Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 21, 1916, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OnEGONTAN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21. 191G. BELATED SHOPPERS CHARGE Oil STORES "twin beds" star, once honor student; is at heilig tonight Though She Wanted to Paint Great Pictures. Fate and Miss Kisser's Mother Get Busy and Plan Other Road to Fame and Fortune. 8 Merry Crowds Jostle and Jam at Last Moment to Get Postponed Gifts. LIQUOR LINE IS LONGER Considerate Wholesale Houses Send Packages Neatly Decorated to Those Who Are Preparing for Long Dry Spell, I La at call for eleventh hour Christ mas shoppers. The rush is on and the belated gift choosers are now getting: 'a run for their money, as the saying 1. -With stores Jammed throughout the retail section, the postoffice filled with, a Jostling crowd, the express of fices piled high with packages of every kind, and with the greens that adver- 1 ttse the lewm displayed everywhere, one cannot escape the fact that the big I holiday of the year is at band, and woe ! betide the one who has postponed and ; s idestepped In making the customary ; purchases. ' ' Thrilling as the whole bustle and intense activity of Christmas week is, there Is one outstanding fact about . It all that makes tills year different from any other Portland ever saw or .will, probably, ever witness again. We refer to the great preparedness parade that winds ita way from mor.n ing to night to the local express offices for the regulation two-bottle ship-' ments of Usquebaugh or other cheering strong waters from California. Kjad of Parade Not Sen. Last July Portland gave a Prepared ness parade, but it lasted only one evening. ThM was the panoply of war about the demonstration,- martial airs, the beat of marching feet in unison as the column swept down the streets. Cheers floated up to the welkin, and the whole big city was In a Jolly pre paredness spirit. But now comes real preparedness. The present parade has been under way since the November election, and Its end is not yet in sight. The mid summer preparedness mood was as nothing compared to the grim deter mination now so manifest on every hand. Each parader bears aloft the familiar rectangular two-quart package, and 'claims by right of this striking badge to be a worthy exponent of prepared ness. Long Drouth Expected. It is the greatest preparedness dem onstration any city ever saw. Some of the Eastern metropoli boasted of the fact that their preparedness parades last Summer, when preparedness pa rades had a wonderful vogue, occupied one whole day. ' From rosy-fingered morn to dewy eve the marchers marched and the flags waved. But Portland's parade has now been under way a month and a half wlth- ' out a halt or break in the ranks, and the beat guesaers give It out cold that there will be no interruption for an other month. This is preparedness with a vengeance. . '-'.. No pilgrim ever Journeyed to Mecca with greater resolution written on his features than the participants in the great 116 preparedness pageant. There is a determined spirit about the demon stration that shows the true metal ot the Portlander when real peril threat ens the peril of a drouth that Is likely to last, mayhap, until the crack of doom, that indefinite vanishing point of the future. Packages Come Decorated. Right in line are the express com panies. Affable young men behind the counters cheerfully write out affidavits by the hundreds and thousands and hand aeross the rail the two-bottle "shipment" that gladdens every heart. Into the true spirit, too, have entered the California shippers. One large con cern, to make it all the more in keeping with the glad Christmas season, has hit upon the happy thought of wreathing the packages about with a circlet of adhesive paper that bears a printed counterfeit of a holly branch. Is there no limit to the thought! ulness of these unknown, impersonal, but highly re garded benefactors of California? Although the express companies hold all record . for attracting Christmas shoppers, the last big drive of the year on the retail stores is on full blast. From the Tush to shop, it appears cer tain that every single man, woman and child in Portland will have many Christmas presents of wide