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12 TTTE MOttNTNG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, DT-rCTOrBEIl 7, 1914. ELKS BOW IN GRIEF FORTHEIRDEPARTED Memorial Services Held at First Presbyterian Church With Impressive Ritual. 14 ABSENT AT ROLL CALL lodge, Headed by Band, Marches to Church V. C. Bristol and Judge aiorrow Address Mourners. "Auld Lang Syne" Sung. Memorial services it or departed mem bers of the Elks were held by the Port land lodge at the First Presbyterian Church, at Twelfth and Alder streets, yesterday afternoon. Several hundred members . of the ' Elics attended and many friends assembled to bow in prayer over the memory of the departed lodgemen. The Elks assembled at the temple at Broadway and Stark street at 2 P. M. and marched in a body, headed by the Klks' band, to the church. The funeral march of Chopin opened the memorial exercises. This was fololwed by an or gan prelude, "In Winter," by Edgar B. Coursen. A quartet, composed of Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, soprano; Or. R. M. Emer son, tenor; Mrs. Sara Glance Bowman, contralto, and M. L. Bowman, bass, sang "Now the Day Is Over." The Elks' rit ualistic ceremony was next. M. R. Bpaulding:, secretary of Portland Lodge, No. 142, read the roll call of absent brothers. After each name was called and the answer "Absent" had been made, a bell was tolled. The audience arose to sing "Auld Lang Syne." Albert Backus, chaplain of the lodge, offered prayers. Charles Duncan Kaff played a violincello solo and William C. Bristol delivered an ad dress on the meaning of the services. Mrs. Jane Burns Albert' sang "The Promise of Life." Ralph E. Moody had been selected to deliver the eulogy, but owing to Mr. Moody's illness Circuit Judge Robert Morrow spoke. "Twilight" was sung by M. L. Bowman, Mrs. Sara Glance Bowman and Charles Duncan Raff. The services were closed with ritualistic exerciues of the lodge. The quartet then sang "Softly Now the Light of Day." trie Doxology was repeated and the chaplain read the ben ediction. The rollcall of Portland Elks who died during the year' is: Richard W. Barter, John Eeklunfl. s. T. I.lnklater, H. S. Rows. Dan S. Kaln, William Keid, E. 8. Ferguson, George A. Fitch, V. t. Dunning, Charles B. Sternberg, D. Knapp, "VV. W. Robinson, Frank J. Strelblg. ilathlas Foeller. SCENES ATTENDING IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF KT.KS LODGE YESTERDAY. t--.ft .tf'Tfe u!-.: ,::' ri-L j f i S4&fn i.'.'-'s.fCS.y. l ff, , - r lUnijlL T.1 ill ' AbuvC Circuit Judse Robert G. Morrow, Dr. K. A. Blsurakall. Kxalted Ruler, and William C. Brlatol. Belour Part of the Sunday Crowd Alone the Line Bf March Prom the EUlta' Temple to the First Preanyterlaa Church. MOVIES WIN HEARTS 'The Dancer and the King" at Columbia Is Stellar. BELASCO RULES PEOPLE'S VANCOUVER PRAYS FOB DEAD l'.lks Hold Memorial Services lor 13 Absent Brethren. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 6. (Spe cial.) Annual memorial, services for departed brethren of the lodge were held by the Klks in their home here this afternoon. Thirteen members of the lodge died in the year. Walter A. Schwarz, exalted ruler, presided. The invocation was said by Kev. Walter I. Eck. Mrs. Margaret Gray, Mrs. George B. Simpson and Mrs. W. D. Hall sang "Lift Thine Byes." Charles O. Bates, of Tacoma, deliv ered the memorial address,- and James 1?. Stapleton, of Vancouver lodge, de livered the eulogy. Leo Charles Sparks Bang "In Memoriam." and Miss Lilian Uerschman sang "Come All To Weary." Ringer Hermann Speaks. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.) With beautiful and impressive services, Albany Lodge, No. 359, B. P. O. Elks, observed the annual memorial Sunday of the order today. Blnger Hermann, of Roseburg, for many years Repre sentative in Congress from the First Oregon District, delivered the memorial address and Mark V. Weatherford, of Albany, prnounced the eulogy on the members of the lodge who have died during the past year. Mrs. Hallie Par rish Hinges, of Salem. sang "Ave Maria," "O, Dry Those Tears" and "Only Trusting." Woods' Orchestra also played. Rev. J. D. Cumimns. pastor of the Episcopal Church of this city, pronounced the invocation and Rev. J. R. N. Bell, pastor of the First Presby terian Church of Corvallls. the benediction. Walla Walla Elks Mourn. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 6. (Special.) The Elks' annual memorial service was held this afternoon In the Keylor Grand Theater in the presence of a large audience. K. K. Kubll, of Portland, delivered the memorial ad dress. Everett J. Smith, of Walla Walla, gave the eulogy. Soloists were: Mrs. C. S. Walters. Mrs. Roscoe W. Smith, Miss Zllla Simpson and Guy Allen Turner. A quartet composed of G. A. Turner. Elmer Storle. Mrs. Wal ters and Miss Simpson also took part. Gus Moser Speaker at Astoria. ; ASTORIA, Or. . Dec 6. (Special.) The annual memorial services of Asto ria Lodge of Elks were held at the As toria Theater today and the auditorium was crowded with Elks and their friends, who had gathered to pay tribute to the dead. The address was delivered by Gus C. Moser. of Portland. MANY LICENSES AT STAKE Saloon "Blacklist" to Be Framed by Council at Session Soon. Work of framing a saloon "blacklist" for the benefit of the City Council will be started today by Mayor Albee and City License Collector Hutchinson. The list of 384 applications for renewal of license for 1913 will be gone over In detail and all who do not have a clear record for the past year will be held up for consideration by the City Coun cil. The Council, at a special meeting this week, will take up the questionable li cense applications and It is expected a number of places will be put out of business because of alleged violations of the city ordinance during the year. Special attention is to be given to the question of ownership of the saloon. It Is said that In many cases the man in whose name the liquor license Is made out has disposed of his holdings and is permitting the business to be conducted by some other person. An extensive in vestigation along this line has been conducted by the license bureau and It Is said some license renewals may be refused on this score. Prison Products Go to Charity. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 6. (Special.) Su perintendent Lawson. of the state pen itentiary, announced today that he had shipped a carload of cabbage grown on the penitentiary farm to the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society in Portland for distribution among charitable institu tioca of that city. 'Hope's Koster Mother" Is fea tured at National Star Presents "The Bargain,-" Western Play, Sunset and Majestic Charm. In "The Dancer and the King," which came to the Columbia yesterday, Cecil Spooner, the charming and versatile little actress, is featured. Every phase of emotion is depicted and there is a thrill every moment." All the tricks of stagecraft known to Miss Spooner have been utilized to good advantage In this Btory of the little dancer, wno is loved by a King, and who loves him in return. It is through this love that she is able to be of great assistance to the poor people of her country. It is a romance of present-day lite. one that is uplifting and with an in tricate plot that is unfolded In a won derfully clever manner. There are many tense situations, conspiracies and coun terplots, and big and spectacular scenes. Miss Spooner's support la everything that could be desired. Last but not least is the splendid photog raphy and the beautiful settings. It is an ottering wnicn will piease every body, as it pleased the patrons of the Columbia, who witnessed the production yesterday. It will remain the chief at traction today and tomorrow. BELASCO PMY IS MARVEL "nfc of ih T? Tirlt' Ht Pearjle'B Theater Has Charm. David Belasco's beautiful drama of old California and Its missions, "The Rose of the Rancho, shown for the