Morning Oregonian., April 29, 1907, Tourists' and Homeseekers' Edition, PART TWO, Image 13

PART TWO
Pages 13 to 24
PORTLAND, . OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL, 29, 1907.
VOL. XL.VI.
NO. 14,474.
START CAMPAIGN
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Local Option Movement Is
Formally Launched on
East Side.
THREE RALLIES ARE HELD
Churches Are Active in Attempt to
Drive Saloons Away From Resi
dence Sections Into the
Business Districts.
A local option campaign to exclude sa
loons from the residence districts was
opened yesterday in three "good cltlzen
BhiD" rallies on the East Side, each of
which was addressed by D. I Tufts, of
the International Reform Bureau.
The first meeting was held in the Cal
vary Baptist Church, East Tenth and
Grant streets. Dr. Tufts was intro
duced by Rev. A. Lawrence "Black, the
pastor, who took occasion to comment
on the indifference of church members to
reform measures. Dr. Tufts spoke from
a passage taken from the Ltord's Prayer,
and then set forth what real reform is and
the wide scope It has taken, including the
declarations of the courts in favor of
moral laws. He pointed out that the
tTnited States Is a Christian nation, and
has been held bo by the Supreme Court,
and that the courts of the land are hold
ing that laws that uphold vice and im
morality are inimical to public policy.
Dr. Tufts then explained that the pres
ent purpose was to drive the saloons of
Portland from the residence districts, but
not to disturb them in the business sec
tions. He said the saloons are constant
ly encroaching upon the homes of the
people, are being located as near to resi
dences, schools and churches as possi
ble. This, he said. Is the question of the
hour In Portland. He pointed out the
dancer of the nearness of saloons to
schoolhouses, and made an earnest appeal
to" his audience to exclude the saloon
from precincts 41 and 43, which are to be
linked together at the June election, the
same as will be done In other precincts.
At the close of the services, subscriptions
were taken to assist In carrying on the
work, and local option petitions were cir
culated for signatures for these two pre
cincts. At Sellwood at 3 o'clock In the after
noon, a mass meeting was held in the
Presbyterian Church. Dr. Thompson, the
pastor, assisting. Dr. Tufts here pre
sented the local option question and the
problem of driving the baloons from that
suburb. In this suburb, precinct 37, the
Oaks Is located and It was here local op
tion was defeated at the last election. The
fieht will be renewed in this precinct. At
the meeting yesterday the movement to
get another vote on the subject was
started.
Tast night a mass meeting was held in
the First United Evangelical Church,
East Tenth and Sherman streets, in be
half of the local option movement In pre-
rlncts 41 ana J ne congregation irora
ihA THnltv Methodist Church, ioined in !
this service, filling up the auditorium. Ad
dresses were delivered by Dr. Tufts and !
the pastors. J
tXIXG TO APPROVED THINGS j
Rev. Shaffer Preaches Against Dls- j
carding Old and Tried Teachings. j
Rev. S. C. Shaffer, pastor of the First
United Brethren Church., East Fifteenth
and Morrison streets, began a series of
sermons last night on "Things of
Good Report." There will be six ser
mons in the series. Mr. Shaffer said
In part:
In the estimation of some few people, all
truth that is connected with hiBtory , must
be repudiated. To be old is to be OslerUed.
To have endured through the ages Is to :
have become musty. To accept any teaching !
of the past Is to become a back number.
How foolish! Shall we refuse to breathe
because we must breathe In the same man
ner as the ancients ? Shall we refuse the
light of the Run because the sun continues
to bestow its beneficence as It did thousands
of years ago? Shall we refuse to drink
water r-ecauso It Is the same as when our
lrs slaked their thirst? Shall we refuse
to be born Into the world because all the
laws of life are the same as in the be
ginning T
The founding of new forms of religion
every few years Is the natural result of a
craving for something new. It Is neither
a credit to the founders nor to the multi
tudes of deluded persons who freely iclve
their time and money to wild schemes that
profit no one but thope in control.
The pa?t bequeaths to us a rich inheri
tance. Whilo It la true that much of the
past must, be repudiated, there still re
mains so much that Is helpful and Inspiring
that one U overwhelmed with the wealth
that greets him when he begins to explore
the past. In choosing from the past, we
may be helped by finding out what the great
and good have esteemed.
