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THE MORNING OREGOJCIATT, SATTJIITAY, ATRIIi IT, 1915. SENSATION SPRUNG !E SUIT daiag Trial ot Case of Miss Myrtle Davis Against O.-W. R. & v. N. for $165,000 Opens. FALL AT UNION IS BASIS In Attempt to Impeach Pittsburg Physician, Testifying for Plain tiff, Defense Forces Admis sions of ludue Intimacy. Dr. M. J. Buck, a Pittsburg physi cian, admitted on the witness stand in Circuit Juilgro Morrow's court yesterday that he accompanied Miss Myrtle Xavis, a nurse, to Portland to give expert testimony in her suit for $165,000 against the Oregon-Washington Rail road & Navigation Company. The railroad has summoned brakemen con ductors, porters, detectives and xs isengers from many different states to prove that Dr. Buck traveled as the husband of Miss Davis, whom he swore yesterday was injured for life as a result of falling- on the station plat form at Union, Or., in 1911. Miss Davis formerly was employed by Dr. Buck in his Pittsburg sanitari um. When she was Injured four years ago she went to him for treatment. Dr. Buck made a. deposition to be submitted in the suit, but when the trial was called ha appeared In person to testify. Under cross-examination by ' Attor ney Cochran for the railroad company. Dr. Buck admitted yesterday morning: that ho had traveled with Miss Davis on the trip from Pittsburg: to Port land. He also admitted that he had occupied the earns room with her in a hotel at Baker, Or. He added, how ever, that he sat up all night and did not go to bed. Documentary Evidence Held. The railroad company has not pre sented its case. Yesterday's cross examination was chiefly for the pur pose of impeaching: Dr. Buck's testi mony, and much of the railroad com pany's evidence will be for the same purpose. Besides the witnesses who were on the trains on which, Dr. Buck and Mies Davis came to Portland, much documentary evidence is in the posses sion of the railroad attorneys. Sleep-ins-car tickets will be produced to show that the couple occupied the same oertn. tiio nolel register from Baker will bo produced to show that they reg istered, there as man and wife. Miss Davis charges that her injuries re due to the fact that the railroad company did not have lights around its station at Union. She says she went to the station at midnight, Sep tember 17. 1911, to meet a train, and in the darkness fell down a. platform incline. Plaintiff Appears Calm. During Dr. Buck's testimony. Miss Davis sat beside her attorneys in the courtroom yesterday. She was slightly pale and. once or twice burlod her face in her handkerchief. Otherwise she rave no sign that the trend of the examination had affected her. Interest in the case was tense, fol lowing Dr. Buck's admission on the ta.nd yesterday morning. When court adjourned for a recess in the middle of tho afternoon. Judge Morrow warned the audience against speaking to any of the jurors about the case. His words were an echo of Judge McGinn's warning to jurors two days ago, when he rebuked: "professional lobbyists" for alleged attempts to "worm their way into the confidences of the jurors."- 'I must warn everybody especially against speaking to any member of the jury about this case while court is adjourned. If I find anyone is doing this, I will make an example of him," said Judge Morrow. registered from Grand Dalles at the Imperial. C. W. Brainerd, of Cleveland, is at the Portland with his wife and daughter. J. G. McDonald, of Saskatoon. Sask., Is a tourist registered at the Perkins. T. . W. Chaffee and Mrs. Chaffee, of Bvanston. 