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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1915)
1C TTTE MORNING OREGOXIAX." TTJESDAT, SEPTE3IBER 7, 1915. VISITING KEYSTONE GOVERNOR IS JOVIAL Ex-Schoolmaster Brumbaugh Addresses Teachers, Uugs Instructor of Youth. DINNER IS GIVEN TOURISTS T'x-Pennsj Iranians Are Hosts to Ex ecutive's Party Chief Official of Quaker State Takes Presi dential Talk Lightly. From school teacher to Governor briefly describes the career of Martin C Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania, who va here yesterday. But it was rather as a school teach er than-as a Governor that Mr. Brum baugh honored Portland with his pres ence. , The first person whom he met w"hen he pot off his special train at the Vnion Depot yesterday afternooni was W. W. Cotton. Portland attorney, who gave the youthful Brumbaugh his rudimentary education back in Penn sylvania 40 odd years ago. The first place he went after he Wot through hugging Mr. Cotton was J-incoln High School, where he talked to the Portland teachers assembled there for their annual session prelimi nary to the opening of school today. His closest friend and companion on the trip is Henry Houck. veteran Pennsylvania educator, who taught Mr. Cotton and Governor Brumbaugh In tura One of the Governor's principal con Forts while in Portland was I. R. Al derman, superintendent of the Port land schools, whom he had known for a good many years. He also passed a few joyous half hours with H. H. Heim, an old school mate and now a resident of Ridgefield, Wash., and held a pleasant reunion with Miss Laura A. Deeker, teacher in the Sellwood School, whom he had met at numerous teachers institutes in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Governor Brumbaugh la a jovial, good natured, cheerful, breezy sort' of per son. The Governor was accompanied on his train, which arrived over the South ern Pacific from San Francisco about 1:30. by about 90 persons of Pennsyl vania, but it was easy to see that he is the life of the party. He was escorted by his full mili tary staff, all attired in the gold braid and dignified poise of their positions. In its feminine half the party was made up of some of the most prominent leop!e in official social 1 ife in Penn sylvania, including the wives of most of the state officials. A big delegation of ex-Pennsyl'-vanians was at the station to bid them welcome. Waiting automobiles whisked them promptly to the Benson Hotel, which was headquarters for the vis itors. Sight-seeing trips through the scenic environs of the city furnished a thrill of delight for most of the vis itors. The air was clear and a "View of the distant mountains was obtain able from some of the hilltops. The principal social function of the day was the dinner at the Benson last night, under the auspices of the local Pennsylvania Society. The Governor and other Pennsylvania state officials spoke briefly. Kven the fact that he ia being con sidered as a "Presidential possibility" tiidn't seem to stir him to serious re flection. ' "Presidential possibility is right," he replied, jokingly, to the question. "Why, we are all Presidential possi bilities." he continued. " I am afraid that most of us will remain only pos sibilities." Despite the Governor's words many of his friends declare that it is quite probable that he will receive the "favorite-son" vote from the State of Pennsylvania at the next Republican National convention. Included in the reception committee that met them at the station were 'harles J. Schnabel, Wallace McCam mant, Kdgar H. -Sensenich, O. M. Plum rner, George B. Hazen, C. TC. Meloney Hnd others. J. A. Currey and W. J. Hen derson met the party at Oregon City. Frank B. McClain. Lieutenant Gov ernor, and most of the other state of ficials also are in the party. ; PERS0NALMENTI0N. "W. Fail-child, of Tacoma, is at the Oregon. . (ieorge H. Buhl, of Lebanon, is at the Seward. W. A. Gellatly is at the Perkins from Corvallis. .1. R. Shaw, of Mill City, is at the Imperial. I,. L. Graham is at the Cornelius from Corvallis. C. S. Vatts. of Washington, is at the Multnomah. B. F. Trombley. of Tendleton, is at the Ort-gon. Kobert S. Richter. of New Tork, is at the I'ortland. Miss Edna Smith, of The Dalles, is at the Perkins. W. S. Karr. of Condon, is registered at the Perkins. Miss Josephine Poor, of New Tork. is at the Cornelius. R. M. Johnston, of Corvallis, is regis tered at the Seward. Pert Crawford is registered at the Oregon from Albany. J. r. Jameson is registered at the Perkins from Seattle. Flake Howard is registered at the Charles McFarland. of Uugene, is registered at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. tleorge C. Bingham, of palem, are at the Imperial. E. J. A. Gardiner is registered at the Portland frotn San Francisco. Ij. F. Parker and Will Madison, of Astoria, are at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. K. C. McWethy, of Oak land. lnd.. are at the Nortonia. L,. W. Elliot and family are at the INiOrtonia. registered from Boise. Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Early, of Hood Kiver. are at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Xander are at the Seward from Rock Island, 111. H. S. Adams, of Underwood. Wash., is visiting Mrs. Adams at the Eaton. rr. Z. N. Short is at the Portland, registered from Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Smith, of The Dalles, are registered at the Nortonia. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown are regis tered at the Multnomah from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Asa W. Waters are reg istered at the Seward from Philadel phia. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Robinson are registered at the Multnomah from Co- quille. I. O. Binder and H. D. Estahrook, of New York, are registered at the Mult nomah. - Mr. and Mrs. Ed N. farimore are reg istered at the Cornelius from Plain ville. 111. Miss Bertha Holdsworth has taken GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, h V . -r W : h& Xs t: ' - a f ty - - - - X . ' ' ; XH 1 " - 1 ., - " v' - tl) liovernor Martin G. Brumbaugh. 2 ) Henry Houck, Secretary Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania.- (3) Lrft 1o Rlgbt Mrs. J. V. Graff, Wife of State Senator; Mrs. K. 1. Tuntln, Wife f ( hnlrman Pennsylvania Commission to San Francisco Fair; Mrs. M. E. Gable, Wife of Editor Plttsburs Commercial Gazette; Mrs. Charles A. Shaffer, Wife of Speaker Pennsylvania Hon e of Representatives. apartments at the Eaton. Miss Holds worth s a teacher in the Portland schools. F. J. Miller, a member of the Public Service Commission, is at the Imperial from Salem. Mr. Miller is accompanied by his wife. . ' E. E. Kiddle, of Island City, has just returned from the convention of Royal Arch Masons at San Francisco. He. is at the Imperial. William Seegrist. a. jeweler of La Grande, is in Portland. Mr. Seegrist is accompanied by his bride, and they are on their honeymoon to California.. Mrs, Seegrist was formerly Miss Barbeau. . CHICAGO. Sept. 5. (Special.) Will iam H. Fowler, of Salem, Or., registered at the Grand Pacific today. CHICAGO. Sept. 6. Special.) F?om Bend today registered at the Audi torium was. Miss Cora Sather. MINISTERS HOLD SESSION Association Installs Officers at X. M. C. A. Meeting. v To inaugurate the work of the. Port land Ministerial Association for the season of 1915-16 the opening meeting was held yesterday in the auditorium of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion. The following officers were in stalled: President, Rev. T. W. Lane: vice-president. Rev. W. O. Shank; sec retary. Rev. H. G. Hanson; treasurer, Rev. J. D. Nisewonder. The feature of the day was an ad dress by Rev. C. O. McCulloch. pastor of the Epworth Methodist Church, who spoke on "The Relation of the Church to Labor." A tag day was announced for Oc tober 2 for the benefit of the rescue work. WIFE TO JOIN AMBASSADOR Mrs. Marye Goes East to Take Passage for llussia. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 6. Mrs. George T. Marye, wife of the United States Ambassador to Russia, left here today for New Tork, where, she will take passage to Bergen, Norway," and thence to Russia. Mrs. Marye will resume her Red Cross work in the Russian hospitals. GIRL FATALLY INJURED BY TRAIN YESTERDAY AND HER MOTHER AND SISTER WHO WERE WITNESSES OF THE TRAGEDY ?wh' Jag . V M vt v "-r-r Mia Evelra William, Left) M rau Robert S. Williams, Center, and 3S1sb Lod ic William, Right) the Latter Was Killed. MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY WHO ARRIVED IN PORTLAND YESTERDAY TEACHERS PLAN IViEET ADVISORY COUJVCH, TO REPRESENT ALL PUBLIC. SCHOOLS. Portland I Among Cltlei Leading In - Movement for Co-operation Among Educators, -Announcement was made yesterday by School . Superintendent L. R. Alder man of the plan to establish an advis ory council of grade teachers in the publie schools