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THE 3IOKNIXG OREGON'IAN- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917.
OLYmPIA HAS RUSH
OF HEW MEASURES
No More Bills Will Be Re
ceived Without Two-thirds
Majority, Both Houses.
LEGISLATURE KEPT BUSY
Most All Important Blatters Are Now
Far Advanced Oregon Fisheries
Agreement to Be Enacted
y Into River Treaty.
OXiTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 16. (Special.)
On this, the 0th day of the 60-day
eeasion and the last day for introduc
tion of bills without consent of a two
thirds majority of both Houses, the
"Washington Legislature today worked
all day Friday for the first time this
session before adjourning- for the week
end over Saturday.
Both houses were flooded with new
bills crowded in at the last moment,
the Senate receiving- 66 and the House
103, In addition to those already filed,
bringing- the total of bills introduced
in both houses this session to 710, a
considerable Increase over 1915.
"With the exception of the general
appropriation bill, which commands
right of way at any time, it being joint
ly submitted, most of the important
measures of the session are already far
advanced In legislative processes.
One of the important bills introduced
today incorporates the joint recommen
dations of the Oregon and Washington
Fisheries Commissions, agreed upon
two weeks ago, as amendments to the
Columbia River treaty between the
two states now awaiting ratification
by Congress. The only changes made
govern dates of making reports and
payments of surtax, increases in the
cannery tax, restriction of seines and
the closing of small tributaries on the
Washington side.
Traps and Wheels Barred.
The fisheries code amendments in
eluded: Close the streams from Grays
Harbor to Cape Flattery to traps and
fish wheels, and shorten the closed sea
eon for clams along the Washington
ocean beach.
The House today passed House bill
117, the first aid amendment to the
industrial insurance act, by a vote of
86 to 8, with three absent. Both Mc
Coy, of Clarke, and Reed, of Mason, au
thors of the bills, explained Its scope,
and Reld. of Spokane, repeated his dec
laration that 60.000 workingmen of the
state were opposed to the equal division
of cost imposed between employer and
employe, which cannot exceed 33 cents
a day, according to supporters of the
bill.
Other bills passed by the House to
day require red lights upon horse
drawn vehicles, authorizing the leasing
of state land for city park purposes at
Hoquiam, diverts 5 per cent of automo
bile revenue license to county road
maintenance funds, appropriate $40,000
to the Washington State College from
established funds, permit osteopaths to
practice regulated surgery, and legal
izes restoration to practice of physi
cians who have been imprisoned.
Coal Mining Code Passed.
The Senate passed five hours listen
ing to third reading of a coal-mining
code which both employers ana em
ployes have agreed, passing it and
three other regulatory measures, one
of which is designed to prevent collec
tion agencies and associations from
practicing law through admitted at
torneys included in the membership for
that, purpose.
New Senate bills Introduced today
provide for optional voting of second
choice instead of compulsory voting, as
now required; make farm-loan bonds
legal investments for trust funds; au
thorize joint county ferries; appro
priate $5000 for the appointment of a
State Welfare Commissioner at $1500
salary; make a felony of advocating
sabotage and other forms of terrorism
extends public service regulation over
lnterurban lines, and gives a husband
right to sue for damages for the death
of his wife.
Short Ballot to Be Amended,
Two new House bills are designed to
amend the constitution in order to es
tablish a short-ballot system whereby
only the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor
and State Auditor will be elected, and
another establishes commission gov
ernment for counties.
The House list of new bills also in
eludes an appropriation of $25,000 for
state enforcement of the bone-dry law.
which is not yet signed by the Gov
ernor; a proposal to increase the Lieu
tenant-Governor's salary from $1200 to
$3000 annually; to eliminate a $3.a0
charge for installation of telephones,
as fixed by the Public Service Commis
sion, and limit any monthly telephone
charge to $25; to create the County of
Mora out of adjoining sections of Cal-
lam and Jefferson, and to establish a
state highway in Cowlitz County to
connect with state road No. 15.
On Monday both houses will settle
down to the sifting ana passing of laws
untroubled by the Introduction of new
bills except when they are authorized
by both houses, with every indication
that such consent will be difficult to
obtain unless pressing Importance of
the measure is demonstrated.
BOYS FACEJTHEFT CHARGE
Detectives Say Four Youths Confess
to Taking Auto.
Four hoys were arrested last nigh
by Detectives Craddock and Smith,
who have been investigating the theft
of an automobile from James A. Chiotti,
818 Patton avenue, last Monday night.
The car was taken from Mr. Chiotti
parage, and deserted at Graham and
Gantenbein avenues.
