination" for the position of su perintendent of the municipal garbage disposal plant will be held in the coun cil chamber at the city hall Thursday morning. February II. at 9 o'clock. The scope of the examination, based? on 100 points, follows : Practical questions, ?S ; arithmetic. 10 ; spelling and writing, 15 points, ine salary is j FRANK L SMITH at IS8 Alder Street, offers you these strictly fresh Oregon meats at these low prices : -T-bone Steak, if you come early. ...15c Rump- Steak and Shoulder Steak. . . .15c Round Steak, for early customers.... 15c Sirloin Beefsteak. English style 15o Rib Steak and Shoulder Steak...... 16c Sausage Meat, and Hamburg Steak.. 15c Pot roasts, good... ..12Hcand 15c Rump Roast Beet, economical... 15c Shoulder i Roasts and Oven Roasts.. 15c Prime Rib. Roasts, excellent... 15c Veal Stew and Breasts of Veal. .... .15c Something fancy in , Veal Roasts. . . .18c To be in style, eat Smith's Corned Beef, it's mignty good, only....... 10c Frank L. Smith sells bone for .soup at 5c Better quality Soup Bones, oaly 8c Boiling Beef and Beef Stew.i ,10c Tripe. .10c Oxtails. .10c Liver.. 10c Beef Tongues.. 15c Calves Hearts.. 15c Veal Steaks from fine fresh veal.... 20c Veal Chops and. Veal Cutlets. 20c Compound for. shortening , . .25c Frank L. Smith's roasts of Pig Pork ......'..25c Pig Pork Chops, very choice SOc Pickled Pork, to cook with beans.... 30c Smith's own fancy Bacon. 40c Come to Frank U. Smith's. 228 Alder street, and always come early In the day. Adv. Battery A Members: 4 Will Ge.t Together - : - ' . - - - . - Battery A., Oregon field artillery, will hold its fifty-second anniversary at the Imperial hotel at 1 o'clock Saturday night. Commander George E. Hall pre siding. There will be between 70 and 80 -members present, and In spirit 892 men and officers of Batteries A and B, One Hundred and Forty-seventh United States field artillery, who have been each and all invited to participate, but who are or it is expected shortly will be where they can hear the roar of the Hun and ally artillery. . .The Shrapnel, the time-honored publication edited by Cap tain Lee Clarke and published once a year, will be given to every participant. Battery A Is the oldest military or ganization In the once Far West, and was founded in 1868. when the reverbera tions of the Civil war had hardly ceased and it was thought that a war with na tions of Europe might start any minute. Coast Lumbermen - ' Oppose Increase William C. McCuUoch returned Wed nesday, from Washington. D. C, where he represented Pacific Coast lumber dealers In a hearing before the Inter state commerce commission. The inter ests represented by Mr. McCulloch are the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion; Eastern Oregon Lumber Producers' association. Western Pine Manufactur ers association, California "Wfiite and Sugar Pine association and the Califor nia Redwood association. The lumbermen represented by these associations take exceptions to a report on a . proposed increase 'In the freight lates on manufactured lumber products shipped from the Pacific coast states to Mississippi valley points. The report jrae prepared by Examiner Fred It Each of the interstate commerce cOm lon and- proposes an Increase in the t-atea on doors, aash and hundreds of other finished lumber products over the rates paid on shipments of rough lumber. . - - - . ,, The proposed change, lumber, dealers say, would work to the detriment of Pa cific coast lumber manufacturers and give a great advantage to the roanufac turers of the Mississippi valley district. Tomorrow A Great sTELEPHONE IF YOU CANT COME MARSHALL 4600 OR AlOli The Cat & Pet Stock sw ' war BOOKS I f jf 1 1 Nemo Corsets at"01dPrices" mu u ,a i c: u a a-. "A Yankee in the Trenches," by TV sfJ3r.! " Xm &fo will be held in .our Sixth Floor Auditorium Corporal R. Derby Holmes, WklAMAA &flAjnJKQ f!T- Beginning next M?nday (February 4th) prices will advance.on cer- February 14, 15 and 16. Cats, rabbits ana ie v stsp k wbwt s 5p" . . , .t . - XT . rt . . vles may be .entered. The show Is given ..pf, " Peal " bv Harold R il " ' ' " l mJ ?