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THE MORNING ! OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1920 n CITY NEWS IN BRIEF rttr Editor Main TVT. A Sunday Editor Main 7070. A B05 Advenisine Department. .Main 7070. A 60S Superintendent of bide. . .Main 7070. A 60U5 AMl'SEMEXTS. HSILIG (Broadway at Taylor) Musical comedy, "Head Over Heels." Tonight. KAKKR (Broadway nrar Morrison) Baker Stock company in "Jim's Girl." Tonight. AJ-CAZAR (Eleventh at Morrison) Alca rar Musical riayers in "Miss Spring time." Tonight. LTRIC fourth at Stark) Mualcal com edy. Th Gibson Sirl." Three shows daily, at 2, 7 and 9 P. il. BIPPODROMB (Broadway at TamhilO Vaudeville and moving pictures. 2 lo e. :45 to 11 p. M. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, continuous. 1:15 to 11 M- PAXTAGES (Broadway t Alder) Vaude ville. Three ahowa daily. 2:30. T and AT'PITORrCM (Third 'mi CTay) Apollo club concert. Tonicht. THRIFT STAMPS, WAR SAVINGS STAMPS On Sale at Business Office. Oregonlan. Auditorium Dances to Beoin Feb ruary 12. The annual spring dance season at the public .Auditorium will open on February 12. when the large dance floor will be put Into place, to remain there until February 25. Be cause of the heavy cost of installing this floor, the dance season is ar ranged only when a large number of. dance engagements can be booked. The auditorium has been engaged for I Three dance purposes during the proposea dance season for every night except four. Any organization desiring to rent the auditorium for the staging of a ball can do so by communicating immediately with Hal M. White, man ager of the building, who bas offices with Mayor Baker in the city hall. Autoist Fined $40. A fine of 40 was levied against M. Nudejman yes terday by Municipal Judge Rossman on a charge of speeding. Nudelman was arrested on Milwaukee street last Wednesday going at a 32-mile clip, according to Motorcycle Officer Kelly. He passed several machines. Y ESSAY DAY IS SET SCHOOL COMPETITION TO HELD FEBRUARY 29. BE Pupils Winning Highest Awards Will Get Trip to " Washington, D. C. STAfiK STAR WITH UtfTOUE PERSONALITY AT UEI LIG TOMGHT. ill ' - i tjlLj; v::, Mrs. Haklet to Speak Here. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hanlcy, who spoke on the republican' platform In Oregon four years ago, has been selected as one of the speakers at the Lincoln day dinner. February 12, at the Cham ber of Commerce under the auspices of all the republican clubs of the community. Mrs. Hanley of Medford horamn known as one of the best tump 'speakers for the ticket in the i 191 campaign and was largely in- . I i pLnitic Oresron for I f pti umcuiai in -. . - - - - Tlturhfa Maior W. S. Gilbert of As toria, the "celebrated chaplain of the Second O r e e o n. will be anoiner n.aLor Tii-lcnts for the dinner at J 1.50 each are now selling rapidly. I.EcisLATUHE Club's Topic. Accom- nliRhmrnts of the recent special ses sion of the legislature-will be reviewed at the reeular weekly luncheon of the TTnirrosuriva Business Men's club at h Kfnson hotel this. noon. C. C. rhanman editor of the Oregon Voter, will be the speaker of the day, and will discuss "What the Legislature Pid. Iidn't and Had Done to It at the Kecent Session. A feature oz oust ness for the day will be announce ment of the list of standing commit tees for the year. Charles i. Uerg will be chairman of the day. H. M. Strather.v Pies at Spokane. -H. M. Strathern, president of the Post Falls Lumber & Manufacturing Co.. Post Falls, Idaho, and well known In Portland and throughout the lum her trade of the Pacific northwest, died in Spokane yesterday after an illness of several weeks. Mr. tetratn ern was the Idaho memter ot xne executive committee of the Pacific Logging congress, and was an active member of the Western Pine Manu facturers" association, which was annual session in Spokane at the time of his death. Grand Armt Man Addresses Cadets. Smith Stimmel of Fargo, JJ. D., who Is in Portland speaking under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans, ad dressed the cadets of Hill Military academy vesterdav. telling them of his experiences during the Civil war and as personal body guard to Presi dent Lincoln. Heisaid that appearing before young lads in uniiorm, ai- . 