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16 THE aiORXIXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY. JUL.T 4, 1917. AUDITORIUM WILL BE OPENED TODAY Fine Programme Arranged for Introducing Public to City's $600,000 Hall. NOTE WILL BE PATRIOTIC Building Declared Unusually At tractive and Large Audience la Expected at Dedicatory Ex ercises at 10:30 o'clock. FACTS ABOUT TODAY'S DEDI CATION of the: public A V I) I TO II I I'M. Building opens at 10 A. M. Ad mission free. Dedication programme starts at 10:30 o'clock. Arrangements made for open ing of entire lower floor, mak ing room for 6500 persons. " Building- to remain open all day after 10 A. M. for public In spection. Dedicatory programme will Toe over in time to allow persons to have lunch before the Fourth of July military parade starts. With an elaborate programme Port land will dedicate her beautiful public Auditorium this morning at 10:30 o'clock. The building, representing an Invest ment of about $600,000 and marking the final realization of a civic institu tion sought for 10 years or more, is virtually finished. Except for a few details It will appear this morning in final shape. Those who have been in side say the public will be astounded at its magnificence. The doors will open at 10 o'clock, at which time it is expected the crowd for the dedicatory exercises will begin to assemble. The dedication is to be "under the auspices of the Royal Rosar ians, assisted by the Monday Musical Club and the Daughters of the Con federacy, with Dean Vincent, prime minister of the Rosarians, as master of ceremonies. A series of novel features of an ar tiHtic and patriotic nature have been arranged by the Rosarians for the pro gramme which has been worked out by the Rosarian committee comprising Dean Vincent. Frank E. Smith. William McMurray, Frank M. Case. W. E. Finzer and H. J. Blaesing. Ii'rge Gathering Expected. It is expected the Auditorium will be crowded to capacity. The entire lower floor will be open for the occa sion, which means there will be seats for 5500 persons. A squad of police will be on hand to take charge of the crowd and Boy Scouts will be ushers. The opening number of the pro gramme will be patriotic music by the Royal Rosarian band under the direc tion of J. B. Ettinger. The introduc tion will be made with a novel stunt. The band then will play an overture to the opera "Martha." followed by "America." The assemblage will sing with the band, and will be led by the Royal Rosarian quartet. Bishop Walter T. Sumner will offer the dedicatory prayer, after which the Rosarian quartet will sing "The Bliz sard." The quartet comprises Harry Miles Whetsel. Thomas H. Williams. Albert S. Brown and Walter Hardwick, with William Robinson Boone accom panist. Hans Pederson, who erected the building, will present the key to Mayor Baker, and Mr. Baker will make an address on "Our Auditorium," which will include a history of the Auditorium movement and construction. Madame Valalr to Sing. Madame Lucie Valair will be on the programme for a solo, "America's Mar seillaise." She is representing the Monday Musical Club and the Daugh ters of the Confederacy. The band will accompany her. Frank Branch Riley will read the Declaration of Independ ence, after which the assemblage will sing "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," with the Royal Rosarian quartet lead ing and the band accompanying. - The finale will be the "Grand American Fantasia" by the band. All during the day after 10 o'clock the building will be open for public in spection. It is expected thousands of persons will visit it, inasmuch as this will be the first opportunity the public has had to see the interior. Workmen were busy yesterday round ing out the final finishing touches. Last night Mayor Baker put a large force of men to work making the final clean up so the building will be spick and span for today. A temporary stand has been erected in front of the stage for use of the band, and on the stage- will be an as semblage of persons who have had some part in the Auditorium movement at one time or another. PORTLAND'S NEW PUBLIC AUDITORIUM WHICH WILL BE DEDICATED TODAY WITH FOURTH-OF-JULY PROGRAMME. ksA,. : 'Av--v X-' i .'