THE OREGON DAILY JOjJRNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918.
"PRIVATE BRISS"
DESCRIBES CHAT
WITH AN OFFICER
Interview Less Lengthy Than
Those Secured at City Hall
Here In Former Days.
BOND SUCCESS PLEASES
Officer in France Sends Words
Of Admiration for French Peo
ple Who Display Fortitude.'
such veneral delays on th real subject
at band, Possibly few mora affairs
Ilka the Tuseanle and the casualty lists
from tha front will have tha desired
affect and they will "t their dander
up." If they ever do. may the Lord help
tha kaiser when America foes tn with
real blood In her eye not for the fulfill
ment of ideals but to win. If they o
not but continue apathetic and kicking
at tha government aa they ware before
we came over, the Lord will have to help
the whole world, as it wilUbe too lata
for the world t help itself.
"If the people: of America could only
see the way the people of France are
fighting the war to a man,, woman or
child"-they J wpuld be ashamed of the
part they have permitted obstruction
lata to play in tha war to date. The old
women, and the old men and some of
the young women and children do all
the work la the' fields and around the
Houses and hotels. You sea them driv
ing erts. sweeping streets, and doing
everything imaginable In the line of
hard work. I uw a little, stoop shoul
dered woman, withered with age, wheel
ing a wheelbarrow of dirt as big aa her
self yesterday nd that is but a sample
or tna every day eights about us.
noted among tha passengers on tha miss-
Ing collier Cyclops, much local interest
attaches itself.' He is listed as A. I
Maurice Oottsehalk, consul general from
the United States to Rio Janeiro and
Brazil, but he is better known in this
country as Alfred M.- He to the sow
of I Gaston GottschaJk, world re
nowned opera singer and vocal teacher.
The elder Oottsehalk resided tn Portland
from September, 1910, to May. 1911, when
ha had large classes In voice. He came
te the coast to recuperate his health
and returned to Chicago, where his
death followed shortly, Mrs. Carrie K.
Beaumont of Portland was for 11 years
teacher t his conservatory ln Chicago
and frequently met his son there, where
he cam to vjit his father, though he
and his sister. Miss Clara Oottsehalk,
both lived with their mother in New
York. Miss Oottsehalk was a piano
assistant to Kdward AlaSDowell, com
poser, in New York before his final
sickness. .
FOUR
FOR
LIEUTENANTS
STATE POLICE
COMPLETE PERSONNEL
About 80 Recruits Have -Been
Assigned to Active Duty
in Service.
DETERMIN
PROGRAM
With appointment yesterday of four
first lieutenanta - for- the Oregon State
Police battalion being recruited by
Major Richard Ielch. commanding of- stated.
Jnh w. Hammond and Kdmond P. i ricer, the commissioned personnel or me I pitai supplies, particularly morphine.
Hammond, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Win- i organisation has been completed. Al- J The morale of the German soldiers Is
throp Hammond, are now at an Kant- mom su recruits nave necn sworn in nq i uecuning, me aispaicnes reveaieo. unijr
WSMCATERERSSOONILL
Tat jrastacr ef WoaBded ; Being Be
terse Frest . rreat JExhasslaf Het-
; pltal faculties. - j ..
Washington. AprU V-(J. N..B.) The
situation brought about In Germany by
the vast number of wounded returning
irora me west rront is Becoming; ex-i n f tiL n J.,.m J
tremely serious, according to advices . vgiisuiupuvii ui ?f nee. .nouuveu
reaching the state department Tuesday, t
it was declared in these dispatches
that at Aaohen (Aix LaChapelle) all
accommodations for wounded were al
ready exhausted and that schools and
other public buildings and private dwel
lings were being ' used as hospi
tals. Twenty.flve hospital trains are
arriving at that point each night, it was
There is a great scarcity ef host
ern port awaiting orders -to leave for
Prance, Mrs, Hammond left Tuesday
' ft arawlth to praaentad new of hoy of tha
Oniob entintrr mho era in tba nation's tnrttnt,
which will aentiniie U b i faatqra ot Tb
Journal as the w n in. Jattara from iinp
aiwi rantoanunt aha erpt tKercfnan Will be
tnalud4 la Utia eo)uma from da jr . 14 day. ,". .
