Morning Oregonian., February 02, 1917, Page 10, Image 10

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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
1917.
AUTOIEILE SHOW
MOVES TO
Society Will Attend Tonight
and Saturday Dance Will
Take Place.
ATTENDANCE SETS RECORD
With Closing Two Days Added, It
Is Expected Crowds Will Pass
Last Year's Mark by 100 Per
Cent Favors Glveii Out.
IVlth an attendance record that has
already stamped Portland's eighth an
nual Automobile Show as the most
popular motor car display ever staged
in the Northwest, Joseph M. Rieg. man
ager of the exhibit, is contident that
society nisht this evening; and the
close of festivities on Saturday night
with a dance, will swell the attendance
totals to a point almost double any
previous record.
Several of the dealers have made
special arrangements to receive the
show visitors tonight in style. The
number of salesmen appearing in dress
suits will be augmented materially, and
it is understood that special favors
are to be given out in a few of the
booths. Two of the star salesmen of
the Northwest Auto Company, Harry
O. Lytle and Roy Fike, duly costumed,
are scheduled to impersonate "Mutt
and Jeff." Mr. Kike being by far the
larger of the duo. Mr. Lytle and Fac
tory Representative Buck, who are of
about the same stature, have been ap
pearing at the show lately with rib
bons strung across their dress shirt
fronts bearing the words "Dort Twins."
Official to Be Caeit.
A committee of the automobile deal
ers A. S. Robinson, E. E-. Cohen and
C. M. Menzies has been appointed to
make arrangements for entertaining
Alfred Reeves, general manager of the
National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, during his stay in Portland next
Tuesday and Wednesday. With W. C.
Bristol as toastmaster and with promi
nent speakers and guests, a banquet
will be served at the Hotel Benson on
Tuesday evening, and a trip over the
Columbia River Highway will be taken
Tuesday or Wednesday, depending upon
the hour of Mr. Reeves' arrival.
Two ex-residents of Danville, 111.,
T. L. Tincher, Western representative
for the Hay'nes automobile factory, and
F. E. Bowman, a building operator of
this city, met at the Automobile Show
Wednesday for the first time in 35 or
40 years.
Show Visitors Many.
Among the other visitors at the show
are Owen McCusker, representative of
the Paige factory; E. E. Gerlinger, a
former Portlander who is now engaged
in the manufacture of motor trucks at
Tacoma, Wash.; Alexander W. McKen
zie, district sales manager of the Gar
ford Motor Truck Company; L. L. Ryan,
G. E. Halvorson and Otto Wilson, auto
mobile dealers at Salem; Mark Rickard,
of Corvallis; C. K. Loe, of Sllverton;
C. J. Whiteside, of Corvallis, and E. W.
McComas, of Pendleton.
TIE-UP OF CARS VIEWED
Mr. Robinson Says Freight Conges
tion in East Is Enormous.
"Business conditions in the East, due
to the tremendous industrial activity,
are at least 100 per cent above normal,"
said F. W. Robinson, traffic manager
of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, w-iio
returned to Portland yesterday from
Chicago, where he attended the annual
meeting of the traffic officials of
transcontinental railroads.
The various Atlantic wharfs are con
gested with freight, as there are not
nearly enough vessels to take care of
the business. The result is that hun
dreds of freight cars are tied up. Rail
road men believe, however, that con
ditions will work out soon when there
will be an improvement in the car
shortage situation."
LICENSE FEES $102,227
Loss of Liquor Revenue to City in
1916 Is $300,000.
During 1916 the city took in S102,
227.99 in tees for licenses of all kinds,
according to the annual report com
pleted yesterday by the license bureau.
The amount is a decrease from the
nmount colleoted In 1915. The prin
cipal decrease was about $300,000 In
liquor license fees.
Insurance agents paid In the most
for licenses in 1916, the aggregate be
ing $13,969.35. About S10.000 was re
ceived from dog licenses;-$7324.15 for
pool and billiard hall licenses; $7800
for licenses from the Portland Railway
Light & Power Company for operating
streetcars in the southeastern part or
the city; 4205.85 from theater licenses.
