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ST. JOHNS REVIEW
VOLUME 14
ST. JOHNS, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918.
NUMBER 33
Bletori, ! f
Death of Peter Autzen
The sudden death of Peter
Autzen last Friday evening was
a severe shock to the people of
this community, and it was hard
to realize that the first report
was correct, until later it was
learned to be only too true. The
following account of his untime
ly death is taken from the Port.
land Telegram, and as a member
m . I ml
ot cue xeiegram omce was in
comnany with Mr. Aulzen when
the sad accident occurred, the
details are no doubt correctly
stated:
Striking a soft stretch of road
way on one of the curves of the
Skyline boulevard near its inter
section with the Cornell road, a
large touring car driven by Peter
A. Autzen, millionaire lumber
man and president of the Pen
insula National bank, plunged
over a 50 foot embankment at
9 o'clock Friday night causing
the instant death of the banker
from heart failure, and severely
bruising his three guesta, C. M.
Rohr, Mrs. Hattie Grimn and
Mrs. Linda Sturgis.
At the time of the accident.
which apparently was unavoid
able, the heavy automobile,
with Mr. Autzen at the wheel,
was running at a very moderate
rate of speed and the tragedy
evidently was due to the failure
of the driver to make a sufficient
ly abrupt turn on the curve which
approximates nearly 90 degrees
at this point.
Leaving tho mncadum and hit
ting the soft clay along tho road
way tho soven-possenger motor
car turned turtle, struck nlog
which catapulted tho occupants
down the hillside and then turn
Ing completely over ngain crashed
to a stop against trees nnd un
der brush.
That Mr. Autzon's guests os
caped death or crippling injury
is regarded as miraculous and
can only bo attributed to the fact
that the top of tho machine
was down so that they were
hurled clear f i om tho car. When
Mr. Rohr nnd Mrs. Sturgis re
covered consciousness they found
tho body of Mr. Autzen lying
across Mrs. Grimm, who was in
a state of comn from shock.
In nn auto immediately follow
ing the Autzon car was Henry
Fries nnd his wife and with
another autoist they rendered
first aid to tho injured. Hur
ried examination showed that the
lumberman was beyond medical
aid and a telephone call was sent
from n near by houso for nn
nmbulanco and surgeon. Dr.
Bloch, of Good Samatrian hos
pital, rosnonded nnd pronounced
Autzen dead, giving it as his
opinion that death was due to
hoart failure, as no marks of
injury were observable.
Mrs. Grimm was removed to
herhome,20Gi East Second street
North, and Mrs. Sturgis also
accompanied her in the ambu
lance. Both women are suffering
only from bruises and shock.
In timber and financial circles
of tho Northwest n6 man was
better known than Peter Autzen.
In addition to heading the Pen
insula National bank, he wns
president of tho Portland Man
ufacturing company of St. Johns
and a heavy stockholder in the
Grays Harbor Lumber company,
Abordeen, Wash., the largest
sawmill in that district. His
property holdings were extensive
and he was one of the directors
of tho Peninsula Shipbuilding
company. Mr. Autzen had been
a resident of Portland for the
past 12 years, coming here from
Grays Harbor, and was a mem
ber of Portland lodge of Elks.
He was a out 64 years of age
and a native of Schleswig, hav
ing been born in that Danish
Province prior to its acquisition
y the Prussians. Every war
work activity engaged the bank
er's co-operation and his sub'
scriptions to the Red Cross and
Liberty Loans ran into five fig
ures.
The dead man is survived by
his widow, residing at the fam
ily residence 712 Schuyler street;
Tom Autzen, a son, manager of
the Portland Manufacturing
company: three grandchildren
and Ed. Morris, a son-in-law.
The body was taken to the
morgue by Coroner Smith and an
inquest is not deemed necessary.
Funeral services for Peter Aut
zen, were held at 10 o'clock
Monday morning at the chapel
of J. P. Finley & Son, Fifth and
Montgomery streets. The fun
eral was conducted under the
auspies of the Elks' lodge, of
which Mr. Autzen was a mem
ber. Rev. 0. W. Taylor, rector
of Grace Memorial Church and
chaplain of the lodge, officiated.
Mrs Lulu Dahl Miller sang two
selected solos.
The pallbearers were W. L.
Adams. F. C. Knapp. H. E.Pen
nell, F. P. Drinker, P. H. Edlef-
Chautauquas to Hear Exposition Band
Thaviu's Great Organization Which Opened nnd Closed San Francisco Exposition
Coming on Fifth Day of Chautauqua
Tlinvlu's Hunt lit coiiiIiik t Clinutnmiun thirty neluetetl iiiiihIcIiiiu from tho ureal musical or;aiilr.ntlm which both npctuM ami eliwotl the Hitn Kranclnro
KxpOAltloti nml led by the iiiukiiWIc Thavlu himself. Of (ho nlxtii-n hand of imtlon-wlilo ri-piitatlon which I'titiTtiiliicil tho urwit crowds during the Impo
sition m-iisoii, TImvIu'm wns the only uno requested for u return cngiiKuitiuut. They hud so Miecosnfully pleased the throng durlm: the oiienlnir darn that the
directors commissioned their return for tho closing weeks.
The secret of TImvIu'h popularity Is not expressed no much In tho size of Ills organization us In the unusual ptronne! ami the fact that Thavlu Is n
master director of his accomplished musicians. All hand music critics comment upon the. sparkle, llfo and dashing brilliancy of his musical Interpretation.
Two full cnncortH will ho given on tho llfih day of Chautauqua. In addition to tho hand In tho owning, three grand opera winger from Thuvlu'n own
grand opera organization wilt appear an soloists.
A Home Spun Chap
Old Bill Jones was n home spun
chap,
Not given to pomp nor style,
But ho worotho smile Hint won't
come oir
And his heart was free from
guile.
If ho chanced to meet with n
fellow man,
Who was up against it hard,
Ho'd go to him with nn out
stretched hnnd,
And sny to him "Old Pnrd,
Is there anything that I can do
To make your burdens less?
For to help each other hero on
earth
Is what wo'ro for. I guess."
And if a brother chanced to strny
prom V rtuo's nntn 'twas then
Bill's sturdy arm wns reaching
out
To guido him bnck again.
If sickness laid a brother low,
AnuMHsfnm y wns In need.
Bill didn't kneel and pray for
them
But lived up to his creed.
Ho'd interview tho grocerymun,
And to the coalman say:
"See that their wants nro all
supplied,
And come to mo for nay."
Thus as ho journeyed on through
life,
Ho practiced what he preached
And scattered blessings by
tho way,
Until the end was reached.
And when at last tho summons
came,
Which comes to one and all.
Bill laid his earthly cares uside
And answered to the call.
And as he climbed that narrow
Eath
ich leads to heavenly rest.
Bill wondered if his earthly life
Would meet the final test.
Saint Peter saw him just outside,
And cried, in ringing tones:
"Open the gates of heaven wide.
For hero comes old Bill Jones."
The heavenly choir sang anthem3
sweet,
And an eels shouted, when
They welcomed to their midst the
man
Who'd loved his fellow men.
Exchange.
sen, John Larkin. Harry I.
Nicolia and John N. Edlefsen,
Interment was at Riverview
Cemetery.
The Mothers' meeting of the
W. C. T. U. will be held at the
home of Mrs. J. C. Scott, 102
Central Avenue, next Monday
afternoon at two o'clock. The
paper, "Music in the Home,"
by Miss Etta Alsberge will. 1
am sure, be most helpful and
interesting. There will also be
musical numbers, both vocal and
instrumental. All are invited
and will be made welcome. Re
porter. St. Johns Fair Store. E. W.
Foy, prop.; household utility
supplies and general notions,
207 N, Jersey St. Highest
quality goods at lowest prices.
Next to Electric store.
Thelma is the queen of per
fumes. Get it at Currins.
