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TTTE MOKXTXq OTtKnoXTAy. MOXPAT. NOVEMBER 1, 1915. HEW YORK WOMEN . COUNT ON VICTORY Climax of Suffrage Campaign Comes With 26 Hours of Continuous Oratory. PULPITS TO TAKE UP WORK ifty Pastors to Preach Today in FaTor of Extending Privilege of Ballot Antis Hold Fi nal Mass . Meeting. KEWIORK, Oct. 31 The suffragists no sea meir campaign for votes last nisni. ana leaders expressed their con fidence that the woman suffrage amend ment to the state constitution -will be carried in next Tuesday's election.' Th ul came In an open-air concert meeting- in .uadison Square ... buuiiimuoa or z ti nours ot continuous oratory at Columbus Circle. xne speaiung began at 10 o'clock last '"S"'. stuaenta from Columbia Uni versity starting it i.Mr.s" Jfunea ees Laldlaw presided at """"""a oquare rally. The speak ers Included J. Stitt Wilson, of Califor nia, xveumona KODins and Catherine B. Davis, commissioner f rnrr.piinn Dr- Anna Howard Shaw, president of me nauonai American Suffrage Asso ciation, declared that she was confi dent of success next Tuesday. v e snail Keep open house that night," she said. -You know we expect ... iu a. juunauon nignt. As I have eaid over and over again, never having aj oi ue mree states (Mew York. iosstuusu8, Pennsylvania), we can not lose them: all we can do is to win.' Anti-suffragists were busy tonight. They held a mass meeting under the auspices of the Mew Ynrir Stat- ciation Opposed to Woman Suffrage, in Carnegie nail, where last night the tuffragists held forth. George W. Wick ersham. ex-Attorney-General, presided. peera inciuaea James M. Beck. ex-Assistant Attorney-General. Colonel John P. Irish, of California, and Miss Winnie Bronson, general secretary of the association. There will be no day of rest for suf- irage workers tomorrow. Fifty min lsters in Manhattan will preach suf. j rage sermons or make addresses to men's and women's societies that meet j" meir cnurcnes. DES MOINES. Oct. 31. Senator Cum mins tonight assured Mrs. Sara Bard Field, of Portland, Or., that he not only would vote for the submission by Con gress of an equal suffrage constitu tional amendment to the Legislatures of the states, but would work for It on the floor of the Senate. Mrs. Field who is the special envoy of the Women tuicis convention at San Francisco last September and traveling overland jti an automoDiie, Is bearing a petition containing 600,000 signatures which sne will present to Congress In -De cember. The suffragist party were guests at a reception at the Cummins house, fol lowing public ceremonies at the State- nouse today, where W. S. Allen, on be nan or Governor Clarke, welcomed them. They will leave tomorrow for -nicago on their way East. OREGONIAN NEWS BDREATT. Wash ington, Oct. 31. (Special.) "Over the oesert, tne mountains, the plains, a message from the women of the West is oeing Drougnt to Congress. The mes eenger is Sara Bard Field, of Oregon, and the message Is a demand for the passage of the Susan B. Anthony uiiieiiament enirancnising women. So declared Miss Mabel Vernon, ad vance agent of Mrs. Field, who came oirect to congressional Union head quarters in Washington. In describing tne iirst nan oi Mrs. Field s journey by automobile. Miss Vernon said today: "Mrs. Field was chosen as the envoy of the Western women at a convention neia a tew weeas ago In San Francisco. This gathering was unique because it was the first time in history that women have come together in a politi cal convention, and striking because it was the sole object of the convention to help others -the unenfranchised of the women of the East. It indicated that the 4,000,000 women voters of the West are waking to a sense of the .ationai power that the ballot places In their hands. "Mrs. Field' is traveling to Washing ton in an automobile driven by two women. Miss M. A. Kindbegg and Miss Jnseborg Klnstedt. of Rhode Island. The women messengers have been lost In the desert and have wanderd for hours trying to find their way back to the road that led to their goal. They have faced a blinding storm in the mountains, and have pressed on undis mayed, because they have a purpose which