TTTF MOKXTXG OHEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JTTLY 23. 1914.
19
FARMERS' PAY GONE
AT
FEATURES AT THE GROCERS' PICNIC YESTERDAY.
BULL RUN PICNIC
The woman of sedentary pursuits
has a good friend in Chamberlain's
Tablets especially for constipation
which is the principal cause of dis
orders of the stomach, sick headache
and piles.
Warrants Asked for Equity
Warehouse Officials.
Stores Are Closed and Men
Who Laugh at High-Living
Cost Live High for Day.
INCOMPETENCY IS ALLEGED
Assignment Made Showtng- Assets of
$4 740, Liabilities of $9112.
Losses of First Six Months
Are Estlmnted at $6 600.
GREAT FEAST IS SPREAD
2000
GROCERS
Vmj Is Idenl. Sports Are Varied and
Arranged So as to Include Every
Visitor, and Employes Whip
Employers at Ball.
Two thousand Portland grocers and
their friends made merry all yester
day at Bull Run picnic grounds with
Karnes, contests, races, dancing and
cores nf other attractions.
An ideal day greeted the picnickers
when they boarded 30 cars at First and
Alder streets yesterday morning. Noth
ing, was lacking in the way of enjoy
ment. There were races for babies,
races for girls, races for boys, races
for slim men, tall men, short men and
lat men, and baseball-throwing by the
women.
Fifty women snowed their skill at
throwing a basebal. Some emulated
Jrve Higginbotham and some followed
the tendency to "wildness" of one Gene
Xrapp. Miss Loretta Lynch captured
first honors, and a silver tea set, by
patting the sphere to feet past her
nearest competitor, Mrs. A. M. Sayre.
II rs. E. R. Beecher was third.
"Hi there." sounded lusty yells as the
fat men came plunging down the 50
yard stretch, carrying two tons or
more of human weight, "look out be
low, they can't stop!" Carl Merrick
came puffing into the home stretch
ahead. E. A. Fisher came In second.
T. hlle A. J. Henneman and C. C. Clark
crossed the line a tie. A flip of a coin
guve Clark the third honors.
Thirteen tots, ranging in ages from
S to years, were the next to emulate
the grown-ups. Five-year-old Arthur
Pahr. of the Sons of Veterans, crossed
the line first. Each baby was given a
box of candy.
The grocers brought 2000 baskets of
edibles and as mess call was sounded
by the drum and fife corps of the
Suns of Spanish War Veterans nt 12:30
the grove became a large outdoor dining-room,
where 2000 heaping baskets
were emptied quickly. The sports
and racing contests followed the
lunch. ,
LeVanway's oand filled the air
with hilarious music and 400 couples
crowded the open-air dance pavilion
from 12 until the last train left for
Portland at 7:45 o'clock.
A baseball game between the gro
cers and their salesmen was the main
event on the morning's programme.
The salesmen won by a score of S
to 6.
The results of other contests were
as follows:
Tnree-legged race First. Cook and
Merrya; second. Mlsner and McLaren:
third. Farrell and Fulton.
Girls' race First. Ruth Monaghan:
second. Ruth Buckley: third. Esther
Miller. ,
Women's and men's race First.
White and Rohman: second. Scales and
Blue: third. Simmons and Oliphant.
Women's and men's special race
First. Buckley and Beach: second.
Trooste and Smythe: third. Rossi and
Woods.
Grocers' race First. J. G. Lucky. Jr.;
econd. C. E. Smith; third. J. Stark.
Married women. 50-yard dash First.
Mrs. L Rapp: second. Mrs. S. A. Brown;
third. Mrs. G. E. Bennett: fourth. Mrs.
W. Robertson; fifth. S. Ca.-rell.
Salesmen's 100-yard dash First. C.
Dixon; second. T. M. Stiles: thjrd. B.
Roberts.
Grocery clerks' race First. C.
