THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA3It, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3. 9181 '? ...Li. '
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THIS PORT STILL
BEING SLANDERED
BY RIVAL PLAGES
False ' Reports Circulated Re
J garding Bar and River Keep
Alive Prejudice Against City.
TRUTH WILL COST MONEY
Commerce Chamber : Says if
Stories Cap .Once Be-Conclu-;
i sively Refuted, Task Easy. ,
I in recent conferences with Influential
' steamship men regarding an oriental
; steamship line ut -of Portland, the
' Chamber qf Commerce, jrt a statement
, prepared for that organisation's bulletin,
i.mvi the steamship men are etlll harbor-
In prejudices about this port and that
it is apparent that niallclous and false
renort by rival Interests are respons
ible. -When these alanderouss reports
' are once 'conclusively disproved, adds
tha ' statement, the problem will be
easier.
The statement says;
. '"During the past week the executive
, officers of the Chamber of Commerce
have conferred with different Influential
steamship men In the effort to establish
an Oriental line. In these conferences
the facts have been presented that we
have a very large territory for the pro--
ductlon and consumption of commodities
a steamer line would handle ; that we
' have the railway connections needed for
a proper recognition of a line entering;
here la scouring through freight; that
this community absolutely guarantees
an equality of port charges, fuel charges,
stevedoring, dok charges, etc.. In com
parison with Puget Sound; that there
Is no congestion In the- harbor or on
the docks and more than 60,000 Hons
space la Immediately available for car-
' go, and that the time for a vessel op
erating to the Orient Is practically the
same In reaching .this port as Puget
" sound.
: ' Despite these facts the big steamship
-"operators yet harbor , their prejudice
and talk about delays on the bar and
In the river. They say they are. in-
- formed In our rival ports that such
: delays still continue.
"It Is apparent to .the Chamber of
Commerce that malicious and false re
ports .still are being ' assiduously circu-
' lated 'by rival hiterests. It Is further
apparent that the utmost energy of
(his community must Immediately be
aercised to break down the prejudice
hat Is fed by unscrupulous competitive
. interests. Ifow thin action shall be
' taken and what procedure shall be
Adopted. Is yet undetermined. Some
thing muHt be done of a forceful and
." Vigorous "character. If It costs money
' rt will have to be . underwritten. It
teems clear that after establishing the
fact thoroughly once to disprove'" the
Slander circulated, the problem will
thereafter be easier."
SHIPYARD TO BE nEOPEXED
Grays. Ilarhor Company's Plant A
aorbed by Motorshlp Corporation.
. Aberdeen, 'AVash., Feb. 2. The Grays
Harbor Hhtpnuildlng company's yai
formerly known as the Lindstrom, which
.has lain Idle for six months, is being
reopened. ' " -
The reopenlhg of the yard follows the
closing of a (ileal under which this plant
la Incorporate 1 Into the . Grays Harbor
Motorshlp Co -poratlon. which adjoins
-this yard on the west. r The union of
the two plants gives the Grays Harbor
Motorshlp Corporation eight launching
ways,
The reopening or the old yard will add
several hundred workmen to the payroll
or the Motorshlp Corporation. The open
Intr of the engine installation plant of
this company, which Is now In the pro
cess of building, will call for several
hundred additional workers.
4000 ENROLL FOR SHIP WORK
California Cities in Two Days Reach
Almost Half of Quota.
Ban Francisco, Feb. 2. (I. N. S.)
'The State Council of Defense announced
this afternoon that approximately 4000
men had been enrolled in the camoalrn
for shipbuilder Friday, and today at
' Ban Francisco. Oakland. Los Angeles
and San Diego, the only points where
printed registration cards were avail
able. This is less than half of the
state's quota of 11. BOO." The country at
large is seeking Z50.000.
Beginning Monday, a new drive will
1 be Inaugurated In every county In the
state, all the officers having now been
; supplied with the necessary blank forms.
SCHOONERS MAKE FAST RUNS
John A. Campbell Reaches Sydney in
82 Days-Georgina Returns In 80.
The Merchants' Exchange has been
advised that -the schooner John
Tfce Qaleke V Get a Free Trial
f Pyraaild Pile Treatsaeat tae Bet
er. It la What Yan Am. Leek la
' Don't talk operation.' If you can't
aUor: a tr tris-l of Pyramid
Pile Treatment get a et)c box at any
drug- store and get relief now. If
not near a store send coupon for
free trial package In plain wrapper
and get rid of itching, bleeding- and
protruding piles, hemorrhoids and
aueh rectal troubles. Take no substitute.
- FREE 8AE1PLE COUPON
PXRAMTD DRUG. COMPANY. .
- t Pyramid Building..
'MsrshalK MIchw- M f4
Kindly nd me a Free sample
of .PyTaiaM PMe Treataaeat. la
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' Pilos V Frpo
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Left Alexander Bradley, who has reenlisied in the marine corps after
having seen service for four years with the soldiers of the sea. Bradley
will be sent to Mare Island in a few days by (he rocal recruiting sta
tion. Right Corporal Ellis Allgood, who has reenlisted in the marines
and will be assigned to recruiting duty in Portland.
