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THE MORXIXG OREGONIA3T, WEDXESDAT, AX7GT7ST 30. 1916." 11 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OREGOXIAX TELEPHONES. - Manaslne Editor Main 70TO. A BOOS City Editor .1 Main 7070. A 60H5 Sunday Editor , Main 7070. A n5 Advertising Department . . . M aln 7070. A 605 Composing-room Main 7070. A 60H5 Printing-room Main 7070, A 60M Superintendent Building . .Main 7070. A 8UU5 AMUSEMENTS. PATfAGES (Broadway at Aider) TJn equaled vaudeville. Three shows dally, 3:80. T and 9:05. HIPPODROME (Broadway and Tamhlll) vaudeville and moving pictures. '1 and 6:45 P. M. Eaturday and Sunday. 1 to 11 P. M. STRAND (Park, West Park and Stark) vaudeville and. motion pictures, contln oul. OAKS AMUSEMEN-f PARK (on -Willamette Hlver Open daily. 10 A. M. to 11 P. M. BASEBALL. Recreation Park. Twenty fourth and Vaughn streets. Portland vs. 80 pnEele" weekdays 8 P. M., Sundays OREGOXIAN AT RESORTS. Subscribe with the following agents, at your Summer resort, to secure the most prompt deliv ery of The Oregonian. City rates. Subscriptions by mail are payable in advance: Barview. Or R. E. Jackson Bay City. Or o. E. Shelley Bay ocean. Or . B. Cook Brighton, Or W. A. Rowe Carson, Wash Carl B. Smith Ecola, Or L. w. Crone Flavel. Or W. F. Jones Garibaldi, Or D. C. Ellis Gearhart. Or...E. M. Watt ouae Long Beach, Wash J. H. Strauhal Manhattan. Or Frank Miller Manzanita, Or E. J. Kardell Moclips, Wash Fred Graves f. . .Gov't Camp Hotel Mount Hood, Or . .La Casa Monte Inn Rhododendron Hotel Tawney's Hotel l Welch's Hotel Nahcotta, Wash H. C. Brown Newport. Or O. F. Herron Ocean Park. Wash .' Florence Leekley Pacific Beach, Wash . W. M. Douglas Rockaway, Or Frank Miller Seaside. Or Clarke Stratton Seavlew, Wash Q. L. Putnam Tillamook, Or J. S. Lamar Wheeler. Or R. 11. cady MSB. FlTSSIMMONS TO SPEAK MrS. Bob Fitzsimmons, wife of the pugilist, will deliver a lecture Friday night at the First Free Methodist Church, East Ninth and East Mill streets. Her sub ject will be "Winning the Fight." Mrs. Fitzsimmons will tell about her early life, her career on the stage and her marriage to the prizefighter. Through the efforts of Mrs. Fitzsimmons a farm home for down-and-outs has been es tablished on the Base Line, and she will tell what it is hoped to accomplish by this home. She will remain in Portland until September 2. Her lecture will be under the auspices of the Pa cific 4Coast Rescue and. Protective So ciety, for which she has been lecturing this month in Portland and vicinity. Fifty Candidates Are Initiated. At a special meeting of Pleasant Valley Grange Saturday night 50 candidates were given, the first and second degrees, which was the result of the recent membership contest. E. L. Anderson end T. P. Campbell were the' captains of the two competing teams, which secured nearly 90 new members for this Grange. H. A. Darnall delivered a brief address commending Pleasant Valley Grange for its enterprise. Ah original song composed by Miss Laura Moore in honor of the two captains of the competing teanft was sung for the first time. Arthur L. Clark's Ftoebal Todat Funeral of Arthur L. Clark, of St. Johns, 628 North Ivanhoe street, who was drowned in the Willamette River Sunday, will be held today under the auspices of Samaritan Lodge, No. 2. I. O. O. F., which will conduct the serv ices at Lone Fir Cemetery, following the services at Finley's chapel. He was 24 years old and was the son of Mrs. Leonard F. Clark, living at 632 North Ivanhoe street. Besides a widow and mother. Mr. Clark is survived by a Bister living at Seaside. He had been employed in the credit department of the leier & Frank store. Two Positions Open. The United States Civil Service Commission an nounced that applications for the posi tion of unskilled laborer (male), $50 a month, and charwoman (female), $25 a month, in the custodian service. Port land, Or., may be filed beginning Sep tember 1, 1916. up to the hour of closing business October 1. 1916. Age limits are 20 to BO .years. For ap plication blank and information apply to the local secretary, board of Civil Service examiners, at the Portland Postoffice, or to the secretary, 11th Civil Service district, 803 Postoffice building, Seattle, Wash. Chauffeur1 b Trial Set for Tomorrow. Palmer C. Wilson, chauffeur, who was arrested Monday night by Detec tives Coleman and Snow on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, will be tried in Municipal Court Thursday. He is now out on $400 bail. Complaint against Wilson was made by Mrs. Sophia Sparks, 1551 Portsmouth avenue. According to Mrs. Lola G. Daiawin, hub is lub imru. umfl tn&t Wilson has been up on a similar Charge. Missing Sox Is Sorjonr. Constable Andy Weinberger was called upon by A. E. Street, of 32 Southdown avenue, Brighton, Sussex, England, to assist in finding a missing son, in a letter re ceived yesterday. Harold Street, a bootmaker by trade, recounts the let ter, has not been heard from for three years and the last trace of his where abouts was secured a year ago April when he left Vancouver, B. C, for Portland. No description ot the young man was given. Public Auction Planned Out of personal effects taken from 58 per sons who have died In Multnomah County during the past 20 years and who have had no known relatives, county authorities have recovered trinkets of the total value of $37.50. The valuable effects came from 29 of the persons, the articles from the others being keys, valueless watches and knives, etc. All will be Bold at publio eale by County Treasurer Lewis. Multnomah Camp Starts Member ship Campaign. Multnomah Camp, -No, 77, Woodmen of the World, with hall on East Sixth street, will start a mem bership campaign, to continue till No vember 1. The camp now has 3100 members and the rlan is to raise this number to 4000. Under a dispensation candidates can be received for the phy sicians' examination fee without further charge. Columbia Beach Emplotes Arrested L- Krattiger and T. F. Ward, employes of the bathing pavilion at Columbia Beach, were arrested by Deputy Con stables yesterday for an alleged as sault on a patron, E. W. Entriken. August Fetch, a third man, is being ought In connection with the assault and battery case. The arrested men allege that any attack was provoked by actions of the patron. Government Land Fencer Fined. William Haves, of Lake County, pleaded jgutfty yesterday in Federal Court to The charge of having fenced Govern ment lands In violation of the land, laws and was fined $60. Ae a requisite to secure his release with a comparitlvely light fine, he agreed to remove fences that he had caused to be built, con stituting the offense. Dr. E. V. Morrow Has opened offices In the Morgan bldg., hours, 12 noon to 4 P. M., 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. Phone Main 4948. Adv. School Books bought, sold and ex changed. Hylands Book Store, 170 6th, opposite Postoffice. Adv. Dr. George F. Koehlfr will be in bis jfXico,LYen bids, Adv ., Mr. McAtee'b I.TttrttrES SERidtJS A. F. McAtee, of the Portland T. M, C. A.. who was Injured by an automobile a week ago, is still confined to his home at 942 Gantenbein avenue, Albina. Mr. McAtee was more severely injured than at first was supposed. Several ribs were fractured and one penetrated his lungs. Mr. McAtee has lived in Oregon 40 years. He formerly resided in Salem. Oregon Pioneer Dies in Colorado. Word has been received of the death of James McClure at Aspen, Colo., a former Oregon pioneer. He lived In Powell Valley as a pioneer and was will known by old residents. Mr. Mo Clure was 90 years of age. Multnomah Dairtmak Dies. John Steiger, farmer and dairyman, who died at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. E. Jacobs, 1028 East Alder street, last week, had been a resident of the county for 30 years. He lived on a farm on the Foster road, east of Lents. Funeral was held from Kenworthy's chapel, Lents, Saturday. Mr. Steiger was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland, 63 years ago. He was active In local affairs and served as school director. Rev. Henry Shucknecht delivered the funeral sermon and Rev. Mr. Leinkaemper told of personal Incidents of Mr. Steiger's life. M. J. BiiRruA Gets $3000 Job. M. J. Duryea has been appointed secretary of the Moline, 111., Commercial Club, with a salary of $3000 a year, accord ing to a letter received by Mark Woodruff, at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. Duryea was for several years secretary of the Eugene Cham ber of Commerce and afterward was manager of the Commercial Club at Albany. His activities and successes In commercial club work in Oregon have covered a period of about seven years. Fire- Station' Site Chosen. A 46100- foot lot at the southwest corner of Forty-fourth street and Woodstock avenue Southeast has been selected by Fire Chief Dowell as the best place for a new fire station In the Wood stock district. He has recommended the purchase of the property from the owner, Paul Hoetzel, for $760. The lot is In the center of the Woodstock dis trict, has a downhill run to East More- land and a level run to the north, south and east. It is the city's plan to buy the lot this year and build on it perhaps next year. Federal Jbbt to Be Requested United States Attorney Reames today will request the Federal Court to call a grand Jury for the Fall term. It is desired to have the investigators brought together about September 18. They will probably remain In. session three or four weeks and. will make a number of investigations, including in quiry into numerous alleged violations of the liquor laws and internal revenue provisions. One moonshining case is expected to be brought to the Jury's attention. Sellwood Improvement Nears Com pletion The Oregon Independent having company is completing the pavement on East Thirteenth street and Bybee avenue. This improvement extends from Maiden avenue to Bybee avenue on East Thirteenth street and Bybee avenue from East Thirteenth to Milwaukie streets. The street railway company has completed its double tracks and the concrete work is finished. Georgb J. Erdneb Dies.i George J. Erdner. formerly of Portland, died at the family residence, 1300 East Union street, Seattle, August 26. according to advices received in Portland yesterday. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 P. M. The body was cremated. Mr. Erdner, who was 23 years old, was a son of Mrs. Catherine Erdner and a brother of Mrs. H. J. Sherrett and Catherine and Edward Erdner. Carmen Dretfus Arrested Carmen Dreyfus, proprietress of a rooming house at 63 Third street, was ar rested last night by City Detectives Hill and Cahill on a charge of having taken $105 from Yvs Gullev. a roomer at her establishment. According to the detectives Gullev declares the woman gave him a drink of whisky and took his money while h'e was sleeping. She was released on $100 bail. Bio Meeting Planned at Laurelhurst Clubhouse. The Laurelhurst Club has called a general meeting at its club house for tonight to consider the needs of that and surrounding districts. The Mayor, City Commissioners and mem bers of the Board of Education have been invited to attend. Residents of Sunnyside, Rose City Park, Mount Tabor and other nearby communities will be welcome to the meeting. Funeral op A. E. Drinker Held. The funeral of Albert E. Drinker, of St. Johns, was held Monday at the family residence, 1011 Lynn avenue, St. Johns, Mr. Drinker was 76 years old, and was the father of F. P. Drinker, banker. Elva G. Drinker. Mrs. C. B. Russell, Mrs. C. O. Stone and a brother of J. T. Drinker and Miss Anna Drinker, of Portland. Burgess Rich Fitted Burgess Rice, motorcyclist,- was fined $10 for speed Ing when he appeared before Muni cipal Judge Langguth yesterday. Rice was arrested Saturday night by H. P. Coffin. Commissioner of Public Safety. Mr. Coffin testified that Rice was going 25 miles an hour down Third street in the 16-mile zone, Mr. Baritb to Speak. Moses Barlta will lecture on "Militarism and the Im pending Railroad Crisis," at the corner of Fourth and Alder streets tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. Baritz indicated the pos sibility of the Government running the railroads by aid of the military arm. several weeks ago. Lecture) ox India Scheduled. Rev. J. C. Ghormley, of India, will lecture tomorrow night at the St. John's Chris tian Church instead, of in the Evan gelical Church. The lecture will be illustrated by attractive slides showing the natives, the scenery and industries of India. Doo Owners, Takb Notice! On and after August 28, you can get your 1917 dog licenses. We call your attention to the ordinance of the city of Portland No. 6926. Please don't delay. Oregon Humane Society. Adv. Competent Maid, general housework. Pendleton. Call 742 Everett, apt. 15. Adv. Thompson, eye specialist, has returned, Adv. WARRANT SALE ORDERED City Tims Will Obtain $165,000 to Sleet Municipal Payroll. Before the United States National Bank can close the deal whereby it will lend the city $165,000 to carry the city's payroll until the second half of the taxes are paid October 5, the old Warrants and certificates of sale which the city will give the bank as security must be advertised for sale. The bank will bid the papers in at their face value, thereby virtually buying them, with the understanding that the city will buy them back - when the tax money Is received. The Council yesterday passed an or dinance authorizing the sale of the HOTEL HART SAN FRANCISCO Geary Street, lust off Union Square European Plan $1.50 a day up Breakfast 60o Lunch 50o Dinner! 1.00 Most Famous Meals In the United States New steel and concrete structure. Center of theater, cafe and retail districts. On caxlines transferring all ever city. Take Municipal car line direct to door. Motor Bus meets trains ana steamers. School opens next week. Special school suits for the boys. Our preparedness will meet the approval of the parents and our attrac tive Suits that of the boys. Never before have such care and attention been given to the making of clothing for our future k great men. Special review this week of the styles for boys from 3 years up. The big fashion win dows are full of timely style and economy hints. Morrison at Fourth S. & H. Stamps Given Charge items selected for the balance of August will not be billed until October. papers. The advertisement will run for five days, when the sale will be held, and the bank will buy. CHILDREN FROLIC TODAY FAIRY PAGEANT TO BE IIELD AT LAURELHURST GROUNDS, Affair Will Be Given Under Auspices Of Parent-Teachers' Circles or Several Districts. A final Summer frolic for the children will tie given at Laurelhurst Park play ground this afternoon under the aus pices of the Parent-Teacher Associa tion, The programme is to consist of a fairy revel in which children, trained by ' Miss Mildred Bartholomew, play ground director, will appear. Dancers in costume will appear before a king and queen, impersonated by two chil dren. The spectacle will be one of the more pretentious playground entertain ments in which the Parent-Teacher As sociation has been active during the Summer. Mrs. P. G. Nealond Is chairman of the committee in charge of the affair, which is backed by the parent-teacher circles from the Buckman, Alameda Park, Kerns, Beaumont, Sunnyside, Rose City Park and Hawthorne schools. Boy Scout troops, under the direction of James E. Brockway, Scout executive for Portland, will give a demonstration. The evening programme will consist of a concert by the O.-W. R. & Is', band, which commences at 8 o'clock. All par ents are Invited to attend with their children. $400,000 IS LIQUOR BILL Since January 1 Importations Ag gregate 123,250. More than (400,000 has been sent out of Multnomah County for liquor, chiefly to California houses, since Oregon en tered the dry era last January. This is not a haphazard guess, but Is esti mated from figures compiled in the office of J. B. Cof ey, County Clerk. It is shown by actual count that 123,250 liquor affidavits were signed by consumers between January 1 and August 1. An extremely, low average for the amount of money sent out of Oregon which each certificate repre sents is $3. This would make the total reach $369,750 for seven months, or al most $53,000 a month, August has been a heavier month than the evert ee, Oldest Bank in the Northwest Established in 1859 r TODAY ALL WEEK Afts. 2:20 Eves. 8:20 Heilig Main 1 and THEATER t Taylor d A 1123 INCE'S FAMOUS FILM SENSATION ACTORS 11 REELS Orchestra Pipe Organ Order Tickets Early ! t PRICES ACT'Q Lowtrr Floor 50, 25t nil O Entire Balcony li5 FVC'Q Lower Floor 75S BOO tit O Balcony 25cS 50S 75 ': SKATS SOW BELLING : though the certificates have not yet been counted. This would mean that more than $400,000 has been paid to liquor Inter ests in other states by consumers in this county alone. REFORM SCHOOL BOY'S LOT William Krcntlilclir, 1 6, of Portland, Convjpted of Stealing Gasoline. HILLSBORO. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) William Krenthlehr. 16, of Portland, who borrowed automobiles without the owners' consent, was arrested at Cedar Mills Saturday night when tilling the gasoline ' tank of a car belonging to Dr. Curtis Holcomb, of Portland. He was sentenced today to the State Train ing School. Rudolph Kartz, his com panion, was released on a suspended sentence. The charge was the stealing of gasoline from E. 3. Mays' store. The arrest followed repeated thefts from the gasoline filling station. The boys were brought to Hillsboro. When being taken to Jail Krenthlehr broke from the officer and escaped. He was arrested Sunday when returning to his home at 881 Upshur street. AD CLUB CIRCUS TODAY Programme Committee Arranges Some Unusual Stunts. The Ad Club has announced a circus for today at its luncheon at the Benson Hotel at noon. "Clowns, acrobats, mu sicians, monkeys and Hartridge Whlpp," yells the black-face annunciator of the club doings. The programme committee has not gone deep into detail in its forecast of the programme, but has thrown out sufficient hint to insure a big attend ance for the meeting, in spite of the absence of many admen who are away at the seashore on their vacations, Salmon Fishermen Arrested. ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.) Five men who were trolling at the mouth of the river today were arrested by Deputy Warden Larson on a charge of fishing for salmon during the closed PROLOGUE cv 50 ACTORS Ca' Business Talk Number 8 Cost of Doing Business Increasing Cost figures show that, during the last twenty-five years, the expense of conducting a retail Store has about doubled. Manufacturing costs have climbed steadily. Costs of producing farm crops have risen and are rising. Prices of labor and material have gone up. Cost standards of even a few years ago no longer apply to any business. The most stable businesses are constantly undergoing readjustments to offset rising costs. Up-to-date cost figures which are constantly before owners enable them to keep their businesses on a sound basis in the face of rising costs end reduced net profits on individual transactions. This is true of the small business as well as the large one. LADD & TlLTON BANK Washington and Third Good From Peeling to Core Four Acts of Vaudeville, a 5-part Blue Bird Feature and The Animated Weekly season inside the three-mile limit and thus within the jurisdiction of the state. The men pleaded not guilty and will be tried on Saturday. KIXO COAL. Independent Coal Ice Company & Ice Delivery Company. Main office 18th and Thurman; branch office. 105 Broad way, between Stark and Washington.. Adv. A Popular Haze l wood Fea tu re Vegetable Dinner 25c Fried Eggplant Corn, (irffn Peppers Santo Spinach and E(( Green Peas Bread and Hatter, teed Tea. Coffee, Mirk. Note Any Other Vegetable Dally Alena May Bo Sabstltnted. The Hazelwood . Confectionery mmd RnUarssL "HUTU I iM'AHIl fit UIPil'IJ " LfiY 'iiUh tTT I The cost of operating a bank has increased along with increases in other lines. Meeting the situation has brought us into close contact with cost problems in general and convinced us that they need constant attention, because costs are never stationary. Watch for other advertisements we will publish from time to time. They will contain some general suggestion as to how to meet rising costs. If you are interested in going fur ther Into these matters, we will be glad to discuss them with you indi vidually. We believe we are In a position to give helpful service in solving business problems. Please feel free to consult with us at any time. It is a part of our business to be of service In business as well as fi nancial matters to small concerns, I as well aa large. CONTINUOUS 1 TO 11 P. RICHARD DARLING'S HAPPY LAND .7 KOMIC KIDS 7 In a Melang-e of Mirth and Melody WRIGHT & ALBRIGHT Destroyers of Gloom TRACY & MERWICK Novelty Dancing BEDFORD & GARDINER Versatile Singers and Dancers The Unattainable . Bluebird Feature With Dorothy Davenport, .Emory Johnson and a Big Cast. A Romance of Cabaret and Theatrical Life The Animated Weekly Four Days Starting . TODAY HOJIH OP THI3 BIO SHOWS IPPODROME Formerly the Orpehum-Broad way at Tamhill WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY 6 Variety Acts of Unquestioned Merit 6 HOWARD CHASE 6? CO. In the Comedy Sketch, 'WHEN IGNORANCE IS BLISS' It's a Otto Adlon & Co. "TUB TRAMP AD THE BELL BOV" The Funniest Juggling Act on the Koad Kennedy & Kramer Feauturing Miss Maude Kramer, the clever dnncor. A Singing and Dancing Novelty. And ThrM Oth HI. A,u. Portland's Coolest, Finest Thfater Always Airy and Comfortable. MATINEES 2 to 5 P. M., 10c; Nights, 6:45 to 11 P. 15c. Satur day and Sunday continuous 1:15 to 11 P. M. ,3f Indents I V ' i 1 A. A I ll n. Prin.iDu I. of time N; IUHT SCHOOLS i All of the above courses are offered in the Xlght Schools In addition to the following: Pharmacy. SalesmanEhin. Rn.l- ness Administration and Accountancy, Advertising. Architecture, Mechani cal Drafting, Publio Speaking, Surveying and Mapping, Showcard Writ ing and Conversational Spanish. ARL'LLETIX, showing a complete schedule of courses and prices, -will be mailed on requost. Address EDICATIOSAL DIRECTOR, Division C, Room 415, Y. 3I. C. A., Portland. Lower Columbia Steamer Trip Blondnys to Thursdays Inclusive P-W. II. It t X. STEAMER HASSALO Leaves Ash-St. Dock 8:40 A. M Returns Evening of Same Day. SOO-Mile Ride to Mr a- d0 nA ler and Retnrn OssUU Tickets mt Dork a.r CITY TICKET OFFICB Washington mt Third. WANTED CAPCARA BARK. ORIX.ON URAI'K ROOT. Any Quantity. Address W. r01.HK. Albany. Or. Tin land la the first half ot 1914 exported ton ot ss5 pulp, M. Scream All the Way. THROUGH THE CIXEMA "The Hypocrites'! Latest Story In Pathe's Great ' Series. See this picture and decide If humanity is in "The Grip of Evil", Also COMEDY FILMS. Y. M. C. A. Business School DAT AXD ETEMSG SESSIONS. New term opens Tuesday, September 5. Register inerr. Complete and practical tralnlns in Hookkrepintc and atenoKrsphy. Individual inMtrurt Ion. Mr. Alhin Is n Bookkeeping and I'fnniannhlp Specialist. Ills first aMsistant. ! Mr. IlodKe. Is an rxurrt Shorthand 'I'rarhrr. rerrlve the very best possible ln- 'Slractlon. It's a school for men only. Other Courses and Schools DAY SCHOOLS) Electrical Engineering. Wireless Telegraphy. College Preparatory, i. 2 AUtOmODlie and JUAcninA And KnTJl' Am ripmM These courses ranca In lencth. from two months to four vesrs. CHIROPRACTORS Ifcnbers of the Chiropractor Association of Oregon. Bock man. Dr. C R 0i Rotaahlll Bldg. Main zsSx. Lavalley. Dr. J. AJllaky Bldg, Mala Lehman, Dr. IT. O., 498 Ablngtoa Sldx. .slain vVattern, Dr. Raymond Km & wetland UldsT. Marshall . For SO years the moat satisfactory Jewelers In Portland. Out-of-town customers always pleased to trade Wt G.llEITKEMPER CO. Diamond Dealers and Jewelers. ISO 6th tt, Portland. Or. A II oder-ale-triced Hotel of Merit. Hotel Clifford East Morrison St-, Near Grand Avn Toe. si nr dr wltn bath, St.aa. QCriWAB PRINTING CO m nrti rncrnc ai.rnw , 1 UDtn r.uKrc.iNC.-riAKKY r loLntK STAPK STREET" SECOND