Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 02, 1917, Page 11, Image 11

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STRAND THEATER FAVORITES
DANCING WAY TO NEW YORK
Florence and May Grace, Twins, Go On Vaudeville Stage When but 12
Years Old, Immediately After San Francisco Earthquake.
THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY. JANUARY 2, 117.
OREGQNIAN ANNUAL
IS lil BIG 'DEMAND
ATTENTION! Thrifty Homefurnishers
WE WILL OFFER FOR SALE
This Morning Beginning at 9 o'Clock
Six Hundred (600) Pieces of Dependable
Nearly 50,000 Extra Copies
Printed to Supply Call of
Eager Buyers.
SPECIAL NUMBER PRAISED
Business Men and Public Generally
Receive Pictorial and Industrial
Edition With Expressions
of Enthusiasm.
"Getcha Noo Tears Oregonyuns here.
Bend urn East!"
The hoarse cries of hundreds of news
boys sounded this invitation yesterday,
and the response smashed all records.
Almost 50,000 copies in addition to the
regrular circulation of The Oregonian
were struck oft the press yesterday,
C000 more than were printed a year
go.
And they sold like the proverbial hot
bakes. All day long newsies were seen
staggering from The Oregonian build
ing under heavy' loads of papers,
wrapped for mailing, no one consign
ment of which lasted for long at the
street stands. At the close of the day
they were tired, .but their pockets
Jingled with nickels and dimes.
Demand Is Great.
Other busy hours are expected today,
tor while several thousand papers rt
Tnaiu unsold. It is not thought likely
this condition will prevail for long,
considering the demand.
"Sold out" will soon be the word, and
It will meansold out, for the last of
the annual editions has been printed
lor the year 1917.
The enthusiasm with which the an
riual pictorial and industrial edition
ef The Oregonian was received by read
ers was marked.
"Splendid! Beats the former annual
editions. If such a thing is possible,
declared J. P. Jaeger, president of the
progressive Business Men s Club.
"Fine," asserted O. M. Clark, head of
The ChamDer or commerce.
"I read it with great Interest and
know my Eastern friends will as well.
It's a credit to Portland," commented
K. G. Pike, president of the Rotary
Club.
' Young Industrie Aided.
"A great aid to Oregon's baby Indus
tries. The advertising will be of in
estimable value to the state, through
the circulation of this edition in the
East. It's a decided aid to the educa
tional and industrial work of the Cham
ber of Commerce," maintained W. D.
E. Dodson. executive secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Other leading business men of the
city expressed similar views, agree
Went being general that The Oregonian
annual edition would prove an asset to
commercial interests of the state.
LAURELHURST BOOK OUT
Special Number Deals With Plan for
$60,000 Club Home.
The exceptionally prosperous year It
has enjoyed and its plahs for the future
are set out in the special New Year's
number of Laurelhurst Life, the offl
clal publication of the Laurelhurst
Club. The issue, which is called "Our
Broader Vision Number," is attractively
printed on 24 large pages.
Special features of the publication
are a review of the successful past of
the club and descriptions of the new
f 60,000 clubhouse soon to be built. The
Laurelhurst Club now has more than
1200 members. Clifford C. Harrison is
editor of Laurelhurst Life, and got out
the special number.
BODY FOUND IN TREE FORK
Plan Missing 14 Months Believed
Victim of Exhaustion.
PLACERVILLE, CaL, Jan. 1. In aa
upright position in the fork of a tree,
the body of Carl O. Holstrum, of San
Luis Obispo, reported missing 14
montns ago, was round today by a
hunter In the hills near Placervllle. Be
fore coming to Placervllle, some time
previous to his disappearance from
here, Holstrum had been la a sani
tarium.
It is believed he became confused
while wandering in the hills and that
death was due to exhaustion. A letter
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addressed to K. W. Holstrum, in Mor
gan. Or., and dated October 24, 1915,
vvas round in his pockets.
Indiana Man Fraternity Guest.
Edmund H. Bcribner, of Bloomlngton,
Ind., has been the guest of Lambda
Alpha Chapter of Beta Phi Sigma fra
ternity during the past few days. One
of the features during Mr. Scribner"s
etay in Portland was the opening of
tne fraternity rooms of the local chap
ter at the Oregon Hotel, of this city,
last night. Mr. Scribner is a prominent
member of the Beta Phi Sigma frater
nity, having been treasurer of Alpha
Tau chapter, of Bloomlngton. until his
recent trip west. He is en route to
Berkeley, Cal., where he will attend the
University or California.