Alexander Bradley and EUls Allgood
have reenlisted In the marine corps after
four years' service with the soldiers of
the sea. Bradley enlisted In Portland,
January 26, 1914, and was sent, to Mare
Island, Cal.. and from there was sent
with the expeditionary forces tn Mexico
on the U. S. S. Jupiter. Later he was
transferred to the U. S. S. West Vir
ginia and was on that ship at the time
she acted as convoy for tha . ill-fated
Campbell has arrived at Sydney with a
cargo of lumber from this port after
run of 32 days, which is considered
a good run.
Another schooner, wnicn maae a gooa
run from syaney uus way is,
Georglna. She put into Astoria at
2 :45 o'clock this afternoon after 80 days
at sea. The Georglna is bringing a
cargo of copra and. is due up either
Sunday or early Monaay.
THREE VESSELS GO ASHORE
Patrolboat Escapes Atlantic Shoal,
Reaching Port Others ia Danger.
Boston. Feb. 2. (I. N. S.) Three ves
sels went ashore on ledges and . a shoal
off the Atlantic coast todays endangering
the lives, of their crews. One was a
naval patrol boat, at first reported to be
cn , fire. Thl9 was disproved when she
effected her release and made port.
The oil tanker Alabama, Boston owned,
grounded on a ledge, is hi Imminent dan
ger of being pounded to pieces. ;. iter sig
nals of distress were caught by radio
stations along the Atlantic coast, and aid
was sent as fast as possible. ,
The Berkshire! "a liner of 'the Mer
chants' Sc Miners' , Transportation .com
pany,' was forced on the cross jrtp shoal
In Nantucket sound by drift jce. She
has a cre of 88 men-7 f, , . ,
r.. .- - -Steamers'
Masters Changed
Captain Henry Devitt has j replaced
Captalnt Ernest Smltn as mastei -of the
steamer Daisy ; Gadsby. As mjaster of
the steamer Greenwood. Captain Charles
O. Hoffman has succeeded P. Bertel-
News of . the l?ort
(tenarturx Fabruvy S
Atlu, Amerlon iMmer, for Sn frncleo,
ballast ' "" -' .
No.' 93, American birge. for San '.Jnclco,
ballaat. ' ' " f ;
MARINE ALMANAC
Weatlier at " rSlier ofthJ"?
North Hd. "Feb. 2.-r-Conditfcrt.- at the
mouth of the. riei ,at 5 p. m.: M thd, aonth
ast, 20 mites;.'. tnortrat. . t ,
Sun ReoorS for-Fbrur .
Sun rto, 7:30 a. m. Sun aetsfr:Vl p. -Tide
at Atorla Monday ?
Hilh Water ' low Water
8:51 . ra. 7. feet T:1S a. m:'-J,1.8 ft
7:15 p. mi B.J feet - 1 1 :S8 p. . . feet
AT TfEIOHBORISO PORTS '
Attorla. Feb. 2. ArriTed darln- nlvht
teamer Trinidad, from San Francteco. ' Arrived
at 2:48 p. m,. barkentln 4eor(ina. from Syd
ney. ArriTed at 8:80 and left at 4:8 t. m
steamer J. A. ChanMoT from Port Sn 1.UU.
Sam FranriMm. Feb. Sailed at 4 p. m..
steamer Breakwater for Portland.
Astoria. Feb. 1. Sailed at 5 p. n, ' motor
schooner Mount Kaftiier for Callao. .
San Franc toco. Feb. 1. Sailed at 'f ' p. m..
steamer B- City for Portland. r-
syaney ! et. 1 . Arrived. cbooner, John A.
Campbell from Colombia river. ;
Marshrteld, Or., Feb. 2. Arrived, Manly 2
a. m.: Wtrnr. 2 -.1& p. m C. A. 'mith in
tow. of tua wa off bar. but will sot enter harbor'
till rouch weather h over.
San Francisco Feb. 2. Arrived: fgeafoam,
Mendocino, -via. Point Arena, 8:40 a. m -Arctic
from Fort Bra S a. m.; Westport. - Bedondo!
:SO a. m. ; aUndalay. Crescent Ciri :45 a.
m.; Navigator.. Mont.rey, J0:25 a, mT twlth
barta Monterey tn tow ; Tosemtte. Porfr Gam
bte. 1 :2 p. : -tu Belief. Union Bay, via.
Vort Ansetea, with ban Ia Bed , in tow.
:4t. SaUed: Arab with bane San Dieto tn
tow, 8 a. m.; ..Oleum. I'ort , Han J 0:05
a m. ; Arftlc. Los Annie. 13:35 p. wli hai
bn. Honoralu and aUbniul,- 12:40 p xa,
Maadalay. Los Aneelw, ? 1 :18 p. m. Break
water, Astoria and. Portland. 8:1 5 p. ra.t Wash,
inaton, Loa Anseles, 9 a. m.; battna Mw Wta
klemaa. Kureka, 8:4ft - a. m.f MomerJ Santa
Barbara, via.-porta, 8 :25 p. m.- Uhittjer. Port
San Ljue. 2:30 p. m.; Jfohaa Poulaea, rAatoria,
Grays llarbor. 9 a. tn. : Tate. Han
f :80 p. m.; Admiral Dewey, Seattte. 6:19 p. m.
