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3rOT?MXG OREGOXIAN-. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913 16 TITE WOMAN TO MANAGE LOAN ASSOCIATION Miss Caroline B. Myers, Known as "Uncle" Myers, Pawn broker, Is Chosen. PHILANTHROPY HER HOBBY Remedial Society to Be Run on Bnsi. ness Lines Interest at Rate of 3 Per Cent a Month to Be Charged for Accommodation. It is a practical business woman, a practical philanthropist and a practical Judge of human nature that the Port land Remedial Loan Association, which will be ready to begin business about February 1. has chosen for its general manager. The general manager is a woman. Her name Is Miss Caroline B. Myers. To the people of Portfand she is kn-wn In a business way as "Uncle" Myers, fur she has conducted a legitimate loan office under that name for morn than 5 years. To her numerous f rien'ls and to those whom she has assisted in numerous practical ways she is known ns "Carrie"" Myers. It might be well to explain that the use of the term Uncle" is not the re Kult of a desire to conceal her identity. That was the name by which her father was known to the Portland public When he died she succeeded to the business and continued to conduct it under that name. , Ml Mr'n Well Knm. She probably is one of the moat suc cessful pawnbrokers on the Paclilc Coast. Her little place on Sixth street is known to Portland people as well as to travelers. She has advanced thou sands of dollars to the sick, the needy and the unfortunate, almost as often without security as with it. and it is yet to be told of her that she took ad vantage of one of her patrons. Thin alone was enough to commend her to the association, but it was not on the strength of that knowledge that she was engaged. "Next to Jane Addams in Chicago." rays Dr. Jonah B. Wise, "I know of no woman who has a better understandinT of the condition of the poverty-stricken and the unfortunate than Miss Myers." What he had in mind was the settle ment work which she-has conducted, voluntarily and at her own expense, in South Portland for many yenrs. "It came about quite through acci dent." said Miss Myers yesterday in explaining in her modest way, how she came to be engaged in settlement work w hile having a place of business that ordinarily commands her constant at tention. School for Foreigners Vrsed. "I was in one of the big banks one Cy the United 'States National, I think it was when a foreigner who could not make the clerk understand him impressed me. "I could understand his language. I soon learned that the man had ti in the bank that he needed it but that he could not mate his wan.s known suffi ciently to get it out. "It was a simple matter for me. I explained to the teller and In less than a minute the man went away with his ti. He was happy. "Then I went home. But the thought of that man kept coming constantly into my head. "So "about a week later I called up the Jewish Woman's Council. " 'Why don't you people start a school on the South Side and teach some of those foreign people who are Just com ing Into this country to talk English? I asked them. "The Idea appealed to them, but they didn't have the funds. All Cat Paid by Woman. "I was in earnest about the work, so I started the school myself. We have uone so nicely now that I can't give it up." Miss Myers neighborhood house in .South Portland Is one of the city's most valuable institutions. She has trained hundreds of boys and girls but Just as many men and women in the rudi ments of the English language. She I. as so many pupils now that a num ber of assistant teachers are required. All work without pay. On Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs day nights Miss Myers closes up her office promptly at 6 o'clock, hires a taxicab and rides down to South Port land. She devotes the rest of tho eve ning to her settlement work. From her own funds she buys all the text books, tlio books, pencils and other equipment. It costs her well, she doesn't -know what. She doesn't care. She loves the work and does it for the love of it. She has made such progress that I ronie of her friends have suggested j that it may soon be possible to hire teachers and to continue it "I hope not." she has answered each such suggestion. La Cat 3 Per Cent a Month. "It takes sympathy and patience and understanding and a lot of each to do that-work. Paid teachers never could do it." And that's the way she proposes to conduct the remedial loan business. "It takes a lot of human understand ing." she says. "No two cases that i.rply here for loans are alike. 