MONDAY, JANUARY 16. 1911.
11
TJTE MORNING OREGOXIAX,
ADVERTISEMENT1S
LURE FOR GIRLS
Man Insulting Stenographers
Suspected of Same Of
fense When Freed.
DETECTIVES 'MAKE INQUIRY
K'l-fi-1 rYnm Rorkpllo After 0
raj' rorflnrmrnt for Til Con
duct Tow a rd Vonn( ffomm,
Armt Again Follow.
Released from the rockpll at Llnn
tnrt only five days ago. after serving
o days for advertising for stenograph
ers mil Insulting the girls who an
swered ht") rail. Arlrjr J. Townind was
arrested Saturday night by letectlves
arpntr an. I Irlre. charged with
rnnrr. No overt art are known to have
ben committed by Townsend alnce
h!a release, but the attention of tha
(fleers waa attain attracted to htm
whn number of young women were
seen TlMilng his quarters In the Oxford
"rJ'teU Sixth street.
The flrat report waa made by the
proprietor "f the hotel, whose suspic
ion were aroused by the frequent visits
paid by glrli to Townsend'a quartera.
Acting upon hta Information the offl
cera arrested him on a charge of va
grancy and will give his re-ent activ
ities a thorough Investigation. It Is
believed that he has placed advertise
ments In the newspapers, calling- for
stenographers.
Townsend waa sentenced by Judge
Taawell on October 10. to be Imprisoned
at the rorkrlle tor 90 days and to pay
a fine of fi'V). Though ha had little
money at the time of Ills arrest, some
unknown friend came forward and paid
the fine, thereby rutting 140 days off
nf his aentenre. lie was released last
Tuesday and at once took quartera at
the Oxford Hotel.
The former arrest of Townsend. by
Petertlves (iravea, waa occasioned by
complaints made by Maud UoCartney.
1 years old. a stenographer, and by
Violet Thlele. of Omaha, guest at the
Imperial Hotel. Miss McCartney an
swered an advertisement giving hla ad
dress at the Oregon Hotel, and was
lured by Townsend to hla room. He
locked the door, but the frightened girl
managed to escape and told her story
to the authorities. In Investigating- her
case. It waa discovered that Townsend
had also similarly Insulted Mlsa Thlele,
causing bar by false representations to i
move from the Imperial to tha Oregon
Hotel, where he made an attack upon
her and took possession of her watch.
Townsend sometimes used the name C
T. Crane, and represented himself to be
the owner of tha Railway Exchange
building. He dressed well and easily
deluded the young women. After hla
arrest, letters received from young wo
men la another city Indicated that tie
had used similar methods with them.
SHORT SKIRTSFOIL CUPID
Sereral PiMoni Refuse to Marry
Conple Only in Teens.
ROCHESTER. X. T, Jan. 15. Beatrice
Hamaker. a t-retty girl, who says she
Is It but looks only II and wears
short skirts, and 'William II. Crawford.
:i years, are being detained by the
Rochester police. The pair eloped from
Renovo, Pa., where the father of the
girl Is a prosperous clgarmaker.
At Dubois. Ps and Buffalo several
clergymen refused to marry them on
account of their youth. Tbey supposed
' no marriage license waa needed In New
Tork State and were greatly disap
pointed when they learned a llcinse
waa necessary.
The youthful pair spent all Sunday
night and yesterday In the railroad sta
tion at Buffalo, coming to Rochester
last evening. They were wandering
about the streets when arrested.
The girl says that her father told
her that If she went away with Craw
ford she need not return home. They
will be detained a short time and then,
unless the Renovo autnorltlea Insist
on their return, will probably ba re
leased. DREDGING TO BEGIN SOON
Gorrrnment Engineers Prepare) for
Work on Coqullle IUver.
MARSH FIELD. Or- Jan. 15.-(Speclal.)
The work of dredging the Coqullle
Itlver will he pin soon under the direc
tion of the Government engineers. The
nag puller and small dredge which was
used on Coos River has been taken to
the Coqull'.e River. It will be supplied
with a rock drill so that the rocks In
the lower liver can be blown out and
the channel dredged.
At the Kruse and Banks shipyards In
North Bend, a large dredge scow is being
built and will be used to deepen the
cliannel of the river between Coqullle
and Myrtle Point. The Government ap
propriation under which the work will
he done la $j.0M. This does not provide
for any bar work, but will all be used
on the channel of the river. The drede
(rrgon. which Is at work on Coos Bay. is
widening and deepening the channel.
The dredging are being thrown on the
tlat land along Pony slough, where L. J.
Simpson has built long bulkheads. The
low ground will In thla way be filled
and made useful.
COW'S TAIL IS DANGEROUS
Jersey Dairyman Sprays nirsute
Adornment Before Milking.
MONTCLAIR. X. J.. Jan. IS. The
process of milk production Is being Im
proved by the Introduction of many
new Ideaa. but one of the moat original
Is that adopted by the owner of a large
dairy near here. This dairyman was
brought to a realization of the presence
of dust In his otherwise perfectly ap
pointed barn a few days ago by a glim
mer of sunlight on the dust particles.
Thereupon the dairy owner gave orders
that before milking time the tall of
each cow waa to be sprayed with an
atomizer containing filtrated water, and
now when the cows sweep their tails
while the milking Is under way- there
Is no likelihood of their switching con
taminating dust Into the palls.
