THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916. TOMMY SWIVEL TO PLAY SANTA TODAY 300 Poor Children Invited to Big Christmas Party at Chamber of Commerce. TOYS AND GOODIES READY Tree Is Dressed and Play-Room Arranged Dinner Will Be Served Afternoon of Fun Is AH Prepared For. Slsrger than ever before is Tommy Swivel's enthusiasm this year, and big ger than ever before are" the prepara tions he is making for the entertain ment of the poor children from the Widows' Pension Bureau, and the Peo ple's Institute jurisdiction. Three hundred of these children have been Invited to come to Tommy Swivel's Christmas tree at 2 o'clock: this after noon, to eat a big Christmas dinner and put in an afternoon of delightful play. Outside of the holiday season Swivel la a plain insurance agent, but for the past five years he has been becoming more and more of a Santa Claus when the Christmas season comes. "I may go broke on it some day," he remarks, "but. gosh, it's worth it." Tommy began his Santa Claus custom with a dozen or more children as his guests in the olddays when he lived at the Commercial Club. He had a little Christmas tree in his 1 room, and the youngsters used his bath tub to sail boats in. Inside of two years his Christmas party grew so big that he had to move Into thf main dining-room on the eighth floor of the Chamber of Commerce, and there is where it is to be held this time. Tommy and his friends were on the Job all day yesterday dressing the Christmas tree, parceling out candies for the children and setting up the play paraphernalia. There will be a big tank to sail boats in, a railway train and track that will make the average boy's heart turn .flip-flops of joy, a chute-the-chutes and merry-go-round and toys gaiore. The Christmas tree. is being filled with decorations, and about it will he piled the goodies which the children are to enjoy following the Christmas dinner. Half a . dozen of Tommy's friends, both young men and women, are helping to prepare for the party and will assist as a reception committee this afternoon. Tommy Swivel has arranged for music and some vaudeville features and expects to make the party this afternoon the greatest event that has ever entered the young lives of his little Invited guests. BROADWAY THEATER'S OPENING AUSPICIOUS OCCASION. iii iistllilMi iiiii wiiimiim " 1 na iiiMI Sg I " i ffffTTtMMMTIiiiiiiW' mil' ii w mii """"g&iS?4" IhR ilBKl. 4 NEW THEORY URGED IN SETTLING RATES Examiner Thurtell Would De cide Each City's Tariff Ir respective of Other Point. PORTLAND VIEW ADOPTED If Saturday night opening and S unday follow-up mean anything. Edwin IT. James' new amusement enterprise. the Broadway Theater, Is to be a complete success. The opening was attended by a capacity house and that home of the photodrama seats more than 20 00 people while yesterday the screening of "Idle Wives" and the programmes of the Broadway Symphony Prchestra attracted large crowds to the Broadway and Stark playhouse. "Idle Wives" Is a vivid plcturlzatlon of social unrest, with the results of that unr.est disclosed as applying (to various ranks of society. Lois Weber wrote and directed the seven-part Universal feature, while she appears In the play as star, together with Phillips Smalley and Mary MacLaren. HOLIDAY TRADE BIG $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 Spent in Portland for Gifts. Snyder. Mr. Wbodworth has taught the Teasel Creek school for three years. Mrs. Woodworth is a graduate of the Molalla High School. She was promi nent on the basketball team and Is popular with the young set. They left at once for Eugene to visit relatives. They will be at home in Molalla after the holidays. ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN PARCELS ALL DELIVERED POSTOFFICE FORCE WORKS SUNDAY AND CLEANS VP. All Classes of Mall Will Be Distributed Today 15 to 20 Tons Dnlly I. ant Week's Record. Between 15 and 20 tons of parcef post packages wre delivered to Port land folk every day last week. The estimate is made by Postmaster Prank S. Myers, whose employes have received, routed and delivered a carload every day. The carriers yesterday cleaned up on all the parcel post matter in the local office, making one delivery yesterday. Approximately 200 men worked an av erage of three hours each. The old carriers routed the mall for the substi tutes and all made deliveries. The men In the mailing division worked practically all day, as the train that should have arrived yesterday morning at 7 o'clock did not arrive until 9:30 P. M. In order to have the mall made up for delivery this morn ing It was necessary for these clerks to put In the extra time. Deliveries of all classes of mall will be made today. All of the clerks and carriers, with the exception of those employed In the finance department will be on duty. The Postoffice will be open for the sale of stamps and receipt of parcel post packages until noon. The money-order