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8 JITNEY F SATISFIES Regulation Rejected by Union Is Accepted by Company and Routes Laid Out. MEASURE TO BE PRINTED jfar-DIstant . Sections Are to B Served and Connections Made With Ijogan Railroad, and Transfers to Be Offered. Stephen Carver, president of the Portland Trackless Car Company, a new jitney organization, yesterday agreed to all the regulations and terms which the City Council believes should be In a jitney franchise, and, accord ingly, a proposed franchise' for jitneys through the East Side was approved and set up for official advertising. This franchise probably will be granted as It stands. . Mr. Carver's agreement covers all tne regulations which were In the franchise which the Council offered to the Jitney Drivers' Union, but which was rejected, and In addition he agrees to give serv ice on streets not coursed by street cars. In new districts and to the sub urbs of ' the city. The longest run provided In the franchise is from Fifth and Alder streets to Lents at Ninety second street and Foster road. Four Rostn Are Selected. Mr. Carver has organized the Port land Trackless Company to handle the jitney business in this section with large buses of a modern type. The franchise calls for four routes as fol lows: v 1 From Fifth and Aider streets on Alaer on Alder to First, on First to Morrison, on Morrison across bridge to East Water, thence to Belmont, on Belmont to East Thirty ninth street, on East Thirty-ninth to Divi sion street, on Division to East Sixtieth street, and Inbound 'returning on sam route and streets.' Route 2 From Fifth and Alder streets, en Alder to First, on' First to Storlson, on Morlson across bridge to Grand avenue, on Grand avenue to East Stark, jon East Stark to East Sixtieth street, . and inbound re turning on the same route and streets. Route 3 From corner Fifth and Alder streets, on Alder to First, on First to Taylor, on Taylor to Front, on Front to Madison, thence across Hawthorne bridge to East Water, on East Water to East Clay, ' on East Clay fo East Twelfth, on East Twelfth to Mulberry street, on Mulberry -to East Har rison, on East .-Harrison to Ladd avenue, on Xadd avenue to Division street and on Di vision street to East Tblrty-ninth street, and inbound returning on same route and streets. Franchise X,!fe Is Three Tears. Route 4. A branch on East Fifty-second street from Division street to Foster road, thence on Foster road to East Ninety-second street, with stransfers to Division street and all other routes and to the electric trains of the new Portland & Orer (on City line. The franchise Is for three years. Service shall be from 6 A. M. to 11 P. M. with cars on route 1 with a seating capacity of not less than nine passengers, and cars on routes 2, 3 and 4 with a seating capacity of notTess than six passengers. The Council has power to force the company to give euch additional service as It deems necessary. The minimum service is IS minutes -in each direction and 30 min utes on the Lents run. Operation of buses must be started within 30 days of the granting of the franchise, and the company will pay $1 for each seat every three months as license to the city. The rate of fare Is limited to 6 cents with transfers to any of the lines. ; 910,000 Bond Required. The franchise provides that police men and firemen while on duty shah tie caj-ried free and that a bond ot $10,000 shall be given by the company for the protection of patrons or others who may be injured. On Thursday afternoon the Jitney Drivers' Union will be before the Coun cil seeking a franchise for the rest of the city on terms much more favor able than the terms of the Carver fran chise. The Council yesterday Instructed City Attorney LaRoche to draft a proposed franchise for W. M. Foster for a fran chise to operate large modern buses over the Llnnton run. Mr. Foster also has agreed to the Council's regulations. DALY ZONES VETOED AGAIN Council Tomorrow to Give Order That Will Be More Specific. Commissioner Daly's new taxlcab tone system, devised to enable the Jit neys to continue evading the City Coun cil's regulations, met the same sorrow ful fate at the hands of the Council yesterday as did the first tone scheme which was worked out y Mr. Daly in behalf of the jitneys following their re fusal to accept a franchise. The new echeme was not approved. Following a round of discussion In which the new arrangement was eon demned, the Council arranged for epecial meeting tomorrow at 3:30, at which the Council as a whole will give Mr. Daly a lesson In making a real zone system.. He will receive specif io in structions and then time will be given to work them out. In the meantime, the. jitneys will continue to operate. annougn tneir doing so will be a viola tion of law. Commissioner Dleck