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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1916)
TITE aiOKXiyG JOREGONIAIT. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916. WELL-KNOWN PORTLAND ACTRESS WHO HAS BEEN MARRIED TO WEALTHY JiEW YORK MUSIC PUBLISHER. JOE HOWARD LOSES WEDS R SCHIRMER Heart Balm of $6833 Awarded to Mrs. Witherspoon. Head of Eastern Music House Wins Portland Light Op era Star as Bride. WO. COURTSHIP IS RECOUNTED 6 BAUItlBUBil i FAME IS WON ON STAGE Talents Rccogntacd Early In Life and Are Cultivated for Career, AYIiich Is Begun by Accidental Meeting of Xoted Producer. Miss Ann Swinburn. whose triumphs on the light opera stage have brought freeh. fame to Oregon, the state of her birth, was married at San Francisco Tuesday to Rudolph Schirmer, head of the music publishing house that bears his name in New York. This bit of-pleasing intelligence was received in Portland yesterday in a telegram r.om the bride to her father. Judge John If. Ditchburn, attorney of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Schirmer are passing their honeymoon at Santa Barbara. After a few weeks they expect to come to Portland for a brief visit with Judse Ditchburn and with the numerous friends of the bride. Mis. Kchirmtr is an Oregon girl. She was born at Kugene April 5, 1886. but at the age of 5 -years moved to Port land. .She was educated in the Port land public schools, and had her first dramatic recognition here. Although the scenes of her greatest successes have been New York and the Kast, she has retained Portland as her homo, and for that reason is peculiarly "Portland's own"' star in the operatic world. Stellar Ho leu Played In Eat. Her mo.-t notable triumphs were ii the stellar roles of "The Count of Lux rmbourg" and "The Madcap Duchess, which ran several successful seasons in New York. ijurin the last season she achieved new honors on the con cert stage. - When she was only 5 years old sn attracted attention by her powers of elocution demonstrated at an entertain ment in the old Tabernacle. The vener- ble George if. Williams was among the first to call her parents' notice to her unusual ability. She attended the old Couch and Failing schools, and later the Portland High School, and was in frequent demand for recitals and publl-j entertainments. But until she reached high school her talents as a vocalist did not merit other than usual public notice. She displayed extraordinary ability, how ever, for one of her age, as a dramatic reader and as a public speaker. As a member of the high school on one occa sion the won a gold medal in a debate on the tariff question. She upheld the principles of free trade. Aeeidenc I .n d H to Opportunity. It was during her high school career, Mrs. E. A. Beals discovered, that the future prima donna had a voice. Through Mrs. Beais' persuasion and that of Mr. Castleman. a friend of the family, Fhe made studious -efforts, un der competent instructors, to cultivate her voice. Inspired by her foc-al success she went subsequently to New York, where she continued her study and her train ing. It was quite by accident that she met Joe Weber, the producer, who at once recognized her unusual talents. She filled several minor engagements in New York, and. coincident with her formal entry on the stage, assumed the name Ann Swinburn, which was the maiden name of her paternal grand mother. In the seasons of 1909-10 she had the stellar role in "The Climax, a play in which she had opportunity to demon strate her vocal powers. "The Climax" toured the Kast and was one of the big financial successes of that season, due. It is said, largely to Miss Swinburn's personal efforts. Her engagements in "The Count of Luxembourg" and "The Madcap Duch ess" followed, and her fame in the operatic world became fixed. For the last several months Miss Sv.inburn has been enjoying a rest at Santa Barbara, and excepting t6 a few of her raoft intimate friends and her relatives, the news of her marriage came as a complete surprise yester day. Mr. Schirmer is one of the most suc cessful and best-known music pub lishers in the country a-ml Is reputed to be immensely wealthy. It is under stood that he is about 20 years her senior. Judge Ditchburn was pleased when he received the glad tidings yesterday, hut his joy knew no bounds when he received the following additional mes sage from his son. John Ditchburn, Jr., now head of a large wholesale house in Chicago: "'Congratulations on becoming a grandfather. A. baby girl arrived at our bouse on St. Patrick's day." Chemical Plant Loss $1,000,000. COPPERHILU Tenn., March 22. More than $1,000,000 was today's esti mate of the loss in the fire which yes terday totally destroyed the two main buildings, acid tanks, crude and finished products of the Carcolite Chemical Company here. UBS BECAME ONE SORE ERUPTION Broke Out in Small Pimples. Itching So Severe Could Not Sleep. Burned Badly. In 10 Days HEALED BYCUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT I had a sort of an itching on my limbs; mad at first they broke out in small pimples. The skin was Inflamed and sore, and also red, and towards the last the pimples became one sore erup tion. - The itching was so i severe that I could not sleep and I could not scratch my limbs because they burned so . badly. The trouble lasted six weeks and I could not do my work as it should nave been done. "I saw a Cuticura Soap and Ointment advertisement and I sent for a free sample and applied it according to directions, and It gave me relief so I bought more, and in ten days I was healed." (Signed) Mike pager, Westphalia. Kansas, July 7, 1915. Sample Ech Free by Mail - fV; '. V ; i - . f . r , .. K - - . , ' . - ?i ..- ::k.. . - . '- it-y-- '-,""'. nl S "." t - s : . "-:,r-:.::'-;! ! ' l' 'k L: ''A GAR RULE CHjfSef ASKEB SIOIJIKItXVTIO.N' OK RKUI'LATIO.VS 0. KMPTV E4i:ilMK.T IHKKl), IfardMhlp Worked by I nneeeMMary Tle ly (rler for Itrturn ImDifdl atcly on I nlondiiiK Cited. SALEM, Or., March 22. (Special.) Modification of the railway ruiing: that empty equipment be returned to the connecting line from which it origin ates is sUK.sested by the Oregon Public Service Commission in a communication sent to the. Great Northern Railway officials today. The Commission's attention was called to the arbitrary ruling of the railways by an Oregon City tirm, which declared that it had goods now en route from. Seattle via the Great Northern to Portland and thence over the lines of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company to Oregon City. "These same cars are unloaded on th morning of arrival and -are taken back to Portland empty the same night,' reads the letter to the Commission. "We are not permitted to load the cars which we have made empty, while they haul an empty out over their line and bring in another empty, thereby tying up two cars from two to three days. "On the other hand, if we were al lowed to load the empty back regard less of which connecting line it was received from, we would be able to un load and reload the same car on the day of its arrival, thereby keeping the equipment moving without unnecessary delay." slrjsj 3 toss's? nrs?, fa NEW CLUB WORK IS BEGUN O. A. C. lliflc Team Defeats Iowa. Clover and Pea Crops. ORKGON AGRICULTURAL, CUL LKGK, Corvallis. March 22. (Special.) New lines of boys and girls' indus trial club work have been instituted in Lane County, according to the re ports of Leonard J. Allen, state pig club agent, who has recently returned to the Oregon, Agricultural College after several weeks' work in that county. A clover club has been organized among the- students of Union High bchool No. 1, Pleasant Hill, near Cres well. Students have organized to each grow a measured acre or more of clover. In the Irving High School, in Larte County, a. field pea club has been or ganized along the same general line as the clover club. NEW ROAD UP TO MEDFORD If $250,000 Is Voted. Electric Line to Mine Will Be Built. MEDFORD, Or.. March 22. (Special.) At a meeting of the Commercial Club last night, S. S. Bullis. owner of the Southern Oregon Traction Com pany, agreed to build an electric road to the Blue Ledge mine, 40 miles south west of Medford, if the city of Med ford would vote bonds of $250,000 to aid the project. This formal offer was the result of several weeks of negotiation between Mr. Bullis and a committee from the Commercial Club. A new committee was appointed to confer again with Mr. Bullis and draft a -detailed plan of procedure. PIONEER OF 1852 PASSES Mrs. S. J. Garoutte, of Cottage Grove, Succumbs at Age of 7 6. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., March 22. (Special.) Mrs. Sophia Jane. Garoutte, a pioneer of 1852, was buried, here to day in the pioneer Taylor-Lane Ceme tery. She died Monday at the age of 76 years. Mrs. Garoutte was born in Ohio, com ing to Oregon across the plains with her parents and settling in the Cottage Grove country. She was married De cember 7, 1865. to Howard N. Garoutte, who died our years ago. Surviving children are Walter T. Garoutte, Mrs. Grant Brown and. Augusta M. Garoutte, all of this city. JOHN H. WAGER, 73, DIES War Veteran and Prominent Mason Succumbs to Bronchitis. With K2-p."Pl.ln Eoot .;n-ivq:ist. Ad- 1 ti . T v VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 22. (Special.) John H. Wager, past 73 years of age. a veteran of the Civil War, serving throughout with Com pany F, Eighth Infantry, Minnesota Volunteers, iied here today at the home of his son, F, Q. Wasar or bron- chitis. He had been living for the past five years in St. Helens. Or. On August 22. 1875, he married Miss Hester Sutton, who survives him. He leaves also three sons: Fred C. Wager and E. K. Wager, of Vancouver, and E. J. Wager, of Canada, and a daugh ter. Mrs. F. N Davidson, of Seattle. Tr 11" . . . ... Masonic Lodge in Howard Lake, Minn. ST. MARY'S SEXTON BURIED ' ii I i;i-I Dunn Interred in Plot Pre pared by Himself. Funeral services of the late Michael Dunn, who died at. the Old People's Home March 20, were held yesterday from Dunning & McEntee's chapel. In terment was in a tomb and plot he nau prepared in St. Mary s Cemetery, on East Stark and East Twenty-seventh streets. For the past 25 years he had been th sexton of St. Mary's Cemetery. Sev eral years ago Mr. Dunn selected a plot in this cemetery, built a cement wall around it, erected a marble tomb stone in the plot, leaving blank the date of his death. He was born in Dublin. Ireland, April S, 1839. and came to the United States when 40 years of age. CINNABAR VEIN IS FOUND Rich Iiscovery Made in Vnper End of Sutherlin Valley. SUTHERLIX. Or..' March 22. iSne- cial.) A rich vein of Cinnabar ore has been discovered in the upper end or isutnernn valley, and near the vein followed hv the Olft Vnotl -i i 1 Mlninv Company more than 40 years ago. The new vein is sam Dy local mining au thorities to greatly exceed in richness the ore of the abandoned mine. Samples have been forwarded to assayers in San Francisco. An effort will be made by local peo ple to bring in outside mining inter ests. Little difficulty is expected in opening up the new mine, since quick silver is reported to have advanced to 10 times its value before the war. V. AL JONES NOT IN RACE Ex-Secretar3' of Fair Board Xot to . Run for Sheriff of Marion. SALEM. Or.. March 22. (Snppial l W. Al Jones, who has been considered as a possioie canairtate lor the Repub lican nomination for Sheriff of Marion County, said tonirht that he would not run for this office. Mr. Jones was formerly secretary of the State Fair Board and was a member of the lower house in the last Legislature from Wallowa County. With Vila (i nricinn r f 1 AntA V. shrievalty contest, friends of Mr. Jones nave suggestea mat ne become a candi date for Representative from Marion County. He is yet undecided what he will do. - Home Economics Club Elects. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Corvallis. March 22. (Special.) At a recent election of the Home Economics Club the following officers were chosen: President, Katharine Howells: vice- president, Mildred Crout; treasurer. Helen McDonald; secretary. Elva Smith; editor for the home economic depart ment of the Oregon Countryman. Martha Bechen. This organization is composed or students from the do mestic science and. domestic art departments. Governor Grants Requisition. SALEM, Or., March 22. (Special.) Governor Withycombe yesterday grant ed the requisition of the Governor of Washington for the extradition to Hanford, Wash., of Lester Clark. Clark is wanted on a charge of failing to support his two minor children. He Is now under arrest in Portland. Th-re are row over 850.000 Indians in the United -States and, 25,0OQi In Alaska. Pretty Widow Wins Breach of Prom Ise Suit Against Orpheum Head liner, Whose Salary Will Be Garnished for Judgment. Judgment of $6833 was awarded last night by Circuit Judge Morrow to Mrs. Edah Witherspoon. the pretty Portland widow whose J50.000 breach of promise suit against Joe Howard, Orpheum headiiner and composer of note, went by default March 8. Howard, who has ignored the suit since its inception, February 5, was not represented at the court session last night, in which . the only proceeding was the presentation of Mrs. Wither- spoon's claims, and the determination by the court of an equitable amount of damages. The impetuous courtship of Howard swept Mrs. Witherspoon into-his arms and she accepted his proposal of mar riage, she said, the second time she met the actor-playw right in his week's engagement in Portland a year ago March 2. Proares of Wooing Recalled. The Drogref? of the week's ardent wooing, as toid by Mrs. Witherspoon last night, was as follows: Monday night. Met him for first time "Well, well: is this Edah? I feel as though I almost knew you. having known your parents for so long." Held her hand. Tuesdav. Telephoned. "Hello, little girl!" "Hello, Mr. Howard." "No. no: don't call me Mr. Howard. Call me Joe." "All right. Joe." "Can you come down tomorrow? Then I can tell you what I think of you." Wednesday. Rainbow grille after matinee. Friends there. "I must apolo gize for choosing such a public place you to be my wile.' If you say so, we will go to - a minister tomorrow and be wed." "Why. Joe. 1 " "Don't von love me?" "Yes. Joe. but I need time to get mv trousseau." "Sunday then?" "All right. i can't see what you can find in a little homebody like me. Joe. when you know so many girls who can help you in your ca reer." "You don't know what these women are. I want a home, and chil dren, and you to be head of that home.' Howard VaniKhes Before Wedding. Thursday. Telephoned. Friday. Met at Owl drug store. Walked fotv 20 minutes about city streets. ("He had to appear in two performances a day and he had to do his proposing between times. ) Saturday. Lunch at Rainbow grille. "Til snend the week s vacation I was to have at the fair here instead." "Tomorrow is our wedding day. What do vou want for dinner at my Home; "T like corned beef and cabbage, but I would rather have chicken On this occasion." (I had a cold. He bought me some remedy at the Owl drugstore. We talked on the earner; he kissed me good-bye and that was the last I saw of him.) Sunday. Dinner ready. Wedding gown on. Father went to Multnomah Hotel. "Mr. Howard left for San Fran ci.sco last night." After going to San Francisco. How ard telegraphed her. said the plamtirr, and said that he would, be- back in May to marry her. Two letters from him followed, and that was the last she heard of him. "He told me he was 49, but T think he was about 54." replied Mrs. Wither spoon to a question from Judge Mor row as to Howard's age. Mr. and Mrs. Reimann testified that Howard talked over marriage plans with them st the Hof Brau. i CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF j Every bit o. dandruff disappears after one or two applications of Danderine rubbed well into the scalp with the lin ger tips. Get a 25-cent bottle of Dan derine at any drug store an- save your hair. After a few applications you can't find a particle of dandruff or any fall ing hair, and the scalp will never itch. LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK, CROSS FEVERISH Hurry, Mother! Remove Poisons From Little Stomach, Liver, Bowels. Give "California Syrup of Figs at Once if Bilious or Constipated. LooK at the tongue, mother! If coat ed, it is a sure sign that your little one's stomach, liver and bowels need a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu rally or is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore throat, diarrhoeayfull of cold, give a teaspoonful -of "California Syrup of Figs." and In a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn't coax sick children to taka this harmless "fruit laxative;" they love its delicious taste, and It always makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a 60-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly -on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it is made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kifid with. cflniAiajjt. f f if '4. x , s I If ;- -tit !t v I if 't V s - A 1 If I - j K- l i t - . I; 'v j iv ; " " - x " 1 i - " s " ;s "1 "VK'xv- -'J, Copyright Hart SchaJfner & Mar Overcoat distinction for Spring YOUNG MEN want an overcoat to be more than just an "outside garment;" smart dis tinction in appearance is important. You'll find it where our clothes are sold. Spring overcoats with or without belt; regular or adjustable collar; fancy or plain weaves. 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