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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-20

Dear Sir: I, John Delligattl,
hereby ask that ] be indicted
into military service out Of my
turn and be sent TO Camp Lee
with the contingent Of men
leaving under call 662 during
the week Of June "a.
n-.n-.AE..ll.-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
2S YEARS AGO

(From the East Oregonian for July
1, 1900
It is said that entries for the fat
mans race on tn Fourth will be lin
tied to men of $50 pounds weight or
over. Mayor Gagen. Judge La Dow,
John Durham, ''Skip" Lewis and W.
B. Mays, who all tip the beam at ESQ
or more, will probably contest.
Peter Hunot and Miss Eugene Ell
Ienberger were married before coun-
ty Judge Martin, June Is.
f. A. DoIson and Marie Suiste were
married by Justice Miller last even
ing.
A sign, lettered in gold by B. 9.
Kidder, has been placed on two sides
of the Presbyterian church tower, so
that the wayfaring man may easily
be directed to that house of worship
]. B. Purdy is in the city from the
Warm Springs. He says that the reg
ular summer exodus to that resort
has now begun. He met eight teams
en- route for the springs during his
trip to town.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
i Trade Unions Record
of Achievement.
Indianapolis, Indiana,
june IS. 1918.

June IS. 1918.
Editor East Oregonian.
am enclosing herewith copy OF
where in France" which may In
terest you.
On June Is, 1918, 40S1 joarneymen
members of this union and Csc APP
prentices were in the army and navy
forces of the United States and Can
ada.
seventy-five of our members have
fallen in battle in France or have
died in military camps in America
To the widows. orphans, fathers.
mothers or other relatives of these
men this International Union has paid
mortuary benefits amounting to SEA-,
$50.
During the past twelve months this
International Union has paid 1884,
coo to 1900 old age pensioners.
In the same period this union has
naid mortuary benefits amounting to
$312,400.
The total expense for the mainte-
nance and for improvements at the
Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs last year was $167.600.
This union has invested $4,000 in
each of the three Liberty Loans
$90, 900 in all. Our subordinate or
ganizations and individual members
have invested more than $3,000,000
in these securities.
Our strike expenses for the past IL
months were but $1237.
The gross earnings of our members
amounted TO more than $1,000, 600
for the year for 62,members, and the
insignificant amount expended for
strike purposes reflects our determi-
nation to give full patriotic support
to the governments under which we
live in the terrific responsibilities
which now confronts us all.
The officers of this international
union are volunteers in the Army for
the Preservation of Industrial Peace
for the, duration of the war at least,
and we will do our level best to give
full effect to the earnest recommen-
dations made by President Wilson in
his proclamation creating the Nation
al War Labor Board. There should
be no strikes or lockouts during the
war.
This International Union neither So
l1cits nor accepts contributions to its
benefit funds. Every dollar expend-
ed for these purposes is paid by
members of this organization in the
form of regular dues and assessments.
Yours sincerely,
NJ. G. SCOTT.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01

CThe words store and other mer-
camille establishments do INCLUDE
both wholesale and retail stores and
mercantile establishments engaged in
selling goods and wares).
The circular also says. in regard TO
acceptance Of excuses by local boards:
'Tn addition to the cases where rea-
sonable excuses may be accepted for
temporary idleness or for being en-
gagged in a non-productive occupation
or employment local and district
boards have authority under the reg
ulatlons to withhold or postpone ac-
tion for a reasonable time in cases
where i appears tnat the registrant.
IN good faith, Is. or has been. seeking
productive employment. and that such
reasonable postponement Will enable
him to secure such employment"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
DOLLAR-A-YEAR MEN
MAY BE GIVEN 4 RAISE
Volunteer War Workers in Capital
Likely to BE Place ON Regular
Salary Rolls

