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
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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 -
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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.