THE MOBKISG- OKEtfOJSIAiN, -THIJRBBAX, MAY 4, 1905.
iCGRES THOSE
OPPOSING HIM
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tory. Soraetrmes yoa cannot get the Mgk.
est grade ef coal at a low price, wha
you can get a lower grade at a pttec
that will be sufficiently low to warrant:
its consumption. In North Dakota, lignite
coal that is excellent fuel for steam and
household purposes, is put oh the cars
for $1 to 51.25 per ton, and reaches the
consumer with a freight charge of from
EO cents to $1.50 a ton. That means cheap
fuel, and if Portland could secure such
a fuel supply as that at such prices, you
have no Idea of the Immediate progress
that this city would make. I believe from
my investigations that there are large
undeveloped coal velnswlthln easy reach
of this city, and I am here to look into
the matter exhaustively. If the coal ex
ists as I am given to understand it docs.
It will be a good thing for Portland."
PERSONAL- MENTION.
D. H. Welch, an Astoria cannery-man.
is a guest at the Perkins Hotel.
Attorney-General A. M. Crawford, of
Salem, is a guest at the Imperial Hotel.
M. Sullivan, a mining man who lives at
Carlton, is registered at the Imperial
Hotel.
Benjamin A. Glfford, a photographer .
from The Dalles, Is a guest at the Perkins
THE LID" SEEMS THE ONLY ISSUE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION
Mayor Williams Speaks Before
Young Men's Republican
Club.
V
HOT SHOT FOR HIS FOES
He Declares Selling Bananas and
Running a City Administration
Arc Two Different Lines
of Business.
MAYOR WILLIAMS SAYS:
I az-kj-ou to compare condition of
street and sidewalks and elevated
roadways and of all municipal Improve
ments with conditions thre years ago
when I became Mayor, and then tell
me -whether this has been a "business
administration" and whether It is nec- -eaeary
to turn out the present admin
istration, and put In a person for Mayor
who ier said to be a "buelnew man."
It takes different business qualifica
tions to run a city government than to
sell orange?, bananas and peanuts.
It seems to me the duty of city of
ficers to look after the trowth and
prosperity of the municipality rather
than after the spread of religion or the
growth, of church membership.
Shall taxpayers and persons of perma
nent residence In Portland or clerical
gentlemen who have no lasting identity
with the city run its government?
I defy members of the Municipal As
sociation or of the Ministerial Associa
tion to name a grafter on the Executive
Board or on the other boards which I
appointed.
The slanders cast at me ha-e grown
largely out of the fact that a delega
tion of preachers called on me and un
dertook to dictate what I should do.
The good Christian gentlemen have been
pursuing me since with falsehood.
"With one exception the other candi
dates for Mayor, eo far as I know,
arc honorable men.
If re-elected, I will run the govern
ment, according to my best Judgment,
in a way conducive to the morals and
interests of the city.
I am a man advanced in years, but
Just as able to perform the duties of
Mayor aE at any time In my life.
Mayor Williams fired hot shot at his
political enemies in a speech last night
before the Young: Men's Regular Repub
lican Club at 162 Second street. About
350 persons were present, ana they cheered
and stamped, their feet lotdIy.
The club had indorsed Mayor Williams'
candidacy for renomination a week be
fore and invited His Honor to attend the
next meeting. The Mayor came full of
remarks. He had Intended to make no
speeches before the primaries, but was
persuaded by the club to change his plan.
AH the other candidates for the May
oralty he spoke of courteously sa-e one.
whom he grilled with words heated red
hot. The one was apparently Fred T.
Merrill, who has been making graft and
corruption charges against the Adminis
tration. lie Jilts Them All.
At the other candidates Mayor Will
lams also shot rhetorical bullets, without,
however, naming the men at whom
aimed. When His Honor said that the
"business man" was mistaken who
thought he could run the city government
as he would sell oranges, bananas and
peanuts, this meant Glafke. When the
Mayor asked his auditors to tell him
whether conditions as to streets and side
walks and general municipal improve
ments and as to regulation of social evils
in the North End were . not better than
conditions three years ago. that was
a bullet at Rowe. And when he said that
the question had come to issue whether
taxpayers and permanent residents of
Portland or transitory ministers should
run the city, and defied his foes to name
a single grafter on his government
boards, that was a shot at Albee, for
the persons at whom the Mayor directed
his aim in these utterances are supporters
of Albee. and the most implacable foes
of the present administration.
