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10 THE MORNING OBEGOSIAfr,. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 190o. GiTY RECORDS ARE TAMPERED WITH New Names Added to Second Street Improvement Petition. W.F. WHITE ADMITS ACT Declares He Inserted List in Order to Show Preponderance of Property-Owners Favored , Stone Blocks. crrr records tampered with. A petition filed in the Auditor's of fice mysteriously disappeared and three days later -was found added to another petition that had become fen official document and had been acted upon by the Council and various com mittees. The new petition had material ef fect upon action of street committee on the petition as It gave preponder ance of property to the men that signed a year ago. W. F. White, who attached the pa per, admits doing so. but says that he had no "wrongful intent. A petition for the improvement of Sec ond street that was filed a "year ago and had been acted upon by the City Council and the street committee as well as the City Engineer, was removed from its file in the -City Auditor's office between April li and 17, and to it was attached another petition written upon the same kind of paper and worded as nearly alike the original as" possible before it was returned to its proper place. This was the dis covery made yesterday morning by The Oregonlan. When it is explained that the old pe tition did not have sufficient signatures attache l to insure its approval by the street-committee when entered into com petition with another petition for a dif ferent kind of pavement, the reason for the addition of the new facsimllie petition is readily understood. The tampering with the papers', however, did not result in in jury to anyone, as the street committee decided to throw out both petitions .and ask for new ones, not because the mem bers of the committee knew of the mys terious addition to the city's records, but on account of the bitter fight that was started as a result of the filing of two petitions and the inability of the two fac tions to agree upon any certain 'kind of a pavement. Xcw Petition Is Discovered. On April 14 W. F. White, a broker of city and county warrants, called at the Auditor's office and filed a petition with Deputy Auditor Smith for the paving of Second street. After the filing of the pe tition Mr. Smith does not remember see ing the "paper until it was discovered yes terday morning attached to a petition filed a year ago in his department. It was supposed to have been placed with other new petitions that were awaiting action by the Council, but when missed from this file it could not be found. For the accommodation of the citizens Interested, Auditor Devlin has always al lowed public records to be seen by all who desired, and it was by reason of this rule that Mr. White was able to remove the new petition from the desk of Deputy Smith and later attach it to the old pe tition without anyone noticing his act. The original petition,, was filed by A. W. Heed and others, May 2, l&Oi, and con tained the names of 24 property-owners who were holders of BOVi lots, or 2525 front feet along Second street. Their pe tition asked that the old stone blocks be taken up where necessary only, and where depressions existed, that they be filled with crushed rock and the stone blocks be rclaid on a sand cushion. This petition stipulated that Second street be Improved. In that manner between the north line of Morrison street and the south line of Flanders street. On May A, 1904, the petition was referred to the committee on streets and that body agreed to grant the improvement, but recommended that ail the old stone blocks now on Second street be taken up and recut and that a new stone block pave ment be laid on a, concrete foundation and that the gas and sewer pipes and the railway tracks be laid according to the ordinance. This report of the street committee was signed by E. B. Rumelin. A. K. Bentley and John P. Sharkey, and was filed May 13, 1904. On May 18. 1904, it was referred back to the committee on streets by the Council. On May 2S the Council committee on streets referred the matter to the Execu tive Board committee on streets, with a recommendation that the City Engineer prepare plans and estimate the probable total cost. The City Council adopted this recommendation on June 1, 1S04. The City Engineer received .his in structions to prepare the plans and speci fications on the following day. but from that time until Captain Charles Wanzer took charge of the office over seven months later, nothing was heard of the matter. He took up the work of the de partment with great vigor and among the many dust-covered papers discovered the order to prepare plans for Second street. On April 4, 1905. he filed a report with the Auditor specifying the taking up or the oldstone blocks and relaying them on a sand or Portland cement grout filling and estimating the total cost at $7053 for the sand filler and $11,755 for cement grout filler. At the meeting of the Council on April 5. a resolution for the improvement was referred to the street committee. Now comes the mysterious