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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1913)
THE MORNING OREGONTAN, TUESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 16, 1913. 10 T i t CHATTANOOGA GIRL TO BE ENTERTAINED is in Portland to attend the Davis Burns wedding tonight. Covers were laid for 23 and the table was artlstica ly adorned with pink and lavender asters. Miss Myrtle Brix left Saturday to at tend school et Lasell Seminary, near Boston. The marriage of Rev. Henry Mar cotte, pastor of Westminister Presby ISS Char Otte HO meS Patten daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Robert Wig gins, win take place this evening at 7:30 o'clocK at the home of the bride' parents. Dr. W. S. Holt will officiate. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson Brown Ingr announce the engagement of their sister. Miss Bertha Whilldln Wetzel, to Charles Post Gage, formerly of Boston Mass. The wedding, which will Be Visits Schoolmate, Miss Marie Holier. ANITA BURNS WEDS TONIGHT Charles Henry DaTls, Jr., to Be Bridegroom at Trinity Episcopal Church Nuptials Wetzel-Gage Engagement Is Announced. Miss Charlotte Holmes Patten, a charming girl from Chattanooga. Tenn., is the bouse guest of Miss Marie Haller at the H. M. Haller residence in lrving ton. Miss Patten and Miss Haller were classmates at a fashionable finishing xi-hnnl In Washington. D. C Several interesting social affairs are being planned for the visitor. The wedding of Miss Anita Burns to Charles Henry Davis, Jr will be the event of today, and will be solemnized a t Trinity EDisconal Churcn tnis even- in- at 8:30 o'clock. Rt. Rev. Charles Scaddlng officiating, assisted by Rev. A. A. Morrison. Following the cere mony a reception will be held at the I hnm of the bride-elect s parents on Nineteenth street. ... Miss Dorothy Davenport (Eva Horats), a local soprano, . was married Septem ber. 11 to Harry K. Evenson. the well-known leader of Pantages Thea ter Orchestra. n Beta Phi Alumnae Club had a I luncheon last Saturday at the home of Mrs. H. I. Shepard at Glenmorrie. in the afternoon the guests took a trip through the surrounding country niw enjoyed the beautiful scenery. The next meeting of the club will be Thurs day. October 2. at the home of Miss Frances Dewar 331 Halsey street. - Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Dickson returned Saturday from a short trip to Cali fornia, where they went to attend the birthdav anniversary ot Mrs. jjick- son's mother. They will be at Alex andra Court for the Winter. Mrs. Leo Frlede and sdn, who have been absent from the city for the past two months, returned Saturday from San Francisco. A luncheon was given at the Hazel- wood Thursday in honor of McKinley Kane, a University of Oregon student. who left Friday evening on an extended trip throughout the East. Those pres ent were: Carleton Spencer, Blaine Hallock, Louis Mills. Harry Pearce, Mc Kinley Kane, Seth Smith. Raymond Singletary. Charles Hohlt, Thomas Ryan, Lewis Lundburg, Charles Hodges, Emmett Gillespie, Walter Stott, Max Taylor. Rodolph Cabell. Walter Mia Charlotte Holmes Pattest Guest of Miss Marie Haller. church event, will be solemnized early in October. An interesting wedding which will take place at Albany tomorrow is tha of Miss Ieleen Leeth and Russell A. McCully. of Hood River. The cere mony will be a quiet affair, and the bride-elect's father, Dr. Leeth, will offi ciate. The bridegroom-to-be is the son of Mr. and Mrs. . John D. McCully, prominent orchardlsts of Hood River, where the young people will also make their home upon their return from wedding trip. Both Miss Leeth and Mr. McCully were students at Oregon Agricultural College at the same time. An event eagerly anticipated is the opening party of the social season of the Irvington Club, which wil take place Friday, September 19. Dancing will be the feature of the evening. IL P. Palmer is chairman of the social committee. Miss Camillia Hellman. of Los An geles, is the house guest of Mrs. F. W. Hellman. Miss Elta Clarke, of Portland, and John Truman Owens, of Raymond, Wash., were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tilbury. 