Oo. M Enjoys Celebration.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 1. (Special.)
company ju., -inira Keglment. Oregon
national uuara. naa its home-comlner'
celebration today. Following military
games and contests, a banouet was
served in the evening and after that a
programme of music and other features
was enjoyed. The event was cele
ibrated in the Armory here.
" Astoria Business Gains In 1916.
ASTORIA. Or, Jan. 1. (Special.)
While Astoria has no clearinchouaa
the reports of the banks show that the
business transacted in Astoria las
year amounted to $180,000,000, an in
crease of $30,000,000 over 1916. Astoria
has four banks and their deposits to
tal $4,072,362.03, a gain of 21 per cent
lor the year.
Chiirrii of Holy Cross Elects.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 1. (Spe
clal.) The following new officers fo
the coming year have been elected by
the independent Catholic Church o
the Holy Cross In Pe Ell: Andrew
Kainlak, president; J. J. Trzesnlowskl
secretary; John Rusin, treasurer, and
B. Charneski, L. Olouskl and Joseph
jollnlski. trustees.
Vancouver Schools Reopen Today.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.) The schools of Vancouver will
resume classes tomorrow morning as
usual, after a ten days' vacation for the
holidays. Tears ago it was the custom
1 to allow two weeks for the Christmas
holidays, but now only ten days are
sriven. .
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FLOREJTCE3 and May Grace, the two I
lively, lovely girls who have made
glad the hearts of all Strand The
ater patrons this week, are singing and
dancing their way back to New York,
where their Titian hair is all the rage.
They have been in San Francisco for
several months, resting, because Flor
ence was 1M, iut she has recovered, and
the glrftj are on their way to the big
metropolis, where a good booking
awaits them.
The Grace twins started their career
immediately after the earth-quake in
their native city, San Francisco. After
the big shake-up that bounced them
out and made them refugees, the girls
decided to earn a living by going into
vaudeville. Mother Grace agreed, and
she and the girls have been traveling
around the country ever since.
Girls Become Famona.
They were only 12 years old when
they began. Their glorious red beg
pardon Titian hair and their twink
ling toes and their irresistible smiles
Higher Tes Required in Ore
gon Regarded as Handicap.
NVESTIGATI0N BEING MADE
United States Bureau Defines Ne
cessities That Must Be Met to
Guarantee Safety While Va- .
porlzlng Quickly Enough.
In accordance with the wishes of
motor car users, an Investigation of the
motor fuel situation is being made by a
BDeclal committee of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce. Members of the
committee are C. C. Overmlre, president
of the Portland Automobile Club; J. B.
Teon and H. A. Sargent. The commit
tee will complete its work: in a few
days and submit It to the Chamber,
with recommendations for the stan
dardization of motor fuel In Oregon
and nrobably advising adoption of a
change In the present law.
Because of a "law enacted by tne
Legislature two years ago a higher
test for specific gravity Is required In
Oregon than in either V ashlngton or
California. The product sold in Ore
gon must run 60 degrees or better,
while In Washington and California
only 68 degrees is required.
On account of the Oregon, require
ments gasoline sold In this state Is
especially distilled and the product
costs more than that used In most other
states. Motor fuel users accordingly
pay on an average of 1 cent more a
gallon for gasoline. As far as actual
results are concerned, consumers of
gasoline seem to be of the opinion that
they are not getting any more for their
money than motor car owners in otner
states where fuel is used that is of
lower Initial boiling points.
Test Process Held Valueless.
In a statement Issued recently by
the United States Bureau of Standards
effort is made to correct
opinions generally held regarding
motor fuel. According to the report,
specific gravity Is virtually worthless
as a check on gasoline when it is de
sired to gauge its use in motor cars.
