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THE M0RJOXG OKEGONIAN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1915. DANCING ABOUND'' DRIVES CARE AWAY Airy Musical Comedy Breezes . Into Portland and Makes All Who See Happy. SCENES MASS OF COLOR Al JolMn, Entirely Surrounded by GirU, Win Audience; Speed Is Keynote of Giddy Madcap Kaleidoscopic Production. CAST or -ACINO A HOOD" Llaataaaat Harry Graham Hwir Clarke LWutrnant Robwt Harry Wlleox Unuuil HartUy Fraak Carter FtnkrT Roberts Kitty MUtL Ml Lsi. rrlraa Dona of U mraUty Mary Robeoa Calaate. -s'ertoB Grnialne rior.lt. Clara Staatoa Bhlrl.y Alice Hamphnee Dora Bertie Burw.li Tlllle. a telepbeae operator Kay Bowdln Lory." Efn" Crharn Clareace -raok Holm. Serood IJeotesaat. Bernard Tborntoa GCs. a saa or maay parta .. al jolsoj ference. which receesed here Friday night, would b resumed. Mr. Lansing aid: "It will ba resumed early thla week. probably Wednesday. In isew lorn. Admltstratlon officials who were Inclined yesterday to believe a peace parley between Mexican factions might soon result. Independent or The appeal to the military leaders which will go forward from Pan-American nations. wera not ao aanfuina today. Reports from Mexico City that Dr. Juan J. Ortega, tne uuatemaian aim later there, had received hia passports from General Carranaa and ordered to leave the country within 14 hours wera responsible for this change ot mind. Inasmuch as Guatemala la rep resented In the Latin-American confer. ence. Carranxa'a drastic action la re garded here as indicating; a disposi tion of unfriendliness toward the con ference. Ortega's forced departure from Mexico together with the departure of M- Cordora. the Braxllian Minister at Mexico City, will leave In the Mex ican capital no diplomatic represents tlvea of any of the seven natlona par ticlpatlng in the Mexican conference. SHUBERTS GET SINGER WANDA LYO. BOUGHT BY ZIEG- FELD. MAKES DECISION. z X Ktaal Aaaette Treeedale. Lord Graham Patrtdx Firenaa. Meeeeoser Bay.... Trala Aaaooncer. ..EUieea Molyaeox Mae Dealy fred Leslie Mae Poth ...Harry Wardetl ....Molly enruma ' ...Harry WardeU Why so to the seashore for breexae? i-.r(u telle the Tisitor wno eomea Into Portland In mid-August to -never mind the heat, for Just when you think it Is aolng to become too much for you there Is a seabreexe alarta un tha Willamette, etc. Al Jolson. entirely surrounded by arlrls. breexed Into tha Summer the atrical season at the Hetltg Sunday Bight In "Dancing Around" which, by the way. Is an eminently correct title for the production even aa tha tradi tional seabreexe la aald to come up tha Willamette to make everybody thor oushiy happy and comfortable once more. Just when they were beginning to wonder whether life was worth living- after all. All Sort a of Speed Shawa. "Dancing Around." If one la to con tinue In tha breexe metaphor. In ad dition to hitting tha Summer theater goer with tha refreshing xl n f of an electric fan. has an elect r to faa tuned down to a low, subdued hum. when it comes to the number of speeds' with which It la equipped. And It switched 'from one spaed to another with such rapidity last night that the audience, so to put It, was blowing; Ita hair out ef ita eyea two-thirds of tha time In the first part of the first act. before It got Itself adjusted to the Kiddy vaga ries of the madcap breexe. The general Impression of "the "11 scenes that constitute the production after the plot baa Irresponsibly been laughed away Into thin air before the middle of the Brut act Is a Utter sub ject for the brush of a futuriat painter than anything; else. Paint a Jumble of military clubrooma. flowery gardens, stage doors and Sum mer hotels, dashed with a transitory rain storm, and crossed by two career 'lag locomotives with the prlncipala of the caat clinging to the cow-catcher, the whole gliding along a moonlit lagoon to burst Into a Jumbled kaleido scope of carnival color, and you have the background for your futurist pic ture of "Dancing Around." Jolsaa Cfcaaaa With Aadleaec On this background throw up At Jolson. big -and bold, a black-face Broadway Puck, careering from scene to scene. In the midst of an aura of blonde and brunette wigs, plump flesh, tlghted knees and snowy, dimpled shoulder-blades and tha picture ought to get by la almost any nrat-clasa cubist exhibit. Al Jolson la even chummier than sua! with hte audience, and ha and hia support splash the production clear out over the footlights and all over tha theater. There la a runway down the middle of tha parquet that takes up a strip two seats wide from the loot lights to the foyer, but the things they do with that runway make up for the amount of seating spaca thai la put out ef commission. JoUon's Tennessee. I Hear Ton Calling Me" and his encore Introduced at the last. "When I Leave the World Behind." wera favorites of tha even Ins. Kitty IHner. as Pinkey Roberta, is a seemingly Inexhaustible center of activity every moment sbe la on the stage, and her dancing waa ona of the features of tha production. Eileen Molyneux and Ted Doner also offer some wonderfully pretty dances. Next to Jolson himself. Frank Carter is probably tha busiest man on the stage throughout the production, and next to him cornea Harry Clarke. Speed seems to be the main idea, and both have an abundant supply of It. Al Jolsoa's company will bo dancing around in Portland for tha next six lgbts at the Helllg. and the first night crowd gave a pretty good Indication that Portland theater-goers are anxious to welcome tha mid-Summer soahroaia. There will be cnatinees Wednesday and Saturday. effortSlStinoe Ex-Salt Lake City Chair Mesnber Will Jala Daactaaj Aroaad" Cobs pa a 7 aad May Appear la City. With" Florens Zlegfeld. New Tork producer, bidding fd her for his 1K "Follies." snd the Shuberts bidding for her to Join the Al Jolson "Dancing Around" company, with the end in view of featuring her on Broadway In New Tork In January. Miss Wanda Lyon, the Salt Lake Tabernacle choir singer, who has been appearing at the Pan taxes Theater Sunday nignt raaue her decision and this morning win sign a contract with tha Shuberts. and Join tha "Dancing Around" company at once in one of the leading singing roles. Sba may appear with the company be fore It leaves Portland. Last week Florens Zlegfeld hurried a telegram to Portland to Miss Lyon. She was stunned by the offer, but sent message that sbs would consider. Sh wss still considering r riaay. mgnt, when L. J. Rodriguez, manager for the Shuberts In Portland with tha -Dancing Around" company, dropped Into the Pantagea. Hia attention waa suddenly taken ty me entry oi subs Lrsn and her singing and before the act was finished he decided to make an offer to her. Mr. Kodrlguea offer took Miss I .von . breath, and she asked time to consider it. Mr. Rodriguez and several members of tha -Dancing Around -staff then visited the second show and on Saturday Al Jolson himself sat in a box to see Miss Lyon. They all agreed they wanted Wanda Lyon. Miss Lyon Is XI yeara old. She is the daughter of Mrs. M. T. Lyon, of Salt Lake, and with her sister Camilla, has been on tha Pantagea circuit only a short time. CAPTAIN MOUNTAIN DIES PIONEER AND VETERA PILOT PASSES A WAT AT S3 TEARS. MOVIE PATRONS ENTER TO EXERCISE BENEFICIAL TO WOMEN. DISCUSSION 'Fans' to Voice Views on Cen sorship Methods and to Make Suggestions. AGE LIMIT IS PROPOSED Strength Often May Be Gained by Judicious Activity on ' Part of the Sick. The woman suffering from the ills of her sex often loses ambition and will not exert herself in the least, her mus cles become flabby, her circulation bad and nerves wrecked. Another woman suffering; from the same ills will lay out for herself a system of convales cent exercises of deep breathing .even before -leaving her bed.' If the woman will but write Dr. Pleroe at the In valids Hotel. Buffalo, N. T, she can get free medical advice in such- cases, also a 1000-page book with advice on Hygiene. How to care ior the sick. Sex problems. Diseases pf womerCetc, all for S dimes or 30 cents In stamps to pay for mailing. Sick women thousands of them have been cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is a woman's tonlo that has a singleness of purpose in curing the disease of women only. It establishes regularity, heals Inflammation and banishes pain. The dull, sunken eve with Its dark circles i. .u- i. . .j vv irom I which comes of suffering is banished of men and women of the city a any J ora-when this" 'PresVip indlcatlon. it is safe to predict that tlon Js usei u ,s a temperanco rem there will be a large attendance at the edy because made without alcohol of meeting In tha Empress Theater next I native roots and herbs. Saturday noon, when the matter of mo-1 - Women who suffer should not wait tlon pictures and their censorsnip win i till a breakdown causes prostration, n be discussed. The contention Detween i you are anxious to correct me aeraugo the censor board and the theater man- ment of f he delicate feminine organs, sgers seems to have been taxes up i to overcome irriiaoimy ana utrvuui by the other side concerned in tne i ness. waste no time, out get ur. .t,.- h. mnvi. natron. I Favorite Prescription in liquid or tao Many who are interested In the sub- let form this very day at any medicine Ject of censorship say that they have dealer's and tomorrow you-will know long been dissatisfied with the man- that you are on the highway to health ner- in which tha pictures here are and happiness. Write for free 136-page Judged, and they are planning to ex-1 book on diseases of women. nress their views In open meeting next Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pelleta regulate Saturday land invigorate stomacn, uror " That the sane censoring or pictures i ei. n. Is a benefit to the community ss well Several Say One-Man Board Not Possible Either From Standpoint or Public or Theaters Fewer " Restrictions Are FaTored. I I br as to the business men. Is the P'n'" I wa. at first feared that tha neck bad t H..OJ, i ""-.- been broken. capable of passing Judgment seems to these to be tha problem. Preteetloa far Mavtea Wanted. Mrs. MUlla R. Trumbull, who la member of the National board of Cen He was taken to the police emergency hnsnltal by Dr. H. a Harding, Assist ant City Physician, and later removed to the Good Samaritan. It was reported there last night that bla condition waa t If lea t ion of Bayers. ....ki. kb, v. h.Mau.i there I tint aerloua. should 'be aome kind of a local board to With Mrs. John Traynor. of 42 East . i...... v..., h. t leavo all I Twenty-eighth street North, and the responsibility practically in the party of ypung people, Newman had hands of one person is not for tne oest i oeeu tor u uu The public must be protected, aaia sirs. arumDuii. ana aaaeu. oui. oo ...uow., . , nlinnrn the men who are In the business. or tA.rL.UblV OALCO uUnDLU one person s juagment to do oroau enouiu to inciuuo mini I T.1. Tn. ider the business Interests snd yet """r""! keep the standsrd of pictures high would seem almost impossible." "Ona person should not pass Judg ment on what Is best for the men, I PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 1. As a re women and children of all classes." de- ,t f th .hooting recently of Clared Mrs. bdna Jones. l oo not i xtnmron hia home near favor pictures that are In any way or-Glen Cove. L. i., by Frank Holt, thi tensive, but i wouldn't consider myself Du Pont powdr Company, of Wllming competent to Judge for everybody. No to n-i u.. i.8U.d orders to its em one person is. doves to refuse to sell explosives to Age Ltanlt Is Suggested, I any prospective customer unless bis Moving pictures no longer are merely identity is established. children's diversions, and. therefore. ne oruers appiy to tne luuuauiiua censorship should be compatible with clerks, salesmen, managers of branch maturer views in a general way. is - ... p-onlr U,T,rrt PlOytU W Ult DUWUCr COUJOauj UlIUUBU Mnnl. Hni.l whn 1. nno of tho r. I OUl IB UDIleO States. It IS IUO uni I A3! -AM ERICA 3 ro.vrciicxcs RESl'ME THIS WEEK. Carraaaa'a tixpalelea of Uaateaaalaa Mlaloler Take ledtrale Leader Oppssta Peace nana. WASHINGTON. Aug. . The Pan American conference Initiated here last week for restoring government In Mex ico probably wll be resumed la New Tork City Wednesday. eiecratary Lansing made this aa aounreraent tonight on his return from New Tork. where ha conferred with Secretary McAdoo early in tha day. Mexican affairs and the co-operative efforts of tha United States and Latin American representatives to end the factional strife were discussed gener al rr- "Wi talked of tha Mexican situa tion." said Secretary Lansing, but we did not consider any financial plan for supporting a Mexican government. The principal purpose ot my visit te New Tork waa to talk with Mr. McAdoo concerning financial arrange ments for tha Pan-American financial cob cress, to be held at Buenos Aires In September. There Is considerable preliminary work to be dona In con action with that" Asked when the Mexican peace con- Master .at Vessels es River far Mare Than 44 Yeara aad Early Battery tsassaaaSn Vletlaa. Captain Thomas 8. Mountain, an Ore gon pioneer ot 1841 and veteran river pilot, died at tha home of hia daughter. Mrs. B. O'Hara. 714 Ocerton etreet. Sun day at the age of tj years. 4 months and t days, hardening of the arteries being tha Immediate cause of death. Funeral arrangements are being per fected, but it . expected burial will be In Mount Calvary Cemetery tomorrow. Captain Mountain was well known in steamboat circles, having been the mat er of river craft before the forma tion of the old a R. a N. Company, and he waa in the employ of that com pany and ita successor, the O.-W. R. A N. Company, for the paat 40 yeara. He came to Oregon around the Horn in tha aloop-of-war Peacock, whose wreck t the mouth of the Columbia gave Peacock Spit Its name. Besidea Mrs. O'Hara. Captain Moun tain is survived by tha following chil dren: Captain Thomas J. Mountain. Portland fire bureau; Mrs. Agnas Keed. Los Angsles; John J. Mountain. Los Angeles, and Mrs. Mary A. Gilbert. San Francisco. Captain Mountain was born In Cos port. England. April 1. 1S31. Ha waa a member of the River Pilots' Associa tion, and waa the first Captain of the Portland Light Battery, now Battery A. He waa a member of the Catholic church, and bad a wide circle of ac quaintances among tha older residents of the city. BANDITS ATTACK RANCH FIVE AMERICANS WOl.VDKO FIGHT WITH MEXICANS. dent moving-picture patrons of Port land, and who ssys she has been told the percentage of children's tickets sold on an average is less than 1 per cent. "Censorship conducted on the scale that applies merely to children can step taken by any of the large aramu nltion companies to prevent high ex plosives from falling info the hands of Irresponsible and dangerous per sons. It is expected that it will have a distinct bearing on the activities of not be efficient. If necessary. I would fhf 8rro.up f. VO JJTL. favor putting up age limits for certain pictures; not because those pictures, in themselves, might be bad. but because minds too young might not receive them In the wsy the picture was meant. "Older minds do not take moving pictures quite so much to heart as we are made to believe. Older people go to movlea for amusement, and recrea tion first; possibly for instruction. "Besides all thla. thera is tha busi ness investment that is to be consid ered. There are many ways of re straining an over-eager producer or manager besidea menacing hia business Investment APPEAL FROM CEXSOHS ASKED IC Cnmmock Criticises Attitude of Secretary ot Board. In telling his position relative to the thlzers in this country who have been active In putting bombs and explosives aboard outgoing vessels. The orders to the Du Pont salesmen. clerks and keepers of magazines were sent out over the signature of William Coyne, director of the sales depart ment. Mr. Coyne said this step was taken to make sure no persons whose iden tity was unknown to tha company could purchase explosives from the of fices or magazines. THEFT IN STORES CHARGED llirec Tonne Boys Said to Have Con fessed to Series ot Robberies. Three boys, from 9 to 14 years old, were arrested Sunday night by Detec tives Howell and Hill and charged with thefts from five stores, besides two discussion of the moving picture cen- burgIar,el,. The pollce 8ar that the iads sorshlp in this city. J. R. Cummock .of k confeS8ed t0 8teai,g a .2J cal- - " lore rifle and toys from the Olds, Wort- thls to say "I am a firm believer' in regulation of commercialized amusements, but I do not believe that any law-making body should pass a law vesting so much authority In one board, for If the mem bers of that board be either lncompe man & King store, and to depredations on the Meier & Frank store, the 15- cent store, a cigar stand at 455 Jef ferson street and a fruit store at Eleventh and Stark streets. The alleged burglaries were at the home of a Mr. Williams at 474 Taylor tent or malicious they can materially street and a houg6 at Fourteentn an1 Djuiw S.I.W miv f'viiij wa, vt,sa- i ... .. tat Tm ft nf th. m 1 To-sa1 !Til"r:h.:r"m,: " , -tolea Property was recovered by the fll. rtifr lh, nr.a.nf ..ntnrahln nr. I ' " J " M - . - - dlnanca permits, and we are being in jured, due to tha fact that this oral nance Is not being interpreted in i manner conducive to tha public weal. "The ordinance that created this Crowd of 600 at Cane mall Has Old hoard provides a secretary ior it woo STORE CLERKS ON PICNIC Texas Kaagera Arrive Daring laterlade and OaUawa CbarajtaaT Hoaoe Esperleaea Sarprleo HARLINGTO.V, Tex-. Aug. . Five American ranchmen were wounded, two of them seriously, snd several Mexican outlaws wera reported killed and wounded last night In a fight be tween Texaa rangers and American ranchers 'and a band of Mexican bandits st Noiias ranch, ten miles north of Ly ford. In Cameron County, according to a telephone message received here from Norlaa. The number of casualties to the Mexicans, It wss said, could not be ascertained. Tha outlaws, estimated to number between Je and to attacked the Norlas ranch-house shortly before dark. Four teen ranchmen barricaded themselves In tha house and defended the place until 10 o'clock, when, tha message said, tha Mexicans withdrew tempo rarily. Shortly after the bandits had withdrawn It Texaa rangers and armed civilians arrived. At 1:3J, the report says, tha Mexi cans returned, unaware that reinforce ments had arrived. They again charged tha house and were met with a volley of shots from the rangers, and several of the Mexicans war killed. The out laws retreated. A special train left Harllngen short ly before 10 o'clock tonight, carrying IS United States soldiers and 11 armed civilians to reinforce tha Americans on the Norlaa ranch. Child May Be Catherine Winter. MANNINOTON. W.. Va, Aug. 1 The police here be) lev an 11-year-oM child, giving the name of Anna Walt man, who waa abandoned by a band of wanderers consisting of three men and two women, may be Catherine Win ters, who waa kidnaped from her home In New Castle. In A, two years ago. The girl, who tells a disconnected story, ssys she was stolen at Indianapolis while on her way to a moving picture show. Her photograph has been sent to the New Caslla autaorltiea. shall perform auch duties as the board shall direct. But the secretary of the censorship board dominates It to auch an extent that the board does as she directs. decisions, but regardless bf what kind Jres? out Ot BUI OrutflMIl Kfl IIBfQ WO Wilt ItUL satisfied until if Is interpreted with Plantation Celebration. Southern custom and Southern good cheer pervaded the picnic atmosphere at Canemah Park Sunday, where of Portland department stores, out for a good time., had taken possession. Special trains left fort land early in the morning and con reason ana juogment. insteau ot oy me veyed mor tnan eoo to the plcnic likes and dislikes of the members of gr0Ve. There wera races and athletic tha board. I .vents, aa well as many novelties to l wisn to state turiner mat tne in-i.muu tha crowd. terpretation of the ordinance now In I The, olcnlckera freouentlv Joined In effect is not In accord with public opln- I ainging plantation airs, played by the ion or taror. orchestra, and at booths like those at plantation celebrations, the picnic sup plies were sold. Dancing closed the BOYCOTT. IS REPORTED Say. MAIL CHIEFLY INCOMING Gresham Receives Far More Parcels and Letters Than It Sends. GRESHAM. Or, Aug. 9 (Special.) Chinese Said to Have Court to Pun ish Japanese Customer. A police force, a court with Juries modeled on an Occidental pattern, and a system of penal laws hsve been adopted by Portland Chinese - to en force a boycott against the Japanese stores, according to a complaint made I a record of the number of pounds and to the pollce Sunday night by a China- I the number of pieces of malf delivered man who refused to give his name. I and collected on the four routes out of The Chinaman asserted that any I Gresham during July Is as follows Celestial seen In a Japanese store was I Route 1. pieces delivered. 10,083; col promptly arrested by the Chinese po- I lected. 1527; pounds delivered. 1210; col- lice, haled to a courtroom In the North I lected. 75. Route 2, plecea delivered. End. and tried by an Oriental Judge 1 10.103; collected, 1827; pounds delivered. and a jury ot his peers. I 1404; collected, 273. Route 8. pieces de. A tine, ranging from 15 to 950, ac-1 livered. (090; collected. 1421; pounds delivered. 12C4; collected. 85. Route 4, pieces delivered. 6637; collected. 809 pounds delivered. 842; collected. CT . cording to tha extent of the man's pur chases. Is assessed by the court, ac cording to tha complaint. The complaint waa made to Acting Cantaln Harms bv a well-dressed and apparently well educated young Chlna. CLACKAMAS HOME BURNS secrecy, the police say. and appeared I to fear trouble should his identity be I Woman Drops Lighted Lamp revealed. and House Is Destroyed. 