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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1915)
TIIE MORXIXG OltEGONIAX. WEDNESDAY, MAY ZG, 1013. ' 11 THOUSANDS OF FOLK TO BE CITY OUESTS Hundreds of Shriners to Stop Over Either on Way To or From Seattle Convention. FAIRS DRAW MORE PARTIES Greater w York Teachers, New Jersey Sons of devolution, Church Delegates and Florists Among Those to Be Entertained. Scores of special trains bearing thousands of tourists are due to visit Portland within the next few months, and Portland railroads, hotels and the Chamber of Commerce are making1 ac tive preparations to entertain them all. Prominent among: the special train parties about the middle of July will be the Shriners going- to or returning from the annual convention of their order at Seattle. The Portland Shrin ers are making elaborate preparations to entertain them all. preceding the bhriners, however, will be many other parties, many of whom will travel through this city on their way to or from the California exposi tions. Following are some of the special parties other than Shriners. traveling via the O.-W, K. & N. lines, that al ready have arrangements for stops in Portland: American Library Association. June 11, with sin-rial train uf about 100 people. National Association of Credit Men, June 3i. In special train, with lo people. Knights of Columbus, July 1, returning from National convention at feat tie, with about 12 ' member In special train. Indiana, Teachers, In special train of 125 persons, due from San J-'ranelaco July 8. Principals and teachers of Greater New York, families and friends, are due in spe cial train on July 11 for one day. New York State Society Sons of the American Revolution, pernons in pcia; train, tn due July 1, to attend National convention. New Jersey dMo(rat.on to convention of Sons of (he American Revolution Is due July 17 with about ,ii persona. Cleveland, Ohio, teachers' party of No persons, due here on July 1H from California and will travel east via Huntington. Special train party of Unl verbalist Church delegjteH is due July SI. Sousa's Band will visit Portland July 25 with 03 member. The National Klectrical contractors party of .''0 persona will be here July Hi, from San Kran cfsco. The White Star Touring Club of 35 mem ber will arrive from eattlo Auttust ft. A Servlst touring party of rii member will arrive here from the Kast on the morn ing of Aupunt 17. A special party of New York Eagles, 20 atrong. will come here. August 8. from the convention of their order at Ppokane. A party of 20 of the Society of American Florist and Ornamental Horticulturists wiU arrive August 14. A special tra In hearing 1 25 members of the T'nitarlan Church, to attend their con vention, will arrive August 22. Another special train party consisting of 125 officers and agents of the Frost Woven Wire Fence Company will be here on Au gust 31. A party of 2r; Klks, from Stamford, Conn., will be here September 21. The following1 it a list of ppecitl trains already booked to stop in Portland on account of the Shriners' conclave in Seattle: Fl Jebel Temple of Henver, with 1M per sons, due on July 11, from Huntington. The party has chartered the BaiU-y Gatzert for the do n-river trip from Tho Dalles to Portland. The l,ow Angeles Temple, 125 strong, wll! vtslt Portland on both the northbound and the southbound Journey. Medinah Temple of Chicago will arrive In five separate special trains with about 1OU0 persona on July 15, The Omaha Shriners will visit Portland on the westbound Journey, stopping here for a few hours on Sunday, July 11. The Sale iJike Temple will be here on the a me date, about 200 strong. The Atlanta, Ga., Temple, in a special train, will visit here July in. l-ul.u Temple, of Philadelphia, will arrive July Irt and remain here all day. Tho Phll adelphlans are carrying a band of SO pieces, a patrol and a mounted team of 3f men. They are carrying their own coal-black horses. The Boston Temple also