1386 East Broadway, September 10. at 8:30 o'clock The bridesmaid was Miss Elllce Nolander. Jot'eph Kehoe, Louis Streck. Shearer, and Lester Owens, brother of Jr.. Arthur Langguth, C. R. Moloney, Walter GllJaixl. Herbert Cooke. Chester Capllnger, Leroy McDuffee and Walter McGuirk Mr. Kane will be in the East about six weeks. Wliile there he will attend the annual convention of Theta Lambda Phi legal fraU-rnity at the Hotel La Salle. Chicago, on September 26. Mrs. G. C. Shay entertained the choir of St-Michael's recently, fancy dancing being one of the features of the even ing. The bouse was decorated with cherry branches and Japanese lanterns. rhich made a beautiful background the bridegroom, acted as best man. Miss Inez Stark, of Eugene, Or., sang Oh. Promise Me, preceding the cere mony. and also played the wedding march and following the ceremony Miss Stark also sang "I Love You Truly.' Rev. Mr. Bonnor. of Hlllsboro. offi ciated. Gladys Toung was ring bearer, and the little flower girl was Virginia Ostrom. of Jennings Lodge, The bride was gowned in ivory white charmeuse, elaborated with Duchess lace, en train, and her shower bouquet was of bride's roses and lilies-of-the- valley, the latter blossoms also fasten ing hap full T n trt Vi vAll. fihn worn a lor a programme or fancy dancing .rl nmrlant. the e-lft of the bride- nuivu us u j Bociw 11 l Lit Rinsi ,Anm who have been pupils of Miss Laven Th hrMAnmnld'n crown w a chic this Summer. A dainty minuet in court I model of pink crepe meteor, embellished vuobuwu b B"cu u Iitu IwrDLDT .1.1, ro r i.aa n n1 J aha rnrrtMl Jjyons ana tie inn wnite, who after a recitation of Great-Grandma's Days.' went through the dance in a charming manner. Miss Eunice Cowgill danced the skirt cance very gracefully. "The Gavotte' from "Ermlnle was sung and danced ny Dorothy Lyons and Roger Shay and Miss Laven gave the Spanish dance. .Musical numbers were furnished by members of the choir and after musical games at which Mrs. A. 6. Rodda and Miss Hayward won prizes, refresh ments were Berved in cafeteria style, Mrs. Paul Cowgill. Mrs. S. C. White and Mrs. Lou Gray assisting the hostess. Abont 40 guests were present. The guests were: irs. A. H. Gardiner, choirmaster: Misses Helen and Mary Gardner. Adelaide and Andrew Wilson. rare bouquet of bridesmaid roses. The Tilbury residence was decorated prettily for the occasion; clusters of Autumn foliage and pink and white roses were used in the drawing-room, red roses and foliage being used In the dlnlng-room and the music room was adorned with purple asters In tall vases.. The ceremony was performed beneath a bower of Autumn foliage. . Out-of-town guests were: G. L. Tilbury, of McMlnnvllle, Or.; Misses Jennie and Estella Tilbury, of McMinn vllle. Or.; Mrs. Tompkins, of Los An geles, Cal.; Miss May Webster, of San Francisco, Cal.: Mrs. Conner, of Mc Minnvllle, Or.; Donald Apperson, of Mc Minnvllle, Or.; Mrs. George A. Ostrom, of Jennings Lodge, Or.; S. N.-LeClalre. of Jennings Lodge. Or.; Miss Claire Margaret Dickson. Lois and Gertrude Ostrom. of Jennings Lodge. Or.; Mr sin, nainei aim jtuin i nayer, in ward and Harold Thayer, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Rodda, Miss lone Rodda, Mrs. F. ij. XTirse. miss Hayward, H. D. Hum and the four choir boys, Merritt Rodda, and Mrs. S. Owens, of Tacoma. Wash. Misses Ruth and Ella Owens, of Ray mond, Wash. . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry and Miss ing at Seaview. Wash., guests at the Bummer home of Mrs. lone Buchanan. Donald Menzies, Roger Shay, Elmi Ras- Rattle Miller, of Portland, are visit luuBocu, j. o. Acmes, director of the choir, and Mrs. C E. Shay, organist. Mrs. E. C Shevlln presided at an at tractive luncheon at the Waverly Golf Club yesterday in honor of Mrs. Fred erlck Weyerhaeuser, of St. Paul, who A German vacuum Ice machine of con venient size for household use does away with the need of using dangerous aclda. and can be operated by hand or by a small elec tric motor. 25 CLERKS CONFER County Officers Discuss Plan for Uniform Accounting. FERGUSON IDEA EXPLAINED State Insurance ' Commission - Pre pares System to Be Adopted by Counties Throughout Oregon. Scheme Meets Approval. A two days' conference to discuss the uniform accounting system, which In surance Commissioner Ferguson is pre paring for all the counties of the state. opened at the .Courthouse yesterday with 25 County Clerks in attendance. John T. Richardson, chlet deputy under the Insurance ' Commissioner, in pre paring the new scheme of procedure explained the Ferguson plan. Adoption of this plan by all counties of the state is mandatory. The new system will go into effect the first of 1914. The idea of calling the County Clerks of the state into conference was to give thera an od portunity to familiarize themselves with the various