Mayor Williams took a shot at Sheriff
Word by saying that that officer, after
raiding the Paris House, had seen the
error of so doing, and at persons who
have been saying he is "too old," by as
serting that, though advanced in years,
he was just as able to conduct the af
fairs of the government as at any time
In his life. The Mayor renewed his dec
larations of confidence in Chief Hunt,
and announced that he would lose his
self-respect if "I'd remove a man in the
face of clamor whom I knew was honest
ly performing his duty."
3Iany Are Present.
The meeting was attended by many
adherents of the political organization
that has. prevailed in Multnomah County
in the last three years. They were full
of enthusiasm for the "old man." as
they called him. Mrs. Woodcock was
there with a basket of flowers, and Frank
D. Hcnnessy with his solo voice, and an
other gentleman, James Cone, with a
trick of the hand and a tale or two.
but none of them "drew" like the "old
man." The meeting was presided over
by Jay H. Upton, president of the club.
"I greatly appreciate the Indorsement
of the Young Men's Regular Republican
Club, for It shows that the young men
of the city are not so much worried about
my ge as some older persons profess
to be. I know lm an old man in years,
but I'm just as able to perform the du
ties of Mayor as ever in my life. Three
years ago this same objection was made
to me. and it Js no "better now than it
was then. In those three years I have
not been rtck once, I have not missed a
meeting of the Council nor of the Execu
tive Board, nor of the Health Board, nor
the Water Board, and I have never been
absent from the city except a day or two
occasionally.
The Mayor said that the work of the
office for the next .two years would be
much lighter than for the last three,
inasmuch as the government was now
established under the new charter. The
reorganization was a big labor, he said.
Government Organized.
The city government is now thorough
ly organized," went on Mayor Williams,
"and is running as satisfactorily as any
reasonable man could expect."
He then reviewed the improvement of
streets in his administration. When lie
went Into office not one street was fit
to travel on, he said. Bridges and ele
vated roadways were rotten and falling
down and many were closed. Sidewalks
were old and decayed. Fire-engine houses
were ao decayed that rain beat through
the roofs and horses broke through the
floor.
"I ask you, gentlemen." he continued,
"to copire the present lmproveme&Ls
with the conditions of three years ago
and tell me whether or notthis city needs
a 'business administration.' "
Whereupon he produced figures- show
ing the growth of improved streets and
sidewalks and sewers.
"Much is yet to be done, but the work
Ls progressing satisfactorily, and if it
is continued you will find this city the
envy of other cities on the Pacific Coast.
"Some people say that it is necessary
to elect a 'business man.' I do not know
whether I am a business man or not. but
I have been engaged in many kinds of
business in my life, and have occupied
executive, Judicial and legislative of
fices in government, and always have
been able to discharge the duties satis
factorily. If any 'business man' thinks
ho can take the city government and run
it as a grocery store he's very much
mistaken. (Applause.) According to my
poor judgment, it takes different quali
fications to run a city government than
to sell oranges, bananas and peanuts."
(Applause.)
Scores His Critics.
And there's another class of critics.
They think nobody but a Christian
should be connected with the city gov
ernment. (Laughter.) It seems to mc the
duty of city officers to look after the
growth and prosperity of the municipal
ity rather than after the spread of re
ligion or the growth of church member
ship. While I consider It my duty to
look to the morals of the city, other
prominent interests are to be taken into
consideration, too.
"And there Is still another class; that
would like to get control of the city gov
ernment." This time the Mayor took a
shot at the Merrill element. "They want
a kind of Mohammedan heaven (laugh
ter), where every man can gratify his
appetites without limit. If they win I
can as well afford to let them control the
city as any other resident. But if I shall
be elected, 1 will conduct the affairs of
the city according to my best judgment.
In a way conducive to the morals and
interests of the municipality."
The Mayor proceeded to say that when
he went into office three years ago.
Fourth street was filled with cribs occu
pied by bold courtesans who insulted any
decent person who passed by and that
when he passed by one day he was ac
costed with the invitation, "Come In,
daddy." The North End at that time
he declared "miserable and despicable."
Chief Hunt, he said, had stopped graft
ing by the police, whereas before, the po
lice had been "making themselves rich
from contributions of gamblers and pros
titutes." "I know what I'm talking,
about and I have the proofs. Chief Hunt
is an honest man and I'd lose my self
respect if I'd remove a man who I know
is honestly performing his duty.
