TliB MORNING OltEGONTAN. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, -1913.
mm OGGUPIED
IN DAY'S SESSIONS
Frank J. Miller Is Elected
Grand Master of State
and Women Install.
KNIGHTS CONFER DEGREES
Jewels Are Presented, Social Hours
Held, Officers Chosen, Much leg
islative Work Accomplished
and Addresses Made.
Two or -the higher bodies of the Ma
sonic order now in session In Port
land had another busy day Thursday,
and last night the work was contlii-id.
A committee of the Grand Lodge of
Masons visited the Grand Chapter meet
ing of the Order of the Eastern Star
in session to return greetings extended
by the sister lodge the preceding day.
Knights Templars last night con
ferred the degree of the Temple be
fore Oreg-on Commandery No. 1.
Acacia Club was the social center of a
reception for all Masons.
Mrs. Nellie McQowan, retiring grand
matron of the Eastern Star chapter,
received a diamond ring from the
Grand Chapter as well as the official
Jewel of the office. The other Grand
Lodge officers were also suitably re
membered. Mrm. Hoook la Installed.
Mrs. Margaret E. Houck. the newly
elected worthy grand matron of Ore
gon Chapter. Eastern Star, was in
stalled in office yesterday by Mrs.
Mary M. Riesacher, past grand matron.
After the ceremony the hall had the
appearance of a great social reception,
being filled with women who carried
splendid bouquets of roses.
Mrs. Houck made the following ap
pointments: Grand chaplain. Alberta
McMurphy, Eugene: grand lecturer.
Jessie S. Vert, Pendleton; grand mar
shal. Grace Hibbs. Prairie City; grand
organist, Ella Evans. Portland; grand
Adah. Margie Knowles, Florence; grand
Ruth. Leilla " Gilfillan, Union; grand
Esther, Nora Flint. Roseburg; - grand
Martha, Flora Brown, Lebanon; grand
Electra, Mary Morelock, Wallowa;
grand waTder. Edith Elgner. Astoria;
grand sentinel, H. II. Young, Port
land. Others Take up Duties.
The other officers who were in
stalled with Mrs. Houck were A. E.
Pierce, worthy grand patron; Mrs.
Dora B. Schllke, assistant grand
matron; J. O. McLaughlin, assistant
grand patron; Miss Nellie McKinley,
grand secretary; Mrs. Mary E. John
son, grand treasurer; Mrs. Lena C.
Mendenhall, grand conductress; Mrs.
Mabel Settlemier, assistant grand con
ductress. Frank J. Miller was elected grand
master of the Grand Lodge, Oregon
Masons, yesterday. He will be in
stalled today., succeeding William C.
Bristol.
The other officers elected were:
Will Moore, Pendleton, deputy grand
master; Weston G. Shellenbarger, Port
land, senior grand warden; Frank W.
Settlemeier, Woodiurn, junior grand
warden; John B. Cleland, Portland, (re
elected) grand treasurer; James F. Rob
inson, Portland, (re-elected) grand sec
retary; Charles E. Wolverton, Port
land, (re-elected) jurisprudence com
mittee. A'ight Session A rrn n (fpd.
Not for six years has there been so
much business before the Grand Lodge
that a night- Bession was required, but
tlii3 year eclipses all records. It will
be late tonight before the Grand Lodge
adjourns.
The grandmaster-elect will announce
his ' committees after the Installation
ceremony today.
A pleasing tribute was paid to
Thomas M. Baldwin, past grand master.
He was presented with a past grand
master's apron to replace his original
one which had been lost.
Considerable legislative work was
taken up by the Grand Lodge in ses
sion. Applications for charters were
received from Sunnyside and Albert
Pike Lodges, of Portland, and Sher
wood Lodge, of Sherwood. Or. All but
two of the 145 charter lodges in Ore
gon were represented by delegates, and
there were many visiting Masons.
Grand Master Bristol's address called
for conservative handling of lodge
funds and curtailment of expenses.
Committees were appointed to discuss
the recommendations contained in va
rious portions of the address.
Portland Lodge No. 65 meeting last
night was largely attended by visiting
delegates and Masons and was fol
lowed by an informal reception.
BUNKER HILL RECALLED
Revolution Sons Also Plan for Xa
tional Convention and Bell.