supplemen tary petition discovered yesterday morn ing. It reads Just like the first petition. with the exception that the word "Glisan" is substituted for the word Flanders,, in the old petition. KJernan Petition Outnumbered. When the street committee took up the matter of Improving Second street, Mon day afternoon, the members supposed they had to deal with the petition of Frank Klernan and others only, but it soon de veloped that the opponents of Kiernan's petition remembered the old petition and called for it. Deputy Auditor Grutz, who is clerk of the committee, did not know iust where to find it, but W. P. White at once offered to guide him to its hiding place, and It was soon before the commit tee for inspection. An addition of the number of names and the amount of prop erty signed for showed that it had a great deal the best of the new petition or tier nan and others, but it was not discovered that a new piece of paper had been added to it by Mr. White, and he did not tell anyone about it. The action of the street committee in ordering' new petitions pre nared hv both sides nrevented any inves- titration being' made at the time, and the petitioners went their way to secure the names of friendly property-owners as best they could. are agreed that the street should be im proved, but they cannot agree whether they -want stone blocks or bltulithlc pave ment. Both have petitions out, and at a late hour last night had about an equal amount of property represented upon their petitions. W. P. "White -was asked last night to make a statement of the part he took in "preparing" the old petition for the street committee. He at once acknowledge at taching the new paper to the old ones, but asked to be allowed to explain bis action. "White Explains His Action. "When City Engineer .Wanzer resur rected the old petition and Mr. Klernan and others started out to get signatures to a petition for Warren's bltulithlc pave ment, I was asked by the opponents of such a pavement to circulate another peti tion, which I did. I secured sufficient names to give our side a preponderance of the property along the street, and then took the paper to the Auditor's office for filing. The deputies in the main office of the Auditor were busy, so I went to Deputy Smith. He did not have a- filing stamp, so I went to another deputy and borrowed a stamp. After I had stamped the instrument Mr. Smith affixed his sig nature, and laid the paper upon his desk. I did not want the new petition lost, so suggested that It be put with the other papers bearing upon the same matter. No answer was made by Mr. Smith, and I took it to the filing' cabinet and attached it to the old petition. "I did not do this with any intent to de ceive, but Juat to be sure that the street committee would know that we had the most property on our petition." TO ATTACH NEW DINERS SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. Daylight Trains Through Willam ette Valley Will Sopn Be Equipped. It is announced by the Southern Pacific, that, commencing on Friday, April ZL a dining-car service will be Inaugurated on trains 11 and 12 between San Francisco and Dunsmulr. These are the companion trains which leave Portland at 8:30 o'clock In the morning and arrive at S o'clock in the evening, and the commencement of the service at the southern end of the line will give dlnlng-car accommodations throughout the trip from Portland to San Francisco. Heretofore trains 15 and 16 of the South ern Paclflo have been the popular bnes running between Portland and San Fran cisco, on account of the dlnlng-car ser vice. Each day, tooth at tne .Portland, and the southern end of the line, passen gers have been held over owing to the crowds wishing to travel on the trains, while trains 11 and 12 oftentimes began their journeys only partially loaded. This was entirely due to the accommodations offered on the two sets of trains. Will Equalize Traffic. Noting this, the management has de cided to make a change with a view to the betterment- of the service and the oonseauent equalization of the traffic. The contemplated arrangement will give dining-car service through the entlro route, with the exception of the night run through the mountains, when the cars will not be needed. The cars will be at tached to train 11 at Dunsmulr at 7:S0 In the morning and .will remain on the train until San Francisco is reached at U o'clock at night. The cars will leave San Francisco on train 12 at i:30 o clock in the morning and will be taken oft at Dunsmulr at 10:50 in the evening. This will give the service of the dlnlng- car from Portland south during the first day's travel and until late at night, when it will be taken off at Ashland. Tho haul over the mountains will be made easier by the absence of the useless dining car while the service will be maintained by 4 the attachment of the other car on the south side of the mountains at Duns mulr in the morning for breakfast. The same plan will be followed on the trip from San Francisco to Portland. Welcomed in the Valley. This change will be welcomed by the residents of the Willamette Valley, who