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S TnE MORNING OREGONTAIT, THURSDAY, 3fAY 2.1. 1916. ODDFELLOWS TAKE IN GLASS OF 225 Grand Lodge at Roseburg De votes Day to Discussion of Constitutional Change. DAY AT FAIR IS REJECTED workors. They will greet the stran gers, give general information and make themselves generally hospitable. Following: .are other notes of the asso ciation: Miss Mateel Fraley; formerly connect ed with the association here, has re turned from California, where she has been attending the University of Cali fornia. Interest is developing in the Y. W . C. A. Northwestern Summer confer ence, which is to be held at Seabeck. Wash., the coming month. Something like 200 delegates from the city and student Y. W. C. A.'s of the Northwest attended this conference last year. Miss Jessie R. Burton. Bible and mission study secretary of the Portland association, has been asked by ' the National board to conduct one of the Bible study classes at this conference at Seabeck. Y. W. f. A. girls are planning to climb Larch Mountain on Tuesday. Krbekalis Elect Officers and Toduy Mill Be I'illed With Banquet ing:, Parados and Confer ring of More Uegrees. YAKIMA ORGANIZES FOR RAIL PROJECT Gpjdendale Meeting Declares for Line to Portland and Names Committee. ROSEBURG. Or., May 24. (Special.) A class of 225 took the grand lodge degree at today's session of the Grand Loige of Oddfellows of Oregon. Thi number has probaMy, never been ex ceeded. Grand Master Hall, of Marsh field, is presiding. Today's sessions of the Grand Lodge were featured by the introduction! of resolutions asking the State Fair Board to set aside a day during the State Fajr to be known as "Oddfellows" day, and amending the constitution of the order so as to give the grand master- power, on petition of 10 lodges under his juris diction, to postpone the Grand Lodge meeting not to exceed 30 days. . "Oddfellown' Day" Rejected. After considerable debate, the reso lution addressed to the State Fair Board was rejected. The resolution giving the grand master power to post pone the grand lodge meeting was read for the first time today and will come up for final consideration at the next session of the grand lodge a year hence This resolution was introduced in or der that the" dates of the grand lodge meeting win not conflict with the pri mary election. The resolution has the indorsement of every delegate in at tendance at today's sessions of the order. Other business which marked today's sessions included the assignment of committees, listening to official reports and other routine business. Brief ad dresses were delivered by A. B. Schamp. of Sutherlin. past grand patriarch of Minnesota, and George Kellogg, past grand master of the Oddfellows Lodge, of Washington. Klection of grand lodge oficers has been made a special order of business for 10 o'clock tomor row morning. Rrbrkaba Klcot Mrs. Wanrnburc The session of the Rebekah assem bly was featured by the election of of ficers for the ensuing year. They fol low: Mrs. Nellie Wattenburg, Klamatfc Falls, president; Mrs. Mary E. Lan kester, Astoria, vice-president; Mrs. Ora Cosper. Dalla3. secretary: Miss Eda Jacobs. Portland, treasurer: Mrs. Jean nie Burke. Grants Pass, grand warden. The assembly trustees are Mary Swan, of Portland; Ella Kelty, of Newberg, and Minnie Gilbert, of Beaver. Mary Tomlinson was elected trustee of the home. ' Installation of the assembly of ficers will occur tomorrow morning. This makes the 20th consecutive year that- Mrs. Cosper has -been elected sec retary of the assembly. -Oregon - I'rged to Join. Following the election of officers Mrs. Rose McCroskey, of Palouse, Wash., past president of the Rebekah assembly of that state and president of the Na tional association of Rebekah assem blies, delivered an address. She urged the Rebekah assembly, of Oregon, ts become affiliated with the National as sociation. Action may be taken on this request at tomorrow's sessions of the assembly 'here. Tonight the royal purple degree was conferred by the degree team of the Golden Rule Encampment, of Portland. This was followed by an informal re ception for the visitors held at the Armory under the auspices of the local Rebekah lodge. Tomorrow night the past grand masters, 'past grand patriarchs and past grand representatives will hold their annual banquet at the Umpqua "Hotel, followed by ' a parade of the Muscovites and the conferring of the Muscovite degree.- PIONEERS, AGED 230, DIE AValla Walla. Country I-ioses Trio "Within 12lglit Hours. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. May 24. Special.) Three aged pioneers of Walla Walla and the Northwest died here last night and this morning within period of eight hours, their combineo. agfs being 230 years. They were: Oliver C. Gallaher, agea 85: George R. Crowe, aged 79, and Mrs. Mary Taylor, aged 66. . Mr. Gallaher reached Portland in 1845. and came her in 1862. Mr. Crowe came to Wash ington Territory in 1862 and Walla Walla in 1865, and Mrs. Taylor came here in 1867. Mr. Gallaher's widow and six children survive. George R. Crowe was born in London an.1 went to sea when 14: he spent two years in South Africa and five in Aus tialia gold mining. In 1862 he came to Washington and enlisted in the first Washington Territorial Volunteers. A widow and three children survive. Mrs. Mary Taylor came in 1867 and she and her husband would have cele brated their 47th wedding anniversary Saturday. CHANCE GIVEN NORTH BANK Sjeakcrs Point Out Heavy Shipment? of Freight From Valley and Xeed or Market People Are Ieclared to Bo Determined. still the welterweight champion of the world. He wrestled a good,- clean match and deserves a lot of credit for his showing. Although Miller was the aggressor throughout, ha had the winged "M" mentor in tight situations on but few occasions. Miller's weight is about 154 pounds. He may be able to beat a lot of welter weights and make 148 pounds, or even 146. but h cannot defeat a grappler of O'Connell's ability and make weight. All of bis knowledge of the game and cleverness were present, but the old speed and strength were not on the job: Both men agreed before the contest to be governed by Police Gazette rules and agreed to quit at 12 o'clock P. M. Considering the class of the bout and the reputation of the two grapplers. the crowd was small. This undoubtedly will be the last match until Fall. O'Connell's wrestling classes at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club close soon and he intends to go.- to Northern Canada and Alaska on a prospecting trip. Miller will leave to day or tomorrow for Jamestown. N. !., to meet a light heavyweight named HulL In the one preliminary boxing match ! "Kid" Nagle stopped Frankie Warren in the sixth round. They are 125- I pounders. Bud Smith refereed the wrestling match and "Mull" Bronson officiated in the boxing affair. COLLEGE WOMEN ELECT .Teancttc AVhcatley, of I-ia Grande, Chosen Head of University Iicane. UNIVERSITY- OF OREGON, Eugene, May 24. (Special.) The Women's League, composed of the associated co eds of the university, this afternoon elected .leanette Wheatley, of La Grande, their president for the. year 1916-17. Other officers chosen were: First vice-president, Maria Tinker, Eugene; second vice-president, Tyla Walker, Corvallis; secretary. Vera Olmstead, Med ford: treasurer, Ruth Wilson, Med ford: editor, Helen Brenton, Eugene; sergeant-at-arms, Nita Hunter. Island City. This afternoon was also the occasion of the sophomore election. Robert At kinson, Cottage Grove, was elected president; Helen Bracht, Portland, vice president; Peggy Boylen. Pendleton, secretary; Ivor Ross, Astoria, treasurer. and Ira Bnven, Baker, sergeant-at-arms. OREGON CITY TRIP PLANNED Rosarians and Other Portlanders to Go on Saturday. Royal Rosarians will leave for Ore gon City at 12:30 Saturday afternoon on the steamer Grahamona. from the Tf-ylor-street dock, to participate in the celebration of the Oregon City Rose Show and Booster Day. Members of the Chamber of Com merce. Ad Club. Rotary Club and other organizations which are sending dele gations to Oregon City have been in vited to Join the Rosarians. The round trip fare will be 50 cents. Dancing will be enjoyed on board the boat, going and returning. The Rosar lens will participate in the parade in Oregon