had reproduced Mr. Daly's zone arrangement in bright colors and the affair looked like a case of smallpox. The zones are so worked out that the jitneys can continue to operate by fixing the rate at 6 cents puasnger wiLiua lafl zones along their present routes and higher races lor service elsewhere in the city. Pre sented in colors, the map showed the peculiarity of the system. I think." said Commissioner Baker, "that Mr. Daly has more respect for our judgment than to call this a zone system. I don't take this thing seri ously, myself." mis is suDnuued as a zone sys tem," said Mayor Albee. "but I do not consider it a zone system in any sense or the word. "The Council told me to draft a stan dard zone system." said Mr, Daly. "That was the extent of the specific instruction and this 1 my idea of a zone system." $37,000 PAID FOR RANCH 1 . V. E. Potts, of Athena, Bays .John Thompkins "Umatilla Farm. PENDLETON, Or, Dec 11- (Spe cial.) W. E. Potts, well-known Athena farmer, has purchased the John Thomp kins ranch in the northern part of Umatilla County for a consideration of $37,000. Twa full quarters and a majority of a third quarter of wheat land are In cluded In the transfer. A key for police patrol boxes has been made of a non-conducting mater ial to guard users from possible elec tric shocks. RANCHISE CARVER 1 1 . - . I ' ," , Avv: -x. ' N- t if,:; i i ; - r c ' V V9h. ' , V -:,,' ' J TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Clara Kimball Young, "My Official "Wife." . Columbia Douglas Fairbanks. Flirting With Fate." Sunset Clara Kimball Young. "Lola." Star "The Little Girl Next Door." Peoples Lenore Ulrich, "The Road to Love." Globe Henry Walthall, "The Sting of Victory"; . "The Scarlet Runner." THE diminutive star is decidedly petite and attractive on the screen, hilt thoi-o o .nmatlmso try dif ficulties to be faced In the actual process of getting her on the screen. Such is the case with Marguerite Clark, perhaps the tiniest of all film stars, with the exception of the children themselves. Mfss Clark's lack of Inches presented grave problem when the Famous Players began the adaptation of "Snow White" for the Paramount programme, in which she is soon to star. It-will be remembered that there are seven dwarfs who play an important part'in the original Grimm fairy tale. In making the adaptation, the motion picture producers determined to show the scenes in the. dwarf's cave as they form such a picturesque part of the story. But the problem of obtaining seven dwarfs who would be tiny enough to be really effective in contrast to the star herself was a serious one. The obvious remedy of employing ' mere children to play the roles of the dwarfs and of dressing them in ridiculous, costumes was not found to be feasible because the camera detects at once the difference between the naturally grace ful walk of the average child and of the dwarf and the children, in. attempt ing to mimic their less fortunate con freres, overdid their part and made the scene ridiculous. ' There are plenty of so-called dwarfs available in New York City, but many pf these who responded to the original call yrom xne proaucers, were noi buui i. enough -to contrast properly with Miss Clark. It was not until the far-famed dwarfs of the Hippodrome had been pressed into action that the Grimm Bros. beloved little characters were ready to 'be presented on the screen. Chinese Film tTralariea. B. Brodsky is the "D. W. Griffith, of China." He's visiting the film colonies In California and is telling some interr esting things about the motion picture business in the Orient. "There must be realism. The nar.tves demand it. When we have a hanging in the picture, we . are forced to hire man from the prison under sentence of execution. "We have a Chinese Charlie Chaplin. His name is Chan and he Is a wonder ful acrobat. He gets $12 a month, put it's so much money the other actors re fuse to believe him. "Chinese women are now being used in the" pictures, but we have as yet to discover a Mary Pickford or a Theda Bara." The Gish Girls. The (Sisb. sisters. Lillian and Dorothy, have both risen to soreen fame through steady, hard work and consistently good acting. They both began motion picture work with D. W. Griffith in 1903, and have been under his "super vision ever since. Dorothy, the younger of the two, was born in" Dayton, O., in 1898. She began ,a stage career at the age of 4 as Little LWillie in "East Lynns." Home or ner best screen plays include. "The Moun tain Rat,"-"Old Heidelberg." "Jordan Is a Hard Road," "Little Meena's Ro mance" and "The Little School Ma'am." Lillian was born in Springfic:, O.. in 1896. She made her stage debut it. 1902 in "The Little Red Schoolhouse." She was also a fairy dancer in BeHt hardt's company for two years. She had a prominent part