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IS TO BEGIN TODAY
Now Is the Time to Do Your Easter Shopping and Reap the Benefit of This Double-Stamp OfferingStamp Books Redeemed in Cash in Gift Room, Fourth Floor
First Shovelful of Earth to Be
Turned and Speeches Are
v . on Programme.
Kodaks, Cameras
4th Floor.
Complete line of the famous
Eastman Kodaks and Cameras.
Headquarters for developing,
printing:, color-work and framing'.
The Standard Store of the Northwest
s, Wortman &
Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods
Lunch Served in
Our Tea Room
Every day from 11:30 to 2:30.
A pleasant place to meet your
friends and enjoy the best lunch
In the city. Prompt service.
Gossard
Corsets
B.&J.
Corsets
TRACKS ALSO GO LOWER
WORK Of! VIADUCTS
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King
ffaak to Cost . $507,000, Most of It
Being Paid by Railroads and by
Improvement District Con
tracts for Work Are It.
Vtth. speeches and other formalltlu,
work will be started today at 1 o'clock
n the big- project for the elimina
tion of grade crossings along- the line
of the O.-W. R. & N. from the head
of Sullivan's Oulch to the city limits.
Sloyd Campbell, of the Rose City Park
Club, will turn over the first shovel
ful of earth, after which a force of
workmen will start the construction,
which Is to require a year to com
plete. t
The ceremony wlU be held at Sandy
boulevard and East Thirty-seventh
street on the site of the larger of the
series of viaducts Involved In the proj
ect. T. T. Oeer will preside at the
meeting. Short addresses will be given
by Mayor AJ.be and City Commis
sioner Dleck representing the, city:
Franklin T. Griffith, representing the
Portland Railway, Light A Power
Company, and A. C Spencer, represent
ing the O.-W. R. to N. Company.
Thirty-Inch Main to Be Put la.
The first work will be the lowering
f a 80-lnch water main at East
Sixtieth street and the construction of
temporary overhead crossings at Sandy
boulevard. East Fifty-fifth street and
fcast Eighty-first street. Under the
arrangement as made by George
uuiuuuiutoiis, engineer in charge for
the city, traffic will be stopped at all
crossings except at those mentioned.
The Sandy boulevard crosssing will
he only for pedestrian and streetcar
traffic.
Vehicular trafflo now using Sandy
boulevard will be diverted either to
the East Twenty-eighth street or the
Kast Thirty-third street bridges. Traf
flo which ordinarily would cross at
one of the grade crossings between
Sandy boulevard and East Eighty
second street will be diverted to the
temporary crossings at East Fifty
fifth street and East Eighty-first
street. The approaches to the tem
porary crossings will be put In rood
condition for trafflo.
Project to Take Year.
Engineer Edmondstone says Jie ex
pects the project to require one year
to complete. The contractor under the
terms of the contract will be allowed
a bonus of $100 a day for each day the
work is completed under one year and
will be penalized $100 a day for each
day over one year. The limit of pay
for completion under a year Is 60 days,
or $6000.
The project. In addition to provid
ing for seven viaducts, calls for a
lowering of the tracks of the -O.-W.
R. & N. Company at a cost of about
$300,000. The viaduct cost will be
$507,000, which amount will be paid
on a basis of 60 per cent by the O.-W.
R. & N. and the Portland Railway,
Light & Power companies; 20 per cent
by the city as a whole, and 20 per
cent by an assessment district. Includ
ing 14,000 lots specially benefited by
the investment. The O.-W. R. & N.
Company will bear the entire cost of
lowering Its tracks. The Pearson Con
struction Company has the contract for
constructing the viaducts and Twohy
Bros, the contract for lowering the
tracks.
G0UHG1LMAYAID SCHOOL
MUNICIPAL, UNIVERSITY TO GET
O. K. IF BOARD AGREES.
Ed Crawford Advlsea That Plan to Give
Portland Residents Education
Is Well Started.
Co-operation of the City Council In
the movement started some time ago
for a municipal university was asked
yesterday by Ed Crawfordv initiator of
the movement. The Council agreed to
co-operate in every way, prov'ded the
movement has the sanction of the
School Board.