Keep Your Money Here
The laws of nature cannot he
violated with imputiny. If one
tnkes out of life more than he
nuts in, if he tears down his phys
ical strength faster thanhc builds
it up, ho must eventually pay.
what is true of tho laws of
nature is equally true of economic
laws. The people of n commun
ity may for n time teur down tho
commercial structure of a town
faster than they build it up with
out meeting disaster, but it can
no1, bo continued indefinitely.
In tho end they must pay.
Tho person who makes his liv
ing in a community, receiving
the money of the community for
his labor or the products of his
labor, nnd then snoods his in
come outsido of his community
is helphq to exhaust the re
sources of tho community just
ns tho man who expends his
energy through dissipation or
overe-xertion faster than ho
builds up is exhausting his phys
ical resources.
Ono mnn may do this, of
course, without noticeably
affecting the economic strength
of tho community, but when a
dozen men or women do it tho
effect becomes noticeable nnd
when n hundred or n thousand
do it tho rosourcos of tho com
munity become exhnusted to tho
point where collapse is inevit
able. Those who aro responsible
for this situation may think that
they have profited individually
by their actions, but thoy hnvo
not realized that in tho end they
must pay.
There aro some persons who
seem to be able to get through
life without exerting much
effort. There are some who live
on tho theory that tho world owes
them a living and they proceed
to collect it. They take all
(they can get and give nothing in
I return. Such persons, however,
I nro nnt voru mimprnuit. Mnstnf
us must pay for everything we
get. Some may have to pay
more than their share and those
are carrying the burden of those
who get more than they pay for.
The fact remains that, as a gen
eral rule, one cannot hnve much
worth while without paying for
it.
The merchants of any com
munity are the backbone of that
community, so far as its pros
perity and progress are concern
ed. Individually there may he
some of them who do not exert
themselves to boost their com
munity, but collectively they are
the men upon whom the prosper
ity of every person in the com
munity depends. The successor
failure of an individual merchant
may not beof particular concern
to the people of a community,
but the success or failure of the
merchants as a whole is a matter
of the very greatest concern.
Every vacant store building is
a sign of distress community
distress. Every business fail
ure is a sign that commercial
aphis is sapping the communiiy
life. Every "For Rent" sign is
a skull and cross bones telling a
story ofcommunity poisoning go
ing on somewhere. Every fam
ily that "starves out" peddles
thecrytjiat the town is a dead
Has Made Good
Almost four years ago u
young man of our city, having
finished High School, decided
to bcomo u dentist. Willi but
small means, but witli that
courage nnd putienco which is
! essential to tho ncomplisliments
of nil high ambitions, ho put
forth all his time and strength
in preparation for tho work of
his ambition. On the first of
Oct.. li)lf. ho entered North
'Pacific College in Portland as
a student of Dentistry, nnd ni
ter meeting with ninny to inn
ordeals for two years, one, the
greatest of all arose. 0ur nation
was now at war nnd was calling
to nil true, noble nnd brave
young men to rally round the
flag in defense of our rightti.
Thle trial, like all others, was
nobly nnswerotl by him. He,
to n grout extent, put aside his
ambition nnd responded to a
cnllinp, which seemed higher
and so offored his survicu to
Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam placed
his name on the reserve list
nnd advised him to finish his
college course, and on the 29th
day of May, 1918, Tho North
Pacific College conferred on him
I the dogroo of Dr. of Dontistry.
:Ho immediately proceeded to
! Seattle, when he successfully
I iinucrnl tint ll'nulitnolin Stfito
Board of Dentistry. Ho return
ed to St. Johns, proceodod to
Boise, Idaho, where he successful
ly passod that state board also;
thonco to Lowiston. Idaho, whero
ho, Dr. Jerome Howard Whisler,
and Miss Pearl Marie Teachnor,
vvero united in the holy bond of
wedlock on the evening of Sun
day, Juno 10, 1918. He return
ed witli his bride to tho home
of his parents at 811 N. Smith
Ave., St. Johns. On Wednosday,
June 19th, he received a commun
ication from Undo Sam bring
ing to him tho good news that
upon having searched the U.