ISailed: Geo. Loomis.' San Diego, 8? a. m.'
rbaraw 'tl In - tow tug Standard - No. 2. San
u.i uiwo, anieit, n ,- aa :
Tale. . Sn Diego. 8 p. m. ; Celilo, Seattle.
P. ra.; Helen, Gray Harbor, p. m.; !ihatem,
Grara Harbor, p. m.; Girlie Mahony, Albio,
P. JBU, ... 1 .." .,
Honolulu, Feb. 2. Arrived - Xanring .Iis
departed Governor, Maaoa, - ChUeoU Fail.
Clyd. U San Franclsoo. . . , '
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submarine F-4 which sunk in Hono
lulu harbor.
From the West Virginia he was trans
ferred to the marine barracks, Bremer
ton, Wash., January 13, 1915, where he
entered the quartermaster department,
being made quartermaster sergeant
June 11, 1917. He was discharged Janu
ary 25, 1918, and reenlisted the following
day. He Is now in Portland on a 30-day
furlough and will be sent to Mare Island
in a few days. Allgood will be assigned
to recruiting duty in Portland.
700 ARE TRAINING FOR
SERVICE IN THE U.S.
MERCHANT -MARINE
Chartering of Vessel for Pacific
' Coast School,, Probably at:
Bay City, Expected;
Fully 700 men in the Northwest have
registered for training as seamen, fire
men, oilers, water-tenders, cooks and
stewards in the new United States mer
chant marine, according to W. J.
Grambs, district officer for the recruit
ing service of the United , States ship
ping board, with headquarters in Se
attle. He was a - Portland visitor today.
Mr. Grambs says that plans- are rap
Idly -shaping for the training-.. of these
men. ' Training Is already In progress
in Boston, where vessels are under char
ter for the purpose. It is the Intention
to charter a vessel for the Pacific Coast
and she will probably be stationed at
san Francisco, Mr.. Grambs said. .
Definite details will probably be an
nounced within a .week or 10 days, for
Mr. Grambs is expecting E. C. Hovey
of "the Bea service bureau of the ship
ping '-board,-' stationed, at . Boston, to
reach Seattle" la a few days for a con
ference with him. '
The men are registering for this serv
ice at the offices of- the steam vessel
Inspectors in 'Portland ' and Seattle.
While these training .ships wjll be
turning out men for . the crews ef the
new government vessels,' the nautical
schools will be turning. out deck off!
cers. ' Men must have two - years' expe
rience at - searto enter these schools.
while men can enter .the'" other service
without any experience. '
WESTWIXD TAKES ' OS " BALLAST
Steamer, Prepares for Trial Spin
, Sunday. : -
Preparatory to going on her-feal spin
today, the 8800 ton steamer Westwind
shifted Saturday, afternoon at S o'clock
from Portland Flouring mills, where she
took On ballast argo,to the oil dock
to fill her fuel tanks.'. The trial spin
will be down the Columbia and outside
for a few hours endurance test. - This
will be the: first time any of the .big
freighters turned out here has been giv
en trial tests here, all the rest going to
Puget- Sound. Protests to the government-resulted
in the change. - . - ,i -
The reason' they, were . sent to . Puget
Sound was due to. provisos in the con
tracts, which were .originally from pri
vate - interests, , that , the tests be held
there. ' : 4 .:'':..-: -i.,-t -
Triple 'Launching Planned
A Pacific.; Port, Feb.-S.-What it Is
said will be; the first triple launching
ceremony ever held in the United States
wilt take place', here -March 10,. when
three steel ships now building for the
government will take the waves. . -The
vessels are larger than most of those
so far launched on the Pacific Coast,
each, displacing 9400 tons.- - : V-
.Coos Bajnto Be Home Port ' -Marshf
ield. Or.) Feb, 2.The Marsh
field Chamber;, of Commerce has re
ceived word from San Francisco that
all government vessels "built on 'Coos
Bay will be registered with Coea.Bay
as their
. . .
C home port. Local commercial
for soma time oast hava hn
t,T- JrffL
bodies
trying to .secure this action..
SHIPYARD WORKERS 1
LEARN NBV PARLANCE
OF, THEIR VOCATION
Y( M. C. A. School Course in
Wood; Ship Building VYith-
out Text Books.
That Oregon's recently attained: na
tional leadership in wood shipbuilding
may be maintained, the first wood ship
building school in the United. States has
been organised In Portland. I ' ' - -
Drop over to the "Y. M.I C' A. any
Wednesdaytor Saturday evening between
7:30 and 9:30 o'clock, and you will find
a group of some 40 earnest faced, callous
handed men learning the science that
lies back of the form, structure, cargo
carrying and sailing ability of the
wooden ship. . These are the men who
by day work at the building of wooden
ships and by night go to the Y. M. C. A.
shipbuilding school to learn from their
Instructor, W. It. Curtiss. naval archi
tect, the "why" of the things they do
during the day. In so doing they fi
themselves for more skilled work and to
superintend the work of others,
So different ' are the wooden -vessels
from the craft built and sailed a genera
tion ago mat no textbooks are available.
The lessons are taken from the
memoranda and drawings In the note
book of the Instructor, who, tn his con
nection with the Supple A Ballin Ship
building company, is making dally prac
tical use or the same material.
