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t TTTK MOKNTXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1912. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OMOONUX TXLETBOXZS. Tintln -rara ......... Ctiy Circulation ....... KrtiE Editor ....... Sunday Ed. tor Composing .room uortaindaat building ..Main TOTO A . .Vain TOTO A ..MuDlOulant ..Mam 7uTT A 6"3 ..Vain TOTO A OCM ..Main To;atwi AJfrBEMEXTS. . HEIMi-J THEATER Svnth and Tarl"f Soclaty Mow, "Tnr Campua Mnuxr.' TMa ariarnnon at 2: IS Flonaalrr Btrln Wuartti. Tonlsht at :1V BAKEK THEATER Elonlh and MarrU aon Pakar Stock Company In lha plar. Tha fsicn of tba Croaa." Tonight at .1. ORPHEVM THEATER (Mumna. batwwu lath and Bernth Vaudovll.o. Thla art. ternooa at 2.13 and lnlsbt at (.18 eloc. IMPREM THEATER Park tool Waahtn- ton) VaudavlUa. Tola aft'rnooa at 2 IX tacisbt at T. and o'clock. ASTAOEf THEATER (Saranth nd Al- dr Vaudaviiia. Thla aftarnooa at 1:1. tonlsht at T:o and o'clock. I LTRir THEATER (Fourth and Stark Katln Flood Company la "Runaway Honayraoon." Thla afternoon at 2:30 and tomabt at T:MO and 14 o'clock. ftrirl.E STAR. ARCADE. OH JOT. TIVOL1 AND CRTSTAI Ftrat-rua plo turaa. 11 A M -11 P. U RECREATION PARK (Twanty-fourrh ajid Vaujrhn Portland . Vernon, baaabalL Thla aftarnoon at a o'clock. ' t AKWVAI. CO.XCERT TO BS OlVBN. 1 "Then stood before the Queen, a choir of singers from the aea, and. If their rhymea were uncouth, certea their voices were nweet and the Queen unto them the prize." A cantata baaed no this quotation will be rendered by the Girls" Chorus of Washington High School under the direction of Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed In the school auditorium, Friday. May 3. at 8.15 P. M. The cantata was first written In poetry by Huarh Conway and later set to music by A. H. Behrend. The soloists In tha cantata will be Lily Seachrest. Sadie Havely, r'hlla McDuffee and Miriam Oberf? Tbe second part of the pro arramme will be composed of chaVacte solos, trios and quartets. The soloists for thl second part will be. Marlon Bennett. Pearl Taphouse, Louise Cor bin. Phlla McDuffee. Sadie Havely. Mias Edwards. Florence Brand. Annabelle WaKstaff and Mildred Klnsrsley. The chorus also will jrle a number of extra sonas. Miss Kvelyn Ewart will be the pianist. Fres Methodist Coxferexcb Con vkxe. The Oregon Conference of the free Methodist Church will con vene today at a P. M. In the Central Church. East Fifty-fifth and Essl Flanders streets, near the Montavllla cfcrllne. Bishop Wilson T. Home, who will preside, has arrived, and will make the opening address this afternoon. 1'ierks will be elected and conference will be ortranlzed for business. Busl- M-s sessions will be held between and 10:30 A. M. and reliarlous services will be conducted In the afternoon and eery evening. Ministers and delegates began arriving yesterday. The Matlontng committee who will assist the bishop to place the preachers for the ensuing year will be one of tbe brst appointed- New Cum FOR MorTAVII.lA PROPOSED. The meeting of tha Montavllla Board V of Trade announced to be held at the office of the secretary. A. L. Searls. East Seventy-sixth and East Ollsan streets. Monday night, was postponed until next Monday at Oddfellows Hall In Monta vllla. There Is considerable feeling engendered among the members over the location of the Montavllla fire sta tlon at East Burnslde and East Eighty second streets as many wanted It on Ea1 Eightieth street. William DeVeny, president, resigned at the last meet ing of the club. There Is talk of abandoning the Board of Trade and lorminp another olub under a new name and new o.flcers, and this may bs done at the meeting next Monday nigr.t. A-rn-SrrrRAOisT to Srx. Miss I T. Martin, of New York City, lecturer lor the National Association Opposed to tne extension or Suffrage to Wo men. will speak at the Multnomah Hotel Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Phe also will speak at the Multnomah Hotel at o'clock next Tuesday nlphu W. D. Wheelwright will also speak. Both Mr. Wheelwright and Mi a Martin will be Introduced by General Charles F. Bee be. Miss Martin will visit Baker City. Ashland. Med ford. Eugene. Salem. Hood River, lllll.iboro.and Forest Grove before she returns East. She will be In Oregon a month. Wests rook to Bb Cu'b Speaker. Henry L Westbrook. a Portland at torney, will be the principal speaker at the regular weekly meeting of the Portland Transportation Club at the Imperial Hotel Thursday. Ilia subject will be "The Relation of