GEORGE W. BATES,
LOCAL BANKER, DIES
Funeral Will Be Held Friday
Afternoon From Flanders
Street Residence.
CAREER IS CONSPICUOUS
Uise From Bridge Carpenter to Pres
idency of Clearing-House Asso
ciation Marked by Many
Constructive Enterprises.
BY BEN HUH LAMl'.MAN.
There is a closed desk in the main
office of the Lumbermrns , National
Bank. On it, yesterday afternoon, stood
a vase of white roses and filmy fern,
ribbon-tied. Officials and clerks looked
often at the desk and the flowers, and
looked away.
George AV. Bates. G4. president of the
liankins: Institution, died at St. Vin
cent's Hospital yesterday morning at 4
o'clock.
On Sunday evening he cheerfully en
tered the hospital. The following day,
at 9:30, he submitted to the operations
which terminated at 10:30. Surgery
was employed for the removal of pall
atones, and was attended by no diffi
culties or complications.
.Mr. Bates rallied promptly after the
operation and was in pood condition
until 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, when
.symptoms of sudden freneral failure be
came apparent. Xo efforts were spared
for his relief, but he failed to rally.
Dr. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie, who op
erated, had been his physician for some
time.
"His death seemed to be due to nat
ural changes, and to heavy continuous
drains upon his reserve forces from
prolonged and acute suffering," Dr.
Mackenzie said yesterday.
Rise Ik Pfotni-eaqne.
The rise of Ceoree W. Bates, from
bridge carpentry to great financial
power, is the record of personal force,
unattended by aug-ht that could be con
strued as smallness of character. Hi
life pase reads like the old-time Alger
books, in which energy and steadfast
ness, plus sincerity and kindness of
spirit, won the business battle.
In 1879 the young- man who was to
become a piilar of Portland's prosperity
"ame to this city as a bridge carpenter,
working at day wages. Sheer pluck
and sense of opportunity aided him
from the beginning, the friendless boy
from the Iowa prairie.
His first venture was the forming of
a partnership with L.ee Hoffman, under
the firm title of Hoffman-Bates Bridge
Company, engaged in the contracting
business.
It was this firm which built the first
bridge to span the AVillamette, at Mor
rison street. In similar fashion was'
the first bridge cast across the Colum
bia at Pasco, Wash.
He was actively identified with pio
neer railway engineering. T'nder his
supervision were planned and con
structed snowsheds of the Cascade
range for both the Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern railroads. The
O.-YV. R. & N. bridge, spanning an arm
of the Coeur d'Alene Lake, is -another
monument: to the builder.
Ianic Starts New Career.
The panic of 1S93 launched Mr. Bates,
without anticipation, upon his banking
career. He had purchased stock in the
old Albina. Bank, Russell and Borth
wick streets.- When the alarm sounded
he threw his reserve forces into the
gap to save the institution from col
lapse. When the financial whirlwind sub
sided he incorporated the business as
tieorge W. Bates & Co., bankers, and
subsequently absorbed the Albina Sav
ings Bank. The combination, for that
time, was regarded as a large institu
tion. Afterward a branch was opened
at Williams and Knott streets, and is
still operated. George W. Bates, Jr.,
is in control, and Lloyd Bates, the eldest
ton. is vice-president.
In 1908 lie established a West Side
branch in the Henry building, which
was bought out in March, 1913. by the
Lumbermens National Bank. The elec
tion of Mr. Bates to the vice-presidency
of the latter concern was followed in
May, ISIS, by his election to the presi
dency. The apex of his banking career
came by the conferring of the highest
honor from his associates, when he
was chosen as president of the Port
land Clearing House Association in
January of this year.
The business activities of the banker
and financier were of wide scope. At
one time he was interested in the Union
Laundry Company. He also controlled
he Diamond Brick Company, of Van
couver, Wash., since disposed of.
Interest Here Diverge.
Ho was chief of the Bates Sand &
Gravel Company, recently dissolved.
This business is now represented by
the Columbia Digger Company, man
aged by Lloyd Bates. The first con
crete dock on the Willamette, con
structed by Mr. Bates at the foot of
Burnside street, is used by the latter
company.
