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4 THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, fONTAY. DECE3IRER 14. 1914. REALITY OF BELGIAN WAR REEL STARTLES Rifle Fire in Trenches, Btfrning of Cities and Army Retreat on Film at Heiiig. NATIVES GASP AT SCENES 3Iovie or Aetna! Conflict Presented by The Orcgonian for Charity Is Intensely Interesting. Refugees' Plight Pitiful. Belgium, broken by war, her cities crumbled and blazing under shell fire, her roads torn and barricaded against the advancing enemy end her" citizens pouring in endless procession across the frontier for refuge in Holland, was shown at the Heiiig Theater last night in the motion pictures of the Belgian campaign taken by the Chicago Trib une and shown for the first time on the Pacific Coast under the auspices of The Oregonian for the benefit of charity. The audience that witnessed the opening production was unusual, the preponderance of those who crowded to the theater being Belgian or trench or German-Americans who were familiar with the country in which the pictures were taken. Throughout the show one might hear In various parts of the theater subdued exlamations and remarks of recogni tion as one after another scene, once familiar to many in the audience, but now broken and transformed, was whirled on the screen. Intense Interest Held. In the half light long rows of faces tense with interest and sympathy could be seen as they watched the drama that played itself before them. To the natives of this country who attended the show it had merely the attraction of an interesting film, but to foreign born persons in the audience the inter est was much more intense and com pelling. Curiously the scenes of peace and war were jumbled together. Machine guns were seen mounted in fields 01 sugar beets, and -soldiers were shown hard at work throwing up entrench ments among the cabbages and other vegetables. The most intense moments of battle, on the very firing line, were of course impossible for the motion picture man, for there is no place for the operator in the battle front, but time after time the pictures carried one right into the edge of (he fire zone. In one place one saw the Belgian soldiers crouching and firing behind their earthworks and it looked much like target practice or something of the sort until here and there one saw a soldier drop to the ground, another step into his place, roll the body out of the way and go on firing. Belgians Cool In Battle. In the scenes in the trenches one can look in vain for the hurry and rush that romances of years have taught us belong to a battle. The Belgian sol diers are not excited. They do not rush here and there nor wave flags. They are deliberate, cool and unexcited, but everywhere they seem to do their work with a sort of dogged thoroughness. In the retreat from Alost it is not the frenzied rush of driven men, but an orderly and deliberate retreat. The men march with drooping shoulders perhaps and dragging feet, for they are worn out with fighting, but there is a cool deliberateness about all their movements. Even on the firing line, one sees many of them puffing at their pipes as they shoot. It is in the flying of the refugees out of burning Malines and out of Antwerp that one sees the evidences of fear and excitement under the stress of the war. Out of Alost, one sees the civilian crowd coming, as the soldiers return to the attack. Haggard-faced women running frantically with hastily-made-up bundles in their hands, dragging children by the arms, or carrying ba bies, cripples hobbling along as fast as they can, and everybody pausing momentarily to look back into the city where the German shells are bursting. Rush to Holland Pictured. After the fall of Antwerp, one sees the almost endless line of refugees, l'ich and poor, walking, riding, bicy cling along, across the frontier into Holland. One sees the dead soldiers and civilians lying in the streets of ruined Termonde. and one sees the Belgian Red Cross nurses and doctors caring for wounded German and Bel gian soldiers alike. in picture after picture are the ruins of shelled cities. Kuined Alost, ruined Termonde and ruined Malines are bliown and the smoke of burning Ant werp is seen ascending. In the twisted and scorched debris one sees the fa mous chimes of Malines lying brokers and the beautiful Belgian highways torn up and made into a tangle of barbed wire fencing, to check the in vaders. All this only sketches the outlines of the scenes in the four reels presented in this show. Profits Are For Charity. By contract of the Tribune with the Belgian government, half of the pro ceeds of the show will be sent to the Belgian Red Cross fund. The Orego nian will turn over its profits out of the remaining half to the Associated Charities for the Christmas relief fund. In this way the public is given n opportunity to see the only motion pictures taken on the Belgian battle fields in the recent campaign and at the same