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13 THE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER S3, 1914. BOA I AFIRE, GIRL IN RIVER RESCUED M. S. Miller, of McMinnville, Swims Through Ice, With Sister Laura, to Safety. LAUNCH ALSO IS RESCUED Five on Quest lor Christmas Tree Have explosion Aboard and Miss Miller, Pushed Into River, Is Xearly Drowned. To rescue his sister Laura from the Yamhill River on December 24, M. 8. Miller, of McMinnville. Or., Jumped from a burning- launch and swam to shore with her through a thin sheet of ice, according to Miss Myrtle Miller, another sister, and Miss Spence Wilson, his cousin, who passed through Port land yesterday on their way to the lat ter's home in Marshfleld. Miss Miller was crowded Into the river during a tire on a gasoline launch in which she was riding with her brother and three others. The remainder of the party paddled the blazing launch to shore, where Mr. Miller assisted them to safety. The party consisted of the two Mil ler girls. Miss Maud Barks and James Huddle, aged 12 years; and Mr. Miller, all of McMinnville, and Miss Wilson. They had gone down the river two miles from McMinnville in search of a Christmas tree. The water pipes on the engine froze while the boat was drifting and when Mr. Miller tried to thaw them by burn ing a handful of waste there was an explosion and the rear of the boat, where the engine was located, burst into flames. Mr. Miller turned, off the gasoline and threw an old blanket over the engine. Meanwhile the girls and the boy had crowded to the bow, where they climbed on the front platform. In the con fusion Miss Laura Miller, a recent graduate of the McMinnville High School, was crowded off into the water. Mr. Miller, still fighting the flames, was attracted by the cries of his com panions and plunged into the river, fully clad, after the girl had sunk twice. The river is swift at this point. The center of the stream was open, but a thin sheet of ice extended about 16 feet from the bank on either side. Mr. Miller reached his sister as she was going down for the third time and awam to the ice without difficulty, but had hard work to break his way through this. Mr. Miller's hands and face were se verely lacerated and Miss Miller's body was covered with bruises. Meanwhile the remainder of the party had paddled the burning boat toward shore and got near the bank about 60 yards down the river, where, with the assistance of Mr. Miller, (they made a landing. The flames were then conquered by smothering them with blankets and throwing water on them. The fight with the fire lasted about 20 minutes. Mr. Miller Is a partner in the Mc Minnville Heating & Plumbing Com pany. He is about 30 years old, is six feet tall and weighs 190 pounds. He was none the worse for his experience. The Millers are cousins of Dr. Charles B. Frisbie, of Portland. "It was a terrible experience," said Miss Wilson. "I felt that I was going to be drowned, burned and blown to atoms all at once. There was a five gallon can of gasoline near the engine. We carried that to the front of the boat." Miss Miller was taken o a farm house near the scene of the accident and was ill for a couple of days, but has recovered completely. JOSEPH KEHOE PASSES DEATH COMES TO PIONEER RESI DENT OK PORTLAND. Katlve of Canada Who Fought During Civil War Lived In Oregon More Than SO Years. Joseph Kehoe, pioneer. Civil War veteran and prominent Portlander, died early yesterday morning at his resi dence, 404 East Twelfth street North, aged 78 years. Death was caused by old age and was not preceded by ill ness. The funeral will be held at Holy . Rosary Church. East Third and Clacka mas streets, tomorrow at 3 o'clock. In terment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Mr. Kehoe had been a resident of Portland for more than half a century. He is survived by his widow and three children: Archibald Kehoe, of Weston, Cal.; Mrs. Thomas Milburn, of 305 Pa cific street, and Joseph W. Kehoe; of 4 04 East Twelfth street North. air. ivenoe was Dorn in uanaaa in 1837. While yet a boy his parents moved across the border and settled in Lockport, 111. When the war with the South was declared Mr. Kehoe joined the Northern forces, and for two years taw active service in the field. Later he became connected with the Army transportation service, and in such ca pacity saw the conflict through. Immediately after the close of the Civil War Mr. Kehoe moved to Oregon. He married Miss Josephine Thomas at Oregon City in 1877. Early in 1871 Mr. Kehoe entered the employment . of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as