THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916. 1 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. (ER GETS SCHOLARSHIP. A, '5 v i ; '''' if i - - k r x4, -:- - "- -A 1 4 it 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. 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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 conaucu BORDER GUARD APPOINTED 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. " A House Goat or a . 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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 For ff Sale I r) Bv 'Hi lift TVie J.K.GillCo. Booksellers, St&tiorers and Complete Office' Outfitters 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 BUB. "VSMnmHBMBHMnBBMManBnnnnBB v 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 : "The Little 11 A. M. VT11 1 to 11 P. M. fext Door" Too big to miss a funny new comedy, too. The Star Washington at Park . "THE STRUGGLE" TOMORROW Victrola Headquarters We are told that the Meier & Frank stock of Victrolas and Victor Records is the largest in Portland ! Have them demonstrated in our big Phonograph Shop, Sixth Floor. Join the Christmas Club ' 0 Victrola X Outfit $83.25 Includes Victrola as illustrated, with 22 selections (11 D. D. 75c records) . Machine in mahogany or oak finish. 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