time to contribute not only to the relief of the suffering Belgians, but also to the fund of a worthy local! charity. The next production of the films will be at the Heiiig Theater. Wednesday, from 13 o'clock noon to 11 P. M. On Thursday the show will run during the same hours and on Friday it will run until 6 o'clock P. M. The show Satur day will run from noon to 11 P. M. Tickets may be obtained either at the Heiiig box office or at the office of The Oregonian. COLD WAVE STRIKES HARD lYozcii Hands and Feet Reported in Numbers in Middle Vest. KANSAS CITY. Dec. 18. Kansas. Northern and Western Missouri and Southern lows lay under a blanket of snow tonight, while temperature close to zero prevailed. Two persons died here tonight' as a result of the cold wave. Hospitals re ported numbers of frozen hands and I'eet and the police and charitable or ganizations were swamped with ap peals for aid. PITTSBURG. Dec. 13. The heaviest snowfall of the season descended on Western Pennsylvania and West Vir ginia today. In this city the fall In right hours was six Inches. Grafton, W. Va, reports a fall of 12 Inches, while montalnous sections of the state estimate the fall at nearly 21 inches. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS WHO WILL MEET JEF FERfcON HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES IN ANNUAL INTERSCHOLASTIC DEBATE DECEMBER 22. rf K I s r . 4 Left to Right, Negative Team Mark Conklln, Ernest Fatland, Raymond Lucas and Ralph Kellogg; Affirmative, Left to Right, Coach J. F. Johnston, Syl van Kohn, Kotos Eckersvn. Ben Tltoe and Llewellyn Sprlggs. The annual inters'cholastic championship debate between the "Washington And Jefferson High Schools will be held . Tuesday evening. December 22. The subject: "Resolved, That private ownership and operation of interstate ail ways is preferable to public ownership." Each school will be represent, i by two teams, three debaters each, one team supporting the affirmative and the other the negative. The negative teams will meet the affirmative teams in the assembly halls of the two schools, both debates thus being conducted at the same time. The Lincoln High School, not represented in this year's de bate, won last year's championship. . A handsome silver trophy is at stake, and If Washington wins the ensuing debate it becomes the permanent prop erty of that Institution by virtue of prior victories. SERBS ROUTED HERE Austrians Wreck Pool Hall in Bloody Battle. TWO, AT LEAST, INJURED Forty Men Engage in Fight in North Portland Resort Bad Blood Be tween. Colonies Is Caused by War in Europe. At least two men were injured, one of them seriously, in a. pitched free-for-all battle with billiard cues, chairs. clubs, slingshots, sticks and stones between about 30 Austrians and 20 Ser vians In a coffee-house at 293 Four teenth street North last night. Bad blood between the two colonels as a result of the European war is declared to have been the cause of the conflict. Jake Toney, a Servian, is in St. Vin cents' Hospital with the scalp almost torn from his head, a dislocated shoul der and perhaps a fractured skull. Meley Tassech, also Servian, is in the Police Emergency Hospital with sev eral severe scalp wounds. Pete Nick, proprietor of the coffee house and poolroom where the battle was staged, declares the Austrians en tered the place In a body seeking trouble. The fight lasted only about five min utes, but the room was completely wrecked. Every chair, every table and every billiard cue was broken. A portion of the Servian lorce riea through a back door, carrying with them numerous black eyes ana DroKen heads. The Austrians scattered in all directions--, ill Motorcycle -Patrolman Crane rushed to the scene and arrived just after the ast of the Austrians hed fled. Pete Nick and the two most seriously In jured men were alone In the place. Officers were scattered through tne district to look for belligerents. Pa trolmen Huntington and Harms arrett ed Thomas Raraman and Eli Topvich, each of whom bore a few scars and who said they were Austrians. Kara- man had In his pocket a heavy lead slug tied in a handkerchief. Raraman was charged with carrying concealed weapons. Motorcycle Officer crane round bloodstains leading up Pettygrove street in the direction Nick said the Austrian force had retired. A further search of lodging-houses in the vicin ity failed to reveal any more Injured men. LABOH REMEDIES W COLORADO HEARING BRrXGS OUT VARIETY OF SUGGESTIONS. Witnesses Advise Compulsory Arbitra tion, Employer's Liability Law, Federal Mediation, Etc. DENVER. Dec. 13. The Federal Com mission on Industrial Relations, after completing 10 days of testimony relat ing to the industrial situation in Col orado, will begin tomorrow its third week of hearings. Tentatively it has fixed on December 16 as its closing date in Colorado, but it has announced its determination of continuing its sessions until it has heard the last important witness. It has postponed the