$els?0JiT Ncm? c.orsfts tmo Wondcrlift Nos. 553, 554 5oo, under the auspices of the Oregon Branch Na- fi.So i -smT 5o6' 57 and 558' nowpnced at $5, will advance to $6.. Nemo Self- tional Breeders and Fanciers' Association. For "Over the Tot " by Arthur Guy TtVk QUAUrrY" PorrrLAan Reducing Nos. 402, 403 and 405, now $4.50 will be $5. Do not let to- premlum list and all information, write the Empey, ft. 'o. rur V" o iX7Jg t-Vu? morrow go by without buying at least two new Nemos you save 50c secretary of show, care of Meier & Frank Co. Book Shop. Fifth Floor. L ; . -r.?.,.L ;r -.7'..; .. J or $1.00 on every corset you buy. ' -Dorset Shop, Third Floor. (T9 T 7T TT TT ZD WE HAVE lyiEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S rubbers, heavy shoes, warm wool gloves, hosiery and X. Vf (( )A f underwear, knitted wear, sweaters, mufflers, scarfs and toques, furs, all winter apparel and bJl V J V V o ACCESSORIES, BLANKETS, HEATERS, EVERYTHING FOR THE PERSON AND THE HOME, SNOW SHOVELS, SLEDS FOR v - BOYS AND GIRLS, ETC, ETC. Our Men's Furnishings Shop Is Riady Tomorrow With Wonderful Value js in Sweaters . i vm in in Ira . x At a -twie wien sweaters are in greatest demand Meier & FrartK.s stocks'are, characteristic: lly enough, in utmost readiness to supply that demand. Sweaters of guaranteed quality and workmanship are here in ample assortments for every need. We mention a few particularly well liked numbers. See Morrison Street window display. MEN'S WOOL SWEATERS $5.95 Excellent quality wool sweaters, finely tailored Ruffneck style with fancy knit collar and bottom Brown, green, cardinal, navy, Oxford, maroon. Unequaled values at $5.95. garments. Two pockets. Sizes 36 to 46. MEN'S WOOL SWEATERS $5.50 articularly suitable for rown, maroon, Oxford, s Made of exceptionally fine yarn, wear under the coat. V-neck style, black. Sizes 38 to 46. WOOL MIXED SWEATERS $3.9S Warm, durable garments. Cardinal, Oxford and ijavy. Ruff neck style witn two pockets. Sizes 3 6 to 46. WOOL MIXED SWEATERS $3.50 Strongly made garments for all around use. V neck style with two pockets. Navy, cardinal, maroon and Oxford. Sizes 38 to 46. t BOYS' GOOD SWEATERS $2.50 Warmly serviceable sweaters in ruff neck style with two pockets. Oxford, maroon and cardinal. Sizes i8 to 34, 4 to 13 years. j Ready With Heaters We have wood, coal, gas, oil, combination wood and coal heat ers for every requirement. ' Our stocks are most complete. Our prices lowest for like reliable qualities. Make Your Own Terms in Reason Sixth Floor Fifth Street. Keep Your Kodak Busy J V -Kodak Shop, Main Floor. Many of the boys in uniform say "an array lives on letters." And when these reach the boys and contain pictures of the home folks it makes them dou bly desirable. Send pictures to the boys. We have all neces sary supplies. Kodaks and cam eras from $1 to $125. All films left before 6 P. M. any evening, to be developed and print ed, finished by if. o'clock next morning. Satisfaltion guaranteed. Cape Silk and Wool Scarfs 49c to $15 A splendid assortment of these fashionable neck scarfs $1.49 Gloves Standard