--kp -- - -:--r"-r. - Xu SVX X : : ezzz ; n NM ; X 71 V 'htoiit 1 1 & -1 i - m - f r ? f ? r 7j IiJiikn vi fffH Tjn-w U i H xVx5v' f titf ' ?fi f-f j- zZr. " - i EXTERIOR OF STRUCTURE COVERING BLOCK BETWEEN MARKET CLAY AND SECOND AND THIRD STREETS. RECORD HOT CLEAR Mr. Muck Thinks Minutes of Bridge Meetings Changed. TYPING SEEMS DIFFERENT DRIVER FALLS 60 FEET Horse and Wagon Goes Over Bank, Animal Hurt, Man Escapes. r. H. Mills, driver for the Bleldt Boot Shop, yesterday morning fell down a 60-foot embankment, followed by his horse and wagon, and escaped with a lew minor scratches. Mr. Mills was attempting to turn his horse and wagon around on Market Street Drive, near the embankment, when the animal became unmanageable and started to back. Mr. Mills leaped just as the wagon s'rted over the bank. The horse s hip was dislocated and the wagon was wrecked. LECTURE SERIES CHANGED Summer School to Adjourn Daring Convention Week. . A change In the schedule of lectures offered in Portland b the university of Oregon in connection with the Sum mer school session has been announced by Dr. George Rebec, who is in charge of the Portland Summer session. The lecture on Whitman announced for this week will be given July 20 and' Dr. Spaeth will lecture on Milton and "The Puritan Ideal ot .LiiDerijr aay even ing of this week. The Summer school will adjourn dur Ing the week of the N. E. A. Aberdeen Arrests 20 Men. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 3. (Spe cial.) Twenty men were arrested here yesterday on charges of drunkenness the largest number for that offense arrested in any one day Since the dry law went into effect, IS months ago. Many of the men when brought to the police Station were found to be ear ning quart bottles of whisky on their hip. Police fines for the day from drunks totalled over 1200. County Commissioner Says He Is Ready to Fight to Last Ditch to Prevent Unfair , Distri bution of Net Profits. - Alleged tampering with the records of the Interstate Bridge Commission is to be fully investigated by County Commissioner Muck prior to the next meeting of the commission, which is scheduled to be held' the middle of this month. In an examination already made by Mr. Muck, what appears to have been a tampering of the records has been brought to light, and he announced yes terday that he would insist upon a rigid investigation before any action is taken which will give Clarke County two-fifths of the bridge profits. In examining the records of the com mission before he became a member, Mr. Muck came upon a resolution which was adopted by the commission April 30, 1915, which purports to give Clarke County two-fifths of the profits. H found, however, that a clause had been inserted in the resolution setting forth the fact that this two-fifths is the pro rata share of the cost of construction. This last clause was written with a different style of typewriter from the first part of the resolution and Mr. Muck will demand an explanation. In looking over the records of the commission, Mr. Muck found that it was ordered that Multnomah County pay five-sevenths and Clarke County two-sevenths of the cost of construc tion of the bridge. This order was made November 29. 1913. The resolu tion of April, 1915, however, asserts that Clarke County paid two-fifths of the cost of construction, says Mr. Muck. I will see to it that a thorough in vestigation is made before any definite action is taken," said Mr. Muck. "If a fair division of the profits is made, Clarke County will receive its two sevenths and I will fight any effort on the part of the Clarke County Com missioners or Chairman jnoiman to give the Washington County two-fifths of the profits. 'This fight will mean a. saving oi thousands upon thousands of dollars to the taxpayers of Multnomah county in the course of a few years. In fact, even for the first four months of the opera tion of the bridge, the difference be tween two-fifths and two-seventns amounts to more than $3000. This a matter worth fighting for, and I will take It through the meeting of the com mission this month and further, if there is any need of doing so. The fight first startea Monday, wnen the Clarke County officials appeared at the Courthouse and made demand for two-fifths of the profits of the bridge. This was opposed by Mr. Muck, who authorized payment of just two-sev enths of the revenue. The Clarke County officials at that time threat ened to take it into the courts. PERS0NALMENTI0N. W. Xj. Clark, of Hood River, is at the Riti. W. P. White, of Albany, Or., is at the Seward. R. A. Booth, of Eugene, Or., is at the Imperial. W. R. Ingram, of Yacolt, Wash., Is at the Oregon. I. E. Dayton, of Los Angeles, CaL. Is at the Carlton. F. E. Craig registered at the Perkins from Astoria, Or. E. C Brownlee, of Hood River, Or. is at the Cornelius. W. C. McFarland. of Clifton, Ariz., Is registered at the Oregon. Mrs. Annie Phillips, of Hood River, Or., is at the Cornelius. John Twohy registered at the Port land from Spokane, Wash. . T. A. McCUllough registered at the Nortonia from Eugene. Or. Mrs. W. B. Taylor, of Chehalls, Wash., is registered at the Oregon. George H Reach, of Springfield. Mass.. is at the Washington. O. Roberts and Ted Seifert registered at the Perkins from Chicago. K. H- Brokaw is registered at the Nortonia from Tacoma, Wash- Miss Gwen Boirll registered at the Multnomah from Otter Rock, Or. J. A. Shearer and T. E. Hulery. of Mc- Minnville. Or., are at the Bits. Viola Gandrup registered at the Washington from San Jose, CaL Mr. and Mrs. W. Hufner, of Bend, Or., are registered at the Carlton. Captain Parks registered at the Im perial from the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis, Or. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Johnson, of Birm ingham, Ala., are at the Nortonia. R. E. Seward and L. M. Sparks, of Bridal Veil, Or., are at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCall registered at the Cornelius from Vancouver. Wash. Mrs. W. H. Ferguson, of San Fran cisco, Cal.. registered at the Portland. T. T. Thompson, of Knightsen. Cal., la spending a few days at the Washing ton. W. M. Holton. of Spokane, and W. R. Alexander, of Seattle, are at the Ore gon. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Gessett, of Stella. Wash., are at the Carlton for a few days. ' Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Durkin, of Van couver, Wash, are registered at the Washington. George Schultzberg, of Salinas, Cal., and M. H. Evans, of St. Paul, Or., are at- the Multnomah. W. H. Aubln, of Pasco, Wash., and George A. Beavls, of The Dalles, Or., are at the Cornelius. John P. Sweeney, of Fort Wayne, and H. B. Jensen, of Walla Walla, Wash are at the Multnomah. Mrs. Andrew Peterson, of Oregon City, Or., and Winnie Braden, of Dallas, Or., are at the Imperial. S. C. Ralston, of Salem, Or., and A. M. McKenney, of Kelso, Wash., are registered at the Perkins. Dr. and Mrs. H. Hart and son, of Medford, Or., and R. R. Butler, of The Dalles, Or., are at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. William Packard and Mr. and Mrs. William Penland. of Pen dleton, Or., are at the Perkins. Roy Webb, of Spokane, and G. G. Bagley, of Spokane, are registered for a few days at the Multnomah. Dr. and Mrs. Francke, of Boise, Idaho. registered at the Portland, as did Mrs. James Torrance, of -Boise, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Porter and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sweeney, all of Clats kanie. Or., are registered at the Ritx. Mr. and Mrs. H Shipe. of Astoria, Or., and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith, of Oroville, CaL. registered at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gill, of San Francisco, are visiting in Portland and registered for a few days at the JNor- tonia. Mrs. W. A. Van Engelen. of Burley, Idaho, and Miss Jennie Van Engelen, of Centralia, Wash., are at the Port land for a few days. John B. Wilson, star member of the Oregon Agricultural College football team last Fall, registered at the Seward from Corvallis, Or. Captain and Mrs. D. V. Chisholm registered at the Carlton from Wash ington. D. C. Captain Chisholm Is commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American War Veterans and will take part in the parade today. I CHICAGO. July S. (Special.) D. Livermore, of Portland, is registered at the Auditorium Hotel today. BATTERY B FORMING New Field Unit Expects Service in France. Early "BE VOLUNTEER" IS SLOGAN Instead of being sent from the Audi tor's office to the individual members of the Council interested in the sub ject. The Council by unanimous vote re pealed the ordinance passed by the old Council doing away with Council ac tion on all communications. The old system led to many matters of impor tance going direct to Commissioners and therefore never coming to the at tention of the Council as a whole. 10 000 SEE ROUND-UP MAST THRILLERS ARE STAGED ON SECOND DAY AT ALBANY. Diamond C Dumps Lea Angeles Rider, Then Turns Somersanlt "Broacfco Bob" Hall Is Faverlte. ALBANT. " Or.. July 3. (SpeciaL) Scores of automobiles poured into Al bany today from all drlections, and a crowd estimated to exceed 10,000 per sons viewed the second day's events of the Western Oregon Round-up. Diamond C. one of tne bucking horses, furnished the headline thriller of the day when, after dumping "Pee Wee" Holmes, -of Los Angeles, by vi cious bucking, it turned a complete somersault. Holmes, introduced as the smallest - bucking horse rider in the world, is said to have received 500 recently for impersonating a lamous motion picture actress in a fall from runaway horse, and did not