Springer; second. Frank Bernard; third,
C. P. Knox.
Boys' sack race First. Carl Miller;
econd. Frank Auterson: third. Norman
UTTII nil
Shoe race, open First. L E. Beach;
econd. H. E. Cooper; third. M. C. Flem
ing. .
Crab race, crawling on hands and
knees First. Frank McLaren: second.
Harvey Morse: third. Claude Holllster.
free-for-all First. M. C. Fleming;
second. T. M. Stiles; third. B. Roberts.
SALE IS STOPPED
nii'iiicii:n i i iiiiii aws im;h-
MIT OF PORTLAND COMPANY.
Action Tnken Following Charges of
Minority Stockholders That Cos
cent Is Insolvent.
It became known yesterday that Cor
poration Commissioner Watson with
drew the temporary permit granted to
the Portland Concrete Pile Company to
sell stock and bonds on July 9. There
is no Indication that It will be renewed
in the near future.
Commissioner Watson wrote a letter
to officers of the company notifying
them of his action, a minority slock
holder said last night, and directing
them to send a copy of his letter to
each stockholder. The letter was read
at an adjourned stockholders' meeting
of the company on July 13, which was
altenued by about 60 out of 640 stock
holders. Copies of the letter are said
to have been sent since to the other
stockholders.
There was much dissension between
minority and majority stockholders at
this same meeting, the minority stock
holders asserting that the company had
been mismanaged until it was vlrtually
insolvent. Court action demanding an
accounting was threatened at the time
by the minority stockholders.
The Commissioner's action was based
on his own investigations and on
charges made by a committee of mi
nority stockholders that a supposed
cash balance of $100,000 in the hands of
the company was largely fictitious.
Stockholders, as well as the com
pany, are forbidden by the Commis
sioner's order to sell their stock.
Educators Favor Oregon System.
SALEM. Or- July 22. (Special.)
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Churchill, who returned today
from St. Paul. Minn., where he attend
ed the annual convention of the Na
tional E ducation Association, said Ore
gon is in the forefront of states in Its
educational system, many of the lead
ing educators of the country having
urged improvements in school systems
which had been adopted In this state.
Aura? them were the standardization
of schools and the selection of high
school courses. Mr. Churchill took part
in numerous discussions.
Child. 3, Walks Four Mile.
CHAR DON", O.. July 18. Pauline. 3.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunt, of
Munson Township, walked four miles
while her parents and friends combed
the neighborhood for her. She was
found iaja at :..0 t
1 FIFTY-YARD DASH FOR MARRIED LADIES. MnS. I.. RAPP IX LEAD. 5-LINCHEON TIME IN THE GROVE.
3 OX Bl'LL RUN RIVER NEAR PICNIC GROUNDS.
NEW TOWNS TO AID
Carlton and Woodburn May
Take "Fresh Air" Parties.
MANY PLACES WANTED YET
Work of Organization Takes on New
Life as Outside Interest Is Mani
fested Fleas for Outings
Continue to Come.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO FRESH AIR
FUND.
Previously reported $1588.80
Mrs A. H. kerr. benevolent
fund J0-00
T. B. Kay. Salem
Scandinavian-American Bank
employes 31.76
Mszie E. Murphy 100
Cash 1-00
Minnehaha Campflre Girls... 3.00
Advance Hasty Messengers by
A. P. Goss s-50
Marlon Josephine Slchel 3-00
Total $1627.85
Contributions to the Fresh Air
Fund may be sent to V. R. Manning,
secretary of the Associated Charities,
411 Commercial block; R. S. Howard,
treasurer of the Associated Charities.
Ladd & Tilton Bank, or The Ore
gonlan. Contributions of clothing
should be sent to 411 Commercial
block.
With communications yesterday from
Carlton and Woodburn relative to en
tertaining "Fresh Air" parties from the
Associated Charities, the list of cities
Interested in the movement this year
that did not participate last year num
bers three.
Independence has assured the Chari
ties that a committee there will pre
pare at once for a party. The message
from Woodburn was from J. M. Poor
man, president of the Woodburn Bank,
who' evinced great Interest in the
movement last year.