Political service was accepted by him
in the old days, and it is recalled that
he served as fire and police commis
sioner in the regime of Mayor Joseph
Simon. He served in the Legislature aa
a. member of the State Senate.
Innumerable instances of Mr. Bates'
service to the city and his devotion to
the public interests of the district and
state axe cited by his legion of friends.
That the financier may have had an
inkling of his closing career is evi
denced by the fact that within the past
year the majority of his interests were
transferred to the Bates Real Estate &
Investment Company, of which his son,
Lloyd Bates, is manager.
He is survived by bis widow and three
sons, Lloyd. George W., Jr., and Bruce
A. Bates. Mrs. Bates is the daughter
of a pioneer family. Her father. Cap
tain James W. Menzies, of Scotland,
sailed his vessel to the Pacific Coast
and remained in the Willamette Valley.
Aaaoclatu' Keeard High.
At the Lumbermens National Bank
those who worked with him and who
knew his kindly, modest ways, have
funds of recollection in which their de
parted president is friend and counsel
lor. "He was approachable and genial,
both in speech and manner," one re
lated. "We are going to miss him
greatly, for he was a big-hearted
father to all of the boys."
They speak of the strange friends,
unknown to them, rough clothed and
rugged, who came to the bank and
talked long- friendly talks with the
president. They tell of the times he
chose to inconvenience himself by the
performance of services to those who
are generally relegated to the clerks.
He was calm and, unperturbed when
vexatious banking problems arose, the
staff say. When the storm signs of
anxiety or excitement were rife he
smiled and told them: "You've got to
take things as they come, boys."
Loss la Regretted.
In business circles his absence will
be long regretted. The directors of
the L.tmbermens National Bank met
at noon yesterday, and expressed by
resolution tiitir icatimeat tqward iLr.
Bates and his connection with the in
stitution. A similar meeting was held yester
day afternoon by the Portland Clear-ing-House
Association, of which Mr.
Bates was president.
"He was distinctly a self-made man."
commented R, R. Giltner, of the firm
of Giltner & Sewall, which transacted
much of Mr. Bates' legal business.
"His death is a great loss to the com
munity, for he was a builder, con
stantly engaged in buildiryj up the
city and state."
For some time past Mrs. Bates has
been in ill health, while Lloyd Bates is
now convalescing from a recent severe
illness.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence. 795 Flanders street,
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by
Dr. I. H. Boyd, of the First Presby
terian Church. Mr. Bates was a mem
ber of his congregation. The inter-
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ment will be made at Rivervlew Cem
etery. Holman & Co. have charge of
the funeral arrangements.
STUDENTS WILL DRILL
150 IMVERSITY MEN VOLl'XTEEH
AT KCGKXK.
Tlo Captains Are Selected and
Work Beirins Wednesday Militia
Affiliation Is Planned.
UNIVKRSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
March 22. (Special.) Rising en masse
150 men students of the university this
afternoon signified their voluntary en
listment for a military drill company
when the chairman called for a stand
ing vote.
As the chairman gave the request
'Dean Straub, for more than 30 years
dean of men, jumped to his feet and
shouted, "I am first." and as he looked
around and saw the number standing
he added, "and I will be captain of a
freshman company."
The volunteers will be divided into
two companies. J. p. Foster, general
secretary of the campus Y. M. C. A.
and a graduate of the University of
California, where he was captain of a
company, was elected captain of one,
and Edward Harwood, of Alaska, a
sophomore in the universits. was cho
sen captain of the other.
Drill will begin next Wednesday
evening in the new Armory in Eugene.
Colonel C. C. Hammond and Lieutenant
Shipman, of the Coast Artillery, have
offered their services.
The meeting this afternoon was pre
sided over by A. C. Shelton, who has
had experience in military drill. One
student, in urging all to join, said he
had served in Wisconsin and Oregon
in infantry and cavalry, and was now
ready to serve in the Coast Artillery
at the university.
The companies will hold volunteer
drill until next Fall, when an endeavor
will be made to affiliate with the Ore
gon Coast Artillery Militia Reserve.
RIVER DRAGGED FOR BODY
Suicide Theory for Disappearance of
, William Porter Investigated.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 22. (Spe
cial.) William ("Alickey") Porter,
whose sudden disappearance from Mil
waukie Wednesday night has not yet
been accounted for, may have commit
ted suicide by drowning, according to
Sheriff Wilson, who is investigating.
Porter spent Saturday and Sunday in
Portland, drinking rather heavily, ac
cording to the Sheriff, but he was at
work Tuesday and Wednesday. Friends
noticed that he appeared rather moody.
Search was made of the river and
log rafts at Milwaukie today. .'No clew,
however, was found.
SCHOOL MEETING PLANNED
Milwaukie Board to Put High School
Up to ' Taxpayers.
MILWAUKIE, Or., March 22. (Spe
cial.) The question of the erection of
a high school building on the site
owned by the -district; or an addition
to the present schoolhouse on Main
street, will be submitted to the vote of
the taxpayers at a mass meeting to be
called within about 20 days.
At the meeting of the Board of Edu
cation last night the matter was con
sidered at some length, and It was de
cided to call this taxpayers' meeting
as soon as the requirements of the law
have all been complied with.
HORSETHIEF IS SENTENCED
Man Taken. From Army to Face
Charge Gets Forgery Term, Too. '
ONTARIO. Or.. March 22. (Special.)
Leland Smith, 22 years old. yester
day pleaded guilty before Judge Biggs,
of horsestealing and forgery and was
sentenced to one to 10 years on the one
charge and two to 20 years on the
other.
Smith was indicted in January for
raising a check and selling a borrowed
horse at West Fall. He escaped and
enlisted in the United States Army at
San Francisco, whence he was returned
three weeks ago.
CLUB MAY REBUILD HOME
Albany Commercial Body Is Investi
gating Plans.
ALBANY, Or, March 22. (Special.)
Having completed the deal for the pur
chase of a local building for use as
club headquarters, the Albany Commer
cial Club is now investigating the mat
ter of changing and rebuilding the
structure.
A special committee, consisting of
Dr. C. V. Littler. F. M. French and
Charles H. Wieder. is now investigat
ing the nlans nronnKpH fnr .liunou in
tut: nronTo orerontax. Thursday, march 23, 1916.
WOMAN SOBS It!
TELLING OF KILLING
Mrs. Elsie Hunter Relates
How Shots Were Fired at
Family All Day.
WATER CUT OFF. SHE SAYS
Witness Testifies She Saw Leveled
Rifle in Hands of Mrs. Kuehne
and Fired Defendant on
Stand in Own. Behalf.
KLAilATH FALLS, Or.. March 22.
(Special.) Guy Hunter and his wife,
Elsie, were the only witnesses called
today by the defense in the Lawrence
murder case now on trial in Circuit
Court here. Most of the day was occu
pied in the examination of Mrs. Hunter,
and some of the most dramatic testi
mony was brought out.
Mrs. Hunter at times broke down
and sobbed as she told of the trouble
last December which resulted in the
death of Alma Kuehne. She told how
she first became acquainted with Mrs.
Kuehne in the Summer of 1913, while
she and her husband were living in
the Dodd Hollow neighborhood and
Mrs. Kuehne was her dinner guest.
She related how young Kuehne came
to the ranch house the Saturday before
the shooting on Monday, and demanded
a room. This she was obliged to re
fuse him as all the rooms of the house
were occupied.
Shots Fired to Krijshtrn, She Says.
Kuehne. she said, thereupon became
angry and broke into the tankhouse
nearby, disconnected the water, leav
ing them and their 26 head of stock
without water. He fired several shots,
apparently to frighten her, she said.
All day Sunday the Kuehnes stood
guard over the pump and tankhouse
and carried guns about the premises.
Monday morning, after Hunter went
with the team and two barrels for
water two miles distant, young Kuehne.
armed with a gun in each hand and
his mother bearing a shotgun, pro
ceeded to post "No Trespass" signs on
all the four gates in an effort to pre
vent Hunter returning home with water.
Young Kuehne then returned to the
ranch house in which Mrs. Hunter and
her four young children and Lawrence
were, and marched around and around
the house for an hour armed with two
guns.
Husband Driven Around by Fire.
On Hunter's return Kuehne opened
fire and drove him from gate to gate
before Hunter could come upon the
premises. Lawrence by this time had
taken his station on the front porch
of the ranch house and she joined him
there, whereupon Kuehne alternated
his fire between them and Hunter. Mrs.
Hunter then entered the house, and,
looking through the window toward
Mrs. Kuehne's cabin, saw her just a
short distance away leveling her gun
toward Mr. Hunter through the win
dow. Mrs. Hunter' hurriedly aimed and
fired, and Mrs. Kuehne took two stag
gering steps backward and fell down
in a heap.
Just then her husband drove up and
she remarked to.him that she had fired
at Mrs. Kuehne and thought she had
shot her. About that time Lawrence
ran from the front porch to Mrs.
Kuehne and wrested away the shotgun
she carried. Hunter and Lawrence then
went to the basement of the ranch
house, where the small children had
been placed, and watched young Kuehne
carry his mother to her cabin,
Lawrence takes the stand in his own
behalf tomorrow morning.
4 COMPANIES OFFERED
BREMERTON MAN'S PROPOSAL UP
TO WAR DEPARTMENT.
Request That Colonel Glenn Be Per
mitted to Speak: at Spokane In Re
funded; Reprimand Likely.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. March 22. Captain IX C. Mathe
son, of Bremerton, today telegraphed
Representative Humphrey offering to
raise three companies of National vet
erans and one full company of ex-service
men for service in Mexico if the
Government desires to organize a vol
unteer force.
Mr. Humphrey transmitted the offer
to the Secretary of War.
The War Department today turned
down the request of Senators Jones and
Poindexter that Colonel E. F. Glenn,
of General Wood's staff, be sent to
Spokane to address the preparedness
gathering March 27. The department
explained that no officers could now
be spared, but the real reason is that
Colonel Glenn, in a recent speech, de
clared in favor of real preparedness,
and the department is considering rep
rimanding him for having made a pub
lic address advocating Army legislation
more effective than that proposed by
the Administration.
SUTHERLIN GETS PROMISE
Steel for Sugar Plant to Bo Ordered
if Acreage Is Secured.
SUTHERLIN, Or., March 22. (Spe
cial.) George E. Sanders, vice-president
of the Oregon-Utah Sugar Com-
As It Should Be
THE woman who has a bank ac
count is fitted to cope with
every emergency. She gains ex
perience and knowledge in handling
financial affairs. Here are carried
the business, household and inde
pendent checking accounts of many
women, and we are indeed glad
when called upon to render advice
and suggestions.
Checking Accounts.
SbvIdkm Accounts
Exchange and lira ft a
Northwestern
Sixth and J '
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pany, who is here now, last night said
that his company would place an order
not later than October of this year for
78 carloads of structural steel for a
factory to be erected in Sutherlin.
This promise was made contingent
upon th company's securing pledges
that 5000 acres will be devoted to beet
culture next year. Approximately 100
acres already have been promised, and
the campaign has barely begun.
E. G. Young, of the Young banking
firm, and Judge A. F. Stearns, both
large landholders, pledged considerable
acreage, at a meeting held last night
In Oakland.
Gift Conditions-Eased.
EUGENE, Or, March 22. (Special.)
James J. Hill, multi-millionaire rail-
Trnait Department
and Safety Deponlt
Vaults in Connection.
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About the last place the average man would look for
"the best funny page in America" is in a woman's
magazine, isn't it? .
Why ?
. Because from time immemorial it has been
and repeated that women didn't care for humoi
one of those things that everybody repeats and no
body knows who said first.
'"Do you realize you have the best funny page in
America?' said one of the best-known humorists to
us recently. "No newspaper or magazine can touch
you on that page. There's nothing funnier in the
country."
"And how it is readT he continued. "And by men
too. Listen: Joseph H. Choate started to tell a story
the other evening at a dinner of 800 men in , New
York. He had gotten about half into it when he saw
that the men "'knew' " the story. He stopped and
said with a chuckle :
" 'I see I'm not the only man who reads The Ladies'
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The diners roared.
The real question is Why shouldn't the best of
anything be enjoyed by women as well as men ? 1 The
idea to the contrary died long ago with intelligent
people. That's why The Home Journal makes a fea
ture of its funny page, and apparently has succeeded
with men as well as with women.
See it for yourself. It's in every issue of
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road builder, has extended the time
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000 toward an endowment of a quarter
of a million dollars for the Eugene
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