"I'm responsible for the Paris House.
My idea is that the poor creatures. Its
Inmates, should be corralled under sur
veillance of the police. What, drive them
out? Where will they go? They must
live, in spite of their bad conduct and
opprobrious business. They're human be
ings. When Mr. Word drove them out,
what was the result? They scattered
over residence parts of the city and Mr.
Word saw he bad adopted a foolish pol
icy. The women have gone back to the
Paris House and the place is just as bad
as ever It was." (Applause.)
Mayor Williams next took up the graft
stories, which he said were manufactured
for political purposes. He said that If
nominated he would take the stump to
explain that the charges of corruption
were trumped up.
- Challenge to Enemies.
"I challenge members of the Municipal
League and the Ministerial Association
to name any member of the executive
board as a grafter. They cannot do it.
They dare not do it. I defy them to do
it."
Following Mayor Williams. John P. Shar
key, candidate for Coundlman-at-Large,
roundly scored the telephone company in
Portland, saying that it was collecting
extortionate profits and rendering inade
quate service. The automatic system, he
declared, was successful wherever in
stalled and mentioned Los Angeles as a
city which used 17.000 automatic tele
phones against S0t of the Sunset Com
pany. He declared that the company in
Portland, with Its 14.0S2 telephones, col
lects as much as to JSS.OCO a month,
while the automatic: cospany in Los
Angeles, with 17,000 telephone, collects
between $30,900 and fSS.m.
The club has indorsed for Treasurer.
Joseph W. Beveridse; for City Attorney,
1m A. McNary; and for Couacilasa-ai-
Large, John Annand. Dan Kcllahcr. John
P. Sharkey, D. J. Qulra'or, and Thomas
Gray.
Third Ward Club Meets.
The invitation that D. J. Quimby. presi
dent of the Third Ward Republican Club,
sent out to the various candidates before
the primaries. Inviting them to take part
In the meeting held last night at Merrill's
Hall, was accepted by many of the. candi
dates. There were several hundred party
followers present and they listened with
considerable interest to the various candi
dates who spoke during the evening. Each
candidate in turn outlined his polio and
told what he would do In case he was
successful at the polls. Mr. Quimby him
self is a candidate for Councllman-at-Large
and he also spoke briefly. Among
those who spoke were G. M. Hyland, W.
H. Barry. Fred Merrill. C. A. Townsend,
J. X. Davis, Otto J. Kracmcr and E. T.
Taggart.
CONDUCTORS ARE COMING
One Committee Is Already Holding
Sessions in Portland.
The first official action of the National
convention of the Order of Railway Con
ductors was taken yesterday morning at
the Portland Hotel, when Chairman J. D.
Coiidlt, of the jurisprudence committee,
called his committeemen together for
business, and from this time on until
the end of the convention the committee
will hold dally sessions for the consid
eration of all questions of law which
may be submitted to it.
The committee is composed of Chair
man J. D. Condit, of St. Paul; J. F. La
hlll, of Cleveland; S. N. Berry, of North
Bay. Ontario; W. II. Tobln, of Shreve
port. La., and W. S. Shaw, of Worces
ter. Mass. To it are referred, all changes
proposed in the laws of the organization
and all questions arising from the inter
pretation of the laws. It meets one week
before each National convention and con
tinues In session until the close and some
times afterward.
The principal thing now before the
committee for its consideration and re
port is the proposition to change the con
vention time from once In two years to
once in three. -AVhen the order was small
and the laws and bylaws had not as yet
been crystallized and perfected, it was
necessary to meet at least once In two
years to transact the business of the
order. Now. however, the organization
has grown to such proportions and the
laws have been so molded Into perfect
ness that so frequent meeting Is not nec
essary, and It Is intended to lengthen
the intervals. It is the intention of the
committee, so It is thought at present, to
recommend the changing of the time
when the matter is brought to the atten
tion of the convention, and there is no
doubt that the recommendation will meet
with a favorable reception at the hands
of the delegates.
The delegates are beginning to come
Into-the city In Increasing numbers, and
by the first of the week several thous
and will be present. It Is expected that
Grand Chief Conductor E. EL Clark and
Grand Secretary and Treasurer W. J.
Maxwell, of Cedar Rapids, will arrive in
Portland on Sunday, and will be accom
panied by a large number of delegates.
