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THE OREGbN SUNDAY JOURNAI PORTLAND. ' SUNDAY -MORNING, APRIL 21, 1918.
EAGER TO RETURN
GO
Lieutenant Hector MacQuarrie
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Says British Soldiers Are Op
timistic to Very Last Man.
ALLY SMASH SURE TO' COME
Triumphant Entry Will Be Made
Into Kaisertown; Great Work
Accomplished for Loan Drive.
A gigantic French, British and Ameri
can counter attack In the chief war
theatres of Kurope la Impending and
will mark the biggest as well as the
last battle of the war. Until tha coun
ter crash comes the allies, by all rules
of the srreat fighting- game, must re
sign themselves to "net, It In the neck'
and must be "fearfully" patient In the
meantime. Such, counter attack may
start tomorrow and may not start for
two. .months, but two months Is the
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Glided with his splendid British hu
mor, whose source he admits Is In his
Highland Scotch ancestry. Lieutenant
Hector MacQuarrie of the Royal Field
artillery, gave this rather startling state
ment as a result of the study Of the
wtfr game he has been making while
preaching liberty loan sermons In Port
land and Oregon during the past two
weeks.
Kartr to Iteturn to the Froat
After a voluntary campaign In aid of
the Liberty loan drive that baa re
quired him to make speech after speech
In all parts of the state, and after see
ing the drive In which he took such
an active part carried to success, first
of all American drives, Lieutenant Mac
Quarrie Is preparing to leave for Wash
Ington, where he will continue his pa
triotic work.
Lieutenant MacQuarrie, known to
thousands In Oregon as a result of his
work here, went to war with the British
lion In August, 1914, as a private In
one of his majesty's field artillery regl
merits. After a year of thrilling action
at the front, he was sent to America
to supervise gun production-for his gov
ernment at the great Pennsylvania steel
plants. Today he Is pulling all tha wire
within reach to get back to the scene of
action. Only this week- he was advised
to stick to the ship until he has fin
lulled saying the many things he has
to tell America.
"You kno. there's no denying that
the Uermans are going to give it to us
in tne necxs Tor a time yet," tne iteuten
ant said. "They haven't been turning
out their awful military machine all
these years to he whipped Into submls
slon over night. But we're bound to
get them.
Obedience Flrit Qualification '
t'The allies are having to build their
machine and fight with it at the same
time, and their progress is astounding,
Ojir lack of obedience Is the chief dls
advantage. 1 would say that obedience,
unfaltering, aliauld be 99 per cent of ttie
composition of a soldier and personal
enrage ami -initiative jtoulfl form
the other t. per cent. 4 l
,After all. the result of thiswar must
b that we will witness a triumphal
parade In the streets of London and
New York or in Berlin. But there will
b no Hun celebration In Berlin, that's
sure. The allied cgunter attack must
-,come soon and It will pu an effective
end to hope of a jubilee In kaisertown.
"Incidentally. 1 believe the greatest
mistake in British history was the fail
ure of our government to develop
friendliness with America. Of course,
that friendliness Is Insured now, but It
should have been developing since your
victory In the revolution. Britishers
who know America love her. and the
Ignorance of those who do not know
your country and your people la pitiful.
. Llkei American Audiences
'What we need all round Is a more
optimistic spirit. There is little danger
of the American no, loving the French
man and optimistic developments should
make the feeling mutual with England.
We British like the French, too. They
are a delightful people hectic excitable
-charming and they speak English so
awfully well.
'In regard to the Anglo-American
friendship it might be a good idea for
our American cousins to remember that
a- country is not without honor save
for its prophets.' lo you think that
will get across? I like Amerlcair"audi
ences so well, because my stuff does
seem to get across."
Just before the war broke out. Lieu
tenant MacQuarrie was a student at
Cambridge unlvefwlty, 'whose sacred
portals are entered every year by 1600
young Britons, with a few .foreigners,
black and white, who have a passionate
determination to do as' little work as
possible under the clrcumstancea" He
returned to Europe from a trip to Portu
. gal that followed his collegiate days,
and joined the army as a private. Later
he was commissioned.
"The next, day." the lieutenant says,
l strafed a sergeant who had nearly
knocked me down the day before my
rise : had a good shave In a shop
marked. Offlcers Only, and went up
.to London where T bought a badly fit
ting, though effective, uniform. I com
manded a battery of 200 men for two
months before I knew It."
