TIIE 3IORMXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, XOTE3IBER 13, 1909.
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PURSES .OPEN FOR
BEAUTIFYING CITY
Business Men Join Scheme to
Make Portland Gem of
Northwest.
BIDS MADE BY GARDNER
Chicago Landscape Architect Offers
to Furnish Plans for $20,000.
Money to Be Raised by
Popular Subscription.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the city
beautiful committee; composed of 100
Portlanders. resolutions were passed in
dorsing employment of E. H. Bennett, of
the firm of D. H. Burnham & Co., Chlr
cago architects, to work in connection
with the park plans prepared by Olm
sted Bros., of Boston, in making a com
prehensive plan for the building of a
civic center and making Portland an ideal
city. The resolutions contained a clause
. providing for a fund of J20.000 to be raised
' ly private subscription to pay for the
Chicago architect's work.
Another resolution creates an organixa
tion to be known as the Civic League of
Portland. Dr. J. K. Wetheroee, the chair
man, appointed a committee of business
men to take steps for making this new
league a permanent organization. Its
duties will be to form plans for improv
ing the city. Enthusiasm was the key
note of the meeting. '
Dr. Wetherbee outlined several plans
for bettering conditions in Portland,
pointed out many of the difficulties, drew
comparisons with other cities, both
American and European, ancient and
modern, and after putting the matter
squarely before the gathering ssked for
gpneral discussion.
The seed for today's meeting was sown
a few weeks ago when a number of city
beautiful enthusiasts met and set the
ball rolling to secure D. H. Burnham
& Co. At the fh-st meeting a committee
of 100. a finance committee and a city
beautiful committee were appointed.
Plans for beautifying Portland had its
foundation in the Architectural Society.
A number of architects drew preliminary
plans of a model city. Local architects
agreed that expert advice was necessary.
This suggestion has culminated in the
action taken yesterday.
Option Taken on Service.
Responding to a query D. H. Burnham
telegraphed that it would be impossible
for him to attend to the work personally.
He suggested, however, that his partner,
H H. Bennett, would take over the work.
It was then learned that Mr. Bennett
was contemplating going to Europe and
the local committee secured a two weeks'
option on his services. It is the plan to
raise the necessary ,000 within that
time. A portion of this amount is now
subscribed. At the end of the meeting a
call was made for subscriptions and when
the meeting dispersed a total of SS00 had
been pledged subject to the securing of
by December 1.
J. O. Ainsworth favored securing Burn-
mm & Bennett at J100.000 if necessary.
He said the business men would sub
scribe that amount. He also suggested
putting the matter before the people as
a bond issue.
Dr Andrew Smith said this movement
would result in Portland becoming "the
artistic municipal gem of the earth.' T.
B. Wilcox threw a damper on the bond
plan by declaring that the city had cer
tain necessities to meet and was too
young to attempt such a proposition. He
objected to shouldering a heavy debt on
taxpayers, and believed that Portland
v. a "biting off more than It could chew.
He was willing to subscribe to the move
ment but had little faith in the plan.
A H Devers presented a resolution to
employ the Chicago Arm. F. V. Holman
declared the plan idealistic. Tom Rich
ardson favors the Devers resolution, de
claring. that the saving from future im
provements alone would be ten times
greater than the cost of securing the
plans. I. I-ang declared that he had no
evmpathy with such ideas, but from a
business point of view he believed the
plan an absolute success and declared
that Portland could not spend too much
money in improvements.
All Resolutions Pass.
The resolutions were then passed. The
following committee was named to organ
ize the Civic League and take the work
in charge: Mayor Simon. R. T. Piatt. Sig
Slchel. John F. O Shea. S. C. Pier. Sam
uel Connell. L. G. Clarke. H. L. Corbett.
Paul Wesslnger. J. P. O'Brien. H. Beck
wlth T Scott Brooke. Walter B. Mackay,
j. Lang. T. B. Wilcox. William M. LadH.
p w. Leadbetter. Ben Selling. I. N.
Pleischner. Charles H. Carey. Louis Rus
sell. Charles F. Swlgert. H. C. Campbell.
A. L. Mills. Martin Winch. Thomas D.
Honevman. J. Teal. W. B. Ayer.
Philip Buehner. Edward Ehrman. Henry
E. Wemme. William F. Woodward. Al
bert Feldenheimer. R. W. Hoyt. D. C.
O Relllv, Gils Rosenblatt. M. C. Dickin
son. Walter F. BurrQlt. Gordon Voorhles.
Jsy Smith. Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie. Mar
cus A. Fleischner. D. C. Lewie. Ion
Iewis. F. O. Downing. A. E. Doyle. E. M.
Lazarus. C. E. S. Wood. Andrew C.
Smith, Gav Lombard. E. L. Thompson.
A D. Charlton. Guv W. Talbot. William
MacMaster, W. W. Cotton. Sanford
H'.rsch. H. L. Pittock. Harvey W. Scott,
W. D. Wheelwright. George L. Baker, W.
H. Corbett. Joseph Jacobberger. M. G.
Munly. Henry E. McGinn. F. V. Holman,
8. G. Reed. John F. Daly. W. P. Olds.
K. H. Strong. John F. Carroll. John C.
Iwis. C. K. Henri-, William McMurray.
