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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1915)
THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1915., " . ' " - f aa. . rtsiiA rmmi - fgiwwii . . rBPWi X . nt".tW3t C'll FINAL SPUR! DUE IN I. M. G. A. RALLY Olds, Wortman King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 All-Day Campaign Planned in Which It Is Hoped to Add 445 Members to Roll. Double Stamps Today CONTEST ENDS AT 9 With Cash Purchases -WHIRL OF THE WORLD'- PARADE BOOSTING FOR LARCH 1 Eg t&r.li : ! i r-. ' il I fill II I li i . -". w :X. JBi -w.j-y- "jp-. M z. - f 1 I S 1 I P.M. r u 1 "i- ir'Tr? Paviii" for 66 i " S Vffi " - 21 JO 9S S8.550 J t?if " ' J J" -stt " I "-?2 I I J , Family Men Win Relief by JIj: If fal ' ly STfci 1 Work in "Gulches. 1,11 f if it IS I t . - 3io-905 ; ir i i i a.-. 318.515 ci. m. y---'. L 1 i f - v .v uLUbb IVIAnun IL) AID V "The Whirl of the World" Is f''i. Heralded Over City. f : - J - ' 4 I 1 1.. i With Tlic Orcgo'Uan Carriers and the Meier & Frank Company Tor 20 Eniplojes Day's Total K Aches 201. rortlmd'a lead Seattle's lead... Iilc!ulinc bo; MXTH BAT'S STANDINGS IN Y. M. T. A. MEMBERSHIP CA.MP.UUN-. DlvlMion. Men. Boys. Pts. w. M ITmbdenstock. . 18 I. C. Cunnlnelism H, t. Carpenter E. B. MacNaushton. . Koys department Administration Totals ; Seattle Portland Total, five day Seattle Total, live days.. On the eve of the close of the cam paign for lOOo members in 14 hours, the Tortiand Younti Men"s Christian Association yesterday addod 201 mem bers. men and 107 boys. Portland Association today starts out with 53 members to climb up to the 1000 mark. The points scored yesterday in the vtandinKS with the Seattle Association were 17S.400. Colonel Carpenters di vision producing 6S.550. The day's re- eipts for membership amounted to 13?2. Sixty-six of the boys brought in yes terday were carriers of The Oretronian. th paper giving the association a , -t, v tnw 116. i n pflver their member- shio dues. Julius Meier also donated. membership fees for 20 of the boys of Meier & Frank Company. Salraaaea V 111 Work Today Today 100 of the most experienced salesmen of the city will be enlisted in the association teams and sent out to procure memberships. At an S:30 o'clock breakfast the instructions to the new workers will be given and the all-day campaign will be on. The pas tors of the city will Join with the workers in the meeting before the linal effort of the contest Is made. . Dozens of automobiles are to be brought into service today to carry the workers throuph the city to enroll men and boys on the last day of the ampaisn. There will be no rally at luncheon to day and the workers will keep in the ficid until the results are tabulated at ):4i o'clock tonight. Precisely at o'clock the returns will be forwarded to Seattle and the Puget Sound city will send Its results here. Seattle Foea Enthamlaatle. Captain J- W. Day reported ye.ter- dav that the Seattle workers, with LARCH FUND TO BENEFIT whom he has been visiting for two lava. have worked ud a sreat deal of enthusiasm, sing campaign songs, de ride Portland and make all of the noise they can at their rallies at night. He leported. however, that the organiza tion had not been as effective as that of the Portland Association. George U. Baker spoke yesterday at d gaturday the rally. Among other things he told ,h sho the workers: everybody in Koruana knows that what the association has done for George Baker It can do for anvhodv else. The Y. M. C. A. elves anvbody else. The Y. M. c. A. gives a The progressivo man a broader view of life, it prepares going to try to make the opening nignt ikir.. triin. him in f. ,. .K.niiitn record-breaker for the j ii .it n i' i uom i " 1 - i . t - - hfm tnw hfttrr thincK. trains him in of ficiency and increases his value." He said the campaign was showing the people of the city the true value of associational work. Ir. K. A. Pierce, president of the State Board of Health, was the speaker of the day. He said that association work gives opportunity and concen tration. He declared that for the youns man without a definite object in life, it was a magnet that would straighten out and correct his course. A toast in "Bull Run" was given to H. W. Stone, general secretary, and Mrs. Stone. Several members of the P.akcr Stock Company were present and Gave a short entertainment. Firms Promlae Saleamea. Some of the business houses that will supply salesmen for today's cam paign are: Fred A. Jacobs Company, three man, one automobile: Northwest ern Electric Company, two men, one automobile; Union Meat Company, two men. one automobile; H. M. Covey, one man. one automobile; H. L. Keats, one man, one automobile; F. M. Clark & Co.. one man. one automobile. The