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(I TIIE MOUSING OBEGOXIAX, TUESDAY; 3IAY 20, 1919. 13 TiOIST QUOTAS wnni im sunDTinmrpTife vvuin m nuninvvcG 96 Churches and Cities Send Word Drive Is Success. OVER QUARTER OF TOTAL IN National Figures Show Churchmen Hair Already Secured About SSO.000,000 of Sum Asked. With returns from but 13 of the 20 areas into winch the country is di vided, the national total last night of tlio J105.000.000 Metnodist centenary fund for the rebuilding of the world was $2,514.000. this figure rcpri-fcnt-insr the first day's efforts, according to a- dispatch received by Frank C. Jack son, campaign director for the north west, from C K. Ward, director-genera!. At an early hour last evening: $1,147. 014 of the $2,455.0(10 quota for the northwest had been reported at head ciuarters of the Methodist centenary in Tort land. Reports, however, hail only been received from 251 of the 475 com munities in which the campaign is un der way in the northwest. Vortknfst nankfl llleh. Ninety-six cities and. churches re ported that their drive quotas had been axceeded, some cities running from 50 to 150 per cent over their allotments. With less than 20 per cent of the na tional quota recorded, and nearly one half of the northwest quota now re ported, leaders of the centenary move ment In Portland -were hopeful that the Portland arear of Methodism would lie one of the first In the country to complete Its total. Two large districts that of Tacoma with a quota of $160,000. and Olympia with $ 1 05,000 were reported as having completed their campaigns by district chairmen, but were aiming for over subscription. The. Portland district ehowed a total of $152,706 on a quota of $2.10.000. Leaders of the campaign in Port land, headed by Dr. W. V. Youngson, declared that every effort would be made to stimulate the Portland churches to completing their campaigns by Thursday night and arrangements have been made for a great mass meet ing at the First Methodist church Thursday night, when every church is to present a, detailed report. Portland Churches Strive. Reports from churches in Portland received by the Methodist centenary headquarters yesterday were as fol lows: Centenary. $21,755: Central. $13. 570; Clinton Kelley. $1375; Kpworth, $3556; First church. $22,500; Mount Ta bor, $8431; Montavilla, $1150; Patton, $3340; Rose City Park. $6000; Sellwood, $5921; St. Johns, $9000; University Park. $5803; Wilbur. $10,723; Wood- lawn, $2500, and Woodstock. $4451. Of these churches, Central. Kpworth, Mount Tabor, St. Johns and Woodstock have completed their quotas and are aiming for over subscription. Astoria has far exceeded its quota with $18,000. St. Helens has done the same with $9000; Rainier, with $4210, and Clatskanie with $4ti87. Vancouver. Wash., is over the top with $16,000. andJ Ccntralia and Chehalis, $17,o00 and $9500, respectively. In the Salem district, which lost premier honors to Olympia. Gresham raised. $5150; Amity, $5000: Dallas, $11,000; Dayton, $11,376; McMinnville. $9550; Newberg, $8526; First church, Salem, $32,050; Sheridan, $6660, and Yamhill. $5000, all going over the top. Woodburn, " with $12,000, Oregon City with $7500, and Forest Groce with $C600, were striving to complete their quotas. Following are reports by dis tricts: District. Quota. Reported. T?llinKham $.161, STn 71.14 little no 147.34B llKi.HKO M7.370 80.077 .r.4.()7 D11.4.-.0 .".0.4 4.1 47.KK3 42. :;::: 1 ".2.700 1 -,2.172 "0.442 33,47 THcoma. Olympia Vancouver Kln.v.ir. i lO.V-'SH 1.T1.240 Spokane JiO.lM:, "W'Hnatchee lan.nt'.n Moscow 32.4-J." Walla Walla. l.io.sc.o The Dalles 101..M:.-. Portland 24II.3C.0 Katem lMO.r40 Kuftenc 304.711 Klamath 81.440 STATE FUNOS STILL LURE BOLT AT CAPITOL TA5IPERED WITH, SAYS CASHIER. Belief Is That Safecrackers Yet Seek AVay to Get to Point Near Vault, i so They May Work. SALEM, Or., May 19. (Special.) Evidence that safe crackers were till contemplating an attack on the valut of the state treasurer's office, notwith standing the advertising the whole subject has received, was uncovered to day when Lester Davis, cashier in the office, said he had discovered that a heavy bolt to a door in the capitol basement, directly beneath the treas urer's office, has been tampered with recently. In making his rounds this morning after opening the office, Mr. Davis came upon the loosened bolt, he de clared. It had been left secure when the office closed Saturday afternoon, he said. The door where the bolt had been taken out leads to a door which gives easy access to the upper part of the of fice, near the vault, where currency ind securities are held. It would be but a few hours work for safe crackers to cut their way through the plastered wall which di vides one side of the vault from the main part of the