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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1916)
3, 1916. Union No. 104 had to come to the rescue of Cupid. They suspended the regular order of business for the spe cial purpose of initiating the prospec tive bridegroom. With a fresh, new union card In his pocket, and his first month's dues paid, the benedict-to-be thanked "the boys" fervently, and hurried away to keep a 9:30 P. M. date with the girl and the preacher. The rules of the union will not per mit the man's name to be divulged. CIRCUS DEAD REMEMBERED Performers Place -Flowers on Grave In Baker Cemetery. BAKER, Or.. Sept. 2. (Special.) Circus performers tenderly placing a beautiful floral pieceon a little grave at Mount Hope Cemetery this after- GAMP TOBE TAMED Men's $1 Fewer Bad PJIen or Bigger Cemetery Is Edict of Keeler, Cal., Vigilantes. Department the best suits obtainable SLIPPERY ROPES PROVIDED Test Is Made When Two Men Are "Strung Up," Then lowered and Told to "Beat It" Blood Shed Is Feared Yet. DAfGHTER OF" OREGON PIO NEER IS BURIED AT LONE FIR CEMETERY THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER REGULAR ROAR ING for $15 KEELER, Cal Sept. 2. (Special.) T-ast night a crisis was reached in this, the wildest and most lawless mining camp in all the West, when a powerful vigilance committee was organized and a. relentless cleanup began. Thougrh a comparatively small place with a large proportion of good, law-abiding- citizens, the camp has had more disorder to the square inch than any other in the country. Now the edict has gone out that there shall either be less lawlessness or a more populous cemetery. Behind that edict are determined men. six-shooters and slippery ropes, all ready for business. There aren't many trees, but some strong telephone poles. The ropes were tested today. Two men, suspected of complicity in a recent crime, who refused to give an account of themselves, were "strung up" until nearly dead and then cut down and told to "beat It." Murder Is Suspected. Two weeks ago, R. S. Kelly, a local mining man, was found shot to death and the Impression prevails he was murdered by two Mexicans hired to put him out of the way, although the Cor oner's Jury returned a suicide verdict. The husband of a woman with whom Kelly traveled has been mentioned in the case. A few evenings ago one Mexican tried to hold up another on the main street and was laid out with a bottle. The intenden victim gathered a lot of Mexicans to hang the highwayman, who recovered in the meantime, assembled his own gang and took to the brush. There the others surrounded them and all night the two gangs fired on ach other in the darkness, exchang ing fully 500 shots. If any were killed or wounded they were spirited away. Deputy Sheriff Ernest Messenger went to the scene and the besiegers gave him 15 minutes to leave on pain of death. The outlaw escaped before daylight. He is believed to be one of the hired assassins of Mr. Kelly. Mexicans Are Gathering. This pitched battle and banishment of an. officer stirred citizens to action. The situation is serious. There is a considerable Mexican element bitterly divided against Itself and many are on the way in from other camps. It Is feared a bloody fight may ensue. The vigilantes, armed with rifles, are patrolling the camp in automobiles and they aren't particular as to who they order to leave. Men whose ac tions or motives have never been ques tioned have received notice to move on. it is reported. Tf anybody starts anything the vigi lantes will be the first and last to shoot, they declare. BEACH TRAINS CHANGED NORTH BANK SCHEDULE GOES INTO . EFFECT KEXT SUNDAY. Seashore Specials Will Be Taken Off of Run and Resrular Winter Service Provided Again. The Summer schedule of the trains on the Portland-Seaside division of the North Bank Road will be changed next Sunday, September 10, and the Autumn schedule will go into effect. The re turn of many seashore visitors was hastened by the threat of strike trou bles as well as by the necessity 'for preparation for the opening of school. Most of the changes on the Astoria division are brought about by the dis continuance of two pf the seashore trains the Seashore Limited, leaving at 8"30 every morning, and the Satur day special, leaving at 2 P. M. Satur days. The regular Astoria and beach ex press will leave Portland on the new schedule at 8:10 A. M., and arrive at Seaside at 1:05 P. M. The correspond ing train, returning, will leave Astoria every morning at 8:20 A. M., and ar rive at Portland at noon. The daily evening train for Astoria will leave 15 minutes earlier than on the present schedule, at C:15 P. M. The corresponding train will leave Seaside flt 5 o'clock, Astoria 6 P. M., and arrive Portland at 9:50 P. M. UNION CARD