The race has always approved of charac
ter. Even evil men have lauded virtue, and
have praised Rood men. It generally has
been recognized that whatever else a man
may have if ha has lost his character he Is
a poor man. McKinley said: "Christian
character Is the foundation upon which we
must build If our citizenship is to be lifted
up and our Institutions are to endure.'
The Bible Is ot good report. Its purpose
Is to reveal God to men and to help them
la their efforts to do the right. The Bible
Is reputable not simply because it is old.
but because tt accomplishes the task, for
which tt was appointed. Wherever the
Bible has gone and been accepted the peo
ple have become happier and better. Those
who have opposed the teachings of the Bible
generally have been men of Impure Uvea
Say what you will about our advancement,
there are very few books of the day that
are worth the reading. The old books ar
the best books. Future generations will
laugh at us for reading Kipling and shelv
ing the masters, as they will, also pity us
for not more fully appreciating Mark ham.
What shall we read? 1 a momentous ques
tion. Shall we read the dallies? What shall
It profit a man It he sains a knowledge of
Thaw and 1'eruna, and loses his own soul?
Shall our children bury themselves tn the
comic supplement with Its immoralities and
distorted art: while Rembrandt and his
"Night Watch," "Reubens and His Descent
Prom the Cross." Michael Angelo and His
Last Judgment," "Raphael and His Holy
Family," wait for appreciation from a gen
eration that should be ashamed to pervert
Its love of the beautiful by a red daub of
printer's Ink.
Back, back. X say. to the things of good
re pert. Back to the basic things of char
suatsrl Back to the Bible, tne Inspired rec
IS
SALOONS
ord of God's dealing with the race In mercy.
Back to Shakespeare and his "Hamlet";
Milton and his ,'Paradlse Lost": Bacon and
his "Novum Organum"; Bunyan and' his
"Pilgrim's Progress"; Scott and his "Lady
of the Lake"; Irving and his "Sketches";
Emerson and his "Essays"; back to Homer,
Verstl, to Goethe, to Burns, to Bryant and
to Byron. Let us no longer purchase books
because they have a red cover that Is, liter
ature commercialized ; nor yet because we
can read It without thinking that Is liter
ature modernized.
While we thus hold fast that which is
good, let us keep our faces to the future,
remembering that
New occasions teach new duties; time makes
ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still and onward, who
would keep abreast of truth.
NOBILITY MORE " THAN RANK
Rev. J. E. Wolfe Addresses Men's
Meeting at Y. 31. C. A.' Sunday.
"The True Nobility" was the subject
of the address to men at the T. M. C. A.
yesterday afternoon. Rev. J. E. Wolfe,
of Indian Territory, was the speaker. He
said that In England the word "nobility"
as applied to some men of rank there
might easily be changed to "debility"
without doing any violence to the truth.
The only true nobility, he said is to be
found In the service of Christ. In speak
ing of King Edward, he said that he Is
a very common-looking man, though he
occupies the throne. He said In part:
"As I listened to the brother-in-law of
Gypsy Smith, and thought of his out
cast origin, and heard him tell of how he
had grown up from the poor, miserable,
ignorant Gypsy child he used to be, to
the noble man who stood before us, I
thought of my" own life and of what a
reformation had been wrought In it. I
have been In Chicago, and have heard the
stirring talks which Jerry McCauley and
his wife used to give to the besotted men
and women of that great city. Their
life was the noble life, but before the
reformation was wrought in their lives
they were steeped in the worst forms of
vice and crime." Mr. Wolfe then told of
the life of Harry Moorehouse.
In making one of his points the speaker
said that the agricultural ant of Texas
plants Its own small grain fields, keeps
the weeds away while the grain is grow
ing, and harvests the crop. After it has
stored the grain away it watches it and
If It becomes wet during a storm It
spreads it out in the sun to dry, after
ward removing it to a storehouse, which
will keep it absolutely dry.
At. the meeting next Sunday afternoon
J. A. Dummitt, of Seattle, will give a
stereopticon lecture. Mr. Dummitt ' Is
now on a lecture tour to the East. At the
close of the meeting yesterday petitions
were offered for signatures which provide
for an opportunity to vote on local option
for the district between Washington and
Jefferson streets, and a portion of the city
lying north of Washington street.
