THE MORNING OliEGONTAJT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1916. 13 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OHEGONIAN TELEPHONES. Managing Editor Main T070. A 6005 City Editor Main 7070 A 6095 Sunday Editor Main 7070, A 6095 Advertising Department ... .Main" 070. A 6095 Composing-room Main 7070. A 6095 Printing-room Main 7070. A 6095 fcuperlatondent Building ...Maln7070, A 6095 AMX8EJIEKT8. ORPHEUM (Broad-way at Taylor) Big time vaudeville. Performances at 2:18 and, 8:16 M. BAKER (Broadway or Sixth, between Aider and Morrison) Alcazar Stock; Company In The Price." This afternoon at 2:15 and tonight at 8:16. . VANTAGES (Broadway at Alder) TJn 5qf'id vuleviua. Three snows dally. 2:30. 7 and 9:05. HIPPODROME (Broadway and Yamhill) Vaudeville and moving pictures: 2 te 6, 6:48 to 11 p. m.. Saturday. Sunday, holl daya continuous, 1:15 to 11 P. M. BT?ArD. (Park, West Park and Stark) vaudeville and motion picture, continuous. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Orders for cop lea of The New fear's Oregonlan. which will be la tued on January 1, 1917. to be sent to friends, should bo sent to The Oregonlan at once. PniCE KITTB CETfTS." CSE BLANK ON ANOTHER PAGE, THIS ISSTJB Postage In the United States or possessions, Canada or Mexico, 8 cents. Foreign postage 10 cents.'. Address The Oregonlan, Portland, Oregon. Lineman x8 Injured. E. E. Barber, lineman for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, received serious Injuries yeeterday, when a pole which ne was climbing on the interstate unage trestle rell. precipitating him to the railing of the trestle, 25 feet below. He Is believed 'o have suffered sev- oiai imuLurea riDs, besides severe cruises and possible internal Injuries. He was taken to the Good Samaritan .nospuai by the Ambulance Service Company. Barber Is 36 years old, mar v ried and resides at 661 Reedway urive. .Decoration to Br Topic. Wade Pipes will address the class In Interior uecoratlon tonight at the Benson Poly. technic School for Girls, Fourteenth and Morrison streets. Mr. Pipes will epeaK on "Styles of Architecture In .Relation to the Buildine- of Hnmn Last Wednesday Folger Johnson gave an instructive and interesting talk on "The Constructive Features of the Home." Many Interesting subjects have been arranged for the course, and the class will resume work January 4. Mrs, Elizabeth Kirkham Dead. Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkham died at her home, at 761 East Twenty-first street faouth, December 18. Mrs. Kirkham has made Portland her home for 35 years. sne is survived by her husband, R. W. Kirkham, and six children. Mrs. Bertha Mackey, James .Monto, Peter itirknam, Mrs. Ellen Hammittee, Mrs, Ruth Dempsey and Miss Eva Kirk ham, and two sisters of Portland. Mrs, Minnie Ollphant and Mrs. Jeannle Mc- uonald. Liquor Partt Results in Fine. A little liquor party in rooms at th Georgian Hotel resulted in George Helvey being fined 10 in the Municipal court yesterday morning. Arthur Brown, who was also a participant in tne party, received a suspended sen tence. A girl who was In the room at the time of the arrest by Patrol men Morris and Tully told Judtre Lane guth that the men stole her shoes so that she couldn't go home. Ad Cms to Hear Ecwer. Anthony wiww, tne lecturer, poet and artist, will be the speaker at the luncheon of the Ad Club at the Benson Hotel at noon today. "Pete" Mayer, the Ad Club's favorite toastmaster and after dinner speaker, will be the chairman of 4.he day. A special musical programme - has been provided as an additional feature at the luncheon and several stunts will be offered. , Japanese Bootleooir -Ts. Fined. K. Nakahira and S. Tanaka, Japanese, confessed to bootlegging before Mu nicipal Judge Langguth yesterday and were fined 150 each. The two men are said to have been carrying on sys tematic bootlegging operations from headquarters in the Panama Hotel. About 70 quarts of liquor were taken when the two were arrested.. Turners Welcome Twins. Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Turner are being felici tated upon the arrival of twins, a son and a daughter, at their home on De cember 14. Both the children and the mother are doing nicely. They are the first children of the couple and each is a bouncing youngster. Mr. and Mrs. Turner reside at 345 East 1'orty-thlra street South. Bictcljst Sues for (10.000. J. O. Jones, who was Injured seriouslv in a collision of his bicycle with an au- tomoDiie driven by c J. Cudeback on October 7, 1916, filed suit for $10,000 damages against the motorist in the Circuit Court yesterday. The accident occurred at 6:45 In the morning at Willamette boulevard and McKenna avenue. Grant Funeral Tod at. Funeral serv ices for George Kenneth Grant will be held today at Skewes' undertaking es tablishment at 2 P. M.- Interment will taKe piace at mvervlew "Cemetery. Mr. Grant, who is a brother of Dr. Daniei Grant, of this city, died Monday at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Friends are invitea to attend the funeral serv ices. - Banquet rw Church Enjoyed. The young women's and young men's classes of the East Side Christian Church jnoia acnooi neia a banquet and holi aay entertainment jast night in the cnurcn parlors. a large attendance attested to the Interest In the class work. Rev. R. H. Sawyer and others spoKe. T alimony or 3o asked. Married In 1891 in Portland, Ella M. Reznor In recent years has found her husband's treatment unbearable, she alleges In a complaint ror divorce filed in the Circuit Court yesterday. She asks ali mony for $35 a month and an equitable division oi property worth $2000. Medical Society to Meet. Th n nual meeting of the City and County Medical Society will be held at the werman nouse tonight at 8 o'clock There will be an election of officers an address by the retiring president and a special atnietlc programme, fol lowed by refreshments. Wisconsin Society to Entertain ' The Wisconsin Society will entertain with a card party Thursday night in ArcanOm Hall. Beginning at 8:30, pro gressive five hundred will be played prizes will be given and refreshments served. All Wisconsinites anfl their friends are invited. - Community Sino Is Planned. Penin sula Park Field House will observe Christmas by' holding a community sing in the men's gymnasium tomor row evening at 8 o'clock. R. B. Walsh. head of the music department of Kranklm High School, will direct the singings 'The public is invited.- If flT"s A "Webster" Havana Cigar, it is tne best smoKe Obtainable. For proof smoke one. Ask your dealer. Sig Sichel &.Co., distributors, 32 Third street. Adv. Open Evert Niqht. Electrio. Store. Electric bldg., will be open every night this week till 9 o'clock. We have gifts from 76c to 1150. Adv. That good, superior nut coal. $4.50 per ton: auto delivery in 2-mile limit. Phones: Tabor 159, C 1541. Adv. . The Genuine English Toffee... -Thi Trail Candy Shop. 702 Wash. St. Adv. . - - Special Rates by the month, during Winter. Hotel Cornelius. Adv. Reinstatemnt to Be Asked. J. C. Allen, a city street inspector, who was discharged by Commissioner Dieck Saturday for having -failed to report a dangerous condition at East Thirty- second and East Salmon streets, wwhich condition came to Mr. Allen's j atten tion, will seek reinstatement at "the hands of the Municipal Civil Service Board. An appeal for a hearing was Nfiled yesterday. Mr. Allen is said to bureau that he knew of the condition of the street and failed to report it. The damaged street was the cause of an accident in which Mrs. Caroline I. Colby got a Judgment against mem bers of the City Council. Suit to Set Asidb Deed Filed. Suit has been filed la the Federal Court by Mrs. Jerusha Crab, daughter -of the late Thomas Watts, for the set ting aside of a deed to 120 acres of land, which, Mrs. Crab charges, was taken 'from her by fraud. The de fendants in the case are Homer L Watts, Marvel Watts and Jennie An derson Watts. The value of her share Mrs. Crab names as $15,000, and this she declares to have been cheated out of by a deed executed under duress In the last moments of the life of Thomas Watts, the defendants having the deed made to them. The Watts are well known In Eastern Oregon. Women Seeking Work. Eight or ten women seeking work have been report ing, each morning this week at the Women's Free Employment Bureau at the City Hall and have gone away without getting any work, according to Mrs. C. M. Rynerson, who has charge of the bureau. She requests that peo ple having odd Jobs they can give women .please notify her. The women for-the most part are willing to do any kind of work by the day or by. the hour. Most of them have children to support and many are in destitute circumstances. - ' Warrant Is Served for Larceny. Thomas H. Dimmitt was served with a warrant charging him with the lar ceny of. $100 worth of goods from the office of A. D. Bulmans. 824 Mohawk building, late yesterday by Special Of ficer E. S. Streeter. . He was taken to the County Jail, but later released on his own recognizance. Mr. Bulmans charges that Dimmitt took a suitcase containing fishing tackle, sporting clothes and similar articles which was in his office. The arrest was made on a warrant Issued by District Judge Jones. Portland's Selection Pleases. Mrs. Milton P. Hlgglns. president of the Massachusetts branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teach er Associations, has sent a message to Mrs. George W. McMath, president of the Oregon Congress of Mothers, In dorsing and congratulating Portland on having been named for the next convention of the National Education Association: Mrs. Higglns concludes her message With: ".'Portland is a fine place for a convention and they will be sure of a cordial welcome and a grand good time." Child of 9 Run OvER.--Charles A. Fugate, 9 years of age, who lives at 1ST Simpson street, was injured severe ly yesterday, when he was run "over at Albina avenue and Simpson street by a motorcycle ridden by M. C. Mel vin, 1640 Fowler street. The boy was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee and a cut on the forehead and cheek. Dr. L. O. Roberts attended him. Motorcycle Patrolman Gouldstone made an Inves tigation of the accident. College Holidays on Todat. In or der that the students may avail them selves of special holiday rates on the railroads. Reed College will close for the Christmas vacation at 5 o'clock this afternoon, instead of next Satur day, as originally scheduled. The va cation will continue for two weeks classes reopening at 9 o'clock on Thurs day morning, January 4. Although the college proper will suspend all classes throughout the vacation, the lectures of the Reed College extension courses will continue as scheduled. Firb Apparatus Tested. Official hill climbing and speed tests -were given yesterday to two new pieces of auto mobile fire apparatus Just received by the city from the American LaFrance factory in the East. The machines were ordered recently and arrived In the city a few days ago. ., They are a tractor for a steam engine and a com bination hose and chemical truck. The tests were reported to be met and the machines will be put In service within & few days. "What About Other Fellow?" Is Topic. The Progressive Business Men's Club will hold their luncheon tomor row in the goldroom of Multnomah Hotel at noon, when Sheriff Hurlburt A. R. Gephart, of the Public wenare Bureau, and Dean McCollester, of the Pro-Cathedral. will discuss "What Will the Other Fellow Do on Christ mas Day?' Joseph L. Atkins, attorney, will be chairman .of the day. "Old