The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 14

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL 14 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1918. PORTLAND. OREGON Prominent Yakima WHY ACCEPT mm BATTLEFRONT IS Thanksgiving and War Sayings Stamps Specialty Shops to Aid Santa Claus In Christmas Bush treeta. A sentry waved us down to a stop at the edse of the village anl Informed us that Fritz waa Bhelltng the road at the lower edge of the town rather violently, at which Information, the driver, rather hurriedly donned his tin derby and I reached for mine at the same Instant, but the captain seemed rather unconcerned, so I hesiated.

But I did want that har. It is about the most comfortable feel 1 DESCRIBED Man Among Those Killed in Action Yakima, Nov. 27. Lieutenant France C. Johnson, only son of Mrs.

Mary D. Johnson of Zlllah, was yesterday reported killed In action in France. The family moved here after the death of the father. Judge Johnson, prominent in territorial days and In the early devel opment of Alaska, and settled on a fruitj ranch in the lower valley which the mother and son brought to a high state of cultivation, making It one of the show places of the valley. Lieutenant Johnson was one of the first men sent from the valley to an "officers' training school and he graduated from the Presidio, got his assignment and was sent abroad.

He is the second commissioned officer from this valley to die, the first being Lieutenant Dow R. Cope of the aviation service. TURKEYS 40c TO 45c At Frank L. Smith's. 228 Alder street: Very choice geese 35c to 40c Ducks, also choice 1 35c to 40c Smith's 'own chickens 30c to 35c Holiday roast beef 15c.

18c. 20c Farm pork roasts 25c and 30c Sausage, absolutely fresh 18c Beefsteak, all choice cuts 18c to 25c (Adv.) We are thankful for our land. We are thankful for our homea. We are thankful for our institutions and civilisation. We are thankful for our boys.

Make their hearts glad and their courage strong by buying more War Savings Stamps. C. S. JACKSON. State Director.

Lieut. Larrabee Was In German Prison Lieutenant E. P. Larrabee, who is mentioned In the list of prisoners at Karlshuhe, Germany, Is a son of C. Larrabee who, for nearly a quarter of a century, owned Holladay's addition ana ror wnom larrabee street was named.

C. X. Larrabee nor any members of his family ever resided in Port land, their home being in that portion of Bellingham which was laid out as Fair haven and which Mr. Larrabee also owned. Makes This IS TOLD AT METING County Representatives of Food Administration Told U.

S. Must Help Feed Europe. Taking advantage of the conference of county representatives of the state food held Tuesday at the Portland hotel, whose attendance included many women who had served on the woman's committee of the Coun cil of Defense. Mrs. Charles H.

Castner. chairman of that committee during Its existence, called the women of the con ference together during the afternoon for an exchange of ideas. She took the opportunity to express her appreciation of the loyal way In which the women stood by her during the existence of the committee. W. A.

Milne of the food admlnlstra tion gave an inspiring address on conservation. Mrs. Fred G. Schilke, president of the Congress of Mothers, urged the continuance of the registration of babies between the ages of 6 months and 6 years. Miss Ava B.

Milam, state chairman of home economics tor the food administration, urged strict conservation In order that the people of Europe may be saved from starvation. Mrs. Edith Knight Holmes urged a greater use of milk, especially in the feeding of young children. Her address was seconded by Miss Lillian Tingle, who suggested the establishment of milk stations on college campuses where students may have a drink when they want it. Miss Harriet Wood, representing the Junior Red Cross Mrs.

A. F. Flegel. representing the Congress of Mothers Mrs. Jennie M.

Kemp, Mrs. William MacMaster and -Mrs. Frances B. Clark of Burns spoke briefly. 33 out of the 38 recently declared civilians because of incomplete induction papers who may complete- their muster.

Lieutenant E. W. Hills, personnel adjutant, desires these men to report at once and arrange for the completion of their induction, which must be made prior to December 1. The nine men now declared eligible to the induction are-: J. G.

Beck. Corvallis O. L. Ireland. Baker: W.