In a divorce complaint filed yesterday.
Mrs. Myers followed, but her hus
band was not to be found in Portland.
This was in April, 1915, one year after
their marriage in Spokane.- The city
they left was Raymond, Wash. On
April 37. 1915, Mrs. Myers received a
postcard that her husband had writ
ten, from Seattle, in which he said: "1
will take the boat to Alaska and work
my way."
She does not believe that he went
to Alaska, however. She .was told by
her mother-in-law that he was living
with an uncle. W. R. Myers, at Silex,
Mo. She wrote him and the uncle and
took care to see that her return ad
dress was on the envelopes. The let
ters never came back, and were never
answered.
Clara J. Listman filed suit for di
vorce from Conrad F. Listman', whom
she married in January, 1915, at Van
couver. On January 1, 1916, her hus
band began to mistreat her, she al
leges, beating her and driving her to
support herself. She asks $50 a month
alimony and one-third interest in prop
erty owned by. her husband and valued
at $10,000.
JAPANESE STAR BOOKED
HARIKO OXTJKI IS TO SI7TO AT
ORPBECM KEXT WEEK.
Seattle Girl Enters Vaudeville After
Successfal Engagements In East, .
Where She Makes Impression.
Haruko Onukl, the only Japanese
prima donna in vaudeville, will be one
of the stars of the Orpheum show at
the Heilig Theater next week. Miss
Onuki, who was prima donna at the
New York Hippodrome, was booked for
WIFE SAYS SPOUSE FLED
Mrs. B. II. Myers Asks Court for
Legal Separation.
Benjamin Harrison Myers told his
wife that he was going to Portland to
TnnWn tt hnm fnV h.p nr ti.t ia
should follow in a few days at least
Mrs. Lillian Bernice Myers says he did
TRY IT AND SEE I
Lift your corns or calluses off
with fingers! Doesn't
hurt a tit!
A noted Cincinnati chemist discovered
. a. new ether compound and called it
f reezone and it now can be had In tiny
, bottles as here shown for a few cents
from any drug store. t
You simply apply a few
drops of freezone upon i
tender corn or painful cal
us and instantly the sore
ness disappears, then short
ly you will una the corn or
callus so loose that you can
Just lift it off with the fin
gers.
No pain, not a bit of sore
nesB, either when applying
freezone or afterwards and
it doeen't even irritate skin.
Hard corns, soft corns or
corns between the toes, also
toughened calluses Just shrivel up and
lift off so easy. It is wonderful! Seems
magical. It works like a charm. Gen
uine freezone has a yellow label. Don't
. fcccept any except .with the yellow, label.
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Haruko Aanki, Japanese Prima
Donna, Who la to Sing; In Port
land.
an Orpheum tour Immediately after her
roadway contract expired and her pres
ent engagement represents her debut In
the twea-day realm.
Miss Onuki is strictly Japanese. She
was born in Tokio. her features are
Japanese, she wears the Japanese ki
mono costume at all times and the mag
nificent curtain before which she sings
was fashioned by Japanese artists.
Her home is in Seattle, where her
father operates a Japanese bank. Miss
Onuki lived in Seattle all her life up
to the time she left for the East two
years ago to continue her vocal studies.
In Seattle she was brought up like an
American girl, attending high school
there and taking part in all that went
on, irrespective of her nativity.
Miss Onuki makes no pretenses. It
cannot even be said that she uses a
stage name, as, although she was known
as Marion Ohniok in Seattle, that Is
merely an Americanized version of her
true Japanese name. Haruko Onukl.
Her real name was revived when she
made her first professional appearance
in New York and there astounded the
greatest impresarios . of the United
States.
SNOWBOUND ARE WELL FED
Railroads Keep Passengers Sappy
While Blockade Lasts.
Although hundreds of passengers on
O.-W. It. & N. trains had been snow
bound in Wyoming from two to three
days, when blizzards raged and tht
thermometer registered several degrees
below zero, they suffered no hardships
and only few Inconveniences, according
to tourists who arrived in Portland.
The food supply was low at times, but
the railroad officials kept crews busy
replenishing diners and none of the
passengers .suffered from hunger.