To the layman it seems that the stu
dents In the unique school a re not so
much learning how to build ships as they
are learning a new language. The words
used to describe parts of the vessel, the
angles,' curves, dimensions and action
are all meaningless to the landsman.
The learning of marine terms and
expressions used in ship construction Is,
however, the first essential. Then comes
the study of how to build and lay the
keel and false keel, the rules that must
bo followed in assembling the frame; the
stem, the steam, the keelsons, clamps
and celling, deck and hold beams, knees,
pointer and stringers, hatch framing,
deckings, outside planking, cargo masts
and booms, winches and windlass, deck
fitting, steering gear and rudders until
every part of the ship in its relation to
every other part is thoroughly under
stood. . Some. of the men who are taking the
work in shipbuilding are youngsters,
wnose , smpyara employment has ex
empted them from draft as being more
valuable to the government at their
present work than as soldiers at the
front. Some of them are older men, who
untlt the inauaguration of shipbuilding
locally were engaged in other work.
House carpenters, for Instance, discover
how. widely different is the work of a
ship carpenter. ,
"I believe these men who are taking
this .work will be the backbone of our
shipbuilding industry in the future," is
the prediction of L. G. Nichols, director
of the Y. M. C. A. department of edu
cation. -
Land Owners Must
Pay for thej Sewer
After Teara of Litigation, Sapreme Coert
Beeldet Blrerslde District Protest
Suit In Favor of City.
Tears of litteation over the navment
of the reassessed cost of the Riverside
district sewer ended Friday when the
state supreme court decided in favor of
the city , in the case of City of Portland
against H. R. Blue and others.
The sewer was laid In the Peninsula
district during 1310 and 1911, and after
protests. were made on the. original as
sessment, a reassessment .was made. In
cluding, a larger area in the district,
to scatter the cost ' among - a greater
number of property owners.
Suit was filed by Ralph Duniway.
representing about 100 property owners
and was tried by a jury which returned
a verdict for the city. "A retrial was
sought and secured by Duniway and
again the city was successful.- Appeal
to the state supreme court again brought
a favorable decision to the city, but an
error, made by a clerk of the circuit
court In entering tha Judgment, forced
the city to appeal to the supreme court
again. The fourth hearing resulted In
a judgment for court costs, assessed
against the property owners and an or
der directing the owners In the sewer
district to pay the reassessment. Dep
uty City Attorney Latourette conducted
the case for the city throughout the en
tire litigation. f ;
Robert C.Wright to
Run for Judgeship
. Robert C. Wright wiy be a candidate
for the . Republican nomination for de
partment four of the Multnomah circuit
court, according to the announcement
made by him yesterday afternoon.
The department of the circuit court to
which Mr. Wright aspires is now occu
pied by Judge Stapleton, who In turn
holds under . appointment of Governor
'Withyeombe- made to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Major
Davis.
Mr. Wright has lived In Portland since
1888 and has been engaged In the prac-r
tlce of law here for the past 28 years.
He was a candidate for a judicial nom-
lnatlon ' In 1916, when he sought the
position held by . Judge J. P. Kavanaugh,
who was seeking, and won, renom lna
tlon and reelection.
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Bank to Occupy New
Quarters on Feb, 25,
An then Eckern, vice president of the
State Bank of Portland, announces that
the bank .will open for business In its
new quarters at the corner of Fifth and
Stark streets on. February 25.
It 1 planned to. take advantage of
the holiday - closing for . Washington-
birthday on February 22 to move the
rtxturea to the new location. Officials
of the bank hope to have everything
read for business by Monday morning
following, thereby losing but half a
day's time from . business.
" Thomss E. Shrehan Acquitted
: San 'j Francisco,? Feb. 2. (I. N. S.)
Thomas E- Sheehan, who has been on
trial here for the killing of his brother.
William Sheehan, - a policeman. was
found not guilty by a jury this afternoon
after three hours deliberation. The ac
cused man was said to have been out of
his rhind when the shooting took places.
Tha TMth about Balwlm
. uik vminiw-niicw in-uiu ot ih are- t aei, win na oela MOnoar at ZzsQ
I aatattoa in Belirmm by Brand WUtloek, United frorn tha narlora of A TtT 2nVr
1 State mtairter - to BelaiuiD, . will be rmbliebd in panors s A. tv. eiier
I -rtr Th. Sunday Journal g.PUf. Interment is at Rose City
Th Brat compete official record of the dee-
bMinauuT Sua-
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This Gun Declared to Be M
Manufacture ; Can Be Facilitated Through
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By C. J. SemlUlar;
Of th Bemiacten Arms Union MeUlHe CarV
It has been stated erroneously ' that
the rifle with which our troops are to
be armed is the British Lee-Enfield rifle
recharmbered to use the United States
Springfield cartridge. -
In the first place, the Lee-Enfield rifle
is not to be used at all. . An Enfield la"
a British armyrlfle. called an Enfield
ojr reason or tne ract that the British
government rifle "factory is at Enfield
Lock, i Similarly our own armv- rlfla. ia
Called a Springfield after our Govern.
ment factory at Springfield. Mass. A
Springfield rifle is tha current model of
army rifle. . At the pfeesent time It is
the United States Mauser type rifle of
the model of 1903. Previous to that the
Springfield rifle was the "Krar" of
1&98. A good " many years previously
the Springfield was the old smooth-bore
musket, and between then and now there
have been many other kinds of Spring
fields. Lee-E afield Model "
But it la nou the Lee-Enfield VlOe of
any date whatever which, is to be used
by United States troops in Europe, but
the Enfield model 1914. This is a rifle o.