the People and the Transportation Companies." Mr. Westbrook formerly was general agent for the Oregon City Tranrporta tion company and Is familiar with all kinds of transportation problems, the practical as well as the legal. The committee on constitution will he ready to submit a preliminary report at this meeting. ' -New Railroad Orrirtai. Hkre. E. C. Grlffen. the newly appointed gen eral agent for the Chicago North western railroad arrived at the Mult nomah Hotel yesterday. He assumes his new duties today, ilr. Urlffen waa general agent for the freight depart ment of the Northwestern at Omaha for several years. He says he Is high ly pleased with the prospects of having a permanent location In Portland. R. V. lioldt. whom Mr. Griffen succeeds, leaves today for San Francisco, where he will have the general agency of the Northwestern. Ciiinaxax Held as Opicm D kales. Ah Hong was given a hearing yester day before I'nlted States Commissioner Cannon on a charge of having con traband opium in hla possession, and was bound over to the Federal grand Jury um.fr $2000 bonds. Evidence waa (resented to show he was a regular dealer In the drug. From the speed with which ball money was forthcom ing, the police believe he Is the rep resentative of a large smuggling con cern. Women's Ali.ia.vcb to Meet. At the regular monthly meeting of the Wo men's Alliance at the Cnitanian Chapel this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Miss Hen rietta M. Eliot will read a paper on the life and writings of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. All Interested are In vited to be present. Business meeting at 3 o'clock. W. C. T. lT. to Meet. Central W. C. T. I", will meet at room 303 Good nough building at 2:30 P. M. Wednes day. Mrs. M. M. Sleeth will speak: her subject will be "Sowing the Seeds of Teraperanre." All peraons Interested I are Invited to be present. Ball to Be Givex. Tbe annual ball of tbe Daughters of the Confederacy will be held at Chrlstenscn's Hall at J o'clock tomorrow night. The officers of the local chapter will be patronesses. Many Southern people will be In attendance. Jewish WomeVs Colxcil. to Meet. Toe annual meeting of the Council of Jewish Women will be held In the Sell-Ing-Hlrsch building, today at 3 o'clock. An election of officers will be held. Iues are payable at thla meeting. SrrrROAB to B Topic?. Mrs. Ada Wallace L'nruh will lecture on equal suffrage at the Sellwood V. M. C. A. Wednesday night. May 11. Everybody Invited. Lsctcrb I Potpo!ed. Mrs. Char lotte P. Curtis' Irvlngtoa lecture baa been postponed until one week from today. May S, at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. M. C. Woodard. 41S Thompson street. Ooiho Oct op BvsinesV; goods sold regardless of cost; china and glass ware. Ballly at Co., 434 Wash., bet., 1 1th and 11th. a txAtwa today all dar. Oaks Rtak. M. Clapper to Furnish Substation Quarters. The Postofflce Department has awarded to M. Clapper the con tract to furnish quarters for the Brooklyn postal station, and he will erect a two-story combination brick building on' Mtlwaukle street at the Intersection of Powell street. 70x80 feet. It will extend from Mllwaukla bsck to Kast Eleventh street. The exterior will be faced with light colored brick. One of the lower rooms i has been leased for a term of years by the Postofflce Department for the Brooklyn substation. This room will be furnished with mall desks and other furniture for the substation, which will have a large number of mail car riers. Bids for erecting the building will be received next Saturdaj-. A number of property owners In Brooklyn submitted bids to the Postofflce De partment to furnish quarters for the substation. Viewers on East Gi.isan Meet. E. E. Versteg. A. A. Kadderly and John P. Scnmeer. viewers on the opening of East Gllsan street, between East Twenty-eighth and East Twenty-sixth, made a personal Inspection of the grounds yesterday. They found that five houses are In the part to be ex tended and that the extension will cause considerable expense, as It runs diagonally. There will be narrow slices of lots taken besides a number of full lots for the extension. The pn.