SUSPECT ARRESTED HERE
Man Man ted In San Francisco Is
Taken From Train.
Acting upon .advices from . Chief of
Police 1)1 nan of San Francisco. Detec
tive Mallett and Hill arrested Ernest
II. Anderson as he alighted from a
Southern Pacific train last night and
lodged him in the City Jail on a charge
of embezzlement According to . ad
vices from the San Francisco- authori
ties. Anderson decamped with $600 and
a diamond ring belonging to James
Moran, a saloonkeeper and former em
ployer of the prisoner, who is the com
plainant- The description of Ander
son was meager and Detective Hill and
Mallett had to use strategy In accom
plishing the arrest. Mallett boarded
the train at the East Side depot, while
Hill remained at the Union Depot and
awaited its arrival. Mallett soon
spotted the man he wanted through
the assistance of the train conductor
and when Anderson alighted at the
depot the signal was passed to Hill by
Mallett and the arrest was made.
When the prisoner was searched, a
gold watch was found, but the initials
did riot tally with those of the name
he gave the officials. He had $678 in
cash and a diamond ring in his pockets.
Earthquake In Calabria.
NAPLES, April 2S. Frequent slight
shocks of earthquake were felt in Cal
abria today. The populace of Southern
Italy is fearful lest there be a repetition
of the earthquake disaster of 1905.
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DR. SHORT IVIAY
RUN FOR COUNCIL
Pastors Train Guns on George
L. Baker and Urge His De
feat at the Polls.
DENOUNCE SUNDAY SHOWS
Popular Impresario Is Xot the Only
One to Suffer, for Ministers
Take Shots at' Several
Other Candidates. .
Dr. F. Burgette Short, pastor of the
Taylor-street Methodist Episcopal Church,
may run independently for Councilman
from the Fourth Ward if Councilman
George L. Baker receives the Republican
nomination. From his pulpit last night
Dr. Short declared that it will be a shame
if- the citizens of the Fourth Ward elect
Councilman Baker. His principal ob
jection to Mr. Baker, as explained last
night, was that he allowed Sunday per
formances in the Baker Theater.
In two other churches the pastors made
attacks on Mr. Baker. Dr. Clarence
True Wilson and Dr. J. Whltcomb
Brougher objected to his candidacy be
cause he operates a Sunday theater.
Dr. Short said that before he left Port
land some six months ago he had made
up his mind to come out for Councilman
If Shepherd had been a candidate for
another term. Upon his return to Port
land,, when he learned that George I
Baker was out for the nomination, he
declared he would have entered the pri
maries had he not been too late. After
his address Dr. Short said that perhaps
he will run Independently.
Nothing Against Baker Personally.
Dr. Short took occasion to remark that
he had nothing to say against' the per
sonal character of Mr. Baker. He said
he knew that the Councilman was a
genial, likable sort of a man who had
many warm friends In Portland, but he
declared that nevertheless he was not the
man for the Council. In his address he
took occasion to put in a good word for
Rufus C. Holman, who Is running against
.Mr. naKer lor the nomination.
"We have a man in the Fourth Ward,"
said Dr. Short, "who opens his show every
day in the week that he can get it open.
Candidly, he is not the kind of a man
who. should represent this district. It
will be a shame if the voters of this
ward allow a man who desecrates God's
holy day to continue to represent them in
the Council.".. .
Predicts Mayor Lime's Defeat. "
"Mayor Lane has made a good Mayor
in nis way," continued Dr. Short, who
seemed to relish political discussion, "but
he will not be re-elected. There will be
no great moral upheaval this year, and
the party lines will hang together.
"The man who gets the Republican
nomination win be the one to be elected.
That man will be Devlin. If I were a
gambling man I would bet 7 to 3 that he
obtains the nomination. The only way
the Democrats elected Lane Mayor was
with the Republican votes. But the Re
publicans won't vote for. Lane this year;
they'll vote for Devlin.
"Devlin isn't my 18eal for a Mayor. He
is a good citizen and an expert poli
tician. If there is a man in Portland
who knows pontics, it is Devlin. But
we might do worse. Why haven't we
men running for office who are renre-
sentative men? Men who will stand for
righteousness and who will not be elected
because they can effect political combi
nations
"Then there is Kellaher. He doesn't
even expect the nomination. I was talk
ing with a friend of his the other day
and he told me: 'Dan doesn't think he
will be nominated. He is a good fellow,
but just wants to get his pictures around
so It will advertise him."
