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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1914)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1914..' E. HENRY WEMME DIES OF DIABETES PROMINENT PORTLAND MOTORIST AND GOOD ROADS PROMOTER, DEAD IN LOS ANGELES. Tzjr m " JLM a " H I B IS 2 ouv uin uooas ar i ne uwi -m& - : : eiS and Save Money Below are a few of the hundreds of practical and pleas ing Christmas suggestions this store offers at prices FAR BELOW those charged by other stores. Buy at THE OWL it's good economy. Prominent Portland .Citizen Passes Away Suddenly in Los Angeles. m FAMILY LIVES IN GERMANY THE MOTlXINCr OREGONIAN, Mf fist! f ' f . a" Property Estimated: Close to $730, 000 Left by Noted Auto and Good' -' Roads Knthusiast, Who Re- members Cripples In Will. CRIPPLED FOLK REMEM- t BERED IX ILU It Is understood that Mr. Wemme made a will a few years ago bequeathing-a greater part of his wealth to a home for crippled men and other unfortu nates of Portland vicinity. te i proposed to have the home estab- lished on a hill overlooking the city from the east and to provide every facility known to sclenece and architecture to make . the place attractive and comfortable for the inmates. An' ambulance service between the home and the city also is to be maintained with funds from Mr. Wemme's l estate. . A. C. Sheldon, one of the wlt nesses to the will, died last June. T :! E. Henry Wemme, a prominent citizen of Portland, died yesterday afternoon' In a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 64. The end came sudden ly, the cause being diabetes, hastened by a cold which Mr. Wemme contracted en route to California a week ago. He left Portland last Sunday for the south, being accustomed to pass his Winters in California. The trip wore him out, it is understood, and upon his arrival at Los Angeles, be was taken to a hospital, where the end soon came. His chauffeur, Frank Richardson, who accompanied him on the trip, tele graphed news of his death to George W. Joseph, Mr. Wemme's attorney, late yesterday. It Is supposed the body will be returned here for interment, al though as yet no arrangements have been made for the funeral. The story of Mr. Wemme, who came to America at the age of 19, a German immigrant boy unable to speak Eng lish, is one of the romances of the West. One of the best-known of all Portland's citizens, eccentric, but loved all Ihe more, perhaps, for his oddities, many will learn of his death with keen regret. He was born in Crospau, Saxony. Survivor Live la Germany. Mr. Wemme leaves no Immediate family, but is survived by two brothers and two Bisters in Germany. He leaves property estimated to be of the value of $750,000. Mr. Wemme's holdings in Portland consist of a large interest in the Over look Land Company, of which he long was president, a quarter block at Tenth and Burnside streets, the build ing at Broadway and Oak streets, in which the firm of Ballou & Wright Is located, the building on Union avenue occupied by the Moline Plow Company, one-half block at Broadway and Burn . side streets, occupied by the Keats Auto Company, besides other holdings less Important. Mr. Wemme came to Portland in 1882 and his first employment was in the old Alblna Flouring Mills. After a few months with that company, he set to work at mending and building awnings. His work along this line resulted in the organization of the Willamette Tent & Awning Company in 1889. First Auto Mattes Appearance. It was In 1891 that Mr. Wemme brought the first automobile to Port land, a fact of which he always was proud. For years his machines bore the license No. 1. The quaint runabout that was the first car to run over the city streets is familiar to most resi dents of Portland. Mr. Wemme was also the first aero plane owner in Oregon, following the first exhibition of flying machines, which was held at the Country Club track some years ago. Eyes Keen lor Business. While, in the tent and awning busi ness Mr. Wemme made several business coups that brought him large financial returns. The first was at the time of the Seattle fire, in 1889. when he rushed a large supply of tents to the ruined city and erected temporary quarters for the inhabitants. The opportunity called tor quick action, but he was equal to the emergency and he cleaned up a small fortune. The same year, Ellens burg, Wash., was destroyed by fire, and he did the same thing there. A few months later, a portion of Spokane was burned to the ground and he followed the samo plan. "Had It not been for those fires," said Mr. Wemme, in telling the story of his start in business, "I would have gone broke that year, for I was over stocked and had loaded up with un profitable sidelines. But after those fires It was plain sailing." The Spanish-American War came as another big business opportunity for him. A shrewd