The arrangements are rapidly being
completed for the reception of the dele
gates and the merchants of the city are
taking an Interest in the convention.
Many of them have promised to decorate
their stores In red, white and green, the
colors of the organization, while, many
of the electrical displays of the city will
be arranged in honor of the event.
Shoemakers Will March on London.
LONDON. May 3. A miniature Coxev
army Is forming among the striking
army of bootworkers in Northampton
shire. It ls proposed to march on the
War Office In Xondon and lay the men's
grievances in regard to pay, eta, be-
fore the officials. A band of music has ;
been engaged to accompany the strik- .
ers," whose march probably will oc
cupy a week.
Bowen on His Way Home.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 3. Minis
ter Herbert W. Bowen, who has been
summoned to Washington and who lert
La Guayra, Venezuela, on May 1 on the
steamship Philadelphia, arrived here to
day and proceeded to New York on the
J FkiladelERl.
RUIN SILENT
PARTNER IN F RM
Grand Jury Informed He Is In
terested With Front-Street
Bridge Contractors.
ACCOUNTS FOR HIS ACTIVITY
Hoffman Brothers Expose Cement
Deal of Bowles & Hcusncr.
Councilman Zimmerman
Called as Witness.
Is C. B. Rumelln, Councilman and 10-per-cent
money broker, a silent partner in
the firm of Bowles & Heusner, contract
ors? Yesterday It was rumored about the
dingy halls of the Courthouse that start
ling information had been given the grand
Jury which tended to show that Rumelln
was a member of the firm.
Bowles & Heusner are building the
Front-street bridge on a sublet contract,
and it is said that Councilman Rumelin's
activity in getting the contract for the
Pacific Construction Company, of Califor
nia, after It had been first let to a com
pany of the elmllar name of Washington,
was because he was a partner and want
ed his firm to have the contract.
There were before the grand Jury yes
terday morning and during the afternoon
I. Zimmerman, president of the Council;
John Hoffman, of the firm of Hoffman
Bros., cement contractors, and J. J.
Maney. the man to whom the first con
tract for the building of the Front-street
bridge was awarded. Which one of these
witnesses, if any one cf them, gave the
story of Rumelin's partnership with
Bowles & Heusner to the grand Jury, or
whether it came to their knowledge
through other sources, is not known.
When Judge Frazer swore In the members
of the grand Jury His Honor charged
them to eecrecy and Instructed them to
swear ali witnesses in the same manner.
This has bottled up- the proceedings, so
that whatever information the Jury Is ob
taining against Rumelln and the charges
of graft In the Front-street bridge deal, ls
held pretty tight.
Zimmerman Is a AVltness.
There was a general flutter of excite
ment around the corridors when a deputy
from Sheriff Word's office appeared with
L. Zimmerman. Armed with a subpoena,
the deputy fell upon the president of the
now much-talked -of City Council, as he
was on his way to the City Hall, in com
pany with C E. Rumelln, who is also
very much before the public What Presi
dent Zimmerman had to tell the Grand
Jury is not known. He graced the pres
ence of this inquisitive body for over an
hour. If Mr. Zimmerman's remarks be
fore the members of the City Council,
which he made several hours later, can be
taken as a fair sample of his testimony,
the present members of that august body,
are as chaste as lilies' and as .pure as the
driven snow. Mr. Zimmerman would be
naturally expected to tell the- same story
twice. At the Council he declared there
had been no grafting" In the three years
he had been in the Council. He In all
probability told the same thing to the.
members of the Grand Judy. This is why
it Is believed that what he had to tell
did not set the jurors agog with amaze
ment. Maney Thanks Grand Jury.
Aside from the appearance- of John
Hoffman, the presence of J. J. Maney
aroused interest. Maney bad his turn
during the afternoon, and when he bowed
himself out. he lingered a little just kmg
cnough to pass out several "thank yoa's."
Some time ago Maney was sees 1 8ttl
and questioned regarding his connection
with the Front-street bridge deal. At
that time he expressed a willingness to
appear before a grand Jury in case it was
called. He was notified by mail that tho
grand Jury had been organized and at
.the same time a subpoena was sent to
the Seattle sheriff. This subpoena was
not served at Seattle, because Maney
came to Portland. He voluntarily made
his presence known and a subpoena was
served on him. Maney was seen shortly
after no had been dismissed by District
Attorney Manning and he was asked to
mako a statement. This he flatly refused
to do, saying that the newspapers here
had connected his name altogether too
freely with the Front-street bridge scan
dal. Maney showed considerable pique,
and he rather prided himself upon the
fact that he had come all the way from
Seattle to tell what he knew about the
bridge deal, and that he had paid his
own expenses. He was clearly nervous,
and he acted very much like a man
who had just gone through a disagree
able experience and was glad that it
was over. He was as noncommittal as
Word3worth's little maiden, and If ap
pearance count for much he did not tell
much of the Inside working of how he
came to drop the bridge contract after
he had become the successful bidder.
