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THE MORNING OR EG ONI AN, 3IONDAT, JUNE 17. 1918. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF CIRCUS HERE TODAY cTOlM OUR ............. .......... WHAT THE CHILDREN DO WHEN THEY GET A' CHANCE AT 2 THE CIRCUS ON SUNDAY. City Editor Main "070. A 0!5 Sunday Editor Main 7070. A !. JV4vrtiffin(c Department. . . .Main 7070. A 09S Superintendent of ButHlnic . Maln07O. A 6035 AMUSEMENTS. DRPHEUM (Broadway at Taylor) Big- 5 :3 time vaudeville. This afternon at 2:15 and tonight at 8:15 o'clock. BAKER (Broadway at Sixth, between Alder and Morrison) Alcaear Stock Company in "Paid in Full." Tonicht at S:15 o clock. PAMA6ES (Broadway at Alder) Vaude ville. Three ehows daily. 2:30. 7 and 8:05. EIPPODKOME (Broadway at Tamhlll) Vaudeville and moving; picture. 2 to 5; 6:45 to 11 P. M. Saturday. Sundays, holi days, continuous. 1:15 to 11 P. M. BTRAXD (Washington street, between Park and TVest Park) Vaudeville and moving pictures; continuous. &.TRIC (Fourth and Stark) Musical com edy, dally, afternoon and night. OAKS AMUSEMENT PARK (dn Willamette River) Band concerts and diversified, n tertalnment afternoon and night. THRIFT STAMPS and WAR SAVINGS STAMPS on Sale at Business Office, Oreg-onlan. San Josh Minister Speaks. Rev. Charles Whaltey, of San Jose, Cal., con ducted services yesterday morning and last evening at Grace Baptist Church, East Seventy-sixth and Ash streets. Fpeclal music had been provided for for both services. Dr. "SVhaltey will conduct services at the church Tuesday veninsr of this -week and will take charge of the work during three months of the Summer season, to as sist Rev. E. Cash, the pastor, in a spe cial programme for the season. Fire Menaces Tailor Shop Fire, which might have caused considerable amoo-A Kut fnr thA sneerl v - work Of 4 V.. .o rtmoiit hrnliA nut nt the I tailoring establishment of Ray Bark hurst. Sixth and Stark streets, yester day afternoon. An alarm was turned In and engine No. 1 and chemical wagons Nob. 1 and 21 answered the call. They arrived just as the flames were beginning to eat into the roof and walls of the building. The damage amounted to about $16. Granges to Meet Wednesday. The Multnomah district, Pomona Grange, will meet with Fairview Grange, Wednesday, June 19, at 10:30 A. M. J. J. Johnson, master, will preside. Business of the order will occupy the morning session. At 2 P. M. the lec tures will be open to the public. K. A. Clark will speak on "Patronizing Home Industries." Mrs. F. S. Myers will give an address. There will be a literary programme in the evening with Mrs. Eugene Palmer In charge. Youth to Be Barmitzvah. Ralph Bernard Wertheimer, 13 years old, eon of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Wertheimer, will be Barmitzvah Saturday, June 22. Mr. i and Mrs. Wertheimer will be at home to their friends Sunday, June 23, at their residence, 83116 Northrup street. Iater they will leave for Seaside, where they will make their future home. It was stated through typographical error that Master AVerthelmer would be mar ried, but the celebration is in observ ance of his thirteenth year. a'oman's Committee to Meet. All members of the Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense. Portland division, are requested by the chair man, Mrs. John F. Beaumont, to attend , a meeting in story-hour room. Central Library, Tuesday, 2:30 P. M. There should be a representative from every woman's organization in Portland pres ent at this meeting. Executive board to meet at 2 P. M. Methodist Histort Is Topic. Meth odist History in Oregon will be the subject at th Methodist ministers' meeting in the First church this morn ing. This is the 70th anniversary of the beginning of Methodism in Ore gon. Rev. John Parsons will read a paper and Dr. C. E. Cline will speak. A luncheon will be served at noon by the women of the church. Benefit to Be Given. The Fathers' and Mothers' Association will have a benefit entertainment Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Herbert Garr Reed will give a reading and George Graham will sing Scotch songs. Mrs. Lotta Stone will present whistling solos and Albert Stanhope Brown tenor, will eing. Picnic Is Arranged. The Morrow County picnic and reunion will take place in Laurelhurst Park Saturday, July 6. Be sure and bring basket lunch. Patriotic speeches and music will be provided. Fathers to Meet. The Association of the .Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the Foresters' Hall, 129 Fourth street. All members are requested to attend. Monday Musical Club Meets ToDA.fr. The Monday Musical Club will hold a special meeting for the board of management at 1:30 P. M. today in the Portland Hotel. Wb sharpen safety razor blades. Portland Cutlery Co., 86 6th, near Stark. Adv. Dr. Elof T. Hidldnd, dentist, has re turned and resumed practice. Adv. IS "-- JL :W Ml-M'-i 4'&-i' -Xi ; OXE OF THE BIG EI-EPHASiTS AND HIS HAPPV LOAD. J a.. ......... ......................... .............. I Sells-Floto Parade' Will Start From Grounds at 11 A. M. STRAND BILL IS VARIED 'MlfSICAli ROUND-UP" IS SET COWBOY ATMOSPHERE, LsMorroir Brothers Good Dancera and SlnKers Jewell Can Whistle ' Photo Play F'enttirea Mae Murray. Varied and interesting is the bill at the Strand Theater. "A Musical Round-Up" is the title of a very good act. Butler, a cowboy fid dler, and a girl are the participants. They wear the makeup of a real cow boy and cowgirl. She plays the piano, while Butler plays the fiddle. Some splendid Imitations of a rusty pump, a braying mule and various other things, were given. Margaret La Rose, a blonde vision clad in gray, with an unmusical voice, recited a number of stories In darkey dialogue. LaMorrow brothers, in smart even ing suits and high silk hats, are gdod dancers and singers, and one of them transformed' a section of a newspaper into an elaborately designed centerpiece. An unusually good whistling act was given by Jewell, a young chap in a correct yachting costume. He whistled the overture from "Poet and Peasant" in an excellent manner. Popular melo dies were Included in his repertoire. "The Bride's Awakening" is the photoplay feature. It is a powerful story flaying clandestine marriages. Miss Mae Murray plays the leading role and is supported by Lewis J. Cody, Ashton Dearholt, Harry Carter, Joe Girard, and other good players. It ends in a double tragedy. of RECITAL TO BE GIVEN POPULAR MUSIC TO BE PLAYED AT PUBLIC AUDITORIUM. PERSON ALMENTION. J. L. Turner, of Astoria, is at the Ritz. H. Halse, of Columbia City, is at the Ritz. J. Buckley, of Hillsboro, Is at the Ritz. Perry Read, of Madras, is at the Imperial. H. C. Grady, of La Grande, is at the Imperial. S. A. Grady, of Ontario, is at the Oregon. J. Richards, of Baker, is at the Oregon. Powell Ferguson, of Dallas, is at the Oregon. Walter S. Muir, of Dallas, is at the Cornelius. E. Nile, of Shanghai, China, is at the Portland. William G. Glenn, of Salem, is at the Multnomah. Laura D. Laws, of Prineville, is at the Portland. L. E. Ireland, of Hood River, is at the Multnomah. Joseph T. Thompkins, of Hood River, is at the Ritz. G. E. Parsons, of Tacoma, Wash., is at the Perkins. Mrs. H. G. Smith, of Eugene, is at the Multnomah. William P. Griner, of The Dalles, is at the Portland. F. X. Clack, of Walla Walla, Wash, is at the Seward. ' Captain F. Tristan, of New York City, is at the Benson. Charles A. Murray, of Tacoma, Wash, is at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brown, of Salem, are at the Cornelius. Mrs. W. E. Graham and daughters, of Boise, Idaho, are guests at thn Port land. Mrs. Mae Biedleman, of Kelso, Wash is at the Washington. The Misses Fisher, of Hood River, are at the Multnomah. W. E. Chapman, of Riparia, Wash., is at the Multnomah. Mrs. L. Ward, of Goldendale, Wash is at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Vincent, of Damas cus, are at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Patterson, o Astoria, are at the Oregon. Clyde T. Bonney and party, of The Dalles, are at the Cornelius. Mrs. H. M. Ferguson, of Oklahoma City, Okla., is at the Benson. W. P. Edwards and W. W. Chambers, of Astoria, are at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Putnam, of Mot cow, Iowa, are at the Seward, K. P. Edwards and