J. C Ainsworth. Russell Hawkins. C. C.
Colt. Hugh Hume. B. S. Josselyn. Jona
than Bourne. Jr.. C. B. Merrick. J. R.
Wetheroee. A. H. Devers. Oskar Huber.
I-uther R. Dyott. J. W. Morris. Fred W.
Mulkev. C. W. Hodson. J. M. Healy. A.
H. Birrell. Rabbi Jonah B. Wise,
Bishop Charles Scadding. Archbishop
Alexander Christie. Frederick A. Kribs,
W. H. Chapln, H. Wittenberg. 1 R.
Webster, C. 3. Jackson, Julius L. Meier.
Will F. Upman. C. F. Adams. George W.
McMillan. George Simons. C. M. Atkin
son. J. A-Madsen. John Annand. Fletcher
Linn. A. E. Rockey. Fred Buffum. T. L.
Eliott. H. M. Haller, J. F. Ewlng.
Wetherbee Outlines Plans.
la presenting the plan of the city beau
tiful and the civic center. Dr. .Wetheroee
outlined the plans of the local, architects
and dwelt particularly upon the schemes
submitted by Whitehouse. Lazarus
t- :i- . . ).!.). fnMi,H.i1 t ndrl
boulevard through the city In connection
with the Plaza Park blocks.
Dr. Wetherbee declared a general plan
for beautifving the city could be worked
out step by -step, and would not mean
tearing the town up all at once.
The total of K00 iu ascribed was pledged
as follows:
Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. $r00: J. C. Ains
worth, to-JO; the Journal Publishing Com
pany. tV: C. F. Adams. J500: R. L.
Ollsan. I-': Portland Railway. Licht &
Power Company. $300: Clementine F.
Lewis. M0: Portland Lumber Company.
;J; Charles K. Henry. 50: A. H. Dev
ers. Ji'00; Paul Wessinger, $500: Mrs. J.
E. Hoffman. $250; Lang &-Co.. $250; John
P. Sharkey. J100: Ion Lewis. J100; Doyle
& Patterson. J100.
Mayor Simon yesterday expressed him
self as strongly In favor of a change in
the downtown system of the streetcar
lines, so that there will be no double
tracks on the congested streets. This is
in line with the "city beautiful" plan.
"It impresses me very favorably." said
Mayor Simon, when asked as to his views
regarding the proposed single-tracking
scheme. "The streets are so narrow that
It seems something must be done to re
lieve the congestion, which even now is
interfering with business. I would like
to see the streetcar lines changed so that
there would be no double tracks on any of
these congested streets."
Carelessness in Foods
Causes Many Deaths
Case la Which I'eannts Are Said to
Have Caused Death Onlr One of
Numerous Similar Hospital Inci
dents. IF 9-year-old Albert Lewis, who died
at St. Vincent's Hospital Tuesday,
met his death, as was reported, by
eating peanuts following an appendi
citis operation, there was gross negli
gence on' the part of hospital authori
ties, according to the declarations
of several physicians attending both
St. Vincent's and the Good Samaritan
Hospitals.
"It is my firm opinion that In ty
phoid cases alone there are as many
deaths due to patients eating improper
things as from the actual disease
Itself," was the statement of one promi
nent surgeon. "At St. Vincent's Hos
pital there is prominently placed In
every typhoid ward a notice that noth
ing eatable is to be takea Into the
ward, yet this notice is evaded by the
visitor wherever possible.
"At the Good Samaritan Hospital. I
know, constant watch is kept over the
typhoid cases, yet one constantly hears
of deaths as a result of eating an
orange or something that some foolish
friend brings. Whatever the nurse on
duty tries to do, if she turn her back
Just a moment'some article of food
will be smuggled to some patient's bed.
"Similar conditions exist with pa
tients recovering from operations, when
it is imperative only liquid diet be
given. .
"In the Lewis case I should blame
only the father for the boy's death.
But we must assume he was not aware
of the danger of the boy's eating, and
as It is always a temptation for visit
ors to bring patients something- to eat,
I have no hesitation in saying hospital
authorities did not exercise proper
care. Of course if the parent was
warned by the nurse my remark would
not be applicable."
Hospital authorities generally resent
the criticism. "We may and do warn
both patients and visitors constantly,"
said a Good Samaritan official. "Should
we turn our backs they are certain
to give food. There possibly have oeen
cases when such action has resulted
in death, although I believe them to
be few."
"In the case of the little boy, Lewis,"
said the sister superior at St. Vincent's
Hospital, "he had been In the hospital
a month and was very seriously ill.
It is possible that the peanuts only
hastened death.
"I need scarcely say we never permit
patients to eat anything against their
doctor's orders. We have a number of
nurses instructing visitors not to bring
eatables to certain cases, and the nurses
and sisters are always on the alert to
prevent it being done without our
knowledge."