Just what Is a proper test Is still a
matter of some doubt, and regarding
this the report says:
"There are two aspects to the ques
tion under consideration, one local, the
other National. There is no doubt that
the advantages that would result from
a satisfactory standardization of gaso
line by the National Government are
many. Not the least of these wovsid be
its influence on state and municipal
legislation relating to this question, and
its effect In making such legislation
more nearly uniform throughout the
country. Legislative bodies are begin
ning to take up this question, and much
of this legislation is certain to be ill
advised, although enacted with the
best Intentions, because it cannot in the
nature of things receive the careful
consideration of technical experts that
Is Required for the satisfactory solution
of questions of this kind. It will
readily be seen that the effect, of in
discriminate legislation might produce
conditions nothing short of chaotic.
Distillation la Discussed.
"It seems most probable that the defi
nition of gasoline will have to be based
on the percentage that distils over be
tween specified temperatures, when the
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soon made them famous, and when
they went to New York five years ago
they made an instantaneous hit.
"Our hair attracts attention In the
East, but it isn't unusual here," said
Florence, as the girls were being In
terviewed in their dressing room in
the theater yesterday. "We don't- care
whether it Is called red or Titian, but
prefer the latter." put in May. And
then, both together, they said: "And
we always dress to emphasize Its
color."
Friends Are Many,
Tne Grace twins have so many
friends In Portland and so many in Se
attle that they find it .difficult to say
goodby, but the lure of the lights of
the big city calls them. Mother Grace
hinted that If the girls listened they
might stay here "for keeps." But
Florence and May say they haven't
time ,to get married. "And, besides."
said Florence, "if one of us marries, it
will spoil our career. We'll have to
find two brothers or two very dear
friends because we never can get along
witnout eacn otner. '
distillation Is carried out under specific
conditions. This distillation test.
speasung jn non-tecnnlcal terms. Is a
measure or the freedom with which
the gasoline will vaporize.
"The gasoline must not vaporize too
freely for two reasons one, that it
would not be safe, and second. Its loss
In storage by evaporation would be too
great. Hence, the specification may
have to contain limitations of the per
centage distilling over belcsr a certain
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its shall ,bo
temperature, coupled, perh
proviso tnat certain percen
distil over below other fixed
tures. In order that requl
of low-boiling . constituent
present to insure easy startlnsr or an
engine. Likewise the specification must
vuuLtwii a. iriuvisiuii mat an must aistlll 1
over below a certain maximum tem-
gasolln the heavier petroleum distil
lates, such as kerosene."
MRS. KINNEY'S RITES SET
Services for Woman, 81, Today, but
Body Is to Be Taken East.
The funeral of Mrs. Emily U. Kinney. I
mother of I. E. Staples, well-known
i-ortiana Jeweler, who died at the
Tower Sanitarium Sunday night at the
age of 91 years, will be held today at
2 o'clock from the chapel of the East
Biae undertaking establishment. Dr.
C. E. Cline will have charge of the
services. The body of Mrs. Kinney
will be taken tonight to Montlcello,
Minn., for burial.
Mrs. Kinney had been a resident of
Portland for IS yeans. She was born
in Maine In 1825 and lived in that state
until, her removal to Minnesota in 1854.
From Minnesota she came to Portland.
She is survived by three sons, L E.
staples, or this city; 8. F. Staples, of
Duluth, and Silas Staples, of Lincoln.
Minn,
REV. R. E. SMITH IS NAMED
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Successor to Dr.-Shank Is Selected
By Ministerial Association.
At the regrular meetlne- of the Port
land Ministerial Association, held yes
terday morning, in the T. M. C. A.
auditorium, the Rev. Robert Elmer
Smith, pastor of Sunnyslde Methodist
erroneousChurch, was elected- president to suc
ceed the Rev. W. O. Shank, who re
signed. A short address, expressing his ap
preciation of the support and co-operation
of the association was made by
Dr. Shank before he turned over the
gavel to hi successor. Dr. Shank.
who has been pastor of the East Side
Baptist Church, is planning to go East
soon, to
take up church work in
Illinois.
WOMAN TO AID OFFICIAL
Miss Crawford' Appointed Assistant
to Linn Superintendent.
ALBANY, Or.. . Jan. 1. (Special.)
Miss Helen V. Crawford, of Lebanon,
who served for several years as in
structor in elocution in the Oregon
Agricultural College, will be assistant
to Mrs. Ida Maxwell Cummlngs, of Hal
sey. who became County School Super
intendent of Linn County today.
