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11, 1017. IS YOUNG PORTLAND GIRLS WHO WILL APPEAR IN OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE OF MER NIGHTS DREAM" .TUESDAY NIGHT FOR BENEFIT OF OREGON - . UNIT AMERICAN AMBULANCE CORPS. "MIDSUM- BEING LAID OUT Ac c H tu- Distribution of 6 Million Voted for Main Roads in State Is Under Consideration. FIRST JOB TO SELL BONDS TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, MONDAY, JUNE HIGHWAY WORK rrr4::;-: n; v : JJ sO Only $1,000,000 Worth Can Be Is- " ' " sued In 1 9 1 1 Preliminary Work ,i Must First Be Bone by Coun- .;- Ties, Then State Will Pave. SALEM, Or.. June 10. (Special.) ' The State Highway Commission plana to hold a meeting 'the middle or the latter part of this week, at which time it is hoped to map out the programme which will be followed in the distribu tion of the $6,000,000 voted by the peo ple at the recent special election for the construction of permanent roads. It is the plan of the committee to outline the entire scheme of work as far as the money will go and to pro ceed with the actual construction of highways as soon as possible. How much work can be done this year is problematical. Bonds must be issued and sold, the preliminary work must be done by the counties and the entire machinery for the gigantic Job of covering the state with good roads " be placed under way. The bill itself provides that no more than $1,000,000 worth of the bonds can be issued during 1917. By 1918 it is expected that the w"ork will be in a position so that it can be pushed for ward rapidly. Many C'ountlrn Will Apply. A large number of the counties have their application in. while it is ex pected many others will follow suit and start steps as soon as possible to prepare the base for hardsurfacing, on the roads which are outlined in the bill. It is believed that the imminence of a suit to test out the Bean-Barrett bill, as to how far the Commission may go in securing money from the bonds to be issued under that act, will not delay the meeting to outline the programme under the $8,000,000 bonding bill. Whatever happens to the Bean-Barrett bill, it is pretty generally conceded that the $6,000,000 to be raised under tbe big bonding issue can be used only as specified in the bill itself, so nothing stands in the way of the Commission outlining its actual programme as soon as it can get together for that pur pose. Marion County Has Funds on Hand. Although Marion County returned one of the heaviest votes 'against the $6,000,000 bond issue, it had received a promise from the Commission that it will be awarded money for the work on the Pacific Highway as soon as it has its base for such work prepared. Much of the highway In this county is npw practically in condition, it is "stated, and the county has about $60, 000 with which to do additional work on between eight and 10 miles more. State Highway Engineer Nunn has a force now at work on the hard-surfacing project on the Yamhill and Nes tucca road near Sheridan. One mile of road will be hard surfaced with concrete with a possibility of putting the same surface on two additional miles if the County Court is willing , to prepare the roadbed. This improves one of the worst sec tions of roads in the state and connects up the rich farming section in Yamhill and Tillamook Counties with the Wil lamette Valley. PLAY IS IN SECOND WEEK : Matinees of "Her Unborn Child" for - - Women Only. "Her Unborn Child," a dramatic pro duction in which Miria Gleason is star ring, began its second week yesterday at the Eleventh-Street Playhouse, with a matinee for women only and a night performance for men and women. The subtle handling of the birth control subject is enhanced by a light touch of humor throughout the story and besides being a preachment of a cer tain well defined defense of mother- hood, the play is also an hour and a half of dramatic entertainment. It is not . moving picture. The production held the boards all last week at the playhouse and drew large audiences dally. Miss Gleason, star in the production, is a former Ba ker actress and is receiving a number of her old friends and admirers after each performance. :? $1,600,000 DEAL DECLINED Z Robert Stanfield, "Sheep King ol