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A THE , OREGON ;. SUNDAY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND,. SUNDAY. MORNING, AUGUST -4, 1518. - 13 LIBRARIES HAVE BECOME CENTERS F No Institution Has Under Scope of Work or Accomplishes More Far-Reaching Results. ORGANIZATION IS PERFECT Splendid Work Done Among Sol- diers in Work Shops and in ' the Homes of Portland. Of all th Institutions engaging In wartime activities, probably the work of none U mora far reaching in its scope and mors general In Its character than that carried on through the public libraries of Portland. Not merely the supplying of wartime literature to those who may auk for it, not merely seeing that the library la supplied with the latest books oft the war, but on such a mammoth scale and with such perfect efficiency has the systembeen worked "out, that one hearing an enumeration of the things being done and being planned to be done by the library, must marvel at the immensity of the task and the success of the achievements. Of all the wartime activities of Cen tral library. Miss Mary Frances Isora la most proud of "my Boldter plant," as he calls it. From the "plant," 45.000 books are now in distribution, through out the .various army cantonments, re crultlng stations, Y. M. C. A. buildings, Kmergency Fleet corporation, navy, Ben son Polytechnic school, spruce and log ging camps, army hospitals and wher ever else-a book-hungry soldier or sailor may nappen 10 De. Special Books Gives A part of the books are the result of the recent book campaign that was conducted by the library, and a part, the more technical ones, were purchased from the funds of the American Library association. .ome of the librarians are kept busy watching the various camp libraries and seeing' that they are kept supplied. Miss iadle M. V. M. C. Noyes each week visits the A. and Knights of Columbus libraries at Vancouver to see that they are kept supplied, ' and each Saturday Miss Isom and Miss Noyes visit the base hospital, with a machine load of books which -they distribute among the pa Ileitis. These are "requested" books, a list of which Is made out each week by the patients and supplied to them each Sat urday by the visiting librarians, who then gather up the books the "men have finished reading. Loggers Get Bookf The emergency fleet Is furnished with books, both the merchant ships and the navy. Books are also being supplied to th Benson Polytechnic school until the books, provided by Mr. Benson,' ar fixt. ' Ten thousand books are circulat ing through the spruce and logging camp of the state. These are not only for the use of soldiers, but civilians as well. ?TV have long wanted to supply the logging camps with books," said Miss Isom. "but not until the war have we succeeded In Interesting them. I believe that the books which come into the hands of the- loggers are symbolic of better ' things and better conditions of living that will result because of their influ ence. . tip In a far corner of the third floor of Central libary,- is Miss Isom's "sol dier library." A number of shelves con tain the books unpacked and net yet sent out. On one side of the room are stacks upon stacks of good boxes of books still unpacked, the tangible result of the book ampa!gn. Two thousand books arrived n two days, according to Miss Isom. On the .other side of the room are volunteer workers unpacking .the books, sorting them out, fitting them with pockets and labels and giving them numbers. Tlemann's "Work Popular Miss Isom attends to the sorting. Some are not suitable to the needs of the sol diers and these are sold for scrap paper ; , some are good books but have paper backs or no bindings whatever. These are stacked by themselves and taken to the Isolation wards ofhe base hospital, where they can, be read and then des troyed. Clubs and organizations are donating a part of their services in the prepara - tion of these books for the soldiers. Each day sees from six to a dosen women at work pasting, packing or doing i whatever maybe needed. The books are packed in specially fitted sol diers' bookcases with hinged doors, in well balanced assortments. - An innovation being started by the library 1b the establishing of deposit stations at the shipyards, iwhere the aien may obtain books suitable to their neeus. ine rim deposit station to be opened was at the Alblna Engine works with a combination of recreational and technical subjects. . ;The Peninsula shipyards was the sec ond manufacturing plant to be given a deposit station. Here the books sup plied are purely technical, and esDeciallv useful for men engaged -in wooden ship- ouuaing. rWhether distributing stations will be . estaouaned at other shipyards or not f depends upon the success of these two experiments. One of the new departments opened m.i central iiDrary as a wartime need la the women's technical department, wuwM occupies me oia school depart ment Just west of the circulation room: The department was created to meet tVia ,4 A,-, a n.4 . 