In. "The Birth' of a Nation." Some of her best .screen plays Include "Diana of the Follies." "The Lily and the Rose," "An Innocent Magdalene" and "The -Children Pay. Auto Record for Woman. A new automobile speed record be tween Philadelphia and Washington was made last week and to her credit. be it said, by a woman. The woman is Eleanor Blevins who plays an im portant part in the International's forthcoming feature, "When My Ship Comes In," soon to be released. On Wednesday last. Miss Blevins drove her car from the Quaker City to the Nation's, capital In three Hours and 15 minutes, which is 35 minutes faster than the best time ever recorded. The figures given are for the actual ranning time, exclusive or . an neces sary stops. Miss Blevins had with her on the run. in the capacity of mtch anician. Brailey Gish, the well-known driver. , ' This Is by no means the first ex perrence Miss Blevlnj has had in auto vaoing. She has indulged her passion for speed on former occasions in the West and last Summer won a race arranged for women drivers from D Angeles to San Diego. She is fond of THE MORNING all outdoor sports, but loves none of them more than automobiling, unless it be aviation. In which she has had much experience with the most famous flier in the country. ' Soreen Gossip. The Orpheum Travel Weekly, one of the most interesting and educational- of film series, deals with picturesque scenes of France and Holland this week. ' Rivers, fantastic bridges and ivy-covered chateaus of Grand Morin are contrasted with the windmills and canals of Northern . Holland, some of the famous cows of that land and old fashioned costumes. James Young, husband of Clara Kim ball Young unless the courts have awarded a divorce directed his wife in ."Lola" and "My Official Wife." Some admiring ecribe rises to re mark. "The career of Ralph W, Ince reads like that of a Dumas hero."" He is determined that Brother Tom, pro ducer of "Civilization," is not going to absorb all of the limelight. v Eesanay announces that the tallest, thinnest and ugliest man in the United States will be seen in the first Max Under comedy. The further informa tion is given that this sideshow freak posed for an artist who was sketching the Eiffel tower. Scenes of the desert, the oaels and the city with Algerian dancing women in scanty garb have aroused curiositv as to-where such locations were found for 'The Road to Love." They, found the thoroughly deserted desert right in California, so the Golden State cer- tainly cannot be all paimsT poppies and 1 flower beds, as some have been led to suppose. Geraldlne Far'rar, the operatic pho toplay star, is not to be seen on the stage for a time after this season. She will . take a vacation. Billboard says, "for Interesting reason!." In private life she is Mrs. 'Lou-Tellegen, wife of the well-known Lasky star. . Besides Maflorle Rambeau. the wife of Willard Mack, and Nance O'Neil, the Mutual expects to announce within a few days the names of other first magnitude stars who will be- seen in Mutual pictures during 1917. Bill Hart made a pulpit address to 2000 people at Santa Ana, Cal., re cently. He Introduced Al Jennings, famed ex-bandit, to the congregation. mm PriscIHa Dean, . Universal comedi enne, has been graduated to dramatic productions. - The Australian defense act, which has taken all single men between the ages of 21 and 35 years to military camp, has seriously affected the no. tion picture business in that country, - New Zealand has . a drastic censor ship act, but hearken there ia a real board of appeal. "Remember," solemnly admonishes ijirccior nenry n.ing, or tsalDoa, "a prune, no matter how youthful, is al ways wrinkled." "Very tunny, but per haps Henry never saw one fresh from the tree.. . Earle Fox is to play opposite Norma Talmadge in Selanick pictures. Earle's last Paramount appearance was with Pauline Frederick. - Billlte Ritchie. Henry Lehrmann and Dot Farley are the principals in one of the Fox comedy companies. Jack Livingston has been added to the Ince organization and will play with Charles Ray and Dorothy Dalton. ' ' Anita King and Myrtle Stedman ap peared at the dedication of the new T v Theater at Oakland. Cal. - .... kojt etuart. specially engaged to play opposite Lillian Glsh Instead of Keith Armour, is a University of California graduate, and for several years" held the championship of the Coast for row ing the single sculls. He is six feet three inches in height and weitrhs 210 pounas. Jack Mutual ' forces. Richardson, villain, baa untlf recently a1 Joined the Selig Two of the latest additions to the stage etar fashion series incorporated in the Hearst International News Pic torial are Louise Rutter, star of "Turn to the Right," and Roberta Arnold, of 'upstairs ana Down. ' Thomas Meighan plays opposite Frederick in her next picture. "The Slaf e Market" company, headed by this Juol returned last week from a four weens' trip to Cuba. - After- long deliberation Carl Har baugh. Fox director, now piloting Stu art Holmes, has given a small part -to his daughter. Miss Harbaugh soon will ceieDate her lirst birthday. -r I Jean Stuart has been engaged to play tv t in I'un.iny oernuru ana nooerc io n ness in "The Rainbow." Pictorial comics of the screen are to be augmented by the presence of Oedrge McManus' "Bringing Up r atner." Dorothy Kelly, of "Vltagraph. Is Mrs Herbert Havenor when away . from the stuaio. -OREGOXIAN, fUESDAY. ROAD PROGRAMME FOR OREGON URGE Higher Auto Tax, Independent Highway Board and1Iew Road Laws Desired. $1,800,000 FUND PROPOSED Oregon " Oood Itoads Committee Adopts Report Designed to Bring About Changes for the Better ment of State Roads. Radical changes in the methods of taxing automobiles, the creation of an independent state highway commission that eh all be empowered to appoint a state engineer, the preparation of a new code on road -laws and a pro gramme calling' for the raising of 11. 800,000 during the coming three years to match preferred appropriations of the Federal Government for road pur poses' were recommended in the report of the executive committee of the Ore-, gon good roads .committee, which was adopted by the general committee at a' meeting held in the Portland Cham ber of Commerce rooms yesterday. ' If the recommendations of the com mittee are adopted by the coming Legislature the license fees on auto mobiles, which now range from S3 for the small cars to 110 ror the large cars, will be Increased to a minimum of fa and to a maximum of $25. with spe cial provisions for the Government of motor trucks. '-?...- Segregation Is Proposed. On motion -of Robert E. Smith, the general committee decided to segre gate trucke from pleasure cars, mak ing horsepower and weight the matters to be considered in fixing the tax on pleasure cars and horsepower, weight and maximum carrying capacity the matters to be considered in determin Ing the tax for motor trucks. At the suggestion of J. C. Ains worth the sub-committee on automobile li censee was requested to consider fa vorably in its deliberations the law of Florida, where the smallest trucks are taxed 110 and the heavier trucks 850. On motion of Professor Skelton. of the Oregon Agricultural College, the sub committee was also instructed to reo ommend that the weight and carrying capacity or trucks be limited to a rea sonable tonnage yet tQ be determined. There was some disposition among the committee members yesterday to raise the tax on the heaviest pleasure cars aoove S5 on the grounli that the large cars cut up the roads much more than the smaller cars, cut the motion of F. I. Fuller that 825 be fixed ae-the maximum was . carried without the amendment offered by R. E. Smith that Jvi. Det set as the maximum. ' -. Trncki' Damage Greatest. ' ah agreea mat motor trucks are muph more destructive to roads than pleasure cars, and several argued that the tax might be placed even as high as 8100 for the largest vehicle:. The general committee was addressed by Dr. L. L Hewes and B. J. Finch, who have charge of the Government high way In this district, and by State En gineer Lewis. Dr. Hewes explained that under the new Federal aid act the Government is willing to appropriate as high as 8231.000 in Oreeon during the fiscal year of 191T, ending in July, providing this sum is matched by the state or through the official co-operation of counties, for work on post roads under the Government provi sions. Dr. Hewes said that the funds that are to be spent in Oreeon bv the Government will increase each year. the total , for the next 10 years being 85.806,000. ' Big Amount Needed. To meet the Federal aid. the xaoA roads committee urges that a total of 81.800.000 be raised in Oregon for ex penditure during the next threa vea ra. Next year, under the quarter-mill tax fixed by the last Legislature, It will be in the neighborhood Tf the 8240,000 set aside for this year, but later they hope to have a state tax of one-half mill levied, which means that they wish other state expenses cut down in order to permit the increased road con struction und.er the- 6 per cent limita tion law. In addition they aak that all of the net returns from the automobile li cense department be gtven to the state road fund, which, according to their present estimates, will be twic- the present figure, or about 8300,000. This programme contemplates the appropri ation of 8240,000 under the state tax, and the present automobile "revenue dt about 8140.000 for usV in 1917, and 8500,000 from the state tax a'nd at least 8300,000 from the automobile tax for the yeans 1918 and 1918 each. Committee Is Increased. During the course of the