TITE arORXIXCf OHEGONIATT. THUESDAT, 3IAT 11", 191G. 11 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OREGOSIAN TELEPHONES. Wansginsr Editor Main 7070, A 6015 City Editor Main 7070, A 6095 Sunday Editor Main 7070. A 6095 Advertising Department . . .Main 7070, A 6095 Composing-room . ... ...Main 7070, A 6095 City Circulation Main 7070. A 6095 Prititlng-room Main 7070, A 6095 Superintendent Building ...Main 7070, A 6095 AMUSEMENTS, HETLIG fBroadway at Taylor) "The Birth of a Nation." 2:15 and 8:15 o'clock. PANTAGES (Alder and Broadway) Vaude ville. Performances, 2:30, 7:30 and 9:15. HIPPODROME (Broadway and Tamhill) V.xudevtlle and moving pictures from 1 P. M. continuously to 11 P M. (Fourth and Stark streets) Dillon and King in musical comedy. Afternoon and night performances dally. STRAND (Park, West Park and Stark) Vaudeville and motion pictures, continu ous. EASEBALL (Recreation Park, 24th and Vaughn streets) Portland vs San Fran cisco. Week days, 3:00 P. M. ; Sundays, 2:30 P. M. Lusted School Industrial Club Activ-b. The Boys' and Oirls' Industrial Club, recently organized at the Lusted School, is .one of the most active or ganizations of the sort in the county. At the meeting held Friday instruc tions were given the boys in the best method of testing corn seed and help ful suggestions regarding their garden ing and club work in general. The offi cers of the club are: President, Carl tioger; vice-president, Harry Carlson; secretary, Leta Miller; treasurer, Mary Dollowitch. Besides the officers. among those engaged in club work, are Mamie Denny, Vada Quay, Veta Miller. Gladys Anderson, Myrtle Moul ton, Ada Quay, Willie Sester, Lewis Aioulton. Ernest Quay, Homer Spencer, Albert Quay and Paul Dollowitch. The children of the club have taken up the work enthusiastically. Illinois Society, Givkr Programme. An exceptionally delightful musical programme was featured at the meet ing of the Illinois Society at the Cham ber of Commerce Tuesday night. Fol lowing the programme dancing and cards were enjoyed 'and refreshments were served. In the musical programme a trio consisting of Misses Marian Burnett, Marguerite Cook and Marjorie ISood, with Miss Erma Ewart as ac companist, sang Lynes' "Come Ye Fairies," "Since You Went Away," by Johnson, and Denza's "White Butter fly." Miss Adelaide Bowie played a piano solo, one of the Rhapsodies of Liszt, and Walton Elliott and William Lattin offered several harp duets. Dean Gnppr Is Guest. Dean Guppy, of the University of Oregon, was entertained by the deans of girls of the high schools yesterday at Wash ington High School. Miss Guppy ar rived in Portland at noon and was taken to Washington High, where a luncheon was served by the domestic science department. After informal discussions of their work the women were taken on an inspection tour of the Portland high schools. Beside Dean Guppy there were present Mrs. G. S. Graham. Mrs. Margaret Levinson and Miss Caroline Holman. Laymen's Dinner to Be Held. A laymen's dinner for all the clergy of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon and all laymen who wish to attend, will be given on May 23, at 6:30 o'clock, in the orange room of the Hotel Oregon. The dinner will be held on the night preceding the opening of the annual diocesan convention to be held in St. Stephen's pro-Cathedral. Paul A. Cow gill is general chairman for the dinner F. J. Glass is secretary and Dr. S. E. Joseph! is treasurer. One "laymen in each church has been appointed on the committee to sell tickets. Church Concert Wednesday. The annual grand concert given under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of Immanuel Lutheran Church will be held in the church. Nineteenth and Irving streets, next Wednesday night. May 17. Among those who will take part will be Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed's Treble Clef Club. Hartridge Whipp, baritone; Mrs. Whipp. accompanist; Mme. June Reed, violinist; Mrs. Del phine Marx, contralto; George Kirchner, cellist, and the Misses Ewart, who will play piano duets. Carrier Delivers Mail Despite Ac cident. David Wolfe, probably the oldest and one of the most efficient rural mail carriers in the state, on route No. 1, out of Boring, met with an accident last week near the home of A. J. Ault, his mail wagon breaking down, but he delivered the mail in spite of the accident. Mr. Wolfe suc ceeded in getting out of the wrecked buggy through the back of the vehicle, but the horse ran away with the front wheels. Grocers M b b t Tonight. W. F. Woodward and Thomas H. Edwards will be speakers