1 - ' i.iiiiiu. ui um women wno are meeting new problems, jvho are taking up new lines of work and entering occu pations hitherto foreign to. them. One ot the most popular is the collection on . d6t and nursing, which aims to teach women how to care for their own sick without calling in a trained nurse, thus Increasing the number of trained nurses available for war service. Books on sanitation, war gardens, raising poultry with two hena or a large number cooking, household management, kitch enette cookery, war cookery, dress making, millinery, basket making and care of children are some of the other .subjects included in the collection. . The greater conservation of -children la n of the timely pieces of construc- tlv work being dpne by this department, , which does not wait for the mothers to call for the "books, but looks up the mothers and sends them a list of 10 books which they consider of great .vau In the care of the child. For every birth notice In the city qX Portland, a .-postcard Is mailed to the mother1, telling of t these books, and often the father tonnes the next day after the books. " The telephone plays a great part In the running .of this department by Miss . Jeanette Kennedy, In charge. One woman has some strawberries on hand and telephones Miss Kennedy to learn how she can make sun preserves. Miss Kennedy reads the recipe over the tele- OR WAR ACTIVITY Scenes Back Stream From th Stars and Btripet Official Newspaper at the American Expeditionary Fore Paris, June 7. If you want to get rid of any spark of tolerance for German rulers and German ways that may be left In you; if you want to see what German-made war does to helpless, plod-. ding, patient rustic foVki above all, if you want to see patience and fortitude In the face of homelessness and discom fort and despair, the place for you to be Is at the Gare de 1'Kst, In Paris, watch ing the French refugees pour In from the Invaded districts between; Chateau Thierry and Rheims. There Is the place where - you will get "an eyeful of war" and aSsb a double eyeful of admiration for the way the French, even the children of France, stand 6p under all that war has done to them lit the way of separation, and loss, and anguish of body and soul. You see hatless women, with children clutching at their skirts,' lugging in their arms the little remains of their house hold goods that they were able to snatch up in a hurry kettles, pans, even pic tures, objects that would seem grotesque were It not for the tragedy that lies in the eyes of their possessors. ; You see little boys tugging manfully at bulky and unwieldy parcels containing phone. Another woman is making gra ham bread and It doesn't act right, and she telephones to find what is the mat ter with it. Inquiry reveals the fact that she hasn't enough Cour in -the mixture. Some of the unique, queries coming to Miss Kennedy arei "What (are the re quirements for forest rangers?" by a girl who wants to take' up the work. Another woman wants to ; know about the selection of a farm site and anoth er, dietetics in the navy. Hotels and restaurants ask about different ways of serving ice cream, how to: dry cherries and recipes for tamaJes. Camp cookery for1- soldiers is one of the most numerous requests. How to cook strawberries In1 the sun, bee keeping, home, canning; of all sorts of vegetables andj recipes "for Victory bread are other inquiries com ing in. ! On the second floor of the jibrary. Just north of the stairs, is a war ' information desk, at which are kept all the govern ment pamphlets relating to idod conser vation. Red Cross work, var gardens and kindred subjects. Tested recipes of all sorts are here available; both those of the food administration .and of the different domestic science schools over the city. Comfortable chairs are handy and information on almost any war sub ject is at hand. Just within the circulation room, by the side of the entrance, is a display of different specimens of sphagnum moss and Information as to where it is found and Its use. Books on conservation are also on display. 