- www. AISID a A IIL1V UCi
modified Mauser type and resembles theK
Tuiia principally in the fact that
it has a lock, stock and barrel, besides
having a part of the same name. Other
wise this Improved rifle is as much in
advance of the old Lee-Enfield as our
present Springfield rifle ia an improve
ment over the Krag.
A writer in a recent article went on
to explain why the rechamberlng of the
Lee-Enfield rifle barrel to take the
Springfield cartridge would make an in
accurate arm, for the reason that the
bore and rifling of the British rifle are
not suitable for the smaller Springfield
bullet. This would certalnlv Ha th
If anybody were to be so foolish as to
attempt sucn a thing: that is to sav.
take a gun which had been bored 'and
ruiea to suit the .303-caliber British
cartridge and change the chamber to
accommodate the United States cartridge
which uses a heavier powder charge
while shooting a smaller bullet of .30-
caliber. But It is pot, and never was, the
intention to do anything: of the kind. Th
rifles which are to be used for our troops
are to be new Enfield model 1914 rifles
made with barrels properly bored, rifled
and chambered to use the hiah-Dowered
United States cartridge with the 30-
caiiber bullet, giving practically the
same velocity as the Springfield rifle and
wttn sights graduated to suit.
Beaton Is Cited
But why provide our troops with a
modified British Enfield rifle rather
than our own Springfield rifle, anyway?
Simply this, that three of the largest
private factories - in this country . are
equipped for manufacturing the Enfield
model 1914 rifle, and during the last two
years have turned out large quantities of
them for the British government The
United States government arsenals at
Springfield and Rock Island have only
a comparatively small capacity for man
ufacturing the Springfield rifle, and
there is not a single private rifle factory
now equipped for producing it
Now as to the new rifle itself. There
has- been much criticism arising from
two points: the question of having re
chambered the British arm for our am
munition and of having produced a cer
tain amount of interchangeabllity
through a standardization of parta.
Advantage ef -Bechambered Pieee
Time will prove that both of these
courses were right The changes have
been approved by the highest authorities
and meet with the approbation of every
rifle expert with whom I have talked.
The cartridge designed for tha British
rifle was of the old rim design and of
inferior ' ballistics when compared with.
modern high-powered ammunition of
rimless type with high velocity and great
penetration. By rechamberlng the rifle
the ordnance 'department, has-given the
American soldier an up to date rifle with
modern high-powered ammunition.
The main object of standardization, as
is well known to. every manufacturer, is
quicker production. This was true be
cause with i a certain degree of inter
changeabllity the assembling and Inspec
tion rooms would no longer be filing.
fitting and manufacturing shops, but
PORTLAND BOY WILL
PREACH NEXT WEEK AT
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Vernon Cook to Visit This City
Before Entering Y. M. C. A.
Work in France.
Vernon Cook,, a former Portland boy,
will preach at both the morning and
evening services at the First Congrega
tional church on Sunday, February 10.
Mr. Cook Is well known among, the
members of this church, having joined
its membership during Dr. House's pas-
torate, and being an active worker in
the Christian Endeavor society and the!
Minute Men's class.
He is a graduate of Portland academy, .
Whitman college and Tale university.
While a student at Portland academy
he was Instrumental In organising and
building up a- strong church at Goble.
For the past several years Mr. Cook
has been pastor of the First Congrega
tional church at Willlmantlc, - Conn.
While attending Tale he frequently filled
the pulpit of the Wlllimantic church, and
upon completing his college course he
was unanimously called to the pastorate
of that church.
Mr. Cook has recently decided to ente
the Y, M. C. A. work In France, and la
coming to Portland for a brief visit be
fore taking up his new work.' '
Train Kills Army Veteraa ,
Vallejo, CaL, Feb. 2. ( I. N. 8.) Jacob
Stevenson, pioneer resident of Vallejo,
And employed at the Mare Island navy
yard,, was run over and killed by a train
there this afternoon. He was a Grand
Army veteran. A widow and three chil
dren survive him. , c . ,,. - . ' j.
, - Tillle E. Michael ; - 1
The funeral 'services for Tillie E.
Michael, aged 26. wife of Rase A. Mich
ael, will be held Monday at 2:30 p. m.
com-
Pny. interment is at itose ciry ceme-
kit.
FIRST CONGREGATIONA
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ost Suitable
Piece . andv Tts
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L -
would become truly assembling and In
specuon anopa, thereby eliminating a
great deal of tile delay occasion ed under
the old system. .This has been the, result
obtained. " For Instance, in one plant
making the; new rifle, the workmen, yt
first could assemble only 23 rifles per
man per day of 10 hours. They wees
finally forced up to 40 rifles per mam
per day. with the high man about .69
rifles. After the standardisation ot
parts, 33 of these men put up 140 . oi
over of the modified rifles per day. with
the high man -having 170 rifles to his
credit.
