Tllfi 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1909. PARENTS SEE SON Will Hunt, 23 Months Old, Is Killed at End of Jefferson- Fifth-Street Line.- FATHER ATTACKS CARMEN John F- Wilson, Motormnri, Is Over come ly Shock' and Cannot Give Account of Accident. Inquest Will Be Held. Toddling about the treet In childish lfrnoranre of his danger. . Will Hunt. 13 months old. Just barely able to walk, got in front of a Jefferson-Fifth street car yesterday, afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at Market and Chapman streets,, the terminus of the line, and was knocked down, run over and killed. Aroused from a mid-day sleep by the screams of his wife, who stood In the doorway of their house at 553 Market street, 100 feet from where the tragedy was en acted. J. W. Hunt, the father of the little hoy, reached his doorstep Just In time to see his son ground under tlte car wheels. The father and mother, who also saw the tragedy, stood transfixed with hor .,..t.i. tn rlrt anvruins: to prevent the death of their little son. Then, with a sudden desire to revenge him self upon the men whom he blamed for .the killing- of his child. Hunt made, a rush for the motorman and the con ductor of the streetcar and tried to tear them to pieces with his hands. Wildly he struck at them, but was so wrought up by the tragedy that his fists missed their mark by a wide mar Kin. A crowd which had quickly gath ered prevented the frantic father from further offers of violence, while John Fred Wilson, the motorman, overcome at the sight of the body of the child, which the car had dragged for 75 feet, fainted and had to be assisted to the slJewalk. Gate Carelessly Left Open. The accident was one of those re markable fatalities which is over in a second and the cause for which no one is able clearly to explain afterwards. The boy had been in his home until a few minutes before he wandered out Into the street to his death. .He could not have reached the car tracks had not someone left open the gate to the Hunt house. His - parents Bald that they usually kept this closed for fear of Just such an accident as occurred. The boy had Deen out oi nis mum er"s sight but a few minutes when she noticed his absence and went to the front door to look for him. "I saw him first standing on the car tracks, Just a few feet In advance of the fender." said Mrs. Hunt. "TlVe car waa standing still at that time. The mere slghf of him on the tracks alarmed me and I. called to my hus band to come, as Willie was outside and on the tracks. The words . had hardly left my mouth when' the car started. I screamed. I would have gone out there at first, but I have a 2-weeks-oId baby and I was holding it in my arms and did not want to go outside with it. My husband arrived at my . side Just as the car struck the child and he was rolled- under it." "I don't know what could .have been responsible for the accident." said the father. "I was looking at my child and of course did not see the motorman or what he was doing. It sometimes Is the habit of the carmen to lock their brakes at the, end of the line here, and then when they start back down town again to release the car by the, rear brake before the motorman takes his position In front where he belongs. I've seen this done repeatedly, but whether It waa done In this case I do not know. If the motorman was stand ing In hla proper place, however, I do not see how he could have missed see ing the child." - Witnesses Tell of Accident. 'Witnesses to the accident were Mrs. A. Luckinow, 35SH Chapman street; Bruce Dickie, 596 Market-street drive; J. C. Wierlck. 362 Chapman-street; G. W. Coovert, 550 Market street; Mrs. N. I. Davis, 334 Seventeenth, street, and Mrs. M. Wells, the onlv passenger on the car. who lives In an apartment on Cable street. Mrs. Lucklnow was standing on her porch and saw every detail, of the tragedy. She says that the motorman was In his proper place when the car started. "She saw the child cross the street very close to .the car, so close, in fact, that in her opinion the motorman would have been unable to see him. In her version of It. the child was knocked down the moment the car started, and the motorman went ahead, not knowing that the little fel low was there until after the screams of the mother and others warned him that something was wrong. Wilson waa prostrated by the acci dent. After he had been assisted to the lawn in front of a nearby house it waa a long time before he could speak. He evidently was completely out-of hls mind. His talk wandered, and all he could say waa "What happened?" He paid no attention to the queries put to him by the police and other of ficials, and was finally put Into a taxi cab by one of the streetcar company's representatives and sent to his home, 773 Savler street. He was unable to make a statement of the affair last night. Deputy Coroner Dunning was noti fied and removed the remains of the child to the morgue, after making an investigation. An inquest will be held to fix the responsibility for the trag edy. The father of the dead ,boy Is a car penter and lives In modest circum stances. Both he and his wife were prostrated last night by the shock of their loss. The conductor of the car is . E. Coleman, of 303 Twenty-first street North. Neither he nor the motorman was arrested. FINE STEEDS ARE COMING Horse Show Promises to Be a Great Success. MANGLED Preparations for the coming horse show are progressing nicely at present, and everything points to a most success ful exhibition on October 7. 