DEATH PLAN IS THOROUGH
Emil Etter Arranges All Details and
Then Commits Suicide.
Emil Etter, aged 42 years, a former
saloonkeeper of Albany, Eugene, Spring
field and Portland, ended his life with
cyanide of potassium between 3 and o
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Resi
dence of J. C. Mackey. 634 Thurman
street. Despondency over 111 health, a
separation Beveral months ago from his
wife and finartcial reverses are mentioned
by Etter in a letter to the Coroner as
the reasons for his act.
Etter had made every preparation for
death, saying in the letter he had con
templated It for some time. He also
mentioned that his former wife, Mrs.
Maria A. Etter, had several times ad
vised him to kill himself.
The dead man left three letters. One
was to his 12-year-old son, Clarence
Eugene Etter, living with friends, at 792
Roosevelt street; another was to the
Coroner and one was to Mr. Mackey,
asking him to collect his last week's lodg
ing bill from his wife. He also left a
duplicate of his will, all of which were
given Into the cut-tody of the Deputy
Coroner. B. C. Dunning. The body was
removed tar the Dunning morgue. N'o in
quest will be held, in accordance with
Ettcr's exoress wish.
In the will a $W00 life insurance policy
Is left to the son to be held in trust
until the lad's 21st birthday. Confidence Is
expressed in the boy's mother, for she is
made executrix of the will.
Mrs. Etter secured a divorce from her
husband at Springfield. Iane County,
Oregon, and is now employed as a domes
tic in the Glenwood Hotel. Second and
Salmon streets.
In the will a lot in Springfield, claimed
by the testator, but held by a deed of
trust by an attorney, W. G. Martin, of
that place, is given to the boy. Etter
charges that Martin and C- M. Kissinger,
another lawyer, secured the deed from
him through false representations to keep
his wife from getting it when the divorce
suit was tried.
'ST. PAUL DAN' TAKEN EAST
Notorious Bank Robber 'Will Face
Trial in Minnesota.
William Forsberg, Sheriff, and William
J. Brown, County Attorney of Stephens,
Marshall County, Minnesota, will leave
this morning fof home, having in charge
Dan Rogan, alias Edward Martine. known
to Northwestern police as "St. Paul Dan,"
noted bank robber and burglar, who was
arrested here 10 days ago by Detectives
Coleman and Snow, who will be the bene
ficiaries of the 50 reward offered by
the Minnesota Bankers' Association.
Governor Benson yesterday honored the
requisition for Rogan. With three other
men Rogan is charged with burglarizing
the Scandia State Bank of Stephens in
107, securing JTO00.
Astoria Firm Prizewinner.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) S.
Schmidt & Co.. the cold storage packers
of this city, have received notice that
their exhibit at the Earlscourt exposi
tion, the international fisheries show in
London, was awarded a gold medal and,
a diploma. The display sent by the local
firm Included the various varieties of
Columbia River salmon, cured by sev
eral different processes.
Kills Her Foe Of 30 Team.
"The most merciless enemy I had for
i years " declares Mrs. James Duncan,
of Havnesville. Me., "was Dyspepsia. I
suffered intensely after eating or drink
ing and could scarcely sleep. After
many remedies had failed and several
doctors gave me up. I tried Electric
Bitters, which cured me completely.
Now I can eat anything. I am 70 years
old and am overjoyed to get my health
and strength back again.' For Indi
gestion. Loss of Appetite. Kidney Trou
ble. Lame Back. Female Complaints, it s
uueuuaied. Only 60c at all druggists.
BIG SPAN TO REST
ON RIVER SLES
Oregon Trunk Engineers Pick
Natural Bridge Site Near
Celilo Station.
MODJESKI FAVORS CHOICE
Columbia to Be Crossed by Viaduct,
Every Pier of Which Will Rise
on Dry Rock Work
Entails Risk.
CELILO, Nov. 12. (Special.) What
might be. termed a natural bridge site
for crossing; a stream of the magni
tude of the Columbia River has been
selected by the Oregon Trunk Line
engineers for ' building the connecting
link between the Destfhutes Central
Oregon Road and the Spokane. Port
land & Seattle Railroad. The bridge
across the Columbia will be located
definitely at the point referred to, un
less unforseen complications arise, such
as objections by the government to the
crossing of the Celilo canal.
The place named la about one mile
west of Celilo station and a bridge can
be constructed there with every pier
on dry rock, high above tire surface
of the water except during the Spring
freshets, or nine months of the year.
Modjeskl Picks Site.
The site selected has been approved
by .Civil Engineer Modjeskl, of Port
land, who is the chief bridge engineer
for the Oregon Trunk Line, and the
data has been forwarded to him by the
engineers in local charge so that the
estimates of the cost of the bridge may
be prepared and plans submitted to the
War Department for approval.
Five spans will cross five channels of
the river and several deck spans will
complete the bridge, the distance from
the Trunk Line grade on the south side
of the river to the S. P. & S. grade be
ing S800 feet. The longest of the
spans wil be 32-0 feet and the others
will be from 150 to 180 feet. The cross
ling of the Celilo canal, now under
construction, will be at an elevation of
65 feet and the channels of the river
will be spanned at a height of about
75 feet. The cnossing- of the O. R, & N.
tracks will be overhead.
