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THE MORNING OREGONTAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1912. TALKED The Famous Painting "The Village Blacksmith" by D LARGE CROWD HEARS CAUSE OF WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE PRESENTED AT SUNDAY MEETING IN OAKS PARK. ' Mareau, on Complimentary Exhibit, on the 5th Floo TO 25,000 PEOPLE Mrs. Sarah Ehrgott and Colo nel Wood Are Principal Speakers at Oaks. VAST AUDIENCE TEARFUL SUFFRAGE BnffrapMte Furnishes Facts and Pleads Colonel Flays "Antls Severely Meeting Super vised by league. Mrs. Sara Bard Field Ehrgott delved down yesterday at the Oaks Amuse ment Park into the sensibilities of one of the biggest equal suffrage gather ings ever seen In Oregon. Vv 1th incl dents of the hardships and woes - of women and children, for which she claimed that suffrage was the sole panacea, she literally forced her way through skepticism. With pitiful tales she brought to tears many in that vast audience. Then, with cold logic and . brilliant argument, C. E. S. Wood healed the wounds she had made. Each was the foil for the other. The meeting might have been a Gipsy Smith revival meet lng from the number of "converts' made. And at the end . "The best and most successful gath ering we have ever had." Helen La Keine Baker. "A most remarkable meeting." Mr. Wood. "A wonderful audience. I could see the impression. This is a great day for Oregon. Miss Anita hltney, And this was the reason: Twenty-five thousand persons had crowded Into the Oaks, the car service being taxed to the utmost. Of that great crowd of visitors, until the badges ran out, not one in 50 refused the .yellow "Votes-for-Women cards, which were distributed at the gates. Coldness Flint Encountered. It was a cold, almost skeptical audi ence, stretching all around the band- a, soon aV Director" Pel ofhe Oak, NOISY CONDUCT CHARGED Park Band, had concluded a special programme of music, arranged by the College Equal Suffrage League, under the auspices of which the day was held, and which included "The Star Spangled Banner" and the "Marseillaise," the stirring strains creating unbounded en thusiasm. Psychology counted for much with the gathering. Even at the gate vis itors were met with the yellow decora tions of the suffragists' cause. Calm, dignified women in cap and gown and frankly young and beautiful ones met everyone with badges. All over the park were to be seen missionaries, laboring for the cause they loved. It did not matter whether !ne were spinning round in E' T-r .st' ;V, vnr - "' -" """' n-mmrt iistMii'tiiinii58 xinamiMii E. S. WOOD ADDRESSING GATHERING ARRANGED BV COLLEGE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE. 52 CAUGHT Ifl RAID Complaints Against Overland Club Receive Attention. CIRCUS 10 REMAIN Patrol Wason Makes Ten Trips to Lodge Men In Station One Es capes by Leap From Win dow Ball Secured. Fifty-two "members" of the Over land Club, a social organization in tended originally as a railroad man's club, but which has developed into a dizzy I what the police believe is a gambling attraction of walking along the board- club. were arrested yesterday by walk, some dainty advocate was sure I Patrolmen Miller, Kellogg and Collins, to accost each park patron. ot the day relief, after their disturb- Decorations and flowers of yellow lances in tne neignoornood oi Third ana were everywhere. So were cartoons, stark streets their headquarters, had banners and mottoes. Early in the caused a flood of protest to the police morning a number of women, under station. iney were ail cnargea wixn ta Reine Helen Baker, motored out disorderly conduct, several witn drunK- and started the laborious work of get- I enness tn addition, and were released tine the decorations In shaDe. Shortly " oa rurnisnea Dy Attorneys 1. a. after Manager Cordray and Assistant Manager I'etrlth turned every avail able workman in the grounds Into as sistants for the cause. Speaker Warma to Tanlc Quickly, Mrs. Ehrgott cut into her subject in short order. She said the demand for woman suffrage equal suffrage was because women were forced to earn their living under laws and conditions which they had not helped to create. When 4.000,000 men were out of work a