New York agent of Mr. Wemme, acting before war was de clared, advised a big purchase of tent materials in anticipation of the conflict and Mr. Wemme ordered him to buy big stocks and start them west. These shipments arrived in San Francisco Just in time to be unloaded at the Presidio at the moment that large numbers of troops were ordered Into camp there. Teat Orders Bis. Mr. Wemme received later orders from the Government for tents and disposed of his big purchase at a good profit. The rush of gold seekers to Alaska gave another opportunity in the tent business of which Mr. .Wemme was quick to take advantage. But it was in Portland real estate that the bulk of Mr. Wemme's for tune was made. Shrewd Investments were made. Good Roads la (lobby. Mr. Wemme developed a real en- ItlllfXin Mm fn. 1-11 ..In ii. XT) 1 M the automobile probably formed the basis for this hobby. He was known as the father of the 'Mount Hood road and following the purchase of the Barlow toll road, for which he paid $6000, he expended no less than $25,000 from his own fortune In improving this scenic highway for the benefit of Port land people. He has been given the credit of being the founder of the good roads movement in this state, so far as getting actual results is concerned. When he began his campaign for im proved highways, the state had little of which to boast in the way of good roads. He circulated a petition for the right of way of the Columbia Highway and secured good results in starting that work. But the Mount Hood road claimed the fullest share of his attention and this scenic highway may well be said to be a monument to his memory. Auto Club Honors Founder. His great interest in good roads and the automobile made him one of the founders of the Portland Automobile Club and he was elected the first president of that organization. He was also a well-known member of the Com mercial Club, where he lived. Mr. Wemme was a generous man. He retired from business in July, 1911, giving a notable banquet to a num ber of his friends to celebrate that event At he time of his retirement, he placeo a number of women employes on pension, paying these benevolences until his death. COUNTY BENCH CLAIMED LEWIS C. GARRIGl'S DEMAKD ELECTION CERTIFICATE. Attorney, Who Received 22 Votes, Con tends that Cleeton'a Post Is Vacant. ' Plea Denied by Cleric ColTey. Because he received 22 votes for the office of County Judge in the general election of November 3. Lewis C. Garri gus, an attorney, yesterday appeared before County Clerk Coffey and de manded a certificate of election to that office. Mr. Garrigus declares the of fice of County Judge is vacant. County Clerk Coffey asked the opin ion of District Attorney Evans on the subject and was advised to issue no certificate of election or of nomination, because the office claimed by Mr. Gar rigus was not contested for at the re cent election. Mr. Garrigus contends that a consti tutional amendment was passed in 1908 providing that amendments to the con stitution take effect only on proclama tion of the Governor; that County Judge Cleeton was elected In 1910; that the same election passed an amendment fixing the terms of office of all judges at six j"ears and that Judge Cleeton s term expires January . 1, 1915, because he was elected before the Governor proclaimed this amendment- as passed. It is also argued that as the Legis lature abolished the office of County Judge in Multnomah County and made Judge Cleeton a Circuit Judge, Judge Cleeton vacated the office of Count; Judge and that office is still vacant. In passing on the eligibility of Rufua C. Holman to the office of County Com missioner the Supreme Court held that the law by which Judge Cleeton was put in the Circuit Court was unconsti tutional. The County Court thereafter was re-established and Judge Cleeton was returned to that bench. RECTOR QUITS PLAGE Rev. C. W.4 Robinson, at Ore gon City, to Study Needy. SLUM WORK EXPECTED SALEM LAWYER CHOSEN FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL. r v . I i Isaac II. Van Winkle. ROSEBURG. Or.. Dec 17. (Spe cial.) Attorney Isaac Homer Van Winkle, of Salem, has been chosen First Assistant Attorney General by Attorney-General-elect George M. Brown, of this city. Mr. Van Winkle served as first assistant to Attorney-General Crawford for" a number of years and is considered one of the most able attorneys In Ore gon. Of recent years he has been engaged in the private practice of law at Salem. Mr. Brown stated tonight that Mr. Van Winkle was chosen on account of his special fitness and qualifica tions for the position. Mr. Van Winkle is a Republican in poli tics. On account of being busy in court during the past few days Mr. Brown has not selected his second assistant to the Attorney General. Miss Downing has been re tained as first stenographer by Mr. Brown. Record of Pastor