Aerial Tramway Built.
The Oregon locations are over a part
of what ts known as the Celilo rapids
of the Columbia River. Here, except
during extreme high water, the mighty
volume of the river Is choked In nar
row gorges, dividing rock islands in the
middle of the stream. To reach one
of these islands for the purpose of se
curing accurate surveys, it was neces
sary to construct an aerial tramway.
It was possible to reach two islands!
with a large row boat but one lying
between them was so isolated by the
tunbulent waters that a boat could not
remain afloat, much ess make headway
in the channels.
Bents were constructed on the islands
that could be reached with boats and
a heavy cable was then strung- across
the middle Island.
Wire Strung to Isle.
The middle island Is now reached by
a small tram running on this cable,
crossing the foaming waters 75 feet be
low. Three days' hard work was spent
In getting the first light wire from one
island to another. Carrying .a tele
graph wire from the first island
reached, a rowboat made a score of
attempts to gain the third island with
the end of the wire, and after numer
ous breakages of the light wire it was
finally strung across from bent to bent
and the heavy cable was then drawn
into place.
Being- able to build every pier on
dry rock in crossing the Columbia is
considered of Immense advantage as
well as a means of promoting economy
of construction.
The first pier from the south shore
will be located on a rock island hardly
larger than the pier Itself. The other
islands are of considerable acreage in
extent.
The Oregon Trunk Line, however. Is
not relying wholly on the bridge site
at Celilo, but two other sites have
been surveyed west of here, one of
which Is in the vicinity of the Big
Eddy. Engineers are now running pre
liminary lines and making soundings
near the mouth of the Deschutes.
The Columbia is divided there by an
Island of 1000 acres in extent, Out the
channels are much wider than at Ce
lilo and the grade in reaching the
bridges would not be so good.
J. J. Tracey, local engineer in charge,
has a force of men who devote most of
their time to investigating bridge sites
and making soundings.
MADRAS IS ACTIVE CENTER
Oregon Trunk Rushing Men and
Supplies for Work.
MADRAS, Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) W.
H. Porter, who has the contract for eor
struction work on the Oregon Trunk line
between Madras and the mouth of Trout
Creek, arrived here last flight and says
a large force of men will be put at work
as soon as possible. Mr. Porter expects
to remain here most of the time and su
perintend the construction work under
his contract. It Is intimated as soon as
supplies can be freighted in there will
be 2000 men or more on the work inside
of 60 days.
Division Engineer Hickman has located
his headquarters at Madras and is help
ingto get the preliminary work of the
surveys finished, as well as the final lo
cations down Willow Creek Canyon. En
gineer McVicar. who has had charge of
a surveying party at Culver for a few
weeks past, has removed to Madras with
his crew and has been running prelimi
nary lines south of here. He has re
ceived instructions to divide his crew
and take a part of his men to assist in
the final cross-sectioning down the Wil
low Creek Canyon. Engineer Fremont
Crane and his party are now engaged in
making final locations in the canyon.
A large gang of Oregon Trunk con
struction" carpenters has also arrived in
Madras and this morning was put at work
erecting warehouses and other buildings.
The commissary department, which was
established here a few days since, is now
receiving large consignments of supplies
and macerial. It is thought everything
can be secured as fast as needed by the
construction crews.
CASES TRAVEL IN PAIRS
In Good Samaritan Hospital Odd
Duality is the Rule.
Day after day cases at the Good
Samaritan Hospital come in pairs. The
same operation, performed only rarely.
in a single day is called for twice: ac
cidents from shooting, from cutting
wood come together: husband and wife
enter the hospital for the same treat
ment; brothers undergo V the Same
operation or are doctored for the same
ailment.
Some of the peculiar cases that have
come under observation are: Tweedle
dum William and Tweedledee Adolph
Freeman, boy typhoid patients: Paul
and Carl Skogsut undergo similar rare
operations: Mrs. Alvin Jones, whose
husband died from typhoid Saturday,
was received shortly after and placed
In the typhoid ward: Carl and Otto
Olsen, brothers, nine and ten years,
were taken down with, typhoid; two
precisely similar shooting accidents
occurred Saturday; Saturday and Sun
day there were two buzzsaw accidents,
and two woodcutters falling on an ax
or a saw were admitted.
In the surgery ward at the same
time two men were operated on for
appendicitis, and in both cases it was
found that each had no vermiform ap
pendix. Similar cases are being re
corded darly.
This duality of cases became so pro
nounced yesterday that when a par
ticular case was sent to the hospital,
one of the internes remarked it would
be wise to prepare for the partner case
sure to follow. Within an hour the
case was duplicated.
PREACHER IS DIVORCED
WIFE SAYS JOHN" W. CRAIG LEFT
HER, AND GETS DECREE.
Sobblngly Tells of Evangelistic Trip
From Which He Did Not Come
Back to Her.