8 and 9. the dates chosen. Already the Portland Hunt Club has Issued the official classification list, under which entries may be made for the show, and all Indications point to a record breaking number of exhib itor. D. E. Frederick, of the firm of Fred erick & Nelson, of Seattle, writes that he will be represented at the -ortland show with 18 head of fine horses. These horses will represent his fine stable of work horses, as well as a number of coach animals. H. W. Treat, of Seattle, another prom inent horseman of. the Northwest, will be on hand with his famous coach nnd four, a team which has taken many prizes since the annual custom of hold ing horse exhibits has come Into voguo In the Northwest. .Mr. Treat has also added several special class animals to his stable and these are listed In his en tries for the Portland show. Andrew Laidlaw. .of Spokane, another new addition to the ranks of the horse show enthusiasts, will send his stable to the Portland show, as well as exhibiting his horses at the shows of Spokane, Se attle and Vancouver. These shows, in conjunction with the Portland event, fur nish the exhibitors with a string of dates which Invites the keenest kind of competition. Ambrose M. Cronin president of the Portland Hunt Club, and one of the most enthusiastic horsemen in the city, is working hard In the efTort to make- the show 'a more successful one than any in the past. President Cronin. is being ably assisted by W. M. Davis, Dr. William Wood. Joe Cronin. Sidney Loewenberg, E. T. Chase, Hugh H. Herdman and others DECLAEES THERE IS GRAFT A. . WARNER, TEMPERANCE of the Portland Hunt Club, as well as Samuel E. Kramer, who occupies the po sition of assistant to the president. - BAN PUT ON POLITICS PASTORS WILL- XOT TOLERATE IT YS CHURCHES. Ministerial Association Also Hears Temperance Address by A. D. - Warner of Los Angeles. In the Fall meetings of the Port land ' Ministerial Association held yes terday in. the T. W. C. A. building. It was decided to put a- ban on politics in the churches, and nereafter to cen sure any minister -who takes It upon, himself to Indorse political candidates in behalf of the Ministerial Association without consulting that organization. There was considerable discussion of the advisability of receiving delegations from the labor organizations and send ing return delegatlona to attend labor meetings. Finally,, after a plea by J. K. Knodell. of the Anti-Saloon League, . for the preservation of the good feeling Just building between the church and the laboring people, and a warm second by Dr. Foulkes, it was decided that the association would send fraternal delegates to the meetings. A. D. Warner, the temperance lec turer from Los Angeles, delivered, a stirring speech during the meeting. Mr. -Warner attributed all the evils of civil government to the existence of saloons, and in exceedingly strong terms urged the removal of the sal loon from the business corners and the best business streets In order that the city's sons and " daughters might be kept from their Influence. Mr. Warner Is a reformed drunkard and practicd"law for 30 years. One of his strongest arguments was that there Is not a single civil government In America that Is honest, and that the whole country Is teeming with graft. Mr. Warner will give In Portland, in. the near future, a series of lectures, and, if possible. Gypsy Smith, the fa mous English missionary evangelist, will be engaged to assist him. . REV. E. M. SHARP CHAIRMAN Home Missionary Committee Names . Officers at Y. W C. A. ' - ' At a meeting of the Home Missionary Committee of the Portland Presbytery at -the Y.. W. C- A. yesterday. Rev. B. M. Sharp, of the Mount Tabor Presby terian church, was elected chairman, and Rev. C W. Hayes, of the Marshall Presbyterian Church, secretary. The following executive committee was named: Rev. H. W. Foulkes, Rev. Henry W. Marcotte. Rev. J. A. P. Mc Gaw. Rev. D. A. Thompson, Rev. H. P. Pratt. Rev. W. F. Gilbert; Laymen, Robert Livingstone, Judge E. E. Bro naugh. S. P. Lockwood, W. M. Ladd. J. F. Ewing. O. M. Scott, W. H. Markell. Wilson Beneflo.1, John Bain; Corres ponding members. Rev. W. S. Holt. Rev. J. V. MUllgan. Rev. P. B. Griswold. A chance of a lifetime to get the best farm in all Idaho. 