tonight at the meet ing of the Portland Grocers and Mer chants Association on the fifth floor of the Oregon building. Fifth and Oak streets. It is the regular monthly meeting of the association and besides a speaking programme there will be matters of important business to come up. Mothers to Meet Tomorrow. Anti cipating Mothers' day, which will be next Sunday, the Peninsula Parent Teacher Association will have a Moth ers' meeting on Friday at 2 o'clock. The programme will be given in the school and will be of special interest to mothers. Mrs. Lee Davenport will give an address. Judge Tazwell will speak on "Motherhood." Peninsula Rose Committee to Meet. A meeting of the Peninsula rose dis trict committee, with Mrs. W. W. Pearce chairman, will .meet this after noon at the North Portland Library. Killingsworth avenue, to outline plans for the rose booth the district will have at the Rose Center. It is planned to have the entire Peninsula repre sented by the booth. $5000 Damage Suit Filed. Bell Gooyev yesterday filed a complaint against the Oregon Electric Company in which she seeks to recover $5000 iamages for injuries alleged to have been received by her husband when on February 13 it is alleged he was run down by an Oregon Electric train at Mill street. Church Supper Is Tomorrow. A cafeteria supper will be served by the Ladles' Aid Society of the Sunnyside Congregational Church, corner East Taylor and Thirty-second streets, to morrow night at 6 o'clock. Following the supper the women will hold their annual Spring sale of fancy and do mestic articles. Traffic Men to Meet. A meeting of the members of the Portland Traffic & Transportation Association will be held in the offices of the organization. Ml Spalding building, at 4 o'clock to day. J. X. Teal, counsel for the asso ciation, will report on the rehearing of the intermountain rate case recently held at Washington. Mr. Alderman to Lecture. L. R. Alderman. Superintendent of Schools, will deliver an illustrated lecture at the Stephens School tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. Alderman will tell of the work being done in the Portland schools and will supplement his lecture with many interesting slides. The public is invited. Youno People to Entertain. The Willing Workers of the Ockley Green United Evangelical Church will give an entertainment tomorrow night at this church at 8 o'clock. "An Old Maid's Convention" will be the principal event of the evening. Music will be furnished by an orchestra of local talent. First-Class, Three-Room Suite. Ex cellent proposition for two attorneys. Prominent building located in the heart of business district- A 577, Oregonian. Adv. St. Patricks bazaar. Open this evening. We cordially invite all our old and new friends. Come one. Come all. Adv. English Tokf-ee that's so good Parochial Dinner Sunday. The an nual dinner for the benefit of the Church of the Holy Redeemer will be held in Chapatonian Hall, Williams avenue and Portland boulevard, next Sunday. Dinner will be served from 12 to 2 P. M. Tickets may be obtained from the following women who have the affair in hand: Mrs. P. E. Sullivan. Mrs. C. D. Wilson, Mrs. M. G. Clancy, Mrs. Winthrop Terry. Mrs. J. J. O'Sul livan, Mrs. Frank C. Le Daux, Mrs. William R. Jenkinson and Mrs. James J. Hogan. Holiday Sought for Mailmen.-- Senators Lane and Chamberlain have both telegraphed to the Chamber of Commerce promising to use their in fluence to arrange for a holiday for the letter carriers in the city of Port land on June 9, so that they can parti cipate in the Rose Festival parade. This holiday has been granted annual ly in previous rose festivals and it is practically assured that it will be allowed in the coming one. Carpenter, 56, Hurt in Fall. J. W Detwiler. 56, a carpenter employed in construction work on Sauvies Island, fell a distance of 32 feet from a scaf folding yesterday afternoon. One leg and an arm were fractured and he was cut about the face. He is being cared for at Good Samaritan Hospital. His home is in Ridgefield, Wash., and he is unmarried, Explosion Causes Fire. The ex plosion of a kerosene stove caused a fire at the home of John Erickson. 78 3 Xehalem avenue, yesterday afternoon Engine No. 20 responded to the alarm and subdued the flames before much damage was done. The house is an old frame structure and the blaze was confined to the kitchen. IS PORTLAXD BACKING CHAPTER ELECTS XEAV PRESIDKNT. Directors Alao Are Selected for Local Branch of American Institute. Delegates Appointed. Edward C. Sammons, assistant cash ier of the Lumbermen's National Bank, was elected president of the Portland i f fit . - " i ' - , ' ' il ' - 5 i i ! V ' ' 3 H aw1'" -j I T ' - ' : t 1 - ' i ! 1 snzm I Edward C. Sammom, Who la Elected President of Banking Institute Chapter.' chapter of the American Institute of Banking?, at the annual meeting on Tuesday night. The following- directors also were elected: W. M. Adair, of the Security Savings & Trust Company; T. E. Dooley, of the Hibernia Savings Bank; A, T. Matthew, of the Bank of Cali fornia; L. A. Perry, of the Northwest ern National, and Floyd Warren, of the First National. Martin E. Fitzgerald, of Ladd & Til- ton, and R. M. Dobie, of the First Na tional, were elected delegates to the National Institute meeting at Cincin nati in September. LOVE CAUSES SUICIDE FARMER AT COHBETT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN tXBALAXCED. DARK HORSE' AT TOP Miss Anna Belle Crawford Is High Queen Candidate. CORVALLIS MISS DROPS "Check for $200 Will Do as Much This Week as $ 1 0 0 0 Next Week," Says Manager Richardson, Kclatie to Special Offer. STADI.Cr OF CANDIDATES FOR Ql'EEY OF ROSE FESTIVAL. Anna Belle Crawford, Pro gressive Business Men's Club 255.000 Lillian C. Hendricksen, Foresters of America... 244.621 Mrs. Maud Oilman. G. A. R. . 239.107 Jewell Carroll, Knights and Ladies of Security 235,261 Louise Taylor, Western Union 232.032 Georgie White, Corvallis. . . 224,283 Waive Jacobs. Klamath Falls 220,299 Mildred Pegg, Vancouver. . 200,410 Edyle Fraasch. Eugene 198,703 Kleanor Jackson, Modern Foresters, McMinnville. . 1S3.265 Muriel Baling;. Pendleton 179,076 Kose Uptegrove, Oregon City., 140,435 Anna B. Allen, Metropoli tan Life Insurance Co... 107,327 Marlon Anderson, Albany. . 91,867 Lucile Kduarda Johnson, Ad Club 89.800 Anna Belle Crawford, candidate of the Progressive Business Men's Club ran up a total of 22o,000 votes in the count yesterday and took the lead in the race, with a sensational leap from next to the last place, on the list. Georgie White, of Corvallis, who held the lead on the preceding day, dropped to sixth place a-ain. The balloting is becoming steadily heavier, and by the end of the present week It is expected to run well up toward half a million voes for some of the leaders in the race. "A check for $200 will do as mucb if turned in this week as $1000 will do next week, after the special offer of this week has expired," warns Manager Richardson, and the supporters of the candidates are buying heavily in con sequence. Miss Crawford will be guest of honor at the luncheon of the Progressive Business Men at the Oregon Grill to day and will be also the guest of honor at a dance to be given at Cotillion Hall in behalf of her campaign tonight. Miss Lucile Kduarda Johnson, candi date of the Ad Club, was a guest at the club's luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, and $71 was col lected toward her campaign fund. This will represent 426,000 votes when checked up under the special offer that obtains for votes this week. Other candidates are arranging spe cial events to further their campaigns. A dance is to be given tonight by the Foresters of America at 12914 Fourth street in behalf of the candidacy of their queen. Miss Lillian C. Hendrick-son. CLUB ASSISTS COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. SENIORS WILL BE ENTERTAINED BV FRATERNITIES, Complaint Is Made to Authorities, but Neighbor and Brother Refine to Sign Charge of Insanity. Joe Leader, 33, a farmer living near Corbett, yesterday morning hanged himself to a rafter of the barn on the Leader place. His body was found by his brother, and was taken in charge by Deputy Coroner Smith and Deputy Sheriff Ward. A warrant for his arrest on an insanity charge a day sooner would have saved the life of Leader, the authorities said. According to James Deevers, a farmer of Corbett, Leader was the victim of unrequited love. Mr. Deevers said that Leader would go to the Deevers home at all hours of the day and night and inquire for Mr. Deevers' daughter. Mr. Deevers made a statement of the facts to the Sheriff's office, and .he was told to get a complaint on an insanity charge. Mr. Deevers did not care to do that. The brother of the dead man. Herman Leader, was notified of the circumstances, and an inquiry was made by the Sheriff's office if the brother would sign his name to a com plaint. The brother said that anyone else could, but he did not care to. Yesterday Deputy District Attorney Robison issued a grand jury subpena so that Leader could be taken into custody should any more complaints be made. Exenroion to Leave for Corvallis and Eugene Friday and Some AVUI Remain Over Sunday. The "O. A. C." Club of Portland will co-operate in every way possible with the representatives at Oregon Agricu tural College, to interest the seniors in the Portland high schools in participat ing in the excursion which is planned to be run to the State University at Eugene and the Agricultural College at Corvallis. Friday, May 12. The club decided at its meeting at the Chamber of Commerce last night to have its officers attend the meet ing today to discuss plans for the-ex-cursion. Representatives of the two colleges will be present and prepara tions for the excursion are expected to be pretty well completed after that meeting. M. ' K. Smead. Harry Roberts and E. C: Calloway, of the "O. A. C. Club, have been working on a special committee in the interests of the plan. It was announced at the meeting Tuesday night that many of the seniors in. the Portland high schools have de cided to stop over at Oregon Agrlcul tural College for the week-end, where they will be entertained in the college fraternity houses. The excursion will leave Portland at 8 o'clock Friday morning and the after noon will be passed in Corvallis. The train will go on to Eugene and return to Portland Saturday. The regular dancing party or the O. A. C." Club was held last night at Murlark. Hall. the Trail Candy Shop. Adv. r02 Wash. st. MORE WANTED IN PARADE Entries for Riff Kose Festival Iareant Still Being Iieceived. With the tenth annual Rose Festival less than 30 days away, arangements are rapidly being completed for the military, fraternal and civic parade, the great spectacle of Friday morning June 9, closine: day of the fiesta. While the officers of the Rose Fes tival auxiliary are in touch with ; number of fraternal org-anlutiou mmt civic bodies to enter attractive floats in the display, information is desiVed regarding- others who are planning- to take part in the spectacle. All such or ganixations should notify Rose Festival headquarters, 33d Northwestern bank building-. It has been decided to offer a special prize of $50 for the civic body outside the City of Portland having the largest number of uniformed men in line. JOHN C. SHILL0CK. For Senator X 7 4. Stands for free state printed school books; preparedness, not militarism.' Adv. Any Amount You May Have Regardless of size, will be received and placed to your credit at any time when you have an account on our books. Carry with you a small pocket check book and thus you have all your money available with out any of the danger and risk attending the carrying of money. It is the safest and most convenient method. Best attention given both large and small deposits by UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK Third and Oak Sts. Capital and Surplus, 52,000,000.00 RELIEVE YOUR FEEtl or pain nfK Arch Supports Adjusled Tree If your supports are not giving , the relief desired bring them to me I will adjust Normal them free. Fooi atter whit your foot troablea are. call aud nee me. A. A. AlllillGHT, Foot SDeciallMt- 423 Pittock Blk. Broadway 5015, A 3525 If 1 y Flat Foot o n 0 evening at 7:30 o'clock. Bishop Bry fogel will be the presiding officer at the Oregon annual conference at Bell inham. May 18. SUIT TO TEST DRY LAW ARB WHOLESALE DRUGGIST AND GROCER IN SAME CLASSt ft! AW The Mature Man" The Photoplay With 1000 Wonders At the STRAND Jkkm ALL PORTLAND IS BEATING A PATH TO THE STRAND THEATER Portland Folks axe quick to realize the importance of the Strand Theater because of the high-class attractions offered at a one -price -to -all -admission of ten cents. Portland Never Saw a Better Show Than This for Ten Cents r ' iVil ib'1 L mmm ii in FREE Balloons for the Kiddies All This Week Complaint Klled im Case of AVadhams A Co. Over Refuaal of Delivery of Biff Shipment. Whether or not a -wholesale grocer may bo classed with wholesale drug gists in handling ethyl alcohol in quantities larger than allowed the in dividual under the prohibition law will be tested in the local courts when the case of Wadhams & Co. against the San Krancisco & Portland Steamship Company comes to trial. The com plaint was filed with the County Clerk yesterday. The complaint alleges that the plain tiff ordered from a San Krancisco dis tributing house last January two bar rels of ethyl alcohol. The alcohol was shipped via the San Francisco & Port- and steamship Company and arrived here February 2. Since that time it has been held by the defendant be cause it was feared that a delivery to the plaintiif would be a violation of the dry law. The plaintiff alleges that alcohol is available for manufacturing purposes and therefore a delivery would not be a violation. Three hundred dollars is the amount of the damage asked by Wadhams & Co. The plaintiff is represented by Teal, Minor and Winfree and the defendant by the general attorney for the trans portation company. A. C. Spencer. It is expected that both District Attorney Evana and Attorney-General Brown will assist in upholding the strict in terpretation of the prohibition law. THEATER 1AK AX fci TAli Cbmpi ate Change of Program Every Smiday S Thursday NEW SHOW TODAY STARTING AT 1 P. M. CONTINUOUS TO 11 P. M. Martin Sisters I ChampionRichraondCo. Nifty Singers and Dancers In a New Dramatic Playlet, The Man. the Stranger and the Girl Paden & Reed Blackface Comedians La Mont's Cockatoos Acknowledged Peers of All Feath ered Actors EVERY PATRON OF THE STRAND IS A STRAND BOOSTER 25 X BRAZELL, EDWARD J. Delegate to Republican National Convention From Third Con gressional District. . I am for Theodore Roosevelt for President. Adv. FAMILY IS FOUND IN NEED Young Woman and Six Little Chit dren Without Furniture. The People's Institute is interested in getting some assistance for a young woman and her six little children. At present the family Is living in a lodging-house but the institute workers want to place her in a small cottage where she will be able to be at home with her children and take in wash ing. The County Board of Relief has vol unteered to pay one month's rent to give the woman a start, but there will be a need for lurniture. Anyone who is willing to donate a stove, a bed. some chairs cr any household articles such as would be aceptable to this destitute family may telephone the People's In stitute. Broadway 1S71, and give the woman a chance to help support herself. Brownsville AVooleu Mills Win. Wider public recognition has been won for this Mill-to-Man Clothing in dustry of Portland through its TraJe Building and Advertising Sale of Men'd Suits at $12.50. Only a few days are. leit ior you to get ritted out at this price Morrison at Third street. Adv. PLAYER MUSIC CLEARANCE A miscellaneous assortment of hundreds of 88 and 65 note Rolls, embracing every kind of music Classic. Sacred. Operatic. Popular and Dance. The Rolls are absolutely new and their playing condition is guar anteed. Formerly 50c to $2.50 25C- Each or 5 Rolls for $1 MAIL ORDERSFor out-of-town patrons we will malce up a (election at these clearance prices, in any quantity desired, and (Kip on approval, provided one-half of the lot is purchased and the balance returned within four days. When ordering, state the kind of music preferred operatic, dance, etc Sherman, ay & Gq. VTCTROLAS AND RECORDS PIANOLA PIANOS STEIXWAY AND OTHER PIANOS. Sixth and Morrison Sts Opposite Postoffice ,4 ' FOR RE-ELECTION. DISTRICT ATTORNEY WALTER H. EVANS (Republic an) Ballot So. ne. Primary, May 19. Itl6. (Paid Advertisement.) (Walter H. Evans. 684 Multnomah SL. City. V39 BISHOP BRYFOGEL IS DUE Evangelical Association Worker to Arrive in Portland Today. Bishop S. C. Bryfogrel. D. D., of Read ing. Pa., -who is coming to the Coast to hold the annual conferences of Ore gon, Washington and California of the Kvangelical Association, will arrive in Portland today. Bishop Bryfogel will be the leading speaker at the Women's Missionary Convention at Albany, Or.. May 11-15, and will preach the annual sermon May 12. Next Sutiday he win preach In the First German Church, Tenth and Clay streets, in this city, address a union meeting at the First t'nited Evan gelical Church. Sixteenth and Pop lar streets, at 3 P. M., and preach at the Lents Evangelical Church the same III HOME OF THE BIG SHOWS IPP (FORMERLY THE ORPHEUM) ThTThTO) OM m BROADWAY AT YAMHILL Portland's Greatest Place of Amusement, NOW OPEN DAN MARX JFMF.I.KR. Now loraterf 283 WASHINGTON ST. or 4th. Kothchlld Bids. !A vac; flo wei . a 't-nerj : For inf Ul t,.N JU.U loll cation para (life amid aunvhlne. lrac;r,K air and matchs hours from I'ortland. -rwyutinn -.A A -ace f M.' -1 Whit Snlmon. -h. " fe Sol Due Hot Springs Hold In the Heart of the Olympic. America's creaie.st health and pleasure resort, only a short distance from Se attle. Accommodations for 4 00 gur?!:. For descriptive literature and general informntion address: II. C. Bowers Manager. Sol Due, Waa WANTED, CHAIRS TQ CANE U SCHOOL FOR EUNQ FOR F.A.RTICUIAK3 CAUi l f? UYERS, UAIU 54a WANTED C A SCAR A BRK ORKCiON GKAPK ROOT Any quantity. Address W. 1'OLLAK, Albaar. Or. Phone Your Want Ads to THE OREGONIAN Main 7070 A 6095