Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 30, 1916, Page 18, Image 18

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TJ1TI ?ronTVR- OTIEOONTAjr, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 191 C.
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ERS OF CIRCUS
AMAZE AS OF OLO
DARING RIDER WHO HAS FEATURE ACT IN CIRCUS NOW IN
PORTLAND.
John Robinson Production Has
300 Trained Horses That .
t Delight Audiences.
31 CLOWNS ARE FUNNY
Addison Bennett Discusses Growth
of Company in 60 Years and
Atmosphere That He Found -at
Tents on Vaughn Street.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
There was a vast difference between
the Old John Robinson circus of 60
years ago and the John Robinson circus
that showed yesterday afternoon and
Jast night out in North Portland. But
the changes have all been for the bet
ter until it now looks like the top notch
had been reached in equestrian, acro
batic and clown stunts.
As I sat by the ringside yesterday
afternoon and watched the various
stunts I marveled that riders could be
so expert, that horses could be so well
trained, that elephants and seals and
monkeys and baboons could develop the
intelligence shown by those in the ring
of the John Robinson circus.
I wonder what Old John would have
thought if somebody had told him dur
ing the Civil War that at a day but a
little more than half a century later a
show bearing his name would require
80 cars, four full railway trains, to
carry it from point to point? That is
exactly true of the John Robinson show
out on the Vaughn-street grounds.
Expense Is $25,0OO a Week.
Going even further than that -I won
der what Old John, perhaps he was
Young John then, would have said if
some person had told him that a show
bearing his name and run at an ex
pense of $25,000 a week, carrying more
than 900, would be traveling over the
country in the future? I do not think
John, whether old or young, would have
believed it. Why, at 25 cents a seat,
the old-time price, they would have had
to have nearly 100,000 auditors a week
and the big tops of those days would
not begin to hold them.
The circus of today is Just one great,
big, homogenous, happy family. All of
those who are really circus people,
leaving out the mere laborers who are
as nomadic as the ordinary shiftless
wandering laborer, are in their be
havior simply ladies and gentlemen,
- towards each other and towards the
public. They are as kind to one an
other as your mother was to her little
boy or girl, or as your father was to
his best neighbor. Nothing else is
k tolerated.
Coatello la Famoiu Name.
I wish I might go further into this
matter of the circus family. If you will
go out to the Vaughn-street grounds
this afternoon or tonight you will see
the names of Air. and Mrs. Costello on
the programme. I do not think I have
been to a first-class circus perform
ance in the course of the last 60 years
that there was not a Costello on the
bill. Why, there are people, many of
them, in the circus business now who
can trace their circus progenitors three,
four and even five generations. Once
you become a member of the circus
family your life work is marked out
for you, and ten to one your children,
lr you rear any, will follow in your
footsteps.
Many of the Portland people will re
member that six years ago at our Rose
Festival a lady by the name of Madame
Beldini rode a wonderful black horse in
the equestrian parade and carried off
the silver cup, the grand prize for the
best lady mount. That was the same
Madame Beldini who rode so well yes
terday in the ring, and whose mounts
were perhaps the best trained of any
ever shown in Portland. Indeed, it i:
well worth the cost and trouble of go
ing out to the circus to see the madarae
make her splendid DlacK charger go
letter-perfect" through the mazes of
the tango.
Thirty-One Clowns Provoke Laughs,
And Madame Beldini is a child of the
circus, as were her father and mother,
and their fathers and mothers, and so
on back for four generations. Then
there is her adopted daughter, almost
equally as good a rider as her foster
mother May Connors another child
of the circus, and a worthy one.
But I am not telling much of the
details of the John Robinson show,
which I suppose the editor intended for
me to do, for he told me to "cover" it.
well, they have 31 clowns, each one
funnier than the other. There are eight
little Japanese who do wondrous acro
batic, posing and balancing stunts.