City at 2 o'clock, and the Rosarian band will give a concert the evening. Before the return the Grahamona will run up to the Wlllar ette Falls. MYSTERY IN STORY GROWS aian "Who Said He Saw Xelms Sis ters Disappears. GROUP 2 BANKERS MEET I INDEPENDENCE GATHERING VISITS NORMAL. AT MONMOUTH. Portland Delegates Dlscnsa Phases Buslneita and Mr. Sensenicfc State Frightens Capital. Says INDEPENDENCE. -Or.. May 24. I Special.) Group two of the Oregon Bankers Association met in this city today - with an attendance that sur passed previous meetings. In the early part of the day the bankers were taken to Monmouth as guests of the State Normal . School. They attended chapel and made an inspection tour of the grounds and buildings. On their-return to Independence they were entertained at the Beaver Hotel at a banquet as the guests of Farmers State Bank, Inde pendence National Bank and- First Na tional of Monmouth. They met in regular session at the Isis Theater at 2 o clock and were pre sided over by Alfred C. Schmitt, of Albany. Edgar H. Sensenich, cashier of the Northwestern National Bank of Portland, delivered an address in which he said that outside capital is afraid to invest in Oregon. n.. i Simmons, gave a talk on sav ings bank interest rate and loans. P. S. Dick, assistant cashier of the United States National of Portland, talked in a general way on banking topics. A general round-table discussion was led by Secretary J. C. Irvine. . xra J. rowen, or Monmouth, was elected president; W. P. Elmore, of Brownsville, vice-president, and J. C. Irvine, secretary. Nearly 100 bankers were present from several counties. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 24. (Spe cial. . J. D. Fleury. shingle mill filer. who made statements that he had met rs. Eluise Nelms Dennis and her sis- Beatrice Nelms, near Snohomish for whose murder Victor E. Innes and wife were tried in Texas, has disap peared. He seems to have made a hurried de parture, leaving either yesterday after noon or evening. .It is possible that he has gone to Gllman, Mont., this being the town in which he was promised profitable employment, according to a letter he had. Fleury's information contradicts itself in places and it may be pos sible that he knows nothing about the case except what he had read. GOLDENDALE. Wash.. May 21. (Special.) An association for the pro motion of the construction of rail con nection between the Yakima Valley and the city of Portland was organized here today by delegates representing Portland. Goldendale. Toppenish, North Yakima,-"hite Swan. Mabton, Harrah and every other section of the highly productive Yakima Valley, An executive committee was select ed with power to represent the associa tion in all matters, to gather material on which a proper presentation of the question can be made to railroad au thorities and to raise funds for carry ing on the campaign. Executive Committer Named. E. B. Piper, of Portland; A. B. Fosseen, of North Yakima: W. A. Mc- Gowan, of Toppenish; T. W. Howell, of Mabton: A. A. Nicol, of White Swan; N. B. Brooks, of Goldendale; J. T. Harrah, of Harrah, and Ben B. Olney, of tut? Yakima Indian Reservation, were selected as the committee. Two outstanding facts were presented by the people of Yakima to. sustain their claim to rail connection with Portland. The first is the largely in creasing shipments of cattle, hogs, sheep and hay from the Yakima and which the growers want to send to the Union Meat Company, the Morris Com pany and the Portland market, respec tively. Mabton alone sent out 380 cars of these products last year. As a whole, the Yakima Valley shipped 26, 000 cars of freight last year and re- Iceiveu is.uuu cars. With the building at Knapp shipyards of ocean-going ships to be owned and operated by Portland people, the Yaki ma grower insists on his right to reacn the two markets of the Pacific North west, and to have the benefit of their competition. Railroad Attorney Is Champion N. B. Brooks,' of Goldendale, was the chairman of the meeting and being an attorney for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad, it was surprising to hear him reply to the statements made by President Gilman, of that company in which Mr. Gilman was quoted as saying that the rail connection be tween Portland and the lakima was impractical and would not be con structed. Mr. Brooks pointed out that the Spo kane. Portland & Seattle official was turning down the proposition before it had reached him. Other Means May Be Sought. "The Spokane. Portland & Seattle has not built a feeder since the original road was constructed and naturally we will give Mr. Gilman the first chance to pass on the claims or me country we represent for rail service. If he refuses to give the relief that we need then, perhaps, other companies or means can be found to build it." he said. To follow the advice of Mr. Gilman would be a narrow policy for Portland- Portland cannot and should not limit her horizon to the Cascade mountains and be bounded by the Willamette val lev. It is rot expected that Portland will consume the products of her --lose by valleys, but through Portland they may reach the markets of the world. And it is that connection we are fight ing for." Greatest enthusiasm was aroused by the speech of Mr. Brooks, which was enhanced when J. A. Haradar. of North Yakima, showed that the proposed line was of practical construction and that the elements existed to make it pay, Wells Gilbert. E. J. Lutz, of Mabton; A. .C. Coburn, of White Swan; F. A. Wiggins, of Toppenish, and W. A. Mc Gowan were the other speakers. Tonight a meeting was held at the Star Theater in the interest of good roads between the Yakima valley and Portland's Columbia River Highway. THORNE FOUND GUILTY JIHV OUT ONLV 10 MINUTES VANCOUVER CASE. Prisoner, Accused of Forgery, Answers Only One Question Wllh Syllable ' "No." VANCOUVER. Wash., May 24. (Spe cial.) After only ten minutes' deliber ation the jury which heard the case against George Lee Thome, alias W. A. Hilton and 37 other names, returned a verdict of guilty at 4:15 this after noon. Thome was accused of forgery. He was charged with purchasing a watch from C F. Paige, jeweler, of this city, on December 18, 1915. paying for it with a check for $28. which he signed F. J. Rellly. pretending to be a Lieutenant by that name stationed at the post. 'The state 'called six or seven wit nesses, including Detectives Pat Mo loney and Tom Swennes. of the Port land police department, who arrested him on December 31 as he was leaving the store where he pawned the watch in Portland. Thorne took the stand for his defense and answered but one question. D. C. Lewis, of Portland, his attorney, asked him, "Did you utter this check?' to which he replied "No." The verdict finding Thorne guilty was the quickest ever known in the local Superior Court. Thorne today pleaded not guilty to forgery charges in which he is accused of issuing three other checks. He will be tried on these charges tomorrow ari8 the two days following. The minimum sentence ranges from six months to five years, to a maximum of 20 years. J A As the Poor Rich Girl, Whose Little Heart Proved Bigger Than Her Fortune. aim B oc, at GYPSIES HURRIED ALONG CAMP AT OSWEGO IS BROKEN SOON AFTER SHERIFF VISITS. Family or wanderers la Divided by I Shortage of Automobiles and Men Stay AVIth Wagon.: OREGON CITY. Or.. May 24 (Spe cial.) More than 100 gypsies, who have been camped near the old Oswego foun dry for several days, suddenly left the county Wednesday morning, following a visit by sheriff Wilson. Deputy Sher iff Olson and District Attorney Hedges. The officials had received complaints that the members of the band had been stopping passersby and begging and that they had been stealing wood and taking vegetables from neighboring gardens. The party, under the leadership of Chief Ephraim John, is on its way to Chicago, where a National meeting wui oe nem to elect a cniei. At Os wego today the party divided, the auto mobiles leaving for Seattle while the teams will go up the Columbia and through The Dalles. The division of the party separated one family. Owing to the limited room in the automobiles, one husband was compelled to go with the wagons while his wife and two children traveled with the automobiles. While in Oswego one member of the band stole a coil of rope which the Sheriff carried in his automobile. The gypsies offered to buy Sheriff Wilson's car. although they complained, that it was an old model. THE LION AND THE GIRL Is the Most Thrilling and Screamingly Funny Keystone Comedy We Have Shown in Months Three Days Starting Today ! PIONEER OF 1845 DIES SOLOMON Dl RBIN. 86. CROSSED PLAINS IN OXCART, ARMY MAN'S .SON KILLED Dead Boy Was Grandson of Linn County Commissioner. ALBANY. Or.. May 24. (Special.) Thomas J. Butler, of this city. County Commissioner of Linn County, received word this evening from his son, Clif ton M. Butler, First Lieutenant in the Twenty-second Infantry, now on bor der duty at Douglas. Ariz., that the latter's son. Thomas J. Butler, 6 years of age, was kicked in the head by a horse and killed this afternoon. Lieutenant Butler was appointed to West Point from Albany and is well known here. NO SMALLPOX IN PORTLAND Last Case Is Discharged rnd Isola tion Hospital Closed. Y. W.C. A. PLANS SERVICE ? PORTLAND ORGANIZATION TO HELP . . ROSE FESTIVAL WEEK. Once more Portland i. without a sin gle case of smallpox. The last patient at the isolation hospital has been dis charged, and the hospital has been closed until more cases are brought in. In no year in the past has the city been so free from the disease. For the irst two months of the year the isola tion hospital was closed, and there was not a case in the city. Since then there have been a few cases, principally cases which have developed outside the city. Mrs.- W. D. Wheelwright, Mrs. Charles Baser and Mrs. Vincent Cook to Appoint Hostesses. WILSON TO OPEN HIGHWAY President to Press Button Openine: Columbia Ceremonies. ' Anticipating the usual crowds which throng the Young 'Women's Christian Association during Hose Festival week. a committee has been appointed to pro vide hostesses to serve each day at the association during the Festival. At the board meeting on Tuesday plans for this work were discussed and Mrs. W. D. Wheelwright. Mrs. Charles Basey and Mrs. Vincent Cook were named to supervise the appointment of hostesses who will go to the headquar ters every morning with the regular WASHINGTON. May 24. Presiden Wilson has accepted the invitation ten dered him by Senator Chamberlain to press a button June 7 and thereby un furl a flag at the dedication of the Co lumbia Highway. The committee in charge of the exer cises has been asked to arrange the de tails with the telegraph company an advise the exact hour of the ceremony 1'nrlo Sam's cigars and tobacco cost him TuOU.uou.ouu a year. service rerrormed lor Oregon In Cay- use Indian War of 1S48 and Min ing Done in California. SALEM. . Or.. May 24. (Special.) Solomon Durbin, octogenarian and pi- neer Oregon resident of 1845, died at is home here today. He was 86 years months and 25 days old at the time of is death. Mr. Durbin was born in Richland County, Ohio, September 29. 1829. When 16 years old he drove an ox . team across the plains to Oregon, settling with hts parents in Washington Coun ty. He was a veteran of the Cayuse Indian war of 1848, serving as a mem ber of Company C, First Oregon In- ntry. After the war he mined for a time in California, but in J 853 located n Salem, engaging in the livery busi ness. - Mr. Durbin on March 9. 1854, mar ried Martha S. Elgin, who died here about a year ago. He was a member of the Salem lodges of Masons and Oddfellows. Surviving him are three children, Mrs. Geo'rgiana Walker, of Salem; Mrs. J. M. . Colts, of Riverside. Cal.. and Charles B. Durbin, of Vancouver, Wash CAGE KILLS BRIDEGROOM Faint on Way to Surface of Mine Is Fatal to AYorker. BAKER. Or., May 24. (Special.) Last night, when he was caught be tween the hoisting cage and the wall of the Rainbow mine after he had fainted on his way to the surface. Leigh Jack was crushed to death. .Tack had just finished the early shift nd. with six companions, was being raised to the level for the midnight meal. He reeled back. Before his com panions could catch him he was caught. hen released from the cage the body dropped 193 feet to the bottom of the mine, but the man was probably in stantly killed. Jack had been working underground only four and one-half days, going to the mine from Baker. He leaves a bride of five months and a brother here. i I JM- SIXTH AND WASHINGTON Matinees .10 Children 5d Evenings 15d Children . 5 restorations of citizenship to Lottie Belle Capplous and Cyrus McDowell, who for the last few years have been out of the penitentiary on parole. The former was committed from Coos Coun ty in January. 1914. to serve from six months to ten years for assault with a dangerous weapon and was paroled in October. 1914. She was granted her cit izenship upon the recommendation of Circuit Judge Coke, before whom she was tried. McDowell was received at the peni tentiary from Union County in April. 1911, to serve one year for larceny. He was paroled in January, 1912. Circuit Judge Knowles, before whom he was tried, recommended his final pardon. Indulgence in In this country luxuries cnets each family $.'tH a yMr. MILLER'S EFFORT FAILS O'COXSELL PROVES TO. BE MORE THAN MATCH FOR GRAPPLER. LUMBER TO GO BY RAIL O.-W- It. & X. Authorizes Construc tion of $6000 Gridiron. OLYMPIA. Wash.. May 24. (Special.) -J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the O.-W. R. & N. lines, after personal In spection in this city, has authorized the construction of a 16000 gridiron here that will bring through Olympla the lumber and shingle traffic from Shelton formerly sent by barge ship ments through Tacoma. Cars loaded on barges at Shelton hereafter will be routed through Olym pla after being towed to Budds Inlet. The construction of a spur track to the O. P. Smith mill, of Olympla, also has been authorized by the general man ager. Wo s3.00 $3.50 '4.00 $4.50 & s5.00 SHOES Ttio Men Work, for 3V4 Hour Without Either 4Vcromplishine Fall and Bout Called at Midnight. TWO REGAIN CITIZENSHIP Man and Woman Civil Rights m Parole Restored. Have Walter Miller and Eddie O'Connell wrestled for two hours and 30 minutes Tuesday night without either grappler being able to gain a fall. Both men weighed in Tuesday at 3 o'clock P. M., and neither tipped the beam at 148 pounds. The old dash and pepper which was so evident in Miller when he defeated O'Connell here last February were lacking. It was noticeable that he was not as strong as when he met O'Connell last at the middleweight limit. O'Connell proved to the fans that he SALEM. Or.. May 24. (Special.) Governor Withycombe today issued BOX OFFICE flOW OPEN Secure your seats now for comic opera. "Fra Diavolo." See the great est local production of opera ever given in the city 100 people ensemble. Performances Thnraday Right, May 23 Saturday Matinee. May 27. Popalar Prices BAKER THEATER YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY WEARING VV. L. DOUGLAS SHOES VALUE GUARANTEED For 33 years W. L. Douglas name has stood for shoes of the highest standard of quality for the price. His name and the retail price stamped on the bottom guarantees full value and protects tne wearer against high "prices for inferior shoes. They are the best known shoes in tne world. W. L. Douglas shoes are made of the most carefully selected leathers, after the" latest models, in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., under the direction and personal inspection or a most perfect organization and the highest paid skilled shoemakers : all working- with an honest determination to make the best shoes, in the world. W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 SHOES are just as good for style, fit and wear as other makes costing 56.00 to $S.OO, the only perceptible difference is the price. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.00 and $3.50 SHOES hold their shape, fit better and wear longer than other makes for the price. None genuine unless W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bottom. BARON'S SHOE STORE, 230-232 Morrison FOR MEN W. L. DOUGLAS WAS PUT TO WORK PEGG ING, SHOE SAT SEVEN YEARS OF AGE. HE BEGAN MANUFAC TURING IN 1 676, AND IS NOW THE LARG EST MAKER OF S3.00 S3 SO AND S.0O SHOES IN THE WORLD. JfCK IX ''I y--v -DLJ X E5 BrlUHO 4. y NrLf Beit in the World fXiX ? ir-F - 4 N s $3.00 52.50 -i i nrTw,', watt i vmvi ,;"m ''" SUBSTITUTES -3 -t Street, Portland, Ore.