Oreoon and Hawaii'! is Topic Mrs. Eve Emery Dye will speak Thurs day evening at 8 o'clock at the Ma zama clubrooms in the Northwestern Bank building:- on "Old Oregon and Hawaii." -This lecture Is one of series which the Mazarrias are giving this Winter covering various historl cal subjects of interest to pregonlans Mazamas and their friends are invited to attend. Municipal" Plant to Be Discussed. Citv Commissioner Daly will be one of the speakers tonight at the meeting In room H, Central Library, when the proposed municipal lighting system will be discussed. The meeting has been called by a committee composed of C. E. Lennon, Elton Watkins, C. H. Chapman, W. S. U'Reri and Isaac Swett. "Highway," the best " 5-cent smoke on the market today. The proof is in the smoking. Sig. Sichel & Co., distributors,. 92 Third, street. Adv.", Buy Tour Christmas'Candy, Colum bia Sweet Shop,. .- home of Columbia Chocolates, .865 Alder. Adv. SPECIALSTO.BE RUN Railroads Prepare fpr. Holiday Crowds Going Home. REGULAR -TRAINS LONGER Service From Colleges Is Provided and Large XumRer Is Expected ;to Take Advantage of Vaca-' tlon. Rates' Offered. The biggest Christmas local business In the history of the state Is forecast by traffic officials of the rail-lines into Portland. It la declared there never has been a.time at thta aeason of the -year when so many people were traveling In anticipation of Christmas or making preparations to travel, either to go home or visit, for tne noiiaays. There are many reservations for Cali fornia and other nearby Coast points, but the Intrastate business is the heavi est of alL Extra equipment Is required on local trains and railroad officials say the heavy busiinees points to good times aa prevailing generally. Special College Trains Scheduled. Special trains will be run from the Willamette Valley colleges to Portland by the Southern Pacific-and the Ore gon Electric. The latter will run spe cial electric trains next Thursday, leav Ing Eugene at 1:20 P. M. and arriving here at 4:20. Another special will leave Corvallls at 1:30 P. M. and arrive In Portland at 4:15.' Trains will be run back to the college towns on Sunday January 7. The southern Facmo wm run a spe cial train from Eugene to Portland on Thursday next, leaving Eugene at 1:15 P. M. and arriving' at Portland at 5:15. A special train will return with stu dents January 7, leaving the city at 7 P. M. - - For the accommodation of Oregon Agricultural College students the Southern Pacific will run a. special leaving Corvallls next Friday at 1:40 P. M., arriving In Portland at 4:55 P. M. Returning to Corvallls, this spe cial will leave Portland January 7 at 7:10 i P. M. Japanese to Go Home, Too. A special will also be run by the Southern Pacific to bring students at the Monmouth Normal School to Port land for the holidays. This special will leave Monmouth next Saturday morning at 6:15 A. M. and will reach Portland at 9:30 A. M. It Is expected to make the return trip on January 7, leaving Portland at t P. M. The holiday movement is not entirely confined to Americans, either, for the O.-W. R. & -N- Company has a special ear of 40 Japanese billed from Denver to Seattle. They are on their way to Japan, where they expect to celebrate the holidays of that far-away land. They will pass through Portland on December tl. Another special car party la expected by, the same company on December 2.v being a group of abont 20 aliens who are being brought from San Francisco on their way to New Tork, where they win be deported. They are held to be undesirable-from many standpoints. CHANGES ARE FAVORED FJSIt AJfD GAME) COMMISSION IS TO T7RGE GAME LAW REVISIOX. in Proposal Made to Reduce Length Deer Season 15 Days aud Place Bag Limit at Two Deer. ' .! . - A number of Important, changes the state game laws were proposed by the State Fish and Game Commission in session Monday, principal among them ..are: ' To reduce the length of the deer aea son 15 days, making it run from August la to October la. It now runs .from August 15 to October 31. To reduce tb bag limit from three deer to two dee'rand to protect yearling bucks as well as all females. The present law does not .protect yearlings, or "spikes," aa they are . called by hunters. 