following will suply two men each: Dwight Edwards. Mason Ehr man Co.. The Oregonian. Balfour-Gutb-rie Company, Ben Selling. Flelschner Mayer Ai Co., Marshall Wells Hardware Company. The firms who will supply one man each are: Kelley Clark Company. Ar. cher Wiggins Company. Allen & lwis. Armour & Co.. H. W. Johns Manvllle Company. Swift & Co.. Buffum & Pj"" ileton. Koberts Bros., Seeley & Co.. r.g gert Young & Co.. I. F. Power & Co., the Telegram. Portland Flouring Mills, Goodyear Ruliber Company. Blake Mc Fall Co.. Bradshaw Bros.. Rasmussen A: Co., Richard Gerlinger & Co. Other houses will send men and auto mobiles, but the committee. E. U Thompson. W. M. Ladd and Tom Rich ardson, has asked for 10 additional ma chines to use in the last effort to round up 1000 members TALK IS GIVEN ON STATE Kast Side Business Men Further rlnns for Astoria Excursion. M A. Miller, pioneer and Collector of Internal Revenue for the Port of Portland, was the speaker yesterday at the luncheon of the East Side Busi ness Men'a Club at the Hotel Edwards. His topic was "Oregon, Its Great Fu ture " Mr. Miller, after a tribute to the pioneers of the state, pointed out that Oregon is destined to become one ol the great states of the Union. Wilson Beneflel made a report on the proposed excursion to Astoria on March li V large number present signined their intention of going on the trip, t M Lepper announced that the plans for the clubhouse practically had been completed and blueprints would be had forinspection at the meeting on Thurs day nisht. Revivals to Resin at Cornelius. CORNELIUS. Or.. March 1. (Spe ei,,A series of revival meetings will be held at the Methodist thurch beginning Sunday. Rev. Mr. Eryine, the pastor, will do the evangelistic ine k ir.f,,sor Isaacs, of Kost Grove, will have charge of . tinging. Progressive Business Men Will Head Organizations in IMrade Today to Arouse Greater Interest In Show to Be Given Tonight. Down the street of Portland went "The Whirl of the World"' yesterday at noon, amid the honking of automo bile horns, the bellowing of megapnone spielers" and surroundea and accom panied by a guard of honor composed of representatives "i vw.-....-- ial organizations ana cluos oi ic itr. It was thus that the Progressive u. xion'. flnh aided ov omer clubs of the city, announced to the pub lic that tonight is the night when the proceeds from the opening production of "The Whirl of the World" will be . .j i h fund for the construc tion of the proposed trail to the sum mit of Lrcn Mountain. The Progressive Business Men s Club ha bought out the house for this open ing performance tonight and expects to clear at least $1000 to turn into the trail fund. "The Whirl of the World" will run the remainder of the week, with matinees on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The rumors that pre ih. how are to the effect that It plays all week to packed houses. Clubmen Are After Record. n-u. D..r.iv Business Men are -a ....... liMiHn. nf Anto mobile Parade; 3 Pavkborae, Ready to Climb I.arcii .nountaiaj a junrtu I.ippe In "The Whirl of the World." h. Hnlute record-breaKcr ior ui. whole season. The greater the success tonight the greater the fund that will be available for the trail and the greater will be the stimulus to other clubs that have joined in tho benefit for the trail. The automobiles in the r-arade yes terday carried all manner of scenes from "The Whirl of the World." Half a dozen hastily prepared float added to the interest and excitement. The Progressive Business Men are planning another "grand bang" to at tract public attention to the fact that this means has been adopted for rais ing its share of the money for the trail. Parade Today to Aid. The second parade will be held today, in which the members of the company, instead of their poster pictures, will be featured. They will be surrounded by the same loyal bodyguard of clubmen. "Ticket sales for the trail profits will have to be made between now and tonight," says R. W. Nisbet, chairman of the show committee for the Pro gressive Business Men's Club, "and we want to bring the thing so strongly to the attention of the public that every bodv in Portland will feel it his or her bounden duty to make an effort to help us on our enterprise. Incidentally, if thev help us by getting a ticket to The Whirl of the World," they are going to get their full money's worth, as well as help build the great trail from the Columbia Highway to Larch Mountain." "The Whirl of the World" is one of the most elaborate musical productions that ever has visited the West. It car ries a great amount of acenery and in cludes in its cast such stars as the Howard brothers, Julliette Lippe anJ Texas Gulnan. MRS. CLARK ARRESTED IXSAXITY CH.VRGE FOLLOWS SERIES