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THE MORNING OTIEGONIAN." MONDAY. MAY ft 7, 1920 X Y CITY NEWS IN BRIEF City Editor Main A K5 Sunday Editor Main 7070. A 8095 Advertising department. .Main 7070. A 60flu Superintendent ol Bids... Main 7O70. A 60J AMUSEMENTS. ORPHEUM (Broadway at Taylor) Vaude ville. This afternoon and tonight. BAKER (Broadway near Morrison) Baker Stock company In "She Walked In Her Bleep." Tonight. LYRIC (Fourth at Stark) Musical com edy. "The Royal Odaasa." Three shows dally at 2. 7 and 9. HIPPODROME (Broadway at Yamhill) Vaudeville and moving pictures, 2 to 5. 6:45 to 11 P. M. Saturdays. Sundays and holidays continuous 1:15 to 11 P. M. PANTAGE8 (Broadway at Alder) Vaude ville. Three shows dally. 2:30, 7 and . 9 :Oo. COUNCIL. CREST Free amusement park. Take "CC" cars, Morrison or Washing ton streets. THE OAKS Amusement park. Free ad mission until H P. M. except Sundays and holidays. Take cars at Flrat and Alder. THRIFT STAMPS. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS On Sale at Business Office, Oregonian. L.EA8KS ARB Closed. Leases in the building at 106-110 Fourth street, re cently purchased by Messrs. Barber and Leonard from the Klosterman estate, were closed through the Metz-ger-Parker-Ferguson. company last week whereby the Flick shoe store obtained the premises formerly occu pied by Boody brothers, tailors, and J'". F. Amick occupied the quarters at 106 Fourth street. Mr. Amick will remodel the upper two floors of the building into a hotel. The quarters in the buildingr next to those taken ' - Flick company have been ob tained by a Seattle firm which will Snndla men's furnishings. A Man of the People, who has lived the life of the people Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. Born on a Minnesota farm, worked his way through grammar school and college In Iowa; taught school at 15; studied law aad was admitted to practice in Illinois. Won success as a business man and lawyer: twice elected to congress from his district in Illinois.' Voluntarily retired to his farm at Oregon. 111., and when the call came for him to run for governor was ac tively engaged In farming. Is also engaged in reclamation of land for cotton raising and stock breeding in Arkansas and Texas. This candidate understands the needs of agriculture the foundation stone of our national welfare and prosperity. Lowden will win. Vote for him! Adv. . Frank Farrington, President of of the United Mine Workers of America, says: "After we had fought the election of Frank'O. Lowden for governor of Illinois, we found him eminently fair to organized labor In all matters brought before him and his position as governor has been used to aid in the adjustment of all dis putes between the employer and or ganized labor in a manner conspicu ously Just to both." A vote for Lowden is a vote for the only proven business man la the race for presi dent of the United States, and is at the same time a vote for a square deal for both labor and capital. Low den will win. Vote for him! Adv. Gasoline to Be Discussed. The gasoline situation, which already has curtailed pleasure traffic In Oregon considerably, will be thoroughly dis cussed at the regular weekly lunch eon of the Kiwanis club at the Benson hotel Tuesday noon. Austin D. Parker, manager . of the Associated Oil company, will give an address upon the gasoline situation, together with a summary of the reasons why conservation of California crude oil Is being urged to protect industries of the future. Workman's Hearing Todat. G. Foster, sawmill workman, will be heard in the municipal court today on a charge of cutting a corner follow ing his arrest Saturday night by Pa trolman, Hirsch at Front and Madi son streets. Foster was said to have cut the corner and to have run over the fender of a streetcar, according to the patrolman. A serious accident was only avoided, it is said, by the quick action of tho motorman In put ting on the brake. Clothino Contributions Sought. Further contributions of clothing for men, women and children, shoes, hats and other goods suitable for a rum mage sale, are solicited by the Daughters of Isabella, who are con tinuing their sale over another week in the Elks" building on Stark, near Broadway. By phoning East 3071 