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THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1914.
GRAND JURY CHOSEN , ;" - ----- ,
Federal Prosecutor Careful in
Matter of Qualifications.
HOT CONTEST IS EXPECTED
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tnited States IHstrict Attorney
TJeamcs Cautions Witlx Location
Fraud Cases in View Other
Charges to Bo Considered.
iviore man ordinary care "was used
In selecting the members of the "United
states grand Jury which convened yes
terday afternoon for the consideration
of 40 cases. Including those Involving
cnarges or wnite slavery, sending- ob
scene matter throueh the mails ner.
Jury, using the malls with Intent to
defraud, counterfeiting, selling liquor
to Indians, larceny from postofflces
opium smuggling, moonshlnlng and
rauraer.
The reason that United States Dls
trict Attorney Reames was so careful
In selecting: the jury was that he wished
,to be certain that none of the jurors
who are to consider the charges of
fraudulent land location cases can be
questioned as to qualification. Each of
tie veniremen was questioned nerson
ally by Mr. Reames. particularly as to
his place of birth, whether or not he
was a taxpayer as shown by the last
assessment roll, and whether or not he
had sat on a Federal jury within a
year.
"The fraudulent location cases are
so important, and will be so hard
fought, that we want no repetition of
the episode In the Ruef-Schmit case
in ban .Francisco, where the Qualifies,
tions of the men who had been on the
grand Jury that brought the Indict
rnent were in dispute for months " snil
Mr. Reames yesterday afternoon, after
tne veniremen had been passed.
A full grand Jury of 23 men was 1m
paneled. Instead of 16. the usual num
ber, because of the heavy grist of work
that the body faces. More than one-
nair or tne grand jurymen are native
born Oregonians, and all but two were
born In the United States. The two
of foreign birth have been naturalized
for several years.
The fraudulent land location cases
will be considered after the other cases
have been cleared away.
The murder case to be considered Is
that of Vincent Wantoch, of Portland,
19 years old, who Is charged with the
murder of an Indian on the Stletz res
ervation. The facts that the victim was
a ward of the Government, and that
the alleged crime was committed on
an Indian reservation, throw the case
under Federal Jurisdiction.
D. L. Keyt. of Perrydale, Or., was
rhosen foreman of the grand jury bv
Judge Wolverton. J
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LODGES ASKED TO MARCH
Itose Festival Committee Wants AH
to Take Part in Pageant.
The committee composed of Gus
Iloser, Charles A. Bersr. f A Tji.i,
f John Coffey, Marshal N. Dana. D. L,'
. n uiiains, j. ii. vietz aud Andy Weln
1 berger, who will assist Dr. T. L. Fer
1 Mns, chairman of thn rnmmiti. nr
I fraternal organizations of the Rose
festival Association, met last night at
tho Rose Festival headquarters and
discussed plans for having all the local
fraternal organizations take part in
the monster street parade.
The pageant Is scheduled for Frldav
June 12. "
After a general discussion the com
mittee agreed to extend a general In
vitation to the heads of all fraternal
organizations in the city to meet with
the committee from the Rose Festival
Asgoclation. The question of having
the organizations take part In the
parade will be discussed.
Moving-picture films of street pa
rades that have been held in other
cities will be shown on the screen and
speakers from organizations will tell
what their organizations are going to
do. A moving-picture house wll be
rented for the occasion. The date of
holding the meeting will be announced
as soon as Dr. Perkins can make the
pruper arr'-eTients.
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MORTGAGEE IS ACCUSED
Flislit Alleged to Avoid Accepting
Payment Beroro Suit.
That J. ir r.Ti-r,i . ,
2 - , - - - - - - . i . n j rum nis
j flices in the Gerlinger building to
1 avoid accepting a check in payment on
m n. m nf TO 1 t- n.kl.t. It
wmv:ii jicivenzie is seeking
to foreclose. Is the charge made by E
. Griffin, an attorney for Mrs. Nettle
M. Bryant, a widow residing at Roae
t'rrg and against whoso property the
mortgage is held.