PRIVATE- CLAUDB BRISTOL U
how gt Bepecia, CsK, training camp,
having completed his course at tha last
oidnance school at Eugene. He .was for
several years prior to his enlistment
city hall reporter for The Journal. In
note to a member of the staff he
writes: .
You know this life Is somewhat differ,
ent from ttve newspaper game. Here
ysu take what comes and keep your
mouth shut. Vom don't even thank them
for answering questions. It isn't done!
1 have had two pleasant conversations
with my superior officer consisting of
first, Yes, lr,' and the second, yes
nir I"
We have lust received our guns
and regular Infantry equipment and
we packed It around in drill to
day and are a tired, though happy,
bunch of men tonight The aun is
Just coming up over the brown hlUe
of California When we line up for mess
in the morning an hour or so earlier
than the old 7 :S0 a. m.'at The Journal.
"JUST PRIVATE BRISJJ,"
"l wlah I could tell you all about this
country, but that would haYdly be possi
ble without being able to say where we
are, writes an engineer now in Franca
who was formerly stationed at Vanaou
ver barracks. "The first two things that
Impressed me about this section is the
natural and developed beauty and
qualntnees ef the city and country and
the abaelute u-nhealthful and unaanlrarv
vaiiamona unor wnion ine people live.
There are fortifications where I was mo
toring recently (In a Kord ambulance)
that were originally built by tha Phoeni
cians and which were so badly worn by
Julius Caesar's time that he repaired
them. The harbor is beautiful but there
isn't a wharf in town that will hold a
, Di uner rn.no, ino ireigjm is wis;nierea
-: ashore. The same centraat of beauty
and interest with absolute Impractica
bility exists everywhere, except in-the
country roads, which are wonderful. The
barrack in which wa were first quar.
; terea after our arrival are over 150
years eld and were at one time used by
Napolean aa hie headquarters.
"All the country is cultivated to the
last acre everywhere you go and the
work la being done by old men. old
i woman and bays. You do net see any
men ef an age to be at tha front around
town excepting those in uniform home
en a. short lta.v. It nvr eea.aea to
seem strange to tha American : beys to
see women plowing and cleaning streets
ii ana au mat son ex imng, ui me oqa
est of all are the wooden shoes in the
' rural districts; worn by men, women and
i children of the poorer classes.'4
"It cheered us all to hear of the suc
cess of the second Liberty loan cam
paign," wrote an officer in the engi
: near a, after that event. He was for
merly stationed at Vancouver, barracks
and Is now Jn franca.
To know that the people at home are
doing what they can in a financial way
ia a big help to tha men over here. The
only time our spirits flag Is when we
read of criticism of tha government and
v "7 " " "n . i fpr the East to bid her sons adieu. Both
..vwrvra. vn. mw . I W AA k. n nfflra- train.
to cross the ocean on tneir way to " ... . ,
France that , Uncle Sam ; has devised a
wonderful method f protecting his own
on their way. across and ,that it is only
by the Sheerest accident that the Hun
can get an American transport as in the
case of he Tnscania-"
v:-"'A' ' m, m
v' JKThe-ma train is in and Lieutenant
' ' just came in looking like the head
mourns? Al a wakt, so I know-jhere
wont be any mall tonight," j
So writes a. man in France, who, too.
Is looking -for letters. And when the
mall train falls to bring letters there
are Just as many glum mourners as
there are soldiers waiting. If the space
that was taken up in the mall ahlpe
with packages' of sweets, smokes s.nd
comforts is Just filled with letters and
mere letters the ban on overseas parcel
post will not be keenly felt "over there,"
Papers, too, are much in demfind -as
tha news is strictly censored. .The folr
lowing excerpts from letters from tha
same man give interesting high lights
of the impressions and experiences ef
the soldiers in service:
"We really know nothing about what
Is going on in the world- We see a
French newspaper once in a while, but
most of 'tis know too little ef the lan
guage to get much from its strictly cen
sored cplumns. The American newspa
pers are always at least a month old.1 I
Just saw (February 28) tha published
account of the aims of the war as out
lined by President Wilson early in Jan
uary. .
"My work will apparently keep me
moving about France. Part of the road
I traveled over yesterday was a cobble
stone highway built by Napolean to
Madrid on his campaign against Spain."
a l
By traveling the streets of Bordeaux
with a bath tub on top ef a tgxtcab an
officer formerly stationed near Portland
now boasts possession of the only bath
tub in his camp, Following is an ex
oernt from his letter i
The people over here, or round about
us anyway, don't believe In baths appar
ently. This town is fair sized and there
Isn't a hath tub available ror use in uie
winter time, except the one J bought in
Bordeaux d carried around the city on
top of a taltcab. I gained quite a repu
tation over the stunt, but. thank, heaven.
have a, tub. The bath house here is
only open in the summer time as they
consider it superfluous in the cold
weather."
To those who have heard nothing hut
sjlence from their packages of delectible
aweeta sent to loved ones "over there" it
mieht be interesting te hear of the sue
oessful arrival in France, "in perfect
oondltion" March a, er a tin or rruu
sake that had been mailed shortly be
fore Christmas. It might be surmised.
from' its rioe old ase. that it "flew
with its own wings' like the state of its
birth, but an enthusiastic letter states
that it didn't, even limp into camp. Ex
cerpts from the letter follow :
"The biggest day on record I That is
what yesterday was. Six letters, the
tin of fruit cake and a pair of socks,
all in one mail. The cake came through
In perfect condition and all the officers
at headquarters had some. The socks
are perfect and X like the distinctive
blue stripes, but when in doubt just
write letters; they mean everything te
us "over. here."
I m
In the name of Alfred M. Oettschalk,
lng camp- at the Presidio and are in
th4 ordnance department. Joseph W.
Hammond was practicing law in the
office of J. H. Middleton prior to enter
ing the service and his younger brother,
Eklmond P., was a student in the tech
nical engineering department at the Ore
gon Agricultural college. .Mrs. Ham
mond will visit in New York for sev
eral weeks before her return to the
cpast,
PROMINENT LEADERS
AT CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH ASSOCIATION
Representatives of Twenty-five
Churches Were Present, at
Two Days' Session.
assigned to active duty pending the com
plete mobilisation of the battalion.
Major Delch definitely appointed J,
W. Keeker -of Condon, Oeorge Snyder
of Salem, Major Louis P, Campbell and
Walter V, Threlkeld of Portland as lieu
tenants. Lieutenant Kocker will be seo
ond in command ot the Eastern Oregon
company, Snyder will be attached to the
Salem unit under Captain O. J, Hull, and
Campbell and Threlkeld will be attached
to the Portland companies commanded
respectively by Captain By M. lobls
and Captain L. E. Beach. .
Pesdletea Williams' Headiaarters
Captain Harry E. Williams, it was de
cided, will command the Eastern Oregon
among the new levies of very young sol
diers is there a real enthusiasm, it was
declared.
' Enemy Agitators
Busy in Colorado
Telluride. Colo., April 17. (L,N. &
r soerai agents arrive? nere l uaaaay to
investigate an alleged plot or several for
eign born miners,- believed to be mem
bers of the I. W. W., who bound and
gagged Maurice Hamalain. a blacksmith.
escorted him to the outskirts of the eity
company and after the mobilisation- of nd warned him to e munity-
E
FOR SAVING WHEAT
More Than Half by Big
v Consumers. :
his unit probably will establish head
quarters at Pendleton. Captain John B.
Htbbard, the fifth captain in the battal.
It is said Hamalain had Informed gov
ernment officials of a plot among L W.
W. here to interfere with work at the
ion. will devote his full time to executive coal mines
work as battalion adjutant.
Tha four lieutenants appointed are
veterans of the Spanish-American war,
making all commissioned officers former
fighters. Lieutenant J. W. Kocker hag
had an especially brilliant military
career. He was a member of the famous
Twentieth Kansas volunteers in the war
with Spain and served nine years in the
regular army, reaching the grade of
first sergeant. With the regulars he
saw service in the Boxer uprising and
with the Chinese relief expedition. Lieu
tenant Campbell will retire as a major
in the Oregon guard to accept the police
commission.
For Privates
As rapidly as recruits are sworn in
they are being assigned to active duty
Jacob Karcane, a miner, is being held
by Sheriff Hoffman who aaya that
Hamalain identified the miner as a ring
leader of tha L W. W.
Whether Portland hotels and restau
rants will adopt the - no wheat food
program . will be decided In a meeting
of the betel i and restaurant men's
committee In a few days.
Already hotels and restaurants have
reduced their consumption of wheat
to leas (ban a a 0-60 basis with sub
stitutes. "Unless we are sure of getting ' all
the substitutes for whesten flour we
will need we must reduce the amount
of flour used gradually." said K. W.
Childs, chairman of the hotel and res
taurant men's committee and manager
of the Portland hotel.
"Before wa began cutting down on
wheat we used about St0 pounds of
flour a month. Now with a greatly
increased business wa use only 11
monthly. That shows our consumption
of wheaten flour is . almost one third
less alx barrels a month now against
It barrels before the saving program
was begun.
"This Is about the proportion of re
duction among all hotels and rests u
rant a
"We are preparing to make ill foods,
including gravies and sauce thickened
by flour, without the wheaten product
until wheat saving becomes no longer
a necessity." ,
5TSSSSJ rsm an i iisasaapacggpatssasgarasg
No Medicine-Chest
Without
Its Family Laxative
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- i 1 r 4
' From th baby to th grandparents a good UxaUvw a the
necessary medicine tn tha little) Ilia, it
necessary medicine in tha little) ilia. It wasda eft seriou
sickness and save doctor's bills. Many a cold has been pre-
rentaq rrora running into gnppe ana pneumonia by its timely
Many a racking beads the baa been quickly dispelled by it.
. And it te a laxative rather than a drastic cathartic or purgative
that should be in every family medicine cheat, for a laxative
can be used at all ages.
Thousands of good American families have for more than
a quarter century used a combination of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin known to druggists as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. It is a laxative-tonic that act on the bowels and
stomach. Infants takeit with perfect safety, and it is equally
effective for grownups.
Grandparents are now eeeing their children give Jt to their
babies. It is excellent for all the family In constipation no
matter how chronic, indigestion, wind colic, biliousness,
headaches, dyspepsia and similar ills.
Thm oYuiaiaf wilt refund your money it it fmila
to do ma promitmd.
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laataaaad labcrstary
seats dan aa tba War
tka aaajMilactvraie ef
Dr. CeiaWl a Snp
rapala ara aaariacias
thaw eratis sad ahath
aye te war tasaa. ee
that Uua tas iaaativa
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YRUP OEPSIN
Th Perfect & Laxative
FfE SAMPLES Dr. CaldwaQ Sjjs
n taUraaa iW tUl LuZVi, a?
B. CaidWL 4eA
111. II y kavs aaaaW
sy el Tka Car ! tba
pea St.. MaatiaalU,
With 75 delegates present, represent
ing 5 churches in and near Portland,
churhcVsos a two day the battaUon is recruited to
vtt r-nr,-r.r,, v,..i. tw.., - normal strength its four companies wilt
evening after a highly interesting and I MVrl ,L?nt if 1i.t Jn
public was admitted to the address and
the church was crowded.
Twenty Portland churches and five
outside churches were represented with
delegates and many lay members of the
several congregations attended. Among
the distinguished visitors present, each
of whom made several addresses, were
the Hev. Mr." Patton and the Rev, W,
W. Scudder of Boston and Miss Miriam
Woodbury of New York. Monday eve
ning Miss Woodbury spoke on "War
and the New Woman," and Rev. Patton
SpoKe on "war ana tne rsew ura,
' The only important business before
the session was tha election of Rev. A.
J. Sullens as moderator of the Portland
association, to relieve Rev. V. J. Meyer,
who presided at the opening sessions.
The meeting was marked by the Fellow
ship dinner served at tha. church Tues
day night.
Preceding Mr. Patton's address on
Africa Miss Woodberry spoke on "Our
Italian Neighbors." "The Every Mem
ber Drive," was the subject of an ad
dress by Rev. W. W. Scudder at the
meeting Monday, Mr. Scudder is asso-
Men's
Business
Suits
It's the busi
nesslike look
and satisf ao
tory wear
that makes
Mathis
Clothes
popularwith
active busi
ness men.
You can always
rely on Mathis
quality.
Good All-Wool Fabric Moderately Priced
i $20, $25, $30, $35
A3ID VrWABDS !
elate secretary of
National council.
i
the Congregational 1 be fully recruited.
Portland, one later to be assigned to
Eastern Oregon and another to Salem.
Eleven men enlisted by Captain Hull
at Salem have already been sworn in and
are on temporary guard duty in Port
land. A number ef recruits are report
ing each day from Eastern Oregon.
"The $90 a month wage for privates
and great chance for advancement in
the ranks for those who get into tha
police service early are proving attrac
tions to men ot an exceptionally high
order." Major Delch declared yesterday.
"Practically every man thus far en.
listed has a record of successful military
service."
The actual enlistment of applicants for
places in the- ranks of the . state
ponce oaitaiion started yesterday at
Major Richard Diech's headquarters in
the Morgan building, where more than
100 applications are on file. As rapidly
as these men can go through a physical
examination they are being sworn into
the service.
Major Delch believes that the new bat
talion will have a working nucleus by
May 1 and that within a short time
thereafter the entire four companies will
Furloughs Planned
For Oregon Troops
Enlisted Meu From Oregon Will Be
Granted Furloughs Daring Planting
and Barrett Season to Aid Farmers.
Enlisted Oregon men will be granted
furloughs from training camps during
the planting and harvest season so that
they may aid in farm work throughout
the state. This decision from the war
department is in the hands of Adjutant
General John H. Williams, who has re
ceived a supply of blank forms upon
which enlisted men will apply for fur
lough. Blanks will be furnished to exemp
tion boards and they will turn them
over upon application to enlisted men,
and wherever they see fit the boards
will .insure a furlough to the applicant
by recommending his release. Adjutant '
General Williams believes the depart
ment 'has decided that the release of
Oregon farmers from Camp Lewis for a
brief period will not materially hamper
military training, but will be a great
benefit to the proper handling of crops.
Many Non-combatant
Officers at Capital
Washington. April 17. (I. N. S.V-
There are 1772 non-combatant officers
of tha draft age on duty in Washing.
ton, This was the answer Tuesday of
Acting secretary of war Crowell to
an inquiry from the senate regarding
the commissioning of men of draft
agiB in non-combatant positions. The
information was sought by Senator
Thomas of Colorado, after a fight had
been launched in congress against so
called "slickers," or men who are
wearing uniforms while doing duty
wnicn aoes nor. piece mem in any
danger.
Condemnation Will
Take Much Time
More than two months of time will be
consumed in hearing the 32 suits filed
by the city for the condemnation of
property in 37arquam gulch sought for
park purposes. The suits must be tried
separately and Deputy City Attorney
Tomlinson believes it will take at least
two days for each.
An offer of the amount of the assessed
valuation was tendered the owners of!
the property but In each ease the city's
tender was declined. The purchase of
the property for park purposes was au
thorized by the voters at the last city
election.
Thomas Suspended
By University Head
Chicago, April 17. (I. N. S.) Pend
ing a meeting Tuesday of the board
Of trustees Professor w. I. Thomas has
been suspended ss a member of the fac
ulty of the University of Chicago be
cause of relations with Mrs. R. M,
Granger, wife ef a United States army
officer now in France. Professor Thomas
was suspended following a long distance
telephone message from Harry Pratt
Judson. president ef the university, to i
Martin A. Ryerson, bead of the board.
f releasor rnomas rerusea to com
ment en President Judson's action.
Vslssaee -
MENS WEAR
Corbett Building Fifth and Morrison
Lecture Sunday by
Rev.H,Edw,MiUs!
Sunday evening at Chrlstensen's hall.
Eleventh and Yamhill streets. Rev.: h.
Edward Mills of Spokane, co-pastor
with Rev. A. C. Grier of the Church
ef the Truth, will deliver his lecture,
"Heralds of the Golden Age." An.
acquaintance luncheon at :30 will pre
cede the lecture. . A musical program
of solo and quartet numbers will In
tervene, Mr- Mills, la founder of the
Realisation league, and is spending the.
month of April t In Portland.
Palestine to Be Cleaned Up
vVashington; AprU .1t-C N. 5.
Palestine is going -to be, cleaned lip."
The frightful conditions that have pre
vailed there for . centuries will be cor
rected, the American Red Cross -an-'
nounced Tuesday afternoon, by I, use of
$390,000 appropriated to begin the. work.
- A commission of 40 has already sailed
for aJeatine. , ;;v- 'V""y,-'
American Soldier Escapes
Rome, AprU 17 The first American
soldier 'te escape from German captivity
has arrived at Neucnstal, Swltserland.
according to Swiss advices Tuesday. The
American ia interned there the dispatch
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the ferer aad nakaa foe
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