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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ' 19, 1916. 9 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OREGONIAN TELEPHONES. MlTuclnr Editor Main 7O70. A CC!3 Cay Kditor Main 7070, A K'5 Sunday Editor Main 7070. A 3 -Adverrisins Department. .Mam 707'. A 0;i5 L'itV Circulation Main 7ll7ll. V fiOOS Composing room ......... Main 770. A t"U5 Printinit-room Main 770. A "0S Superintendent Building. . Main 770. A 601)3 AMCSEMENTS. JlEII.ir; (Broadway at Tlylor street) lacuiar mm versjt-n or The er vo Afternoon and eight, starting at noon. BAKEK THEATER (Sixth and Morrison streets Kalrer srnrlr i""nmnanV in "The Jleltins Pot." This afternoon at 3:1S and tonight at 8:15. CiRPHCUM (Broadway and Yamhill street) Big-tiine vaudeville, 2.-0 and 8:30 P. M. EMPRESS iBrnortwav and Stark street) Vaudeville. Performances 2:40. :iiU ana 8:1J F. M. PANTAGES (Aider and Broadway) Vaude villa. Performance 2:0. 7:0 and 9:15. LTPJC (Fourth and Stark streets) Dillon and Kin in musical comedy. Alternoon and night pertcrmancea dally. Advertisement Intended for City News In Brief columns In Sunday's Issue must be handed In The Orexonian business office by o o'clock Saturday evening. The Grounds of National Security, according to George Washington, will he discussed by Kev. John H. Boyd, T. P.. First Fresbyterlan Church, cor ner Twelfth and Alder street, 7:iJ l". m., Sunday. See Farewell address: "Reli gion and morality are indispensable. let us with caution indulge the sup position that morality can be main tained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." Ser mon, 10:30 A. AI.. "The Length and Breadth of Christ's Thinking." Adv. Examination Dates Set. The United States-Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examina tions as follows: .March 15-16. 1916, .marine engine and boiler draftsman (male) In the machinery dvrslon of the United States Navy-yard. New York, N. Y.. at 13 52 to J5.S2 a day. March 22. 1916, map colorist in the depart menu at Washington. D. C. or in the field, salaries from $720 to 900 a year. For further particulars and application blanks apply to M. K. Wlgton. local secretary. Postofflce building, Port land, Or. Music Compact Sues Bank. Be cause of the alleged refusal of the Scandinavian-American Bank to Rive them notes to the value of I408O.7.T which were among the assets they maintained were turned over to them by the K. H. Holt Piano Company, Kilers' Music House filed suit in the Circuit Court Thursday for the recovery of the notes and $550 damages for the detention of the property. The alleged assignment of assets was made on Au gust 1. 1915, in a transfer made by the Holt Company. Husband's Accusation Cause or Suit. Maintaining that In March, 1915, her husband accused her of associating with other men and of coming home intoxicated, Mrs. Gussie Follett yester day filed suit In the Circuit Court for a divorce from Marquis de L. Follett, an engineer in the employ of the Bridal Veil Lumber Company. They were mar ried in Portland June 16, 1897, and have two children. Grace, aged 17, and Albert, aged 14. The wife desires the custody of the children and $30 a month alimpny. Corporal Jat B. Nash Commended. In an official bulletin issued by headquarters. United States Marine Corps, Washington, appears the name of Jay B. Nash, of thiB city, who was recently promoted to the rank of cor poral, as having been additionally com mended upon his qualification as an expert rifleman in that peculiarly at tractive hrnnch of the 'Government service. Corporal Nash is a son of Mrs. Dora U. Nash, 446 Larrabee street. Portland. $4459 Claim Filed. A claim of $4469.09 for extras on the construction of the outfall of the East Alder-street trunk sewer has been filed by the con tractor, K. G. Lundstrom. The amount of the contract was $25,000. Mr. Lund strom declares that certain additional expenditures were necessary to make the job safe and that these could not be foreseen when 4he contract "was taken. Th City Council has referred the proposition to Commissioner Dieck for his report and recommendations. A "CoaiMUNrrT Sikg. which was given in the First Congregational Church a few months ago. proved to be so popular that the church has decided to present another event of this char acter on Sunday. February 20, at 7:4o o'clock, which will be of & patriotic nature. Dr. Dyott's theme at 11 A. M. "The Greatest Progress in the World.' All persons are Invited. Adv. Floyd Eider Overcome. Floyd Rader. aged about 6 3, was picked up in an