variety and utility. . '. Prompt , Mailing Advised. The kids are not being forgotten by any means, and neither is father or mother. On all hands is manifest the spirit of consideration and thought fulness for others that makes this the really greatest season of all the year. It is proper at this time to sound the usual warnings, now that it is too late to '"shop early." One should be ad vised to ship presents and Christmas cards of greeting, intended for out-of- town recipients, as soon as possible, so that they will reach their .destinations at-holiday time. Because 'of the con gested mails, express and other trans portation means, a little leeway is ad visable. Better give a day or two ad dltional beyond the regular time sched ule of the. mails to cover a certain dis tance. ' From every angle it looks like i really, truly merry Christmas for Port land. ' ;. THERE!. is always a fascinating in terest to a young girl who accom plishes much, and one of the most pronounced claimants to this honor now before the- public Is Marguerite Risser, of the "Twin Beds" company, which cornea to. the Heilig Theater to night for three nights and Saturday matinee. She waa born In Brooklyn. N. .T, of French parents, and 'was educated at the Notre DameAcademy at Staten Is land, from which she graduated with high honors. Her first determination at that time" was to become an artist. She wanted to paint great pictures! But fate and Miss Kisser's mother got together and mapped out an altogethei different plan. " . Her mother believed the stage held honors for her talented daughter, and. after much difficulty, succeeded in ob taining an audience with the late Charles Frohman, who, upon seeing Miss Risser for the first time, ex claimed: "My child, what a beautiful head of hair you have. And the best part of it all is that the hair was all her own. Since that time Miss Risser has been steadily employed in leading metropoli tan productions. CITY TO STOP LEAK Departments Ordered to Work With Legal Bureau. ERRORS ARE FOUND COSTLY A German hospital uses a series- of mirrors to reflect beams of light free from shadows on an operating table from an arc lamp outside the operating room. : "lljp- NECKWEAR FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS Unusual designs and colorings which appeal to the most dis . cerning dresser. , $1.5003.00 K. S. ERVIN & CO., Lto. Custom Clothing. v IMPORTED ACCESSORIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN " CVSTOM SHIRTS ENGLISH RAINCOATS FOR MEN . AND WOMEN Second Floor Selling Bldg, Sixth nd Alder Street. f . ' - f : : y :, ..cv; Marguerite RJaeer. Witk "TwlM Meds," at Heilig Tonight. Council Investigates Publication of Traffic Ordinances in Pamphlet and Ixs8 of Appeal Right in Property-Purchase Case, i In face of costly mix-ups, due ap parently to lack - of co-operation be- ween various city departments andtue city's legal bureau, the City Council yesterday, on motion of Commissioner Baker, adopted an order calling for ubmisslon of all matters to the legal bureau and calling for co-operation with that bureau. Two costly experiences have been had lately. One was in the publication of the new traffic ordinance at a cost of $249.75. -Nobody seemed to know anything about it except that the Council desired the ordinance published for the benefit of the public. - As it appeared in pamphlet form it had been reduced to a digest and was littered with mistakes, and the blame or responsibility could not be placed. - Right ef Appeal Lost by Error. Another case was that in a decision of the State Supreme Court on Tues day, In which the city was refused an appeal in the case of condemnation of property owned by Charles Schmid, at Sixteenth and Washington streets. Af ter a decision of the Circuit Court awarding Mr. Schmid $8000 for his property the public works department under Commissioner Dleck laid a side walk on the property; and thereby took possession. When City Attorney LaRocha dis covered this he forthwith demanded the removal of the walk, saying that such action was virtually taking possession of the property and thereby eliminating the possibility of the city appealing from the Circuit .Court decision. City Will Have -Pay $8000. The Supreme Court ruled that such was the case