Dr. Short had a good word to say for
J. P. Kavanaugh, candidate for1 the Re
publican nomination of City Attorney,
and J. N. Blair, candidate for Council-
CONCRETE KOU"IATION" FOR PORTLAND 8EATTXB RAILWAY'S FREIGHT
man-at-large, who is a member of the
Taylor-Street Church.
Dr. Brougher Grills Baker.
Dr. Brougher also denounced Mr. Baker
at the. White Temple. He said in part:
"Personally, I would have felt Inclined
to Indorse a number of the men who are
running for office in the present cam
paign, but it was the judgment of nearly
all of my ministerial brethren that it
would be best not to indorse anyone out
side of 'the Fourth Ward. In many in
stances, because of the men who are run
ning. It has simply come to be a choice
of rotten eggs. For the present, however.
I have joined with eight other preachers
In a statement concerning the candidates
in this ward for the city election. After
looking up the record of George U Baker
when he was a member of the City Coun
cil once before we decided . to Issue &
statement. . -
'Newspaper articles in 1899 and 1900
show that Mr. Baker belongs to the solid
six, that he is a ring politician, and does
not represent the people.
"In regard to the Municipal Judge, at
times I believe he is trying to give a
square deal to decent people as well as to
the other element. About the time I
have made up my . mind that he Is doing
this he comes out with a decision in favor
of the saloon crowd which is so abso
lutely absurd that I do not know where
he stands."
The statement referred to by Dr.
Brougher has been signed by a number
of Portland ministers who favor Mr.
Baker's rival In the Fourth Ward. Rufus
C. Holman. It follows: .
The Fourth Ward has within Its bounds
six of the most prominent churches of Port
land and & large number of the best resi
dents. It is extremely unfitting that such
a section should be represented In the Coun
cil by one who Btandsfor the open Sunday
theater, open Sunday saloons and open
gambling, fand whose record Is against ev
erything that we stand for in this commu
nity. In our judgment the best interests
of this ward would be served by the nomi
nation of Rufus C. Holman.
(Signed.) Francis Burgette Short, pastor
First Methodist Church; Clarence True Wil
son, pastor Grace Methodist Church; Daniel
Staver, assistant pastor First Congregational
Church: William Hiram Foulkes, pastor
First Presbyterian Church; Andrew W. Wil
son, pastor First United Presbyterian
Church; E. S. Muckley, pastor First Chris
tian Church; J. Whltcomb Brougher, pastor
the White Temple; J. H. Wilson, principal
Portland Academy; Ben-Ezra Stiles Ely,
pastor Calvary Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Wilson Grills Baker.
Dr. Wilson said the files of newspapers
published in 1S99 give details of the elec
tion of W. A. Storey as Mayor of Port
land by the "Solid Six," Mr. Baker then
being in the chair and using his Influence
to put the deal through. On April 6,
1900, he said, the Council granted the
Street Railway Company a franchise on
Fifth street, south of Jefferson street,
gratis, and that newspapers on May 3,
1900, give details of the $11000 graft In the
street improvement. These things, he
said, call out with a trumpet call against
the decent element of the city voting for
George L. Baker.
He said that the liquor dealers stand as
one man for Devlin, as they should, as
he is working for their interests. But
Portland's better citizens should not up
hold such a man by -their votes. - - -
"Judge Cameron recently made a de
cision in regard to one of. the worst places
in the city, which has established a prece
dent so that if he is re-elected Municipal
Judge it will throw the town wide open.
We Bhould stand together for the defeat
of those who are catering to the indecent
element of the city."
BAKER REPLIES TO CRITICS
Candidate Declares Harsh Words
Are Uncalled For. '
"I have been too long in the theatrical
business to resent Just criticism," said
George L. Baker, Republican candidate
for re-election to the City Council for the
Fourth Ward, last night when told that
Dr. F. Burgette Short, Dr. Clarence True
Wilson and Dr. J. Whltcomb. Brougher
had discussed his candidacy during their
sermons.