WEDDING AID Seattle Man Has to J Ins tie One Be fore Girl Will Marry Him. SEATTLE, "Wash., Sept. 2. (Special.) A Seattle girl positively refused to marry a man without two marriage licenses, one from the County Auditor and one from his union. Consequently eeveral hundred members of Boiler mnkers' and Iron Shipbuilders' Local r. -W Good Sense and Good HEALTH Demand GOOD TEETH Tour teeth can be kept in per fect condition by semi-annual visits to a good dentist. My skill gained by 20 years' ac tive practice la at your disposal at a moderate price. Only .the best in every branch of modern dentistry. Painless Extraction of Teeth. DR. B. E. WRIGHT Northwest Corner Sixth and Wftuhlnjtton, NorthweNt Italldinir, Entrance 3274 Washington St. Phones Main 2119, A. :ut, Office Hours, 8 A. 31. to 6 P. M. Consultation Free. Dr.B.LWrighl I sPn f-f- X 1 ' i'y 3 1 " " ' i Mrs. Celeste Zetta Moore. Mrs. Celeste Zetta Moore, daughter of the late G. W. Riggs. a well-known pioneer of Oregon, passed away at her home on Mon day and was buried Wednesday at Lone Fir Cemetery. Mrs. Moore was 42 years and 9 montns of age. She was Born In Oregon October 30, 1873. Mrs. Moore is survived by her son, William E. Moore, and daughter, Mrs. Birdie Green; her mother, Mrs. S. M. Riggs. and a brother, W. W. Rlggs. She leaves a wide circle of friends. noon, a little group again proved the saying that circus people never forget their dead. The group consisted of Jack Harris, clown policeman: Lucia Zora, star train er of elephants; Grace JJe Gorro, aerial- ist, and Arlene Palmer, girl animal trainer, all of Sells-Floto Circus. The grave was that of Alexis, a bicycle rider who was taken 111 with typhoid fever here 10 years ago and died in the hospital four days later. The decorating of the grave was in charge of Harris and Miss Zora, who make it a duty each year to see that the grave is decorated and to arrange with Alannie Fox, of Baker, to keep it in condition all year. Circus performers subscribed $40 for the flowers, and the piece was carried in the clown patrol wagon in the circus parade. PULLMAN NEEDS LABOR Shortage of Students for Work In Harvest Fields Prompts Appeal. The Chamber of Commerce at Pull man. Wash., has undertaken the task of furnishing students for harvest hands in the vast wheatfields of the Pullman .country. But, the Chamber has fallen short of the mark and there is more demand for student help than is available. "We have undertaken to provide students for the harvest fields but the demand Is greater than the supply," says the appeal sent to Portland yes terday. "The Washington State Col lege is unable to supply anyways near enough. Need many more immediately until September 18 or later when state college opens. Pay is $3 a day and board. Communicate, President Pull man Chamber of Commerce, Pullman. Wash." MUSIC HOUSES MERGED Xew Incorporation Consolidates Graves and Eilers. The consolidation of the Graves Mu si o Company and the Oregon Interests of the Eilers Music House was effected yesterday, with the filing of supple mentary articles of incorporation un der the name of the Oregon Eilers Music House. The business of the two concerns will be merged and conducted at the present quarters of both compa nies. Fourth street, near Morrison, where the Graves company has com modious quarters, and at the headquar ters of the Eilers company at Broad way and Alder streets. The wholesale end of the business will be carried on at the Fourth street store, and Eilers establishment will be given up to retail trade. COUNTY CASHES WARRANTS Less Than $15,000 Remains to Pay $7 6,500 in Salaries. Salary warrants for Multnomah County employes were Issued yesterday and, up to closing time. County Treas urer Lewis had cashed all presented him. to the amount of about $20,000. There was left in the county treasury, however, less than $15,000 with which to meet the remainder of the 76,500 de mand on the general fund of the coun ty, of which more than $44,000 is for salaries. Unless tax collections increase, war rants will have to be stamped "No Funds" this coming week and cashed at willing banks or held at 6 per cent interest until the county can redeem them. WIFE FOUND WITH ANOTHER Seattle Man Has Couple Arrested In Portland. - I Finding his wife and J. E. Haley, an tron-molder, living at 6421 Wood stock avenue, as Mr. and Mrs. Haley, Albert M. Donovan, of Seattle, caused the arrest of Haley and Mrs. Susie Donovan yesterday. Deputy Consta bles Hayes and McCarthy took the couple in custody on a warrant issued by Deputy District Attorney Dempsey. With Mr. Haley and Mra Donovan were the three Donovan sons, of ages between 8 and 11 years. They had been instructed, according to Deputy Dempsey, to call Mr. Haley "papa." A preliminary hearing will be held before District Judge