111., are tourists registered" at the Portland, Fred Bloch, proprietor of the Pendle ton Hotel, formerly with the Oregon, is staying at the latter hostelry. J. M. Haddox, manager of the Pacific Coa6t division of the American District Telegraph time clocks, is at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. William McAdoo, Jr., Miss Peggy McAdoo, Mr. and Mrs. Will lam Wallace and Jay Wallace are a party of Philadelphia tourists regis tered at the Multnomah. M. J. Slatke, assistant manager of the Nortonia Hotel, leaves on the steamer Northern Pacific for San Francisco to day. Mr. Slatke will visit both the California expositions and return to his duties in two weeks. The Bevs. J. E. Holmes, New Tork; Herbert Scott, Zanesville, O.; C. M. Van RETIRED CAPITALIST AND SPOKTSMAN DIES. 4. V iif .!:::':' ;?';; f - v - v if 1 t ' ; A 'A V 1 , it Jukn B. Harrington. . John B. Harrington died at his . residence. 495 East Davis street. Thursday night, from the results of a stroke of apoplexy, suffered two months ago. He was born in Portland 54 years ago and lived here all his life, with the exception of a few years' sojourn In California. He was a well known sportsman, having owned the H. & R. Gun Reserve on Co lumbia River. Mr. Harrington, who was a re tired capitalist, is survived by his widow, and three daughters. Vera, Oris and Helen. He was a member of tho Elks' lodge. Tho funeral services will be held from the family residence tomorrow at 2:30 P. M., and interment will be In the Mausoleum at the Sell wood Crematorium. PUBLICITY IS WON Mr. Olmstead Tells of Bene- fits of Rose Festival. CITY ALSO IS BEAUTIFIED Speaker Slakes Plea Before Itealty Board for Development of Val ley and Urges Co-operation With State Bankers. AIL MAY ADVISE FESTIVAL BOARD ABOUT ftl EEX. Every citUen of Portland is to have an opportunity to assist the Rose Festival Board in planning for the election of the Queen and Princesses who are to reign over the coming Festival. At the request of the directors The Oregonian will receive writ ten suggestions as to the best method by which a Queen may be chosen. The most meritorious of those plans, will be published and all letters will be turned over to the Rose Festival Association for final decision. Letters may be addressed to Queen Contest Ed itor, The Oregonian. Pelt. Edward E. Shipley. Cincinnati; D. R. Anderson, Chicago, and Miss Frances Cochnower, of Cincinnati, are a party registered at the Seward. John Kendrick Bangs and Mrs. Bangs, who have been staying at the Benson while looking over Portland, during which time Air. Bangs has delivered two lectures, left on the Shasta Limited for Tacoma and Seattle yesterday. Mr. Bangs is not scheduled to speak until he reaches Spokane. R. F. R. Reynolds, of the United States Forestry Service, Washington, I. C, office, has arrived in Oregon to survey homesteads in the National for ests to enable the homesteaders to prove up. This is the third year such work has been done, a special appropriation having been made by Congress. CHICAGO. April 16. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell White, of Portland, are registered at the Great Northern. REED ADDS TWO COURTS Two Others Will Be Completed ( Shortly for Tennis Players. Two of the four new tennis courts at Reed College, built at a cost of approxi raately $7500, have been completed and the other two will bo finished in a few days. The name of the donor of the courts has been withheld at his request. The courts have four inches of con crete, covered with two inches of asphalt. The college already has two other courts similarly constructed. The new courts will be equipped with the best nets obtainable. They have also been provided with concrete steps at each side for the benefit of spectators. y PERSONALJVIENTION. K. F. Clason, of Flavel, is at the Cor nelius. R. Cooper, of Spokane, is at the Cor nelius. 