Mr. Crawford asked the Council to
adopt a resolution favoring the plan
and offering to co-operate to the extent
of providing means for classes In the
school to study relics in the City Mu
seum and to take lessons in laborator
ies and in the various activities of the
city and of city officials.
Mr. Crawford told the Council that
the plan is to furnish a means whereby
residents of Portland can take a uni
versity course at a minimum tuition
fee, the fee to cover merely the cost
of paying teachers. Headquarters has
been established at the oldt Couch
School and classes have been organized.
The Council was asked for sanction to
have classes at the museum now lo
cated at the City Hall and also later
at the Auditorium If the museum is
moved there.
The Council took the position that
I the city should not attempt to estab
lish anything along educational lines
without the sanction of the School
Boardv and Mr. Crawford agreed to get
the sanction of that body.
For motorcycles there has been In
vented a pump that automatically fills
a tire with air as a machine Is running.
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LISTEN TO THIS!
SAYS CORNS LIFT
RIGHT OUT NOW
Tou reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once a week invited ar awful
death from lockjaw or blood poion
are now told by a Cincinnati authority
to use a drug called freezone, which
the moment a few drops are applied
to any corn, the soreness is relieved
and soon the entire corn, root and .11,
lifts out with the fingers.
It is a sticky ether compound which
dries the moment it Is applied and
simply shrivels the corn without In
flaming or even irritating the sur
rounding tissue or skin. It is claimed
that a quarter of an ounce of freezone
will cost very little at any of the drug
stores, but is sufficient to rid one's feet
of every hard or soft corn or callus.
You are further warned that cutting
at a oorn Is a suicidal habit. Adv.
Women's New
Spring Suits
4 1 $25
Second Floor Look where you will, you wCl not find a
larger selection of Suits in the city at the above price,
and the values are decidedly out of the ordinary. We
specialize in Suits at $25 and can. show you a magnifi
cent line of the season's smartest models La sport styles
and Buits for street wear. Belted effects and loose
ffctingr styles with the new fancy collars. All the want
ed, materials serges, gabardines, velours, cheviots,
flannels, wool jersey, etc., etc Plain colors, checks
and stripes. At this price we show suits especially de
signed for large women and also for little women,
as well as regular sizes. Before you decide on your
new Easter suit it would be well for you to see these
splendid garments. All are beautifully tailored.
Garment Store, Second Floor.
Model Grocery
4th Floor
Experienced telephone clerks at
your service, 8 A. M. to 6 P U.
Shider's Catsup
20c Bottle
Ghirardelli's Chocolate OCT-.
special the 1-lb. can for JL.
Baker's Chocolate, put up
in 1-lb. cans, special now at
Sapolio priced special,- cake 7
No. 1 Soft Shell English- Ol
Walnuts, special the pound"
Garden Seeds
4th Floor
Garden and Flower Seeds that
will grow. Now Is the time to
make your selection. Double stamps
all this week with cash purchases
made in all departments of store.
Sale of Notions
Bargain Circle, 1st Floor
Women's and Misses'
Middy Blouses 95c
Center Circle, Main Floor
Women's and Misses' Middy Blouses underpriced today at the Cen
ter Circle. Attractive styles with sailor collar, long or short sleeves,
front or side lacing. Made up in good quality galatea in plain white
and stripes. Shown in practically -all Bizes. Don't overlook QC
this bargain. Middy Blouses priced epecial for today at only OC
Breakfast Sets 79c
Center Circle, First Floor Women's two-piece Breakfast Sets made
up in good quality ginghams in stripes and checks. This sale also in
cludes a line of Nurses' Dresses of white cotton cambric, styled 7Q.-
with high neck and long Eleeve& Priced very special, garment C
Weed Destroyer
$1.50
Easy to Operate, Durable
and Inexpensive
The weed destroyer, a light, well-finished device,
not unlike a handy walking cane, supplied with a
cutting knife at the point, a knob to fit the palm
of the hand, and a handle at the side absolutely
controls the flow of liquid. The outer tube con
tains all the working parts of the device, also a
reservoir holding enough solution to destroy a
large number of weeds, and a supply tube
through which the reservoir can be re- T1 Crt
charged. Priced special for this sale at Pl.DU
it.-as r
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FREE Package of needles with
each purchase made today at the
Bargain Circle on the First Floor.
W a r r e n's X-Ray Featherbone
Braid priced now at, the yard 7
20th Century Hip Hoops $1.99
11-inch and 14-inch Girdle Forms
priced special today at only 10
Linen Tape in 6 sizes, bolt 8
Footform Darners today only 70
Belfast Hair Pin Cabinet at 70
Defender Safety Pins, 3 sizes, at
the special price today of 2 for 50
Kid Curlers, large size, for to
day's selling at low price of 130
"Curia" Rubber Hair Curlers 190
Hercules Stocking Supporters for
infants and children, black, white
and blue, now priced, pair 100
Hair Pins . in shell amber and
demi-blonde on sale today at 100
Good grade of Pearl Buttons,
special, the dozen at only 100
'Mildred' Hair Nets, all colors, 40
Dress Weights by the yard, black
and white, priced, the yard 100
Queen City Spool Silk, for hand
or machine sewing, 100-yd. spools,
all colors and white, the spool 5r
Middy Braid in white, red and
Navy, special today, yard at 70
'Union' Taffeta Ribbon, bolt 100
Wood Coat Hangers, special at 30
Machine Oil, 6-oz. bottle at 170
Wire Coat and Pants Hangers,
very special this sale at only 100
Folding Wire Coat Hangers at 70
Wire Hair Pins, 2 pkgs. for 50
Dora Hooks and Eyes in black
and white, two cases for only 50
Pins, black or colored heads, 30
Boned Belting, black, white, 110
Bias Folds, sizes 1 to 7, bolt 50
Snap Fasteners, today at only 70
Ironing Wax Cubes, dozen 100
Aurora Collar Supports at 50
Odds and Ends in Skirt Braids,
5-yard bolts on sale today for 50
Rubberized Household Aprons, 390; Sanitary Aprons, 100; Sanitary
Belts, 1O0; Double fc. & 11. ureen Trading fatamps with purcnases.
Kleinert's Dress Shields
Demonstration
Miss Gray, factory expert, will be glad to assist
you in solving your shield troubles. Consult her.
FIREMEN HAVE PLAN
Voluntary Prevention Work Is
Offered as Substitute.
MARSHAL CONDEMNS IDEA
Alternative Proposed by Advocates
or Two-Platoon System When
Elimination of Precautionary
Measure Is Protested.
Firemen advocating: the two-platoon
(two-shift) system In the Fire Bureau
have come face to face with bitter op
position In their proposal to do away
with the present Are prevention bu
reau system. In an attempt to counter
act this opposition a plan has been de
vised whereby each fireman will pladge
himself to give one hour a day on bis
own time to fire Inspection work.
Fire officials. Including' Fire Mar
shal Stevens, who has charge of the
fire prevention work, say this plan
would not answer the purpose. He says
a fire prevention campaign under a
system such as the firemen are propos
ing would be no better than no cam
paign at all.
In the first place It Is said firemen
on their own time would not be obliged
to do the inspection work unless they
wished, their services along this line
being entirely voluntary; nor would
there be an incentive for good work,
inasmuch as there would be a division
of responsibility in the districts cov.
ered, each fireman giving only one
hour's time five days a week.
The Inspection under the system be
ing talked of by the firemen would in
volve work by about 600 firemen. Fire
Marshal Stevens says he has found that
such a large number of men cannot
handle the work nearly as well as a
smaller force. It was for this reason
that the number of men employed In
the campaign was reduced materially.
Under the present system the men
for the Inspection work are picked for
their efficiency and willingness to
work. They each have a district and
have a personal interest to the extent
of trying to keep down fires, not only
for the record involved, but also be
cause ft reduces night calls.
As the fire prevention work Is han
dled now the firemen assigned to the
work by districts spend an average of
five hours a day at the work. At that
time they are subject to call to fires.
Fire prevention work has resulted In
the cutting of the per capita fire loss
more than 80 per oent. The total loss
for the 12 months ended March 1 was
300,000, or approximately Jl per capita,
while during 1914, before the campaign
was started, the loss aggregated
$1,800,000, or more than $6 per capita.
FIRE FIGHTING IS TOPIC
Fast Side Business Men by Almost
. Unanimous Tote Take Action.
"If the two-platoon system is inau
gurated into the Portland fire depart
ment by the vote of the people it will
mean the destruction of the fire pre
vention bureau that for efficiency In its
work has maintained an enviable rec
ord for the city of Portland," said Fire
Marshal Stevens In hlaaddress on the
negative side of the question at the
luncheon at the East Side Business
Men's Club yesterday.
"A good fireman la worth $150 a
month: I mean a real fireman. There
are some in the department who are
not worth 50 cents a month, which you
know as well as I do. We are working
for the one-day-off-in-three plan and a
system that will be the best for the
men,-the department and the city.
"The two-platoon plan cannot be ex
ecuted now. It Is prohibitive on ao
count of the coat If for no other rea
son. If the change Is voted It will put
ua a lew men, cut out a rew companies
and decrease and demoralise efficiency.
"In Seattle it cost (272.000 to make
the change, and In Portland It would
cost much more.
"Not only that, but the wording of
the amendment In the first section pro
vides cause for action in the Supreme
Court over the enforcement. And why
should It be necessary for the amend
ment to tie the hands of the City Com
missioners so that they cannot regu
late salaries of the firemen? It la Just
as fair as to fix. the salaries of the
police and the clerks in the City Hall.
What Is fair for one Is fair for all.
'The fire prevention bureau, that has
been one of the most efficient and which
has succeeded in reducing the per
capita loss from $6.78 to $1, faces dis
aster under the new system. The men
who are howling the loudest for the
two-platoon system are the ones who
howled as loud against the fire preven
tion work at the start.
"It is true that the men have volurf
teered to give up twp half days a month
to the work of fire prevention. But
how would any of you like to have
your business run by volunteers T The
protection is an important work, and
I do not believe that it can be continued
if the bill Js carried. In working for
a reduction in Insurance rates I am cer
tain that such action would mean the
failure of the move.
"An addition of 3 67 men would be
necessary to keep up the efficiency un
der the two-platoon system. We have
a force of 385 men. With the change
756 men, divided into two equal pla
toons, would be required.
"But why should we adopt a system
that other cities have tried, found at
fault and are dispensing with?"
Fire Chief B. F. Dowell spoke along
the same lines.
A brief explanation of conditions on
the Mexican border as he saw them
was made by Dr. Robert McLean.
The club unanimously adopted a reso
lution empowering a committee to act
in the interests of obtaining a reduc
tion in the freight rates from the In
land Empire.
The club also decided to appoint two
delegates to confer with representa
tives of other organizations in the city
in the fight for an anti-plcketlng bill.
This action also was unanimous. L. M.
Lepper was chairman of the meeting.
RECORDS ARE URGED
Value in Sunday School Work
Told by J. F. Ewing.
Chorus Girl Becomes Star,
but in Police Court.
Real Dramatic Fire Displayed by
Betty Page, on Trial for R.efiliiar
to Pay Dollar to Taxi Driver.
BETTY PAGE, chorus girl In the
"Mutt and Jeff" productioa now
playing at the Eleventh-Street Thea
ater, proved to be a woman with a
mind of her own when she appeared be
fore Municipal Judge .Stevenson yester
day charged with having refused to pay
her taxlcab fare.
Miss Page exhibited sufficient dra
matic fire to be a leading woman when
she told the Judge that the taxi driver,
B. Garrison, had charged her $1 for the
same trip which she had made on pre
vious occasions for 25 cents. She said
the man had followed her into the
theater and attempted to have an of
ficer arrest her at that time in spite of
the fact that it was Just time for the
show to begin and she could not be de
layed. "If the fare was a legitimate one you
should have paid it," remonstrated
Judge Stevenson.
"What If I didn't have the money?"
came the quick, reply.
"But I'll be frank with you. Judge,"
she continued, "even If I had the money
I wouldn't pay such an exorbitant bill."
The Judge decided the cue was one
for further Investigation and put the
final decision over until today.
Explosion Victim Improved.
ALBANY, Or., March 20. (Special.)
George Asche will recover from In
juries suffered last Saturday through
a premature explosion of a charge of
dynamite at his home, seven miles north
of Albany. Physicians report that the
young .man will retain bia eyesight.
Uia face will be marked.
CONFERENCES ARE HELD
Talks Are Given by Tom McCam
ant, Verne Hall, Emerson Dun
can, E. Earl Fetke and Also
Charles A. Phlpps.
"The Sunday school Is the greatest
recruiting office of the church," said
James F. Ewing last night In his ad
dress before the convention of the
Multnomah County Sunday School As
sociation in the First Methodist
Church.
Professor Ewing, who was one of
the speakers at the evening session,
had for his subject "Methods of Regis
tration." He urged systematic regis
tration and the keeping of records in
all Sunday schools as a means of keep
ing In touch with the residents of the
district from which the church and
school-draw their attendance. "If there
are new families in the neighborhood
that should be called upon by the pas
tor, the first place to find out about
them is frequently the Sunday school,"
said Professor Ewing. He said that
if all items are recorded and the birth
days are noted a birthday card should
be sent to each child. This, the speaker
said, was an excellent way to hold the
child's Interest.
Sunday School Worker Helped.
S. F. Ball, principal of Franklin High
School, another speaker, had as his
subject "The Superintendent From the
Teachers' Standpoint."' The talks and
conferences were all designed to be
helpful to Sunday school workers. Dr.
J. Earl Else, president of ' the county
union, spoke of the curriculum. Dr.
Joshua Stansfield led In prayer and
A. Ralph Spearow had charge ef the
opening service. v
In the afternoon the conferences for
the younger people were replete with
useful suggestions. Talks were given
by Tom McCamant, Verne Hall, Emer
son Duncan, E. Earl Feike and Charles
A. Phipps. The work of the older
boys was demonstrated. Today the aft
ernoon session will be given over to
a demonstration of the work done in
the Sunday schools by the older girls.
The beginners' and primary conference
was led by Mrs. S. Earl Du Bois, and
the junior conference by Mrs. A. B.
Slauson.
Business Session to Be Held.
The convention will open this aft
ernoon at 2:45 o'clock. The girls' con
ference will begin at 4 o'clock. Mrs.
M. A. Danenhower will speak- at 4:50
o'clock. A business session will fol
low and at 6:15 o'clock there-will be
a banquet. Superintendent I K. Alder
man will speak In the evening on
"Bible Credits in Our Schools." Spe
cial music will be given by the Rose
City Park Methodist' Church choir,
made up of 125 children. Rev. Calvin
B. Waller, the new pastor of the White
Temple, will close the convention with
an address on "The Sunday School and
Soul Winning."
TITLE IS FACTOR IN PLAY
"The Glass House' Is One Which Is
t as Good as Production.
Titles have always had a strong In
fluence with Cohan & Harris in the se
lection of plays. Both members of the
well-known theatrical"' firm declare
that a good title Is 50 per cent asset
In computing the chances for a play's
"getting over." Of course, the play
must be there with a "punch," and a
few other necessary attributes, but the
title is a big factor always with them.
For one thing, a submitted manuscript
bearing an attractive heading Is sure
of a quick reading, and any author
will tell you that it's no cinch to get
that.
"The House of Glass," which comes
to the Hellig Theater tomorrow, Fri
day and Saturday, when presented by
its author. Max Marcln. found an im
mediate appeal to Sam Forrest, gen
eral stage manager and principal play
reader for Cohan A Harris, who, in
turn, passed it along with' an O. K.
marginal note to the others on bis
staff, and finally to the firm them
selves, with the result that it was pur
chased and produced a year ago last
September In New York, and immedi
ately registered a hit that kept it in
the metropolis throughout the season.
RAILROAD AID IS ASKED
TRAISTSTESf SAID TO HAVE KNOWN
OF LIQUOR SHIPMENTS.
nances which can be turned over to
the home.
There are some other things that the
Plsgah Home needs. Including a wheeled
invalid chair, a range or cook etove.
rugs and curtains, women's clothing,
sizes 86 to 44; men's suits, sizes 42, and
men's shoes of all sizes.
De-
John Sutton and Harry Gross
clared to Have Brongbt In
Contraband Regularly.
As a result of the- arrest of John
Sutton. Harry Gross and Mrs. Stella
Stewart by Federal authorities last
Saturday, charged with the Illegal im
portation of liquor from San Francisco,
Barnett H. Goldstein yesterday com.
municated with the Southern Pacific
Company, asking their co-operation in
the apprehension of alleged whisky im
porters. When Mr. Goldstein questioned mem
bers of the crew that ran the train
which brought the liquor to Portland,
he was told, be said yesterday, that the
conductor In charge of the train had
knowledge of the liquor on board and
had Joked with Gross and Sutton about
the chances Involved for being appre
hended. Mr. Goldstein said the conduc
tor told him It was not his business to
communicate such information to the
proper authorities and that he had
never had any orders to that effect.
In fact, the conductor Is said to have
told Mr. Goldstein that he had knowl
edge 6f a number of other shipments
being made since the bone-dry law
went into effect.
It is eald that Gross and Sutton have
made trips to San Francisco every two
or three weeks since last December.
They have, according to the belief sf
Mr. Goldstein, been bringing at least
four trunkloads of liquor at every trip,
checking the trunks as baggage.
BARBER CHAIR IS WANTED
Other Contributions Are Needed
Also at Plsgah Home.
Mother Lawrence, of Plsgah Home,
wants a barger chair and its acces
soriesand Mother Lawrence isn't con
templating setting up in business as a
"lady barber," either.
The situation is this: There is a bar
ber to attend to the men at the Plsgah
Home, but he has no equipment, and
he thinks that somewhere in the city
there must be a second-hand barber
chair and some of the needful appurte-
How You Can Make
Hairs Quickly Disappear
(Helps to Beauty.)
Even a stubborn growth of hair will
quickly vanish from the face, neck or
arms after a single treatment with
delatone. To remove the hairs, make
a stiff paste with a little powdered
delatone and water, apply to hairy
surface and after about two minutes
rub off, wash the skin and it will be
left free from hair or blemish. To
avoid disappointment, be quite certain
you get al delatone. -Adv.
ISAAC GEVURTZ IS BURIED
Funeral of Portland Business Man
Held at Ilolman Chapel.
The funeral of Isaae Gevurtz, promi
nent business man of Portland and
founder of the Gevurtz furniture stores,
who died Sunday at his home, 805 Water
street, was held yesterday afternoon
at the Edward Holnian chapel.
Kabbl R. Abrahamson and Rabbi
Jonah B. Wise officiated, and both
spoke briefly. The brief Jewish fu
neral service was used and thera was
no music
Interment was at Ah aval Sholora
Cemetery. The Ancient Free and Ac
cepted Masons, of which Mr. Gevurta
was a member, had charge of the serv
ices at the grave.
Pallbearers were J. Shemanskl. Louis
Krause, J. Asher, George Berkham, Sol
Bloom and Otto Rothschild.
Stepfather Held for Trial.
MOSCOW. Idaho. March 20. (Spe
cial.) Theodore E. Martinson, charged
with a crime against his 15-year-old
foster daughter, was held to answer to
the District Court when his preliminary
hearing was held before Will F. Mor
gareidge. probate Judge, Monday.
Martinson was formerly assessor of
Latah County. He lost his office when
he was convicted of falsifying public
records two years ago. The prelim
inary was held behind closed doors.
Rend The Oreeronlan classified ads.
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will convincingly tell the story of
what this little shop is doing in the
way of values this season. They
represent all the quality and style
touches of some of our best manu
facturers at a price which will
create a real stir in suit selling.
See the Window
Have you seen that collection of dresses which we are
featuring; at $32.50, $35.00 and $37.50? Taffetas,
Georgette and Crepe de Chine.
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