The new Superintendent plans to
spend much of her time "visiting schools,
bo Miss Crawford will have active
charge of the office work.
After her work at Oregon Agricul
tural College Miss Crawford developed
a splendid orchard in the edge Of the
city of Lebanon.
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OBSERVANCE IS INFORMAL
Dinners and Dances In Hotels, Clubs
and Homes Are Numerous, Wlth
Progressive Affair In Irv
lngton Unique Feature.
Thanks to the exile a year ago of old
John Barleycorn, there was no cold,
gray dawn yesterday. It was a New
Tear's day devoid of the unpleasant
after effects that have been a part of
New Tear's days In times past.
Portland celebrated or observed
whichever Is right very quietly. There
was nothing doing In the way of a pub-
He celebration and the rank and file
I of the town seemed to take advantage
of this and remained at home. The
yZSI dVEd
dances and community gatherings of
various sorts.
In a sporting line the only attraction
was the first annual mld-Wlnter re
gatta of the Portland Motorboat CluHj.
This was started at 11 A. M. and the
series of races attracted a good sized
crowd.
Football fans missed the annual local
football game, but they had their In
terest dnned on the affair between
Oregon and Pennsylvania at Pasadena,
Cal.. which made up in part wnat was
missing from the local New Tear's
programme. -
In social circles there were several
affairs of Interest. The most unusual
was the progressive dinner given In
Irvineton. Guests enjoyed different
j courses of an elaborate dinner at dif
ferent residences in the Irvlngton dis
trict. The affair came to a brilltant
close with a ball last night at the Harlow-Grady
House.
At Waverley Country Club society
enjoyed the Corbett fancy dress dance.
cn.rl a l rlinner n&rtiea were elven at all
I the leading hotels and cafes and spe
cial dancing parties were given at tne
Portland and Multnomah hotels. New.
Tear's dances of a special nature were
given at the public halls and at a
number of the community houses and
halls. A series of home parties also
featured the day.
The theaters did a rushing business
as did also the other places of amuse
ment. The moving picture theaters had
special runs of films and made the
performances continuous morning, aft
ernoon and evening. At most of the
downtown playhouses there were wait
ing lines nearly all day. -
Vancouver Feared "Silver Thaw."
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 1. (Spt
EstaMliktvi
The- Quality" Stors or Portland
clal.) When slumbering Vancouver
awoke today it was found that a sleet
storm was In full action, a ad that
nearly half an Inch of Ice had formed
over everything out of doors. The tem
perature was hugging the 33 degree
mark, and all indications pointed to the
beginning of another terrible "silver
thaw," which destroyed so much prop
erty here last February. Then a change
for the warmer took place, the ice
vanished, and it rained.
IRISH FLAX BID CANCELED
Cable to State Board of Control Says
"Shipment Too Late."
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 1. tSpeclal.) Ca
bled arguments which have been going
back and forth between Salem. Or., and
Belfast, Ireland, for the past several
days relative to the purchase of 2500
bushels of flax by the Agnew Hamilton
Company, of Belfast, came to an abrupt
close today, when Secretary R. B.
Goodln, of the State Board of Control.
received a terse cablegram: "Cancel of
fer: shipment too late."
What disposition will be made of the
seed Is not known, but It is likely the
board will sell much of It now to Ore
gon buyers. The board had instructed
Superintendent Crawford to start
threshing Immediately to be ready for
shipment on the Belfast order.
DRUG COMPANY PROSPERS
Owl Stores Report Largest Business
1 In Concern's History..
The regular 10th semi-annual S per
cent dividend on Its preferred cumula
tive stock has just been declared by
the Owl Drug Company.
This semi-annual dividend will be
distributed to the 900 holders of pre
ferred stock, most of whom are rest
dents of the Pacific Coast states.
The company's financial condition
shows a most favorable aspect a sub
stantial growth and expansion In all
departments.
The year just ended has been one of
remarkable features for the company.
The gross and net earnings are the larg
est In the company s history. The
Christmas business was far in excess
of any previous year.
Farmer Arrested; Charge Serious.