1 -' To make the season on migratory birds coincide with the season under the Federal, law. This probably would delay the opening of the season until October 1." It now opens Septemebr 1 To Increase the license fee for both fishing and hunting to $1.50 and to e quire women to pay for both. The present fee is $1 and women are ex empted from paying fishing licenses. Several minor changes also have been suggested. They, together with the more important ones enumerated? will be submitted to the forthcoming ses- sion of the Legislature for enactment into law. . .. REX LAMPMANS ONCE OVER " Rex Lampman's second Once Over Book 80 sketches never before printed in book form is Just out with a new portrait of the -author not a carica ture so y&u can see how he really looks and an appreciative and beau tiful introduction by Dr. C. H. Chap man writer- and speaker and , the price is 75 cents and you can mall the money in any form to Rex! 248 Portland Hotel Portland Oregon or buy the book at Meier & Frank's or Gill's or Si Rich's newstand. Adv. JULIA CULP MAIL ORDERS Julia Culp, Lieder singer, Coenraad Bos, pianist, at the Heilig, Dec. 30. Send orders, checKs, stampea envelopes to Steers & Comarr. Columbia bldg. Floor, tZ, $1.50; balcony, $2, $1.50, $1. 75c; gal lery reserved, 7oc Aav. : - Duval West Gets Judgeship. I '' WASHINGTON, Dec 19. Duval West, of San Antonio. Tex., who made per sonal Investigation of conditions in Mexico for the Administration, was nominated by President Wilson today to be United States Judge -of the West ern District of.Texas. - . . . Britisli to Fix Wheat Price. LONDON. Dec. 19. Sir Richard Win f rey. Under Secretary of State for Agri culture, announced today in the House of Commons that the government would, fix price for home-grown wheat for the season of 1916-1917. Hard Lams Coal. . . " .Little ash and a splendid coal for $9 a ton today end tomorrow. Portland & Suburban Coal Co. Broadway ,-. 858 A 3358. Adv.'- ' - ' . ' - ' . - P. The Chinese government Is planning to extend its system of wireless tele graphy into Tibet. lit. r. m w xi-.rjM Yes, our $1 special cra vats., at 65c arc big enough, rich enough and beautiful enough to make suitable and .wel come presents for any man. , " ,- And hundreds of other beautiful gifts for men and boys. ' - Avoid the jostling crowds and be served by experienced folks who know the things he prefers ; r-. ' ? BOCTIB S. - A H. STAMPS with this coupon only until Saturday. Not good ' after De cember 23, 1918. ' Ore. Morrison at Fourth OPEN THIS EVENING m .ar " -r mem t m "VVUTXEVI LLE PHOTOPLAYS M-haasWsrMasaisasei 4 Days Only TodayThursday, Friday, Saturday 4 oaIy BLUEBIRD PHOTOPLAYS Present THE HONOR OF MARY BLAKE and appeal to charity of the heartland mind SSr VIOLET MERSEREAU to her legion of admirers A story, of hypocrisy, exposing certain classes of churchmen, who fail in their duty toward creatures in distress. 4 VAUDEVILLE ACTS 4 The Coventrys Singing and Musical Entertainers. West & Boyd Singers and Dancers, With Comedy Patter. Dunn & Adams Nonsense and Songs Eccentric Comedians. Tyson & Tyson Refined Vocalists and Instrumentalists. i !i.;-'!r ill J1?'!.!.::! ;!'-in'l 15: ':!:!!. 'X.$ t'.,:: '': ..:v.i!,y.i:,l'!.-i"-W: ty:':- -iU 3, Test Our Service The success of this establishment is based on an unvarying policy' of true, helpful service. B We endeavor to qve the utmost .satisfaction in every transaction whether tho amount is one n 'dollar or five hundred dollars. g Te' are prepared for the late shopper, as well as the early. "The House of Personal Service" . 