W. W. Chambers, of Astoria, are at the Seward. E. S. Snelling, St. Helens attorney. Is with his family at the Perkins. Frank Gabel, a leading sheep dealer of Wapinitia, is at the Perkins. Charles I. Clough and Mrs. Clough, of Tillamook, are at the Seward. A. R. Cummings, a prominent mer chant of Canby, is at the Perkins. MJss Doris Ryan and Miss Emily Molr, of Salem, are guests at the Seward. William Lany, a prominent stock man of Kei Perce, Idaho, is at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Penipacker, Tacoma. Wash., are guests at the Cor neuus. N. C. Cushenterry, James O'Connell and R. B. Farnham. of Cleveland, O are at the Oregon. Miss Laura Trunk, of Olympla, Wash. and Miss Katie Trunk, of Anaconda, Mont., are at the Benson. Derwent Hall Caine, of New York City, son of Hall Caine, the famous novelist, is at the Benson. Mrs. H. B. Robinette. R. B. Robinette, Jr., and Carl Robinette, of Cleveland, O., are guests at the Portland. T. C. Sharkey and Mrs. Sharkey motored from Seattle for the week-end and are guests at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. H. Sommerstrom and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sommerstrom, Columbia City, are guests at the Wash lngton. A. H. Fletcher, of the Marshall Well Hardware Company, is in the city for few days. He is registered at the Oregon. J. B. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson, of Albany, are at the Seward. Mr. Thompson is the proprietor of the IIo- el Albany. A party of Easterners, including Rob ert H. Laverie. New York: Captain Reo, Washington, D. C, and Franklin Rem- ngton, of New York City, are guests at the Benson. John Lewis Childs, seed and bird merchant, departed yesterday for his home at Florah Park, Long Island. New York, after a brief visit in this city. He was the guest of C. F. Nash. Billle M. Burton, J. M. Campbell, Dick Blakeney, Jess W. Blakeney, R. N. Adams, E. L. Gilligan. H. E. Britton, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wright, of the Great Wortham Shows, are at the Im perial. Concert Will Be Presented by Three of Portland's Well-Known Organ- i - Imtm Sunday Afternoon. An innovation in musical circles of Portland which is expected to prove popular, is the appearance of three of Portland's leading organists William K. Boone, Lucien E. Becker and Gladys Morgan Farmer in a recital at the Auditorium next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, presenting a programme of popular music. The concert will be under the direc tion of the city, and the admission price has been placed within the reach of all. Fifteen cents. Including war tax. will admit one to any seat in the house. Concerts of this type have been held In Eastern cities with wonderful suc cess, it is said, and Portland is expect ed to show Its approval next Sunday afternoon of popular music at popular prices. For months there has been a strong demand for a recital of popular music, and the Sunday recital has been ar ranged in response to this general de mand. Should the recital prove a success, similar concerts will be staged, the present plans calling for a regular schedule of organ recitals throughout the Summer. Sawmill Strike Is Averted. GOLD HILL. Or., June 16. (Special.) - The impending strike at the Hackett & Pressly sawmills on Cardine creek 6ix miles north of Gold Hill, has been settled on a basis of nine hours and a minimum wage of M per day. These mills of 35.000-foot capacity and em ploying 65 men, are one of Gold Hill's flourishing industries. A 30-ton log ging railway locomotive from Portland has been added to the railway equip ment and track is being extended . to virgin timber. WEl,L-KXOW. PORTLAND GIRL DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS. it"'' r- ' ' It, i , . ? I i -l o v " I X : " , v S 4 l'f i ., v; I - S,l , - . Phone your want ads to The Orego alan. Main 7070. A 6096. Mrs. A. E. Wntnorlk, Mrs. A. E. Wentworth, 837 East Thirty-ninth street, died Monday, June 10 after a short illness. The funeral services were held June 12 from the parlors of Miller & Tracey. The Knights and Ladies of Security, of which Mri. Wentr worth was a member, had charge of the services. Mrs. Wentworth, who was only 20 years old. was a splendid athlete and was well known for her bowling records in Portland. She Is survived by a widower, her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Husselbee, and a sis ter, Margaret Husselbee. all of Portland. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Tacoma, Wash. AGEANT IS 2 MILES LONG Bugles Will Announce Spectacular Kxtravaganza, "The Birth of the Rainbow," Beginning at 2:15 P. 31.. and at 8:15 P. M. SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS FACTS. Show Grounds) Twenty-fifth and Raleigh. Parade Route At 11 A. M. to day the two-mile street pageant will leave the circus grounds and proceed east on Overton to Twen tieth: south on Twentieth to Washington: -east on Washington to Nineteenth and Alder; east on Alder to Third; north on Third to Birrnside; west on Burnslde to Sixth; north on Sixth to Everett; west on Everett to Twenty-second; north on Twenty-second to Pettygrove; Pettygrove to show grounds. Perfonnasrra Fanfares of bu gles announcing the spectacular extravaganza. "The Birth of the Rainbow," will sound at 2:15 P. M. and 8:15 P. M. today and tomorrow. This production opens the big show performances. Cap pacity of main tent is 10,000 persons. of Father and the boys and mother and the girls, to say nothing of grandpa and other youngsters of three score ana more, nan tne time or their young lives at the Sells-Floto circus grounds yesterday afternoon. They watched the doings of the circus folks and ani mala eagerly. Peeking under the raised side walls of the big menagerie tent they saw the gnu (better known among his pals as the African horned horse) sedately combing his whiskers against the bars of his cage; they watched the huge elephants swaying on the "bull" picket lines until they became seasick; they heard the roars of the jungle folk and the booming of Colossus, the giant gorilla. Who put up an awful "holler when his attendant refused to put any sugar in his porridge. Sugarless days nave come even to the gorilla, the fea ture animal of the tented zoo. Then everybody admired Sunrise, the golden stallion. Employes Are Paid. There was lots to see. The "ghost walked for the 600 employes of the show; the cooks busied themselves on the cookhouse portable kitchens, get ting ready the big Sunday dinner. Everything and everybody looked clean and epic and span. The Sells- Floto horses were beautiful to look upon in their Sunday get-up. So, it is a ten-to-one shot that fathenl and the boys and mother and the girls. to say nothing of grandpa and the other youngsters of three score and more, will all see the performances at Twenty-fifth and Raleigh today, to night or tomorrow. Aerial acts, aero batlc acts, novelty acts, equestrian acts, wire-dancing acts, flying acts, leaping acts, spectacular thrillers, bounding acts all these and many more are per formed by the famous artists of "this and foreign lands." Cirrus Has Many Clowns. Among tne features or the circus are 40 clowns; Daisy Hodglnl. bareback rider; Herberta. Beeson, the "Pavlowa of the wire"; Delno, Klncalds and Alvards, aerial artists; Cole. Luckey and Biggs, aerial somersaulters Beatrice, the boneless woman; the Cor nellas, flying acrobats, and the Legerts. Swaynes and Gordons In feats of equill brium, besides the herds. Including what are said to be the largest pachyderms In captivity. FLAG BEARS 14 STARS SEI.LWOOD SCHOOL DEDICATES SERVICE BANNER. STUDENTS GET POSITIONS More Than 100 Oregon Xorraal Graduates Have Teaching Jobs. OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Mon mouth. Or., June 16. (Special.) Of the 158 students graduating from the Oregon Normal School, Wednesday morning, more than 100 have signed contracts for schools for next year, Before July 1, It Is estimated every member of the class will have post tlons. Early in the year many superintend ents and principals visited the school and signed up their full teaching force. Salaries to be paid are higher than last year. Many of the seniors, who have had no experience, will start at $75 to $100. Grade schools will take a larger pro portion than usual. MERCHANTSLUNCH, 25c. Excellent merchants' lunch served 11 to 8 P. M., consists of soup, meats (In cluding roast veal or peef), two vege tables, bread and butter, dessert and drink. Famous cooked Juicy crawfish. All kinds of sort drinks. The Young China Grille. 