1 A. F. Coats, of Seattle, is at the Multnomah. M. T. CConnell. of Winlock, is at the Oregon. K. O. Kennedy, of Moro,- is at the Nortonia. J. E. Buck, of The Dalles, Is at the Nortonia. John Chadwick, of Union, is at the Perkins. Joseph R. Thorpe, of Denver, Is at the Portland. Charles McGinn, of Seattle, is at the Nortonia. J. F. Galloway, of Eugene, is at the Cornelius. Fred J. Johnson, of 'Astoria, is at the Multnomah. P. L. Neil, of Boise, is registered at the Perkins. E. R. AVolcott, of San Francisco, is at tho Carlton. D. M. Howard, of Warren, Pa., is at the Carlton. C. Black, a merchant of Eugene, is at the Imperial. Logan Jones, of Indianapolis, is at the Nortonia. J. T. Moore, of Davenport, Wash., Is at tns canton. - S. S. Gordon, a banker of Astoria, is at the Imperial. A. E. Walden. a capitalist of Detroit, is at the Seward. Henry Whittier, of Haverhill, Mass., 13 at the Carlton. R. 3. Shaw, a lumberman of Astoria, IS at the Imperial. II. C. Bruns, of Honolulu, is regis tered at the Oregon. Frank Woods is registered from La Grande at the Perkins. Harry T. Wallace, a merchant of Cor- vallis, is at the Oregon. Charles A. Murphy, of Pendleton, is registerea at the Seward. . I C. Thompson and L. R. Thompson. tr Carlton, are at the Multnomah. P. L. Grove, a business man of Beat tie, is registered at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. A. Kennedy, of Victoria, is. J., are staying at the Portland. Mrs. Leon W. Curtis and daughter are QUEEN PLANS PROPOSED NOBLE MOTHERHOOD OR CHRIS TIAN CHARACTER SUGGESTIONS. Two Writers Discussing Choice of High Priestess for Rose Festival Offer Something: Novel. Among the suggestions as to the method of selecting a Queen for the Rose Festival sent to The Oregonian were two received yesterday which were rather unusual. "Why not, instead of choosing youth and beauty as in previous years," says one writer, make a change and pay tribute to the crown of motherhood? Are queens always young and beautiful? "I think history will prove that the real Queens of nobility were mothers. "We have here in Portland mothers who have raised families and in the meantime took an interest in the wel fare of our city and state. Standing out prominently as an example, I might mention Abigail Scott Duniway, but you who are older residents might be able to suggest names of several of equal wonmnesa ana prominence. "With such a Queen attended by a bevy of our girls, what could make a mora beautiful and striking picture a tribute to our rose and our Queen mother?" The other writer says: "Aek tho ministers, their wives and officials of the churches to assist in the choice of a worthy one, having herself exercised in a good character and worthy deeds to the benefit of others, and . being. In addition to the Fame, adorned with natural beauty to suit the occasion." In the selection of her attendants nH their costuming, the writer suggests mat tne gins ne grouped about the Queen as green leaves about a rose. JOB CREATION QUESTIONED Koartl Aould Put Defender and Censor Clerk Under Civil Service. Whether or not the City Council has power to create a city position that is not under clvjl service jurisdiction is a question- to be investigated by the Municipal Civil Service Board. City Attorney LaRoche has ruled that the Council has such power. Involved in the case are the oosi tions of public defender and secretary to the Board of Motion Picture Censors, both of which positions were created recently by the Council. The Civil Service Board contends that these po sitions should be filled by civil service appointees. Woman Accuses Husband. Charged with following his wife to the laundry where she was employed and frightening her until she ran screaming from tho place, Emigio Crispo was arrested yesterday. Mrs. Crispo charged him with threatening to kill her. Five years ago Crispo was arrested on a statutory charge and sentenced to three months in jail. When he had served his time he married his present wife, who was then 14 years old. Crispo is an expressman. 