of Portland, consisting of representatives from teachers of each .grade in the school system and each class In the high schools. The plan of an advisory council so constituted was one of the planks, in the platform of the National League' of Grade Teachers, and has already been adopted in a few of the larger and more progressive cities of the United btates, such as Chicago and. Los Ange les. Portland is among the first three or four cities In the United States to adopt the new idea. Superintendent Alderman announced a meeting to be held a week from next Friday at the Lincoln High School at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of organ izing the advisory council. Teachers will meet by grades from the grammar schools and by classes from the high schools, and each group of teachers will elect two representa tives. These representatives wUl con stitute the new advisory council. The effect of the new plan is expect ed to bring still closer co-operation be tween the administration of the schools and the teaching force, and to strength en still more powerfully the personal interest of the teachers in all move ments lor the betterment of the school system of the city. TREE PEST FIGHT GOES ON Spraying Against Elm -Leaf Beetles - "Is Reported Successful. . . The city's crusade against the elm leaf beetle pest is proving" successful. Millions of the beetles, which are said to be killing the elm trees of the city by eating the leaves, are dying-. In some places where the trees recently were sprayed the bottles are found dead under the trees in piles inches deep. The city under the direction of Park Superintendent Coiwill is hard at work withits two spraying outfits, one using arsenate of lead and the other kerosene emulsion. In some parts of the city the work is beng attended to by owneraJ of the trees who have undertaken the spraying1 themselves or have contracted to have it done. COLUMBIA OPENS TODAY Classes at University Will Beg-in x Work Tomorrow. Columbia University opens today for registration and classification of stu dents. Work in the various classes will begin tomorrow. Indications point to a large enrollment, A number of improvements have been, made during the -Summer months. It is expected that a large number will register in the college courses, as a good many of last year's academic graduates have declared their intention of returning and many others have applied Columbia has now full courses - leading- to the classical, Knglish and, civil engineering degrees. In th'e commer cial and academic courses a large In crease aleo is expected. Prospects in athletics are bright, as the majority o ist year's letter men are listed to return. Sleepyhead with that bowlful of Mew Post Toasties waiting The new method of manufacture brings out a new flavour, exceptional crispness, and a body and substance that don't mush down in cream. Notice the tiny, pearl-like "puffs" on each flake a characteristic of the New Post Toasties Your grocer has them. TWO DEAD WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO Charles W. Ray, of Fr eewater, and His Niece, Louise Wil liams, of Portland, Victims. GIRL'S PARENTS SEE CRASH Tragedy Occurs as Visitor, on Last Day or Stay With Portland Rel atives, Is on Way to View Columbia Scenic Driveway. Iead. Charles TV. Ray, recent poet master at Freewater, Or. Louise Williams, aged 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Williams, 2033 Eaat Alder street. Injnrefl. Mrs. C. W. Ray, near nervous breakdown from- shock. Frank Ray; aged S, Injured hip. sprained back. In a heroic but vain attempt to save the life of his neice, who was too frightened to move from the automo bile that had become stalled on the railroad track in front of the oncoming Ad Club special near Pair view yester day morning, Charles W. Ray, ex-postmaster at Pree water. Or., was struck by the engine, hurled 210 feet, and in stantly killed. The girl, 12-year-old Louise "Williams, of Portland,' died at the Portland Sanitarium a few hours later. The accident occurred on the Rockwood road, a crossroad approach to the Columbia Highway. Mrs. Ray, and Frank Ray, an 8-year- old son, were both in the automobile when it stopped with the train iearby, but managed to get out of the car be fore it was struck. Mrs. Ray" climbed, or rather, fell, over the side of the ma chine and the youngster clambered to safety over the back. So close to the railroad track did Mrs. Ray fall, faint ing, that the engine