The 140th anniversary of the Battle
of Bunker Hill was celebrated Thursday
night by the Sons of the American
Revolution at a business meeting, fol
lowed by a social session, at the Uni
versity Club.
During the meeting plans were con
sidered for the reception of the Liberty
BeJl in Portland. Members of the so
ciety intend to help make this occasion
a great patriotic demonstration. Win
throp Hammond read an interesting
paper on the history of the Liberty
Bell.
Another matter taken up at the
meeting was that of receiving the
members of the national Association of
the Sons of the Revolution, who will
hold their annual convention in .Port
land in August. A buffet luncheon was
served.
LABOR OFFERS PEACE PLAN
Iiryun Asked to Head Delegation to
Confer With President.
NEW YORK. June 18. Plans ' were
made here tonight at a conference of
labor men for BO labor leaders to go to
Washington next Tuesday and lay be
fore President Wilson proposals which,
if followed, will, they say, not only
prevent this country from becoming In
volved in the war, but will enable it
to bring the war to an end through
mediation. The labor men made it
known that they hoped to have William
Jennings Bryan head the delegation to
tu.ll on the President.
CHARITY METHODS TOPIC
Dr. Franker Discusses Disease as
Element of Poverty.
Great advances in the study of phi
lanthropy and humanitarian science in
the past 10 years have been made in
this country, asserted Dr. Lee T.
Frankel, Th. D., of New York, prominent
social worker, Thursday night at the
Temple Beth Israel, where he spoke on
unemployment and the causes of social
distress.
Expert workers are learning more
and more, he said, of the underlying
reasons for poverty, for which charity
is but a. temporary palliative and not
a cure.
"One of the causes of poverty is ig
norance, another is disease," he said.
"The day will come when the white
plague will afflict us no more than
smallpox and the other diseases that
have been conquered. . Better care of
children is an imperative need of to
day and one step in this direction that
is an important one is the granting of
widows' pensions by 35 of our states.
"The attitude toward labor has been
changed vastly in the past decade. The
workmen's compensation act has be
come general throughout a great part
of the country and welfare work for
employes, unknown 10 years ago, is
now being carried on widely.
"One need is for trained social work
ers. In Eastern cities there have been
established schools of philanthropy and
we need the efficiency method in social
work. There is no need for a multicuic
ity of agencies to dispense aid, when
they can all be handled by one."
Dr. Frankel, who is sixth vice-president
of the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company, will speak this morn
ing at 9 o'clock to officials and agents
of the Metropolitan Life, in room 1000,
Yeon building. He leaves today for
San Francisco.
ALLIES ARE IN DANGER
POSITIONS IX CALL1POLI ARK MEN
ACED SERIOUSLY,
Support of Warships Withdrawn Be
cause of Snbnarlne Activity.
Turks I'laht Confidently.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18. (Spe
cial via Berlin and by wireless to Say
ville. N. Y.) The forces of the allies
on the Gallipoli Peninsula at Arl Burhu
and Sedd El Bahr are in the greatest
danger, as a result of the withdrawal
of the bombarding fleets, made neces
sary by the activity of German sub
marines and the consequent difficulty
of maintaining communications oversea
from the Aegean Islands.
The British position at present is
desperate. Inability to land heavy ar
tillery at first was compensated for by
the protection given by the guns of
the fleet, but the withdrawal of ships
from Ari Burhu leaves the shore forces
resting almost on the water's edge,
without means of' meeting attacks.
Heavy British batteries are mounted
on the surrounding heights.
These statements are made after a
week spent in the Turkish field under
the first personal pass issued to a
newspaper correspondent by Field Mar
shal Liman von Sanders, the Commander-in-Chief
of the Turkish army.
The Turks are fighting confidently.
aided by German machine gun squads.
The greatest advance made by the Brit
ish at Ari Burhu is 1000 yards from
shore. At Sedd El Bahr It is about two
miles. The forts at Chanak and Kalid
Bahr are still intact. The net results
of the British attempt to force the Dar
danelles are at present almost without
result. The general impression at Con
stantinople is that the attack as at
present conducted is a failure.
The bombardment of March 18 was
Ineffectual, owing to the inadequacy of
the landing forces and the failure of
the entente powers to embroil Bulgaria
against Turkey.