Mi" G,''lai" "a he appeared at the
MeKeozie office Saturday with the
eheck. a clerk telling him that Mr.
McKenzie was absent. He said he saw
.Mr. McKenzie In another office and on
starting toward him to give him the
check the latter ran.
On Monday Mr. McKenzie's suit to
foreclose was filed at Roseburg
The mortgage, held by Mr. McKenzie,
says Mr. Griffin, was given by Mrs
Bryant to Russell Chase, an employe of
the O.-W. R. & N. Co
Mr. Griffin said the flight to avoid
- r' " " v " 11,1 me mortgage
r ..u Lne suit to roreclose followed a
J refusal on the part of Mrs. Rrv.n.
I forMoaW Uit sainst M-- McKenzie
The VIctroIa is a source of en
pleasure to the entire hoiiseholclo
clless
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BURNS CLUB LS REVIVED
Commercial Body Elects Xew Of
ficers mid Plans Active Year.
BURNS. Or.. Jan. 20 (Special.)
Th Burns Commercial Club was re
vived last week for an active year's
,r - Anw 8et of officers was
chosen. They are: J. L. Gault. presi-
wDiV, V. W owan. vice-president;
rank lavey, .secretary; Ben Brown
treasurer; William Fane. A. O. Faulk
ner, Ham Mothershead. members of the
executive committee with the president
and secretary.
Mr. Gault is cashier of the First
National Bank, Captain Gowan is an
attorney and former State Senator.
Mr. Dav.y is editor of the Harnev
fh.U"ity NJ i Mr' Parre is eSister of
the Land Office. Mr. Faulkner is a
civil engineer and county road engi
neer nd Mr. Mothershead la Mayor
of the city and Receiver of the Land
vrrice.
Voting Machines Attacked.
In the face of an attempt on the part
of voting machine companies to have
machines established jn ppj-tian, a
circular letter has been prepared' by
some parson whose name Is not at
tached condemning machines as a fail
ure. Copies of the letter were sent
yesterday to members of the City Com
mission. As a part of the circular are
editorials from various newspapers jn
cities where tho machines have been
tried out and discontinued. -
It gives everybody
the kind of music they
like the best.
There are Victors and
Victrolas in great variety of
styles from $10 to $200
at all Victor dealers.
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J.
The Victrola brings into
your home all that is best in
music. It satisfies every musi
cal taste and will prove a con
stant delight to every member
of the family.
J Do you desire the pleasure of
having the greatest opera stars at your command, of having re
peated the gems you may have heard, the arias which impressed
you with their sublime beauty? You have only to wish for all
this music to actually hear it in these days of the Victrola.
J Visit our Victor department today and select the style you like
best. If you wish, we will arrange terms to suit your convenience
so that you can enjoy the instrument while paying for it.
With prices ranging from $15 to $200 vnii cart niKr avii
a victroia.
Steinway
Weber
and Other
Pianos
Morrison at Sixth
U .ili..t'i ! l :!:!-.:. U- fe-L.
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Victrola XVI, $200
Mahogany or oak
Pianolas
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Opposite Post Office
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CENSORING PLAN UP
Mayor's Committee Will Medt
Theater Manaaers.
TASK APPEARS DIFFICULT
Vaudeville Acts, Belli; Booked From
East, Hard to Regulate- Movies
to Share Attention of Dr.
Foster's Board.
Managers of the vaudeville theaters
in Portland will b asked by the com
mittee on censorship of commercialised
amusements, which was appointed re
cently by the Mayor, to meet In a con
ference with the committee at the Pub
lic I-ibrary Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
to discuss the line of the amusement
business which they represent.
"This committee," said Dr. W. T.
Foster, chairman, at its initial meeting:
yesterday, "I believe should seek rather
to devise some positive method to im
prove the character of the vaudeville
productions than to recommend to the
Mayor some method whioh would brlns
to the, public the negative aspects of
the matter."