unconscious condition near the Mult nomsh Club yesterday and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Late in the day he rallied sufficiently to explain that lie had fallen in a faint, but was too dazed to tell where he lived or who he was. His name was discovered from an envelope in his coat pocket. SEWER PROCEEDINriS Bboun. Fro. ceedlncs were started yesterday by the City Engineering Department for sewer improvements as follows: East Sev enty-ninth. Eightieth and East Pine street district to cost $3115; East Kisrhtieth from the north line of North Villa to East Glisan to cost $536 r.l?htietri street and halt Burnside as a district to cost $1835. Line Insubance Head to Spkak. Warren R. Porter, of San Francisco, president of the Western States Life Insurance Company, accompanied by II, J. Saunders, vice-president and nun azer of agencies of the company, will arrive in Portland tomorrow. Monday evening President Porter will speak be fore the Life Underwriters Association of Oregon. Hebrew Mass Mettiki Calijsd. The Free Hebrew School has called mass meeting for tomorrow night at the Neighborhood Houe. The new principal, C. A. Prts will address the meeting on "How to Raise Children as Jews and Americans." There will oe other speakers. All Jews will be made welcome. " Ex-Governor . Gebr to Speak. Ex Governor T. T. Geer will give in ad dress on Sunday morning at Third and Taylor streets in front of the old Taylor-Street Methodist Church. The hour set Is 10:15 o'clock. The subject will be "George Washington." H. G. Merriam to Lecture. H. G iMerriam will lecture on "Idealist and Romanticist; Eugene Lee-Hamilton and Alfred Noyes." tonight at 8 o'clock at the East Portland Branch Library. This lecture was postponed from January 19. Dr. McMickle to Lecture. "Some Biological Generalizations Applied to Sociology" will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. McMickle at Turn Hall. Fourth and Yamhill streets, Sunday at 2:30 o'clock. Admission will be free. Coffee . Day Saturday. 40c bulk coffee, 2-"S (limit 4 lbs. to person). Come and try a enp and see the best wav to make coffee. Martin Marks Coffee Co.. ZS Third St. Adv. "A Bird's Nest." Do you know how to deal with It? Come to Calvary Presbyterian Church, 11th and Clay, Sunday eve. Also don't fall to be there at 10:30. Adv. Singlb Taxers to Meet. Q. H. Staron will address the Oregon Single Tax Association tonight in room IL Central Library, on "Lincoln, the Re publican." Collegiate Alumnae ,to Meet. The Association of Collegiate Alumnae will meet today at 2:30 o'clock in Port land Heights Clubhouse. Dr. Beatrice Grenier-Stejer, dentist. Central bldg., 10th and Alder; children's teeth a specialty. Main 650. Adv. John Slater, meeting Sunday night. Arcanum Hall, 13th and Wash. Adv. George C. -Held Is Buried. Fu neral services of George C. Held, who was drowned in the Willamette River Wednesday, were conducted yesterday from Dunning's Chapel. 414 East Alder street Burial was in Mount Scott Park Cemetery. Mr. Held was 31 years old, husband of Mrs. Bertha Herrin Held and father of Thelma and W. Held, and brother of Chris C. Held, of New berg, Or.; Albert H. Held, of Cor vallis, Or.; Mrs. Etta Smith, of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Frank Finnel, Mrs. Joseph Spady, Mrs. Julia Held, of Portland; Mrs. J. C. Keith, of Alaska. He was a son of Mrs. Lucia Held, of Portland, and a member of Multnomah Camp, No. 77. Woodmen of the World. Pound Conference- Postponed. Owing to the Inability of the offcials of the Oregon Humane Society to attend yesterday's meeting of the City Council, the Council deferred for a week the conference on the subject of the amount of money to be turned over, to the so ciety for operating the public dog pound. The subject will be considered at a meeting Wednesday at 4 o'clock. Two Clubs File Articles. Articles of Incorporation for the Portland Trans portation Club and the Portland Kitie Club were filed with County Clerk Cof fey yesterday. Mrs. E. A. Hutch ins Funeral Held. The funeral of Mrs. E. A. Hutchins, who died at her home, 725 Hawthorne avenue, was conducted yesterday irom J. P. Finley & Son's chapel. Mrs. Hutchins had been a resident of the state for 46 years' of Portland 12 years and was 73 years of age. She was the widow of the late Benjamin Prescott Hutrhins, and is survived by five children: Mrs. Thomas Darling, Ocean Park. Cal.; Mrs. James W. Duff, Mrs. Laura R. Hooper and B. P. Hutchins, of Portland, and Mrs. George R. Hooper, of Los Angeles, Cal. Liquor Salb Charoed. L. M. Cham bers, who