forms and also that suggestions might be received from them. Mr. Richardson stated last night that for the most part the system was In dorsed by the 'Visiting officials. In few instances complaints were heard that the system will be too elaborate. The Insurance Commissioner's plans call for monthly reports to his office of sums expended and the conditions of the various funds. After the system has been Installed it will be the duty of his office to check up the various county officials periodically to see that they are not' spending money illegally and are keeping their accounts prop erly. At noon the visiting County Clerks were the guests of County Clerk Cof fey, of Multnomah County, at luncheon at yie Commercial Club. GUARDIAN IS DESIRED SISTER WANTS WM. C. BARKER DECLARED INCOMPETENT. Youth of 28, Recently Divorced, Is Said to Be Squandering Inher itance of $150,000. Asserting that William C. Barker, aged 28, her brother and heir to prop erty of the value of 3150,000, Is an habitual drunkard and spendthrift and incompetent to manage his own affairs. Alice R. Barker has filed at the Court house a petition requesting- the Connty Commissioners to Join with her in pe titioning the Circuit Court that a guardian be appointed for him. She suggests Seva C Stewart, a close friend and adviser of her late rather, C. C. Barker. Under the law, as it existed prior to the abolition of the County Court, pro vision was made for the County Court joining in the petition for the appoint ment of a guardian for a spendthrift or drunkard and the present request on the County Commissioners comes from the fact that they are successors of the County Court. The petition has been referred to District Attorney Evans for an opinion as to what the Commis sioners should do in the premises. In the petition filed yesterday it is declared that William C Barker has wasted and squandered $75,000 in the last five years in drink and riotous and expensive living. He inherited 3100,000 from the estate of his father and 350,000 from the estate of his mother. Rose C. Barker, who died re cently. His monthly allowance is 3125. Corrine R. Barker, nee Riley, se cured in the Multnomah County Circuit Court last May a divorce from William Barker. In settlement of property rights she received the equivalent of about 350,000. She charged her hus band with habitual drunkenness, gross neglect and cruelty and with associat ing with lewd and worthless charac ters. ' The Arena Clubs will meet on Sun day afternoons, beginning October 5, immediately after the regular men's meeting. They will be led by H. W. Stone, C. N. Wonacott, R. R. Perkins, W. B. Platt'and H. C. Melby. Any man between the ages of 18 and 25 years will be eligible to attend. "Why should a young man marry before he is 21?" Is one of the ques tion that will be discussed. Among other problems that are to be brought up for consideration are the following: "Why are so many young men dis satisfied with their Jobs?" "Why must a man be a Christian to suceeed in politics? "Why is it hard for an honest man to be a millionaire? "Why can a church do more for men than secret societies? "Why do men defend certain sins as necessary?" "Why is profanity tolerated?" "Why are there more hypocrites out side the church than In 7 "Why don't more men make good husbands?" "Why do' men have one standard of honesty for their personal lives and another for business?" SCENIC ROUTE LAUDED A.'R. MORGAN TALKS OF COLT7M BIA HIGHWAY FUTURE. View From Rooster Rock Described Switzerland of America.' New Road to Be Good One. as "If you want to see the Switzerland of America, come to the heights about the Columbia River and Rooster Rock,' said A. R. Morgan in his address yes terday at the luncheon of the East Side Business Men's Club at Hotel Clifford. His subject was "The Columbia River Highway," and he spoke to an Inter ested audience. He told of the beau ties of the elevation above the Colum bia and declared that at no place in America can one have the advantage of such scenery the Columbia River east and west, the Cascades to the east and Washing-ton on the north. "The chief thing I want to speak about is the Columbia Highway up the Columbia River, which starts at Chanticleer Heights. The county is assembling lumber and material for the camp at Multnomah Falls. A new road down the hill to the railroad on a 5 po? cent grade will be built, start ing near the Chanticleer Hotel. This road will wind down the side of the bluff overlooking the Columbia