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THE HORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1918. GEM DEFENDS ILTNOM HOTEL i In His Speech Denounces as Malicious Lies Rumors of Insolvency. PROFIT 5 MONTHS, $51,335 Admen Warmly Thank Prominent Stockholder for Sailing the Lie Openly Rev. Mr. McGaw "Talks In Shirt Sleeves. Denouncing as malicious lies the ru mors to the effect that the Hotel Mult nomah was on the verge of Insolvency and about to so into the hands of a receiver, Philip Gevurts yesterday ad dressed the Ad Club at its weekly luncheon, and. producing 'proof of the stability and success of the enterprise In which he Is interested, urged the clubmen to lend every assistance in their Dower to counteract such reports. Mr. Gevurts did not mince words in his speech, but characterized the re ports as the work of "wolves of per jury, lying- and knavery. Me asserted that prominent business men In theclty had been instrumental in starting the rumors, but declined to mention their names, believing that this would not in any way help matters. The method by which he sought to counteract the effect of the rumors of insolvency and receivership was a re quest that all who beard his statement should make It a personal matter to "nail the misstatements about the Ho tel Multnomah wherever they encoun tered them-"" Profit of $31,335 Slum. In the course of his addresss he pro duced and read an affidavit from H. C Bowers, manager, and Ira Davis, aud itor of the hotel, stating that the net earnings of the hotel for the first five months after Its opening were 130,135. To this had been added in July, up to the 15th, $21,000, making a total profit of $51,335 since the opening of the hotel, February 8. "The Multnomah Hotel Company, on Its part." he said, "bought the best furnishings that money could buy, put ting Into the hotel furnishings and equipment twice the amount they ex pected to put Into It. Gentlemen, when you see these efforts on the part of different parties you will naturally think that the citizens of Portland would have rallied around the hotel as one man you would think that they would become so enthusiastic at the grandeur of the hotel and Its service they would do all in their power to build It up and assist It In every way. And what have some of them done? "In the beginning they criticised the hotel because the first month its service was not perfect. Then, finding that the servtce was perfect, they criticised the location. After that, not satisfied with criticising the location, and. finding that the people did come here and that the hotel was In a good location, they criticised Its furnishings and dec orations. False Ramon Started. "When able judges of furniture said that the hotel was the best furnished hotel they had seen, they commenced the most insidious and dastardly at tempts to harm this hotel and the in divlduals who are interested that I be- Jiex'e anyone has known. They put into circulation rumors that the hotel was Insolvent; they even had the audacity, a few weeks ago. to say that the hotel had a receiver. They then informed our rlerks and employes that right after the Elks' convention we were going to close up. They have used every effort In their power to drag down the hotel and to ruin the people who put their money into It and tried to make It a luccess. "There Is one man at the head of a financial Institution In this city who has confidence In the honesty and In tegrity of the management of this hotel and he has always responded and come nobly to the front, being willing at all times to help and render any assistance necessary; but were it not for this man of sterling worth and character and were It not for the financial responsi bility which the parties Interested In this hotel possessed, these howling hyenas, these blood-thirsty wolves of perjury, lying and knavery, would have succeeded. The hotel has money In its treasury to pay every dollar it owes and has cash to pay every bill It contracts. "Anyone who says the Hotel Mult nomah is insolvent, or In the hands of a receiver. Is an 'absolute, unqualified liar, and knows when he makes the statement that he Is a liar, and that he makes It solely for the