No doubt he used the same excuse that
he did before, that of having discovered
that his company had underestimated
the work and that he could not do the
work without a great loss. Perhaps he
told the grand jury it was not so much
the result of that famous dinner which
he had the pleasure of eating that
caused him to change his mind about
holding onto th contract as It was the
bugaboo whispered into his ears that
the city would pay for this work In
warrants that could not be cashed with
out a great discount.
Cement Deal Exposed.
John Hoffman spent some time with
the grand Jury. What he told, of course.
Is only conjecture. He perhaps followed
the line of testimony given by his
brother. He is said to have told all
about the purchase of cement from
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. on which it is
alleged that J. R. Bowles received 10
cents on every barrel bought. The HofC
mans took a sub-contract from Bowles
& Heusner to build the concrete piers
for the bridge. Soon after commencing
the work, it is said, the Hoffmans,
through an Investigation of their at
torneys, found they were paying 10
cents a barrel more than they could get
cement for from another firm. They
also discovered that the 10 cents was
going to Bowles. Hoffman says that
Bowles & Heussner. by subletting the
contract for the concrete and without
doing a stroke of work, were able to
gather in several thousands of dollars.
While taking a short respite. District
Attorney Manning stated that he was
ready to take up with the grand jury
the facts in the J. F. Johnson case.
Johnson is a rockplln guard, and it
is said that the Sheriff is in possession
of evidence that Johnson offered to
use his influence to have Ed Brown,
alias Ed Kraemer. a rockplle prisoner,
released. Johnsoa Is said to have writ
ten .to Charles S. Brown, of Astoria, a
brother of tne prlsonor. offering to get
him released for $135. Brown Is serv
ing a year's sentence for stealing some
tools, and has about nine months to
serve-
CONFERENCE IN SESSION
Wcsleyan Methodists Meet In the
Center Addition Church.
The Willamette Conference of -the Wcs
leyan Methodist Church opened yesterday
afternoon In the Center Addition Church,
with President H. M. Frymlre presiding.
Rev. A. D. Culberson, of Iowa, and Rev.
Walter E. Karrington, of Dakota, were
transferred from those conferences to the
Willamette. Officers of the conference are:
Rev. H. M. Frymlre, president; T. Wild!
secretary; R. D. Mason, treasurer.- In
the absence of Secretary Wild. Rev. Cul
berson was elected temporary secretary.
Election of officers for the ensuing year
was fixed for this "afternoon. Rev. Mr.
Morgan. Rev. H. M. Frymlre and Rev.
R. D. Mason were .elected members of the
committee on itinerary in Oregon, and the
president will appoint two lay members,
Conference decided that it would hold its
sessions as follows: from 30 to 11:43 A.
M.; from 2 to 4 P. M. Divine services will
be held every evening- at 7:30. H. M.
Frymlre and A. D. Culberson were ap
pointed a committee on divine worship
during the conference.
Heard in the
"Rotundas
"If Portland Is to become the Important
manufacturing point that its inhabitants
look for, it must procure fuel at a lower
price than it can now buy it. I find on
looking the. ground over that on some
coal which 13 being largely used in this
city for steam purposes freight rates of
54 per ton. are being paid."
So said Mr. J. F. Brodle, of Dickinson,
N. D., to a reporter last night. Mr.
Brodle is an expert coal miner in North
Dakota, and for a number of years has
had the management of the mines be
longing to the North Dakota Consoli
dated Coal Mining Company, with head
quarters at Dickinson.
"I have come here at the request of
Dr. Henry Waldo Coe and Mr. R. M.