S. A. for on hundrod young
men, of good morals, high qual
ifications and so forth, lie had
heen selected ns one of the 100
men for a special training
course for a commissioned oft'i
cor and that ho would be offi
cially notified between July 1st
and 10th, to be -prepared to
como immediately to Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia, for the
special training. xxx
one. ,
Every dollar spent on the East
Side helps to make this town a
live one. Tho Optimist.
"I wouldn't drink out of
that cup if 1 wore you," said
the little boy at the pump.
"That is Bessio's cup and she
has just been drinking outof it."
"Oh," said the gay young man
from the city, as he drained the
cup, "I don't mind. I feel honor
ed to drink out of Bessie's cup.
Who is Bessie your sister?"
"No; my dog." From The Peo
ple's Home Journal.
Your patriotic duty is in pro
portion to the money you earn.
The more you get the more you
can, and should, invest in War
Savings Stamps.
Matter of Importance
Federal authorities nro getting
ready to institute u merciless
campaign to run down and pun
ish a new form of draft slacker.
This new slacker is tho draft
registrant who was granted de
ferred classification at tho time
of his registration, but whose
status since hns so changed that
ho no longer is entitled to exemp
tion, yet who remains silent
about tli Ib chnnco in tho hope
it will he overlooked, ihoro arc
estimated to bo hundreds of
such cases in Oregon, nnd
thousands of them in tho United
States. Suspicion particularly
has been directed against n great
many of tho doferred clnssifca
lions granted for industrial rea
sons. It now appears that the
status of many of these men is
not the same as when they were
granted deferred classification.
Yet they hnvo failed to notify
their Local Boards and continue
to enjoy exemption from military
service. In somo enscs, also,
tho original classification was
not justified. Many cases4wherc
deferred classification wns
grnntod for dependency nlso have
chnngod in status, but tho reg
istrant has not notifiod his local
board. With tho timo at hand
when tho need for manpower is
so urgent that every available
man musteithcr" work or fight,'
and when lower classifications
are to bo revhod in order to make
moro men available for class 1,
this form of evading military
service will not be tolerated.
The draft regulations ure very
plain and blunt in prescribing
the penalty for failure on the
pnrt of a man granted doferred
classification to notify his local
hoard at once if his status is
chnngod:
"Every registrant shall, with
in five days after tho happening
thereof, report to his local board
any fact which might chango or
affect hiB classification,' sayB
Section 110 of the Regulations.
"Failure to report change of
status as herein required, or
making a false report thereof,
is a misdemeanor punishable by
ono year's imprisonment." The
campaign to run down these
draft slackers will be started
vory soon, and it will bo arigorous
campaign. Men guilty of evad
ing military service by failure to
report when they should bo re
classified, need look for no mer
cy. "Every patriotic registrant
who has been granted oeferred
classification, but whose status
has changed so that he is no
longer entitled to that classificat
ion, will report tho change
immediately to his local board,"
said Captain John E. Cullison,
in charge of the execution of the
draft law in the office of the
Adjutant General. "Those will
bo found out and not only re
classified, but will be subject to
severe punishment. "If a man
is indouhtas to change of status,
he should see his local board
about it without delay." Ad
jutant General, Portland.
We have Victrolas made in
sizes for vacationists. Take one
with you. Gumn Says So.
St. Johns' Honor Roll
Following is a list of those
from St. Johns who havo enlist
pi hi Undo Snm'H service. Per-
Jsons knowing of any names
nmittnrl will rntiflni. n fnvnr lie
VtlllVbVU If... IiIIUVI l WJ
reporting snmo to this office.
Taylor M. Whitmore, Athill
W. Irvine. Dean H. lvnowies,
Earl II. Knowlcs, Theodore
Bugbee, H. Bryon Poff, Armnnd
Olin, Claude E. Harris, Russell
Poff. R. P. Galloway, Chas. E.
Garlick.Murnc Donaldson, Glenn
Haskell, Rny Clark, Bennjah T.