THIEF TIRES OF HIS WORK
Cold and Hungry, Vonng Fellow
Renounce. Crooked Career.
XEW TORK. Jan. 15.-A thin and
threadbare young fellow shuffled into
the East 136th Street Police Station
last night and said to Lieutenant Kel
leher at the desk:
"I'm sick Of being a thief. Tm cold
and hungry. Lock me up. and when I
get nut. I'll try to live on the square."
"What have you doner asked the
Lieutenant.
"I got out of Elmlra. after doing
time for a hold-up. a few weeks ago."
replied the ragged young man. accord
ing to Lieutenant Kelleher. "But I
couldn't make a living outside. So on
the morning of November 2 I wcat back
to the old stunt for a living, and held
up a man at Fourteenth street and
Fourth avenue, taking his watch and
$36. That lasted till November . when
1 had to hold up another gent, at Eigh
teenth street and First avenue, for 110.
That's gone. too. now. and I don't see
how I'm to keep on playing the same
game all the time. I want to try to be
straight."
The police had no record of any such
robberies, but decided to hold the youth
as a suspicious person. He said he was
Thomas Martin. 20 years old. with no
home and no family that he could remember.
VALUATIONS GIVEN OUT
STATE TAX COMMISSION SHOWS
TAXABLE PROPERTY.
Statistics by County and Ratio of
Assessments to Be Paid by
Each Made Public.
9ALKM. Or, Jan. (Special.) A
complete table of valuations has been
prepared by the State Tax Commission
aa to tha assessment of the paxt year,
showing the total amount of taxable
property as divided among the coun.
Ilea, the total amount assessed by As
sessors, the total amount assessed by
the Tax Commsslon and the ratio of
taxes to be paid by each county. The
table follows:
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Jar kwin ........
Jne-phine. ...
Klamath.......
Lake
Lane.
Lincoln. ..
Linn
Malheur
Marlon.
Morrow. .......
MultaotnaA. . ...
Polk
Hhermaa. ......
Tillamook
Imatllla
Union.
Wallowa
Waaco
Washington. ...
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SCHOOLS MENAGE SOIL
W. K. SEWEUi TELLS STUDENTS
CLASS DRAWS FROM FARMS.
Hprtleulturlut Saya System of Educa
tion Turns Pupils Away From
Land and Trades.
OREOOX AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallla. Or.. Jan. 15. Speclal.) W. K.
Newell, of Gaston, president of the Ore
gon State Board of Horticulture, spoke
before the students of the Oregon Ath
letic Club short Winter courses here yes
terday on "dome Farm Problems,"- dis
cussing with the double, view of the
scholar and the practical farmer the
greater questions which confront the
American farmer today. Mr. Newell said
In part:
"We all know that the result of our
system of education haa been to turn
not only the attention of the country
child away from the farm, but also of
the city child away from the practical
trades. The Importance of remedying
this Is now becoming understood, and
we are beginning to make progress In
that direction, but In the country we are
face to face. In many cases, with the
even more difficult problem of the de
velopment of the grown-up generation.
There is really no way of providing
proper training for the young without
first educating the parents, and besides
we cannot afford to wait upon the slow
process of education of the youth for
results. We roust have direct action
along the lines of better farming, better
business and better living.
"Those good people in the cities who
are so concerned about the 'back to the
land' proposition because they are
alarmed about the rising prices ef farm
products, and are hoping thereby to
remedy the difficulty are doomed to
grievous disappointment. Prices of farm
products are not going to be relatively
lower. AH valuea may sag. but the
process of readjustment is going to con
tinue until the same amount of brains
and capital put Into farming will pay
the same returns as in oiner lines.
Prices of farm products are going to be
relatively higher rather than lower.
"The great problem Is not how to get
people back on the farm, as that will
largely take care of Itself if the people
are really needed there, but the ques
tion Is how to secure better farming and
better business" methods particularly bet
n.iiwli of distribution. We must
depend upon our own efforts to solve
this distribution problem. By co-opers-tlon
we must be able to distribute ojr
products more nearly direct to the con
sumer: to ship in large quantities, thus
taking advantages of lowest rates: to
demand lower rates where present rates
are exorbitant: to demand the establish
ment of a parcels post system s'mllar to
that of Germany, whereby many of the
products of the farm can be delivered
direct to the consumer In the city and
to buy our own supplies at iower rates.
TRAINS TO BAR DYNAMITE
BUI rroposes to Segregate raaaengera
and Explosives.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Jan. 15.
(Special.) No more dynamite, gun
powder or other explosives will be car
ried on cars or vehicles of common
carriers that are carrying poesengers
for hire. This bill will be Introduced
by Senator McCulloch. of Baker.
In the proposed bill It Is permissible,
however, for the railroad to carry such
explosives as are used In connection
with the operation of the road.
BUS ARE CAUGHT
Northwest Is Field of Opera
tions of Swindlers. .
PORTLAND MEN LOSERS
Note Prcimrrd for Collection and Gen
uine Check Made Credit Ciood.
Seattle, Tacoina and Walla
' Walla Also Caught,
(C'pnttnusd From first PM)
ney for collection. The note wn made
In favor of Stimpson and signed by
J. O. Ross. Stimpson demanded that
the collection be made at once, as It
showed It waa already overdue.