first time in photoplay, after a con tinuous run of years on the legitimate stage, opened- at the People's Theater yesterday. It will be the attraction all week. "The Rose of the Rancho" is a won derful photoplay. Something of its ex cellence may be judged from Mr. Be lasco's own criticism after viewing the screen version of his drama at a pri vate performance in New York a few weeks ago. "I think it is the most neauttiui mo tion picture play I have ever seen," be said. All the wonderful beauty of the mis sion country, its glorious lights and shadows, the very atmosphere of ro mance and chivalry of the old Spanish California days, are beautifully pic. tured on the screen. Bessie Barriscale is charming as Juanita. Vacqueros, rancheros. troopers and other charac ters make up a cast of more than 106 persons. If you would view pnotoplay at Its very best, see ine xiose ox tne Rancho ' this week. ater is presenting for three days "A Change of Heart," the story of how a boy, through love for his dead mother, turned from the path of crime into the better life. It is a pretty story, with Thurlow Bergen, a former Baker star, in the leading role. There is a deep human Interest ap peal in the story- It tells, briefly, of a man of good birth, who. 'through the influence of evil companions, is led into crime. He pulls himself out of the mire and starts back home on the ties before the play is ended, all because' a little old woman told him his mother must surely be proud of him. ' A Beauty comedy, "Limping into Hap piness." created mapy hearty laughs yesterday. It gets away from the usual themes and is sparkling with humor; - "Fatty" Arbuckle appears in a Keystone film. "Shotgun that Kicks." The Mutual Weekly concludes the of fering. WESTERN' . DRAMA IS AT STAR "The Bargain," Thrilling Through out, Is Praised as Best Seen. The greatest Western drama ever shown in photoplay that superlative of praise rightfully goes to the five-act Paramount . picture, "The Bargain," which opened at the Star Theater yes terday for an engagement of four days only. There have been other Westery plays thrilling in interest and some beautiful in setting. But not before has there been produced such a combination ol vivid, absorbing action, fine acting and wonderful setting. . The scenes of "The Bargain" are laid In the Grand Canyon of Arizona. The great cliffs, the stream far below, the crags that tourists go thousands of miles to see, are reproduced as a part of the drama with faithful photographic likeness. Not for a second in the entire five acts does the interest drag. From the moment that William S.. Hart, the noted star, robs the stage coach as the outlaw until his final redemption through the love of a good girl, played by the beautiful Clara Williams, there is vivid action and beautiful scenery. MAJESTIC : OFFERIXG STROXG 'The Walls of Jericho" Is ' Attack on Shams of Society. As the heathen walls bf Jericho fell before the music of the Hebrews, so the material walls of false pride, sel flshness and bigotry fall before the spiritual call of motherhood in "The Walls of Jericho, a powerful photo- drama at the Majestic Theater for four days. It is a bitter arraignment against the holiowness and sham of society as seen In London. Edmund Breese. a noted recruit from the footlights, appears opposite Claire Whitney in the play. It tells the story of a woman tiring of hum-drum home life who allows her self to become infatuated with a wealthy clubman of questionable char acter. Neglecting her home, husband and child, the woman goes on her but terfly way. but Is awakened by her baby in time to save herself. Breese is excellent and Miss Whitney Is ideal as the wife. John Bunny and Flora Finch are ap pearing in "Bunny's Little Brother." a picture in which two funny fat men are featured. SCXSET HAS EX-BAKER STAR Thurlow Bergen Featured In "A Change of Heart." Again the strength of mother love is depicted in a film. The Sunset The- THRILLER AT BAKER "At Bay" Is