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THE MORNING OREGONIAN; WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920 a V y CITY NEWS IN BRIEF City Editor. ...Main TOO. A nW eT Editor """JlSS'SSt Advarthlna Deoartment. .Main 70,0. A s superintendent or Bias. liMain 7070. A S0SS ivrs FUKVFS. ORPHBUM (Broadway at TaylorV Vaude ville. Thia afternoon and tonirnt. Blh'FR fRrn&Hwav near Morrison) Baker 8:x-k company In "Daddy Lonflecs-1 Thia afternoon and tonight. ALCAZAR (Elev-nth at Morrison) Alca- xar Usical Playera In "Hltl Jinaa. Thia afternoon and tonlgnt. LTRIC (Fourth at Stark) Musical com edy, "The Kijrht Owla.- Tore sbowa daily at 2. 7 and 9 P. it. HIPPODROME (Broadway at Tarohlll) Vaudeville and moving pictures. 2 to 5. 6:45 to 11 P. M. Saturdays, Sundays and Holiday, eontmnoua. 1:13 to 11 f. PA.VTAGE3 (Broadway at Alder) Vaude ville. Three shows daily. 2:30, 7 and :0i THRIFT STAMPS. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS On Sale at Business Office. Oregonian. Ltbrart Assistants Return. Sew assistants in the library, returned from war work, are Miss Dorothea I. Smith, from Chico, Cal., who has come to become librarian of the University Park branch. She Is a graduate of Stanford university and of the River- aide. CaL. library school. She has had several years" experience in county library work in California and during the war served as a filing clerk in Washington and as assistant in the war library association's head quarters in Paris. Miss Mary C. Hen thorne, the other assistant, recently was reappointed to service In the Portland library. She was formerly librarian in the children's room, and was granted a leave of absence In October, 1917, to work in training camps. She Is now first assistant in the order department. Home-Makino Courses Announced. Three new courses for adults open this week at the girls' polytechnic school, part of a series of special home-making studies for women. The first is six lessons in housewifery to be Kiven Wednesdays and Fridays from February 18 to March 5. Mrs. C. W. Batterson will direct this class. Miss Marie Williams is to have six lessons in spring cookery on Tues days and Thursdays until March 4. A course of eight lessons in meat and fish cookery, with special emphasis on the less expensive cuts and cook ing of poultry and rabbits will be ariven by Miss Laura Riley. A fee of 60 cents Is charged for each of the classes, which are to be held from 2 to 3:30 P. M. on the specified days. Moonshine Operator Sentenced. Fine months In the county jail and a fine of JjOO is the. penalty Harry Travers- must pay for operating a still in the basement of the home of A. V. Murphy, in whose dwelling the Claremont tavern robbers had taken refuge. A bottle of moonshine was found in the room in which they were arrested and all three hold-up men were said to have been under the influence of liquor at the time. Travers. in confessing, said he rented the basement from Murphy, but the latter maintains he knew nothing about illicit operations there. Murphy will be tried later. Allen Resumes Old Job. Harry G, Allen, who for the past six months, as president of the Oregon State Klks' association and associate director of the war loan organization for Ore gon, has been In active charge of the rale of government securities In this state, has returned to the J. K. Gill company, as manager of the furniture department. Mr. Allen gained an exceptional record In his government work because of his energy and ag arressiveness. Oregon raised the highest quota percentage of war aavings for 1919 among western states. Jcrt List Supplemented. Fifteen Barnes were drawn yesterday to sup plement the federal jury list and fill vacancies created by dismissal of out of-town members. All of those listed live in Portland. The new jurors in clude the following: Edwin E. Abel, Italph W. Fuilerton. Edward G. Gor don. Francis P. Hallinan, Herbert B, MoEwen, George T. Newman, Arthur O. Osland, Joseph T. Peters. James Ralph. John B. Schaefer, Walter Scott, I.dward J. Sherman, Art C. Smith, William W. Stevens and Donald M. Stuart. CoNiNnsRT Dawson Here Fridat. Coningsby Dawson, author and sol- dieT, will lecture here Friday even ing, at the Masonic temple, on con iit ions In Germany and "The Remak ing of the World." Lieutenant Daw son is the author of Carry On, ' one of the finest of the war books. Colo nel John leader will introduce Lieu tenant