Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 21, 1910, Image 15

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Morning Oregonian., November 21, 1910, Page 15, Image 15

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1910)

Prev Page of 16 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.3 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 16 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextJ TnK MOKM OREGON'TAN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1910. wm - -- - 1 ; 1 " ' ' , , 1 - - . ' ' NO MERCY WILL BE GIVEN OFFENDERS Government to Continue Vig orous Prosecutions in All "White Slave" Cases. WESTMAN TRIAL IS NEXT Federal Ooiernrnent and Portland rollce Co-op rate in Breaking Up Organization Believed to Be Widespread. Followin the campaign which beiran with the conviction of George Kavalin , and Jim Takes for "whlteslavery."" and win continue with th'.r sentence In the United State Court tUe morning. unless they raise the money for an appeal. I'ntted States District Attorney McCourt will endavor t break i;p the organisa tion believed to exist In the Northwest for the purpose of dragging Rtrl and women Into lives cf degradation. In the progress of the Kavalin and Takos trials the mn were represented by a skillful attorney, but said they were without money to furnish witnesses or a stenographer, the Government bearing that expense. Should l!ie now raiao money to perfect an appeal. Il will be considered as evlience of the existence of an orran-.iitlon which pays necessary bills. Organization Believed Certain. It ! evident that the Faclfic Coast la infested with a coterie ef men. some of them Americans, but most of them foreigners, who work together with a perfect understanding In procuring vic tims for the tenderloin districts and who take a portion of the protfts from the Illicit business." said Mr. ilcCourt res ts rdsy. The Attorney-Oner-I. the, n-part-ment of Commerce an 1 Labor and the Portland poltre department are giving their support to the efforts ef this oftVe. No ejusllty of mercy will be, shown this Class of offenders." After sentence la pronounced on the Greeks, who were the first men con victed In the ynlted States under the "white slave- at that passed Congress last June, the Government will call the case against Pavld Westman. Westman ta accused of r'acir.g f.it l?e and her cousin ca the alive market and conduct ing expeditions Into Washington. The women will apr"r against lutn. b:it pr ni more effective Dle-'e of evidence wtil be Introduced than the little baby atocklrg In which Westman carried the earnings of the women. Westman la Indie-ted on nine different counts, but In all probability will he tried on only three. If convicted of ail three his penal term may be li years at hard labor. Inspector Continue Work. The capture of Wetman was the work of City Detective Hcllyer and Charles Prav. inspector from the Department of Commerce and Labor, and who has been assisted materially by Inspector Par hour, of the Bureau of Immigration, pray alo secured the evidence upon which Kavalin and Takoe were con-vi.-ted. He will be stationed In Oregon Indefinitely, and will be engaged exclu sively en this class of cases. following the disposal of the Westman case, the charges against Al Nathan, the Astoria bartender. ill be presented for the consideration of the Jury. Nathan Is accused of having Imported Hasel Morrison from Victoria. R. C. Inspector Fray and the police are working on the theory that rooming houses of the downtown district are har borlrg a number ef the men who are seeking "white ni." Through con tact they become more or less organ lied, and become known to persons who operate houses of Ill-fame. They work togther. and being In an Illegitimate business, stand together when one of them Is apprehended, furnishing money when required. A LIFE PARTNER'S' PAST fchoald Be? Carefully Kxamlned Be fore Marriage, Is Stated. PORTLAND. NotT'sO. (To the Edi tor.) Generally The Oregonlan s sen timents are mine, but I disagree with the criticism of that young man who made Inquiries regarding the past of the woman whom he wished to mar ry. It Is the mutual privilege of those about to marry to know ench other's past, for that Is the foundation on which the future la built. If all young people would show the same reasonable aense. there, would be fewer murders and dlyorcea to be recorded. The Chief of Police who made, the matter public belongs to the same t pe aa the officer who arrested the man for kissing hla wife In that state. In a little