1 expect to have the same experience in the remedial loan work. "In the first place the people ought to get over the idea that the remedial loan ia a charitable institution. It isn't. -We expect to charge 3 per cent a month for loans at the start, but we i.ope eventually to cut tho rate down t' 1 'r per cent. Subscribers to the lund are to pet S per cent on their In vestment. Tliat isn't charity. It is j.urely business. You can't run a remedial loan organisation on a char liable basis.". The Remedial Loan Society Is capi talized at $100,000. It Is aimed to tart business with a working capital r SSOOOO. It Is Intended also to drive ont -of business all loan agencies charging more than S per cent a month. "We could not have secured anyone better qualified all around for this work than Miss Myers." said Ben Sell ing, head of the organisation, yesterday. that the brides vibrates more than structure of the kind should. Mr. Dieck says that while it Is impossible to determine to what extent a bridge of the kind should vibrate, he does not believe there is any cause for alarm. He has received a letter irora tne Pennsylvania Steel Company, the con cern which erected the bridge, in which partial promise is made to repave the roadway of the bridge. Mr. Modjeskl. wlrb was engineer oi the bridge, reports that the "only source of danger to the orKJsre is from either incompetent operation or supervision, or both." "The statement that the work I re pairs is of such magnitude as to re quire the closing of the draw span for three days.'" Mr. Modjeskl says, "is misleading and no such necessity ex ists. Whatever is done to avoid fric tion of the rivets in question can be done without the least interruption of the operation of the bridge. The only defects noted by Mr. .5100- Jeski, he reports, is the wearing of some of the rivets caused Dy contact with friction plates. These, he says, are of a secondary nature and their destruction would not affect the strength of the span. In referring to a test the bridge was subjected to un expectedly last week, Mr. Modjeskl comments upon the fact that failure CITY L ABOK NEARLY FORCE 500 TODAY if 71 3- ST lu Carrie Myers. Who Will Be Mtiixer of Remedial Loan Aanoelatlott. of electric current caused the instant application of emergency brakes, one of the severest testa that can be ap plied to a bridge. 118 BECOME CITIZENS 35 APPLICATIONS ABB DE5IED AT DECEMBER HEARINGS. Many Xot Admitted Because of Immor ality and One Wha Complains of Delay Must Walt Five Years. . When the December naturalization examinations were concluded last night. lit new citizens had been admitted by the four Judges before whom the hear ings were conducted, 35 applications had been denied and 20 cases continued. The hearings were begun before Judge Coke, continued Saturday before Judge Kavanaugh. continued Monday before Judge Morrow and concluded yesterday afternoon by Judge Kavanaugn, alter Judge Morrow had heard a number of examinations at the morning session. When two of the applicants required Judge Morrow as witness. Judge Davis was called over to preside at the hear ings and passed on the. applications. The examinations were conducted by Naturalization Examiner Hazard. Many of the applicants were denied their final citizenship papers this month because of immorality and others be cause of their witnesses being not qualified. Lewis Steiner, when his case was continued for lack of qualified wit nesses.' complained that he had spent more money and time trying to get his naturalization papers than they were worth. Judge Morrow took offense at this remark and advised Steiner that his application was denied with preju dice, which prevents him from making application again for five years. The list of those admitted yesterday and the number of those admitted, de nied and continued on each day of the bearing, follows: Charles J. Gray, Simon Steiner. Carl Francis. Arvid G. Enquist. Jean B. Le- roy. Andrew W. Loi'gren, Benedlkt Nussbaumer, Charles Weber, Adolph Isler. Albert J. Jenner, Henry Sauer, Louis Rosengren. John K. Fink, Morris Wender. James W. Palmer, Harold L. Wold. Abram Labkoosy. Jacob Hoog st rat. John Glozik. Herman F. Ritten, Arthur Solly, Roy K. Terry, James Gor don. Albert Monge. Martin Johnson George M. Marshall. Arthur Davis, Pat rick J. o Tool. Henry iiaii. We. Fr. Fa. to. Til. Tot. Commissioners Arrange to In crease Number Hired on Relief Plan. IDLERS ARE DISCHARGED Officials