Dawson. A dinner will be given for him at the University club, before the lecture, when covers will Ve laid for 12 to Include those who have worked to bring Mr. Dawson here. Prineville Bot Released. Gordon Warner, a boy who was taken in custody by federal officers along with eight prineville people involved in bootlegging charges, was released yesterday by Federal Judge Bean. The youth was found to have no con nection with the alleged illicit activi ties of his father and brother. The case was handled by Assistant TJ. S. Attorney Reames. who also brought up the case of Charles Chinn, a Chi nese. who was fined $100 for selling narcotics. Miss Sawter Going East. Miss Ethel R. Sawyer, in charge of the training class department of the Port land Library association, has been jrranted a leave of absence for the summer, and will be the special lecturer, from June 23 to August 1, at the University of Minnesota. She wiil lecture on "Book Selection" and kindred subjects. Removal Warrant Issued. A war rant of removal was issued yesterday by Federal Judge Bean for S. R. Powell, alias T. W. Powell and his wife, who are wanted In Los Angeles on charges or Issuing fraudulent rail road passes. They will bo sent south with a deputy United States marshal the latter part of the week. Community Sino Thursdat. A com munity sing will be held Thursday at S o'clock at the central library under the direction of Tom G. Taylor, organist and choirmaster of SL David's church. It is one of a series to be given under the auspices of the national choral league for the promo tion of patriotism. Finlet to Exhibit Pictures. Ore gon game pictures will be exhibited by William K Finley at the national same conference in New York this coming month. The dates are set for March 1 and 2. and Mr. Finley is already In the cast. Harry Lauder Fund. Soldiers' and allors benefit. St. Andrew's society concert and dance. Masonic temple. Thursday. February 19. at 8 P. M. Tickets reserved. St; general admis sion. &0c. at Sherman, Clay Ar Co. Adv. Oriental R u o e -paired, wash cleaned, stored. Cartoziaa Bros. Inc oriental rugs and carpets, Washing ton, near 10th. Adv. Feet Hurt? Have our foot spe cialist examine your feet: free con sultation. Knight i?hoe Co. Adv. Kemmerer Coal, Carbon Coal Co mine agents. 321 Hawthorne ave. List 11SS. Adv. Ton should hare a safe or residence burglary polioy. Telephone George 1) Schatk. Main Zii. Do It now. Adv. Dr. Hamm has returned. Main 177. Adv. Milk Cure at the Moor Sanitarium. -Adv. Cmci suites for rent; Fen ton bids. Adv. i Pier Talks on Lincoln. City Com missioner Pier gave an address -on "Abraham Lincoln" at yesterday's meeting of the Kiwanis'club at the Benson hotel, telling of the early life of the martyred president and his struggles to obtain an education. Samuel Lancaster, state chairman of the Armenian relief drive, introduced Mrs. O. F. Lamson of Seattle, who told of Armenia and of the condition of the people th.ere. A committee waa appointed by President Wiggins to solicit funds for the Armenians. William J. MacKenzie told of his at tendance at the charter presentation banquet of the Victoria, B. C, Klwanis club. Portland waa the only city in the United States sending a delegate to this meeting. Victorians promised to attend in a body the international Kiwanis convention in Portland June 15 to 19. Pilgrim, Committee Named. At the request of officials of the Sulgrave Institution in New York City, Mayor Baker yesterday appointed a com mittee to represent Portland in pre paring and carrying out an adequate programme for the celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers and of the first meeting of a legislative assembly on American soil. The com mittee includes W inthrop Hammond, chairman; Wallace MeCamant, Thomas L. Eliot, Robert Treat Piatt, Frank M. Warren, William L. Brewster, William D. Wheelwright, John b. Bradley. Edmund L. Devereaux, E. D. Kingsley and William Ladd. Chinese Arrested as Gamblers. Fourteen Chinese were arrested .yes terday afternoon in gambling raids by Sergeant Epps and Officers Rigas and Craig on establishments at 75 and 77 North Fourth street. They were charged with gambling behind barred doors. Those arrested were: Lee Sing, cook; Lee Long, watchman; Low Was, laborer; Lee Ming, laborer; Lee Lung, cook; Ben Sing, laborer; Lee Sing, laborer: Ah Sing, laborer: Ah Sing, laborer; Lee Bing. laundry- man; Henn Gee, laborer: Leow Lain, laborer, and