1. n . . U V. n ninth ll-IO rt Q Hif fdTPnt color, took him back to his boyhood J J when he wore the blue of the north- ; .ern army. Receipts Increasb 40 Per Cent. 40 per cent increase in receipts January, 1920, over January, 1919, is shown in the office of County Clerk Beveridge, according to statistics completed by Deputy County Clerk Willoughby yesterday. The total $10,848.27, which is 17.08 greater than the receipts a year ago. Of the total, the largest Item is In circuit court earned fees and fines by which 3477.S5 was received. Recording fees came tiext with J342.ri.l5. Commcnitt Sing Asuoisct d. . community sing will be held under the auspices of the National Choral league, Portland chapter No. 1. at Central library tonight at 8 o'clock. The programme, under the leadership of Professor Tom G. Walker, organist and choirmaster of St. David's church Fill consist of national songs and ballads sung in chorus. The speaker at recess will be Rev. Oswald W. Tavlor, bis theme for a brief chat being "Patriotism and Singing. Barbur Ex-Officio Maior. City Commissioner Barbur was ex-officio mayor yesterday, when, by the de-I That there will be no material re-1 cision of Commissioners Pier and duction in the high price of silver for Mann, he was selected to preside over at least ten yeara is the forecast of l"e utiiucr i rr , . e ,h h " Oregon bureau of mines and geol- cil meeting. Because of the absence I I of Maybr Baker and Commissioner osj. m Ji uCu. uo Bigelow, no emergency ordinances bulletin reviews me silver situation could be passed. The regular meet- I largely for the benefit of persons in ing was adjourned until tomorrow, Oregon who may have silver mining I In a letter to teachers and school children of Oregon, Governor Olcott registers his hearty indorsement to the plan of the. war department to arouse interest in recruiting for the United States army. To further the movement to enhance interest in re cruiting through the medium of es says written by school children on the subject of benefits of enlistment in the United States army, the state ex ecutive has designated a day when essays on the subject are to be writ ten by school children in the class rooms of the schools of the state. Friday,-February 20, is the day set aside. The essay subject will be "What Are the Benefits of an Enlist ment in the United States Army?" The three boys and girls receiving the highest award from a board of judges consisting of Secretary of War Baker, General Peyton C. March and General John J. Pershing will receive trip to Washington, D. C, and re turn, accompanied by parents or guardians, and at Washington, D. C, on May 5, 1920, these boys and girls will be presented with medals by Sec retary of War Baker. Other prizes have been provided for. Including a large number of prizes to be awarded to Oregon 'boys and girls by news papers, business and mercantile houses and others. . It is a move," says Governor Ol cott in his letter, "which will develop a higher sense of patriotism, not only in our boys and girls, but in our adults as well. . r trust that every teacher will see that the keenest interest is manifested in this plan for the promotion of patriotism and the protection of our nation and its homes." address before the Ad club, illustrated I with a moving picture showing the J Herman on her last trip north. The picture showed the various trading stations touched by the vessel on its 18,000-mile jaunt, and gave close-ups of bear hunting and walrus and whale harpooning, as well - as numerous views of the Eskimo and their vil lages. The luncheon was one of the fre quent ones of the Ad club, at which the wives of members are invited, and during the course of the dinner a drawing was conducted among the women to decide the winner of a fox fur, the gift of H. Liebes & Co. Mrs. E. C Larson! 732 East Fifty-ninth street north, proved the winner. Among the guests present was a group of officials of Salt Lake county, Utah, who are here conferring with local county officials and making a study of Oregon roads and roadbuild ing methods. The party includes C. F. Stillman, William Hughes and James Dunn, county commissioners, and George G. Dywater, county en gineer. They were the guests at luncheon of J. H. Stockman. E 721 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RE PORTED FOR JAXTJART. Total of Arrests for Law Violations Also Much Greater Than That of Preceding Months. of r.-A J s for Mltrt, la ''Head Over Heela." - Mitzi, who tumbles, tantalizes and tangoes like no other stage charmer of modern memory and is likened to no other play er In her fun-making methods, is to be seen at the Heilig the ater tonight and for the rest of -the week in the new Henry W.v Savage musical play, "Head Over Heels." It is told that this new work brings the atmos phere of the vaudeville stage to musical comedy, for many of its players and their chatter treat of the "two-a-day stage," al though "Head Over Heels' is reported as a consistent music play with rather more than usual of dramatic quality in its story. Also It is known its cast ' includes several principal play ers from vaudeville as well as from notable opera companies. Among these players aro Joe Keno, Neil Moore, Ruth Oswald, Boyd Marshall, Dorothy Lamar, Sallie Stembler, Edward Sells, and a troupe of well-known acrobats and a highly attract ive group of singing and danc ing girls. POLAR BEAR OFFERED CITY MANAGER 'OF FUR COMPANY PROMISES TOCiNG CUB. a Nudelnian was given a heavy, fine, owing to the fact that he is said to have been in the court on several occasions on charges of violating the traffic laws. Ad Club Members and Visitors See Moving Picture of Bear Hunting, Walrus, Whale Harpooning. The city of Portland is to have a polar bear if a place can be found in the city zoo, according to announce ment of John P. Plagemann, manager of H. Liebes & Co., in addressing the Portland Ad club at its regular week ly meeting and luncheon at the Ben son hotel yesterday noon. The fur company brings out from Alaska every year in its steam whaler Herman a number of cub polars and several cub walrus, as wsjll as other infants of the northland, captured while securing the yearly harvest of pelts, and when the vessel returns from its cruise next 'year there will be a little polar bear aboard for Port land, promised Mr. Plagemann, if the city officials can find a place to care for the animal. Two years ago the fur company brought out two. of the finest cub bears ever taken in Alaska, and both were turned over to the New York zoological garden,-where they now are. Mr. Plagemann s promise of a polar near came auring me course or an Automobile and traffic accidents in January reached a total of 721, an in crease of 45 over the preceding month, according to the report to the chief of police, submitted by Captain Lewis of the traffic department yesterday. Arrests in January, however, show a much greater increase and indicate greater activity on the part of offi cers of the traffic bureau in enforc ing the traffic laws. Arrests totaled 666, compared with 271 in December. Fines imposed show a slight in crease, those collected for law viola tions' in January amounting to $2458, compared with $23(9 in the preceding month. There were 91 persons injured in January as a result of traffic acci dents. There were no deaths. Persons injured in the preceding month num bered 80. -Of the total number of accidents in January, 449 were the result of care lessness, according to the figures submitted by Captain Lewis. Others were caused as follows: Seventy three failure to give right of way, 70 skidding. 