OF LIBEL, SLITS. Complaint Made by Gua 01. YnnKeburg, Who Fears Woman Mar Injure Herself or Someone Elae. Mrs. Marcella Clark, whose suit to annul A. E. Clark's divorce decree was thrown out of court by Circuit Judge McGinn a week ago, was arrested yes terday for Insanity on a warrant issued by County Judge Cleeton. Her ex amination was postponed for a few days on her representation that she is suffering from injuries which she says she received in a streetcar accident. - Mrs. Clark's arrest followed a series of libel suits brought by her against prominent Portiana men ana women, u-hnm she declared were in i.im with her former husband, an v. ,i ir.ni.t.H false renorts about he The warrant issued yesterday morning by Judge Cleeton was sworn to by Gus H. Yungeburg, who was appointed to watch her last Summer when she was released from a previous insanity charge. Yungeburg reported that Mrs. r'inrir was becoming violent and might the I harm herself or someone else. j The wurrant was given to Mrs. Ned Doughertv, matron at the County Jail, and Deputy Sheriff Phillips to serve. the Courthouse, Mrs. Clark insisted on calling up several attorneys wno nan acted for her In some of her libel suits. As a result the officers found a small squad of lawyers waiting for them when they arrived in Judge Cleeton's courtroom with Mrs. Clark. Judge Cleeton paroled Mrs. Clark in charge of her maid and her physician, who will report her conduct to County Officer Bulger, who handles insane matters. EDITOR ANSWERS IN SUIT Hugh Hume Declares Criticisms of Dr. rarkcr "Privileged Comment." "What is legitimate editorial com ment?" Circuit Judge Gatens will be called upon to decide this question within a few days in the suit of Dr. K. R. Parker against Hugh Hume, editor of the Spectator. Dr. Parker asks $3000 damages for the publication of alleged defamatory articles. In his answer to the complaint, filed yesterday in County Clerk Coffey's of fice, Mr. Hume declares his articles were legitimate editorial comments, or "privileged comments," On the cam paign which Dr. Farker was waging in favor of a proposed new dental law. They were published "in full belief of their truth and verity," says the answer.. DIRT USED OVER RUBBISH Woman Convicted at Roscburg. ROSEBURG. Or., March 1. (Special.) Mrs. Walter Criteser was found guilty by a jury on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon in the Cir cuit Court here today. She lives at Went Fork. Another jury found Frank Langcnberg, of Roseburg, guilty on a charge of giving liquor to minor girls. Both defendants will be sentenced Wednesday. Unsightly Trash Covered by Street Sweepings Xew Crew Goes On Today Council to Continue Plan AVhie Fund Lasts. Unsightly rubbish vm gulch and in gulches on the East S.de disap when 90 unem- ied men with families were put to work by the city cleaning up. The wont, which was in the nature of "relie T la bor." was under the direction of Alex Donaldson superintendent of tne treei-cTeaning and He reported that every man employed earneThis $3 for the day. They were paid off during the afternoon. The result, of the work were no ticeable particularly in the Marquam gulch where rubbish and street sweep fnes have been accumulating for years. The. sides of the gulch were .in unusual?; bad condition when the men ctvrir being covered with cans ana rubbish of evfry description. When the work was finished all the debris had been dragged into the bottom of the gulch and covered with sweepings. "Different men will be put to work today in the same places in other gulches. It is proposed to keep the at work as long as the $2500 ap propriated by the City ' council tasL week, lasts. No men except those hav ing children to support. u gaged. Every case has Been wu- eated by the police, xnere n about 1000 applications for the work, which is far more than the city can accommodate. PANORAMA EXHIBIT LAUDED . -mn S. C. Lancaster, Engineer on xxian- way, Is Back from rsir. S C Lancaster, consulting engineer on ' the Columbia highway, returned yesterday from San Francisco, prais ing Oregon's as one oi w.c . .7-. " .. 1.11.1.. in tvm Palace of iraCtlVe BAlllMIl" ... Transportation In the great panoramic view of the Columbia n gnway, u Routledge. It has Deen mow" - the right of the east entrance. The painting is 15 feet high by 196 feet long, and presents, besides a pano ramic view of the great highway, sev eral big detail paintings oi spots alon? the route. r ive auiomomio lUiuhui. . j. .i,. hslnw the biar Colum- niona ii 1 1 t.i- i . j , , . ii i . ; v. ..