contributions will be called for. The entire proceeds from the sale will be used to furnish the Daughters' sum mer cottage at Seaside. Foreign Backgrounds Topic. Dr. Ralph P. Boas speaks on "Foreign tiacKgrounas" at tne Americanization meeting In Central library tonight, dealing with our foreign people with relation to what is behind them, their Ideals and their past environment. Consuls from several countries will present the subject from the point of what their people expect of Ameri cans and where they are most often misunderstood. The public is invited. Rooming House Robbed. The pro prletor of the California, rooming house, 63V4 North Third street, re ported to th police yesterday morn ing that someone had stolen 38 towels. a bed sheet and a' couple of pillow sups irom nls establishment. Mrs. J. M. Witteman, 6704 Woodstock ave nue, reported the loss of a purse con talning $14. The theft of a revolver was reported to the police by Mike iJecicco, a driver. Buffalo Stork Arrives. The buf falo herd at Washington park now numbers five, the latest to join being an infant which arrived last Thurs day night, the child of "Kate," long a. member of the park zoo, and "Charlie," a buffalo brought from Montana. Joe Burtis, keeper of the zoo, eays he Is glad to welcome the newcomer to the herd. Welfare League to Meet Monta- villa Welfare league will hold a meet ing tomorrow at 8 P. M. at the Montf villa, school to complete 'permanent organization, elect officers and adopt a general programme. The league held its first get-together May S at Hope Presbyterian church. J. c. Cun ningham has been actios as tempo, raxy chairman. services recommended. Users of the Calculator are so well pleased that iney are telling tnelr friends. The Calculator Adding Machine costs but $15. is guaranteed 5 years, and adds and subtracts simpler than merely writing figures on paper. Phone Mar. oai one aemonstration will convince. Calculator Co, 618 Corbett Bldg. AO V. I loo are in the market for 1920 CTdsmobile "S." see Jack Herzinger tirst. This car la new, eaulDDed with cord tires, spotlight, shock absorb ers; price with extras, 12520; sell for 12250; terms if desired. Wdln. 1358 Sea8ids Via Auto. Cars "leave for Astoria, Seaside and way points at 10 A. M. daily from 15 6th street (near Washington). For rates and reserva tions telephone Mar. 4381, Shepard's Anto Bus lines. Adv. Vote No. S8. W. R. McDonald, can didate for the republicaa nomination for representative. Tour support will be appreciated. Adv. Portland Presbtterial Tuesday, May 18. North Pacific board meeting , 10:30: pot luck luncheon noon; Pres byterial programme 1:30. Adv. Kzmmerek Coal. Carbon Coal Co. mine agents. 321 Hawthorne ave. East 118. Adv. Dr. Scott returned: Selling bide. Adv. Rom-I-Da a positive hair grower. 425-429 Medical Bldg. Adv. Alleged Auto Thief on Wat Here. In a telegram received yesterday from Los Angeles, Chief of Police Jenkins was asked to arrest a man by the name of Eddy Fleckenstein, who is said to be coming to this city from Los Angeles in a stolen auto- , mobile, California license number, 298,774. The wire declared that 1 Fleckenstein, who is SO years old and described -as 5 feet 9 inches tall, slen der and smooth shaven, was reputed to be headed for Portland to join the. Al G. Barnes circus. A reward of 82-5 was offered for his arrest. The People Are Asking for a busi ness man for president, and the fact that Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois also possesses the experience gained by four years in congress and four years as governor of the second largest state in the union, makes him the favorite of the American business man who wants a man. at the White House on whem the trick sters in politics cannot "put anything over." Now that Herbert Hoover has withdrawn from the race in Oregon, Governor Lowden is positively the only man in the field of proven busi ness ability of the kind needed for a business administration of our na tional affairs. Lowden will win. Vote for him! Adv. Mrs. Crawford's Funeral Held. Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Sophia Crawford, 765 East Flanders street, who died at the Portland Con valescent hospital last Wednesday, were held Saturday at Finley's chapel. The body was cremated. Mrs. Cnaw ford had been a resident of Portland since 1905. She wa!s born in Sweden in 1863 and came to the United States in 1886. She is survived by her wid-r ower, L. A. Crawford, a daughter, Mrs. M. O. Norman, and son, Arthur Crawford. Hemorrhage Is Fatal. Carl A. Ritzell, 31. employed in a sawmill at Kalama, Wash., died of cerebral hemorrhage at his home, 1004 East Thirty-first street North, yesterday about 2 o'clock. The body was taken in charge by Coroner Smith. Ritzell. who had been spending the week-end with his wife in this city, was at the union station preparing to take the train to Kalama again when he be came ill. 815,000 Suit Filed.' Damages in; the sum of $15,000 are asked in a suit filed in-the circuit court Saturday by John Anderson as the result of an automobile accident on the Lionton road. Carl E. Ostlund, 'who is said to have left a truck and trailer loaded with logs standing on the road and to have failed to place warning lights, is madethe defendant. Anderson al leges that he struck the truck and was injured. Fireman Is Injured. S. N. Great wood, fireman for the Southern Pa cific company, was burned about .the face and hands yesterday when the fire in bis engine "kicked back" in the vicinity of Timber on the Tilla mook line. He was brought to Port land and taken to the Good Samari tan hospital for treatment. His In juries were reported not serious. Aberdeen Man Sought. Portland inspectors are making an effort to locate Frank Wellendorn of Aber deen, Wash., who is said to be reg istered at some hotel in Portland. A telegram yesterday from the chief of police of Aberdeen announced that Mr. Wellendorn's wife was seriously ill. Painter's Hearing Todat. E. A. Robinson, painter, will have a hear ing in the municipal court today on a charge or disorderly conduct. Robin son was arrested at Second and Morri son streets Saturday by Inspectors bwennes and Mcculloch. He is said to have been annoying women and girls. Burglar Suspect Held. Harry roertner, who said he was a shipyard worker, was arrested at Sixth and Couch streets by Police Sergeant Maas early yesterday morning and is Doing investigated by the police as a suspect of a number of east-side bur glaries. Illness Still Serious. , A. H. White, father - of Adjustant-General George A. White and Hal White, was reported yesterday to be still In a serious condition at his home, 121 Florida street. Mr. White has been confined to his bed for the last ten days. LEGION ISSUES OLD PLEA ALL. OREGON POSTS ASKED TO BACK EDUCATI6XAL. BILL. Measure on Ballot Declared in Need or Publicity 10,000 Claims Reported Unpaid. Appeals for support for the sol diers' educational aid bill were tele graphed to 87 posts of the American Legion In Oregon Saturday night by William B. Follett, department com mander, following the indorsement by the state executive committee of the veterans organization. "Soldiers' educational aid bill, bal lot title 317, must receive favorable publicity," read the telegram. "More than 4000 soldiers now receiving aid ana appropriation exhausted with more than 10,000 unpaid claims. XJn less the bill passes, more than .2000 service men deprived of this aid. Act promptly along all legitimate lines of publicity. A conference in Portland of voca tional training officers of local posts will be called for the latter part of the month, the executive committee decided, at which time can be outlined working programme to assist ex service men who can avail themselves of vocational opportunities. Four things will be undertaken by the legion the instruction as to the benefits of vocational training and the methods of obtaining it, assistance in placing of men in training, recrea tional follow-up and the location of employment for rehabilitated men. Flans were outlined Saturday night for the furnishing of information at Carry You SgSJ-Phone Main 447 for a Date With Our Doctors Send one dollar and we will send you a family meal of our Delicious Jerked Salmon. "It's Great." Try it OREGON JERKED FISH CO. Box 193, Reedsport, Oregon Orcsonlifc See Our Windows RALSTON OXFORDS The quality shoe for warmer days. Up-to-the-minute lasts in mahogany and Havana brown. BON TON Extreme Eng- ' lish last. LORRAINE Semi - Eng lish last. SA YWARD C o n s e r va tive