department and tne postal savings bank will be closed all day. FOOD OFFICER TO SPEAK J, D. Mlekle to Address Butter and Cheese Makers. .T. D. Mickle, of Portland, State Dairy and Food Commissioner, will speak Thursday night at the annual conven tion of butter and cheesemakers, which will be held in Salem Thursday and Ertday of this week, on "Four Years With the Oregon Butter and Cheese makers." W. K. Newell, of Seghers, Or., presi dent of the State Dairy Association, will deliver an address Friday night. The butter and cheesemakers have an organization consisting of between 50 and 60 members. Merchants Say Christmas Business Was Merer Better Bank Clear ings Show Great Increase in Last Four Weeks. Portland people and people within the trading radius of Portland spent from $1,500,000 to ?2, 000, 000 for Christ mas presents this year. These figures are mere guesses, but they are estimated on the volume of business done by some of the biggest retail stores In the city. They in clude gifts of all kinds from" toys and candy up to pianos and automobiles. All merchants declare that it was the" biggesi. Christmas on record. Peo ple had more money to spend and they spent it more cheerfully. Another way of arriving at a fair, estimate is by figuring the average in dividual purchases. If the population of Portland is 275,000 and every man, woman and child spent an average of $5 for Christmas presents the aggre gate is $1,375,000. Add to that the money spent by people who live out side Portland but who come here to trade and you have at least $1,600,000 and maybe $2,000,000. Bank clearings during the last four weeks reflect. In a measure, the enor mous increase in the volume of Christ mas buying. The total volume of clearings for the four weeks ending Saturday, Decem ber 23, was $56,172,387, compared with $42,612,762 for the corresponding period of last year an increase of $13,559, 625. Whilethis increase is not due in the whole or in any great percentage to the increase In Christmas buying, mer chants declare that a large part of it represents Christmas sales. It wguld be impossible to estimate what part of it Is due to Christmas business. CHEESEMAKERS ORGANIZE Coos and Curry County Men Are to Standardize Output. MARSH FIELD, Or., Dec. J4. (Spe cial.) Coos and Curry County cheese and butter manufacturers have organ ized a selling body and to standardize their output. They will engage an ex pert to supervise manufacture and In crease quality wherever possible. The income from cheese and butter in Coos County Is more than $500,000 a year and it is admitted money Is lost because the operators are not properly organ ized. The officers of the association arei J. D. Carl, Norway, president; A. Chris tensen. Myrtle Point, treasurer and sec retary; Lex Cope, of Langlols, Curry County, vice-president. Several banks have offered to finance the association In the event of necessity to hold out put for better prices. GREETINGS ARE SENT Oregon Troops on Border to Celebrate Today. BOXES TO. BE OPENED Molalla Girl Is Bride. . MOLALLA. Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) Edwin Woodworth and Miss Ethel Mae Wells were married Saturday at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. F. W. District Attorney Wants More Pay. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) Collier H. Bufflngton, District Attorney-elect for Curry County, is said to be desirous of having the emi ment of his ortlce Increased from the $"0 a month established when the re dlstrlctlng of the state was made and each county was assigned a District Attorney. Mr. Bufflngton holds the present remuneration Is ot in keeping with the position and will have his friends seek to bring about an increase through legislative action. Homeless Men to Get Dinner. Homeless men and men away from home will not be forgotten today by the Portland Commons, 195 Burnslde street, and a dinner will be served there to all who may come, beginning at 3 P. M. A substantial and attractive dinner will be spread and entertain ment features will accompany the meal. Clothes Taken From Tailor's Rooms The rooms of Alfred Ogilbee. a tailor In the Labbe building. Second and Washington streets, were visited by a burglar some time yesterday afternoon and two suits of clothes and an over coat were taken. Entrance was effected by removing a pane of glass from the door. 1 . CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM BATTERY A, FIELD ARTILLERY. Carson Memorial Planned. SALEM, Or.. Deci 24. (Special.) Ex ercises which are planned here for some day this week, probably Thursday, In honor of the memory of John A. Car son, prominent Salem " attorney, who died recently, will be attended by many leading iawydfc from different parts of the state. Plans for the memorial services are being arranged by mem -hers of the Marion County Bar Asso ciation, and both departments of the Circuit Court will participate. Molalla Methodists Have Tree. MOLALLA. Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) Christmas was celebrated by an old fashioned tree and exercises at the Methodist Episcopal Church here. There was a large attendance of happy youngsters. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of r t&sV m m h m&ni - v. v k a v w . ,5ETAL POLISH "" hi ik'- I met . - new. K.eop.a all rvol itfhed metal bright. The only safe polish to ose on aluminum as it contains neither acid nor ammonia. Puts on a Quick, lasting luster. Sold in two size cans by all Grocery. Hardware and Drag Stores, jgsjfj for tfce Pheto n lu. sPffHfflf - W - hi? ipn : I Families of Soldiers Are Not For gotten in Portland Captain Hclme Sends Picture of Battery's Fighting Chick. Battery A. Oregon Field Artillery, for Its first Christmas on the Mexican bor der, sends to the people of Portland and all of the friends of their families greetings irfthe way of a pfcture of Its mascot. "Jeff," the chick that has grown, like tlfe men it .accompanied. Into a real fighter. Christmas "In the trenches" prom ises to be a dull affair for, the Oregon men, including Trop A. aes'pife all that the officers are going to do today to make the men as happy as possible. There will be a programme, and each of the men will do his bit for the en tertainment In the open-around a stand ana tne piano In the center of a bleak, olive drab dotted field. Today there will be distributed to all of the Oregon men the boxes of candy that have been sent to them through mo worK oi tne auxiliaries and the ap propriations obtained by the committee that waited on the City Council. Besides the boxes there has been sent to the Oregon boys a whole consign ment of barber pole caody, and every effort has been made to let them know that they have not been forgotten by the "folks back home." Nor have the folks haelr hnme K.n neglected In the spreading of Christ mas cneer. ana It may safely be said that there will be no family without a remembrance, even though their fathers, brothers or sons are absent at the call of their country for border guards. Mrs. Helme, wife ef Captain Charles W. Helme, in command of the Battery, declares that everything possible to cheer up the boys Is being done, but that the Captain fears he has a large task on his hands. Not alone will there be a programme today, but the most of the time will be the men's, for nearly all of the du ties will be dispensed with for the day. Captain Hehue writes that al though he might have obtained a leave and returned Borne for the holidays, he declined rather than leave the Ore gon men during the holidays. 7 HURT lH AUTO MISHAP CAB COXTAIXIXO EIGHT MEX ROLLS OFV GRADE NEAR LELAXD. FIGHTING MASCOT OF OREGON MEN STILL ON THE BORDER. Whilo Ruling of Commerce Court Affecting Such Principle Was Set Aside, Supreme Tribunal Considered Authority Only. A new principle in rate making is expounded by Henry Thurtell, exam iner for the Interstate Commerce Commission, in his review of the inves tigations into the transcontinental and lntermountaln rate situation, which be recently conducted for the Commission at a series of hearings in Portland. Spokane and elsewhere. Mr. Thurtell raises the important question whether or not "it is the wholesome thing and the right thing to tie the interior to the terminal" in fix ing transcontinental rates. Inasmuch as Mr. Thurtell has handled all the fourth-section cases for the Commis sion during the last 10 or 12 years. It is believed' that he speaks with more or less authority for the members of the Commission. . The principle presented by Mr. Thur tell's review is the very principle for. which the shippers of Portland and the other Pacific Coast terminals have been contending for the last Quarter of a century. Portland Contention Accepted. In other words, the Portland ship pers declare that the rates to Spokane Land other Intermediate points should be fixed by the Commission or oy tne carriers on a reasonable basts. Then, they argue, the carriers should he permitted to fix rates to the ter minal cities on a basis that will permit them to meet water competition, re gardless of the rates to the interior. In the same way, t'.iey contend, the Interior rates should not depend in any particular upon the Coast rates, excepting that they should be no higher than the Coast rates plus the local rate back. In conducting the Portland case be fore the examiner, at the recent hear ing, J. N. Teal, attorney for the Port land and Seattle shippers, insisted that tti- rates to the Coast should be en tirely Independent of the rates to the Interior. Water Competition Denied. Spokane, on the other hand, made the unique plea that there is no water competition at Portland and that the railroads should not be permitted to compete with something that exists only In theory. J. B. Campbell, attor ney for the Spokane shippers. Inferred repeatedly that the Panama Canal, which has had a tremendous Influence