ITALIAN OPERA RETURNS
POHTLAXD IS TO BE HEADQtAlt
TEKS FOR COMPAXV'.
Three New Members Are Brought Back
by Lutl Cerehrtti, and Big Chorus
to Be Assembled.
From a tour of the Pacific N'orth
west, which Included HeattLe, Taconia,
Bellingham, North Yakima and Walla
Walla, the Italian Grand Opera Com
pany, known formerly as the Lambardl
Opera Company, arrived in Portland
Thursday. Luigi Cecchetti. musical
director and impreario, is in charge
of the organization, and Portland will
now be his headquarters.
Mr. and Mrs, Cecchetti are going to
Srin Francisco to look after some busi
ness deals there and close up their
affairs, after which they will return
to make Portland their home. Mr.
Cecchetti proposes the assemblage of
a permanent home of grand opera in
Portland and, on his return, will or
ganize a large chorus and assemble the
principals.
Three of these J. Oppego, dramatic
tenor; Signor Galazzi, baritone, and
Signor D'Piaszl. basso are new mem
bers of the company.
Miss Katherine Lynbrook. soprano,
left the company on the close of tha
tour at Walla Walla, and has gone to
Minneapolis, where Wedding bells will
ring for her some time this Summer.
GERMANY HAILS NEW FOE
Participation of Greece on Side of
Allies Is Conceded.
BERLIN, via London, June 18. The
news of the complete victory in the
Grecian general election of the party of
ex-Premier Venizelos, which is in favor
of Greece's participation in the war
on the side of the allies, has proved
an unpleasant surprise to the news
papers of Germany.
The Kreua Zeitung publishes a head
line over the Athens election dispatches
reading, "The Next Enemy," and says:
"With this result the return of M.
Venizelos to the government is as good
as secured, and with the support of
Buch a majority in the chamber (Veni
zelos has 193 beats and the government
100, out of a total of 316) he will be
able to carry through, against all
other influences, his policy of joining
with the quadruple entente."
BANKER SUED FOR $50,000
James H. Van Zandt Alleges Mall
clous Prosecution.
Because he was arrested on May 19
charged with obtaining money by false
pretenses, James H. Van Zant has filed
suit against Herman Hirshbcrg, an In
dependence banker, and Charles P. An
derson, a farmer of Independence, for
$50,000, alleging malicious prosecution.
Van Zandt was. released from .the
charge on May 25 by District Judge
Dayton, who severely scored Anderson
for causing his arrest. Van Zandt had
leased his farm to Anderson. Acting
on a rumor that Hirshberg actually
held title to the land, Anderson quick
ly came to Portland and swore- to a
complaint against Van Zandt for leas
ing a farm he did not own. Van Zandt
easily showed that, ha had clear titla
to -the property - and that Hirshberg
merely held the deed In escrow.
British calumbia reports the dicovery of
extensive ejpsuia deposits.
CANDIDATES FOR
DIRECTOR HEARD
S. P. Lockwood and Dr. E. A.
Sommer Give Views on
School Affairs.
TEACHERS HEAR SPEECHES
Mr. Lockwood Indorses Tenure of
Office Bill and Xiglit Schools.
Dr. Sommer Favors Greater
Use of School Buildings.
S. P. Lockwood and Dr. E. A. Sommer,
candidates for School Director at to
day's school election in Portland, were
the principal speakers at a dinner held
by the Oregon .Civic League at the
Hazelwood Thursday night. A. C.
Newill presided. A large proportion of
those at the dinner were teachers.
The speaking was in no sense a de
bate. Each candidate had been invited
to attend and discuss his candidacy and
his views on school administration. Mr.
Lockwood was the first speaker.
"I have been misquoted with refer
ence to the teachers' tenure of office
bill," said Mr. Lockwood in part, "I
am not opposed to the law.
Extension of Xlght Schools Favored.
"To be selected as School Director is
one of the highest honors that could
come to a man. When several hun
dred such men as indorsed my candi
dacy tell a man it is his duty to run, it
is hard to say no. I found it hard to
say no under such circumstances, and
so I am in the race."
Mr. Lockwood said that he was in
favor of the extension of night school
work as one constructive policy of the
School Board.
"Whenever a body of boys and girls,
or of men and women, want to get to
gether for study to improve them
selves, I feel it to be the duty of the
School Board to give the equipment
and teachers, not only in the ordinary
school branches, but in domestic sci
ence work as well." he explained.
"Whatever increases the individual ef
ficiency of our citizens and future citi
zens increases the efficiency of the
whole community as well."
"I have been told several times that
there is an impression that I am in
favor of introducing the reading of the
Bible in the public schools," Mr. Lock
wood said- further on in his address.
"Let me say positively that I am not.
I am opposed to it because of the di
versity of sectarian beliefs among the
parents of pupils, and because there is
ample opportunity of studying the Bible
in other places than in the public
schools."
Selection for Merit Favored.
Mr. Lockwood was asked if he
thought that an incompetent teacher
should be kept in the schools just be
cause she needed the employment.-
"No." he replied. "The importance of
school work is too great to be jeop
ardized or interfered with in any way
by incompetents. I will say further
that if a teacher were independently
wealthy and a fine teacher, she ought
to be kept in her position because of
her ability, even though someone of
less ability greatly needed the position.
Merit alone should determine tha se
lection of teachers."
Dr. Sommer, who is seeking re-election
to the School Board, said that he
had been graduated from the public
schools and higher institutions of
learning in the United States, and had
become much Interested in educational
matters. He was a candidate for re
election, he explained, because with his
interest in the schools and his experi
ence as a member of the Board, he felt
he could give a useful return in pub
lic service to the community.
Law Regarded as Good.
"Before T went on th? Board." he
went on. "the Legislature had passed
the tenure of office law for teachers.
After the recent school survey I had
some doubt as to the good that might
come of the law, but on studying the
law and conditions that had existed
before Its enactment, I came to the
conclusion that the teachers must have
had a good and valid reason for ask
ing for such a measure. And I am
satisfied that If the School Board will
do its share and pass the recommenda
tion of the teachers' committee that ap
plicants Tor positions in our schools
pass an oral and written examination
before they can be placed on the
eligible list, and then be put on two
years' probation, there will be no rea
son to complain about the law."
He praised the law passed by the last
Legislature relating - to the use of
school buildings as community centers,
and added that he considered this law
an opening wedge for promoting the
use of public buildings for public
gatherings.
"This Is a question doubly important
since we have voted out the saloons,"
he. went on, "and we must give the
public places to gather for social and
educational work. I hope that the next
Legislature will provide funds to carry
on this social center work in the proper
way.
Mistakes Are Admitted.
"I have had differences with every
other member of the Board at our
meetings, but no ill will has been car
ried away from these meetings. When
the majority has decided a question,
then I have supported the majority de
cision. -
"I have made mistakes as a member
of the School Board. And for the man
who makes no mistakes, I have no use.
But the man who makes a mistake and
admits he made a mistake will not
make the same mistake again."
School Clerk Thomas made a brief
talk explaining the qualifications of
voters at school elections.
Mr. Lockwood addressed a meeting o
tho Buckman School Parent-Teacher
Association at the Buckman School.
East Twelfth and Burnaide, last night.
He will speak today at Arleta.
Dr. Sommer spoke last night at
Peninsula station, and also addressed
a meeting of the Central Labor Coun
cil. KENTUCKIAN BEST ARTIST
F. Dnveneck Wins World's Grand
Prix at San Francisco Fair. ' .
SAN FRANCISCO. June 18. The
world's grand prix in art has been
awarded to Frank Duveneck, of Ken
tucky, by the award Jury of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, according to
an announcement made today upon the
eve of Mr. Duveneck's departure for the
East. Mr. Duveneck. who is a por
traitist, was' the unanimous choice of
the Jury of 45 men.
AMERICAN BEAUTY TO WED.
Engagement to British Soldier in
Tr"enclies Announced.
LONDON. June 14. No engagement.
among the hundreds that have been
announced here since the war began.
has attracted more genuine interest
than that of Miss Rachel Butler to
Captain Edward Egerton, of the Seven
teenth Lancers. The American colony,
especially, has showered Miss Butler
with congratulations, for she has long
been one of the most popular members,
despite the fact that she has been "out"
only three years.-
Miss Butler's mother, Lady Arthur
Butler, is a daughter of General Anson
Stager, of the United States Army, and
her marriage to the brother of the
Marquis of Ormonde, one of the most
popular sporting peers of England, was
a big event in international society,
being one of the most important alli
ances between prominent English and
American families. The Butlers are
rich and this has enabled them to travel
widely as well as to entertain on a
large scale at their Portman-Square
house.
Miss Butler is strikingly like her
American mother, having the large,
dark eyes, fresh complexion and well
rounded features that made her mother
admired when she first entered London
society.
At the present moment her fiance!
who is a grandson of Lord Brassey, is
at the front, but expects to be home
for a short leave, when It is possible
the marriage will be celebrated at a
quiet ceremony.
NEWGHURGH ORGANIZED
THIRD AND HAWTHORNE PARK
XOW ARE MERGED BY MEMBERS.
Officers Are Elected and Installed.
Rev. L. K. Grimes la Paator, and
Other Business Transacted.
The Central Presbyterian Church of
Portland was organized legally Thurs
day night through the union of the
Third and Hawthorne Park Presbyterian
churches, at a meeting of both congre
gations in the Third-Church building.
East Pine and East Thirteenth streets.
Rev. J. V. Milligan, Rev. H. H.. Pratt
and Rev. C. W. Hays, representing the
Portland presbytery, were present and
presided during the merging of the two
churches, and brought the greetings of
the presbytery. The following officers
were elected and duly installed:
Ruling elders O. M. Scott. R. R.
Steele. J. M. Lewis, W. D. Deaver. M. V.
Harrison, D. T. Van Tine. R. F. Barnes,
O. C. Johnson. D. D. White,' W. H.
Markell. Wilson Benefiel. Charles
Cleland. A. M. Tucker. R. D. Hewitt,
Thomas Muir. H. A. Bitner. D. H. Heil
man and F. S. Post.
Deacons W. O. Munsel, W. W. San
son. W. F. Stewart. J. G. Bennett. Dr.
A. E. Myers, ' Dr. Sard Weist, M. A.
Poppleton, 15. Zimmerman, W. H. San
ford, J. H. Coate. W. S. Binford, M. L.
Beach. George Thompson, C. W. Whit
tlesey. Carl Forcette, L. P. Hewitt, F.
McN'ary and George P. Strong.
Trustees Dr. A. W. Moore. N. L.
Pike. II. L. Camp. C. H. McNealand, S.
P. Garrigus and Alexander Story.
The second Thursday in each April
was fixed for the annual meeting, and
the trustees were Instructed to pro
ceed to incorporate the Central Pres
byterian Church of Portland and take
possession of the property of the two
former churches. The new church will
have 700 members. Rev. L. K. Grimes
is the pastor of the new church, and
the Third-Church building- will be oc
cupied till another building is erected
ojn another site.
$50,000 BID FOR SARGENT
Jted Cross Auction Brings Kecord
Price to American Painter.
LONDON, June 14. Everyone in
terested in art is wondering who will
be nominated by Sir Hugh Lane to sit
for the Sargent portrait for which he
ofTered to pay $50,000, falling a higher
offer, at the Red Cross auction held
at Christie's. Of course, the price
offered has created a tremendous sensa
tion in art and society circles, and,
taken' In connection with the offers
made for canvases by other artists, of
which $3500 for a Lazlo was the high
est, it is a striking evidence of the in
creasingly high opinion set upon the
work of the famous American painter.
Undoubtedly the price is due in a
measure to the special occasion, but
it is also due largely to the fact that
Sargent determined some time ago to
paint no more portraits. When, asked
to contribute a blank canvas, with
other artists, to the Christie . auction,
Sargent at first refused to break his
determination, but agreed to draw two
charcoal sketches of the highest bid
ders. NOTE OF $20,000 SECURED
Scandinavian-American Bank Not
lioser in KruHc Bankruptcy.
Some of the liabilities listed in the
petition in voluntary bankruptcy filed
in the United States Court Wednesday
by Theodore Kruse, of the Rainbow
Grijle, In the Morgan building, are se
cured to the creditors. It became known
yesterday.
The note . of $20,000 to the Sandina-vian-American
Bank, which is the larg
est single liability of Mr. Kruse and
the Rainbow, is fully secured by real
estate. Many other large claims, how
ever, are not secured.
Mr. Kruse's liabilities are placed at
$79,000 and his assets at 182,000. The
greater part of the assets, however,
consist of equipment, tenant's improve
ments and tho Jike in the Rainbow
Grille, which will decline in value if the
grill remains closed.
DIVORCED' "COUNT" STUNG
Actress Fajcttc Perry Finds Now She
Doesn't Love Beau fort.
NEW YORK, June 11. Some time ago
it was reported that Mourik de Beau
fort, a young man who called himself
a count and under that title married
a Chicago girl, had been killed at the
front. His wife divorced him on ' account
of cruelty some time ago. Now word
comes from London that the young
njan is living there in comfort and
that he will return to New York soon
to marry Fayette Perry, one of New
York's prettiest young actresses.
Fayette admits she was engaged to
Mourik and says she has received let
ters from him saying he was shot at
Nieuport. but was not hurt seriously.
She has made up her mind, however,
that she does not love him as much as
she did and she says she will not
marry him after all.
PART OF SKULL REMOVED
Delicate Operation Performed on
Helpless Eugene Boy.
If surg-ical skill is able to euro the
condition of 7-year-old Rodman Jones,
of Eugene, the child will be able to
walk for the first time in his life.
'The boy has been a sufferer from In
fantile paralysis since birth. Yesterday
a section of his skull was removed at
St. Vincent's Hospital by Drs. E. A.
Rich and Charlea McClure.
This was a delicate operation and of
fers the only possible chance for a
cure, say physicians. The child was
doing- as well as could be expected last
night, but is in a critical condition.
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$200,000 FRAUD CHARGE
LIOADlMi "WILMINGTON CITIZEN'S
PIPED I.V M1MSG DEAL.
South American Fields Valued at
500,000,000 Prove Worthlesa and
Promoter la Arretted.
NEW YORK. June 11. Alexis I. Du
pont. secretary of the Dupont De Ne
mours Powder Company; John Ban
croft. Frank Connable and a number of
the other leading citizens of Wilming
ton, Del., know a great deal more of
the goldfields in "the wilds of far
away Peru" than they did when Ray
mond McCune, mining engineer, came
to Wilmington in October, 1912, to tell
theiu, of the wealth that might be dug
from the earth in the region of the
Maranon River by any one who was
intrepid enough to brave the man
eating savages there.
This Increased knowledge on the part
of the leading citizens was responsible
for the arraignment of McCune before
United States Commissioner Houghton
on a removal warrant from Wilming
ton, charging the young man with
using the mails to defraud in the sale
of about $200,000 worth of the stock
of the Peru Gold Placers, incorporated,
a Delaware corporation, with offices in
the White Hall building in this city.
McCune is the son of A. W. Mc
Cune, the wealthy railroad and mine
owner of Salt Lake City, who was
former partner of the late James B.
Haggln.
His arrest at his apartments here
followed close on the heels of the
report of the theft of ?S500 worth of
jewelry from his flat.
His stay overnight In police head
quarters had apparently not prevented
him making a careful toilet. As he
waited for his attorney, Charles B.
Brophy, he frequently consulted a gold
wrist watch. After his release on a
$20,000 bail bond furnished by the Na
tional Surety Company he refused to
make a statement concerning the case.
McCune says that he is a graduate of
the Columbia School of Mines. Post'
office Inspector Barber, who has in
vestigated some of his assertions, says
that McCune went to Columbia Uni
versity, but never took the mining
course there.
According to Assistant United States
Attorney Frank M Roosa, McCune in
1912 fired the enthusiasm of the Dela
ware financiers with a story of how he
had probably discovered the goldfields
from which the Incaa dug the fabulous
ransom they paid to the conqueror,
Piazaro. While visiting his father's
railroad concessions near the Maranon
River he is alleged to have said he got
his Information from one of the ab
origines. After the Peruvian Exploration Com
pany had been organized and a group
of financiers had raised funds to rinance
a prospecting trip to the Maranon
River region, McCune led a party to
the section. He was gone six months
and the'report he made on his return
and the subsequent pamphlets issued by
him were of a glowing nature.
The upper gravel benches In the vi
cinity of the river, McCune thought
ought to contain between $200.0.10.000
and $500,000,000 worth of gold. Accord
ing to his assay the gold deposft was
valued at an average of 80.9 cents per
cubic yard.
