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TIIE 3I0RTNG OKEGOXIAX, TntrnsDAT, February 14. 191s. - LAUGHTER TO TEARS : JS LAUDER'S GAMUT Scotch Comedian Moves Big Audience at Will From k . Joy to Sorrow. : MESSAGE OF WAR GIVEN Yadville Art Close-s "With Stirring . Appeal for Patriotism and Verbal ehaklDS Tp as He TclU of , . UclJi.-bncss of Han. BT Ij:nxE CASS BAril. i Tl mrrtrai of the fittest Is always Inspiring, la spit of or. perbsp. be .reus of a bold. bd, oh. inmallmM, ry. very bad band of self-admitted corrct Imitator, and a nobl hrother lhod of Hebraic. Irish and Kngltsh N-f l, not forgetting Klsl JanU and 'Ortia Hoffmann, who also Itnltata him. Hrrr I.uder la atill th fittest of then all and has survived. fcemetimes I am forced to believe -that ba has never aeen anr of his 1ml -later. Hence, his survival. Tha only .tima 1 wish 1 weren't Irish la when I .sit. bounded en north, east, west and south by the a. otch. Thn I'd give eooai to be Scotch. Coo. and 1 wouldn't . gi a thtstla to which one of the nin thousand clans I batoned. Just so It enabled me to yip and yell and hollar i m wr ya. jiarry. . Of course, this big-llttl-Lauder man an International personage and wa all have quit as much rlcht to rip uni yell and holier. -Wert wr ye, -Harry, bmi," as If thistles and Annie I.auri and ys hanks and braes aal- -loped all over our family scutcheons. .ttut wnen it comes down to cassa It -can't ba dona. I never felt so out of .inings before. aeeXlaaa CUee fe Rmrt. - JTsrrr Lauder la ScnteH mnA er jnd Is close to his heart, and Its pee. pie are hia people. Whew he aincs bout the -wee hoes amanr the -heather" It waa his hoos and his neacner as suns about, and the wee boose and the heather that lived In the .memories of his kins-folk who, as I wuuuea vs non-scot on .eide. - .ine comedians out of ten. famous .th world over, would -uat stolidly .m iitmrgi- upon the b.itk of a "splendid solid success until Time top . fled them over. Harry Lauder does He Is always a sheer, xhlliratlng . delight. We can hear our own deep guffaws and gurgles, at his antics, and find our owa fuse tired from being stretched la wide grins. Aa a spectacle of a comedian sway ing a house on a syllable, or aa arching "of a rot; Is h eye. or a knowlnc confi dential closing of that same roglsh eye. Marry Lauder la notable. The audience "roars at his droliones and rocks when -be rravely chides us for anlggrin' - ngvi mere. HARRY LAUDER TELLS SOLDIERS OF PRUSSIAN FRIGHTFULNESS Kaiser Declared to Be Enemy of Cod, Beyond Pale of Aught bat Human Hate Barbarities of Germans Isolated. every Aadleaee Taeaht alas;. He even bad as singing accordlnc to eur own vocal lights. It was a bonn ballad about "TV A" Co Heme the Bam ,ay. with a touch of Au!d Lan "rn In It. and after the cheery l-aujer Bad coaxed us and retted us .bit. and made fine fun of eur first at 'tempts, and gibed us a bit. he Ju reacoeo out over the footlights an. hypnotized us. as Svcngall did Trilby. ;w were all Trllbya and warbled with -Marry Bvengall Lauder. Lift the roof off.- he yelled. -The Booee dlnna belong to ma ll sans; for us a sailor aona that marcea or renin- seas and whit- aaiied boats. -They aay a aatlor has a wife .'every port." he said In that little con "versatlonal speel he puts Itno each sons;. "Wall 1 ask ye. Isn't that bet- tsr thaa bavins 'em all punched la one portr- II sans; a rollicking lover ditty about marrying 'airy en the fifth of Jan uar-r-r-y. AH the r"s In that title ae relied and trilled dallghtafully. fatvleMe Seace "ess. TTe cave us a saury ballad about the ""Vagrl or the Kilt." and two brave, "big sns;s of patriotic flavor. "The I.ads Who Fought and Won.- and hi newest composition. "Marching with th President from the North. South. r-ast and n est.