-t extended -will he CO feet wide In 499 feet long, which Is about five lots altogether Some of the owners of property to be appropriated have al ready put In claims for damages. The viewers say that they will proceed slowly ano carefully, and endeavor to be fair and Just to all concerned. rRrsBTTERT to Hut Todat. Port land Presbytery will hold an adjourned meeting at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Springwater Presbyterian Church to ordain Rev. Charles T. Aue, who has had charge of that church since last August. It Is expected also that Hev. Mr. Aue will be installed as pastor of the Springwater Church at this meeting. The call of Rev. H. M. Mount, former pastor of the Central Presby terian Church, of Eugene-to the Vernon Church will be submitted for action and arrangements made for his Instal lation. The Vernon Church has ex tended a unanimous call to Rev. Mr. Mount to become Its pastor In place of Rev. L. M. Booier. who resigned. Wives op Coxvicts Ask Divorce. On the ground that their husbands are serving penitentiary sentences two wives yesterday filed actlona for di vorce In Circuit Court. Amy C. Han son says that her husband. John II. Hanson, Is serving three years In the Minnesota State Penitentiary at Stillwater. He was convicted In 1910 of embesslement, she declares In her complaint. Emma Stevenson com -plains that Robert W. Stevenson, whom she married In 1907. Is Incarcerated In the Penitentiary at Walla Walla. Wash., having been convicted of a felony. She wants a divorce and a court order giving her the cuVtody of the couple's minor child. Rev. W. J. Spirb Installed. Rev. William J. Spire waa Installed last night aa pastor of the Marshall-Street Tresbyterlsn Church, having succeeded Rev. Charles W. Hays. Mr. Spire was formerly pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, at Nebraska and Virginia streets. Mr. Hays, the former pastor, delivered the charge to the congrega tion at last night's service. Dr. J. P. McGaw presided. Rev. T. H. Walker. pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church, preached the sermon and Rev. W. G. .oore delivered the charge to the pastor, Mr. Moore Is pastor of the Mount Tsbor Presbyterian Church. Assessment Cards Are Received. Property owners assessed for the Im provement of East Gllsan between East Sixtieth and East Eighty-second streets, have been receiving their as sessment cards, and arc correspond ingly displeased. The Improvement consists of grading and cement side walks, and as the street is 80 feet Ide the cost per lot Is high. Some of the property owners think that the assessment Is not fair and will ask to have It explained. Ad Men to Visit in Seattlm. Fifty members of the Portland Ad Club will go to Seattle Saturday to attend the Installation of officers of the Ad Club of that city. Special accommodations will be provided for them by the O.-W. It ft N. to. A committee consisting of George M. llyland, George A. Love Joy. C. C. Kho'lenhnmmel. Charles F. Berg. W. J. riofmun. J. H. Kleiner and A. A. tchell has charge of the ex cursion. Rev. L. Mthox Booier Installed. Rev. L Myron Boozer, former pastor of the Vernon Presbyterian Church, was Installed last night as pastor of the Keedvllle and Orenco Presbyterian hurches by a committee of ministers from the . ortland Presbytery. The services were conducted in the Reed- llle Church. Rev. Henry Marcotte presided. Rev. Mr. Boozer will have harre of the two churches. Portland Girl Diks in California. Rose Inman, who died In San Francisco. April 34, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Inman. of Portland. She died suddenly before her mother could reach her. The funeral was held at Portland Sunday. Six girl classmates of Miss Inman were pallbearers. Boot to Bb Skxt East. The fu neral of James O'Donovan. who died April 3i. was held yesterday morning from the family residence. 390 Sumner street, and St. Andrew's Church, East Ninth and Alnerta streets. The body will be sent to Gracevllle. Minn., for burial. Fall Injurks Youth. As the result of an accident that happened while he was loading a wagon with 'flour at Hillsdale yesterday, Ferdinand Borsch, aged XI. Is at Good Samaritan Hospital suffering with concussion of the brain. Borsch was helping to load the wagon at a grocery store, being on top of the wagon. In lifting a sack of flour he lost his balance and fell to the ground, striking on his head. Evangelist O. B. 0o now holding revival meetings in West Piedmont. 1 Friends Church. ; -V... . ' ' ?;-.;V-r .:: t :, ' 'S-W;- .-:v : :: t - - ' . - ' i " ' . - -X K I 1 - - - - - - '' J I MKMUA.H-. UK KLOMtLKl M'Kl.NU mAKIKT. l Business and Wool Mex to Meet. Members of the Progressive Business Men's Club have Invited a number of experts on wool growing to a luncneon tomorrow to discuss the development of the wool Industry In Oregon, which is expected to follow the opening of the Panama and Celllo canals, and which will make Portland aa they believe, one of the greatest wool warehouse centers In the world. D. O. Lively waa appointed chairman of the day. Members f other commercial organlza tions of Portland are Invited. O.