His report was followed by the or
ganization of the Peru Gold Placers
Company, incorporated, of Delaware,
three of the organizers being John J.
Raskob, David T. Marvel anl Otto R.
Hartman, of Wilmington. The com
pany was capitalized at $20,000,000. the
officers being Charles S. Miller, of this
city, president; Henry H. Bowman, of
Springfield. Mass., vice-president;
George P. BonneIlvsecretary and treas
urer, and McCune,' generalNnanager.
The directors were, in addition to the
officers, William R. Basset, Alexis I.
Dupont, Otto R. Hartmann. David T.
Marvel and John J. Raskob. Other
inning itMii tea wno were induced to
buy stock in the company in addition
to Mr. Dupo.nt and those already named
were William Coyne, Joshua A Elle
good. Henry Ridgely Harrington.
Charles B. Holliday, James H. Kane
Frank M. Dole, William M. Dole John
A. Montgomery, William F. Raskob
and Henry Whlteley.
The prestige afforded by hese names
brought in stock purchasers from this
city and throughout New England
whose names the postoffice inspectors
don't know as yet.
Although the complaint sets forth
that the men named were defrauded out
of about $2.10,000, the actual sales, ac
cording to the postoffice authorities,
amounted to between $300,000 and $400.
000. After having invested their money in
the. company the directors decided to
send a mining engineer down to the
Maranon district to see if all was well
He returned last March with the news
that the only gold he could, find on
the premises was flour gold of a worth
less typa.
Munition FacTories Threatened.
ELYRIA, O., June 15.- The JSlyria
Iron & Steel Company and the West-
$2.00 Bath Spray, spl $1.29
$1.50 Fountain Syringe 970
$1.50 Hot Water Bot. $1.09
$1.00 Bulb Syringe 590
J. B. L. Cascade Ask for
booklet.
YOU AUTO HAVE THESE
"Flaxoap" for washing,
lb. 200
Small Soft Feather
Duster 250
Large Chamois for Pol
ishing '. .$1 to $1.50
Large Soft Sponges with
no grit $1.50
"Brass-brite" for polish
ing nickel and brass.. 200
"Waxene" for polishing
after washing 2O0
em Automatic Machine and Screw
Company have received Black Hand
letters demanding that each company
desist from manufacturing war am
munition or the plants would be blown
up. The letters were identical and
created consternation among the of
ficials and employes at both plants.
MORE WOMEN DRINKERS
Temperance Lecturer Kinds (iain in
Consumption by Girls.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. June 11. Ex
cessive drinking among girls and young
women, as one of the most persistent
evils now facing the temperance cause,
was deplored by William S. Bennet, of
New York recently, at the celebration
of the 50th anniversary of the National
Temperance Society in the First Bap
tist Church.
"To this extent the temperance move
has failed,'' he. said. "With the whole
male population of the country aroused
over the question of stamping out the
traffic, each year sees a heavier in
crease in the number of drinking
women."
That liquor is being subjected to a
united attack by the arlous Legisla
tures in the country. Mr. Bennet in
dicated, asserting that during the year
more than 300 bills asking to wipe out
the evil had been introduced in the
different states.
He advocated the Government buy up
the breweries and close them imme
diately as one of the most profitable
investments that could be ma.de in the
interests of public welfare.
ROBBERS RUN HORSE DEAD
Highwaymen. However, Siitx'ccil in
Obtaining Driver's Jlonoj .
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. .June 11. Five
men held up a carriage near Fifty
seventh and Arch streets recently and
Today a Big
Day for Men
Every man in this city who aspires to being well dressed
should attend this sale and choose clothes enough to
last him for months to come. New stock of high-class
merchandise.
njamin (facet Clothe
'rr,m cru lAU'KI.WlC.HINfTrON COMPANY MEW YOVL
MADE BY
MLrKbl Buuni'ii"
$20.00 Suits
and Rain
coats $15.00
$22.50
$30.00 Suits,
Overcoats,
Raincoats . . .
HATS
STRAWS
3.00 Straw HnH..
H 4.IKI Straw Ilata..
S.OO Straw IlntK..
9 U.UO Straw Hats..
SOFT An STIFF
H 3.00 Hats noiv...
