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18 THE MORNING OREGONTAN, MONDAY. OCTOBER n. 191G. FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS 14 CALLS High Wind Fans Sparks Into Devastating Flames on Roofs and Vacant Lots. TWO OF SERIOUS NATURE Uetween 3 and 4 O'clock Five Runs Arc Made Greatest Ijoss Suf fered at Home of Dr. C. C. r Moore, 504 East 18th Street. PORTLAND HAS 14 FIRES WITHIN SIX HOURS. 11:15 A.M. At Mrs. H. H. Har ris' residence, 651 Commercial street. Cause; using gasoline as cleaner. 12:39 P.M. At 816 Halght ave nue: sparks from chimney. 12:45 P. M. At East 76th and Hal sey streets; brush fire. 1:34 P.M. At 320 Weldler street. 1:47 P.M. At 552 Cook avenue; sparks from chimney. 2:24 P.M. At 95 North Ninth street; sparks from chimney. 3:10 P.M. Vettel residence. 67 Ella street; sparks from chim ney. Also at 586 Front street; sparks from chimney. 3:16 P. M. At 604 East Eighteenth street North; sparks from chimney; loss $1000. 3:20 PM. East Ninth and Jarrett streets; grass fire in. vacant lot. 3:50 P.M. Rubbish on O.-W. R. & N. bridge drain. 4:14 P.M. Brush fire at East Eighty-second and Halsey streets. 4:48 P.M. Brush fire at Broad way and Larrabee street. Wind and dry weather were largely responsible for a record day of runs made yesterday by practically all the companies of the Portland fire bureau. Between the hours of 11 A. M. and 5 P. M. they answered 14 calls, two of which did considerable damage before being extinguished. Several were from causes removal of which will be agi tated today throughout the country in lire prevention programmes. A telephone call from East Eigh teenth and Brazee streets at 3:16 o'clock took Engine No.- 18 to 504 East Eigh teenth street North, where a spark from the chimney fell on the roof, and, fanned by a heavy north wind, set the entire roof attre. The damagS done by fire and water was estimated at J1000 to-the building and its contents. The house was owned by William Vaughan. 538 East Sixteenth street North, and was occupied by Dr. Chester C. Moore. Dr. Moore removed most of the furniture from the house before the apparatus arrived, and his $200 damage was covered by insurance. Alexandra Conrt Threatened. At 3:10 P. M. yesterday Engine No.' 3 answered a telephone call to 57 Ella treet- The house is owned and occu pied by Miss Susie Vettel. Miss Vettel told the tiremen that her chimney was on Are, but when the department ar rived the entire roof was ablaze. The damage was estimated at J5U0. fully covered by insurance. " Miss Vettel had a number, of costly paintings in the house, and was unable to remove them. These, together with her piano, buffered no damage, how ever, as they were In that part of the house where little water was thrown. Her house is a few feet to the north of Alexandra Court, and when the fire men arrived they found the flames al most reaching that well-known resi dential hotel. The tire was confined to the residence of Miss Vettel. The first alarm was given yesterday morning at 11:15 o'clock. Mrs. II. H. Harris. 551 Commercial street, started to clean her shirt with gasolme. The gasoline she was using became ignited, burned her skirt and part of the dining-room rug before it was extinguished. Chimney Starts Fire. At 12:39 P. M. the department was called to -816 Haight avenue, where sparks from a chimney had set the roof afire. Little damage was done. Six minutes later a brush fire at East Seventy-sixth and Halsey streets called out the apparatus in that vicinity but little damage was done. At 1:34 sparks from the chimney set fire to the roof of 320 Weidler etreet. and 13 minutes later another call was sent in that sparks had set fire to the roof of 652 Cook avenue. "Neither fire caused much damage. The next fire divl not start until 2:24 P. M., when the downtown appa ratus was called to 95 North Ninth street, where sparks from the chimney had set fire to the roof. A email hole was burned in the roof. Two alarms were sent in at 3:10 P. M. The second was sent in from South Portland, where fire had started from sparks from the chimney of 586 Front street. The house was slightly dam aged. -' Four minutes later the eighth alarm within four hours and fourth within an hour was received from East Ninth and Jarrett street. That proved to be a small grass fire in a vacant lot that threatened to develop into a damaging fire. The biggest fire of the afternoon was at 3:16 o'clock, when Dr. Moore's house caught from a spark. llnbbi.sh Proves Ilazardoux. A blaze that might have attained Immense proportions occurred at 3:50 o'clock when a pile of rubbish in one! or me arains on tne u.