while It may be a crime to marry In California. No matter how far short of them we may atop It la well to bare our faces turned toward the higher Ideals, and the young man who desires pur ity In the woman wto la to be hla wife and the mother of hla children should have something cf morality himself. My angle of vision may be wrong, but It la that of a Massa cbusetts woman. E. A. A. JUDGE GANTENBEIN RESTS Head or Javrnlle Court to Ceae Duties for Time. Wishing .to rest and regain hla strength. C. L. Gantenbeln will retire today from the bench of the Juvenile Court, and his place will be taken by Circuit Judge Oat ens. Judge Gantenbetr. first became Judge In the Juvenile Court following the death of J ii.! fee Eraser two years ago. and at t.lat time he served a year and a half. I'pon the resignation of Judge Pronaugh last ll.iy. the position again fell to the lot of Judge Gantenbeln. It was at a meeting of the Judges of Cir cuit C-n.rt Saturday afternoon that Judge Gntnbcln presented his resig nation, although he will continue aa Judge of the circ'ilt Court. Judge G'tntenheln will take a vaca tion of two montr.a. a privilege granted him by the Judge of the c-urt. Ilia eldest son Is 111 and It Is Ms Intention !. take his family to Long; Beach. CaU During Judge Gantenbeln's absence his position will be filled by Circuit Judge J. W. Hamilton, of P.oseburg. without expense to the county. A HANGING LONG AGO Data Concerning Kxr-cutlon of Beale and Baker. poRTt-avr. xv. is. To the Editor.) Several correspondents of The uregonlaa - rsceaUy uadertakca to Inform the pub- He as to when the first legs! execution of a criminal occurred In Uarioa County. A week ill J. c. Morelaud. of Salem, toid how a rr.aa named Hoe was hanged In falem in the Spring of and that he was cer tain Roe was the first victim of the hang man's nooee in that county. But now comes A. J. Hunsaksr. of McMlnnvllls. who recalls tie execution of a man named Kendall, who wa found guilty of murdering one Hamilton la the earlier "0. Mr. Hur.is.Ker is no doubt correct aa to the execution of Kendall, as I distinctly re call hearing the matter referred to when a child living Ir. SHverton. and remember per sonally reading the account of Roe's exe cution In the oalera statesman, at the time tne event occurred. But I write this to cor rect slight mistake made by Mr. Hun taker. He savs he saw "the execution of B. al and Baker tor killing D. E. Laney Bolse. Juilge. and Samuel Hendricks. Sheriff- , The fact Is the murdered man wss Daniel Delanev. Beale's name was spelled with a fical -e'- and the sheriffs nsme was Samuel Headrick. At the time of the murder of Drlaney, I was making my home with Mr. r.eale-. family working for my board while attending the Willamette Cnlverslty. ana aw him and Baker executed not long after ward out -n the gravel commons of Mil reek, not far from where the titste School for the Blind now steads. There were st least 0"o people present at the ceremony, many of whom had come for scores of miles to witness u and had camped all night near the epot where the gallows hsd been erected, in order thst they might not miss the "popular spectacle." I recall distinct'y that the moment tne drop fell Sheriff Headrlck. who was stand ing on the platform accompanied by a dosen sre-itors. Immediately assumed a kneeling posture as if to ask forgiveness should he he Hamad for the part he took In the re grettable and grewaome affair. He and Beale were Intimate personal friends, and It was a favorite pesttme of his to play biiliarde In Beale-s saloon, which stood on the corner ol Commercial and Kerry streets, where for the past an years the Willamette Hotel has been a well-known landmark. WEIGHT CASE REVIEWED MR. BILLION TELLS EXPEIU KXCK IX BITING MEATS. Complaint Mado Only After Repeti tion, He Say. ITices Vary Widely at Two Markets. PORTLAND. Nov. lA-fTo the Editor.) I would like to atate the facte In the case against William Constantlne. the market man. again! whom I was the complaining witness, chsrglng ethort weights and high prices. Ajoi.t six weeks ago my wife went Into onatantlne's Fifth-street market, near Washington, and asked for 10 cents' worth of pork hop The clerk placed two chops upon the scale. She told him that mould not be enough snd asked Mm to double the order. He picked up one only one other chop and with the two on the scale pan. raised It to the wrapping clerk. lie Rave my wife a 3n-cent check, which' she paid. When I arrived homo she told me of the transaction and remarked thai pork chops wen- advancing In price, explaining that formerly she could buy for lo cents the name quantity for which she had laid cent I looked at the three little chops, about tlie sise of a S-yeer-oM child's hand and J-.t of an Inch thi.vk. They weighed nine ounces on our scales- I told my wife that there must hav been an error In hr transaction. txplalnlng that no tradesman could practice such methods n.l continue In buevnrsa. With that we dropped tr.e discussion. Monday morning. November le. I wen i . . . . ci... .nil A Mer.ettreet market and aeieed for 10 cents" worth of pure pork sausage. The clerk put two .. t 4 ...... . . urwin the pvales. I said thst waa not enough and aeked for c.-nts" worth. He picked up one only one pair more. av me a check for 30 centa and nt the sausage to the wrapper. I flirt not see wnwi n ""s" Kt.theee- ril t SSkCd the wrapper the price per pound. He called a clerk, who said something that neither the wrapper nor I rouM understand. The wrapper called again. The reply waa a cents per pound. I paid SO centa but aa 1 ink in- - - elusion that I did not have 4-S of a pound. I had It welgnea ana rouna mi . v . w.. i- - nniinit. Me wife's Dork chopa purchase came to my mind like a flaem. I started to tne ponce, eimuun get advice. . On. Second street, between Washing ton and Alder atreeta. I met Chief Cox. - .... vi .e mv evnerlenca and ha I IUI'1 .! an J . - " - directed me to the sealer of weighta and measures in tne uy iwu. -did not know with what market I had had my experience, aa I mentioned no names. At the sealeret office I met deputy Jones. He weighed my sausage and found 1 had "S ounces. He said he would Investigate. Then T told Mm that I thought the price, too. waa wrong and . - . . v - n A ImW into thet matter I! e iii'i i . r ------ - . also. We planned our work. Whlfc he went to other nrst-cise maraciw, i rm rvi.f.tin'a Fifth-street market and called for pure pork sausage. The price was is centa per pounn. in ui .... Dnth the clerk and the wraDDer told me It vas pure pork sausage. Afier tiK trial Attorney v raun-r enu f. -nnf ent ItIA took IIIO tO task fOf trying to make It appear thst Mr. Cbn- swr.ilne was ntsnoneei. i nia wimi could not help It. I told Mr. Constan tino to explain how pure pork sausage . . i . i iu. could be 5 centa per pounn II ma iri street market and only IS centa at his Fifth-street market. He said that the eeuewge at Alder street cost more than those at the other place I asked him how he could evil U with cases at Fifth street for U centa a pound. He had to leave Just then so I Jumped to a con clusion. V. A. BILXJON. Pianist Delignts His Friends With Classical Numbers Francis Kichter Gives RciUl at Heilig Theater, Prior' to His Departure for New York. WONDEKFl'I growth In hle srt wss shown by Francia Richter in a piano recital he" gave yesxerd-iy after noon at the Helllg Theater, before an enthusiastic audience of friends and ad mirer numbering about 4 people. The event waa given as a sort of fsrewell con cert before Mr. Richter leaves for New .York, where It la planned to place him under the btitdness direction of a metro politan manager who will arrange con cert tours for lilm In the larger Rastern cities. Yertcrdsy'a concert will net Mr. Klc.iter slightly over H'X. afier expensea are paid, and It Is eetlmated that 10 will be required before Mr. Richter can do what he plans in the East. Thlsi leaves. sy K' or so yet to be raised, snd It Is I toped thst this sum will soon be rorthroiiilne from certain Portland patron of musical art. If thle can be arranged. Mr. Richter hopes to proceed next fprlng o Kurope. where Psderew skU the famous p.anle:. has slgrrlfied hla Intent.on to accept Mr. F.lchter as hla own particular pupil. This We a rare honor, as It la stated that Paderewskl never accepts a pupil, for pay. It Is estimated that the sum of IJXd" waei ex pended on Paderemakl s raueicnl eduea- l tlo i before he was "brought out" in pub- ) 11c. as a piano virtuoso. i Mr. Rlchura programme yesterday! afternoon was severely classical, and none but the very beet in uric wss plsyed ' from magic stores left by Bach. Unit. I Beethoven. R;butnann. Chopin. Moskow- I akl and other com poser. Every number j was received by the audience with a : ALL ARE CONTENT Tubercular Patients at Poor farm Make No Complaint. COMFORTS ARE AFFORDED Stories of Neglect and Mistreatment Arc Denied Charges Mad by Physician Are Referred to Court for Inquiry. As the result cf a letter written by Dr. Ralph Matson. a member of the ciunty ataft of physicians, directed to County Physician Geary, attention has been called to the condition of the tubercular department on the County Poor Farm, the conduct of which Is under the direction of Superintendent Jackson. The letter has been sub mitted to County Judge Cleeton request of Superintendent Jackson. The superintendent said that he courted complete Investigation. Dr. Matson based hla complaint upon his experience In the treatment of tubercular diseases. He asserted that he had made a special study of the ailment. He contended In his letter that the building occupied by the pa tients on the Poor Farm was unsan itary; that the beds were covered with dirty. Infected covers, and that the nurse was not a trained one. but was an ex-englneer. He accused the nurse of drinking to excess. Patients Are Comfortable. A visit to the Institution last night revealed the fact that there are only IS male patients In the temporary frame structure provided for those ill with tuberculosis. The building is one story high, and has wide verandas for outyif-door 'sleeping. Although the rain was falling in torrenta at the time" of the visit the patients were found to be well housed, with clean beds. All were cheerful. Of the 15 male pntlents. several are reported not to be afflicted with germs of tuberculosis, and only three ap parently are In the last stages of the disease. In an addition to the build ing waa found the small kitchen used for preparing the necessary special diet In connection with food brought from the main kitchen of the farm. The kitchen had the appearance of cleanli ness. The patients said that they were furnished with good milk direct from the herd of the Poor Farm and that the food was excellent. Henry Yeaman. a veteran, ef the Civil War. said that he had been In the ward two months, but would leave In a few days, and at the next meeting of his post would give his views of the con dition of the Institution. 'I was never treated better In my life." he said. "I waa at another ssn ltarlum a month before coming here, and paid $15 a week for my care, but I have received better treatment here than there. The food has been excel lent snd the milk could not be Im proved. It is fresh from the herd and of a splendid quality." Sufferer Does Not Complain. "Anyone who would complain of his treatment here would complain of any-thin- said Jack Lawson, who has been in the ward six months. "I have the dlaeaae aa bad as anyone and have suffered a great deal, but the treat ment here In point of food and bed ding is superior to that or any Insti tution I ever have been in. The visit ing; nurses were out here and one of them told roe She could not see how the place could be Improved. She par ticularly spoke ef the milk as being good enough for anyone-;' Lewis Fmlth, another patient who is gravely afflicted, said that he bel.ered that he waa getting better. "I have always found." he said, "that If there was Justice fo your requests from the management you got prompt and satis factory answers, I never v.as treated better In my life. The bedding Is rood and clean and frequently -hnre- " Mrs. Flora Hartman. the only woman patient, denied that she h-d ben in sulted by the male nurse having charge of the men's building. She declared that she had not a single thing to com plain of. She said that she was more comfortable than when In her own home. All of the IB patients were Inter viewed and all said they had o com plaint to make. Jacksoji Welcomes Inquiry. "I do not pretend to fathom the rea soning of Ir. Matson." aald Be. erln tomlenf Jackson. "I have occupied my present position six years and this Is the first complaint ever made of my administration although there has not been a month In all that time that the grand Jury bas not sent a committee out here to make an examination. I desire an open Investigation. I am willing to have any five disinterested persons In the city come out here from any society that desires to send them. They can talk with any patient and catechize them all they want to. "It is apparent that Multnomah County has not a modern tubercular cordiality almost amounting to affection, so firm a hold has Mr. Richter On the good will of the Portland public. It would have been an Improvement, how ever, had Mr. R!chter- advisers coun selled him to Piny. say. one long con certo., followed by shorter, brighter num ber, py following this plan, Mr. Richter will soon learn the art of programme making. Plane arti.Ms of the first rank only njw and then play such programmes of classical, technical value. It aeemed that Uie most Intricate offer ing presented waa the Beethoven "Wald--stein Sonata, op. 53." consisting of four difficult but beautiful movements and It was a treat to wntoh the pianist master ie tumuli nwier The Cifipln se th due ilitard to incut, while the the technical problem. The C lections were played wit their poetry and sentlm I. text "Mazeppa" and the Scl.uinan."Etud-J cympaiiiiqud- received oapusms or tire and neccswry dynamic force. One other notable number waa Mr. Riciiter's charm ing Improvisation of the Saint Saens' motif from "Samwon et Dellla." Mr. Richter hopes) to publish this fantasy very soon. , Paul Krelder. a professional pianist who has newly made hla home In this city, by request etepped on the stage and plared a theme on which Mr. Richter waa asked to Improvlr. To the astonish ment of all present. Mr. Richter sat d-iwn to the piano, reproduced the theme aug?ested and added It io a variety of graduations sparkling with life, actios and color. It waa a rare treat. M. Richter'a encores were many, but he accepted only two: a Cbopln "Prelude In A Major'' and a Usxf "Tarantella.' hospital, with the latest ldeaa. It is not the intention of the commissioners to conduct one, so far lb I know, it has always been regarded as a tem porary affair until the question of housing the patlenta in a newer and larger Institution can be settled. There la no mistreatment. There is no lack of comfort or necessary attention, but It can be said that we have no large hos pital, with a specialized staff for the treatment of the disease by the latest European methods. That is a policy for the county authorities to deter mine." , Dr. Mataon. who has made himself prominent In the charges, has made several calls at the tubercular cottage on the farm, but up to the present time has not formed the acquaintance -f Superintendent Jackson AT THE THEATERS "THE KISSING GIRL." J An Operetta In Three Acts. Moslo by 4 Harry Von Ttlxer, lyrics by Vincent t Bryan. Book by Stanislaus Mange. 7 F resented at the Helllg Theater. I CAST. Tln Effle Leslie Mina Ruth Hayward i Margaret Kobus Ida Fltzhugh !Karl Oppe Louis London Christina Venlta Fltihush Albert Wenzel Harry L. Coombs I victor Schnitzel Marshall Hay I Paul pretzel Charles Ourney Wllhelm Katxel W. H. Rupert Hlppocratee Muller Harry Hermsen L.tna Texas Quinan Frits Kobus Dick Temple I Max Pulaski Roy Torrey LIGHT and pretty entertainment is afforded by "The Kissing1 Girl," which opened a week's engagement at the Helllg heater last evening. Un fortunately the title is a misnomer, giving the Impression of a risque pro duction. It certainly is not that, and in trtuh the osculatory title might profitably be changed, since it has lit tle or nothing. to do with the story. The tlnkly. catchy music of Harry' von Tilzer undoubtedly has a lot to do with making the result consequential, and since It has been put In the hands of a company of good sfnging ability and a chorus that is not only well dressed, but Includes a pleasing pro portion of vivacious maidens, the com bination proves satisfactory. For locale and almost-plot. Stanis laus Etange, the author of the book (who, by the way, gives Leo Stein, author of "The Merry Widow," credit for the Idea of "The Kissing Girl") has Invaded the Bohmerwald Moun tains In Bohemia, near Austria's boun dary. The first act has a setting In this mountain atmosphere. In the gar den of a quaint old German Inn, where the annual sporting event of schuet zenfest corps Is held, the highest award for which Is a kiss from Etna, the belle of the village. That is all there la to the osculation part of the plot. It loses itself in a mazy mix-up wherein Llna and Fritz, avowed sweet hearts, and Christina and Karl, swains also, decide to permit Christina of the second party to wed with Fritz of the first party In order to keep for all concerned a tidy sum of money to be forthcoming from a rlofc uncle. Of course the married mis-mates are to be divorced conveniently later. Accord ing to Christina's father. Muller. the brewer, "marriage Is human, divorce divine." That's about all there Is to the plot, and whatever comedy there is in the lines or' situatlona must be earnestly searched for. They are not glaringly apparent. 