Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 13, 1916, Page 7, Image 7

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    THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916.
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MEDICAL SCHOOL IS'
NEARLY SURE HERE
Business Men Rally to Raise
$7000 Still Needed forPer
- manent Institution.
J. L. MEIER MAN OF HOUR
Spirit Is Turned From Gloom to
Confidence and Almost $1000
Quickly Pledged 3 Weeks
Remain for Work.
TTie dramatic moment In the cam
raiin to raise the $25,000 necessary to
assure the permanence of the Medical
School of the University of Oregon,
in Portland, came last night at the
dlnner of representative business men,
when Julius L. Meier arose and in
half a dozen sentences switched the
tpirits of the crowd from gloom to
confidence and started the committee
on the wind-up of its campaign.
Speaker after. speaker had rehearsed
the situation, had pointed out the lit
tle time that remained in -which to
raise the remainder of the fund, and
the probability that the Medical School
would lose its appropriation, dwindle
and finally be overshadowed by an
other institution in Washington which
would be sure to spring up if Oregon
"lost its grip" as a medical center of
the Pacific Coast.
Mr. Meier Pledges Assistance.
"Well," said Mr. Meier, when he was
called upon for a '"few remarks," "if
the chairman will appoint a commit
tee including Dr. Mackenzie, Dr. A. C.
Smith, A. L. Mills and Mr. Ainsworth
to go with me, on any day chey care
to name. 111 guarantee that the $7000
you still need will be raised inside
of two hours."
Then he sat down, remarking that
he didn't think he had anything more
to add to the discussion, while the
assembly burst into enthusiasm and
confidence soared up like a thermom
eter on a gas let.
While the discussion of details of
the plan were following Mr. Meier
went quietly around the table and
finally remarked, quietly:
"Mr. Chairman. I've already got about
a thousand dollars."
The storm of enthusiasm burst again,
and by the time the adjournment was
called there was no doubt in the mind
of any man present but that the neces
sary "fund to save the Oregon Medical
School will be raised within the time
necessary.
School Must Raise 525,000.
Here is the situation: The state ap
propriates $50,000 conditioned upon
the school securing the donation of a
$,iie and raising a fund of $25,000 be
Kides. The site, valued at $100,000, was
donated by the O.-W. K. & N. Co. The
condition further is that the $25,000
muft be on hand by December 31. 1916,
or "it's all off" with the appropriation.
Here is the villain in the plot: The
University of Washington has held off
in the matter of a medical college be
cause of the strength of Portland as a
medical center. and because of the
promising growth of the Oregon Medic,-.!
College, realizing that the one
school serves effectively the North
western territory. But, according to
one of the speakers last night, the new
president of Washington University
has expressed a wish that the opportun
ity might offer for the development of
a medical school there, and has de
clared his intention of seizing any op
portunity that offers.
$7000 Still Necessary.
Here is the plot: The general com
mittee has worked steadily, and has
whittled out $18,000 of the required
$25,000. But there still remains $7000
to make everything secure.
The speakers last night who out
lined the pressing need of speed in
completing the $25,000 to prevent loss
of appropriation and perhaps finally of
the school were E. G. Crawford, I. V.
Holman, Dr. S. E. Josephi, Mr. Meier,
W. F. Woodward. Dr,A. E. Rockey, Dr.
K. A. J. Mackenzie, Dr. A C. Smith,
W. D. Fenton, A. L. Mills, John Gill,
Leo Friede and Dr. Wiley jones.
Those present at the luncheon were:
E. G. Crawford, A. H. Devers. W. F.
Woodward, Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie,
O. M. Clark', J. C. Ainsworth, F. V. Hol
man, A. L. Mills. H. B. Myers, A. E.
Kockey, A. F. Flegel, Fred A. Kribs,
31. V. Hoskins. W. F. Allen. J. C. Eng
lish. John Tait. A. H. Averlll, W. H.
McMonies. Chester J. Hogue, William
L. Fenton, Gus C. Moser, Leo Friede,
George Lawrence, Jr., J. F. Bell, O. S.
Binswanger, O. Laurgaard. J. M. Mann,
John Gill, X. W. Jones, A. J. Browning,
C. U. Moore, S. E. Josephi, A. C. Smith.
Richard B. Dillehunt. R. E. Smith, J.
L. Meier and Jacob Kanzler.
Blue Law League of Oregon has per
fected a permanent organization, with
Dan Kellaher at its head. Members
will be sought throughout the state,
but the executive work will be handled
in Portland.
"We propose to protect the consti
tutional, business and personal rights
of the people," said Mr. Kellaher yes
terday. Among the constitutional,
business and personal rights he in
cludes baseball and the movies on
Sunday or any other day. The league
will be represented at the State Legis
lature next month with knives whetted
for threatened bills.