puts aside thought of physical danger or comfort. All along the road great enthusiasm has been shown." BETTER DEFENSE OPPOSED Single Tax Association Make Protest to President Wilson. Resolutions opposing the proposed bill in Congress for heavy appropria tions for military purposes were adopted at the regular meeting of the Single Tax Association at the Library Saturday night. The resolution de clared that such appropriations were "dangerous to the welfare of the coun try" and would "compel an increase in taxation with an added burden upon the poor." A copy of the resolutions will be sent to Senator Chamberlain and one , to President Wilson. Frank E. Coulter spoke against the proposed appropriation. Hhe character ized it as a move to strengthen the "military aristocracy." MAN ROLLS BETWEEN CARS Going After Incoming Car, He Is Hit by Outgoing Car. Orris Smith. 4761 Sixty-first street southeast, was caught between two Mt Scott streetcars at Laurelwood Station early Saturday night, and received se vere bruises and a bad scalp wound. The man was running to catch an in coming car and did not notice the out bound car. The man was rolled be tween the two cars as they passed. Smith was taken to the Good Samari tan hospital by the Ambulance Service Company. He is 23 years old, and . unmarried. GOTHAM BUDGET SWELLED City Needs $214,000,000 From Taxes, $15,000,000 Increase. NEW YORK. Oct. 31. The city bud pet for 1916 will be about t214.OO0.0OD, or approximately $15,000,000 higher than that of 1915, according to a semi official statement made today. ACTRESS AND VAUDEVILLE STAR, WHO IS DYING FROM t NERVOUS BREAKDOWN IN EAST. J i i i , - . c ; I - n , VM; ; v ' i IILAMIIK WAtSH. DENY FIRE PLAN IMPLICATION AT DIXNER DISCTTS. SION OF" ARSON REFUTED. Divorced Wife of Confessed Chief of "Ring" Tells of Attempt to Dissuade Plotters. Mrs. Sanford Currier, divorced wife of the confessed head of the arson ring, and her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Laird', were the principal witnesses for the state Saturday in the trial of Modie Keeney. alleged firebug. Both women testified to havlne- be dinner party at which the plans for iiurv.-nn.ae oi a nouse and its destruc tion by fire were laid. Their testimony is corroborative of that of George Woolette and the latter's wife, who were on the stand Friday. airs, iaird said that she knew noth ng implicating Keeney excent the fa- that she was helpincr Mrs. Wnnu.i. prepare dinner that evening and in her trips in and out of the dining -room flha gathered the substance of the tooic under discussion and that Keeney was in it. The state does not accuse Mrs. Laird of implication in the incendiary "I always advised against it Thm isn't one of them that will say that I ever gave them a word of bad advice, and I told them time and again that this day would come," were statements made by Mrs. Currier on cross-exam ination Dy Attorney Robert L. Ma- guire. Mrs. Currier said that the Question of how a plastered house would burn came up and that she told them such a building does not burn easilv. nln having interfered with an attempt to burn one of hers. "Oh, h 1, we'll take the nlaster off" she declared ls.eeney exclaimed. ' Captain Roberts, of the Portland Fire Department, told of going pursuant to instructions to the house at 269 West Lombard street and there excavating from the basement quantities of plas ter, much of It with shreds of wall paper still attached. A sack of this plaster was introduced in evidence. An employe of Rasmussen Sc. Co. told of Woolette having Durchased time in April five gallons of turpen tine and four of linseed oil and a roll of deadening felt. The state alleges that the felt was used to put over lath where the paper had been torn off. 