hurtled the body of the automobile over heTr head. Not 50 feet behind the Rays, on the steep grade leading up to the railroad crossing, was a second machine, in which were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Will iams, of 2033 East Alder street, par ents or Jouise Williams, with a son and a younger daughter, helpless wit nesses to the tragedy. Mr. Williams Is a brother of Mrs. Ray. Car Stalls on Track. This was the end of an excursion trip over the Columbia .Highway planned by Mr. Ray for the last day of his family s stay in Portland. They were on their return, by automobile to Freewater, from a vacation on which they left July 26, spent partly at the " fair in San Francisco. They had been in Portland several days, vis iting Mrs. Ray's relatives here. Mrs. Ray has two other brothers, Fred and Mack Williams, living in Portland, and a cousin. Dr. M. G. McCorkle. $ The trip was uneventful until the Rockwood road was reached. This is not on the , route usually followed to the Columbia Highway, but was used by automobiles on yesterday's excur sion because the '-Sandy and Base Line roads were both closed. Here there is a steep approach to a grade crossing and the track and at this point all view of a coming train is nearly obscured by trees and brush. Mr. Ray slipped the' gears into low and the noise may have drowned the sound of the approaching train. When the car s front wheels were in the cen ter of the track with the train not more than 100 yards away, the engine stalled. According to Mrs. Ray's story, no one in the car heard the approach of the train until it was but a few yards away. Mr. Ray tried to help the little girl from the car and Mrs. Ray and BliHfi i li.Mh.MMI Get Rid of Scrofula How? Take S. S. S. Fifty Years Ue Proves S. S. S. Will Relieve Stubborn Cases. Tou hart noticed th little fasterlne pimples on the face and body swell ing- of the Klands soreness In the leg-s and arm muscles. These are the symptoms of Scrofula. Tou may hare some of these symptoms possibly the taint of Scrofula infection.' But In either case it Is a dangerous condition. the boy got out as best they could. In his haste the boy was sllehtlv in jured. Mrs. Ray not at alL Her hus band was killed instantly, but the girl was picked up. many yeards from the track, still breathing. Mrs. Ray Prostrated. Little Miss Williams, Mrs. Ray and her son were rushed to the Portland Sanitarium, where the girl was found to be suffering- from a crushed hand, broken nose and. internal injuries. Death occurred at 1:30, either from an injury to ai vital organ or a hidden fracture at the base of the skull. Her parents were prostrated. Mrs. Ray did not know that her husband was dead until she arrived at the sanitarium. When the news was broken, she fainted. The body of Mr. Ray was taken on the train to" Troutdale. where it was taken in charge by Coroner Dammascb and Deputy Coroner Smith. It will be sent to Freewater for burial after the inquest, which probably will be held tonight. Mrs. Ray and son will re main with Dr. and Mrs. McCorkle un til after the inquest. Mr. Ray came to the Northwest about 12 years ago from North Carolina, and settled near Walla Walla, where he became an extensive landholder. He was named postmaster of Freewater, Or., two years ago and held the posi tion until a month ago, when he re signed. Just previous to his Journey south. He was 40 years old. MR. SPBOULE TO TALK Southern Paciric President Will Ad dress Bankers at Seattle. William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific, passed through Port land yesterday on his way to Seattle, where he is to address the American Bankers' Association this week. . Mr. Sproule remained in his car at the Union Station with the exception of a journey uptown in company with t. E. Campbell, assistant general man ager, for lunch. It is understood that in his Seattle address Mr. Sproule will present the present state of affairs confronting the railroads as the railroad of f icials-see them. He will return to Portland later in the week and give attention to com pany affairs in this city. FLYWHEEL WHIRLS MAN XVed Hill In Serious Condition in Pendleton Hospital. PENDLETON, Or.. Sept. 6. (Special.) While oiling a gas engine on A. D. Sloan's ranch near Pilot Rock Junction yesterday, Fred Hill's clothing caught in the flywheel. Before the garment was torn off he had been whirled around, breaking an arm. seriously in juring his bacjc and suffering numerous