last. S. & H. Stamps Given . Exclusive Agents . -; Morrison at Fourth department headquarters of the le gion on every conceivable problem presented to world war veterans and a state-wide publicity campaign to ac quaint ex-service men with benefits due them from the government, of which their present knowledge is slight. It was pointed out that sev eral thousand ex-service men in Ore gon had never applied for the S60 bonus to which they were entitled after discharge, not knowing the proper procedure. These would be only- a few of those helped through enlargement of state - facilities for handling individual cases. - J. A. Buchanan of Astorja was ap pointed as member of the state ex ecutive committee, from the 2d con gressional district, succeeding George A. rore of St. Helens, Tesigned. CLUB. TO DISCUSS BILLS - t South Portland Improvement Asso elation Meets Wednesday. The South Portland Improvement association will meet Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the Shattuck school. The educa tional measures to be voted on May 21 will be the subjects for discussion. A. Rosenstein, the president of the as sociation for a number of years, will preside. This club takes an active interest in maters affecting the city in the section south of Morrison street and the residents of this section are urged to ' be present at this meeting. Babel of Tongues in One Public School. Carbonado Teacher Has Class of Foarten Nationalities. TACOMA, Wash., May 16. (Special.) Miss Claudia R. Stobbs, teacher of ' the ' fifth grade In Carbonado schools, has a great Americanization work to do and she is doing it. Of the 40 pupils she has in her class, 14 different nationalities are repre sented. . Carbonado is a coal riining town a few. miles from Tacoma. English, Polish, Irish, Italian, Welsh. Finnish, German, Austrian, Slavonian, Belgian, Swedish, Scotch. Norwegian and 'Seeing Through to .Perfect Vision WE caff supply you quickly with glasses accurately fitted to your needs, yet which will not cause you discomfort by being obtrusive We make -them to fit your eyes, not only, but your features as well. "Any Lens in 60 Minutes" Columbian Optical Co. , Floyd F. Brower, Manager 145 Sixth St., Bet. Alder and Morrison ARCADIAN GRILL Music and Dancing MULTNOMAH HOTEL . Portland, Oregon - . - Featuring GEORGE M. OLSEN and His Refined Dance Orchestra Feature Night, Every Wednesday Evening ; Special Supper Attraction Dinner, 5:30 to 8 P. M. Supper 9 :30 to 12 P. M. Music and Dancing r Radiantfire Series i - - f fd M T JfrftTTl T-fv - "r h lire HAVE . YOU SEEN THE DISPLAY OF MANTELS IN OUR "RADIANTFIRE PARLOR?" These Mantels are beautiful, safe and inexpensive $40 for No. 1 and $50 for the others. Made especially for and demonstrated by the gas company. The Radiantfiree pictured above are (from left to right) Nos. 30, 10Z, 103, i01 and 102. A new carload has just arrived, thus furnishing a complete assortment. Now is the time you need one. This is the season for "EXIT FURNACE, ENTER RADIANTFIRE, as Shakespeare might put it. Hardly an evening all summer but what a few cents worth of radiant heat is delightfully welcome. Watch tomorrow's papers for "Happy Smiles" In Oregonian: "Reverie" In Telegram; Toes" in Journal, and "The Two Friends" In News. French are all represented 1n the miners' families. In nearly every In stance the mother tongue of the parent is spoken at home and the children, in addition to learning what is taught in the course of study, must learn English when they come to school. Miss Stobbs has acquired a smat tering of several languages from her students and finds that her ability to understand a few words of the dif ferent languages they speak enables her to grasp more clearly what they know of the .lesson. Of the 40 stu dents under Miss Stobbs' guidance, five were born in foreign countries. GRACE P. E1LLETT PITS DOMESTIC ART HEAD TAKES POSITION IX NEW YORK. New Work to Carry Full Professor- ' ship and Annual Salary of $3500. Miss Grace P. Gillett, supervisor of domestic art in the Portland public schools for the nast three years, has lust announced her resignation in order that she may become head of the denartment of household econom les of the Mew York State College for Teachers, which position carries wltli it a full