Dr. Foster will also appoint a sub
committee to investigate the motion
picture phase of the public amusement
enterprises in Portland, while a com
mittee under Miss Mary F. Isom will
procure information on the work of tha
existing motion picture censorship com
mittee in Portland, and on the action
taken in other cities to regulate motion
picture shows, vaudeville and other
amusements.
The opinion was expressed by sev
eral members of tha committee that
censorship of the vaudeville shows
would prove a difficult thing: owing; to
the fact that vaudeville bookings are
made in the East and the various acts
in a measure are independent of the
control of the managers of Portland
theaters, so far as objectionable fea
tures are concerned.
The opinion was that by a meeting:
with the local managers a basis of un
derstanding and co-operation can be
reached and information procured on
which a constructive report can be
made to the Mayor.
Members of the committee are "W. T.
Foster, chairman; Miss Isom, secretary;
Hugh Hume. Dr. C. S. White, Eugene
Urooklngs, Mrs. Elmer B. Caldwell, Mrs.
Helen Ladd Corbett and Mrs. Robert C.
French.
MUSIC LUNCHEON TOPIC
Jiolarians Hear History of Piano and
Women Take Prizes.
Music and musical instruments were
the principal feature of the programme
of the Rotary Club at Its luncheon at
the Oregon Hotel yesterday, for Sher
man Clay & Cq. had full charge
of the programme.
J. II. Dundore, manager of tha com.
pany, talked on the history of the
piano from its earliest beginnings to
the present time of player-pianos.
More than $125,000,000 is. invested in
the piano business in tha United States
at the present tlnie, he said, and there
are more than 200 piano manufactur
ers in the United States.
Yesterday was ladies' day, and many
handsome prizes, donated by members
of th club, were awarded to women
who attended the luncheon. The list
of prizes ranged from boxes of candy
to season boxes at popular theaters.
Mrs. William G. Young won the prize
tor i;ne. Desi talk on the business in
which her husband is engaged,
ESTATES UP FOR PROBATE
Papers Asked for Smith and Jubltz
Holdings Worth $350,000.
Petitions for probate of two estates,
totaling: 1350,000. were filed yesterday
In County Clerk Coffey's court. Wil
liam K. Smith, jr.. petitioned that he
be appointed administrator of the es
tate of his father, William K. Smith,
who died Intestate January 15, leaving
property valued approximately at $300,
000, consisting of real estate and . an
interest In tho Ukase Investment Com
pany. Mrs. Plhble Harker Smith.
widow, filed a petition, with that of
her son. In which she said she did not
care to act as administrator and re
quested the appointment of her son.
Raymond G. Jubits petitioned that
letters of administration be issued to
him for the probate of the estate of
his father, Albin Jublts, who died No
vember 8, 1913, leaving an estate val
ued at $50,000.
NONE OF 111 ,000,000 KILLED
Pennsylvania System Has Record of
Few Accidents.
Mot a single passenger of the 111.
000,000 carried, by the Pennsylvania
system in 1913 was killed In a train
accident.
Reports tor the past six years Just
received by the Pennsylvania officers
in Portland show that In that period
almost SOO.000,000 passengers more
than onethird of the world's popu
lation -have been carried by the Penn
sylvania Railroad and that but 16 of
them lost their lives in accidents to
trains; nine were killed In one accident.
In six years out of approximately
6.000,000 trains operated r-about 1370 a
day only five have suffered wrecks
which caused the death of. any of the
passengers carried on them. Three of
these years were entirely free from
train! accidents resulting fatally to passengers.
IRRIGATION MEET CALLED
Oregon Congress Will Bo Held In
Portland February 13 and 14.
Secretary Ilinkle. of; the. Oregon Ir
rigation Congress, has Issued the offi
cial call for the annual meeting of the
congress to be held at the Imperial
Hotel February 13-14. The member
ship of the congress has Increased from
85 organizations to 40. organizations,
each of which will send "five delegates.