- He closed his part o the programm with aa appeal for pa triotism, and a thunderous verbal sbaklnc ef our shoulders to awaken us to the "h-l ishnos of the Hun." Harry Lauder has seen, and knows. Ills only lad Ilea buried on the battle Seld. He does not make capital of his personal grief. He does not tell ef It. He pleaded for he.p for th boys who wi:r need It. the hurt and maimed and blinded, when the war Is over. Just as his quaint songs moved ua to laughter, his story ef -over there' "moved us to deep emotion. There wss another part to the pro- - ittmn. vaudeville of aa excellency. It was truly good and we knew I but we waited throug It for Harry -Just as we eat the funny black olives and Blanched almonds and queer cock tails and odds aa dends of food fcefore they br'.nr the bis; turkey Thanksgiving-. SYNDICATE IS FORMED .TAxcocvrR r. to take over rKASCIIMlt r CLl'B. ti - Irsi Tama Over lateveat ffer Steekheldere Have OptJea to X rarrhase at SleaWO. TANTOUVER. B. C, Feb. 11. Bob - Frown, owner and manaeer of the Van couver club ef the 1'actnc Coast Inter .aatlonai tiaseball Leac-u. until this yar the Northwestern League, has an .Bounced the organisation of the Van couver Baseball Syndicate, through which th baseball followers of this city will take ever his franchise, play ere aad equipment. Brown wtU turn his Interests over to the syndicate for the nominal sum of tl and it will have aa option, to purchase them outright at any tiro befor next October 1 for I1J.0OO. The stockholders ef the syndicate, a large number of local fans, wtll elect officers and direc tors. Brows will contlnu as manager If his services ar wanted. For Initial expense th! Spring a fond ef between IJvOv and II 000 will be needed, and already pledges for about it par cent of the amount required have been given. Large Cougar blot- CHEHALI3, iVsh, Teh. l!.-eSpe-rlal. Hcott Mullens today delivered the largest cougar hide ever turned In at the Lewis County Auditor's office, receiving !-" bounty. The animal measured over nine feet from tip to tip aad waa shot from a tree after serieusly Injuring one of Mullens dogs la. a UrUlia battle. . BT BBX HUB. LA MP MAX. AUTTLE man. fearlesa of front, whos eyes twinkle right merrily behind glasses shrewd, good is. tured eyes, that maks friends at single glance. The years have taken their toll la baldness alone. Be Is sturdy as any lad of SO years. In his brown sceK-coat and the plaid kilt. Soldiers of Oregon and the North west, waiting for the word which sends you to France, where Marry Lauder's son gave to England tha supreme sac rifice tula Is Harry Lauder. At noon yesterday, and for an bou before. . ancouver Barracks poured steady stream of olive-drab through tli entrance of the lleillg Theater. until each aeat was held by a soldier officers and men who came to hear Harry Lauder speak of the world war. 1'ipers skirled shrill airs of tha high lards, their shakoed heads nodding with the brave vehemence of the tunes. The drummer. In bis leopard skin twirled his wrists to tha thunder tha ran through tha old airs. Then they swung I Tlpperary." to "Marching Through) Georgia,'- and to "Yankee Poodle.- with an accompaniment of cheers. There was Harry, stsndlng befor them, as the last piper filed Into th wings. Ho twinkled at thrm. stepped forward, and raised hia hand to check the apflause. They wer silent befor the men who hsd given his son to the common cause. 11 Jested with them. I hope yru don't wsnt me to sin? sr.d dance for you today," laughed Harry. "I hop yon are not all Scotch. tor a rVotrhmtn always wants some thing fnr nothing, and usually gets it.' The soldiers laughed with him. l ittle ef the Ceeale la Hie Address. But there was little of the comic In the swift, moving address thst fol lowed, aad. fr all that ha gave. Harry Lauder got good meaaure in return fnr llm and aciln they shouted their approval or capped his vehement convic tion with outbursts of hsnd-clappinff. From the Scotch comedian's adrcs to the soldiers of ths Northwest, stand forth two integrsl factors tbst It Is high privilege to fight for freedom. and that hatred, consuming and im placable, is the due of the Hun until victory Is achieved for democracy. Well, now." began Harry, with the burr of Scotland clinging to his talk. "I have been on this Coast for three week, and I have met nothing ele but an absolute, immediate response. in expecting the same thing touiy. "I'm awfully glad my audience is composed mostly of soldiers, because am her to add my word against anything and everything that Is going to Impede victory for the United stales. All along the line I have Insisted that the soldier shall have all the assist ance the civil population can give him. -Yet, farther from the battle front, have found a spirit of carelessness. We want to be inoculated with the serum of sscrlflce. W want to re member today that w are citizens of great Nation, and that you are wnat your forefathers mads you freemen! Does the word not inrui your na asked. -It does me to know that 1 freeman