America," Has Huge Flocks. .;C BAKER, Or. June 10. (Special.) , "Sheep king of America" is how friends designate Robert Stanfield, Speaker of . .. the House at the last Salem Legisla tvX ture. Friends of Stanfield believe that he controls the destinies of more sheep . than any man in the world. He recent .i ly negotiated to sell his lambs and found that he possessed 194,000 of these ;i little bleaters. The price placed on the lot was $1,600,000. The offer was not ' accepted and In ten days the lambs had Increased in value $160,000. Stanfield is now running sheep all the way from Oregon to Colorado. CRIPPLE'S ONE HAND SLAYS Hawaiian, 90, Confesses Choking Neighbor to Death. . SAX FRANCISCO, June 10. A mes sage from Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiian Territory, reports the confession of a " man of 90, having but one hand, that he choked to death his neighbor, a man of 72, a few days ago. The confession, said to have been made by Sara Kaahui, recites that after brooding over a lawsuit with his neighbor, Noa Kaaa, he battled for a half hour with Kaaa. and after a ter rific struggle1 slew him with no other weapon than his one bare hand. WAR DANCE IS ANTI-WAR ViIence by Cheyennes Feared in Demonstration Against Draft'. HELENA, Mont., June 10. Governor Sam V. Stewart today received a. tele gram from Forsyth announcing that the Cheyenne Indians are holding war dance? and threatening violence. They have refused to register for selective draft. A big war dance Is scheduled to be held tomorrow and trouble is feared. f (t :.. :: i: " ' f s - if' n-i? 1 - ,"V -'I t, - -"- - ' ' Hi sa 3 1 Left rl slit Leu He Kerns, Anne Lonliwon and Margaret Peraell. 2 ffaaannah Piatt.. 3 Left to rlarht Jean Skene t:iio!etii Bneon and Etna Berry. 4 Sasan-ne Sellar. 5 Sally Cunningham and Jvatharlne Alasvrartn. PLAY TO BE BENEFIT Pupils Will Repeat "Midsum mer Night's Dream." AMBULANCE CORPS TO GAIN Miss- Catlln's Students Really Play Instead of Act Shakespearean Production on Rural Setting of Fine School Grounds. Because of its infinite charm and artistry, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as presented Thursday night by the students of Miss Catlin's school will be repeated Tuesday night at 7:30 for the benefit of the Oregon unit of the Amer ican Ambulance Corps. The beloved old Shakespeare play was presented on the terraces back of the attractive school building and it proved such a success in its. natural surroundings that con tinuous requests have reached Miss Cat lin for a repetition so the Ambulance Corps will benefit. - - The girls are so thoroughly familiar with their parts, having studied them during tut entire sohool year, that they gave their own interpretations, which proved to be far more delightful and charming than the - most . carefully drilled cast could produce this particu lar play. The children really "play" rather than "act", their parts. Miss Dorothy Gilbert designed all the costumes and they are like bits of colorful mosaic fitted into the attractive background of velvety lawns, trees and shrubs. Miss Helen Barber, one of the faculty at Miss Catlin's school, has directed the cast. The cast follows: Theseus, Katherine Alnsworth: Cfreus. Sally Cunningham; Lyeander. Cornelia Pipes; Demetrius, Blaa Kerry; - Bottom, Elisabeth Bacon; Quince. Marion Bowles; lutem, Jean Skene; Snout, Elizabeth Tor. rey; Snuff, Virginia Thatcher; Starvelinr, Flora Jane Menefee:- Philostrate, Mary Channlns: Oberon. Jean Meier:' Mlppolyta, Jocelyn Burke: Hermla, Elsa Meier; Helen Mollte Green; Tltanla, Leslie Kerns; Puck,. Susannan flatt. Fairies, Elizabeth Talbot, Suzanne Seller, Anne Loursson, Margaret irsell, Mary Goldsmith. As no Invitations have been Issued for this production and as it is to- be given for the American Ambulance Corps, every man, woman and child in Portland is cordially invited to attend and. help swell the fund with their lit tle mite, as the admission charge will be nominal. Owing to the particular lighting effects necessary for this out door production, It will commence promptly at 7:30 o'clock. As there will be no scenery to place. there will be no delay in starting. The play will be over at 9 o'clock, permit ting all children to attend comfortably. Those who