meatlntr Tr Hewes, Mr. Finch. Professor Skeltnn. Professor F. G. Young, of the Univer sity- ot Oregon, and J. E. iinow, of Day- viii were aaoeq to the general corn settee, which is, made up of represen tatives of the various civic clubs and organizations of the state-at-large. O yv. Taylor, president of the general committee, was empowered to appoint a committee of five to represent the Oregon good roads committee at the gathering of the County Court officials in roruana tnis wet K. DAIRYING TO BE URGED Aberdeen Chamber Says Farming 1 Can Equal Lumber Industry, ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec." 11 (Spe cial.) Ths humble and peace-loving cow will bQ much discussed at the third annual farmers-merchants' din ner of the Aberdeen Chamber of Com merce to . be held, here- Friday" night and at which 300 guests' are expected. The farm committee' of the Chamber has spent months-studying the dairying industry and will urge that the farmers go the limit' in stocking- their farms with high-grade cattle. This commit tee has prepared' figures showing that the dairying industry cac add 810.000. 000 annually' to the income of - the county nearly as' much as the lumber business of this section produces. The Chamber of. Commerce here is out to see if it cannot get the farmers Interested In a campaign to make Grays Harbor one of the prize dairy counties in the Northwest. $40,000 Church to rise Pendleton Presbyterians Begin Can--.vass for Funds. PENDLETON, Or., Dec 11. (Spe cial.) A new Presbyterian church to cost between 830,000 and '840,000 la practically assured for the coming year. ' A building committee started its-canvass for funds this morning and has met with generous support.' - The Chinese have taken quickly to the" eectrio toasters sent from this country. DECEMBER 12, 1016. Filmdom's in or rVITHOUT A SOUL Coming Thursday: , WHlard Mack in "ALOHA OE" -u N ; Ess ARRESTS BY SCORE New Traffic Law Violated Right and Left. OFFENSES MOSTLY MINOR Each Victim Ivet Go With Warning . That Next Time Appearance in Municipal Court "Will Be Nec- , essary; ..Parking Pitfall. .More than 100 arrests for violations of the new ' traffic ordinance, which went into effect at 12 o'clock Sunday night, marked the first day of Its trial. In every instance these arrests were for minor violations, and the offenders were paroled by Police Captains Ins keep and Circle. A second offense, they were told, must be followed by an ap pearance In court. The motorists took It good naturedly. In an almost constant procession they walked up to the police desk, present ed the slips with which their machines had been "tagged" by the vigilant pa trolmen, heard the mild lecture on the city's new law, and were handed copies of the ordinance they had violated. Sptflal PoIlcm on Job. Realizing that the lesson must be taught with thoroughness and spaed, and that the patrolmen on regular beats with the traffic officers would not be able to cover thoroughly the prohibited down-town district, where most of the violations occur, Captain Inskeep detailed Patrolman P. R. John son with a roving commission. nt roved to such purpose that a majority of the slips presented at the Police Station were signed by blm. Although the catalogue of offenses was "varied, the predominating sources of trouble were the new regulation forbidding parking for longer than 15 minutes in the prohibited district, and the creation of new districts where parking is prohibited entirely. Scores of motorists who had not troubled to advise themselves blundered Into these twin pitfalls and retirne to find that their oars had been '.'tagged" by the police." Prominent Men on List, Among the many prominent Portland people who called at the Police Sta tion yesterday were DfT H. F. Leonard, L. L.' Leadbetfcer, Mrs. F. A. Nitchy, James Twohy.- Dr. C. Stuart Menaces, Dr. J. J. Rosenberg, Dr. Ford Warren, 8. C. Bratton, H. B. Newland. C. L. Bods, S. Rasmussen, George M. Cham bers H. P. Taylor, Dr. ,W. D. Huntings ton. C. P. Bradshaw, Dr. J. C. Tamasie, Dr. F. H. Dammasch, William J Reidt. P H. Dunn, Dr. E. T. Tucker, E S Morgan, Dr. W. C. Shearer. H. P Barn hard. J W. Blanchard, Vr. S. B. Dick-, ereon "The doctors wllr thMk we have a special grudff against 'em," remarked Captain Inskeep, as he ran down the list, which was replete with medical titles. Harry P. Coffin, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, passed a pleasant afternoon In transcribing the records of arrests the first result of the new ordinance, in which he has "much faith for improved conditions. '"I believe that as soon as the motor ing public becomes familiar with the traffic Drovieions. and the fact that the police are in earnest in enforcing them, the violations will be reluced to a minimum," was Mr, Coffin's satis fied comment. 