hearing at Dal las, Tex., and will leave here direct for Washington where it will begin hear ings on or about December 28. A compilation of suggestions for the solution of the Colorado situation made to the commission would include: State compulsory arbitration. A state industrial commission. A conciliatory board of employes and executive officers. Permission for unhindered union or ganization. Rigid enforcement oi existing state laws. A Federal mediation law. Settlement of industrial disputes in civil courts. Employers' liability law. Repeal of the Moyer decision. Governor Ammons. in his story of the strike, suggested the enactment of a Federal mediation law or the settle ment of industrial disputes in courts of law on the basis of civil disputes. J. C. Osgood, chairman of the board of -directors of the Victor-American -lip 4 I3 Fuel Company, testified that he had worked for four years to establish a state employers' liability commission and had supported it for two years. In ability to collect state funds appro priated for its support had killed the effort. He opposed collective bargain ing, arsmina that the miner as an in dividual had the right to choose or re ject his place and conditions of em ployment. An industrial commission, tq serve without compensation, to arbitrate all industrial disputes in the state, their decision to be binding, and a centrali zation of all appointive power in the chief executive was recommended by Governor-elect George A. Carlson. If the operators had consented to meet the strike leaders, ex-United States Senator Thomas M. Patterson declared, the strike would have been settled. He referred to the action of Gov ernor Ammons in invoking the power of the Moyer decision, which suspended civil rights and placed Adjutant-General Chase In supreme command In the state, and declared this decision a de moralizing force. John McLennan, president of the Dis trict 15, United Mineworkers of Amer ica, submitted that scrip payments, a violation of the law, existed In the Victor-American Company's closed camps. One jury worked 20 years for a Coro ner in a Southern country, he alleged. Governor Shafroth had declared him self unable to enforce the ; eight-hour law in the state, he said. J. F. Welborn, president of the Colo rado Fuel & Iron Company, testified to having advised during the strike with John p. Rockefeller, Jr., Jerome B. Greene, Starr J. Murphy and other Eastern directors. He said that Ivy L. Lee, executive assistant of the Penn sylvania Railroad, had been employed by Mr. Rockefeller to write the facts from the operators' viewpoint. The reason for the unrest in Colo rado, he said, was the importation of a lawless element by the officials of the United Mine Workers of America. SPEAKERS URGE REVOLT CHINESE LEADERS CALL YUAN SHI It A I DICTATOR AND CZAR. Rally Brings Out 400 Orientals to Hear Dr. C. Y. Fang and T. C. Koe Talk Banquet Held. Portland Chinese were exhorted last night to help further a peaceable revo lution in their native land to overthrow the government of Yuan Shi Kal, whom the speakers. Dr. C. Y. Fung and T. C. Koe, characterized as a dictator. More than 400 Chinese attended the meeting, which was held in Arion Hall at Second and Oak streets. Municipal Judge John H. Stevenson presided at the meeting. Other invited guests were Professor E. D. Curtis, Francis D. Curtis. Colonel Robert A. Miller. F. W. and W. H. Jobelman and Sheriff -elect T. M. Hurlburt, Lee Quin. president of the local Chinese Nation alist League, introduced the speakers to their fellow-countrymen. Dr. Fung was formerly private sec retary to Sun Yat Sen, China's first pro visional President. He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer as soon as the National Assembly was formed. T. C. Koe was Commissioner of Com merce under the provisional govern ment. Each speaker talked for nearly an hour and the Chinese listened with rapt attention. Although it was said that by no means all of them were In favor of the Nationalist movement, they applauded some of the speakers' utter ances vociferously.- Perhaps one-fifth of the crowd present was .what one Chinese classed "all same stand-pat." After the meeting in Arion Hall the speakers, officers of the local league, a few prominent Chinese and the invited American guests adjourned to a Chi nese banquet hall where a feast was spread. Tuesday night the two Chinese vis itors will be present at the Public Li brary when Professor K. S. Latourette, of Reed College, who spent some time In China, will lecture on conditions in that country. AGED MINISTER IS DEAD Rev. William Richmond, 84, Passes at Home of Son-in-Latv. Rev. William Richmond, aged 84 years, died yesterday at the home of his son-in-law. Rev. William R. Pow ell. 297 East Thirty-seventh street. He came to Portland from Sioux City, Iowa, last July, and formerly had held a pas torate in Chicago. Rev. Mr. Richmond Is survived by six daughters: Mrs. Lewis Tyler and Mrs. W. R. Powell, of Portland; Mrs. H. H. Drake. Mrs. George Hicks and Miss Alice Richmond, of Sioux City, and Mrs. Lewis T. Parker, of Chicago. The body will be sent to Sioux City for burial. " - -it fiifllfr ?Mt 1 i T "I- -tT ""j "-w.a 1 t'jrt I UNITED STATES TO GAIN TRADE BY WAR Commercial Attache Says Op portunity Is Presented as Never Before. BOYCOTTS WILL FOLLOW Belligerents Unlikely to Buy From Each Other After Conflict Ends and Manufacturers Will Be Handicapped- by Taxes. WASHINGTON. Dec 13. The close of the European war will see the United States firmly established In possession of a share of the world's trade never before gained by Ameri can manufacturers, in the opinion of Dr. c. W. A. Veditz, commercial at tache to the Embassy at Paris, who left today for his post- Dr. Vedita Is one of the nine attaches already se lected by Secretary Red Held and his field of operations covers the greater part of Southern Europe. "European countries now at war have hitherto provided 42.2 per cent of the worlds total export trade. Dr. Veditz said before his departure. "They have sold to other nations tl8. 500,000,000 worth of goods annually. Much of this trade has been destroyed. Nations' Trade Diminishes. Commercially speaking, Belgium no longer exists and Germany's foreign trade is but a fraction of what it used to be. France is busy with other things and even England, despite her naval supremacy, has had to readjust herself commercially to an entirely hew and restricted system. Russia has expressed a most friendly attitude toward American importations. "I look for a readjustment of com mercial relations at the close of the war which shall put us inevitably in a position to do an increasing share of the world's trade, if we reayy want It. To help get that trade-is the chief function of the commercial attaches. Sentimental Boycotts Certain. "There is bound to be a sentimental boycott for many years on the part of belligerent nations against the goods of their enemies. Now, why should not American goods take the place of commodities from countries that are taboo? "Everybody knows this war is cost ing the Darticlpating nations billions of dollars. That money must be raised ultimately by taxation and, of course, the manufacturers will come in for the lion's share of this burden. If this means anything it means in creased cost of production and in creased cost of production is likely to mean an increase in selling prices suf ficient to handicap selling to neutral markets." "ALICE LLOYD'S BACK" SONGS HAVE PLOTS AND PLEAS ANTRIES BETWEEN LINES., oTipperary" Not Overlooked and Or phenm Andlence Joins in Chorus; Other Acts Score Hits Abo. BY LEONE CASS BAER. Every one In the Orpheum yesterday kept whispering "Alice Lloyd's back." Why confine it alone to "Alice's back?" There's two twinkling ankles, and a pair of saucy dimples that are not of the turn-on-turn-off variety, an ex tremely Jolly smile and the peculiar flavor of Lloydish personality, all to be reckoned upon. Alice's back cer tainly, and Portland demonstrated Its appreciation most heartily on two oc casions matinee and evening per formance yesterday, at which the gay little English comedienne, England's fairest and most popular, twinkled like the little star she is. Musical comedy is no place for AliceLloyd, although she has saved the day for a couple of them by appearing as a prima donna. Vaudeville is where the fascinating Alice belongs. She has four fresh and fine new ballads and gives us some of the old unforgetables. All her songs have plots 'and pleasantries hidden be tween , lines and are set to lilting melodies, and complete changes of cos tume for every one. A humorous twist Alice gives to "Just as I thought We'd Marry, He Went and Introduced Me to His Wife." She sings it In a gor geous white lamp-shade dress. Another is "Fishing, but Nut for Fish," with the adorable Lloyd " ink and her busy little body all dolled up in blue ruf fles. There's a cockney ditty, too, set to a couple of willow plumes wildly waving, while Alice warbles about "Her Little Shoes and His Big Boots." A haremesque effect is a real sensation, with Alice in a few beads, a bit of chiffon and a delicious smile, singing about Solomon" s wives. For fine, good measure then she gives us her demure ballad about Lucy who couldn't g home in the dark, and as a finale there is "Splash Me," always a beloved. And you might know that England's fairest would sing "Tipperary"; she does, as an Irish lass, and last night- the au dience sang, as best it could and whistled the chorus with Alice as she flashed up and down the stage. Alice is unchanged, not one tiny pound changed, and she Is a delight and a real Joy. A great big hit was Dunbar's Nine White Hussars, men who know music and Interpret It In singing and as a regular band. Dunbar directs, and the splendid music swells and soars and crashes in tremendous harmony. Against a midnight blue curtain the white costumes are daringly striking. Their singing voices blend beautifully and their band muslo was applauded to the hand-painted rafters. A sketch with underworld comedy and dramatic Interests is "The 10:40 West," which Pierre Pelletler and his company of two offer. Mr. Pelletier plays in admirable manner a detective and Julia Arden and Dorothy Kennedy are two crooks and shooting stars whr. tax his vigilance. The sketch is well put on. Johnny Cantwell and Reta Walker sing and dance merrily with a flossy exchange of jokes, some new. some old. In a skit called "Under the Gay White Lights." A duo of black face come dians who garner a group of laughs with their ebony foolery are La France and Bruce, who walk right off in the middle of a song when they hear a chicken wail. Opening the bill Is Min nie Kaufman in an acrobatic act on & cycle, which has a few new turns. Chlnko, a youthful genius at Jug gling, goes all his older predecessors several degrees better in his, highly diverting act. which closes the bill. The visitors at the Psnama-Psctfie Ex position are not to be annoyed by any realization of the flight of time. Clocks are not to enter into the architecture of any of the buildings. The gift-buying season is upon us those -vvhoin we should and must remember in some manner, no matter how simple. The problem always carries writh it some thought, often much anxiety, and the exercise of judgment and good taste. There will be few careless purchases made this year. The people of our country are looking for the useful as well as the inexpensive article. In all our experience, extending over a half century, we have never been better prepared to meet these demands, no matter how exacting. Our Holiday lines are appropriate for the season and the time, and we commend to the people of Portland, whose wants we have catered to these many years, the excellence and the rea sonableness of our offerings. During this season we shall have an ample force of courteous, attentive salespeople and every effort will be put forth by us to make your visit to our store a pleasure as well as a profit to yourselves. - Woodard, Clarke & Wood-Lark Bldg. Alder Street, at West Park ENGLAND IS GOAL Invasion by Beaching Troops Is Declared German Plan. RUSSIA BELIEVED BEATEN Submarines and Zeppelins Are De pended On to Keep British Fleet Off of Kaiser's Expedition, " and Rehearsal Is On. ROTTERDAM. Dec 13. (Special.) A man "who has Just come from Berlin says that every one In Germany is con vinced that an invasion of England will be attempted and that the cruisers which appeared off Yarmotuh were en gaged in ascertaining whether such a feat was possible. To the suggestion that the German fleet and transports would be at the mercy of the English fleet, he replied that the popular view was simply that It was not impossible to devise a scheme which would keep such vessels out of the way. An escort of subma rines, the Germans think, could do this if aided by the Zeppelins which are now engaged in battle practice against "air ship" targets. The transports, according to the popular theory, would not be unloaded In the ordinary way. They would be beached and men, horses and guns would be tumbled overboard. The Ger mans think they will find things easier on the Russian frontier soon, as the best Russian troops, they say, have now been killed, wounded or taken prison ers. To a question as to why the Western army retreated when at the gates of Paris, this man calmly replied that the troops had taken the bit between their teeth, and. much to the E-mperor s dis satisfaction, had rushed blindly on. This view apparently quite satisfies tne peo ple of Berlin. CONSECRATION DAY SET CEREMONY OVER NEW BISHOP OF OREGON TO BE JANUARY 0. Telegram Cornea From Dean Sumner Inviting Attendance of Clerary and Asking Tbeir Prayers. That Walter T. Sumner, of Chicago, bishop-elect of the diocese of Oregon, will be -consecrated to the bishopric on January 6 in Chicago, the date origin ally hoped for by him, is announced in a telegram, the first official message to the diocese, just received in Portland by Rev. H. M. Ramsey, chairman of the standing committee of the diocese of Oregon, and Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church. Apparently Dean Sumner himself does not know yet when be will come to Oregon, but It Is believed that he will start for Portland soon after his consecration. Dean Ramsey, Arch deacon Chambers and Dr. Morrison will leave Portland about January 1 to at tend the consecration services of the bishop in Chicago. The following telegram was received yesterday by Dean Ramsey from Bishop-elect Sumner: "To the clergy and the laity of the diocese of Oregon: "The presiding bishop having taken order for my consecration at the Cathe dral of Saints Peter and Paul, Chicago, on the feast of Epiphany, Wednesday, January 6, I take the first opportunity to wire my greetings as your bishop elect. "How I wish that I might be sur rounded by the clergy and laity of Oregon on this particular