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ence with Ross at Pocatello. Letters
were received from Ross, explaining
that he would ee In position soon to
take up the note as he had sold a car
load of fine stock to an Omaha concern
for $45,000. He remitted a cashier's
check Issued by the First National
Bank aT Pocatello for 1250 to cover
the Interest on the alleged note. The
attorney advised Stimpson of the situ
ation but Stimpson still Insisted that
the note be taken up at once. Stimp
son was Introduced at the bank and
deposited the 2i0 cashier's check,
which was genuine, and $400 in cash.
With $650 In the bank and the at
torney standing sponsor for him. Sttm
son was now pr-pared to receive rea-
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sonabte credit, and la the meantime the
attorney and the bank were satisfied
with the other man's financial standing.
In the latter part of last May Ross sent
a certified check for (2300 to the at
torney, who Immediately took up the
note and paid Stimpson the $2300 In
cash, less attorney s fees. Ten days
later the check was found to be bogus.
The next place was Seattle, where
they successfully worked the same deal
on the People's Savings Bank, getting
11821.83 In cash. In Tacoma they vic
timized the Bank of California by the
same methods to the extent of $750.
They went to Berkeley following their
operations on Puget Sound, but it is
not known that they carried on their
fraudulent game there.
They operated in Nevada early last
Fall, defrauding the Bank of Sparks
at Sparks, Nev., of $1445 and the
Washoe County Bank at Reno, Nev., of
$1800.
The gang arrived at Walla Walla In
October and remained there more than
a month. It was in that city where
Rose Corelll is first known to have
been an accomplice of Thorpe and Ross.
She Is said to be a beautiful brunette.
While In Walla Walla she represented
herself aa an author and to be a dis
tant relative of Marie Corelll, the
novelist.
Mcxiey Lavished on Woman.
Through letters of credit of the
Waltsburg National Bank, Thorpe and
Ross were able to defraud three banks
at Walla Walla and to fleece the mer
chants. The Baker-Boyer National
Bank lost $375. J. L. Elam's bank $400
and the Third National Bank $400. It
is estimated that Thorpe secured $5000
worth of diamonds. Jewels and cloth
ing, most of which was lavished upon
Rose Corelll.
From Walla Walla the trio went to
La Grande and Baker, but were un
able to receive encouragement at either
place. From Baker. Thorpe was traced
by the detectives to the South. He
finally arrived at Hot Springs, Ark.,
where he was cutting a wide swath at
the time of his arrest last Saturday.
Thaddeus Tork, who was arrested at
Klamath Falls six months ago, aa a
suspicious character, la believed by
the detectives to be Implicated with
Thorpe and Ross In their operations.
EVERETT OPERATED IX NORTH
Man of Many Aliases Hit Score, in
Seattle.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 15. (Special.)
In the capture by the Plnkerton Detec
tive Agency's St. Louis representative
on Saturday at Hot Springs. Ark., of
C. El Everett, the authorities believe
.they have picked up one of the biggest
bank swindlers that has operated through
the Pacific Coast country in several
years. Everett, using nearly a dozen
aliases, is said to have taken more than
150.000 from banks In San Francisco, Port
land. Tacoma, Seattle, Reno and Sparks,
Nev., In the last 18 months.
The specific charge on which he was
arrested Saturday was the swindling of
the People's Savings Bank of Seattle
out of between $1800 and $-J00O last Aug
ust, in mis city no worked under the
aliases of Roy R. Thorpe and George W.
Mller.
According to the representative of
Plnkerton's Detective Agency here, the
Merchants National Bank, of Portland,
was the heaviest loser. ' Everett, under
the alias Roy R. Thorpe. Is said to have
made $2300 In one transaction.
Seattle detectives say that Everett
operated In Portland along virtually the
same lines aa in Seattle. Tacoma and
other' cities. His success was due to
establishing banking relations through
the banks' legal counsel, whose confi
dence he would gain before Issuing
forged checks.
SherlfT Robert Hodge will go to Olym
pia tomorrow to obtain requisition'
papers.
The riukertons had trailed Everett
T since last October, but were unable to
! gather sufficient Incriminating evidence
and a verification or nis identity until
they found him at Hot Springs.
Cashier Joseph T. Greenleaf. of the
People's Savings Bank, while admitting
his bank has been victimized by Everett's
clever system, declined to discuss the
matter In detail last night.
Appearing at the People's Bank last
August under the name of Roy R.
Thorpe, representing himself to be" an
Alaska miner, he deposited $500 and
asked to be directed to a reputable at
torney, as he had a note that he des'red
to collect. In this Instance he was sent
to Attorney W. W. Thompson, In whose
hands he placed a note on some man
supposed to be at Ketchikan, Alaska
Then going to Alaska himself he Is said
to have met the note, paying It under
the fictitious name, and obtaining a
draft on a New York bank through the
Miners' & Merchants' Bank of Ketchi
kan. In obtaining this draft from the Ketch
ikan bank he obtained the cashier's sig
nature, and It Is charged that this sig
nature was forged on other-bogus drafts
on the New Tork bank which Everett
cashed at other cities.
