CHAUTAUQUA OPENS
'HEATH GIANT FIRS
Inviting Nooks of Gladstone
Park, on Oregon City's Edge,
Is Thinkers' Retreat.
1500 PRESENT FIRST DAY
Truth, Wit, Wisdom, Poetry and
Music of State Meet In Tented
City for 13-Day Relaxation
and Communion of Souls.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME.
Morning 8 to 11 o'clock. Summer
school; 11 o'clock, fornm hoar. Feed
College morning. Speaker, Dr. Wil
liam Conger Morgan. Subject,
"Science and IJfe."
Afternoon 1 o'clock, concert Par
eon's Orchestra; a o'clock, concert,
Estelle Gray Company; 8:30, base
ball, Molalla vs. Estacada; "Child
Welfare," Mrs. Millie Trumbull, at
kindergarten pavilion, Oregon Con
gress of Mothers; Y o'olock. concert.
Parson's Orchestra; 8 o'clock, con
cert. Estelle Gray Company.
OREGON CITT, Or, July 7. (Spe
cial.) The Jlst anniversary of the Wil
lamette Valley Chautauqua Assembly
auspiciously opened this afternoon at
2 o'clock before a first-day audience of
1500 people. The afternoon feature was
the eloquent address of Dr. Fletcher
Homan, president of Willamette Uni
versity and president of the Chautau
qua. Fair skies smiled on Gladstone Park
today and the tent colony, nestling
among the giant firs, presented a pic
turesque scene. There are more tents
on the grounds this year than ever be
fore and almost 1000 Chautauquans
have stolen away from home and busi
ness cares to enjoy the 13-day as
sembly. Dr. Homan was received warmly In
bis opening address.
"We welcome you," said the speaker,
"to a jolly good time, to a release from
care and to the renewal and making of
friendships. The Chautauqua is to pro
mote truth, a place where honest men
speak, out of honest hearts to searchers
after truth; truth clothed in wit, in
wisdom, poetry, and prose, in music and
in picture, garbed in charming array
on this Chautauqua platform.
"Governmental and political wrongs
have received their deathblows here,
and ever will. It is the forum of the
world's reformers. The face of evil is
hideous, but the face of truth Is glo
rious.
All Things, AU Classes Exalted.
"The Chautauqua exalts humanity,
the man, the maker, the inventor, the
toller, the thinker, the soul of the
world."
W. S. U'Ren, of Oregon City, re
sponded to Dr. Homan's remarks, em
phasizing the idea that the Chautauqua
Idea enforced the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man.
The various Summer school classes, a
strong feature of this year's assembly,
were organized this afternoon. The
Instructors are: Mrs, Mattie Hardwlcke
Jones, elocution; Professor A. M. Gril
lev. physical culture; Professor J. H.
Cow en, chorus work; Dr. C F. Hodge
and L. H. Weir, University of Oregon
lectures: Dr. Edna Eugenia Lowe,
health lectures; Dr. W. B. Hinson, of
Portland. Bible School talks, and do
mestic science and art classes to be
conducted by the Oregon Agricultural
College experts.
The Oregon Congress of Mothers'
headquarters will be one of the delight
f ul resting places. They have provided
abundant literature helpful to mothers,
as well as a kindergarten, which opens
tomorrow in . charge of Mrs. Samuel
Norton, an expert, formerly of the Bos
ton schools. Mrs. George C. Brownell,
Mrs. F. J. Tooze, Mrs. John Risiey and
other well-known women are active in
the headquarters. Tomorrow, at their
pavilion at 3:30. P. M., Mrs. Millie Trum-
bell lectures on "Child Welfare."
Many Headquarters Installed.
Among the other attractive headquar
ters camps are Pacific University, the
W. C. T. U.. G. A. R. Meade Post. Ore
gon Agricultural College; University
of Oregon, State Federation of Wom
en's Clubs, Baptist. Methodist and
Christian Endeavor societies, Portland
Woman's Club, Oregon City Commer
cial Club, Harmony Improvement Club
and many others.
The ever-popular Portland Ad Club
quartet made a big hit last night be
fore an audience of 2000 people.
President T. W. Sullivan, of the Or
egon City Commercial Club, pitched
the first three balls In the opening
Chautauqua League game today. B. T.
McBaln, manager of the Willamette
mills, caught, the two fans striking
out the first batter. The score was:
Oregon City, 11; Clackamas, 5.
Thursday Is Methodist Day.