purpose of injuring others and dragging down a public enterprise. My friends. I want you to do me a favor. When anyone tells you that the Hotel Multnomah I In financial dis tress tell the person Sor me that It Is a deliberate lie. "The Hotel Multnomah la sound finan cially, has a good balance In the bank and stands ready at any and all times to pay every dollar of Its obligations." Henry Dealea Receivership. "As for the report that I had been appointed to the receivership of the hotel." said C. K. Henry, after the close of Mr. Gevurts speech. "It Is a lie framed out of whole cloth. It would be better for the whole city of Portland if the "knockers' were fewer and If some of them were burled." V. Vincent Jones, rising to make a motion for a vote of thanks to Mr. Gevurts for his statement, declared that In the six years In which he had been In Portland he had found that "when anyone attempts to start any thing for the betterment of the city, he is bound to be up against the same tactics of "knocking and misrepre sentation that Mr. Gevurts had en countered." Mr. Jones' motion for a vote of thanks to Mr. Gevurts was carried unanimously. Interest In the address of Mr. Gevurtz did not prevent the admen from en Joying thoroughly the addresses of E. r. Tlmms and Rev. J. S. McGaw. that followed. Everyone who was so In clined "shed his coat"' and took life easily during the programme. After Mr. Tlmms, speaker of the day. had In troduced Mr. McGaw with one of his characteristic speeches, the latter had not more than started in his address, when some one suggested that he take off his coat if it were uncomfortably warm. "Thank you." said Mr. McGaw. The speaker helped him peel off his clerical black coat, and In his shirt sleeves the representative of the Second World's Christian Citizenship Confer ence outlined the plans for the big meeting which is to be held In Port land In IMS- INVESTOR GETS JUDGMENT MoFarlancT Wins Suit Aptfnst Hot Springs Sanitarium Company. A Jury In Judge McGinn's department of the Circuit Court has found a verdict for $2120 in favor of the plaintiff In the case of W. R. McFarland against the Hot Springs Sanitarium Company, Dr. Edgar H. Thornton, Dr. J. K. Locke. Ir. Ernest A. Sommer, F. A. Clark, J Foster. Oliver Gallup. J. F. Monte, J. W. Bruce and George Woodworth. The suit was brought to recover money which McFarland alleged he had been Induced by misrepresentation to Invest in the Carlsbad Hot Springs -sanitarium Company. The individual defendants were stockholders and promoters of the company. McFarland declared that the medicin al Qualities of the waters of the Carls bad Hot Springs In Eastern Oregon were described to him as the most won derful in the world' and that it was represented to him that there was enough building stone on the property to pay the Investment of the stockhold ers many times over. He said that he was assured that the springs would be come the Mecca of Invalids from all over the world. All these statements NEW PASTOR OP FIRST UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH ARRIVES. ( I'VS ok tyi Rev. C. I. Williams. Rev. C. L. Williams, who ar rived from Bonebrake Seminary, near Dayton, O.. a few days ago, to become pastor of the First United Brethren Church, East Fifteenth and East Morrison streets, is a graduate of Philo math College of this state. He took a four-year course and graduated from the classical de partment. He then entered the theological seminary at Bone- I brake, where he remained three years. He has received a hearty welcome from the First Church. He has occupied the manse alongside the church with his family. Rev. Mr. Williams has a wife and one child. he swore, he found to be false and mis leading. His complaint, drawn by At torneys Jeffrey & Lennon, was a mas ternlece of sarcasm. Other suits in which purchasers of stock are plaintiffs are pending against the same defendants. VALUED UNO TIED UP DELAY OF UMATILLA PROJECT COSTLY, SAYS LIVELY. Property on West Extension Held at $750,000 Lies Dormant as Kesult of Indecision, 'Tl Said. That 'property lying In the proposed west extension of the Umatilla project to the aggregate value of $750,000 has been virtually tied up for mony raontns on account of the failure-oi tne in terior Department to make definite pro. nosals to the landowners 1 the declar ation of D. O. Lively, of Portland, who is Interested In large holdings m uma tilla County. 