WASHINGTON, June ga survey
has been undertaken by the govern
ment looking to putting its dollar-a-
year volunteers on substantial sala-
ries- These men heretofore have ac-
cepted nominal compensation under a
law forbidding the government TO ac.
cept services without. pay
Information on the several hundred
of these men now serving IN the war
industries board and other war agen-
cies. including their duties connee5
tions with private interests and the
value OF their services, has been gath
cred by the house ways and means
Reports OF department
heads show. IL is said. that most dol
lar-a-year volunteers heretofore have
been paid much higher salaries than
the government could offer TO give.
even IL the suggestion OF several de-
partment heads for s5soeo limit is
adopted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
A forest fire started is a kai-
ser helper; take no chances
this year of all years.
OF SERVICE TO THE.
COUNTRY

NS matter of information
. as we'll as in simple JUS
tice to an intelligent and
effective trades union this pa
per today publishes a letter
from the president of the In
ternational Typographical Uni
on. The facts set forth there
in will be enlightening to many
who have very Inadequate no.
tions as to the work and prin-
ciples of the better sort of la
Dor unions.
AS shown by the statement
of its president the typograph-
ical union has already paid
$22, $50 in mortuary benefits to
relatives of printers who have
fallen in~battle or died in army
camps during this war. Dur
ing the past year it has paid
over a third of a million dol
lars in old age pensions and the
sum of $167,OO0 for mainten-
ance of the Union Printers
Home at Colorado Springs. The
organization accepts no finan-
cial contributions for its bene-
fit funds, all money being rails
ed by regular dues and assess
ments.
Of particular interest is the
fact that strike benefits during
the past year were virtually
nil, there being an absence of
strikes, and the statement that
the organization is in harmony
with President Wilson's doc
trine that there shall be no
strikes or lockouts during the
war.
The Typographical union
has a record of achievement of
which it may be proud for it
serves not only its members
but the nations intedests as
well.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
TAKE NO CHANCES

NANESTERN Oregon has al
O ready had some forest
fires despite the extra
precautions urged upon people
this season. There would be
fewer fires of this nature if
every man who goes into the
woods would scrupulously OBJ
serve the requests of the for
estry officials. A warning to
all campers is as follows:
drop no burning matches
or tobacco. If you have a
camp fire, build It away from
logs, trees or rotten wood.
Scrape a clean strip areE1nd il,
digging down TO dirt. when
you leave, PUT 1T OUT. If no
water is available, use dirt"
Another warning is to be
very careful where you throw
a cigarette stub, if a cigarette
smoker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
s,p aNn ,rM
OK AND AA GANA

~HE fact congress has re-
VI Trained at this time from
extending the draft age
does not mean such an extern
sion viii not be made in the flu
ture. The age extension is
postponed because the war de-
partment holds that at present
there is no necessity for calling
to the col0rs men above 81 or
under 21. The present draft
law viii insure ample men for
this years calls. There is
every reason to anticipate how
ever, that by next year the sit
uation will be different. We
are calling men very fast,
training them with speed and
sending them abroad with a ra-
pidity that is astonishing the
world. This policy should be
continued and will be contin-
ued. An allied victory of the
sort America demands calls for
an army that will give continu-
Gus and unquestioned superior
ity over the enemy. The soon
er this army is provided the
sooner will victory come The
faster we move with such war
preparations the sooner will
the Germans learn that their
game is up and that the sooner
they ditch the kaiser the bet
ter.
Full speed ahead is the only
slogan. Let us follow it to the
end and give the Hun a taste of
real American punch. We
have scarcely started as yet
and we will not get the full
stride until the draft ages are
extended.
When Uncle Sam calls he
will find the older men ready
for a part in the greatest SER
vice the world has ever known.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01