makes of Jrhen's smart, serviceable' gloves at this greatly reduced price. - . . ' " - " . . .......... . : Tan and gray washable capes that are unexcelled; for warmth and wear. Gray Mocha, buckskin and chamois gloves. Broken lins but all sizes included in the lot. - Light, medium and heavy weight. Gloves for street and dress wear. You should buy at least two pairs tomorrow at;$1.49 pair. -Men's Furnishings Shop, Main Floor. T ;1 ood News for Stout I o $35 Suits 23 And stout men who appreciate not merely a large saving but the feeling of security in their purchases as well will be all the more enthusiastic for knowing that Every Suit Is All Wool Hrgh-grade suits from the country's most reliable mak ers of ready-for-service clothingJ Fabrics specially se lected and tested for their wear-resisting properties fin ished and Unfinished worsteds, cheviots, cassimeres.and , velours. Handsome designs and colorings. '. i Specially Hand Tailored ' Made to retain their shape and good looks after a loner 1 Exceptionally well designed, perfect fitting iuits for heavy-set .men at extraopdinary saings tomorrow. You'll want more than one of thee suits that are such big values at $23.85. - ' J, r - ' .j Men's Clothing Shop,. Third Floor. 7Sr V I ndZfft r Our "Sampeck" Clothes Are Everywhere Recognised as Being the .-j:., Standard of America" in Boys' Clothing The Justly famed Sampeck clothes ;i . .1 tor Doys.are soia at just one gooa store In each city in Portland they r - &nld exclusive! at M1r: Xr Frank's. We .carry at fair times a most complete ana comprehensive I assortment oi sampecK - ;. SUITS - for. boys between the ages of '6 "and I 18 years. These suits are fashioned! from the best materials procurable and tailored In a shape-retaining way. .'.Medium and heavy weight tweedafand homespuns in patterns and colors that are sure to please. Nearly! all fancy Sarapecks have . I TWO PANTS ; r This Is the feature, that , will ap peal most strongly, to mothers.'- the' newest styles, the best colors and all sizes are sure to be found here at, all times-.; Priced Sto to 122.50., XC 0mplete Stocks Sampeck Overcoats for Bnvs ' i - ..." . .. Boys Clothing-Shop. Third Floor. Something Entirely 0 of the Ordinary A j Sale Children's Gloves Regular $1M, V2S, $IS0 Values, the Pair Values of the most remarkable kind are offered in this sale of children's 1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 gloves tomorrow at, pair 39c. There are about 300 pairs of gloves in the lot and when these are gone there will be.no more obtainable at this price, which is - Less Than Present Cost We could ijot buy these gloves on the market today at anywhere near this price. Included are Mocha, Cape and real French Kid gloves in black, white, tan and gray. One and two-clasp styles. ' Pique and overseam sewn. -Gloves of quality at a price that is MUCH BE LOW HALF THE REGULAR PRICES. Another Good Special Tomorrow WOMEN'S Mismated . Gloves, Each 5c Glove Shop, Main Floor. "Mr A Final Disposal of Women's and Misses' GOATS $11j00 to S16JS0 Values $8.95 - ' ' j 'i -- r -i ' t ' -' Tomorrow, only we. will sell women's and misses $ i 1 .00 to $16.50 coats at the greatly re duced; price of 8.95. . --: Coats of such finely serviceable ma terials j as wool velours and kersey cloth Full - length coats with wide belts. . Large , plush or self-material collars. ' r- - ;:-:-.: , Limited quantity only -'they will go quickly at; $8.95 early selection is urged." - t ' . - J- - - ' Apparel Shop. Fourth Floor. . . Sale Women's Silk Waists Values to $9.00 $1-95 In some instances the sale price is close to HALF the regu lar retail value of these waists. Tub silk, messaline, crepe de chine, georgette and pongee .waists in plain and fancy colors. Also blouses for outing wear of heavy materials. All sizes. To $7.50 WauU, Special $3.49 To $3.78 WaiaU, SpecUl $L98 Other Good Specials for Women MISSES' SAMPLE DRESSES $3.49 Misses' sample dresses made of fine quality gingham and galatea. Values upto $7.So. Special to morrow at 3. 