Expect Workmen to Give Valno for Wages Paid Unions Satisfied With Way Work Is Bring Handled. The city will have almost 500 laborers at work today under the relief labor plan which is being put into operation. City Commissioner Daly arranged to put 200 men to work in the water de partment this morning in addition to the 125 who worked yesterday, making a total of 325 for his department. Com missioner Dieck arranged to put on be tween 50 and 75 men and Commis sioner Brewster has almost 100 men at work in Mount Tabor and Laurelhurst parks. These forces will bo increased it possible. Those who were put on yes terday will work until tonight, when they will be laid off and their places given to other men. The forces will alternate so that all laborers who are deserving will be given employment of two days each week at $3 a day. Commissioner Dieck had occasion last night to demonstrate to those who have been employed that the move is not one of charity on the part of the city, when he discharged six of the laborers in his employment for not working properly. The six were sent out to attend to the work of rounding curb corners in the residence district. The inspector who had charge of the work reported that the men spent most of their time in talking and accordingly Commissioner Dieck made an investigation. He saw the six men working on two different corners standing about talk ing instead of working and accordingly all were discharged. They will be given no further employment. Other Commissioners have found so far that the men employed under the relief system are working well. In the water department Commissioner Daly says he believes tho city is getting value received for the money being ex pended. Commissioner Brewster says the men in tho parks lire working well. Those In charge of the men have been given instructions to require the men to work. The Commission takes the view that the city is operating its re lief labor plan for the assistance of the unemployed and that unless the men are willing to work the city has no James Magulre. or tne uentrai uiDor Council, said yesterday that the Labor Council is satisfied with the way the citv is handling the situation. Cltv Treasurer Adams yesterday paia out about $750 as wages to the 250 men who worked yesterday. The ornce was kept open until 8 o'clock last night and all men who worked for the city under the relief labor plan were given tneir pay for the day. So far the city has paid out an aggregate of about $2000 in amounts of $3 and $6. 1 Admitted Lenled Continued Iti .1 12 ! 1 U Si 4 11S :i5 40 IS "9 SS 173 REPORTS SAY SPAN SAFE Commissioner Pieck and Ralph ModJkl Examine Strncture. After a detailed investigation of the Broadway bridce City Comuiisisoner Dieck has prepared a report for the benefit of the City Commission In w!.l-h he declares the bridce to be built successfully aid satisfactory in everv respect in spite of opinions which have been expressed to the con trrr. Ialrh Modieski has made similar report to the County Commis sioners. He says complaint has been made DAY OF CABARET OVEI HOTEL MULTNOMAH TO . SHOW JANUARY 4. CLOSE Bend, Ox., are registered at the Per kins. O. B. Aagaard, of Buxton, Or, is at the Imperial. Mrs. H. E. Gilham, of Seattle, is at the Washington. Mrs. Ed Larson, of Newberg, is at the Washington. Hamer A. Rogers, of Hood River, is at the Cornelius. R. L. McMillan, of Mendota, Wash., is at the Carlton. H. Showcll is registered at the Cor nelius, from Baker. J. Q. Adams, of Omaha, is regis tered at the Oregon. J. J. Angell is registered at the Im perial, from Izee, Or. John Anderson is registered at the Carlton, irom Astoria. Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Burns, of Seattle, are at the Washington. George Touell, of Tacoma, is regis tered at the Multnomah. H. IL Johnson Is registered at the N'ortonia, from Winfred, S. D. M. Epstein registered at the Oregon yesterday, from San Francisco. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rajotte. of Cen tralis Wash., are at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Montgomery, of Spokane, are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Rogers, of Van couver, B. C, are at the Multnomah. M. Gorman, Mayor of Cathlamet, Wash., was at the Imperial yesterday. Ray Samuels registered at the Nor tonia yesterday, from San Francisco. Captain R. McDonald is registered at the Imperial, from Altoona, Wash. A T. Craig and C. E. Hill, of Cor- vallis, are registered at the Washing ton. Dr. E. A. Smith, of Calgary, accom panied by Mrs. Smith, is at the Mult nomah. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Deane are regis tered at the Cornelius, from Salem, as "is also L. B. Smith. C. P. Corwin and W. O. Ward, with Mrs. Ward, are registered at the Carl ton, from Olcott, N. T. Mr. and Mrs. George Williams, of' Kalama. Wash., are at the Imperial Mr. Williams was recently elected a member of the Kalama City Council. Mrs. A. J. Wendler, of Valdez, Alaska, registered at the Imperial yesterday. Mrs. Wendler came to Seattle from Valdez on the last steamer of the sea son. She will visit with her parents at Canyon City, Or. Boardman C. Adams, United States superintendent of construction of the field force of the Treasury depart ment's supervising architect, is regis tered at the Cornelius, from Washing ton. D. C. He is here in connection with the coming construction - of Portland's new postofflce building. W. H. Pattee. of Sheridan; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Elwell and daughter, of Brownsville; J. P. Rector, of Burns; R. T. Evans, of Hood River; .Charles Webb, of Bay City: Felix Beecher, of Grand Ronde; Claude D. Lee, of Eu gene; L. Olds, of Tillamook; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stewart, of Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Sprague, of Roseburg, are Oregon people who are registered at the Perkins, CAROL FESTIVAL TONIGHT FROM PUBLIC STREETS CHRISTMAS HYMNS WILL RISE. Assembly, Under Auspices of Rotary Clnb, at Broadway and Oak, Begins at 8 o'clock. "CHECKERS" AT MAJESTIC Splendid Drama Admirably Present ed by Moving Picture Artists. "Checkers." one of the strongest plays ever presented, is shown this week at the Majestic with Thomas W. Ross in the title role. The scenes are admirably depicted and are full of action and realism. In fact, it is one of the best moving picture productions ever seen in Portland. The country store, with all the odJ characters, the racetrack, the stables, thn race horses, the 40-to-l-shot race. the faro game and the run on the bank are onlv a few or tne many attrac tions that make the play distinctive. Thrn are olentv of love scenes and nnouzh comedy to please the sent mental and. as everything ends well, h t.isv leaves a Brood impression There Is just enougn oi me raomi pointed to make it balance. "Checkers" will continue the rest of the week. Miss Esther Sundqulst, the gifted young violinist, closes her en gagement at the Majestic this week, and is appearing In some of her most artistic numbers, which continue to win for her applause and admiration. PAROLES GIVEN TO THREE Two Swindlers and Girl Freed After Pleading? Guilty to Charge. W. J. Dwyer. alias Burke, alias Mul len, under indictment for obtaining money by falsa pretenses, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Gatens, was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary, and, upon condition that he leave the state and not return during the time of the sentence, was paroled. Dwyer was charged with asking funds of Portland merchants for the "Switchmen's Aid Association." a fic titious organization. Lillian Larkin pleaded guilty to a vacrancv charge before Judge Cleeton, who ordered that the girl be returned to her mother, who lives In Spokane. E. G. Hayes, under Indictment for obtaining money by false pretenses, was paroled by Judge Kavanaugh, af ter he had pleaded guilty. , Management Announces Saving of Abont 500 a Week Will Be Distributed In Improvlne Service. No more will the soup be accom panied by the tango, nor the roast be garnished with ragtime, nor the wine be sipped to the throbbing, sob bing strains of grand opera. No more will the singers and the dancers descend from the stage, and. tripping among the tames, interrupt mastication and otherwise interfere with the serious business of eating. The days of the cabaret snow are numbered In at least ono oi ing hotels of Portland, according to an announcement issued yesterday by its management. After January 4. 