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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1914)
THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TIIURSPAY, JTTXE 18. 1914. GERMAN AMBASSADOR AT WHOSE AUTOMOBILE POLICEMAN F FIRED SHOT. SHOT AT DIPLOMAT Timelv Savings on POUGEHAN IRES T- TT7 1- CI J . t German Ambassador Has Nar row Escape While, Rid- ing in Auto. MAYOR TENDERS APOLOGY Incident at Champaign, 111., Omin ous of International Complica tions, Is Closed Von Bern storf Addresses Students. CHAMPAIGN, 111.. Juno 17. (Spe cial.) The life of Count Johann Von Bernstorff, Imperial Ambassador to the United States from Germany, was Imperiled and international complica tions threatened today wnen a. uuu--paign special policeman, said to have been drunk, fired a revolver at an automobile containing the diplomat and his party en route to the University of Illinois, where Count Von Bernstorff delivered the commencement address at the University of Illinois. Accompanying the Ambassador were his host, Arthur Meeker, the Chicago packer, and Vice-President Kinley and Dr. Evarts B. Greene, of the university. Chauffeur Misunderstands Slgfnal. Michael Murphy, a special policeman mmninv hir TCfl.f Side merchants, held up his hand as the automobile passed Urst street, xne cnauiieur unueroiiu tha nrantlnir tn mean to cross to the BiriA nt thA fTtrnet. He did SO. but Murphy drew a revolver and fired point blank at short range. The policeman afterward said he i o ,,. tlra whlln Mr. Meeker. who saw the shot fired, said Murphy aimed at tne car. xne ouuot wum wuu. Murphy was arrested, but released on $100 bond. H1b star and revolver were taken from him. He called up Mayor Dobbins on the telephone and demanded ' the reason. Mayor Tender Regrets. "You're drunk," said the Irate Mayor. Mayor Dobbins at once visited Count Von Bernstorff and offered formal re grets for the incident, which the diplo mat was disposed to consider as any thing except unfortunate. "I wonder," he said, "that you per mit your policemen to discharge ball cartridges instead of blanks." Murphy recently had been removed for drunkenness, but friends had pro cured his reinstatement by a petition, which said he had quit drinking. 'i' v. nt BntnmnhilAsi was' for eign to his duties and. he was acting without autnomy. University Authorities Aghast. Authorities of the University of Il linois were aghast at the narrow es cape of the Ambassador and shud dered at the thought of the situation bad he been wounded or killed. As the Ambassador considers the in cident closed, no further apologies will be necessary. Count von Bernstorff left for Chi cago tonight in the Meeker car. Murphy announced his Intention of su ing the city for false arrest, but no one paid much attention to him. He insisted he was acting at the request of officers. Another guest, Lieutenant-Governor McDermott. of Kentucky, who addressd the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI societies, lost $100, when his pocket was picked as he boarded a train, for home. FARMER GAINS ATTENTION Commercial Bodies to Work for Rural Advancement During Tear. Agricultural development will receive the principal attention in the activ ities of the State Bankers' Association, according to the resolutions adopted at the convention In Medford Monday and Tuesday, at which they reiterated their Btand that the farmer Is the man in the state who now needs most sup port from development organizations. C C Chapman, who represented the Portland Commercial Club at the con vention, returning with the Portland delegation yesterday, said that the as sociation will probably work along the lines of agricultural development more extensively In the coming year than ever before. A. C. Shute, of Hlllsboro, new president of the organization, be longs to a county especially noted for Its agricultural resources and will ap point a strong working committee to carry the plans of theassoclation for ward. " "The cities and the industries in gen eral are well advarced and developed In comparison to the farm," said Mr. Chapman. "The opinion of the bankers appears to be that the effort now should be to bring the development of the country districts and the farms up to a proper . proportion with the city and Industrial development." MONEY GIVEN READILY Contlnned From First Page.) i to the Federation" and "The Greatest Hervice the General Federation Can Render the Toung Women of America." Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of the President, was among - those who n:ade three-minute talks on the latter subject. Margaret Wilson Draws Crowd. The presence of Miss Margaret Wil son as a speaker drew a crowd that packed the huge auditorium where she spoke, filled the streets for blocks around the meeting place and re mained surging about the buildings until she had concluded her address and left the building. Never since the exciting scenes of the Republican convention in 1913 has ro great a gathering formed here to see and hear a public speaker. The spe cial police detail at the doors saw early that they would have no usual crowd to handle, and it was necessary to lock the doors for fear those on the outer edges of the crowd would force a rush of those standing nearer the doors and cause a panic Many of the delegates and some of the speakers were unable to gain ad mission until one by one the speakers were rescued from the throng by po licemen and personally escorted in through a stage door. Community Centers AdTocated. Miss . Wilson advocated community centers. Public buildings, preferably schoolhouses to begin with, should be made public meeting places for the public discussion of public questions, she urged, much on the order of the old New England town meetings. "At Washington, in the state cap itals and in all cities the men elected to make laws must have meeting places to debate and make up their minds," she said. "The people who have no sources of Information but the news papers have no places where they can meet and learn and discuss the rights and wrongs of current issues." ' ' ' '' ig- " ' ' " $ - I ' - ' 'J ; v &mrV$ .... : - Vl ,r . ..fluw X (V 1 !f!T-.'Pl SEE THAT .CURVE Trmd Mark Restatere4 Better See Better Our Glasses Help THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-1O-11 Corbett Building. Fifth and Morrison. Photo by Bain News Service. TOP SNAPSHOT OK COUNT VO!f BERNSTORFF STANDING WITH MRS. PRESTON GIBSON. BELOW PORTRAIT OF THE AMBASSADOR. DR. PARKER FIGHTS Dental Board's Refusal License Starts Suit. of DENTISTS CALLED TRUST Demand to Be Made for Examination . Papers and Production Before Court, Where Action Will Be Under Fire, He Declares. Mandamus proceedings will be insti tuted at once by Dr. K. R. Parker, commonly known as "Painless Parker," to compel the State Board of Dental Examiners to produce for the inspec tion of the court the papers upon which he answered the questions at the dental examination In Salem two years ago. Dr. Parker proposes also to bring civil suits against the individual mem bers of the State Board for their fail ure to grant him a license to practice dentistry in Oregon. About nine weeks ago Dr. Parker es tablished an office in the Merchants' Trust building at Sixth and Washing- ton streets, jle employs 12 licensed dentists. Almost nightly either he or one of his men have been giving lec tures and free demonstration on the streets! Although, in order to continue his business, it, is not necessary for Dr. Parker himself to have a license he is determined to "get one merely to demonstrate that he is qualified to per form practical dental work. He has a string of offices in various parts of the country and devotes most of his personal attention to their supervision. About two years ago, before deciding definitely to establish In Portland. Dr. Parker took the state dental examina tion. The Board refused to grant a license. Six months later he again took the examination. -Again it failed to grant him the license. Order Is Conntermauded. "Previous to today's examination," said Dr. Parker last night, "I called on Dr. Eugene Cline, president of the State Board. He told me that I would not be required to take another exam ination In theory, but I should report at Salem for the examination in prac tice. "Today, when I went to Salem, they told me that Dr. Cline was not author ized to speak for the entire Board. They said I would have to take the entire examination in both theory and practice again. "I promptly refused. I demanded to see the papers In my previous1 exami nations. They - refused to produce them. "Now I have engaged counsel and will bring a mandamus suit and sue the members of the board. "I say that the dental board is afraid to give me a license because I ad vertise my business and pay for the advertising. That's the only thing they have against me. "The so-ealled ethical dentists of Oregon are operating under an