office. The men would likewise be out of sight and hearing from the night watchman, and would be able to work all night with out fear of detection. The loosened bolt was removed to day and a heavy one substituted, which will make it practically impossible for yeggs to gain access to the building: through the basement. The treasurer also has removed practically all cur rency and securities in the office to a secret hiding place. French to Visit United States. PARIS. May 19. (Havas.) A mis sion which will include many men prominent in commerce and industry in France will leave in September for the United States for a visit in that country. The trip will be taken as a result of an Invitation sent to the min istry of commerce by the chamber of commerce of the United States. Old Injury Causes Death. PENDLETON-, Or., May 19. (Spe cial.) Ijwson Boher, well-known young Athena athlete died here -yester day morning from the. results of an in Jury received in a basketball game two years ago. In an effort to aid him in regaining his health his leg was ampu tated some time ago. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Boher, and a sister, Miss Jylarjorle, survive, AL G. BARNES' CIRCUS IN TOWN BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER Leone Cass Baer Strives for Description, of Unparalleled Aggregation of Talent From New Angle and Succeeds Admirably. BY LEOXE CASS BAER. , A1 L G. BARNES' circus Is In town bigger and better than ever," said the city editor to me yesterday. "Bet ter take a run out to the show grounds at Twenty-fifth, and Raleigh and get a story." 'What sort of a story?" I asked. "Why not pick up some stray young sters and cook up a story about It be ing their first circus?" said the C. E. "I did that one five years -ago," I protested. "The kids all turned out to be disguised plutocrats and had seen more circuses than I ever had." Well, take some old, nice lady or old nice roan, and write a story of their reminiscences, anecdotes of other cir cus days, when they were young," said the C. E. "I did that four years ago," I voiced. "Why not try a new angle seeing the show from the performer's stand point, interview the equestrienne, see the girls sewing spangles in theii dressing tents, chat with the chorus. have lunch or dinner in the big mess tent gee, that ought to jnake a good story." T did all that three years ago, I sighed. Well," said the C. E.. who is noth-' Ing If not persistent, "see the man ager or get hold of Al Barnes person ally and get a etory on how the circus folk travel, their life on the big train. and the human side of the circus, where they go when the season is over that's a good idea." ies, 1 said, "but you' had me do that two years ago. when I went up to Salem and came down to Portland with the circus train." "Why not take your niece and nephew you're always raving about and tell what they thought of the circus," said the city editor at the end of Ideas. "I did that last year," scz I. "There's no new way to write about circuses. When you've described the clowns, the man-eating taggers and the lions from the jungles, the pachyderms and pachy dermesses, the blood-sweating behe moth and the man who puts his head in the lion's mouth, and the girls who piroutte on the backs of prancing steeds you've described 'em all." "Wait a minute," said the city editor, reflectively. "What you say may be very true, but I've an idea. I wonder if there ever was any truth to that old story of the man who put his head in the lion's mouth, and had his head snapped off just above his collar button." "History does not vouch for It," 1 said, "but my mother knew a woman who knew a man who saw the demon stration. The lion swished his tail so runs the account, and the man cried out, 'Boys, is she lashing her tail? 'Yes, groaned the boys. Then 'Good-bye,' said the victim, "I'm gone.' Those were his last words, for the lion bit off his perfectly good head." "Personally." said the C. E., "I do not believe the story, but why not go out to the circus and see if it Is true, and find out, as a matter of informa tion, if there ever was anyone who really did put his head in a lion's mouth." Armed with this mission, I wended my way circusward and saw with my own eyes Martha Florine, a slip of a girl lion tamer, put her head In a lion's mouth. The ancient anecdote about the man who had his head bitten E HAPPY, IS REPORT WITNESSES IN ALIENATION CASE TELL OP KISSES. Events Previous to Kidnaping of Mrs. Cole Are Reviewed at S.t Helens Hearings. ST. HELENS, Or., May 19. espe cial.) The case of Robert Cole, who is suing M. A Johnson and others for $15,000 for the alienation of his wife's affections, was resumed today. To combat the cllegations that Mrs. Cole had married Cole through fear of bidi ly harm and threats