'It has been more than a year since It was first announced that the west extension was under contemplation."' said Mr. Lively yesterday. "'There are 50 or more farmers and landowners who have holdings on the site of the nrnnosed reservoir. These people are simply victims of antequated methods employed by tne interior uepanment. Under the circumstances It has been impracticable to make improvements, build roads or to do anything to de veloo the district, as this area Is to be confiscated sooner or later for the res ervoir. "The longer we are compelled to wait the greater losses we will suffer. I am advised that several owners of prop erty in the district have been, ap proached .only recently to sign con tracts binding themselves to assume the charges of the service." Mr. Lively has forwarded a communi cation to United States Senator Cham berlain at Washlniton, In which he discusses a letter written recently to Senator Chamberlain by V. H. Newell, director of the Reclamation Service, as follows: From the tenor of this letter it seems that those of us who own land that will be destroyed by the reservoir must wait and auffer while the Re clamation Service Is using 'months of consideration' in adopting a form of contract to be signed by 95 per cent of the landowners who will receive the benefits of the West Umatilla exten sion. "It also seems from this letter that If the contract, which has been given months of consideration. Is not signed up by 95 per cent of the to-be-benefited landowners, those of us who own land in the reservoir will have no redress for the damage, delay ahTJ expense to which we have been submitted. More than a year ago we were ap proached by representatives of the Reclamation Service asking us to put a price on our part of the land which will be covered by tne reservoir ana for a year prior to that time engineers. surveyors, draftsmen, condemnation ex perts, attorneys and even tne director of the service himself, had Jointly and collectively put the great seal or the United States upon our opportunity of enjoying the proper benefits of the land which we own and wnicn in some cases comprises our entire earthly pos sessions. We are the helpless victims of Washington beaureaucracy and If you can do anything, that will hasten our day of relief It will be gratefully appreciated. In this request I de scribe the sentiment of a number of the homeowners and landowners whose property will be taken by the pro posed reservoir of the west extension of the Umatilla project." IT MUST JBE.TRUE. The Bowers Cafe, Twelfth street en trance. Is the coolest spot In town dur ing the torrid weather. Come on along and be refreshed. . Portland People Wed. SEATTLE. Wash.. July IT. (Special.) Marriage licenses were Issued today to Earl F. Braden. 21. of Portland, and Orra Jane Elder, legal, of Seattle; George R. Smith, of Mount Vernon, Wash, and Jessie P. Despain. or port-land. Wilson supporters! night- (Paid adv. The Armory to- UNITED WORKMEN INSTALL OFFICERS Oregon and Washington Wil Have Common Password and Ritual. PER CAPITA TAX IS RAISED Special Assessment of 50 Cents Year for Each Member to Be Dispensed With Car Kide , Taken to Scenic Points. Election and installation of officers was the programme at today's session of the grand lodge convention of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Oregon. Another Important matter was the resolution to raise the per capita tax. It was decided to irater nalize with the Washington grand lodge by the use of a common pass wprd and ritual. In all other respects the orders of the two states will re main distinct. Proceedings opened at 9 o'clock with the election of officers, f. t. UArey, of Salem, succeeded Judge Q. T. Bald win as grand master: C. H. Dye, oi Oregon City, becomes grand roreman, and C. E. Beard, Baker City, grand overseer. Two members re-elected were: J. M. Dixon and R. L. Durham, both of Portland, to the offices or grand recorder and grand receiver re spectively. Jesse Spencer, Corvallis, becomes