professorship and a salary nf 13500. Miss Gillett's salary in Portland was $2400 for the past year. Previous to that it had been 2uuu. Prior to coming to Portland, Miss Gillett was for two years a member of the faculty of the Oregon Agricul tural college and before that she was for eight years supervisor of domestic science and arts of the public schools of Auburn, N. Y., and she has taught in the Boston Tiwdes school for girls and i nthe University of Minnesota. Miss Gillett received her training at Simmons college, Boston, and at the Teachers' college of Columbia uni versity. Miss Gillett, in company with Mies Effie I. Raitt, director of home eco nomics at the University of Washing ton, will drive through to Colorado Springs to attend the annual meeting '99 of the National Rome Kconomics as sociation. Miss Gillette will be joined there by a friend from Boston and together they will continue the motor trip through to New York. GILBERT SAYS: "Rent a phonograph from me." You'll Enjoy Buying a Piano Here Not a matter of salesmanship but a business proposition. ,.: ' If you can't afford a piano and need one see me. - ,, - ' ' Prices and terms "so reasonable. Satisfaction or your money back. RAR0LDSG1LBERT '"pianos 111 Wait on Too. No Salesmen. Tailored Clothes for June Days June-time will be Joy-time in. Portland. Let's dress up to the part we're to have in the big s h o w I Make it nJOY"-time right now! Come down and let me take your measure for a new suit on Easy Payments Exclusive fabrics tailoring beyond reproach. 104 Fourth Street, Between Washington and Stark ROM-I-DA Hair Grower A Positive Guarantee acaip Treatments Shampooing; Manicuring Rooms 428-429 Medical Bldg. Park and Alder Sts. Treatments By Appointment Phone Main 7966 Reduce the High Cost of Ladies and Men s Suits. We make to order from your on material or cutting and fitting only, HUFFMAN & CO. TAILORS, Medicsl Bids. 3d I'loor, Mala 8133. tti II No. 1 41 "Toasting Her A NORTHWEST INSTITUTION and one of the LARGEST CAPITALIZED . LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY New World Life Insurance Company Branch Office, Stevens Bldg. Portland, Oregon. Operators and miners will meet soon to settle the in crease in miners' wages. Therefore coal is Cheaper right now than it will be again this year. J. he in crease in . the miners' wages will naturally raise the price of coal. Right Now is the time to order your winter's supply of coal, your most reliable fuel, and Save Money DROP IN AT WOOSTER'S General Merchandise. 488 to 494 Washington St. ' OPEN EVENINGS Take the car home from Wooeter'a BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Electric Farm Lighting Mr. C. J. Litscher, Pres. Litscher Lite Corporat'n Grand Rapids, Mich. Will be in Portland May 18 to present to prospective Distribu tors an attractive proposition. Capital required $10,000.00. Apply, giving telephone num ber, c J. LITSCHER. ' Care Hotel Multnomah. FURS APPLEGATH -A elej&ant has a trtmK- ftaveYOU 'rc Children, VU- TRADEMARK fL. Garters flF' . A Safe-Guard to Health SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAINS and FAUCETS : , Ask Tour Plumber for Our Factories "Faultless" Plumbing Fixtures Office Buildings The M. L. Kline Company Wholesalers. There are few "secrets" in the printing business. A long es tablished organization, a cen tral location and the necessary mechanical equipment are es sential to success. Our Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Ruling departments pro vide under one roof the neces sary facilities for the prompt and economical execution of anything in the printing line. Estimates cheerfully furnished. Glass & Prudhomme Company PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS Desks, Filing Cabinets, 65-67 Broadway. T Clean and always convenient. Encourages drinking liberal quantities of water. Eliminates the disease bearing cup. FOUNTAINS FOR All Kinds of Public Buildings FAUCETS FOR Residences Bath Rooms Kitchens " i Hotels Shops 84-86-87-89 Front St. THE - UNITED ARTISANS INSURE THE WHOLE FAMILY Four tfp-to-Date Plana Adequate Rates Asseta Over $1,000,000 Headquarters 608 Beck Bldg. Main 1220 A 1112 Estab. 20 Years in Portland C. Gee Wo Root and Herb Remedies 162 2 First St, Fortland, Or. r ft utWI 4