he had made, wit nesses were placed on the stand to show the actions of the couple when they returned to St. Helens after- their short honeymoon trip. The hostess at the house where the couple stayed until the bride was kidnaped told how affectionate Mrs. Cole was toward Mr. Cole. That she sat on his lap and kissed him often was an important part of the testimony. ' Another witness told of directing the bride's two brothers to the house where Mrs. Cole was staying and of an earn est conversation and the hurried de parture of the bride. This was March 12, and although cold and rainy weath er, the bride left the house without hat er wraps and in company with,- her brothers, one or whom held her by the arm. Testimony of witnesses to the marriage was introduced to the effect that Miss Williamson went with the bridegroom to the Multnomah county courthouse to secure the marriage li cense and then to the First Congrega tional church, where the couple were married, and there was no sign of fear on her part. The purpose of bringing out this testimony seems to be to establish the fact that Mrs. Cole was lured away from her husband, as it was shown that one of her brothers had been in St. Helens the day previous to the kid naping to get track of the couple. It was established that after he had se cured the desired information Johnson and Mrs. Blackwell came to St. Helens in a large touring car and took Mrs. Cole back to Portland. The defense has not as yet placed any witnesses on the stand and it is probable several days will be required to finish the case. Mrs. Cole went on the stand late this afternoon, entering a general denial to the charges. She will be on the stand when court resumes tomorrow. SHIP BIDS CAUSE ARREST SEATTLE MEN ACCUSED OF FAKE STATEMENTS TO V. S. Purpose Alleged to Have Been to Obtain Contracts for Wooden it Hull Building;. SEATTLE, May 19. S. L. Cravens and C. W. Scarf, president ami secretary. respectively, of the Union Timber Products company of Seattle, were ar rested here today and later relased on bonds following their indictment by the federal grand jury on charges of con spiring to defraud the United States shipping board emergency neet cor poration by making false statements regarding the company in an attempt to obtain contracts to build five wooden steamships. According to United States District Attorney Robert W. Saunders, the in dictment alleges the two men endeav ored to obtain the contracts when they knew their company could not build the ships. . The indictment recites that the Union Timber Producta company and G. JK. off, MIbs Florine says, in her attrac tive broken French, isn't true, because a man couldn't get his entire head up to the neck into a lions mouth. :-art of hees head, yes," and. so saying. Martha Florine opened the ugly jaws of the. huge st, ugliest, orneriest old yellow king beast of the jungle, and poked her pretty face Inquisitively into his palate. -Later, in the big iron cage which makes up the center ring, the little blonde Florine did It again, this time for the thousands of applauding circus hounds and patted the tawny old brute Affectionately, possibly as a re ward for his not taking a. bite of her ear. The circus this season Is really "big ger and better." It opens with a ver sion of Alice In Wonderland done over to fit beautifully into a circus. Alice, who is the little Florine. falls asleep In a woodsy spot, and a flock of chiffon-clad fairies steal In to dance about her couch. Then from every corner of her dream world astonishing people and wild animals appear, and, lol and behold, we really see them while Alice only dreams them. In parade and pageant the elephants, goats, pigs, llamas, bears, tigers, lions, pumas, leopards, sacred oxen, beautiful horses, ostriches, monkeys and seals wind in and out of Alice's story to our everlasting joy and education. Then they fade away and Alice awakens and rushes away to her home. A lovely prima donna sings atop a huge elephant, and a king sings, to", from his throne these are a part of Alice's dream. Mabel Stark, who is perfectly at home in a lair of tigers, presided over an exhibition which was, to say the least, electrifying, in which she reduced to submission, nay, even fawning devotion, a pack of wild tag gers. For sheer devisltry commend to me a tagger. Margaret Riccardo rode a horse, and a million pigeons camo flying from everywhere to settle on her and her steed the while she sang, and it made a mighty pretty picture. Margaret also put a flock of pan thers through their paces, and Chloe Webber and a smart Captain Stonewall bossed a mess of mean lions Into sub jection and fancy tricks. Charles Berry and Bpb Thornton spe cialize in leopards, and they can have my share. The horses are lovely and look pol ished and plump