P. Hubbard. Corvallis: O. E. Moreland, Portland; H.

A. Myers. Visalia. Cal. E.

C. Spray, Cottage Grove J. L. Spriggs. Portland R.

M. Versteeg, Portland Raymond A. Dowdell, Mitchell. S. D.

F. A. Holmes, Enterprise. URTHER FOOD CONSERVATION A WORLD AT Emergency aid to Santa Claus was agreed upon by more than 100 members of the Greater Portland association at the Portland hotel Tuesday right The meeting was attended by representatives of specialty shops and it was unanimously decided to open these establishments the three evenings immediately preceding Christmas. A letter from the state council of defense was read before the meeting announcing the lifting of the ban from holiday buying.

The city council will be asked by the association to pass an ordinance prohibiting the use of grotesque and poorly Illuminated street signs, and a petition 'prepared and signed by those present at last night's meeting, will be presented at the city hall today. The petitioners claim that many signs now displayed are a blemish on the beauty of the downtown district and are in other ways objectionable. The semi-annual report, read by J. Wrenger, manager of the association showed a balance of over J2000 on the credit side. President E.

H. Jaeger presided at the meeting. "P-Mprjf rfkTTO TATlll -L UI Co UI tJ 111 Hold Union Service On Thursday Night Forest Grove, Nov. 27. Union services of all the churches will be held hi the Congregational church Thursday evening.

Rev. Mr. Ebert, pastor of the Methodist church, will give the address. Special music will be given by the choir, under the direction of Mrs. E.

E. Williams. Patriotic songs will be sung by the audience for about one-half hour before the service. Son Arrives Overseas Forest Grove. Nov.

27. Mrs. William Abernathy recently received word of the safe arrival overseas of her adopted son, Sergeant Robert Ray. Sergeant Ray enlisted as a private when the United States first declared war against Germany. He was stationed at Fort Stevens, drilling new recruits, until he left for overseas Nine More Men Are Declared Eligible to 'Enter the S.

A. C. Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallls, Nov. 27 Nine more men have been declared eligible to induction into the S. A.

T. C. here. This makes a total of OartksQiviaos OBSERVATION PIT Lieut. Thompson Tells of Seeing American Shells Strike in Midst of German Troops.

SHELL FIRE IS ACCURATE Uncomfortable Feeling Encountered When Enemy's Shells Are Bursting Close Overhead. "We norm to be much more than holding our own at. last," writes Lieutenant P. A. Thompson, who has been serving In France with headquarters troop.

Third army corps, under date of August 30. "An Illustration of the difference In morale of the two armies Is shown hn In an attack culled off north of us a few days ago by our troops In conjunction with some British tanks, five Scotch bagpipers went over the top riding on top with their bagpipes going full blast. Four of them came out of It unhurt, and one was kiled. "How do you think the boys felt following those tanks into action? Just 10 to one would have been easy that afternoon On the other hand there have been numerous Instances lately where the Orman machine gunners left behind to cover the retreat of their armies have been found chained to their machine guns so that they could not run awny. Dense Traffic on Road "Have Just made an interesting trip to the front lines with a captain of the Intelligence department and thought It might Interest you.

We had an early lunch, armed ourselves with our steel helmets, gas masks, field glasses and automatics, climbed Into the old Ford Jitney and were off. You would have to see the traffic on the roads here before you can realize the amount of hauling necessary to keep an army supplied with the accoutrements of war. comes first and then the Ihousand and one other articles needed from sugar and hay to rubber cement for repairing observation balloons. We passed hundreds of trucks and cars of all descriptions, wagons, carts, artillery, machine gun carts, infantry on the march with their full equipment (both French and American) civilians coming back into the recaptured areis with their Tittle all on their backs or In wheel barrows or on little carts and In places the traffic was so dense we could hardly progress at all. At every cross roads Is an American and a French military policeman for regulat- lng the traffic, all the same as New York, and believe me their word Is law.

Burlap Walls Iiesemble Trees "As we neared the front, the traffic became less and less and truck train? took larger and larger distances between vehicles In order that one big hell, should it land squarely, would hot do too much damage. Topping a rise that overlooked the river whlcn la now the dividing line between France and "Germany," we entered onto a piece of camouflaged road. On either Ide of the, road Is a line of poles some 10 feet in height and on these, hung on wlres, is a broad hand of green and mottled yellow burlap, cut Into strips that wave In every breeze, and from a distance of a' mile or two It Is almost lmposslbia to tell these burlap walls from the surrounding grass or woods. "In places Instead of the burlap was a brush wall, made by cutting bush and twining them into the wires which Once an Occasion of and Great At Great Joy To With Be Fittingly Observed ing you can imagine to have that rather heavy tin derby here when you know there's likely to be shells Enemy Had Exact Range "While we remained there two shells burst In the road below us, and waiting until the next one arrived we "made a dash for it between shells and managed to get through In plenty of time before the next one arrived. They certainly had the range on that piece of road.