4 -One of the greatest pieces' of work of Central library and all the branch Instl tutiops lies in the cooperation and , as sistance they are giving in iall patriotic activities. In Liberty loafr and Red Cross drives they have been very active, and in the recent War Savings Stamp drive Woodstock branch alone sold $5000 worth. of stamps, the librarian acting as secretary of the movement.?" j : Most' of the libraries have opened up their rooms for Red " Cross work. At Gresham 20 sewing machines are in op eratlon all day long in the) auditorium, where the women of the Community drop In for a few hours whenever they have the time. Sewing machines are also in operation at Alblna, St. j Johns, Fast Portland -and North Portland branch libraries. The North Portland library is the distributing center fotf Red Cross yarn. During the lasfmonth the library turned in 166 pairs of sockaj 59 sweaters, besides helmets and wristlets. The work room of the library is opens one evening a week for telephone girls. The branch libraries have also been the exhibiting places of the layettes, which have been the means of inspiring individuals to make them. .Even the children have been Interested in making caps and squares. Along the line of food conservation. the libraries have beeni . distributing agencies for many of the 'pamphlets is sued by the food administration. They have had displays of cooked food, of proper rationed meals j and basket lunches. They have had tables set with the food value of each article placed be side It. They have had Cooking talks, cooking demonstrations and meetings. : m War garden clubs have been organ ized through the libraries, rabbit clubs have been established with attractive posters made from seed catalogs and en titled "uncle Sam's Home Guards." The latest war activity to be taken up by the libraries is the Red Cross salvage movement, in which the libraries have been asked to be receiving stations for the material turned in. At Alblna, East Portland, North Portland, Gresham. Peninsula and St. Johns, salvage will be received, but. since, the; other branch libraries are only composed of one room. Jt will he Impossible for! them to com' ply with the request. As community centers for war -work of all kinds, the branch libraries have inrown open mew opors, ana tin librar of the Front of Refugees Destroys Tolerance of Hun you know not what all that could he salvaged from the threatened home. You see old men ambling, wlth rheu matic Joints, painfully along, thefr sole belongings encased in' a knitted table cloth tied to a stick. And at one time there came to the Gare a poor woman carrying in her arms a full size goat the goat which provided milk for her seven children, who followed after her. For the assistance of these unfortu nates, these dazed, innocent victims of a. war not of their choosing, there is es sjtblished, just outside the trainshed, a canteen the Canteen of the Two Flags, as the Tricolor and Stars and Stripes painted on it go to show. It Is a' low, wooden building of considerable length, with a kitchen and food counter at one end and a clothing counter at the other. All along up and down the center are wooden tables and benches where, as fast as they come in, the refugees are fed many of them for the first time in many hours. In the canteen the representatives of the French and the American Red Cross work day and night, aided by volunteer workers from the Y. M.; C. A., the So ciety of Friends, and other philanthropic organizations. From sunup to sunset on each of the early days of the great rush ians worked all hours of the day, doing war work themselves and interesting others in doing so, according' to Miss Nelly Fox, in charge of the branches. Central library has furnished rooms for patriotic meetings and gatherings of all kinds. And the work has only begun, accord ing to the librarians. FRAGMENTS FROM j& . y&z 1 - r i zs yY f ? ' i i S -VIS- - ;i, zJ I if t:"' -V- W - U . " ' Old'BiU has managed to sriatch a few minute & at Casse-jLes-Bains vous ongi j;ne bunian seas In Gare de 0 Diawinc Reproduced from the Stars sod Stripes, Official of refugee traffic they fed and clothed when there was need an average of more than 3000 people. It was no uncommon thing for the clothing department to cleaned out of its store twice In course of a day, so hastily- had the refu gees been hustled out of their homes so pitiable was. In particular, the plight of the children. All Are So Brave "But those children!" exclaimed of the American women workers. one 1 never saw such brave little youngsters in my life ! Never a cry, never a whimper out of them. Not until late today, after eight hours of continuous handling' of people, did I hear a crying child. T "It was one of a pair of little blond hoy twins. Just down from the front. They had been sitting one on 'either side of their mother and eating their first meal of the day. Suddenly, the mother got up to greet one of her neighbors from their township and to 'inquire about the fate of the others; and the right-hand twin, noticing she was gone, set up a pitiful howl, i I "The other twin looked at him In sur prise and scorn, as if to shame him from his exhibition ; and then, seeing the woe ful face of his little brother, decided that it would be disloyal to the family