"The right to criticise men and affairs
belongs to us all, but when I am accused
of being in favor of wide open gambling
and a town run without stringent police
restrictions, then I believe in my own de
fense, I must answer such critics. It Is
true that I am a theatrical manager. It
is my business, I know nothing else, for
I have been connected with theaters all
my life. It is also true that my theaters
are open on Sunday and I must confess
that thousands of patrons who visit my
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THEATER TRUST
TO HELP PUBLIC
Local Managers Say Merger
Will Result in Benefits All
Around.
MORE AND BETTER ACTORS
Portland Honses Will Be - Open to
All ' Comers and More High
Class Attractions Will Visit
Cities Along the Coast.
The Dress announcement that the Klaw
& Erlanger and the Shubert interests
have Ioined forces and that tbe theatri
cal war is at an end is a matter of gen
eral interest to the people of Portland as
it is to the American public generally.
For several years there have been two
contending factions in the theatrical
world. The first and more powerful one
under the general direction of Klaw &
Erlanger, known as the "syndicate" and
the other composed of Lee Shubert,
David Belasco. Harrison Grey Fiske and
a number of lesser managers, designated
as the "independents."
Thev have fought each other tooth
and nail and while Klaw & Erlanger have
been the stronger In numbers and in
influence, the Shubert forces have grown
to be a great power in theatrical af
fairs. What the independents lacked in
numbers they made up in quality, having
some of the best attractions on the road
and e. formidable larray of theatens.
There Is no question but that the Shu
berts bave been a painful thorn in the
flesh of Klaw & Erlanger while on the
other hand the "syndicate" has been
strong enough to restrict the operations
of the independents to a comparatively
few theaters and attractions.
Public Will Be Benefited.
The consensus of local opinion seems
to be that in the union of forces the
public will be benefited. Particularly is
this true on the Pacific Coast where the
Shuberts have no theaters and conse
quently have been unable to play their
attractions. It means that Portland
and the other Coast cities will now have
an opportunity of seeing more and bet
ter attractions under the amalgamation
than they have formerly when only the
Klaw & Erlanger attractions have been
coming here. Manager George L.. Baker,
who is probably In the best position to
discuss the matter, believes that the new
deal amounts to a practical surrender of
the "independents" and although the dis
patches mention only the Shubert at
tractions and theaters, that David Belas
co. Mrs. Fiske. Henry Miller and the
others who have been opposing the
"syndicate." are parties to the consolida
tion and will be taken care of. Mr.
Baker la furthermore of the opinion that
it means a high-priced vaudeville house
for Portland and that" in all probability it
will bA under the direction of Sullivan &
Considine.
AH Attractions Merged.
."This indicates," said "ne, "that the
theatrical business of the country is
merged under one general management.
During the past . four or five years
there have been practically two syndi
cates' engaging each other in a war
that has been disastrous to all con
cerned. The Shubert brothers, Sam S.
and Lee. were formerly dry goods
merchants in Cleveland. A few years
ago they branched out into the theatri
cal business with a great deal or Mian
cial backing. George E. Cox, formerly
the Republican boss of Ohio, and the
Goulds were supposed to be behind
them. They became the head and front
of the opposition to the so-called trust
represented by Klaw, Erlanger, the
Frohmans, Stair & Harlln and others.
With them they had a number of the
foremost stars and producers in the
country and were in a position to offer
some of tho finest attractions. But
their field was limited. They gradu
DEPOT Etf NORTH K"D OF CITY.
ally acquired a number of theaters in
the East and Middle West, but in com
parison with Klaw & Erlanger they
were greatly restricted. This truce
between the rivals will bring all of
these 'Independent' attractions into the
Klaw & Erlanger theaters. - which
means every important town in the
country. It's a good thing all around.
The public and the managers will be
greatly benefitted and I feel that
everybody is to be congratulated that
the war is over."
Calvin S. Heilig. president of the
Northwestern Theatrical Association, a
branch of the syndicate, is in Southern
California, but William T. Pangle. man-
ager of the Heilig, and his personal
representative, expressed satisfaction
at. the news.
They were merely two rural syndi
cates and they frequently worked at
such cross purposes that the public
and individual managers got the worst
of it," said he. We will now be able
to offer more and better attractions
to our patrons."
Will Not Affect Cordray.
