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TIIE MORNIXG OREG ONIAX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913. 13 CITY flEWS IN BRIEF City Editor Main 70T0. A SOS5 Sunday Editor Main 7070. A 6O05 Advertising Department . . . Main 070. A 6095 Superintendent of Building. Main 7070, A 6005 AMLHEMKNTS. HTTTTIG (Broadway at Taylor) Carter Illusionist. This afternoon and tonight. BAKER (Broadway, near Morrison) Baker Players, in "Branded." This afternoon and tonight. ALCAZAR (Morrison at Eleventh) Alcaiar Players, In "The Daughter of Mother Machree." This afternoon and tonight. PANTA6E3 (Broadway at Alder) Vaude ville. Three shows dally, 2:80, 7 and 9:05. HIPPODROME (Broadway at TamhllD Vaudeville and moving pictures, 2 to 5; 6:43 to 11 P. M. Saturdays. Sundays, holi days, continuous, 1:15 to 11 P. M. BTRAND (Washington street, between Park and West Park) Vaudeville and moving pictures; continuous. 1.TRIC (Fourth and Stark) Lyrlo Company In "In Wrong." This afternoon at 2:30 and tonight at 7:30. Captain Abele to Be Health Omcin. Captain John Abele, formerly assist ant health officer and now stationed at Fort Riley, probably will be actlns city health officer January 1. At the urgrent demand of city officials. Cap tain Abele's release from Army serv ice has been secured and he will return to Portland the last of the month to assume his new duties at once. He has been in charge of the division of contag-ion at Fort Riley, Kan. City Health Officer Parrish is to petition the city for an indefinite leave of absence. His duties during; the Influ enza epidemic have been arduous. Social. Service Worker Appointed. Mrs. George McMath. a social service worker and club leader, was appointed clerk of the County Board of Relief by action yesterday of County Com missioners Holman and Muck. Mrs. McMath succeeds Henry Griffin, who has been given an indefinite leave of absence because of poor health. The appointment of Mrs. McMath is in line with the recommendations of the citi zens' advisory budget committee, which asked that a trained social service THRIFT STAMPS and WAR SAVINGS STAMPS On Sale at Business Office, Oregonian. Art Exhibition Opens Todat. The Portland Art Association will hold its fourth annual Christmas exhibition beginning today and continuing through the holidays. The exhibition Includes rare examples of the Christ mas tradition In art, arranged to show beauty and give cheer in keeping with the season. Tomorrow at 3 o'clock a Christmas celebration will be given, including singing by the children from the rausio education school, and tableaux vivants by 20 girls of the occupational therapy school. Dr. Joseph K. Hart, of Reed College, will deliver an address. An invitation is extended to the public The doors will be closed at 3 o'clock promptly. Civil S e r v ice Exams Set. The United States Civil Service Commission announces that an open competitive examination for the position of un skilled laborer will be held January 15, 1919, to fill several vacancies now existing In the Custom-House, Post office buildings, this city, at salaries ranging from 1660 to $720 per annum. Men only will be admitted to this ex amination. Further Information and application forms may be obtained from John S. Howe, local secretary. Board of United States Civil Service Examiners, old Postoffice bldg, Port land, Or. Irvington Woman Back From East. Mrs. P. K. Egbert, of Irving-ton, returned on Sunday, from a four months' trip during which time she visited Wash ington, D. C, Baltimore, Chicago and Norfolk, Va., where her daughter and sott-in-law. Ensign George H. Gage, are stationed. Ensign Gage is super vising engineer of the Atlantic sub chasing fleet. Mrs. Egbert returned to Portland by way of Southern Cali fornia. Her daughter, Mrs. Gage, will be remembered as Marguerite Egbert, an entertainer and former vaudeville artist on the Coast. Scappoosb Man Hsxj roa Forqert. A protracted liquor party caused the arrest of Jesse ii Morris, of Scappoose, according to his statements yesterday following his arrest on a