Soldier Is a Hnnter
A soldier is essentially a hunter, and'
his rifle should be made upon the same
theory on which the best, hunting rifles
are made. Even more than a hunter, Je
is required to shoot on occasions where
toe light Is poor at moving and partlcu
larly at small objects. The experiences
or the. Boer war caused Lord Roberts
to issue an order to the British army
that "the battles of the future would be
won by snap-shooting at short distances"
and that the men should be trained to
do this with accuracy and rapidity, and
tms is more than borne 'out by the ex
periences of the presentjconfllct.
.Vv0 V. b,tw jii aKiiivviuncl.
The rifle of a soldier serving in the
Id is constantly being knocked around,
arid it is Indispensable that the sights
snonia be strong. Above all. they should
not b too fine. ' This. In my opinion. Is
the difficulty with the sights on the
present Sprlngfleld. For that reason
they are objected to by every practical
rifleman Kknow. and particularly by
those who nave served on the Mexican
ooraer. y
The breech f the barrel is thicker
than the muzzleV the foresight is very
high, and Is constantly catching In all
kinds of obstruction. The rear sight
is slight in construction and is unpro
tected. On the xtherhand,' the front
sight on the modlftedN Enfield, while
just as high as that of the Springfield,
is protected by two wings cY flanges, so
titat it cannot.be damaged lfvthe a-un i
dropped.- The rear sight is projected ifi
a similar manner. - , .
Begardlag Sights
The rear sight, of the Sprlngfield.vln
my opinion, is too fine for war. It Va
at a point on the. barrel something like
10 to 12 Inches in front of the soldier
eye. In order to shoot at distances un
der those fixed by the battle sight a
peep is provided. Taut the aperture of
this Is so small and so far distant from
the eye that only in good light and with
very good eyes can anything be seen
through it and then the field of vision is
small.
In the modified Enfield, on the con
trary, the rear sight is put directly on
the end of the breech, so as to be only
about three and one half. Inches in front
of the eye, and has' an aperture of some
three-sixteenths of an . Inch through
which the aiming can be distinctly taken
in any kind of light This is similar to
the well known Lyman sight which gives
a perfectly distinct view and permits
quick shooting under all conditions of
weather, and with which one alms di
rectly at the thing one wants to hit as
the eye instinctively takes the center of
the aperture.
Emergency Is Met
The ordnance bureau is to be. congrat
ulated upon having, turned out a good
rifle under emergency conditions, avail
ing themselves of machinery and fac
toriee at hand. They were also wise in
endeavoring to produce a better arm
than the British rifle of 1914 with the
machinery provided for manufacturing
that rifla. The results obtained demon
strate that "the bureau very properly sac
rificed ,tlm In order to adapt the
British model to rimless cartridge and
to standardise the vital parts . of the
rifle. In this way not only was Inter
changeabllity of ammunition obtained,
but interchangeabllity of part, although
the parts are being turned out at three
different factories.
In' the new rifle, as Issued, these things
have been accomplished and a first class
rifle has resulted, one capable of doing
the work cut out for It The manu
facturer went at the work of develop
ing the rifle with an enthusiasm which
has brought about a rate of production
tar in excess even of the most sannin
I hopes of the war department -
IN Y. M. C. A.
HUTS AT THE
T
Men From Various Walks of Life
Are From All Sections of
The State.
a lengthening - list of "Soldiers of
Good" Is reported to the member of
in -ortiana T. M. O. A. In a statement
Issued Saturday. These are 'the men
wno nave gone from Portland and Ore
gon to serve at the front in the "huts"
I Y- M' C- rnlnlsterlog to the
cheer and entertainment of the soldiers.
Tn honor roll Is a, follows
T X3 T" , M . .
nnuui, siaie i. an. ". A. secre
tary Oregon-Idaho. Portland ; Ttev.
Jame Elvln, pastor. 'First Congrega-
"" cnurcn. baiem ; o. E- Halvorson,
BArase owner, saiem ; Jtev. Frank Ma
Pies. pastor. First Conarreo-atlnn.l
church. The Dalle ; J. w. Parmer, ad
visory and employment T. M. C A sec
retary, Portland ; Rev. D. A. Thompson.
Mlzpah Presbyterian church, Portland;
A- K. FltCh. Pastor. PrernrtjHan
church. Mills City; K. R. Moore, owner
and editor Gasette Times, -.Corvallia;
Fred Lockley. writer. Oregon Journal.
Portland ; R. J, Clark, general secretary
T. M. C A.. Astoria; Jt W. Da via, pas
tor, nr-t Bapit -church. , Eugene r
rg ij. tiaric, pastor, Presbyterian
church. La Grande; Dr. Carl O. Doner.
presraeni wiuamette university, Sa-
iera; n. . tjiara. construction engineer.
Portland: W. W. .Dillon. T. M. C. A.
secretary, Eatacada; George WaUon,
MANY
OREGON IANS
SERVING
FRON
? Girl Attempts Suicide t
" 5an Franclaco, FeW J-(t N. S.) A
15-year-old girl. Romllda Baxaon. tried
to commit suicide In Golden Gat park
here today by drinking poison. Th girl
1 said to have eloped to San Jose some
time ago with a young man. whose nam
Is being- withheld by the police. At a
local hospital It wa said th girl would
recover, f Aj 4,. - ...