on rail rates, never will be operated. He talked about the slides as if they were to be permannt barriers against future traffic. Mr. Thurtell emphasizes the fact that, with the exception of the order in the Spokane case, the Commission never has fixed Interior and Coast rates de pendent upon one another. It will be remembered that the order In that case was reversed by the Com : . u Court, but that it was upheld by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, however, did not consider the case on its merits, but declared that decisions of the Commission were final so long as the law and the facts were followed. It Is a significant fact, suggests Mr. Thurtell. that over since the Com merce Court's decision, the Commis sion has made no' decisions tleing the interior rates to the Coast or vice versa. In view of this situation local ship pers expect a vindication of their posi tion when the Commission gives Its de cision on the recent 'investigations. v. n v 9' We Are Glad That the Privilege of Wishing You A Merry Christmas Is Still Ours. May Repetition Of the Wish Strengthen and Cement the Ties Of Friendly Business The Stancfnrd' Stare of f?je TJortrroTit Olds .Wortman & Kinor HcBbfcMrTchr.disr. (citable Methods JU DATE OF BIRTH IN DOUBT JKSl'S NOT BORN DECEMBER 25, SAYS AOVENTIST EVANGELIST. Party En Route Home for Christmas Badly Battered Fall Softened by Deep Snow on Ground. GRANTS PASS. Or., Det 24. (Spe cial.) A heavy" automobile containing elghtTnen from the Greenback and Cop Per King mines on upper Graves Creek rolled off the Mackln grade two miles from Leland today. Seven of the occu pants were more or less severely in jured, the car turning over four times in its plunge down the 60-foot embank ment. , Homer Inman was the most seriously hurt, one shoulder being broken and the other dislocated. He also suffered Internal Injuries. Arthur Swlnd, the car driver, has a broken shoulder and Sam Ilagenovlch Is suffering from a broken collar bene. Earl Tannehlll was crushed across the back and A. C. Saylor lost several teeth. Joseph Syphers and George Hyde were badly bruised but no bones were broken. U Walter Jtogers, who stayed with the car during its plunge, was the only mac of the eight to escape injury. The injured are all expected to recover. The men were on their way to Leland to take the train for Grants Pass to pass Christmas. The fact that there was about six .inches of snow on the ground saved the men from more se rious Injury. The car Is a wreck. Mrs. Harley -Has Big Tree. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 24. (Special.) While Astoria will have no regular community Christmas tree this year, the children of the city were enter tained this evening by Mrs. P. C. Har ley, wife of the Mayor-elect, at a Christmas tree, and the affair will be continued tomorrow and tomorrow evening. The mammoth tree was laden with 1200 gifts for the children. BIRDS NEED FOOD TODAY SNOW ON HEIGHTS COVERS FEED ING GROUNDS. It's I ii to Mr. nd Mrs. Christmas Phi lanthropist to Put Ont Bits of Feasts for Feathe'red Friends Christmas morn has dawned on sorrow-free Portland but hundreds of little strangers jnay go hungry little feath ered strangers unless the sprightly spirit of the Yuletide opens the hearts of city folk. The tiny couriers of Sum mer who have tarried too long and the heralds of the Winter snows must not be forgotten. On the heights about Portland thous ands of these cheery songsters and their less musical but equally welcome little neighbors will scurry about for a bit of food tody and It is up to you, Mr. and Mrs. Christmas Philanthropist, whether or not they shall feast. On the heights a light fall of snow makes It more dif ficult for them to find a bite to eat. js handful of crumbs here and there will cost nothing but a few moments of time on a Joyous day when all crea tion Is happy. And you will be amply repaid for the little feathered friends get to know their benefsctors and they oft return In their seasons with a song of thanks. The Audubon Club which will meet In room 309 of the Y. M. C. A. building next Saturday night asks the people of Portland to take a census of all the birds seen here this Christmas. This work Is being carried on all over the country and the full report on this city is asked. The birds have their haunts and there Is nothing that they appreciate mors than the friendly call and a goodly meal. PARISH TO CELEBRATE DAY St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral Will Observe Anniversary of Founding. The 52d anniversary of the founding of the parish of St. Stephen the Martyr will be celebrated next Sunday In the Pro-Cathedral. Thirteenth and Clay streets. The dean. Rev. E. H. McCol llster, will preach the sermon and the choir will repeat the Christmas music All old-time members of the parish will be Invited to attend. St. Stephen's was founded In 1864 by the Rt. Rev. T. F. Scott, first bishop of