38 speeding, 25 reckless driving, 17 failure to signal, 17 cut ting corners. Six are listed as due to weather conditions. JUST the shapes and the colors that are now be ing worn in. the Eastern style centers. Mallory Trimble " Stetson and other fine makes A splendid line of new caps and hats in prices from $5 up S. & H. Stamps Given Exclusive Kuppenheimer House in Portland MORRISON at FOURTH Colored kid boots values up to $16.50 Now $13.80. Women's .smart brogue ox fords. Mahopany calf, pat ent leather or black talf $12.50. We are making history with our special prices on summer footwear far in advance of the usual season for price reductions. Far-sighted buying makes this possible. TAIGE ONE OF TEN GET MEDALS been received from Adjutant-General Stafrin at Salem. It is estimated "that 30,000 Oregonians are entitled to the decoration, 12,000 of these being Port-landers. Men of this state who served in the I military or naval forces of the United States for at least 10 days between I April 6, 1917, and Norember It. 1918. are entitled to the "medal. Only men who enlisted from other states being disqualified. 292 Washington Street Between 4th and 5th Special Agency J. & M. 'Shoes for Men , S. & H. Green Trading Stamps Given Sailor ties and buckle pumps values to $13.50 Now $9.80. 30,000 War Veterans of Oregon Entitled to Reward. Approximately one out of every 10 ex-service men in Portland, qualified to receive a state medal for world war service, has received his medaL Twelve hundred have been given out by secretaries at the liberty temple since the first shipment was received week ago. Two shipments of 1000 each have : SILVER MAHKET ASSURED PRICE OP METAU TO STAY UP I TEX TEARS, IS PREDICTION. Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geol ogy Issues Bulletin for Mine Owners' Benefit. S HE'LL, BE HERE FRIDAY! In the hope that Mayor Baker will be able to e present. Taxicab Compant Cuts Hates. The yellow cabs operated by the Broadway Auto Service company are now operating on the lowest rates in the city. You can now- ride for 30 cents the first half mile and 10 cents each additional quarter. The cabs are of latest model, equipped with heat ers and ventilators. Call a yellow taxi. next time and notice the differ ence. Main 69 day and night. Main 63. Adv. Hibbaro Hearing Set. James B. Hibbard. 48. who is charged with threatening to kill Frances H. Terese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Terese, 710 Woodward avenue, will be given a hearing In the municipal court to day. Hibbard was arrested Tuesday night after he is said to have entered the Terese home and flourished a re Tolver. Mator Baser Improving. Mayor Baker, who is suffering from a severe case of quinsy, is improving, accord I lief of the bureau. ing to City Health Officer Parrish, the attending physician. It is prob able the mayor will be confined to his home for the remainder of the week, however. City Commissioner Bigelow, who has influenza, is also reported on the road to recovery. Electrician's Face Burned. Fred Lowe. 37, 762 H Savier street, an elec tric repair man, sustained severe burns on the face yesterday as the re sult of a short circuit while working at the Savier -street carbarn. He was taken to the St. Vincent's hospital where it was reported his eyesight would not be lost. Grading Contract Awarded. Philip Sueter was awarded the contract for grading and cleaning the site for the new county hospital on Marquam hill by the county'commissioners yester day, on recommendation of Sutton & Whitney, architects. His bid of J23.350 was the lowest submitted. Dr. Holt Resigns Post. 2r. Robert K. L. Holt, in charge of the Cedars, the municipal - detention home for women, has resigned. Dr. J. M. Mur