if he Many, Cars Wreckek in Eush to "Oasis" Winchester, Ind.. Aug 3. (I. N. Since the decision of the supreme court declaring the state-wide prohibition law FRANCE quite rough enough without you 111 I iTlll IIIMaMi III WM1MMMBSBBSSSMMMMMM Tm TUES XXI 1SIII. CKyy (n Hw Vong .WCXH-S.l ' - - ------ FEst, Paris wspaper of the American Expeditionary Fore. didn't cry, too. So he helped out. But before they had been at it long, one of the French nurses of the Croix Rouge came to the rescue with two pieces of chocolate, and later with their mam an. Then everything was serene again. Gratitude Is Tosealng The gratitude oMhe people, children well as grownups, for the aid and suste nance given them at the end of their ter rifying Journey has well nigh overpow ered the workers at the railroad canteen and touched their hearts as has nothing before. Not a person, they say, young or old, but thanks them, deeply and sincere ly, for the help and comfort given. Not an ungrateful or churlish visitor have they had during all the long days and nights when the refugees kept pouring in. There was no shoving, no Jostling, no discourtesy and all in face of the nerve racking preliminaries to the de parture, the strain of the parting, the long, dismal Journey down, the blear prospect of still another Journey ahead to temporary homes. "It is a privilege to be able to do any thing at all for such people," is the way everyone connected with the work ex presses It. "The labor seems as nothing compared to their trial." constitutional the number of automo bile accidents in Randolph county have Increased far above norma L Winchester is on a direct route between Union City, which is on the Indiana-Ohio state line, and several Central Indiana manufactur ing cities, among which is Muncte. The Ohio side of the Union county is quite "damp." BY BAIRNSFATHER after al)-" "Ere, you! Aliez muckin it about," , , Labor Unions Will Hold Picnic Today No person attending the Liberty pic nic at Crystal Lake park today,, held by the Central Labor Council to raise money for a labor temple In Portland, will be permitted to win more than one of the long list of prizes hung up for the pro- ram of athletic events. The program rill begin at 1 p. m. and will conclude with dancing" la the; evening. The first prise In all events will be 12 In Thrift Stamps and the second prise 11 In stamps. Frank Hannan la chairman of the finance committee in charge of the picnic and O. R. Hartwlg is chair man of the- publicity committee. It is expected that many thousands will at tend the picnic i GERMANS MAKE NO APPARENT EFFORT TO DEFEND VESLE Retreat From Marne Pocket So Rapid That All Semblance of Battle Line Is Lost By Ed lm Keea UniUd Pm Comspondrat London, Aug. 3. -The German retreat from the Marne pocket has become so rapid and the allied advance so Irregular that all semblance of a "battle line" has been temporarily lost. Battle front dispatches Indicate that the Vesle river line has been reached at all points. . '". Apparently no attempt at a concerted defense is now being made by the Ger mans. They have withdrawn their heavy artillery and such resistance as Is being made is with machine guns and small groups of Infantry. All fighting reported In the last d la- patches was purely rear guard actions. The fact that the enemy has destroyed bridges across the Vesle and is burning villages north of that river makes plain that no effort will be made to hold that line, and "that the next stand will be made at the Aisne, or even farther north, along the Chemln- Ees Dames high ground. Complete occupation of Flames and of te scarcely less important base of Braisne, seven miles to the eastward, is expected hourly. Between the Vesle and the A lane is a high plateau that offers excellent defensive ground, but there are no outstanding geographical 1 features that would aid a German stand. Beyond the Aisne, which in itself is a strong .defensive line, is the Chemln-des-Dames p',ateau, then the great forest of St. Gobain, and the important center of Laon. Considerable significance is attached to the retirement , of the Germans across the Ancre on a small frout north of Albert. This is accepted as a necessary shortening of the enemy line because of the withdrawal of re serves from the Picardy region to aid ' In stemming the allied advance be tween Soissons and ' Rheims. Women to Conduct Three Chi6ago Jails Chicago, Aug. ,3. Three Chicago Jails will be conducted exclusively for and by women. Acting Chief of Police Alcock announced today. It Is the Chicago de partment's recognition of importance of war-time employment for women as well as 'an effort to take the social evil from a new angle. Women offenders will be arrested by ffpomen officers, booked by feminine desk sergeants, jailed by skirt ed turnkeys and