Returning to Sonttle from Alaska he
received the value of the fictitious note
j which he had given the lawyer to col
lect, capnea one ox ma uugus ui.ui uu
then withdrew hla $500 deposit.
OAKXAXD B.VXKS KNOW CROOK
Kvcrett, Alleged Swindler, I.eft
Trail of Bad Checks, It la Said.
OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 15. Charles H
Everett formerly lived In Oakland and
was known to the police as one of the
cleverest crooks who ever operated
here.
He Is alleged to have swindled the
local banks out of about $3000. He was
traced from here about a year ago by
a trail of bad checks,' but managed
to elude capture. He was generally
known aa Roy Thorpe.
FOES OF FRANCHISE WIN
EAST SIDE MEETIXQ REJECTS
RAILROAD'S REQUEST.
Sleeting; Called to Indorse Mount
Hood Company's Plan Takes
Opposite Action.
Opponents of the proposed franchise
over Eaot Side streets asked for by the
Mount Hood Railway & Power Com
pany won Saturday night at a maps
meeting of citizens held In the First
UnlvemaJist Church, East Twenty-fourth
street and Broadway. The meeting had
been called to indorse the franchise, but
property owners on Weldler street and
others resisted It and at the end. of a
three hours' discussion it was voted as
the sense of the meeting that the fran
chlse be not granted. The vote was 46
against the franchise to 30 for it. The
result throws the entire question into
the Council for solution.
The franchise was read by Frank Mot
ter. c. B. Smith, representing the Mount
Hood Railway & Power Company, said
that the company had already spent
$1,000,000 and was engaged In constructing
an Interurban railway, but that It would
agree to maintain a local streetcar serv
ice of eight minutes.
William Reidt spoke for the franchise
and declared that Portland needed Inter
urban carllnea. Mr. Reidt said he owned
property on Schuyler street and would
give the company $1000 to put Its track
on that street.
Opposition to the franchise was led by
John H. Stevenson, Samuel Q. White, l
D. Wolfard and Sidney Smith. Among
those who favored it were: Miller Mur
dock. Frank Motter. John B. Coffee and
C. L. Bos. Councilman Menefee made
a brief statement at the close of the
long discussion in which he said that he
was open to suggestions. The question,
he said, was whether or not the company
should be allowed to come Into Portland.
If any other streets or route conld be
selected, he said, he would be glad of
the suggestion, but he added that It would
be a calamity to prevent the line from
coming Into Portland.
John H. Stevenson said hs would op
pose any streetcar franchise for Holladny
Addition and Irvlngton and would fight
the franchise In all the courts so long
as he bad a dollar. Sidney Smith said
that If the Council granted a franchise
on Weldler street the property owners
would fight It to the bitter end. Maps
were difplayed showing the route be
tween Bast Eighty-second street and the
river, the distance being 90 blocks. Mr,
Boss said that of the 90 blocks there
was opposition from only 20 blocks.
BOYS WEAK ON SEWINS
PLAN TO RUB OFF "ROUGH
PLACES" OF, NO AVAIL.
Chicago Schools Try ' to Make
Youngsters Into Seamstresses,
but Find Them Skittsh.
CHICAGO, Jan. 15. (Special.) The
"rough and virile mannerisms" that
make for the success of Chicago boys
are not to give place to the veneer of
Boston boys if Chicago papas and Su
perintendent of Schools Ella Flagg
Young can prevent.
Those schoolteachers the women are
under suspicion who thought thex
would "rub off the rough places" by
having the boys sew articles of dainty
white muslin discovered yesterday that
neither the fathers nor the superin
tendent approved of that method.
Mrs. Toung embodied her ideas on
the subject in a circular letter sent to
the teachers, in which she emphat
ically set forth that boys' should not
be called upon to make anything with
a needle that they would not have use
for themselves.
If boys must use a needle Instead of
a hammer or saw Mrs. Young says she
believes they might make such articles
as these:
Coarse marble bags. (
.. Bags for skates.
Carpenters' aprons.
Heavy mittens.
' The trouble began some days ago
when the course of sewing In the ele
mentary grades was opened to boys as
well as girls. The boys. It was discov
ered, had been put to sewing white
muslin.
After accomplishing the seemingly
impossible task of handling the needle
and thimble, the boys went home and
"bragged" before fathers who never
had conquered those household imple
ments. But. contrary to their expectations,
the fathers weren't proud of their sons'
accomplishments. On the contrary, they
indignantly complained to Mrs. Toung,
asking why such useless tasks should
be set for otherwise manly boys.
Goldcndalo Man Sells Farm.
GOLDENDALE. Wash., Jan. 15. (Spe
cial.) George Brokaw has sold 140
acres of his old homestead, three miles
north of Goldendale. reserving 20 acres
as a remembrance of the time he and
his wife spent there. In a few years
this reserved spot will be In the midst
of n large orchard. The purchase was
made by A. Allison, of this city. ,
PLEA FOR NEUTRAL
CANAL PRESENTED
Safer in Time of War With
out Fortifications, Say
Signers of Appeal.
DAWN OF PEACE IS ' SEEN
0
Men and Women Publicists Declare)
United States Would Be Insin
. cere in Arming Portals.
Cost Also Objection.