and that J will never n any degree bow to Prussian military rule! No man should lose his liberty but with his life. If there Is a nation that should fight for liberty. It is the United States, because that Is your symboL" tars ef Liberty FelegHsed. At the entrance to America, said Rurr. stands a glgantlo figure of promise the Statue of Liberty repre sentative of all that America, offers in opportunity and Ideals. -Men." he charged, -don't - let yon big statue crumble down Into tha sea! Liberty is th best word In any lan guage. Liberty consists of respect for the rights of others." He made a parable of an experience, a talk ha once had with a life-prisoner, whose sentence hsd been commuted, and who saw, for the first time, the prospect of fields and watsr. and open places, beyond the walls of his prison, because hia liberty wss before him. -But the dull gray walls we stand behind today." said Lauder, "are walls of cannon cannon of ths allies and behind those gray walls ar tha bst and bravest men the world haa avsr seen. . Lamplighters of freedom, nremen oi civilisation, are we in tne great war. declared the comedian, holding a trust so high that the children of men who fall, of men who return, will feel pride In th sacrifice of their fathera. -So that wnsn gornu" after us," he aald. "tner win oe ui. w.iir erect, with smiles on their faces, and say. Ky dad lit that lamp.' Aye. and -you're nremen. wa vEorld ta on fir. Men. maae no of putting that fire out! Put aa black as night! A sweat Made to Men of Henna. rvn't let na bs war-wearv. hoys k. rmA hia voice vibrant. i ne man that stays at home, aa well as the sol dier, has a great responsioimy nana- iwr his shoulders. Hi nss asaea you to go and defend him. and he must look after you. . We mustn't take out our nana rou and ssv. 'I'll see what I can oo.' An. no! We mustn't see what wa can do w must do! Do our best, our very best. When a soldier la oraerea over the top be doesn't say. Wll. I'll ses what I can do. Ah. no! h doa It and ha can t do any mora loan lay down bis life. , -So. I tell them, when you r asaea for a war necessity, doit teas out your roll and look at U: don't meas ure It by the lives of splendid men. Because God Is a God of Justice, and he will see us through!" In the Scripture, eaid Harry lamer. his voice tsklng on nw tenseness. Is an admonition to lovs thy neighbor. ie did not wish to declare nta aisoe- ief In it. an excellent commandment. but ha asserted that some were os- yor.d th pale of love, human or divine. Xes. men. out 1 oeiieve mat uwi does not expect us to love bis sne mies" exclaimed Harry. "If the Kaiser .n't an enemy of God I, oon t Know, Ss wa won't lovs the Hun. Well take him on bls"evtdence, and well risk the rest. . . -The Kaiser Is no friend to anyoooy. Whan a man ceases to respect his fel low man I don't see how he can have anv respect for God Almighty! I don't see it- Its impossiDie is Kaiser Is going down to th Tery depths of abomination. Merry Prevail with (ho nam. -The wake of the Hun la abominable desolation!" he shouted. "11 knows o mercyl No mercy prevails with to Hun. I often wonder does ha expect ta rt any when the time comes Where there were villages In l-ranoe there Is no longer any habitation. nothing but waste and ruin to mark he spot of harPT homes, said Harry. Hs had seen them, hsd marveled, as hs hated, at tha thoroughness of devastation. "Tha towns don t exist today,- na said. -They have been wiped off th faco of th earth as clean as ths floor standing on. Ths Hun knows no merry! Thoso beautiful little villages. from 1000 to svOv people, wiped off ha face of th earth. Th Kun knows bo mercy!" There waa a soldier whom he met a hospital, related Harry a young soldier whose terrible face was hidden n bandagea. Hs had asked the soldier how hs received his wound, la a cap- i candle, the boy had found a fountain pen, and had placed It In his pocket. A week later he bad sat down to write to hia mother, to tell her that all was well with him. " 'And when I tried to unscrew th' pen It blew the half of my face away.' was ths explanation that Harry re peated. "Now, men." he urged with earnest' nss, tnt Is th enemy you re up against. He knowa no mercy. And when you r ever there, and In a Ger man dugout, should you see a fountain pen. oon I touch ltl Son t touch any thing." Driving Nail Killed 72. As he passed through ons captured trench, related