S 3..K Hata now. . .
(I 4.o HntH now . . .
HI S.OO Hats now. . .
IH 6.UO Hata now...
BI.-..M Hata now...
S1K.OO Hats now...
PANAMAS
9 r..o I'aumu. . .
I.IH Panama..'..
S 7.AO Panamas. . . .
S.OO Panamas. . . .
810.00 Panamas. . . .
912.O0 Panamas. ...
& 2.25
2.95
s a. 75
$ 1.15
HATS
2.25
S 2.5
2.95
3.75
S 4.45
$11.25
$13.45
4.15
4.95
.45
5
8.4i
9.95
Buffum &
IVlorrison
Street
Use This Coupon
20 EXTRA -JO
Brlnir tnls coupon and
get SO extra "S. 4t I4.;ilil
'1'rauma; a m p a
our first $1 eaah pur- SVIr;;,
cnase ana u w u in p
limn, on tbe balance
of purchnMe. t.ooii on first three
floors today. Satnrday. June 11.
PORTLAND CANDIES
Warranted pure and healthy
40c lb. Choc Chews 290
40c lb. Fruit Paste. ..." ..330
35c After Dinner Mints. 270
35c Tid Bits 270
No stale stock. All our
chocolates are hand made
and fresh every day.
SPECIAL $12.00 "Cross"
Cowhide Suitcases at $8.75
H
BRING US YOUR FILMS
A quick service developed,
printed and all ready for you
by 5 o'clock on the day you
bring them in. "ANSCO"
Films and Cameras spell per
fect pictures.
Co.,
ALDER AT
WEST PARK
compelled the driver, Mortimer S.
Boyd, of 5630 Walnut street, to hand
over his money. Boyd's horse was so
badly used up in his attempt to es
cape that it had to be killed.
The highwaymen tackled Boyd at
Fifty-fifth and Vine streets. Boyd's
answer was a lash across his horse's
back. The animal started down the.
street at a gallop, two of the men
clinging to the carriage. The horse
collupsed and the men robbed Boyd of
$31.
A detail of policemen started a
search and rounded up these five men.
whom Magistrate Boyle held for n
further hearing: Robert Lynch, Fifty
seventh and Ludlow streets; Joseph
Brooks, Fifty-seventh and Market
streets; .lams Haley, Sixty-third and
Catharine streets; Joseph Matlack,
Fifty-seventh and Market streets, and
John Wynne. Fifty-seventh and Tcarl
streets.
WELLESLEY GIRLS TO WED
Twelte MeiiiberH of Senior Class
Announce Kn a gem c n t s .
WELLESLEY, Mate. June 11. In di
rect contradiction of the assertion that
"U'elleloy girls are slow lo wed, 12
members of the senior class have an
nounced their engagements. In tho
June number of the Journal of Hered
ity. Professor Itoswcll Johnson and
Bertha J. Stutzman. of the University
of Pittsburg, assert not only that Wel
lesley girls marry laic, but that thoir
families are small.
The girls who have announced their
intentions to wed are:
Mary Crocker, of "Foxhoro, Mass.;
Gertrude Folger, of Medford, Mass.:
Gladys Hartwell. of Kingston, U. I.:
Galina Howe, of Cambridge, Mass.;
Hildegarde Jones, of Mount Vernon.
N. Y.; Helen May. of Charles City, La.;
Leora Mitchell, of Norwich. Conn.;
Marie Neiffcr. of Wyncote, Pa.: Ruth
Pierce, of Hinsdale, 11. I.; Ituth B.
Woods, of Astoria. N. Y. ; Margaret
Heprs and Elizabeth Smart, of Boston.
$25.00 Suits,
Overcoats,
Raincoats
$35.00 Suits,
Overcoats,
Raincoats. . .
$18.75
$26.25
UNDERWEAR
50c Underwear 35c
$1.00 Underwear 70c
$1.25 Underwear 85c
$1.50 Underwear $1.05
$1.75 Underwear $1.30
$2.00 Underwear $1.45
$2.25 Underwear $1.75
$2.50 Underwear $1.90
$3.00 Underwear $2.05
$3.50 Underwear $2.55
$4.00 Underwear $2.85
$5.00 Underwear $3.65
Pendleton
Opposite
Postoffice