133 Park St., Cornellu Hotel, bet. Wash, and Alder. Adv. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to return our sincere thanks to those who so lovingly stood by us and assisted in caring for our beloved son In his tragic oeatn and burial. Adv. MR- AND MRS. C. C. ALLEN. Utmost utility plus ultra smart ness is the right clothes com bination for live, young Ameri cans who are holding the home lines. KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES are famous as the foremost ex amples of clothes that combine smart style and service. They meet the demands of the times to the letter in every way. $25, $30, $35 and up. The Kuppenheimer Portland. House in MORRISON AT FOURTH ST. This order has been issued as a means of stimulating production of airplane stock in that district. The Oregon district includes the north bank of the Columbia River and the Northern Pacific territory south o Vader, and this being the case, there will be no great interference with the movement of this class of stocR fo silos and other important uses in Ore gon at present. It is expected that th order will be only temporary. OATH WILL BE TAKEN NEW SCHOOL DIRECTORS MAY BE SWORN IN TODAY. Personnel of New Committees of Board of Education Not Yet Announced by Dr. J. F. Drake. By provision of the statutes, George B. Thomas and George M. Orton. newly elected members of the Board of Edu cation, have 10 days in which to tak the oath of office and formally accep the responsibility handed them by th voters. Both will be invited by Clerk Thoma to visit the school district offices lm mediately after the votes are canvassed this afternoon, and it is probable tha the oath of office will be administers at that time. To the present, no inkling has bee given of the possible personnel of new committees, as Dr. J. Francis Drak who succeeds to the chairmanship senior member of the board, has not yet announced his policy in this regard. In official circles it is thought not lm probable that the proposal to dispens with regular subcommittees will aga be taken up. For some time there has been con siderable discussion of the plan abolish subcommittees and to transac the affairs now entrusted to them full meetings of the board, to be held on alternate meeting nights followin the regular sessions. For certain work and investigations, if this plan were 1 practice, special committees would named as required. There are four such sub-committees at present finance, educational affairs, buildings and grounds, and supplies and equipment. Though the tubcom mittee system has given no dissatis faction, advocates of a change say that the presence of all directors at discus sions of school business would facili tate action when matters come up for final decision. to be Graduation Exercises at St. Agatha's Church Witnessed by Enthu siastic Gathering. An enthusiastic audience filled the recreation hall of St. Agatha's Church, Sellwood, on Friday evening, to wit ness the dedication of the service flag and the graduating exercises of the parochial school. The stage was dec orated with flowers and the national colors. The Misses Mary. Anna and Gertrude Miller rendered a piano and violin over ture, which was followed by "America for Me," a chorus by the senior class, and a playlet. "Counting Eggs." by Melvin Bohrer, Eleanor Rieschel and Regina Miller. "The Flag of '76" was sung by the seniors, followed by a dramatic dialogue, "The Angel's Warn ing," In which Misses Dorothy Schroth, Mercedes Lymp, Iva Bassett, Naomi Sparkman and Cecilia Soreghan took part. The diplomas were awarded to the graduates by the rector of St. Agatha's. Rev. John Cummisky. The graduates were Lawrence Broeren, Elizabeth Volk, Iva Bassett. Agnes Chundelak and Nicholas Coyle. A gold medal awarded by the faculty of Mt. Angel College for general excellence was won by Cecilia Soreghan. A beautiful