have been working with tho Southern Pa cific for some time to have the daylight run through that district popularised. As It was, the great majority of desirable prospective settlers passed through the valley during the night time, owing to the poor accommodations of the daylight trains. This will now be changed, and thq railroad company will make one of their points In the advertisement of the Willamette Valley by Its daylight ride. showing the fields and products of the different sections along the line of travel. WANT WATER AND SEWERS Mount Tabor People Say They Are Anxious for Annexation. People in that portion of Mount Tabor included in the territory that may be an nexed to Portland at the June election are anxious over the outcome. They havo no vote on the subject, as it was assumed that they wanted annexation when they brought the bill to the Legislature pro viding for it; but It is a question whether the people of Portland will vote for It. L. S. N. Normandln, a well-known busi ness man of Mount Tabor, who is in & position to know the sentiment of the people of Mount Tabor, says that un questionably tho people out there are anxious for annexation, largely because they want Bull Run water and sewerage. He says that both are needed badly. Scep tic tanks have been introduced at a few houses, but generally this lias not been done, and the disposition of sewerage Is a serious problem. It is pojnted out that tne sewerage situation inreaxens sun nyeide, owing to the slope in the direc tlon of the city. Opposition to annexation at Mount Ta bor, .such as there is, is on account of not taking in all of Mount Tabor School Dis trict No. 5. Under the proposed annexa tion only a part of the district is taken in, and the district government itself re mains after annexation the same as be fore, thus depriving: people of the an nexed portion of the Portland High School privilege. Pupils sent to the High School must pay tuition. However, a9 Mount Tabor has no vote one way or the other, they can only wait the result at the June election. WILL BUILD NEW CHURCH Bethany German Congregation Adopts Plans for Structure. Plans for a new church for the Bethany German Presbyterian Church have been adopted by the session, and the contract will be let as soon as possible. The cost of the structure, with the furniture, will be about $3500. The building committee has 52500 now on hand. It is expected that the women of the church will pro vide the furniture. Rev. William E. Laube is the pastor. He took up the work with Bethany Ger man Presbyterian Church about four years ago, and it has advanced rapidly. The membership is now SO, having been reduced somewhat by losses to the Sec ond German Presbyterian Church., recent- ly organised on the East Side. Makes Weak Eyes Strong Soothes--IV CHILD FULLS T HORRIBLE DEATH Trestle Spanning Marquam Gulch Scene of Distress ing Accident. MOTHER IS HEARTBROKEN Six-Year-Old Mabel Bannon Loses Her Balance and Is Precipitated 65 Feet to the Rocks at the Bottom of the Gulch. Mabel Bannon fell from a trestle span ning Marquam Gulch, in South Portland, yesterday afternoon, and struck her head on cement and stones on the bottom. 65 feet below. She sustained a compound fracture of the skull, and death resulted before a physician could hasten to the scene. She was a beautiful girl, aged 6 years. Mabel was accompanied by her little MABEL BANNON FALLS OFF sister, aged i years, who was the sole witness of the sad accident. After Ma bel fell, word was carried to the mother at the family home, 62S Fifth street, by the lisping child, who had just witnessed the fatal fall of her sister. "Mamma, Mabel's fell in the water: I think she's hurt," were the words of the little sister to the mother. Hurrying' to the scene of the accident, guided by the little child. Mrs. Bannon discovered Mabel, limp and almost life less. Dr. Sheldon arrived almost simul taneously, but he was unable to stay thd hand of death. Coroner Is Notified. Coroner Finley and the police were no tified. A patrol wagon was dispatched by Captain Grltzmacher, but the child was dead long before Policemen Wendorf and Qulnlan arrived. Deputy Coroner Bald win came and took charge of the body. A pathetic feature of tho case was tho homecoming- of the father, J. R. Bannon. last night He is a plasterer, and his wife could . not locate him in the after noon, although she tried to do so. He did not know of the fatal accident until he reached home at dinner time. Very little could be learned as to how the accident happened, as Mabel's little sister could glvo but a childish explana tion. It is thought that the children were walking on the Southern Pacific track, which runs on the trestle across the gulch, and that Mabel attempted to climb from the trestle tcythe sidewalk, across a space of two feet. It Is supposed she lost her balance, and fell headlong. This is gathered from the account given by the little sister. Fake Artist Is Brought to Bay WANTED LADIES AND GIRLS TO As sist in a new line of fancy 'work; ?10 per week; experience unnecessary; work can be taken home. Call at office, 2684 Mor