Rev. John W. Craig, a traveling evan
gelist for the Methodist Church, was di
vorced, from Mrs. Ella M. Craig by Cir
cuit Judge Bronaugh yesterday mornfng,
the wife securing the decree. The womar
broke into tears on the witness stand as
she. told of an evangelistic tour her hus
band made in September, 1905, from which
he did not return to her.
The Craigs had lived together for al
most 20 years. They were married at
Independence, August 31, 1S88. Mrs.
Craig told Judge Bronaugh yesterday that
she waited a reasonable time to - hear
from her husband while he was on this
trip, and then wrote to the presiding el
der at Corvallis. From him she learned
her husband had a circuit with headquar
ters at Junction City. '
Mrs. Craig testified the presiding elder
offered to secure a better charge for her
husband If be would return to live with
his wife, a position which would have
enabled him to support her In more com
fort, she said. She told also of writing
her husband that if he did not return
she intended to make the trip to Junction
City. She received a reply, she said, in
which he informed her he could never
secure another charge if she- came to live
with him, implying that she brought fail
ure to his effortB. Mrs. Craig has been
supporting herself since by keeping
boarders.
A. R. Williams secured a divorce yes
terday from Mrs. M. H. Williams, whom
he married November 23. 1904. . He said
she deserted June 20, 190S.
David Aegerter was another of the ag
grieved ones who was freed yesterday.
Jennie Aegerter was married to him at
Vancouver, Wash., August 12, 1S97. He
said she deserted him in June, 1908.
The suit of W. G. Lyons against Grace
G. Lyons was continued until next Fri
day. They were married at Pueblo, Colo..
September 20, 1904. He accuses her of
desertion in Marcn, law.
First Bath in 5 Years
Shocks Chinaman
-White Plaa-ne Victim, Taken to Hos
pital, Suffers Indignity of Scrub
With Mop and Brash.
PVE long' years have rolled their
troubled course since water touched
any part of the body, except face and
hands, of Chin Hugh, a tubercular patient
at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Even
then it was only an accident, for Chin
fell into the river.
Yesterday a crisis came in Chin's ca
reer. He was sent to the hospital. The
awful 'flat went forth. He must be
washed.
Cursory examination by an orderly dis
closed the fact that Ciin required a
treatment of baths rather than a single
one. This was what the orderly took J.o
the bathroom: One, mop, one heavy
scrubbing brush, a block of castile soap,
powdered soap, liquid soap, a small hose
connection and some bichloride solution
for disinfecting purposes.
Chin was placed on the stretcher and
wheeled to the bathroom. When he saw
what was awaiting him he nearly
rolled off the conveyance. He objected
vigorously, so vigorously, in fact, that it
took three orderlies to place him in the
tub. Two held him there while the third
manipulated the long-handled scrubbing
brush, the soap solutions, the disin
fectant and the hose. 'After an hour or
so he was taken back to the ward, no
ticeably thinner but somewhat cleaner.
loiter in the day he spoke with remorse
of the Indignity he had suffered.
"Water not wash me for five years,". he
said. "I never wash now many years."
Then he covered his face at the thought
of the disgrace. He was spared from
knowing the worst. He will know today.
They are going to wash him again.
THRICE CHAMPION AT POOL
Hueston Defeats Kling in Match
With Side Bet of $250.
KANSAS' CITY, Mo.. Nov. 12. Thomas
A. Hueston. of St. Louis, for a third
time became the champion pool player
of the world when he defeated John G.
Kling in the fourth and final block of an
800-ball match here tonight. The score
tonight was 197 to 179. The total score
of the series stood Hueston 800, Kling 653.
In addition to the championship Hues
ton won a side bet of J250 on the match
from Kling.
Notes of Circuit Courts.
Bert Edgar was sentenced by Presiding
Judge Bronaugh in Circuit Court yester
day afternoon to serve three years in the
Penitentiary, after pleading guilty. He
secured $ST5 from Minnie Johnson on Sep
tember 28, and was caught at Seattle.
The woman recovered 550 of the money.
The complaint charging Louis Leroux
with having- stolen valuable jewelry be
longing to T. A. Warren was dismissed
yesterday because the supposedly stolen
articles have been found. They were
missed on October 25. and Leroux was
charged with the theft.
The sentence of Municipal Judge Ben
nett that Hallick K. Strange serve 10
days In the County Jail for assault and
battery upon one Davis, was modified by
Presiding Judge Bronaugh in the Circuit
Court yesterday afternoon so a fine of
$30 and costs. The court said it was
hardly fair to modify the - decree of
the lower court, but that under the
showing made he considered it best for
the defendant and for the community
that he be employed at honest work at
his trade rather than to be confined in
jail. ' . -
Crowded out by apartment houses?
Where did you build? Rose City Park?
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GONFERENGE
s
RESULTS ALREADY
Society for Study and Preven
; tion of Infant Mortality
to Be Formed.
SESSION COMES TO CLOSE
Anions Speakers on Last Day Is Dr.