TnVi 17 frwAfn-, Via natara n rrt ino era
iiuiiu J.' 9 wiuiaji (.no (-1 1 t ail iiiuuiib1
and the local representative of the Shu
berts, announced that the consolidation
win nave no etrect on nis plans.
' T I,., nnl nniinllnff nml n 1 1 V nn the
independent attractions," said he, "al
though I expected to take care or tnem
at the new East Side theater. The theater
will be built just the same and my plans
for running a high-class stock company
will not oe aiterea in me icasi. 110
ganizatlon of the new trust will have
.1 - v . A MniiiaH.lna. etrflr nm-
panles. The American people resent dic
tation and win noi iuko nmuij iu mi
ner on their amusements. I do not be
lieve the combination will hold together
i n.i i. timna fft. mftnan-
lUUg. J. UCSD I - '
olies and monopolists. Harrlman tried to
bottle up all the railroads and you see
what is happening to him. It will be so
with tne new meaLrii . ....... j
the finest actors and actresses in the
in ts. Tia Hltntd to and
country win . t . .i -
will go into stock companies. Personally
I shall not be anectea Dy mo iub. -I
had given up my- idea of building a
. . i. .,.,..- tr. necninniodatd the
iriuuui tii y ......... -
Shubert attractions until the East Side
theater was ready, -t ana" B nu .......
the organization ot my stock company
and will have the theater ready In the
Fall TruFts may come ana irusu. ...o.j
go but I will not be affected one way or
the other."
The following is a complete iisi ui
Shubert and other Independent stars and
plays which presumably will be seen on
the circuits now controlled by Klaw &
Erlanger, including Portland and other
Pacific Coast cities:
E H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe.
Mrs Fiske in "The New York Idea.
Virginia Harned In "The Love Letter.
Blanche Bates in "The Girl of the Golden
West "
Bertha Kalich in "The Kreutzer So-
nLena Ashwell in "The Shulamlte" and
"Mrs Dane's Defense."
David Warfleld in "The Muslo Master.'
"The Rose of the Rancho."
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman in "Julie
Bonbon." ' ...
Da Wolf Hopper in "Happyland and
Eddie Foy in "The Earl and the Girt."
CamJlle DArviUe in "The Belle of Lon
don Town."
Madame Nazlmova. -
Cyril Scott in "The Prince Chap."
"The Tourists" (with Madge Crichton
and Richard Golden).
Marguerite dark.
Mary Mannering in "Glorious Betsy."
"The Rose of the Alhambra."
"The Writing on the Wall."
"The Mimic and the Maid."
Joseph and W. W. Jefferson in "Play
ing the Game."
tv. nifi "Rhinfl the Counter."
Margaret Anglin and Henry Miller in
"The Great Divide."
Lew Fields' All-Star Company in "About
Town."
Henry B. Dlxey in "The Man on the
"The Society Circus." "Neptune's Daugh
ter and "Pioneer uays, - irom tne rew
York Hippodrome.
"On Parole."
"Matilda."
"Mrs. Temple's Telegram."
"The Three of Us" (with Carlotta Nlll
son).
"Mexicana."
"The Light Eternal."
James T. Powers In "The Blue Moon."
T 1 1 T Vi 1 1 ( V
Henry Woodruff in "Brown of Har
vard."
"The Road to Yesterday."
"The Flower Girl" (with Louis Harrison
ana Louise uunnmg).
John E. Kellerd.
"The Love Route."
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BROTHERS
UNITED
AFTER 42 YEARS
B.B. Turlay, of Portland, Finds
His Relative, of Chicago,
After Long Separation.
THEY MEET BY CHANCE
Boys Cross Plains Together, but Lose
Track of One Another and Nei
ther Knows What Becomes
of the Other.
Forty-two years ago Charlie and Ben
Turlay, aged 21 and 24 years respectively,
set out together to seek their fortunes
In the West. They worked their way to
DenVer as teamsters and when they
reached that city Charlie returned to
Chicago and Ben continued Westward.
Yesterday they met at the Hotel Port
land for the first time since they separat
ed in Colorado, Charlie a millionaire
manufacturer of Chicago and Ben a pros
perous resident of Portland.
