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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1916)
THE MORSTXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JAXTTARY 20, 1916. 0 SHIRT SLEEVES ARE MAIL BOX UNIFORM Ad Club and Rosarian Letter Writers Parade Streets in Hot-Weather Attire. CHAMBER MARCHES TODAY Nature of Stunt Not Divulged, but Big Turnout Is Expected la Response to President Coifs Final Call. It you have a lively Imagination and were downtown about noon yesterday you could have believed that regular June-time weather prevailed in land. n,,f if rn ar n realist and can t con' ince yourself that something "is that isn't" you necessarily remained pos sessed of the sorry conviction that Winter is with us still. if . hM bn suggested, your lm ciTi'atinn i m. lively one. it should have been stirred to unusual activity by the appearance of half a thousand mature r)Hsnta of Oreaon. marching briskly through the principal streets in their short sleeves, carrying tneir corns their arms and cooling their "perspir ing" brows with man's sized palm-leaf fans. Thi niuffAHonahlft demonstration was nothing more or less than the Joint contribution of the .Portland .w and the Royal Rosarians to the fes tivities of Letter-Writing neet Letter Mallera Filmed. As the shirt-sleeved marchers filed by the giant mail box in Sixth street opposite the rostonii-e, eacn 01 mem fi.nniit.d a. hi or bundle of letters, and the moving picture machines added several hundred feet. of film to the reels of letter-writing activities that they are makinir for Eastern consumption. The palm-leaf fan and shirt sleeves were effected with the Idea of showing folks In other parts of the country who see the moving pictures that it can De done in Portland even In the Winter time. Today Is the Chamber of Commerce s turn at dropping letters Into the box. While their demonstration Is expected to be a little more dignified than some of the others, it Is destined to be none the less effective. With E. A. Clark, Dr. E. A. Pierce and Harrv P. Coffin as its committee on ar rangements, the Chamber doubtlfss will do Its part. The appeal sent tut I v President Colt is but supplementary of the work the committee Is doing in urging Chamber members to break all records. Sosae Are) "Repeaters." It Is no secret at the Chamber that some of the men in line will be "re peaters. -Moot of the 4000 members of the big business organization are members of some other club or body in the city, and it is expected that most of them have heretofore been at the big mail box. But Julius L. Meier, chairman, points out that there is no law to pre vent the "stuffing of that kind of a box," and is giving President Colt the strongest sort of backing in sending out his appeal to members to get into the game. John Cronin, chairman of the house committee, has offered a raise in pay to the waiter who composes and turns In the most letters written in either French, Italian or German, and has established a neutral zone for the com position of the epistles. RAILROAD 3LEX AID TOMORROW Spokane, Portland & Seattle and Oregon Electric to Participate. Probably the largest demonstration by any one single organization in con nection with Letter-Writing week will be made tomorrow by employes of the Spokane, Portland &. Seattle Railway and Oregon Electric Railway systems. Five thousand letters have been pre pared by the men and women who deal with the traveling public These letters have been accumulated from all over Oregonw Accompanied by their band of 30 pieces, led by Walter Reed, from the Vancouver railroad shops, this throng of boosters will line up tomorrow noon and display their enthusiasm for the cause of bringing the tourist to this state. The parade of the transportation people will swell the excitement to be created by the Realty Board and state soi-ieties. George Nellson will be grand marshal of the parade, and will be assisted by Walter Reed. K. Teter, J. JIvLfod, Harold Wardrip. A. Cage. A. B. Colville, W. O. Wiltshire. M. Barger, D. C. Freeman. G. R. Williams. K. D. Kittoe, II. Sheedy and R. W. Pickard. ALASKAN BUYER IS HERE Juneau lluslness Man Says 1916 in Territory Is to Set Record. , J. C. Smith, manager of the B. M. Behrands general merchandise store at Juneau. Alaska, is in the city buying part of his Spring stock for the firm he represents. He is at the Portland Hotel. Mr. Smith yesterday declared that the business of the past year had been the best in history and he looked forward to IMS as being another record breaker. 