7 That the principalbenefits to be de rived from the Rose Festival are pub licity abroad and beautification at home was the assertion of Emery Olm stead, president of the Rose Festival Association, in an address before the Portland Realty Board yesterday. "Our publicity man figures that we have brought the Rose Festival to the attention of approximately 25.000,000 persons this year," said Mr. Olmstead. "Articles advertising the festival have been published in more than 3000 news papers east of the Mississippi River. Some of these have been half -page sto ries. "In addition, 500.000 poster stamps have been distributed by our merchants and 11,000 posters have been placed in railroad stations. Further publicity has been received in moving-picture houses and in the magazines. All Costs Less Than Last Tear. "All of this work has been accom plished for less than the sum spent last year. "The city beautiful committee, by working out its district plan with the aid and help of the school children of tho city, has encouraged the planting of 65,000 rose bushes that will bear this year, and the posting of prizes, also. for general residential appearances will serve to beautify yards materially." Mr. Olmstead made a strong plea for the improvement of the Willamette Valley and umed the realtv men to co-operate with the State Bankers' As sociation toward that end. "You can't build up the city without building up the rural communities back of it any more than you can ljft your selves by your own boot-straps," he said. Committee Is Authorised. President Taylor was authorized to appoint a committee to work toward the end outlined by Mr. Olmstead. Mr. Olmstead also explained how the pro visions of the Federal reserve bank act will help to bolster real estate conditions throughout the country. J. W. Kaste urged that the Realty Board request the County Commission ers to pave at least one mile of the proposed 70 miles to be built under the terms of the bond issue with wooden blocks to ascertain whether or not local material is feasible for such construction. The matter was referred to committee for investigation. John E. Cronan was chairman of the day. SHOW PROVISION IS ASKED Manufacturers Trge Level Floor Construction for Auditorium. A delegation headed by David Dunne, of the Manufacturers' Association, ap peared before the City Council yester day to urge the construction of a level floor in the proposed public auditorium building so that the building can be used -for manufacturers' shows and other exhibitions. The City Council informed the dele gation that the proposition would be borne in mind when the time comes for considering the details of construction. WE HAVE BEEN TO THE Expositions at San Francisco and San Diego and are in position to give the public reliable and helpful information. If you are contemplating Going East we will arrange an enjoy able trip through Cali fornia with stop-overs to see the Fairs. Two routes : Via El Paso and Golden State Lim ited ; or via Colorado and Rocky Mountain Limited LOW FARES FAST TIME RAIL OR STEAMER Tickets, reservations, etc. M. J. GEARY, General Agent, Pass. Dept., Ill Third Street, Portland. Or. Phones: Main 334. A 2666. Delicious, Wholesome Candies on Sale Today at the Bargain Circle, First Floor Take Luncheon in Our Beautiful Tea Room on Fourth Floor Prompt Service Wheel Goods 4th Floor Baby Carriages, Go Carts, Bicycles, Tri cycles, etc., in com plete assortment. Headquarters for ath letic goods of all kinds. Olds, Wortman King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 231 Trunks, Bags 4th Floor Let us supply your going-away needs at lowest prices. Full line Trunks, Suitcases, Traveling Bags, etc. Buy here and save! DouMeTrading Stamps Todanjj MEN'S &Boys With All Cash Purchases of 10c or Over Made in ) Clothing & Furnishing Depts. First Floor Also With Cash Purchases in Shoe Dept. First Floor M' 3 'EN'S AND BOYS' DAY for Double Stamps! For today's selling we have prepared a notable list of special bargains for men and boys in seasonable wanted merchandise. And in addition to the low prices we will give DOUBLE Trading Stamps with all cash pur chases of Men's and Boys' Clothing and Fur nishings, also in the Shoe Dept., Main Floor. SAVE "S. & H." STAMPS and add to your income! They're yours free for the asking. New Silk Waists $2.49 Dainty Lingerie Waists $2.59 Second Floor A very special offering for today. 