'FLY-BY-NIGHT" FOUGHT CHAMBER BUREAU SEEKS AID I. FIGBTISG ITINERANT DEALERS. Housewives to Be Asked to Patronise Established Merchants In Pref erence to Others. Housewives of Portland will be asked to enlist with the retail merchants' bureau of the Chamber of Commerce in the campaign against irresponsible competition against established mer chants by itinerant and transitory ealers. A luncheon will be held next week under "the auspices of the bureau at the Chamber of Commerce, at which a score or more of the representative women of the city will be guests and the proposition of the bureau will be frankly laid before them, and they will be asked to assist in the move ment to educate the women of the cloy to the importance of buying from horn merchants. The principal point that will be con. idered will be the "hotel merchant" who comes to the city once a vear. andling an attractive line of exclu- ive wares, which he sells to wealthy people on a basis of competition that unfair to the local merchant who is obliged to pay high rents. It is the belief of the bureau that if the women can be awakaned to the Importance of upporting 'ocal dealers in nreferenra to the Itinerant- dealers this will go long way toward solving the nrob. lem. Another plan considered at th moot ing of the bureau yesterday wa tn plan to decorate the downtown streets during the Christmas holidays with garlands and clusters of evergreens. The intention is to put the decorations p aoout uecemoer 1 and keen thm in place throughout the hnlM.v UIl. The bureau yesterday discii.crt t length the "Jewelers' war" in price reducing sales, but was unable to ar rive at any man lor endintr it CONSUL LIKES PORTLAND Jj. Sherwood Succeeds Thomas Erskine in British Office. H. L. Sherwood, now British Consul for this district, who succeeds Thomas Erskine, after spending but one day looking after matters of the consular service connected -with his office, de fari!f3 ..Vhat ?e alreay reels at home homelike Portland atmosphere." Jlr. Sherwood has come to Portland to take charge of the district that in cludes Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Montana, direct from the British For- n i-onaon and this is the firsttime that he has served his coun- in me consular branbh. He left England mostly to give his wife new Tj i. B V Ior WLr- and M- Sher wood have lost one son "because he f.nH . Ve merman lines and is il ti rJtUTP" A"other of the sons J. Jn.J foreign Office and a third is 2?r ?n.a airiSible. "sailing over the seas looking for submarines, dropping m Mni otherlse amusing himself?' fotf.h"rwo1d 8a'd tnat England had panry national griev ances as home rule and woman suf ,la8t,aJlA Was work"S in unity for "?t ," thtranco cf the ES"h cause, he admm" -??me time to Bet sorted." tor we are doing things In the characteristic English way. But we have started now and all the Eng lish people feel confident of ultimate h,Cei8-. Germnys Preparedness was sbucUcnessets..reSUU ln SOme "taenia? tir.: fnerwod ay that he visited no felt ?htnTi-fn,Cly en route wher" i Pk m f. hosP"ality so evident as -when he arrived in Portland. He aSt wf p,aces whe stopped that Portland was the best city on the Coast for the Britisher to live in hdopeFcdverstrage EX-CONVICT. WANTED IN OREGON, STI1.L ELUDES POLICE. Robberle. of Bank,, Streetcars, Train, on Interurban Lines and Jail Breaks Are Laid to Him Here. MILWAUKEE. Oct. 31. No trace has been found of J. Austin Hooper, ex convict, wanted in Oregon and Califor nia, who was released last week after T,et.nl arrested !n a ra'd on a resort. The District Attorney s office has ac cused the police of laxity ln overlook ing an important capture. Until word came of the disappear ance of John Austin Hooper in Mil waukee, after his arrest in a raid there, nothing had been heard of him since he overpowered Sher'tf Smith of Grants Pass and walked out of iail with the officer', keys and gun last August. Hooper Is known as a '"two-gun Eith L suspected of numerous Z ro.bber1 In the Northwest CaH?t2 -Breaking of his parole in California. Among these crim s are B.nf d"U ?. the Soutbern Pacific Railroad station at Grants Pass, the robbery of a bank at Rogue River, and the robbery of two Oregon City inter urban cars near Portland. In addition to this he is suspected of holding ud a hardware merchant at Hornbrook. Cal . and of several train robberies in Washington. Hooper retired for a period from ac t7LJursuits la8t sP"ner and located at The Dalles, where he was traced finally and captured by Special Agent Mcbhane of the Southern Pacific and Sheriff Chrisman. He was brought