charge of forging his brother's name to a check for $167. Morris told Deputy Con stable Watkinds that he and his brother were both drinking heavily and that he signed his brother's name to the check because the latter was not in condition to do so. A full investiga tion has been ordered. Shipyard Worker Starts Suit. Elmer O. Underwood, & former employe of the Grant Smith-Porter Ship Com pany, yesterday started suit against the National Hospital Association for $2000, which he alleges to be due from hospital dues paid by him while em ployed as a shipyard worker. He says he broke a toe and that the associa tion physician. In making an examina tion, caused more serious Injuries through improper handling of the X-ray machine. Accounting Stttt Sh.ttl.ed. Settle ment of the emit brought by Mrs. Hen a Powers against Edward Estes, joint owner In the Powers & Estes drug etore, was reached yesterday in Cir cuit Judge Kavanangh's court, when Mrs. Powers consented to take $16,000 for the half-interest which she and her daughter own in the store. Mrs. Powers had sued for an accounting and appointment of & receiver pending a settlement of their business contro versy. Alaskans to Organize. Alaskans who are wintering In Portland and those who formerly lived In the North, will have a get-together meeting at 8 o'clock this evening in the Imperial Hotel, both men and women being in vited. It is expected an Alaskan so ciety will be formed, similar to bodies formed by residents of various states, who now live In Portland. Preliminary plans will be discussed at tonight's tneeting. Woodpilb Declared UNsiairn.T. 'About 100 cords of wood piled on a lot on. East Market street, between Sixth and Seventh Is unsightly and a nuisance to the community, eays a peti tion presented to the city yesterday by trustees of the First English Evan gelical Church and others In that ' neighborhood. The wood is said td have been piled without a permit from the Council. Child Desertion Charged. J. R Miller, a teamster, was arrested yes terday by Deputy Constable Rennick on complaint of Mrs. Miller, who charged her husband with deserting his children. After investigation by Miss Lydia O'Bryan, Deputy District Attorney, Miller was released on con dition that he pay his wife $30 a month. .Mrs. Miller and children live at Salem. Foresters Complete Detail N. K. Macduff, supervisor of the Siskiyou National Forest, and V. V. Harpham, eupervisor of the Ochoco National Forest, lefti Portland last evening for Grants Pass and Prineviile, respective ly. Both have been at the offices of the dlstrictfiforester for a month's de tail Libertt Bonds Bought. Cash for your bonds, also cash for your receipts for payments on bonds at fair value. Office open Saturday evening till 8 o'clock. See E. Burkitt, secretary Oregon Bond & Mortgage Co. 212 Selling bldg (second floor), corner Sixth and Alder streets. Adv. AN Appropriate Christmas Gift. "Oregon Boys in the War," by Mrs. Frank Wilmot. Proceeds from 6000 books to be donated to the Red Cross. Book Is very attractively bound and is on sale at all book and department stores at 60c. Adv. Elks, Attention! The "pep" com mittee will present another high-class entertainment for Elks and their fami lies, in the lodge room tonight. A large attendance is desixed. Adv. Victort Club dancing parties every Saturday night at Modern Woodmen Hall, No. 8 North Eleventh st, near tark. Best music. Good time assured. Gentlemen BOc, ladies 35c Adv. Special Prices, corn-fed turkeys. Riven homes entertaining soldiers and employers donating Xmas turkeys. Port land Fruit Co., 153 Front, near Morrison. . Adv. Oriental Rno Store open evenings till Christmas. See specially priced window. Cartozian Bros., 10th and Wash. Adv. Georgiana, 7 A. M. daily, except Fri day. Astoria and way points: Lurline, 8:30 P. M. daily, except Sunday. Adv. Large selection fine holiday gifts. Portland Cutlery Co., 86 6th, near Stark. Adv. Dr. Thomas W. Ross. Selling bldg., returned. Marshall 3207. Adv. Dr. Charles E. Hill returned, 311 ".Dreouian bids. Phone Main 