cuts on his face, head and body. He is now in St. Anthony's Hospital here in a precarious condition. . DddgeBrdthers MOTOR CAR You will realize the very first time you ride in this car that it has all the comfort, re sponsiveness and power you want in a car The wheelbase Is 110 inches The price of the car complete Is $785 (f. o. b. Detroit) Covey Motor Car Co. Washington at 21st TOURISTS' GUIDE Where to Take a Short Trip Out of Portland Mountain, River and Beach Resorts If you are in doubt about any point, or the - trip you have heard about is not mentioned here, call at the Information Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, or phone them Bell phone. Broadway 440. or Automatic A 6091. Information will gladly be given. Literature of interesting points furnished time cards, beach and mountain resort literature. SOL DUC HOT SPRINGS AND SANATORIUM the greatest health and pleasure resort on the Pacific Coast, In the heart of the Olympic Mountains, open for the season. For full information address The M an aver. Sol Dae Wash. Tour blood Is Infected, impure, and yon can nerer hope to gain perfect health, until the impurities are washed from the system. If you feel badly all the time, you must crave health. If you want to feel renewed spirits, the glow of perfect health, bright eyes, clear skin, the knowledge that you are well, you can do so. Cleanse your blood betaking- S. S. S. For fifty years It has been the standard blood purifier. Tt relieves the trouble by renourishlec? the blood, renewing Its strength and stimulating the flow so that the blood regains its lost vitality and throws off the poison. Even long-standing cases respond. Bat you must use 9- S. S. LTake it for all blood infections. Get it at your druggist's today. If you need special advice, write the 8. 8. S. Co, Atlanta. Oa. FALL UNDER GAR FATAL HEMG OR ERG CRUSHED H AWT HORN E BRIDGE. Man PlunKM From Platform of Orr is on City Train Apparently While 111 and Die in Hospital. Henning- Obergr, aged 30, whose resi dence, business and relatives have not been determined, fell to death between the third and fourth cars of an Oregon City electric train on the Hawthorne bridge at 3:07 yesterday afternoon. Death occurred at the Good Samaritan 'Hospital two hours later, shortly af ter he was taken from the operating: table, where both legs had been am putated. Motorman "W. Rufner and Conduc tors W. K. Cochran and C. B. West were in charge of the train. Oberg", who was a passenger, appar ently became ill and went to the rear platform of the third car for air. He lost his balance there and toppled be tween the cars, striking his head or the railing as he went. He was rushed between the cars and the bridge rail ing and his less went under the car wheels. The train stopped 150 feet from where the man fell. The Ambu lance Service -Company rushed him to the Good Samaritan Hospital. Two letters give clew to his identity. One was written to him at the Park Hotel. 305 Glisan street, about a year ago and the other was addressed to him at a California town last January. One is thought to have been written by a sister in Montana, and Deputy Coroner Smith is endeavoring to get into communication with her. LOTTIE YATES RELEASED Local Woman Is Not Wanted by Authorities at Bilker. Lottie Yates, who was arrested by Detectives Goltz and Abbott Sunday morning on request of the Baker authorities for connection with three alleged women forgers in that city, was released yesterday morning by Detective Captain Baty upon instruc tions from Baker to the effect that she was not wanted. The woman admitted to the local police Sunday that she had received six checks from Frank Pollita, the Baker sheepman, whom the women under arrest are accused of swindling, and, according to City Detective Goltz, was much pleased at her liberation yesterday. Mrs M. J. Collins and Blanche Wil son, mother and sister of Miss Yates, were arrested in Baker with Julia Moore. Peter the Great founder of modern "Rus sia in lWtS. himself cut off the beards of all the prcat men ot his court. That marked the introduction in his empire of western progress. It is analopous to the recent abolition of the queue In China. RELIANCE MT. HOOD AUTO STAGES Daily o Mount Hood resort 8 A. M. Hound trip $5; CKv. Camp $7.50. Special rates for week-end and climb ins parties. Information, reservations and tickets at RorTi.KUGE er.r.u floral CO., 169 3d 8t. Main 5958, A 3811. v Or Irvlngton Garage. East 135.