IE TELEPHONE CONTROL CHANGES iDeal Also Affects Sound and Long-Distance Companies j of Whole Northwest. jBIG OUTLAY IS PLANNED jC-apitasts Who Have Bougit 1ot ! Ixm. Angles Concern Expect to J Spend $700,000 on Local Plant Tlila Year. 'Continued From First rtg.) 1S,,hand"- th "urch" Including "ynalca 1" H"er' th. purchasing syndicate has taken over the entire bond ho.dlngs of two Easter manufac! ture.s. with stock bonus, the bond- ' flnInCBdN,1ti0naI Securlt'e Company financed the construction of the three H-aTk " te,ephone companies and car! r ed them through the unsettled flnan c.a conditions of the period Mlow"g ' Mead Tells of Deal. "Tha National Securities Company financed the various automatic compa res affected by the deal." said Mr Mead yesterday, "and carded on ex! tensions and Improvements during the Pletlon of the plants. It Is felt by all ! andCePetwd.t,hat fUrth" -?!." . and new lines are necessary, and the who are in a position to supply the necessary improvements. 'fc.f1 manamnt of the company here i, advisable. 1 order that these extensions may be carried out and the servlce kept up to what it should be The local company has Installed 1400 ; new telephone. In the past 12 months and has now 8500 Instruments con . nected with the exchange. Many peo ple want the automatic telephone who have been unable to Becure them as yet. and the capitalists making the purchase or the controlling Interest In the auto matic companies will be able to supply these demands." What Properties Consist Of. ror.i10"1" T'eP"""' Company of Hant t.7n" .ih" loCal utmatlc I on.', oon ""-W to be worth about l7o nnn ntS0mpany to the amount of ; Tht oomPny also owns In dependent exchanges, in Oregon Cltv ..Albany and Corvallis. The H. Te,e .... Phone Company of Puget Sound owns ..automatic plants In the cities of Ta ' uRdabv fh.s,nham- StOCk "a. Men 7 n! M Tri.'" to tne amount or y 1.320.000. The Northwestern l.ong- i RheTe"'Pl'0ne Cmpany connects r ?J' ,h" above-named cities with the , Independent company's plant In Seattle and over 300 small towns and country III": I? the coast sections of Ore gon and Wahslng.on. This company has a stock issue of $630,000 P y rh.'.. .?W vigorously that the pur chase of the control of the independent companies means a consolidation wUh telephone concerns n,, pointed out by officials of the auto niatlc company that this la VZ"- n"t only W t'he I ,? IsZS b??1,", h"e- bUt by the bonds issued by I he Home companies. Provls- nnJ 'T ln lhe 8toc Iues of th! independents, too. that Is intended to prevent merging wk,h other companies! Provld Fund Extensions. It la given out authoritatively that th. new stockholders have provided T amnio fund, for extensions during the year 11 and that service demands will be met n all reject It to believed the effect of the sale will be to caus, a dec!dedy . firmer tone in the securities ln "he local ..market, a. both bonds and stock hereto f,T fTf.'"e withdrawn ., SMm II1U is well known In Portland and Is the son-in-law of James J. Hill the .Great Northern maKnate. Although for- . merly connected with the Hill group of railroads Mr. Hill is not now alflcd with X " Tm U" 1,89 " larse non or. of his own. Ilrrvey I.lndley was formerly a lumber man residing i Los Angeles, lie later developed lumbering plants at Pokegama canp,,,haV,,,math " 18 a ? i,A".Uart ,s Pdent and chief owner of the Carnation Cream Company nrge manufacturers of condensed milk In the Pacific Northwest, and is rated as worth a large fortune. Yf" G . Co,"na was for many vears active vice-president of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. He has had experience In automatic telephone .... operation In Chicago. He Is also wealthy M. A. Arnold Is president of the First ..National Hank of Seattle. The Portland members of the syndicate are all well-known capitalists. Will Have Central Of rice. :r The purchasers of the stock of the ;;;tclepi-.ne companies contemplate having "The IZ?"1 " far as Pslble for the three concerns, although the Indivi duality of each will be maintained. It Is announced that extensions will be made to " Point. , tne Pacific Northwest , .available whore the business wsVrlnt. ..and a web of telephone wires spread over , th two states of Oregon and Washtaf , . ton until the Home mp,,fV 1i not surpass the existing companies in business transacted. in Mr. IJndley is expected to be at the head of the new management and win have charge of the extensions here as wf,TerT H ta ?OW goln Plant with engineers as how to ssrve Portland .. and the outlying country to the best ad vantage and It is expected all parts of the city, as well as the suburbs will be pro vlded with all the Home lines needed. Trainmen Put Out Fire. OREGON CITV. Or.. March 18.