-W. R. N. Co. Sued. On sugges tlon of the Attorney-General and at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission. United States District At torney McCourt filed Information yes terday against the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, charg ing It with violating the law for safety of employes and travelers. The spe cific charge Is that John Kasberger. a fireman, between The Dalles and Arlington, worked more than 1 con secutive hours one dsy last July. . ILL LUCK PURSUES. TIVBERMiAX VICTIM OP SERIES OP ACCIDENTS. W . C. Calder Falls and Sustains Broken Ankle Falls Again and Wrist Bones Snap. W. C. Calder. a wealthy Portland timherman. representative of the Wal lowa Timber Company, Is at his resi dence at 569 Sixteenth street, on Port land Helghta. with two bones of his wrist broken. In an accident that was the result of another accident that happened exactly three months before, in which he sustained a broken ankle. His wife also Is suffering from an in Jury which she sustained In an auto mobile accident about a year Derore Three months ago, while crankln his automobile, the crank suddenl came off. causing Mr. Calder to fa and sustain a broken ankle. Mr. Calde was obliged to. use crutches. A piece of glass became caught on the bottom of one of the crutchea while he was walk ing in the kitchen last Monday an Mr. Calder fell against the kltche stove. A deep gash was cut near hi right eye and two wrist bones or tn right arm were broken. vMr. Calde now Is confined to his bed becauae o the accident. It will be at least two months before the arm is healed suffl ciently to permit Its use again. About a year ago, while driving on the Heights with a friend. Mrs. Calde was pinned under an automobile, when the machine overturned, and receive a severe Injury to her back, from whlc she has not yet recovered. RAILWAY CLERK WEDS Miss Charlotte Preston Is Bride of M. J. Butler.. M. J. Butler, chief rate clerk In th general passenger department of th North Bank road, and Miss Charlott Preston were married last night at th rectory of Trinity Episcopal Church Rev. A. A. Morrison officiating. Only- few friends of the couple were present Mrs. Butler Is a sister of Mrs. J. M Buckley, wife of the assistant general manager of the O.-W. R. & N. Company Mr. and Mrs. Butler had engaged rooms at the Everett Apartments. Their friends yesterday took posses sion and stocked them with provisions enough to last a month and generally prepared them to begin housekeeping, FLONZALEYS TONIGHT. Greatest String; Quartet in the World Will Play at tins Ilelllg. The programme of the Flonxaley String Quartet, which plays tonight at the Hellig for the first time In Port land, under the direction of Lois Steers- Wynn Coman. Includes quartets of un usual beauty and enchanting contrast by Beethoven, Glazounow, Haydn and Dvorack. The San Francisco Call of April 34 speaks of the four players aa "the greatest quartet In the world Adolfe Bettl plays the first violin with a touch and technique that would chal lenge even Krelsler or Ysaye. No member of the quartet seeks to be a soloist, and none tries to hit the audience with hla Individuality. The four mingle in music. "One wondered why such a soloist was not heard from as such, and one admired the artistry which lent Itself to a beautiful ensemble, when it waa competent to shine splendidly alone." THE IMPOSSIBLE. I do not advertise Impossibilities. When you purchase a suit of me your money buys all-wool cloth and high grade tailoring. No profit Is tacked on to pay for high rent, huge advertis ing displays and elaborate fixtures. My 130 a month rent enables me to sell you a suit for 114.76 that sells for 120 to $25 on the street. Jimmy Dunn, room 315, Oregonian bldg. Take elevator. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE At the Ilaxel wood. We are again serving our delicious atrawberry shortcake. The Haxlewood. 