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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAT. MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1016,
SOCIALISTS MAKE
UP STATE TICKET
Platform Plank Is Devoted to
Farmers First Time in
State of Oregon.
30 DEMANDS ARE MADE
Convention to Finn Into Third Day.
Today Will Be Given Over to .
Resolutions -and Planning
Petition Circulation.
Here is the Socialist party state
ticket for the general election next
Kail, as selected yesterday by dele
gates to the State Convention of the
Socialist party in Oregon, meeting in
Arion Hall, Portland:
Secretary of State E. L. Cannon, of
Salem. r
Supreme Court Justices, two to elect
f. E. Hosmer, of Silverton; C. J. An
derson, of Portland.
Dairy an I Food Commissioner D.
AIcKinnon, of Eugene.
Presidential Electors, five to elect
5Iax Burgholzer, of Eugene; If1. C.
liamp, of Roseburg; William. Tipton, of
Hillsboro; C. F. Johnson and August
Kikula, of Astoria.
Xo nominations were made for Rep
resentative in Congress from each of
the three Congressional districts of
the state, nor for Public Service Com
missioners from the Eastern Oregon
and Western Oregon districts. Nomi
nations for these offices, however, may
be made today.
Yesterday was the second day of the
convention, which will meet again to
day to finish its work. Though
scheduled for only two days, there
turned out to be too much work to
liandle in that time.
Farinen Are Recounted.
Aside from the nominations, princi
pal interest in yesterday's session cen
tered about the platform, which was
adopted at the night sitting. For the
firsftime the Socialist party in Oregon
included a farmer's programme in its
platform.
Thirty specific demands, classified
as industrial, political and Socialist
party demands, and an agricultural
workers' programme, are made in this
platform.
Among the planks is one demanding
that means of transportation and stor
age, and industries where farm prod
ucts and machinery are manufactured,
shall be socially owned. It is also de
clared that the holding of land not put
to use, and the institution of tenantry,
should not be permitted, and that ac
tual use ajid occupancy of land should
constitute the only title.
Another plank, demands the reten
tion by National, state or local govern
ing bodies of all land owned by them,
and the steady acquisition of more
land by taxation or otherwise, and that
all this socially owned land be organ
ized as soon as possible into socially
operative farms for the conduct of col
lective agricultural enterprises. These
farms, in turn, under the Socialist party
programme, would be made experiment
stations for production of better seeds,
better farm products, improved breeds
of animals and agricultural education
generally.
State Insurance Wanted.
The platform also declares for state.
Insurance against pestilence, diseases
of animals and plants, and natural ca
tastrophes, for farmers whose property
is worth j?000 or less.
"Preparedness, so-called, is but the
arming of the oppressor against the
oppressed," reads another plank con
demning preparedness and its advo
cates. The reasons for the prepared
ness agitation are declared to lie prin
cipally in the fact that capitalists of
America have embarked into a period
of world-wide commercial expansion,
and wish a navy to give them commer
cial supremacy and an army to enable
them to exploit the laboring class.
That the Federal Government had
made little effort toward aiding the
unemployed and has done nothing to
aid the farmer and wage-earner is the
gist of still another platform plank.
The chief business of today's session
will be adoption of resolutions and or
ganization of a campaign for circulat
ing petitions in the Second and Third
Congressional districts to obtain the
names of five per cent of the electors.
Owing to the failure of the Socialist
party to cast five per cent of the vote
for Representative in Congress at the
1914 election, such a petition is neces
sary under the law to enable the party
to go on the ballot at the coming gen
eral election.
Anti-War Resolution Likely.
In the First district, the required
number of votes was cast, so no peti
tions are necessary.
An anti-war resolution undoubtedly
will be adopted today. Another reso
lution declaring the Socialist party to
be against annexation of Mexico, and
that the pursuit of ViUa should end
with his capture and ttiat of his ban
dits, will probably be brought in.
A committee was appointed to or
ganize Socialistic Sunday schools
throughout the state to instruct boys
nnd girls under 15 years of age in the
doctrines of the organization. The full
committees are: .
Constitution W. S. Richards, Al
bany; J. H. Ferguson, Roseburg; B. E.
Morehouse, La Grande; William Reivo,
Astoria; W. Saulit, Portland.
Platform Victor J. McCone. state
secretary, Portland: Albert Streif,
Portland; O. Leech, Portland: August
Wesley, Portland; August Nikuia, As
toria. Resolutions Max Burgholzer, Eu
gene: F. J. Felcher, Myrtle Point: Aug
ust Nikuia, Astoria; J. E. Blazer, Sil
verton. Ways and means IT. J. Bishop, Port
land: William Tipton, Hillsboro:
Thomas Drift, Astoria; Mrs. Farney,
Portland, and A. F. Medo, Portland.
Campaign To consist of state exec
utive committee consisting of J. K.
Boyd of Dilly. August Nikuia of Asto
ria, F. C. Ramp of Roseburg. Kenneth
Thompson of Klamath Falls and Dr.
Pauline Sears of Vale.
Sunday School and Young People's
Socialist League committee Victor J.
McCone of Portland. L. G. Boyd of
Portland, Mrs. F. M. Ogden of Portland
W. C. Aylsworth of Portland and Dr.
Pauline Sears of Vale.
TRACKMAN LOSES 2 TOES
Jolin Estcp Brought to Good Samar
itan Hospital From Scappoose.
With his left foot crushed, John
Estep. a Southern Pacific trackman,
was taken to the Good Samaritan Hos
pital yesterday morning, where the am
putation of two toes was performed.
Entep received his injury at 7 A. M.,
while working at the couplings of flat
cars, near Scappoose. He is unable to
describe the exact manner in which the
accident occurred.
The injured man la 30 years old, and
married.
PORTLAND WOMAN WHOSE PICTURE AS BABY HAS REVEALED
HER AS THE FIRST-BORN OF PASADENA.
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Mrs. Ernent Ringer and Picture of Her an 'Katherine Pasadena Wntworlb,
Which Was Due lTP by Pasadena City Beautiful Committee.
"FIRST BAB!
Pasadena's Hunt
Native Ends in
for Pioneer
Portland.
MRS.E.M. RINGER PRINCIPAL
Family of George Wentworth Re
called by ex-Postmaster as
Karly Settlers and City's
Records Are Revised.
A fe"w weeks ago a picture of a baby
was published in one of the Los An
geles newspapers and under it were
the words:
"First baby born tn Pasadena. Where
is she at this time? City Beautiful As
sociation would like to know."
The truth is she is right here in
Portland and her name is Mrs. Ernest
M. Ringer, wife of the chief dispatcher
of the O. W. R. & In. Company, 506
East Thirty-ninth street North.
When the picture was taken, more
than a quarter of a century ago, she
was Katherine Pasadena Wentworth.
The revelation, which came in a
round-about way through friends of
the Wentworth family, disclosed in
teresting history unknown until just
recently by Mrs. Ringer. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Went
worth, who moved to Pasadena be
tween 1870 and 1875. The event of
her arrival was so important that the
entire neighborhood made it the oc
casion for a celebration, and' the out
come was a handsome baby buggy
which was presented to her.
Events in the development of Pasa
dena then crowded in on one another
so fast that the first-born episode was
soon forgotten, but not until a photo
graph had been filed among the
arch ives.
Recently the City Beautiful commit
tee became inquisitive and tried tc
find the first child of the community.
" FOUND
EASTER'S SIGNIFICANCE
HELD UP TO SKEPTICS
Dr. Thomas L. Eliot Answers Question, "Why Do We Celebrate Resurrec
tion?" Most Widely Celebrated of Any Event of Past 2000 Years.
BY BEX HUR LAMPMAN.
THE Unitarian Church of Our Father
is a worshiping place that the city
overtook. It is a quaint edifice of the
earlier days, familiar to churchgoers
for more than a quarter century. But
the city has not overtaken the ideals of
the little church if. indeed, it has even
kept pace with them.
Yesterday forenoon, when ail Port
land was sunny and satisfied, those
who entered its doors remained to
hear a sermon particularly adapted to
the trend of modern thought.
"Can a Man of Modern Mind Con
sistently Celebrate Easter?" was the
question to which Dr. Thomas L. Eliot
gave reply.
"The Lord Is in his holy temple, let
all the earth keep silence before him,"
began the opening service. It closed
with a reading from the Psalms. "We
have not heeded, we have forgotten,
or we have wilfully disobeyed
Show us how simple a thing it is to
come back to our father's home," pe
titioned the minister.
Choir and organ answered with a
lingering "Amen."
Enntfr Moat Widely Observed.
There was dream in the eyes of Dr.