-,Spe a.1.) A Are was averted this morning 4:30 o'clock by the tlmelv cial at 4 of Motorman Charles Johnson and Con ductor J. D. Stltes. In charge of The Oregonian car bound for Lents Junc tion. A the car was nearing Grays Crossing, west of Lents, smoke was dis covered issuing frvui a store feuiiaiaar pear the depot. The car was speeded to the station and the motorman and conductor, with the assistance of the Jew passengers, aroused the people of Grays Crossing, and by breaking in the doors and windows soon had the flames under control. The fire started on tba outside of the building. Marrying Mary" at theHeiliga CAST. Mary Montgomery M;u Gear Flurette. her maid . . Besie Graham. Senator av1d Bunchg-rass. No. 1 Milliard Campbell Bishop Brlgham Snjud?e. No. 2. . Matt Hanlye Willie Url'nkwater. No. 3 5 Karry B. Roche Ormsby Kulpepper, No. 4... Harry Benham Colonel Henry Clay Kulpepper Richard Karl Rev. Thorley Throckmorton Augustus Colette Kitty Kulpepper Florins Murray Daisy Calhoun :..Lu1u Karrell M. Archambeau Jules Cluzettl Walter George ' Dennis BeIlby Charles Gray BY ARTHUR A. GREENE. R ASC1NATIXG Florence Gear. who succeeded Marie CahlU ln that de lightful comedy with -music called "Mar rying Mary." opened an engagement at the Helllg last night. However much we may admire Miss Cahill, none of those of us who are supposed to see tnlngs clear y will deny that Miss Gear is better to took at and possesses a voice vastly su perior to that of the originator of this excellent comedy role. Miss Gear has the advantage of being younger and more attractive vocally than the original. If she is not quite such a clever comedienne it is small occasion for surprise, because Marie Cahill has .any equals in the show business Wh,ti mea t "eating spontaneous laughter Miss Gear Is not so funny as the lovable Cahill person, but she has a singing voice and that la "much. It was an occasion for speculation among the wise ones as to what Miss Gear would do In the role of the spright ly divorcee. The answer is that at last night s performance the Jules Murray star kept the audience in a merry mood all through the two and a half hours of the performance. Marrying Mary" ts one of the few pretentious musical shows we have had this season. It comes here with a big reputation for success else where, accentuated by the fact that Miss Cahill was here last season, but the suc ceeding star is quite competent. Her work last night, and that-of her com pany, compares favorably with our ex pectations. - To begin with. Mrss Gear has youth and beauty on her side. She is the best looking woman that has appeared on a local stage this season, and besides that she sings real songs in a voice that any soprano In the land might stop to con sider. In her support she has a splendid cho rus in long skirts, a most attractive group of girls who have voices and other charms capable of beguiling the average audience. The production is evidently the same that Miss Cahill used last year and the costumes are models which the Eastern magnates might well consider before equipping their companies for a road tour. They are all that the most blase theater-goer could demand. Bessie Graham, who plays the maid, Is an attractive young woman with enough sprightllness to assume the role, and who sings well when she Is called upon; Rich ard Karl, the baritone, makes quite enough of his opportunities as Colonel Culpepper, while Florine Murray. as Kitty, Is altogether delightful. Others In the support range from fair to mid dling to ordinary. You need feel no uncertainty in going to see this excellent musical show, for, what with a beautiful and talented star.' a sufficiency of handsome costumes and a lot of pretty chorus girls it is enough and more. "Marrying Mary" will run until Saturday night, with a matinee Sat urday. EAST SIDE WILL ENJOIN In ' Court house B'lght r' Will Try to Stop Proposed Addition. At the meeting of the East Side Busi ness Men's Club last night. C. A. Bige low presiding, it was decided to hold a banquet next week, when the part the East, aide will have in the coming Rose Festival will be considered. W. B. Hall. William Jackson and State' Senator Dan Kellaher were appointed to make the arrangements. Representatives of the Rose Festival Association will be the guests of the club on that occasion. All civil organisations will be InvTted to send delegates, one object being to emphasize the fact that the East Side wants to hold the children's parade on Grand ave nue. Reports were received from the commit tees on Courthouse and State Capitol re moval petitions to the effect that they were being