is running a near-beer saloon in the place formerly known as tke Arcade, Sixth and Couch streets, was arrested yesterday charged with violating the prohibition law. Patrol men Martin. Schum ahd Powell, of the moral squad, who made the arrest, al lege that they bought whisky with a marked dollar. Oliver Harshman, bar tender and Henry Yost, who says he is a chauffeur, were also arrested, as implicated In the sale. Willard Memorial Service Planned. The Mount Scott Women's Christian Temperance Union will hold a Willard memorial service next Tuesday at the home of Mrs. H. A. Scott, 6028 East Ninety-first street in the South East Side, from 2 until 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. Jennie Kemp, state president, is ex pected to deliver an address on cur rent events. Mrs. Mary Mallet, former county president, will speak on the work of the department of medical temperance. Courthouse Wine Theft Probed. The Courthouse wine mystery is before the grand Jury. George Vaughn, George Nelson. A. W. Reese and Phil Lowe, Courthouse employes, were subpenaed to appear before that body yesterday In the investigation. Eight gallons of claret, confiscated in a raid on a French-Italian restaurant, were stolen Tuesday from barrels stored in the basement of the Courthouse and the probe was begun by District Attorney Evans. Four Wire Thieves Sentenced. Four members of the "copper-wire company,' which is said to' nave despoiled the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany of thousands of dollars" worth of line equipment, were sentenced by Judge Langguth In Municipal Court yesterday. . John Farmer and John Spotts were fined $25 each, or 12 days In jail. Mike Adams and James Golden will pay $30 apiece, or serve 15 days. , Washington's Birthday Holiday. Washington's birthday is to be a holi day for city employes. The City-Coun cil yesterday voted unanimously to give II the city workers tne lull day oil with pay. This will mean a day off for all people except those required for special service, such as policemen, fire men, park attendants and men and women engaged In other lines requiring attention on that day. Flood Prevention Proposed. As result of the flood of the lowlands near Lents property owners are con sidering asking tne assistance of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany and the county in adopting pre ventive measures. It Is thought that if the channel of the creek were cleared of brush and rubbish, giving the water a chance to run off, It would not spread out over the lowlands. Hill Funeral to Be Held Todat. Funeral services for the late Captain Frank R. Hill, who - was drowned by falling into the Willamette River a few days ago, will be held at the Portland Crematorium In Sellwood at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. J. J. Staub, pastor of the Sunnyside Congregational Church, will officiate. Friends of Cap tain Hill and of the family are invited to attend. . Library Resources "Explained. At the meeting last night In the Albina Branch Library, 850 Knott street, "Books for Technical Workers" was ex plained. The resorces of the Portland Library and branches also were set forth. A. 11. Harris presided. Miss Vera M. Dixon, who has charge of the technical department at the Central Li brary, spoke. Literary Class Meets Tonight. The class in literary appreciation con ducted - by Professor Mable Holmes Parsons, of the University of Oregon will meet this evening in room A of the Central Library. Mrs. Parsons will give the second lecture on "Modern French Novelists'." The class will begin at 7:45 tonight. Kelso Man Dies Herb. Elmer Leonard, aged 24. of Kelso. Wash., died at Good Samaritan early yesterday morning. On Wednesday he was injured by being crushed between two logs. while working for a lumber company at Ostrander. His parents reside at Kelso, where the body was sent yesterday for burial. Sewer Remonstrances Overruled.