At least two out of three shells would hit it squarely and tear a hole In it a couple of feet deep. We rassed on down behind a small knoll and left the car and proceeded on foot and I was much relieved when the captain finally donned his helmet. The knoll extended in a sort of ridge almost ui the river bank, and was covered with small bushes and trees, affording fine cover. "At the extreme edge of the woods, the captain halted and started talking with someone whom I couldn't locate at all but who proved to be up in an observation post in the top of a tree. The two observers came down their tree and we clambored up into their platform.

They had some wonderful maps of the country there and a big field glass, also a telephone. It was my first "close-up" of the enemy country and I certainly enjoyed my half hour up there In that tree. Effect of Shellfire Observed "Several miles behind the enemy lines we could distinguish some trucks or wagons crawling over the crest of thej ridge and making their way toward the front line. A small village directly opposite us was under heavy shell fire from our batteries and the effects of cur fire could plainly be seen as it knocked off the corners of houses and tore up the roads and streets. I had a few glimpses of Boche soldiers flitting by some openings and exposed places.

It is wonderful how a thousand soldiers can hide themselves on such a small area. It is a case of necessity, however, as anything showing is certain to draw the fire of snipers. "Alf the time we were in the tree the shells from both sides were screaming over our heads in a chorus I'll never forget. And "when some of the big ones would come unusually close it was all I could do to keep irom duck-In? my head. Just before we climbed down, one of our batteries landed a German ammunition dump a half mile or so behind the lines and for n.

few minutes we had a regular Fourth of July celebration at long range. The dump evidently contained fireworks of all kinds as well as ammunition, for we could see, through the glasses, rockets and flares and smoke bombs and such, exploding in every direction. Gets Dent In His Helmet "After leaving the tree (I could have stayed there all day) we sneaked by various crooked and always Chidden ways down to the river bank and down the river some half mile or more where we visited some more of the captain's observation posts and located places for others. You couldn't see any soldiers in any direction, but to test the eyes of the Boche you had only to stick your helmet over the top of the trench or show yourself at the edge of some woods. They have some good shots, as I can testify by exhibiting my helmet with a dent in It where I poked it up to see what would happen.

"We wandered out into an farm house Just in time to have to take to a dugout because one of Fritz's 3-inch pnnn Vinrl ent th rnnp- nf Vt nlano ond I was shelling it in fine shape. Before the bunch got under cover one lieutenant and eight men had been wounded by flying shrapnel, rocks and falling walls. After this little party we met the car at a new point of the road and dodging back across the exposed strip of road safely, beat it for home. Observation Balloon Attacked "Big sausage shaped balloons belonging to our men hung above us with their tiny baskets hanging below them. Off about a mile from us we heard a violent burst of machine gun fire imme- i same time.

He must have started his fire a bit too soon, because when only a few hundred feet above the bal-loon, when it was a fine target, he stopped firing and beat It back over the uerraan lines ai zuu miles an nour, with I about a thousand guns roaring at him. He was, however, apparently unharmed. but a couple of days later I had the pleasure of seeing one of our aviators bring down a German balloon. The observer calmly climbed over the side of the basket and dropped In his parachute to the ground, some thousand feet below, and landed with ease in an open field in plain view. "The average American over there Is well fed, well clothed, and except for the very natural longing for home and the home folks, seems to be the same happy, care-free sort of human he was at home, and above all things, he doesn't want anyone at home to worry." Store Closed All Day PORT DENY SALARY ASKED BV MK Majority Against Unofficially Is 428; Little Interest in the Election Manifested.