will use the streetcars will be obliged to connect with the Westover car at Twenty-third and Mar shall at 7:20, the Kings Heights car at Washington at 7:10. or use the special automobile service which will be pro vlded. ' Camp to Get 3 Malls Daily. TACOMA, June 10. (Special.) Da llvering mail to 40.000 soldiers. Post master Calvin Stewart, of Tacoma, fe - 4 - - - 1 plan3 to make three deliveries of mail daily to the 40,000 troops to be brought to American Lake in September. Two will be from Tacoma and one from Olympia. This outline of the method for handling the work will be filed with the Postoffice Department, which will pass upon it. JULIUS CAESAR IN MARINES St. Peter and George Washington Also Are Among Recruits. WASHINGTON. June 10. St. Peter became a member of the United States Marine Corps recently. St. Peter, whose modern prefix happens to be Leroy William, dropped in from Chi cago to enlist, and is said to be almost physically perfect. Other recruits, who promise to be excellent -warriors if names count for anything are George Washington, Grant, Sheridan, Sherman, Tommy At kins, Jesse James and Julius Caesar. Caesar, who hails from Brooklyn, is so young that it was necessary to get his mother's consent before he could enlist in the Marine Corps. Despite his extreme youth, Julius may yet prove to be "the noblest Roman of them all. Company It Auxiliary to Meet. Company H, Auxiliary, Oregon Na tional Guard, will meet Tuesday at 2 o'clock on the eighth floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co.'s store. A,ll relatives and friends of the members of Company H are invited. ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER DETAILED TO DUTY AT FORT LAWTON. w'JW1 1 " pi" JS4 - Captain W. P. Rimpaoo. W. P. Simpson, recently ap pointed Captain and assistant quartermaster, has been ordered to f ort Lawton. Since March 13 Captain Simp son has been on duty in the of fice of George A. White, Adjutant-General of the Oregon National Guard, aa chief clerk. He first saw service in China during the Boxer uprising; was in the Philippines from 1900 to 1904, and was among the first 200 Army men sent to the Panama Canal in 1905. Since that date he has been stationed at various posts on the Pacific Coast. F 4 5 7; 17 ii'. itf , I -i r ! ULTIMATUM IS SENT Chinese President Refuses to Dissolve Parliament. MANCHUS DENY PLOTTING Legislature Asks Executive to Stand Pat and Force Rebel to Vio late Constitution to Sus pend Sessions. PEKIN, June 10. Events are moving rapidly toward a crisis in the political situation. General Chang-Hsung, ex Military Governor of Ann wei Province, several thousand of whose troops have reached Pekin, today delivered an utl matum demanding the dissolution of Parliament within 48 hours. x The Associated Press is Informed of- officially that President Li Yuan Hung has refused to accede to this demand unless such action may be taken in ac cordance with provisions of the con stitution. Members of Parliament are ging the President not to dissolve the Legislature, thus forcing Chang Hsung to act in violation of the Legis lature. President LI Yuan Hung declines to offer an unconditional resignation. The former Imperial household has dispatched a communication to Parlia ment announcing it is not connected with any attempt that is being made to restore the Manchu dynasty. The government has informed mill tary governors of Anhwei, Honan and other provinces that the withholding of railway revenues would bring about complications with foreign countries. The governors have agreed to turn over to the head officers of the rail roads moneys they were withholding and to refrain In future from Interfer ing with the revenues of the roads. 