to tie City Jail at Portland and talked freely of several crimes. In spite of predictions of Portland police that Hooper was too clever to remain long in custody in a small jail. Hooper was taken to Grants Pass to face the charge of robbing the railway station. Why he was not returned lm- I mediately to Folsom to serve the re mainder of his life te:m has not been I explained. Hooper remained in" confinement a month, then Intimidated another nri.. oner into aiding him. overcame the Sheriff and ambled out of Jail. - OAKLAND TRIBUNE IS SOLD Ex-Representative Kuowiand Buys Hair Interest, Will Take Charge. OAKLAND, CaL. Oct. 31. Ex-Representative Joseph R. Knowland tendered today to the executors of the estate of the late William E. Dargie his certi fied check for 1228,437.50 in payment' for one-half the stock of the Oakland Tribune. The other half belongs to Mrs. Erminia Peralta Dargie. the widow of the former publisher. The Tribune stock will be controlled under a seven-year pooling arrange ment between Mr. Knowland and Mrs Dargie and the paper will be published under the personal management of Mr Knowland. Fire Damages Salvation Army Hall. Fire caused by spontaneous combus tion ln a pile of old papers in the Sal vation Army hall, 24-26 Union avenue caused about tlOO damage to the build ing. The hall was deserted at the time. MISS WALSH DYING Actress' Nervous Breakdown Assumes Grave Aspect. HUSBAND IS AT BEDSIDE Tour of Vaudeville Circuit on Fa clflo Coast Sketch Was to Be Begun Soon Condition At tributed to Overwork. TORK, Oct 31 (Special.) Blanche Walsh. 10 years ago one of the actresses oi the country and in later years a vaudeville star, is dying in the Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, according to word received here last "em. irum ner nusoand, William Trav ers, wno is at her bedside. Miss Walsh is sutiering from a general breakdown, overworn, and is not expected to recover. The first intimation that reached this wijr mat sne was in was received by Arthur Houghton, her manager, in a telegram from Miss Walsh's husband, which read: , B- W. seriously ill. Will let you know definitely Saturday ir we can "iuvd Aioaaay. The latter reference was to an en. gagement for which her sketch was signed on the Orpheum circuit on the Pacific Coast, which was to have started next week. Another telegram today from Travers foretold the worst, saying that there was utile nope. THREE APPEAR IN CONCERT Mrs. Pipes, Ferdinand Konrad and J. R. Hutchinson Win Praise. A "Halloween" chamber music con cert, by Mrs. Susie Fennell Pipes, vlo lin; Ferdinand Konrad, 'cello, and J. R. Hutchison, piano, took nlace at the Museum of Art Saturday nieht and gave much pleasure to the musical enthusiasts who attended. Applause was liberal; The programme was selected from the works of Brahms, Schutt and Bossl mree widely divergent school, Th. numbers were all classical, technical studies of more than ordinary import ance, and of marked educational value, although the presentation of tune val ues in mem is small. The Brahms was his "Trio in C, opus 87," and is dis tinguished by its soundness and ad- nerence to established musical form. it is a saner Brahms offering than usual of a composer who was noted for nis aversion to marriage, theaters and Wagner, the latter being his great con temporary. The trio is different in ongntness rrom the usual happy at mosphere reflected from Brahms' "Fourth Symphony," or manv of his songs, and shows severe, serious mu sical genius. Mrs. Pipes and Mr. Hutchison nlnvori witn line agreement and ability the Schutt "Suite for Violin and Piano, od 11 " - M , . . - ... .'v. . iiik v i re.i muHirn npniirv Enrico Bossi's "Trio In n vrinm r. 107 is the work of a new Italian com poser of much merit, and its fine rendi tion was cordially applauded. FIRE ENDS CELEBRATION Children's Halloween Is Spoiled at Rev. F. Martin's Home. Three small children in th of Rev. Freada Martin. 284 Wheeler street, were rendered disconsolate Sat urday night by a Are which brought men nuioween celebration to a sud den end. The mother had decnrati th. with Halloween candles. A curtain blew against one of the festive lights and flames, shot up the flimsy material to the ceiling. Two fire alarms were turned in. Three engine companies and a truck responded. The material damage was trifling but the trolic ended abruptly. FLAMES MENACE RESORT Men In Evening Clothes Battle in Effort to Save Estes Park, Colo. ESTES PARK. Colo.. Oct ai t hundred men. many in evening clothes, tonight are fighting a forest fire which threatens to destroy this town. A Hal loween ball was suddenly Interrupted and the men were summoned to fight the flames. All the inhabitants of the faahfnnahi. resort have fled to places of safety and a call for assistance has been sent out to nearby towns. JITNEY HURTS PEDESTRIAN A. Quatermaas Steps ln Front of Ma chine Thile Dodging Car. A. Quatermaas. 2009 East Ktai-u street, was knocked down and Injured severely last night by a jitney bus driven by Charles Smith at Broadway and Hoyt street. The man was takn to the Good Samaritan Hospital. w. McArthur, a witness of the ac cident, said that Quatermaas stepped In front of the machine in dodging a street car. I. W. W. LEADER IS KILLED Former Deputy Said to Have Shot Following Quarrel on Street. SALT LAKE fTTTV TTth - Major Y. T. Myton. a former n.!t. Sheriff, shot and killed Rnv p w- said to be an Industrial Worker of the una leader, following a dispute on the street shortly after midnight. Horton. it is said, attarkerf Mvmn knocked him down, when Myton drew a revolver from his pocket and fired Lurca snots into Morton b body. VOYAGE TO EARN $52,500 Six-Masted Schooner Get) Record Rate for Carrying Coal. BOSTON. Oct. 31. The six-maf schooner Edward J. Lawrence left here tuaay to negin a voyage which is ex pected to return to her owners 152.600, said to be the highest rate ever naid an American schooner for carrying coal. me scnooner nas been chartered to transport 5000 tons of coal from Wr. folk to Barcelona, Spain. Ton Tlrpitz Reported in Disgrace. AMSTERDAM, via London rw it The Rotterdam newspaper Maashode says that Admiral von Tirpitx, German minister of marine, has fallen into dis grace with Emperor William. The English language is spoken by more an 125.000.000. 10 Extra Trading Stamps With Monday Specials 9 ite Bargains We Offer to Early ShoDDers W! oi STATIONERY DEPARTMENT Loose- Leaf Postal 1 n(f Albums at V4 Oil "Wood -Lark" Playing Cards, linen finish, on sale aulCn the pack I DC Complete Assortment of Bridge, Pinochle mm Cooaeaa Sets mt Reasonable Price. Waterman's, Coiklla't and Wood-Lark Konatalm Pens. Mala Floor. druosJ w PATENT MEDICINES J1.00 Ayer'a Hair Vigor CCr on sale now for 00 U 1.00 Wyeth's Sage and 70 Sulphur on sale for. ..... I 3li $1.00 Newbro's Herpicide ec on sale now for Dob Coldwell's Cough Balsam, a v a I u able remedy for coughs, colds and bronchial affections. 2,.TSii,25c 50c & $1.00 Stewart's High - Grade I flfl Floor Wax. 4 lbs. for.. . . I iUU Dr. Cooper's Elixir Cascara. a sovereign remedy for consti pation and d e r a n g ement of the bottle :40c, 3 for $1.25 Rhotany Gargle, for the relief of Inflamed and ulcerated AC. sore throat, the bottle ZUU Slain Floor. RUBBER DEPARTMENT 11.00 Zinc D o u che C7 Pans at.. 3 I C ti.au o u r Quart Douche Can on I rjfj sale at I iwd 60c Rubber Gloves 00n now at. . www Rub- Rub the Bath and MH-a..50C MAKATOYS, ERECTORS AND TINKER TOYS WE MEND RUBBER GOODS Main Floor. REDUCED UMBRELLAS RED TAGS. Ladles and Gentlemen's. Only of1f,earbe,d3..!!!!!t$l.25to$6.5a ' Main Floor. PHOTO CONTEST FOR CASH PRIZES Amateurs only are eligible who have not won prizes in photo contests other than ours. No prints larger than 4x5 are allowed to compete. Contest ends November SO. See our photo Department for further details. Basement HOMEOPATHIC DEP'T Homeopathic Remedies in Pel lets, Liquids, Tablets or Pow der all potencies. Jdeasaniae Floor. LADIES' HANDBAGS Lot Xo. 6 GenulneCO 0C 17.50 Pebble Seal at OD.03 Genuine $17.00 French g OC Morocco at vOiOJ Lot Nt. S "Mark Cross" liiff 1"..l.,;:$5.95 l-ot No. 4 "Mark Cro'ss " J10 Lot So.1 P 1 n S e a 1 I CI 13.50 late model. at....li05 drugs! WW xQf D 1 A w R CUTLERY DEPARTMENT $2.00 Shaving Brushes I OQ on sale now at only.. . V I tiJ 75c Pocket Knives now C7 at reduced price of 01 u $1.00 Pocket Knives onQQn sale at only 00U i oc Scissors on sale at C7a the reduced price of 0 I I: Main Floor. LIMY TRUNKS AND BAGS The non-dodging "Likly" five year guarantee goes with every piece of "Likly" mer chandise. We would like to call your special attention to the "points of difference" be tween " Likly " Trunka and others. We Deliver MAZDA LAMPS and Charice K More. See Ou Basement Electrical Department. A BOOK OF S. H. OREE1 STAMP. SATED IS SEVERAL DOLLARS EARNED MAESHALl. 