In Portland Dio cese One of Activity In Charity and Church Iidds Course at Columbia Is Decision. . Rev. Charles Wellington Robinson rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Oregon City and one of the foremost clergymen of the church in the diocese. which Includes Portland, resigned his rectorship yesterday and soon will enter Columbia University to get a broader knowledge of humanity and learn how better to reach , the people through the caurcn. - . , ! In connection with his studies in. the big institution of learning the Rev. Mr. Robinson will do settlement work in the slums of New York City. He will find by actual experience and investiga tion just what is needed to reach the masses. , Needs of Poor Cikorn. Word to the effect that the rector of the Oregon City church has resigned was received in Portland late yesterday, and Is causing considerable comment among the clergy. While the Rev. Mr. Robinson has ex pressed the highest respect for the seminaries of the church and for their teachings, he says that he feels that they are teaching their students to talk to the masses in an unknown tongue, and that the church is lamentably in ignorance of the needs of the poor. He will leave early In the new -year for Columbia University. Rev. Mr. Robin son has occupied his present pulpit for lour years. The resignation, which was regret' fully received, is to take effect on the second Sunday after Epiphany, which falls on January 17, 1915. Life in Church Active. The rector occupies a favorable posi tion among the local clergy. He is a member of the board of church exten sion; a trustee of the Episcopal . fund; a trustee of the Bishop Scott School; one of the examining chaplains of the diocese of Oregon; chairman of the com mittee on Christian education, and chaplain of the Brotherhood of St. An drew. In Oregon City he has been a leader in educational and charity work as well as In church life. The Men's Brother hood of his church, of which he is the leader, has been active In work among the poor for the last three years, and last Spring,, when the night school was begun .under the direction of the Wom an's Club, he offered his services as a teacher. In his message to the vestrymen of his church he said: "After long and prayerful considera tion, I feel that my future ministry. nowever lew or many years God may continue my earthly commission, will be more useful If I go to school again. This Is, I know, a boldj or at least a radical step. "In this age of rapid transition even a few years leave one. in spite of close reading, with inefficient or at best in different methods of using the glorious, ancient, yet ever new truths of the gos pel of Jesus Christ. Work In Slams Anticipated. "Our own seminaries, so lovingly and admirably equipped for the comforting application of the gospel to the indi vidual repentant sinner, are, as some feel, teaching their students to speak to the masses of struggling people In an unknown tongue. I believe I am but one of many priests of the church who feel a woeful lack of training in the application of the old theology chiefly to the needs of the poor In our generation because we are lamentably Ignorant of those needs. "I go, therefore, to learn them. I am leaving you to Join one of our most representative universities, Columbia, In America's city of greatest wealth and greatest poverty. I expect for a year or two, God willing, to take post graduate work and at the same time, among the slums and the downtrodden, to observe and help make In whatever little way God may allow me, the mes sage of the gospel a living power among those whom Jesus Christ came to seek and comfort. "Four years ago this coming festival season of the nativity of him who was born poor for the poor I came among you. I go away carrying with me a heart full of loving memories and, I hope, eternal friendships. Particular ly .do I regret leaving you at Just this time when our new bishop begins here his final work for God. I should like the privilege of serving under him whom you will soon learn to love and who, through the grace of Christ, will do great things for the people of the fee m m m m m Silver Deposit Vases Make Most Attractive Xmas a lilttS Send them with. -your" Christmas Flowers Many styles and shapes. 