300 smart, new Waists of striped wash silks or pongee. Many pretty tailored effects some trimmed with pockets, and pearl or ivory buttons. High or low collars and long or short sleeves. All sizes in the lot. JJ ty Q Special today at Vf7- Second Floor Fancy Waists and tailored effects of fine qual ity marquisettes. Long and short sleeves and low necks. Trimmed with fine tucks, em broidery and plaited frills. Shown in white and flesh and striped materials, and in all sizes. Priced very CJO special today at Women's Silk Sweaters $5.00 Second Floor Shown in all popular colors, such as Kelley Green, Cardinal, Copenhagen, etc. Smart belted styles,' with V-neck and patch pockets. A complete range of sizes. Light tfj CZ ff in weight and comfortable for Spring wear. Priced .pJJJ Men's $5 Shoes $3.85 Main Floor Men's Button or Lace Shoes in black or tan leathers. Made on conservative lasts or on the popular English models. Shown in gunmetal calf and vici kid stock. Regular $4.50 and $5.00 Shoes. Special today, the pair Women's $3.85 $6 Shoes At $2.95 Latest Spring styles in patent, dull calf, vici kid, satin and cravenette. Various models, including many with colored tops. Reg. $4 (JO Q g and ?6 grades, the pair Women's $5 Shoes Today $3.85 Pair Button or lace styles with putty cloth toppings. Medium J?0 Off short vamp. Special the pair ? y'vO Drugs and Toilet Articles ' Standard Lines of Drugs and Toilet Requisites Decisively Underpriced for Today's Selling. Don't Fail to Supply Your Needs Here and Save Five bars Ivory Soap, Qg one bar Lurline Soap JLOC Limit, six cakes to a customer. No deliveries of Soap except with other purchases made in the Drug Department. 25c Hospital Cotton now at 1S0 50c Sanitary Napkins now 50c Phenolax Wafers now 350 25c Tooth Brushes now at 15i 25c Vel-Chamel for cleaning 150 25c Lyons' Tooth Powder 150 50c Sempre Giovine at only 280 50c D. & R. Cold Cream at 350 35c Fletcher's Castoria now 230 25c Packer's Tar Soap now 140 25c Corylopsis Talcum now 120 15c Toilet Paper, full 1500 sheets to the roll, on sale now at 1 00 50c Hair Brushes now at 39c $1.50 Hedden's Toilet Water $1 10c Fairskin Oatmeal Soap 70 50c Fitch's Hair Tonic at 350 50c Sterne's Rouge now at 280 75c Pompeian Mass. Cream 490 25c Lustrite Salve, Enamel, 1 80 25c Graves' Tooth Powder 150 25c Bathasweet now only 170 $2 Hot Water Bags & Syringes, $1.25 Main Floor An extra special offering for today. Splendid quality Hot Water Bags and Syringes grades usually sell ing at ?1.75 and f Off $2.00 Special at .pJLriJ Demonstration i border s Malted 1 IMU BMH S HAS K0 EQUAL 5: . Borden's Milk Stop at the spe cial booth and try a glass of this delightful bever age. Special re duced prices on all sizes during the demonstration 5c Emery Boards now only 20 10c Jergen's Old-Fashioned Gly cerine Soap on sale at, cake, 70 Good grade Whisk Brooms 100 15c Pears' Unscented Soap 120 lc 4711 White Rose Soap 120 $1.00 Imported Bocabella Cas tile Soap, priced, the bar, 650 10c Monkey Scouring Soap 50 10c Hand or Kitchen Sapolio 70 25c Massatla Tal. Powder 110 25c Imperial Talc. Powder 120 50c Dora Bourjois Powder 390 25c Petro, 1-pound jar, at 1O0 25c Denver Mud on sale at 150 50c size, 300; $1 size at 600 25c Pasteurine Tooth Paste 15 50c Cold Cream in jars at 28 25c Ricksecker's Cold Crm. 150 50c Swamp-Root now at 310 10c Fluff's Moquet, for hair, 50 KLEEN-IT Cloths Clean Silver Main Floor Special reduced prices on Kleen-It Cloths today. 