BOSTON, Jan. 15. A statement em
bodying six reasons why the Panama
Canal should be neutralized, bearing the
signatures of men and women prom
inent In the United States and abroad,
was made public today. Richard Olney,
ex-Secretary of State; David Starr
Jordan, president of Leland Stanford,
Jr.. University; William Dean Howells,
author; Charles P, Anderson, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of Chicago; William
H. P. Faunce, president of Brown Uni
versity; Jane Addams, of Hull House,
Chicago: George II. Holt, Justice of the
United States District Court and George
Foster Peabody, the New York banker,
are among the sponsors of the aocu
menr. The statement follows:
"Why the Panama Canal should be
neutralized, not fortified:
"1. Because the canal would be
safer in war time without fortiflca
tlons. According to the statement
signed by the Hague conference In 1907,
unfortified coast places cannot be bom
barded.
Neutrality First Intended.
"2. Because the original intention of
our Government, as distinctly expressed
In 1900 and previously, was to prohibit
fortifications on the canal. Though this
prohibition was omitted In the finally
revised Hay-Paunoefote treaty, signed
in 1902, this in no wise implied that we
ought to fortify it, nor was its con
structlon proposed as primarily a mill
tary undertaking.
"3. Because though the Suez Canal
was built with English money, England
agreed to Its neutralization. The
Straits of Magellan are also neutralized
and the Inter-parliamentary Union In
1910, declared In favor of the neutral
ization of ail Inter-oceanlc waterways.
"4. Because the United States in all
Its history has never been attacked and
began every foreign war It ever had.
and is too important a customer for any
great nation at this late day to wan
tonly attack.
Canada Line Is Example.
"5. Because with the experience of
nearly a century's peace with England
Insured by our undefended Canadian
border line, until we have asked for
complete arbitration treaties with all
possible future enemies and have been
refused, we should be insincere In in
creasing our war measures. This Is
especially true in view of the fact that
since 1902 tho nations have signed 100
arbitration treaties and President Taft
has made the impressive declaration
that he sees no reason why any ques
tion whatever should not be arbitrated
that the second Hague conference in
various ways diminished the likelihood
of war; that not only the prize court.
but the court of arbitral Justice is
practically assured, and that, in the
Bummer of 1910 Congress unanimously
passed a resolution asking the Presi
dent to appoint a .commission to con
sider the utilization of existing agen
cies to limit the armaments . of the
world by mutual agreement.
Expense Would Be Heavy.
"6. Because in the words of David
J. Foster, chairman of the committee
of foreign affairs In the House of Rep
resentatives, the initial expense of the
necessary fortifications would not be
less than $25,000,000; in all probability,
it would not be less than $50,000,000
The annual expense of maintaining
such fortification 2000 miles from home
would probably amount to $5,000,000.
"We are bound by solemn treaty
obligations to see to It that the canal
shall be and remain forever open to
British ships in time of war, as well as
in time of peace, and while It Is prob
ably true that no other nation could
claim any advantage by virtue of this
treaty, it is also true that we have
thereby placed ourselves under moral
obligation to maintain an open canal
for the ships of all nations at all times,
in war as well as in peace." ,
nAII-Y METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Jan. 15. Maximum tnmncrn.
ture. 33 degrees; minimum. 23 deereea.
River reading at 8 A. M.. 4.0 leet; change
In laat 24 hours, 0.8 foot fall. Total rainfall
(5 P. M. to 5 P. M.) 0.02 Inch: total ralnfull
since September 1. 1910, 17.49 lnchei; normal
rainfall since September 1. 22.88 Inches; de
ficiency of rainfall since September 1, 1910,
ft. 14 Inches. Total sunshine January 14. 20
minutes: possible sunshine, 9 hours. Barom
eter (reduced to sea-laval) at 6 P. M., 30.08
Inches.
THE WEATHER.
a
i -5
So
0 3
e
3
State of
weather.
STATIONS.
Bolts
Beaton. ........
8610
S8j0
12iO
22 jO
54 0
28 0
ajo.
600
66:0
HlO.
7210.
18 0,
1210.
720.
4-j;o.
38:0.
16 0.
.011..!..
ICloudy'
oiioaw
I V cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
Cloudy
Calrary
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Duluth
00
00
14INW
l.NW
8,W
6 SB
6tSE
,00:
.00
.12
Eureka
Galveston
Helena
00
00
Jacksonville. ...
00 6:W
Clear
ICloudy
Kansas City
Montreal
New Orleans....
0012N
00 18 W
Oo! 41 NW
22sjNW
00i30!SE
KTlear
KUear
New Tork
Pt. cloud
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
North Head
North Yakima. . .
Phoenix
4 S
68 0.
440.
s:t o.
83 0.
52 0.
4IW
GV
2INW
41W
4:N
Pocatello
Snow
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
If'Iear
Portland
Roseburs
Sacramento.
St. Lou la
Sts Paul
Salt Lake
220
14:0
4.1.0
56.0
00112.V
OOilOISW
Clear
Cloudy
10ISW
San Diego
8 NE
4 N
10ISW
8!S
4 PE
28: NE
4 NE
Cloudy
han Francisco...
Siskiyou
Spokane
52 0.
i't. cloudy
Pt. cloudy
84 0
2210
Snow
Snow
Rain
Pt. cloudy
?'acoma
-atoosh Island. .
82. 0.