and happy. There's i big lot of them." Austin King, Joe Mil ler and Bert Dennis are the wizards who put the horses through their smart tricks and fancy stepping. One gay steed did a jazz step around the ring that provoked wildest applause. A crew of clowns with new ideas and Improved elderly ones, donkeys and dogs and ponies, excellent equestri ennes and zebras and bears, add nov eltry. A set of llamas went through an amazing turn. I didn't know llamas could do anything but furnish hair to make shawls for South Americans. A mess of performing seals are abso lutely wonderful. A big old elephant carried a wee baby pony around the ring on his trunk. A lion rode clear to the top of the tent with Mabel Stark, while fireworks scattered madlj about his peaceful person, and Martha Florine does put her pretty head in a lion's mouth. P. S. There's another big parade this morning and a show this afternoon and one tonight. Scarf and S. L. Cravens, its secretary treasurer and president, respectively, did on April 16, 1917, and continuously to the date of the indictment, conspire, to defraud the United States. , It Is alleged that the purpose of the conspiracy was to obtain a government contract for the construction of six wooden hulls by the Union Timber Products company at a price of $300. 000 each on their delivery at Charles ton, Wash., at various dates extending to September 15, 1918. It is further alleged that the first 10 per sent of the contract price would have been paid to the defendants with in 30 days after the contract was made, had that instrument been drawn. The indictment also recites that the defendants falsely represented that they owned a shipyard, sawmill, timber close to salt water, logging camps, ma chinery shops, and had a force of men employed, all of which, the indictment declares, was false. It is also alleged that one of the defendants. C. W. Scarf, caused a financial statement to be made in writing and presented to the emer gency fleet corporation, reciting that the Union Timber Products company, on July 11, 1917, owned property val ued at $373,000; that it had '$75,000 in untouched assets in the Bremerton Union Trust company's bank: that one of the stockholders, C. E. Evans, was worth J 160,000; Cravens was worth $140,000 and that Scarf was worth $216. 000, all of which, the indictment says, is false. To carry out the conspiracy, accord ing to the Indictment, Scarf and Crav ens negotiated with machinery com panies in Seattle and Portland for the purchase of shipbuilding machinery, asking that the machinery be delivered to them with signed receipts for pay ment in full, when, according to tho Indictment, no payments were made except to give notes secured by condi tional bills of sale. Some machinery was obtained in this manner, according to the indictment. BEND MAYGET BIG PARK Forest Service Proposes Trade of Timber for Acreage. BEND, Or., May 19. (Special.) Of fering to provide a natural park for the people of Bend and Deschutes county. Supervisor N. G. Jacobson of the De schutes National forest indicated today that it would be possible to exchange government timber much farther out for a 200-acre tract on Tumalo creek. the purchase of which from the Shev-lin-Hixon company has been considered recently by the Bend cltiy council. If Mr. Jacobson s proposal is taken up the city will be saved at least $6000 and the same park facilities will be presented to the people of Bend as if the tract were the city s property. It is expected that action in regard to the matter may be taken tomorrow night by the council. T. A. McCann, general manager o fthe lumber company ap pearing in the deal, has already ex pressed himself as being in favor of the trade. FARMER'S SUCCESS TOLD Benton County Man Clears $18,300 From Poultry Ranch. CORVALLIS. Or.. May 1J. (Special.) The current issue of an eastern mag azine contains an article by Professor Dryden. of Oregon Agricultural college, in which is detailed the history of a Benton county farmer, Jess Hanson, who cleared $18,300 in four years from chickens. Mr. Hanson started his work with a capital of only $1000. All the figures are given as to cost of production and the net earnings at the present time shop the above re markable result. To accomplish this feat Mr. Hanson cold poultry products to the value of $10,2ti5. Why not shade your back porch with a screen of lima beans? The crop may surprise you. To the. Public: We have not had nor do we wish to Jiave any controversy with the legitimate members of any union. But we do not propose to turn our meat markets over to the Bolshevik leaders of this community. They have tem porarily gained control of the unions, and their policy is not to work in the interest of the real laboring man, but to eventually destroy him as well as