-w. K.. & N. bridge took fire. Several companies responded to the telephone call from - one of the bridge tenders, and when the firemen arrived they stretched line of hose from one of the emergency stations on the' bridge to the blaze. wnen ine line was stretched it was found the water was not turned on, and it was necessary to go to Third and Glisan before any water could be got. In the meantime a chemical line failed to do any good. It was almost 10 minutes before the water was avail able. If the fire had been an easy burning one the consequences would, no doubt, have proved disastrous. At 4:14 o'clock another brush fire at East Eighty-second and Halsey streets was reported, by telephone. It did no damage. The last fire yesterday afternoon occurred at Broadway and Larrabee street. It was a brush fire and did little damage. The alarm was tele phoned to fire headquarters' at 4:48 P. M. Three of the alarms sent In yester day in less than six hours were box alarms, one was a still alarm and the rest were telephoned. One of the East Side companies had five runs during the afternoon. Prison Sentence Avoided. CHICAGO, Oct. 8. Levin Shapiro, convicted of attacking a 10-year-old jrirl, was given his choice by Judge Marcus Jvavanaugh of a iiu years peni tentiary sentence or submitting to sterilization. lie decided today not to go to prison. ALASKA WOMAN WHO REFUSES TO BE "1TEROINE AT EXPENSE OF COUNTRY," IN TWO OF HER RARE FUR SETS. X ' y y$y" K; . t xJT . 1 -yn NEWBIIilSJfflfOUSpf Jr? Orpheum Offering Lives Up to Previous Wonder Show. - ACTS VARIED AND UNIQUE Sam Chip and Mary Marble Are Back, After Three Years, in De ' liglitful Play Comedy and Music Share Honors. BY LEONE CASS BAER. Living up to the letter of-their con tract is the Orpheum. You know the management said that the earnest en deavor .of the Orpheum would be to please all the people all the ' time. They've run only two weeks. Last week there was a wonder bill offered and this week's aggregation of acts. keeps apace with it. Sam Chip and Mary Marble, for in stance, are a pair -who would decorate any bill. J.t has been three ' years since they last visited us and while neither of the diminutive dolls has grown an inch in any direction, or changed the personal ity of their Dutch shoes and delicious camaraderie, they have changed their act. A miniature musical show it is with a real plot. Mary and Sam are sauqy wee li'l Dutch clocks with Hol- landaise dressing and a clock's face on each fat tummy. John W. Dunne tis the grandpa clock, staid of. character and full of advice, Charles Uffer is the Cuckoo clock, Harold Mclntyre the false alarm. Clock Shop Is Setting. Ranged in a row, they live in the quaint old shop of the old clockmaker, a role made real by George Spelvin. All the world's a clock shop. he sings, and compares us and our failings to" timepieces. It's a gay song, a sensi blt bit of philosophy, too, put to de- lghtful music. Then he shuts up shop and all the clocks spring to life. A mad scramble ensues for the Mary Marble clocks' affections : and of course the Sam Chip clock wins. There s dance and song and chatter, all timely too, since it's about clocks. Puns fly thick and fast. Not the least of the attractive act is its scenic equipment and -spectacular finale with both little Dutch, clocks Joined by Father Time and perched in the tower of a big church. Slangily put, "The Recoil ' is a peach of an act. Claire Vincent plays the wife in it. and it is -to her eplendid art that the sketch owes its delightful flavor. It ia comedy nearly all of it even broad farce at times, but there's nfission. morals and a bit of plain speaking In its clever lines. Miss Vincent ae the wife is one angle of a triangle in which her husband and another woman, the "Dream Girl," oppose her. With the . aid of her rounder brother she turns the tables on her husband. The sketch is lot of fun and excellently presented. . Detective Comedy-Is Howl. The Fool Detective" is a howl from start to finish. Frank Orth and Will iam Dooley are its sponsors. One is a "hick detec-a-tive". who acrobats to punctuate his remarks. Both are "born comedians" who pour a horn-of-comedy plenty out and give us of its richest stores. Alexander MacFayden. a dietin- guishevl American pianist and com poser, brings the best of his marvelous gifts to please at the Orpheum. Gra ciously he responds to pleas for more and picks from the classics to popular ragtime. Mabelle Sherman and Arthur Uttry offer dainty bits of Joyous song and discussion. Miss Sherman's voice is big and sweet, Mr. Uttry also sings well, and the two collect mucn ap plause. Buck Pieiert and AODte sconeia nave a juggling divertisement, which de pends for its comedy on me cleverness of the saucy little Abbie. - Closing the bill is a big sensational cycling act in which the eyclehs - are baboons. They ride daringly in a cycle satfeer. The travel weekly takes us into Madeira and France mis trip. FEDERAL POSTS VACANT Civil Service Commission Announces Several Examinations. The United States CfVil Service Com mission announces open competitive ex aminations as follows: October 31 Gas Inspector, for men only, to fill vacancies In this position in the Indian office at Osage, Okla., at salaries of flsoo a year. November 8 Copyist draftsman, for men only, to fill existing vacancies as they may occur in this position in any bureau or branch of the Navy Department, Washing ton, D. C., or any navy-yard or other naval establishment of the United States, at en trance salaries ranging from 2 to $3.44 pet diem. Assistant Inspector of hull material, for men only, to fill vacancies as they may occur in this position at $4.48 per diem at any r.avy-yard or other naval establishment of the United States. Advanced apprentice draftsman, for men only, to fill vacancies as they may occur In this position at $700 per annum In the hydrographic office of the Bureau of Nav igation, Navy Department. Junior drainage engineer, for men only. J to fill a vacancy In this position in the of fice of nubile- roads and rural engineer In ir. Djpartment of Agriculture, for service ia M y, 1 :4 I - ' y IP : I . 1 - 1 Above Mrs. ' R. .- R. Myers, Wife of Mayor Myers, of Fairbanks, In Tnr Lai and Collar of .Great Northern Diver Set. Below Mrs. Myers In Emilia Cloak. ' the field. Salary . 'ranging- from S060 to tl440 a year. - - : - November "8-9 Junior fuels chemist, for men only, to fill vacancies in this position under Bureau of 'Mines, Pittsburg". Pa., or elsewhere in the f ieki, - at salaries ranging from SIL'UO to X1500 a year. Laboratory assistant, qualified In petrotr raphy, for men only, to fill a vucanry in this position under the Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce. Pittsburg. Pa., a: a salary of S10&0 a year, and vacancies as they may occur In positions requiring siml lar qualifications In any branch of the serv Ice throughout the United States, includ ing the department service at Washing ton, r. C. Rodmen and chalnmen, for men only, to fill vacancies as they may occur in the In terstate Commerce Commission under the act providing for the valuation of the prop erty of common carriers, at salaries rang ing from 720 to tlOSO ner annum. An. plications for this position will be received at any time. Further information and aonllcatlnn forms may be obtained from M. If. wirtnn i. eal secretary. Board of United States Civil Bervice Examiner-, Postoffice. building. Port land. CLEARING FIRES SPREAD BARV NEAR " BORIXG DESTROYED , AD WOODPILE IN DANGER, Area Mile Stjaare Burned Over and Dsngbter of J. B. Jonirud Has Narrow Escape. - The-barn of J. B. Jbnsrud. located one mile southeast of Boring, Clacka mas County, was destroyed and 1000 cords of wood In that locality were placed in danger yesterday, when a strong east wind fanned several clear ing fires and caused, them to spread over an area about- one- mile sciuare. Some of the wood was burned before the wind died down at nitrhtfall. nnrl if the wind - snould rise again thifi morning residents of the community will -organize a fire-fighting sauad. Ethel, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. Jonsrud. narrowly escaped being burned severely while helping the men fight the fire in tne barn belonging to her father. While she was throwing water on the fire in the barn the flames burst out in great volume directly over her head, and she- was rescued just as the fire got beyond control, destroying all of the" contents of the barn, which included seven or eight tons of hay. the full crop cf the place. - The inmates of the camp of "VV. W. Cummings, a woodchopper, were driven from their tents by the flames and moved their goods into an open field. The fire doing the most damage is said to have started on the placa ot A. Kampfer.- DR. BUSHNELL IS HEARD Pacific University President Speaks at Eugene. UXTVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene. Or.. Oct, 8. (Special.) President C. J. Bushnell, of Pacific University of For est. Grove, delivered an address here this evening in the first vesper services of the university year. His subject was "The Coming Social Order." Since his college days at University of Chicago, where he received his doc tor of philosophy degree. President Bushnell has been known for his socio logical and religious teachings. The music for the services was fur nished by the unirsity choir.' com posed of the men's and women's glee clubs, with incidental solos by Miss Leah Perkins, of Cottage Grove, and John Black, of Portland. A DELAYED ADVERTISEMENT Offer Repeated for Today and Tues - day Forenoon. Owing to the fact that the announce ment offering some very fine pianos at extraordinarily low prices for Sat urday only -was not published in The Oregonian Friday morning, as planned, the offer is repeated and Is good for Monday (today) and Tuesday forenoon. Don't fail. to look this up. headed "A Dozen to Be Sold, Etc." Page 11 this issue. Adv. A new batbtub seat can be hung inside a tub to -assist a person batnlsg or outside for use in dressing. IRIAN'S FURS ARE WORTH -THOUSANDS Rich Collection Gathered Per sonally in Alaska by Wear er Is Brought Here. ONE WRAP IS OF ERMINE Mrs. It. It. Myers, Wife of Fairbanks Mayor and Formerly of Baker, Or., lias Rare Wardrobe Resulting From Snort. This is a little story of Alaska and ono of Its women a story brought out of that land where Its traditional stories of ice and snow are less mar velous only than Its actual atory of celery growing, sweet peas and roses by Mrs. R. R. Myers, wife of the dis tlngulshed Dr. R- B. Myers, Mayor of Fairbanks, and a woman who refuses to be "a heroine at the expense of the country. Mrs. Myers arrived In Portland sev eral days ago, and Is at the Benson, where her private collection of per sonally gathered furs have been the wonder of those few intimate friends who have been privileged to behold it Mrs. Myers is "out" on her third trip In 10 years, and she traveled 350 miles overland to a railroad- a fact which she spurns as merely a fleeting condl tion and really "nothing at all." Her collection of furs might well be the envy of connoisseurs, but the story back of the furs is the kind avid re porters seize on to write about. Collection Worth Thousands. This rare collection comprises an ermine cloak with hundreds of skins in it; a mink wrap with 32 resplendent hides in it representing five years of personally supervised trapping, and. among other items of outer wearing apparel, a hat, collar and muff made from the Great Northern diver, a rare bird of the northern waters whose fetuhers are more akin to fur than otherwise.- Reluctantly. Mrs. Myers tells of her sport in building up her fur wardrobe, but furs are her hobby, and she rides it ardently and talks about trappinng furs quite as one would tell of pluck lng roses in Portland in June. Her collection probably would be appraised at $25,000 or $30,000. but on the mate rial value Mrs. Myers doesn't figure, be cause gathering furs has been a sport with her and not a pursuit for vanity and display. "But let's talk of Alaska," says Mrs. Myers. "You know there have been many heroes at the expense of Alaska. but I refuse to be a heroine at the expense of a country where we grow celery, all kinds of grain, have roses and sweet peas, Just as you do, and One weather even up in Fairbanks, which is, or course, well up north. Hllhnsy Resembles Alaska.' "Of course, we do have considerable cold, but 60 to 72 degrees below zero is really nothing to fear up there. In fact, in going into Fairbanks our route takes us across the Arctic circle, but soon we will have the railroad and the people down in the States will awaken to the glories as well as the natural wonders of the Alaskan country, might add that-your Columbia High way down here really the most mar velous thing I have seen in the States reminds me a good deal of Alaska." Mrs. Myers is an Eastern Oregon girl from Baker and she went north 10 years ago shortly after her marriage to iJr. Myers. Her hobby of fur-gath ering developed rapidly, and she be came a quick and apt student of the habits and habitat of fur-bearing ani mals. She knows much of the strategy in the hunt for the coy. ermine, and she is her own designer. The origin ality of the wraps and the unusual effects attest that even the far-north develops fashion genius. "This cloak," explained Mrs. Myers, speaklnir of the ermine vestment, "con- Scientific Eye " v: v: "; ; -." .:" -:" ' ' .- '' . ' - ... : . -; .. . ; - . ";. -:i y & uyxAy L to n i-iw. -ir iviin i- .m.-. nUs-ttinifi ii ' 1 1 iiu i 1 i'iimm i mail Vltk tkls instrument we are masters of the situation. No guess work, no mistake tbe eye has been fitted with the Hsrht classes. J Anyone can give you his best. But you would rather have the work of the trained expert than the best work of the novice. AND, when you get your glasses at Thompson's you have the benefit of the best-trained experts plus the determination of a firm to give their customers the benefit of all the new scientific advancements made in the optical field. We have the equipment that enables us to do high class work the most modern lens grinding machin ery; skillful, painstaking workmen and a sound and varied experience of twenty-six years. J These are wrthy of your thought and should com mand your consideration in determining the source from whence you procure your glasses. Thompson Optical Institute 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison' Manufacturers of the Genuine Kryptok Lenses tains the fur of several hundred ermine," and the numerous little black tails which she has used to artistic effect prove the assertion. The cloak alone would likely put to shame the royal ermine of the stately judiciary of any European court, and certainly wouia give a tnriii to mo imuu promenades of the effete East. Not less Interesting Is a mink sen which reaches from head to ankle. The. body wrap alone contains 33 mink kins, and Is designed to be worn in; several different ways. Mrs. Myers ventured forth on Washington street the other day with IT hence the cat Is out of the bag. . i White fox. lynx and marten sables largely comprise the collection brought to the States at the - request of some Eastern connoisseurs, but the rarest vet perhaps is that .from the Ureat Northern diver. It was Mrs. Myers' Idea to make of Its plumage a fur set., now supposedly the only one in existence. The birds are hard to get. Alaskan Life No Haroshjp. Mrs. Myers declares that the advan tages for collecting furs in Alaska are only one of the , many appeals for women In the far-north country. "Contrary to widespread opinion It is no hardship for a woman to live In Alaska, and I. for one, decline to be made a heroine at the expense of a country so lavishly interesting for women, concluded Mrs. Myers. BAKER STAGES COMEDY TAMIIT TROUBLES" OXE CONTIN UAL ROUND OP HILARITY. Rene Vlvlenae Ia Attractive la Der Smart . Gowns Movie and ' Spe cialty Nnmoera Complete BUI. - Family troubles start, last a couple hours, and get settled nicely at the Baker this week. Rena Vlvienne. at tractive in smart gowns, playing the role of a widow, starts the family trou ble, by marrying an undertaker before she is quite sure her first husband, a Bailor, is dead. Her - son. a debonair society chap, played in great style by Frank Harrington, adds his contribu tion to "Family Troubles" by quarrel ing with. his mother, pitching his step father into the creek and breaking an engagement with his fiancee. This rule is portrayed - in charming manner by Myrtle Deloy. blonde and dainty, and beautifully dressed. The "family trou bles" are further added unto by the return of the first husband, supposed to have been drowned. Charles Byrnes garbed In feminine guise, appears as a dusky belle named Cleo, who has wed the first husband while lie was out of his mind. Billy Dodge Is the real husband, a rollicking sea captain.- There's. a solo specialty for each of the family and a pretty chorus number to back up the songs. An added specialty is the vaudeville act offered by dainty Virginia Ryder, a Portland girl who Is making her debut. Miss Kyder appeared at the pi ano, playtngfther own accompaniments with musicianly skill. She sings in a well-trained voice. Interesting film series of educational pictures and one pictured dramatic story completes the entertainment. $5000 GIVEN FOR' NEEDY Congregation Talmud Torah Aids .War Sufferers and Immigrants.' Contributions aggregating S5000 were made by members of Congregation Neveh-Zedek Talmud Torah yesterday for European war sufferers and the He brew Sheltering Aid Society for immi grants at the Pay of Atonement serv ices. Contributions poured in all yes terday. At. the annual election of officers of the congregation, held yesterday after noon, the following were elected for the -191(517 term: L. Shank, president; H. Goodman, vice-president; H. Brown, treasurer; Dr. Ueorge M. Rubensteln, recording secretary; Harry Schenker, financial secretary, - and the following five were elected trustees: M. Gale. D. Nemerovsky, Meir Barell, Harry Weinstock. H. Goldstein. A Polish scientist is the Inventor of a motion picture camera which cn be car ried In the hand and which is opi-rated by compressed air as long as a button is pressed. Glass Fitting r PHONES: MARSHALL 4600, A 6101 Oar Annual October Sale DRUGS and Toilet Articles begins today and continues this week only. - High est standard qualities drugs and toilet requisites at unequaled low prices. Details in Sunday papers. Sale Main Floor. 1 W .a Briquet Heaters $12,50 6 WOOD .J . 1 ." -wr is M I Heaters $11 am tnavt&SAL v Splendidly made wood heaters with larg-eswing: top, end feed door, all cast lined. 18-inch Forest Universal, like accompanying; illustration. Moderately priced $11. EASY PAYMENTS IF DESIRED Mme. Coates Dressmaking Classes Begin Wednesday Course of 15 lessons 75c; tickets on sale at Pattern Shop, Second Floor; Notion Shop, Main Floor. Free pre liminary lectures Wednesday and Thursday. Class A meets Monday, Wednesday, Fridav; Class B Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Auditorium, Sixth Floor, at 2:30. Fifteenth Annual Doll Show , c November 2, 3, 4 $288 in Prizes See details in Sunday Shop, Fifth Floor. Free Instructions in Sweater Making by Madame Chundelah in Art Needlework Shop, Second Floor," every afternoon, 2 to 5 P. M. 40c Coffee, Freshly roasted Mocha and Oder Vinegar, guaranteed ab solutely pure, gallonOC jugs OOC Ice Cream Salt, half p? ground, 50-lb. sacks. . . . ."fC Orange Marmalade, Ferguson's, b e 8 t California, one- 1 Q .nound nackaees. ....... Melba Sauce, for des 29c serts, large bottles. Maggi Seasoning, for OQ salads, etc., large jars, .t Old-Fashioned New' England Pumpkin Pies 25c Delicious Fresh Fruit or Cream Pies, Fresh Daily, priced at 23 Cakes Gold, 60c; Silver, 60c; Devil's Food, 50c; Three-layer, 401. Pastry Deliciously flaky, doz. 75c and GOc. WE MOVE OCT. 15 To 147 Broadway, Next to the Cat n Fiddle 6 MORE DAYS of OUR REMOYAL SALE Think of Saving 20 to 50 on the much-wanted Furs. Foxes in all shades and styles at reduced prices. Take advantage of this sale. Hudson Bay Fur Co. Ill Bmadwnr, Near Wasslactsa. ' Tne OjuAt-rrr S-roTs oi Portland t.S ll.'l II , ill ! I VERY MODERATE PRICE FOR CROWN UNIVERSAL HEATER Practical, durable 16-inch heaters, for burning; briquets the favorite Winter fuel. Fireplace front, coal grate and large swing; top. Just like illustration. $12.50 is a very low price. BlF? OUSt UXTVTXSAi Sixth Floor. Fifth Street. papers. Information at Toy Pound for 35c Java type coffee today at Citrus or Gold Dust Washing Powder, large package, in dozen $2.2o, pkg XjC Naptha Soap, Vict or OQ brand, 10 large bars..... OJ7 C Laundry Soap, Winner brand. 10 medium-size bars on OQ sale for . . . . i7C Starch, Kingsford's Corn Q or Gloss, package......... C Gloss Starch, Kings- PQ ford's, 6-lb. wooden box O C Ninth Floor. Fifth Street Coffee Cake G e r m a n - style filled, 40c, SOc, 10. Bread and Rolls, fresh 1 r daily, loaf and dozen. AvIC Ninth Floor. Fifth Street Phone Your Want : Ads to ,The Oregonian Main707Q A 6095