occasion. It seemed best, however, that the conse cration should take place in Chicago. I extend to you -my most hearty invitation to be present at the conse cration service if by any chance you can overcome the distance and be in Chicago at that time. I shall arrange to meet you all at the earliest possible moment after my arrival in Oregon, due notice of which will be given later. "May I ask you all to remember me constantly In your intercessions, and on the day of my consecration espe cially, at your altars, that I may prove myself worrtly of the high office In the church as your chief pastor and may win our Lord's commendation both here and hereafter. "Faithfully and even now affection ately yours, "WALTER T. SnilNER." G0EBEN IS DRIVEN AWAY Turkish Bombardment of Batum Re sults in Slight Damage. PETROGRAD. Dec. 13. An official statement telling of the bombardment by Turkish warships of the Russian fortified port of Batum. In the Black Sea, was issued today by the headquar ters of the Caucasian army, already re ported. It said: "On Saturday, December 12, toward 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the former German battle cruiser Goeben, accom panied by the Turkish torpedo gunboat Berki Stavet, approached Batum and at tempted to bombard the fortress of the city. "The forts, however, opened fire and the Goeben, after firing 15 shots, rap idly withdrew. The damage caused by the fire of the warships was insignificant." CAR FAILS TOJSEVER HOSE Trucks Pass Over Pipe at Fire, but Water Continues to Flow. A 19-ton interurban car ran over a fire hose which was Dlaying water on a blaze In a three-story building at 224 Washington street last night and did not cut the hose nor appreciably f lessen the flow of water. The fire damaged the stairway and halls of the building slightly. Its cause has not been learned. The firemen had just begun work on the fire when a Gresham interurban car, driven by Motorman Van Ham, came aong. - Policemen say an automo bile was standing in such a position that the motorman could not readily see .the hose and the front trucks of the car were driven over it. BOY, 11, EARNS LIVING Child Sells Xeedles and Thimbles to Keep Out of Institution. Arthur Trevor, the 11-year-old son of Mrs. Louise Khury. 618 Union ave nue North, missing from his home since last Wednesday, is said to be selling needles and thimbles in a brave effort to make a living and keep from being sent to a children's home. Mrs. Margaret Thoroman, of the As sociated Charities, says that the boy's mother is ill, and someone suggested in his presence last Tuesday that he should be committed to an institution. The next day he disappeared. Mrs. The First National Bank FIFTH AND MORRISON STREETS. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $3,500,000 Interest Paid on Savings and Time Deposit Security Savings and Trust Company Fifth and Morrison Street. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $400,000 1,200,000 is the amount of our capital and surplus. This means a maximum of protection to de positors and a maximum of ability to care for borrowers. lumbermens National Bank Fifth and Stark Is another factor which tends to make your relations with ns agree able. Yon will find that our service is different from that of oilier banks. Promptness, courteous treatment and many other small con veniences make you feel at home the minute you enter our doors. Whether you come in to deposit or just look around, you will find a friendly atmosphere everywhere. WE PAY 4 ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS. Merchants National Bank: MEMBER FEDERAL Founded 1886. Co, Thoroman says that the boy has been' seen making his rounds. Mrs. Khury's Illness has been ag gravated by the boy's disappearance. SPUDS DUG F0R CHARITY Truck Borrowed and Supplies lor' Poor Are Annexed. Frank Cofiinberry, C. B. Work, Will-V iam Patterson and C J. Anderson yes terday nobly broke the Sababth in the" cause of charity, and incidentally de parted from all of their habits of long years' standing by getting right down with spades and hoes and digging pota toes for the supplies of the Muts' relief bureau. They borrowed a five-ton auto truck early in he morning from the Pacific ' Hardware & Steel Company and drove out among the farmers of Fairview to ask them to contribute supplies for relief of the poor. Most of the farmers said that they might help themselves. At 6 o'clock last night they returned with sore backs, blistered hands and about four tons of provisions, including 43 sacks of potatoes and 30 sacks of other kinds of vegetables, besides $5.50" in cash for the Muts. ' Ths Canadian Bank of Commerce HEAD OFFICE Toronto, Canada. Established 1867. A general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Commercial Ltter of Credit loaned. Exchange on London. England, Bonght and Sold. PORTLAND BRANCH. Corner Second and Stark Sts. F. C. MALPAS. Manager. RESERVE SYSTEM. . Washington and Fourth Streets.