F. O. Wiley, a farmer, aged 65 years,
was arrested here yesterday by City
Detectives uoltz and Howell on in
structlons from Clarke County. Wash
ington, that he Is wanted there to an
swer to a serious charge. His 16-year-
old daughter will be the complaining
witness. It is said. Wiley lives near
Vancouver and last night Sheriff
Btesecker. of Clarke County; came to
Portland and took the prisoner back
for trial.
Banks, Or, Man Dies.
Elbert F. Willis, of Banks. Or., died
yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital
after an Illness of several weeks. H
had been a resident of Batiks II years
and was engaged In the hardware bus!
ness there. In 185S he was married to
Mollle Yarnhlll. of Eugene. He Is sur
vived by his widow and two daugh
ters. He was a member of the Masonl
and. Oddfellow lodges.
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ROBBERS FLEE IN DUEL
CAL1TOR.MA POSTOFriCK SAKE
CRACKERS ESCAPE BT RUSE.
Flarat Takes Plaee Near Hrmtt m
One Outlaw la Wouaaed Pum
of 100 Joins In Chase.
RIVERSIDE. Cel.. Jan. 1. Sheriff F.
Wilson, with a posse of deputies.
eft here today to reinforce a posse of
100 citizens in charge of Charles S.
Ranger, postofflce inspector, who are
guarding roads and beating the coun
try around Hemet for four robbers
who blew the postofflce safe at San
Jacinto, 40 miles southeast of here.
early Friday and escaped with 1600 In
cash and about 11400 in a tamps.
First new came here today of a re
volver fight Saturday night between
Ranger. with three officers, and the
four robbers, who were surrounded in
a barn near Hemet after they aban
doned a stolen automobile.
Two of the robbers, the officers re
ported, came from the barn with their
hands raised In sign of surrender, but
the other two from behind them opened
fire on the officers, and the four es
caped after one of their number was
wounded.
A package containing 3400 worth of
stamps, torn by a rifle bullet, and a
sack containing (50. were dropped by
the men In their flight. A pool of
blood wit found In an orchard where
the robbers made a stand.
BARTHOLOMEW TRIAL ON
THIXK JIIBDER CASE WILL OPEN
IX JIDCE DAVIS COIRT TODAY.
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Edward Bartholomew, held without
bond in the county jail since his cap
ture In Seattle last November, will be
put on trial In the court of Circuit
Judge Davis today for the murder of
John Lind. whose body was found
November 19, 1915. stuffed In a green
trunk, which had been thrown Into the
Willamette River the night before.
Jury selection will begin this morn
ing, the opening statements will be
made to the jury this afternoon, and 1t
Is possible that the first witnesses for
the prosecution may be put on the
stand before nightfall. Chief Deputy
District Attorney John Collier and
Deputy Charles Roblaon will represent
the state, and Attorney John 11. White.
the defense.
Many of the chief facts upon which
the prosecution will base Its case have
been admitted by the accused. Bar
tholomew admits that he traveled with
Llnd; that he Knew Llnd had some
money: that he was In the room at
the time Llnd was killed: that he aid
ed to conceal traces of the crime, and
that he was an active participant in
( the disposal ef the body.
His story, however, which has re-
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matned unshaken, save for minor con
tradictions, implicates a third person,
a man Bartholomew says he knew as
Paul Lund, the man Bartholomew says
killed Lind.
Search for this man Lund has occu
pied much of the tlm of the defense.
For a time. Attorney White was confi
dent he had the man In Oscar Alex
ander Lund, who was located In Los
Angeles. This young man answered
perfectly the description Bartholomew
had Riven of Lund. He had been in
San Francisco when Bartholomew and
Llnd were there, and he had been in
Portland at the time of the crime.
But when Lund came to Portland
voluntarily to clear up any suspicion.
Bartholomew said he was not the man.
NOOSE, NOT SHOT, FATAL
Murdered Woman Beaten and Stran
gled, loctor Testifies.
OSSIPEE. N. H-. Jan. 1. Although
shot through the head, and beaten. Mrs.
FlorenceaA. Small was killed by strang
ulation caused by a noose which en
circled her neck. Dr. Erving W. Hods
don testified today at the resumption
of the trial of the victim's husband.
Frederick L. Small, charged with her
murder.
Dr. Hodsdon Is a practitioner at
Mountain View, where the Smalls made
their home, and told low he and medi
cal referee. B. Frank Home, found the
noose about the neck.
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