Teachers in Portland schools were denied the requested salary Increase by a substantial majority In Tuesday's school election. Complete unofficial returns from the 62 school precincts showed a vote of 1873 favorable to the Increase, with 2301 opposed, a majority of 428 against. Little interest was manifested In the election as is Indicated by the vote which is only about one-third of a normal vote In school elections. The proposed salary increase amounted to J20 a month to teachers receiving less than J3000 a year and carried with it an additional tax levy of .8 of a mill i with which to provide the additional 1230,000 necessary to meet the increase. Members of the board of education were not opposed to the Increase in salaries asked for, in fact, they recognized the merit of the request! The board is limited to a tax levy of six mills and at present the fund available is Insufficient to meet the salary increases.

The ballots will be officially counted by the school board late this afternoon. Travel to and From Scandinavia After War to Be Heavy Anticipating Improved economic conditions In Scandinavian countries following the war, many are preparfng to return to their native lands. Other are planning to send for relatives in Europe with the Intention of making their homes permanently in this country. Bookings for Europe reported Tuesday by Dorsey B. Smith, manager of The Journal travel bureau, include Ole Nikolai Lerkaugersater of Rainier, Jacob and Hans Leirvaag and Conrad Sigero of Astoria, all to sail from New York December 10 on the Hellig Olav for Trondhjem.

Norway. Mr. Smith has daily inquiries from people who wish to send for their relatives in European countries and is forwarding funds or transportation that will bring many new residents to the Northwest as soon as passenger traffic on the Atlantic becomes normal. NERVOUS PROSTRATION May be Overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham'ft Vegetable Compound This Letter Prove It.

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Price. 7ac. (Ad PEACE Gratitude Both Thursday JI LETSGONOW f. LETSALLGO It ST0.PIH connect the poles. Of course, the enemy diately followed by every anti-aircraft knows the road is there, but it is gun on the American side of the river, rather hard to locate its exact course, and a Boche airman came from high and he cannot see what traffic Is pass- 1 in the air In an almost vertical posi-lng along it.

I was rather thankful tion, diving for one of our balloons, both that a light rain had laid the dust as machine guns on his plane going: at the Due Measure of ifTUALrrY Store or Portland RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AND ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: "HAVE I BEEN TO THE LIBERTY THIS WEEK?" Santa Claus Will Arrive In Portland Thursday Watch for Him in Your Neighborhood Santa has chosen Thanksgiving Day as the day when he will arrive in Portland from his home in the Nerthland. Thursday he will drive through the city for boys and girls to ee him. Watch for him in your neighborhood. Look for Santa when you hear the sleighbells. He Will Be at This Store Beginning Friday He wants all the boys and girls tq come and visit him in our Sixth Floor Auditorium.

You'll find him in his own house. Go right up and speak to him he has a royal welcome for all. He would like you to write riim a letter and tell him what you want for Christmas. You can deposit your letter in Santa's own mail box adjoining his house. He Will Give a Plaything FREE to every child under 7 accompanied by a grownup who visits him between 10 A.

M. and 12 M. Friday morning. Be sure to get one of these interesting toys. 0 0 A dust makes a very observers and quite good marker for often tails forth a little artillery fire.

Sits Tight In Danger Zone "The almost incessant exchange compliments between the opposing artillery was growing louder and louder as we slowly drove down our wniicrf roa.fi rl fllrnrlv th rr o-tat r. our fire was coming from behind us. We could hear the whirr and whine of the big shells far over our heads and believe me, the sound is neither pleasant nor one which you are likely forget in a minute. However, the captain had not yet donned his tin hat and appeared to be thoroughly ease so I Just sat tight and appeared (I hope) to be entirely at home. "As we dropped closer to the river we approached a little village, or rather what had been a village, but Which was now nothing but a heap of crumbling stone walls and torn up I.

I i a WEBB'S Reservations will EMHMffl1llIIIWUlfflni piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Dinner and Supper and wmmmmmmmmmmmvmmmmmmmmmmm Thanksgiving Dinner and Supper i With Dancing in Arcadian Gardens at I AT WHAT YOU'RE MISSING "FATTY" IN "THE SHERIFF" AND NORMA TALMADGE IN "THE FOR-BIDDEN CITY." 01 uultinomali Hotel 1 i Dandng 5 to 8 P. M. $1 .50 per person I Dancing 9 to 1 2 P. M. 1 .50 per person TO REASON AND TAKE THIS TIP: BEAT IT TO THE LIBERTY THIS DOUBLE STAR SHOW IS SURE A "PIP." FAMOUS JASS BAND be received over phone; Brdwy.

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