THE 3IORXING OREGONIAJT, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1916.
WETS GIVE BLACK
EYE TO PORTLAND
NEW INTIMATE PHOTOGRAPHS OF REPUBLICAN STANDARD-BEARER AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.
PORTLAND MEN TO
AID BOY SCOUTS
Oscar Lewisohn. formerly Edna May. the
actress, narrowly escaped death from
lightning on the grounds of a. "golf
club at Great Neck. Long Island, late
today, when Felix Jacobus, a caddy,
was struck and killed within a few
feet of them. As the body of the caddy
wavs carried from the field all the
women in the party fell on their knees
and prayed.
The lightning tragedy occurred while
Mrs. Lewisohn and Mrs. Charles H.
Goddard. wife of the president of the
Real and Imaginary Ills of
District Are Attributed to
Prohibition Law.
Organization of Prominent
Citizens Effected for
Active Work.
goir club, were engaged In an excit
ing game. They were negotiating for
position when Jacobus, holding the tin
nag on the putting green, was hit and
fell dead in front of them.
Three other persons were killed by
lightning, much property damage was
caused and electric train service was
badly crippled by a violent thunder
storm, accompanied by a 60-mlle gale
MEN QUOTED ENTER DENIAL
rrom the west, which swept this city
and vicinity. The temperature dropped
17 degrees in 15 minutes, bringing re
lief to thousands of persons who had
been sweltering in intense heat for 48
hours.
W. W. COTTON MADE HEAD
Callfomian Finds TliJrd and Jef
ferson Streets City's Two Main Ar
teries and Other "Facts" Are
' About as Wide of Truth.
Movement Declared to Be One to
'Control Gregarious Instinct of
Voting Hoys and Control It
ly Honor and Truth."
LAWN PARTY SUCCESS
14
Somebody should have bought a drink
for the nini advertising manager of
the California Grape Protective Asso
ciation. This gentleman, who handles a vivid
pen and is little hampered by facts,
passed as much as two days "investi
gating" conditions in Portland recently.
He appears to have missed his toddy.
or something, for in an advertisement
given wide circulation by the associa
tion he takes a. most pessimistic view
of the prohibition situation here. .
Incidentally, the fact that the so
called Grape Protective Association is
gathering ammunition just at present
for a big offensK'e against the cam
paign for prohibition In California may
throw a little light on a shady transac
tion. Portland, being close at hand
and a recent convert, so to speak, to
the anti-grape peril, should make a
most horrible example of prohibition's
dire effects.
"Farts" Are Set Forth.
Providing, of course, the facts are
presented to bear out the meatphor.
The author of the advertisement In
question has seen to that. A most en
tertaining array of "facts" are set
forth.
"Since the enactment in 1914 of the
new Oregon dry law. which became
effective January 1, 1916, Portland, the
largest city in that state, has entered
the worst financial and Industrial period
of its history," says the Grape Protec
tive Association's circular.
"Existing conditions are thus de
scribed briefly by B. M. Lombard, one
of the 'Big Three property owners
and real estate operators of Portland:
" 'Every large land owner in town
is anxious to sell, and so are most of
the smaller ones. The Ladd Estate, the
largest holder of realty in town, has
been filling the newspapers with adver
tisements of its intention to sell out.
Industrial conditions are very bad in
my belief, the worst in the United
States.
Taies Declared I nreasonably Hitch.
" "Taxes are 2.50 per J100 of as
sessed valuation, but the assessment is
so high that practically everything is
selling at or less than assessed valua
tion. One piece of property, at the
southeast corner of Third and Jefferson
and at the junction of the two main
arteries of the city fslc), assessed for
$41,000, was let go for a mortgage of
$24,000. That means that this property
is paying almost 5 per cent taxes on
Its actual market value.
" 'Practically all lessees on ground
leases have been ruined since the pro
hibition election of 1914.
" 'Real estate values and rentals have
fallen enormously, and in many cases
from 60 to 80 per cent. Where rents
have not fallen tenants are hopelessly
handicapped.'
" "Travelers who come to Portland
will not stay and do not return," said
George C. Ober, manager of the Hotel
Portland. "The theaters are doing a
poor business. There are nearly 11.000
vacant homes in the city today and
you can see "'For Rent" signs wherever
you go. The Northwestern National
Bank building of 13 stories is only one
third full. The Failing building. 12
stories, has only its first floor occupied.
The Lewis building, 10 etories, is only
half full."
Labor Reported Hit Hard.
" "The prohibition law has brought
disaster to labor,' Edward Stack, secre
tary of the Portland Labor Council and
also of the Oregon State Labor Federa
tion, said. 'Twelve, hundred members
of organized labor, including only those
men employed directly in the liquor
business or lbs affiliated trades, were
added by prohibition to the thousands
already walkintr the streets of Portland
Society has done nothing to relieve
mese sunerers. Kecently the Commis
sioner of Public Utilities told me he
believed fully 40.000 people had left
.r-oruana since 1914.'
Just how correctly B. M. Lombard
was quoted can't be said, for Mr. Lom
bard left Portland some time h aro to
live in Pasadena. If the accuracy of
m5 uuitr statements attriDuted to Mr.
Lombard is on a par. however, with
the remarkable assertion that Third
ana jerierson streets are the ""two
main arteries Of the city." the Califor
nia grape would seem to need all the
protection it can get particularly its
. aiquia derivatives.
Mr. Ober Denies Allegation.
As to the remarkable series of mis
statements attributed to George C. Ober.
manager of the Portland Hotel, let
Mr. Ober's own words testify to their
degree of accuracy.
"I did not say that travelers who
come to Portland will not stay and do
not return, though I did say they do
riot come, and are frank in giving pro
hibition as the reason,'" said Mr. Ober
last night. "At the same time I did
not know that I was supposed to be
talking for publication.
"I did not eay the theaters are doing
i a poor business. I did not say there
' are nearly 11.000 vacant homes in the
city today. The representative of the
California Grape Protective Asociation
has got those facts elsewhere, or else
drawn his own conclusions, and put
them in my mouth.
"I did not say that the Northwestern
National Bank building "of 13 stories"
Is only one-third full. I did not sav
the Failing; building has only its first
floor occupied. I did not say the Lewis
building Is only half full. The In
vestigator may have authority for
these figures, but he has misquoted me
In attributing them to me."
Tenants Increase Monthly,
In line with the general accuracv ot
the esteemed grape protector, it might
he pointed out that the Northwestern
Bank building is not "'of 13 stories."
It is a 14-story building. However, a
story more or less is nothing to the
gifted story teller from the south
"The statement that the Northwest
ern building is only one-third full is a
plain lie," said Walter C. Haines rental
agent for the building, last night. "The
building was opened January 1. 1914, a
little more than two years ago, and
it is now 70 per cent full. Moreover
It is gaining every month. So far as
prohibition is concerned, it has not af
fected us one way or the other."'
C. Hunt Lewis, owner of the Lewis
building, said that the assertion that
the building was only half full was
'"not -far from correct," but that It was
not entirely correct either, as the build
ing was more than .r0 per cent oc
cupied. Failing BuildliiK tons Vacant.
Relative iO the interesting lnHmo
tlon of the California word artist that
prohibition is responsible for the fact
that "the Failing buildics. 13 stories.
has only its first floor occupied," W. C.
Alvord, manager of the Failing estate,
said last night:
"Personally, I am not in favor of
prohibition, but I don't see how the
fact that the Failing building is vacant
can be blamed to prohibition. At any
rate, it had never occurred to me that
way before. The building was vacant
before prohibition was voted in. Later
It was rented for temporary use by the
Meier & Frank Company during the
construction of its new building, and
when this was completed, Meier &
Frank vacated.
"I attribute the fact that the Fall
ing building, is not occupied to the gen
eral business depression. Not enough
new business has come in for some
years to warrant anybody's taking it
over."
Labor Man Defends Stand.
Edward J. Stack, secretary of the
Oregon State Federation of Labor, said
that the quotation attributed to him
was "not correct In those terms, but
correct in inference."
"The California man asked me if 1
thought prohibition was the cause of
conditions here, and 1 said I could not
say as to that, and that the only thing
I could directly attribute to prohibition
was the loss in membership of the La
bor Council of 1200 employes in the
liquor business who were thrown out
of work.
"Talking with Commissioner Daly
last Spring, he made the remark that
there were 14,000 fewer water users
and the computation that this repre
sented 40,000 persons was my own."
Commissioner Daly on June 27 made
the official statement that since De
cember 1, 1915, there has been an in
crease of 116 water users in the city.
The California investigator for the
Grape Protective Association misht
have had other official figures if he
had waited a little longer.
Clnb Data Are Refutation.
An official survey made by the Pro
gressive Business Men's Club reported
at a luncheon June 29 and now being
published in detail shows, among oth
er facts, the following that are Indic
ative of improved business conditions:
Of 332 saloon buildings vacated Jan
uary 1, when prohibition became ef
fective, all but 21 have been rented.
"The Ladd Estate reports that rents
are about the same as last year. The
estate, which has been holding land
for a good many years, decided this
Spring to sell it for home sites with
liberal building inducements. This was
in no wise due to prohibition.
The Realty Association has reported
that rents have not been reduced since
prohibition went in, but have been at
a standstill for the past year.
Up to May there had been an in
crease in deposits of $7,865,709 in Port
land and of $12,693,421 for the entire
state, and an increase in Portland of
$4,90d.120 in loans and discounts over
the corresponding period of last year.
Bank clearings from January 1 to
June 1 in Portland increased $10,405,
667 over the same period of 1915.
Detailed instances are cited m the
Progressive Business Men's survey of
improvement in business conditions
generally, merchants being quoted.
RUSSIANS WIN IN CAUCASUS
Turks Driven From Heights In
Hatul-to-Hand Fighting.
PETROGRAD, via London. July 14.
Important successes for the Russians
in the Caucasus are announced in the
official communication Issued by the
War Office tonight as follows:
"After hand-to-hand combats, the
Turks were driven from heights east
of Baihuit and now are retreating.
"Our offensive west of Mamakhatun
continues successfully. After a violent
night battle, we occupied a series of
heights southeast of Mamakhatun. The
Turks attempted to take the offensive,
but were thrown back. Pressing closely
upon the enemy, we took the villages
of DJetjetl and Almall."
Bandon Chuntauqua Well Attended.
BANDON, Or.. July 13. (Special.)
The Chautauqua in this city opened
yesterday with a large attendance of
visitors from all parts of Coos and
Curry counties and the Willamette and
Umpqua valleys, who are spending
their vacations on the local beach. The
weather Is all that could be desired,
and the committee In charge of the ac
commodation and entertainment of vis
itors is preparing for a record crowd
during the last days of the assembly.
PROHIBITION HOT BAR ' "Jlpj )
Oregon Gets More Tourists lm 10 tram f L I
Than California, Says Agent. sjSBm
FEW KNOW STATE IS DAY
Vacationists Do Xot Uo on Trips to
Find Liquor, Is Comment, and
Idea of Travelers Avoiding
Dry Towns Is Ridiculed.
Prohibition has not affected tourist
travel to Oregon and Washington one
iota, according to the unqualified and
emphatic declaration of Archibald Mac
Gregor, vice-president, treasurer and
general manager of the Raymond &
Whltcomb Tours Company, who was in
Portland yesterday.
Mr. MacGregor was- traveling in an
unofficial capacity as a member of one
of his tour parties. He was accompa
nied by his daughter. Miss Elizabeth
MacGregor, and by Miss Helen I). Hood,
of Danvers, Mass.. a friend of Miss
MacGregor.
"Mr. MacGregor, has the tourist
movement to Oregon and Washington
DRESS REFORM CRUSADE
TO BE STARTED HERE
Committee of Representative Men and Women Will Consider Inaugurating
Much Discussed Changes Bifurcated Skirt Favored.
rpHESE are the
halcyon days for
I riding hobbles the Summer "silly
season" when Society society
with a capital S goes seriously Into
the movies, and serious-minded busi
ness men and dress-oppressed club
women lay plans for opening warfare
on that antiquated but at present still
necessary article of wearing apparel
the skirt.
On Monday night there will be a
meeting at the Chamber of Commerce,
when a dozen or more men and women
of prominence will meet to discuss a
plan of having a big mass meeting In
Portland, at which the problem of
dress reform will be taken up and a
movement launched to make bifurcated
outer garments for women popular.
Among the women club leaders who
have been Invited to attend the lunch
eon are Mrs. J. C. Elliott King, who
has been actively indentifled in mak
ing simpler dresses popular among
schoolgirls; .Mrs. Isaac Swett. of the
Council of Jewish Women: Mrs. Sarah
A. Evans, ex-presldent of the Oregon
Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs.
Arlstene Felts, another prominent club
leader, and the following men:
Representative Men to Attend.
Mayor Albee. Commissioner George
L. Baker, J. P. Jaeger, president of
the Progressive Business Men's Club;
J. H. Dundore. president of the 1916
Rose Festival board: J. E. Werleln. W.
E. Conklln, of the Chamber of Com
merce; Dr. John H. Boyd, Dr. Frank
Loveland, Rabbi Jonah B. Wise and Dr.
J. P. Tamlesie have been asked to at
tend. There are others who have been
Invited.
If the meeting Monday night is at
tended by success, the movement will
lose its savor as a Summer "silly" sea
son idea and settle down into one of
the big movements of the countxy.
The general plan, as yet In Its swad
dling clothes of uncertainty, calls for
a big public mass meeting on the Plaza
blocks, Multnomah Field or elsewhere,
when the poor old skirt will "gets its"
not that It hasn't "got its" many a
time before, but this time It will b in
a way that will send popular opinion
riding over "medieval modesty" like a
Juggernaut car.
Truth to tell. Mayor Albee admits it
is a big problem to tackle in Summer
or at any other time, hut somehow, or
Top Charles linns Hnchrs and Mrs.
Left Mr. and Mrs. W. It . Wllleox.
Hngkrs, Mr. Hushes and Mrs. Hugh
been in any way affected by prohibi
tion in these two states?" was the first
question that a reporter asked him at
the Benson Hotel last night.
Mr. MacGregor shamed the reporter
for even suggesting such a possibility.
"In the first place, I want you to
understand, young man," he replied,
"that the tourists whom you see com
ing here every Summer are not the
kind of persons who travel from one
place to another looking for something
to drink.
Idea In Ridiculed.
'"Why, the idea is ridiculous. I have
been in the tourist business all my life.
I have handled thousands upon thou
sands of persons, and I have yet to
another, the Mayor and the City Com
missioners found themselves consid
ering the mass meeting in solemn ses
sion the other day. at the behest of
Frank Deems, husband of Fannie
Harley, creator of a distinctive mode
for women's outer garments. Before
they knew It they bad entered on the
plan to put the skirt on trial at a
public meeting.
Dress Parade Planned.
If the plan to be presented at the
Monday night meeting is carried out
the public meeting will be an Interest
ing one. Mrs. King, who has designed
a simple frock for schoolgirls and been
instrumental in having Jewelry and ex
treme fashions done away with, at high
school graduations, probably will at
tend and talk on her "dress hobby."
Miss Harley (Mrs. Deems), who has de
signed and worn in public a mode of
bifurcated skirt, will also attend.
Models will be there exhibiting the now
famous Polymuriel sown oromotcd by
Mrs. Mildred Johnston Landone, of New
York, and models wearing the artistic
nothingness designed by Ruth Butts
Carson. Miss Harley probably will ex
hibit the "Harleys."
There will be a band concert to re
lieve the dress parade, and then vari
ous ministers who have attacked "the
Immodesty and immorality of modern
fashions" from the pulpit will be asked
to speak. Physicians will pay their
compliments over the left to the
skirt from a hygienic standpoint and
the Portland populace will be asked
why, in all common sense and reason,
this city should not start a Nation
wide movement for dress reform.
It Is proposed to make the meeting
so big and so representative that other
cities will have to take note. In fact,
if the much-used but much-abused
skirt has a leg to stand on after the
public demonstration, some of the pro
moters of the demonstration will very
much be chagrln'ed.
It Is not Intended that any one mode
shall be recommended at the meeting.
The main Idea will be to disprove the
allegation and criticism that bifurcated
skirts for women are immodest or im
practical and to prove their modesty
and practicality. A word of economy
will not even be spoken in behalf of
the bifurcated modes, for. It will be
argued, bifurcated outer garments can
be just as elaborate and of as fine
fabric as the conventional, dress.
Hutches at Right 1'orrnround. and at
Middle Row, Left to RlKht Miss Helen
en. Below Elizabeth Hughes.
hear a prospective tourist ask whether
the territory that they are to visit Is
"dry" or "wet." It doesn't make any dif
ference to them one way or another.
In fact, 1 suppose that a great many
who are In our party here today don't
know whether Portland Is a prohibi
tion town or not. They haven't had
occasion to inquire."
"How does the tourist traffic this
year compare to other years?" he was
asked.
"Of course it isn't as heavy this
year as last year when the expositions
drew them out. but it is heavier than
in any normal year.
"As a matter of fact, we have sent
twice as many people to Oregon, a
'dry' state, this year as to California,
which still is 'wet.' That shows that
prohibition has nothing at all to do
with tourist travel."
"What must Portland do to attract
more tourists?"
"Portland already stands well with
the tourists. You have the best paved
streets In the country. Your scenery
can't be beat, and the Columbia River
Highway is a wonder.
Advertising Is Advised.
"The highway Is well advertised in
the East and is drawing tourists In
great numbers this year. But you must
keep on advertising it- You can't al
low interest to die down."
Thomas Mavers. who was in imme
diate charge of the party yesterday,
was of the same conviction as Mr. Mac
Gregor on the prohibition issue.
"Tut! tut!" he exclaimed, when the
question was put to him. "It's a silly
notion for anyone to think that tour
ists are going to stay away because
they can't get a drink.
"The class of people who go around
with their tongues hanging out look
ing for liquor seldom ever accumulate
enough money to become tourists."
The Raymond Whltcomb Tours Com
Dsnv Is one of the oldest established
institutions of the kind In the coun
try. It has sent thousands or sight
nonrs to Portland In the last few years
Their parties generally are recruited
among the leading business men, manu
facturers and professional people of
New England and the Atlantic Coast
states. They have booked more than
a score of parties to come through
Portland this year.
NURSE HOME FROM BORDER
Miss Louise Horer Tells of Constant
Feur of Raids.
Miss Louise Hofer. graduate of the
Good Samaritan training school for
nurses, has Just returned from Blsbee.
Ariz., within nine miles of the Mexican
border. She has been in the Calumet
and Arizona hospital there for the past
11 months.
Miss Hofer said last night that al
though the town In which she was
working was some distance from the
border there were continual rumors
that raids on the mining town would
be made. She said that the city has
a home guard of more than 200 men.
Miss Hofer Is visiting with her sister,
Mrs. W. C. Reagan. 1068 East Thir
teenth street North. She intends to re
turn to Arizona in a few weeks.
One Marked Difference.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A farmer's work may be as Impor
tant as a Congressman's, but he gets
no extra pay for his mileage in the
furrow.
Fifty prominent men meeting at the
Benson Hotel last night awakened
from a passive interest In the Boy
Scout movement and became active
and diligent workers for an organtza
tlon that they asserted unanimously
to be one that would "control the gre
garious instinct of young boys and con
trol It through honor and truth, rather
than by mischief and depredation.
Most of the men present at the meet
ing, called by a special committee
working In conjunction with the Na
tional Field Scout Commissioner. H. D.
Cross, professed but a superficial
knowledge of Its Intent and purpose
most of them thinking it to be a
militaristic organisation. Not that
they cared not for such an organ!.
zation. for they seemed to express
general opinion that preparedness.
spelled in capital letters. was the
proppcr thing, but they had no idea of
its scope or exactions of discipline and
responsibility before Mr. Cross ex
plained them in detail.
Portland Aligned in Move.
As a result of their enthusiastic
meeting Portland Is lined up with all
the other big cities of the country and
Its prominent men are backing a move
ment that they proclaim a solution for
the "lack of stiffness In the backbone
of the younger generation."
After talks by many of the men. In
which they all expressed their grati
tude in discovering the real motives
and purposes of the Boy Scouts of
America, definite organization was ef
fected. W. W. Cotton, although not
present at the meeting, "because of his
love for the boyhood of the city" w
the unanimous choice of president of
the local council. As vice-presidents
Adolphe Wolfe. S. Benson and Dorr E
Keasey were named. J. K. GUI was
elected treasurer. Today. followln
the usual custom, an executive board
consisting of 11 men. besides those
elected last night, will be named by Mr.
Cotton. He will meet at 10 o'clock this
morning with Mr. Benson. Mr. Wolfe
and Mr. Cross, pick the executive com
mittee and arrange for a general meet
ing, at which extensive plans for mak
ing Portland a Boy Scout center will
be made.
At the conclusion of the dinner, and
after Mr. Cross had explained what
the boy scout movement really amount
ed to. impromptu speeches were made
by several men.
E. E. Calvin dwelt on the necessity
of making the boy apreciate the mean
ing of responsibility and discipline,
asserting that for the development of
character they were essential consti
tuents. All I'rarcd to Take Part.
Adolfe Wolfe, a member of the exec
utive committee of the Oregon Social
Hygiene Soctety. said that In the Boy
Scout movement, the oath of which
contained the charge that Boy Scouts
should be clean, the social hygiene
society had a valuable asset. "It
would be a criminal act If every man
In Portland would not now take an
active part In the movement," emphat
ically said Mr. Wolfe.
James F. Lwlng said that it was a
psychological fact that hoys grouped
In gangs. "The Boy Scout movement."
he said, "is one to control that gre
garious instinct and hold It together by
truth and honor rather than by mis
chief and depredation."
Other similar expressions! were free
ly given and all the men at the meet
ing signified their willingness to be
come active In the Boy Scout work
by becoming members of the general
committee.
Those lw were placed on the list as
members of the committee follow: Gov
ernor ltnycombe. Mayor Albee. Dr.
John H. Boyd. F. S. Myers. Judge W. N.
Gat. mi.-. W. W. Cotton. K. A. J. Mac
kenzie. L. R. Alderman, R. II. Thomas.
J. F. Ewlng. H. C. Ewlng. 11. Kirk. T. E.
Anderson, A. G. Jackson. F. V. Parsons.
8. S. Humphrey. C. T. Brunn. J. W. Lar
son. J. K. Gill. Hy Ellers. S. Benson.
Jacob Kar.zler. Adolfe Wolfe. A. J.
Bale. S. W. Mills. E. J. Rehfield. Frank
R. Kerr, W. F. Woodward. Bishop W. T.
Sumner. George L. Baker. Major M. B.
Marcellus. C. C. Colt. N. B. Stone.
George E. Hardy. Colonel X S. Parke,
It. L. fcabin A. B. Stelnbach. Dr. W. W.
Youngson, H A. Brandon, Carl Jones.
Tom West. Will Llpman. Virgil L.
Clark. E. E. Weinstein. H. W. Stone
and A. G. Tlndolph.
WOMEN HAVE CLOSE CALL
Mrs. (. Lcvt isolm. Formerly Kiln.t
May, oos Caddy Killed.
NEW YORK. July 13. More than a
score of society women, including Mrs.
Sunday
Excursions
To Points A Ion a the
Columbia
River Highway
at Low Round-Trip Fares Via
O-W. R. R. & N.
t slnn Pacific System
Jtffer new and unusual advantages
for sightseers and picnickers.
I I ' I I . I
m-as.sn-a. -ass
3000 ATTKND ST. JOSEPH'S HOME
KNTKRT VI ME NT.
Programme Features Include Fancy
Dancing. Musical and Vaude
ville Numbers.
More than 2000 persons attended the
entertainment given last night on the
lawn or St. Joseph s Home for the
Aged, at East Thirtieth and East Stark
streets. The grounds were illuminated
by 1000 colored electric Jets and present
ed a brilliant appearance. From a stage
erected on the lawn the performance
was given. John D. Mann, who pre
sided, made a brief address. Mr. Mann
said the Home for the Aged was only
one of the many institutions main
tained by the Catholic sisters.
The programme was made up of danc
ing, musical and vaudeville numbers.
Misses Levena Lund and Arbena Dow
ney gave an opening dance with ex
quisite grace. The remaining num
bers were singing by Mr. and Mrs. G.
H. Eastman, of the Hippodrome Thea
ter: toe dance. Miss Frances Hanra
han: a comical sketch by Mr. and Mrs.
Barney Gllmore. of the Hippodrome
Theater: violin solo. Albert Crelts, ac
companied by Professor Becker: Tom
Brown's minstrels; sketch. R. E. Wage
man and L. Garbarlno, of the Lyric
Theater: music. Wagner brothers:
Velva and Howard Emmert In comic
ketch: tenor solo. Louis Serr.
During the evening the Elks band
rendered selections. Refreshments were
sold on the grounds, and all the pro
ceeds will be for the use of the Sisters
of Mercy, who conduct the Home for
the Aged.
The vaudeville performers came di
rect from the theaters and donated
their services.
LUMBER CARLOADS ALIKE
WITK S 1 RATE MIOl l.ll
MMK, roi ;h or dressed.
Portland Man at Federal Hrsrlnf Em
phasises Importance of Indus
try to Pacific Northwest.
CHICAGO. July 13. West roast lum
ber dealers testified at the ses
sion here today of the Interstate Com
merce Commission's Inquiry into lisua
and tariffs maintained by railroads for
transportation of lumber and its prod
ucts. A. Larrson. of San r ranclsco.
representing the Pacific Coast Interests
generally, and as traffic manager or
the Redwood Lumber Manufacturers'
Association, and A. W. Cooper, secre
tary of the West Pine Manufacturers'
Association, of Spokane, were the prin
cipal witnesses.
Mr. Larrson said that it was a mat
ter of indifference to carriers whether
they hauled a car of rough or dressed
lumber, as there was no difference In
risk or In car loading. He could sec
no reason why a different tariff should
be charged for dressed lumber than
for rough.
F. Q. Donaldson, of Portland. Or.,
testified that 3.000.000.000 feet of lum
ber is produced annually by the mem
bers of the West Coast Lumbermen's
Association, and that the percentage
of population engaged In the lumber
Industry In Washington waa 63 per
cent: Oregon. 53 per cent; Idaho, 6 -per
cent. He said their aggregate
earnings were $5,229,000 annually.
The Commission is attempting to de
termine an equitable list for lumber
transportation, basted on its findings as
to the distributing and consuming cen
ters and grades of lumber to be trans
ported. SOLDIER WEDS BY MAIL
Contract With Sweetheart In New
fclHj Slotted In Arizona.
DOUGLAS. Ariz.. July 13. A mar
riage icntract between Private Louis
Bansmere. Company H, First New Jer
sey Infantry, on border duty here, and
his sweetheart. Miss Ethel M. Sergant.
in Newark. N. J., was formally execut
ed here today.
Bansmere signed a contract in the
presence of a notary and witnesses,
that previously had been signed by
Miss Sergant. A formal marriage
ceremony is planned when Bansmere
returns home.
A baby coach built lo rwmM an auto
mobile has number plat, windshield, lamps,
fenders slid murt ruarrts.
You will be delighted with the Speetal Sunday
Train Service (leaves ITnlon Station 1 P. M . re
turn t:i0 P. M.) and surprised at the small trip
cost.
Call at or phone the O.-W. R. R. N. Cltv Office.
Washington at Third street A till, B'dway 1500.
for Information and Tickets.
Refreshments and Lands Accommodations
Multnomah Falls, near Waiting Station.