38.000 of Idaho's choicest acres to be sold under the great Carey act at Milner. Idaho. September 20. at 10 o'clock, Land is located in Cas sia County, In the famous Goose Creek' Valley. Write for booklet. Address the Twin Falls Oakley Land & Water Com pany. - . Freo to Men. Dr. Taylor's $10,000 museum, now open, admission free. 234 Morrison St., cor. 2d. firrnnnn imriiinrnn r , 11 . , i JEW GEM tUUtIA Giordano Opera Is Study of Latest'ltalian School. MADAME THERRY PLEASES Columblnl. Tenor, Most Emotional. Dozen Curtain Recalls for Vooal" ist Audience Small .Despite Worth of the. Company. BY JOSEPH M. QUENTIN. . " Peace' be to Rossini. Verdi, Mozart, Bellini and other time-tried but welcome IN ALL AMERICAN CITIES LECTURER OF LOS ANGELES. friends, for the moment. We have drunk ' the new music of the newest Italian school, a divine nectar fashioned by Um berta Giordano, and it is good. The scene wae at the Bungalow, last night, and the bill was Giordano's "Fedora," but, the size of the audience was not commensurate with the artistic and high-class treat given. What kept the crowd away? Surely it was a golden occasion to learn new music of the- ad vanced Italian school. Those who were there, however, were richly rewarded. "Fedora" Js a lyric drama In three acts, the book being by Sardou, that Inimit able master and pet of passion. A thrilling renditipn was given of the tragic Russian love ' story, and the singers scored a pleasing triumph, the stars being the Princess Fedora Romazov, of Madame Therry, dramatic soprano, and the Count Loric Ipanov, of Colombinl, tenor. . The lesser stars all did good work, and both chorus and the augmented or chestra, under the direction of Signor Vinaccia. did their siare in winning an other operatic success. The audience, at first slightly puzzled at' the new school of orchestration, was cautious, but very soon became captives to Giordano's genius, and the applause was very gen erous. There were a dozen curtain recalls. It was a necessary part of one's musical education to hear suchta satisfactory in terpretation of Giordano and the new Italian school of musical composition he has founded. His contemporaries are Puccini, the leader, and Mascagni, Leon cavallo and Ciloa. Giordano belongs to what musical experts call the "veristlc" branch of the new Italian school, mean ing that he devotes himself to the forci ble expression of the dramatic substance of operatic motif. His melody Is fervent and full-blown, and these qualities are easily noticed in the,- three principal Giordano operas "Siberia," "Andrea Chenier" and "Fedora." They all spell passionate love, with a. hint of tragedy. It was, I think, in 190T that Oscar Ham merstein presented 'at the Manhattan, New York City, Giordano's "Siberia," and the same year "Fedora" saw the light at the Metropolitan, with the great Caruso and Miss Cavalier! in the cast. "Siberia" seemed -to please better than "Fedora," principally becauee the. audiences found the new school of music difficult to un derstand and rather technical, at first., "Siberia," 'at the Metropolitan, was in terpretated by Agostlnelli. Trentini, Zana tello and Sammereo. Its story relates to Stephana, a beautifully appearing courte san, who attracts the frenzied devotion of Wassail, an Impecunious young soldier, who is Jealous of the notice the girl at tracts In the eyes of Prince Alexis. Was sail kills the prince and is sentenced to exile In Siberia- The gfrl follows him, and when the two lovers are planning to escape, Stephana Is shot 'by the guard and killed. The music .is said to be re markable, for the talent shown in plctur. Ing not only amorous love, but the dra matic moments of Its action. Russian folk-tunes and a great snowflaka scene also make It notable. I have written-at this length describing "Siberia" to' lead up to "Fedora," thetwo possessing many threads in common." "Fedora" starts with a game of cards, continues with deliveries of letters, and ends with a poisoned cupful of tea. At the outset, the Princess Fedora Is In lo'e with a dissolute Russian aristocrat named Count Vladimir Andrejevich, who hopes to marry her for her - money. She, a widow at the time, visits him at his palace only to find that he has been as sassinated by an unknown. Suspicion fastens on Count Loris Ipanov, who dis appears. Determined to avenge her lover's miurder, Fedora follows Loris to Paris and, so much of a temptress is she, that Loris falls in loe with her because- she so wills It. Ultimately, Loris tells her that he killed' Vladimir because the lat ter had ruined his wife. Loris starts on a short Journey, and the revengeful wom an .sends a letter to the Russian author ities telling them that Loris was the mur derer they sought, but to Fedora's distress the authorities arrest and execute Loris" brother as an accomplice, and his mother dies from grief. Loris returns to. Fedora, i - y xvmf $$? : V are especially exposed to the ' dangers of female organic disorders. Lydia E. Pinkharri's Vegetable Compound has enabled thousands of girls to hold their positions: ... Read what this girl says: Paw Paw, Micb.. 