cared for by matrons. "Under this plan," said the Chief, "in nocent women arrested by mistake and those new to wayward life will not feel they have been degraded by the police. Women officers, . understanding their prisoners, probably will help them re form." The three Jails will be known as -Women's Relief Stations." $275,000 Fire Hits Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 3. Fire caused $275,000 loss in the wholesale district this afternoon. This blaze broke out about 2 o'clock In the Mutual China company's four story brick building. It spread to an adjoining building occupied by the Fairbanks-Morse company and the house of Crane Cigar company. The fire was brought under control shortly after 4 o'clock. $23,000 Recovered From Bank Robbers Cleveland, O., Aug. 3. Northern Ohio was combea tonignt ror uiree injurea bandits who today , stole $23,000, staged a gun battle with' police and, escaped with the aid of three autos.w The money, which belonged to the II. J. Walker Airplane company, was recov ered when the robbers abandoned their first machine. Bandits Shoot and Rob Chicago Brewer ' Chicago, Aug. 3. Two payroll bandits shot and probably fatally wqunded As sistant Secretary George Neybert of the Gottfried Brewing Company here today and robbed him of $1700, the brewery payroll. The robbery occurred outside the brewery. The bandits escaped. Enemy Alien Is Ileld. William Ruger, 40, and said to be a German alien, was. arrested Saturday by Deputy United States Marshal Tiehe nor at Front and Madison streets on a- c ha rj?e -f violation of the president's ! proclamation by being Inside the barred held in the city jail pending- further In vestigation by government officials. Fugitive Caught Here. Basil Gray, 19, was arrested by In spectors Moloney' and LaSalle and is be ins; held in the city jail as a fugitive from Ontario. The charge against him 1 hot known. ; - Crazed Man Attempts Suicide. John' Boezy, 53, was taken to the Emergency hospital Saturday night byJ an interne and is being field on a charge of being insane. According to the doc-. "- he is said to have tried to kill him self. ! . SEVERA L INJURED 01 TRAIN STRIKES ENGINE rSeSSSMBHBBSiBSSSlBBSBBMiiiSMaSBB j Accident Occurs Saturday After noon at Foot of Mason Street in the Yards at Albina. When passenger train No. 669 of the Oregon-Washington Railway at Naviga tion Company collided with a light freight engine at the foot of Mason street Just north of the Albina repair yards about 6 o'clock Saturday night, the en gineer and fireman on the freight en gine and at least five passengers on the train were injured, considerable damage was done to the engine and train equip ment and the passenger train, due at Uiiion station at 5 o'clock, was delayed an hour more. ' The injured are : Eugene McEntee, engineer of the freight engine, 617 Gantenbein avenue, hip in jured, gashes in face and back of head. Mra N. A. Williams, age 6. Denver. Colo., back hurt. 4 O. Sumpter, age 18, farmer of New Calnaher, Wash., right ler injured. " George M. Duncan, Portland, presi dent of Duncan Lumber Company, right arm injured. "James A. Crow, Portland, fireman of freight engine, badly bruised. 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MeEn- ' tee's story, as reported by- his wife, how ever was that he was let in on - the track by the switch tender; and this is substantiated by the dispatcher's- office. McEntee says he had brought bis en gine to a standstill, as the sight of the j curve was impaired by another train on' a second ; track, when the passenger, a double-header, came around the curve and crashed into his engine. McEntee was buried up to his head in coal that . pitched down from the tender and was badly hurt. On the passenger train, eight cars back, were 60 soldiers from Vancouver barracks, proceeding East. A soldier riding In a car of equipment and sup-' . plies just back of the engine, .was sef1" ously injured, ' rendered unconscious , when the equipment was thrown from place by the impact of the train and en gine. All the soldiers were thrown from their seats, as were, many of the pas sengers. 1 ' Earlnet Fartfr Telescoped The passenger train was being drawn by two engines, the tender of the first being tossed onto the front of the second The freight and first passenger engines were partially telescoped into each other. ; ' The cars of the passenger train were pulled into the Union station later by another engine. Chinese cotton planters in the vicinity of Shanghai are experimenting with seed obtained from Georgia. NO INTEREST Connected, With Our Credit Plan " I . I,, .-..no., i ll Ly IBBBIWrSI it - immmKmUui ?.e r-Trf-.-.-- "V i"1 ei ' 1 ' .I' 1 VyrTt Down $ 6 a Month Downi $ 8 a Month -Down -$ 9 -"ii Month Downr-$10 a Month Down--$l 1 a Month Down-$ 1 2 a Month