The snowfall was not heavy, out
with strong winds raging continually
the canyons where the railroad runs
were blocked with snow several feet
deep. The worst situation obtained be
tween Rawlins and Laramie. While
the embargo lasted between 12 and 15
trains, both eastbound and westbound.
were held up.
O.-W. R. & N. officials reported yes
terday that the blockade had been ef
fectually removed and .that by tomor
row train service probably would be
as nearly normal as possible at this
time of the year. Trains arriving yes
terday were from two to three hours
late.
LIQUOR OFFICE LEASED
Gerlinger Company Takes Quarters
Used by Wells Fargo.
The corner store in the Beck build
ing. Oak street and Broadway, where
the Wells Fargo Express Company has
been dispensing two-quart liquor ship
nients during- the past few weeks, was
leased yesterday by the Gerlinger Mo
tor Car Company, which will open the
premises as an automobile establish
ment about February 15.
The lease signed, yesterday calls for
the use of the store for the several
months' remainder on the lease of the
White Company, former tenantB. The
location will probably be used by the
Gerlinger firm indefinitely, or until an
other building is erected. The lease
agreement was closed through the of
ties of W. H. Webb.
STAMPED ENVELOPES RISE
Government Increases Price Cent on
Every Package.
Increases in the price of white paper
nave resulted in Uncle Sam boosting
the price of stamped envelopes.
No.' 5 envelopes, letter size, that used
to sell for $21 a, thousand, have in
creased 32. cents. The larger commer
cial size has advanced from $21.72 to
$22.36 a thousand.
There is no change in the price less
than a package, but a package will be
Increased a cent.
IS
GHAPMA
.J.F.
PROPOSED FOR POST
Lengthy Petition Presented to
School Board in Behalf of
Woman's Election.
MR. L0CKW00D OUT NOW
Directors Decide Not to Fill Va
cancy Until Alexander Case
Is Disposed Of for Fear of
Complications Arising.
Before the resignation of S. P. Lock-
wood, retiring School Director, was ac
cepted by the Board yesterday at its
regular meeting, a boom was sprung
for the election of Mrs. J. F. Chapman,
president of the Franklin High School
Parent-Teacher Association, to fill the
impending vacancy.
When the Board was called to order.
W. T. S. Sprlggs, with the consent of
Chairman Beach, presented a petition,
numerously signed, asking that Mrs.
Chapman be elected a Director to suc
ceed Mr. Lockwood. The petition was
placed on file. It will be taken up, said
Chairman Beach, at the . proper time.
when the election of a new Director is
considered.
There is no prospect that this will be
done immediately. It may not come
until after the finish of the Alexander
hearing, now pending before the Di
rectors. The introduction of a new
member on the Board might, it is
thought, give room for a technical ob
jection by the defense, should the de
cision be adverse to Mrs. Alexander, as
the new member naturally would not
be familiar with what has transpired
so far in the hearing.
Selection to Be Deferred.
The Directors have declared they will
seek out some prominent citizen, well
qualified for the position, and it is an
nounced the best possible selection as
regards ability will be made. Positively
no steps will be taken to elect a direc
tor at any rate within the coming two
weeks, it is stated authoritatively.
The resignation or uirector jock
wood to take effect immediately was
accepted yesterday in a perfunctory
sort of way, without comment or any
sort. Mr. Lockwood was not present.
He had announced previously that ho
had attended his last meeting in me
aclty of a Director,
in ii nnrntlmitu increase In salary
of all grade teachers amounting to $100
a year, to begin January 1. 1918. was
adopted yesterday upon motion of Di
rector Plummer, ana an approver .
save Chairman Beach. He said his ob
jection to deciding the matter now is
that it takes effect after his term of
office as Director expires and he is re
luctant to vote on matters that may
more properly bo decided by his suc
cessor, v
Minimum Salary 9S25.
The following schedule will prevail
for all grade teachers: After two years
experience, $825 per annum; after
three years, $875; after four years.