Is due July 19 with about 150 persons. The Baltimore and Washington (D. C.) PhrlDera will arrive here on Friday morning. July 1H. via the Oreat Xorthern and leave the same afternoon for the south. The Wichita Shriners also will arrive on that Friday. They will have about 150 mem bers in their party. Members of the Fort Worth, Texas, Shrine will visit Portland, too, but the time of their arrival has not been fixed. Other Shrine Temples scheduled to stop In Portland are those at Cleveland, Buffalo and Rochester. Additional parties yet are expected to place Portland on their Itineraries. PASTOR HEADS COMMITTEE Chamber of Commerce Civic liurenn Makes Its Appointments. Tr. J. H. Boyd, pastor of the FirBt Presbyterian Church, has been ap pointed chairman of the committee on supervision of charitable institutions, and the committee on parks and play grounds, by the civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Boyd has called a meeting of all members of the civic bureau who are interested in charities and charitable work to be held at room 2 of the Chamber. Friday, Slay 28, at noon. At this meeting a general plan of work will be outlined. The civic bureau has appointed other chairmen as follows: V. T. Foster, city beautiful and schools committees; O. W. Talbot, health and public utili ties committees; F. W. Ilild, Rose Fes tival and safety first committees: J. B. Yeon, public markets committee; Benson, insurance committee; Dean Vincent, water, sewers, drainage and city lighting committees. PHILOMATH SHOW DRAWS Rancher and Student Win Prizes In Riding; Contests. PHILOMATH, Or., May 25 (Special.) The largest crowd ever seen In Philo math attended the last day of the horse how and roundup at this place. De spite rain, crowds turned out. The first event of the day was an exhibition by the Corvallis fire com pany. Members of the company leaped out of the third-story window of the college building into the life-saving net; others slid down a rope. The ex hibition ended with a water fight in Main street between members of the company. Steer-riding, broncho-busting and roping contests also were held. Mr. "MacClellen. a wealthy ranchman, won first prixe for steer-riding, and an Ore gon Agricultural College student named Smith won the $100 saddle as the best rider. ROSES TO BE EXHIBITED Sellwood Ladies' Auxiliary to Give Programme at V. SI. C. A. The Sellwood Ladies' Auxiliary will conduct a rose exhibition and rose programme this afternoon between 2:30 and 5 o'clock, and this evening be between 7:30 and 10 o'clock. In the Sell wood T. M. C. A. building. East Fif teenth street and Spokane avenue. Roses grown in the gardens of Sell wood will be placed on exhibition in the east parlors of the building, and all residents, whether members of the auxiliary or not. will be welcome to Place roses on exhibition. The best exhibit will be selected by vote of those attending. No prizes will be given. Koses Intended for exhibition accom panied by vases must be sent to the association building by 11 A. M. today. The programme this afternoon, which opens at 2:30 o'clock, will in clude an address by E. B. McFarland. president, and Alfred Tucker, secretary of the Portland Ros Society, and W. onerDrooKe. a rose grower of Cor nelius. Or. Mrs. Pauline Miller Chap man will sing "A Spray of Roses" and "The Mission of a Rose," accompanied by Miss Adele Dyott. The evening pro gramme will consist of vocal numbers by Miss Effie Penrick, Mrs. Otto Peter son and Lillian Ward, and piano solos by Mrs. E. R. Eisert, Mrs. F. H. Hayes and Mrs. Ernest .Charters. Mrs. W. D. Palmer, president, will be in charge. In the afternoon hostesses will be Mrs. E. H. Frederickson, Sirs. I. E. Dutcher. Mrs. M. E. Crider, Mrs. Harry Black, Mrs. H. M. Huff, Mrs. L. H. Alexander. Mrs. W. H. Beard and Mrs. C. M. Thompson. The reception committee is composed of Mrs. Dessie P. Elkins Hfrs I Fred Meindl, Mrs. S. Dean and Mrs. C i E. Snell, and the decoration committee CLUBWOMEN BEGIN