rison st., the Cosmos, room 5. And they did call at the Cosmos, room 5 fairly poured in. There was a veri table stream of them. There were so many that they had to stand in line and take turns. And they bit, too. Why not? Here was the chance of a lifetime to make money and make It easily, seated right in the home. And the pouring In thereof caused trou ble. All because "Professor" Claud Qulvey, artist, charged her $5 for a piece of canvas. Miss E. Mosher complained to Municipal Judge Hogue yesterday morn ing, and he issued a warrant. Last night, after lying: in wait several hours at the offices of the great artist, in the Cos mos, Detectives Relsing and Carpenter nabbed Qulvey and led him away to the City Jail. Great was Quiveys indignation. He could not understand such high-handed proceedings, he said. "This is nothing short of an outrage," said the prisoner, for such the great artist had now become. "Larceny, in deed! Can't a man sell things to women, if he sees fit, and they don't object? Can a man like me be carted away to a police station, can he be humiliated in this manner and have no redress? Lar cenybah!" But the ravings of the great artist had no effect on the cold, calloused detec tives, and off to police headquarters and before Captain Moore they marched Qulvey. The tetter's wife, crying like a child, went along. - "Captain, here's your prisoner." an nounced the detectives, just as though they had in tow any ordinary criminal ic set by Judge Hogue at $250, cash," an swered Captain Moore, mechanically. "What!" exclaimed Artist Qulvey.. "I say you're charged with larceny, and that unless you put up $250 In cash, you will have to go to jail," replied Captain Moore. Then the woman wept afresh. "Don't cry over a thing- like this," said Qulvey to her. "Put up the money for me, and we'll get away from this place.. Or do you wish me to remain in Jail over night? I knew, you didn't, so now just give the captain the money, and we'll leave." This was done, and Qulvey and his security left. "Whew!" exclaimed Captain Moore. "Say, but I'm glad to have that case brought to a head! Why, there's been a clamor from, it seems to me, about a million women over that business. They have been crazy to have that man ar rested." The whole thing will be aired in Muni cipal Court this morning, when Qulvey is scheduled to appear and defend him self. It is expected that scores of wom en, alleged to have been victimized, will be there to greet the great artist, It Is alleged that Qulvey gets women to his office by means of the advertisement published above, sells them for $5 each a piece of canvas and tells them to paint roses on each piece. He Is said to agree to purchase paintings that are satisfac tory, but few. If any, it is alleged, are satisfactory. STILL OTHER 'CANDIDATES Larry Sullivan "Would Be Council man From Second Ward. Larry Sullivan, Councilman from the Second Ward if you please. That is the title that Larry would like to-be ad- FOURTH-STREET RAILROAD GULCH AND IS KILLED CROSS INDICATES POINT FROM WIIICIT SHE FELL AND DOTTED LINES DIREC TION OF HER FALL. dresed by after election, according- to a petition filed with Auditor Devlin yesterday noon. Larry announces that he is a. Republican, but. that his plat form is "a business basis for city af fairs and no politics." He wants those words printed upon the official ballots an declares that if elected he will not resign. Every man about town Is supposed to know who Larry Sullvan Is. but for tho benefit of the few that have neg lected to post themselves In this re spect, be it said that Larry was at one time a sailor boarding-house mas ter, has been interested in sporting matters generally, and was one of the owners of the Portland Club before gambling was stopped. D. J. Quimby filed a petition as Councilman-at-Large on the Republi can ticket. He stands for honesty, ef ficiency, economy and a business ad ministration, according to his petition. Alfred F. Smith is the first candidate for Councilman to stand upon an open declaration in favor of filling In of the gulches and bridges all In the line of general Improvements effecting the public at large and paying for the same by the city, to which end he indorses the proposed amendment to the city charter which provides a special 2-mlll tax for that purpose. Mr. Smith is a Republican' and desires the votes of the citizens of the Sixth Ward. The second petition of Lawrence A. McNary to be nominated for City At torney was filed yesterday morning. Attached to the petition proper was an Indorsement signed by many of the members of the bar of Portland. The Indorsement says that the signers be lieve that Mr. McNary has capably filled the office during the present term and 'that he will do so again. Before 5 o'clock tonight candidates for office that desire to be voted for at the primary election on May 6 must file their petitions, according to the di rect primary law. Both the first and second petitions must be filed today, but as the greater numbers of those known to be out for an office have al ready attended to the legal formalities, Auditor Devlin does not