and now tne city win have to pay the $8000 without having an opportunity to appeal. Tne rirsi step in xne new policy probably will be the submission to City Attorney LaRoche of city ordinances which have been codified under a con tract held by C. D. Mahaffie. Part of this work has been completed and sub mitted to the Council for adoption. It may be necessary for the city's legal bureau to check over all this work be fore approving it, which will mean vir tually doing all the work over again. The contract for this work was let by the Council to Mr. Mahaffie about two years ago. Mr. Maname started the work and ex-City Commissioner Brewster, who is a member of the Ma haffie law firm, is finishing it. Francisco, fie arrived in. the city yes terday. John Kelly is registered at the Ore gon from Edmonton, Canada. ' H. C. Stratton is registered at the Portland from San Francisco. William Schleiger, of -Tracy, Cal is registered at the Washington. A. Goldberg, of Vancouver, B. C. is a recent arrival at the Oregon. John L. McGinn, of Fairbanks, Alaska, is registered at the Multnomah. T, T. Ristelger, of Grand Forks. N. D., is an arrival at the Washington. Mrs. Hattle Thompson, of Bozeman, Mont., is registered at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Larsen, of Raymond, are registered at the Perkins. Aubrey Lee White, of Spokane, is among the arrivals at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Putnam, of Los Angeles, are registered at the Cornelius. Among the arrivals at the Imperial yesterday was William ' F. Foster, of Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lancaster and family are registered at the Nortonia from Hood River. Mrs. W. Ferguson and fiss Chris tine Martin are registered at the Carl ton from Gale, Wash. L. A. Newton, a prominent business man from Spokane, is registered with Mrs. Newton at the Nortonia. A. W. Booth, of Oakland, who arrived in the city yesterday. Is registered at the Multnomah with Mrs. Booth. Anthony Euwer. ot New York, is registered at the Portland. Mr. Euwer is known as the poet of the Hood River Valley, and recently gave a lec ture at Lincoln High School. T. Cader Powell, former United States Marshal of Alaska, arrived here yesterday from his home at Holly wood, Wash. Mr. Powell held several prominent offices while living in Port land, and is remembered by a large number of old residents. Bride Tires of Supporting - Husband and Quits. Bird. Frank Reynolds Saya She Will IVot lie Responsible Farther for Parole Violator. is at PERSONAUMENTION. J. A. Hosklns, of Baker, is at the Carlton. E. H. Scott, of Heppner, is registered at the Ritz. Jack Spence, of McMinnville, the Imperial. M. Terhache, of Rainier, is registered at the Eaton. S. Briggs, of Scappoose, is registered at the Carlton. Mr. -and Mrs. N. S. Hubbell. of Boise, are at the Ritz. Leo Neist, of Oakland, is an arrival at the Cornelius. W. F. Marsters, of Roseburg. is stay ing at the Eaton. L. Mymale Is registered at the Nor tonia from Seaside. A. A. McDonald, of Woodburn. is reg istered at the Ritz. H. D. Kenny, of Nelson, B. C, is reg istered at the Ritz. B. F. Farley is registered at the Eaton from Seattle. E. J. Weetburg is registered at the Eaton from Seattle. E. F. Carleton, of Salem, is regis tered at the Seward. ; m Volney Seebeck, of Spokane,ls regis tered at the Imperial. , John R. Allen, of Medford, is regis tered at the Portland. .... A. E. Eberhart, of Pendleton, is reg istered at the Oregon. E. F. Lorraine, of Astoria, is regis tered at the Cornelius. Roger Murphy is registered at the ,Nortonia from Seattle.' J. L. Carmen is registered at the Portland frpm Tacoma. Ed Blackburn, of Seaside, is an ar rival at the Cornelius. John Milne, Jr., is registered at the Imperial from Hlllaboro. . L. M. Howe is registered at the Perkins from Aberdeen. F. Souvenir is registered at the Perkins from Cathlamet. Fred C. Forsell. of Detroit, is regis tered at the Washington. Thomas Skinner is registered at the Multnomah from Tacoma. L. Sampson, of Raymond, Wash., is an arrival at the Oregon, Blanche Lucas arrived at the Sew ard from Salem yesterday. Dr. Frank Peterson, of Minneapolis, is registered at the Carlton. R. H. Brittan, of San Francisco,, is registered at the Seward . from San M