agree ment that comes as near being a trust as anything I know. They want to continue a combination to hold up prices. Board Is Afraid, He Says. "The state board dares not grant me a license for fear that the other members of the 'trust will get their Jobs. "The very method In which the board Is appointed shows how these board members attempt to control the dental business of the state. In the first place the Oregon State Dental Society submits to the Governor a list of eli gibles. He names members of the board from this list. If the present board should give me a license there would be half a dozen men after each vacant Job on the board. They want to keep me out. But I am going to go to court and Bee that I get justice. "So far as actual practice Is con cerned I don't want to practice. My time is too valuable. But I want to prove to the public that I possess the requisite to practice my profession In Oregon as I have licenses to practice In other states." Dr. Parker is a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College, where he received his diploma -in 1892. He is licensed to practice In California, Penn sylvania, Illinois, New Brunswick, British Columbia and other states and provinces. He has engaged Russell Sewell and John F. Logan to conduct his court proceedings against the state board and Its individual members. ' ST. JOHNS ACCEPTS FILMS Motion Pictures Rejected In Port land Booked Elsewhere. The widely-discussed motion picture play, "The House of Bondage," taken from the book of the same name, writ ten by Reginald Wright Kaufmann, which was to have been the attraction at the Heilig Theater, Eleventh and Morrison streets, all this week and was rejected by the local board of censors, will be presented at the skat ing rink at St. Johns for three day;, beginning today, at 1 o'clock. Dr. A. W. Vincent, Mayor of St. Johns, with members of the City Council, re viewed the pictures after they had been refused permission to be exhibited In this city and decided unanimously that they were all right for St. Johns. These films will be run continuous ly every day from 1 to 11 P. M. Public Speaking Club Dines. The Public Speaking Club of the Portland Young Men's Christian Asso ciation concluded a successful season with a dinner last night. Thele was a large attendance of members, each efj whom gave a brief talk on some prase of public speaking. Professor W. G. Harrington, of Pacific University, who directed the course, was highly com plimented by Educational Director French, wh announced that a similar club would be formed next Fall. M. Mosessolmprejydedsajnaster. jDoys vv.asn ouns: SUMMER weather is here the time when the little fellow can't have too many "Washable Suits. And timely, indeed, are theso reductions on our entire stock of Boys' "Wash Suits. New "Oliver Twist" and "Tom Boy" styles. Also Russian Elouses, with beach pants. Madrases, Galateas and Crashes in all colors. Ages 2y2 to 8. Take advantage of this extraor dinary sale today. "We're certain no other Portland store is offering such reductions on new goods, right when they're needed the most. $1.00 Wash Suits 75c $1.50 Wash Suits $1.15 $2.50 Wash Suits $1.95 $3.00 Wash Suits $2.25 $5.00 Wash Suits $3.95 if BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth WOMEN DISCUSS CREDIT PORTLAND MEN'S ASSOCIATION VIOLATES TRADITION. Fai Sex, for First Time, Meet With Brothers u Guests t Business Bfeetlas; at Multnomah. For the fir6t time in its history the Portland Association of Credit Men, at Its meetlngin the blue room of the Multnomah Hotel last night, was ad dressed by women. Miss Caroline B. Myers, manager of the Portland Remedial Loan Associa tion, made her first public explanation of the system of credits adopted by that organization. Miss Ann Eilers. cashier of the Eilers Music-House, in discussing credit in the music trade, traced the wonderful ex panse of business undergone in that trade during recent years. In discussing "Some Advantages and Disadvantages of Credit Giving in De partment Stores." Mrs. A. C. Callan, manager of Olds, Wortman & King's millinery department, advocated shorter time credits and cash discount for cash payment. She predicted that credits In big stores soon will be reduced B0 per cent. ' James J. Sayre acted as chairman of the meeting and Introduced the speak ers. Walter Drake, newly elected presi dent, presided at the business sessions, and named the 12 standing commit tees for the coming