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4 THE 3I0RXTXG OREGONIAX, 3IOXDAY, JAXTJARY 31, 1D1GL" WILSONS SURPRIS E CHURCH AUDIENCE FORMER MERCHANT IS 93 YEARS OLD TODAY Hermon Camp Leonard, Inspiring Genius of Some of Portland's Most Im portant Utilities, Still Hale and Hearty and Enjoying Life. ( Congregation Remains Seated as Distinguished Worship ers Take Departure. WIFE VISITED BY INDIANS Princess Presents Basket to First Lady; Plea lor America First to Be Made to Foreign-Born Citizens of .Milwaukee. CLEVELAND. Jan. 30. President TVlIson departed from Cleveland to night for Milwaukee, where be plana to deliver one of the most Important speeches ot his middle Western trip tomorrow. He is believed to have sounded the keynote of his Milwaukee cpeech In a telegram sent today to Senator James, ot Kentucky, to be read before a meeting of Aostrians in Xw York. The telegram follows: "Mar 1 not send my warmest greet ings to the meeting and will you ex press for me very deep and sincere confidence in the entire loyalty and patriotism of the great body of our fellow citlsens who have strength ened and enriched America by adding their energy to our own out of the nations which have Joined their stocks to make a great America?" Plea to A Urn. Likely. Because of the lsTTtre foreign born population in Milwaukee, the Presi dent is expected to urge all Ameri cans, no matter where born, to stand for America first. He will also repeat ills warning that the United States inuft be prepared because of the un certainty of the international situa tion. The President and members of his party ha'e been well pleased with the success of his meetings in Pittsburg Rnd Cleveland. The arrangements have been kept strictly nonpartisan and liepubllcans and Democrats have joined in welcoming him. His de mands for Increased preparedness have met with warm responses. Adviser of the President said today that in practically every speech he will continue to emphasize the possibility that the United States may be drawn into the European struggle. Details of the Army and Navy plans are being avoided by the President in his talks to the people. He has generalized by aying a reserve army of at least )0.00 trained men. a larger Navy and more coast defenses are needed. He is telling his audiences that the Army and Navy plans have been carefully drawn up and that the judgment of the executive should be trusted. ladlaas Meet Mrs. Wilson. With Mrs. Wilson the President spent Sunday here quietly. They had break fast in their suite. At 11 o clock they motored five miles to the Euclid ave nue Presbyterian Church, of which Rev, McGaffin, an old friend of Mr. Wilson, Is the pastor The President's plans were not known in advance and only the usual congregation of the church caw him. At the request of the clergy man, everyone remained seated until Mr and Mrs. Wilson had left This af ternoon they took a long automobile ride, and spent the evening in their suite. Mrs. Wilson received three Indians in her room today, and a sweet grass basket was given her by Princess Go Wah-Heah-Doongwa and Heah-Doon-. gwa, of the St. Regis reservation In New Tork. Chief Thunderingwater and Chief Louis Solomon stolidly shook hands with Mrs. Wilson. They said they wanted to meet her because she was descended from Pocahontas. - l'VV.-V '.v ;vv NEED OF DEFENSE OFPAGIFIC SHOWN Los Angeles Chamber of Com merce Places Emphasis on Rural Reservists. , LAND WOULD BE FURNISHED 0' CLERKS MAY GET COURSE Oregon Considers Clans for Mer chants and Employes. Installation of & short course of training- for retail merchants and clerks in d1vrsltled merchandising probably will be Installed In the School of Com merce of the University of Oregon within the coming year, as a result of the actlvltle of the retail mer chants organizations of the state and of the Xtetatl Merchants Journal. The Ketail Journal conducted Investiga tions on the subject when the School ot Commerce was founded, and has been a hearty advocate of the plan from the beginning. j President Campbell has Indicated that probably $JU0 will be available this year for a practical Instructor In merchandising course, and from this beginning the course in expected to be developed as rapidly as the demand justi ties. ZEPPELINS AT PARIS AGAIN CoBtfnnd From Kfrt Pajre.) the nearest trace of It beyond was quarter of a mile away, where a bomb fell full In the center of a thick stoire wall and. alter cutting a big hole out of it as cleanly as if It had been done by a knife, dug through the pavement deeply into the earth, causing a bad ave-in. Aoartaarsjt Balldlaa- Strark. In a mora populous quarter a bomb struck a six-story apartment building occupied by the families of working- men, cutting it in two on the