circulated generally. The committee on removal of the Courthouse to the East Side was instructed to em Ploy counsel to bring an injunction suit as soon as the County Court undertakes to start work on an addition to the pres ent building. An effort will be made to have .the final injunction tried out in some court outside of Multnomah County. State Senator Kellaher. in reporting on tile petitions for the removal of the state government to Portland, said fhat he had no doubt that the 8000 signatures needed would be secured. PUPILS' RECITAL A TREAT Rose Bloch Bauer's Students Render Attractive Programme. Tt was an evening of unusually good song, the occasion being a recital of Mrs. Rose Bloch-Bauer's vocal students at Ellers Hall last night, and the en thusiastic audience crowded the large seating capacity of the hall. All the songs sung by the young soloists re flected in a remarkable degree the talent and personality of their inh i and Mrs. Bauer made a most artistic accompanist so much so that her skillful piano -playing was a positive treat. Miss Caroline May. mezzo so prano, made a stately, dignified ap pearance, and her finely modulated voice was heard In seven songs, her best and most artistic number "being Clark's "You.- Dear, and I.- Mrs. El freda Heller-Weinstein. dramatic so prano, sang with excellent expression, and she deserves credit for her fine rendition of an air from "L.es Huguen ots." Miss Mildred Mayer's singing was notable for Its resonant, sparkling quality, her best sung number being an aria from Biz"et's "Carmen." Miss Effle Johnson Is an imprisoned sun beam ln a mass of auburn hair, bright ened by blue ribbon, and she has re markably good head notes. Her voice Isn't powerful, "but is sweet in quality. Miss Mayer and Miss Johnson are col orature sopranos. All the singers were kindly received and nearly smothered with beautiful bouquets. Hermann Hel ler played several violin solos in such artistic style that he made himself a decided favorite. Kvcry time ou s;eed a dollar at a rail road ticket or fft'islit office j ou jmy 5u teat ti-'J cauiivis' vmc. THE MQRMXG OREGOMAX, FRIDAY, 3IARCII 19, 1909 II I II II II V IIIIIIIM. " i ffilDAI SATUEDAI ? sale aU our Imported Tweeds and Fancy Worsteds regular price . made to order, $45.00; Black and Blue Worsteds re!-' ular price, $50.00; Blue-West of England Serges in any Wale wide or narrow, sell regular $40.00 to $65.00 a suit, made to drier' FrJ Jnl ? - .Y11 these goods &o on sale for $20.00 madeto order-made just the same as if you pay us our regular price We 5Hnanrffed Ur Ste and made a11 the iterations and have un packed all our new goods. Every yard goes on sale for two days only at Our name in your suit is enoug-h said. We hold our name armr reputat on; all over the world American GentlemM oW but first-class work and A No. 1 fit or money back is our motfo taspsa'm'e Ur ShP hefe in Portla"d nd invite yu to' REMEMBER W. H. EFFINEER DIES Paralysis Fatal to Pioneer Portland Lawyer. PROMINENT AS DEMOCRAT Senator Bourne, F. V. Hoi m an and Other Well-Known Attorneys Took. Law Course in His Office. Colonel. William Henry Erfinger, longr prominent as an attorney in Port land, died at Good Samaritan Hospital last night at 9:30 o'clock as the result 1 b- - Culonrl AVIIUam Hearr Kfflngrcr. of an attack of paralysis. Colonel Ef finger had -been ill for some time and failed to rally from the effects of the disease. He was 70 years old at the time of his death. Colonel Effinger was known in Port land for years as a brilliant attorney and a number of prominent lawyers of the city received their tutelage ln his office. .Among them are Senator Jon athan. Bourne, i V. Holuiaa, Hilton 1 4 ' ' - ! - ...v.... Yf1r: : I S3 f.lflR? I I 08SE - FEIDAI AND NORTHEAST CORNER SIXTH AND STARK STREETS Smith. Ben Teal and J. Couch Flanders. wm oe learned with deep regret by all with whom lie has bten associated ln years past and to whom he showed so much kindness through out his lifetime. . Colonel Efflnger leaves one child. Miss Mallie Efflnger. of this citv. Other relatives survive him ' in Virginia, where he was born at Harrisburg. W. S. Ott. of Portland, is a nephew, and Mrs. Fannie Shelby, of this city, is " a sister. Colonel Efflnger, besides being a graduate of the University of Virginia, was a Princeton man and served dur ing the Civil War in the Confpdf-rate forces. He came to Oregon in 1872 and began the practice of law ir his city. He was very successful. Colonel Ef finger formed a partnership with Jon athan Bourne, Jr.. about 1881 that con tinued for several years. This was the only law partnership formed by the late attorney. Colonel Efflnger will be affection