Thursday will be Methodist and Wil
lamette University day. The preachers,
families, members and friends of Port
land churches and vicinity will make a
great "turnout." Dr. Fletcher Homan
will apeak at 11 o'clock, and Dr. Her
bert will lecture at 2 and 8 o'clock, P.
M. The Methodists will picnic in the
grove near the auditorium. Cars leave
First and Alder streets every 30 min
utes. Many will take cars at Second
and Washington streets at 9:20 and
8:50.
all the passengers. They only secured
3285 in cash, and. according to Meadors,
the greater part was taken from the
express car. A traveling salesman has
put In a claim for 40. Sheriff Taylor
fears he Is not going to have enough
to go round.
It also became evident today that
there is going to be some dissension
over the 32000 reward for the capture
of the men. It seems that S. T. Booth
and W. L Powers, of La Grande, were
with Batchelor when he made the ar
rest, while still another man claims to
have tipped off to them the presence of
the robber suspects.
SILVERTON WINS ITS SUIT
Supreme Court Says Sewage Issue Is
Improperly Raised.
SALEM, Or., July 7. (Special.) De
claring that no evidence tending to
prove that the emptying of sewage into
Silver Creek at Silverton had consti
tuted a nuisance had been introduced
at the trial, the Supreme Court today
reversed the Judgment of the Marlon
County Court In the suit of the State
Board of Health against Silverton. Cir
cuit Judge Galloway enjoined the city
from emptying sewage into the creek
and the Supreme Court now dissolves
the injunction.
Farmers living below the city com
plained that the creek water was con
taminated. The opinion says there was I
HALF BLOCK LOST
IN GENTRALIA FIRE
Flames Lick Way From Roof to
Roof and Damage Is Esti
mated at $18,000.
OILS AND SHELLS EXPLODE
Crowds Driven Back and Lives of
Firemen Endangered, .but Men
Manage to Save Rest or Prop
erty at First Doomed.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. July 7. (Spe
cial.) One of the worst fires that has
MEN WHO CONFESSED TO ROBBING O.-W. R. & N. PASSENGER
TRAIN NEAR MEACHAM.
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LEFT ALBERT MEADORS. RIGHT CLARENCE STONER.
ROBBER MEETS MOTHER
TOtTTHFTTIi CLARENCE STONER IS
VISITED IN rENDLETON JAIL.
Son and Brother Embraces Two Women
In Pathetle Manner Fight Over
92000 Reward Is Probability.
PENDLETON. Or., July 7. (Special.)
Mrs. E. M. Wright and daughter,
mother and sister of Clarence E. Stoner,
train robber, arrived tonight from Aso
tin, Wash. They went to the Jail and
Deputy Sheriff Estes brought the son
out for a brief interview, telling the
mother to come back tomorrow and
stay as long as she wished.
The meeting of mother and daughter
with son and brother, their support for
14 years, was pathetic All three wept
as the youthful robber first embraced
his mother and then the sister. It was
several minutes before either could
speak, but the mother was the most
affected. The two women denied them
selves to newspaper representatives.
Sheriff T. D. Taylor today received a
sworn statement from William H. Har
per, of Boise, saying he gave J176 to
the robbers. Clarence Meadors, the
robber who held the sack, claims that
this Is more than they took away from
no Issue raised that private property
was taken, health menaced, or that
the stream was rendered foul-smelling.
Attorney Grant Corby, representing
Silverton, contended that the existence
of a nuisance must be proved.
Chautauqua On at Ashlnnd.
ASHLAND. Or., July 7. (Special.)
The Southern Oregon Chautauqua
opened in this city Tuesday, with a full
complement of speakers and Instruc
tors. The sessions will last nearly two
weeks! Among the attractions are Ash
Davis, cartoonist, and Dr. F. V. Fisher,
representative of the Panama Exposi
tion. Musical specialties are to be
given by the Chicago Glee' Club, the
Dixie Jubilee Singers, the Simpson Col
lege Glee Club and the Estelle Gray
Company.
One of the principal by-products of the
national forests of Japan Is mushrooms.
visited Centralia In some time wiped
I out one-half block of the business sec
tion on South Tower avenue, entailing
a loss of close to $18,000. at 6:30
o'clock tonight.
The fire started in the rooming
house operated by Mrs. Julia Reese and
by the time of tne arrival of the de
partment flames were shooting from
the roof. The flames licked their way
along the roofs of -the entire block.