8 G.HEBT!&EP!PEtlS Yeon Bldrf.-130 Fifth St. W;- - ? a p' B . H h;'.;'- Q 0 E e ' o m 1 iip;' B I B ulillUinltitl(iiilitieUUnUli Be One of the Happy . and Contented "v Guests of the IM PE R I A L HOTEL . FOR CHRISTMAS ; DINNER Every preparation to make this a cheer ful, homelike and successful affair is not being overlooked by the management. In the MAIN DINING-ROOM . 5 P. M. TO 9 P. M. ONE DOLLAR Appropriate Music by F. H. Wing and Orchestra In. Our POMPEIIAN RESTAURANT II A.M. TO9P.M. FIFTY CENTS Phone Main 6431, Mr. Redding, for Reservations. .t mm ,4 ION On Exhibition This Week Out - of - town orders for buffalo meat will be properly dispatched. The meat our ' forefathers ate and th latest Product of modern, ecien ; tif.ic stock raismg . hang side by Bide at . . .. T E, ; PACIFIC. MARKET BUFFALO The pride of the famous herd of the Conrad estate , of Kalispell, Mont., a fine young animal weighing 1800 pounds alive and 637 pounds dressed. Secured at great expense especially to give our customers a taste of genuine buffalo meat; On sale Satur- C Aatr Hct nrimc rata of buffalo steak, oonnd - PRIZE STEER The grand champion of the herd of the University of Idaho, representing the highest development of scientific breeding. First-prize winner at the Port- land Livestock Show". Purchased at a high price to give our customers the very, best in the land for Christmas. On sale Saturday at. our regular prices. SEE THESE TWO MAGNIFICENT SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION - AT THE PACIFIC Order Early and We "Will Save You a Choice Cut for Christmas : -WEDNESDAY MEAT SPECIALS Fresh or Pickled Beef " A Legs of Pork Roasts, the "J p7f TnnViiM. the-, nnunii... ltC DOUnd '. Pork Roasts and Steaks, 1 C the pound XJ Sirloin Steaks' priced at,1 1 . the pound... Loin of Pork Chops, OQ fancy, the pound .SiC Fresh Oregon Ranch AVZg Eggs, the dozen. ,r3C The PACIFIC Market SOUTHEAST CORNER FOURTH AND YAMHILL . . c. FRED KOLB, Manager - SSSSSSSBBSllfiBSfi a Da "a a nca a tfa a a S3 2H : 2a 5a Sa 5- Da 2H a a 2s" SB53BBB355B5ShS1 LOW IOL1BAY FARE between points on The North Bank Road, Portland to Spokane, and inclusive of Central Oregon. $14.95 round trip to Spokane, Decem ber 22 to 28. Good for return until January 3, 1917. Reduced Fares from all stations in Oregon and Washington, east of Portland, on North Bank Road and Oregon Trunk Ry. to San Francisco, ' Stockton, Sacramento or Los Angeles. Consult local ticket agents. North Bank Ticket Office Bwdy. 920 Fifth and Stark Sts. A 6671 aS5SBSBSSE32SaSSBEEBSSSBS2SS53B3S3S33.flT I-Miiimmmnunimml fji. ii i iii'iiniininiinttnnMnnimn'ii An Encouraging Gift sensible one savings book and indeed would be a showing a dollar or more - - . i on deposit in tnis strong state bank in favor of some deserving boy or girl. A successful career may per haps be moulded around this very act. It's a worthy suggestion, to say the least. LADD '& TlLTON BANK Oldest in The Northwest Washington and Third "ttil)U)IIMHlllinMli'M)iMMlMIIII1ui...ii..iiii,iiiliniiMiUininiiiiltniMl7 Big Removal Sale Chinese and Japanese KaneT Ooods and Curlus. Special Xraas Reduction. CANTON BAZAAR ' 14S Park St., Bet. Morrison and Alder. Phone Your Want Ads to THE OREGONIAN Main 7070 A 6093 HOTEL i m SAN FRANCESCO Coary Street. tuaC of? Union Square Eurooean Plan $1.50 a day op BreakJasiBOc ijjnch 60c Dinner SI. 00 Most Famous Meals M the United States New steel and concrete structure. Center cf theater, cafe and retail districts. On carllnes transferrins all over city. Take Municipal car line direct to door. Motor Baa meets trains and steamers OCHWAB PRINTING CO L BEN RGREENE-HARRY FISCHER J STARK STREET-" ECON 0 a r a Ba ca ts Efl m a K,a a n aa s r rb c" a aa nm mm ' mm mm mm aa mm aa LI BB EB mm ca EB B3 EU E5B BB VH ca mm