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THE MORNING OREGOXTAX, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1918.
GILL WILL HAVE
EXAMPLES OF JAPANESE ART FOUND IN THE .EXHIBITION AT
GRADUATES TO GET
County librarian, and Harold Hershner,
first sergeant in Company B, First
Field Hospital, now stationed at Camp
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, WHICH HAS JUST OrENED
TO THE rUBLIC
Lewis. Wash- was announced.
MORRIS BROTHERS, INC.
Miss Goudy Is a Portland girl, who
haa been here In library work for the
last three years. Mr. Hershner was
assistant cashier of the Butler Banking
KEEN OPPOSITE
Established 25 Years
Company here at the time of his en
llstment.
e e
Kail way Exchange Building,
Portland, Oregon.
The Oregon Army .and Navy Auxiliary
will meet promptly at 2 o clock today
in the headquarters, 411 Morrison
street. After the business session, A.
MUNICIPAL BONDS
Tax Exempt
YIELDING FROM 5 TO &Vi-
J. E. Bradford, Latest Candi
Grammar Class One of Larg
est in Recent History of
the Portland Schools.
date for Mayori'Is Ex
: pected to Split Vote.
G. Clark will give an address. Mrs.
George Nolan, president, has requested
a full attendance. Saturday nights the
auxiliary keeps open house for the en
listed men who are visitors in the city.
There is music and a Jolly social time
to which all are welcome.
DIPLOMAS
FRIDAY
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8 ASPIRANTS IN FIELD
teat tie El rent I re. Woo Become
Radical la PoUtlcs, Map Oat
Campaign la Sharp Con
trast to Old Method.
SEATTLE. Wash, Jan. SO: (Spe
cial. ) Fat reserved tbe hardest Jolt it
bad to hand Mayor GUI' campaign to
succeed himself until tb last moment
on the cloiiDf day when declaration
of candidacy tor the primary nomlna
tlona were received. Then it dealt him
a candidate ho surely would split tb
vote apoa wMeh a will bare to rely
if be ia to b on of tb Mayoralty
nominees.
Any ordinary candidal would hare
Interpreted mt of the things that
bare happened to tiill during the past
year as knock-out blows to future po
lltical ambitions. But GUL it roust be
remembered. Is a politician who waa
born or made to thrive on tb kind of
opposition that would submeri any
body else.
Gill never was a fair-weather eandl
date and no better example of that fact
need be sou (tit than lb fact that less
than two months aa-o It waa practically
settled that be would retire from poli
tics. There seemed every prospect tbat
be would drift alone to th end of his
term and simply oos out. Ties that
controlled him his family would not
listen to any mora of politics and It
. aemed as good as settled tbat all thai
remained to be don waa to center sen
timent around somebody who could fit
Into th wartlro spirit of co-operation
that pervaded everything In beattl ex
cpt th city's politics.
Gill Fla-hta Back.
Then the storm broke. The first at
tacks which crew out of Gill's opposi
tion to General Greene's ultimatums
from Camp Lewis chanced the situation
very little, for GUI was still of a re
tiring; mood. As a matter of fact, he re
mained calm wben he was threatened
with recall or Impeachment, for be
realised thes were empty threats. The
fight tbat sent him back Into politics
was the effort to disbar blra from prac
tice. Wben that came Gill received
very reluctant permission to mak aj
campaign or 'seir-aerense. when any
other man would have believed that
very possibility of ven hoping for a
chance to fight had gone. Gill turned
bis adversity to account and began to
gamer strength- as a candidate.
There no question but that during
the past three weeks or ,o CHI has
been mapping out a cxmpVrn tbat is
In sharp contrast to all the other
fights be has entered.' Heretofore GUI
baa been accepted as more conservative
than hi political opponents and never
has given any Intimation that he bad
arty real radical tendencies. Ills at
titude toward th L W. YV. last year
when be was at least considerate, if
not sympathetic. In handling the
trouble. ome element was his first
Intimation that he had changed from
Bis old-time conservatism.