38S-390 Waahlngton street. Seating capacity for 400. Court tJoes to Pendleton. SALEM. Or, April 30. (Special.) Your Business Needs This Bank That little safe in your office would afford but slight protection to your money if a burglar were to pay you a visit. The modern way tho business-like way to handle money is by cheek on a good bank. That few hundred dol lars that you try to have always on hand is just as much at your disposal as it would be in your safe and this bank is well equip ped to care for it. Portland Trust Company of Oregon BANK Third and Oak Sta. Members of the Supreme Court will leave this week for a session at Pen dleton and today waa the last day for handing down opinions for probably tha next two weeks. PIONEERS TO HAVE PICNIC Gathering at Champoeg Will Take Place Tomorrow. . Pioneers, their relatives and others are Invited to attend the pioneers' pic nic at Champoeg tomorrow. The boat will leave at the foot of Taylor street at 4:45 A. M. Or it may be overtaken at Wllsonvllle by those who leave later on the electric road. Lunch win be aerved by members of the F. X- Mathleu Cabin of Native Sons of Oregon. Ex-Governor Geer will preside at the meeting and a histories address will be made by Frederick V. Holman, presl dent of the Oregon Historical Society, A local band will furnlah muale. Champoeg was the site of the first Hudson's Bay Company warehouse south of Oregon City. Wheat wa shipped from there as early as 1830 and ss It was the camping place for many Indians, it was the center of popula tion. For that reaaon It was chosen as the meeting place of settlers of the Willamette Valley on May 3. 1843, to Initiate the movement to create Amer ican civil government. Sawdust, Cord wood. Coal. Holman Fuel Co., successors to Bas field-Veysey Fuel Co. M. 353, A 33E3. ' We Portland Hotel Grill The best place in town for an appetizing noon or af ternoon luncheon. Try it today. Enjoy the delicious foods and the prompt, courteous service. Always" the best foods are served. If there is some dainty of which you are especially fond, you '11 likely find it on our menu. Orchestral music evenings. G. J. KAUFMANN Manager Hose Underwear WE OPERATE OUB OWN SHOP MILL TO CONSUMER. As soft and silky as worm silk wears much better and never turns yellow with washinp. Is absorbent and, keeps the skin dry and in a healthy condition. Guars nteed for 12 months. For men, women and children. Something new in outsize Hosiery. Ladies' Bodices, Vests and Union Suits. Write for Catalogue B. 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' BE A MAN in rank with the best dressers. Try on one of our suits and be convinced of the superior fit, quality and workmanship. Spring Styles MODERATELY PRICED $15 to $50 STRAW HATS OF EVERY STYLE AND SHAPE One hundred feet of window space devoted to Straw Hat display. We can furnish Portland men with Straws at popular prices. mum 'Portland's FOURTH AND MORRISON Roll-Top, Flat-Top and Typewriter Desks in birch, mahogany, golden and weathered oak finish. Nearly all sizes and styles. Flat Top, 42x30Vq inches, regular $20.00, now $13.75 Flat Top, 60x31 inches, regular $39.00, now $26.00 Roll Top. 48x30 inches, regular $28.00, now .$21.00 Roll Top, 50x30 inches, regular $38.00. now $26.00 Roll Top, 54x3Qi; inches, regular $41.00, now $27.50 Roll Top, 54x302 inches, regular $52.00, now $39.00 Roll Top, 50x35 inches, regular $60.00, now $40.00 Typewriter, 39x30 inches, regular $33.00, now $22.00 Our new, highly improved line of the FAMOUS CUTLER SOLID DESKS, now on display, is the acme of desk perfection and beauty. Dust and vermin proof, too. Full steel covered underneath pedestal. EVERYTHING FOR THE 0FFICE PRINTING CO Commercial Stationers, Office Outfitters, Printers, Engravers, Booklet Makers and Bookbinders fifth a oak Every Man Should Decide EARLY IN LIFE TO SAVE MONEY To save means success not to save means future dependence upon others. Savings Banks, such as the Hibernia Savings Bank, places every facility at the disposal of those desiring to save. It receives deposits of $1.00 or more, pays 4 per cent interest and protects deposits with its Capital and Surplus. , Decide now to be successful begin at once to save. Commercial accounts also received. Hibernia Savings Bank "A CONSERVATIVE CUSTODIAN." Second and Washington Streets. Open Saturday evenings, 6 to 8. NOW IS THE TIME TO START YOUR ACCOUNT IN OUR BANK TWO MONTHS' INTEREST WILL BE CREDITED JULY 1ST ON ALL MONEY DEPOSITED ON OR BEFORE MAY 5TH. ONE DOLLAR WILL START AN ACCOUNT We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest, Com pounded Twice a Year on Savings. Merchants Savings & Trust Company "The Home for Savings." Merchants' Trust Building, Corner Sixth and Washington Streets. Open Saturday Eveniigs From 6 to 8. Pay Checks Cashed. -. un Fashion Center." FACTORY "CLOSE-OUT" PATTERNS 1-3 OFF but as good as ever 4