locomotive engi neer, and was retired with pension by the company in 1908. PERS0NAL MENTION. S. B. Holt, of TUiomas, is at the Per kins. " F. H. Hughes, of Glendale, is at the Seward. G. S. Parker, of Astoria, is at the Carlton. G. E. Hale, of Oregon City, is at the Carlton. W. W. Avery, of Eugene, is at the Imperial. Alexander Gow, of Seattle, is at the Imperial. J. A. Churchill, of Salem, is at the Cornelius. F. M. Arnold, of Tacoma, is at the Cornelius. Henry E. French, of Tacoma, is at the Kortonia. Dr. C. E. Morrison, of Nehalem, Is at the Oregon. L. C. Thompson, of Carlton, is at the Multnomah. G. F. McDonald, of Tillamook, is at the Seward. I. L. Rees, of Stevenson, Wash., is at the Perkins. C. L. Mannheimer, of Bend, Is at the Multnomah. H. A. Blair, of Pleasant "Valley, is at the Perkins. J. G. Grover, of Kalama, Wash., is at the Norton ia. H. E. Rise and J. F. Cook registered yesterday at the Seward from Condon. R. W. Nelson, of Fort Canby, Wash., is at the Oregon. E. L. Patterson, of San Francisco, is at the Oregon. Grant Miles, a Tillamook merchant, is B.t the Imperial. R. B. Stanfield", a banker of Echo, is at the Imperial. Charles F. Semon, of Salem, Mass., Is at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs.' H. Mollins, of St. Helens, are at the Cornelius. H. McKinnon and family, of Eugene, are at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Albany, are at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Adams, of Chicago, are at the Multnomah. J. F. Reddy, of Medford, registered yesterday at the Oregon. B. M. Grover, of New Plymouth, Idaho, is at the Imperial. H. A. Omeara is registered at the Perkins, from La Grande. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hudson, of The Dalles, are at the Cornelius. C. H. Mclver is registered at the Carlton, from Sioux City, Iowa. Miss Judith Crawford registered yes terday at the Nortonia, from Dundee. CHICAGO, Dec.27. (Special.) The ......... .................. I V t , y ' ' 'v ", 7 I I ' ' " $ I I " ' ""V "11 it J .r$ ft " t I K A ' ' 4 I its f ' I V y v I it"' ' i if- ' - " 1 i 1r'? C-f yf ' ' I "4 V ' fl" f It ' jk - r . It M. S. Miller, Who Saved Hla Sister Laura From Drowning In the Yamhill River. following from Oregon are registered at Chicago hotels: From Portland Edward J. Courtney, at the Auditorium; G. O. Latimer, at the Great Noruhern; Mrs. W. T. Pangle, S. Herbert Lanyon, at the Sherman. SENEGA SMITH MOURNED PIO.XEER ATTORNEY TO BE BURIED TOMORROW AFTERNOON, Lawyers of City to Pay Tribute to Dead In Assembly and Attend Services at Unitarian Church. Funeral services for Seneca Smith, who died Saturday night at his home at 839 Front street, at the age of 70 years, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Church of Our Father (Unitarian). Rev. W. G. Eliot, pastor, will officiate. Dr. T. L. Eliot, pastor emeritus, assisting. Interment will be In Riverview Cemetery. To do honor to their late associate, attorneys of the city will meet in Judge Kavanaugh's courtroom at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and will attend the funeral in a body. As Circuit Judge and attorney Mr. Smith was identified closely with the Oregon bar for almost 40 years. Honorary pallbearers will be Judge William B. Gilbert. Judge H. H. Kor thup. Dr. R. S. Greenleaf, Levi Young. E. F. Riley and A. W. Barnes." Active pallbearers will be F. S. Myers, H. M. Esterly, Grant Phegley, Frank B. Riley, Edwin J. Stephens and Ivan Humason. Seneca Smith was a firm supporter of the Oregon system of government, hav ing defended it in the Supreme Court frequently. He was long a member of the Multnomah Bar Association, and that body will prepare suitable reso lutions of sorrow over his death. 21 YEARS' SERVICE ENDS Retiring Head of United Brethren Sunday School Honored. J. A. Hinkle, superintendent of the Sunday school of the First' United Presbyterian Church for 21 years, who retired yesterday morning, was honored at the meeting of the Sunday school and presented with a Bible as a token of appreciation of his services. Remarks were made by Rev. J. D. Nisewonder and others on the long years of faith ful services of Mr. Hinkle. The new officers for the ensuing year are: Superintendent, G. W. Betts; assistant superintendent, Morice Mc- Minn; secretary, Thelma Dorcy; treas urer, Frank Hines; organist. Bertha Hlllis; choirmaster, J. B. Long; li brarians, .. Elmer Clark and Elton Schmltt. PORTLAND BAND LEADER TO PLAY AT SAN FRAN CISCO FAIR. i ; - j 1 L. KubiL L. Jxuzzl, leader of Ruzzi's Band, and a well-known Port land musician, left