line of the corner of the kitchens from garret to cellar and burying 10 victims under the debris of the. central part of the touched and on the other side of the gap the six kitchens of the building, one atop one another, were loft open to the weather with the ranges and utensils in plain view and apparently undisturbed. Tiiis quarter was besieged all the morning by dense erowds that were held at the street corners by the police, none but the city authorities, represen tatives of the government, and news paper men with identification press cards being allowed to Inspect the ruins. The greatest throng was, in the street, whera men from the municipal chemical laboratory were carefully ex amining a bomb, weighing nearly 600 pounds, that had fallen in the court yard of a factory and failed to ex plode. The crowd at one time broke througb the police line and elbowed up to the footboaord of the official motorcar to get a near view of the monster. Volnrara Visits Scene. . A dozen bombs weighing about 600 pounds each were dropped. None of the fatalities occurred In the open Mreets. the majority of the victims be ing killed In their beds. President Polncare. who, in company with the military governor of Paris and the prefect of police, visited the scene of the wreckage caused by some of the bombs shortly after midnight, eeemed greatly moved by what he saw. On of the houses that he visited was that of Police Sergeant Bidault. who bad just reached his home and who was killed by a bomb which at the i-ame time seriously injured bis slster-ic-law. Br ADDISON BENNETT. N almost any fine afternoon a men may be seen walking around the streets in the vicinity of the Postoffice. To look at him as he passes along, you might at first glance take him te be 70 years of age: upon closer inspection of his countenance you might revise those figures and say 65. Hut the man alluded to is Hermon Camp Leonard, who has lived in Ore gon continuously since early in June, 18o0, and for many of those years he was one of the prominent men of this state, the firm of which he was the head, Leonard & Green, being for many years one of the most important whole sale grocery establishments in the Northwest. He was born on January 31. 1823, S3 years ago today. The tale of Mr. Leonard's life would make practically a history of Oregon, and yet he was about 27 years of age when he came here and had a brief business career previously in three states: Florida, New Tork and Cali fornia. To make anything like a study of Mr. Leonards life, one must go back to his forefathers, who, it will be found, were men of note In various walks of life in the Eastern part of cur country. Two Generations Cover 1-3 Tears. He was the son of Stephen Ba Leonard, who was born in Wall street, New York City, on April 16. 1793. So the lives of the father and son have a span of almost 123 years and cover the period practically since the found ing of our government until we have reached a population of 100.000.000. Stephen Banks Leonard drifted out to Owego, N. Y after learning the printer's trade, and when he was 21 years old he established the Owego Gasette, which was a power lu poli tics for many years under his guid ance. One of his early enterprises was the establishment of a stage line from Owego to Angelica, which was soon ex tended to New York City. A pros pectus issued at the time says: "It is the shortest, cheapest and most expe ditious route. The distance from New York to Angelica, via Painted Post and Bath, is 314 miles, which is performed in about five days." The elder Leonard served two terms In Congress, from March 4. 1835. to March 3. 1837. and from March 4. 1839. to March 3. 1841. He disposed of the Grizette upon entering Congress the first time. He died in Oswego, N. Y., May 8. 1876. West Heaehed In 1840. Hermon Camp Leonard arrived in San Francisco Dec-ember 31, 1849. "Just in time to be a '49er ," as he puts it Short ly after his arrival he met John Green, of New York, who had been in busi ness in San Francisco for several months. They had been" chums back East and at once agreed upon a part nership. Mr. Green was imbued with the idea that Oregon would be a bet ter place for them than Califoria. so they packed up their goods, with a lot more nurchased with the Leonard funds, and shipped them to Astoria, Mr. Krcim coming In charge. He arrivea In Astoria In February, 1850. and at once opened up the business under the firm name of Leonard & Green, a name that was to be known In Oregon for many years. Mr. Leonard remained in San Fran cisco to look after shipments of goods ordered and other duties connected with the firm until the following June, and engaged actively in the business. They remained there until the latter part of 1862 and did