4-FOOT DIVE PARALYZES Charles Xewman Hurt by Leap In Two Feet ot Water In Slough. Diving oft a four-foot embankment J insured. on the Vancouver Slough into two feet Soldiers stationed &t the Clackamas of water, Charles Newman, aged 18, who rifle range saw the blase and hastened lives at Twentieth and Thurman streets, to help remove the household effects, nearly was killed Sunday. He was Mr. and Mrs. Daniels and their grand- paralysed, from tha neck down, and It I daughter escaped without Injury. OREGON CITT, Aug. 9. (Special.) Mrs. Robert Daniels dropped a lighted kerosene lamp aa she was about to. go t bed at her home, one mile west of Clackamas Station. Sunday night at 10 o'clock, and the bouse was destroyed. 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L'CSYSA LjL chases in our Tea, JT."V Waf-1- ' J&aLtsC&r(t &t4SV t-VA Room or at the Soda' Ih"e jggfll .-r.MABSHALLOO-tlOMr. A6.7, J fountain cfrom 2 P. M. II Floors. v- . t. 1 l TITLE MEANS LITTLE Belgian Minister of Interior Faces Pathetic Situation. SUBJECTS ARE SCATTERED Several Millions Are ieiugees in Neighboring Countries; Those in Invaded Nation Still Expect Rescue by Allies. PARIS, July iS. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Monsieur Paul Berryer finds a pathetic inconsistency in his title of Minister of the Interior for the stricken Belgian nation, whose rule now covers a strip of territory about 10 miles wide and 30 miles long ut of an original tomi m square miles. The "interior' oi tsei- Him In now a little OI everywnei in France, Holland and England whoi-aver the civilian Belgians, nave fminrl Kheltitr. Mnncimir Rerrver has not only to look' after the several million exiles in three countries, Dut is responsiuio a civilian nonulatlon of 125.000 per sons, crowoea in wnL im intact of Belgium. One of the most difficult problems has been the preven tion of the spread of disease. Not' withstanding: stout resistance and in ni.m.rhi subterfuges to avoid it, the authorities have forced 70,000 of these civilians to submit to vaccination against typhoid. Such systematic work has been done In this line that the typhoid practically Has been, conquered and the wartime death rate kept down to the normal rate of peacetime. In spite of such handicaps as the scarcity of pure water. "When the allies advance," as every Reltrinn exnects them to do. the water question will become even more seri ous. Water lies only a yara Deiow mo surface in the lower part of Flanders and Is all polluted. The Belgian and English sanitary departments, working together, have prepared means 01 ana lyztng the water, so that the presence of poisonous matter may be instantly detected. For the supply of the army, as wen as for the civilian population, it is pro posed to install large filters in boats. which could follow the canals and from which water-tanks could take their supply and distribute it to the popula tion. This formidable undertaking will require a vast organization and a con siderable outlay. Monster Berryer has rendered prob ably the greatest service to his country in the looking after the war. babies. Many of them born In mangers during the contusion or retreat, are careruny sought out and placed where they may have every care. The little ones that have no controlling hand to keep them out of the streets are sent to the Bel gian schools in France, and those or families along the battle front, where a stray shell IS likely to fall, are no longer allowed to taae tne risKs or their elders. eating at a restaurant, according to I tauzed ror $25,000, has been Incorpo hls story to Assistant City Physician rated by Ben P. Youmans. the Inventor Ptomaine Poisons Diner. Ben Merrit. 4u, was stricken with ptomaine poisoning Sunday night while Home Plans WE HAVE AN ARCHI TECTURAL DEPART MENT WHICH WILL PLAN YOUR HOME TO SUIT YOUR IDEAS. WE WILL ALSO FI NANCE AND CON STRUCT HOME,. ANY , FIRST-CLASS DIS TRICT. Call, write or tele phone for details. The Oregon Home Builders Oliver K. Jeffery, President. 