$950; after five years, $1050; after six
years, $1100; after seven years, $1150;
ctt.- .4ciit v,irn 11200. The sum of
$50 per annum will 'be added to the
salary of each teacner wno o
a university credit or its equivalent
during the school year preceding, pro-vldlne-
that the maximum salary paid
teachers in the grades shall not be over
$1200. The present maximum is
It was also moved and carried that
requirements for teachers be raised so
tbt each shall obtain a university
credit or its eaulvalent during the year.
in mhntnsi- manner ana sUDject seeiua
most desirable, under the advice andJ
direction f the Superintendent, it '
provided that upon recommendation oi
the Superintendent and the consent
of the Board, teachers may be exempted
from this regulation upon giving sa.no-
factory cause.
Greater Efficiency Desired.
This came before the Board upon the
.Mmm.tiaiinii of lhn committee upon
educational affairs and was championed
by Director Drake. He said mat oi mo
linn nr more teachers in tne service.
approximately 400 only are adding to
their educational capital "
nithnuEh they have life tenure in
their positions, they are not adding to
their efficiency. There Is no way to
remove them, he said, even if they do
lose interest in their work, and this
seemed a proper requirement 10 maivc.
rhiirmaii Beach onnosed tt some
what, as the premium tUe Board had
already put upon university credits
,.m.H sufficient to him. The new
plan waa adopted, upon motion oi uv
r,ptnr fiummer.
Th recommendation or me supplies
anc" equipment committee that the do
mestic science aepartmen oi im
schools have charge of the cafeterias
and lunchrooms and that the Commer
cial High School be authosized to keep
the accounts was aaoptea.
Sketch of School Plan Ordered.
Authorized sketches of the new
Buckman-Hawthorne School were di
rected to be made, and a two-story
building will be considered. The build
ing, as planned, will contain 24 class
rooms, a Dlay court inclosed ana neatea
a swimming pool, kindergarten with
fireplace, and a teachers' restroom. The
building contemplates the two-group
plan. After the drawings are made, the
type of buliarng ana arrangement win
be determined finally by the ioara.
The deaf school, now in the Buck
man building, and the blind school, in
the Atkinson building, will both be
located in- the Benson Polytechnic
School, when-that building is ready for
school purposes.
The request of Hopkin Jenkins, prin
cipal of the Jefferson High School, for
the continued use of the Pacific tele
phone in his building was considered.
and Superintendent Alderman asked
that these telephones be allowed in
each of the high schools, as at present.
At the last meeting it was decided to
eliminate the Pacific telephone and
substitute service of the Home Tele
phone Company. The matter was re
ferred to the supplies committee.
Contracts Are Awarded.
v The following contracts were ap
proved: Union OH Company, to supply
fuel oil to Couch, Failing, Jefferson
High and Lincoln High schools at $1.40
a barrel; Harrlsburg Foundry & Ma
chine Works, for steam engine at the
Benson Polytechnic for $5000; Failing
& McCalman. for finishing hardware
for the same institution for $4960.
Audited claims to the amount of V?02,
155 were ordered paid.
Hereafter, when teachers request a
leave of absence on account of illness,
it will be necessary to file a physician's
certificate. This was established as a
fixed policy yesterday.
Katherine Linnton, of Sellwood
School, notified the Board yesterday of
her change of name to Katherine Linn
ton Coruccini, and asked that the
proper change be made on the payroll.
The request of Williaji T. Fletcher,
principal of James John High Echool,
that he be allowed to turn the clock
ahead so as to start school at 8:4 5 in
stead of 9 A. M. as at present, was
granted, this being the expressed wisii
of students and teachers alike.
. The transfer of C. C. Thomasoa from
1150
F. a. b.
Racine
For Mitchell Junior 120-inch
wheelbase
$1460
SIXES
F.cb.
Racine
For 7-Pass. Mitchell 127-inch
wheelbase
An Eff iciency - Lesson
In Our Show Display
The Mitchell exhibit, in countless ways,' shows what
John W. Bate has accomplished. It shows the results of
factory savings applied to car improvements.' Every man
who sees them will have new respect for efficiency
Hundreds of Extras
In all the latest Mitchells you
will find hundreds of extras,
paid for by factory efficiency.