36 0
Walla Walla. .. .
Washington
Winnipeg
24 0.
66;0.
02 12INW
oo..t...
Clear
Clear
12j0
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Th, Mt,m blo-h Tiresaur artu Have
united and formed a Single large field which
Is centrul this evening over Manitoba. A
low pressure area or aeciaea cnaracter is
central northwest of Vancouver Island. This
disturbance will move southeastward and
cause warmer weather with rain In this
district Monday and Tuesday. The wlnda
will Increase and probably reach gale force
along the coast by Monday afternoon or
night. Warnings for this storm were or
dered displayed at all seaports In this dis
trict Sunday, except Marshfleld and no
warnings were sent there on account of tha
telephone and teiegrapn lines oeing-aown.
Durlns the last 24 hours light DreciDlta-
tlon. mostly In the form of snow, haa occurred-
In Washington. Northwestern Ore
gon and Southern Idaho. The rains In
California have ceased. It Is much colder
in the Ohio Valley and tha lower Lakes re-
HEILIG THEATER
Phones Main 1 and A H$2.
TONIGHT EVERT NIGHT THIS WEEK.
Special Price Matinee Wednesday.
The Big Opera Success.
"The Chocolate Soldier"
100 PEOPLE 30 IN ORCHESTRA.
Evenings and Saturday Matinee. $2. $l-?n-7Bc.
SOc Wednesday Matinee. S1.50 to c.
BAKER
THEATER
Morrl."" and Eleventh
Main S and A S360.
GEO. L BAKER. MET.
Tonight All Week Mats. Wed. and Sat.
Baker -Stock Company In th Greatcit Theat
rical Triumph of the Age.
"THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST."
Evenings. 25c. 50c. 75c. Matinees. 23c 60c
Neit Week "The Man on tbe Box-
Bungalow
Theater
Kalolll 4K4
Tonight. Bam-1 E. Rork's sensational musical
production.
"THE QUEEN OF THE MOCMN ROCOE."
Smart, saucy and gorgeously glrly. Night
prices. 50c. 75a It. Jl.50. Matinees Thursday
and Saturday, 25c. 50c, 75c. Next week
The Sqnaw Man."
MATIXKK JiVERX DAT
i H1GHT1
WEF.K OF JANUARY IS. Harry Tate's
Kuclih Company In ".flntoniiK. "
on automobiluis; Hess. Munro and Fowl
. . - . , .1 1 1 1: .. n.. r" . . t-1 Hta
Kennedy, tiertie I)e Milt and Kennedy, tne
AhlberK. SrVne. Valledta and ber ferocious
iraineo leoparo.
GRAND Week of Jan. 16
CARON & FAR NOM
OLIO TKIO
Hart Berrtck,
itfarOTierlto Fry.
Evry Evolution Has
Laugh of Its Own.
The Chamberlains
Lester Keilett,
GBAN'DASCOr
PIS.
Matinee every day. 2:30; any seat,
Evening performances at 7:30 and
balcony. 15c: lower floor. 25c: box aeata,
15a.
:13
mimzs
TJneanaled Vaudeville.
Week Commencing Monday, January 16.
nclnl IftrHntlnn v.vtraordlnary.
13 CAPTAIN OEVLIN ANO HIS ZOCAVES
In army sports. -wall-scaling and wnir.iina
arms, o otner leature acts, royuiar x-,v..
Curtain 2:30. 7:30, B.
LYR I C Seventh and Alder Streets
Week Commencing- Tomorrow Matinee,
Keating & Flood present
DILLON & KING IN
"A Married Widow"
Puoported by the Lyric Musical Comedy
Company. Friday night. Chorus Girls Con
test. Two performances nignt. 1
Matinees daily. --:4:. .-vcxt wecK, . -h
glon and much warmer In the Canadian
Northwest ana in ijriusn v.uiuiuu..
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Rain and warmer.
with Increasing soutneriy winas.
Oregon and Washington Rali,west, snow,
r, n in Mat nnrtion: warmer, in
creasing southerly winds, becoming high
along the coast.
Idaho Rain or snow, warmer north por-
KDWARD A. BEALS. District Forecaster.
LAWMAKERS FEAR FEVER
Water for I'se of Legislators at Sa
lem to Be Boiled.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 15.
(SDeclal.) Oregon's legislators will be
served tomorrow with boiled water for
drinking. Responsive to resolutions
adopted by both houses last week. Chief
Janitor Rockwell has provided two 60
gallon water tanks, each of which will
be keDt filled with the germ-rree water.
One of these tanks will be placed in a
committee room at the rear or tne sen
ate chamber and the other will be in
the Representative Hall.
Provision for this pure water supply
waa considered expedient by the legls
la tors in view of typhoid fever epidemic
at Eugene and a similar epidemic in
Salem less than two years ago. jaoui
cities get their water supply from the
Willamette River.
Albany to Have Five-Story Building.
ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 15. (Special.)
Albany's first five-story building; will
be erected the coming Summer. It win
be built by the First National Bank
and will probably stand on property
owned by that Institution at tne norm
east corner of Second ana tsroaaaiDin
streets. Just across the. street from the
site chosen for Albany s Federal traim
inr. The new building will be con
structed of pressed brick and will be
a handsome structure.
grazing purposes and even dairy cattle are
being disposed 01 oy many or me lurmui-a
In order that they may use their lands for
apricunure.