grand guide, with S. B. Cath- cart. Marshneld.. and C. w. Starr, Eugene, as inside and outside watch- en. Officers were Installed at 1 P. M. by D. C. Herrln. nast grand master; J.r. David Walker, past grand master, and J. E. Werleln, grand guide. Common Ritual Adopted. Members to the standing committees were appointed for the two years. A vote of thanks to The Oregonian, the Multnomah Hotel and the railroads was passed. A cordial invitation to fraternize was extended to the Oregon grand lodire members by C. H. Berge, grand master of Washington lodge, wno was present with other grand lodge mnm bers of that state. Mr. Berge advo cated the adoption of a common pass word and ritual for the two grand lodges. A resolution to this effect was adopted by the members and It was decided to form a committee to ar range the details. After a brief discussion it was de elded to raise the per capita tax from 20 cents to 2d cents, but that the spe cial assessment of 50 cents a member a year be dispensed with. Fraternal Calls Exchanged. During the afternoon a delegation from the Degree of Honor visited the grand lodge to extend fraternal greet intra. This visit was returned by mem bers of the grand lodges of Oregon and Washington. The total expenses of the grand lodge sessions were stated to be $1)06.62. The final speeches and discussions were relative to the good of the order, loi lowing which toasts were offered and an adjournment was then made. Last night members of the order and of the sister society enjoyed a car ride about Portland, visiting the Heights and other scenic spots. Many members left last night for their homes, and the remainder will depart tnis morning. The members of the standing commit' tees and their location follow; Jurisprudence committee-rGeorge H. Durham. Industry No. s, Portland; Wil liam Smith, Baker No. 100, Baker; D. C Herrln. Ashland No. 6. Ashland. Finance committee David Walker, Industry No. 8. Portland; Ralph Feeney, Uochurch No. 128, Portland; J. J!i. wer leln. Industry No. 8, Portland. Board of arbitration Newton Clark, Riverside No. 68, Hood River; C O. Card. Baker No. 100, Baker; P. P. Olds, Lafavette No. 31. Lafayette. Grievance and appeals committee J. 3. Pennebaker. Protection No. 2, Salem; Clarence McPherson, Josephine No. 112, Grants Pass; Walter Parker, Safety No. 13. Albany. Medical examiner Dr. David walker, Industry No. 8. Portland. SDecial committee on lu, is, zu-year payments Newton laark, ruversiae io. 68, Hood River. PORTLAND WOMAN HONORED Mrs. Herrln Elected Grand Chief of Degree of Honor. The Degree of Honor, the women's auxiliary of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, yesterday elected ana in stalled officers. The early session was devoted to a discussion or proposed changes in the by-laws. An unusual feature of tne election was the choice from the floor of Mrs. Margaret E. Herrin, of Portland, to the nost of grand chief of honor. As a rule the posts are filled In rotation, but when it was found that the woman ex pected to succeed to the post would be unable to fill the office, it was decided unanimously to ask Mrs. Herrln to ac cept the honorable position. During the next two years the affairs of the society will call for experienced nanaung as It is expected that the beneficiary de partment of the organization may be amalgamated at the next convention of the National order. Mrs. Herrin has once served as grand chief of honor, has been a member of the order for 20 years and for the last four years has been assisting recorder of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mrs. Sadie E. Moore, or Portland, be comes past-grand chief of honor; Mona Hendricks, of MCMinnvuie. is tne grana ladv of honor and Mrs. May R. Moor- head, Junction City, grand chief of cere monies. Several Important resolutions, relat ing to the good of the order, were passed. Arrangements were made also for erricient neia worc io Dnng into the order as many new members as pos sible. Reports that the Ancient Order of United Workmen contemplated Initia tion of women into the lodge was de nied by members or the Degree or Honor. The present relationship of the lodge and Its auxiliary will not be changed. Following