to destroy legitimate bus iness, ours included. The people of this country are having laid before them daily newspaper accounts of the awful havoc which the Lenines and the Trotzkys are raising in Europe, where they do not hesitate to destroy, the lives of those opposed to their anarchistic form of government as well as to wantonly mur der innocent men, women and children in order that their bloody revolution can be carried to the point of destroying nations. If we surrender our Americanism to the local represen tatives of the revolutionists of Russia, the war which they arc waging on us without reason will not end, but on the contrary every legitimate business in Portland and the en tire Pacific Coast will be subject to their .vicious attacks. It is for that reason that we appeal to the people of Port land, the real Americans who love their country and who wish to see their republican form of government live and prosper, to stand hack of us. We will stand back of them in their efforts to bring about and end the Bolshevik rule in this fair city. We repeat that we are not fighting the union man the real worker. When we employ a man we do not ask him if he is a union man or a non-union man. All we insist upon is that he be 100 per cent American, and it seems to be for that reason and that reason only that" Portland Bolsheviki are directing their attacks upon us. They think that if they can make us capitulate, they, can continue their work of destruction until they have every business house at their mercy. BAKERS' CRISIS AT EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYES TO . HOLD MEETINGS TODAY. Action on Threatened Strike Is to Be Taken Thursday Night, Leaders Declare. A 'nine-hour day, a six-day week and a minimum salary of $2 a week are some of the demands of the bakery and confectionery salesmen's union of Port land in the agreement which they are asking members of the master bakers' association to sign. Master bakers met at noon yesterday to consider the matter and will give their answer at 4 o'clock this afternoon.' Union members will meet tonight to consider the answer. They threatened to strike Wednesday if the agreement was not signed by that time, but have postponed final action until Thursday. About 1500 men are involved in the demands of the teamsters' union for an Increase of 50 cents a day on the agreed minimum pay. The matter is to be left in the hands of three arbitrators, ac cording to a standing agreement be tween the teamsters and their employ ers. The employers have chosen Har old M. Sawyer as their representative and the teamsters have selected Otto Hartwig. president of the Oregon Fed eration of Labor. These two will select the third member of the arbitration commission. The state federation of labor is now organising stenographers and office employes in the city. The new union is expected to have a membership of sev eral thousand, and an organization meeting has been called at room 10. Chamber of Commerce building for next Monday evening. Espionage' Act Cuse Reversed. SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. Convic tion last year of August Sandberg, con 1 suiting tnetaOlurslst at Zucson.-oa al-. K To AH Merchants of Portland who are hesitating about standing back of us we can only say that they are being used as tools by -Bolsheviki leaders, who stand ready to destroy them as they are seeking to destroy us. If they will only realize this fact and stand shoulder to shoulder with us in this unjust and unfair attack, Portland will be cleaned up of its undesirable element. Mayor Hanson of Seattle who has made himself one of the most popular men in America by stamping out Bolshevikism in that city, is a shining example for real Amer icans in other cities to follow. Frye Frye's Cascade Market Third and Yamhill leged violations of the espionage act, was reversed here today by the United States cirdcuit court of appeals and the sentence of two years' imprisonment i nd fine of $500 ordered nullified. The decision held that remarks by Sand berg, upon which he was convicted, were expressions of personal opinion directed to single individuals and therefore not withHi the purview of the espionage act. 1 GAS BILL BRINGS BIG -SUIT Claim of $1.30 Results in Demand Tor $17,200 Damages. "Proud, haughty and overbearing" of ficers of the Portland Gas & Coke com pany are seeking to wreck him socially and financially by turning off the gas on his premises at 117$ Bast Thirty first street. North, toecause he refuses to pay a bill twice, says Henry S. Ham mond in a suit for $17,200 damages against the corporaion filed in the cir cuit court yesterday. The -disputed amount is $1.30. which Hammond declares he has paid and the gas company maintains he has not paid. Uas in his borne was turned off on Mav 9. 