ut Is a big business that IS done
through the Post Exchanges, al
though they are comparable only tc
five and ten cent stores. The bust
ness done since this work was taken
up will reach $4,000, 900, and care
full estimates show that the annual
turnover will be between $50,000,'
600 and $75,000,000, probably more,
based on the number OF American
troops announced for France by
midsummer.
"The American soldier Graves the
edibles and smokes which were his
favorites at home. This need is
particularly strong because all the
confectionery and pastry stores of
France are closed, and because no
American tobacco is sold In France,
and there is shortage of French
tobacco"
Possibly a few figures will sug-
gest strikingly the size of the
monthly business done by this or
ganization. 1t requires a thousand
tons of bar chocolate, 1900 tons of
crackers, similar quantities of can
dy, and fruit, and 100000 cans of
jam, while the demand for tobacco
is estimated at 4,500,000 cigars and
20,000,000 cigarettes month, with
100000 boxes of matches required
for lights. Oceans of hot cocoa,
coffee and tea cross the hut coun-
ters, together with sandwiches,
among which the Coney Island
red hot" is a favorite.
These wares are sold at whoIe-
sale prices, plus transportation,
and insurance. No store rental or
clerk hire is charged against the
Post Exchange. Any margin is de-
voted to free distribution Of hot
drinks in front line trenches.
NO PROFIT FOR Y. M. C. A.
Il want to emphasize the fact
that no profit is taken from these
sales" said Mr.. Sheets. eve learn
that stories have filtered back here
10 the effect that the Y. NJ. C. A. is
in this line. That is
absolutely untrue. The reports
probably have their origin in the
act that the prices of certain ar
icles sold in the huts are higher
han they are in the cheaper shops
lere. The explanation of this is
'ery simple.
Lack of transportation is the
Inswer. For the transportation OF
tut supplies to France we estimat.
ID we required monthly 208 ocean /
ons for each division. We have
'een able to get only half of that I
rom the government, owing to the
Of allotting practically all :
argo space to positive necessities. {
n order to make up the estimated {
0S tons division a month we had I
o buy on the Continent or seek ]
onnage in the open market, at |
rates" I
To obviate the necessity of ocean l
of a principal sales \
ommodity, the "Y" practically G
three chocolate bar fac I
prizes in France, but the sugar has I
D be sent from America. The or q
anization leased five large hotels g
4 Paris for the accommodation OF I
merican soldiers there, two hotels s
nd q cafe in the city where Is q
'cated the American Headquarters
ne Of communication, and a big c
sstaurant with rest and reading 4
)oms at Bordeaux. Il
When AK les Bains was selected I,
) the rest place for American sold O
rs on leave, the "Y" persuaded the Z
otel owners OF that place to open D
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
ARKANSAS TOWN HAS
ANGELUS DURING WAR

FAYETTE. June 24.-Fayctte is 10
have an angelus. or prayer bell. which
will be rung every evening at : O'Clock
as a call TO silent prayer for the al
lied cause. and the victorious return
OF the American soldiers from over
seas.
This method Of awakening the peo-
pie to the call for war service. which
Is being adopted in many cities. has
received the approval OF the mem
bers OF the ministerial union Of Fay
etteville and was endorsed heartily by
the woman's union service held this
week. IL seems imprncticahIe TO have
the church bells rung every evening.
the sellaln tlsp oId ,ulaFasts.
which has rung the curfew Tor gem
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01