Jones on Tuesday. I HA"TE just opened on the third floor of my store the salesroom formerly occupied by my woman's depart ment a splendid department for the sale of Men's Suits and Overcoats at $15 Preparations for this new department were made last Spring before the radical advances in prices, and my buyers succeeded in securing some wonderful merchandise to be sold at this remarkably low price. J The offerings include many hundreds of Suits and Over coats for men and young men, including Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits. J Every garment carries the usual Ben Selling guarantee, which means money cheerfully refunded if any garment proves unsatisfactory to you. J You are cordially invited to visit my spacious, well-lighted salesroom, occupying the entire third floor, where the same courteous treatment will be extended to you that obtains in other departments of my store. Some of the $15 garments are displayed in my Fourth-street windows i - X v . T J - f v - - , : f . s , , If ' i3'f4 ii V; v . UiA if t 4 i A v.. it s i itt i t - 4 f J 4 I , I ' - I ? - I'.' BEN Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth MRS . PANG IS DEAD Ex-Portland Chinese Mission ary Dies in Chicago. FAME WON IN CHURCH Graduate From High Sf'liool Hero .Leaves Career Marked by Many Good Accomplishments of Good for Her Race. CHICAGO. Sept. 2 (Special.) Mrs. George Pang, who became famous throughout the country as a Chinese missionary worker under her maiden name of Lily Chan, was buried after services at the Chinese Evanirelical Church today. Her death closed a notable career during: which she ac complished a great deal for the mem bers of her race in her mission work Ten years agro she graduated from a Portland. Or, high school and then came to Chicago. She was graduated from Wheaton College and from the Chicago Methodist Christian Training College. For two Summers she at tended the University of Chicago, win ning high rank in English literature, in which' she also had led her classes at the high school and in Wheaton Col lege. Mrs. Pang was a protege of Mrs. Ezra A Cook, whose husband was the first superintendent of a Chinese Sun day school. She acted as interpreter for the original Chinese Christian Union School, taught in the First Con gregational Sunday school and took the members of the former school into the First Presbyterian Chinese Sunday school when this school proposed dis banding. She was also a guest of Helen Gould at the Chinese Christian con ference in New Tork. The funeral is the first to be held from the Chinese Evangelical Church, of which she was a charter member, having transferred her membership from the First Presbyterian Church, of Portland. Lily Chan was a daughter of Chan Sing Gal. who was for a number of years in charge of the Chinese Presby terian Mission in Portland and who left here about two years ago for Cali fornia, where he took up similar work. She was a sister of Mrs. Seid Back, Jr., of Portland. She and Mrs. Seld Back, Jr., and two other sisters went to school at the Lin coln High School, where she graduated 10 years ago. According to Information obtained from local Chinese by Mrs. A. J. Mont gomery, connected with the church ex tension department of the Portland Presbytery, Lily Chan had been mar ried only a little more than a year. She was a missionary in the Sunday school work in Chicago. She was about 31 years old. COOS BAY AFTER TRADE District Aims to Make Its Port Im portant to State. M ARSHFIELD, Or.. Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) A calm review of the recent efforts of the Coos Bay Railroad jubilee is being made here by business men and the general decision is that this district is closer to Portland than here tofore. The social and business rela tions, in the past only superficial and spasmodic, are now to become more regular and stable through the estab lishment of freight and passenger traf flo between Co.oa Bay and the remain der of the state. The whole-souled out pouring of Oregonians to the Jubilee marked a new era, although It was an entirely social gathering. It is appre ciated here that Oregon looks to Coos Bay for closer and advantageous rela tions, not only as customers, but as friends and aides to reciprocal commer cial intercourse. Coos Bay candidly expects to become a port to be utilized by the people of Southern Oregon as an outlet and a port of entry for the reception of goods for interior distribution. SEATTLE GROWS THIRSTIER August Permits Call for 118,128 Quarts of Beer, 16,7 68 Whisky. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 2. (Special.) Permits to buy 118,128 quarts of beer, nearly double the amount of beer legally imported in July, were issued by the King County Auditor in August. In July permits to import 73.944 quarts of beer were issued. The whisky permits In August, gen erally considered a "beer" month, were proportionately increased. July per mits called for 12.889 quarts of whisky, and last month 16,768 permits were issued. A total of 18.901 permits were Issued last month, as compared with 13,122 in July, an increase of 5779 in 30 days. In January 3118 permits were Issued and in February 4269. LOAN MEASURE SCORED STATE LANDLORDISM REGARDED AS PIBPOSB OP BILL. WEALTHY WOMAN MARRIES Mine Stockholder, With Big In come, Weds Engineer. SPOKANE. Wash.. Sept. 2. Mrs. Sarah E. Smith, of Chicago, the largest individual stockholder in the Hecla Mining Company, was married here to day to Ralston Wilbur, of Spokane. Her income from the mining company is said to be 130,000 monthly. Wilbur, a mining engineer, is a son of one of the largest cattle and land owners in California- Read The Oregonlan classified ads. . I Universal Tenantry Would Result . If I,aw In Passed, Declare A. I Vrazie In Debate. Instead of eliminating landlordism and farm tenantry, as was asserted by W. S. U'Ren In the debate on the land and loan measure before the Women's Political Study Club yesterday, the measure will make tenantry universal with the state as the landlord, accord ing to A, L Veazie, who spoke on the opposite side from Mr. U'Ren. Mr. U'Ren concentrated his argument In an effort to show that landlordism brings evil results and that it was growing in the United States, and pointed to the land and loan measure as a remedy. Mr. Veazie in his reply compared the advocates of the land and loan measure to a company that sold stock on an invention on the basis of the demand for something that would do what the Invention was purported to do, irre spective of the fact that the Invention was not workable. "The principal talking point of the advocates of the land and loan meas ure," he said, "is the popular desire for a remedy for the growing of ten antry in the country, and they over look the fact that their proposed rem edy will not modify the evils of the condition, but will aggravate them." A music programme was provided by Dorothy Louise Bliss, violinist; Beatrice Palmer, violinist. and Mrs. Dudley Clarke and Mrs. Walter E. Bliss, accompanists. Dysart is top-sergeant in Company M, Washington National Guard, and in tended to Join the company at Calexico, but learned on his arrival home that the Second Washington Infantry has been ordered home. Centrallan Back; From Voyage. CENTRALLV. Wash., Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) Lloyd Dysart. a University of Washington student and the son of Judge George Dysart. of this city, re turned yesterday from a cruise to the Philippines In company with several other university students. Young Mr. DEALERS Geo. Reed. 540 East Oak St. Schullers Pharmacy, 609 East Morrison St. Ben A. Bellamy Store. No 1, Grand Ave. and Hawthorne. Ben A. Bellamy Store, No. 2. 264 Alder St. Ben A- Bellamy Store, No. 3, 142 , Seeond St. RlTerrlew Dairy, Thirty-fourth and Belmont. Portland Parity Store, 154 Fifth. M. Haines, 373 Vi East Burnslde. Iliac Bell, 49th and Hawthorne. ISth-St. Pharmacy, 670 Alberta. I. D. Driver. 775 Union Ave. Homestead Bakery, 651 V n Ion Ave. Ivnolnnder Draj? Co., 770 Alberta. L.4T. Cream Co., . W. Corner Third and Yamhill. R. O. Campbell, 309 Third. J. R Dnut 577 Washlngrtoa. Vine Lodge Dairy, Thirteenth and Jefferson Dan Kellaher, Grand Avenne and Morrison. Mrs. M. Reed. 333 Third. Michael Harris, 354 Broadway. Superior Delicatessen, 3 do 6th St. W. H. Nelmeyer. 415 6th St. Page Grocery, 455 E. Bnrnside. L. Broock, 860 Sandy Blvd. Belmont Bakery, East 34th and Belmont. Mrs. J.'m Luncheon. 169 IV. 21st St. Rupert's Grocery. 421 Jefferson. James Coulton, B74 Mllwaukle St. Mrs. J. E. Cox. 1278 Belmont St. SSSBSBSSBBBSBSSBSSSSBSnBBSmSBSSSSBSJBSBSBSIBSSSBSSSBl By Government Test the Purest Possi ble Food. Sold in Pints and Quarts Bricks Ready to Take Home or in Bulk at Tour Fountain. Purer, Better at Half the Price of Ice Cream. PTTVTS 15t CUTARXS 25t DURING SEPTEMBER. ft f VOIl TOT If yon will send us a M'VX name for this Frozen Food Product better than Froinpure." Insistent requests compel us to continue this contest for an other 30 days. Secure Details From Your Nearest Dealer JL. & T. CREAM CO. US 12t Near Washington. "GO TO IT!" Interstate Fair SPOKANE $1425 Round Trip From Portland TWO SALE DATES Sept. 3 and 7 Return Limit Sept. 11 Double Daily Train Service via THE NORTH BANK ROAD Reduced fares also apply from Willamette Valley points on Oregon Electric Ry., and from Central Oregon points on Oregon Trunk Ry. FAIR WEEK Sept. 4 to 9 North Bank Ticket Office Fifth and Stark Station, Tenth and Iloyt i null Overland-Pacific, Inc. Factory Branch Broadway at .Davis Phone Broadway 3535 lir t f 3leeve-VcJve tiotv