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T,- and when he learns that a spy had- be trayed him to his enemies In Russia, his rage knows nckoounds, and he threatens the spy with death. Too late, Fedora knows that she really loves Loris, and, afraid that he will take her life, pre pares for her end. in true, Italian grand opera fashion. She confesses to him that she alone is guilty, arid dies from poison poured from the inner recesses of a By zantine cross into a cupful of tea.. The dialogue is crisp, and short, the longest speech being made by De Seriex, a diplomat, who thus pays his respects to the Russian woman: The Russian woman is twice feminine, Doubjy adorable and doubly hostile; A very woman and Eve's truest daughter. With all her sweetness and- Impulsiveness, Audacity and baseness, wings and claws, Her ecstasies and lies elf-acrlf icing, Yet ready to betray Her sex 1 she. . Yes. all the human being is In her. . Subllmest love like the eternal heavens. And hate as deep and gloomy as the ocean; Angel and snake, a- Gypsy and a Queen; The Oriental sun and Boreal ice; A toy. a poem, a delirium, an altar, an abyss ' , A mystery Here's to the Russian woman! Giordano's music Is not of the haunting description, although sufficient and grand enough to Interpretate . its theme. The music in the first act Is disjointed, but the best work appears in the second act, where for a time the dual singing .of Loris arid Fedora pleased. It got Its ac companiment -last night largely from a piano well-played by a Chicago girl. Miss Beatrice Kaplan, who is a Russian-American. The climax Is worked up by Loris and Fedora and Is memorable. The third act Is helped- out by three bicycles as stage accessories, the -first music coming from- a concealed choir of women's voices. The tragedy Is told by letters, and Fedora's dying scene Is nearly breathless In Its Intensity. Madame Therry, good looking and the possessor of a sparkling soprano, is a fine actress. She is a native of France. Columblnl, the tenor, is slightly taller than Therry, and Is an expert In emotional acting and sing ing. His voice is between the. lyric and dramatic. It will take some little- time to allow the "Fedora" rhusic to "sink in," so to speak. It can scarcely be given a pronouncement off-hand. This afternoon the bill is "Faust," and tonight "Rigoletto." The grand opera sea son deserves not only applause, but the crowd. ' CENSUS SHOWS DECREASE Fewer ' School Children In Eight Washing ton. Counties. OLTMPIA. Wash., Sept. 7. (Special) There are 256.307 children of school age, 6 to 21 years, in Washington, ac cording to the July census, as reported to State Superintendent of Public In struction Dewey. Of these, 129,785 are boys, and 126,622 are girls. In 190S the census showed 247(997 children of school age. ' ' ' ' The current census shows the follow ing decreases: Adams County. -47; Asotin. 106: Columbia, 81; Cowlitz. 33; Klickitat. 35; Lincoln, 128; San .Juan, 19, and Whitman 383. Under the state law, 10 per head must he ralsesd for each school child, or 2. 563. 070. fco fco B.B. S.heala Sores and Ulcers in the very simplest way. It Just goes right down into the blood and removes the oatue, and the pce is i bound to heal because the impurities and morbid matters whteh have been tho means of keeping the ulcer open are no longer absorbed from tbeblood. ExteTna; applications of salves, lotions, plasters, etc.. can never Produce a cure because they do not reach the source of the trouble. At best they can only allay pain or- reduce inflammation; such treatment is working on symptoms and not- reaching the cause. 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CITY'S ARMS OPEN Mayor to Welcome Japanese Trade Envoys Tomorrow.