The message from Carlton was from
A. G. Carruth. proprietor of the Carl
ton Sentinel, who said:
"Some of our people are willing to
take some of the Fresh Air children
and mothers. Would we have to guar
antee any given number In order to re
ceive any?"
Secretary Manning will take up the
matter with both Carlton and Wood
burn at once. These messages came as
great encouragement yesterday, for It
has been difficult In the past few days
to arrange for places for the " Fresh
Air" people to be sent as rapidly as
the applications were received.
A few children were sent out yester
day to individual farms, but places
must be found for about 20 more this
week. If the average of the campaign
Is to be maintained.
Two litUe boya were sent to the
g -w
beach yesterday and four little girls
to the farm of Mrs. H. B. Clack, near
Oregon City. These little girls are
from a family of nine children, and the
father is dead. The mother is in poor
health and the family almost destitute.
Another individual case attended to
was that of a mother and three little
children, who were taken, through the
kind-hentedness of Mrs. L R. Griffith,
of Tlgard, who will be their hostess for
two weeks.
"Alfred" a convalescent, who Is re
covering from the effects of an acci
dent, Is at the camp up the Columbia,
but no arrangements have been made
lor his mother and her three other lit
tle children.
Newberg is lining up its committee
nnd will announce tonight what steps
will be taken to assist in the "Fresh
Air" movement. The first Silverton
party will return to Portland tomor
row morning at 11:15.
Employes of the Scandinavian-American
Bank yesterday sent in $11.75.
Other banks announce that they are
taking up contributions and will send
them soon.
Out-of-town people also are sending
in numberless sympathetic notes and
donations. Among those who sent in
contributions yesterday from out of
town were H. L Bowlby and T. B. Kay.
both of Salem.
Walla Walla Trusty Sought.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., July 22
OREGON CITY WOMAN
LEFT TO RIGHT EMMA, MARIE, PAULINE AND EDITH HIRSHMAN
(Special.) Another trusty, the third in
four days, violated his trust at the
state penitentiary today and is being
sought by guards. T. Michera was
sent to the prison chicken-yard at 5
o'clock this mnrntng to light a fire for
heating asphalt. When the main crew
of workmen arrived at 7 o'clock they
found the man had kept on going. Mi
chera was serving three to 15 years
for grand larceny committed in Spo
kane. He was sentenced May 1, 1912.
NEW RIVER ROAD PROPOSED
Ilwaeo to Fort Canby May Be Im
proved for Jetty Workers.
ILWACO. Wash.. July 22. (Special.)
P. L Sinclair and J. W. Howeston
have been appointed a committee to
take up the matter of building a
roadway between llwaco and Fort
Canby with the United States En
gineers. This roadway is planned to
follow the shoreline of Baker's Bay
and will be about a mile and a half
long.
The town of llwaco proposes to build
it as far as the line of the Govern
ment reserve and the Engineer Depart
ment the remainder of the distance.
Between 100 and 200 residents of
llwaco are employed on the north
Jetty work and it is for their ac
commodation that the road is to be
built.
AND GIRLS WHO WILL ENJOY
Investigation of the management of
the Equity Warehouse Company, a
Portland concern that buys and sells
farm produce, Is being carried on by
the District Attorney's office. Warrants
have been asked trom the District At
torney charging, the officers of the
company with embezzlement and an In
quiry Is being carried on to learn if
there is evidence to support an indict
ment. Attorney Pague, who represents a
group. of clients having claims aggre
gating about $1000 against the con
cern, has asked that the warehouse
company directors be punished for their
acts of alleged mismanagement anu i
urging a thorough investigation.
The company assigned its affairs to
M C Berge Tuesday, showing its as
sets to be $4740.21 and its liabilities
$9112 03. Attorney Pague will try to
have the directors prosecuted because,
he declares, the management of the
concern was so incompetent that It
should be prevented from continuing in
business. Mr. Pague also declares that
he is acting in the matter from disin
terested motives and Is giving his time
freelv. without pay. in the interests of
farmers who have suffered at the hands
of the company. ,
l'rnternlt.v Bring Clients.