AUCTION SALES TODAY.
a TtniAna a.uet!on house, corner Second
and yamniu. sale at 10 jl. ju. j. j.. whuu.
auctioneer.
at 211 TPlrst st. Furniture sale. 2 P. M.
by Ford Auction Co.
FUXERAL NOTICES.
YOS-PJanuary 15. 1911. at 827 Freemont
tn,i Hflnrv Yost age 71 years z monin
4 days. Friends are respectfully Invited
to attend the funeral services, which will
be held from tne German (tm r.vangenci
-Rrothren Church. Mallory Ave., between
Freemont and Beach streets, at 2 P. M.,
Tuesday. January 17. Interment at Rosa
City Cemetery.
DESOEORGE In this city, Janurry 14. Mrs.
Josle Desgeorge, agea j yearn, o moniua.
a riAvn. Funeral from her ln?a home,
1845 East Eighth street North, at 1 P. M.
tirfav t Mondavi. January 16. Thence to
the Holy Redeemer Church, Portland
hft.,ia.nH mnii Vancouver ave. Services
1 -20 T M. Friends invited. Interment
Greenwood Cemetery.
(X)HN In this city, at the family residence,
7.7 n ,,n street- at a. 00 A. OA. uuiiuaj,
l.nnarv 15. Frank M. Cohn. aged 58
ft mnnthx a native of Denmark.
helnved husband of Bertha Conn and
nf Mtna. F.. Ethel R-, Samuel B.
nd Mrs. Herbert R. Roberta. Funeral
.mnrrnw (Tuesday) morning at 10 A. M.
from the family residence. San Francisco
papers please copy.
M' DO WELL In this city January 11, at the
mj ao x-n w on.w .........
family resiuem-o, o ..w ti bucc
Thyra McDowell, aged 38 years, 8 months,
13 days, beloved wife of George M. Mc
Dowell. Frienda invited to attend funeral
services, which will be held at the Port
land Crematorium at 2 P. M-, today (Mon
day). January 18. Take Sellwood car for
wamslnnurfl.
SHARP In this city. January 14. Byron tf.
Sharp, agea year, r uiieriu services will
v.- hM at Dunning A McEntee's chapel
tomorrow (Tuesday), January 17, at 10:30
A M. Deceasea was a mem Dec or. ur-gon
Assembly No. 1, United Artisans. Friends
respectfully Invited to attend. Interment
Rlvervlew Cemetery.
SEELV At her home. 488 East 82d street,
January 14. vera oeeiy. agea u years.
Funeral will take place from the parlors
of the East Side Funeral Directors, East
Alder and East 8txth streets, tomorrow
(Tuesday). January 17. 10 A. M. Friends
respectfully Invited.
ROGERS In San Francisco, January 14.
Keshan Jourton ringers, agea 09 years -rne
body will be at Flnleys, 3d and Madison,
Wednesday. Interment will be at North
Yamhill. Or., 10 A. M., Thursday, Janu-
ary 19. .
TON8KTU FLORAL CO
BlARQUAAl BLIlO.
KLOKAL DESIGNS.
rhonee:. Main 10, A ildt
Dunning M McEntee, Funernl Directors,
1th and Fine- rhone Mala 480. Lady as
sistant. offjee of County Coroner-
'eoWAKO HOLMAJf CO., Funeral Dlrert
ers. tiO id st. Lady assistant. I'bone M. 67.
1. F. FINLEY ft SON. Sd and Mndlsea.
Lady attendant. Phono Main 8. A US.
EAST 6IDE Funeral Directors, snecasaers
to . 8. Dunning. Ino. E. it. B 2825.
EBJCSON t'O. Undertakers. Lady aaaUt
ant. 400 Alder.. M. 6133. A 2288.
ZELLF.R-BTRNE8 CO.. Funeral Directors,
894 Williams ave.; both phones; lady asst.
LERCH, Undertaker, cor. East Alder ao,d
Us, Last 781. B IBM. Lady assistant. . ,
MEETING NOTICES.
, CLACKAMAS CHAPTER. NO. 2.
R. A. M-. of Oregon City. Stated
convocation this (Monday) evening
at 7:30 o'clock. Work In Mark
Master degree. Visiting companions
welcome.
EBER CHAPMAN. Sec.
WILLAMETTE LODGE, NO. 2,
A. F. AND A. M. Special com
munication this (Monday) even
ing at 7 : JO o'clock. Work In E.
A. degree. Visiting brethren wel
come. W. S. WEEKS, Sec.
HARMONY LODGE, NO. 12. A.
F. AND A. M. Special communi
cation this (Monday) evening at
7::t0 o'clock Work in the E. A. de
gree. Visitors are cordially Invited.
W. M. DE LIN. Sec.
CAMELIA CHAPTER. NO. 27. O.
E. 15. Hegular communication this
(Monday) evening. 8 P. M-. Ma
sonic Temple. Election of treasurer.
By order of W. M.
LYDIA BUTTEK WORTH, 8r.
MED.