River. Within a year, or less, it will be pos sible to travel to The Dalles along the Columbia River Highway with the great river always in sight. flans will soon be prepared for a 60-room tourists' hotel to be built on the heights about Rooster Rock." After hearing the talk by Mr. Mor gan, the club decided to make an of Iiclal visit to the heights. ' C. C. Hall, assistant secretary, re ported good progress in securing au tomobiles for the trip to the County Fair at Gresham next Thursday. The start will be made from Hotel Clifford, East Sixth and East Morrison streets, September IS, at 12:30 o'clock. SCHOOL RALLY IS HELD OPENING OF FAIX TERM CELE BRATED AT CHURCH. ARENA CLUBS PROPOSED Pertinent Questions Will Be Dis- cussed at Y. 31. C. A. Meetings. Arena Clubs, which have been a not- ablo success in Cleveland, O., will be organized by the Portland Toung Men's Christian Association this Fall, and will be one of the most important fea tures of the religious department's work. There will be four of these clubs, which will meet one night a week throughout the Winter for an informal and democratic discussion of problems vitally affecting: young men. Mrs. Robert H. Tato Believes Idea of Highland Congregation Should Be Extended Throughout City. O. M. Plummer, of the Portland School Board, and Mrs. Robert H. Tate, presi dent of the Oregon Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers' Association, spoke at the Highland Congregational Church Sunday night at the annual rally preced ing the opening of the public schools. The custom of holding a school rally each year has been observed in the Highland church for the past three years. Mrs. Tate expressed her approval of the rally and said it would be appro priate to extend the idea to churches throughout the city. Referring to the address of Super intendent Alderman before the teachers Saturday, Mrs. Tate pointed out that while it is necessary for teachers to "study the Individual aptitudes of the pupils they will be handicapped in their work unless the parents give them the closest co-operation. A movement which is to be of Na tlon-wlde scope has been launched, with the further development of the home department of educational work as its object. Mrs. Tate referred to this movement and expressed a hope that it may rapidly be brought to ef fective working. An Old Saying Has It "Opportunity Knocks Once at Every body's Door" Never was a truer saying, when ap plied to the Graves Music Company. Removal sale of both new and used. Reduced Pianos and Player Pianos Fresh carloads of new Pianos arriv ing too soon for 149-151 Pourth St. Need be sold now at 111 Fourth St. Prices are 30 per cent to SO per cent less than you would ordinarily have to pay. A remarkable money-saving sale of Pianos and newest, up-to-date Player Pianos. Here Is Another Way to Accummulate Tou buy a new J375 piano at our Re moval Sale price of $235 and pay $10 cash and $6 monthly or $1.25 weekly and when the piano is paid for such a used piano will still represent a cash value of $235, while it is necessary for others to pay $375 for it new. Con sequently, after we will say ten years of use after the benefit of a musical education and you may want the use of this money, you can sell this piano for $235 or we will say at a forced sale for $200 cash, if you should ever want to sell it. Does this not show a saving an accumulation which you can realize upon in cash when necessary or de sired? Therefore, what better propo sition, what better investment than the one we offer? Let your son or daughter accumulate this purchase and saving out of his or her earnings, if .you yourself do not prefer to do so. One is at a loss for expression suffi ciently strong to emphasize the won derful success of this great Removal Sale of fine new and used pianos and player pianos, but recognize the main reason to be the keen perception of the purchasers in recognizing true val ues when subjected to reductions of such magnitude as here made. The great selling suggests, therefore, tak ing advantage at once of opportunities for savings which can hardly be ex pected to come again. The Graves Music Co. guarantee is the bond that makes it impossible for you to lose when buying here. This firm guarantees the price of every piano they sell to be lower than the price of similar quality at any other store In the city; in fact, they hold there are no competitors at this time, because of their reduced Removal Sale prices. This firm also guarantees the