} their establishments in winter ana
: to fix low rate.
This business branch OF the Z.
NJ. C. A. which was organiged To-
. introduce American business e.
ncency into the war zone, the
General Supply Division, consAaAal
OF the purchasing department, con-
struction department. building
equipment department, post en-
change department, motor trans
portatton department and the hn
tells and cafes department.
COST OF THE HuTs.
The purchasing department buys
the supplies in France, Spain and
switzerland. The construction de.
partment erects the "Y" huts whore
no permanent building can be OBJ
tained. These huts are of two
types, the single hut being ia by
80 feet, costing 10000 francs. while
the double hut to erect costs 90. 600
francs, being 100 by 90 feet baae.
Where these cannot be erected !
double canvas-walled tents are nut
up. Aside from these the 'Y" hut
may be dug-out in a trench or a
section OF a chateau,-anywhere |
to be among the soldiers.
The building equipment depart.
ment attends to the lighting heat
ing and decoration of huts ana the
supplying of kitchen utensila. The
post exchange department consiata
or the hut secretaries, many Of
Wnom serve without pay while the
others are paid their living az.
pehses' The motor transportation
department, witt its more than 200
camlons transports supplies, build
ing material and entertainers from /
point to point. The hotels and !
cares department conducts the vast
Motel and restaurant work.
The department heads form a
board OF management which meets
daily for comforting on the work
and coordinating 1t. The chairman
OF this body sits on the executive
committee Of the War Work Coun.
ell in France, which decides the mol.
lcies, expenditures, budgets, etc.
The financial end is handled by two
departments, the treasurer's and
The comptroller's.
The comptrollers who have charge
of the accounting, are Price, Water
louse and Company. The budget
II each department must have the
approval Of the heads Of other de-
'artments, while the final complete
budget must be approved by the
executive committee.
This compact, comprehensive or.
modelled along lines OF
great corporation, explains the
uccessful operation of the store
eature suddenly added to the Y.
G. A. activities. II is the force
.Nehind the continuous supplying 10
he American legions, far from
iome, the little creature comforts
which suggest home to them, which
ontribute to keeping them con-
ented and away from dissipation-
'owerful aids to the morale OF an
rmy. Without profit, and conduct
d on the lines OF highest efficiency.
his remarkable Organization is
erving our soldiers as never before
n army was served.
Big business men answered the
all to organize this work freely.
rom the wealth OF their experience.
serves the present army, but that
orce must grow constantly, enorm.
usly until the Hun is overcome
he Y. M. O. A-force must grow
roportiop-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
.eCutfves.

followed promptly by the formation
of tremendous business organiza
tion to buy, transport, distribut'
and sell to American boys thu
things they wanted.
A tremendous business organiZa
tion, yes, but one in which the ex
ecutives serve without pay, an or
ganization which takes no profits
but which, in it's swift, competent
mastering of the situation, has
shown the European peoples how
American business ability func
tions supremely without the incen
tive of money profits.
WORK FOR BUSINESS MEN.
This explains why, following the
flag, American Big Business went
to France with the Red Triangle as
its trade mark and sign, with serv.
ice as its object. Because it has
made good overwhelmingly, that
Red Triangle is the magnet which
draws every American soldier
overseas.
One has to concede it is a big
business organization which oper-
ates and keeps supplied six hun
dred Post Exchanges with the
American Expeditionary Forces
now, and with five thousand pro-
jected when the American Army
reaches high tide-an organization
which conducts a dozen hotels and
restaurants, theatres, and used two
hundred motor trucks for trans
porting supplies which demand a
monthly transatlantic tonnage OF
208 tons for each army division.
Buying, selling, building, equipping,
and conducting are
the grand divicions into which this
work falls, and the coordinating of
all into one perfect operating ma
chine was an accomplishment
worthy of the best American busi-
ness traditions.
DR.. E. C. Carter, General Sec
retarY of Y. M. G. A. War Work
Overseas, is the director of all the
activities in France.
TO organize the activities having
% do with the Post Exchange fea-
.ures, from top to bottom, he called
n American business executives.
)ne of these men vitality respons-
BILE for the success Of the organ
cation, Harold d. Sheets, presi-
lent of the Vacuum Oil companies
4 France, Span and Switzerland,
vas in New York last week. Asked
What can a big business man do
o be of service to the soldiers?"
10 told Of the organization and
cope of the General Supply Di-
ision.
Mr.. Sheets formerly lived In
,hicago. For several years he has
wed in Paris. At the call Of the
:. M. G. A. he became a member
I the Executive Committee of the
Var Work Council, taking charge
I purchasing and supply. q.
Ie EXECUTIVES DEMANDED.
"The demand for executives in /
his work to serve the American I
oldiers overseas was never great
r." said he. There is a great /
emand for executives to go out
ito the big camps, sort of branch !
managers, you might say. The 1
arious huts radiate from these ]
Ig camp centres, which in turn ]
adiate from Paris headquarters. ]
! each central hut there is needed !
business man, q construction ex-
srt, an automobilist. a motion Z
Icture expert and an expert in !
antrica1 problems. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
Great Increase IN Post Exchange
Service Of Y. M. G. A for Soldiers
in France Requires Genius of
Nations Best Executives.