phy, who during th war was a sur geon in the United States navy, has been selected by the United States public health service. Murder Trial Jurt Chosen. All yesterday afternoon was taken up in the court of Circuit Judge Stapletoh with the selection of a jury in the murder case of Thomas Miller, charged with slaying Guy Nelson on Novem ber Testimony should begin this morning. Beginning Monday, Feb. 9, the Mult nomah Hotel Turkish Baths will oper ate exclusively for men. All day and all night. Adv. For The Kind op Insurance you want, telephone Geo. D. Schalk, Main 392. Do it now: Adv. . . Kehmerer Coal, Carbon Coal Co rn ine agents. 321 Hawthorne ave. East I1SS. Ad. 4 I Milk Curb at the Moore Sanitarium. I properties which they have been hesi tating to develop for fear of a slump I in the value of the metal. Inflation of the currency of the en tire world by the issuance? of paper money to an extent greater than ever before in history, and no factors, in sight to create an overproduction of the metal, are the primary reasons advanced against any fall in the price of silver. Silver as bullion now for I the first time in 46 years is worth I more than the ratio of 16 to 1 of gold. the bulletin points oat, while the quo- tatons on the metal are higher now than the average annual price since I 1850. The struggle of the nations of the world to secure silver as well as gold to bolster up .their issues of paper money, and the growing demand of the far east for silver, where that metal is preferred to gold as a me dium of exchange, will keep the de mand for silver far in excess of the I supply for years to come, in the be- I 'Pihfcr The Funniest Dog-gone Picture she Has Kver Alade. Victor Records SOME GOOD OXKS FROM THE . NEW FEBRUARY LIST. DANCE. 18633 M Isle of Golden Dreams Waltz ... .By Selvin's Novelty Orch Dardflnella Fox Trot ...By Selvin's Novelty Orch. 18640 Where the Lanterns Glow Fox Trot. . .By Van Eps Trio Taxi One-Step By Smith's Orchestra 18641 Poor Little Butterfly Is a Fly Gal Now Fox Trot... By All-Star Trio Fluffy Ruffles One-Step.... By All-Star Trio POPULAR SONGS. 18638 Let the Rest of the World Go By.. By Spencer and Hart I'm Like a Ship Without a Sail By Hart and Shaw 18635 While Others Are Building in the Air By John Steel Bye - Lo. . .By Vernon Dalhart 18634 You'd Be Surprised tsy Billy Murray Freckles. By Billy Murray RED SEAL. 64839 Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still Bv Edward Johnson 4S41 Minnett Kv Hans Kimllpr 87288 Thy Beaming Eyes By Schumann - Heink 64843 Dreaming Alone in the Twi- light..By Reinald Werrenrath 87305 Vieni Sul Mar! . - By Enrico Caruso GJJOHNSQSPlANoCft 149 Sixth St., Bet. Morrison and Alder. Chickerlng. Mehlln, Packard, Bond, unatmiD ac son's rianoi. Martin Saxophones, Guitars, Ukuleles. TONIGHT Auditorium SECOND CONCERT TWELFTH SEASON THE Apollo Club of Portland, Oregon '70 Male Voices Wm. H. Boyer CONDUCTOR and W. J. Stevenson BASSO races 1.."0, $1.00, 75c 50c, 25c No war. tax. Sale opens February 3 At Sherman, Clay & Co. Men's Scotch brotrue oxfonls mado to sell at $16.,r0 Now f 13.80. Av iiimiimimmimimimimmmmiimi Airplane Flights Sightseeing trips and cross-country flights are now being made DAILY from our aviation field. Phone for information and rates Main 2796 OREGON, WASHINGTON & IDAHO AIRPLANE CO. Office Teon Bldg. mimmiimimmmiiiiimimiiiiiiiiimi SPANISH NFLUENZA. Guard against it by using Formazln. the ideal mouth wash. For sale by Portland Hotel Pharmacy. Adv. l War Bride Gets Position. CENTRAL! A. Wash., Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Earl A. Kingman, recent ly of Yorkshire, England, has ac cepted a position as stenographer in the local O.-w. ti. & .N. dispatchers oCfice. Mrs. Kingman is a war. bride. She is at present undergoing treat ment in a Portland hospital, CARD OF THANKS. We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the many friends and neighbors, the Marshall-Wells company and the O.