Jim Lang, laborer. Launching Picture to Be Shown. The motion pictures of the launching of the steel steamship Bearport from the Standifer yards on January si will be shown at the Peoples and the Columbia theaters, beginning tomor row, for the rest of the week. The near east relief campaign committee participated in the launching of the Bearport. ' which will have for her first cargo Jl.000.000 worth of Port land flour sold by the United States government to the new Armenian republic for distribution to her starv ing war-victims. Auto Victim Dies at Hospital. D. S. Ramsay, 466 East Oak street, died at the St. Vincent's hospital Monday night as the result of an automobile accident Sunday morning in which the automobile in which he was riding turned turtle on the Oswego road near Elk Rock pinning him beneath and dislocating his neck. Mr. Ramsay underwent an operation at the hospital Monday. The body was turned over to the coroner's office and later to the F. S. Dunning com pany. undertakers. Funeral an nouncements have not been made. Fur Salesmen Arrested. Robert Brenner and Paul Bovinadon, sales men. who claim to be representing the Favorite Knitting company of Milw'aukie, were arrested yesterday afternoon by Detectives Hellyer and PhtMins at a hotel at Broadway and Stark street and are being held for investigation. The two men are said to have been offering valuable furs and other goods at so low a price that the officers became suspicious of them. The knitting company is being communicated with. Ex-Captain Has New Job. J. D. Goodrich, formerly a captain in the United States army and recently mustered out of the service at Camp Lewis, has opened an office for the Alaskan engineering commission, con structing the government railroad for the department of the Interior. He Is here as general purchasing agent's representative and is located in room 202 of the customs house building Later he will have permanent offices in' the new postoff ice. Bot Arrested on Foroert Charge. William Danzel Calkins, 16 years of age, was arrested on a charge of forgery yesterday afternoon at 3615 Forty-ninth street soutneast oy in spectors Wright and Gordon. Charges against Calkins were preferred by L. Pohl proprietor of a grocery store at Broadway and Clay street. Accord- ng to the inspectors the boy con fessed to passing 12 bad checks. He was turned over to the juvenile court. Swedenboro Lecture Announced. I "How Swcdenborg Explains the Bible," a lecture tonight by William R. Reece at the central library, room H, at 8 o'clock, is first in a new series on the philosophy of Emanuel Swed- enborg. These lectures aim to Illus trate the application to tne hi Die oi the "Science of Correspondences," a spiritual science which Swedenborg claims had been lost to humanity for some 4000 years. P. L. Campbell to Speak. Presi dent P. L. Campbell of the Univer sity of Oregon will be the speaker Friday noon at the luncheon of the City club. President Campbell s topic will be "The Need of Higher Educa tion in Oregon." He will make spe cial reference to the measure which will be voted on at the next election for the maintenance of both the state university and college. Edison Diamond Disc! This is the largest size cabinet style in beautiful golden oak. This we offer with fine assortment of Edison. Victor and Columbia records (Victor record attachment included). all tor S250 cash or reasonable terms. Foley & Van Dyke. Fifth St., bet. Washington and Stark. Adv. Sharpes Hoffman Sought bt Rela tive. Mrs. A r t n u r (joieman oi Oswego, Or., route 1, is seeking in formation relative to the present ad dress of her uncle. Sharpes Hoffman. In a letter received in Portland she declares that her uncle formerly lived on Broadway. She says he sometimes went by the name of "Freeman." School Buildino Looted. Thieves entered the Woodmere school sun- day night, according to a report to the sheriff yesterday and carried off all of the food supplies in the do mestic science rooms. Table linen and other belongings alsto were taken from the building. Bilteu & Bilteu, dentists; 556 Mor- gan bldg. Main 4112. Adv. Dr. L. H. Hamilton has returned; Medical bldg. Adv. . Undertaking Firm Sued. When the casket in which the body of her mother had been placed was opened at the grave it was found to be of cheaper, much inferior construction than the one used at the chapel cere monies and supposedly purchased, complains Mrs. Aldora