Eliot as he stood before the congre
gation and read the lesson for the day
from Paul's epistle to the Church at
Corinth. Therein it is set down that
Christ's rising in proof of the resur
rection of the dead, and the ancient
devotees of the new faith were reas
sured in their belief. .
"In these modern times," said the
minister, "people ask the question:
'Why do we celebrate Easter?' Our ser
mon today will afford the reply. We
celebrate the opening of the Panama
Canal: we celebrate historic events: we
recognize the value of getting together
and felicitating upon achievements. For
nearly 2000 years there has been no
day so widely celebrated as Easter
Sunday. In recent years people find
themselves holding convictions that
make it impossible for them to cele
brate consistently that day. An in
creasing number of people will reply
that they cannot conceive the resur
rection, as believed in by Christiana,
ever happened. Modern ideas deny
the myths and miracles of former be
liefs." To the structural and simple beliefs
The item in the newspaper attracted
the attention of A. E. Turner, of South
Pasadena, who ransacked his brain and
remembered having met a George
Wentworth in Tacorna. This informa
tion was communicated to J. W. -Wood,
ex-Postmaster of Pasadena, and the
City Beautiful hunt began, ending
few days ago in Portland.
The original picture of the first Pasa
dena baby is kept among the records
and the fact that she is now Mrs.
Ringer, of Portland, has been entered,
so that the information is brought
down to date.
COUNCILMEN ARE ASSAILED
Tailors Resent Failure to Wear For
mal Dress at Meeting.
And now the City Commissioners of
Portland are to be assailed for their
personal appearance in Council meet
ings. Condemnation along this line is
coming from the National Association
of Merchant Tailors which, at a St.
Louis convention February 10, passed
resolutions saying that lawmakers all
over the country are insulting the
dignity of their position by such un
pardonable carelessness as reporting
for duty without frock coats, and
the other embellishments of dignity
and formality.
Copies of the resolutions were or
dered sent to the municipal assemblies
of the principal cities of the United
States.
SHIPBUILDING TO BE TOPIC
Officer of Steamship Company to
Address Rotarians.
'Why we should promote the ship
building industry for the Columbia
River." will be the topic at the lunch
eon of the Rotary Club at the Benson
Hotel tomorrow.
W. D. Wells, of the San Francisco &
Portland Steamship Company, will be
chairman of the day and the speak
ers will be State Senator McBride, a
member of the committee to draft ar
guments on the exemption of seagoing
vessels from taxation, and J. H. Price,
marine architect of the St. Helens
Shipbuilding Company.
Advertising talka will be given by
A. W. Graham. G. L. Cherry, F. B.
Layman and E. H. Kuhlman.
of former eras, the roots of the pres
ent still cling, asserted Dr. Eliot. He
pointed out the danger of modernity
in attempting completely to sever this
association.
"The greatest iuty of the next cen
tury will consist of the searching into
those realities that lie back of the
biggest blunders of history," was the
declaration of deep meaning.
The celebration of Easter, of Christ's
resurrection, is endowed with a sig
nificance that foregoes the material
facts as exposed by modern logic, he
continued. It is a simple matter to
deny myths and miracles.
"When people ask you why you find
it possible to celebrate Easter, reply
to them in all good nature. Ask them
what earthly or heavenly difference
it makes to you what happened to
someone who was himself a miracle
from the beginning.
The spiritual promise and signifi
cance of the day, the happiness of faith
engendered thereby, are sufficient for
the permission of all sincere people to
join in the Easter gladness, said Dr.
Eliot.
Many Hold Mistaken Idea.
"Too many of us have mistaken easy
going and fatness for the realities," he
concluded. "In the proposition that we
truly humanize Jesus, realize the deeper
meaning of the myths and miracles,
may we celebrate Easter with consis
tency and significance. Let us cele
brate with the happiness and simplicity
of children we shall find realities
that are worth while and that are not
cut in two by the scissors of death."
The sermon was a profound plea for
the transcendency of the spirit over
the grossness of material life not for
a simple and unquestioning faith in
the conflicting records of the olden
church, but for an understanding and
Joyous appreciation of the lessons that
lie in the parables of creed.
In this wise, it was taught, may
even the ultra-modern thinker con
sistently join in the observance of the
day of white lilies and great love.
The closing hymn, writtun by Jjahn
Greenleaf Whittier, was in keeping
with the lesson of the hour:
"Through the harsh voices of our day.
A low, sweet prelude finds Its way;
Through clouds of doubt and creeds of
fear,
A light is breaking calm and clear."
ORPHEUM HAS STAR
Generous Praise Given to Hen
ri De Vries.
SEVEN PARTS ARE TAKEN
Principal .Xot Only Assumes All
Roles In Cast, but Is Producer
and Manager, Too, and Act
Is Declared Excellent.
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
When the history of the current
Orpheum vaudeville season has been
told, and credit has been distributed
among those who have been artistically
active In its affairs, it is certain that
Henri De Vries will emerge as one
artist in. the assemblage who has of
fered one of the positively brilliant acts
of a decade, and who has successfully
assumed the triple responsibilities of
producer, seven players and manager.
The "seven players" is cqllective. Mr.
De Vries is all of them. He achieves
top-notch recognition at the Orpheum
this week with his excellent act. "A
Case of Arson." in which he portrays
seven separate characters.
Acting: Is Flnlnhetl.
Henri De Vries does not clown. He
is a splendid character actor, and unto
each role he brings not only an out
ward complete change of personage, but
an inner, mental, spiritual even. It
would seem, transformation occurs. He
appears first before the Dutch Police
Magistrate in a little Holland court
room, as Ansing Arent, a weak, harm
less derelict who has been accused by
his brother, John, of setting fire to the
latter's small cigar factory. John's baby
giTl has baen cremated in the fire and
all the sad little story comes out as
each witness is called. Every element
of good drama enters into the enact
ment suspense, comedy and tragedy
flit before us as the witnesses appear
and stand their grilling by the magis
trate. In turn Mr. De Vries appears as
the brother John, as the old paralytic
father-in-law babbling his story, aa
Putton, a red-faced, jovial publican; as
the huge phlegmatic policeman, and as
the inquisitive humble grocer; as big
Bik. a non-committal house painter.
In leaps of dramatic values the story
unfolds itself and the various char
acters in its enactment exit and enter,
treading almost on each others' heels.
Mr. De Vries' art charms and compels
admiration constantly.
Vlnie Daly Good Sincer.
Another interesting personality ia
Vinie Daly, who sings in a big operatic
soprano and dances saucy, cabarettish
steps.
Andy Rice is funnier than any other
Hebrew dialectician ever dared to be.
A messy, mussy, hilarity-producing
act is offered by Wiflard Simnes.
Hildegard Mason, trilling soprano
with a sense of comedy, and George
Murray, delightful baritone, with also a
sense of humor, offer a gay little act.
Two little tomboys open the bill.
They offer a novelty bumsti-bumstl act
full of fun.
"The Girl in the Moon," a pretty maid
who sits in a huge crescent that swings
out over "the audience and sings while
she showers roses on smiling gent3 be
neath her. closes the bill.
500 BOY SCOUTS TURN OUT
Woodcraft and Sanitation Arc Sub
jects of Lectures Heard.
What is believed to be the largest
meeting of Boy Scouts ever held in the
Pacific Northwest, was that at the
Central Library Saturday night, when
500 youths gathered to receive instruc
tion in tne craft of that organization
Your "Eyesight
and Your
With. Thompson's Ophthalmoscope
Exact Condition
The close connection between the eyes and health is
too often given but slight consideration. The relation
ship is, however, a very intimate one.
J Very frequently the eyes give little warning of the
drain they are making upon the total nerve force, but
the fact has become so well recognized that today the
up-to-date stomach or nerve specialist will not treat
stomach trouble or nervous diseases until a careful ex
amination is made of a patient's eyesight and the cor
rect glasses ordered worn.
Many of the leading physicians of Portland now send
us their patients when' a scientific diagnosis of the eye is
required.
J Eyeglass progress is a watchword here. We employ
every scientific and practical advance known to sci
ence. .
Thompson Optical Institute
209-10-11 Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison.
We design and manufacture the Genuine Kryptok Lenses
in our own factory on premises.
and to hear talks on the purposes of
the Scout movement.
James E. Brockway, Scout Commis
sioner, presided. The Scouts present
were members of the Portland division.
George Estes, of Portland, a recognized
authority on the subjects that engage
the interest of the naturalist, spoke on
"Woodcraft," giving much useful
knowledge to the Boy Scouts.
He told or the wireless of the forest
by means of which the animals of the
wilderness are warned of the approach
of predatory beasts and he also told
how the boys could learn to swim.
Major Ross, of Vancouver Barracks,
spoke on sanitation as practiced suc
cessfully in the Panama Canal zone
and elsewhere. His talk was the open
ing gun of the sanitary campaign that
will be waged in Portland this Sum
mer under the direction of the health,
authorities, in which the Boy Scouts
will co-operate by the distribution of
circulars, the disinfection of rubbish
and garbage and the general destruc
tion of flies.
HEILIG FILMS DRAMATIC
"THE MELTING POT" AXD "THE
GAMBLERS" GREAT FEATURES.
Story of Jewish Massacre in Russia,
With Happy Finale in America
for Survivor, Is Depicted.
A picturization of Israel Zangwill's
creation. "The Melting Pot." is being
featured in film at the Heilig Theater
this week, with the six-reel drama.
"The Gamblers." underlined. The two
films, running continuously afternoon
and evening, are offered at the popu
lar price of motion picture features.
"The Melting Pot" is intensely dra
matic throughout, and the action covers
a span from the massacres of the
"black Easter" in Kishnieff, across the
ocean to America, where, in the great
melting pot of the new Nation, en
mities of the old world are wiped out.
The daughter of the baron who di
rected the massacres and a young Jew,
who was one of the survivors of it,
are the hero and heroine of the drama,
and in the freedom of America they
forget class and religious differences
and a beautiful love story develops to
a pretty conclusion.
"The Gamblers" is a play of high fi
nance and the rivalry of two strong
men for the love of a woman. One,
an attorney, marries her, and later on
becomes the instrument that threatens
to send the other, a banker. to the
penitentiary. The love of his wife is
killed by his neglect and brutality, and
driven from' him and threatened with
divorce, she turns to the rival, who in
the stress of adversity proves himself
to be a man of great strength and
sweetness of character.
"The Melting Pot" and "The Gam
blers" together are a show that makes
a very full and delightful afternoon or
evening. They will run throughout
the week, with continuous shows from
1 to 11 P. M., with the exception of
tonight, when the theater is engaged
for a recital.
DR. FOSTER DENIES RUMOR
Rood College Head Ilefuhes Offer of
$8000 l'ost in Massachusetts.
President Foster, of Reed College, de
nies recent reports in Boston news
papers that he had accepted the posi
tion of Commissioner of Education for
the State of Massachusetts which was
offered to him recently at a salary of
J 8000 a year.
The commissioner is a trustee of thn
state school fund of $5,000,000 and a
trustee of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, the Massachusetts Agri
cultural College and the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts. He has charge of the ten
state normal schools, the state-aided
vocational schools, the state-aided high
schools and union superintendencies.
He also has charge of the state teach
ers' employment bureau and the state
department of university extension.
"I wish you to find out who that
homely woman is." "Nothing doing,
my dear. She'd prove to be the sister
or wife of the first person I asked."
Detroit Free Press.
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500 Sacks Victor
our
Regularly $1.45. First
Come, First Served. No
Phone Nor C. O. D.
Orders. Deliveries Made
as Promptly as Possible
A special inducement to se
cure for this well-known brand
of high-grade patent flour a
still larger distribution. First
500 comers to our fine Gro
cery Department Monday
will profit by this sale. A phe
nomenal discount considering
the present price of flour.
Every Package
On This Table
Worth 10c
Your Choice
Three fori
'25c
For people who desire to purchase small
quantities of good things to eat. Splendid
savings on all kinds of canned and package
goods. Note the variety to choose from.
Soups, pickles, olives, coffee, sugar, rice,
sardines, cereals, syrups, etc. Arranged on
table for easy selection.
$26.50 "Acorn" Cabinet
Gas Range $22.75
Installed
Sixth
Floor,
Filth
Street
black enamel washable
ed doors. Alumimzed oven, size 16x18, with broil
er and improved star drilled burners. Regularly
$26.50 for $22.75.
Easy Terms of Payment
if Desired
"Acorn" HIGH EFFICIENCY
Gas Water Heater $16
Installed
Very compact, takes up little room in the kitchen. Three
copper coils and double cast iron jacket. Fittings braized
to coils, no leakage.
Acorn Ranges and Heaters, Here Only
Sixth Floor. Fifth Street.
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kitchen always con
tains a Gas Range
and for best results
it should be an
"Acorn." Cooking
with gas removes
the drudgery and
dirt, dust and smoke
of the "old-fashioned"
way.
"Acorn" Cabinet
Gas Range No. 480
the special we're
offering today has
finish with porcelain panel
After Saturday, April 8, 1916