The programme for the coming
convention is in the hands of the fol
lowing executive committee: J. W.
Brewer, of Redmond; W. S. Worden, of
Klamath Falls; W, F. Burrell, of Port,
land; G. B. Duke, of Condon; C. W.
Mallett, of Ontario; Guy Rice, of Lake
view, and E. E. Kiddell, of Island City.
Bolo Club Elects.
The election pf officers of the Bolo
Club, of Oregon, was held at 925 Yeon
building yesterday. The new trustees
are Harvey Wells, Roy W. Kesl. Clari
ence R. Hotchkiss, F. H. Norman, L. E.
Beach, J. E. Brockway and Elmer R.
Lundberg. Clarence R. Hotchkiss was
chosen chief boloman, Elmer R. lund
berg, vice-boloman; J. E. Brockway,
secretary, and Harvey Wells, treasurer.
All honorably discharged soldiers and
'sailors and marines of good moral
50 CENTS CASH IN '14
PAY FOR MEAL OF '86
Bills Dodged 28 Years Ago Being Discharged Now 78-Year-Old Woman
Never Wears Glasses Portland Cigars Not so Good as Those at Vale.
GAT ENTRIES CLOSE
IN 1886 a man went Into the old
Quimby Hotel, at Fourth and Couch
streets, ate a 60-cent meal, and
walked out without paying for it. L. P.
W. Quimby, now manager of the Dixie
Theater on Fifth street, was proprietor
of the hotel at that time, and did not
even know that he had been cheated
out of the price of a meal, according to
his present memory,
Yesterday the man who ate the meal
walked Into tho Perkins Hotel and
asked for Mr. Quimby. He was referred
to E. W. Quimby, bookkeeper of the
Perkins, who is a son of L P. w.
Quimby.
The man gave Mr. Quimby SO eents,
telling him what it was for and the
circumstances under which the obliga
tion had been Incurred. He said that
at that time he was pretty well fixed,
but that he had trouble with his wife,
got to drinking and soon Joined the
ranks of the "down and outs."
"There are still two or three little
bills in Portland that I must pay," he
said, "if I can And the people I owe
them to."
He declined to give his name, say
ing that Mr. Quimby would not remem
ber him, and that he did not care to be
remembered for what he was in 1886.
"YyES" CAVINESS' Pioneer Eastern
W Oregon cattleman, says that he
can find no cigars In Portland as good
as those he gets at Frlck's drug store
in Vale, his home town In Malheur
County. Mr. Caviness has returned to
Vale, but will return to Portland in
about a week, and will be at the Per
kins again.
MIS. P. W. HYNDMAN, who was reg
istered at the Perkins recently
from Hall, Wash, Is 78 years old and
has never worn glasses.
VyE have some queer requests
W here," said Postmaster Myers
yesterday. "For instance, a man came
in this morning with a note which said,
'Give all mall addressed to me to
bearer.'
"The note was signed, but I told the
bearer that I did not know him. and
that for all I knew he might have
picked it up on the street. He insisted
that he was the "original bearer.
" "Why," he said, 'I'm a preacher.
"Where were you ordained and
when?" I asked.
"He then explained to me that he
had never been ordained to preach in
the common sense of the term, but that
he had 'got the spirit from on high."
"I told him that more than that was
necessary to make him worthy to re
ceive another's mail, and If the man
who signed the note had any mail in
tha Portland poatoftiee it would remain
here until he called for it or sent some
one with better credentials."
ANEW spirit of optimism Inhabits
the Umatilla Valley, according
to James A- Ralph, who Is regis
tered at the Cornelius from Hermis
ton. Mr. Ralph is secretary and man
ager of the Hermiston Light & Power
Company, whose 250-horsepower plant
on the Umatilla River two miles west
of Hermiston began operation Decem
ber 1. The company's lines cover the
lower 25 miles of the Umatilla Velley,
and furnish light and power to Her
miston, Echo, Stanneld and Umatilla.