4,8(18,584 NOW SIGNED OFFICIALS STILL THISK REGISTRA TION WILL BE 8,000,000. Previous Estimate for District Already Reported Is L3G1,429 2,624.583 Ask Exemption. WASHINGTON, June 10. Virginia and the National parks added their registration figures to the totals at the Provost Marshal-General's office today, bringing the registration re ported from 27 states, the District and the parks up to 4,808,694, compared with a census estimate of ellgibies of B.BBl.429. - Of the totals registered 3.621.985 are white, 892,734 colored, 279.63 aliens and 45.179 alien enemies. Possible ex emptions are 3.624,583, or more than 54 per cent of the registrations. Reports complete except for a few precincts have been received from many states. bJt they will not be an nounced until final figures are in. The m7 r With the certainty that practically our full citizenship will spend the Summer in civilian clothes, with warm days upon us and still warmer days right ahead, there can be no more delay in the choosing" of appro priate clothes to displace the-veterans of a long Win ter's wear. And we are ready abundantly readyfor men with a taste for the finer things in clothes. Ready with a wide variety of fabrics, styles and prices which assure you of the largest scope of selection in Portland. KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHES $15, $20, $25 and Up states included in the totals are Ala bama. Arkansas. California, Connecti cut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Mary land. New York, North Carolina. Ore gon. Rhode Island, South Carolina. Tennessee, Vermont? Wisconsin, West Virginia, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Kan sas and Virginia. Officials still think that the total registration will be more than 9,000.000 or more than 85 per cent of the esti mated ellgibies. SEIZED SHIPS TO BE USED German Vessels Held by Brazil to Relieve American Shipping. , WASHINGTON. June 10. The mor than 40 German ships seized recently by Brazil probably will be nut into service between the American conti nents to release American and British vessels for transportation of supplies to Europe. The American Government It hiini known today, is negotiating with Brazil now on tne subject. IBIHBBIBBIIlBBiRnaBQDRBigiBEfliaiBBOllIBlllIIIIIIIBIIBillBIII a ROSE FESTIVAL 0REG0NIANS Will be the most interesting and complete issues ever published. You will want to send these copies to your friends. Five Complete Issues, Including Postage, 15c (Wednesday, June 13, to Sunday, June 17, Inclusive) Fill Out Blank Form and Send to The Oregdnian, Portland, Or. Name Street Town State 1 2 i 3 i s -4 ' . 5 . 6 7 " - 8 9 . 10 ' ' : ' BMaMBBHBMHBBHHsawnnanasBBnamiaBWBs m nsssBnBBmssBBBWSsBBBBBaMBBB ssasnMSBhBnnmsssnvssssasSBasBnOTassBSBsn snassBaHawBMssasBanBMM 11 . 12 ; 1 T " " ' - -ii. S The'Oregonian, Portland, Or. -- n Gentlemen: Inclosed find for which mail The Rose Festival g Oregonian from Wednesday, June 13, to Sunday, June 17, inclusive, to each of b the above. i b (Inclose 15c for each name.) BlllllllllllllBHKBIBEIBHIIEIIIIHBIRlBBBIBBBBBIIIBBilBBfBBIBiaiBS Y & CAV Corner Fourth and Alder Streets RADIO OUTFIT IS SEIZED i Bl'ZZIXa OK WIRELESS LEADS RAID BY XA AL MEN. Plant Belongs to High Schoel Student and is Located In Socialist nnd I. W. W. Headquarters. TACOMA, Wash., June 10. (Special.) Naval recruiting officers, tipped off by business men, raided a wireless plant today with the aid of the police and seised a complete but disconnected radio outfit In a Socialist and I. W. W. headquarters. The officers said it could have been connected up in a few moments. Norman Arndt, a high school student, admitted to the police that the outfit was his, but he said that he had not used it iince war had been declared. Ji. E. tJcEldowney, a garage proprie tor, asserted that he and his employes heard the buzzing of the wireless today. "We went outside and began looking around. We saw a man's hand reaching out of the window on the second story of the building, handling wires. Then we notified the nolice." On the wall directly over the receiving board was the picture of a German professor. No arrests were made. Federal agents will probe the case further. Eighty at Wasco Join Red Cross. WASCO, Or., June 10. (Special.) The Wasco auxiliary to The Dalles chapter of the Red Cross has been or ganised with 80 members. Officers elected were: J. P. Yates, president; Rev. Mr. Lively, vice-president; Mrs. Morgan, secretary; Mrs. Guy A. Pound, treasurer. Oddfellows Hold Memorial.' ROSEBURG. Or., June 10. (Speoial.) Koseburg Oddfellows today held their annual memorial services in this city, when Rev. C. 11. Cleaves, of Corvallis. delivered the memorial address. Musi cal numbers added color to the pro gramme. 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