OU Bw-FcUwa Kaeaalea Xow.
II had long ago broken with cer
tain business interests but It Isn't un
usual for Gill to be in and out in his
relations with many big concerns, or
witn mends for tbat matter.
But of late he ha been carefully
planning; to be a thorough-going; radi
cal In hi coming; campaign. He Is to
b "anti" everything, with emphasis,
as th fight has developed. In bis oppo
sition to lb eft one Webster traction
Interests: a local newspaper that haa
opposed him, a minister who has fought
him for years; tb Employers' Associ
ation and th bar tbat tried him and
his law firm bom of these "Issues
may bo eliminated, but tbey all have
been considered and most of them c
averted.
I'p to the last minute, as stated. Oil
was th only candidal In tb Mayoralty
campaign who could wag a fight on
such a radical platform composed en
tirely of antL"
Then cam James E. Bradford,
lipping In with a declaration of can
didacy and spoiling a part of tb GUI
programme. Bradford Is a former cor
poratlon counsel and two year ago
was th Bull aloos nomine for Gov
ernor a, radical municipal ownership
advocate, a home-ruler, a favorite with
th radical wing of th labor politi
ciana and as fiery In attack aa GUL
Bradford Kilns With Labor.
Tb municipal ownership leaders al
ready had tied op to GUI. but now they
are split. Only one day before Brad
ford entered County Commissioner
Claud C Ramsay, who had promises
f a lot of labor support, had with
drawn from the race and a big ele
ment In tb labor crowd was flirting
with GUL On of th reasons Bradford
am Into th race waa that he was
erf-red th help of th radical labor
element, and this Tot he "will take
away from GiIL
Th entrance of Frank Waterhouse.
en of th best-known shipping men
In th West. Into th race waa th re
sult of a natural reaction.
If It all had been planned la advance
tb Waterhouse boom could not have
been better managed. Waterhouse
probably will not appeal very strongly
to tb element that waata GilL Only
Bradford of th eight candidate In the
running will cut deeply Into th normal
tilll vote. At th outset all th candi
dates are determined to stick. Aa for
Waterhouse. he say that, having
agreed to mak hi sacrlflce, th detail
of electing him will bav to bo bandied
by others.
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JAPANESE ART SEEN
Tints and Paintings on Dis
play at Museum.
ORES ARE FANTASTIC
SHEEPMEN MAY LEASE
Ttcclaraatloa Service to Set Aside
110,000 Acres of Land for Graxlng
Aa excellent opportunity greatly to
extend the sheep-raising Industry In
Eastern Oregon is offered to local
sheepmen by th reclamation rervlce.
which proposes to lease for a term of
19 years or less ll,00 acres In Mor
row. Umatilla and Gilliam counties. A
considerable portion of these lands ara
aald to be excellent for graalng, pas
turage, and. to some extent, for agri
cultural purposes.
Thes pubiie lands, now withdrawn
from entry of any form, are located In
Townships 2 and S north, range ii to
It east. W. SL. Inclusive, and ars In
cluded la areas reserved for th fu
tur development of th Umatilla and
John Day Irrigation projects.
Proposals will bo received until S
P. XL. February , at th office of th
t'nited State Reclamation Service,
Hsrmtston. Or. Full particulars con
cerning terms of leas, location, etc-,
may be obtained upon request of th
project manager. .
Road Th Oragonlaa clsssifled ads.
Valuable Collection Lent by Local
People to Be Followed by
Showing of Prints of
Later Period.
BT EDITH KNIGHT HOLME
Thoa who understand and truly ap
preciate Oriental art. those who are
merely curious and those who would
learn about Japan prints and Ivory
carving- and Chines paintings, should
visit th Portland Art Museum this
week and inspect the art exhibit loaned
by J. Wesley Ladd. William Ladd. Miss
Mary F. Failing; and Mra. Henry C Cabell.