year ago, it was the women who had to force their steps .to the treadmill to support families, declared the speaker, and with Jane Addams as an authority, and drawing from her own experience in Chicago, the most pitiful tales were told in a most graphic and convincing manner. It was no demand Mrs. Ehrgott made: "We women are merely asking if we cannot come to the assistance of you men. not that we may leave the home, but that we may stay there." The heartless answer which politl - cians turned to their Macedonian call, said Mrs. Ehrgott "this was what made equal suffrage the need of every woman in the world to advocate." Legislatures had turned down wo men, she declared. They had no vote. Labor had learned the power of the vote and it was her belief that women as a solid, cohesive, voting mass, would Improve conditions not only for womankind but for the world. And this was the final appeal: "There are 1,000.000 working women in America who want to nurse the baby. They must deny its pitiful calls because they have not the time. They must work to live." "There are 1,000,00ft more who have no babies who would stay at home if thej- haa the time. But they, too, must work long hours to live. That Is the why of the call for equal suffrage." Colonel Wood Attacks "Antls." Colonel Wood, one at a time, at tacked tne arguments of the antl-suf-f ra gists. "There will never be a necessity for women to go to war because they have the vote. There will never be another war. This is 'what everybody knows,' unless it be anti-suffragists God help them and bless them. We are build ing a few more Dreadnoughts, but even they cannot stave back the day of peacefulness and industrialism which has arrived." Bitterly did Colonel Wood attack the suggestion that women were incapa ble of exercising the vote. He men tioned one lignt after another in sci ence, art and literature. "And yet the day is in my memory when a woman who spoke on this plat form, as Mrs. Ehrgott has done, would be classed unsexed. "If the life of the state be the fam My. and if the family be the unit of the Ftate, If that unit must be but half rep resented, there can be no real union. "The voice of the state is the vote you give it to the Ignorant foreigner who arrives at your gate, yet you re fuse it to your mother and children. Practical Man Is Distrusting;. "I am told women are impracticable. If there is one man I have no use for, it is the practicable man, the man who thinks the world was perfect when he was born and wants to leave it per feet when he leaves it and that Is the best thing he can do leave it. "If the world had been left to the practicable man. we should still be practicable cave-dwellers, practically eating our practicable relatives." Be-garbed in "mortar boards" and gowns, a number of the college women lent a dignity to the scene. They were accompanied by the members of the or. ganlzation and by women who voted in other states. The parade which they had hoped to arrange was abandoned after the photographs were taken Among the interesting personages present was Dr. Mary Thompson, who was "87 years young," she declared. McDevitt and H. C. King. One of tile party made an original and uninterrupted Jail break when the party ten patrol-wagon loads was being taken into the municipal court room on the second floor of the police station, to be held until bail was fur nished. He jumped across an eight foot court from a rear window to the roof of a stable behind the jail, and escaped, amid the encouragement of his companions and the police. Bail for his appearance with the others had already- been furnished, and the police laughingly watched his frantic efforts to escape. The path was the same taken by four prisoners on the third floor of the Jail a week ago. across the roofs to a rooming-house, thence down to the street. Noise Brings Complaints. Complaints early in the day that the club was noisy, and there was fightin going: on, began to come in to the sta tlon. These increased until Actln Captain Riley ordered the patrolmen to raid the place and arrest its inmates. According to the reports of the police to the Captain, several of those in the club were Intoxicated, some so that they had to be carried to the patrol wagon: others were playing cards, an still others were shouting and fight lng. The charge of disorderly conduct is equivalent to the Eastern charge of "disturbing the peace of the Sabbath day," the arrests being made for the same cause. The prisoners were held in the municipal courtroom nntil the arrival of their bail, then released. A number gave fictitious names to the police, but as they will be tried in a body, this is not regarded as a drawback by the police. Accused Give Names. The names given by those arrested were: F. D. Waldrlpp, H. A. MeCall, a real estate man; E. M. Juvett, Abe Bons, T. T. Sherrill, A. Dafgord, C. A. Davison, Harry Boll, Thomas Koss, E. R. Spencer, Ambrose Madeka, G. T. Mann, G. Batts, D. A. Kearney, Bob Both, D. H. Mark, W. F. Repperdan, H. Landenburg, Q. H. Holland, A. E. Hanson, Harry Norman, a salesman: G. Morris, Charles Lanning, F. T. Dennis, Popular Resort Attracts Many by a uuior: Artnur vt nson, S. A. Morse Manager Cordray, of Oaks, Keeps Stellar Attraction. PROGRAMME IS UNEQUALED and L. O. Peterson. Others were: F. Erickson. Robert I Osier, L. Larson, M. Bulger, Ed Leavy, I Alfred James, E. J. Armstrong, Dave Brown, c. J. Strickland, C. Olsen, B. Mountain. F. W. Barrett, J. A. Johnson, C. H. Dickson, F. W. Strickland, E. Berg, G. W. Way, John Sutherland, F. H. Ledyard, who gave bail for hlm- Reason of tures Entertaining Fea- Offered Pharaoh's Knowledge Increases. After paying a forfeit of $500 late I PICTURE HOUSES DO WELL OFFICER WHO RANKS AS SER GEANT, ACTS AS POLICE CAPTAIN AND CHIEF IN A SINGLE DAY. V-X- ?5 s IT 0 Harry Riley. Acting Captain Harry Riley, of the first relief, was Chief of Po lice yesterday, for an entire day, by an odd coincidence of circum stances, caused by vacations and religious engagements in the po lice department. He will have 15 days to forget It, for he goes to Seaside today on his regular va cation. For 14 hours, Riley, who ranks as a sergeant, was Acting Cap- f tain of two reliefs and Acting t Chief of Police. Captain Moore. of the day relief, and Sergeant Rupert, his next in command, were both out of the city Moore on his vacation and Rupert In charge of his ball team at an out-of-town game. So Chief Slover requested Riley to take his place at the head of the department, as he had engagements which prevented his being at the sta tion. Incidentally. RHey worked from 6:30 In the morning to 8:30 last night. self and 38 others; Fritz Aminoff, A. E. I yesterday. Manager Cordray was able rcyan, menn tilltner, J. E. Bright. Dan to arrange for a continuance this week, Connor, Ed Murphy. I the "old-fashioned" Boyd and Ogle I one-ring circus, that has been such al tremendous success at the Oaks. This was after the Hawaiians ' had been engaged and these with the Oaks! Palr PanH i a i.1pi.n. Vino- Pharanh I ssjii.sru.Y "a in mew xveeit the educated horse, and Lady Living Brine Smiles an Teari stone, the skating bear, offered a bill rrillg SHUiej WIO .tears. , ,t.rlalim,) that ho. nov. hun equalled at the park. Three pictures on the bill yesterday It had to be condensed yesterday af- at the People's were worthy of more ternoon, owing to the park being than ' nassinir notice. "Th T-n UVKr l" "le -""ege aquai oui- 4I . .. . , frage League, so In return for the com i-niiisTio . a.Li micrcsimg Biuay in rllmT.t th m.nhr. nf th loocr.. criminology; iia nr. juaa- was a stayed en mase for the circus and other quaint tale in which the main feature features of the Oaks' bill in the eve- was country village character por- ning. trayal, while the "Phantom of the Performances Are Changed. isignt revealed intense emotional The performance of the circus has sirens iu anu Bnpping power, xne been entirely changed and will be given s.w,ci niiu a. oummer cuuieuy ana every afternoon and evening. m u.ui .ea. King Pharaoh brought down the J-ne Dtar Xneater Orierea lOUr Stand- whnb aiMinr Intn nntnrnm onnlanu ard film features. The cleverest was "Wki in wnmon -aant Kint-r ..iJ i inn. uancia, an excruciatingly iun- Dr Kovd ny comeay in wnicn a pair or lost pink Everyone thought the answer would garters got a youthful finder In a Deck h. nt. " hut it wi nnt trine wont of trouble, but "Big Sister" caused much to his letter ease and one at a time S.S,,,,., ,sT.it ,v ji.uwra wan tne brought out the letters, pnnaninropic people or r.ew xork are Thii wa thn nnswer- "A fs.ii- rti Z i ! . ?, , Bames or tne east So now Dr. Boyd wonders, if King's o.uc 111 lino lining uut Beiuua. 