SESSIONS MONDAY Souvenir Card Designed to Ad vertise Oregon Is Repro duction of Badge. BIG PROGRAMME ARRANGED Sirs. Percy Pennybacker Will Arrive on Saturday to Preside at Sleet Ins of National Board Din ner Arranged for Same Day. For the meeting of the mld-blennlal council of the General Federation of Women's Clnbs which will be held here OFFICIAL POSTCARD FOR COUNCIL OF GENERAL FEDERA- TION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. f . f ..r...; -V 1 I V--""- - V; ' t J SOl'VEXIR DESIGNED TO ADVERTISE PORTLAND. is made up of Mrs. Harriet C. Hendee, Mrs. J. W. Caldwell. Mrs. Carl Mord horst and Mrs. Oscar D. Stanley. JOYRIDE LEADS TO JAIL BOYS WRECK STOLEN AUTO AFTER TAlvISJG GIRLS TO CIRCUS. Driver of Car, Hailed by Policeman, Tin nil Into Curb and Both Tooths Are Arrested. Two boys, two girls, stolen auto, wreck, jail! This was the sequence of events in an early morning joyride yesterday which ended in the arrest of Frank Weber and Gus Holzer. Holzer. who is 22 years old. was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of grand lar ceny, and Weber's case was continued until today, when the two appeared before Municipal Judge Stevenson yes terday. Weber is 17 years old. The automobile was the property of J. E. Scharpe. of 8046 Ruth avenue, Lents, and was stolen from the corner of Broadway and Taylor streets about 10 o'clock Monday night. In the early morning Patrolman Wright, who had received notice to watch for the stolen machine, 4 5 minutes previous, saw it about to turn the corner of Twelfth and Alder streets. He hailed the driv er, who turned nervously and drove the car into the curbing, breaking a wheel. Both the young men were placed under arrest. The girls with whom they had spent the evening at the circus and Joyriding already had, been taken to their homes. Weber has a Portland record for ap propriating automobiles and Holzer was released from "jail in Seattle only four weeks ago on a larceny charge, according to the information held by the local police. WAR PRISONER SENDS VOTE l-'estival Coupon Arrives iYom Yu kon District Too Late. A vote coupon cut from The Orego nian for Miss Ella Litzer came stray ing down to Portland from Yukon Ter ritory yesterday, sent by a German subject held prisoner of war by the Canadian mounted police. "Manager of the Rose Carnival, Port land, Or. Dear Sir: Enclosed you will And ten votes for Miss Ella Litzer, candidate for queen of the Rose Carni val. Hoping it is not too late. Yours truly. GUS E. BIERFREUND, "At present held prisoner of war at the barracks of the Royal Northwest ern Mounted Police, White Horse, Yukon Territory, Canada." The ballot was dated for expiration May 11, and reached here too late to figure in the contest at all. LINDON BATES BORN HERE Lnsitania Victim and Belgian Itelfet Worker Native of Portland. Lindon Bates, Jr., vice-chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, who was one of- those lost in the Lusi tania disaster, was born in Portland, July 17, 188:!. Lindon Wallace Bates, the father of Lindon Batea, who was civil engineer, was engaged Vn some dock and harbor improvement here at the time. Lindon Bates, Jr., became an engi neer and did engineering work In vari ous parts. of the United States in ad dition to traveling extensively. He served on the New York Assembly at one time and was the author of several engineering and travel .works. He is said to nave given up bis life preserver to a woman and then died when the Lusitania sank. Final Payment on Poor Farm Due. Yesterday was the last day for the payment of $110,000 due to Multnomah County from B. M. Lombard on the old J - ...... , i ... v. i J ncob ' LUQ uiLy, the Commissioners stated. Some years as" ir. Lomoara purenasea tne 202 a irc . f m .1.. . . . t .. (I ctn Ann ti - ....... CO tvuuvj iU vxuv.vvu. -LIB made payments aggregating $40,000, it 1 satri VH f -, V. ... paid $4000 for the farm. The final payment was not made yesterday, and the Commissioners probably will