1914. those who take their meals at the Hotel Multno mah will do so to the accompaniment of music from an orchestra oi ij pieces, but that will be all. "We will close our cabaret show for keeps on that date, when all our con tracts will have expiree, saiu nuj O. Yates, president or tne muitnumnu Company, yesterday. -we were mo first to start real cabaret shows in Portland, and we will be the first to stop them. "We have tried out the cabaret for nearlv two years and we have reached the definite conclusion that the ma jority of the people do not demand it. Since the hotel was opened 20 months ngo. we have spent approximately $45,000 on the cabaret feature of our dining room in the Arcadian garden. I, mvself. have been watching the ef '( ihA caharet for 10 months, and I have concluded that It has no place in the hotel business. "After this we are going to run a hnioi and not a theater," said C 8. Bowers, manager. " "We will leave vaudeville to the vaudeville show hn where it belongs, and confine our entertainment at meal-time to that which will be provided by our high class augmented orchestra.' .We will also continue our free orchestral con certs every Sunday evening In the lobby. "It will be a great relief to us. T hy, Kt enharet show takes as much at tention as all the other affairs of the business, and consumes infinitely more patience than any other detail of the management. "With the passing of the cabaret we will not have to cope with two sets of artistic temperaments, those of the performers and those of our patrons. For. try as we may, it is a difficult task to keep the show supplied with first-class' talent." President Yates declared that the saving made by eliminating the ca baret, at least $500 a month, not count ing the cost for carfare, costumes and other items, will be put Into the serv ice and cuisine of the hotel, and will be distributed through the whole house. "The cabaret is a fad." he said. "The people mav have fancied It at first, but like all fads, it has run Its course, and we will soon be through with It." CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS TO DAY. , notary Club . Christmas carols at Broadway and Stark. 3 o'clock .to 10 o'clock. Ad Club Christmas programme and Good Fellow" meeting- at the Port land Hotel at 12:30 P. M. Mother's Club of the People's In stitute, party at Alblna, afternoon. Christmas tree and party at Baby Home, afternoon. Hawthorne Sunday School and En deavor Society of First Presbyterian Church carry Christmas cheer to Fra zier Home. Salvation Army. Volunteers of America, Associated Charities, Fruit and Flower Mission and other char itable organizations send out Christ mas supplies throughout the day to their wards. . Christmas programme and tree at Good Samaritan Hospital, 3 o'clock. Christmas celebration will begin to day in many Portland organizations, and the entertainments to be held in various places this afternoon will be capped tonight with the big Christmas carol singing assembly under the aus pices of the Rotary Club on the streets at Broadway and Oak tonight from 8 to 10 o'clock. The Christmas carol crowds will be gin to gather at about 7:30, when the Police Band, forming at fhe station, will march through tho streets to the stand that has been erected at Broad way and Oak. Rev. J. H. Boyd will bo master of ceremonies, and among the singers who have promised to particl Date are the members of the Ad Club quartet, Mrs. Elfricda Heller Weinstein, W. R. MacMurray and Dom Zan. The crowd will be expected to participate in many of the Christmas choruses. The Rotary Club is holding this cele bration as a means of proving to the worl dthat the Oregon climate is sucn that Christmas permits out-of-door as semblies. The gathering is expected to be larger than that whiho witnessed the New Year singing festival last year. Another club which is preparing to celebrate Christmas elaborately is the Ad Club, whlhc will hold Its programme and good fellowship meeting at the Portland Hotel at noon. Besides many minor parties, there will be Christmas programmes at the Babv Home, the Frazier Home, the People's Institute in the Albina branch. . IdDYAL The Standard for Baking Powders the World Over is an Absolutely Pure, Cream of Tartar Baldng Powder CREAM OF TARTAR is the crystallized acid of grapes refined to absolute punty and ground to a creamy flour. It is de clared by physicians the most wholesome of all fruit acids, and has been proved by long and universal experience the most efficient and satis factory, for baking purposes. Highly refined products of the grape, properly ; combined with bicarbonate of soda and a little corn starch to absorb atmospheric moisture, are tne sole ingredients of the ideal, high-class, standard ' baking powder. Many acids have been tried during the last hun dred years to find a substitute for the grape cream of tartar which would cost less. In recent years alum, which makes a baking powder at a cost pi ' two cents a pound, has been used because of its trifling cost. Alum, however, has