last night to locate permanently in San Fran cisco, where he has accepted an offer to supply band music at the Panama-Pacific and International . Exposition, San Francisco. Mr. Ruzzi has been a resident of this city for 10 years and says that he looks upon Port land as his "real home." "Some day," he added, "I will come back home." KEEN HIT AT BAKER 'Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary' Is Most Enjoyable. HILARIOUS FUN ABOUNDS Florence Koberts in Title Role 'Is 3Iost Artistic and Every Charac ter in Play Shines as Reality. Rain Scene Is Stellar. CAST OF THE REJUVENATION OF AUNT MARY." "Aunt Mary" Watktns Robert Oleckler John Watklns Denbam, Jr Robert Gleskler Robert Burnett William E. Lloyd Hurbert Kendrick Mitchell William H. Powell Wyncoop H. Clover. . .Clark' Sllvernall Mr. Stebblns. . . . Muod Wellington Joshua r Walter B. Qilbert James Walter R. Siegfried Bertha Burnett .. Mary Edgett Baker The Girl from Kalamazoo Eileen Wilson Lucinda .Alice Mclntyre BT LEONE CASS BAER. -"It was intended for every one of us to be happy, but so many of us don't know how to go about getting it," sage ly opines Aunt Mary at the Baker The ater. Aunt Mary is going through the process of rejuvenation nightly and matineely at this cosy playhouse. And her rejuvenation creeps across the footlights in Its effect, and out in front more rejuvenation goes on. Mending of spirits, patching up of optiTnism, bracing of faith In human nature, and a renovation of faded ideals, that's what the Baker play Inspires. All of It set to laughter, mind you. This "Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary" is a serious undertaking, but there are not more than a half dozen serious moments in it. Aunt Mary is a white haired, prim, old-fashioned maiden lady, who hates the city and all the wicked ness she fancies it represents. With her maid and man of all help who have pursued an uneventful courtship for 30 years in her employ. Aunt Mary lives ina village out irom New York, where her serenity is disturbed only by the scrapes into which his city life plunges her only nephew and heir. Jack Denham. Act 'two finds the nephew and his three pals in the midst of festivities at tendant on the birthday of . Janet, a sister to one. of the boys. Into the bustle of the party is ushered Aurtt Mary, with her squat-topped trunk, her Paisley shawl, her Puritan ideas and her motherly heart torn by worry over a letter written by one of the boys that Jack is ill. The letter had been written in the hope of, Aunt Mary's re sponding with a check. Aunt Mary re sponds instead in person. Aunt Mary Made Welcome. On the impulse of fear at her disap proval, the boys turn Janet's birthday party into a welcoming dinner Prty for Aunt Mary, giving her Janet's low ers and presents. She is touched by their kindness and thought for her, and unbends graciously until she is the belle of the party and even responds in a gay little speech to a toast they drink to her. From then on Aunt Mary's rejuvena tion is rapid. She learns even to roll cigarettes and take a wee puff, though It makes her sick, and is soon younger than the youngest of the boys Janet, to'win Aunt Mary's unbiasted approval, has donned the garb of a serving maid. In act three we see Aunt Mary back in her own cottage, where she has re sponded so completely to rejuvenation that discontent lies like dust on the premises. She has correct imitations of everything that contributed to her pleasure in the city, but finding it stale, flat and profitless. Aunt Mary gives her house to her faithful Lucinda and JosMua and announces her determina tion to buy a great big house in the city andlive there with all the boys and Janet, who by now Is betrothed to Jack. Florence Roberta Artistic. Florence Roberts plays the role and for every laugh or tear or heart throb there is in it she gives us full account ing. She is a stern, dominant Aunt Mary, a tender, irresolute Aunt Mary, a mother, a biased old woman and a gay young-old hoyden by delightful turns. Mary Edgett Baker plays with deli cacy and charm the role of Janet. Robert Gleckler's interpretation of the boyish, impetuous and lovable nephew. Jack, is excellent. Walter Gilbert is Joshua, old and soured, and Alice Mclntyre as the pro testing, puttering Lucinda, awake gales of laughter. Jack's three pals are given fine characterization by William E. Lloyd, Clarke Silvernail and William F. Powell. Eileen Wilson is picturesque and ef fective as the adventuress. Walter Siegfried as a butler and Ma son Wellington as Aunt Mary's lawyer complete the cast. - - Particularly