A book of orders for gasoline was
taken from the automobile, and the de
tectives traced the boys through thel
use of alleged stolen tickets. Those ar
rested are: Bernard J. Cowling, 145
Knott 6treet, and William Thompson,
267 4 Russell street, each 18, and
George Bosch, 19, of 390 Brazee street,
and Herbert Smith, 17. of 147 Ivy street.
The detectives say the boys have con
fessed. RAILWAY AUTO ON DISPLAY
Machine to Operate Between Hood
River and Parkdale.
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A 26-p-assenger automobile bus, built
to operate on standard railroad tracks,
is now being shown at the corner or
Fourth and Stark streets. The bus Is
to be used for carrying passengers on
the Mount Hood Railway from Hood
River to Parkdale.
It will be on display here until Sun
day night, when it will be sent to Hood
River and put in commission for serv
ice over the railway there.
The car is operated through power
derived from gasoline or distillate. It
has a bus body placed on a White two
ton chassis.
CHINESE OPERA NOW IS IN
FULL MID-SEASON SWING
Critical Analysis Reveals That Orchestral Volume Is on Same Standard of
Excellence as Work of Performers, as Far as Mere Occidental Can Judge.
MEMBERS of the local Chinese
colony. In customary celebra
tion of their New Year's holi
days, are well along in the enjoyment
of an opera season, which began its
sway here about the middle of Janu
ary. Soon after the waning of the
Winter solstice, overjoyed by new
promises of abundant harvests and a
generous distribution of providential
favors, the Chinese regularly immerse
themselves, in accordance with vener
able usage, into the flamboyant din
of their native music festivals.
This year's performance, continued
every night between 6:30 and 12:30
at Arion Hall, Is less elaborate in many
respects than the productions for which
ancient China is memorable. Among
the 11.000 volumes of the great Ming
encyclopedia are many accounts of
operas great in history; operas so
vigorously rendered that strong men
dropped dead from the mere sound of
the tympanl. Although the local opera
Is only an artistic speck by comparison,
it does not fall short in the ordinary
essentials.
Comparison Not Easy.
The lack of truly imperishable crit
ical standards in this comparatively
new country makes it impossible to
appraise the opera at Arion Hall with
any degree of exactness. To every un
accustomed ear the singing is neces
sarily shrill and painful; and the or
chestra, in its aggressive Interludes of
hideous uproar, is excessively ear-
splitting and provoking.
The audience, which attends only In
termittently during the evening, has
become accustomed, in its native habi
tat, to endure more or less noise, al
though the singers and players them
selves, forced as they are to attend
six hours every evening (the union
schedule) must evidently resort to ear
plugs.
But the native Chinese, it must be
conceded, are little disturbed by noise,
natural selection having adjusted them.
through long centuries of exposure, to
the strain of excessive uproar and din.
It Is a privilege in China to celebrate
on any and all occasions by the beattng
of gongs and triangles, the thumping
of hardwood boxes and the penetrating
wall of the Chinese trumpet.
Noise Made With Impunity.
All this is done with impunity on
various days of feast and celebration.
The neighbor of a celebrant, though
somewhat disturbed during the night.
is sure to withhold his remonstrances.
feeling certain, as he does, that all of
the feasting, the singing, the racket,
the banging, uproar and clatter will
be repeated in other houses perhaps.
If fortune is kind, in his own.
The conception and execution of the
present opera are almost simultaneous,
the singers and actors being guided
more by their own feelings than by
the iron-bound requirements of com
poser or librettist. Their duty is merely
to extemporize upon an old story which
has been selected beforehand by the
producer from the huge bulk of an
cient Chinese literature.
The story being interpreted at Arion
Hall may be considered typical in all
of its characteristics. A pair of lovers,
beset on every side by intriguing rela
tives, and encumbered with numerous
conventions of courtship, are seeking
for the usual resolution of insuperable
difficulties. According to approved
Chinese patterns, the story is developed
and ramified, shaped to the require
ments of hard-working actors and mu
sicians, and finally lengthened, out to
the stretcn or an entire opera season.
Lovers Have Various Trials.
The scenario alone is rigidly pre
scribed. It contains many represen
tations of lovers going through their
various tribulations and experiences,
which Include dialogues with parents,
step-parents and relatives, appearances
before magistrates and conferences
with advisers. Much incident of this
kind must be Included, for, during the
development-of the play, thoroughly to
satisfy the Chinese audience, many
bamboo canes should be plentifully
laid on and many heads should fall to
the ground.
The machinery of the Chinese oper
atic stage is extremely elemental. At
Arion Hall most of the effects were
supplied by the stage manager, an an-
DAY'S SPAN TOLLS $287
40S5
PERSONS CROSS BRIDGE IN
FIRST 24 HOL'RS.
500 Autos and Tracks Pass Over River
and 26GO Persons Travel In Street
cars In Day.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 16. (Spe
cial.) For the first 24 hours that the
Columbia River interstate bridge was
open, a total of $287.75 was collected
in tolls. The fixed charges of operat
ing the bridge and paying interest is
around $260, leaving a net profit of
$27.75 to be placed in a sinking fund to
retire the bonds. However, it is gen
erally believed that the state of Wash
ington within a few years will take
over Clarke County's bonds.
Persons crossing the bridge the first
day numbered 4085, of which number
2660 were in streetcars. There were
nearly 500 automobiles and trucks, and
only 7S vehicles drawn Dy animais,
showing the steady decrease in the use
of the horse.
There were 15 head of livestock to
cross the bridge. If a cow is carried
on a truck or in a wagon toll has to
be paid just the same as though it
walked.
A new scheme for the collection of
tolls will probably be worked out soon,
and there is a possibility that the tolls
may be lowered at the end of 90 days
when it is learned the average amount
of traffic. The traffic is expected to
increase steadily.
OLD SUIT PAPERS SERVED
A. B. F. Orr, Accused by Lewis
"llodler, Finally Located.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 16. (Spe
cial.) Hoyt Blair, deputy Sheriff, last
night served papers on Augustus Ben
F. Orr, in which Lewis Hodler, of Port
land, brought suit for $50,000 damages
against Mr. Orr for the alleged alien
ation of the affections of his wife.
At 8:45 P. M. last night Mr. Blair
learned that Mr. Orr was in the city at
Hotel St. Elmo, and he secured the
papers and succeeded In finding Mr.
Orr at 8:58. Civil papers cannot be
served after 9 P. M. The suit was be
gun nearly three years ago, but the of
ficers had Been uname to locate Mr.
Orr to serve the papers.
WOOD DEALER IS JAILED
Roseburg Man Gets 25 Days
Selling Short Measure.
for
ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 16. (Special)
R. L. Staggs, a prominent wood
dealer of this city, has gone to jail for
25 days rather than pay a fine of $50
clent Chinaman, who remained con
tinually on the scene. Though his
functions were of primary importance.
all of his physical aspects belled the
resourcefulness and ingenuity usually
attributed to the stage manager. He
was merely a worn and faded old
Chinaman, depressed in spirit by an
eternal fatigue, sadly bent by the bur
dens of existence.
Activities Are Important.
The activities of the stage manager.
though perfunctory and listless, were
extremely important to the verisimili
tude of the piece. The executioner,
flaying his victims with the knife,
scourging them with rattans or be
heading them with the sword, must
turn and receive the appropriate im
plement at the right time.
Close to the elbow of the dignitaries,
at all times, was the listless though
not inefficient stage manager, handing
them parchments, fans and scrolls as
the action demanded, arranging their
chairs and tables, or surrounding them
with new decorations.
The stage manager was much less
gaudily clad than his companions on
the stage, wearing only a familiar
Chinese attire. A much-worn old
sweater, a faded cap and shapeless
trousers, though possibly the extent of
his wardrobe, were found not unbe
coming to his office.
Manager Tired but Busy.
Although . tired. - the stage manager
was seldom lax In his duties. During
his leisure moments he usually stood
among the players on the stage or
walked quietly about, studying the ef
fect of his work. Often he occupied a
chair among the actors, regarding their
efforts with lifeless indifference. On
and on the story continued, unrolling
hourly into move nearly epic pro
portions, increasing, if possible, the
weariness and indifference of the stage
manager.
Judging from appropriate standards,
the orchestra was probably entitled to
quite favorable comment. Their pur
pose being ostensibly to furnish a con
siderable clatter during the entire six
hour duration of the piece, one could
not fail to applaud their devotion and
thoroughness. Their number was small,
but In energy each player might rival
six.
Orchestra Work Studied.
By overcoming one's primary re
sentment toward the tympanl, one
could study the orchestra as a whole
and note the essential difference be
tween the Chinese and the Occidental
conception of suitable musical setting
for operatic lyrics.
The purpose of the Chinese musicians
Is noise. Form is considered to an ex
tent, yet the major requirement of the
music-lover is volume and continuity
of sound. Appreciation of these quali
ties could best be expressed in words
appropriate to any typical Chinese mu
steal critic. For example, the reviewer
of opera for the Nanking Leader, after
attending a premiere, might speak of
the orchestra as follows:
"Let us not fail in our appreciation
of the orchestral support which was
accorded the singers in last night's
brilliant and noteworthy performance.
By their sustained production of
hideous soul-shriveling, nerve-racking
noise, the gentlemen at the back of
the stage, by their earnest and vigor
ous efforts, kept well within the most
rigorous standards.
e Three Shifts Provided.
"To eliminate the lassitude which
sometimes lowers the orchestral finish
of operas toward the end of a per
formance, the management has ar
ranged, with characteristic enterprise,
to supply three fresh shifts of mu
sicians during the evening."
Exactly what has transpired on the
stage during a single performance Is
not easily obvious to the Occidental
After many changes of scenery, ex
tensive dialogues and a number of ex
ceedingly long solos, the stage man
ager usually makes arrangements for
the two lovers to occupy a single chair.
Here a long interview Is conducted,
the lovers evidently agreeing that the
hour is late. The audience seems will
ing to knock off, so activities are sus
pended for the evening. Much more
could not have been accomplished, for
the stage manager has grown very,
very tired.
assessed against him in the Recorder's
Court Thursday, following conviction on
a charge of selling wood by short
measurement to Mrs. S. E. Collier.
Staggs maintains his Innocence and
says his confinement In jail Is due to
a misunderstanding rather than an in
tentional violation of the law. At the
trial yesterday. Mr. Staggs appeared as
his owii attorney. He has lived in
Roseburg for several years, and is said
to have an extensive business.
Girls' Honor Guard to Meet.
The Girls' Honor Guard will meet to
day at 1:30 o'clock at Central Library
to discuss plans for resuming social
service work and first-aid training.
All members of the Honor Guard and
others interested in it are invited to
attend.
FPXERAL OF WESTERN PIO
NEER TO BE HELD
TODAY.
r
Charles Clark.
The funeral of Charles Clark,
one of the first "forty-niners,"
who was found dead In bed at a
lodging-house on Knott street
Wednesday, will be held at 2
o'clock today from the under
taking establishment of F. S.
Dunning, on the East Side. The
services will be conducted by
Rev. W. J. Beaven. of the Third
Baptist Church.
Mr. Clark was a native of Nov
Tor!:, but went to California in
the wild days of th- first, gold
rush. He came to Portland more
than 40 years ago.
He served as driver In the fire
department under ex-Chiefs Buch
tel and De Boest and later went
to Alaska.
After his return from Alaska
Mr. Clark was employed on one
. of the ferry-boats.
His body will be cremated.
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NATION'S HINGES
MOBILIZED FOR WAR
Huge Reserve Available for
Contingency and Banks
Prepared for Strain.
NOTES BEING ENGRAVED
Danger of Huns by Depositors - of
Foreign. Birth Believed Already
Met New York Bank Un
furls American Flag.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. The Na
tion's finances are mobilized to meet
any situation likely to be presented
in the near future, in the opinion of
the Federal Reserve Board, whose pre
cautionary measures, undertaken upon
the severance of diplomatic relations
with Germany, have assumed concrete
form and are believed to cover every
contingency that may arise-
There are at present on deposit with
Federal reserve agents in the various
reserve districts approximately $300.
000,000 In cash and the huge reserve
of $600,000,000 Is available at Wash
ington for use wherever it may be
needed. As a precautionary measure,
the board has requested the Bureau of
Engraving and. Printing to engrave a
large additional sum of reserve notes,
which will be ready for use in case the
occasion may arise.
Banks Can Stand Heavy Strain.
An estimate by George M- Reynolds.
of Chicago, that the hanks of the coun
try are at present able to withstand a
ilnanclal strain involving eight times
the sum Involved in the panic of 1907
is believed by officials to be a-correct
appraisal of the strength of the Fed
eral reserve system.
The first concern of the board, to
protect member banks against runs by
aepositors of foreign birth and non
member banks so far as possible, vir
tually has passed. There have been but
few runs, it was eald, and these appar
ently were due to the unfounded belief
of foreign-born depositors, that the
Government would confiscate their
bank accounts In case of war.
Such withdrawals have been reported
from "hanks in Seattle, Cleveland. New
York and Connecticut. The situation
in Cleveland, it is said, arose from the
publication in a Roumanian newspaper
that foreigners Would do well to have
their funds in National banks to the
preference of all others. Trust com
panies and other nonmember banks In
the city and district are said to have
been affected somewhat by this an
nouncement.
Money Is Redepoalted.
Virtually all the money so withdrawn
is understood to have been deposited
again in National banks.
A run on a branch postal savings
bank in an East Side neighborhood of
New York City also was reported
Funds available for ordinary demands
roved insufficient to meet the checks
f excited depositors and a sum suf
ficient to tide over the postal bank
was hastily obtained from a small N
tional bank near by.
Officers of the National bank, on
earning of the situation, unfurled
large American flag in front of the
building and put up a placard an
nouncing that postal savings checks
would be cashed at par. This, it is
said, diverted the run to the National
bank, which was well prepared to han
dle the situation. The unusual trans
portation situation, due to the conges
tion of traffic, has been reflected in
the business done by Federal Reserve
banks. The volume of acceptances
bought rose approximately $20.00,000
within a week and discount rates have
hardened somewhat.
WEDDING WALK 12 MILES
Bride Is North Star Wreck Widow
With Six Children.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Judge James Watson, of the
County Court, performed a marriage
ceremony at which one of the partici
pants was the widow of a man lost in
the wreck of the North Star No. 1, on
the Coos Bay bar who was left with six
small children. Mrs. Mary Tanner is a
resident of South Inlet, and the bride
groom was Charles Miller, a tie con
tractor. The party walked lz miles
through the woods to catch the South
em Pacific train at Beaver Hill Junc
tion, en route to the county seat.
Judge Watson accidentally sealed up
some of the papers with the marriage
certificate and afterwards sent a mes
senger to the Baxter Hotel to reclaim
them. It was 4 In the afternoon.
The bridal party had retired, being
exhausted from their long tramp, and
Judge Watson secured the missing
documents next morning.
FRIENDLY SCUFFLE FATAL
Hans Broten Found Bead In Bed
After Tussle With Brother.
Hans Broten. 85, head of the Eureka
Carriage Works, was found dead in
bed at his home, 33o Hassalo street,
yesterday, as the result of a fractured
skull, sustained last Thursday while
scuffling with his brother In the car
riage works, 327 Couch street.
Mr. Broten struck his head on a wire
stretcher during the friendly scuffle.
and complained of a headache later.
although he continued work. His wife
found him dead when she went to call
him for breakfast at 6 A. M. The body
was removed to the parlors of the East
Side Funeral Directors, where Dr. S. M.
Gellert performed an autopsy.
Mr. Broten Is survived by his widow
and a 4-year-old son. besides his
brother, Gilbert Broten. who was his
partner in the carriage works. Fu
neral arrangements have not been com
pleted.
STOCK LAW TO BE TESTED
Mayor of Eastslde Among Others
Charged With Letting Cattle Ran.
MARSHFIELD, Of- Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) The first test of the new county
stock law which was adopted at the
November election will be made when
the trial of M. A. McLaggan. a Council
man: Mrs. Carrie Wright. Benjamin
Wright, Mayor R. C Kit son. Mrs. Jean
Brown, W. F. Byerly, John Swanson and
Mrs. John Swanson, of the City of East
side, come to trial on a charge of al
lowing their stock to run at large.
W. C. Weaver, a resident of East-
side, is the complaining witness. Mr,
Weaver's prosecution may bo some
what moderate, for he hopes to estab
lish the right of cattle to run at large,
since he owns a ranch near Sumner
and wants range. He is. however, in
earnest, since he says the stock be
longing to those named In his com
plaint bother him and other residents
of Eastslde.
FOURTH COMMANDMENT GIVEN
IN COURT IN DENYING DIVORCE
Judge Catena Pleads 'With Couple to Continue Union of 34 Years and Re
proves Son Charged Svith Being Clause of Separation.
HE high windows of the courtroom I
might have been of art glass.-the I
seats at the rear might have been
arranged in pews, the hum of traffic
on streets below might have been the
chant of a choir, the bench at which
the judge sat might have been a nul-
Plt and there would have been no in
congruity between the setting and the
words spoken by Circuit Judge Gatens
Thursday when he denied the divorce
asked by Lucy J. Grabeel from F w.
GrabeeL
The jurist took as his text the rnnrth
Commandment "Honor thy father ana
thy mother."
It is the dutv of a son to make the
declining years of his parents an peace-
iui ana nappy as lies in his power."
said Judge Gatens.. "He should not
bicker with his father over trifles. He
should try to make things a little
sweeter for him. When unkind, un
thinking words are eald he should take
them with a smile, shut ur about It
and come back for more."
The father had testified that fhe
only trouble himself and his wife had
come aoout through unfillal conduct
of one of his sons. Edward, seed si.
whose angry retorts to his father v.n
unheard by a slightly deaf mother, who
espoused the cause of the young man.
even mougn n caused her to part from
the man with whom she had lived for
34 years.
lou are arood people, and neither
of you really wants a divorce." con
tinued tne judge. "You ought to go
home with your arms about one an-
other and Journey through the Winter
43,000 ALIENS IN CITY
NIGHT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IS
ADVISED BY SPEAKERS.
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Importance of Becoming Naturalised Is
Impressed en Foreigners at
Lincoln High School.
Of Portland's total population, 43,000
are natives of foreign lands.
For that reason, Portland Is espe
cially Interested in providing every op
portunity for the education of aliens,
said John C. Beach, supervisor' -of the
city night schools, at a m meeting held
last night in the auditorium of the
Lincoln High School.
The meeting was called for the pur
pose of impressing persons of foreign
birth with the Importance of becoming
naturalized, emphasizing the duties of
citizenship and urging them to attend
the night schools. There are at pres
ent 670 persons of 30 nationalities at
tending the night schools in Portland.
Phases of naturalization work were
described by H. B. Hazzard, examiner
of the United States Bureau of Nat
uralization, and Circuit Judge Morrow.
They said the Government was taking
more and more interest In the welfare
of the foreign-born and they urged
earnest preparation for examinations
so that they would realize their duties
and responsibilities when they became
citizens.
Dr. J. Francis Drake, a member of
the School Board, said the night schools
were as Important as other units of the
school system.
John H. Stevenson, who will succeed
Arthur Langguth as Municipal Judge
March 1, and who previously held that
position, said that he had observed that
foreign-born residents were law-abid
ing and usually developed into good
citizens. He said it was essential that
aliens familiarize themselves with the
system of government here.
SIMS GROWTH RECITED
W. H. HORNIBROOK, EI-51IMSTER,
TELLS OF TRADE OPENINGS.
Former Diplomat on Way to Rome
Albany. Where He Will Resume
Editorial Duties.
The growing importance of United
States trade relations in the Orient
was pointed out yesterday by William
H. Hornlbrook, for the past two years
Minister of this country to the Kingdom
of Slam. Mr. Hornlbrook, who left his
position as editor of the Albany Dem
ocrat to occupy a diplomatic post,
passed through Portland yesterday on
his way to Albany, where he will take
up his duties as editor of the Democrat.
The ill-health of his children, to whom
the hot climate of the Siamese capital
was unfavorable, Mr. Hornlbrook gave
as the cause of his resignation.
An active competitor for business
with Slam, according to Mr. Hornl
brook, Is the United States, American
business methods and the prestige of
American goods having won the good
will of the Oriental tradesmen. Amerl
can automobiles In particular are men
tioned as among the Important exports
to Si am.
Much of the progress that has been
IXO.ITIRY MADE FOR WOMAN
MISSING FIVE YEARS.
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Mrs. John Kldwell (Viola May
Crosier).
No clew has been found by offi
cers of the Women's Protective
Division In their search for Mrs.
John Kldwell, formerly Viola May
Crosier, who was last heard from
in this city five years ago.
Relatives of the missing wom
an, who live at Monmouth. 11L.
believe that harm may have be
fallen her. Her last letters to
them, writes Mrs. Lewis Greenut.
of Monmouth, were very despondent.
kindness, love and
Of the young man he said: "It does
not come with good grace from a boy
of 21 years to tell his father what he
should do and call him a windbag. In
his resentment he forgot he was talk
ing to his father. One's father and
mother may not be perfect, but it must
into the world, and love and klndnesd
are due them.
. "I can't blame the mother for taking I
the part of her son. but she must not I
forget that this man is her husband. I
whom she promised to cherish 34 yeans
ago. The differences are petty and
mostly rise from thoughtlessness. Go
home and forget these small bicker
ings. To the son I would say. 'Read
again the Fourth Commandment. "
There were tears in the husband's
eyes when the judge finished and he
walked toward his wife, hesitatingly,
His wife's eyes were still unfriendly,
wku ntio usiiereu into las juukc B I
chambers by Judge Gatens. and from
the ensuing interview the wife
emerged crying. But both went home
ward by separate paths.
Mr. Grabeel is a shoemaker, with a
shop- at 646 Umatilla avenue. He has
k nt v. .
year because his w f.', VZ Ti-.t
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i, vri o.iac cannoi luicriito
the Insolent disrespect of which he
says the young man is guilty. The
Grabeels were married In 1883 in
Broadbead. Ky., and have eight chil
dren, all but four of whom are of ajre.
I xne youngest is years old.
recorded in Slam since the introduction
of modern ideas. Mr. Hornlbrook said,
was due to the Influence of Americans.
He said that three American physicians
have helped carry on the work of the
Siamese government in its public health
na sanitary service during the past
year, while graduates of American en
gineering schools have added greatly to
no eriiciency of irrigating schemes.
Mr. Hornlbrook handed in his resig
nation as Minister to Slam last Mav
and will shortly return to his paper in
a many. Airs. Hornlbrook and the chll
ren are at present In Idahn 'anil will
" .ruri.ia.na in a lew oays on their
w.y io Aioany. A large reception Is
being planned for Mr. and Hrs. Hornl
brook by their towneneonla tar n,vr
r riuay mgnt at Albany.
SOCIETIES TO CAMPAIGN
DORMANT STATE ORGANIZATIONS
ARE TO BE BCSt'RRECTED.
Arrangements for Entertainment
Teachers to Follow Enlistment
of Ellglblea in Work.
Twenty-three state societies which
existed in Portland two years asro are
to De reorsanlzrl tn na,(i.tn.t. ,k.
j . -- "' -
.- i mo ueiegaies to tne JN a-
cionai iXlucation Association in July.
if the plan tentatively adODted bv ren-
resentatives of some of the most active
state societies in the city last night
can De carried through successfully
"Lity?! A'.X "aLe "ocletle. and
t-n-x .k .. o""ri at-
"acting e,t tne tnimor or
bummeree last, night and made tem
porary organization for the work, with
D. B. Menery. of the Michigan So
ciety, president pro tem and C. C
Thomason. secretary.
i ne temnorarv orriniiifiin win .
Into communication with members of
an oi tne zs state societies and
en-
deavor to arrange for their representa-
tlon at a general meeting to be called
March 1
.w wii i ri. l i i . i rin nrmniVBi
tion and launching in each society a
ucinuiicrj memoersnip campaign.
-arrangements will be mad to hm
a trophy offered for the
K. 1 -a. i .... J .
r".w'!,!"l."uD" lo. membership
in the contest that will be commenced
-obc0.et.eA.PrwUl- .ThS '""idet- "
societies will serve as an executive
board.
Presidents of state nctt
Iat night were: J. C. Nelll of Wis-
consin; G. L. Rauch. of Michigan;
Isaac Peart, of Minnesota: Wilbur
tV'lt'oTV
Miller, or Ohio and J. J. Crossley. of
Iowa.
BULK HANDLING IS FAVORED
Inland Empire Grain Growers to
Press Campaign.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 14 Resolu
tions favoring the handling of grain
in duik instead or in sacks were adopt
ed today at the annual meeting of the
Inland Empire Grain Growers' Asso
ciation. One resolution set forth that
It had been demonstrated that bulk
handling of grain was practical and
profitable in this region and directed
luo "PPoinimtni oi a committee lo
gather and publish Information fur
incrins L JU 3 metnoa.
Another resolution Indorsed a bill
pending In the Washington Legisla
ture authorising the construction and
operation of bulk grain elevators and
belt line railroads. Three hundred
grain dealers attended the meeting.
MEDF0RD ORE BRINGS $104
First Shipment From Bine Ledce
Mine Reported On by Smelter.
MED FORD. Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.)
Returns from the first car of ore
shipped from the Blue Ledge mine,
showed gross receipts of 13519, or S104
a ton ror 34 tons.
Manager Carnahan. of the Blue
Ledge mine, eald the analysis furnished
by the Tacoma Smelter was 16 per cent
copper, which at the market price of
SO cents a pound would amount to (96
a ten. Gold and silver ran $7.50 to the
ton. or I103.E0 gross return a ton. The
Commercial Club will hold a big cele
bration Boon In honor of the event.
Three more cars are ready for ship
ment.
ROSEBURG 5 TRIMS EUGENE
Fast Game Results In Score of 2 8
to 16; Big Crowd Present.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 16. (Special.)
played here this season the Roseburg
High School team tonight defeated the
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team of the Eugene High School-by
score of 28 to 16. Coach Milllken.
the visitors, said Eugene's defeat was
due to their slowness In getting started.
The game was witnessed by a big
crowd and enthusiasm was intense.
Yaneonver Barges Brydocked.
VANOOUVER. Wiik.. l rc.
cial.) xne oarges used for the past
montns lor tne terry to make a landing
on iayaen isiana. were pulled from
their places today and towed to Port
land. The barges will be Disced
aryaocas at once ana vui be repaired.
of life In peace,
contentment."
ITROOPS SEEK JOBS
About 100 Men of Troop, and
Battery Will Need Work.
EMPLOYERS CALLED UPON
pOPtiand Organization to Be Assist-
ed by Federal Labor Department
Official Business Men to
Give Personal Service.
Plans for securing employment for
members of Battery A and Troop A.
who will be mustered out at Vancouver
I within the next few days, were out
lined at a meeting of the joint commit-
tee representing veterans of the First
Regiment and veterans of Battery A.
in conference with Major Wilson, act
ing Adjutant-General, at the National
Guard headquarters In the Morgan
building, last night.
Captain George A. White, of Troon A.
I "o inn gommuiM, as aia also
K P' Bonham. of the United States
I Immigration Service, Department of
Labor.
It was decided to send out letters to
all the large employers of the city with
a view to securing an Immediate list of
available joba
Mr. Bonham offered the services of
his department for the securing of po
sitions lor the men needing them and
said that one man would be detailed
for that work in his office.
Employers desiring men will be asked
to call up Main 924 or A-4625 in order
I that the positions may be listed.
Approximately 100 men In the bat
tery and troop will be In need of posi
tions when the troops are mustered out
next week.
In case there Is difficulty In securing
the requisite number of positions, a
large committee composed of repre
sentative business men may be appoint
ed to do personal work about the city
among employers. Men with famiftes
I or denend pnti will he Hvn nncitlnna
I first, ana men others Disced.
BRIDGE HONORED IN VERSE
Washington Man Contributes
to
Opening Ceremonies.
VANCOUVER. Wash, Feb. 16. (Spe
cial.) Nelson B. Brooks, one of the
leading good roads advocates In Wash
ington, was one of the speakers at the
bridge opening exercises here Wed
nesday. Mr. Brooks, who Is a native of Sll-
verton. Or., was an intimate friend of
Fred Balch, who wrote the famous
story. "The Bridge of the Gods." Dur
ing his talk here today, Mr. Brooks
read an original poem entitled the
"Interstate Bridge," written by him
self. The poem follows:
I orvion ana wasmnrton
I Now rejoice, th brluc Is done,
I Savored by th. rotchty river.
I jo1m1 tosstner now roraver.
I t.j .v-
I Spanned the river Ions ago.
I Til the earthquake's violent shock
I -runea tne sxoa or solid rock.
Clty of th. prldfc
city on the northern aide.
I L.ink
nked together here todav.
By Pacific's great highway.
Engineers have shown their skill.
Hacked by men of Iron wtlL
And the structure holds proud a war.
O'er the river found by Gray.
Ptephen Marbell seemed to know.
I More than two score rears ago.
Men w'd find a i
CrOMln rlvr" la
better way
our aay.
- - . . . .
How he nronhe.i.d in rhV-.
I 'They're going to build. I feel
it yet.
A bridge acroaa the Willamette."
I A mllllaa Mnnt .-t
" T"-"
indK e.!r!r1x !nto 'old
UonnngVni'gr !
I
aee today.
highway.
Cities of each loyal state.
Hall the dav we celebrate.
For "t1 lines no more divide
Intrcourae from either side.
. . .
Wo.haT.-Vo-wart
When the wooing days are over.
Speeding on to old Vancouver.
Half a century or more
Men have passed from shore
Paying tribute every trip
to shore.
At the ferry's landing slip.
Farewell, ferry, evermore.
Tour last voyage now la o'er
You have gathered your laat shekel
"Tom, tne pocnets oi the people.
Travelers now from state to state
Will no longer have to wait
For the boat they always spied
waiting on the other side.
Flow on. river, evermore.
You are bridged from ahore to shore.
The great victory la won.
By Oregon and Washington.
rn nnn nur nan .
- 0U,UUU UUVt BALM AbKtU
Laura Mcintosh. Divorcee, Sue
Walter Rosenfeld, Tobacconist.
Laura Mcintosh, divorcee, has filed
suit for $50,000 heart . balm against
Walter Rosenfeld. in the Circuit Court.
alleging breach of promise. Mr. Rosen
feld is president of the Rosenfeld-
Smith Company, wholesale cigar deal
ers. The allegations In the complaint.
drawn by Attorneys Davis & Farrell.
are that Mr. Rosenfeld was attentive
to Mrs. Mcintosh in February, 1916,
and promised to marry her not later
than January. 1917. which alleged
promise has been repudiated and de
nied. Improper liberties are cited la
the complaint.
ALIENS T0BE EXAMINED
Hearings for Naturalization Papers
to Be Held Today.
A class will be examined for final
naturalization papers before Presiding
Judge Gantenbein this morning.
All citizens-to-be who wish to be
examined for their. f'nal papers May
19 and have not yet nled for them
must make application this afternoon,
announced Deputy County Clerk Easter
yesterday. Those who wait until Mon
day or later will not have a chance
to be examined until about June 16.
German applications predominate
. ...
I among those maqe recently.
I 1
a Quartermaster Sergeant Promoted,
of
I VANCOUVER. Wash Feb. 16. (Spe-
I cial.) Otto Engleman. chief clerk and
I quartermaster sergeant xor the past
I three years, here, today received notifi
cation that he had been commissioned
partment in the reserve corps. Should
I war be declared he would become at
six nnw "
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in I Factories yearly nay S143.943.0OO la
I wages in Calllornis,