Lauder, his coat caught on a Ball and tore th fabric. "Thl very coat 1 have on," he amplified. Turning to an officer, he asked why the nail waa not driven In, out of barm's way. "Oh. no," tha officer declined. "We did knock one in about two weks ago, Just over tha line there, and we buried of our men. -There Isr't anything too hellish for the Hun. exclaimed Harry, as he cau tioned against nail driving In captured trenchea, "The Hoche." the Frenchman calls him. I call him the vandal, ths rsper of women, the murderer, de stroyer of old men and boys. Vhen you are over there you will e. as I did, little boys with their right hands cut off. And when you ssk them who did it they will tell you tne Oermans did, snd when you ask them why. they will ssy: '6-"o I will never be able to lift my hand against Oermany. I used to alt by the fire and talk with my lad. before his voice wav ered. "before he went bark to the renches sgaln." I asked him to tell me of these things, these unbelievable hlngs." Before Harry Lauder's son went back to the trenches, to die gallantly, he told he father of the fate of 40 captured men of the Black Watch, butchered before his eyes. Taken In a nisht raid, they were stripped and forced to land In nakedness through the chill hours till dawn. Herrlhle Massarre Related. "In th gray dull of the morning." said Harry, "the Germans told them hey could go back to their own trenches again. They crawled through he barbed-wire, torn and lacerated. hose brave men. 1 know of nothing more fiendish than German barbed- lre. Halfway across No Man's Land he Germans opened with machine guns nd mowed down every one! 'Lnd. my son said to me, 'it was awful sight. 1 helped to bury them.' What are yon going to do. men?" e challenged. "You are going to leave his building with the resolution that you will buckle on the sword, and you will stand at attention every moment of your Uvea until th bugle sounds the blast of peace!" He charged that tha estrangement of England and the colonies was brought about through the reign of a Prussian Prince on the throne of Great Britain , liun. he termel King George and that Prussian propaganda had served through many years to keep hatred against the motherland alive In the American heart. Spirit of Revolution, Prevails. "The spirit or the Revolution pre vails today," he declared, "the same spirit. You ar revolting against the Hun." Prussian propaganda had poisoned America for long years, declared Lau der. "with one arm around your neck, coddling you, stabbing you In the back with the other." Ha apok of German rifles burled In American soil, asserting that a large cache had been uncovered not long ago the murderous Instruments intended to repay American friendship and wel come. -Bows on rows ot them, those guns, burled In American soil," charged Har ry. "Who put them there? Your neigh bor! O, yes, he's a very nice man. O, yea, be'a a German; you've known him for JO years. What fnr did your nlee an elghbor do this? To kill your wives nd your bairns! By God. men!" he exploded, "there Isn't anything too hellish for the Hun. He knows no mercy! He has shown me no mercy, and. by God, he'll get none from me, either!" Cod Thanked for President. For a space the speaker was silent. trembling, looking down upon the throng in uniform. Then he said: "This I do know, that this country, the United States of America, had to be guided by a noble mind and a steady hand to come Into this world turmo today." With raised hand he held back the cheering. "It took a steady hand and noble mind to guide this Nation through the perili of - Prussian propaganda. And we, who appreciate the circumstances, than God today for President Wilson." The storm of applause broke. "I'm glad because my son was soldier." said Harry simply. "Im glad because I know that he did his duty. "There are three D's for the soldier to guard against. The first Is deser tion, the next is dirt and the third Is disease. Guard well against these three D's and give every attention to the other D drill. "Give your officers your concentrat ed attention, because an officer can' be a Rood officer If he hasn't a good platoon. And I believe, I know, there Isn't an American officer who would ask a soldier to do what he wouldn1 do himself. Hope of Meeting Agala Expressed. "I may have an opportunity to meet you again, when you go over there. hope you'll have a safe journey