K. Hamilton in a suit for $2000 damages filed ii the circuit court yesterday against J. G. Miller and H. J. Tracery of the Miller' & Tracey undertaking parlors. Mrst Hamilton asserts that the fu neral of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Doughton on January 6, 1920. was held at the undertaking chapel and that the body was shipped to the state of Washington for interment. When the box. was opened at the grave, Mrs. Hamilton asserts she was chagrined and humiliated to find an inferior casket had been substituted. Student Body Elects President. Martin Peterson was elected by the Reed college student body yesterday to fill the vacancy in the Btudent council left by the graduation of Kenneth Irle, student president. Frank Forrester, his competitor, was beaten by 21 votes. Peterson is a prominent Reed senior, an English major, mem ber of the Quest staff and an all-star athlete. He was elected to the coun cil two years ago but resigned to en list. Members of the Reed council are Calista Eliot, president; Mar guerite Twohy, Robert Osborn, Martin Peterson, Tom Brockway, Katherine Kerr, LaVerne Scroggin, William Stone, Grace Linklater and Charles Spackman. "Detect rvE" Examined for Sanity. Joseph Palumbo, 747 Corbett street, had a peculiar idea that he was a detective and for this reason he was turned over to the county authorities yesterday for examination relative to his sanity. Palumbo was arrested Monday night by Patrolman T. Hirsch after he is said to have been bother ing neighbors by ringing their door bells late at night and telling them he was a detective and was looking tor some tnieves and a murderer. Police Station Chandelier Falls. Several police officers narrowly escaped injury yesterday when one of the 150-pound chandeliers at the police station fell breaking into a thousand pieces on the table behind the police desk on the first floor. Officer Barker had been sitting be neath only a minute previous but got up to take care of some business. Officer Bigelow and Sergeant Robson were standing only a couple of feet away. Building Davenports is an art com manding the best of skill to tie em ployed in building. We possess every facility necessary to accomplish that result. Every piece manufac tured in our workrooms Is designed with the greatest care, bearing in mind three essentials, viz: correct style, comfort and endurance. Our prices are very low, quality con sidered. J. G. Mack & Co., 148 Park St., bet. Morrison and Alder. Adv. Suspected Yeggs Arrested. Dan McKenzie and S. D. Dean were ar rested by Deputy Sheriffs Mollenhour and Lamont rate Monday night at Seventieth street and Sixty-seventh avenue southeast, with a burlap sack of dynamite In their possession. They are suspected of being yeggs and were taken to the county jail pending investigation. McKenzie is said to have a criminal record. Shipyard Worker's Ankle Broken. S. P. Strouts, 510 East Twenty-sec- ona street, is In Good Samaritan hos pital as the result of a broken ankle sustained when a bridge timber fell against his leg Monday afternoon at the Brooklyn shipyards, where he was employed. Mr.. Strouts is mar. rled. Armenian Pictures to Be shown. motion pictures of Armenia, the "land of stalking death." will h shown tonight at 7:45 o'clock at the cast siae naptist church, corner HRt iwentietn and Salmon streets. Mrs. Lamson. the gifted Armenian woman, will speak. Apples, 7 lbs.. 25c: S1.B0 box de livered. Navel oranges, good size. only 40c dozen. Blohm Fruit Co., 171 4th St., middle of the block, between xamniu and Morrison. Phone 'Main 7735. Adv. See S.&i our 1 , Slam window tf 'tVt EXCEPTIONAL SPRING SUITS for young men. Sill( lined, single or double breasted, pith or without belt; fancy mixtures; plain colors, bronn, blue or gray. $55 Exclusive Kuppenheimer House in Portland Morrison at Fourth - 11 pontfe Ji m l ! '. ' I ) 1 1 1 1 j i n ' 1 1 1 aiWUaiMO. Prosser, Wash., Has Building; Boom PROSSER, Wash.. Feb. 17. fSpe- cial.) At least three new business blocks will be under way within the next three weeks if the bright weatner wnicn grosser has been ex periencing the last week keeps up and which has given impetus to the build ing operations in the downtown dis trict. Workmen have the new Prin cess theater almost ready for the roof and will have the building enclosed in about ten days. Excavation on the new postoffice building on Sixth street is going steadily forward and probably will be completed by the middle of next week. E. J. Miller has his lots on Sixth cleared and will start excavating in the next few days, while Dr. V. C. Pauhlman also expects to start on his Meade-avenue struc ture as soon as material can be placed on the ground. Extra! Orpheum show tonight.