-nanomma. and Mr. Lian- Olu. 1 1 1 i 1 " " caster says that all of them are boost- tha i n iimn a n 1 1-; u -iv w - visit E3 All Over the Store This offer is made to interest new Stamp Savers to help the old Stamp Savers to fill their books quickly, as well as to deeply impress upon every one the Importance of Saving the 4m: Green Trading Stamps and the tremendous force they exert towards reducing- the high cost of living not only in Portland but throughout the entire Northwest. Saving S. & H. Green Trading Stamps increases your income by en larging the purchasing power of your dollar. 2376 New Books Were Started by New Stamp Savers Last Wednesday, Red-Letter Day" The Public Is Hereby Notified That We Will Continue to Give Stamps People throughout Oregon and Washington have watched with amazement the progress of the store. In the face of "distressing times" the business of the Olds, Wortman & King stor has grown by leaps and bounds by simply refusing to be governed by conditions. We Have Not Curtailed Our Activities, We Have Kept This Vast Or ganization in the Position of Leadership and Have Shared Our Prof its With Our Customers Through the Medium of S. & H. Trading Stamps. Over 40,000 Citizens of Oregon Signified their appreciation of the Green Stamps by petitioning the Legislature not to pass the bill introduced and supported by competitive merchants who want all the profits for themselves. Similar iegislation to that enacted by the Oregon Legislature has been declared unconstitu tional in 26 states, therefore We Will Continue to Give Green Trading Stamps New Premiums are arriving daily in the Premium Parlors on the F Floor. useful and practical articles for home or personal use to be distributed Free for r illed Books of S. & H. Stamps. DOUBLE'Stamps Today With Cash Purchases in All Uepts. V. 2 flDICIEQ GRAND JLRY CHARGES ARSON ON ME.NEFEE COMPANY PLANT. Thomas Patterson and Hugh Priest in Jail Phosphorous Said to Have Been Used at Mill. Thomas Patterson and Hugh Priest, members of the shingleweavers union, were indicted by the grand Jury yes terday on charges of setting fire to tho mill of the L. B. Menefee Lumber Company on February 16. They are now held in the County Jail awaiting T Pt oar whrt had been employed at the Menefee mill under the e Tl. nin 'i U l'f T 1 " 11 MUM ' " Smith, were arrested on February 18. following an alleged attempt to set fire to the mill on the night of February 16 The Are had broken out simul taneously ii seven or eight places, but had been extinguished by other employes. " The two men are said to have come to Portland on February 1. when the Menefee mill opened. Previously they bad worked In Port Angeles, Wash. Evidence discovered after the fire showed that the blaze had been set with phosphorus. A bottle with a lit tle of this deadly substance remaining in it was found in the rooms of Pat terson and Priest the following day. Both men had been excused from work on February 17, pleading illness. It was found that Priests hands were badlv burned, apparently by some sort of acid. Two pairs of gloves, with the Angers eaten out by phosphorus, were also found in their rooms. The indictment returned against the two men cnarges arson m !.-. which the penalty is from o to 1 years in h- Penitenrm ry. nrmm . - time calls for a sentence of tlirse to ten years. Deputy District Attorney Collier d"-. clared yesterday that he would at tempt to learn where Patterson and Priest had obtained the phosphorus. Auditor F.rrs JO Cent. In handling $o.73C,08:.l In It.OdO separate transactions In 1914, the orHVr of the City Auditor made only one ml. take involving 10 cents, according to expert accountants who have Just fin ished a complete check of the city's books. The report, which was nude lo Audl i. H.rKnr ahowa that the avciak'S of each of the 4.00 checks or warrants madv out was less than $150. They ran aa law as 10 cents and high as sev eral thousand dollars. In the tragic- tions Involving tho paying or an em ployes and the paying of all municipal i.imu ih nnh' mlRlikA marl aa In one warrant which was mads out for If only RagTime will fill the bill you've a treat coming . to you in hundreds of ? Latest Records Send on Free Trial by Not Sold By Weight When you buy Shredded Wheat you are paying something for the patented process' by which the whole wheat is made digestible in the human stomach We are not selling raw wheat It is what you digest, not what you eat, that builds muscle, bone ana Drain. toredded is the whole wheat made digestible by steam-cooking, shredding and baking. The filmy, porous shreds are quickly permeatoi by the digestive juices, enabling the body to take uery particle of nutriment stored in the whole wheat cram. Don't be misled by net weight regulations oi - com parisons of raw, indigestible foods with Shredded Wheat T .iUJ-J Wheat BiscuiU, heated in the oven to restore criipnest, , er"d ' WW wl." 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