across and that I shall meet you again. Then Harry Lauder sang a lively- bit, written when he saw the first American troops in France, something to the effect that "We re going to do our verra, verra. verra best, from the north, aouth. east and west. They brought him to his feet again nnd again, and -he smiled at them af fettlonately as -he said: I know you haven t a thing to do hut sit there and clap all day. But I've got to work this afternoon. So 111 say good-hye to you. boys, and may the good fortune of battle b with you when you get across. H stood - at salute as tney rose to their feet, those hundreds of Amer ican boys, cheering him. SUGAR SAUING AIMED AT CATERERS1 ASSOCIATION WILL FOR. MXLATK BULKS. TO REMOVE DANDRUFF "j Get a small bottle of Danderin at any drugstore for a fw oants, pour a llttl Into vour hand and rub well Into th scalp with th finger tips. By morning most, if not all, of this awful scurf will have disappeared. ' Two or thre appll eatlona will destroy every bit of dan druff ; stop scalp Itching and falling hair. Adv. CHILD GETS SICK. FEVERISH IF CONSTIPATED Look at Tons-tie I Then Give Frnit Laxative for Stomach, Liver, Bowels. California SjTup of Figs "Can't Harm Children and They Love IL Keeping Sugar Bowls Off Table : Objected to aad Special Dispen aatloa Is Granted. A committee was appointed by the Portland Caterers Association at a meeting yesterday afternoon In the Portland Hotel to draw up three sets of rules for th use of sugar. One set of rules Is to apply to restaurants, another to hotels and the third to cafe terias. The caterers have agreed upon uni form compliance with every provision of the Food Administration's recent schedule of orders except the one re quiring them to keep sugar bowls off the tables. W. B. Ayer, Federal Food Administrator for Oregon, has granted a special dispensation in th matter of sugar to allow th caterers to reach aa agreement. This committee will re port back to the association next Wednesday. The caterers yesterday adopted a standard card to be hung in tha win dow of all restaurants that are com plying with the rules laid down by th Food Administration. These window cards will be distributed by the asso ciation to restaurant proprietors in ex change for a pledge to observe the rules. Restaurant patrons will be urged to patronize only those places displaying the official card of th as sociation, i Will M. Cressy, on of i i i i I Exp for letters' ixo THE Self Starting Remington clears the tracks for er press speed on all correspondence. 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REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY, Incorporated B8 Broadway Phone Broadway 621 epat-s Mt-e Bjg&r-" "raw- Wilson's four-minute men, addressed the meeting yesterday, and recited a poem of his own composition, entitled "That Little Red Flag With Its One Blue Star." The restaurant men are having de signed a folder to be placed on every table, which will contain the Federal Food Administration's rules for food saving. The front page of the folder will be taken up with a carton bear ing the legend "Ar you worth dying for? If so, what sacrifice are you making?"' AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED Field Artillerymen on French Front Victims ot German Shells. WASHIXGTOJf, Feb. IS. General Pershing today reported Sergeant Sam uel R. Roper, Passlac, N. J., and Jrivate Schuyler M. League, of Jefferson, Tex., President fiel dartillerymen, severely wounded on February 11. Corporal William F. Taylor, field artillery, of Alio, Scotland, was slightly wounded on the same date. Private Arthur C. F. Schoenfeldt, field artillery, of Laren Wis., was slightly wounded on February 8. General Pershing also reported the death from natural causes of Privates John F. Perreria, Mission, San Jose, CaL, and George E. Edwards, Torring ton, Wyo. Chehalis Divorce Suit Filed. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Sadie Ritter filed suit in the Lewis County Superior Court today for a divorce from R. L. Ritter. The Rit ters - were married in Cowllts County six years ago. Failure to provide is alleged in the complaint. Wife of Editor Succumbs. THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Katherine Anduss Cut, wife of Henry Cue, editor of The Dalles Optimist, died suddenly thin morning at The Dalles Hospital of complica tions resulting from an operation for the removal of a tumor, performed about three weeks ago. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon from the Crandall chapel. PORTLAND LYCEUM COURSE Chief Caupolican Friday Evening, February 15. AUDITORIUM Single admissions 55, 83 Seat 6ale Sherman, Clay & Co, February 14 and 15. lfothar, yoor child I tan t naturally cross and peevish, tee If tongu Is coat ed: this Is a sure sign the little stom ach, liver and bowels nd cleansing at one. When listless, pal, feverish, full ot cold, breath bad. throat sore, doesn't at. sleeep or act naturally, baa stomach-ache, diarrhoea, remember a gentle llvr and bowel cleansing should al ways b th hrst treatment given. Nothing equals "California feyrup ot Figs'' for children's Ills; give a tea spoonful, and la a few hours all th foul waste, sour bll and fermenting food which Is clogged In the bowels passes out of tha system, and you bav a wall and playful child again. Ail chil dren love this baxml. delicious "fruit laxative." ami it never falls to affect a good "inside" cleansing. Directions for babies, children of all ages and grown ups ar plainly on th bottl. Keep It handy In your hum. A llttl given today saves a sick child tomor row, but gat the genuine. Asa your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," then see that It is made tured, Coma Aurout. It. tftitttl by th "Calliornia irig Syrup Company.- Tacoma and 10-Cent Fare What does it cost? , That's always the first question a merchant asks before he fixes the price at which his goods should be sold so that he can make a living. He also determines very carefully just what it costs him to run his business. But, these are two fundamental things which the public never seems to worry about when it fixes the price it shall pay for Public Service notably streetcar service. There are, however, two rather striking exceptions to the foregoing statement right here in 'the Northwest, one in Portland and one in Tacoma, both relating to the price of streetcar rides. Here in Portland, the Public Service Commission of Oregon, after exhaustive investigation, decided that a six-cent fare was just and necessary if our Company was to continue to give the service demanded by the public and keep out of the bankruptcy courts. Over in Tacoma the situation is somewhat different. The" City of Tacoma has for several ygars owned and operated a municipal carline. Recently it became necessary for the City of Tacoma to build an extension of that line to tap a new and rapidly growing industrial district, a short distance beyond the city limits. The city built the extension, completing it a couple of weeks ago. But, it found that it cost tremendously more for the labor, the materials, the supplies, equipment, etc., than it ever did to build a similar stretch of track before. And, when the extension was completed and it came time for the City Council of Tacoma to decide what the rate of fare should be on this extension, it was found also that it would cost a very great deal more to operate and maintain that line than it would have done before the war and high cost of everything hit everybody. So, what did the City Council do with this Municipal Ownership line? It sat down like a lot of business men and figured out what it would cost to furnish service on this line and by unani mous vote decided that the cash fare should be 10. cents straight, and that the commutation ticket rate should be.T1 cents per ride.- . The City Council-voted the 10-cent cash fare on the new line and the people of Tacoma who needed the service, when they found out that it was' going to cost the city 10 cents for every passenger carried, accepted the situation, and they are paying that rate of fare. . And, they get a ride'of only 5 miles for their dime. This is less than half the distance from First and Alder to Lents. . V - And, they haven't threatened to recall the City Councilmen, or oust the Mayor, or abolish the Public Service Commissioners, or to look, to the jitneys for salvation. Yet, there are a number of persons here in Portland who have threatened just such things as that to "get even" with our Company. for no other reason than that the Public Service Com- . mission has found that we cannot give adequate service and pay our men decent living wages and keep our property ; solvent without charging a six-cent fare. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY