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TnK MOKM OREGON'TAN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1910.
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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
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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
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