style, value, condition and wear of every instrument to be exactly as rep resented either in their store or in the advertisements. They will take your old pianos or organs, even talking machines,, in part payment for a piano or player piano. and if you do not pay cash, pay t or more monthly for the balance until fully paid. You can, therefore, now buy these reduced pianos on a rental basis In addition to the savings of $140 or more. Cash goes far now, but, you see, we are ready to sell you on easy "usual rental basis terms of payment" you can afford to pay, for instance. $6 monthly or $1.25 weekly. Tou can therefore afford to buy a new piano during this Removal Sale. Tou can afford to pay $10 monthly for a new player piano. Tou can therefore af ford to buy a new player piano now. Adv. PARALYTIC MAN PLAINTIFF Promoter Charged With Swindling Inventor of Wrench. Paralyzed from his waist down, Ed ward H. Smith had to be carried into Judge McGinn's courtroom yesterday to give testimony in his suit against J. W. Hurley, a promoter with offices in the Henry building, whom he ac cuses of practically swindling- him out of his Invention, an improved wrench. Smith charges that Hurley first took a half interest for little or nothing as compensation for his agreement to dis. pose of the patent rights at a good fig ure and then purchased the remaining half for $350, after telling Smith that the Invention was no good and not marketable. The plaintiff demands $17,000. OTHER CITIES ATTRACTED Mayors Write Albee Regardlnj Juvenile Administration. That Portland's juvenile government receives official recognition in East ern cities was demonstrated to Mayor Albee yesterday when he was phe sented with letters from Mayors of Denver, Minneapolis, St. Paul and other cities, congratulating Portland gn hav ing a commission government con ducted solely by children. Tha letters were gathered by Joe Dletz, Commissioner of Finance of tha Juvenile Commission, who returned yesterday from a tour of Eastern cities. Toung Dletz visited Mayor Albee yes terday to see whether or not the City Commission would recognize lsglsla- Whj aV ' Wait Authoritative Corset Fashion is established by the dis tribution of at The Meier & Store. Frank NOTE That with a Warner an nouncement corset fash ion is established. That it means 3-011 can buy the latest Parisian de sign, cut and made in this country to suit the American woman's fig ure as early as the Parisian woman can buy hers. When a Warner Corset appears it is a standard ized style when fitted it fashionably shapes the figure when worn it is comfortable, when you discard a Warner, you discard it because you want another War ner a fresh corset or a new Warner shape. It has held its shape. It is as comfortable as the day you first put it on. This is the Warner story: To Shape Fashionably To Fit Comfortably and Not to Rust, Break or Tear Ask to See the New Styles $1.00 to $5.00 Every Pair Guaranteed Warner's Rust-Proof Corsets Sold in Portland Only by HP- OT PORTLAND, war Vhs- QjJALrrV Sto or Portland tion enacted by the Juvenile Commis sion. Cottage Grove Gets Honors. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) Cottagre Grove was honored, with the presidency and corresponding secretaryship of the County W. C T. U. at the convention held at Creswell last week. Mrs. K. B. Woods was elected to the former position and Mrs. Ida B. Caldwell to the latter. COUNTY CLERKS OF 25 OREGON COUNTIES, WHO CAME TO PORTLAND TO CONFER WITH INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FERGUSON ABOUT NEW ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. t ' I fl ! , ' - : skS- , V ' - 'fit i Back How. Left to Right E. M. D ffy. Deputy I'ndrr Mr. Frrftnnon; E. H. Howell, Lincoln Scott SasMv!, Wheeler; W. E. Hanson, Hood River; A. B. Robins, Jr., Folk; Warren Brown, Crook; Max Gehlhnr, Marion; E. H. Lenox, Douglas; E. C. Lnce, Washington; W. L. Mark, Linn; C. G. Hilyeu. Wal lotvn; Edward Wright, Union; Stacey R nssell, Lane. Frjnt Row E. M. Smith and J. Y. Richardson, Deputies Under Mr. Fersruson; W. O. Hill, Morrow; George Jones, Yamhill; L. B. Foxi Wasco; G. A. Gardner, Jackson; C. R. De Lap, Klamath; E. L. Cobnrn, Josephine; Charles E. Balrd (Deputy), B aker; John B. Coffer, Multnomah; E. J. Newton, Benton; W. L. Mnlvey, Clackamas. Three Other County Clerks Here for the Conference, But Absent When the Picture W'aa Take Axel U E. La bare, Colombia; C. N. Laoghbrldge, Gilliam; J. C. Holden, Tillamook. I J-JL -JLSJL JL iJL JL t. A S JIX' t