take some action in the near future. Tho London Royal Astronomical Society nan voted t o to admit women as fel lows on the sama terms and qualifications as men. from next Monday to June 4, Portland will be the mecca of the most promi nent clubwomen of the United States. Mrs. Sarah A. Kvans, president of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, and her assistants in the many well-managed committees among the Portland clubs have planned details for the entertainment of the visiting delegates, and the programme commit tee has arranged for many splendid features, among which will be ad dresses by some of the foremost men and women of the country. Mrs. Pennybacker Dae Saturday. The delegates will begin to arrive on Friday. Mrs. Perry V. Pennyback er will be here Saturday and will pre side at a meeting of the National board. Mrs. Fennybacker has been in San Francisco, where she attended the meeting of the California State Fed eration of Women's Clubs. She and ajl the other National officers will have headquarters at the Hotel Mult nomah. This hotel has been chosen as official headquarters for the con vention. All meetings will be held In the White Temple, at Twelfth and Taylor streets. Portland women are urged to register on Saturday. Mr. J. A. Pet tit, chairman of the credentials com mittee, will be in the committee room at the White Temple to accommodate Portland women who register early and avoid a crush when the out-of-town delegates present their credentials. The board of the Oregon federation has planned an elaborate dinner party to be held at the Hotel Benson on Saturday night complimentary to the National board. Mrs. Pennybacker, the National president, will be honored at a luncheon on May 30 by Mrs. Solomon Hirsch. The formal opening of the convention will be the reception which will be held in the Hotel Multnomah on Monday night. Souvenir Card Designed. The trains committee, headed by Mrs. H. C. Uthoff, will welcome all the in coming guests and will shower them with roses. The baggage committee, of which Mrs. Sadie Young Is chairman, has designed a souvenir card, which will be sent out by the delegates and will serve to advertise Portland. It is a reproduction of the badge bearing the picture of Mount Hood, a map of the United States in which Ore gon Is definitely outlined, a horn of typical Oregon plenty and a surround ing of Portland roses. Mrs. John Holmes. Mrs. Bernice Dobbins and Mrs. J. Bruce are members of the baggage committee. A handsome souvenir pro gramme has been arranged by this committee. The programme for the various ses sions includes: Monday Night. Reception, at Hotel Multnomah. Tuesday Morning. Fadsratlon song; welcome, James tS'ithy combe. Governor of Oregon: Russell Albes. Mavor of Portland: Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, president Orepon Federation of Women's clubs; "The Spirit of Federation." Mrs. Percy V. Pennvbacker: "My Best Wish for tha Oeneral Federation." members of the board; discussion. Tuesday Afternoon, Congregational singing; "Tha Art of tha Panama-Pacific International Exposition." Mrs. M. F. Johnston, Indiana, chairman art department; "Art in the States," chairman of Stats Federation art committees: "Tha Speaking Voice," Mrs. F. S. Wardwell, Con necticut, chairman music department; dis cussion; The Bureau of Information," Mrs, Mary I. Wood, New Hampshire; discussion. Conferences. 4:18-5:38. fitata Federation presidents, Mrs. Penny barker, presiding; chairmen of departments and of committees, Mrs. Sneath, presiding; General Federation state secretaries, Mrs. Frank White, presiding. Tuesday Evening. Music:' messages from the General Feder ation state secretaries; "The Oeneral Feder ation Magazine," Mrs. Harriet Bishop Waters; "The Spirit of the Northwest." Dr. William T. Foster, president of Reed Col lege. Portland. x Wednesday Morning. Congregational singing; civics department, Mrs. George Ztramercan, Ohio, chairman, in charge; "A General View." Mrs. James G Wilson. Wenatchee, Washington; "The New Civic Idealism." Dr. Carter Helm Jones, Se attle; "Money, Morals and Methods of Civil Service Reform," Mrs. Frederick H. Cole, chairman civil service reform department, Omaha, Nebraska; education department, in charge of Mrs. William P. Harper: "Homes for Rural School Teachers." Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston. State Superintendent Public Instruction, Olympla. Washington: "Voca tional Education and Guidance." Mrs. Roy E. Fletcher, New York City; political science; discussion. ; Wednesday Afternoon. Congregational singing; "Spiritual Forces Behind Modern Literature." Dr. C. H. Chap man, Portland: "Literature and Life," Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, chairman literature de partment. Minneapolis, Minnesota; discus sion; drive, courtesy Portland committees. Hellig Theater. Wednesday Night. "Every Woman's Road," & morality play by Professor Josephine Hammond. Reed Col . lege, Portland, a courtesy tendered to the Today Is "Red Letter Day" in Premium Parlors on the 4th Floor IP 2 Green Trading Stamps Given Free to All Visitors Bring Your Book FLAGSALE 4th Floor Get ready for Decora tion Day! This store is headquarters for Flags' and Bunting. Spl display between elevators, 4th Floor. OldSyWortman & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 480Q Home Phone A 6231 TEA ROOM 4th Floor Delightful lunch eon served from 11:30 to 2:30 daily. Afternoon tea from 2:30 to 4:30. Prompt service and rea s o n a b 1 e prices. Charge Purchases Made Today and Remainder of Month Go on June Accounts Payable July 1 Department Managers9 Competitive Sanle And Annual June White Sale Women's $25 Coats On Sale Today for 12. Second Floor 133 Women's and Misses' Coats enter the Competitive Sale tomor row at a remarkable reduction from for mer selling: prices. All high-grade gar ments from our regular stock in the season's ' favored styles. Flare or box effects. Also many short coat models and fancy styles coats for street wear, outing or dress occasions. Materials employed in their making are coverts, gabardines, homespuns, tweeds, poplins, golfines, cheviots, etc. Trimmings of fancy collars and cuffs, belts, patch pockets, buttons, etc., and some trimmed with velvet. Attractive models in all white, black, black-and-white checks, mixtures and the popular plain shades. Complete range of sizes. Coats worth up to $25.00 in this sale CP "Jf "J O Q at the special price of X JL O J $2.00, $2.50 Fancy Silks $1.69 Main Floor A good opportunity to buy that silk dress and save! Tomorrow we offer special lines of Fancy Warp-print Taffetas, Bro cade Taffetas, Brocade and Printed Crepes-high-grade silks from our regular stock, selling heretofore at $2.00 and $2.50, at g fZCh special price of, yard O 25c Stationery At 19c Main Floor Dainty enough for a gift! Put up in neat box with at tractive cover design. 24 sheets or 24 cards and 24 envelopes, tied with ribbon. Six different cuts to select from. Regular -w 25c stationery at, box C Hair Switches At 98c Second Floor Extra special for Wednesday only. 20 to 24-inch Hair Switches in even lengths with correct fluffiness. At the special price $3.50 B. & J. Corsets $1.98 Corset Dept, Second Floor New 1915 models in the famous Bien Julia Custom-made Corsets greatly reduced for today, the third day of the Competitive Sale. Made of splendid quality mercerized brocade coutil excellent qualities for general wear. Six good hose supporters attached and nicely trimmed. Shown in sizes from 19 to 30. Regu- Of QQ lar $3.50 B. & J. Corsets on sale today, special at "JJ X iO of 98c $1.50 Sandals 98c Shoe Dept, Main Floor The man ager of the. shoe department says this is one of the best bargains he has offered this season. Over 2000 pairs, purchased at a low price, included in this sale. Stand ard quality tan lotus sandals, the barefoot kind, very much in de mand for outing and play wear. Don't fail to take advantage of this low price. All