The frame structure was one of the
first buildings erected in Centralia and
it was but a few moments until the
entire half block was a seething fur
nace. The stock of the Martin Schllttler
confectionery store was all that was
salvaged. -
Exploding oils In W. T. Walker's
paint store and bursting shells in the
second-hand store of Julius Korklin
drove back the crowds and endangered
the lives of the fireman. Heat from
the flames cracked the window panes
a half block away. A b!s rorce of men
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Ladies' Coats Half Price
TAILORED COATS SILK COATS FANCY COATS
$15.00 Coats now S7.50
. $18.00 Coats now S9.00
.,$20.00 Coats now S10.00
$22.50 Coats now 11.25
$25.00 Coats now S 12.50
$30.00 Coats now S15.00
White Chinchilla Balmacaans $11.50
EXTRA SPECIAL A lot of children's coats in wool fabrics, last T- -j r
season's models. Ages 2, 4, and 6 years.Regular U and $5 garments pJ
The Women's Smart Clothes Shop Third Floor
BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER
MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH
and boys were kept busy extinguish
ing ignited ties of the Northern Pa
cific tracks. .
The origin of the blaze is unknown.
The heaviest losers are Walter Breen
and W. H. Carver, owners of the build
ings; Mrs. Julia Reese, proprietor of
the rooming-house in which the fire
started; Julius Korklin, who carried
u. i -,.., ctcir rtf Kerond-hand
goods in the city; W. T. Walker, who
only this morning purcnasea me paim
store, and Martin Schllttler, proprietor
of the confectionery siore.
, m . i. .. .teitMr wnrlr nf thn fire
DUL iur mo i."" "1 " - " : - :
jepartment the entire block would haVe
been wiped out. The burned corner
Is one of the most vaiuame in me en
and it is probable that plans for re
building will oe sianea aiuiito.
Battleship Bids to Be Asked For.
WASHINGTON, July 7. Secretary
Daniels announced today that he would
advertise for bids for the construction
of two new battleships on August 1.
One of these ships in this year's con
structing programme will be built at
the Brooklyn Nav-Yard.
OLD CASES DISMISSED
SUPREME COURT CLEARS TWO
MEX LONG AWAITING TRIAL.
Clatsop Residents Indicted la 1913 and
1913 Are Exonerated Six Other
Decisions Are Made.
SALEM, Or., July 7. (Special.) An
Indictment against C C. Rosenberg, of
Clatsop County, charging him with
practicing medicine without a license
was dismissed today by the Supreme
Court, which held that the case was
continued through several terms of
court without cause. An Indictment
against August Hellale, charging con
tributing to the delinquency of a minor
In Clatsop County, also was dismissed
for the same reason. t
Rosenberg was Indicted In Septem-
ber, 1912. and the case was continued
through the terms of court held in Feb
ruary, June and September, 1913. A
motion filed by the defendant to have
the Indictment dismissed In December,
1913, was denied by the Circuit Court.
Hellale was Indicted early In 1913. and
two terms of court were held without
his being tried. His attorneys moved
that the indictment be dismissed, but
the motion was overruled by the lower
court.
Other decisions today were as fol
lows: William Horsfall vs. William Logan, ap
pellant; appealed from Coos County; suit to
recov.r money for service as physician, af
firmed. Interior Decorstinr Company vs. Fred
Newton, appellant: appealed from Clatsop
County; action to dismiss appeal tor failure
to file undertaking- within time required by
law. Judgment modified.
T K. Anderson, administrator of the es
tate of H. A. Williamson vs. Emma O. Rob
inson, appellant; appealed from Josephtns
County; petttlon for rehearing denied.
First National Bank of North Bend, sp
pellsnt, vs. W. W. Qage, 6her!ff of Coos
County; suit to enjoin the Sheriff from sell
Ing property under execution, reversed.
John Morandss. administrator of the es
tate of John Thalaalnos, va. 1 ft. Watts s
Co., appellsnts; appealed from Lane County;
action to recover riamasea for death of
John Tha!alnos, affirmed.
W. F. Miller, appellant, vs. Oeorss N.
Beck; appealed from Marlon County; suit
Involving th opening of a street, rsveraed.
Drowning Victim Iturlrd.
ALBANY, Or July 7. (SpeclBl.)
The funeral of Edward and Noel Ship
ley, the two brothers who were
drowned In the Calapoola River at this
city Friday evening, took place yes
terday afternoon. The services were
conducted at the United Presbyterian
Church by Rev. W. i White, pastor.
Interment wns in Masonlo Cemetery.
Car Full Over Kmbankmont.
TOLEDO. Or., July 7. (Special.) In
clearing for a team on the road between
Toledo and Newport July 4, Bob War
nock's car, loaded with picnickers,
missed the grade and turned two com
plete somersaults before It righted It
self. No one was hurt.
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