1919. The plaintiff refers to the gas com pany as a rich, powerful organization, the officers of which .because of social, industrial, banking and political power, prestige and standing have become proud, haughty, and overbearing." and have the power to "injure socially, po litically and financially the plaintiff or any other person they may choose to attack." Clatsop Home Is Robbed. ASTORIA. Or.. May 19. (SpecilaM The residence of Mark Johnson In the Lewis and Clark river district was robbed last night while the family was In town. A quantity of souvenir coins. $18 in money and a check for $70 were taken. The thief also packed away a supply of food, including about two dozen oranges. The lock of the writing desk was pried open and the desk thoroughly ransacked. Suspicion points to a stranger, who has been seen sev eral times In that district during the pas Ifew days. For the information of the people of Portland, we wish to make it plain that the records of the United States Govern ment will prove that we pay the highest wages of all meat establishments in the United States. With the support of the people of the city we propose to continue that policy and we appeal to the real laboring.man to realize this fact and not to be led astray by the false preachings of the lawless element which is seeking to take from him all possibilities of his earn ing a livelihood. & Co, Frye's Econpmy Market Fourth and Yamhill CRIPPLE "," GHAREG YOUTHS. CONVICTED OF THEFT, SAY INVALID APPROVED. Jndge Stapleton Issues "Warrant for Ed Smith, and Will In vestigate Reports. Is lid mlth. crippled proprietor of a garage at Creston, the brains be hind a gang of five young men whose ages range from 18 to 23 and whose depredations have run into thousands of dollars? Presiding Judge tSapleton believes he is. from the stories told him by the young men yesterday, and ordered him brought into court on a bench warrant today. John Wemberg, Bert Compton, Oscar Lovegren, Ralph tark and Jack Green street are tho young men who appeared before Judge tapleton with pleas of guilty to burglary charges. With them were a' score of friends and rel atives, appealing for clemency. The crime charged mas a penitentiary of fense. Judge tapleton said he was very sorry it was not punishable by im prisonment in the county Jail instead, as he desired to give each man a sen tence of 90 days. Not able to do this, he sentenced them to from IS months to five years in the penitentiary, and admitted them to parole. In numerous thefts admitted, from groceries to auto tires of the value of $500, the boys told the court they sold the property to Ed Smith, that Smith loaned them autuomoblles in which to make their hauls, and that he encour aged their operations in every way. They said th officers had not ar rested Smith because he was a cripple, confined to a chair. The young men operated chtefly in Lents, Arleta, Gresham and other outlying districts. Tidal Wave In Hawaiian Inlands. HONOLULU. T. 11.. May 10. (By Mail.) Hilo and Punaluu. Hawaii, ex perienced a, sUsbt tidal wave rcccntli" as a result of an under-ocean earth quake. At 1'tinaiuu that inroning the water receded suddenly, left the bay dry. then came in. went out again and returned to normal about noon. At Hilo there was one sudden drop and then the tide gradually returned. CLINIC TO RENT BUILDING Washington Board Finds $150,000 Not Enough to Build. OLYMPIA. Wash. May 19. (Special.) At its organisation meeting here to day the board of directors of the Wom an's Industrial Homeand Clinic found the legislative appropriation of $150,000 Inadequate to the construction of a home as contemplated in the act anil decided to rent a building. Proposals for te leasing of a building that will accommodate not less than 100 inmates will be received by the state board of control at Olympia. Mrs. Jay V. Fancy, pokane. was elected president of the new board, and G. Do we McQuesten secretary. Mrs. Fancy, Mrs. M. M. Anderson and the three members of the hoard of con trol constitute the industrial home board. Astoria Methodists Over Top. ASTORIA. Or.. May 19. (Special.) The local Methodist church Is away over the top In the great centennary drive by that religious denomination in the "nited States to raise $105,010. 000 for carrying on the work of evan gelizing the world. The campaign opened yesterday and the quota of the Astoria church was $14,000. The local committee reported today that it had subscriptions totaling $18,000, or $4000 more than the quota. Oregon Pensions Granted. OREGOMAK NEWS BUREAU. Wash-" Ington. May 19. Pensions have been granted In Oregon as follows: Mllev Fitzgerald, Roseburg. $12: John c. Green, Hood River. $25; Ottiwell M. Roberts. Portland, $20. Phone your want ads to The Orego nUA. Phone Main T0T0, A .5095,