Albert C. Keller, of Yale, Who
Discusses Work of Eugenists
In Combating Cnfit.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 12. Fruits of
the conference on the prevention of
infant mortality, which ended a two-day
session here today, are in evidence al
ready in a society which will be form
ally organized tomorrow morning for
study and prevention of infant mor
tality along the lines taken up and dis
cussed in the sessions.
Strong resolutions were passed at the
last session calling attention to the
great need for work along the lines
suggested in the various papers read
and discussions held.
Dr. Thomas Darlington, Commissioner
of Health of New York -City, outlined
the work of the Division of Child Hy
giene of his department and gave it
as his opinion that infant mortality
may be reduced greatly by closer co
operation between' local boards of
health and the homes of the people.
Following In the path of the French
Government, he said, the Division of
Child Hygiene included In its activities
supervision of midwives. control of the
boarding out of infants, inspection of
day nurseries and other institutions
harboring children, instruction of moth
ers in the proper care of their offspring,
medical examination of school children
and issuance of employment certificates
to children. He pointed to the work
of this division as directly responsible
for a lower death rate among babies
in New York of late years. Most im
portant oIall branches of this . work,
however, he said, was personal instruc
tion In the home.
Unfit Idust Be Curbed.
Dr. Albert G. Keller, professor of the
science of society in Yale University,
discussed "The Limits of Eugenics."
"What eugenists can do in this age of
reason," he said, "is to-combat, through
legislation and education, the grosser
manifestations of breeding from the un
fit. Sympathy for the unfortunate un
fit should not extend to the granting
of rights by which parental unfitness
is perpetuated at the expense of the
fit who at the very least are taxed
to afford' the relief given. -There can
be no grand overturning of what has
existed time out of mind, but there can
be a skillful elimination of certain gross
extremes." Fear, declared the speaker,
an actual fear of consequences, can be
invoked to relieve ignorance.
Dr. C. B. Davenport, director of the
Station for Experimental Evolution, of
Long Island. N. Y.. gave the results of
recent Investigations into the inheritance
of abnormalities and diseases. As a re
sult of these investigations the marriage
of persons defective in some particular to
those strong In the corresponding parts
was recommended.
Maternal Nursing Urged.
The educational campaign in Cleveland
among the mothers who bring their ba
bies to the dispensary was described by
Dr. H. J. Gertsenberger, physician In
charge of the Babies' Dispensary and
Hospital. He dwelt on the importance
of striving for maternal nursing and
spoke of the good work done by means
of illustrated lectures and by the dis
tribution of educational literature.
The Health Officer of Orange, N. J.,
Selskar M. Gunn, made a plea for an
organized campaign among the smaller
cities along the same lines found desira
ble in the larger places. He advocated
a close relationship between relief agen
cies and the local boards of health ae a
means of educating the people in the dan
gers resulting from improper care of ba
bies. Placing mothers in the country, where
they may work in hygienic surroundings,
was advocated by Miss Mary R. Mason,
agent of the committee on assisting and
providing situations for mothers with in
fants of New York City. The increas
ing difficulty In securing good domestic
help, said the speaker, worked to the ad
vantage of her committee, for mothers
with babies were often enabled to get
good places in the country, where pure
air. good surroundings and a better at
mosphere worked wonders for the little
ones.
Amuse m en ts
What the rreas Agestts BJ.
T.A" Afternoon and fight.
There will be two performances at the
Bungalow Theater today. A special mat nee
at ' 15 o'eknek and the last time tonight
at ff-'is The attraction will be the favorite
comedian. .lohn E. Young in the merry
musical comedy success Lo. Mr. Young
is supported by an excellent cast and a de
cidedly pretty chorus. ,
Great Act at Orpheum.
Onlv four more performances of this
week's bill at the Orpheum. Matinees to
day and Sunday, tonight and Surday night.
On the bill is Vlttorl and Georgetta, herald
ed by the German press as the most re
markable artists in their line in the world
todav They not only walk nd dance on
their hands, but adjust boxing gloves to
their feet. Matinees dally.
"Honeymoon Trail" Matinee Today.
At the Baker the last two performances
of that immense success. "Honeymoon Trail "
will take place this afternoon and tonight.
The offering is a positive delight, being a
comedy rich in humor and made all tne
richer by the presence of that prince of
comedians. Bert Baker. The audience is
laughing simply all the time.
For the TJiiUea.
Every woman in Portland should see
mold's Voyage" at the Grand. It Is a
dainty little playlet, beautifully staged and
filled with scenic and electrical effects The
courtship during a shipwreck Is made the
basis of a charming bit of comedy and sen
timent The Rosedale Four are exception
ally good singers, who appear in costume.
Shayne and King at Pantages.
A pair of really funny Hebrew comedians
are hard to find on the vaudeville stage at
the present time, but Shayne and King, at
Pantages this week, are creating many a
hearty laugh with their hilariously funny
parodies, songs and stories. They come
direct from Eastern successes and bring
niany of the latest funny things with them.
Last Two Times at the Portland.
With the bargain matinee today at 2:1
and the performance tonight, the stock
season at the Portland Theater will come to
an end. Charles A. Taylor's stirring drama
of the plains In the early days. "The Queen
of the Highway." has entertained gr,od
houses and is one of the best, and most
elaborately staged plays ever presented in
this city by a stock company.