- PROGRAMME IS CHANGED Hood River Trip Abandoned on Ac , count of Haze - Appropriate Badges Issued Women of Party to Be Entertained. ' Mayor Simon will bid "Welcome to Portland" to the Japanese Trade Com mission due to arrive here tomorrow morning. Yesterday, in a letter to the Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor ac cepted the invitation to address the dis tinguished delegation and promised to aid in making the reception given the Mikado's envoys the most Imposing of their extensive tour. At', a meeting of the reception com mittee yesterday afternoon a complete programme, including a number of changes In former plans, was formed and accepted and arrangements were made for the immediate issuance of badges apd programmes. The badges, designed by O. M. Clark, are considered very appropriate. The Insignia is "Wel come to Portland" and above are crossed Japanese flags. It Is expected by the committee that the business houses of the pity will be decorated In the Japanese colors, inas much aa tfiis action would help to reci procate in a large measure the royal treatment accerded American visitors to Japan. ' The toasts to be given at the banquet tomorrow night include, ' besides Mayor Simon's welcome in behalf of the city, a welcome to Oregon by Clinton McArthur, Acting Governor, a toast to the- health of the Emperor of Japan by President MacMaster of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The complete list of toasta Is: ' The Health of the Emperor," by Mr. MacMaster, president Portland Chamber or. CO"xmerHlth of president," by Baron Shibasawa. - ,... "Welcome to Oregon." by Clifton Mo Arthur. Acting Governor of Oregon. 'Welcome to Portland." by Joseph Simon. Mavor of Portland. - "The Prosperity of Portland," by B. Na kano. president of Toklo Chamber of Com- m'oS'r Commerce with Japan," by Mr. Wll- "Japan's Commerce with the United States," by Mr. Iwahara. ' "The Mercantile Marine," by Mr. Matsu- ga"A Common Language," by Baron N. Kanda. HEALS StSESAHDULCISS Low Eastern Kate FROM PORTLAND SEATTLE, SPOKANE, TAGOMA, WALLA WALLA AND ALL POINTS ON THE O. R. & N.. LINE . TO Chicago and Return $72.50 On Sale September 9th Going transit limit 10 days from date of , . sale, return limit October 31it "Oregon-Washington Limited" THE NEW FAST TRAIN . BETWEEN PORTLAND and CHICAGO ( O.R.&N. Oregon Short Line ' Union Pacific R.R. AND Chicago & Northwestern Ry. 5 Through Trains Daily to the East BLOCK SIGNAL ' ' ' . Modern passenger equipment Through dining car service. Tickets, Sleepingr-Car Reservations and full particulars at City Ticket Office, Third and Washington Streets, Portland, or any 0. R. & N. agency elsewhere. WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agt Portland, Or. "Tlw Old Order Changeth," by Mr. Wheel wright. . The trip to Hood River and White Salmon., planned for Friday, has been abandoned on account of the hazy at mosphere. ' Instead of this, more time will be spent In the inspection of Port land harbor and a review of the troops at Vancouver Barracks. Portland woSnen have prepared an elaborate wel come for the Japanese women In the visiting; party. - The programme to be carried out Is as follows: . Thursday. 7-00 A. M. Japan-ess Commissioners met at the Union Depot by a special committee from the Chamber of Commerce and taken to Hotel Portland In carriages. - 8-00 A. M. Breakfast at Hotel Portland. ; 10:00 A. M. Observation car ride to Coun cil Crest and other .points. T 11-00 A. M. Automobile ride for the Jap anese women of the party, to be given by Mrs. Theodore B: Wilcox. Start from Hotel Portland, v 12:00 M. Luncheon for the commis sioners at Hotel Portland. 1- 00 P M. Luncheon for the 'Japanese women guests, given by Mrs. T. B. Wilcox. 2- 00 P. M. Japanese Commissioners taken in automobiles to the difrerent manufactur ing plants of the city In and around Port- aS-45 p. M. Reception to Japanese women III COCOA because it is per-' feet and goes farthest less than a cent a cup. Don't ask merely for cocoas-ask for GhirardellPs. PROTECTION by Mrs. Lucius Allen Lewis. Carriages will call at Hotel Portland to convey them to the residence of Mrs. Lewis. 4:3u P. 'M. Bar-in Shlbusawa will address the Japanese resident of Portland at the T. W. C. A. 7:00 P. M. Banquet given by the Port land Chamber of Commerce at the Corn medial Club.'- 8:iS P. M. Dinner given to the Japanese women by Mrs. W. S. Ladd. Friday. 9:00' A. M. Commissioners, invited guests and women of- the party board the tamer T J Potter, leaving the Alnsworth dock, for a trip down the river. Stops will be marto at the Portland .Flouring-Mills, at the CUrk Lumber Mills, and at the Portland Drydocke. The trip will be continued down the Columbia as far as t. Helens, thence to Vancouver. Af Vancouver the Commissioners will re view the troops and visit the Barracks in an automobile. At Vancouver, abolit 6 o'clock, the Japanese party will take the train over the North (Bank Road for Spokane. Harper Victim of White Plague. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 7. (Spe cial.) Thomas . Harper, aged 25 years, died this morning In this city from tuber culosis. He was a son of Rev. P. H. Harper, a retired Baptist minister, and his birthplace was Vancouver. When he knows only the best will satisfy you, the dealer will send a can-of. lis Coco a F a c t No.12 The erly Spanish explorers in Amer ica found cocoa es tablished as the na tional drink of the Montezumas. The 'Aztec emperors had specially trained chefs whose sole oc cupatjon'was to make cocoa tor the royal household. 4