service flag of silk with stars representing 14 boys in Army service, was dedicated by Rev. Father Cummisky. in accordance with the Catholic ritual. YOUTH, 22, ELECTROCUTED Charles McCormick Killed at Marsh field While Operating Crane. MARSHFIELD, Or., June 18. (Spe cial.) Charles McCormick, 22, was electrocuted today while operating an electrio crane at the C. A. Smith Lum ber Company's plant. The line which McCormick came in contact with carried 440 volts. He is survived by a widow and was married but two months ago. The bride was Miss Virginia Lyster, of Smith River, western Douglas County. The couple were residents of Bunker Hill. EMBARGO ONLY TEMPORARY Movement of Certain Timber Stock in Washington Halted. Tha embargo placed against fir lum ber to be used in the manufacture of cross arms, tank stock, silos or wood pipe staves by the Fir Production Board applies only to tne Washington district 01 Learn Frencii simple conversational methods. Classes 12 :15 noon, 6 P. M. and 7 :30 P. M. Same lessons each session. Attend most convenient class. Open to men and women. Registrants of June 5th Free Term Begins June 17th Information and Enrollment Room 416 Y. M. C. A, 977 . vyiii-whsr V IS?'! pSitv V m f istoME f ME Ask about it. I Come in today and get an "Accumulating Banking Club" book. We will show you how you can easily save money to buy and pay for a Liberty Bond when a new issue comes out. We will also show you how you can accumulate money for any future purpose. Join two Clubs. Draw the money out of one at the end of 50 weeks to help your country. Save your money in the other Club to help yourself. Both are necessary. The above picture shows what you can easily accumulate in only five years. Study it. . To this we add 3 per cent compound interest. Savings Department Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 8 LADD & TILTON BANK Oldest in the Northwest Washington and Third some coastwise trading craft, presum ably the Phoenix or the Myrtle May. "NEWSIE" WEARS KHAKI One of Oregonian's Xlglit Hustlers Takes Service) Willi Engineers. M. Shulman. one of the best "new sies'" of The Oregonian Xlght Hustlers' Club, who has been selling The Orego nian at Sixth and Washington streets for a long time, is one of the latest members of th) casual company of en gineers at Vancouver Barracks. This 19-year-old hustler is the son of Mrs. R. Shulman. of 675 First street, and has been selling Oregonians on Portland streets for six years. He en listed a few days ago and was assigned to Vancouver Barracks pending at tachment to an organized company, and visited with his old associates last night on Ma first leave from the post. Skiff Found on Westport Bar. WKSTPORT. June 16. (Special.) Albert Rasmussen. a fishermen. found an 11-foot skiff on the Westport bar yesterday. As oars and oarlocks were under the seat, and lines neatly coiled In the bow. it is assumed that the skiff was washed from the deck of QUALITY and SERVICE M -an ... ... 9 ( " are two tronpr links in tne . Q rhnin nf ia t lf A o.t Inn. Toil net quality In OUR FAULTLESS PLUMBING. HBtTIXG SUPPLIES Onr Service Is Unexcelled. i 4 M. L. KLINE 1 t 30 Years Wholesaling; In i J"'"'-B I'ortlanri. SlJ t ' r j4" wt St- il - ' aJK.-Minssnsg: 'A II". "... .1 WESTERN UNION growth in a year shows fifty thousand trained workers in the service of the American people. Imagination, persistency, organization have been the abiding factors of Western Union public service since the idea was conceived of putting the whole world into instantaneous personal communication. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. SUMMER CARNIVAL UNDER AUSPICES EAST SIDE BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB 1 TONIGHT and every night for 2 WEEKS 2 EAST ELEVENTH ST. Between Salmon and Hawthorne GREAT WORTHAM SHOWS 16 ATTRACTIONS 16 AND THE WHIP BUY Butter-Nut Bread It saves the housewife hours of hot work in the kitchen. THE UNITED ARTISANS INSURE THE WHOLE FAMILT Four Up-to-date Plans Adcqnats Bates Assets Orer $1,000,009 Headquarter 60S Beck Bids. Main 1220 A 1113 MAK!S OS FlNl'PllNTlNO VHZtc:ompanv 'Wh Etak at Second Main 173." A" 1781 J