25S 0 Silver Deposit Cologne Bottles 50 Silver Deposit Cologne Bottles 25 The Owl's Stock of Kewpies Is the Largest on the Coast They're just the cutest little dolls ever. made. And they make the dearest presents when dressed. Buy some and please your friends. Celluloid Kewpies 25, 35tf, 50 Bisque Kewpies 25, 50, 75 What 50C Will Buy At The Owl Perfume Atomizers Red Rubber Dolls Teddy Bears Bouncing Rubber Balls Had-?aint-FSns -Dresden. China :.. . Vases ' Vanity Cases (Ger man Silver) Gold-finished Match Safes Stationery ' Correspondence Cards Playine Card Sets Hand Mirrors CariLCases'7 " ""Pass Books Collar Pouches Coin Purses Egyptian Vases Drinking Cups Picture Frames (untarnishable) Puff Jars Hair Receivers . What 25C Will Buy At The Owl Correspondence Cards Bouncing Balls Silver Nail Files Silver Pencils Silver Dinner Bells Silver Valise Tag, Vanity Cases Perfume Bottles (Silver Deposit) Bisque Match Hold ers Ash Trays Silver Stamp Cases Silver Shoe Horn Stationery Coin Purses Ebonoid Mirrors Table Mats Teddy Bears Rubber Toys Beauty Cases and Party Boxes V4 Off Reg. Price Morocco " Leather of Various Colors. The Latest Idea for Women Each box contains articles that appeal most to women Owl Prices, 1.00 to $8.50 Military Brushes " lis Please . Men Natural ebony backs. . .$2.50 Other styles, $1.00 to $6.50 issi m Let Boys Build Toys That Teach Them a Man's Work JMECCAJNO is the greatest fun in the world. You can make real models of flying ma chines, bridges, Ferris wheels that actually go round, and then use the same brass and nickeled-steel beams, bolts and wheels to build a hundred other playthings. MECCANO SETS, $1 UP TO $36 L.0FF cl Parisian Ivory Pieces Real Parisian Ivory, such as sold by The Owl, solves the Christmas question. In this sale we are outdoing all previous efforts. UjM.say jjiw iini I I BRITISH IVORY MIRRORS Your choice, g- Q values to $3.50 Special J J..' Remember, We Give ONE-THIRD OFF Our Regular Low Price Dresden China Vases WTD Give Flowers an Ar tistic Setting Buy Them at The Owl Many new shapes and styles of designs. Hand finished. 25, 50, 75S $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 Gillette Razors Reduced All $5.00 Gillette Razors $4.57 ft.ll $5.50 Gillette Razors $5.07 All $6.00 Gillette Razors $5.57 All $6.50 Gillette Razors $5.97 All $8.00 Gillette Razors $7.37 All $10 Gillette Razors $8.97 Xmas Candy FRESH STOCK. JUST RECEIVED Liggett 's Boston Chocolates 1-lb. box 80 Liggrett's Boston Chocolates i j-lb. box -H Guth Chocolates, assorted lb. box 8ty Guth Chocolates -lb. box 40 Guth Bon Bon de Luxe box Sl.OO Malted Milk Chocolates (Imperial) 20-oz. pack yl.OO Fenway's Chocolates 1-lb. box 60f Fenway's Chocolates J-lb. box ...35 Our Special 5-lb. box Assorted Chocolates - fl.7S Washington at Broadway. Portland, Or. BglllgllBllMlllllKgllMlBlllMllM Kodaks The Ideal Christmas Gift Vest Pocket Kodak, with special anastigmat lens, Price, with Case, $13 Collar Pouches In Great Variety N. and Extensive Assortment Just Received 50S 75S 51-00 and $1.50 Pacific 1 Northwest, and especially for the diocese of Oregon." FRAUD BY MAIL CHARGED Sanitary Beauty Parlor Owner In dieted by Grand Jury. Indicted by the United States errand Jury on a charge of using the mails to further a scheme to defraud. Barney Metzger was arrested yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal Mac Swain. Metzger Is the owner of the Sanitary Beauty Parlors and Sanitary School of Beauty Culture. In the Dekum building-, and has several stores in which hair goods for women are sold. The Indictment is based on the al legation - that Metzgervadvertised and sent out circulars offering to teach to- I men the profession of beauty culturlst for a $25 tuition fee, and holding out Ladies, Look Here S8.00 Will Eo It WE COMMENCE TODAY 9 A. M. Uncalled-for Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits and Coats to Be Slaughtered The Co-operative Tailoring Co.'s stock has been placed in my hands to dispose of in two days at these prices "it must be done": $35.00 to $65.00 Tailored Suits and Coats Your Choice for Sizes 36 to 40 212 FIRST ST., BET. SALMON AND TAYLOR Bring This Ad With You the inducement that they would be able to make money while learning, which, it is alleged, was impossible. Metzger was released on $1500 bonds. Home for Idle Kented. A committee of women, headed by Dr. Marie Equi. has rented a roomlng- yr, r house of 47 rooms at Second and Everett streets, and will fit It up as a, home for the unemployed during the Winter. There are two floors, with a dining-room and kitchen on each. Sup plies, bedding, furniture and fuel are needed. Mayor Albee yesterday pave $50 toward the payment of the first month's rent, which is $75. Here's the sweet that's absolutely PURE, WHOLE SOME and GOOD for them Let them have all of it they want. Children love Log Cabin Svrun JLrtjy VilUlll Syrup, to the children, is a royal treat.- They need and crave sweets. TOWLE'S cane: and MAPLE SYRUP MmJtMM Homm. Svmt ' ' Homm, IndmmJ It-has dozens of timely and tasty uses. Keep a can on hand always. Order today from your grocer. The Towle Maple Products Co. Saks Haadqurtent Peoples Gas Building, Chicago Rmfinmrimts St. Paul. Minnesota; St- Johnabury. Varmont Log Cabin Butterscotch. One cup butter, 2 cups of sugar, 8-4 cup of Towle's Log Cabin Syrup. Boil until it hardens whn dropped into cold water. Remove from stove and pour on a buttered platter.