well. Then Mr. Green's brother. Henry D.. and Mr. Leonard's brother, Irving, arrived from the East and the Astoria business was turned over to them to run for half the profits, and the members of the old firm came to Portland, where a store on Front street, with the only dock in the city attached to it was rented, and the great career of Leon ard & Green began in earnest. Firm Widely Kiosi. The details of this career cannot be entered into in a short article of this nature. It is only just, however, to say that In this city, in Honolulu. China and San Francisco the firm name of Leonard & Green stood for solidity and progress. They became shipowners and large exporters and Importers. Indeed, in many ways they vere pioneers, and pioneers of progress. The first Oregon flour ever shipped to China was sent out on a venture by Leonard & Green in 1855. The shipment consisted of 300 barrels. Mr. Green told me yes terday that the shipment to Hongkong from Portland In 1907 was about 1,500. 000 barrels. About that time the Astoria business was closed out and Irving Leonard and Henry D. Green came to Portland and entered the firm here. Leonard A Green purchased a block on First and Flan ders streets for 11200. where a bache lor home for the four was erected. This house was a landmark for many years. When Leonard & Green quit the mer cantile business this block was divided between the two. Mr. Leonard sold his half for (55.000 and Mr. Green held his tor a number of years and sold for J100.000. Activities Are Varied. It is impossible to give even a Slimpse of the activities of the firm of Leonard & Green or of the part Mr. Leonard had in the upbuilding of Portland. They erected the first gas works in Portland, and when only fcan Francisco and Sacramento of ail the places west of the Rocky Mountains had gas. They erected the first water works Portland had. Indeed, they were typical pioneer merchants and indl viduals. On one of Mr. Leonard's many trips to the Orient he brought back with him the first Japanese ever seen in Portland. "Kinzo." who for many years had charge of the Leonard & Green bachelor quarters. The firm sold the water works prop erty to the city in 18S6 and in 1892 sold the pas works to the present "company and the firm dissolved, after doing business for more tban 40 years. And today, on his 93d birthday, Mr. Leonard will be receiving congratula tions from many of his old friends, from some who have known him from the early days of his career here. And one and all will wish him health and strength to the end, that he may not depart this life as a nonagenarian, but may round out the century, and then some and enjoy every hour of the time and every step of the Journey. h 8 HERO SCHOOLS IS PLAN CLUB HAS FUNDS FOR TRAINING OF 300 AVIATORS. Ten Statea Are Expected to Add Flying Machine Departments to Their National Guard Organisations. NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Preparations for establishing training schools for aviators at Mew York, Chicago, Bos ton, Newport News. Augusta, Me., De troit, Los Angeles and Seattle are be ing made by the Aero Club of America, it was announced tonight. Funds al ready have been provided to assure the training of 200 men. More than $200,000 is reported to have been raised throughout the country to undertake the work. A group of men in Illinois has underwritten taO.000 oi this sum to provide training for 100 aviators. - W. C. Robinson, of Grinnell, Ia hold er of the American endurance record. Informed the club today that he would undertake the training of one officer from the militia of each state. Emerson McMillin's offer to add $100 to every $900 raised for militia avia tion up to $s000 expires at midnight to morrow. Telegrams received today at the Aero Club headquarters indicated that large sums would be raised in many states to meet the requirements of Mr. McMillin's offer. The 10 states which it is believed certain will add aviation sections to their military are New York. Illinois, Maine, Virginia. Michigan, Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Missouri, Iowa and Ohio. TWO LAOS ARE FROZEN BOISE BOY DEAD; BROTHER LOSES HANDS AND FEET. Pair Start oa 1.-Mlle Walk Wlthont Permission; Another Boy LoaJ, Breaking; Through lee. BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 30.