Tb entire wall space of the upper
gallery is covered with th prints and
paintings, hung chronologically, and in
the center of th rooms is a case filled
with rar carvings, a profusion of net
suke. fantastic forms and deeply in
tricate, used as buttons; statues of ex
quisite workmanship. representing
traveling musicians, carpenters, min
strels and other quaint character that
in th past were familiar figures in
Japan. To do Justice to thes alone
on should take a long time, for each
moment reveals some aew wonder.
Liq.ul.lte Ivory Carved Figure. Loaned
by J. Wesley Ladd. A Japaaeae Print
Made In 1739. One of tbe W illiam M.
Ladd Collection.
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HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SMALL
Effect of War Js Shown in Fact That
of 251 Students Leaving the High
School, 143 Are Girls Sim
plicity to Mark Exercises.
Tb largest grammar school gradu
ating class and one of the smallest high
school graduating classes In the recent
history of Portland will receive their di
plomas next Friday. Two hundred and
fifty-one students are completing their
courses in th hih schools, as against
155 pupils leaving the elementary
schools. Because of this discrepancy
In numbers, a considerable reorganiza
tion of the high school system will be
necessary at the opening of the new
term, as nearly all of the pupils leaving
the grammar schools have expressed
their intention of entering the high
schools.
Commencement exercises for all the
high schools will be held simultane
ously Friday evening. The Girls' Poly
technic School, and the Benson Poly
technic School will hold their exer
cises together in the new Couch School
at Twentieth and Glisan streets. The
other exercises will be held in the re
spective high school auditoriums.
War UeoBossy Is Keynote.
Simplicity and war economy will be
th keynote of all the commencement
ceremonies. Nearly all of the girls of
all the high school graduating classes
have foresworn new dresses and flow-
rs, preferring to devote Jhe money to
more economical and patriotic pur
poses. No professional singers and
musicians will be employed, and each
chool will furnish its own music At
efferson High School aU the musical
numbers on the programme will be
rendered by members of the graduating
class, singly. In chorus and in concert.
The effect of war is evident in the
LYRIC BILL IS BREEZY
MIKE AD IKE'S CONVICT COMEDY
CAPTIVATES ACDIEXCE.
Too Close Acquaintance With "Cup
That Queers" Lands Comedians
la Prima Cells.
"Bars all around and not a drink In
sight," mourns Mike Dooley, convict
No. 77.
"Shut up!" growls the warden.
"We are shut up," protests Iko Le
zlnski, convict No. 78.
The two comedians at the Lyric The
ater see three kinds of bars this week
saloon, judicial and prison. Too close
acquaintance with the well-known "cup
that queers" gets' the old friends in a
tight hole, and all their friends, in
cluding Mike's "friend wife," are called
in before they can get out again. But
Alike saves the warden's life in about
the same way the Bolshevik! are sav
ing Russia, except that Mike gets
credit for It, and wins a pardon for
himself and Ike.
The opening chorus is the ever popu
lar "Where the Morning Glories Grow,"
and is followed by "Just One Day" and
"As Dixie Was to Lee." Jack Crunr
baker and Marguerite Whitlock have
an "old-time" song about berry -picking
time, and the Kialto Four and the
Rosebud Chorus also add to the har
mony. The most appealing number is
that of Jewell La Valle, whose dope
fiend character is well interpreted and
who sings "China, We Owe a Lot to
You." with the chorus appearing as
demure Chinese maidens. Daisy Deane
and her song about a "dainty peeping
ankle" has to be repeated.
Madeline Mathews and Billy Dodge
offer a song and dance specialty. A
particular feature of the bill Is an ex
cellently rendered bass solo by Harlan
Thompson.
There ars matinees every day, Coun-
The Bank of California
National Association
Portland Branch
Third and Stark Streets
Capital Paid in Gold Coin..... ,.... $8,500,000
Surplus and Undivided Profits .. 8,431,115
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Issue Commercial Letters of Credit, covering importa
tion of merchandise, as well as Letters of Credit for use
of travelers throughout the United States and Foreign
Countries.
Interest Paid on Time and Savings Deposits
Is a large panel on silk, also valuable,
and of charming design and composl
tion. The exhibit will be followed by
another, showing prints of a later
period.
USE LESS OIL, IS PLEA
PACiriC COAST SrPPLY IS SHORT
OF KE41IIIE5IE.TS.
Revival ef Lassbcr Industry Increases
Ootpat of Slab Furl, and Its
Greater l"e Is I'rged.
Owners of beating plants In Portland
which may readily be converted from
use of oil to use of oi are shown to
be particularly fortunate In the pres
ent crude oil crisis by those familiar
with the fuel situation.
Though fears were felt two or three
months ago, it is now known that
there will be no shortage of wood. Sup
plies of cordwood and slabwood are in
creasing at a rapid rate, reports Fred
G. Holmes, Federal fuel administrator
for Oregon.
"Revival . of the lumber Industry,
said Mr. Holmes yesterday, "naturally
increases the output of by-products,
such as slabwood. Portland has already
passed the point where supply equaled
demand and a surplus is being accum
ulated. If more families and small
Workasaaahlf) la Perfect.
The tiniest statues are perfect In
workmanshlD. They represent labors of i
patience, skill and genius and are the i plants will turn to the use of wood for
result of years, often of diligence and I tuei tney win do practicing conscrva-
study. A history of a nation, almost, lion 01 me mosi oencuceni son.
Is expressed in these vsrious articles.
each and every one having some spe
clal significance.
To tbe left, on th wall, as the visitor
enters, be will find the earliest prints
of Japan In black and wblte and then,
further on, are seen the hand-colored
prints and, later, the two-color and then
the more modern prints, those of the
first full-color masters, Harunoba and
Kortusai.
Do not pass these prints by lightly.
They all represent something very Im
portant In Japanese history, progress
and art. There are pictures of actors
shown In some, and In others lovely
ladles ara represented.
"Real Thlagao la Prists skews.
Tou may not be able to read the
names at th corner of the prints, but
be assured that they have great signi
ficance. They are tb "real things"
ia th history of print making through
many years In th land of cherry blos
soms.
Wood engraving, they tell us. goes
back In Japan to a remote period, fcome
say books contained these engravings
aa far back as the year 130 A. L.. but
It was not until 1C0S that Is Mono
gaturt Illustrated books. Prints, how.
ever, seem to have been popular for art
expression for ages.
Tradition says that In the year. 1541
soma Europeana landed at th Island of
Tanegashlma to promote Christianity
and that In 1583 an embassy of four
young men of noble birth went to Rome
with sample of Japanese art and. on
their return to Japan, they brought
back samples of European art. and that
the appearance of Chiaroscuro engrav
ing in Europe was identical In time
with that of Japanese color, printing.
Collection Is FaxMaatlag.
However, be that aa It mav. the ml.
lection at h museum Is Interesting.
It Is a atudy, a pastime, if you will,
te compare that art with aura . For a
certainty th colorings ar exquisite.
Tou may not like or understand th
drawing, but It grows upon and finally
iaaciqaies you. iry It.
Maybe you will want to know more
about It. Maybe you will endeavor to
know mora of Harunobu. whose fam
ily nam was Susukl and who some
times signed his pictures "Klosen" and
who lived In Tedo and popularized
prints and who never painted actors.
Harunobu depicted beautiful women.
H did all his art work In a practical
manner and founded his school within
a decade. Bis early Ufa was given
over to sailing tooth brushes, which
should be a ray of hope for those
doing homely tasks and feeling a di
vine Inspiration to be artistic.
Palatlags Arc Rleh-Taaed.
Th study of Japanese prints Is a
long one. Evan th names of th men
were many. For Instance, Okumura
Masanoba (1-174) was also called
Honya. Cenroku Gempachl. 'Bunkaku.
Kwanmyo, Bal-o-hogetsuda and Tan
chosaX Th painting lent by Mis Falling
and her sister, Mrs. Cabell, ar In
rich tones and ar considered by critics
to be of great -alue and beauty. Th
Cblneao pain ting presented by C. Ftr
Conservation to the extreme is urged
upon consumers of all kinds of petro
leum products to the end that the Pa
cific Coast country may escape a dis
astrous oil famine and at the same time
aid thooe Industries which cannot oper
ate without fuel oil.
According to a publication of the
Southern Pacific Company, fuel oil con
sumption has been increasing &t an
alarming rate In past months. The in
crease on the Pacific Coast alone has
amounted to over 34,000 barrels per day
over the past nine months it is esti
mated. Since production cannot be in
creased adequately, it is held abso
lutely necessary that consumption be
curtailed.
"The way for you to help." says the
Southern Pacific bulletin, "is to use
less oil. Substitute where you can;
economise where you cannot substitute.
"This shortage of oil is real. It Is
a lot more real for the future than It
is pleasant to think about."
SPRUCE DATA COMPLETE
THREE Tit ACTS OFFERED FOR
SALE BV DISTRICT FORESTER.
proportion of girls to boys in the high trv Store" Tuesday night and Chorus
1 1 i . . .. . n.. fll.l.' IT-tWo., niffht
school classes. Of the 251 students
leaving the high' schools, 142 are girls
ana only 103 boys. Severar of the boys
in the graduating class of each school
will receive their diploma in France
or in Army camps in tbis country.
Jefferson Class Largest.
Jefferson High School is graduating
the largest class this year, consisting
of 47 girls and 23 bays. Washington
Is next with a class of 62, composed of
39 girls and 23 boys. Lincoln High
and the High School of Commerce are
each graduating 40. Lincoln offers an
exception to the rule, in that there are
more boys In the class than girla, but
gain in tbe male percentage is more
than offset by tbe High School of Com
merce. Franklin has a class of 15. com
posed of eight girls and seven boys.
Fifteen girls are completing their
studies at the Polytechnic School for
Girls and 12 boys will be graduated
from the Benson Polytechnic School.
James John High School has no mid
year graduating class.
A difficulty confronts the Board of
Education in the matter of the pres
entation of diplomas. Ever since com
mencement exercises started in the
high schools of Portland it has been
customary for members of this Board
to give out the "sheepskins." This
year, however, there are six commence
ment exercises going on at the same
time In different parts of the city, and
only the usual five members of the
Board. It is expected that Superin
tendent Alderman will have to take a
hand in the proceedings.
Dr. E. H. Pence, pastor of the West
minster Presbyterian Church, will de
liver the commencement address at Jef
ferson High School, and Dr. Alan Welch
Smith, of the Board of Education, will
present the diplomas. The February
IS class at Jefferson Mas its own or
chestra, girls' chorus and boys' quar
tet, which will provide all the music
for the exercises. Wilbur Phillips and
Misa Agnes Anderson will sing solos.
Programme Is Announced.
Rev. H. H. Criffia. pastor of the First
Christian Church, will give the com
mencement address at Franklin High
School. The Board of Education has
not yet determined which, if any, of
its members will present the diplomas
to the Franklin graduates. Music will
be furnished by the school orchestra
and glee clubs.
Thompson T. Davis, principal of Lin
coln High School, was unable last night
to announce the exercises at his school.
and arrangements have not yet been
completed for those of the technical
high schools.