-W. R. & N. Co. for the beautiful floral offerings: also for kindness and sympathy rendered us in our sad be reavement, tne joss oi our Deiovea wife and mother. MR. JOHN FREDEEN Adv. V AND FAMILY. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our gratitude to our manv friends for their kindness and help during the bereavement and loss of our beloved wife and mother- also for the beautiful floral offerings. . MK.ALGIK STEPHENS. MRS. BERT GRIFFITH. Adv. MRS. NETTIE STEPHENS. STARVING While the World Looks On - Precautions' 1 Exercise regularly 2 Eat wholesome food 3 Get fresh air day' and night 4 Rest often and sleep long 5 Bathe frequently - a - SHOULD all preventives then fail, consult a doctor. After which have your prescription filled at the store of "dependable drugs." - Never Forget, We "Never Close" w PORTLAND. ORt. PHONE. MAW 7211 MAIN 4871 HOME 2073 New Opening Hong Kong Cafe Excellent Merchants' Lunch , 25c and Up From 11 A. M. to 8 P. M. Chop Suey and Noodles 107 SIXTH STRICT. Between Washington and Stark, PORTLAND, OREGON. 2670 Families in Portland were using GAS for HEATING at the end of 1919 So- many thousand more will want gas in stalled before the end of this year that it will be impossible to wait on them all therefore Order your Gasco Furnace now for Sum mer installation. We protect you on price. ROTF.LS. The BK WATtT 1 a nw. mndom n4 eieff.inily ftpnint1 tmtrl, pumrimnc onu of th luotl beautiful corner lot). bis In (ho North wol. located t Joth nl Aid or !., nppoiit Old, Wortnmn & Klntf'N bt 1irtrtinnl tnro in hmrt of retail und lhir district. Kulr $1 r.n and up. Hub mrMa lt traln "vy' car amo runs from l;nfon It-pot direct to lloiaJ 6KWAKU W. M. Saward. 1'rop, rr- 1 t?l F and E Check-writers Sale and Serrlee. Hedman Mfg. Co. C GoldKbrong-h. Oregon Distributor Phone Mar. 3422. 415 Railway Exchange" Bidg. PY0R RHEA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED , ,, yol, -re free from this dreaded dleae. which work joeh r"f. In the month and canae. the lo.a of aonnd teeth and often prodneea dUea-e . J jk bi nlatribntlnB ita poiaon to remote parta of the body. It taken la tEwtl atWea It "an be anceea.fnlly treated. Come 1. and inveailfate. Paetlenlne Attention Paid to Piatea and Bridie Work. -peer Honra: 8:30 to S P. M. Phone M. 3o. S3 Yenra In Portland. WISE DENTAL CO. Sll FAHJSC BLDG, THIRD AND WASHIXGTO. PALACE HOTEL 446 Washington Street Large rooms, elepantly furnished, near theater and shopping district. Strictly modern. Rates reasonable,. Broadway 125L A Moderately-Prloed Hotel of Merit. HOTEL CLIFFORD Kmmt Morrlnoa St. and F.mmt Sixth. VI. SS Per Day. S Per Week Cp C3 REPAIRED PIAXOS, PlATEIt-PIA-NOS, PHONO GRAPHS Also retlnished by a new and better nrocess for less money. Tuning and action regulating. HAROLD S. GILBERT 384 Yamhill Street Pianos Bought. Rented, Sold. INSURANCE WE WRITE ALL LINES C. De Young & Co. Main 7351 , 810 Spalding BIdg. School of Business Administration and Accountancy An Evening School of College grade" tot Employe Men. . New Courses Opening; Week of Feb. 9 : Auditing Economics a P. A. Quiz Course Corporation Finance Accounting Principles Business Law , Write for information. Special Y. M. C A. Scholarships are arail able for a limited number of service men. This school co-operates with the state in giving state financial aid to service men. v Room 416, Div. O, Y. M. C A. BIdg. Main 8700. Wanted Chairs to Cane by School for Blind FOR PARTICULARS CALL SXMR.J.Fi .Myers m mm if i .life Jtmy&li New Perkins Hotel Washington and Fifth Sts. PORTLAND, OREGON Rates From $1.00 Ter Day Special Weekly and Monthly Rates Excellent Restaurant Want some good wooden ship caulkers, ship wrights and joiners. A. LESSING 302 E. John St, St. Johns car. Estab. 20 Years in Portland C. Gee Wo Root and Herb Remedies 162 ft First St, Tortland, Or. . - .1 , I