realistic and applause bringing is the downpour of rain that flashes past the window when the cur tain first rises and brings the hero and heroine, soaked and unacquainted, into Aunt Mary's home. RIDE AWAITS BRIDEGROOM Friends Would Take D. C. Craig to His Wedding in Patrol Wagon. That a plot is on foot to take Donald C. Craig, superintendent of the Ford Motor Company . assembling plant in Portland, to his wedding, to be held next Thursday evening at the home of the bride on Thirty-first street, in the police patrol automobile became known yesterday, when one of his friends con ducted tentative negotiations for the loan of the "wagon" for that evening. Mr. Craig, who has been In Portland at the head of the local Ford plant for a year and a half and Who formerly was foreman of the experimental plant of the company at Detroit, will wed Miss Grace E. Grath. The young couple will later be at home to their friends at 524 Rex avenue. HOSTS WILL BE GUESTS Rotary Club to Entertain Its Fan Committee at Luncheon. The members of the Rotary Club must entertain the entertainment com mittee at the luncheon tomorrow at the Benson Hotel. This is "reciproc ity meeting," with the task of recipro cating in the hands of the members of the clubs, who for nearly half a year have relied for their programme upon the entertainment committee. The Rotary Club clinic that has been established in the Selling building will be continued until at least February 1. in view of the excellent service It has given in the past few weeks In the relief of those who were in need, of medical attention but too poor to pay for it. M eier F ran k's al January Begin Today! Wonderful Bargains Await You! 75 Departments Offering Vast Assortments of Dependable Merchandise Radically Reduced Charge Purchases Today and Balance of Month Go on Your January Accounts, Payable February 1st, 1915 Read Full Page Details of Our January Clearance Sales in Sunday Papers Grocery Bargains Today NEWTOWN APPLES BOX 95 Choice grade in well-packed boxe3 of good sizes. While any remain No phone orders. Extra Fancy Newtown Apples the box 51.25 From Glorymead Orchards. Good assortment of sizes. While any re main. No phone orders. Imported Lebkuchen, box. .$2.95 Handsome wooden box with choice selection of celebrated Lebkuchen. No. 2 package Lebkuchen. . . . 15 Branne or Weisse, 6 cakes in pkg. Eastern Buckwheat, Sack 49 "Miopole" Pure, Old-Fashioned Buckwheat in No. 9 Sacks. NEW NAVEL ORANGES Dozen for 15 California Seedless. Thin-skinned variety. 200 size. Royal Banquet Flour, sack $1.59 Sugar Cured Hams, lb lSVi Correctly cured and well smoked hams. Victor Butter, roll ...67 One of our most popular brands. Pure Lard, Pail 69i Freshly rendered. No. 10 pails $1.35: No. 5 Pails... 69 Snow White Flour, sack.. $1.45 Eastern Oregon make of superior quality. Gloss Starch, box ....59 Kingsford's in 6-lb. slide-cover box. A Bars Naptha Sonp 25 Victor Brand. High-Grade Port land Make. Gold Dust or Citron Powder, the packiKe 20C The well-known cleansing: powders. Regular 25c packages. Competent Salespeople take your Grocery Telephone Orders after 8 A. 3f. . Pare Food Grorrr;, Basement, Slxtn-St. Bids. Men! Prepare for the New Year W ith a $19.15 Suit! Unrestricted Choice of All $25.00, $30.00 and $35.00 Fancy Suits Today, for Only Famous makers of men's cloth ing represented in this great Clear ance of all Fancy Suits for $19.15 are: Adler-Rochester, M. & W., Nauniburg & Co., Rogera- Peet, Alfred, Decker & Cohn, of "Society Brand" fame; Hickey-Freeman and other equally reliable tailors for men. You have choice of tweeds, worsteds and cheviots in a very satisfying assortment of patterns. Colors are those most popular in plain or mixed shades Glenarket Plaids, Pin, Regimental or Roman Stripes and Tartan Checks. There are sizes in plenty to fit men of any stature: Long, short, stout, slim or "regular." All who desire to begin the New Year with a new fashionable Suit, finely tailored and care fully finished for best everyday service, have the broadest selection of advanced or conservative styles in these 19.15 models. The extreme low price for this great Clearance of all fancy garments suggests early choosing to day from these regular $25, $30 and $35 Suits. "Pick" today without reserve from our entire stock of fancy models for $19.15. Men's Store Second Floor, Temporary Annex o. 1 ; twfc Quality" Stoib oi Portland: r ; ' Many Standard Makes of Corsets From Our Regular Stock Emphatically Underpriced for Clearance. Included' in this remarkable "clearance are Corsets of standard makes of Fall models. The