Oregon. During the early part of Its existence the church was chiefly a chapel for St. Helens Hall. Both were located on the property where now the City Hall stands. TOO LATE TO CLA8SD7Y. 5-ROOM upper flat. Absolutely the beat and most modem flat In town. 1 See for yourseL Cor. . and Mala au. Shepherds Would Not Have Been In Fields With Their Flocks. Is Vlevr Summer Is Believed Time. Historical confusion found a place In the address last night of Phil C. Hay ward, evangelist for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, at the Knights of Pythias Hall, when he spoke on "The Coming of Christ." "Whatever may be concluded about the origin and significance of Christ mas." said Mr. Hayward, "it is certain that Christmas day is not the birth day of Jesus Christ. As to the exact time of his nativity nothing absolute Is known, unless it is that it was not December 25. "It Is unreasonable to believe that at that season of the year the shepherds would be out in the field with their flocks. Some hav supposed that it was in the Spring, and others, perhaps with more reason, that it was in Au gust or September. "As for the Influence which estab lished the festival of Christmas there Is but little detail Information, but foremost among them was the desire on the part of the early church to popularize Christianity. One of the fixed festivals which the church found In the heathen world was the Roman festival of Saturn. called Saturnalia. This was originally an agricultural feast occurring after the late Fall sow ing. It began December 17. The next lay each family sacrificed a pig ard the remaining days of the feast were given up to the exchange of calls, presents and banqueting. "Another strong Influence was the custom of the German barbarians of celebrating the time of the Winter solstice by festivals In honor of the gods of light. Odin. Berchta and others. This was the German Yule feast In celebration of the time when the days commenced to grow longer." VETERANS T0 BE FETED 2 5 Soldiers of Civil War and Wives to Gather at Table. Mrs. George Gllles. 2018 Clarendo street, will be hostess today at a Christ mas dinner for 25 old soldiers and their wives. The dinner will be served at 1:30 o'clock and will be served with all seated at one table. The decorations will be unlqse and reminiscent of the Civil War. Mrs. Gllles Is the daughter of a Civil War veteran and has arranged the din ner especially to appeal to the old war riors. The menu and Tavors will hark back to 1861 and the-'occaslon will bo diverting In other ways. MRS. MARY PARSONS DEAD Chnrter Member of M. Tl. Church at Eugene Dies, Aged 8 7. Mrs. Mary Parsons, a pioneer of 1852, died last evening at the home of her son-in-law. H. P. Hoff, T16 East Yamhill street. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Parsons was the last surviving charter member of the Eugene Meth od i s t Church and funeral services will be held from that place tomorrow at 12:30 P. M. A short prayer service will be held at the Hoff residence this aft ernoon at 3 o'clock before the body is sent to Eugene. Interment will be In the Masonic Cemetery at Eugene, where her late husband, Henry Parsons, who died In 1879. lies burled. Mrs. Parsons was born in Glaway County. Iowa. In July. 1S29. FROSTED ORANGES SEIZED One Carload Also Is Sent Back to California Shippers. A campaign against shipments of frosted oranges, which have been sent to Oregon In rather large numbers re cently. Is being conducted by the State Dairy and Food Commission, yesterday announced J. D. Mickle, head of that department. Mr. Mickle said that about 200 cases of oranges, injured by frost, which had been received in Portland, were con fiscated and sent to the Incinerator Saturday. One entire carload, which reached Portland from California, was sent back. This car. he said, was first sent to Seattle and when it was re jected there was sent to Portland. - Mr. Mickle said that the frost broke up the cells of the orange, rendering it useless as food. Stock Exchange President Dies. NEW YORK. Deo. 24 Colonel Fred erick Newbold Lawrence, president of the New York Stock Exchange, died here today In his 83d year. Christmas Greetings Clothes for Young Men and Their Fathers, Too. Washington Street at Sixth. Don't Forget HOLIDAY TICKETS ON SALE NOW and every day to and including Cnristrnas, limited for return to Jan. 3, 1917, By The UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company City Ticket Office, Washington at Third ROIWD-THIP FARES: ' Hood River. ... 5 2.55 Wall. Walla ... $ 9.75 Olympia $ 4.95 The Dalles 3.40 Lewiston 14.15 Tacoma 5.80 Bend... 9.95 Spokane 14.95 Seattle 7.50 Arlington...'... 5.55 Wallace 18. OO Aberdeen...-. 6.O0 Pendleton 8.60 North Yakima . 12.1 0 Hoqulam ...7. 6.15 LaGrande 11.60 Colfax 13.70 Ellensburg .... V0.60 Baker 13.70 Centralia 3.90 Wenatchee 14.10 Similar rates to all other points in the Northwest WM. McMURRAY. General Passenger Agent