The programme at Washington High
School will be as follows:
Procewlonal. "Lovely Night" COrfenbach);
May Morning" (Denza), Ulrls Chorus. Mm
Helen Duck, accompanist: "A Cocoanut
Lance" lotto Lanslry), Washington High
Hchool Orchestra; addrcaa to th graduating
claaa. Dr. 11. i. Sheldon; "Hail to Our Own
Native Land" (Verdi). Boys' tilee Club: pre
sentation of diplomas, O. M. Plummer, Board
or Kducatlon; ' Send Out Thy Light" mixed
chorus. (Uounod); "Indifference" (Walter
Kolse). Washington High School Orchestra
) class song, b "Auld Lang Syna": r
cesalonal.
ARMY WANTS PHONE GIRLS
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Operators tio Can Speak 'French
and English to Be Sent to France.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Th Signal
Corps needs women telephone opera
tors between 23 and 35 years old who
are in good health and speak French
and English fluently. Experienced op
erators are preferred. Salaries range
from. ISO to f 125 a month, with rations
and quarters, the sameaw received by
Army nurses.
Units of women operators to be sent
abroad will wear distinctive uniforms
and be considered from a military
standpoint as in a similar position to
the members of the British women's
auxiliary corps. Wives of Army of
ficers and enlisted men in Europe or
about to go will not be accepted.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC BLAMED
Brewers Accused of Contributing to
Present Fuel Shortage.
APEX
LAND PLASTER
MIXED and MANUFACTURED in the NORTHWEST
Endorsed bj the Oregon Agricultural College. Place
your order now, while quick delivery is possible and
before advance in freight rates becomes effective.
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DISTRIBrTORS,
NORTH PORTLAND, OR,
PORT SAFETY IS AIM
Chief of Police Certain to Ask
for More Policemen.
HARBOR SURVEY IS MADE
Report Will Be Submitted to Mayor,
Detailing Results of Inspection
of Waterfront and AVhat
Guards Are Needed.
mlssioner of the General Land Office
in a case in which an appeal was ta a
from the local land office. The de
cision of local officers was upheld and
the following interpretation of the law
declared: "Claimant must go on the land
within six months after filing and es
tallshlng residence. He must build a
habitable house and live there seven
months of each year for three years,
making the same his home to the ex
clusion of one sewhere and he must
cultivate one-eighth of the land. If
he cannot cultivate that area he must
secure a reduction of the area to be
cultivated.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. That the liquor
traffic is largely to blame for the pres
ent coal shortage was the statement
tonight of V. G. Hlnshaw, chairman of
the Prohibition National Committee,
who asserted that the brewing business
in the United States consumed 7,740,
"00 tons of coal a year.
"It Is estimated also," he added.
"that something like 1,000,000 freight
cars were used at least one time each
during the past year for shipping beer.
Had these cars been devoted to the
movement of coal more than 20,000
000 tons still at the mines would have
been distributed." -
BRITISH . SHELL 0STEND
Berlin War Office Announces Con
slderable Fighting in West.
BERLIN, via London, Jan. 20. Os
tend, on the Belgian coast, has been
bombarded by naval forces. It waa an
nounced In today's army headquarters
report.
Considerable artillery fighting oc
curred at various points along the
western front, the British fire being
particularly intense south of the Scarpa,
while on the French front there were.
bursts of activity in the Verdun sector
and on both sides of the Ithine-Marne
canal.
of
Call Far Bids Contains umber
Trees Ia Each Block. Together
With Board Feet Available.
The completeness and accuracy of
the data gathered by the I'nited States
Forest Service in time of peace, for
use In time of war, is shown in a fall
for bids on spruce timber issued from
the office of tieorge 11. Cecil, district
forester in charge of the National for
ests of Oregon. Washington and
Alaska.
In three blocks of spruce timber of
fered for sale, not only is the acreage
given, but also the number of spruce
trees on each block, and approximate
number of board feet available.
All three tracts are In the Lake
Quinault region of the Olympic Na
tional Foreit In Washington. Block
7 covers 150 acres, and contains 135
trees, scaling approximately 185,000
board feet. The minimum bid accept
able Is per 1000 feet.
Block I covers 120 acres, and con
tains the same number of trees as
Block 7. at a minimum bid of J5.5U.
Block 9, which best shows the detail
of th preparedness of the Forest Serv
ice, covers 110 acres and contains 25
trees at a minimum bid of 4 per 1000
feet.
The timber In thes three block Is
suitable for riving; In other words is
so situated that the most profitable
way to market it would be to fall the
trees, split off the wood that would
mak airplane stock. In bolts, and haul
it to market In that form.
The girls of an exclusive girls' fin
ishing school at Waterbury, Conn., have
pledged themselves to do without
sweets during too war.
SOCIETY
Several parties for the younger set
and especially in honor of some of the
girbs who will leave soon for college.
will be events of this week. On Sat
urday night the Hill Military Academy
cadets and faculty will entertain at a
dancing party, to which a number of
the younger girls have been Invited.
The patronesses for the occasion will
be: Mrs. K. C. Shevlin, Mrs. James II.
Murphy and Mrs. Morris 11. Whitehouse.
In addition to the dance, there will be
a short drill by some of the cadets.
These parties always close with mili
tary features, the National anthem and
the salute to the flag.
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The Progressive Woman's League
will be hostesses all this week in the
Liberty Shop in the court of the Hotel
Portland. Uooverixed cakes and can
dles will be on sale all week. Dainty
refreshments will be served. AU who
are interested are asked to donate arti
cles or to attend. The committee in
charge includes Mrs. Alice M. Mc
Naught. Mrs. Mayme Deaton, Mre. Lee
Davenport, Mrs. M. Oettle. Mrs. Emily
Dukes, Mrs. ii. Newell, Mrs. F. A.
Jacobs, Mrs. J. J. Walter, Mrs. B. Rott
ner. Mrs. K. L. Chadima and Miss Flor
ence Oettle. Wednesday will be "cake
day." The regular meeting of the club
will be tomorrow nigut at tbe Library.
The trustees and faculty of the
school of the Portland Art Association
have issued Invitations for a display
of some of th work of the students
Saturday afternoon. Tea will be served
at 4:10 o'clock.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) At a party given by Mrs. I. R.
Acheson here last night tbe engage
ment o( Mass Ethel Goudy, Hood Klver j
SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED
Four-Minute Men to Speak In In.
tercst of Shipbuilding Industry.
VANCOUVER, Wash, Jan. 20.
(Special.) Tho "four-minute" men
will again be called to action In
campaign to secure- skilled workers
for tbe shipbuilding Industry.
W. C. Bates, chairman of the "four
minute" men In Clarke County, has re
ceived instructions from the Govern
ment to start the campaign for labor
ers January 28. The Importance of
shipbuilding will be explained by these
speakers, who will make addresses in
all parts of the county.
Canby Flans Thrift Campaign.
CANBT, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
The Canby achools held a mass meet
ing of the student body at the Band
Auditorium recently to plan for the
thrift stamp campaign. The student
body wad addressed by Professor Roth,
City Superintendent, and H. H. Eccles,
grammar school principal. Th stu
dent body hopes to raise 11000.
Uippodrome Manager Dies.
TACOMA, Jan. 20. Arthur Lotto,
manager of the Hippodrome Theater
here, died this morning of pneumonia
after an illness of only two days. He
came here from Los Angeles about six
months ago and was well known in
theatrical circles along the Coast. A
sister.' Mrs. M. L. fink ham, resides
at Ocean Park, CaL
Chief of Police Johnson finished a
personal inspection and survey of every
big establishement on Portland's water
front at a late hour last night and to
day will mane recommendations to
Mayor Baker on the needs of the har
bor with relation to adequate protec
tion and how be deems this may best
be given.
This Inspection and recommendation
would have been in before now, the
chief said yesterday, had he been able
to devote his time to this Important
piece of work instead of having to sit
through a hearing of charges placed
against Captain Harms by the Port
land News. He lost an entire day In
that manner, but made up in part for
that by working until a lat hour yes
terday. More Police to Be Crged.