do the job as well as he did his involuntary fall today. The Red Cross squad in attendance performed its first service today when Olive Osborn. of Union. Or., had to be carried from the field after a hard fall when attempting to ride Gray Devil, one of the buckers. She recovered later. but was unable to participate in any further events. Attempting to ride Roman race with an open girth, John Tayche, of Pendleton, suffered another bad tumble. One rider was kicked to day and several were thrown hard, but no serious Injuries were sunTered. The bucking was high class again today. True to his name. Poncho Villa proved the hardest bucker, and tossed Art Bivens, of Los Angeles. George Fletcher, of Pendleton, on George Washington, made one of the feature rides of the day. "Broncho Bob" Hall, of Independence, was a favorite. His drunken ride and a spectacular fall in bull-dogging won applause. National Guard Officers Desire to Fill Regiment to Replace Men Discharged Because They nave Persons Dependent. Have you enlisted yet in Battery B? Battery B is the crack new field artillery unit being organized in the Oregon National Guard, and it offers Oregon young men a splendid opportu nity to see active service in the near future. One of the big needs of the United States Army just now is artillery, both light and heavy guns. So there is every prospect that the new battery will be sent to France within a short time after it is brought into the federal service. The new battery will have four 3- lnch cannon, like the present Battery A. The guns will be much like the famous French 75's that have done such remarkable service in the present war. This being July Fourth, particular efforts will be made by recruiting offi cers for the National Guard today, act ing under orders Issued by George A. White, Adjutant-General, to enlist men for Battery B and bring other units of the Guard up to full war strength in readiness for the call Into the Fed eral service that is to come this month or early in August. "Be m Volunteer" to Be Slogan. Most of them already have been at full war strength, but the War Depart ment order authorizing the discharge of married men and those having de pendents brought down the strength again. There is still room for young men of good character and physique who prefer volunteering in a live out fit to waiting for the draft. Be a volunteer" will be the recruit ing slogan today. It will be heard all over the city. Men are urgently needed and it is hoped that many will be moved by the patriotic spirit of the day to join the colors. The opportunity for volunteering with these National Guard organiza tions, all of which are well officered and instructed, may end at an early date. Tblrd Infantry Needs Fifty. Men are desired for field artillery. cavalry, infantry and the engineers. Companies A and C, of the National Guard ' Engineers, are pretty well up toward war strength, but there is still room In Company B' for a large number of men. The Third Oregon Infantry also needs B0 men. Those who enlist today for this crack regiment will be sent at once to Clackamas and their pay will begin immediately. The Third Oregon has twice been to full war strength but each time the discharge of men having dependent relatives has left several vacancies. The Third Oregon enjoys the distinction of being consid ered by Army men as one ot the best- drilled, best-equipped and best-offi cered National Guard regimepts in the whole United States. Captain Cicero F. Hogan. who Is in charge of the National Guard recruiting station at 106 Fourth street, yesterday enlisted 14 men. He was assisted - in his recruiting work by First Lleuten ant Johnson, of Battery A, and by Sergeant Petrick, United States Field Artillery, who is sergeant instructor for the Oregon Field Artillery. BAPTISTS FOR PROHIBITION Medford Congregation Urges Sen ator Chamberlain to Take Stand. MEDFORD, Or., July 3. (Special.) Acting upon the suggestion of their pastor. Rev. F. W. Carstens, the congre gation of the Baptist Church sent a night letter to senator Chamberlain Sunday praying that the Oregon Sena tor do everything in his power for Nation-wide prohibition. Mr. Carstens urged the members of his congregation to practice economy in their households and to aid in the conservation of food throughout the Nation. He declared the waste of grain in the production of beer, as well as spiritous liquors, should be stopped, so that the war against German miltiarism could be pursued with the maximum supply of food for civilians and sol diers. Clatsop Sets Juvenile Fair Dates. ASTORIA, Or, July 3. (SpeciaL) The County Fair Board