Remarkable and Surprising Melodrama. MURDER ONLY SUPPOSED Delicious Irish - Comedy Is Found In Tragic Stage Surroundings and Detective Keeps Aud ience at High Pitch. CAST OF "AT BAT." f Capt. Lawrence ' Holbrook 2 ...Robert Gleckler X Gordon Graham ...... Brandon Kvans t Hobt. IJempater Walter Gilbert T Father Shannon Charles Halton Judson Flags' William H. Powell Tommy Gilbert Clarke Sllvernall Jefferson Jones Walter Siegfried Inspector Mcln tyre. Mason Wellington Dr. Francis Elliott. .... .John Adams Donnell James Morrell Joe Junter ...Charles Trojan Barney Walter Siegfried Rattle.... ....Florence Roberts Aline Graham... Irene Oshler New York on the stage whenever the murderer is about to be apprehended. ..Robert Gleckler la the Olcottish hero. He is a soldier of fortune, al though he has the fortune, and the heroine's father objects to him as a son-in-law because of his roving devil-may-care nature. The heroine is played marvelously well by- Irene Oshler, who certainly has a corner In hls "repressed emo tion" acting. This heroine has a deep, dark, dank secret in her past, and a professional blackmailer unearths It. The secret is an inconsequential little thing like a-mock marriage in. which she played the leading role away back six. years before the play opens. She goes to the professional blackmailing person to buy from him an incriminat ing letter. She has not. the thousand dollars he wants -and he suggests an other way for her to obtain the letter. She grabs the letter from his hands and he tries to get it back. In the struggle she attacks him with & bill holder, driving the pointed end into his heart. But his dying hand presses a button which releases a flashlight and camera machination and obtains her picture. Xow enters the hero' .who, among other things, is a free-lance detective. At once he recognizes the perfume the heroine uses, he finds a rose she has worn, crumpled on the floor, and in the dead man's hand he finds her em erald brooch, an heirloom piece of evi dence that, clinches matters. So he sets about to save her. - How he schemes and lies like a gentleman and side-steps with blithe good humor the concerted attack of all New York po licedom to send the heroine to prison make . up the rest of the play. And the solving of everybody's prob lem is a wonderful letdown. ' The man wasn't killed at all Just died of heart trouble. And the slx-years-ago mock marriage was a real marriage and the bridegroom died long ago. In fact, the hero remembers burying him. The scenes are four and every one Is a work of inspiration and effort. "At Bay" surely is a live one. BADLY HURT, BOY FLEES DYNAMITE CAP BLOWS LARGE HOLE " IN LAD'S ABDOMEN. NATIONAL PLAY HAS PATHOS "Hope Foster's Mother" Is Re markable for Heart Interest. The Btory of the strength of mother love pervades the. picture offerings a Portland photoplay houses the begin ning of this week. The National Is not an exception, with a stirring drama of maternal love ana filial devotion In "Hope Foster's Mother." It is a story of the stage, with the faith of a mother in her daughter's ambition as a back ground. The story is not an unusual one. for all mother love is sacrifice, but the presentation of the beautiful subject in a beautiful way makes "Hope Foster's Mother" one of the best offerings in the city. A Kalem production with an excep tionally pretty story is "The Man of Iron." It depicts an old man, too proud, who sends his own son to prison and he himself ultimately suffers the conse quences. , . .. , - A George Ade comedy that made a big hit with National patrons yester day is ' "The Fable of Spongers In a Drugstore! The way a druggist makes his money from.Ade's point of view-is clearly shown.: The Hearst Selig News ' Pictorial shows Interesting war scenes. . BY LEONE CASS BAER. "At Bay," the opening attraction at the Baker Theater yesterday, is one of the real thrill-o-dramas. There . Is a murder and a villain and a persecuted heroine, and a hero who Chauncey Ol- cott's all over the place, saving the heroine with one breath and making Irish puns with the next. There are the usual cruel and unrelenting father oi ine heroine and a lot of cruel de. tectives and the whole police force of Nathaniel Jackson, Frightened by Offi cer, Captured In Cltnae and Sent to Hospital. With a hole blown through the walls of his abdomen, Nathaniel Jackson, a 9-year-old colored boy, who lives at 149 North Thirteenth street, fled wild ly up Twelfth street yesterday to es cape an officer who came to Investigate the explosion, which had injured the lad. According to the boy's story to the police, he placed a dynamite cap on the railway track at Twelth and Kearney streets and pounded it with a boulder. The resulting explosion tore his hands bad.y and blew a hole through the front wall of his abdomen. Patrolman Phillips heard the explo sion and hastened to discover the cause. The boy saw him approaching, he re ported. Jumping to his feet, the child fled in the direction of his home. When the officer overtook the lad he found the extent of the boy's injuries. The boy had knelt on the street while pounding the torpedo, the officer said. The severity of the wound is attributed to the fact that he was almost over the cap when it exploded. Phillips telephoned the police sta tion and Sergeant Jenkins, with other officers, hastened to the scene In Chief Clark's automobile. They took the In jured lad to the police emergency hos pital. Later he was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. City Physician Zlegler says the boy probably will recover. The po lice say that he obtained the dynamite cap from a playmate. TOUR PLAN TOBE SETTLED Rosarians Will Hold Final Meeting Today Preceding Excursion. Full details of the arrangements for the Rosarian excursion to Southern Cal ifornia will be decided on today, at the last monthly meeting of the organiza tion before the excursion party shall leave Portland. The meeting will be held at 12 o'clock in the Rosarian room at the Commercial Club. More than two-thirds of the places In the party are reserved and more are being made dally. Governor West will go with the party, and Mayor Albee will accompany it also, if arrangements can be made. If not, he will send special representatives to take his place at the ceremonies at San Francisco and San Diego. WASCO OIL WELL PLEASES Portlanders Interested In B ea vis Ma j Property Expect Plow Soon. Samuel Connell and other Portland business men who are interested in the property of the Beavls-May Oil Com pany, in Wasco County, are jubilant over the prospects for the early success of their venture. They report that recent developments show the well, which has been in the process of sinking for three or four years, is now in contact with an excel lent quality of oil-bearing sand, which experts agree gives every indication of the near presence of oil. .Oil seep age and a strong flow of gas have made their appearance within the last few months. The well now is down to a depth of 2000 feet and has passed through more than 37 feet of oil sands. . George A. Beavis, general manager ef the property, has been in Portland for the last few days ahd report that oil may be. encountered within the next few days. Others besides Mr. Connell and Mr. Beavis who are interested in the prop erty, which is about 24 miles south of The Dalles, are Dr. J. B. Keefer. F. P. King. Howard Gaylord, Henry Serr. of Dallas: Dr. A. S. Nichols and various business men in Portland And other parts of the state. . Penna. anthracite coal. Call Edlef -sen. East 303 C 2303. Adv. Christmas Lebkuchen - JUST RECEIVED! Direct Shipment Genuine "Nurnberger" Lebkuchen in Several Sizes Christmas Boxes. BOX No. 1 Handsome wooden box, with choice collection of the - celebrated 'Lebkuchen" . . . . .- $3.75 . BOX NO. 2 Natural wood chest extra fine collection best varieties . o "Lebkuchen" . . .