1 Miss Texas Gulnan, seen here Isst year In "A Gay Musician." heada the company In the role of Una, which ahe makee pleasing, with her vigorous ability and buxom personality, to which she adds a sweet little voice. Probably the biggest personal hit of the performance is Mile. Vanity, a French toe-dancer, who contributes In cidental dancee) to two of the song num bers. She was recalled vociferously and responded generously until ouc of breath. Two men with excellent singing voices are Dick Temple, In the role of Fritz, and Louis London, as Karl. The latter's big. splendid tones won him many re calls In the song, "Good Old German Beer." Mr. Temple scored a vocal hit with "The Hair of the Dog That Bit You." Mies Gulnan a best-liked num ber waa her "Little Band of Gold." One of the most artistic and exquisitely staged onge of " many shows was given by Venlta Fltzhugh who po&sesse a beau tifully clear true voice of ringing sweet ness. In the song, "Love Is Like a Rose," she received valuable aissistance from Mieses Faoer and De Vere, two pretty maids who played a violin obligato, one of them standing In the upper box of the theater, the other aa a strolling gipsy on the stage. A fair division of the spollo went rightfully to the violinists. Most of the condy Is in the capable hands of Harry Hermsen. a German comedian, who In the role of the brewer, keeps his audience Interested by means of I.jj quiet humorous methods. Tiio bill will run all week at the HcillR. i'n mid-week matinee on Thanksgiving day, and again on Satur day. . "WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE." A risy In Four Acts by Henry V. Esmond. Presented at the Baker Theater. CAST. Richard Carewe. .Thomas MacLarnle Sir Horace Flumley John Burton Colonel Miles Orahame Ronald Bradbury Terrenes McGrath. . .William Wolbert Richard Terrance Miles Audalne.. Donald Bowles David Hlrsch Marshall Farnum Lord Dunrelt Thomas Kruecer Hughle Belmont Walter Renfort Wallace Brundall Royal Miles Harold Caruthers John HofTman Mrs. Erlcson Lillian Andrews Phyllis Mabel Cameron Kara Ulyneah Mabel Rowland Sirs. Grant Gordon. .Monty Montague" Clarice' Newton Rhea Mitchell Eileen O'Brien Beatrice Nichols Minnie Thornton. ... Mildred Dlsbrow Flossie Flirt Lea Wlnelow WITH an almost entirely new stock company. In a beauti fully finished theater whose acoustic properties need now cause naught but satisfaction, the Baker Theater resumed Its Interrupted season yesterday after noon, in Henry V. Esmond's beautiful play, "When We Were Twenty-one." I From cellar to garret, the house has loen overhauled and repairs deemed ivcded have been made. The audi torium Is an achievement in decorative art. the soft neutral browns and dull golds of the general color scheme being further enhanced by handsome designs picked out In rose and blue and silver, in tne wide frieze and the high arched celling. On both sides of each com modious box, tall candlelabra have been placed against tho walls, while from the celling of the lower tier of boxes, huge globes of light -gleam softly under frosted glass, and adds greatly to the general attractiveness of the place. In the balcony wall, great arches have been cut. and from each hang rich velvet curtains, dull gol.d In color. Above the proscenium arch. where A CONSERVATIVE CUSTODIAN HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK DOES A General Banking Business Pays Interest on Savings and Time Deposits Cor. Second aad Washington Sts. Portland, Oregon formerly a curtain was stretched as a temporary aid in remedying the acous tics, is now a long wide bit of curved celling, handsomely decorated. Carpets have been put down In the foyer and stairways and the theater is now a thing of comfort and beauty. No more apt selection could have been made than "When We Were Twenty-one" to serve as an introduc ing medium between the newly-organized company and the patrons - of the Baker Theater. Just a simple, plain little tale of four men. friends, all several years verging past twenty one, and whose love and loyalty to "The Imp." a young son of their dead chum, is the big beautiful sentiment in the play. Miss Mabel Cameron, the new lead ing woman, is beautiful, with a charm and personality that won instant recog nition yesterday and brough the unan imous verdict of "made good" from a capacity house. In the role of Phyllis. Miss Cameron Is reminiscent in pose and profile of the original Phillis, Maxlne Elliott. Not the least of her charms is a beautifully modulated speaking voice, and remark' ably clear enunciation. Her assumtion j or naivete is pleasing ana sne cuwis her work in a thoroughly natural and charming way. Our old friend. Thomas McLarnie, is the foster father. Richard Carewe, a role that he makes easy, ' lucid and dominant. Of course, Donald Bowles is the "Imp." and so perfectly does he fit the part, or the part fit him, that one wonders whether it couldn't have been written for hltn. ' Of the new