4-70O-HOME A 6171 ALOEE STREET AT WEST FEK FREE 10 STAMPS cToYni'or aoda purchased in our Tea-Room or at the Soda Fountain from 2 p. M. until we close at 9 P. M- m FLAG GIVEN TO COURT JUDGE BBAJT THANKS PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION OF OREGON. Emblem Win Be Used In Naturalisa tion Proceedings Mr. Wheel wright Makes Presentation. Federal Court was the recipient of I ciates nag Saturday orning, oeiag the girt of the Oregon Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. William D. Wheelwright made the presentation. Federal Judge Bean and Wolverton being on the bench. The organization undertakes as a part of its work the Americanization of foreign-born people and ln naturali zation proceedings in this court, for eigners swear allegiance to the Ameri can flag when they take the oath of allegiance. Judge Bean received the gift, mak ing a few remarks of a patriotic na ture from the bench. He said in part: "Speaking for the court, 1 am pleased to accept this flag from the patriotic organization you represent and I shall be glad to make it a prominent fea ture in the examination of applicants for admission to citlzenshln in thi country. The gates of our ports of entry usually swing inward, with the result that many persons of foreign nativity are admitted within our dominions. These persons are of different na tionalities, and come, naturally, with fixed impressions of the policy and spirit of their own institutions of gov ernment. "A great many of them, indeed by far the larger proportion, desire to be naturalized. It is altogether fitting that the National flag be appropriately used hen candidates for citizenship are becoming naturalized, to impress as strongly as possible the solemn step they are taking, and the devotion they should henceforth bear to the emblem of the country of their adoption; to Instill in their minds if possible, a love of country and a devoti n and patriot ism wjrthy of the flag they are called to look upon." OLD AGE CLUB ABSTAINERS Only Imbiber Is 83 and Saner Kraut Juice Is His Drink. STROUDSBURG, Pa.. Oct 25. The third annual convention of the Octo genarians Association of Monroe Coun. ty was held here. Of the 82 men at the Danquet there were two who were 90 years old. 17 who were 80 or over and 13 who were past the 70-year mark. The total ages were 2597, making the average of the 32 present at the din ner bl years and 57 days. The venerable guests were addrri by several members of the association, the experiences of each were cited, and many were the memories of which were stirred from the battlefields of th Civil War. Rev. C. Evan Allen, of Echo LaV following a prayer by Dr. Jackson Lantz, of Stroudsburg. spoke to the as sembly. He mentioned the fact that h. had been a total abstainer from alco holic drinks and from narcotics all through his life. When he asked all those present whether they were Chris tians, all signified that they were bv raising their bands. Rev. van Allen put stress on tba fact that he always was a strictly tem perate man He has been a total ab stainer from boyhood, and thinks that that Is one of the reasons that he is so well and active. When he called on those present who believed that this DOCTOR PRESCRIBED VI: OL To Restore Strength To This Weak, Nervous, Woman. Many fair-minded doctors nr,mrfh. Vinol because they know of what it is made, viz. the medicinal extrac tives of fresh cod livers, peptonate of iron and beef peptone, without oil or grease, in mild tonic wine. They know these are the oldest and most famous tonics. Read the result in Mrs. Mason's case. "I keep house for my little famllv of two, and got in to a weak, nervous, run-down condition. I