The Equity Warehouse Company has
Its headquarters at Front and Fine
streets and has carried on' a ommls
slon business, dealing only with farmer-
in the nearby counties who are
members of the local organizations of
the Farmers' Society of Equity, a semi
fraternal association having some of
the features of the Farmers' Alliance
and the Grange.
The warehouse company was formed
In April. 1913. and Us objects were to
provide facilities for farmers to mar
ket their products to the best ad
vantage. Its capital stock was placed
at $"500 and business was commenced
last October. The present investigation
seems to show that by December 31 a
loss
nf SfiCOO was dlsciosea
on the
hooks of the concern. A nooKaeeper is
going over the accounts for the In
formation of the District Attorney.
Attorney Pague first came to know
of the tangled affairs of the company
through statements made to him by
farmers who were not paid for produce
shipped to tho Portland headquarters.
It is declared there are at present
about 200 creditors, most 'of whom
are farmers in Clarke County. Wash
ington; Multnomah, Clackamas, Co
inMi Washington and Yamhill coun
ties.
Embezzlement Is Charged.
The complaint charging embezzle
ment was filed by Attorney Pague in
the interests of a number of farmers
who shipped potatoes to the company
aggregating $1031 in value last March,
on which it is said they got no returns.
Warrants for the arrest of the follow
ing directors are asked: F- H. King,
president. Clackamas County; T. A.
Harper ex-president, Dundee; John
Schmid'ke, Banks; J. L Kruse. Sher
wood; J. M. Stretcher. Hlllsboro. and
A. R. Lyman. Gresliam. John M. Tees,
who has been manager of the concern
since January 1, may or may not De in
cluded in the list of those to be prose
cuted if the facts developed by the in
vestigation warrant a criminal action.
The District Attorney's office still
has an open mind on the criminality
of the management of the concern un
der investigation and will await the
completion of the inquiry before de
ciding whether or not warrants will be
issued.
COLLEGE GETS OLD HEAD
Wallace Howe Lee Will Return to
Albany, Taking New Department.
ALBANY. Or., July 22. (Special.)
Wallace Howe Lee, who for 19 years
was connected with Albany College and
was president of the institution for the
last ten years of that time, will re
turn to the college this Fall as pro
fessor of education. He will have
charge of the new department of edu
cation. Professor Lee left Albany College In
1905 to become assistant pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, of Seattle.
Wash., and had charge of all the edu
cational activities of this church, which
ia reputed to be the largest Pres
byterian Church in the world. For
trie past three j-ears he has been dean
of Whitworth College, at Tacoma.
OUTING ON HER FARM.
AND MRS
CLACK
II. n. CLACK.
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SHOW FARE IS UP
Space Taken by Agricultural
Coilege for Big Display.
TRACTORS MAY BE WORKED
Arrangements for Exhibits of Manu
factnrers and Agriculture in
Northwest Going Ahead and
Financial Aid Is Pledged.
The matter of transportation, not
only of exhibits, but of the visitors,
to the Manufacturers' and Land Prod
ucts Show, to be held in Portland from
October 26 to November 14, came up
for action yesterday before the trans
portation committee. A. J. Kingsley.
chairman.
The committee will endeavor to pro
cure one fare round-trip rate for two
day excursions, or possibly one and
one-fourth fare round trip, or one and
one-third fare round trip for five-day
excursions.
In taking up the matter of the mov
ing of exhibits to the land show, they
will ask that the same terms and con
ditions that have prevailed in Eastern
Land Shows be followed . here.
A conference will be held with repre
sentatives of the railroads and as soon
as the rates are announced they will
be advertised in premium lists and
special lettew sent out to commercial
clubs and civic organizations through
out the Northwest.