players. Mabel Rowland, as Kara, the adventuress, gives a sat isfactory account of herself, evincing a power of repression that will count for much in some of the bigger roles she is to have later on. Marshall Farnum is an excellent character actor and evidences it in his small part as David Hirsch. The "Trinity" is excellently 'handled by a trio of capital actors. John Bur ton as "Waddles," Ronald Bradbury as the soldier man, and William Wolbert as the doctor. The stage settings, always a feature of the Baker productions, are excep tionally rich and handsome. "When We Were Twenty-one" -will be on the boards all week, with a special Thanksgiving matinee and Wednesday and Saturday matinees. "THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIST" A Comedy in Four Acts, by William ' Gray, Preeented at Bungalow Theater. CAST. Hop Fsrrett Harry Nelson Hubbard Griffin Harry Yard Handford' Scott Gus mails Ebb Vttr Phil McCarthy Grace Barrett Gladys crolius Howard Sturgis William Burns Lucretla Barrett Florence White Tom Sturgis Victor Harvey Jennie Tokem Grace Norman Mrs. Tokem Dorothy Harford 8am Tokem Lewis von WIethoff Nathaniel Manafleld. Alexander Rivera Pierre Leverldge. . Willie Nelson 'Johnnie Nelson... Mrs. Pearson Choir ooy..... .... Choir boy . Mellor Newman ...Willie Golden . .Milliard Harris Ida Norman .. .Willie Golden . .Milliard Harris IF "The Volunteer Organist," which opened the week at the Bungalow yesterday afternoon, had" been played before the last election the Prohibition party, the W. C. T. U., the Oregon Anti saloon League and kindred "dry" forces would have lined up against It and prob ably would have accused the Greater Ore gon Home Rule Association of putting it on as campaign material. The story of the play clusters around the saloon and inn in a Vermont village. The minister, a young man with progressive ideas of how the liquor traffic should be reformed and conducted, takes the leading role, and had the show been seen a month earlier, he would probably have been termed a "renegade preacher." The first scene shows the inn and sa loon and most of the characters in the play. Sam Tokem, a drunkard, refuses to be taken home by his wife and child, threatens to strike them, when Howard Sturgis, tho minister, interferes, takes the drunken man into tho parsonago and openly advocates the saloon against the "blind pig-" Another drunkard, who later turns out to be the Volunteer Or ganist and lost brother of the minister, falls on the stage for lack of stimulant and is given a drink out of a bottle held In the clergyman's hands, with more moralizing on temperance as against pro hibition. In the second act. Rev. Mr. Sturgis asks Grace Barrett, daughter of Hop Barrett, the inn-keeper, to be his wife, and she reluctantly consents after argu ing with the minister that It would dam age his reputation to marry the daughter of an inn-keeper. The love affair brings further condemnation upon the head of the minister by hypocritical members of his flock, who later attempt to break up the congregation and choir after the town has voted "dry" and two of the staid laymen of the church quarrel over a division of the profit from running a "blind pig" When old Hubbard Griffin and Hanford Scott, business men and church mem bers, who agreed to share the protlts of Griffin's "blind pix." hatch a plot so that the organist refuses to play at the) New Year's eve service unless Grace Barrett is thrown out of the choir, Tom Sturgis. passing the church, hears the appeal of the pastor for a volunteer to play the organ, and he rushes into the sanctuary, disheveled and unkempt, to fill the vacancy. The church scene, with .Masters Willie Golden and Milliard Harris. In white supllce, in the organ loft, and their rendition of "The Holy City." is the big feature of the play. FARMERS ANDG00D ROADS Hope Tliat Former Will Talk at the Walls Walla Meeting. HUBBARD. Or., Nov. 1!. (To the Edi tor.; I wish to congratulate the Good lumbermens National Bank CORNER FIFTH and STARK STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON . Capital Portland Trust Company BANK 4 Interest on AO-Day Call Certificates. CAPITAL $.100100, SL'RPLCS S54.000 H. L. Plttock. President. N. U. Carpenter, Vice-President. B. Lee Paget, Secretary. CORyER THIRD AaTD OAK STS. Oldest Trust Company in Oregon First National Bant Capital $1,500,000 ' Surplus 750,000 Oldest National Bank West of tha Rocky Mountains Bank Notice Security Savings and Trust Company Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison Stresta Capital and Surplus $900,000 'Invites Accounts of Merchants, Individuals and Saving Roads Asoclatlon on Its list of delegates to the Interstate Good Roads Congress, which meets at Walla Walla. Wash.. No vember 2H. As already reported in The Ore gonlan. all of those named as delegates are no doubt farmers, for It Is also stated that "the farmers are aroused and with them behind the movement, we will soon have the state crisscrossed with hard-surfaced roads." At the same time, I should be pleased to have one real farmer "speak out In meet In" and give a reason for the faith that Is in him, and also give his reasons for set tine ourselves head over heels In debt for the benefit of the idle rich or loan sharks who would rather invest in county bonds than have banks handle their money. - I am for better roads, as fast as we can build and pay for the same. J. S. YODER. CLUB MEETS WEDNESDAY Prominent Business Men Will Speak on Oregon's Merits. Five of Portland's prominent business men, each of whom migrated to Portland from the little New England village of Westfield, Mass., will tell tha merits of the Nortbwest in comparison with New England and the East next Wednesday of the Portland Ad Club at the Oregon Grill. These men n ,rrll nAatA, rf tViA ort. are 1 - x. iv ulua, j i .um. l vi -land Flouring Mills Company; J. Frank Watson, prerident of the Merchants Na tional Bank; Robert L,. Stevens, Sheriff of Multnomah County; Paul C. Bates, pres ident of the Aetna Life Insurance Com pany, and Phillip S. Bates, president of the Pacific Northwest Publishing Com pany. , Phillip S. Bates will act as chairman at the meeting. The largest attendance of any previous) luncheons is expected and members are requested to communi cate with Acting Secretary Hard, Main 921 or A 2199, for reservations. The luncheon will becin at 12:15-f harp. Can Portland afford poor street? Wisdom and training demands Bitulithic TRAVELERS' tiflPE. SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND 88. CO. New service to Los Angeles via San Fran cisco every five days. From Ainsworth dock. Portland. 4 P. M.: 8.8. Row City Nov. 23, Beaver S8. Bear FromSn' Francisco. Northhound. 12 M. S.8. Beaver. Nov. 22. Bear 27, Rose City Dec. 2. From San Pedro. Northbound. 8.8. Bear Nov. 25, Rose CHy 30. Beaver Dec. 5. H. G. Smith, C. T. A., t42 Third St. J. W. Raneom. Agent, Ainsworth Dock. Phones: Main 402. 286: A 1102. $500,000 TRAVELERS' Gl IDE. LONDON PARIS HAMBURG 1BATAVIA Dec. 3. 10 A. M. tKAISEBI.V Al'O. VIC Dec. 10. 12 noon fPREt. ORANT Dec. 17. 10 A. M. PENNSYLVANIA Dec. 22. 11 A. M. tUnexcelled Rllz-C'arlton a la Carte restau rant, gymnasium, elec. baths, elevator, palm garden.. ".Second cabin only. tHamburg direct. GIBR., ALGIERS. NAPLES, GENOA By new 17,000 ton steamers, equipped with all modern safety appliances. Electrlo Baths. Gymnasium, Elevator, etc. 8. S. CLEVELAND :...Dec 6. 10 A. Vt. 8. 8. CINCINNATI Jan. 6. Feb. 14 8. 8. CLEVELAND Jan. S8 Hamburg American Pleasure Cruises To the Interesting Eastern Lands T H E O R I E N T An Oriental Cruise Ieavinc New Tork January 28. 191 1, by the S. B. Cleveland, for Madeira, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Ecypt, Holy Land, etc. Duration of SO days. Rates from $325 up. including landing and embarking ex penses. Also cruises to the West In dies, ftottth America, Around the World, I p the Nile, etc. 8cnd for illustrated books. IIombursr-AmeHcan Line. 160 Powell St., San Francisco, Cal.. and Local. S.S. Golden Gate for Til lamook. Bay City and Garibaldi Leaves Wash.-st- dock Tuesday at 5 P.M. Freight and Passengers. Phoue -Main S6iS. A 2465. San Francisco, Los Angeles an! San Diego Direct Norm Pacific 8. S. Co.'s 3. S. Roanok and S. a. Elder sail every Wednesday alternately at 6 P. M. Ticket ofiice Ul i.ilrci ul.. near Alder. 1AAKX1N J. MIOLEV, Passenger Ageat, it. H. SLLsr-i-li. Freight Agent. tnoue. M. 1314. A 1214. COOS fcJAY LINE 6TEAMER BREAKWATER sails from Alaska dock. Portland, 8 P. M.. October 11. 18 25 Nov. 1. 8. 15. 22, 2! and ever Tuesday night. Freight recelvei at Alaska Dock until 6 r. M. daily. Passenger fare, Brst-class. 10; aecoud-class, 7. including meals and berth. Tickets on sale at Alns worth Dock. Phones Main 3'I8: A 1:134. O.' R. & N. Astoria Route. STEAMER HAsi.-S.lLO Leaves Portland dally except Saturday at 8 0C P M. Hakes all way landings. Arrives at Astoria at 6:00 V. M. Leaves Astoria dally except Sunday, at 7:00 A. M. Arrives Portland at 6:o0 P. M. Makes direct con nection with steamer Nahcolta for Megier. liwaco. Long Beach and all points ea ta llwaco Railroad.