"The riding is as good as any circus
ever had, and of the 300 horses, they are
entitled to the name of high school
equities. Madame Beldini carries "17
head, all of which she has trained her
self. She is said to be oneof-the best
trainers in the business. Her tango
animal shows that to be true.
As to the menagerie, it is better than
the rule, while the performing ele
phants are the best I ever saw.
TENT CITY IS RISING
Seventh-Day Adventists Will
Open Conference Thursday.
CAMP IS BEING EQUIPPED
MR. WURZWEILER BURIED
Services Held for Eastern Oregon
Stockman and Merchant.
At the Scottish Rite Cathedral yes
terday afternoon were held impressive
funeral services for Albert Wurzweiler,
widely known stockman and merchant
of Eastern Oregon, who died Saturday
Interment was in Beth Israel Cemetery,
and the funeral address was spoken
by Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, of Temple
iieth Israel.
A fall from the balcony of the Mor
daunt Apartments, Eighteenth and
Everett streets, caused ar internal
hemorrhage from which death resulted
a few hours afterward at Good Samari
tan Hospital. Mr. Wurzweiler is sur
vlved by his widow, his son. Milton
his brother, William Wurzweiler. o
Prlneville, with whom he was asso
ciated in an extensive stock-ranchin
venture, and two sisters, Mrs. Samue
Rothschild, of San Francisco, and Mrs,
.talk, whose home is in Germany.
MASS MEETING IS CALLED
Advantages of Cleaning TJp 'Mar
quam Gulch to Be Discussed.
A rousing meeting of the South
Portland Improvement Association has
been plannedf for tomorrow night in the
Falling School. Front and Porter
streets. A representative of the Port
land Realty Board will attend and tell
of the advantages to the district in
having Marquam Gulch cleaned.
Music will be an added attraction,
and some of the schoolchildren will
give' a drill. The association now
numbers more than 2000 members. All
residents of South Portland will be
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PARADE
' PLANS
MARSHAL
Oil 14,000
Responses Indicate That Num
ber Will Be in Prepared
ness Demonstration.
LINE OF MARCH IS GIVEN
Civilian Organizations to Be in
Lead Chamber Luncheon AVill
Indorse Event Drum and
I-M fe Corps Forming.
yyry C7os?s2&r--? csnce ifer tfjor vifaej' c?cotf.
Western Oregon Gathering Will Dis-
cuss Sunday Legislation and
Religious Liberty Questions
at Big Sessions.
Final preparations are being made
at the newly-erected tent city at
Anabel Station, on the Mount Scott
line, for the annual campmeetlnt of
the Western Oregon Conference of the
Seventh Day Adventists, which will
open Thursday and continue through
June 11. An army of volunteers has
been at work for the past two weeks
arranging accommodations.
Automobile trucks are making fre
quent visits to the campgrounds with
great loads of bedding, stoves and
camp equipage. Fully laOO people are
expected to attend the sessions this
year. '
On the campgrounds there are 160
conference tents erected along the
streets that have been laid out, and
there are about 12 private tents. In
the center of the tented city is placed
a large pavilion tent, which will accom
modate about 2000 people. It is being
fitted up with electric lights and a
choir loft to take care of more than 100
singers who will make up the choir.
Separate Services to Be Held.
Here all English preaching services
will be held at 11 A. M.. 2:30 and 7:45
P. it every day. Another large tent is
near by for the German members. The
Scandinavian nationalities will hold
their services in a tabernacle devoted
to their use.
Young people's work will be carried
on in a tent erected for that purpose.
The Portland Sanitarium will have a
tent supplied with doctors and nurses
to care for any wh may be taken ill.
A reception tent is convenient at which
visitors will be received. There will be
a book tent filled with books and sta
tionery. The cafeteria is just in the
rear of the main auditorium, and a
grocery store is near by.
The tents for families are floored
and comfortable. The first services
will open Thursday night, and the
conference will hold, its first meeting
Friday. Officers are: President. H. W.