The optimism of British soldiers Is
remarkable, the officer declares. The
boys are In the fight to win. they know
they will win therefore, their, happl
. ness is supreme.
Platinum is so ductile that a wire
100 miles long could be drawn from a
.single Troy ounce of the metal.
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The Proportions in which the
Contributed Men to the
Each block of squares represents the total of 7,500,000 The black portions show the extent of the services at
men raised by the Empire. The shaded squares show the the outbreak of war. The larger areas of white show the
proportion of. men contributed by each section of the extent to which they have expanded durinj the war.
Empireyv- ; , 1 '
In his several addresses before Port-
land audiences ' last week Lieutenant
Hector MacQuarrie of the' British, army
made "the startling announcement that
England to date has furnished 60 per
cent of the men enlisted by the British
empire for army purposes from the be
gfnnlng of the war to the fall of 1817.
These figures are substantiated by an
illustrated article in the . London Sphere
of March 23, which is reproduced here
with and which shows that of -Britain's
fighting force of 7.500,000 men raised
since the war, 4,530,000 men, or 60.4 per
cent, came from England. t
' What the Flgoret Show
The article follows:
"We here put before our readers In
diagrammatic form some of the figures
given recently by Sir Auckland Geddes.
On the left-hand are a series of six dia
grams, each representing in the bulk
the total number of men raised by the
British empire up to the period of the
autumn of 1917. This figure is no less
than 7.500.000. Of this gigantic total,
what percentage has each section of the
empire contributed to the whole? The
proportions,, may be set out In tabular
form as here:
Per
cent.
.-. 60.4
,.. 8.3
... 3.7
... 2.3
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Overseas dominions and colonies.
India, African possessions, etc. ..
...12.0
...13.3
,.100.6
Total . .
"One sees at once that the army 13
overwhelmingly an English army as re
gards the actual number of men taken
from each section of the empire. Ire-
lands contribution is the smallest, being
2.3 per cent of the total.
"But, the reader will ask, what rela
tlon have these figures to the popula
tions of the various parts of the em
pire from which they were drawn? It
would not be fair to form a mental pic
ture on these figures alone. Scotland,
for Instance, has only contributed 8.3
per cent of the whole army, but how
does that figure stand towards her pos-
Cooking Under Water More
Difficult Than on Land
Washington, April 20. Cooking under
water has its disadvantages, but when
you have a nice water-proof kitchen on
one of Uncl4 Sam's safe submarines it
is not so bad. according to Mrs. M. A.
Wilson of Philadelphia, who trains
cooks for the United States navy.
Enlisted men are Mrs. Wilson's stu
dents and pupils and she conducts some
of her cooking classes on board battle
ships and submarines. She tells of being
J9 hours under water on a submarine.
Housewives who are Interested in sub
marine cooking will learn from Mrs.
Wilson that the intense cold from the
bottom of the ocean must be considered
by the submarine cook.
Eleetrle Stoves Used
"Electric Btoves are used." she says,
"but food .which requires a high tem
perature must be cooked before the sub
marine Is submerged."
. She tells of her work in this way :
t "I began with a class of SO men. To
day I have 1000 men under training.
"X have spent days taking oil ranges
apart to find out why the men could not
make them work, finally discovering
that it was because they had kept the
flames too 1 high. The work done has
conformed entirely to navy require
ments. One must find the amount ' of
food named in the regulations to serve
at a cost of 45 cents a'day.
- : Coarse of yive Weeks . ,
every day from 5: JO a. m. to 7 p. m.
cent
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THE BRITISH
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THE AIR SERVICE
Strength, 1914, 2,000 i
strength, August 1917,
125,000
Expansion, 6,250 per
cent, and fast expanding
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12 per cent
THE NAVY
Navy in 1914, 150,000 1
navy in October, 1917.
over 400,000 men
Expansion, 266 per cent
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Empire has
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How the
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Lieutenant Hector MacQuarrie
sible contribution? lias she done as
much as she could? Let us give some
particulars which will throw light on
Every man .must know how-to make
bread and . under very different con
ditions from those on land. The varia
tion in . temperature is great and the
water used must come from the ocean.
"The boys are enthusiastic about their
work and I don't believe I have ever
seen a finer class of men. We have
doctors. lawyers, clerks all professions
and trades- represented. There have been
practically no failures.
Her First Class
"In Boston 225 men were turned over
to me to train as commissary stewards.