That Chief Johnson will urge the
appointment of additional regular po
licemen Is almost certain, although he
was unable yesterday to state in de
tail Just what he would ask for. He
will submit his report to the Mayor,
who is Commissioner of Public Safety,
during the day.
No details of the chiefs personal in
spection of the riverfront are made
public at this time because of the
seriousness of the situation and the
necessity of secrecy In regard to some
of the features pertaining to tbe con
ditions he has found.
Not since last week, when Informa
tion came suddenly to Mayor Baker,
causing him to mobilize the police for
emergency duty on the waterfront, has
the situation changed with regard to
the importance of maintaining ade
quate guards at all points where war
materials are being manufactured or
are stored. Policemen are doing duty
in a large number of places, assisted
by special watchmen supplied by em
nlovers. Much of the routine of the
bureau has been broken into because of
this additional requirement for patrolmen.
Chief Johnson probably will embody
in his recommendations one reature i
that will insure tho organiaztion of
guards along the river under some re
sponsible head, who shall be in su
preme command of the zone and under
whom shall be assigned officers and
men sufficient to handle any emer
gency.
System to Be Worked Oat.
"We must have some system whereby
the waterfront will at all times be
under adequate protection." said Chief
Johnson, "and I will attempt to recom
mend something that will embody this
feature when I submit my report to
the Mayor tomorrow. Millions of dol
lars' worth of property and supplies
are to be guarded, and were anything
to happen it would require out a very
short time in which to cost us enough
to employ an army of watchmen for
tho period of the war, even though
U should last a long time. Prevention
is the thing and that is wnai is ceing
aimed at.
After making a personal survey and
Inspection of every plant on the river
within the city limits, I shall submit
my ideas on what is needed, how many
men it will take to handle the situa
tion and a means of complete organiza
tion of officers and men."
PERMISSION N0T SOUGHT
Japanese and British Embassies Are
Asked to Explain Ship Movements.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 20. The authori
ties at the Smolny Institute have
issued a note to the Japanese and Brit
ish embassies asking information con
cerning the entrance of British and
Japanese cruisers into Vladivostok har
bor. The note says the Smolny Insti
tute's permission was not asked for
foreign cruisers to enter the harbor.
Maniac Kills Policeman.
BOSTON. Jan. 20. A thief with a
mania for stealing phonograph records
shot and killed Policeman J. C. Reiser
when trapped by the latter in an apartment-house
today. He escaped, leav
ing a pack of stolen records behind.
Eighty persons had reported theft of
their records.
Federal Arbitrator Resigns.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. John E. Williams'
resignation as Federal arbitrator of
labor disputes arising in the packing;
industry was announced today at a
meeting of the Chicago Federation of
Labor by William Foster, secretary of
the Stockyards Labor Council. Hi
hpalth was given as the reason.
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Colorado five-year farm mort
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lection of Interest, taxee and
Insurance during life of loan.
Write for booklet giving tie-,
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The Banker Loan and Hort-t
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Authorized capital $500,000,
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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
San Francisco
Los Angeles
S. S. Rose City
Sails Fram Ainswortb Dock.
S I". M., Thursday, Jan. 24
The San i'ranciaco at 1'ortland 8. 8. CV.
Third and Haabingtau streets (with
O.-W. B. Ji. C.. Xel. bruudway Ibimi.
A 12L
HOMESTEAD LAW SET OUT
Residence on Land Xot Compulsory
After Final Proof.
Boy Sconts to Do "Bit."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Nearly 300.-
000 Boy Scouts are about to undertake,
at President Wilson's request, the task
of distributing to the public war
nubile Information. PamDhlets will be ban itkahliow, Jan. zu. nesi-
ent throucrh the mails to the Scouts dence on a homestead Is not com
and the first will contain th Preei- pulsory after final prooi Is accepted,
dent'a El&g day address, according to a decision of &b Com'
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