si2es for chil dren and up to Misses' No. 2. San dals such as usually sold Q Q at $1.50. Special, pair vOC Glenwood Butter Grocery Dept-, 4th Floor No deliveries except with other pur chases in grocery department. Glenwood Butter, reg- T O ular price 60c, 2 lbs5t3C 65cGuimpes 43c Main Floor Dainty styles of white net and Oriental laces, fastening in back; white and cream net trimmed with lace and plaited net; white and cream net with shadow lace; white organdies with shadow lace, open front. The sea son's most wanted styles. O Regular 65c grades for OC Men's $15 and $20 Suits $12o5 Main Floor The manager of our Men's and Boys Clothing Depart ments has ambitions to win the prize. As a special offering to in crease his sales for today, he has selected 100 Men's and Young Men's Suits from regular stock and will sell them at a splendid saving. All men who are in need of a suit should visit this store today and save -money! Smart new 1915 models for men and young men, hand-tailored by America's best makers of men's apparel first class garments in every respect. Splendid assortment of patterns and colors in homespuns, chev iots, tweeds, etc. Complete assortment of all sizes in the lot. Suits from our regu lar stock which we have sold heretofore at $15 and $20. Priced 4T Tf O CTf for Competitive Sale at XsWOl We Give S. & II. Green Trading Stamps. Don't Forget to Ask for Them When (11 Women's 35c Vests 25c Two Garments for 45c Full Line Sizes Main Floor The underwear buyer is trying hard for that prize! Here today he offers a thousand Women's Vests at a good substan tial reduction. You'll find this a good opportunity to supply your Summer needs. Fine grade lisle thread and cotton in V and round neck styles, also the very popular extra long styles. Several differ ent patterns to choose from, some with fancy yokes. Complete range of all sizes. Regular 35c T vests 2 for 45 , earhOC Girls' 85c Dresses 49c Second Floor Girls' dainty tub dresses of ginghams, chambrays and percales. Attractive stripes, checks and plain colors. New 1915 styles in French, Buster and Bloomer effects. All are nicely trimmed. Sizes for girls to 6 years of age. These are from our regular stock sell ing at 85c. Mothers should take prompt advantage of this special offering and supply the children's needs. ForQ Wednesday special at"" Sale of Garden Needs Basement Underprice Store Extraordinary bargain offerings in Garden Tools, Lawn Hose, Lawn Mowers, Etc. Supply your needs here now and save money. 14-tnch guaranteed Mowers at the Regular 50c high-grade O Q -m Regular 40c high-grade O - Garden Hoes, special Garden Hoes, special Regular 40c high-grade Q1. special Garden Rakes, Women's 75c Handled Shovels, spec'l 75c Aluminum Sauce Pans, slightly discolored Brass Ring Sprinklers on sale tomorrow at Long- CZQ 1 tVab 40c 53c Lawn OO aT O special price of paWeeZ7e-jj 12-inch High Wheel Ball Bear ing Lawn Mowers Jj at special price of Ji vL 16-inch High Wheel Ball Bear ing Lawn Mowers 4JJT 5 f at special price of vJOaTtrv 50-foot, guaranteed Rubber Hose, with nozzle, T j " rT at special price of f'"'J 42-piece Gold Decorated Dinner Sets at special price of $2.75 Thin-Blown Glass Tumblers at the Special price of six for 15 Mason Jar Caps, porcelain lined, priced Wednesday, dozen 15 Extra quality Mason Jar Rubbers, Wednesday three dozen 25 Complete line of White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers all sizes. Screen Doors, size 2.8x6.8, priced for this sale at, each $1.25 Screen Doors, size 2.10x6.10, priced for this sale at, each $1.50 $1.75 Long Cloth $1.18 Aisle of Cottons, Main Floor All women will be interested in this sale! 200 pieces of fine quality English Longcloth beautiful soft finish, especially adapted for women's and children's underwear. Made by the world-famous Berkeley mill whose products are noted for their superior wearing qualities. This timely sale offers substantial savings right when you will appreciate them most. Put up 12 yards to