tired of supporting him: I'm through." With these words 19- year-old Mrs. Frank Reynolds yester day washed her hands of further re sponsibility for her husband, who told Juvenile Court officers that he was 17 years old, but whom the officers, after investigation,, believe is 20 or 21. Reynolds, on the assumption that he was a Juvenile, was brought before the Juvenile Court for the violation of a parole. He was arrested last July for passing a bad check and served 15 days in Jail. Then, on condition that the repay the amount of the check, $25, he was released by Juvenile Judge Clee- ton. lie has repaid but $5 it is as serted. Meantime Reynolds married. This was November 4. His wife was work ing in a downtown store and Reynolds is said to have quit a $45 Job on a steamboat, because Mrs. Reynolds made good wages. His wife did not learn of the arrest and the bad check episode until after marriage, it is asserted. It waa then she declared "quits." The Juvenile Court officers expect to turn Reynolds over to the Circuit Court, but meanwhile are trying to find his parents, in Wisconsin or Utah, that they may send him back to them. HAWAII DRAWS TRAVEL Great Northern Booked to Capacity for Several Trips Ahead. Never before in history has the tour ist travel to Honolulu been so heavy as during tne present Winter. Steam ers from San Francisco for the islands are booked to capacity for several trips ahead. Advices were received yesterday by officials of the Great Northern Pacifio Steamship Company that the steamer Great Northern, now plying between San Francisco and Hawaii, is handling capacity business. Two added sailings have been ar ranged for the .steamer, on April 11 and April 30, and the craft is expected to return to the Columbia River in May to take the Summer run between Flavel and San Francisco. (B Save time by coming to Meier & Frank's for your Phonograph. All the makes all the records Delivery in Time for Christmas GUARANTEED! Don't be disappointed, as many wil.l who select phonographs these last few days. We have a large reserve stock of all machines and records. Our Phono graph Shop guarantees delivery for Christmas, on all purchases up to 6 P. ftL Saturday. . . Guar 4o75 Combination This elegant latest style Columbia Graf onola, with 24 selections ( 12 P.P. records), needles, oil can, brush, etc. Let this Graf onola outfit solve your gift quandary. You cannot make a mis take in choosing this beautiful Graf onola, as pictured on the right. Mahogany or oak finish. If you wish to change any of the records after Christmas, we , will gladly do so. Combination complete as above $84.75. - Pay $5.00 Pown and $5.00 Monthly, if You Wish 0 Outfit JSP- 3 J One of the most popular machines made an exquisite Grafonola, just as illustrated. Dozens of them have been selected lor Christmas gilts, This outfit includes the machine and 12 selections (6 D. D. records) of your own choice. See and hear it played. Pay' $2.00 Pown and $4.00 Monthly, if You Wish ' at -UsbIsbbbbbbW bbbbbsbbbssbbbi-ms-.-1 ' BBBBBSfc IT il '-Z. I 1807 VUV 1S07 Phonograph Shop Sixth Floor 2C PARDON MAKES VJ11NESS CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORED AXD TES TIMONY ITS ED BY PROSECtTTION. President Rushes Slgaatarea and Charles Barclay Take Stand In Indian Liquor Trial. The pardon of the President of the United States restored the civil rights to Charles Barclay, material witness in a case against Bidwell Riddle. Foster Barclay and Harry Brown, charged with taking liquor onto the Klamath Indian reservation, and allowed Assist ant United States Attorney Goldstein to place him on the stand at the open ing of the Federal Court yesterday morninsr. Late Tuesday night Mr. Goldstein conferred -with Aaslstant United States Attorney Rankin to see if there was any possibility of placing Barclay on the witness stand, as he had been con victed of a felony charge and bad served his three months' sentence in the County Jail. Mr. Rankin asserted that a pardon from President Wilson was the only means that would allow Barclav to be placed on the stand. United States Attorney Reames ac cordingly telegraphed to the Attorney General of the United States, who in turn communicated the wiwh of Mr. Reames to the pardon attorney. James A. Finch. Mr. Finch