-(Special.) Leaving their home Saturday to "Jump bobs." John Cressey, aged 11, and his brother Hiram, aged . later decided to visit their grandparents on a farm 15 miles distant. Today Hiram was found frozen to death nine miles east of Boise, the body lying beside the little sled, and John was discovered exhausted some distance farther on with both hands and feet frozen. He had attempted to reach a deserted hut on a homestead for help. The suffer ing lad was rushed to a local hospital. It is not believed he can live, as his hands and feet will have to be ampu tated. When the boys failed to return to their home last night a frantic search was started. On a lonely stretch of road the Sheriff found the frozen body of the younger lad. The older boy. discovered farther on, was unconscious. Their parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. C Cressey. are frantic with grief. Another home la grief-stricken in Boise tonight. Elmer, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shoemaker, while playing with his sled on the Ice on the Boise River, broke through to day and was drowqed. The body has not been recovered. Kear-Admiral Barker Dead. ' WASHINGTON", Jan. 30. Rear-Ad-miral Albert S. Barker, retired, who served from 1862 to 1905 and had a noteworthy naval career, died at his home here today of pneumonia. He had Deon ill almost a month. He had been commandant of the Navy-yards at Mare Island, Norfolk and New York. Training of Toung Men in Agricul ture and HortfcBlture While Re taining Services for Event of War Is Favored. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 30. After ex haustive Inquiry by a special commit tee, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce has adopted a memorial to Congress urging the adequate de fense of the Pacific Coast as well as that of all other parts f the coun try, and the adoption in principle of universal military eervicb. The memorial begins by saying that "no dependence can be placed on bringing naval reinforcements from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in the event of war," for the Panama Canal could be blocked or wrecked wifh dvnamite. Unles a fleet equal to the combined navies of Asia is kept constantly on the 1-acinc woaat, It would fall as a defensive measure. Sueh . fleet could not be built "in time to meet immediate necessity lor imnretrnable defense. Hence sue naval defenses as can be provided should be "not offensive but defen sive." Strongly fortified naval bases. with adeauate supplies of fuel, at an vantage noints in the United StAtes and at Sitka, Cook e imet, unaiasaa. Samoa and Pearl Harbor are favored. Defease of . Alaska Vital. The defense of Alaska is declared vital to the safety of the Pacific Coast" and requires a permanent land force, which should be a construction reserve in which all men employed in government development work and coal mines could be enlisted. Alaska should have "an agricuftural reserve, created by a campaign for the colonl zatlon of agricultural land on tn New Zealand plan. every settler trained as in that country. All cities and harbors on the Pacif ic Coast should be fortified and all coast defenses should be fully manned and should be prepared fo land attack bv a permanent land force, field artillery, automobiles and military highways. The sources of water and food supply for cities should be protected. The standing army should have reserve, provided by a six-year term of enlistment, two years with the colors and four with the reserve. jj! i j 1 ; : n sm We Believe in l rading stamps ou i ears in Business, i . ry -XT Tit. J TUo . 1 r ui x tzixia tvc nave vuvcii niciu tu w ui Patrons. They Constitute an Honest. Legitimate Method of Attracting Worthy Patronage Special Prices on Leather Today All "MARK CROSS" ladies' Pigskin Hand bags, Va. off. A special line of ladies' hand bags, values up to $2, for 895. Genuine Cowhide Traveling Bags in 16, 17 and 18 inch, special for $4.98.' Clearance Sale of Necktie Holders, Military Brush Cases, Medicine Cases, etc., values to $3, for 59. Toilet Needs 50c Cameline 34 25c Odo-Ro-No 19 25c Frostilla 18f 50c Lablache Face Powder 35 I 50c Veda Rose Rouge is 35 I 25c Euthymol Tooth Paste lotf Tooth Brushes 14 Whisk Brooms 23 Nail Brush 290 Ladies' Comb 150 St. Valentine's Day- Table Decorations, Matboard Cutouts and Greetings. Stationery Dept, 1st Floor. Big line Post Cards, 10c doz. Basement. Guaranteed for five years. Complete and ready to attach to any socket. $5.50 each. 