.Tuttle, who are associated in some coal
lands within 60 miles of Portland." con
tinued Mr. Brodle. "What this city
needs Is to cease paying tribute to other
states on the coal question and develop
J some coal of Its own in its own terrl-
KKNRV S. ROWE. THE LEAKING REPI BUCAN CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
The Republicans of this city hae determined to nominate Mr. Rowe for Mayor
of Portland at the primary election on next Saturday. May 6. because Mr. Howe,
when Mayor in 1000-1002. gae this city the best and most economical adminis
tration of lta local government that this city has ever had. Tho Republicans of
Portland know that Mr. Rowe wiil make a. good Mayor In 1005-1007 because he
made a good Mayor of Portland in 1900-1002. Mr. Rowe is In the prime of
life. He has re.Mded In Portland 23 years. He Is a successful business man. He
Is a large taxpayer of Portland. He knows the needs of Portland. He is a good
citizen In every xenae of the word. He wilt Impartially enforce all the -laws of
the city. He will have no grafting "pets." He will see that value received Is
obtained for all public money. He will reduce the expense of the city govern
ment and increase Its efficiency. Un.der the charter the Mayor of Portland has
plenary power In the city government. No one will control H. S. Rowe as Mayor
but H. S. Rowe. He will bo Mayor and no one else. That means good, econ'on
leal, effective government for all the people, and the Republican of Portland
know It and wlll have Henry- S. Rowe as the Republican nominee for Mayor -a
man all Republicans will heartily support In the final election Ib Juae, aad
will' elect by an enormous majority.
Hotel.
E. M. Brannlck has gone to South Bend.
Ind., on a business trip, and will be ab
sent two weeks.
Ed. Cudlhee. of Seattle. i3 a Portland
visitor for a few days. He is a guest at
the Perkins Hotel.
P. Welch, a railroad contractor from
Sookane. Is a Bortland visitor. He 13 stay
ing- at the Perkins Hotel.
W. K. Mendenhall and W. C. Menden
hall. of the United States Geological Sur
vey, are registered at the Imperial Hotel.
They live at Los Angeles.
Captain Blakeiy. overseer for P. Tredale
& Porter, owners of the Lonsdale, who
has been here looking after the ship's
affairs. left last night for Ensland by way
of Victoria. B. C.
Chief Officer J. N. Ansell. of the Army
transport Sheridan, recently in Portland,
on Saturday of this week will marry Miss
May Wilson at the home of her parents
In San Francisco.
While bringing his sehooner. the Oceana
Vance, from San Francisco to Aberdeen.
Captain Jorgenson fell and broke one leg.
He is now in a Tacoma hospital. He is
known all along the' coast.
W. J. O'Brien, of Baltimore, Md.,
grand exalted ruler of the Elks, will
roach Portland today. During the late
afternoon he will be entertained by mem
bers of the order, and in the evening he
will attend the lodge session.
Rev. J. Whltcomb Brougher, D. D.,
who will attend the Southern Baptist
convention, will leave for Kansas City
next Monday. After attending the con
vention at Kansas City. Dr. Brougher
will attend the Northern Baptist conven
tion at St. Louis. While at the Northern
Baptist convention. Dr. Brougher will in
vite the organization to hold their next
annual convention in Portland.
NEW YORK. May 3. (Special.)
Northwestern people registered at New
York hotels today as follow-' :
From Seattle F. Dlmmick, at the
Victoria.
From Everett, Wash- W. Howarth,
at the St. Denis.
From Baker City, Or. M. Fuchs and
wife, at the Park Avenue.
From Spokane J. K. Deen, at the
Imperial.
ON OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Iutcrestlng Lecture Given Before
Women's Unitarian Alliance.
The monthly meeting of the Women's
Alliance of the Unitarian Church was
the occasion of a thoroughly instructive
and most delightful lecture by Miss L.
E. White yesterday afternoon, who took
the timely subject of "Outdoor Photo
graphy." Miss White Is one of the most
ble of Portland's amateur photograph
ers and was for a long time secretary
of the Oregon Camera Club. In her lec
ture yesterday she used many good pic
tures by both American and English ama
teurs as Illustrations, and many of her
audience who had long- abandoned the
camera were attacked with a relapse of
the photographic fever.
A camera of standard make was Intro
duced to show the practical side of this
fascinating work and its use under vari
ous light conditions thoroughly explained.
Miss White is one of the few lecturers
on this subject who can explain the
worklng-up process of a poor negative
so that It can be thoroughly compre
hended and the knowledge put to prac
tical use. The Impressionistic school of
photography was also discussed In detail,
and all Interested in the photographic
branch of art expressed themselves as
unusually edified and pleased with her
talk.