5c Kleen-It Cloths, each, 30 10c Kleen-It CloChs, each, 70 15c Kleen-It Cloths, each, 1O0 20c Kleen-It Cloths, each, 150 Free Offer! Drug Department, First Floor One 25c size Maurine Hand Lo tion with every empty Maurine Cream Jar returned to the drug department SATURDAY. Free Treatment MAURINE Preparations Well-groomed, dainty, fair and wholesome without any ap pearance of make-up this is .what every woman seeks. Mau rine softens the skin and causes disappearance of blackheads and large pores. Visit the restrooms on the second floor and receive a FREE TREATMENT. Sale Men's Trousers Every Man Will Be Interested in This Extraordinary Offering $3.00, $3.50 Grades $1.95 S4.QO, $4.5Q Grades $2.95 ' Men's Store, Main Floor 211 pairs Men's and Young Men's Trousers. Special lines from our regular stock, grouped into two lots and decisively underpriced for today. Famous makes. Among the assortment are fancy cheviots in serviceable colors, also novelty tweeds and cassimeres. Shown in sizes from 28 to 50, waist measure. Men's $3.00 to $3.50 Trousers on sale at $1.95 Men's $4.00 to $4.50 Trousers on sale at $2.95 1500 Men's $1.25 Shirts Special 83c Main Floor Extra good quality, cut in full stand ard sizes. Wide range of fancy patterns, also plain hairline cluster and candy stripes. Attached stiff cuffs, plain and plaited bosoms or soft. French turnback cuffs. Plain, plaited bosom in plain white, also turnback cuffs. Mad- O ras, percale and new crepe cloth. Sizes 14 to 18. $1.25 Shirts OuC Men's $1.25 Union Suits at 95c 1 1 Stfc 1 Shown in 3 Different Styles Main Floor Men's light-weight Ribbed Union Suits in sizes from 34 up to 50. Short sleeves, knee length sleeveless and knee length or short sleeves and three-quarter length. Perfect in fit and finish. Don't neglect to take advantage of this exceptional bargain. Q ff Men's standard $1.25 Union Suits priced special for today ati'OC Men's Soft and Stiff Hats $2, $3, $3.50 and j?4 Main Floor The right Hat in the right shape and right color. We have the Hat you are looking for, at the right price! SOFT HATS in blacks, blues, greens, etc. All the new colors and shapes. Prices range $2.00, $3.00 and $3.50. STIFF HATS in the celebrated "Schoble" and "Shedrain" makes waterproof and hold their shapes always. All the new shapes. $3.00 and $4.00. BALMACAANS in checks and fancy mix tures. $2.00 each. BOYS' HATS Our showing is the most com plete to be found anywhere in Portland. All the smartest new shapes are here in leading colors. Prices 50c to $6.50. jp ' Sale Boys9 Norfolk Suits $7.50 Grades $5.62 $15 Grades $9.98 Boya Store. Main Floor These Kplen did Suits are all from a our regular stock and the patterns and fabrics are very desirable. Pants are full lined and coats cut in good roomy sizes. Shown in fancy tweeds, homespuns and worsteds. Sizes for boys 6 to 18. LOT 1 Boys' Norfolk Suits selling heretofore at $7.50. On J?ff JO special sale today atV'-'0 LOT 2 Boys Norfolk Suits 6cllinjr heretofore at $8.50. On O ff special sale today at JOU LOT 3 Boys' Norfolk Suits sell- injr heretotore at ffZ.7 Sd Si V a- $10.00. Special at LOT 4 Boys' Norfolk Suits sell ing at $12.5 and $15.00. ing at $12.50. $13.50 OQ Q O Special V Child's $5 Russian Suits $2.98 Boys' $5 Sturdy School Suits, Special $4.98 Main Floor Children's Russian style Suits in serges, worsteds and tweeds. Ages 2 V4 to 7 years. $ 5.00 Russian Suits now $2.98 $ 8.50 Russian Suits now $4.48 $10.00 Russian Suits now $0.48 Main Floor Boys' splendid School Suits with full knicker bockers. Serviceable, roujfh ma terials in sizes from 9 to lo years. Regular $5.00 Suits now $3.95 Regular $7.50 Suits now $4.98 Last Day of Demonstration & Sale "Wear-Ever" Third Floor Today the expert will prepare a complete meal with a Wear Ever Double Roaster and using only one burner of gas. Don't fail to attend this very interesting demonstration and bring your friends with you. 80c 95c $2.20 Set of 3 Pieces $1.35 Utensils and regular retail prices, as shown. Total value of the set is $2.20. Don't fail to take JJ f Off advantage of this remarkable bargain. $2.20 Set for only yxtiiO Ik