adjournment, mem dots oi the Degree of .Honor Joined the United Workmen In a trip about the city. MULKEY STATE'S COUNSEL Municipal Docks Will Follow Clear ance of Title to Waterfront. SALEM. Or. July 1". (Special.) Governor West has notified Attorney General Crawford to take such steps as he may deem necessary to quiet title to the tldelands lying within the con fines of the Port or Portland. w. Mulkey has been designated as special counsel to assist In the case. Attorney Mulkey explained last night that the preparations of the Dock Com mission to build municipal docks re sulted In the discovery that some own ers of waterfront property have given deeds to the land lying between the harbor line and the high water mark. The Legislature at one time passed a law, giving owners of waterfront property a state franchise to construct wharves along the river adjoining their property, out to the harbor line. Where an attempt has been made by property-owners to convey this property, a cloud has been created upon the state's title. It Is to clear this cloud that suit is to be instituted Mr. Mulkey said he could not tell how manv oroDertv owners had attempted to convey the property. He said the strip between the harbor line and high water will average about 100 feet in width. It varies, however. When the title of the state to this property is cleared, the city will ask the State Legislature to convey to it in trust title to such of these tide lands as are needed for the construc tion of the municipal docks. BAND PLAYS AT CITY PARK McElroy's Musicians V Entertain Tonight and Friday. - This evening the Portland ' Park Band, W. E. McElroy director, will play at City Park the following pro gramme: March, "Brooke's Triumphal Sletz Overture. "Stradella" .Flotow Waltz, -Dreams of Childhood" Valdteufel Cornet olo, "Asthore" I : Trc.ere B. F. Driscoll. Selection. "Macbeth" Verdi Incidental solos by Messrs. Driscoll, Bian v cone and CiolTi. Intermission. Selection from "The Fortune Tellert' . . . Herbert Baritone solo. "L'Ebreo" Opolloni Eugene CioffL Morceau Characteristic "Vision".. Von Blon Ballet. "The Flight of the Birds" Rice March. "Kaiser Friederich" Friedmann Friday evening's concert will be at Holladay Park. ESTACADA GROWERS UNITE Fruit Association Is Organized to Handle Crops. ESTACADA. Or.. July 17. (Special.) At a meeting of the new board of directors the incorporation and organi zation of the Estacada Fruit Growers' Association was . perfected Tuesday evening at the home of Jerome M. Schultz of Garfield. The association elected the following officers: A. O. Whitcomb. president; A. W. Botkln. first vice-president; Thomas Tocum, second vice-president; R. M. Standish. secretary; Jerome M. Schulta, treas urer. The association is formed along the same line as the Hood River Associa tion. The directors appointed a com mittee to arrange for the purchase of a site for a packing and storage plant in Estacada on the new switch now being Installed by the Portland Rail way, Light and Power Company. - PERSONALJVIENTION. Carl Abrams. of Salem, Is at the Bowers. J. F. Reddy. a capitalist of Medford, is at the Oregon. J. J. Quillian, a Tacoma merchant, is at the Cornelius. Fred Emerson Brooks, of San Fran cisco, Is at the Bowers. Mrs. Ruth Fowler, of Spokane, is registered at the Annex. F. D. Arnold, a lumberman of Ho qulam, is at the Cornelius. L. H. Mace, a Spokane business man, is registered at the Annex. G. S. Hewlns, a Bull Run merchant, is registered at the Bowers. Claud Schrack, a Sutherlln farmer, is registered at the Cornelius. Morris Abrams, a San Francisco mer chant, is registered at the Oregon. R. C. Keeney. a fruitgrower of Eu gene, is registered at the Oregon. J. R. Molera, of San Francisco, repre sentative of the Italian-Swiss Colony of California, is confined to his bed at the Multnomah Hotel1 suffering from an attack of Inflammatory rheumatism. His wife arrived yesterday. Fats and Leans to Play. ESTACATA, Or.. July 17. (Special.) Partly for amusement and partly to assist in the campaign fund for Cas cade County, a division project on which the voters are to pass at the coming election, business men of Esta cada have organized two ball teams. the