- Remonstinces from a number of property owners In Montavllla against the acceptance by the City" Council of the Willow-street trunk sewer were overruled by the Council yesterday and the sewer accepted. Assessments against tho property benefited, by the mprovement will be made at once. Collegiate Alumnae Meet Todat. The February meeting of the Oregon branch of collegiate alumnae will be held today at 2:30 o'clock at the Port- and Heights , Club. Mrs. N. J. Levin- son and Miss Jessie Burton will speak Ail who are eligible are cordially in vited to attend. Bad Check Suspect Held. James Mesen. wanted by the authorities of Calgary, Canada, for alleged bad-check manipulation and horse stealing, was arrested by Detectives Hellyer and Tackabery yesterday. News of his de tention has been telegraphed to the Canadian officers. Taylor - Street ROBBERY JURY YET OUT NO VERDICT REACHED IX CASH OF ED SIMMONS. Jurors Visit Scene of Holdup in En deavor to Reach Agreement, bat Are StIU Divided. After being out several hours with out reaching an agreement, the jury in the case of Ed Simmons, charged with being a party to the holdup of a con ductor at Lents November 21, reported to Judge McGinn yesterday noon that they stood nine to three. "If you are convinced you are right you in the minority stick to your opinion, but remember that stubborn ness and pride of opinion have no place on the jury," Judge McGinn told them as he sent them back for further aeuo eratlon. In the afternoon the jurors decided to view the scene, and. with the con sent of both sides, went in the custody PORTLAND GIRL'S WAIT FOR FORTUNE! IS REWARDED. a hi' i !. - it" - - x i if V; "c . - . , J Mix DeLllla Cecelia Perry. Miss DeLllla Cecelia Perry, 1685 Taylor Ferry Drive, Port land, has recently been awarded an inheritance of several thou sand dollars from her grand father, J. Greendley, of Olympla, Wash., who died 10 years ago. A stipulation in the will gave the money to Miss Perry when she reached her majority. Meet ing all other conditions ira the will, which -were personal, the money, which has been held in trust by a bank in Olympia, has been turned over to her through the efforta of Lionel R. Webster, who provided proper identifica tion. Miss Perry's mother is Mrs. Mamie McNulty, with whom she lives. MissPerry wilL make a trip to California in the near future. Dancing at the Portland Saturday Evening: Dance Dinner de Luxe $1 . Served 5:30 to 8:30 Dancing from 6:30 to 8:30 After-Theater Supper Dance i Service a la Carte Dancing from 10 to 12. Daily Club Luncheon 12 to 2. Afternoon Tea 3 :30 to 6. Table d'Hote Dinner :30 to 8:30, $1. The Portland Hotel - GEO. C. OBER, Manager W.G.T.U.TO DO MEMORY OF FRANCES E. "WILLARD TO BE OBSERVED SUNDAY. of the balljff and accompanied by At torney W. M. Davis and Deputy Dis trict Attorney Collier. In admonishing the jurors Judge Mc Ginn declared that only a reasonable doubt should be tolerated. He said that the best definition of a "reasonable doubt" is a "reasonable doubt." Charles Burchett and Arthur Hall who were indicted by the grand jury and pleaded guilty to a store robbery and the holdup of the streetcar at Lents, were the principal witnesses against Ed Simmons Thursday. The highwaymen held the conductor up at the point of a gun as he stepped from the car to the telephone box to make a report at the end of his run. The young men had blackened their faces and the conductor could not posi tively identify Simmons as one of the trio, though he thought" he was. INSURANCE PLEA VOICED OLD COMPLAINT OK INADEQUATE WATER MAIS RENEWED. Methodists, in no way discouraged by the recent Supreme Court decision, will hold their usual outdoor service on Sunday morning at Third and Taylor street, at 10:15 o'clock. An address on "George Washington" will be delivered by ex-Governor T. T. Geer. Adv. Colored women's Club to Meet. The Colored Women's Republican Club ill meet on Monday night at 8 o'clock in room G. Central Library. Mrs. H. M. Gray, president. Phi Fbih Banquet Tonight. The an nual founders' day banquet of the Port land alumni chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity will be given tonight at the Hotel Benson at o'clock. GEARHART "BY -THE -SEA" Grimes' Restaurant and rooming house at Gearhart will take good care of visitors. Golf links in constant use. Adv. Inman-Poulsen Loss Adjustment Start cd Mill Will Have to Re-let Some Foreign Orders. Fire underwriters, as a result of the disastrous blaze at the Inman-Poulsen mill on Thursday, have renewed their demands upon the city for more ade quate water mains in the territory south of Hawthorne avenue. Two four-inch mains alone were available to the apparatus engaged in the fire-fighting work on Thursday. Additional service was provided, of course, by the fireboats. "It was only the efficiency of the Fire Department and the prevalence of a strong east wind that prevented complete loss," said Paul C. Bates, of the firm of McCargar, Bates & Lively, general insurance agents, yesterday. Insurance adjusters began yesterday to figure the losses, which, it was esti mated last night, will approximate $140,000. - As soon as the losses are adjusted the company will begin the- work of rebuilding the plant. A large force of its regular employes will be engaged in this work. The fire came at a most unfortunate time for the Inman-Poulsen Company, inasmuch as a large volume of orders for foreign delivery had Just been re ceived. Most of this business will have to be transferred to other mills in Portland. It will require about 60 days to rebuild. F. T. GRIFFITH TO SPEAK Proposed Municipal Efficiency Bn- reau Chamber Topic. Birthday of Late Founder of Women's Organization la Occasion for Serv ices at Presbyterian Church. Just 18 years had elapsed Thursday since the death of Frances E. WiHard, and at the central headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union one among the great number of her followers recalled the person- lity of Frances Willard, and told of personal experiences with the leader and memories of the 12 years she spent at the National headquarters, once the home of Miss Willard.. It was Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp, state Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union president, who told of AIlss Willard, who founded the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1883. "I have talked to her so many times, but somehow I just can't remember anything so clearly as her marvelous personality. No matter where she was, she seemed to beam upon us and take hold of everyone, so that it was a pleasure to work with her and for her." Sunday will be the anniversary or Miss Willard's birthday. She was born in Churchville, N. Y., in 1839. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will honor her memory with exercises at the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden will preside. Mrs. G. L. Buland will speak on "Frances Willard. the Woman of Vision." Mrs. Mattie Sleeth will give "Our Depart ment Work," and Airs. Lucia Saiton will talk on "Frances Willard, the Friend of the Common People." Mrs. Jennie Kemp will explain "Why This Memorial." Mrs. Mary Mallett will sing. tends that the city puts in meters on application and should take them out on the same terms. Mr. Krumbein says his neighbors on flat rate, who use no more water than he, pay 75 cents a month. He has meter and his bill averages $3.20 month. MRS. M. JOHNSTON BURIED City Employes Attend Funeral Mr. Daly's Daughter. of Members of the City Council and many of the city employes attended th funeral yesterday of Mrs. Milford Johnston, daughter of City Commis sioner Daly. Services were held at the Daly home, 58 Missouri avenue. Buria was at Mount Scott Cemetery. Mrs. Johnston died Wednesday after an operation at Emanuel Hospital. Sh had been sick about 10 days. She was next to the oldest of four girls in the Daly family. Before her marriage her name was Lucy Daly. .CIGARETTE SALE COSTS $10 St. ' Johns Storekeeper Is Fined for Purchase by Minor. Jacob Rossi, a St. Johns shopkeeper. was fined $10 yesterday morning in Municipal Court for the sale of cigar ettes to a minor. Complaint against Rossi Has been frequent. T. Walter Gillard, a truant officer, went to Rossi's skce Thurs day afternoon, accompanied by Levi Adams, 12 years old. The boy entered Rossi's place and purchased cigarettes without difficulty. Another case in which the pnotection of minors was disregarded arose from the practice of Donato Raynane in per mitting boys to frequent his poolroom at 640 Fourth street. Judge Langguth imposed a fine of $5. TAKE EXERCISE IS ADVICE Dr. Bertha Sabin Stuart Says Im proper Circulation Seat of Ills. 'When the shadows deepen so the neighbors can't see, get out and run around the block, if you can't get ex ercise any other way." This was one of the admonitions of Dr. Bertha Sabin Stuart, professor of physical education for women at Reed College, who lectured at the Central Library Thursday night on "Efficiency and Health." Dr. Stuart said that indi gestion, constipation and many of the diseases akin to those are usually due to improper circulation, and that ex ercise is needed to keep or restore the body to its proper health. Tea Sippers' Gossip Ragged - as Actress Chimes In. Mary Servoss Goes to Her Own Res cue and Proves She Is Not Only Stunning; .Woman, "But Not So Old." Or SCENE Tearoom on Broadway, eral tables occupied. Time The other afternoon. Act I. Enter two tea sippers. First T. S. Have you seen the pheum this week? Second T. S. Yes, I havj right good bill, too. First T. S. And did you like Mary Servoss in " The Passion Play of Wash ington Square?" Second T. S. My, yes! She plays the debutante most exquisitely. First T. S. What? the