789. Adv. KEEP YOUR W. S. S. PLEDGE Dae In fall this month. "While peace Is near, it is nec essary for the American people to continue their expenditures on the basis of a reasonable stand ard of comfort, and to set aside regularly and systematically a portion of their Incomes for In vestment In Government securi ties. Continued economy must etill be our watchword." SECRETARY McADOO. Buy War Savings Stamps and save for the day when your sol dier boy comes home. 0 Invest your money In a Gov ernment security at 4 com pound interest. Encourage thrift by personal example, and prevent expansion of credit with consequent ten dency to higher cost of living. Give War Savings Stamps in stead of cash for Christmas pres ents. Buy W. S. S. to keep your pledge which falls due in full this month. Don't fall Uncle Sam don't be a slackerl C. a JACKSON, State Director. worker be employed to handle the relief work of the county. She takes office the first of the year. Three Burglaries Reported. Three burglaries were reported to the police yesterday. C. M. Keegan, principal of the Ladd School, reported that someone had ransacked every room in the build ing, and had secured $6 in cash, a revolver, owned by the janitor, and some old coins. Mrs. Ida Hendry, of the Auditorium Court apartments, noti fied the police that a $400 diamond ring was missing from her apartment. The Portland Candy Kitchen, 245 Mor rison street, reported the loss of $34 in cash and 23 sample boxes of candy. Major White Expected Here Todat. Major Samuel White, for more than a year attached to the Judge Advo cate's office of the Western Depart ment of the Army, Is expected to ar rive today from San Francisco to spend the holidays in Portland. Major White, who entered the service soon after the United States entered the war, is a Portland attorney and formerly was chairman of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee. He will return to con tinue his Army duties the first of the year. Hollt Wreath Gift of Crrr. A holly wreath six feet In diameter now Is on its way to Camp Lewis the gift of the city of Portland. The immense floral offering will go to the Y. W. C. A. hostess house at the Washington camp. Made up at the request of Mayor Baker, the wreath was packed, crated and sent by the city park bureau. Holly from the city greenhouse at Sixty-fifth and Division streets was used in making the wreath. Publicitt Replaces Woman's Sen tence. Feeling that. Mrs. Anna Decom 65, who was convicted of larceny from a etore Thursday, had been sufficient ly punished by the publicity given the affair. Municipal Judge Rossman yes terday changed her plea of guilty to not guilty and revoked the sentence. The 30 days in jail imposed on her was suspended at the time of the trial and she was not required to serve it. Shipyard Wokkeb Falls From Scaf fold. R. A. Thompson, 38, fell from a scaffold in the yards of the Founda tion Shipbuilding Corporation yester day and dislocated his shoulder. The Ambulanee Service Company took him to Good Samaritan Hospital. British Red Cross Societt meeting tonight. 8 o'clock. Women of Wood craft Hall, 10th and Taylor. Good pro gramme. All Interested . invited to at tend. Adv. Bio Snap in diamonds at Beldine, the Jeweler. 245 Alder. Adv. Dr. F. O. Lehman, 405 Abington bldg has returned. Adv. "DOVT SPAXK CHILDREV, FLEA OF STAGE llOTUEA, ' " ... ih. "''iwejswt 1 3 r 4 For these practical times, practical GIFTS for BOYS, to say nothing of those for men. For the former are: Ties 25c, 50c and 75c Sweaters... $2.00 up to $7.50 Blouses 60c up to $2.50 Shirts 85c up to $4.50 Hats 50c up to $3.50 Belts 35c up to $1.00 Overcoats. .$5.00 up to $25.00 Suits $6.50 up to $25.00 Handkerchiefs, Hose, Muf flers, Underwear, Capes and many other essential things in our street-level BOYS' DEPARTMENT. And as for the men, just take a peep in our windows and at what we have on the inside. Selections put up in artistic Gift Boxes and Wrappers, ready for the Christmas tree. GIFT CERTIFICATES issued any amount, good for selection anytime fi Open Saturday, Monday and Tuesday Evenings. MORRISON AT FOURTH S. & H. Stamps Given Warfxeld Hearing Set for Mondat. Hearing of R. H. Warfleld. arrested In connection with the smuggling into Oregon of a dozen carboys of whisky, bearing the label "acid," will be held Monday afternoon. The hearing was to have been before Commissioner Drake yesterday, but at the request of Warfleld's attorney the case was con tinued. The liquor is in the custody of the United States Marshal. Past Sachems Elect Officers. The Past Sachems Association of Oregon met Tuesday evening and elected the following officers: C. W. Godfrey, president; William Seaholm, vice-presi dent: L. Carstensen, secretary; T. C. Reichle, treasurer, L. B. Smith, ser-geant-at-arms, and J. M. Freillnger, trustee. Two Conscientious Objectors Sen tenced. Refusing to kill anything but time, two conscientious objectors were sentenced to nine months each In the County Jail yesterday. The men are Harry Maltz and Alike Honchuch, who live near Eugene. They refused to register on registration day and the Sheriff of Lane County arrested them. Attempted Sale Causes Arrest. R Johnson was arrested by the Con stable's office yesterday on a District Court warrant charging him with at tempting to sell an automobile which he was purchasing under contract. He was held yesterday in the County Jail in default of $500 bonds. AUDITORIUM SCRUBBED OUT FORMALDEHYDE SOLOTIOX TO BE LIGHTED TP TOXIGHT. HUGHES REPORT ASSAILED Colonel Disque Questions Figures In Banquet Address. Inaccuracy of figures used with re gard to aircraft spruce production. In the recent report of Charles E. Hughes, was strikingly pointed out by Brigadier-General Brice P. Disque at the banquet given in his honor at the Mult nomah Hotel on Thursday evening. The Hughes report said that the sales department of the Spruce Division at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1918, showed spruce orders amount ing to $76,211,360.30, on which delivery and payments had been made aggregat ing $6,357,853.83, leaving unfilled orders of $69,853,506. The report said that the Government had resold spruce to the amount or $3, 6, 9,155.95. While these figures apparently show a loss In the operations to the end of the fiscal year, the facts are that net profit of approximately $500,000 was realized, said General Disque. to August 31. Figures for June are on available, but are proportionate. To August 31 the expenditures had been $14,648,822.83. and the sales $15,160,947. showing a net proiit 01 more than a half-million dollars. Similarly the Hughes report declares that the Government had Invested, at the close of the fiscal year, approxi mately $1,487,237.81 in the spruce cut- up plant at Vancouver, Wash. The re port of the chief accountant of the Spruce Division, up to December 6, contradicts this statement by showing that the total expenditure for the cut up plant has been $700,000, and that the total expenditure on June 30, the close of the fiscal year, was less than $390.- 000. "I am at a loss to know where Mr. Hughes secured bis figures." com mented General Disque. "Certainly he did not get them from the Spruce Division office, or from Washington.' 5 Marie Curtis, as Mrs. Carey, at Alcasar. Parents who believe in spoiling the rod to spare ths child will be Interested in "Mother Carey's Chickens," which the Alcazar Players will have as a Christmas attraction. Mrs. Carey, as de picted by Kate Douglas Wiggin, did not consider It necessary to use a switch on her numerous youngsters, and by gentle persua sion she managed them until they becajne ideal children. Marie Cur tis, who has the title role, will be the envy of most mothers who see this delightful home play. While Used as Emergency Hospital 78S Cases of Influenza "Were Treated, of Which 198 Bled. Of 788 Influenza patients treated at the Municipal Auditorium emergency hospital during the epidemic, 19S died and 690 were discharged as cured, ac cording to a report made vesterday to Mayor Baker. Tne hospital closed Wednesday, when about 20 patients were removed to the Isisbeth sanitarium. Patients were charged $10,534.65 for service rendered, the report shows. Many of the patients were taken as charity cases, however, so that it is" expected a goodly proportion of this never will be collected. Expenses were much higher than the amount charged patients. Tonight health. Bureau employes working under Dr. Sipple will light up the formaldehyde solution that is ex pected to thoroughly fumigate the building. The entire Auditorium has been cleansed and scrubbed the past two days. Every door and window is to be closed tonight and the building will remain sealed until Monday, when the airing will be started. The build ing will be ready for use before the first of the year. Yesterday new cases took a slight upward turn. Those reported at the city health bureau were) iu, wnue eight deaths were recorded. LOCAL REPORTERS QUIZZED Newspaper Men Testify in Graft Before Grand Jury. Police reporters of all Portland news papers were the principal witnesses appearing yesterday before the Mult nomah County grand Jury In Its in vestigation of reported police graft. The reporters were all quizzed at length concerning their observations of the police department generally. Other witnesses yesterday gave tes timony but charges made were not con nected with- any graft or suspicion of graft. Since the investigation was first started the principal complaint against the police has been for abuse of authority and poor Judgment in con ducting raids of various kinds. LIBERTY BONDS BOUGHT. Money advanced, at T to make your pay ments: cash loaned on them up to 90 of face value. Elwood Wiles Co.. 231 U. S. National Bank bids. Adv. CARD OP THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends ror tne Kinantii, eympamy ana iloral offerings during the death and burial of our Deiovea nirsDana ana latner. MRS. V. W. FRENCH AdT. AND i'AMJX-X. . . EGIAL For the Balance of Christmas Buying Season THREE- MORE DAYS Christmas Mixed Candy Per pound 42c, 2 pounds 0c, 5 pounds $1.90 Churches, Schools or Societies Having: Christmas Trees, 30-pound pail at 33 l-3c pound. 5c CHRISTMAS CANDIES (Box or 24 30-Minute Candles) 5c Closing out our line of SERVING TRAYS Your choice (values up to $3.50) 88c MANICURE SETS $1.75 to $12.00 In Fancy Leather and Silk Rollups $2.98 Composition FRENCH IVORY, Brush Comb and Mirror (Makes a Fine Toilet Set for Young; Girls.) A little better one with beveled plate mirror. . . .$3.49 ONE-FOURTH OFF on All IVORY PYRALIN articles. Our assortment is yet quite complete, but ' don't delay too long;. THERMOS LUNCH KITS, regularly $4.00, for $2.59 An excellent gift if he carries his lunch. THERMOS, UNIVERSAL AND ICY HOT Vacuum Bottles, pints or quarts $2.23 to $6.50 POCKET FLASHLIGHTS A very useful gift, fiber and metal cases, 79c to $1.93 (Complete with batteries.) Military Brushes, composition FRENCH T-d At IVORY, with good bristles, per pair. ... tj) J. t: y DOLLS SO-CALLED UNBREAKABLE Horsman's Art Dolls, 12-inch ., 63c Ilorsman's Art Dolls, 16-inch .$1.39 Effenbee Dolly Dumplings $1.9S All jointed and in a variety of costumes. PHOTO FRAMES LN METAL, IVORY and WOOD 50c to $5.00 Put your soldier boy's photo in one of the new patri otic frames. He will appreciate it when he returns. STOUT-LYONS DRUG COMPANY THREE BIG STORES Northern Pacific Pharmacy Third and Morrison Irvington Pharmacy Fifteenth and East Broadway Perkins Hotel Pharmacy Fifth and Washington spruce and other airplane materials, most of which came from the North west, according? to Mr. Nelson. In order to test this material, it was necessary to increase the force of 62 persons housed in one building: to 467. with offices in five buildings. Mr, Nelson was the principal speaker at this week's meeting; of the Portland section of the Society of American for esters held at the home of T. T. Mun- per. He described the work of the Madison laboratory. A. A. Griffin, for est examiner, reported on a study he Is making- of snow meltlnir In relation to Irrigation and E. N. Cavenaugh. as sistant district forester, reported on watershed studies made on the Big: Horn National Forest of "Wyomingr- of the colleg-e shows several Portland names. The book will contain more than 500 paces and will be issued at the close of lie school year. Portland era who will aid in putting It out are: Marlon AVest. O. K. Spain, James H. Hyde, Hazel Strlef. Florence Holmes. Ruth Stewart and Mabel Specht. Thone your want ads to The Oreg-o-nlan. Thone Main' 7070. A 609S. Portlandcrs on Bearer Staff. OREGON AG RI CTTT-.TTTRAL COLLEGE. Corvallis. Dec 20. (Special.) The BMVfr nnmml stuff of the junior rlass One Bible Many Sects Why? ! NORTHWEST TIMBER TEST tu A- SELSOy, LOGGING ENGI NEER, ADDRESSES FORESTERS. Laboratory Tests Conducted In Madi son, Wis., Show Value of Materials. Rapidity with which the- Tnlted States Forest Service changed from a peace to a war basis is related by L. A. Nelson, logging: engineer in cnarge oi the Portland office of roreet produc tion, who has Just returned from a Blx weeks' detail at the National Forest Production Laboratory at Madison, Wis. More than 100. 000 tets were made on TV t - 5 Hear Evangelist L. K. Dickson tell from the Bible how the Honest Seeker after truth can discern true church. Last day prophecies gve Eiblical description of God's chosen people. Christensen's Hall llth St., Bet. Morrison and Yamhill Sunday, Dec 22, 7:45 P. M. You are invited. Seats free Wanted Chairs to Cane by School for Blind FOB PAltTlCCLAnS CAL.I Er-'isSSo.0" Mr. J. F.Myers amuumimuuimimmmimiiiimmuiinnitmimumimiuimimiumii 1 First Presbyterian Church I Twelfth and Alder Rev. John II. Boyd, D. D. E Two Services, 10:30 and 7:30 ' Special Christmas Music by E Organ and Quartet and Harp E At Both Services Harp Solos Will Be Given by Miss Frances A. Soule, of New York At Both Services Dr. Boyd .Will Give a Christmas Message r At 12 :15 the Sunday School will give a Christmas play, called, "TIIE MAGI OF TODAY" uuiiuiiimiiuiiiuimiiuiiiur.:iimi:iiimuiiit : 3 Why Not Attend Westminster Presbyterian Church Sundays? (E. 17TH AND SCITUYLER) Powerful sermons by Dr. Edward II. Pence, the pastor, on (10:30), "What Makes News Good News" and (7:30), "Let Us Make It a White Christmas." Sweet singers, the city's best, with pipe organ accompaniment, morning and evening. , Biblo school at 12; Christian Endeavor at 6:30. A great community church plant at your service. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiniIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1l1!U: 1 CHRISTMAS SERVICES 1 AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH 1 Twelfth and Taylor Sts. EE IOiSO A. M. Dr. Joshua Stansfield. D. D.. will preach "THE CHRISTMAS SERMON." f E 743 P. M. The splendid quartet choir will inR a Christmas cantata, 1 "THE STAR DIVINE." S Tr. Stansfield will speak briefly on COME. "Christmas This Year, 1918." COME. E iniiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii' After War Training Thousands of 'mer are now in a position to readjust their whole lives because of demobilization or changing conditions in commerce and industry. A conference with one of the Advisors in the office will doubtless bo of great value in -choosing which of the following courses you 6hould enter: College Prepetratory, Business, Stenographic, Accountancy, Automobile, Tractors, Radio Telegraphy, Mechanical Drawing, Shipbuilding, Mathematics, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Boys' School or Electrical Engineering. These Jay and night schools are operated to give jjou the chance $ou need in preparing for Uie great future. For preliminary information or date for interview address Department of Education, Dir. C Y. M. C. A, PORTLAND. OREGON Shipbuilding School Night Classes in Marine Engineering, Steel Shipbuilding and Wood Shipbuilding WILL OPEN THIS WEEK The opportunity is here to learn practical shipbuilding and marine en gineering from practical men now in responsible positions in the yards. For particulars concerning thesa courses, address or inquire at DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIY. C, x 416 Y. M. C A, Portland. Oregon A