has named Sep tember 21 and 22 as the time for the juvenile fair here. ITALIAN SURGEON IS ANGRY Alleged Insinuations of Mr. Ferrara on Reservists' Tests Scored. Dr. Carlo Visettl. ex-Consular Aeent lor tne Italian government in Portland resents the implications contained in recent declarations by Albert B. Fer rara. well-known Italian attorney, that numerous Italian reservists examined by Dr. Visettl for military duty were found physically unfit. Now, I am willing to submit all the men whom I rejected to an exami nation by any qualified surgeon of the United States Army, and will willingly pay iuu to tne Kea cross for every such man found fit for service, provid ed Mr. Ferrera pays J100 for everv mnn rejected." declared Dr. Vlsetti. $1500 GIVEN FOR LIFE Two Verdicts Award Damages for Automobile Accident. Damages amounting to 31500 were awarded to Carl Lorenz, administrator of the estate of W. Lorenz, and against the Roberts Motor Car Company and the Wah Lee Yeun Company in a ver diet returned yesterday at the conclu sion of the personal injury trial be fore Circuit Judge Phelps. In the same case Andrew McAfee won a verdict of 31582 against the same firms and for the same accident. McAtee said he was badly injured when a truck operated by the Chinese company ran into him. W. Lorenz died as the result of Injuries suffered in the accident. COUNCIL ACTION INCREASED Auditor to Send AH Business to Board Instead of Individuals. All public matters received by the City Auditor's office will be sent di rect to the City Council from now on tore Closeb All Day Today SnfoepentieiTce 5Bap Trie Quality" Store or pokjland 0 BBEIrJJonrmivif.-. : m 3 .Northwestern Bank8uildin& Employer and Employee FROM the head of the industry or business down to the person receiving the smallest pay envelope in plant and store the Northwest ern National Bank affords all a courteous, prompt and efficient banking service. And. the account of each Is as appreciatively received. orthwesterxv .National Ban. Portland Oregon STATE SOCIETY MEETS FORMER RESIDENTS OF MICHIGAN HAVE SOCIABLE TIME. Entertainment Constats of Speakins and Musical Sombert N. E. A. Deleaates to Be Welcomed. An elaborate programme was given by the Michigan Society of Oregon in the Portland Hotel Monday night at its regular monthly meeting. President G. L. Rausch presided and was respon sible for the large assortment of enter tainment provided. Miss Ruth Gibbs opened the pro gramme with a piano solo, followed by a soprano solo by Miss Mary Randall, accompanied by Miss Cunningham. Helen Miller Sen then introduced her pupil. Miss Margaret Garrison who won Pacific Coast oratorical honors in Cali fornia recently. Her topic was "Na tional Prohibition." The Girls' Quartet, made up of Miss Randall, Miss Rich mond, Miss Williams and Miss Ersley, accompanied by Miss Cunningham, ren dered two songs. E. J. Freeman, a prominent educator of Michigan, introduced D. W. Springer, secretary of the National Education As sociation, who called on all former Michigan residents to help entertain Michigan teachers in attendance at the annual convention here next week. A. G. Clark, of the Home Industry League, delivered an address on the civic duty of all members of the Michi gan Society of Oregon. Dancing, cards and light refreshments ended a pleasant evening. Pendleton Court Work Drops Off. PENDLETON, Or.. July 3. (Special.) Police Court business in Pendleton during the month of June was at its lowest ebb. There were only 14 cases on the docket, the majority of them minor offenses. This is the smallest number In any one month since the Fall of 1908, when the city was first dry, and the amount of the fines, $110, was exactly equaled at that time. A number of the offenders are Indians who occasionally manage to get enough lemon extract to get Intoxi cated and into trouble. Bootlegging, however, has been reduced to a mini- Products Week At the Meier & Frank Store July 9th to 14th To the Manufacturers of Oregon: We desire to offer you, free of charge,' space available in our store, for the purpose of demonstrating the manu facture and exhibition of Home Made Products during Home Products Week, July 9th to 14th. It is the desire of the Meier & Frank Company to take this opportunity, while there are so many visitors in the city (N. E. A. Week), to assist the producers of this com munity and the state at large in showing the superior character and quality of merchandise and articles made in Oregon, thereby increasing the demand and making for a bigger and better city and state. Apply for space at once. Office, 6th floor. roc The Quality' Store or Portland