Last of "Whose Baby are You?"
Today's matinee and tonight will be the
last opportunities to witness the biggest fun
maker in years, "Whose Baby are You?"
which Is being produced at the Lyric by
the Athon Stock Company. At the matinee
today every child attending will receive a
present. "WIkm Baby are You?" Has
caused thousands to laugh and enjoy themselves.
Star XlieMer as Good as Clrau.
No boy or girl In this city should fail
to visit the Star Theater today to see til
fine educational and amusing pictures on
exhibition. "A Visit to the New Yor
Zoo" shows a great collection of birds aim
beat and in fact Is Quite as entertaining
as a visit to any first-class circus that ever
played a date in Portland.
COMING ATTRACTION 3.
"The Third Degree" Tomorrow.
Beginning tomorrow (Sunday) night and
continuing the remainder of the week, the
attraction at the Bungalow Theater, Twelfth
and Morrison streets, will be Henry B.
Harrla' production or Charles Klein's dra
matic triumph, "The Third Degree." Mr.
Klein is the author of "The Lion and the
Mouse." and this his latest play is said to
be the best play he has ever written. Mat
inee Saturday.
Distinguished Actor at Orpheum.
Next week the Orpheum will offer as a
feature act William H. Tnompson and
oompany In a strong and compelling sketch
entitled "ride of the Regiment." Mr.
Thompson is one of America's foremost
character actors and hu sketch is a min
iature dramatic gem telling a complete and
logical story full of real heart interest.
"In Dreamland Opens Tomorrow.
Emmet Devoy will open a week's en
gagement at the Baker tomorrow in hie
comedy fantasy. "In Dreamland." This ot
tering is entirely unlike all others and is
now on its first Western trip. While there
Is a plot telling a strong and interesting
story, the main features are those obtainable
from the startling trick effects introduced in
the scenery and lights.
Coming to the Grand.
"Crimmins and Gore, who have delighted
the amusement lovers of Portland on more
than one occasion, will be seen at the
Orand next week, when they will partici
pate in a rattling big bill. The feature
act will be the Godleysky. troupe of ten
Russian singers and dancers. This act has
created a sensation wherever it has ap
peared. Jesse Laeky's Hoboes at Pantages.
As the toplino act for the week com
mencing with the Monday matinee, Novem
ber 15, Pantages will offer Jesse Lasliy's
famous Hoboes, one of the finest acts in
vaudeville, in Paul West's merry satire on
tramp life "On the Road." Nat C. Baker,
well known as an impersonator of tramp
characters, is the star in the company and
his support is excellent.
"At the Risk of His Life" Next.
"At the Risk of His Life," which will
hold the boards at the Lyric for the week
commencing with Sunday jnatlnee. is a
new play to the Weet and from the pen
of .Mark Swan, whoso plays have been in
such jrrftjLt dpmnnil for th nast two years.
J The Athon Stock Company will present "At
the Risk: of His L.lle" wltn the tun eirengi-n
of their cast and the play is a sure pleasure.
JURY FREES MRS. WHERRY
Arson Charge Made by Boys Found
to Want Corroboration.
HEPPNER, Or., Nov. 12. Mrs. Mary
Wherry, who, with Clyde Cribbins and
Valley Dykstra, was fndicted for arson,
was acquitted by a jury today.
Mrs. Wherry and fie two boys were
accused of setting fire to a barn belong
ing to Mrs. Wherry's brother, Robert
Dexter. In the suburbs of this city on the
evening of October 30. The boys con
fessed and implicated Mrs. Wherry, say
ing that she had urged them to burn the
barn for revenge upon Mr. Dexter, whom
the Dykstra boy accused of robbing him
of a small sum of money while young
Dykstra was visiting at his place during
September.
Owing to a lack of corroborative evi
dence to support the testimony of the two
boys, the jury returned the verdict of
not guilty. Cribbons and Dykstra were
committed to the reform school.
SHOW EUROPE'S GREATEST
Six Hundred Automobiles on Display
Are Worth $2,500,000.
I-ONDON, Nov. 12. (Special.) The an
nual automobile exhibition opened at
Olympia this morning with eight acres
of floor space occupied by 600 automo
biles, worth in the aggregate J2.500.O00.
The show is the largest and most varied
of its kind yet seen in Europe.
Perhaps the most prominent feature of
the great display is the number of so
called poor men s cars, ranging in price
from ?600 to $3000.
The chief wonder of the show is the
motor caravan, costing 110,000 and con
taining kitchen, drawing-room and sleep
ing accommodations for six persons. It
is designed for vagabond vacations in the
country, already popularized by horse
drawn vans.
SHASTA BLOCKADE CLEAR
Oregon Kxpress Goes Through Tun
nel but Passengers Transferred.
REDDING, Cal., Nov. 12. The block
ade of the Shasta route of the Southern
Pacific, which has prevailed ever since
the tunnel near Coram caved in on a
freight train November 1, was cleared
today.