Cottrell: vice-president and secretary,
H. G. Thurston: conference treasurer,
C. E. Olcott: educational secretary, G.
E. Johnson; young people's and Sun
day-school secretary. Miss Edith Star-
buck; field agent, A. E. Hamilton.
Some of the leaders who will attend
from abroad are E. W. Farnsworth
Washington. D. C; C. W. Flalz, presi
dent of the Union Conference; E. C.
Kellogg, N. W. Lawrence, F. S. Bunch
and J. F. Riffel. College Place. Wash.
S. Mortenson, of Chicago. 111.; Lewis
Johnson, S. N. Rittenhouse, Seattle,
Wash.; J. L Kay, P. C. Hay ward, E. W.
Catlin, H. G. Thurston. H. J. Dirksen,
T. H. Starbuck, O. E. Sandness, G. E.
Johnson, L K. Dickson, C. J. Cummings,
W. R. Beatty. of Oregon.
Religious liberty and Sunday legisla
tion will receive more than passing at
tention, in view of the coming initia
tive measure. The Seventh Day Ad
ventists are unalterably opposed to any
Sunday legislation, and will fight
against any measure that may be pro
posed. There will be reports from the
missions the denomination maintains in
many foreign lands.
now on the Pantagee circuit, is at the
Imperial.
J. Mattey, of McMinnville, is at the
Perkins.
Frank Herdman, of Albany, is at the
Nortonia.
C. R. Farrell, of Seattle, is at the
Corneliue.
D. Taylor, of Baker, is registered at
the Oregon.
J. H. Mulchay, -of Beaverton, is at
the Seward. N
J. H. Gowdy, of Silver Lake, is at
the Perkins.
John Hampshire, of Takilraa, is at
the Portland. -
C. A. Johnston, of -The Dalles, is at
the Imperial.
B. C. Carrington, of Astoria, is at
the Imperial.
P. F. Ivep, of Steveneon, Wash., is
at the Eaton.
H. H. Veatch, of Cottage Grove, is at
the ImperiraL
Sam Powell, Jr., of Troutdale, is at
the Cornelius.
Douglas D. Gardner, of Astoria, are
at the Nortonia.
J. B. Schweigler, of North Yakima,
is at the Portland. .
C. H. Johnson, of Seattle, is regis
tered at the Seward.
G. A. Lester, of Silver Lake, is regis
tered at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Carson, of Albany,
are at me Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. C. .W. Proctor, of Si.
lem, are at the Cornelius. .
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Sterling, of Leb
anon, are at the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Altermath. of
onttniito, are ai me IMortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus D. Hno of
fiiamacn t ails, are at the' Portland.
PATRIGOLA IS BIG HIT
- PERSONAL MENTION.
C. Hartley, of Salem, is at the Sew
ard.
John Majors, of Salem, is at the Ore
gon.
O. B. Rapp, of Seattle, is at the Port
land.
John Gavin, of The Dalles, is at the
Eaton.
F. E. Gaffney, of Seattle, is at the
Eaton.
H. A. Raymond, of St. Paul, is at the
Eaton.
I. F. Barriett, of Wasco, is at the
Oregon.
O. C. Sither. .of Glendale, is at the
Oregon. (
J. E. Larson, of Corvallis, is at the
Seward.
II. A. Edlin. of Astoria, is at the
rASTAKES SOGER ATVIi VIOLINIST
BRINGS LATEST SOXGS.
Sluaical Revne, Comedy, Skit, Bicycle
Art and Acrobatic Work Win
Liberal Applause.
Patricola sang and fiddled her way
nto the hearts of a thoroughly ap
preciative audience at the opening of
an excellent bill at Pantages yester
day. Her gowns, too. are an artistic
tirumph, and she sings divinely. She's
all life and music and intersperses her
clever act with violin selections, th
while she dances merrily.
Patricola won fame on Broadway
ana mis is ner lirst time West, so she
Drings aiong witn her the newest
snappiest and most melodious of new
song nits.
Sea breezes blow and merrv maiden
uaiicB ana sing "ax. ucean Beach." a
musical revue with a large and tal
ented cast.
A make-believe lookinsr arlaan nnH tbn
Dolls Wilson trio, with their sonsrs
ana pranas proviue a taking act.
Brown artd Jackson have a skit
which burlesques the suf f rasette' and
tne cynical clubman.
Gertrude Glees and Mortimer
Rae. with their trick bicycle act. are
aiyerting ana sKillful. and do many
ininga seiaom acne on wheels.
College Nonsense" and Kood aero
batic work is featured by Kelt and
DeMont. Episode No. 9 of the "Iron
Claw ' proves as puzzling and aueer as
me previous cnapters.
MRS. BRY0N GETS DIVORCE
Ifnsband Known Here as Former
Real Kstate Man.
Mrs. Mabel K. Bryon secured a di
vorce in Reno on Thursday, May 25
from her husband, David P. Bryon.
Los Angeles, former real estate man
of Portland, according to news re
ceived here. Immediately followin
the divorce, she is said to have been
married to Warren Holbrook, of Yonk
ers, N. Y.
Mr. Bryon left Portland for Los An
geles in 1911 after having been en
gaged in the real estate business in
this city for about three years.
was while in business here that . h
was married, and his wife is said to
have been a Portland girl. They wen
to San Francisco to get married.
When in Portland. Mr. Bryon eigne
his name D. Parker Bryon.
welcome to attend the meeting tomor- j Perkins.
row night at 8:15 o'clock. I Billy Batchelor, formerly of Salem,
Gold Beach Dems Balk at Primary,
MARSH FIELD, Or.. May 29. (Spe
cial.) Reports from Gold Beach in
dicate .that many Democrats in tha'
immediate neighborhood became
deeply interested in the local primary
candidates that they went to th
Courthouse and re-registered as Re
publicans in hopes of aiding thei
particular Republican friends in ob
taining nominations.
tee's headquarters. 1136 Northwestern
Bank building, from Chairman r . c
Harley. who is pushing the campaign
at Washington, indicate that the Ore
gon delegation is co-operating on the
naval-base measure. Mr. Harley says,
under date of May 27:
"Had satisfactory conference with
Senator Lane today. He is working
hard, as are House members. Looks
like hearings Senate and House be post
poned until after National conventions,
in meantime delegates and myself will
make personal canvass of naval offi
cials. Senators and Representatives.
Representative Willis C. Hawley, au
thor of the bill in the House, is opti
mistic as to the outcome. He writes
under date of May 25:
"Today I have had the matter of the
base up with leading members of the
committee on naval affairs. The naval
appropriation bill was reported to the
House yesterday, and it will probably
be passed by the close of next week,
and after that I feel certain that we
will secure a hearing on our proposal,
and I hope it may be possible for us
shortly thereafter to announce posi
tively favorable action."
C N. McArthur, Representative from
the Third Oregon District, writes under
date of May 5 that he is actively at
work.
General Charles F. Beebe, grand mar
shal for the parade for preparedness.
which will be held Saturday night, June
has received returns from enough
rtranizations to I egin planning the or
ganization of the divisions on a basis
f tut less than l4.oou marcners. ana
the returns ha -e only begun to come
in from the various bodies which pur-
Dose to participate.
The first out-of-town announcement
como yc&terday from the Clover Circle,
of the Women of Woodcraft at uresn-
m, who asked that a place be assigned
them in line and promised to have 200
in their division.
Tjj - parade route was announced by
General Beebe yesterday, as follows:
Forming on Tenth and Jackson, the
parade will move north on Tenth, gath-
ring up the various divisions from tne
cross streets, and will proceed to Wash
ington. From Washington the line of
march will be: Washington to Third,
south on Third to Morriscn, west on
Morrison to Broadway, south on Broad
way to Madison, west on Madison to
Park and south on Park past the re
viewing stand, to disband at Clay
treet.
' Civilians to Lead.
The civilian divisions will head the
parade, and the military organizations.
Including the National Guard, the Span
ish War Veterans and Grand Army of
the Republic post.-,, will bring up the
rear. . This arrangement was made not
from ary disposition to deprive the
military organizations of the privilege
of leading the line, but because the
parade is essentially intended to be a
ivilian expression in favor of adequate
preparedness.
It was reported yesterday that the
doctors' division will have between 400
and 6001n line, 350 nursce and 100 med
ical students.
Returns on the lawyers' division al
ready indicate pledges of participation
from nearly 500 lewyers.
J. W. Hill has issued a call to all
former students in the Bishop Scott
Academy and. the Hill Military Acad-
my, inviting them to form a division
to appear in the parade. There are be-
ween 2o00 and 3000 alumni of those
institutions.'
Ail members of Company I, First
Regiment, Oregon National Guard, will
meet tomorrow night at the Armory
consider the details of their plan
for participation in the parade.
Tomorrow is to be made the occasion
of a sepclal preliminary demonstration
in a preparedness luncheon at the
Chamber of Commerce, at which short
patriotic addresses will be given, and
representative citizens will outline the
purposes of the coming pageant. Judge
U. Gantenbein, chairman of the com
mittee, will preside.
Short addresses by General Thomas
M. Anderson; General Charles F. Beebe;
E E. Pettengell; Dan J. "Malarkey;
Nathan Strauss; A. L Mills and George
E. Hardy.
Drams and Fifes to Play.
A rial old-fashioned fife and drum
corps, comprising 50 members and with
a repertoire consisting of some of the
good old martial tunes of Civil War
day 8, Is to be a feature, of the parade.
H. G. Terry, one of the old-time
drummers, who makes his headquar
ters at 621 Yeon building, announced
his pian.- yesterday for organizing the
corps. He expects to get together a
music-a! organization which will add a
distinctive feature to the parade.
Mr. Terry Issued a call yesterday
asking taat all drummers in the city,
especially those who can play the good
old martial airs, get in touch with him
immediately. No particular skill with
the drum sticks, he said, will be re
quired. In addition to' snare drum
mers, two bass drummers will be
needed, who can play with two sticks
In the old army sty'e. Half a dozen
fifers will be required.
Mr. Terry plans to get in communi
cation with the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic in working up
his organization, as he expects to find
a large number of former Army drum
mers among the old soldiers.
ARIOH CONCERT IS LAST
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY CLOSES
SEASON AT GERMA5 HOUSE.
Selections by Mixed Male Choruses.
and Vocal and Instrumental
Solos Are Well Received.
Selections by mixed and male chor
uses, and vocal and instrumental solos,
featured the last concert of the season
given by the Arion Philharmonic So
ciety at the German House Thursday
night. A comfortably well-filled house
greeted the singers.
The society was assisted by Mrs,
Charles Dierke. piano; Mrs. Lulu Dahl
Miller. contralto: Albert Creitz. violin.
and Paul Wessinger. baritone.
Every number on thei programme was
well received, and several times the
audience called for encores, particu
larly from the soloists.
Selections rendered by the mixed
chorus included: "Die Ehre Uottes in
der Nature," by Beethoven: "Fruhlings
lied," C. Wilhelm; and 'Idyll," by
Eilenberg.
Albert Creits played "Zlgeunerwei
sen," by Sarasate, on his violin, and as
an encore, "Traumerei.
Prologue from Pagliacci" was ren
dered by Paul Wessinger. baritone solo
ist, who also was called back for an
encore.
Mrs. Lulu Dahl-Mlller pang the aria
from "Don Carlos," and Mrs. Charles
Dierke played several piano selections,
Including "Barcarole" by Rubinstein;
"If I Were a Bird." by Henselt; and
"Eugene Onegln," by Tschaikowsky,
Miss Alma Gruenig accompanied on
the piano for several of the selections,
PLEA FOR BASE PRESSED
OREGON DELEGATION WORKING
TOGETHER FOR STATION.
TWO ARE SEEKING DIVORCE
Mother of I'lve Objects to Being Told
She Ought to Bo Browned.
Opprobriorfs epithets were the ""pet
names" he applied to his wife, he com
pelled her to work and support her
self, and he publicly choked and
slapped her according to charges of
Helen Richter against Frank O. Rich
ter. from whom she asks a divorce in a
complaint filed in the Circuit Court
yesterday. They were married in Ta
coma in 1910.
Because he refused to allow her to go
to the theaters, declaring them im
proper, and because he told her' she
was "no good" and should be thrown
in the river with a rock tied about her
neck, Lucinda Martin yesterday filed
suit against Edward James Martin fo
divorce. She asks custody of their five
children.
Clatskanie Celebrates Today.
CLATSKANIE. Or., May 29. (Spe
cial.) Great Preparations for the cele
bratlon of Decoration day are being
made here. Mayor Hall has declared
Tuesday a holiday and all stores will
close during the services. At 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, a march will be
made to the cemeteries and the graves
decorated. Lincoln's Gettysburg speech
will be read, patriotic songs sung and
an address-made by a veteran from
Portland. '
Head The Oreeonian classified ads.
Campaign Committee Confident of Ob
taining Hearing mm Soon as Con
ventions Are Over.
Members of the naval base commit
tee refuse to be discouraged over anv
adverse reports relative to the success
of the measure pending in Congress for
a navaL base of the first-class at the
mouth of the Colombia River. On the
contrary, they consider the outlook dis
tinctly encouraging and are determined
to push the campaign vigorously at this
session or congress.
Telegrams received at the commit-
COACHSERVICE
will be withdrawn
from the
SHASTA LIMITED
between Portland
and P u g e t Sound
Cities
Effective June 1st
Parlor and sleeping
car accommodations.
Strictly de luxe serv
ice only after that
date.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
Washington at Third St.
Broadway 4500, A 6121
oing Fast!
More than lOOO Vacuum
Cleaners like this, now in
use in Portland N
Only $39.00
While They Last
Worth $50.00
And a Child Can Use Them
STORE CLOSED
All Day Today
DECORATION DAY
See our ads in Tuesday evening's and Wednesday
morning's papers for first announcement of our
June White Sale of 1916
Electric Store
Electric Bldff.
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Tne tMi.fW Stoks or poktlamo MaaMaawIaninnnannniLBZ
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We Wish to Annoilncc That a
Complete Course in
Art Needlework
in 12 lessons covering every phase of orna
mental and practical needlework will be organ
ized under the direction of
Madame Coates
Classes will begin Thursday morning, June 1st, at
10 o'clock. The second class will be held Saturday
morning, June 3d, at 10 o'clock, and classes thereafter
. will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday morn
ings at 10 o'clock. Average duration of classes one
hour and a half.
Course of 12 Lessons for 25c
Class Limited to 400 Members
Re'gister Wednesday at Art Needlework Shop
Second Floor. Full particidars upon inquiry.
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Automatic
electric block
signals all the
way.
SOUND-TRIP FARES
From Portland
Daily June 1 to Sept. 30, 1916
50 To CHICAGO, ILU
ana Ketum
$6022
TWO
DAILY
TRAINS
00 To ST. PAUL and MINNE-
APOLIS, MINN., and Return
$ft00 To DULUTH, MINN.,
JO)U and Return
S 11 1 70 To NEW YORK, N. Y, and PHILA-
X U- DELPHI A, PA-, and Return
$11 A00 To BOSTON, MASS,
X i Vf . and Return
$1 AQ50 To BALTIMORE, MD, and WASH
JL UO 1NGTON, D. C, and Return
S QO 00 To TORONTO, ONT,
and Return
$1 fieCOO To MONTREAL, QUE,
XVfO and Return
911 35 To QUEBEC, QUE,
il W and Return
$11 AOO To PORTLAND, ME,
JL X Vf and Return
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