ately remembered by his many friends throughout the city as possessed of a delightful .Southern chivalry that charmed all who knew him. Colonel Effinger was long prominent in Democratic circles in the city. Fu neral arrangements had not been made last night. PORTLAND GROCERS HOSTS Give Banquet for Vancouver Ketai Association. . r Portland grocers banqueted the retail dealers of Vancouver at the Commercial Club last night, giving a delightful af fair. Eighteen guests of the Portland association came from Vancouver. The dinner was attended by 150 manufactur ers, jobbers and retailers. The best of feeling prevailed and all enjoyed the oc casion to the utmost. C. ,B. Merrick, secretary of the Port land Retail Grocers' Association acted as toastmaster. After an address of welcome by J. C. Mann, president of the Portland association, and a response by A. J. Col-' lings, president of the Vancouver asso ciation, both hosts and guests were called on for talks. These were of an im promptu nature, but were all the more enjoyed on that account. F. W. Bier, J. C. Sternberg and W. D. Swank, of Van couver, made brief remarks, as did Frank Kerr. A. L.. Brown. Fred Cooper, E. L. Keeney, A. H. Devers. W. P. Olds. J. E. Malley and J.- T, Brumfield. of Portland. The dinner continued until a late hour last night and the visitors expressed themselves as heartily pleased with their reception and declared their intention of maintaining closer relation- with the Portland dealers in future. Dismiss Two Army Officers. WASHINGTON. March IS. The offi cers of the Judge Advocate-General's office, have completed . their review of the court-martial cases of First Lieu tenant Hunter Kinzie. Twentieth In fantry, at the Presidio of Monterey; Cal., and Second Lieutenant Charles h' Rich, Twenty-sixth Infantry, at Manila! It is understood that Kinzie and Rich, who- were charged with fraudulent transactions, were found guilty and sentenced to dismissal. & h srr r & SATURDAY ONLY t-.a m III MAY NOT PAY IX Multnomah County Will Try to Discipline Assessors. TAXPAYERS HOLD MEETING Other Con lilies Must Make Levies on Legal Basis or Drastic Action Will Be Taken by Tropcr-ty-Owners ' Here. If the Assessors of counties other than Multnomah do not do their duty, it will be the duty of . Multnomah County tax payers to- prevent this county from contributing-anything- to the funds of the state, whether this be done by means of injunction or otherwise. At any rate this was the sense of the meeting last night of the committee of taxpayers appointed by the meeting called by C. K. Henry at the Heillg Theater. It was stated that the Assessors of other counties were not levying on prop erty according to its cash value, as was being done in Multnomah County, and that while it was the law to assess at cash valuation either the other County Assessors must fall in line or else Mult nomah County must refuse to pay her share. While formerly it was required that Multnomah County pay 31 per cent of the state taxation, under the new tax commission Multnomah would pay on the basis of the amount collected. The meeting last night was mainly for the purpose of electing officers and or ganizing generally. Gay Lombard was elected to the chair and C K. Henry was appointed secretary. While the meeting was in agreement re garding the duties to the state, on the actual question of taxation itself the harmony of the meeting departed. A M Smith believed that if the city were "to progress at all there must -be high taxa tion, but that there should be an attempt made, he considered, to see that the amount for taxation should be properly applied. L. C. Pelton was in agreement, but the rest of the committee while agreeing that the money was improperly applied were confident that taxation was too high at present. C. K. Henry was well equipped with figures. He pointed out that the budget for T90S was 1,424,000. against the 1907 budget of t965.0. C. H. Dodd added that the school tax had been increased 723 per cent in eight years and the amount of wo.-k performed had Increased but 20 per cent. "Tne large growth In taxation requirements."