You will find 31 features which
nearly all cars omit.
You will find this year 24 per
cent added luxury, due to sav
ings in our new body plant.
You will find, for the first time,
100 per cent over-strength in
all important parts.
You will find Bate cantilever
springs, not one of which has
ever broken.
There are over 440 parts made
of toughened 6teel. There is a
wealth of Chrome-Vanadium.
There is a heat-fixed finish.
There is extra-grade leather.
Also many exquisite touches.
Does Efficiency Pay?
We present these extras to
answer the question, Does fac
tory efficiency pay?
You will find in the Mitchell,
as compared with rivals, at
least 20 per cent extra value.
You will find unique features
which, on this year's output,
will cost us $4,000,000.
You will find margins of safety
twice larger than usual.
Ycm will find beauties and luxuries
which have never appeared in cars
at the Mitchell prices.
These extras are paid for by factory
savings. Come and see if you want
a car without them.
Our One Distinction
Mitchell has earned its high place
in Motordom by giving more than
others gave.
John W. Bate is responsible. He
has worked years in the Mitchell
plant to cut our factory cost in two.
Our entire present factory was built
and equipped by him. It was built
to accomplish the utmost efficiency,
as applied to this single type.
The Mitchell is built here for very
much less than anyone else could
build it. It is built at the rate of
25,000 cars annually. What we save
is clearly shown in these extra values.
Do you want these extras? Or would
you want them lost in factory waste?
TWO SIZES
TIT irrft roomy, 7-pasen8-e?
1U1U.UCU Six. with 127-inch whl
hue. A hiKh-peed, economical, 48
bonepower motor. Disappearing extra
aernta and 31 extra features included.
Price S1460. f. o. b. Racine.
MitchellJuniors5X1'iS:
inch wheelbase. A 40-boraepower motor
H -inch smaller bore than larger Mitchell.
Price SI ISO, f. o. b. Racine.
Also all styles of enclosed and convert,
ible bodies. Also demount. bio tops.
The Only Answer
Your only possible answer is that
you want them. They mean extra
safety and endurance, extra beauty
and luxury, extra comfort and con
venience. They mean less upkeep,
less repairs.
Every year we increase them. This
year anew body plant, building all
Mitchell bodies, saves us hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
We are,spending that in extra-grade
leather in cushion springs which
cost SO per cent more. In count
less dainty touches, in beat-fixed
finish; which gives a deep endur
ing lustre that should keep new
for years. ,
Now Double Strength
And now we announce, in each
important part, 100 over-strength.
Mr. Bate has spent three years in
doubling our margins of safety.
Now every part is- twice as strong
as need be, proved by conclusive
tests.
That means a lifetime car.
See these results at our Show ex
hibit, and judge for yourself what
they mean to you. These late
model Mitchells, in a hundred ways,
differ-from rival cars.
MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY. Inc.
Racine, Wis., C S. A.
AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SHOW
MITCHELL, LEWIS & ST AVER CO.
EAST MORRISON AND EAST FIRST STS., PORTLAND, OREGON
James John High School to Superin
tendent Alderman's office during' the
Spring months to handle details of the
coming National Education Association
convention In July was approved.
BOND FOR CLERK LIKELY
City Court Official to Give Surety
for Flue Money, It Is Planned.
An ordinance will be submitted to
the jCity Council today requiring; the
clerk of the Municipal Court to furnish
a surety bond of $5000 to protect money
taken in as fines in the court and re
tained by the clerk until it Is trans
ferred to the City Treasurer's office.
The" ordinance has been prepared by
City Attorney LaRoche in acordance
with opinions of members of the City
Council that the clerk should be bonded
as long: as he handles public money.
It is said $5000 will cover all amounts
he has in his possession at any one
time. The city will pay the premium
on the bond furnished.
PEOPLE CALL FOR POPULAR
KIDNEY REMEDY
The splendid sale which I have en
joyed on Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root dur
ing the past fifteen years is a sufficient
guarantee that It possesses merit in
tfie ailments for which it is intended.
It is a medicine that epeak for itself
In kidney, liver and bladder diseases.