debutante? Why she must be 35 years old if she's a day, and playin a debutante role? (Conversation turns to the price of having gloves cleaned.) Act II. (Ten minutes later.) Stunning woman who has 'been sit ting few tables away, rises to leave tearoom; walks to table occupied by Tea Sippers. Stunning Woman Who here knows Mary Servoss? First T. S. Why, er, er I don't know Mary Servoss, but I know her mother I saw Mary play 11 years ago. (Busi ness of being flustrated and embarrassed.) Stunning Woman Well, who told you I was 35 years old? Where did you know my mother? First T. S. Why, I knew your mother in Chicago 11 years ago, and you were playing then. Mary Servoss Well, begging your pardon, you know I went on the stage as a mere tot and I was a girl in shor dresses then about 12 years old. (Business of strained talking about "mother '. and Chicago and haughtily departing.) WATER METER ISSUE IS UP User Complains That Bureau Won't Remove Objectionable Machine. Onc9 more the question of Temoving water meters on premises where they are not wanted Is coming nerore" the City Council. WaWemar F. Krum bein, of 649 Clackamas street, has written a letter to the City Council in which he says he has asked that his meter be taken out and the water bu reau has refused. Mr. Krumbein con- AUDUBON BIRD EXHIBIT ON Pictures and Skins Are Shown In Kducational Display. A display of bird pictures and bird skins of an educational character is now being shown at the headquarters of the Audubon Bird Club, room 309, Young Men's Christian Association building. The exhibit is open to the public on Saturdays. The club is planning a series of meetings Saturday nights this Spring. Later in the season, a number of walks about the suburbs of the city for the study of birds will be taken in charge of the bird study committee. Marshall 1 Home A 6281 THIS Saturday Specials Your Choice F-VEAL-LAMB SPECIAL BIG REDUCTION IN PRICE EXTRA CHOICE IN QUALITY Shoulder Pot Roasts, lb. 14c Rolled Roast Beef, lb. .. 16c Round Steak, lb . Hamburg, lb. . . . . . 18c 12':c Boneless Rolls Veal (lard ed), lb 18c Loins, Leg's Veal, lb 18c Racks Veal, lb 20c Breasts of Veal, lb 11c Veal Loaf, lb 13c Veal Sausage, lb . , 18c Leg's of Lamb, lb. 22c Breasts of Lamb, lb 11c Shoulders Lamb, lb 13c Lamb Cutlets, lb 16c FRESH PORK SPARE RIBS, lb 105 Jones' Pure Pig Pork Sausage, lb 20 CLUBHOUSE Sausage, lb 15c OUR SPECIAL BARGAIN MEAT COUNTER will be stacked high with a large and varied assortment of BEST MEATS. JONES' "PRIDE OF OREGON" BRAND aeon A Money-Back Guaranteed Home Product Hams, y or whole 17 Tenderloin Backs, V or whole Choice Bacon, io or whole lS-20 Cottages, lb 14 Picnics, lb VlVzt Phone Orders Taken Exact Penny Change Cash or Credit 13 DRIVERS ARRESTED JITXByWfEXDERS AND SPEEDERS FINED FROM S3 TO $10. All Defendants Are Found Galley, bat Cases of Some Are Contin ued for Senteace. There is a gradual letting-up of the traffic and jitney oriinance violations, as evidenced by the appearance of a mere bakers' dozen of these offenders Municipal Court yesterday morning. Drivers who believed that autos were intended for speed tests on the street were fined $5 and $10. Various viola tions of the Jitney ordinance were pun shed bv fines of from $3 to $j. bevera cases were continued for sentence, but every Instance Judge Langguth found the defendants guilty. One case was continued to the Monday morning ourt. It is the opinion of Harry P. Coffin, chairman of tho Public Safety Commis ion. that Portland's new Jitney reeru lations will operate eventually withou bumps. 'Judge Langguth has Been lenient. aid Mr. Coffin, "in allowing time lor drivers to learn their lesson. He has said that from now on sentences will be more severe. Tne Jitney ordinance houM-be enforced, and will be. Fort land has more trouble in this regard than any other large city, although regulations here are much easier than lsewhere. In a short lime ins jitney rivers will find that they cannot bea the regulations, and the offenses will essen to a minimum. body of their 12-year-old ton, Daniel, who died in Boston. Mass., Saturday, following an operation. He was suf fering from a tumor at the base of the brain. The operation was the second one which the boy had undergone for the same trouble. About a year ago the trouble became noticeable and ho WHS taken to Boston and operated on by Dr. Harvey dishing. Similar symptoms developed recently and the boy was rushed to Boston again. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the family rexidenre, I6!i North Twrntv-flfth street. Grand, Opera Company Coming:. Drs. L. E. and H. C. P. Moore, of this city, have received a telegram from their niece. Miss Felice Lynne, the grand opera star, that the Boston Grand Opera Company, with the Pav lowa ballet, will appftar in three per formances of opera in this city two nights and one -matinee March 21 and 22. It is probable that the repertoire will consist of "Madame Butterfly, " "La Boheme" and "I'Pagliacct."' BOY'S BODY BROUGHT BACK Funeral of 12-Yfar-Old Daniel Ileckbert io Be Held Tomorrow. E. E. Heckbert, attorney of this city, and former president of the Oregon Bur Association, and Mrs. Heckbert arrived in Portland Thursday night with the Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, will be the principal speaker at the weekly meeting of the Oregon Civic League at the Chamber of Com merce at noon today. Mr. Griffith will speak on the pro posed plan for the formation of bureau of efficiency and economy in the administration of the city's busi ness. Inasmuch as a movement now Is on foot to place the municipal affairs of Portland on a sound scientific basis of management, Mr. Griffith's address is expected to be of unusual interest. WINNING BID, MAN FAINTS Seattle Contractor's Portland Repre sentative Unable to Stand Shock. When announcement was made at yesterday's meeting of the City Coun cil that Hans Pederson, a Seattle con tractor, was the lowest bidder for the general contract for Portland's Audi torium, Earl B. Newcomb. Portland representative of the Seattle concern, fainted. ' Mr. Newcomb was carried out into the air, where he fainted away twice again after reviving from the first lapse. , Political Letters From Forty States to Appear in The Oregonian as a Campaign Survey of the United States Beginning the week of February 21, a scries of political letters, one from each of the forty Republican and debatable states, wCl be started In The Oregonian constituting a Political Survey of Hie Nation. v ' ' These letters win be penned by the editors of leading: Republican newspapers one in each state including- the Detroit Journal, Mftraaalfce SentfaifiL Pittsburgh Dispatch, Illinois State Journal, of Springfield; Nebraska Stats Josrasi, of Lincoln; Springfield (Mass.) Union, Hartford (Conn.) Ccmrant, Indianapolis Star, Eeno (Key.) Gazette, Knoxrffle (Tenn.) Journal and Tribune, JLoaisvllla Herald, Cheyenne CVVyo.) Tribune and many others. Each editor viH discuss these phases of the political situation in his state; Senti ment among Republicans on the Presidential nomination f strength of the Progressives; relative importance of the Issues, the tariff, the currency, preparedness, Mexico and the European war j effect of the result of the election cpon the returning prosperity; probable personnel of the 'Big Four in the Republican National convention; the Democracy as a fighting force in the coming campaign;, sentiment among Democrats as between Wilson and Bryan and the views for which they stand; prediction of the result of the election in state and Nation. DUTYCALLS Do you have eye trouble of any sort? If so. it should be your sacred duty to have them attend ed to at once. Many errors of vision are very dangerous and should not be n e g 1 e cted. I fit glasses, lhat one tiling I do and do it rurht. It is no experiment with me. You get the benefit of SO years' experience. Bring this ad, it Is worth one dol lar on a new pair of gotten. DR. GEO. A. CUTTING EYESIGHT SPECIALIST. 3ft2V& Wellington Street. Selling. IlLrseh Block. Ground Floor. The Y. M. C. A. will fit any ambitious young man or woman for high-class positions in Bookkeeping, Stenography mu4 Salesmanship. To men this includes vsluable athletic, aquatio and membership privileges, although tuition cost is less than elaewhere. Phone Slain 70AS, A 6561. Our class in public bpeaktng Is giving great confidence and com mand of language to its members. The cost is small. Skidmore Drug Co. Temporarily Located 271 Alder Street Between Third and Fourth Sts. WANTED, CHAIRS TQ CANE SY SCHOOL FOB BLIND FOR PARTICULARS CALL US, I h MYERS, MAIN 548 The Sale by Sight Tests show that a higher percent age of people ask for advertised brands by name when they come to a store than when they order by telephone. The sight of the articles them selves serves as a reminder and com pletes the sale. The dealer is not getting full value from the manufacturer's newspaper advertising unless he shows the goods in a conspicuous place. The message the package carries to the eye is not infrequently the last work that creates the definite buying desire.