'Mining activities in and around Ju neau." said Mr. Smith, "are rapidly making prosperity for our part of the country." The B. M. Behrands store at Juneau carries a stock that is valued at $200. 000. Mr. Smith will be in the city for a week or 10 days. 3 HURT IN FALLS ON ICE V. II. Smith, Railroad Clerk, Sus tains Broken Leg ln Accident. W. H. Smith. S4 East Twenty-third street, chief clerk of the Spokane. Portland Seattle Railroad, slipped on are Icy sidewalk at Fourteenth and Irving streets yesterday and sustained a broken leg. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. Mrs. R. Stephens, 757 Union avenue, slipped on the ice yesterday at Union avenue and Graham street, throwing her wrist out of Joint and severely bruising her. A woman giving her name as Stewart applied at the St, Vincent's Hospital yesterday with- a broken thumb, a re sult of a fall on the Ice. CAMPAIGN WORKERS MEET La mans Missionary In Valley Tonus Is Discussed. Reports of the organisation that Is .r , ... 4 ...v s mij canmsJca, In, the .Willamette Valley towns were made before sepa rate meetings of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday. Committees are being organized' in each of the cities in the valley, and mass meetings of the church members are being held . by workers sent out from Portland- Further details of the Portland cam paign were discussed by the denomina tional conferences, and more names added to the workers' 'list in each of the churches. Four denominations now are meeting at weekly luncheons at the Y. M. C. A. to prepare lor the cam paign. Baptists, Methodists. Presby terians and Congregationalists. Today the general executive com mittee representing all of the denomi nations ln charge of the campaign will have its regular weekly conference at luncheon. The Bible Study Club of the physical department also met at luncheon in the association yesterday. GINGER JAG IS LATEST STEEPLEJACK CONVINCES COURT OP NEW DRINK'S "KICK." Terrenee Rocaey, Famous for Daring at Dluy Heights, Finds Liquor Substitute at Drug; Store. "An shure I'll take you out. judge. and buy you a bottle. Terrenes Rooney, Internationally fa mous steeplejack, yesterday tipped the Municipal Court how to get a glo rious Jag on for 10 cents in a prohibi tion territory. Jamaica ginger was his drink, but the court appeared skeptical as he ex plained in a soft, alluring Irish brogue bow he happened to be picked up by the Portland police Tuesday night bad ly under the weather. He is the same Terrenee Rooney said to have painted the Eiffel tower in Paris and scaled the flagstaff of the Singer building in New York. And his pockets were bulging with press clip pings telling of his exploits the world over. He was the same who fell off a 10-foot water tank ln Dakota and broke an ankle a most humiliating fall for one used to dizzy heights, he said. And bis disability, his Irish Drogue and his apparent sincerity in sharing with the court bis drugstore Dooze discovery, won his freedom. 'And it's got a terrible KICK, juage. It's 93 per cent alcohol." Acting Judge Stadter discovered tnai Rooney was right, for although he de clined the steeplejack's invitation at the time, he and Public Defender Rob inson sallied forth at noontime to in vestigate the new intoxicant. Jamaica ginger they called for, and there on the label in plain sight was the statement "93 per cent alcohol." For 10 cents you can get a big bot tle of that stuff." said the court offi cial afterward, "and there's more al cohol in that bottle than in two big glasses of whisky." Jack Rooney said ne is on nis way to San Francisco, where he expects to meet his brother. His was the first case of drunkenness in the Portland police court from Jamaica ginger. SLOGAN USED FIRST TIME Commercial Printing Featuring Rose Festival Is Run Off Press. The first commercial printing to fea ture the 1918 Rose Festival slogan left the press of the Rose City Printery, 191 Third street, before 8 o'clock yes terday morning. Wnen the office of the printing company opened for the morning the first work or the Job press was some letterheads for the Rose View Nursery. Harry Park, manager of the printing house, used the slogan "For You a Rose ln Portland Grows" on the letterheads, sending a sample copy to Festival headquarters before 10 o'clock in the morning. "I believe this is the first commer cial job out with this year's slogan on it. and suggest it as an idea tor busi ness men generally to follow," wrote Park to the Festival management- BOY FELLED BY BOBSLED Garry Smith Sustains Braised Thigh in Coasting Mishap. Garry Smith, 15 years old. was knocked unconscious last night in a collision between a bobsled and a block of concrete near the coasting run in St. Johns. The boy was taken to his home near the scene of the acci dent after he recovered consciousness. His chief injury was a bruise on his thigh. Several other youngsters . on the sled escaped injury. George Struble, 47 East Twenty- seventh street, was bruised while coasting down the hill north of Lau relhurst Park. Jury Acquits Indian of Murder. It took a jury in Federal Judge Wolverton's ' court about five hours yesterday to decide that Joe Brown. Klamath Indian, killed Eugene Isaacs. another Indian, in self-defense on the Klamath Reservation last July. A ver dict of acquittal was returned. This was Brown s second trial on a charge of murder in the second degree. In the first trial at Medford last Oc tober the, jury stood 11 to 1 for ac quittal but could not agree. t . . r yr.-fwrVji-r I 1 . mm mmim yw:. ,l::' '?SW ' S - I . - Y . :- . . : ' mrnmMmMmsi I Jjf " ' I P f ! w..'- ' SQ3 naouais weal- yUuJU 4Wa.. i ,, tsTTS iTnmmmt --- - r twjt wrzc- 15" IDVERTISLXG MM fRETESD . THEY "ARE ETVJOYIXG SUMMER WEATHER AS THE RALLY AT BIG rT. .. I SIXTlfcSTRJiET tETT BOX. . . . . ... - - DON'T YOU DARE Send Your Boy or Girl to Face the Perils and Pit . falls of a Great City Until You and Yours See m m 1 I tqffiO-a.m mm m The Most Impressive and Greatest of the Works of America's Foremost Dramatist CLYDE FITCH : 1 " THE CITY SAYS If the Man or Woman Is Good, the Good in Them Will Win if Bad, God Help Them SEE THIS STARTLING PHOTOPLAY TODAY TTh THE nhstil I MR. C. A. BIGELOW You and your friends are invited to be guests of The Pickford for a loge party (8 seats) Friday, January 21, 8 P. M. Call for seats at Box Office. WEAPON GREETS WIFE DESERTED ITALIAH PICTURE BRIDE REPULSED BT HUSBAND. Mas Saya He Thought She Had Knife la Her Sleeve Court la Shocked and Orders Investigation He brought her over from Italy three years ago. It was a pretty Italian romance in which a handsome youth of KnntH Portland fell madly In love with a picture of this girl in Italy. Corre spondence ripened love and he seni xor her But Cupid failed at this mail order Italian effort, and yesterday in tne Pollen Court Luigi Grande, still the attractive-looking Italian youth, was bound over to the .grand jury cnargea i .v. i .-ir Win hfa wife, whose beauty showed the ravages of two years of labor. He learned in the Police tjouri yes terday morning that American customs -a- . 1 1 . iOD.tiafijil hiishanii to UU HUfc Ql 1 ' " " -. ... Aff hi. HviriA aftnr r!t moDtbS and then, two years later, to shove a pistol ln her lace ana kick ner away "ui" him when she seeks return. u. o h lAft tin, with an unborn child. The boy came and she worked hard to support tne cnua. ane iu where her husband was, but a few j ,h. honril thAt he had come back to Portland and was at the home of V. Ulrcconeite, near cast jcum v-ii i -; &MnmnaniMl hv her livjbiuri i j friend. Mrs. jviane ijoiasanio, c tumm him and rushed into her husband's arms. , . Grande admitted all this, but calmly explained to the court that he feared that she had a knife up her sleeve, and that her motives might have been insincere. So he drew a pistol and with that he resisted her affections. The District Attorney said he was dumfounded by the Btory. the court was apparently shocked and Luigi Grande, who had filed divorce pro ceedings the day following his return, was placed under $500 bonds for ap pearance peiore me grwiu juij. Dog Won't Stay Given Away, Former Master Tells Judge. Sixteen Persona Tell Municipal Mag istrate Various Reasons for Fall . log to Tag Canines. FIDO'S fidelity to his master had no regard for distance. It also brought H. Landwehr into the Police Court yes terday morning charged with failing to obtain a dog license. Fido, he said, had been given away to a friend at Woodburn, some 35 miles or more from Portland. Shortly after ward the dog came back, the friend JWI' In ftaliW Grows- v . , : .,TV ' i Always Good Pictures iTICKFORD Washington at Park came after him, and the process was repeated several times. It was on one of these occasions that Boyd Welch, the dog catcher, found him, the arrest following. "How does the dog come back, asked the court with interest, "I don't know how he comes, but he gets here," was the reply. Landwehr was not the only one in court because of his dog. Sixteen others also had excuses why their dogs were unrecorded. Some disowned them, some forgot, and some said they had been sick and unable to pay the li cense, yet professing great love for the canine. The Judge administered no fines, but continued all cases. Those arrested were: E. J. Findlay, Max Singer, Charles White. G. J. Schera, O. B. Lawton. I Blumenthal, Grace Stanton, M. Walker, G. Lehn-. heir, S. Hisegama, Mrs. A. Galick, U. T, White, F. Erlckson, B. W. Lanig, P. H. Burns and J. M. Arthur. SEWER LEVY IS APPROVED Montavilla Property Owners Decide Wot to- Oppose Improvement. After investigation of the general cost of sewerage throughout the city, the property owners in the Montavilla district have decided that the assess ment made for the big trunk sewer of $160,000 is in keeping with the general cost. William DeVeny. who investi gated the matter, said yesterday that the average cost to me lot win run from $95 to $195, which is the esti mate given the people of the district about six years ago by City Engineer Morris. Mr. DeVeny said the property owners have decided not to remonstrate against the assessment, as they are generally satisfied. WAGON LIFTED FROM RIVER City Horse Apparently Is No Worse After Icy Swim ln 'Willamette. Thi Mtv recovered its wagon from the depths of the Willamette River through tne enons or n. nraay, cny grappler. yesterday. The wagon had w kaVeH Intn thn river Tuesdav morning, horse attached, and the horse had swum nearly two diockh. irora Pino street to a point between Oak and c.a r .tr.ntu h.fnrA rpscilari. Ai.hnii.l. a 4IiaH animal thA tinr.R apparently has not sunerea tne enects nf the lev swim and was on the Job again yesterday. Tax Sleeting Set for February. ffrrr r-i- Tan 1 Q i Knuot 1 1 TVi o State Tax commission touay aeciactz 10 ii " n,Dniina- in Rftlpm the third week in February of all the County Assessors in Oregon. At tnis meeting general in structions regarding next year's work will be given and tax matters dis cussed. ENTHUSIASTIC AD CLUB MEMBERS PULL STUNT TO CELEBRTVR TETTER WHITING WEEK. - 1 i Formerly of the Baker Stock Co. THELMA SALTER The wonderful child who starred with Geo. Behan in "An Alien," in the smashing super feature mm lm ii lliivc Ford Sterling ZZZIZZZ and SIS Polly Moran Kings of Comedy in a 2-reel black face Keystone that will cure you of all blueness: Everybody must laugh, so be prepared. COLUM SIXTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS Don't Forget to Write That Letter East Loges May Be Reserved at SOc Per Seat ss-asssssssssssssjsssssMssg RECEIVER IS UPHELD AMERICAN LIFE DECISION SUSTAINS N. W. ROUNTREE. Judge Catena Will Decide Today If Case Is Direct Attack. Amenable to Farther Proceedings. rA.l.nHinEp thAt Insufficient facts .t.taH in the rjetition of N. Whealdon et aL to have N. W. Rountree removed from the receivership 01 me American Life & Accident Insurance .. rironif Turie-A fiAtpna vester- day sustained the demurrer filed by Attorneys Sheppara & srocic Though collusion with the men ac cused of lpoting the American Life is charged, no specific act is cited as proof in the petition of the stocKhoia ers of the defunct company. Whetner or not me receivHismp ... a lr.rt hv thin Rnrt of Droceed- ings will be decided by Judge Gatens today. It is a question wnemer mis I. - Hirnt or ft collateral attacK. IT the former, it is legal, if the latter. it will have to be made mrougn me receivership." If the judge rules that the action has standing in law, the peti tioners will have to file another peti tion setting tortn specuic pruuia m the misconduct alleged. TKA .tfHnn -ara a nrie-inallV filed aS a cross action in the suit of F. E. Rowell against the American L.ire. ana was a companion to the efforts of stockhold-Ai-a in th. American Life to force of ficers of the Union Pacific Life to re turn between J80.000 ana iu,uuu 01 the assets they maintain were trans f.rr.rf miTftiiv from the company in which they held stock. - Coos Dairymen Await Price Rises. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 19 Spe- ciaL) Dairymen in Coos County look for higher prices for miiK products than have prevailed in the past 10 years and figures are highly, satisfac tory. Cheese manufacturers are ob taining from S to 8 cents advance on stocks held oyer when low prices were - In effect in the Summer of 1915, and the condenseries and factories claim they will pay greatly advanced rates NOSE Hi HEAD STOPPED UP F COLD OR CATARRH. OPEN AT ONCE My Cleansing, Healing Balm In stantly Clears Nose, Head and Throat Stops Nasty Catarrhal Dis charges. Dull Headache Goes. Try "Ely's Cream Balm." Get a small bottle anyway. Just to try it Apply a little in the nostrils and instantly your clogged nose and stopped-up air passages of the head will open; you will breathe freely; dullness and headache disappear. By morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or catarrhal sore throat will be gone. End such misery now! Get the small bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at PAIN IN BACK, MISERABLE ALL OVER. Dear Mr. Editor: All last Winter I suffere;! from a ter- 1 1, , ; ; v, t felt miserable riuio (lain ii 1 1 1 J urtv ii. . . - - ... all over, and could not walk but a short distance, was unaoie 10 worn. uu not sleep well at night as I was omiged to arise frequently. I learned of Dr. Pierce's Anuric, that cures sucn troubles, and sent to him for a trial package. This relieved me of getting up at nlgnt in a enori umf. im ii." gained considerable. I am better now than I have been for some time: sleep better, have less rheumatism and do quite a lot of work for a woman of T Uart Virirlr-riUKt aettlinCS in my water before using "Anuric," now there is none. . Kindlv print this letter, it may help some one else who suffers as I did, or WS8igned) MRS. ELLA A. GARRISON. Kntf Kverv man or woman ought to use occasionally, a proper remedy .raeir Picturing the Eternal Strife Between Capital and Labor. Sensational and Spectacular in Its Realism. Tea Served Daily in Our Ladies' Room From 3 to 5 P. M. Free. EflA for butterfat' in the Spring when cows freshen and the milk flow in creases. any drugstore. This sweet, fragrant balm dissolves by the heat of the nostrils; penetrates and heals the in- K flamed, swollen membrane which lines the nose, head and throat; clears the air passages; stops nasty discharges and a feeling of cleansing, soothing relief comes immediately. Don't lay awake tonight struggling i for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils "J closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh I or a cold, with its running nose, foul mucous dropping into the throat, and raw dryness is distressing but truly needless. Put your faith Just once in "Elys Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh will surely disappear. Adv. for the headache, backache, languor, nervousness and depression ro which he or she may be subject. When tho kidneys r-re weak or diseased, these natural filters do not cleanse the bloqct sufficiently, and the poisons are car ried to all parts of the body. There fol low depression, aches and pains, heavi ness, drowsiness, irritability, head aches, chilliness and rheumatism. In some people there are sharp pains in . , I. .J I... Hl.lpnadnr hlnri- 1 1 1 unt;iv u ii.i lu.uf,. v-" ' ..-o der disorders and sometimes obstinate dropsy. The uric acia Mmeumra id into gravel or kidney stones. When the uric acid affects the muscles and joints. It causes lumbago, rheumatism, gout or sciatica. This Is the time to try "Anuric." the new discovery of Dr. Pierce for kidney trouble and pains in back and all over body! Write Dr. Pierce, send 10c for a large trial pack- . age, or ask your druggist now for a 50c-ent box of "Anuric" Adv. 1,1