The south-bound Oregon Express went
through the tunnel, but the passengers
were transferred. By tonight the tunnel
and the open cut will be safe for pas
senger trains.
CATHOLIC PRIESTS SEVERE
Refuse Absolution to Children Using
Interdicted Textbooks.
NANTES, France. Nov. 12. The Cath
olic clergy here today refused absolution
to Catholic children in the public schools
who are' using the text-books interdicted
by the church. . '
.Detailed for Staff Duty.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, Nov. 12. Lieutenant - Colonel
George T. Bartlett. Coast Artillery, now
Making the Standard Rye
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SCRATCHED
HEAD
TILL IT WAS KAW
Eczema Broke Out on Baby's Head
Causing All Her Hair to Fall Out
Could Not Sleep Spread of
Fearful Disease Averted and Easy,
Economical Cure Effected, for
A FRIEND ADVISED
USE OF CUTICURA
" When my little girl was four months
old her head broke out with eczema. I
tried everything but
nothing did her any
good. She could not
sleep at nit'ht and
she did nothing but
scratch her head,
which was like a raw
piece of meat. All
of her hair fell out.
A friend of mine told
me about Cuticura
and the irnod it did
for her Tittle boy.
After the first cake
of Cuticura Soap and
box of Cuticura Oint
ment I used I could see a change. I
used just two cakes of Cuticura Soap
and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment
and my little girl's head is cured. Her
hair is growing fine and long and her
skin is like velvet. Friends say that my
quick action in using the Cuticura Rem
edies kept the eczema from spreading
all over her body.
"I still use the Cuticura Soap and
always keep a box of Cuticura Ointment
in the house. I used them for my hands,
which were so badly chapped that the
kin would crack and bleed. I would
cry with pain. My hands are entirely
cured now. You certainly have my
permission to publish this letter in any
paper, for I know how wonderful Cuti
cura is. Mrs. F. Davis, 209 E. Indiana
St., Chicago, 111., Jan. 18, 1909."
Itching
Are little patches of
eczema o n t h e skin,
scalp or hands which
rvAT2 If are instantly relieved
J, V 1I3 and speedily curea, in
the majority of cases,
by warm baths with Cuticura Soap and
gentle anointings of Cuticura Ointment,
purest and sweetest of emollients.
Cutlcurs Soap CSC.). Cnticurm Ointment (5otL)
and Cutlcurs Resolvent 80c). or in the form cz
Chocolate Costed Pills. 35e. per vial ot 60 are sold
throuKhout the world. Potter Drug Chem. Corp,
Sole Props.. 135 Columbus Ave, Boston. Mass.
a-32-paf:e Cuticura Book, mailed free, giving de
scription, treatment and cure of ritranes of the skin.
at Fort Stevens: Captain Joseph D,
Leltcli, Tventy-nfth Infantry, at Fori
Lawton, Wash., end Captain Peter W,
Davison, Twenty-second Infantry, al
Fort Egbert, Alaska, are among officerj
detailed for duty on the general staff
of the Army for coming year.
QUESTION IS SIDESTEPPED
Rabbis Do Not Commit Themselves
on Mixed Marriages.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Another move to
have the conference of American Rabbis
commit itself on the question of mixed
marriages was made today without suc
cess. .
A resolution signed by Rabbis Samuel
Schuelma and Willian Rosen, declaring
that a Rabbi ought not to officiate at a
marriage between a Jew or a Jewess and
a person professing another religion than
Judaism was referred to the resolutions
bcommittee.
PLAGUE STILL THREATENS
Surgeon-General Vyman Says Dis
ease May Sweep America,
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 12. Surgeon-General
W. A. "Wyman, in an ad
dress before the sanitary officers of New
York State, today said the United States
is still threatened with invasion of the
plague from India and other points.
He said that San Francisco Is now the)
most sanitary city In the United States,
MORE POWER SITES OUT
Ballinger Withdraws 1498 Acres on
Klickitat, 3584 on CJark Fork.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 12. In furtherance of his
determination to protect power Rites on
the public domain. Secretary Ballinger
today withdrew from entry 1498 acres
along the Klickitat River, in Washing
ton, and 3584 acres along Clark's Fork in
Idaho and Montana.
Eastern 5 lining Stocks.
BOSTON. Nov. 12. Closing- quotations:
Adventure Mobawlc
t-H aiuNfc " '
68 V4 Nevada 27 S
Amalgamated.
S91A'01d Dominion... 531
I Aril Com
Butte Coal....
.. 4414
.. 29
lOsceola
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Centennial . .'.
Copper Range.
Daly West. . . .
Franklin
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80 Tamarack ..
7 4 Trinity
1614 U S Mining..
9 I S Oil
Granny
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Mass Mining.... .1 14 Winona .... .
Michigan SiiiNorth Butte.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Closing quotations:
Brunswick Con. S
Com Tun stock. 27
do bonds 21
C C & Va 70
Irn Silver 70
Iron Silver 165
T.eadvllle Con... 5
r.ittle Chief.
Mexican 11
Ontario ; 20
Onhir 135
Standard 125
Yellow JacKet... so
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