'AMERICAN BEAUTY' Radiators. Get yours be fore the price goes up. A true-to-name heater and really efficient. $5.00. MAB3HAU. 7C-0-10MI A 171 V HUNGRY MAN DESPERATE HISBAND ASKS TO BE JAILED, WIFE GOES TO HOSPITAL. separate army for insular and isth mian service should be enlisted. The Chamber lays special stress on the value of a national rural reserve, with an eventual strength of 5,000,000 men. Rural Reserve Outlined: On this subject, the Chamber says Each rural reservist should be settled upon a small tract of land, no larger than he can cultivate with his own labor with the help of his family. This entire rural reserve should be officered, trained. eauiDDed and organized so that in the event of war they would be as good soldiers as the reserves or Switzerland. All the National reserves should be tinder the exclusive jurisdiction and control of tue war Department in all matters relating to military training, equipment, organization and service and should always be prepared to loin the colors wltnout delay. The most imperative need would oe a iuii complement of officers for all the reserves. always in active command. All the National reserves should, therefore, be under com mand of officers promoted from the ranks or trained in military schools under the -rection of the War Department and ranked the same as officers of the Regular Army. Mllltnrv schools should be maintained in liferent nfirtM of the United States. Many of the military posts should be transformed into such military scnools. It is not possible, says the Cham ber, to maintain an adequate force on the Pacific Coast, either of regulars or state or National militia. It is pro posed to provide such a force by sup plementing the reserves provided under the War Department plans "by the im mediate enlistment and establishment of a National homecroft reserve, com posed of 500,000 young men. preferably .married men, who would eagerly grasp r . . . - the opportunity tor an enlistment oi three years in such a reserve," on terms outlined. Agricultural Training Given.' These men would first receive mill tary training and thereafter would re ceive daily military training and also would be trained as agriculturists and horticulturists. At the end of his three years' service in the homecroft reserve each man would receive perpetual lease of five acres of land on condition that he be continued service in the National rural reserve until 45 years old. For this purpose the Government would re quire 100,000 acres of land in each of the states of California, Arizona, Ke vada, Oregon and Washington, paid for bv a bond issue and divided into one acre homecrofts. The Government would erect houses and other buildings and construct roads, streets, water works and sewers. This work would be done by the homecroft reservists, who would receive wages and would have lease during the three years' service t a rent which would cover the Inter est and amortization charge on the bonds. No further compensation would be made in peace, but In war reservists would receive, regular Army pay. "SHEEP KING" IS DEAD K. A. Jackson, of Washington, Sur vived by 12 Children. DAYTON, Wash., Jan. SO. (Special.) R. A. Jackson, aged 64, died at his home on the Tucanon, Columbia County, last night He was the sheep king ot the state of Washington, owned sev eral thousand acres of land in this county and was known throughout the United States as owner ot the finest Rambonillet sheep in America. Mr. Jackson was born in Osceola, Iowa, and came to this county about 1879. He is survived by his widow and 2 children, most of them are grown. EUGENE GETS INVITATION Marshfield to Return Banquet on "Groundhog Day." EUGENE, Or., Jan. 30. (Special.) Marshfield is to have a Willamette Pa cific celebration February 2, "Ground hog day." An invitation extended to the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and the business men of this city says Come Out of Your Hole." It is to be in the form of a return banquet for that held in Eugene and attended by residents of the Coos Bay country Friday night. Eugene is planning to send a large delegation. Woman Blind Is Also III, With Mate on Verge of Insanity as Re sult of Poverty. Airs. Ira Daniels is in the hospital and her husband Is in jail on the verge of insanity as a result of extreme pov erty. Their case was Investigated yester day by the women's protective bureau of the department of public safety, with the result that the woman, 66 years old, totally blind, ill with the grip and suffering from want of food, will be cared for in the hospital until she is well. The case was revealed Saturday when the husband applied at the police station, asking to be locked up for fear that his desperation might drive him to suicide. He even asked the jailer to remove his handkerchief so he might not use it in jail to end his life by strangulation. His last job was three weeks ago, when he' was working in an East Side restaurant at $3.50 a week and board, working 11 hours a day. He lost his job when taken ill with the grip. With some aid furnished by the landlady in the Amsdon Hotel, where they roomed, at third and Jeffer son streets, they have barely subsisted since then. 0RVILLE T. PORTER IS DEAD Ex-Suneyor-General of Alaska Suc cumbs at Albany, Aged 79. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 30. (Special.) Orville T. Porter, an early Oregon resident and United States Marshal and Surveyor-General of Alaska dur ing the Harrison Administration, died here today. Orville Tracy Porter was born in Mexico, N. Y November 23, 1837. He came to the Paclfio Coast by way of Panama in 1360. He taught school In many Oregon and Washington towns, including Walla AValla, the Waitsburg Academy, Corvallis, Harrisburg and other places. He later took up newspaper work, es tablishing the Harrisburg Bulletin and later becoming editor of the Albany Herald. Mr. Porter was a constant reader of The Oregonian. Until his house was damaged by fire some 13 years ago, he had a complete file of the paper from the time of his arrival in tills section. 1 Besides a widow, Carrie Delph Por ter, he leaves four children: Mrs. A. B. Atty, of Springfield. Mass.; Mrs. Henry W. Lunceford. of Richmond. Cal.; Mrs. Alice Cockerline, of Albany and Chester A. Porter, of Seattle. All on Equal Footing When Treasury Is Empty. Good Roads Money to Come from Same Source aa Cash for Pros pective Improvement of Rivers and Harbors on Pacific Coast. MEMBERSHIP INCREASED TO 5l LANE COUNTY FARMERS. ') OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 30. A Democratic member of the House was In the midst of an elaborate argument In support of the bill proposing to appropriate 125,000,000 of Federal money to aid the various states In the construction of good roads, when he was inter rupted by Representative Humphrey, of Washington. "May I ask the gentleman," said Mr. Humphrey, "where he expects to get the $25,000,000 for road construction, in view of the fact that the Federal Treasury is now empty?' From the same sources from which the gentleman from Washington and other members expect to get t-15,000,000 or more for river and harbor improve ments," flashed back the advocate of good roads. Total Produce Handled t3IO,000 Poun and Preserving Department Will Be New Addition. EUGENE. .Or., Jan. 30. (Speclal.)-i Aue volume ui me cuuucu guuuo uuo' ness of the Eugene fc ruit Growers' A sociatlon, an organization in which El Lane County farmers are stockholders increased 25 per cent during the pas year, according to an announcemen made in the annual report of the mana ger, J. O. Holt, read at a meeting hel' in the Eugene Chamber of Commero yesterday. More extensive operations of the can nerv owned bv the association art planned for 1916, when departments for the manufacture of jams and preserve in both glass and tin. will be added. Mr. Holt reported that there had beci some decrease in the volume of greet fruit shipments on acount of a shori apple crop during the past year, and that the dried fruit output had been about the same as for the 1914 season In detail the report shows that th total amount of fruit and vegetables handled In all deparments was 2,360,000 pounds, an increase of 10 per cent. The varieties of products canned .numbered 37. The cannery this year hae handled a number of orders for the War De partment, some of the Lane County products being shipped to the Mexican border. H. H. Harlow was elected president; H. F. McCornack, vice-preBident: J. O. Holt, secretary. Mr. McCornack was retiring president. Age and Wisdom. Atchison Globe. As a man grows older, he is more likelv to stick to one style rf collars. Sets Many a Man To Thinking " Strange how many times a coffee drinker will pass lightly over a Postum advertisement until all at once nervousness, a sleepless night, a dull head ache, heart flutter, or some other ailment often due to coffee drinkinsr brings the message home. Then, attention is called to the fact that caffeine, the drug in coffee, does hurt some people and hurt them hard. ft "scare." it n-Ffaa rlvinL-or- onrl tTlinlf ATI H-Pof ffP talk is OnlV Si would be a good idea to make this easy, personal test: Quit coffee ten clays and in its place use POSTUM If the change to this pure food-drink brings steadier nerves, sounder sleep, a clearer head, and the better health that follows freedom from the coflee drug, you'll know where comfort lies whether to stick to Postum or go baclc to coffee and its troubles. ' Made of wheat and a small portion of whole some molasses, Postum has a delicious flavor much like that of mild, high-grade coffee, yet contains no caffeine nor other harmful element. There are two forms of Postum. The original Postum Cereal must be boiled; Instant Postum is quickly soluble in hot water, more convenient to prepare, and has the same rich flavor as the original Postum. Some prefer one form, some the other. Both forms are equally delicious, and the cost per cup is about the same. The change from coffee to Postum is a little thing to do for so great a benefit. It's worth thinking over! Hill !?i isS5 rim SffiSssr"' ' Ia Original Postum Cereal 15c and 25c package. "There's a Reason" Grocers everywhere sell Postum. 4