4. MISSES' DRESSES $8.95413-50 A limited quantity of misses' desirable serge and velvet dresses in good styles. Special at 18.95, 12.95 and 13.50. WOMEN'S HOU& DRESSES 79c Women's good house dresses made of gtngham. Collars are 'neatly trimmed with embroidery and braid. Values to f 1.00. WOMEN'S GOOD APRONS 89c v Women's aprons In the popu lar ntlAAv cttl Dtnlr nA KIiia . l.M. IIIIHHI . i V . 1 1111 .MM iUb p I 1-1.- 1 - I iuiuis, 1 iic regular vviue ut these aprons is 1.00. WOMEN'S WARM SHAWLS 75c A timely sale of women's knitted shawls. In white only. Size 40x40 inches. Ideal for cold Iweather wear. WOMEN'S BLACK HOSE PAIR 19c Women's black, cotton hose In all sizes. Slightly imperfect quali ties. of regular to 35c grades. WOMEN'S KNIT PANTS, SPECIAL 29c A very low price for women's good knit pants in tight or lace knee styles. Broken sizes. Limited quantity it each 29c. Four Good Specials for Children CHILD'S UNION SUITS AT 59c Children's fleece lined cotton union suits in sizes 4 to 12. Ex ceptionally good bargains at each 59c. . CHILD'S HOSE PAIR FOR 10c Children's guaranteed fast black fine ribbed cotton hose in all sizes. A limited quantity at pair 10c. . INFANTS' HOSE PAIR ONLY 25c Infants' white and black wool en hose In sizes 4 and 44 only, Hose that sells regularly at 35c Pir. f . . .. INFANTS' HOSE PAIR ONLY 49c Infants' silk and wool hose In ail sizes. White only. The reg ular vaule of .these hose is 65c pair. , , Women's Shoes Pair Only $3.25 Women's and big fcirls' shoes in dull calf or patent colt with kid and cloth tops.. Button or lace style. High ao-d H heels. ' Leather or Neolin soles. . All sizes.. Pair very specially priced 3.25, SHOES $1.69 Children's school shoes In dull calf leather. Button style with leather soles. Broad school lasts. Sizes SlA to 8, pair 1.69. Sizes 8J4 to pair $1.98, Sizes' 12 to 2. pair $2.50. SHOES $1.50 :' Big girls' school shoes. Sizes 2 and 2lA only. Limited quan ! tlty. :' RUBBERS 45c Children's storm - rubbers " In sizes 3 to i0l2: Sizes UJ to 2, pair 55c , Savings for Men and Boys MEN'S SHIRTS 79c AND 89c ' Men's dress shirts insa variety of pleasing patterns. Soft and stiff cuff styles. All sizv t.00 values 79c. 1.25 values 89c. ? MEN'S GQOD PAJAMAS $1,29 . Men's outing flannel pajamas In all sizes. These, pajamas are easily worth 1.75 Kur price to morrow is 1.29 suit.: MEN'S WORK PANTS $1.49 A big lot of men's work pants. An Immense variety, of patterns to select from. Regular 2.00 values at pair 1.49. WOOL MIXED HOSE 29c Men's fine medium weight wool mixed hose in all sizes. , A very special low price for hose of this quality pair 29c. BOYS' EXCELLENT. OVERCOATS $7.95 Boys fine,-. warm, serviceable1; overcoats in gray, brown and green mixtures. Good 10 values tomorrow for 7.95. BOYS' SOFT HATS 25c . Boys' good,' soft hats in t great variety of desirable colors. 50c values exactly half price tomorrow at 25c. - 4? . BOYS' SUITS AT $3.85 AND $4.95 - Very special prices on boys' suits. Popular pinch back styles with knickerbocker pants. -AH sizes. To 5.00 values 3.85. To c A no values 14.95. "- : - ' ' '::' '-i MANY GOOD UN ADVERTISED SBEC I A LS tltif w - IN' Trie CJAUTSTOftJS Of POKTLAHD JL