anticipate a great rush of "new timber" today. Under the law independent candidates may announce themselves later, but they will be required to have many signatures to their petitions to have their names placed upon the ballots. GENERAL SECRETARY HERE Sunday School Worker Arrives to Attend State Meeting. Marion Lawrance, general secretary of the organized Sunday school work, arrived In Portland last night to attend the Oregon State Sunday School Association at the First Metho dist Episcopal Church. Mr. Lawrance serving in his official capacity visits annually nearly every city of import ance in the United States. He travels about 30,000 miles each year. "The organized Sunday school work, which practically began with the Na tional Sunday School Convention held in Newark, N. J., in 1S69, has produced results which cannot be declared in words or figures," said Mr. Lawrance at the Hotel Portland last night. "It enrolls the largest army that mar shals under one banner in the land. It hag given to the world a new concep tion of the 'Sunday school idea, and aroused an Interest never shown be fore. "It has roused the denominations to vie with each other In a friendly but vigorous effort to surpass not each other, but themselves In Sunday school work. It has quickened pastors, stimulated superintendents, encouraged teachers and translated the Sunday school so that the church is beginning to understand It." Agrees "Upon Sealed Verdict- The case of Manuel Miner Perena, against the Star Sand Company, to recover $30,000 damages for the loss of an eye, was submitted to the Jury at 2 o'clock yesterday. At 1 o'clock last night the jury had agreed upon a sealed ver dict. When you feel all tired out and broken DEMOCRATS ABE VERY SCARCE Not Enough of the Faithful to Run for ".All the ' Offices. ...- THEY ALL LOVE DR. LANE Democratic "Club Meets, Members Make Speeches and Declare They Will JEnter. the Fray to Do or Die In Attempt. So few Democrats dwell in Portland that not enough exist to run for all the offices; consequently tho unterrlfied will probably have no candidates for Auditor, Treasurer, City Attorney, three Councllmen-at-Large and Coun cllmcn from the Fourth Ward on the West Side and the Eighth and Ninth wards on the East Side. This sad state of affairs was re- TRESTLE ACROSS MARQUAM vealed last night at a meeting of the Multnomah Democratic Club, an organ ization of Sweekites. Malleyltes, Pow eries and Klllfeatherltes. which has been booming Dr. Harry Lane for the Democratic nomination against the Toung Men's Democratic Club, com posed of Perryltes, Thomasltes and Al- lenltes, which has been contending for an open field for all candidates. Footsore and weary, members of the city central committee have been trudging the streets in quest of aspir ants for the jobs which the Democratic brethren now seem about to give up to the enemy without a struggle. Club Loves Dr. Lane. So great is the love of the Multnomah Democratic Club for Dr. Lane that It adopted a resolution last night calling on all the faithful to turn out on primary day and doff their coats and vote for him as often as the law will permit. Pat Powers presented the resolution and started it off with a neat little speech. John Lamont followed and de clared unto all the gentlemen assem bled that it was the duty of every u ,vT I l ,V member of the club to hie to the polls and work mightily for Dr. Lane. Bert E. Haney. secretary of the club and of the county and city central committee, delivered himself of remarks of the same sort. In his opinion. Lane would surely be nominated; still everything should be done to load the Lane bandwagon as heav ily as possible. John Manning did not regard the candi "dacy of George H. Thomas as having much force, but advocated giving Lane as big a vote as possible. "We ought to show Dr. Lane we are all back of him," quoth Mr. Manning. Forthwith Mr. Powers rose to remark that whosoever should win the nomina tion would find the club back of him in the election. "Back of him with a knife?" asked T. W. McGovern. "I never knifed any Democratic nomi nee In my life," responded Pat, where upon the club adjourned. Heavyweights Are Present. Among the heaviest weights in the coun cil were: John Manning, Bert E. Haney, M. J. ("Joe") Malley, John Lamont, Will iam Horan, Pat Powers, S. C. Armitage, C. B. Williams, Charles Duggan, Charles Petrain, Henry Coffee, T. W. McGovern, A. E. Ream, E. Versteeg, John O'Hara, J. B. Ryan. M. F. Flynn, Jame3 Foley, The club's Inventory of candidates showed that only two had come forth to run for the five Jobs of Councllman-at-Large A. F. Flegel and Thomas Gulnean, and that for ward Councllmen the follow ing were willing to sacrifice themselves on their party's altar: Ward 1, T. J. Con cannon: Ward 2, Charles Duggan; Ward 3, Robert Brady; Ward 5, E. H. Cahalln; Ward 6, H. W. ("Citizen") Park er; Ward 7. D. T. Sherrltt; Ward 10, P. L. G. Wiaer. Notwithstanding the confidence of the Lane boomers the Thomas people are confident, too. Mr. Thomas filed his pe tition with the City Auditor yesterday with 150 signatures. Sheriff Tom Word was one of the