J T f O the piece. Regular price $1.75, today at low price of only pJ..JLQ ''Notion Day"Today At Bargain Circle, 1st Floor Notions and Small Wares of various kinds of fered at prices not to be duplicated elsewhere. Women look forward to our Weekly Sale of Notions because they know the reductions are genuine. A. big list of bargains awaits you here today and don't forget to ask for your HtK Green Stamps an additional discount on every 10c cash purchase you make. O' Cedar Polish Mops $1-$1.25 Third Floor O'Cedar Polish Mops put a high, hard, durable finish on all varnished, painted and finished surfaces without hard rubbing. The mop is substantially built to give long wear. Made OT O in 2 styles round or triangular. Reduced to $1,00 and XaW3 25c and 35c Wash Goods On Sale in Basemen t, Yd. T 13c HE THIRD DAY of the Competitive Sale brings a most extraordinary bar gain in tne Basement Underprise Store. 6200 yards dainty new wash materials in choicest weaves crepes, voiles, Swisses, Marquisettes and numerous other fabrics for women's and children's Summer dresses shown in white and a great variety of pretty colorings and patterns. 27 to 40-inch widths. At no time have our customers been offered such de sirable merchandise at so low a price. Regular 25c and 35c f Q materials on sale today at the very special price of, yard X OC officers and delegates by the clubs of Port land. Thursday Morning;. Congregational singing: "The Ideal Bien nial." a dlscuaslen. led by Mrs. W. B. Toung, Jacksonville. Florida; plans for the New York blennla.1, Mrs. r rancis u. cvereu, Illi nois, chairman; programme committee. Miss Mary O. Hay. chairman biennial committee; "The Problem of the Alternate." Mrs. D. L. Murray. Cincinnati; "Conservation." in charge of Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, Chicago, chairman conservation department: "Home Economics and the United States Department of Agriculture," Mrs. Elizabeth Claypool Earl, Indiana; "Home Economics la Oregon." Mrs. William M. Fear, Portland; question box. in charge of Miss Lutle E. Stearns, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Thursday Afternoon. Congregational singing; "A Minimum Wage Commission," Dr. M. H. Marvin. Wash ington. Dr. Lillian C. Irwin, Seattle; "Prison Reform in the State of Washington," Qovetr nor Lister, Olympia; "'How Can Women's Clubs Co-operate With Boards of Health in Disease Prevention?"' Dr. Calvin S. White, secretary Oregon State Board of Health; discussion, led by Mrs. Elmer Blair, chair man public health department. General Fed eration Women's Clubs; "From the Field Chairman of the Endowment Fund." Mrs. W. K. James. St. Joseph, Missouri: "Re organization and Revision," a discussion, led by Miss Mary . Hay, New York; "From the Credentials Committee." Mrs. D. L. Murray, chairmsn courtesy resolutions. Thursday Night. Music recital, charge of Mrs. F. Wsrd--well. assisted by Hortland music committee; "Women and the Peacs Movement," Xr. rmvid Starr Jordan, president Leland Stan ford, Junior, University; song, "America"; adjournment. GUARD ADDS NEW COMPANY Four Rapid-Fire Guns and 65 Men to Comprise Regiment Adjunct. The organization of a machine gun company aa an adjunct io the Third Regimdnt. Oregon National Guard.'was authorized at the meeting; of the general staff yesterday, it is hoped to get the company organized and equipped in time for the general encampment an July 6. The company will consist of four rapid-fire guns and 5 men. It will be made up of details taken from other companies of the regiment. The staff decided that the Oregon rifle team, which la to participate in the National matches in Florida, be ginning October 16. shall be selected in open competition. He had braved a thousand danrers in the land of savage strangers, war ami fam ine, flro and tfmi'est, epidemic and the rest" (This was In merru-l form In the London Chronicle. "But eeeerday at (and It's lucky he's alive), hn hurt la a collision with a boy. on roller skates." w