year. The associa tion's glee club made Its debut, and other musical numbers were featured. The question of inviting the National Association of Credit Men to hold their 1S15 meeting In Portland was referred to the board of directors, with power to act. BAYSTATERS IN BANQUET Judge Xortlirup Talks at MasHacliu. ctlH Roclcly at Portland. Judge M. II. Northup was tho prin clpal speaker at the first banquet of the Massachusetts fkrlrty hoi. I at tHl Tortland Hotel last night. Speeches wars also mads by Gordon W. Htanley, president of ths orl(y; Mrs. Ksruli Hlndes Wilder, fir. I ! president; Dr. J. K. Worcester. Dr. "! mund Myrs. George C. Flndrs n. Dr. II. Dudley Vouna. 8vrl muH'sl numbers wers rndrd. The o-lty wns formally nrssnUo-l last Thursday. Monthly meotinsa will b held r'irulsHy t hr-M'sHnnt ih ysr To the Traveling Public belongs the right of choice in hotel, well at companion; and you will find the former reflect a much discrim ination as the latter. Your address care Hotel Multnomah stands for choice of the BEST. Ask a Commercial Man Hotel Multnomah r I i I k I IU The Greatest Sale Ever Held in Portland This Morning at 10:30 Bipplette, values to 30c, going at 1UC Challies, vals. to 25c 10 Ladies' Long Coats, r values to $10, at...lUC E1.00 Corsets lQd 5c Knitting Cotton, 5 0. N. T. Crochet Cot- - r ton, 5 for 1 lC 15c Silk Ribbon, 3 -t r yards for ; J. JC 25c Dress Shields, 2 f for 1 UC 10c Finishing Braids, -I " 3 yards for 1 UC 10c Percales, per yd., 3c to OC 50c Plain Dress r Goods at X UC 20c Wash Woods at 5 15c and 25c Curtain f f Goods 1UC 50c Velveteen at. 10d Embroideries, values f to 25c, 3 yards for.JL UC 120 Floss, Saxony, i etc., 3 for. I UC 50c Ladies' Silk Gloves 10 $1.00 Men's Shirts, ! f . fancy collars, at X UC 25c Men's Neckties, 2 i A for 1 UC Calicoes, per yard 3 15c Men's Hose, 2 for. . -10J 25c Men's Hose at 10 15c and . 25c Men's -t f Garters, 2 pairs 1 UC 15c Men's Collars, 3 for 1Q6 l .big lot of Ladies' - r Raincoats 1 UC 10c Ladies' Handker- chiefs, 3 for. ....... 1 UC 5c Ladies' Handker- chiefs, 5 for 1UC 75c and $1.00 Ladies' - f Handbags at X UC 25c and 50c Boys' and Girls' Hose " f Supporters .. X UC 10c and 15c Lace, per yd. 1 15c to 50c Veiling at 1 25o Children's All- "t f over Aprons X UC 25c Stationery 10fr 10c card Buttons, 4 for. .'1Q 25c Sunbonnets, 2 for. . .10c 25c Men's Suspenders. .. 1Q& $1.50 to $2.50 Men's "t f Fancy Vests at X UC $2.50 to $5.00 Ladies' -t r Straw Hats XUC $2.50 Children's 1 A Straw Hats XUC 50c Children's Straw Hate 7)& 25c and 35c Chil- f f dren's Underwear. . X UC 75c Children's Knit Underwear, draw- -f r era only X UC 35c Infants' Knit Un- "t f derwear XUC 25c Ladies' Veste 10 50c Men' Caps L06 $1.00 Corsets, special. . .10 20c Table Oilcloth 1Q 120 D. M. C. Cro- -I f chet Cotton, 2 for. .X UC 25c Children's Hose. 10fr Men's 25c Soft Coll - f lars, 2 for X UC 50c Hop Pickers' Hats. .1Q 1214c Gingham, yard 5fr 15c Ladies' Hose, 2 for. .106 25c Ladies' Hose 1Q 25c Ladies' Muslin - r Drawers X UC 25c" Children's Muslin r Drawers ...XUC 5c Towels, 3 for 10 15c Ladies ' Vests, 2 for 1 06 0. N. T. 5c Machine "t f Thread, 4 spools X UC Hop Pickers' Canvas j- Gloves, 2 pairs for OC 10c High Waist Belt- - f ing, 2 yards for X UC 5c package Pins 6 75c Boys' Pants 106 5c pkg. Safety Pins, in 3 for X UC 25c Men's Sox...'. 10 $1.50 Men's Slicker Coats 1Q6 $3.00 Ladies' Raincoats 106 10c pkg. Bone Hair- r pins, 2 for XUC 5c Hair Nets lcfr 10c card Pearl But- f tons, 4 for XUC 25c Ruching, 2 yds. for 10d 10c Collar Support- erg, 4 for X UC 20c Garter Elastic, 2 f yards for X UC 25c White Aprons 10c 20c Needle Seta, each 106 15c and 20c Hose f Supporters XUC 25c Silk Vel. Ribbon, yd. 1Q6 25o Waist and Hose - f Supporters XUC 10c Fleischer's Yarn, f f 3 skeins for X UC Mixed lot of Ladies' Cotton and Wool Under- Qq Ladies' Dinner Rings, 1 f values $1 and $2 . . . X UC 75c to $2.50 Beauty Pins 106 75c and $1 Ladies' Purses lQc 10c Men'sHand'fs.3 for 106 50c Ladies' Hose Sop- f re porters XUC ALSO A FULL LINE OF MEN'S, BOYS', WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S WEARING APPAREL! These Are Only a Few of the THOUSANDS OF GREAT BARGAINS That Will Be Handed Out to the Public, BEGINNING THIS MORNING AT 10:30 a ttv j Ojl TPh . P1rtJ tie uepi. oiore ifoure iuseu MANAGER ENTIRE STOCK ORDERED 'SOLD AT ONCE MONEY WILL BE PAID TO CREDITORS he Jt&on Marc. STORE IN THE HANDS OF B. W. CRAIG, SALES READ PAGE 7 AND PAGE 12 THEN COME 4