WILSON At the family residence. 280 East
47th street. In this city. January l.t,
Oecrge S. Wilson, aged .10 years, beloved
hi-sband of Helen T. Wilson and father of
Hiram E.. of New Haven, Conn.; Arthur
K and Mrs. W. W. Roolson, of Los Ange
les. Cal.. and George T.. of rortland;
brother nf llenrv .1. Wilson and Mrs. M.
C. McCormicli. Funeral notice later.
- ' MEETING NOTICES.
A. "O. V. W. members take notice Grand
Master WoYkmnn H:tlclwin will hold a grand
Joint .installation of ortli.ers of all the city
A. O. U. W. lodges In the Hall of Industry
Lodge, No. S. W. O. W. builillnK. Eleventh
street between Washington and Alder streets.
Tuesday evening. January 17, lull, at
o'clock. Get out of the rut long enough
to attend. F. A. BKOWN,
Recorder, Industry, No. 8.
WILLAM ETTE COUNCIL,
ROYAL ARCANUM, meets at
K. P. Hall. 11th and Alder
streets, the first and third Mon
days of each month, at S P. M.
F. H. Noltner. secretary, care Cribben x
Sexton Co.. 17th and Upshur streets
CLASSIFIED AD. RATES
Daily or Sunday.
Per lJnt.
On tlm 1"
Same b1 two conHMulivfi tinipn
taine mUl three rtDHPCutlve limn 30o
bume ad ftix. or m-vmi cunscrutivo times. .&o
Remittance muat arcompany out-of-town
orders.
Six words eountu as one line on rah ad
vertisement and no ad counted for les
than two lines.
When an advertisement Is not run consec
utive times the one-time rate applies.
On charge of hook ad vef.lnementa the
charge will be hUMd on tue actual number
of line apparinK In the paper, reg.trd.et.s
of the number of words in c:nh line.
In w Today all advertisements re
charged by measure only, 14 lines to the
Inch.
The above rates apply to advertisements
under "New Toda;-" and all other Alassiflca
tloiw excepting the following!
Situations Wanted, .Made.
Situations "W anted, h'cmule.
'or Rent, Rooms. Irivate Famlllen.
RooniH and Itoitrd, Private Families.
HousekeepiDn: Rooms, private l am. lies.
The rate on the above classifications Is 1
cents a Hue each insertion.
In cae h"x office address Is required,
oount this as part of the ad. Answers to
advertisement will he forwarded to patrons,
provided self -ad dr eased envelopes rnre in
closed. OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY
OFFICB CITT HALL
Main BBS. A 1S89.
HUMANE OFFICER. S.AST4T7
NEW TODAY.
Family Hotel
or Ap&rtment Site
100x100 feet, close In, one block north
of Washington street.
Small cash payment, balance on or be
fore 10 years at six per cent.
Have party who will build on West
Side and lease to responsible tenant
for term of years, a building tor laun
dry purposes.
New srick apartment-house, modern In
every respect, located In the Nob Hill
district, pays 15 per cent on purchase
price; a choice permanent investment;
terms.
C. V. EVERETT,
414 Spuiildinn Building.
For Sale or Trade
That fine hotel near Mount Hood
known as the Rhododendron Hotel;
you ought to see its location, the fine
trout creeks, the good water, the high
mountains surrounding it, the exhil
arating air you breathe; it put8 new
life into the frailest man or woman.
Now we will sell or trade this excel
lent property to the right party at a
bargain that you will never regret.
J. L. WELLS CO.,
636 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Irvington Home
Brand new, modern, swell 9 - room
house, ready to move into; furnace,
fireplace, sleeping-porch, built-in china
closet, window seats, nice combination
fixtures, shades, breakfast-room, hard
wood floors, In fact all latest Improve
ments, and Is a beautiful home, on BOX
100 lot with cement sidewalks and
street improvement in. This home la
worth ssduo, and vou can Duy it lor a
few days for $7000, about $1600 cash.
balance easy tf-rms. In the best part
of Irvlnsrton. Nothing but swell homes
surrounding.
GKI'SSI A Z.4DOW,
817 Board of Trade Bldg., 4th and Oak.
Second St.
ttQfinr. 60x100 feet for apart -
OJUUU ment-house, some Income
now, streets hard surfaced, location be.
tween Morrison and MUl sts. Half cash.
Clohessy&McGuire
516 Ahlngton. Bids.
Phones Main IPOS, A 114g.
Peaches and Walnuts
acres at Meldrum Station on
Oregon City Electric, improved with
hnra and new 2000 bungalow, in high
state of cultivation; 660 peach and wal
nut trees four years old, should yield
a profitable crop next year. This prop
erty Is worth $8500, but for a short time
will sell for J7500. with $5000 cash
payment, or 2H acres with bungalow
for $4700 all cash.
GUISSI A ZADOW.
81T Board of Trade Bldg., 4th and Oak.
ACT AT OXCE.
Now Is the time to buy a lot In
ARDENWALD
8400 to 8600--EAST TERMS.
KXAPP A HACKET,
212-213 Board of Trade Bide.
FfXEST EVER A HOME IN
ARDENWALD
KXAPP st MICKEY,
212-213 Board of Trade Bldg.
DOS'T E.ifVY THE MAX WHO ROUGH.
A LOT I.V
ARDENWALD
Buy one yourself, and do it now. be-
foro prices advance.
KNAPP A MACKEV,
212-213 Board of Trade Bids.