Mr. Ralph came to Portland to attend
the meeting of the State Railroad Com
mission for the fixing of rules for the
operation of public utilities.
"The settlers are much encouraged
since the visit of Heoretary of the In
terior Lane last Summer," said Mr.
Ralph last night.
"They thought that they should have
committees to present their cases to
him, but found when he arrived that
he didn't want to see committees. He
went out and talked to the settlers
themselves. As a result of his visit,
there is assurance of a liberal exten
sion of payments; he has recommended
that people on the poorer land be given
special consideration and work has
begun on the West Umatilla project.
There a is two camps, one with 20 teams
working on the damsite two miles
northwest of Hermiston Just below the
drainage canal, and an engineers' camp
at Irrigon on the Columbia.
"The people were pleased at what
Mr. Lane said about the speculator
versus the actual settler, for he made
it plain that the land Is being snatched
from the desert fpr homes and not to
make a few men rich, or make those
already rich richer."
Mr. Ralph believes that there will be
a shipping crop of apples in the valley
next Summer. Peaches wers chipped
from Stanfield last Summer.
There ia a good deal of building
activity in all the towns, and the new
creamery at Hermiston has proved a
boon to the farmers, who are finding
that alfalfa and cows are very profit
able, -
Mr. Ralph's company, composed of
Spokane capitalists, has much faith In
the country, he says. They have an
investment of $50,000 in plant and
transmission lines.
215 Felines to Be Exhibited at
Show Tomorrow.
pie salad, applle croquettes and similar
dishes in their homes and to call for
them in restaurants, hotels, clubs or
wherever they may happen to be. -
"Apple day," which will be celebrat
ed this year for the first time, . was
named at the request of the North Yak
ima Commercial Club, which will take
up the movement with other commer
cial organizations.
BLUE RIBBONS TO COUNT 3
character who served during the Spanish-American
War or Philippine Insur
rection are eligible to membership,
GAME STUDY IS PROPOSED
"Warden Flnley and Snperintendent
Alderman Work on Plans.
State Game Warden W. L. Flnley and
Superintendent Alderman, of the Port
land Public schools, are perfecting a
plan whereby the pupils of the schools
of Portland In the manual training and
gardening work may connect their ac
tivities with the work of the State
Game Commission.
Mr. Finley will arrange to furnish
to schools which are so situated that
they can care for them game birds,
squirrels and ether animals and birds
and the care of these will be placed In
the hands of the pupils. They will
build quarters for the birds and ani
mals and through the school year will
have the care of them and will protect
them and study their habits.and growth.
B. B. Case Is Arrested.
Charged with driving an automobile
while intoxicated, B. B. Case, 180 East
Fiftieth street, was arrested last night
at Broadway and. Ankeny streets after
he had collided with an automobile
driven by W, S, Wheeler with offices
in the Commercial Club building. Case
resisted Motorcycleman Russel when
placed under arrest, and it required
the efforts of Russel and his brother
officer. Bales, to lodga him in Jail. Mr.
Wheeler will prosecute the case against
Case la Municipal Court today.
Competition Is Keen tn All Classes,
With IongHalred Animals Be
ing Jlucti in Evidence Even
Strays Get Attention.
Entries for the fourth annual cham
pionship show of the Oregon Cat Club
Inc., to ba opened at the Meier & Frank
store tomorrow, have closed with a
record-breaking list of felines repre
sentlng Oregon, Washington, Montana
and California. There are enough en
tries for a three-point show, the first
of the kind held in Portland. In round
numbers there are 215 cats which will
compete for the longest list of prizes
ever offered in this city.
A blue ribbon will count for three
points. It requires 10 points to gain a
championship, and had the number of
entries been 150 a win would have
counted for only two points.
The number of out-of-town cats to
compete is .larger than In any former
year. There are 15 cats in the army of
invaaers.
The Meier & Frank Company has
cleared away nearly the entire floor
space of one of the main furniture
salesrooms on the fourth floor of the
store, where carpenters commenced last
night to set up the cages.