was tired and weak and did not know what ailed m. My doctor prescribed Vinol. I noticed an improvement before I had finished the first bottle, and I am now feeling fine and doing all my housework." Mrs. M. S. Mason, 203 Passaic St. Trenton, N. J. Every weak, nervous, run-down per son, feeble old people and delicate child in Portland should try Vinol on our offer to return their money if it fails to oeneiiu -me owl Drug Co.. Port land, Or. ANNOUNCEMENT A CARLOAD OF BEAUTIFUL KNABE PIANOS Including Uprights. Grands and Players HAVE .irT A i; -i i. i ' And Will Be on Display. Beginning Mon day, Nov. 1. at the Warerooms of THE REED-FRENCH PIANO MFG. CO Tentm and Stark Sts. was the reason he was so well to in dicate that belief by holding up their hand, every member raised his hand. The honors of a district for sending the older men to the reunion fall to Brodheadsville, a leading section of the west end of the county. Two of the residents, Joseph Arnold and Matthia razle, each 90 years of age, were able to attend and they were the center of attraction. Edward R. Gearhart. of Tannersvllle ? i8.,? years old. demonstrated his sprightliness by dancing a hornpipe be fore his audience during the morning. The active old gentleman made a rather humorous address before the dinner telling how his life was saved forced to drink sauerkraut juice. Mr Gearhart said if it had not been for that Juice he would never have lived to be 83 years old. Coating: to Prevent Iron Rust. Engineering Magazine. It has probably occurred to everyone who is forced to rely on protective coatings of one sort or another to keep iron and steel from rust and de cay that this method of combating the corrosion problem is of the same or der as locking the barn door after the horse is stolen. In other words, since rusting- Is a consequence of the ten dency of iron to go into solution when in contact with water, why not add something to it or treat it in some way so as to eliminate or decrease this tendency? As an enormous amount of la bor and material, to say nothing of time, is used up every year in coating and protecting iron from adverse con ditions and with the rapid increase in the demand for this metal a corre spondingly greater amount of labor, material and time is required. ob viously, any procedure which would lessen the need for Buch thorough pro tection would be a very real saving. Vnprodnotlve Ivabor. Engineering Magazine. One of the most firmly established tenets in the creed of the successful business man is that of insisting upon the utter extermination of unproduc tive labor. No one will dispute the soundness of the reasoning provided the labor so designated assists in no way the process of manufacture. Too often, however, since the man whosu bruin only Is active differs not greatly in appearance trom the man who is loafing, the fact that an employe Is neither rushing about nor actively en gaged In manual labor causes him to be condemned as useless, and he Is henceforth abolished. Not How Little, But How Much Dear Friends: We are not content with discovering how little will satisfy our guests for the price they care to pay. ' Instead, we are always eager to go the limit to add to their pleasure and satisfac tion in fact, to anticipate their every de sire. That attitude accounts for such conven iences at Hotel Multnomah as washed air, ideal ventilation, iced water in every room, outside rooms predominating, exceptional bathrooms, guestrooms unsurpassed any where furnished with beds and bedding worthy of the finest home, reading lamps, full length mirrors, etc., as well as every possible assurance of safety, and a service which makes the guest feel that his per sonal comfort is the constant concern of the management. Ask me about the extraordinary special proposition we are now making to prospec tive resident guests. The World's Fair on Your Way East Stop off at San Francisco, see California when you go East. The Santa Fe takes you through the most interest-, ing part of the United States. Phone me for complete information as to rales and train lime. H. E. VERNON, General Agent A. T. & S. F. Ry., 122 Third Street, Portland, Or. Phone Main 1274.