Swan, Hubert Martin, Leon
Sorbcr, Donald Strickland,
Lowell Anderson, John La
Villett, Frank L. Thompson,
Oron Lear, Hal J. Davis,
Donald N. Trowbridge, Bert
Larson, Alan Rutherford,
Homer Plnskett, Henry Brand
en b erg, J. W. Welsh, David
Bowe, Clyde Heath, Waltei
Mayer, Fred Scmalling, John
Boggs, Ernest Johnson, Hiram
Eatinger, Kenneth Simmons,
Thornton Toole, Eugene iliatt,
Dowe Walker, August Jensen,
Rny Myer, Walter Pearson.
Elmer Mnplcs, Roy Gannon,
Lester D. nnd Basil B. Smith,
Bryant Kllkenney, Paul Rude,
Emory Gillmore, Lewis Wirth,
Harold Meredith, Ray Haw
kins, Hugh Ward, Kindle C.
Salterlee, Gordon and Wilbur
Bellinger, Zeltn Rice, Leslie B.
Moulton, Harry Truman, Frank
Green, Walter Rickson, Frank
Whitney, Thomas Reynolds
Cnrlylu Cunningham, Percy
Smith, Frank Whitney, Arthur
C. Clark, Alphonso Fox, Harry
O. Hughes, Goo. Downey,
Thos. E. Edwards, G. and
Ingulf Willikson, F. Edward
Isbcll, Graham Moxon, G. Lin
coln Fussett, Harley Manning,
Grover Carroll, Clyde Miller,
Adolph Anchor, John Hnscy,
Win. Moe, Albert Hyde, Reed
Chamberlain, Ruy Vnnderbcck,
Richard Barley, Cecil Magonc,
Frank Bugbee, Ivan Fnber, Bert
Sundstrom, Gail Perrine, Nor
man Nelson, Grover Barron,
Harry J. Simmons, Thos. Rob
erts, Mnx J. Witters. A. Tall-
man, G. W. Stevens, Christ
Lind, William E. Galloway.
Geo. Worthington, Jack L.
Douglas, Joy Milton Cnrnnhan,
Elmer Flynn, J. Elmer Thomas.
Eugene Small, Howard and Ba
sil Holcomb.Cnrl Smith, Sprnguo
B. Marsh, William Wurd, Bert
Sundstrum, Glen Wciscr, Louis
St. Johns, John F. Brownley,
Ross Gatton, Thos. Cochran,
Dewey Brown, Henry J. Amala,
Alva and Ralph Smith, Eugene
Thurmond, Harry Relchtmeyor,
George Schmidt, William Sneed,
Alec S. Cokalas, Louis Fletcher.
Roy Muck, Paul Irvine, R. L.
Smith, Frank Steichon, GVnrge
I. Letson, Merle Andrew Tool
ing, Guy Edwin Tooling, Albert
Wrinkle, Enens Small, Raymond
Sprouls, Robert and Roy. An
drews, Leonard II. Gugon, Frank
Carlson.
. Will Win the War
Tho tilings I do to win the
war aro things I always did
abhor. So gi"o mo credit, I
beseech, for loyalty that is a
peach, I'd like to mount a
foaming steed and chnrga the
foe at frightful speed. I'd like
to rido an aeroplane above tho
clouds that sond the rain, above
the forest and the hill, nnd drop
somo bombs nn Kaiser BilU I'd
liko to walk a cruiser's deck
'mid scenes of battle and of
wreck. But all such things are
barred to me, I may not fight,
on land or sea, I may not garner
gory sheaves, because I'm fat
and have tho heaves. Atid so
I'm doing things 1 hate, that 1
may keep my record straight.
I'm digging soil nnd sowing
seeds, and pruning vines and
hoeing weeds. I till tho garden
and repeat, and there aro sand
burs in my feet; that valued
foodstuiTs bo supplied, I gather
thistles in my hide; 1 grow tho
bean and marrowfat; I'll win the
war or break a slat. I hope
when history is writ, and war
riors who did their bit uro load
ed with the heroes' bays, there'll
bo some mention of tho jays
who had to do their stunt at
home, and grow things in tho
fertile loaml I'm doomed to
raise my sparrow grass while
younger men to battle pass, so I
will do it with u will, and hoo
my beets with wondrous skill
and ruise fresh rhubarb by the
keg; I'll win tho war or break a
leg. Walt MaBon.