1 116 mi 11rLt I on la lAkpn Intrt rnni ilarnt nn iiri ana tne yun was mamedly West- notwithstanding the fact that he has no contained the usual amount of college degree, will he be eligible as a iiiriiuiiB euiauues, wnue i ne striped college suffragist? Parasol" was comic. The Carson Trio several times stopped the show with Hawaiian Entertainers' Score, their clever vocal work and tne Sisters The Hawaiians were an undoubted Lennes offered a very pretty sister act. hit- The group of Kanakas sang folk "The Battle-ground, a two-reel spe- lore songs and played on Hawaiian in cial problem play, will have a run of struments to a delightfully-enthusias- four days, commencing next Wednes- tic audience, day. Alfred L. Chapman, the famous Cus- The Arcade was packed all day with ter guide, who witnessed the fall of tnrongs drawn there to see the three Custer on the Little Big Horn River, reel special, "Redemption." This 'pic- Montana, and George Ash, a survivor ture uses iuiiy duu actors and is divided or lne Mexican revolution, who nas re into B0 scenes. It is one of the strong- cently participated In engagements, est photoplays ever seen in this citv. were in the auditorium, with a series Besides Mr. Elwell the management put of moving-picture films of an unique on Bin Murray ana company in a pro- nature. Jotn. Drieriy told their exclt tean act, in which about 10 character ing experiences. changes are made with rare speed and Punch and Judy proved pleasing for dexterity. The singing of the company the litle folks, while the warm weather is excellent. made swimming ana every one or tne The bill at Sunnyside Theater was Oaks attractions an undoubted success. long and entirely satisfying and will The park was crowded. De cnangea again entirely today. The Peoples has secured for the Wednesday change the famous five reel Nat Goodwin production of "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. This film is Just now engaging the attention of tne big Eastern cities and is being played in opera houses at advanced prices. The People's will nut it on in us regular snow at the usual price. PAGET IS WELL PLEASED Prohibition Candidate for Senator Well Received, He Says After speaking In 27 towns in Wash ington and Yamhill counties and cover Inc. a rilntanfSA nf a nnrnvlm a talv OCA Al i. fr-r. -.. B-fc . . ! . s-i't" -ss,j - UL VtK 1 WIN I IS hi MFH miles by automobile, B. Lee Paget, can pi rronioiuun iicnei, returned to rortiana Peoples Theater Closes Contract for Saturday. He left last night for Hood River, where he will today continue his campaign tour, speaking at Hood River, Hoc flit (. 1 7 ITnnnt HnnH Parlrilala anA I'.ai urauwini representative nthsi- ton-nit in Hnnrt Rltrei fnontv ciosea a contract witn the People's utr Pnt nvnrpiuH him,,. if Theater yesterday for a four-day run tiroiv nieaaAri with th nmiii nf hi. of "Oliver Twist," by Charles Dickens. ir in Tnmhlll Cnnntv. . Tn ""'""'"s "c- "eunasuay. t.ome as Carlton. ' Lafayette and Yamhill, muuiiia ku .111. sjuuu will Drone into whAT-A tH lalnnn unt men! 1. mt-wnrtr Pictorial Production of Work. the film-producing game, and his first effort was a five-reel production of this great story by Dickens. The piece was first produced in New York City a few days ago. The film was released in various parts of the country . about the same time, and Portland is now enabled to see the work the same time it is being exhibited in all the other big cities or tne country. The picture was , privately viewed here yesterday, and the People's man agement was so thoroughly satisfied with it that the contract was Immedi ately signed. It will be shown in the People s and in every other theater operated by this concern. Oliver Twist" is essentially a tale of character types, and filming the story does not lose for It- one Jot or tittle of the quaint humor of the au thor, nor any of the grimness and trag edy. Nat Goodwin undertakes the part of Fagln and does wonderfully with it His tragic ability surprises, especially in view