4 TRUE BILLS RETURNED Murder Case in Shooting of Edwin C. Way of Most Interest. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) Four true bills and three not true bills were returned by the Klamath County grand Jury in its re port filed in Circuit Court here. The true bills "were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hobbs, murder; Moses C. Gerue, a seri ous charge; Frank Worthington, larceny-of a saddle; John Doe. The not true bills are: Bert Cole and Lawrence Ragsdale. larastny from a dwelling; Bill Geskins, larceny of bills: Ralph Salisch, larceny as an -agent. It is ex pected that most of the cases In the true bills will be tried at this term of court, which will begin in earnest Jan uary 8. The case attracting most attention is that against Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs. who are charged with the shooting of Edwin C. Way at the Hobbs homestead, near the Algoma Lumber Company plant, about 12 miles north of here. Guns and Uniforms Arrive. ' ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) The uniforms and guns for the Ninth Company, Coast Artillery Corps, have arrived. xThe guns are the new model Send your f riends"THE COLUMBIA" A most beautiful book, a truly inspiring Oregon message. KILHAM'S, 5th and Oak. Clara Kimball Young "LOLA" Queen- V:;:- X:' V- Springfield rifles, and came direct from the Government - arsenal. On Wednes day evening. Captain Jeffries will is sue the guns and equipment to the meVnbers. The steel lockers have also arrived and will be installed In the Armory at once. Within- a few days the company will be able, to drill in full uniform and in handling arms. PATIENT ENDS HER LIFE Woman Prevents Removal to Hospi tal by Committing Suicide. PASCO. Wash.. Dec. 11 (Special.) Mrs. A. O. Hatch, of this place, commit ted suicide today' by shooting herself through he head, death being in stantaneous). Mrs. Hatch had been in ill health for several months, and the attending physicians decided this morn ing that she was showing evidejje of insanity, and had arranged to remove her to- the hospital later today. When Dr. O'Brien "arrived at 2 o'clqck he found the 6-year-oloV son of the woman bathing her face, and hands with cold water In an attempt to re vive her, the child thinking that she had fainted. Mr. Hatch, fireman for the Northern Pacific Railway, was absent on his run. Besides her husband, two small boys survive. , SCHOOL-TO GET BIG FLAG Blood River Relief Corps to Give Em blem to New Primary School. HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 11. (Spe. cial.) At the regular meeting Satur day afternoon of Canby Corps, of the Woman's Relief Corps, it was an SET MK, 'U' - I ,1 I MIB.I III II il. llll Plllll.11,.11.11 ! in TODAY, TOMORROW . Only Two Days More Clara IClm : Young:- . Earl Williams and Harry Morey In the New De Luxe Edition of - MY OFFICIAL WIFE V v. Coming Thursday Gladys Coburn in "The Battle of Life" A Tense Photoplay of Today .i j C: last I times 1 today A Lenore .' Ulricti In a fascinating, powerful photoplay of an American's love fora beautiful Algerian maiden. "The Road to Love" If you are seeking an attraction out of the or dinary, here it it.' New Pictographs, too. Alder at West Park I, w -4- V ' -X nounced that the Coe Primary School, thenewly completed brick structure of this city, 'which will be dedicated on Wednesday evening, December 27 will receive a large silk flag from the mem bers of the organization. Officers fo 1917 were elected by the Corps s follows: Mrs. Lizzie An derson, president; Mrs. Lydta Sumner, senior vice-president; Mrs. Bertha An derson, Junior vice-president; Mrs. Carmean Powell, treasurer: Mrs. Belle McCurdym, chaplain; Mrs. Belle Peffer, conductor; Mrs. Catherine GilL guard. SCHOOLS TO GET HOLIDAYS Washing-ton Deaf a'nd Blind Pupils to Obeservo Christmas. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 11 (Spe cial.) The Washington State gchoql for the Deaf will close -for the Christinas holidays at 4 "P: M. December1, 28,. and will open again it 9 A. M. January 3, 1917. While a number of the pupils at the school will go home for the holidays, there will be many who will remain here and will, of course, be present at the- annual Christmas tree celebra tion, December 24. The children's parents have sent boxes pf presents. The same holidays at the Washington State School for Blind, also located here, will bo observed. California Brewers Plan Action. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 11. Califor nia, brewers went Into their eight an nual meeting here today with a promise that out of the convention would come some plan to conserve their interests as against prohibition. The neetinsr was executive. all. The bewitchingly beautiful star of "Bird of Paradise" fame. Tomorrow Irene Fen wick, Owen Moore i