Very truly yours,
H. R. STREHLOW, Druggist,
Sept. 19, 1916. Casselton, North Dak.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Co..
Blnshamton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do for
You.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Bingham ton, N. Y., for a, sample sixe
bottle. It will convince anyone. Tou
will -also receive a booklet of valuable
Information, telling- about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention The Portland Daily Ore
gonlan. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
6 tores.
TAX PAYMENTS ARE HEAVY
FIRST DAY'S COXTIUBUTIOX S 6A63,
NEARLY DOUBLE LAST YEAR.
Few Ask for Time, Only ' 10 of 150
Early Arrivals Paylns; on
Installmeat Basis.
Tax collections started in with a rush
yesterday morning, and before the first
day of 1917 payments had closed rec
ords for the first day's collections in
1916 had been eclipsed by nearly 100
per cent. There were 207 payments
yesterday and J6663.45 collected. On
Februayr 1, 1916, collections totaled
only S3512.13.
Although the total sum collected was
not large, by far the majority of the
payments were for the entire tax, only
a few taking advantage of the permis
sion to pay the first half of the tsx any
time before April 6, and the second half
any time before October 6, without In
terest. The heavy taxpayers will not be
heard from until the fore part of April,
when, after holding to their first in
stallments of five or six figures for the
interest the money brings them, they
will turn the sums over to the collector.
The small percentage of payments by
installments" is seen in the record of
only 10 half payments in the first 150
collections.
Mrs. Anna Taylor, of 1423 Milwaukle
street, was on hand bright and early
yesterday morning and won the dis
tinction of being the first person in the
county of Multnomah to pay 1917 taxes.
She handed a check for $70.15 to the
collector, as a full payment for the
tax of her father, G. W. Rufner. at
7:35 A. M.
11 Lombard, of 1277 Bast Madison
street, was the second to pay, contrib
uting $32.88. Katherine A. Stone, of
807 East Everett street, was third. She
contributed $1.7 5, payment in full.
Following the report of E. A. Holllngs
worth, superintendent of the Doty
schools. Superintendent Canterbury in
spected the schools and found "the re
port to be correct. The schools will
be issued a diploma, and each of the
teachers will be listed as a "superior
teacher."
Doty Schools Standardized.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Several weeks ago A. C. Canter
bury, Lewis County Superintended of
Schools, issued a list of requirements
whereby he intends to standardize all
of the schools of the county. The
Doyt schools have the honor of being
the X.lrst to meet hes$ requirements,
STILL LEAD IN SALES AS WELL AS QUALITY
List of trucks sold during month of January.
Meier & Frank Co Portland . .Two 1-ton
Log Cabin Baking Co Portland ...Three -ton
Multnomah Lumber & Box .Portland; ...I.One 3V4-ton
M. Dimbat Hillsdale ...One 2-ton
Portland Ry. Ltg & Pr. Portland ,One -ton
Oregon Fruit & Produce Co Portland .....One -ton
Schroeder & Swingle -..Silver Lake, Or.... One -ton
Reliance Lumber Co...., Yamhill, Or One 2-ton
W. Hankel .Vancouver Two 2-ton
Western Motor Car Co Astoria One 114-ton
Albert Webb JSilverton, O- One 2-ton
H. H. Helser Portland.., One 2-ton
L. C. Schram Hoff, Or One 2-ton
George Reddway , Oregon City ..One -ton
Smith & Porter i ..Oregon City One -ton
Smith & Porter , Oregon City. ... .One 1-ton
Wm. Mathieson Silverlake, Or One. -ton
John Nag Hillsdale One 2-ton
A. Gentemann Hillsdale One 3 -ton
Coleman Carriage & Auto Works. 299 Front, Portland .One 2-ton
Walther Williams The Dalles One -ton
Total I 25
Almost without exception the above GMC customers have from one
to four trucks now in operation and know what and how to buy a
motor truck. They know motor-truck construction that will stand up
and give them service year after year, and do it economically. First
cost is not the only consideration. Consider upkeep, economy of
operation, durability, over a period of five years or longer, and you
will buy a GMC truck. Just the same as the above educated trucks
operators have.