The membership of the organization
is not limited, and the dues are $1 a
year. fi
The league was formed to fight the
Sunday closing law. The officers who
headed the league in that victorious
campaign have been re-elected to serve
in the permanent organization. They
COTTAGE GROVE GUARD OFFI.
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Second Lieutenant B. C. King;.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Dec 12.
(Special.) Second Lieutenant
B. C. King, of this city, member
of the Sixth Company, Coast Ar
tillery, who has been awarded
one of the two Oregon scholar
ships in the Coast Artillery
School at Fort Monro, Va., is one
of the youngest officers of tha
state, being 2 years of age. "
The scholarship Is for 11
months, and Lieutenant King will
have all expenses paid and. re
ceive the Second Lieutenant's
salary. Mr. King has been a.
member of the organized militia
six and a half years.
are Dan Kellaher, president and general
manager: C. E. Ernst, vice-president;
John A. Walters, treasurer; Peter Mc
intosh, secretary; W. B. Steele, Jr.,
Ben A. Bellamy, A. R. McKinley. J. J.
Parker, Joseph E. Dunne and George
W. Burt, executive committee. Attor
ney Wilson T. Hume was elected to
the executive committee, making a
seventh member.
The mailing address of the league
will be 341 Courthouse, but the meet
ing place has not been selected.
M FIGHTS FOR LIFE
MRS. THORXE, UNIVERSITY IN
STRUCTOR, PARTLY PARALYZED.
FREAK LAWS ARE OPPOSED
Anti-Blue Law ' League of Oregon
Formally Organized.
Avowed enemy of freak legislation
which Is detrimental to legitimate bust
ness interests of the state, the Anti
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Nervous Disease, Not Diagnosed, May
Be Due to Growth That Is
Pressing; on Brain.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Dec. 12. (Special.) A strange nervous
case resulting in unconsciousness and
partial paralysis threatens the life of
Mrs. Catherine Thorne, instructor in
the department of public speaking.
dramatic professor of. the university.
Mrs. Thorne has been ill for sometime
but it was not until tonight her case
took a serious turn and she is now bat
tling for life. Physicians are at a
loss to explain her case. Three doctors
and a trained nurse are in attendance.
For a considerable time Mrs. Thorne
has been unconscious and she fails to
recognize faces and is unable to speak
Intelligibly when consciousness does
return for short periods of time. Part
of her face is partially paralyzed.
One explanation advanced by attend
ing physicians is that a growth exists
on the bone about the skull caused by
a concussion probably due to a falL
This growth it is said may continue
slowly to increase and push itself into
the brain, thus causing the peculiar
nervous Illness from which the patient
is suffering.
POLICE STOP FAMILY FIGHT
Daughter Charged With Beating Her
Mother; Intervenor Arrested.
Mrs. C. W. Larson, 20, was arrested
at 411 Burnside street last night by
Motorcycle Patrolmen Gouldstone and
Bales. She was charged with beating
her mother, Mrs. Martha Batty, with a
rouge pot. Mrs. Batty, who is 38 years
old, was doctored at the Emereencv
Hospital and then locked up . on a
charge of being drunk and disorderly.
j. iu. uoniey, a salesman, who at
tempted to arbitrate the dispute, was
also arrested on a charge of disorderly
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Wisconsin Private First to Be Se
lected for West Point Scholarship,
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 12. Charles R.
Wing, of Kewanee, Wis., a private in
the second v isconsin Infantry, now on
Mexican border service, received todav
an appointment to the United States
Military Academy.
He Is said to be the first man ever
appointed to West Point while a pri
vate in the United States.
GERMAN DESIGN CHARGED
(Continued From First Page.)
have recorded it, giving names, dates
and place of meeting, which I cannot
reveal.
"The evening of the day the Morning
Post editorial appeared, I discussed it
with a member of the cabinet whose
sphere of labor is outside the diplo
matic field. '
Canada Now Can Save Self.
"The conversation finally came to the
effect that German activity in Central
and South America would have on the
Monroe Doctrine. I suoke of England's
interest in the maintenance of that doc
trine and drew this retort:"
" 'Why should , England eoend the
life of one 'Tommy' to protect your
Monroe uoctrine .
" 'Well,' I replied, 'Canada happens to
be part or the American continent.'
" 'Has it ever occurred to you,' was
tne reply, -tnat, wnen this war Is over,
Canada will have an army of half a
million of the finest soldiers the world
ever has seen, seasoned fighters tho
roughly armed and equipped? Canada
from now on can take care of itself. "
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SLAYER IS ABSOLVED
Frank Amato Shot in Self-De-
fense, Says Jury.
dealers' convention In New York. She
was accepted for Orpheum vaudeville
after a try-out performance at the
Columbia Theater in St. Louis, one of
the Orpheum chain of houses. At that
time she was a member of the choir of
the Church of St. Rose, of Lima. ,
ill ss O'Connell Is a gTeat-niece of
the famous Irish patriot, Daniel O'Con
nell. She is accompanied by her
mother on her Orpheum tour.
GHESTERBURY IS SOLD
RESIDENTIAL HOTEL TRADED OX
VAXTJATIOX hv $30,0OO.
BROTHER'S ACTS RECITED
Witnesses Tell Mow Salvatore En
tered House Flourishing Revolver
and Stiletto "Wife Tries to
Save Her Husband.
A Coroner's jury, empanelled to hear
testimony regarding the shooting: of
Salvatore Amato, 666 Sixth street. Sun
day night, by his brother. Frank
Amato, 289 Sheridan street, last night
absolved Frank of blame for the mur
der of his brother by declaring: the act
done in self-defense. The Jury was
out more than half an hour.
Several witnesses, all of them resi
dents of the Italian colony, testified
through an interpreter that abuse, and
finally insult, were hurled at Frank
Amato by a frenzied brather. These
verbal thrusts were first met with
kindliness, but to no avail. They tes
tified that Frank had always been
peace-loving and unassuming in man
ner. They said that Salvatore had dis
played fits of temper and had done
other wrongful things with no appar
ent provocation. i
Upon the reading of the verdict by
Coroner Dammasch, Frank leaned for
ward in his chair, while on his lap lay
a 2-year-old son, fast asleep, and wait
ed until Joe Morak, the interpreter.
translated the verdict.
Friends Offer Congratulation.
When he and Mrs. Amato heard the
verdict, their friends swarmed about
them. offering congratulations. As
Detective Price led Frank to a waiting
automobile to take him to police head
quarters, where he will be held until
the grand Jury has made a report,
Frank and his wife embraced without
ostentation: he kissed his three chil
dren good-night, and sighed with relief.
Mrs. Amato. who is In delicate healtn.
when called to the stand, re-enacted
her part in the tragedy that ended in
the death of her brother-in-law last
Sunday night.
She said that Salvatore had called at
her home earlier Sunday evening and
had made threats of violence.
Frank finally got his brother out of
the house. Salvatore in a few minutes
returned, according to the testimony
of Mrs. Amato, and carried with him
a revolver and a long stiletto, made
out of a' rasp.
Admittance Is Sought.
He rapped at the back door for ad
mittance. He was first refused. He
was then allowed to enter upon re
peated assaults on the door. V hen he
appeaered In the doorway. It was testi
fied, he brandished, a revolver. Frank
Amato then tried to .escape through the
same door by which Salvatore had en
tered. He succeeded in getting to tne
door before Salvatore fired the first
shot. Mrs. Amato had her arms around
her brother-in-law, she said, when he
fired the first shot, pleading with him
not to kill her husband.
Frank had', upon the plea' of his wife.
she testified, put his revolver in his
pocket Just before Salvatore reappeared.
Upon reaching tne DacK aoor tTinii
returned the fire of Salvatore. Nobody
knew how many shots had been fired.
Mrs. Amato shielded her children while
a fusillade was tearing holes in the
walls and the door of her home.
Mrs. Enrichetta Lombardo and Mrs.
Josephine Di'Jorio were two of Mrs.
Amato's neighbors who - witnessed the
shooting and who said that Salvatore
had been acting ugly Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Di'Jorio was of the opinion Frank
fired the first shot, although she was
watching the battle from the second
floor of the house next door.
Wife's Testimony Substantiated.
Frank Amato. when called to the
stand, substantiated the testimony of
his wife.
The inquest was conducted by Coro
ner Dammasch, with Deputy District
Attorney Ryan representing the state
and M. G. Montrezza the accused man.
The jury was composed of Frederick
Gronnert. Ernest Kroner, Fred A. Bal-
lin, Karl Koch, O. G. Emig and Henry
Hartje.
DAYTON RYMAN ON STAND
Will Contestant Recalls His Mother's
Charge Against Wife.
"She's putting love powders in your
coffee and you don't know it," the late
Sarah A. Ryman told her son. Dayton
Ryman, according to his testimony
yesterday in his contest of her will,
held before County Judge Cleeton.
"I joked with her about it, but she
was quite serious, and said, 'You'll see
some day.' " testified the young man.