I did not know what was required, of
such an officer. I went to Cape Hen
lopen to find out what a commissary
steward - was supposed to do. Then . I
Immediately put these .225 men into
white suits such as navy cooks wear
and put them into tho kitchen to learn
how to cook as a foundation for their
work.".
Gifts to Colleges in ;
War Times Proper
. .-
Washington. April 20. "Gifts to col
leges and universities for the payment
of current expenses while the war -continues
would seem to be entirely legiti
mate and proper. says Dr. P. P. Clax
ton, United States commissioner of edu
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Strength, 1914.
about 700,000
October, 19 17 over 4,000,000
ARMY ONLY Expansion, 570 per
cent
Services Military.
have -Exoanded
Naval, an Alt
the relation of men serving with the
army to the approximate number of
available males in each section of the
empire.
"If we take Kngland as having, ap
proximately, 6,300,000 males of military
age fit and unfit. Including those In
essential industries and national occu
pations, we find that of these 4,530,000
men are with the army, giving a per
centage of 71$4. Wales may be given
aa 390,000 men, of which 280,000 are
with the army, giving a percentage of
71 the same as England. Scotland
may be represented by 880,000, of which
620,000 are with the army, giving a per
centage of 70 practically the same as
England and Wales.
"Then we come to Ireland, with an
approximate total of 830,000. of which
170,000 are with the army, giving the
percentage of 20, a low percentage,
for which many persons and ways of
thinking are responsible. Finally, how
do the self-governing colonies stand?
The approximate number here is 3,000,
000, of which 900,000 are with the army,
a percentage of 30.
Several ITalts Expanded
"In- the opposite column, three dia
grams will further serve to Illuminate
Sir Auckland Geddes' figures. One sees
a vast expansion, both of the army and
the air forces, and also a great expan.
slon of naval personnel. Such figures
will help our readers' to grasp how
great has been the task which the na
tion has had to tackle during the pa&t
three years. Now another great cis
tern of the English-speaking peoples Is
being harnessed for war under the
leadership of Mr. Wilson. There ar
calculated to be about 100,000,000 per
sons in the United States of America.
The last census (1910) gave the white
population as 81,731,957, the Increase
per annum of the total population being
2.10 per cent.
"Just how many men of the new
American army are now In the fighting
line and under training we cannot state
at the moment, but day by day it grows
and grows."'
cation, in response to inquiries from a
number of schools and colleges regard
ing financial campaigns in war time.
"It is generally conceded," says Dr.
Claxton. "that It is of great Importance
that our colleges and universities remain
open and maintain the largest possible
degree of efficiency during the war, and
that they shall be able to meet the
larger demands made upon them when
the war is over."
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Modified Enfield Is Declared by
Military Critic to Be Twice
as Fast as Mauser. .
Washington, - April 20. American
troops are armed with a faster
nnnj ana more accurate rifle
than used by the Germans, according to
our expert designers, manufacturers.
and marksmen. One military critic and
writer, Edward C Crossman. claims that
the German Mauser does not nermit the
most skilled user to get more than 50
per cent of the firing speed of the modi
fied Enfield adopted for the United
states service.
It the rapidity of fire of one army's
rifle is twice that of the weapon used by
enemy rinemen, ana the forces numeri
cally the same strength, the former has
in effect other things being equal, two
riflemen to the enemy's. one. Hence to
make two bullets fly where one flew be
fore has been one of the main objects
sought in gun design since organised
fighters found a more effective way to
battle than the primitive stage of throw
ing missiles at one another.
The superiority claimed for the Ameri
can weapon is supported on three
counts : Quicker fire as a result of bolt
handle design, easier and Quicker sight
ing as a result of sight design, greater
accuracy of bullet flight as a result of
bullet design, and greater mechanical
accuracy of chamber and bore.
The Dominican republic has legally
adopted the metric system of weights
and measures. -
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Short lengths, ranging
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65c Cretonnes, special, yd., 45c
55c Cretonnes, special, yd., 39c
45c Cretonnes, special, yd-, 33c
40c Cretonnes, specail, yd., 29c
35c .Cretonnes, special, yd., 27c
25c Cretonnes, special, yd., 19c
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Regular i .75 Marquisettes in
cream, .white or ecru; 2 'A yards
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border. Special, 11.20 the pair.
Regular S4.75 Marquisettes in
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Venice motifs set in hemstitched
border. Special, $2.90 the pair.
New arrivals in Kapock Sunfast
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William Stark Akers
William Stark Akers, a graduate of
the February, '16 class of Lincoln high
school, left recently for Kelly field,
San Antonio, Texas, to be placed
In active service with an aero squadron.
IENNING'
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This Queen Anne Dining Suite $358
A wonderfully handsome suite, developed in American walnut. It is highly
finished and the workmanship is faultless. . The suite consists of the follow
ing, sold singly or en suite:
Extension Table China Closet Serving Table
Buffet Carver Five Diners
Brass Bed Sale
We are closing out dozens of our
finest brass beds, both full and
three-quarter size. Simmons' or
Foster Bros.' Ideal at attract
ive prices. See Fifth-street
window display. These are
some of the special prices:
$29.50
$33.75
$42.75
$49.50
We will allow you a lib
erar price for your old
range or stove and sell,
you a '
Duplex
Alcazar
on eisy terms.- The Duplex
Alcazar is tbe pioneer of com
bination ranges. ; It burns an
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ras.. Two'fueis may be used
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He passed the examlnatione In Decern-'
ber at Seattle and was recommended
for the balloon school at Fort Omaha,
but there being so many applicants :
ahead of him for this branch of th
service, he secured a transfer to actm
duty In the aviation section of the Sig
nal Corps and was ordered to report
at once to Kelly Field. Since passing
his examination - m December he has
been taking post graduate 'work at
Franklin high school, specialising in
subjects that would be of use to him in
the Signal 'Corps, v- He ts the eon of Mr.
and Mrs. William. r. jucers, sous orty
sixth street southeast. -.
Merchant Marine
Needed After War
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Cincinnati. April 10. (TJ.
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American merchant marine which shall
be capable not only of helping to win
the war, but the wresting from the
central powers markets which they
have monopolised waa the keynote
adopted by the National' Foreign Trade
convention in Its closing session today.
Whatever is done now or the pro
motion of trade after the war must have
for its primary-object a, full and de
cisive victory." read a report submitted
by the general committee. Export trade
at present must be maintained to-stabilise
the national credit
Proxy Weddings Do
Not Bring Insurance
Springfield. Til.. April 20. (L N. S.)
American girls cannot obtain their
soldiers sweethearts insurance by proxy
weddings.
This Is the ruling of Attorney Gen
ehai Brundage on the case of a Chi
cago girl who wished a proxy wedding
so that she could obtain her soldier
sweetheart's insurance in the event he
was killed in France.
The only way the girl could obtain
the insurance was for him to will it to
her, Brundage held.
Good Furniture
A Sale
of Rugs
We have rrrouped iust
20 patterns of fine Qj
eradie Axminster Tl
Rugs, 9x12 size, both
seamed and seamless,
to be offered this
week under normal
price. These are not
cheap rugs they are
all of good quality and
they include a number
of the famous Smith
make. Beginning to
morrow and continu
ing all week
them at
$38
This itoxe
is recoj
nized : bead-
quarters
for fine ruts and car
pets. We invite yoa to
look at out displays. "
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PHYSICIANS
ACCUSED
0 F CARELESSNESS I N
FILING CERTIFICATES
City Statisticians Say Difficulty
Found in Establishing Rec- ;
ords of Native Born.
1 fiA m.I m nVv.l.l. wm
' tn Portland and Oregon in preparing
birth certirtcatea causes the city and;
state health bureau needless energy,
and often renders birth certificates use- -less,
declare city statisticians. - ..
This fact has been disclosed because,
of the frequent requests for birth certi
ficates demanded by men preparing to
enter, military service who have been -Instructed
to produce proof of their
birth in the United States.
Recently a birth certificate was re
ceived by the city health bureau, and -
Mtss Ruth Carter, chief clerk, spent
several hours endeavoring to make out .
the name of the physician. The maker'
of the report was not a local doctor and '
his signature was finally Identified at;
the office of the state health bureau.
Otherwise, it is probable that the name
of the physician woeld not have been1
Illegible.
"Extreme care should be taken in pre
paring birth certificates." said Mlaa
Carter. "We are called upon almost t
daily to furnish copies of birth certlfl--catea
to men about to enter military;
service. Many of these filled out years:
ago are so carelessly written as to al-
most prove worthless." t
A five wheeled velocipede with the
driving wheel in the center, is a novelty i
for children.
Washington
at Fifth
Furniture
Spinet Desks
We have just added
new arrivals to our
fine stock: of Spinet
Desks. You will find here
some beautiful examples
of craftsmanship in fine
mahogany. Spinet Desks
from $38.60 upwards. . -
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