Hello. Ben. How are you?" was the
greeting across the gulf of time.
well, thank you. How are you?" was
the reply. ,
In a few moments after meeting each
other in the hotel corridor yesterday af
ternoon. T. C. Turlay, of Chicago, presi
dent of the Chicago Insulated Wire &
Manufacturing Company, and B. B.
Turlay, Inspector of the Portland Water
Department, had bridge the 42 years of
separation and were brothers once again
in spirit as well as by birth. Chance
acquaintance brought about the meeting
between the two brothers.
Their parents were dead when the boys
Started across the plains. Each of them
drifted about from place to place, T. C.
Turlay Anally locating in Chicago, where
he made his fortune in manufacturing,
and B. B. Turlay in Portland, where he
has been for 21 years. In course of time
they lost track of one another and tt
has been more than a score of years
since they directly communicated with
each other. The Chicago Turlay had
heard that his brother was in Oregon
and the Portland Turlay believed that
his brother was somewhere in Chicago,
but neither knew definitely where the
other was or how he was progressing.
Both married in the meantime and both
have families.
Several months ago T. C. Turlay was
traveling in the East. He accidentally
made the acquaintance upon the train
of a music teacher from Portland. In
conversation it developed that the woman
from Portland had as one of her pupils
the daughter, of B. B. Turlay. Last
month the Chicago Mr. Turlay was called
to Lob Angeles on business and extended
his trip to Portland, where he also has
business interests.
William Knight, of Los Angeles, who
accompanied Mr. Turlay to Portland, ar
ranged the meeting between the brothers.
He communicated by phone with the In
spector, who Immediately called tit the
Hotel Portland. Mr. Knight noticed the
resemblance as soon as B. B. Turlay
stepped into the corridor. He then intro
duced them. The two brothers immedi
ately sought out a cozy corner, where
they consumed hours talking over their
experiences.
T. C. Turlay's given name Is Theopolus
Charles Turlay. His brother, after they
had talked for an hour or more, sum
moned up enough courage to call him
"The," an old " nickname which he re
called from the boyhood days. He was
commonly known as Charlie, but the
boys sometimes called him "The." The
two men had an abundance to tell each
other and sat up until long after mid
night relating family history and family
incidents. Charlie told of his marriage
and his family, and Ben related similar
tales, all of which was entirely fresh
news to the listener, although most of
the events discussed had transpired years
ago.
Mr. Turlay, of Chicago, will remain in
Portland several days visiting. Upon
the earliest opportunity Mr. Turlay, of
Portland, will visit his brother in Chi
cago. There is also another brother in Pittfl
burg and a sister in Kansas City. The
Portland brother has seen neither of them
for about 42 years and a family reunion
has already been planned. '
OVERDOSE 0F LAUDANUM
Sam Grover Dies After Taking Too
Much of the Poison.
Sam Grover, aged 72 years, a driver
employed by the Holman Transfer
Company, took an overdose of lauda
num Saturday night and died last
night at the Good Samaritan Hospital.
Grover had been a driver in Portland
for years. He had been ill for the past
week and according to Mrs. E. A. Ginty,
at whose home he had been rooming,
at 134 North Ninth street, he had been
taking small doses of laudanum as
medicine.
Saturday night he had been drink
ing and lay down on a couch, remain
ing there all night in a stupor. In the
morning 'Mrs. Ginty discovered some
thing was the matter with him. He
improved slightly but in the afternoon
he grew worse and was taken to the
hospital in the patrol wagon. At the
hospital it was said that his death was
due to poisoning and yesterday after
noon before Grover was taken away
Mrs. Ginty told the patrolmen that
she believed he had taken too large
a quantity of laudanum. She does not
believe that he took It with sulcidial
intent.
MAKE BALLOON TRIP TODAY
Ascension Scheduled for Sunday Put
Off Because No Wind.
ST. LOUIS. April 28. The. balloon ascen
sion to have been made in St. Louis to
night by Captain Charles Chandler, United
States Signal Corps, and J. C. McCoy of
New York City has been postponed. It
was decided to wait for a strong west
wind. Captain Chandler and McCoy de
siring to try to land near Washington.
Captain Chandler is testing the adapt
ability of balloons for use by the Govern
ment in war. He will also attempt to
exceed the long-distance balloon record of
402 miles. He hopes to be able to start
tomorrow.
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