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ra War Sarlast Crtlficata ia drivta aaotha
aaH la Geraaaara vpff la. , "ty it ,
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DR' PARRISH WARNS
vJEpPARDlZElHEALTH
Poorly Ventilated Shacks' Filling
With Shipbuilders Who Want
' to Be Near Work.
For"; the first tan In history, Portland
a"? differ of Jeopardising its
jifgh health standard through lack of a
housing code, ' according to Dr. George
Parrlah, city health officer.
Even though Portland has exnerlenced
a phenomenal growth durlne the last 15
years. .-ample room has always been
avauaoie rer proper houslnsr. he sara
-Ground .Dace Ustlll avfiiar.1. .n ,t, .
anions is the desire of those encased in .
x)tnlinniii. ..j , . . - " -
ahipbullding and other Industries to live
m twiiiis out. ana many i
people are now living In poorly ventllat-
ed shacks. Inadequately lighted and
wrenour. a trace or proper sanitation.
Heaalag Code Proposed
In his annual report Parrish recom
mends the immediate adoption by the
fcity council of -a housing code that will
cope with the new situation and prevent
Portland from becoming a "city of
fifth."
.Building against rata is another sug
gestion offered by Dr. Parrish.
'Believing that Portland is destined to
become an important shipping city, with
ships calling from all parts of the world,
Dr. Parrish suggests immediate atten
tion to freeing the city from rata as a
health measure.
All buildings In which restaurants,
bakeries or food storage establishments
are contemplated, should. If possible, be
built against rats, he says. In old build
ings 'the expense would r be too. arreat
but in new buildings or In places being!
remoaeiea a screening could be battt
Into the walls, he says, that would pre
vent rats from gnawing; through.
Concrete Docks Are Urged
All'new docks built in Portland should
be concrete. Dr. Parrish says, and if this
policy is followed, it will be but a few
years until the waterfront will be free
from buildings that are a ' menace to
public health.
Portland is the only city of Its size In
the country that does not contribute to
the aid of persons affiicated with tuber-
culqsls, he says, in urging a municipal
tubeneurosls hospital. i
Dr. Parrish believes that the city and
county snauld. coordinate; in this work,
and property- towned by the county, if
suitable, could, be -secured by the city on
which .mail ,,.rJ.L.
which small ten houses should be erect- '
ed. One physician and two attendants
could care for tha work. Dr. Parrish
says. V i
Hosting CedeNFropoted
Following closely thd recommenda
tions for a housing codes made bv'.. . m . i ' '
Health. Officer Parrish comeVtha samenv of the usual classes of work tn m-
recommendation from i rvm',ii- I
Barbur ' and City Building Inspector
Plammer. f . 's. . -
Mr. Barbur favors a committee cortr
posed of citizens interested In social
betterment work and of the chief build
ing Inspector and the city health off!
cer to prepare an up-to-date housing
wjiku win auaiauive saiiiL&ry ana
wen-designed homes for the tolling thou
sands of the city.
Inspector Plummer believes the Cham
ber of Commerce and other civic bodies
the need of a housing code. Only a
few monthMago . an " Pn -
ducted by Mr. Plummer showed more
are. ,. ' .
Renorts of the city water department
, -
?:0 eiUric rrriw a:
rapid increase in population and the 1m-
mediate need for rurnismng aaoiuonai
places' in which people may live. Mr.
Pluinmer say. - i
Recall of Argentine
Attaches Confirmed
- .
Washington. Feb. 2.-4(U. P.) Official
confirmation of th recall of the Arsen-
Iln'vnXof KnntlZ:
who was on a special military mission to
Berlin, was received by the state depart-
ment from the Argentine minister today.
Therecall specified that thes officials -return
to Argentina "within three s
months." . . ! ;5
' Battery A: Celebrates S
The fifty-second 'anniversary of the 5
Veterans of Battery, A. Field Artillery,
Oregon National Guard, , was observed S
Saturday night at a banquet at the Im-
perial hotel. A large! number attended.
Short talks by leading mertiber were on S
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Weather i Conditions
Portland and . kiattr Buoday, probablr
portion, probably
ratberly windJi.
rain; outher1r wind.
rt mi Mnada. " fair et
1 nnrtinn -. nuwIKl southerly
Washington unaa, rair eaax pwum, mm
west portion; moderate southerly winds. j
KDWABU U W'EIJA ,
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Dally Meterologiesl Report
Observations taken at ( p. tn.. Pacific tins,
February 2, ISIS. '
j C ; Wind
,.. Sj R !