$5.00 BOX . NO. 3 Handsomely lithographed -wooden box. Large assort- . ment Jins, and packages Haeberleins Cakes 6.50 KOENIG'S . LEBKUCHEN Round or , square Honey Cakes, with "Merry Christmas" in German each .......T5 NURNBEBat ALLEELEI LEBKUCHEN Decorated tins, contain- . . ing fine assortment . of small Cakes box.. 7o NO. 2 SIZE PACKAGE LEBKUCHEN Choice of Braune, Weisse or Basler Lebkuchen, package. ........ i .......... 20 NO. 3 SIZE LEBKUCHEN Choice of Braune, Weisse or Basler ' Lebkuchen No. 3 packages, each... 3o ' ON. SALE AT THE BAKERY SECTION. We Suggest Early Ordering, While Assortment Is Complete. Today's Grocery Specials Fruit Cake Necessities Sedeel Raisins No. 1 packages, each 10 Orinnc or UmM PkI Best quality, the pound 17KC Citron Peel Imported Leghorn, the pound 220 Sultana Ralatna California seedless, three pounds 250 Suioea Cinnamon or Nutmeg h -cans. . lO Cleaned. Currants No. 1 packages, each. Nor Klas California, black or white, three pounds 25 Gold Medal Klour Best Eastern, the sack 82. 1U Butternut Bntter Satisfactory brand, the roll 7 Baklns; Powder Victor brand, one-pound cans. 30d VrdIUs Kxtract Pure, full strength, two-ounce bottle 2o Mount Vernon Milk -Case, four dozen. 83.39l dozen cans 85C ' Pure Food Grocery, Basement, SJxtk-St. Bids. Santa Clans Welcomes Thousands of Little Children and their parents each day, from 10 till 5:30 o'clock at his head quarters here in- T0YT0WN AT Meier & Frank's "The Toy Store of a Hundred Thousand Toys and Dolls" TEMPORARY ANNEX NO. 2-In Yeon Building, Fifth sand Alder St&, N. E. Cor. Nearly Five Pages in Two Papers YESTERDAY Devoted to Today's News at Meier & Frank's Free IRegular 25c Ticket To Oregon Pet Stock and Poultry Show given to all adults visiting here. Show opens today noon in Pittoek Block. Ask any floor man for ticket. Third Floor, Sixth -Street Building . All Silks and Wool Dress Goods Reduced. $6 to $10 Costumes, Velvets and Plush S3. 90 Half -Wool Challies and Waistings, yard... 25g 75c Silustria Flannel, special, yard 57 40c Bathrobing1, 27 inches wide, yard 29 Hand-Made Cluny Centerpieces ONE-THIRD OFF Hand-Made Cluny Lace Scarfs at ONE-THIRD OFF $7 and $7.50 J. & T. Cousins'. Shoes, pair S4.95 Pre-Holiday Sale Laces and Embroideries. Klrst Floor. Sixtk-St. Bide. Sale Venetian and Silk Undergarments. Second floor, Slxth-St. Bids. Wonderful Sale All Waists. , "Mfth Floor, Slxth-St. Bids. Sale' Dressing Sacques and Kimonos. 1fh Floor, Slzth-St. Bids. $3.50 Nemo Corsets two models S2.29 'ilt Floor, Slxth-St. BldK. Sale Men's and Women's Kerchiefs. Cut Glass for Xmas Gifts, 25 Per Cent Off. F"trt Floor. Temporary Annex No. 1 Sale Men's $4 to $5 Bathrobes at $2.49 Men's Store Second Floor, Temporary Annex No. 1 All Fitted Luggage, now 25 Per Cent Off. Fifth Floor, Temporary Annex Xo. 1 All Women's "Ready-to-Wear" Reduced. Fourth Floor, Slxth-St. Bids. All FURS. Greatly Underpriced. Fourth Floor, Slxth-St. Bids. 100,000 BOOKS for Gift Choosing. Sixth Floor. Mxth-St. Bid. ALL IVORY TODLET ARTICLES ONE-THIRD OFF. First Floor, Mxth-St. Bids. Pre-Holiday Sale Stationery. First Floor, Slxth-St. Bids. Mid-Winter Sale Blankets. ITcmperirj Annex No. 1 7 Great TOY SPECIALS in TOYTOWN. I Toy Town. Temporary Annex No. 2, Veon Bids. Sale Watches and Leather Goods. v First Floor, Slxth-St. Bids. RED CROSS SEAL BOOTH LOCATED HERE stnsssss"""-- r Xyqs Quality Store op Portland rU, SlMtt "Morriav Alder Sta. A Meier & Frank "Merchandise Bond" Solves the Gift Prob lem Issued in Any Amount, Cne Dollar or Over. On Sale in Our Fifth-Street Arcade. CHOOSE TOR GITTS FROM OUR COMPLETE STOCKS Ice Skates Skating Shoes All Sizes for Men, Women, Boys and Girls. Temporary Annex No. 2, Yeon Bids., N. E. cor. 5th and Alder Sts.. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS As Detailed in Our Advertisements Yesterday MOVED! Women's Neckwear Dept. NOW ON SECOND FLOOR of Our Sixth-Street Building The Wonderful Stock of New Neckwear Requires Greater Display Space New Location on Second Floor Gives Ample Accommodation for Christmas Shopping. i