Your part in the war is to pro
duce as much aa possibly, con
sume aa little as necessary, and
loan your savings to tho Govern
ment. Aro you facing your task
as cheerfully as our fighting
men face theirs?
Not th tabtl en your paper.
i
GEORGIA RICH
Teacher of Piano
Technic nml hand development.
Pupils developed from begintrur to
public appearance.
Studios 507-8 Columbia bld
812 North Kelloug street.
Phones Main 3319; Col.
Elmer Sneed
Violin Instruction
STUDIO. 215 S. SyractiM! St.
rhoac Columbia 302
Mrs. Gabriel Pullin
Vocul Teacher
London Trmi'inn
Available fur C'ntiurt" nml Riitl.s
9O5 I.otnl) ttl Street. iw r ull
IM10111 lolim Ltd 1S2
Mrs. Frank A. Rice
TltACIIK 01'
Violin, Alanclolin nnd Pint)
I'upll ot Nolrr Dame
.Studio: G09 W. John M . 1
Telephone Cnliiuibl.i II I)
Theodora BushneN
Teacher of S uglim
Assistant to John Clam- M ii rh
V7 Columbia HM;. M i' .U"J
W.J. OiUlmp, M.I). It.lt. Sd MU.
Drs. Gilstrap & Seely
Physicians anil Siphons
Glasses Accurately Fitted
Ol'l'ICIt HOURS
U.00 to 12 M. Ol'I'ICKS
1:30 to 4:110 1. M. 1'lrtt National
7:00 to 8:00 1'. M. Hank llull.llng
SumUyi, 0:00 to 10:30 A. M.
Dr. Evart P. Borden
DENTIST
Painless Kxtrnctlon of Teeth under
Nitrous Oxide Ous
Office Peninsula Hunk bldg.
Ollice phont Col. C2S; rc. plmnc Col, 477
iloiim 0-12 . in.; 1:30 5 nml 7 8 p. 111.
Dr. Herbert E. Jones
CHIROPRACTOR
311 North Jersey Street
Office Hours: 1 5 nnd (i-8 p. in,
Kc. Phone Columbia (Sl)O
Office Pliotu Coin mlMti 1)7
JOSEPH AlcCHHSM-Y, Al.l).
Office Room 5
Peninsula Bank BuililiiiK
Hours 9io n in ; 15 p. in. and
miliums,
Office phone Col. 351; Kos. 910
DR. J. VINTON SCO'IT
DENTIST
Office I lout 'J 12 to 1:80.7
Sumluy ti ll
i'rnliiiuln Hank HliK
Olliec I'lioiie Columbia 140
KMlileiit Phone Columbia 271
Dr. Samuel A. Mulkey
DUN 1 1ST
The prnfewiion practiced in its
various limucliuK
SATISFACTION (il'AHANTHItn
Office hour: H 30 to 12 M ; 1:50 tw i
anil 7 10 8 p mi
l'lriit NhIhiiiuI llrfiik HuiUliii!
I'Ih.iic Columbia
LEWIS CALDWELL
LEADING HAKHKIt
The pluce whrre mmI keivH'e rnttl
cmirieoiik treutiiirnt jiievull. Uiiif-u'
luir cutting receive cim1 Mtttiitioii.
1O0 BUNUNGTOH STREET
Davis Barber Shop
ami HATH ROOMS
S. W. DAVIS, Prtpncior
108 Philadelphia .St. Jiatlis. 26c
EDMONDSON & CO.
Plumbing, Heating & Tinning
We Repair Aluminum Warn
I'hone Col. 92 107 S. Jertey it.
PERRY C. STROUD
LAWYER
Fir it National Dank Building
ST. JOHNS . . . ORECON
John Poff
J. II. Harvey
P, & H, Transfer Go.
Phone Columbia 3Q8
306 N. Jersey
St. Johns, Ore.
St, Johns Undertaking Go.
208 N. Jersey Street
Phono: Columbia 527
Columbia 200
Automobile Heurse.
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