signers. This fact set the Lane people to wondering whether there was a close alliance between Word and Thomas. The question is regarded as having considerable importance be cause Thomas is running for the Demo cratic nomination on the same platform as that on which Sheriff Word has been standing in his fight for reform. Among the signers of the Thomas peti tion were: John Van Zante, chairman of the Democratic city central committee; George W. Simons, G. W. Allen. T. T. Struble, Thomas O'Day, H. B. Nicholas, E. J. Halght. Newton McCoy. Samuel C. Kerr. W. T. , Turner, A. J. Smlthson. J. W. Morrow, Judge M. G. Munly, John Mock, J. T. Mllner, Jame3 Gleason, N. A. Peery and C. L. McKenna. GATHERING VALUABLE DATA Railroads Will Help Tell Visitors of Oregon's Resources. F. H. Curtis, general manager of the Corvallls & Eastern Railway, has taken one of the first steps to be reported In following out the plan announced bjr .the Pjor-Uand Chamber of Cam - merce for the establishment of an in formation bureau. Some time ago the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce sent announce ments to the different commercial so cieties and to the rallrodd officials of the state telling of a plan for gather ing data relative to the different part3 of the state for the use and benefit of those who should visit the West with a view Of purchasing homes here. In reply to this appeal Mr. Curtis has sent word to all of his agents di recting them to gather data from their sections as to the needs of that dis trict. All business openings, what manner of employment might be found, the number and size and price of the farms and homes for sale,, all will be enumerated in the report and sent to Mr. Curtis who will send the accumulated reports to the Chamebr of Commerce. These reports are' to be made every three months in order tnat the information contained may be as reliable as possi ble. The newspapers of the state are re sponding very liberally to the appeal from the Chamber and many articles are being received written to cover the points asked for by the Board of Information. The work is now being classified and planned and In a short time, by the opening of the Exposition it is hoped, data will be on hand by which the Chamber of Commerce will be able to furnish reliable and full Information in regard to any question relating to any section of the state. WILL OPEN ART S FINE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIRIT IS PROMISED PORTLAND. Best Work of Amateurs and Pro ' fesslonals of the World Will " ' " Be Seen Here. Three hundred and ninety photographs, j constituting the first American photo graphic salon, will be exhibited by the Portland Society of Photographic Art at the new Museum of Art building, north east corner of Fifth and Taylor streets, in this city for one week, beginning Mon day evening, April 24. at 7 o'clock, and will be open to the public from 2 to 5 o'clock In the afternoons and from 7 to 10 o'clock In the evenings, closing Saturday night, April 29. The public Is earnestly invited to attend this exhibit, which Is free. From more than SOCO frames, submitted by amateur and professional photog raphers from all over the world, between 390 and 400 were chosen by a Jury con sisting of the following noted artists of New York, none of whom are photog raphers: John La Farge, Chllde Haasam, Edwin H. Blaahficld. Kenyon Cox, George R. Barse, Jr.. H. Bolton Jone?, Will H. Low, Francis C. Jones, Frederick W. Kost, Walter Clark, Ben Foster, Irving R. Wiles, Robert Henri and Alphonsc Jon gcrs. Before the judging was begun the ques tion arose: "Upon what basis shall we make our judgment, and what shall bo the rule for guidance In the acceptance or rejection of the work submitted to us?" Kenyon Cox acted as spokesman: "Method must not be apparent. Work must not be purely Imitative nor attempt to give the effects of colorlsts. Its own field Is so Deautuui. mgnmea ana important tnai , Tne sorrows and sufferings of poor. mis It Is not necessary to copy the methods j judsed misguided" Lady Isabelle. as told and effects of painters." and to this they j m tne' famous cmotional drama. "Bast all agreed. The result of this strict judging , Lyne " will be presented for the third Is a great exhibit of artistic photographs. I wcek of tnc new. Empire Stock Company, which is a revelation to the public at ' openini, next Sunday matinee. It is safe large for the beauty and variety of sub- toasaume that "East Lynne" will receive jects. and Is of special Interest to tho attention as to detail in staging amateur and professional photographer ! and actns. and n0 one will be disap who wishes to study new methods and to nn,nttA won thouch thev have seen the compare his work with the best the world V ithin tec last decade the progress made In protography Is wonderful. In ad dition to perfecting the camera Itself, the possibilities of producing widely dif ferent effects have been greatly increased. There are scores of different printing pa .pers, for Instance, making It possible to produce a surprising variety of effects in tone and color. In carbon tissues moro