Fats and the Leans, who are to play next Saturday. Included In the lineup are some prominent citizens. The Fat contingent Includes , Mayor Reed, Banker Jelllson, A. ti. bparK9, William -Underwood, William Jayne, T. F. Murray, C W. Wlsner, R. P. Parker and G. Sutterfield. Among the leans are L. K Belfils, Warren Barr, Justice Bates, John Tracey, J. R. McCurdy, A. G. Ames. L. S. LaHatt, it. XL stanoisn, John Osborne and A. R. Hawkins. "Tonight Mrs. Reed will sing. The Armory. (Paid adv.) I n . -T .. jaSfrrr. m Thla k tfM BkwtMM In -a ( form nothing; dM. 8 d.rctkA for pr-aparing r ethr aid- 1 t3s, "u-iT- -r J CEHti-U '"UMiiil, niocreat lm J"2J. Postum Cereal Co., Limited tttkCn Mich.. U. 5. 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Distributing Thirty Dollar Certificates Local Concern Determined to Find Out Which Portland Paper Is Read by Actual Buyers Anybody Can Clip the Coupon, Which Is as Good as Gold s if Presented Before Next Saturday Night GOOD FOR l-ajtrtpBonarssl This Adr. test coupon will "be accepted by Ellers Music a new piano selected on or before July 20. 10 P. M. Aa. - . . - ,, . pit i..ds wrftir llnllSE. X ai .... - it . -.j The above coupon is intended to LL3L 1 11 C i-i ' ' . - gonian as compared with other me diums. It IS generally auunu r:i Tir,.L: TTAiica imntlv with some EjIICLS iUUaili of the great piano manufacturers and talking machine makers is one of the largest advertisers on the Pacific r 4. j i,a',. iinntriii'isi run into 1JUEL, DUU Lll'i 1 ww.. thousands of dollars annually. In or-, der to determine just mcu pope, reaches the greatest number of actual purchasers, it was decided to issue the above coupon. It will be accepted as part of first payment on any piano in the big piano store. ONE DOLLAR AND THE COUPON ENOUGH. Tt --;il lu rpmcmhered that Eilers Hoiisp has already advertised pianos for one dollar down and one dollar a ween, ix was icarueu jicoici- day that that offer is still open.. Any body can buy a piano on terms of a dollar a week. The only difference being that with the coupon printed above the buyer will receive credit for an additional thirty dollars a total of thirty-one dollars in all. The cou pon must be used however, before July 20 at 10 P. M., for at that hour the coupon is cancelled and will be ab solutely worthless. PIANO PRICES MUCH LOWER. Prices on dependable pianos are now down to $215, $186 and $164. On any one of these pianos The Oregonian test coupon will be accepted as thirty gold dollars. In view of the fact that these prices are the lowest at which such fine pianos have ever been sold for, it is easy to prophesy that every pianoless home will want to clip the coupon and take it to Eilers Music House at Seventh and Alder streets. As Refreshing as an Ocean Breeze It's no wonder that is sold by over 500 dealers in the city. Best of all, Weatherly Ice Cream is absolutely pure made of the purest cream, flavors and sugar. Mothers have found Weatherly Ice Cream not only a delightful dessert, but a de licious luncheon for children to give them " 'tween meals." Crystal Ice & Storage Company EAST 344. Remember the Grocers' Picnic July 24, Bonneville For Grandpa, For "Bread-Winners' Grandpa, Father and Son. Blue Ribbon Bread is THE Bread that combines nourish ment with tastiness purity with cleanliness Grandpa must have pure bread Father must have tasty bread Son must have nourishing bread In Blue Rib bon Bread is found all three req uisites wrapped in a dustproof, germproof wrapper. In other words it's Bread Sense for Ten Cents. . . Of Your Grocer. LOG CABIN BAKING CO., Vancouver Ave. and Fremont St. For Son. For Father. Today is Blue Ribbon Souvenir Thursday A Dancing- Ball Free with every loaf of Blue Ribbon Bread. TUALATIN VALLEY ACREAGE Splendidly located near Portland, on United Railways. Fast trains, week end rates, COMMUTATION TICKETS. Near town of North Plains. Elec tric light, pure water, improved streets, modern buildings. Ideal location tot FRUIT FARMS, DAIRY FARMS, BERRY FARMS, POULTRY FARM? ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN SMALL INDUSTRIES For literature write or call at office of RUTH TRUST COMPANY Maia 5076. or A 3774. S36 Stark Street, Portland. Oregon.