Exhibitors will be prlviledged to dec
orate their cages a day. in advance.
Committees will be on hand to deliver
cage numbers and Identification cards.
In the competition for the oldest cat
in the show there is one feline that
stands In a class by Itself. His name
1 Sancifer Hilton, a black and white
neuter, wnicn has lived at . least 20
years, and his lease on life is still good.
It is said.
There promises to be some fur. flying
in the contest for. the heaviest cat in
the show. The winning cat, it is de
clared, will have to tip the scales at
20 pounds.
The best cat in the show will receive
a beautiful cup.
Long-haired cats are prominently in
evidence this year. Pedigrees have
been hunted up and their owners are
rointing with pride to the fact that
their pampered pet Is a descendant of
Sir and Lady So-and-so; others are
boasting of an ancestry that leads to
far-away Persia and Siam. Odd-eyed
cats with magnificent coats and gentle
dispositions are Just as well thought of
by their owners.
Last but not least In the estimation
of the work-a-day world are the neu
ters and strays.
Mrs. Lola E. Besse, of Chicago, will
Judge the show.
'APPLE DAY' IS ANNOUNCED
Governor Lister Issues Proclamation
In Behalf of Fruit.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.)
Thursday, February 6, has been set
aside as "Apple day" by Governor Lis
ter, in an official proclamation issued
yesterday. On that day the people of
the state are asked to use apples, apple
pie, apple dumplings, apple fritters, ap.
J. M. "Willey, Jr., Xamed Acountant.
OREGONIAN NEWS BURKAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 20 J. M. Willey, Jr., of
Balem, today was appointed accountant
for the Interstate Commerce Commis
slon at 83000 a year.
Ilsoray! BaLy To
IMsJhe Houss
No Longer Do Women Tear the Great
est of All Human Blessings.
. com.fort to know that those much-'
Salked-of pains that are said to precede
enna - neanns may
easily be avoided. No
woman need fpar th
slightest discomfort it
she will fortify her
self with the well
known and time-honored
remedv, "Moth
er's Friend.''
This is a penetrat-
tn- . v 1 i. i :
tlon that at once softens and makes pliant
the abdominal muscles and ligaments. Tliev
naturally expand without , the slightest
strain, and thus not only banish all tenden
cy to nervous, twitching spells, but there ia
an entire freedom from nausea, discomfort,
sleeplessness and dread that so often, leave
their impress upon the babe.
The occasion is, therefore, one of un
bounded, joyful anticipation, and too much
stress cannot be laid upon the remarkable
influence which a mother's happy, pre
natal disposition has upon the health and
fortunes of the generation to come.
You will find it on sale at all drug stores
at $1.00 a bottle. Write to-day to tha Brad
field Regulator Co., 230 Lamar Bldg, Atr
lanta, Ga., for aa instructive book.
MOTHER! IS CHILD'S
STOMACH SOUR, SICK?
If Tongue Is Coated or if Cross,
Feverish, Constipated, Give "Cal
ifornia Syrup of Figs.'!
Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child. See if tongue ia coated; this l
a sure sign its little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with sour waste.
When listless, pale, feverish, full of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach-ache,
indigestion, diarrhoea, give
a teaspoonful . of "California Syrup of
Figs." and In a few hours all the foul
waste, the sour bile and fermenting
food passes out of the bowels and you
have a well and playful child again.
Children love this harmless "fruit
laxative," and mothers can rest easy
after giving it, because it never fails
to make their little "lnstdea" clean
and sweet.
Keep it handy. Mother! A little
given today saves a sick child tomor
row, but get the genuine. Ask von..
druggist for a BO-cent bottle of "Call-
eyrup or uigs," which has
directions for babies, children of oil
ages and for grown-ups. plainly on tha
uoine. nememoer there are counter
feits. sold here, so surely look and see
that yours Is made by the "California
Fig Syrup Company." Hand back with
contempt any other fig syrup. Adv.
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