Mrs. Blanche Webster and Miss Elsie
Ball, neighbors of the deceased, testi
fied to an unreasoning and violent
dislike taken by Mrs. Ryman for her
daughter-in-law, which caused her to
leave a will virtually disinheriting the
son, unless he should consent to a di
vorce or his wife should die.
Miss Ball said that she believed Mrs.
Ryman was Insane "so far as her
daughter-in-law was concerned."
The contest involves a J25,00'J estate.
INSURANCE WILL BE TOPIC
Mark T. McKee, of Federation, to
Address Portland Members.
Mark T. McKee, secretary. National
Council of Insurance Federations,
headquarters at Detroit, will be the
principal speaker at a luncheon to do
given at the Multnomah Hotel at noon
today. All forms of Insurance fire.
life, casualty, old line, mutual; frater
nal, etc., are represented In the Na
tional Council, which is the expression
of the broadest educational movement
ever undertaken for the benefit of In
surance.
Although less than five years old, the
National Council is made up of up
wards of 40 state councils, with a mem
bership exceeding 100,000, and with af
filiations including chambers of com
merce, commercial and business or
ganizations of all kinds.
MEN TO COOK FOR WOMEN
Methodist Women to Be Guests at
Feast at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 12. (Spe
cial.) A man-prepared meal will be
served by the Men's Brotherhood at the
First Methodist Church on the night
of January 6, and the guests will be
the women and their friends.
The men are to do their own market
ing, peel potatoes.. cook all of the meats
and other dishes, set the tables, act
as waiters, and afterwards wash the
dishes.
A special committee has been ap
pointed to work out the plan: J. B.
Atkinson, E. H. Wilde and E. Swan.
Swan .Benson Takes Title From Dr.
A. F. Foley, Giving 1240 Acres
of Land In Washington.
For the second time within the past
few months ownership of the Chester
bury Hotel, located on the west side of
Twentieth street between Kearney and
LoveJoy streets, has changed hands in
a trade involving the transfer of some
1240 acres of timber and logged-off
lands in Cowlitz and Clarke counties.
Washington.
By the terms of the new transaction
Swan Benson, of Newberg. is to become
owner of the Chesterbury, while Dr.
A. F. Foley, of Portland, is taking title
to the timber lands. The Chesterbury
is a brick building, covering land 60
by 100 feet In area and containing 23
apartments of three rooms each. Six
hundred and forty acres of the timber
are situated east of the town of Car
rollton, 480 acres are located 2 miles
off the Lewis River in Cowlitz County,
and 120 acres are situated near Tacolt
in Clarke County.
It is understood that the transaction
was handled through Robert Krims,
attorney for Mr. Benson, who also was
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THIROLDERiSts:
instrumental in handling the sale of the
Multnomah Hotel several years ago. In
which the Chesterbury Hotel was in
volved as a side issue.
The basis of the latest exchange in
which the Chesterbury is involved is
understood to have been in the neigh
borhood of $50,000. the valuation placed
upon the hotel by Mr. Krims at the
time of the Multnomah Hotel transaction.
Mrs. Ellen McMurray Dies at 8 6.
Mrs. Ellen McMurray died at the
Multnomah County Hospital yesterday
at the age of 86 years. She had been
an inmate at that Institution little more
than a month. The Miller & Tracey
undertaking- establishment took charge
of the body. It is probable that the
funeral will be held from that chapel
either today oi tomorrow.
James Geffene Acquitted.
- SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. James
Geffene, alleged by the state to bo
Pietro TortoricI, suspected of having
killed Biaggio Vllardo in 1905, and who
afterward disappeared, was found not
guilty late today by a Jury, in the Su
perior Court here.
Colonel Krag, Rifle Inventor, Dies.
PARIS, Dec. 12. Colonel Ole Her
man Johannes Krag, former chief of
ordnance in the Norwegian army, and
inventor of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle,
died here today. He was about 79 years
of age.
ORPHEUM SINGER HONORED
Wells - Fargo Employes Attend to
Hear Former Co-Worker.
Fully 50 employes of the local Wells
Fargo agency attended the show at the
Orpheum last night In honor of Nell
O Connell, "A Rosebud of Song," who,
before entering vaudeville, was em
ployed as stenographer in the Wells
Fargo offices at Dallas, Tex., and St.
Louis, Mo. Another Wells-Fargo the
ater party will be given tonight in
honor of Miss O'Oonnell.
Miss O'Connell is still In her teens
but even before she started on the road
to fame In vaudeville her photograph
bad won a gold medal at a photographic
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Last Times
Today
Last times in-Portland of
the much-discussed vice-exposure
play which startled
America into a realization
of the dangers of its daugh
ters :
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Too big to miss a funny
new comedy, too.
The Star
Washington at Park .
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