-Adv. Extra! Orpheum show tonight-Adv. Study Accounting Private business and the TJ. S. government need more ac- . countants. Moreover, this sub ject is most valuable in execu tive training. New Classes just forming. Limited number of scholarships available to ex-service men. Write or call for particulars. T. M. C. A. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 416 Y. M. C. A. Bldg. Dir. C Main 8700. 3 mm Mi; SAVORY ALWAYS! Tip the tender, nutritious beans into the dish how delightfully savory, and appetizing is the first whiff! Then taste what satisfaction to ap petite and palate! As a side dish in a complete dinner as the main dish at luncheon as an "in-between" hunger satisf ier Pierce's Pork and Beans, tender and delightful in the pi quant tomato sauce,, are al ways satisfying. always savory. ORDER A CAN FROM YOUR GROCER . A CLUB SALE Multnomah Hotel The Largest Hotel in the Pacific Northwest. Eleeance and comfort com bine to enhance your pleas ure at the Multnomah. Six hundred cosy rooms, beautiful mezzanine floor and lobby, and superior service, to make cur truests comfortable and contented. Garage, in Connection ERIC V. HAISEK. Owner. A. B. Campbell. Uajr- El- Portland, Oregon. -i i ms 7M , a ' Tl vm i The Palace Beautiful $12,000 Given College- PHILOMATH, Or., Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) President' Epley of. Philomath college has returned from California where he raised $12,000 for the col lege endowment fund. The subscrip tions bring the total to 35,000 of the $50,000 proposed in increased endowment. Memorial Commissioner Quits. BOISE, Idaho, -Feb. 17. (Special.) Harold Harris of Grangeville, Mon day tendered Governor Davis his resignation as a member of the state memorial commission. Extra! Orpheum show tonight-Adv. AUTOMOBILISTS Right merchandise at right prices. Investigate. WOOSTER'S 488 Washington Street Apples Oranges Apples, 7 Lbs. 25 $1.50 Per Box Delivered Free s Cheaper than potatoes, and better food eat them raw, bake them or serve in pie. ORANGES Better quality 20c and 40c dozen. BLOHM FRUIT CO. 171 FOURTH ST. Between Yamhill and Morrison 1 1 Mik BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! SO.O0O NEW BOOKS 0 A tL SUBJECTS AT PRE-WAR PRICES. Books Bouskt and Sold Johnsons 01'z m 248 Main St. Betweia 2d and 3d Sta. 0- Los? v) r;4v s 1 If SOPHIE BRASLAU, SOLOiST Portland Symphony Orchestra Carl Deatoa, Caaaveter. February 25, Heilig Theatre Hi RESERVE SEATS NOW. Mail check and self-addressed en velope to Portland Symphony Or chestra. Helling Theater. Prices Iower floor, first five rows balcony IJ.B0, next nine rows $2, last eight -rows J1.B0: Gallery, reserved. SI; , - Gallery, admission, 60c N'o war tax. BIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIllM CARand driver ARE ONE Great is the responsiveness of the Dual Valve Six Pierce-Arrow. So much less effort 19 needed to tell it what to do so much less time elapses before it does it it seems as if car and driver were one. The car responds more quickly ; it steers with a lighter touch; its gears are shifted with less effort. All the contacts be tween driver and car are made closer, easier and quicker. Here is a car to be driven without effort. No brute force is required to start, guide or stop it boundless power is in leash, waiting the word nod touch to be off, but checked changed stopped with equal ease. These arc some of the results Pierce-Arrow engineers have attained in the Dual Valve Six Pierce-Arrow. CHAS. C. 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Thia whool co-operat with the Btat In providing flnnrlal A to ex-service men. A limited nutnnpr (.f T. M. C. A. acholarnlilpa la avall- able alao for veterans of any allied army. Write for Catalogue. r Call Ulv. V. Dept. Kdarallna. V. M. r, A. Bid a. Estab. 20 Years in Portland C. Gee Wo Root and Herb Remedies 162 y2 First SL, Portland, Or. HOTEL STEWART SAN FRANCISCO Sun Street, luit oi Union Iquam Famous lor pood terrlct. emdort m4 neoneat Rates from S1.75 Dsy BraalhuMOc tn TSe. looeh SOc Simoira - ' n ' 4E. C.......il Aft. Mualdptl Car Dm direct to door. Motor but ataet train and tteamra, iU!l 103.0