13th Floor Northwestern Bank Building Harding. The man was taken to me Emergency Hospital In a critical con dition from cramps, but is improving. ANGRY WOMAN SEEKS MAN Prisoner in Ohio Jail Was Not Fi ance Who Defrauded Her. CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 1. "If ho is the man, I just want to lay my hands on him. If he is not I don't want tne notoriety. But If he is the man I think he is I will tell who I am and all about him." A handsomely gowned woman, with a Southern ac.cent, called at detective headquarters and made this statement when she asked permission to see Ben jamin Carl von Sommers. recently re turned to Cincinnati from Montgomery, Mo., who Is charged with passing fraudulent checks. She said that about six years ago a man arrived in Dayton, O., and posed as the son of wealthy German parents of noble line age. She said he proposed to her and induced her to part with J250. "But that was not all. He .took a diamond from my finger and "so far as I know he has It yet," she said. "I was not his only victim. He proposed to another woman and I am reliable Informed that he secured J8000 from her." The mysterious visitor was taken to the committee-room, where she closely scrutinized the features of Von Sum mers. When she saw him she said: "No, he is not the man." Before her de parture she said she would not teK her namo unless the man she seeks is caught. REPORTS OF FIRES WRONG Singly Blaze Near Eckley AVHI Do Little Damage, Is rteport. MARSH FIELD, Or., Aug. 8. (Spe cial! There were several reports of fires In the 'logging sections Saturday morning, but A. H. Powers, head of the Smith-Powers Logging company, said tonight there were no fires except those set by his forces of men who are kept at work constantly during the summer clearing brush and debris left after operations. Only one forest fire has been re ported to the Coos County Fire Patrol Association. W. J. Conrad, secretary of the patrol, ordered men Into the Iron Mountain district late yesterday where there was a considerable fire in the forest reserve southeast of Eckley. Late reports say the fire wil7 not do great damage. AUTO LOCK TO BE MADE Company Is Formed at Vancouver to Manufacture Netv Device. VANCOUVER. Wash. Aug. 8. (Spe cial.) The Ford Lock Company, with headquarters in Vancouver, and capl- of an automobile lock. J. M. Hoff, County Game Warden, and George B. Simpson, City Attorney and member of the County Game Commission. These three are the trustees of the company. The invention is a lock that will prevent an automobile from being op erated by its own power, though it will permit the car to be moved by pushing in case it is desired to move from the street Are You a Clog? There are people, many of them, who have no self-reliance. They do not be lieve they are capable of anything. They have no aith in anyone; they doubt everything, yet they hug the Illusion that someone will some day hand them a big check, says the Ore gon Merchants' Magazine. These people have much less faith in their own .people than they have in rank strangers. The salesman from a distance gets their attention and-athelr orders, while the local salesman is treated to a "kick." These are the men . who act as clogs on the wheels of local -progress. They are the arch enemies of home industry, yet they are forever deploring the lack of local pay rolls. They ought to be made to understand that payrolls require patronage, and that it is up to them to educate the consuming public to consume the prod ucts of local workers. Patronize Home Industry, and re member the following concerns whose subscriptions make this campaign pos sible: "ACTO-LAC" TOP DRESSING Top and Body Building, Painting. Auto Top Co., 525 Alder, Portland. Al'TO REPAIRING A REBUILDING C. B. Miners & Co., Sixteenth and Alder, Portland, Or. BANKS The United States National Bank. 75 Third Street, Portland. Or. CANDY VOGAN'S CHOCOLATES Modern Confectionery Co.. Portland, Oregon. CEREALS "GOLDEN ROD" Golden Rod Milling Co., Portland, Oregon. crackers supreme brand" F. F. Haradon & Son. Portland. Oregon. ELECTRICITY Made la Oregon Portland Railway, Light & Power Co, Portland, Oregon. FURNITURE HAND-MADE F. A. Taylor Co, 130 Tenth Street. Portland, Or. GAMBRINUS Brewing Co, Portland. GAS APPLIANCES AND FURNACES Hess Mfg. Co, 513 Williams Ave, Portland, Or. IMPLEMENTS FARM R. M. Wade & Co, , 322 Hawthorne Ave, Portland. Or. MONUMENTS MARBLE, GRANITE Blaesing iSranite Co, 267 Third, Portland, and Salem. Or. PAVEMENT - BITULITHIC " Warren Bros. Co, Journal Bldg, Portland. Or. RUBBER HEELS, MECHAX'L GOODS Portland Rubber Mills, 368 East Ninth St, Portland. Or. fTn fTrTTTTrT n.n.n.n TTTu The hiietaward that could be wxi ' hya ox at the Panama Pacific International Exposition was the Medal of Honor This was granted, in recogni tion of predominant excell ence of flavor, smokinqualities and workmanship, to the OWL CIGAR. THROUGHOUT THE U.S.