than SO different shades can be had, enabling the artistic worker to obtain monotone effects, which are difficult to distinguish from water color and oil paintings. The chemistry of photography much bG.ter understood tndav than Is much better understood today than ever before, so that the photographer may vary the quality of his negatives practically without limit. And there are scores Df mechanical appliances which simplify the taking of a picture and offer j opportunities for varying the result. All these Improvements are so many aids to assist the artist in giving expression to his Ideas. A few years ago a photograph was considered good which reproduced any object or scene clearly. Such a pho tograph was obviously not a picture. To day the contrast In the finish of the pic ture la amazing. There is practically no limit to the colors and tones; the repro ductions vary from steel engraving effects to the most impressionistic strokes. England, France, Belgium. Germany. Scotland, Denmark, Italy. Russia and Canada are represented, although most of the pictures are from this country, the Pacific Coast being well represented. The salon Is attractive locally on account of Portland being represented with prints made by Bertha M. Breyman, Will H. Walker, Ormsby M. Ash and George F. Holman, and Salem by Helen P. Gatch. The lighting-arrangements for this ex hibit are almost perfect. The exhibition rooms In the Museum of Art building are1 lighted by large skylights in the daytime and one room will have meridian electric lights at night, and the other will be lighted by Nernst electric lamps, which give a light that Is almost pure white, so that the colored prints will appear to al most as good advantage at night as by daylight. This salon has been a great success In the large Eastern cities where shown. It was exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, In Washington, D. C. and drew larger crowds than any art exhibit that has ever been held there before. The exhibit comes to Portland from San Francisco, and after the week here goes to Boston. AT THE THEATERS What ths Press Agents Say. Advance Sale Tomorrow. The advance sale of scats will open to morrow (Friday) morning, at 10 o'clock, j for L. R. Stockwell, the well-known Amer- j Iqan character comedian, who comes to -the Marquam Grand next Monday and ! Tuesday evenings, April 24 and 23, in ! Herbert Bashford's political comedy. ; "Honorable John North." For 12 years ' he was associated with the late Charles 1 Hoyt, and during that time created such roles as Mink In "A Temperance Town," Slow Boy In "A Midnight Bell," and Rocks in "A Contented Woman." "The Honorable John North" Is one of Herbert Bashford's. best offerings, and ran for three weeks at the California Theater, in San Francisco. 'Dora Thome.' A love play an Jdeal matinee play. Such is "Dora Thome," at the Columbia this week. It balls to mind the pretty fairy talcs "and the grand and handsome young prince came down from his mighty castle and saluted the little country maid, and loved her, and carried her away to his far-off country and they lived happy j ever After." 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"East Lynne" Next Week. ' lav before at much higher prices. A Vivid Picture. The Empire Stock Company is giving two performances a day this week of that startling temperance play. "Ten Nights in a Barroom," which has not been pre sented by a first-class company in Port land for "many years. The picture shown of the misery and suffering caused by drink has been quoted In the press as hav ing done more real good than all the tem perance lectures ever delivered. Last -performance or "Ten Nights In a Barroom" Saturday night. ARRANGE FOR BIG TRAFFIC Details of Exposition Rates Are Be ing Perfected. The passenger agents of the transconti nental lines are now busy arranging the last details in the Lewis and Clark rates preparatory to the opening of the Expo sition. W. E. Coman, general freight and pass enger agent of the Southern Pacific, and A. L. Craig, general passenger agent of the O. R. & N., a.e both In Seattle on railroad business. A. D. Charlton, as sistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific, is in Seattle making the final provisions for his line. All of the lines have now come to tho conclusion that the travel will be more heavy than has been anticipated, and especial pre cautions are being taken to handle the expected crowds. PAGEANT FOR PAUL JONES American Squudron Will Bring Body Home, France Aiding. PARIS. April 19. The State Department has advised Ambassador Porter that an American squadron will be sent to take the body of John Paul Jones to the United States, probably in June. It is expected that the French government will partici pate in an imposing funeral pageant when tne body leaves Paris. Suit the people, because they are tired of bitter doses, with the pain and griping that usually follow. Carter's Little Liver PillK. One pill a dose. Pearlin is the Modera Soap first and best aidtodeanliitess No other aMnee&uj Physicians .arid Chemists commexvdit 5reshfcerfakiccor Jhe witheutfcerSoa? i