if iH 1. ii
Baker 2S I ,f2 !; . . I S Cloudy
Poatoo ... SS (.. - W Clear -
CWoio .. S 2S - S Clear
Ileum ... 40 .0 14 NW Clear
Pnlath ... S . . NB Snow
Kureka .. BS ,;02 j 8 SW Cloody
ttarvaston . 42 -.04 S MP. tooly
Helena . .. S2 .01 ; SW Clear
Jackao'vtu S3 ... 8 Kg Cloudy
Uuueaw .. .. j., K Cloudy
IO Anaeles. SO .. 1.. BW Clear
Marshfield . S2 . 4 S Rain
Med ford . . ,44 ,01 i A !W (Lmrfy
Minneapolis IS ,.0 1 12 SW Cloudy
N. Orleans 64 . : 4 N Cloudy.
New Tork . 20 ,0 12 i SW H lnidy
N. Head.. 4( .28 20 HK Kaln
N. Yakima . 10 ' S N CkAtdy
Portland ., 4 .05 I 2 NW fUin
Roaburs - 2 . 1 S 8E Cloudy
St. Louis . 2 .0 ! 12 S Cloudy
Salt Lak . SS .. BK Ckudy
San Fraa... M .OS 1 N Cloudy
Sea-ttU 42 -OS 1 8K Cloudy
Spokaa . . S 1 : 4 N Cloudy
Ttcom 1. . . 44 .O SW Clmdr
Tatoosh'ls. 44 ,.2 20 SK Cloudy
Walla Walla S2 .2 .. SW Cloudy
Wuhtnrtoa 28 .. SW Clccdy
Wlnnlpe -h 8 ! 20 SW Clear
t a. in. today. 1.
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Portland, Or., Feb. 2. Maxim trta temp
id. or., JTeo. z. Maxuawta tempera-
tar. 40 dstrss; asinimasa temparatw. 27 da-
arte. JUver nsOMr, s aw aa., it. uiaos
in last 24 hoars. feet
Total rainfall ( p. aa. to 6 p. m.) .08 larhee.
Total tslnfaH atoo Septembw 1, 117. 29.89
Inch.. Normal rainfall sine Septeinbar '1.
2S.2S tecbaa Deficiency of raiafall atnr S
tevahwr I. 1S1T, .4 inehe. .
Suarl T J2 a. m.. aanaet 8:18 p. as. Total
sanaataa, 0 boars. minute.-' P nasi hi souhiaa,
houBS,' 4 -wthtatss. ' . . .
- Ifoonrtse 12:27 a. aa.i moonaet 9:B2 a. aa
- - Baeooaetar I radoead a Unml I S a. . lnif
tcehea. . 5 ',--'
Belativ bumlditTat aooa, tl per cent. : -
'The Old Grey Bonnet1!
Is to Be Bonnet of 18
Pertlaad Mtlilaer Bays BfjapUelty Is
Headwear for Women Tboag a Hot Is
"Prlee Will Be la Order TaW Sprlag.
Hist ! Gather around closely. Hera
are. soma inside tips on milady's hat for
next spring. ,
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- --of -u-m vi ma .emporium milli
nery. Is Just back from New Tork where
he was let in on some choice advance
hat styles.
According to the Paris "dope" that fil
tered through the censors the next batch
of women's hats will be of the old grey
bonnet type.
Woefully passe-will be dashing and
Wsarra : creations. - Simplicity will be
the key note. The only difference be- ,
tween the Old -fashioned mal alrnttW
J11. Rnd. th 1918 "offering Is that the .
una? cnm been eltml-
w,M .
" uwnui nww ..
l?h wno "Id cash for hata. .
w .
.w, nut Viixm are simpunea tor
the coming season. Some of tha ad- "
vance information obtained by Mr. Ker- 'V
bel was. that prices would not be low-
ered. I a fact, he said, they would be
quite high. -
Factories are closing down one" day
a week, labor is hard to obtain and ener- '
gles on the whole are being devoted to
war work, apologised Mr. Kerbet for .
the E C. of II .- "...
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IN FOREST REGIMENT
Call Comes for 3000 More Men
Who Are Not Subject to
Draft Regulations.
Uncle Sam wants 8000 more experi
enced : lumber workers- for the great
American army of loggers and sawmill
men already In the forests of Franc
producing material for the troops of tha
United States and of the allies.
The Twentieth engineers, the lumber
men's regiment has issued a call for
these 3000 ecruit for immediate serv
ice overseas. ?
Both registrants and men not subject
L ara" wuDO Rcceptt?:, c f '
i however, must pursue a different method
of gaining entrance to the regiment
The . regulations for entrance are as
follows: - v
Able-bodied white men not subject to'
draft age 18 to 21 and 31 to 40. citlsens
of the United States, with experience
nectlon with logging or milling opera
tions, can enlist at any United State .
recruiting station. .
. Able-bodied white men subject to
draft can be inducted into the Twentieth
engineers under the selective servica
law, provided their numbers are so low
: thii Vk w v.in
rent xquota of their local board a For
induction into service they should pre
sent themselves before their local
board N ,
WlinnlAmarifal m 4ha titmkarvnan'a 1.
lr h.t,unn. nt ,4,. .i.kJ.
! men, the.Forty.flrst, FortyHvecond and
,.Wf..tv.;A .,', ...k-..u-
To qualify in the road and tlWdge bat-
' t.llona man nhniild ka.IlM sir, th.
7 . -..Z. v.,.Z V .1
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as in th case of the engineer regiment.
Previous military training is not nec
essary for entrance to either division of
this aervice. said George H. Cecil.- dis
trict forester and enlisting officer, work
liiar In coteratIon with the war den art-
men t. Men seeking enlistment or induc
tion into the battalions or regiment will
b supplied, by full information at For-
fter Cecil's office In the Beck building,
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