n DISTRIBUTING organization
~ with a $75,000,000 annua
~ - turnover desires the serv
ices of high class executives from
the ranks of big business concerns
Men of business executive ability
are wanted, men of constructive
portation problems, men who can
map out and direct the work in
large districts, men who can tackle
new, unheard-of problems, men
who will give themselves unre-
servedly to the task, and above all
men of character.
Here is q vast, almost unlimited
field to challenge the mettle of the
big business executive. 1t is fla.
vored with a dash of adventure. 1t
is glorified with patriotism. 1t re-
Quires self-sacrifice. The oppor-
tunity has been sought by many
men high in the executive realms
of the. business world, and more
are responding.
The salaries of these t1h, re-
sponsible executive posit$ls in
volvfng the outlay of millions are
nothing.
This sounds strange, but is no
more paradoxical than the state
ment that this great distributing
business, this widespread selling
organization with its certainty of a
$4,000, 100000 turnover this COM
ing year has no profits-in money,
at least.
The organization in question is
the General Supply Division of the
Y. NJ. G. A War Work Council
with the American Expeditionary
Forces.
THE GREAT ORGANIZATION
A brief explanation of what this
organization is and of the multitu-
dinous activities of the Y. M. G. A.
in the war zone is necessary here.
Many people in this country be-
lieve the Associations work in
France consists of doing religious
or semi-religious work, holding
prayer meetings, handing out testa-
q matter of fact, these features
comprise only fraction of the vast
activities of the organization. And
JulS aTIlCl6 ID 10 Oed4 Win Only OH0
phase of the service to the Ameri-
can soldiers in France assumed by
the Y. M. G. A-suddenly, unex-
pectedly, unsought, but not shirked.
When the Y. M. G. A. accom-
panied the first American Expedi-
tionary Forces to France, locating
It's centers or "huts" in every camp,
The American military command
asked the organization to establish
and to conduct Post Exchanges in !
he huts, stores where the soldier
could buy small comforts he en- ,
oyed at home, candy, gum, to-
1acco, hot coffee, tea or cocoa,
Iweet crackers, toilet accessories
md the like. The reason the mill
ary authorities requested a civil
an organization to take over this
ask was that at only a few points
we're there Army Quartermaster's
itores, while the "Y" had huts
This was an unfamiliar sphere
or the Y. NJ. c. A. Such work !
vas far removed from its. custo- |
nary activities. But it was an op- ]
to be of greatest service
o the American soldiers, to minis 6
er to their normal physical needs. I
rhe answer to the Army was . ]
Iearty acceptance. And this was &
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-01
EXPECTED HAPPENS. But
FACULTY Is SHOCKED

TROY. y. Y, June PA detach-
ment Of ensigns was recently trans
ferred from the Great Lakes to Bos-
ton. They stopped off I'm Troy. The
Troy Navy League showed them the
city and the Emma willard school
for Girls.
Many Of the young ladies were on
the campus in their best bib and
tucker. They were b0mbarded with
shower OF cards. That night they
wrote and the sailor boys iIi Boston
wrote back
Troy postoffice authorities were
considering putting on an extra force
TO cope with the additional mail for
the school girls. The faculty took
the matter mp and hereafter engigns
will have to give Troy q wide berth.