O. G. Hughson, financial secretary of
the Portland Builders' Exchange, who
Is delegated to act on a special com
mittee on co-operation with the Manu
facturers' and Land Products Show,
held a consultation yesterday with
President Dunne and Manager Buckley
and the date set for Builders' Exchange
day and night was decided tentatively
for Tuesday, November 3. Mr. Hugh
son said that if special tickets were
furnished he thought that the ex
change would handle the same and
also would get out a letter urging the
members of the association to make
individual exhibits.
Ralph D. Hetzel. director of the ex
tension department, Oregon Agricul
tural College, was in the city yester
day morning and took 600 square feet
of floor space In the land products di
vision of the show, whereon will be In
stalled one of the finest exhibits tnat
iho orocrnn Agricultural College has
ever turned out.
The Holt Caterpillar Engine Com
pany arranged for reservation of 600
square feet of space in the machinery
department. 'mere are now uevoim
tractor engine exhibits promised. An
effort will bo made to have field trials
to demonstrate the work of tnese trac
tor engines in a field adjacent to Port
land.
Governor Lister of Washington writes
President Dunne that he will be giaa
to serve as a member of the honorary
advisory board and will use his best
efforts with the different clubs, or
ganizations, districts and cities of
Washington showing products here.
The executive committee received re
ports that the campaign for the under
writing of the exposition reached
$10,000 in two days. Nearly every cor
poration or firm solicited cheerfully
assisted in the work of providing
against any deficit.
CHARACTErT HUD VITAL
D. CARPENTER CALLS IT ONE OF
BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS.
Honesty in Advertising Watchword of
Trade, and Is of More Value Than
Cleverness, He Sny.
"Truth, service and efficiency are
the foundations on which modern busi
ness is being based." said R. D. Car
penter, of "Meier & Frank Company,
yesterday addressing the Ad Club on
the Toronto Convention of the Ad
Clubs of America at which he was a
delegate.
"These three features were the key
note of that great meeting In Toronto,"
he said. "In the adoption by the asso
ciation of a standard of advertising
practice Is evidenced the practical ap
plication of these principles, and I be
lieve that, had the convention done no
other work, the adoption of those rules
of practice alone would be sufficient to
prove to the world that the business
Ideals of the modern day are moving
in the right direction.
"We are learning to take Into con
sideration first, the customer. On that
basis business will go further and bet
ter than under a system where the
dealer starts with himself as a center.
"Honor in business and trutn in ao
vertlslng are the watchwords of the
business of today. I believe, as I ex
pressed it at the meeting in Toronto,
that an ounce of character in business
is worth a pound of cleverness.
"Let a business man gather around
him men of character and Integrity in
his organization and that will carry
him a long way further toward de
pendable service than all manner of
cleverness unsupported by the more
sound elements of worth.
"I believe that as you add morality
to business you add to the sum of hu
man happiness."
M. N. Dana, who was also a delegate
to the Toronto convention, gav.e an
address on the work in tho various
committees and section meetings. M
A. Reed was chairman of the day.
J. V. MURPHY COMES HERE
Successor to Frank K. Johnson, of
Canadian Pacific, Named.
j. v. Murphy, present district pas
senger agent at Nelson. B. C. has been
named to succeed Frank R. Johnson
as general agent of the passenger de-
dartment of the Canadian Pacific
Railway in sPortland. Word of Mr.
Murphy's appointment was recelvsd
yesterday by Mr. Johnson.
The new official will take up his
duties here about August 1. After
turning over the affairs here to him.
Mr. Johnson will retire to take charge
of his fruit farm in Eastern Mult
nomah County.
Another change In the local Canadian
Pacific office announced yesterday
was the promotion of Harry M. Beyers,
city ticket agent, who has been sta
tioned In Portland since March 1. 112,
to be city passenger agent at Tacoma.
He will succeed C. H. Naylor. resigned,
on August 1.
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Druggists refund money If It falls. 60c.
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Them are spiders In Javs i
webs so strong that It requires
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hlch mak
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Jan. 31. 1914.
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