materials are brocades, coutil and batiste in medium, high and low-bust styles. Long, straight hip lines. $12.00 to $15.00 Corsets, Clearance Price $5.00 $ 6.60 to $10.00 Corsets, Clearance Price $3.98 $ 3.00 to $ 4.00 Corsets, Clearance Price $1.98 $ 2.00 to $ 2.50 Corsets, Clearance Price $1.47 $ 3.50 to $ 5.00 Corsets, comprising a broken line of lace-front Corsets. Not all sizes in the lot. QO Clearance price JOC Corset Dept. Fifth Floor, SLxth-St. Bids. FILM IS ALL LAUGHS "Tillie's Punctured Romance" at Majestic Is Magnet. CROWDS . BLOCK CORNER Star Has 'Cameo KIrby, Alice Brady Shines at Columbia, "The Three of TJs' Is .Xatlonal Feature and Sunset Offers Comedies. "What's up? Why all these laugrhlng hundreds swarming this corner?" de manded the tol iceman on the beat. "Marie Dressier. Tillie's Punctured Romance.' It's at the Majestic," one of the crowd managed to answer and he urged the policeman to go and see for himself. Everyone was laughing for blocks up and down- the street, but inside the theater, which, by the way. was packed from 11 A. M. until 11 P. M., there was more genuine laughter, than has been heard for many a long day. It -was a riot of fun. Dignified business and professional men roared and actually embraced their neighbors in the next seats as they watched the funniest woman of the stage, who with elephantine grace lived through the love affair of the heroine, "Tillie." There are six scenes In this gloom defying Keystone triumph. Miss Dres sier is assisted by Mabel Norma. nd. who, in the play, is her rival for the affec tions of the hero, played by Charles Chaplin. An all-star cast supports the leads. , Here are some of the funniest situa tions which get the biggest laughs. Tillie, the clumsy, enormous one, is kittenish and flirtatious; she goes to a cafe and creates a scene; she lands in Jail and tangoes with the policemen; her lover skips oft with "the other woman"; Tillie gets a Job as a waitress, incidentally smashing dishes galore; her rich, uncle, supposedly dead. Tillie as an heiress, marries the lover and cavorts Into high society; her antics are weird and wild; uncle reappears; Tillie and a , crowd of others on the pier in a mad chase all go Into the water; Tillie splashing and plunging, at last is rescued and the lover gets bio desserts. "Tillie's Punctured Romance" will continue at the Majestic all this week as the biggest offering of the season. COMEDY I5CLES AT SUXSET Two Lauglimakers and Stirring Play Provide Great Show. Two hilarious comedies, a Keystone and a Royal, head the programme at the Sunset Theater and will prevail un til Wednesday. "Her Mother's Voice," a Royal com edy, is a scream. A woman who is a would-be grand, opera star creates by her singing a sensation quite the re verse of her expectations. Ed Coxen and Winnifred Greenwood in a 30-minute play entitled "When a Woman Walts," are convincingly nat ural. The plot is simple, practical and interesting. Miss Greenwood, as the devoted daughter, tells her sweetheart to wait until she has fuiniled a prom ise made to her dying mother. With pathetic patience she waits for him un til the appointed time, only to learn that he had met death years before. In realistic plot and pathos this picture Is above the average photoplay drama. "The Baby's Ride" is the story of an unintentional kidnaping. This offers many thrills. The Mutual Weekly concludes a pro gramme of more than ordinary merit. DTJSTIX FARXUM IS, . AT STAR Xoted Actor Shines in "Cameo Kirby," Southern Favorite. Dustin JParnum. one of the most pop ular and versatile actors before the public, is appearing at the Star Theater for four days in "Cameo Kirby," a comedy-drama of the old South. Winifred Kingston, Is playing opposite. The story is about a chivalrous, hot headed Southerner. Losing his fortune, Kirby becomes a professional gambler, and is lucky. While plying his game on a Mississippi steamboat Kirby meets the beautiful' daughter of a friend of his father's. The girl's Identity is un known to him, but he is unable to for get her. How he finally wins her In the face of death makes this picture most interesting. Besides Its romantic Interest, "Cameo Kirby" Is filled with delicious bits of humor. There are also exceptionally good scenic efects, chief among which are the plantation scenes. "Cameo Kirby" is a picture as at tractive and romantic as its name, and patrons at the Star yesterday were more than delighted with the production. COLUMBIA HAS GREAT PLAY Alice Brady Is Entrancing Star in "As Ye Sow." Good acting, clever bits of comedy and. many dramatic situations mark