arranged with Secretary Tumulty for an early signature of the pardon from tne freeident and yes terday morning a few minutes before the Federal Court here opened the par don came. NEW YEAR DANCE ALLOWED Stroke of Midnight to Be Signal for Watchers' Festivities. Dancing the new year in will be possible this year only through an un derstood suspension of the city's dance ordinance. New Tear's eve comes on Sunday, a day when dancing is pro hibited. The question of allowing dancing was put up to the Council yesterday by dancing clubs, but was rejected. . It was agreed, however, that dancing will be permitted from midnight until 2 A M. So technically it will be possible to dance the new year in but not the old year out. who were elected ore A. C. Newill. Miss Gertrude Talbot. Mrs. Elliott R. Cor bett. L. B. Smith. Norman C. Thorno and Dr. W. C. Morgan. The league, after hearing reports o retiring officers, voted to name the third Tuesday in December as the time of its annual meeting. At the first meeting in January a number of proposed constitutional amendments will be discussed. LEONARD ESTATE $184,200 Chester V. Dolph la Petitioner for Probate of Property. I An estate valued at $184,200 was left ' by the late Herman C. Leonard, who died December 17. at the age of 93' JAMES B. KERR ELECTED Civic League Names Officers and Sets Annual Meeting. James B. " Kerr was elected- presi dent of the Oregon Civic League at its six members of the board of directors MR. DIECK STIRS UP GRIEF Ben F. Smith, Building Plan Exam iner, Makes Charges Over Dismissal City Commissioner Dieck has stirred up more civil service grief by laying off again Ben F. Smith, who for seven years has been employed as a building plan examiner in the bureau of building inspection. Mr. Smith claims that by reason of his being the oldest man m point of service in the bureau be should be shifted to another position in the bureau, there being several others held by men who have been In the service a shorter period than he. Mr. Smith contends that his dismiss-! has been for personal motives and m: for lack of efficiency. He says he has qualified for other positions in the bureau. lioeeburg Has Chickenpox Cases. ' ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Considerable alarm was occasioned here today when Dr. B. R. Shoemaker, city health officer, discovered several cases of chickenpox In the local schools. A case of measles also was found by the health official. The health authorities have decided to take dras tic action immediately, that a spread of the disease may be averted. CLOSING OUT SALE WE WANT TO DISPOSE OF OUR LIMITED STOCK BY SATURDAY . ALL ARTICLES REDUCED Hand-Painted Serving Trays Sticks for the Garden Flower Boxes Children's Costumers Flower Pot Stands . . Flower Pots, hand-colored Rocking Horses Twine Holders Hobby Horses StoolsToys The Oregon Home Builders 127 Broadway, Between Washington and Alder OPEN EVENINGS years, according to the petition for probate of the will filed in th.- County Court yesterday. Of this property. $100,000 is in -eal estate. $3,000 in stocks and bonds. $50,000 in notes. and mortgages and $9000 in cash. Chester V. Dolph is the petitioner, for the estate is left to him in trust for the relatives of Mr. Leonard. Mr. Leonard never married. His heirs at law are: Emily Camp Leonard, of Owego. N. Y aged 85. a sister: Laura Ann Leonard, of Owego. N. Y.. aged 80, a sister; William A. Leonard, of Cleve land. O.. aged 68, a nephew; Louis H. Leonard, of Owego. N. Y.. aged 66. n nephew, and Louisa B. Van Xostrand, of New York City, aged 63, a niece. There are also mentioned in the will, it is understood, a grand-nephew, a grand-niece, and two great - grand nephews, all living In New York state. The will whs not filed. To "Someone'! for Christmas mf II 1 ! pn pjn .prj prT pr pc PC f" "H et m rr rc r i nr. rr'm pip rn ri m and "A Prosperous New Year" is a wish best evi denced by the far-sightedness of father, mother or husband who makes "someone" the apprecia tive recipient of a North western National bank book, showing real money deposited to their credit. Air amount from One Dollar tip will open a Gift Savings Account. The Northwestern National "the bank clone by," Morrison from Sixth to Broadway. llillfii