- said Mr. jDodd. "ought to be provided by the growth of assessable 0 if "'vil: property, or in other words, our income ought liormaliy to be growing as fast as our expenditure. But our expenditure is running away faster than our Income Is growing." The feeling generally expressed was aw,,i, t W years Property would actually have to be confiscated to pay ;'1e taxation. A. M. -Smith pointed out inat In roost cases of complainants the property was insufficiently improved and this made the taxation appear heavv. There was general criticism regard ing the school tax. "The school tax requires just as much as the city taxes do." said Mr. Henry. "We are called on for 6 6-10 "I, .. for schools and the same for the city. That the committee was not on a "Heney" investigation, but wanted to get at facts was the sense of Mr Dodd's remarks, while Mrs. tSusie B. Smith wished to know how the taxa tion could be reduced If bridges were still to be built and parks acquired. It was generally conceded that there were enough bridges for the East Side people; that further bridges would tie up the harbor and that if the harbor were tied up Portland would be no longer a great city. It was suggested that while the chair man and. secretary be left to form com mittees, those committees should be small so that their work might be all the more far-reaching. It- was felt that a certain section of the East Side required proselytizing, that the heavy improve ments asked by the East Side had to be paid with West Side money and that the people should be educated along those 7 l V ' (FROM NEW YORK WORLD, NOV. 6 '08 ) TURNED DOWN AS BAD RISK FOR INSURANCE "There is an old saying that wise men sometimes change their minds, but fools never do," remarked Guido Blenio, ln a conversation on Tuesday. Mr. Blenio Is . Vice-President of the Blento Fireproofing Company, manu facturers of fireproofing liquids and paints, with offices at 645-549 West Twenty-second street, and is recog nized as an expert chemist- The sub ject under discussion was the Cooper Remedies, which are being demon strated to New Yorkers daily by L. T. Cooper. Continuing, Mr. Blenio said: "I am convinced that in changing my opinion regarding the Cooper med icine, I acted most wisely.. When these preparations were first brought to my attention I believed them to be a big humbug, and no doubt many per sons entertain this belief. "Several months ago, however, a friend assured me that my opinion was wrong; ihat he knew positively that the Cooper remedies possess great merit, and that I was doing myself an injustice in not giving them a trial. I had been suffering for three years with acute stomach trouble. My stom ach was extremely weak, and I found it difficult to retain food. Every morn "s - - X DM) lines. The resolution passed by the meet ing was: Iies?,vd. That inasmuch th. Assessor of the county Is uroceding to as sess all property In this county for the com- y.er. fl1" aFh value required by law. that the County of Multnomah will re- unless the Assessors of the respective coun- I,.,..'!""5' ."""J1 . the la" a" assess tn. properties of their counties at full cash JL 5 ?,"'"; done ln Multnomah County- ana ?i k t-i" to dmand " Assessor in other counties to comply with said law. Fourteen Fantan Players Canght. In a raid on a Chinese gambling Joint at 80 Second street last night.. Officers Burke', Tichenor and Howell succeeded in capturing 14 fan tan players. The officers were led to make the raid by the suspicious movements of the look-out in the vicinity. The den is connected by a trap door in the floor with a base ment on Oak street. By stationing an of ficer near the entrance the Chinamen were captured as they came out of the building. The 14 offenders immediately deposited t50 each to insure his appear ance this morning In Municipal Court. Centralia Police Judge Resign. CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 18.-Spe-cial.) After serving as Police Judge in Centralia for three months, with but three cases in his court. Judge S. A. r Eaton has resigned and will go Winlock as manager of the Rochdale store there. English pumps at Rosenthal's. ing I had a spell of vomiting. I also suffered with diabetes, and my condi tion was such that the life insurance companies refused to accept me aa a risk. I was badly run down, became despondent, and lost all ambition. "On the strength of my friend's ad' vice I procured a treatment of Cooper's New Discovery and began taking lu I had only expected to get relief from my stomach misery, but to my surprise the diabetes also disappeared. As proof that this man Cooper's medicine has a remarkable curative effect upon the human system. I need only say that since taking the treatment I have suc cessfully passed a rigid - medical ex amination ror life-insurance with one of tne best companies, which has is sued to me a policy for five thou sand dollars. . , "I deeply appreciate the benefit I have derived from Cooper's New Dis covery and will be pleased to give, additional information regarding my case to anyone wh may be inter ested." Cooper's New Discovery, is now on sale at leading druggists everywhere A sample bottle sent free upon rei quest by addressing the Cooper Medio' cine Co.. Dayton, Ohio.