the production of Rev. John Snyder's stage success, "As Ye Sow," at the Columbia. Alice Brady has the lead ing role. Close study of the fisher folk in the kittle Cape Cod community in which the author lived is discerni ble in the play. A reprobate, Frank St. John, is saved from Bhipwreck; his wife and child are restored to him; he has a second chance to make a man of himself, yet he weak ens and dies a disgraceful death. Alice Brady, in the role of the erring man's wife, is as attractive on the screen as she ever was on the stage. Her performance stands out prominent ly as unusual. She gives the charac ter of Dora a sweetness and sincerity that is refreshing. She is supported by a large cast There are exciting moments in the play, especially during the scenes of the storm at sea .the shipwreck and the rescue in the lifeboat. This offering remains until Thursday. MABEL TALIAFERRO CHARMS Fascinating Star at National in "The Three of TTs." Mabel Taliaferro, charming recruit from the footlights, is featured in "The Three of Us," the first of the Alliance Alco releases at the National Theater. Miss Taliaferro is most fascinating. The story as told in the film is interesting, full of swift, comprenensive action and pathos. The play concern's a young woman and her two brothers, one a sunny little chap of 6, the other a half-grown boy, full of ideas of city life of which he craves a taste. The sister begs the boy not to ko and consults her friend and sweetheart, Steve, concerning him. At the most critical time, the lad betrays his sister and her friend, and the mine on which they are dependent for a living, is virtually turned over to the enemy. The sister saves the mine and her brother almost at the cost of her own happiness. This, is one of the best photoplays yet offered by the Alco or the Alliance producers. GIRL FAVORITE AT PEOPLES Marguerite Clark Is Star or Stellar Film, "The Crucible." The trials of a'girl. not loved by her family, cast out by her friends and sent to a reformatory, are depicted in "The Crucible" at the Peoples Theater. The picture features Marguerite Clark, the fascinating little star of "Wildf lower," which set Portland photoplay fans talking. As Jean, the unloved child. Mis? Clark is amazingly clever. Not once does she lose control of herself in any of the bard parts. Harold Look wood. one of the cleverest of picture stars, plays opposite Miss Clark. The story depicts sending of the girl to a reformatory. She Is released for good behavior, but is hounded by a former associate who manages to keep her out of work. The girl's trials are many until she is finally befriended by an artist, who. struck by her un usual beauty, persuades her to pose for him. The ending of the play is par ticularly appealing and romantic. All day yesterday the theater was crowded to capacity. ) WORLD PEACE FORESEEN SPEAKER. SAYS ARMAMENTS MtTST . BE CrVES UP KXRST. Lack of Ports Alone Canadian Border Cited as Shotrlns Friendship Possible Between Nations. The Portland World Peace Associa tion met yesterday at the Central Li brary and listened to an address on "Neutrality" by G. Evert Baker, presi dent of the State Society of Christian Endeavor. A resolution was adopted protesting against the proposed execution of leo Frank, of Atlanta, who was found guilty of murdering a young woman and Is to pay the penalty next month. Several original peace songs also were sung. The association meets each Sun day and discusses some phase of peace. As the highest evidences of friend ship between nations. Mr. Baker point ed out that along the thousands of miles of frontier between the United States and Canada not a fort is placed or a gun mounted. He also told of the cross that was erected high on th slopes of the Andes to mark the boun dary between Chile and Argentina after war between the two countries, and also of the statue to peace that was built 'on the border between Norway and Sweden last August. Mr. Baker praised President Wilson's efforts to have the United States re main strictly neutral during the Euro pean war. nd predicted that the day will come when all the world will be at peace. He said the subject has been discussed by this country at intervals since 1S33, when it was brought up in Congress, but he said that until arma ments are given up, world peace, how ever much desired, will not be realized. He urged the appointment of inter national police to preserve the rights of nations Just as city policemen pro tect Individuals. Scientists have figured that about 00. 000. 0(hj babies arc bom each year, or at a rata of about TO a uiinuio.