been disapproved by scientific chemists and physicians and is not em ployed by manufacturers of high-class powders. Cream of tartar powders being healthful them selves, add to the healthfulness of the food. and at 2 o'clock this afternoon tne Good Samaritan Hospital will have Its Christmas tree for patients. The various charitable organizations of the city will devote the entire day to ministering to cases of need tnat come under their care and to distribut ing baswkets of Christmas dinner, guts and supplies among the needy. SANTA LISTS PRESS CLUB Christnius Tree for Children and Fete for Members Arranged. Invitations will be sent out today for the Chrrstmas holiday entertain ments to be given by the Portland Press Club.- Saturday will be children's day. The wives and mothers of the members of the Press Club are invited to come and bring their sons and daughters. There will be a Christmas tree and Santa Claus has been specially en gaged for the occasion, and has prom ised to provide presents for all of the children who attend. An entertaining programme will be provided for the occasion. The entertainment will not occupy more than ah hour and a half. Last year it was a big success. On Monday, December 29, there is to be an entertainment for the grown folks. It is to be called "A Night Off." and a highly entertaining vaudeville bille is promised. Refreshments will i. -.-...5 .i ,1 fivrvnrifl la nrcfmised an exceptionally enjoyable evening on the inimitable plan mat tne x-oimu Press Club usually follows. 4 PARKS OR NONE CHOICE St. Johns People May Decide at Polls Question of $10,000 Bond Issue. ST. JOHNS, Or., Dec. 23. (Special.) The voters of St. Johns may decide at the February primary election whether they want four parks that will cost 110.000 or more. The plan was proposed last night at the mass meeting held In the City Hall. C. H. Boyd, City Super intendent of Schools, presided. There was large attendance. It was decided that St. Johns should have parks and it was voted to recom mend that the City Council place on the ballot at a special election in February four park tracts, the Caples, Cook. Catlin and the Stearns. The lat ter was added to the other three, which already have been approved by the First and Second Wards. It contains seven acres and is valued at S15.000. The bonds and the four tracts will be voted on at the same time. In selecting the park sites, it was decided to use the unit plan, so that all or none of the tracts will be voted on. The united plan was adopted so that it will not be possible for any voter to select and vote against any of tho tracts, and all must stand or fall together. Drugzl.ts refund money if PAZO OINTMESI tails to euro licning, uimu. " .i truding Piles. First application gives relict 50c 'Tum Make Your Mouth Water. Q to lift the cover off a box of Hazelwood Candy It's the purest and best you can buy. . The Hazelwood Confectionery and Restau rant, Washington at Tenth. PERSONALMENTION. D. A Muth, of Eugene, Is at the Nurtonla William Hayward. of Eugene, is at the Oregon. Dan P. Smythe, of Pendleton, is at the Oregon. B. Wlckham. of Sacramento, is at the Xjrtonia. Tt. B. Haiiey and U B. Halley, of Camas, Wash., and B. F. Halley. of Suggestion for Late Purchasers Waterman's IDEAL Fountain Pen We have 'the most varied and complete stock in the city from which to make your selection for $2.50 UP WATERMAN If! PEN AGENCY 354Vss Washing-ton St., Near Park. Morgan Bldg. G. S. SPARKS, PEN SPECIALIST. irry Christmas to AD" THE spirit of Christmas is shown in the happy faces of the people we meet on the street, in the jolly, good-natured bustle of the shoppers and in the mysterious hiding of bundles. It is in the very air. we breathe and it draws us closer to friends and relatives. ( All through the Holidays the telephone will be flash ing millions of greetings and good wishes far and near over its network of wires. It will be carrying the slightest inflection of the human voice out to the far away friend and relative. Kindliness and laughter will be on the wires. Oldtime friends will be reminded that they are not forgotten, and where in the old days one Christmas visit was made in person, ten now will be made by telephone. If you have a surplus of happiness during the holi day season, why not telephone a part of it to some one who has less? The telephone, you know, is the great and almost limitless roadway over which the Christmas spirit can travel. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY t