IlfE MORNING OltliUONlAN, JUMP AY, JUNE 1, 1917. $200,000 is curs RED CROSS STENT Plans for Raising Northwest's Share to Be Made at Conference Here. H. L. CORBETT TO PRESIDE Financiers Prominent on Pacific Coast, and Delegates From Many Cities of Four States Will Attend Meeting Monday. Portland is asked to contribute $200. 400 as her share of the $100,000,000, to be raised In this country for Red Cross work. It was announced last night, fol lowing the receipt of advices from the War Council of the American Bed Cross. Flans for the raising- of the North, west's share of the 1100.000,000 In the four states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana will be taken up at a. conference of Red Cross workers and financiers which will be held at the Portland Hotel Monday, opening at . 10:80 A. M. Local Committee Reorganized. Anions those who will attend Mon day's gathering will be Fred Harvey, of Kansas City, Mo., who Is the West ern representative of the War Council, and Lyman I Pierce, Western execu tive secretary. The local committee for the Red Cross campaign has been reorganized. It now consists of Elliott R. Corbett, chairman; R. H. Strong, campaign manager; John C. English, W. P. fitrandborg and C. F. Berg. Mr. Strong will have charge of the big drive for raising the $200,000 in Portland, and will devote his entire time to the work throughout the month of June. H. W. Stone, general secretary of the local Y. M. C. A., will take charge of all the campaign work throughout the en tire Northwest division, embracing Oregon, Washington and Idaho. L. G. Nlcholls, general secretary of the Den ver Y. M. C. A., has also been secured to assist and will be in charge of cam paign work in Oregon. Financier will Attend. Western financiers who will bo at Monday's conference include John B. Miller, president of the Southern Cali fornia Edison Company, of Los An geles; Lawrence C. Phipps, Sr., capi talist, of Denver; William H. Crocker, president or the Crocker National Bank, of San Francisco; Henry L. Corbett, vice-president First National Bank; Charles A. Peabody, banker of Seattle; Judge George B. Taliaferro, of Can An tonio, Tex. Northwestern representatives who will be present follow: From Montana H. M. Aliens, of Billings; G. W. Church, Great Falls; E. C. Day, Helena; V. Watson, Butte. From Idaho S C. Beach, Lewlston; James H. Hawley and Lee J. Falk. Boise: Harry Day. Wallace: D. W. Btrandrod, Pocatello: Mark Austin, Sugar City; L. L. Breakenrldge, Twin Falls; J. O. Eldridge, Morcow. From Washington C. A. Peabody- and Others from Seattle; Bishop Herman Page and Airs. Page, B. T. Cfcman. Charles Heb bard, Thaddeus Lane and Mrs. Lane, and Mrs. A. Newberry, all of Spokane and rep resenting Eastern Washington. r rotn Oregon, outside of Portland J. H. Billings, Ashland: R. A. Booth, Eugene; George A. Kodgers. Salem; L. J. Simpson, North Bend; P. J. Brtx, Astoria; Leslie Butler. Hood River; F. L. Meyers, Pendle ton; George Palmer, La Grande: William Poltman, Baker; C. S. Hudson, Bend. From Portland J. C. Ainsworth, W. B. Ayer. T. B. Wilcox. Julius Meier. John R. Boyd, Rev. T. IrEllott, Franklin T. Grif fith. A. L. Mills. H. W. Stone, Andrew C. Smith, Elliot R. Corbett and H. L. Corbett, who will preside at the meeting. Women Workers to Speak. As an additional feature of conven tion day, there will be a meeting of Red Cross workers addressed by wom en in charge of the Red Cross . work in Spokane. This meeting is being ar ranged by Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, director of Bocial activities. Tne Spo kane Red Cross has already organized and arranged supplies for their first base unit hospital, in that respect being far in advance of other Northwestern cities. The women who have been act ive in the work at Spokane and who will speak here are Mrs. A. Newberry, Mrs. Herman Page and Mrs. Thaddeus Lane. inn rninuo nminrno Mr tNdUID UHNUtllD ML I.E. LUXANSB PRESENTS STEPS FROM MANY COUNTRIES. Trlck-Performlng Seals. Pretty Girls, Clever Skit. Good Songs Make Up Rest of Pleasing Programme. Folk who couldn't afford to see the Russian ballet in all its magnificent splendor when it came a-vislting last Winter will have an opportunity this week-end to see a slice of it at the Hippodrome in the headline act. Mile. Luxanne, slender, spirituelle and of exceeding grace, is the pre miere danseuse. She is titian as to tresses, and as she leads her ballet of butterfly girls, or dances in solo dance, she makes a pretty picture. The series of dances is most at tractive and includes a group of grace ful Grecian numbers, a rapid and sen sational exhibition In Russian folk dances, & beautiful and colorful inter pretation of Oriental terpischore and a dainty ballet ensemble entitled "The Butterfly and the Rose." The scenic investment of Mile. Lux anne's act is unusually artistic and the entire act has an educational and artistic value. A-big feature on the bill are the five glossy, Intelligent seals. They are comedian seals and seem to laugh and enjoy their own antics as much as the audience enjoys watching the fun. Their sagacity and understanding are amazing, and the exhibition is one that entertains and gratifies. A pretty girl, Miss Leighton, appears as an actress who arrives in a rural village between trains and has a con versational adventure with the village cut-up, a small-town rube with big town ideas, played cleverly By a come dian named Walmsley. The dialogue fairly bristles with new, keen jokes, and the Introduction or a dance step or so and some de lightful singing adds to the general hilarity. Their act is called, appropri ately, "The Peculiar Boob and the Actress." A pair of cheer-up individuals an Leroy and Mabel Hartt, who have gath ered together a nifty vocal offering, featuring the sort of songs vaudeville "hankers" for. Their singing voices are individually excellent and blended together in the melodies the effect is delightful. Miss Hartt's costume is de cidedly smart. Ray Snow, as "The Man About Town." offers an unique monologue, full of A Liberty Bond juys an early peace." V J Ooprrisbt Hart Scbalraas 4 Mars The men's store for quality and service Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes for Every One of You The man who cares at all for style in his clothes should be a wearer of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. It's not only a matter of style you should consider, but one must figure on quality also to get the real service. 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Telephones Marshall 3071 A-2286 clever lines built for laughing pur poses and fulfilling its purpose admir ably. The dainty little lass steps into the action occasionally and assists in keeping the fun rolling. Two aerial performers on the wire are Bollinger and Reynolds. They have a lot of new adventures in bal ancing and general acrobatics which occasions gasps of surprise and ap plause. The photoplay treat this week is one featuring Baby Marie Osborne, entitled "Told at Twilight." and is a strong romance with the appealing lure of a baby figure throughout. "HIS COUNTRY NEEDS HIM" m Booked as Vagrant, Man Confesses to Desertion From Army. When Patrolmen Schad and Long picked up Sam Wolf, alias Elliott, at Second and Couch streets yesterday and booked him at police headquarters as a vagrant they did not know they had a probable deserter from the Cana dian army. Immigration Officer Bobbins took Wolf Into custody and upon examina tion it was learned he was formerly with a troop of Royal Engineers. He told Mr. Robbins he had several months ofxan unexpired enlistment to serve when the war broke out. He probably will be deported. COURT TO DETERMINE PAY City and County to Put Election Problem Before Supreme Court. It Is up to the State Supreme Court to decide whether judges and clerks serving at the Joint city and state elec tion Monday receive $3 a shift or $6 a shift. City and county officials met yesterday and decided to put the ques tion up to the court before paying the election officials. Inasmuch as the state law regarding joint elections falls to mention special elections, it has been ruled by attor neys that the city would have to pay the election officials (3 a shift and the county would have to pay a like shift, regardless of the fact that the same officials handle both elections at the same time and in the same polling places. TUESDAY WILL BE HOLIDAY Council, at Suggestion of Baker, Makes Change From Monday. Tuesday will be a holiday for city employes because of the war registra tion. The City Council yesterday de cided to make Tuesday a holiday in stead of Monday, which is election day. City employes will be given one and one-half hours off duty Monday in which to vote. "Tuesday will be the most important day In American history." said Com missioner Baker. "It should be a holi day rather than having a holiday on election day." The suggestion was adopted. Mother Is Saved From Bull. SELINGSGROVE, Pa., May 23. The bravery of her 15-year-old daughter Anna saved Mrs. Benjamin Hummel from being gored to death by an angry bull at her home at Mount Pleasanther Mills. The mother was attacked by the enraged animal as she entered the barnyard and was stunned. The bull then sank one of his horns Into one leg of the helpless woman and was rolling . I ; " . V- f '' v I Getting Dollar Value I am not promising to do everything for everybody to get a vote, but if you de sire a business adminis tration as commissioner of the city of Portland I will come as near getting a dol lar's worth of value for a dollar as it is possible to obtain. X 24 K.K.KUBLI raid Ad, Phil S. Bates. 1172 Clinton St. body when the daughter leaped Into the fray and grabbed the bull by the head. He attempted to throw her away and in so doing released the prostrate mother. The daughter held fast to his neck as the bull cantered about, attempting to throw Her in the air. 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