of the countless comedy parts ssayed by him. Miss Marie Doro plays Oliver Twist, and gives the character wonderful interpretation. Sykes and Nancy and all the rest of the familiar characters are played in lifelike man- er. and a particular hit is made by some unknown actor who plays the Artful Dodger. . he was cordially received, and his re marks were listened to with close at tentlon. New Principal Arrives. WOODLAND, Wash.. Aug, 1L (Spe cial.) Frederick stuckert, the new principal of the Woodland school, and Mrs. Stuckert have arrived In town, and, although the school season will not commence until September 10, Pro fessor Stuckert prefers to get ao quainted with parents and pupils and otherwise familiarize nimseir witn lo cal conditions before the season opens, Professor Stuckert was principal of the Washougal (Wash.) schools for four years before accepting the prin- cipalshlp here and comes highly rec ommended. . Rosenthal's shoe sale now on. Learn to Say EI Rayo at Meier & Frank's Means Big Savings 1HE next two weeks at Meier & Frank's, the all important Final Cleanup of Summer Merchandise will hold full sway. Even a double page in Sunday's papers couldn't tell of all the phenomenal offerings planned for you today. Reter to the seven rousing morning specials new offerings in Our August Homefurnishing Sale the great Semi-Annual V2 price Remnant Sale on the main aisle the Big August Sale of Toilet Goods and Drugs. Come today there are savings for you in every section of lhe Big btore. w Men s Sliirt Sale Continues ! Manhattan and Other Makes To $4 Flannel Shirts, $2.36 ERFECTLY-IADE French Flannel Shirts of the famous, high-grade Gotham, Manhattan and E. & V. makes. The smart, comfortable 4 golf stvles with soft French cuffs. , re Regularly $3, $3.50 and $4. Today at F $4, $5 SilK Shirts at $2.93 Elegant Golf Shirts of pure Jnst Inside Morrison-St. Entrance. silk and silk and linen. Manhat tan, E. & W. and Gotham makes. Plain and pleated bos oms, sort J?renen cutis. All sizes. $4 to $5 Silk Shirts, only $2.93 $6, $8 SilK Shirts at $4.24 Truly the shirts of a trentle man luxuriant pure silk, of extra weight. Gotham. E. & "V. and Manhattan makes. All fresh, new stock and in all sizes. $6, $7 and A O ,fl $8 Silk Shirts, at &t.t All Manhattan Shirts Now at Reduced Prices In the P lire Food G rocery Eastern Bacon, Today, Found AN appetizing meal is yours if you've some of this delicious East ern Bacon fried crisp for breakfast ! Eastern sugar-cured and smoked over a slow hickory fire. Special today at low price, pound, Royal Baking Powder, one-pound cans, 38 Mexican Beans, 5 pounds, special at only 25& Dry Lima Beans, 4 pounds, special at 25 Ripe Olives, large cans, priced special at 19 Standard Soap, 11 bars at the low price, 257 Armour's Sail Soap, 8 bars, special at 25d Babbitt's Soap, 6 bars at the low price of 25d 31c M. & F. Special Soap, 11 bars at only A. & L. Oysters, large cans, special at Raisins, 3 packages, priced special at Salad Oil, large bottles, on sale at, bottle, Press Matches, 7 packages, special at Tillamook Cheese, priced special, the lb., Grape Juice, large 45c bottles, special, 25c 17 121 r 22d 25c 19c JSc Phone Orders Taken From 7 A. M. Phone Orders Taken From 7 A. M. LEAVE THE CITY FOR VACATIONS BY THE SEA SEASIDE AND GEARHART A splendid shore of twenty-five miles from the Columbia River to Tillamook Head. Every vacation plan, you want hotels, cottages, camping places. Mountain water, fishing, boating, field sports and surf bathing, of course. The ideal place for women and children. The trip is made in fast trains of observation parlor cars and com fortable coaches, along the Columbia River. ROUND 3 Saturday to Monday T D D C 4 Dai,y Season Limit 1 Kll 5 $15 Commutation 5 Round Trips Seashore eaves Portland 9 :10 A. M. -, i daily. Reaches Beach points Limited for luncheon. Returns to Port land after dinner. Week-End Leaves Portland 2 :00 P. M. Sat r j arday. Reaches Beach points Special for dinner. Returns to Port land Monday noon. An evening train leaves Portland at 6:30 daily. Clatsop Beach Folders, Train Schedules, Parlor Car Seats, Tickets and Details, at CITY TICKET OFFICE, FIFTH AND STARK STREETS NORTH BANK STATION, ELEVENTH AND HOTT STREETS. . h