VOL. LXI NO. 19,117 EPnt7,af," 'v'1?"1 ,0ren
7 Postofflce as gecond-claas Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1922
PRICE FIVE , CENTS
SI
CITY OF 2000 B. C.
FOUND IN PALESTINE
SIX OTHERS BUILT ABOVE IT
DURING 4000 YEARS.
PROSPERITY
is ran
CITY'S REPAIR SHOPS
TRUCK DRIVER LOSES
WEDDING TICKETS
BID FOR BY YAWKS
SHERIFF OF JACKSON C
nrn ADcn Mem incMTiu
TO
DAMAGED BY BLAZE
$8,000 LIQUOR LOAD
BOTTLES EXPOSED CROSSING
TRACK AT 'ST. HELENS.
ULULAULL ItLULIULIli
3 PERSONS HURT
E
LOSS IS ROUGHLY ESTIMATED
GRAND JURY REPORT , FILED
WITH COURT.
AT $15,000.
1
H
HAND
HOSPITAL AT
Steel Gondola Car Hit on
Portland Street.
ONE OF INJURED MAY DIE
Driver Had Been Drinking,
Says One of Victims.
CRASH NOT EXPLAINED
No Member or Party Able to Tell
Exactly How Accident Hap
pened at Lighted Crossing.
Three persons were injured, one per
haps fatally, and a fourth esoaped un
harmed when the automobile in which
they were driving' crashed into a
Southern Pacific freight train stand
ing across Grand avenue, at Sherman
street near the Inman-Poulsen lumber
mills late last night.
The injured are:
Ernest T. Johns, jnarried, .619 Har
ney avenue; crushed skull.
Gatano Piccolo, 18 years old, 1650
East Seventeenth street, lacerated face
and scalp and contusions to head.
Earl Stanish, 14 years old, 748 e
nino avenue; fractured right arm.
Youth Escapes Injury.
if
The fourth occupant of the car who
was not injured was Wallace Smoker,
17 years old, 1707 East Nineteenth
street.
The car belonged to Johns, who was
driving when the accident occurred
According to Smoker, Johns had been
drinking. The police found a bottle
of moonshine in the machine and also
two empty bottles.
The automobile was traveling north
on Grand avenue and the freight train,
on the spur track leading to the Inman-Poulsen
mills, was standing still.
Smoker and Stanish both said they
must have been going about 25 miles
an hour at the time and the machine
was not under very good control.
Stanish had offered to drive It, but
Johns had refused, saying that hws
able. '
Ko Eiiplanaton Given.
None of the boys could give an ex
planation of the accident. The street
was well lighted at that spot, but no
one seemed to have noticed the train.
The automobile plunged against a
loaded gondola coal car and wedged
. Itself underneath. The impact threw
Johns through the windshield and he
was hurled head first against the side
of the iron coal car. Stanish, also in
the front seat, was thrown to the side
and suffered a broken arm. Neither
Piccolo nor Smoker, in the rear seat,
was thrown out of the car.
Johns and Piccolo were both uncon
scious when help arrived on the scene.
A call was sent to the police and a
doctor from the emergency hospital
was rushed to the scene. He ordered
Johns to Good Samaritan hospital and
the other three boys to the emer
gency hospital. Stanish later was)
sent to St. Vincent's when examina
tion showed his arm was broken.
Johns is employed at the Portland
Bug works and the others gave their
occupations as laborers.
Attendants at Good Samaritan hos
pital at midnight said that Johns'
chances for recovery were slight.
AUTO MANSH00TS WIFE
Head ol Chicago Agency Then Cuts
His Throat.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 26. Edgar C
Frady, president and treasurer of a
large Chicago automobile distribut
ing agency, shot his wife, probablyj
fatally, and cut his own throat at a
hotel here today, according to the
police. . Both were taken to a hos
pital, where It was said their condi
tion was critical.
After firing three bullets into his
wife's body, Frady attempted to cut
his throat with a safety razor bladf
Failing in this, he resorted to a knife
to complete the act.
The hotel proprietor, attracted to
the suite by the sound of the shots,
told the police that Mrs.' Frady was
still conscious when be entered and
declared to him that "he did it,"
pointing to the bathroom, where her
husband's body lay.'
The police reported they were una
ble to find an explanation for Frady's
act, other than that the couple had
quarreled.
FATHER DROWNS INFANT
Seven-Months-Old Son Is Thrown
Into Bathtub and Left.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Walter Lid
die, 19, a clerk, confessed tonight,
the police said, that he drowned his
7-months-old son in the bathtub of
his Bronx home today because his
young wife refused to return to him.
Pressed for an explanation, he was
said to have declared that he decided
to "end it all by killing the baby
anu having the state electrocute me."
He was arrested on a homicide
charge. Officers said Liddle told
them he kissed the child several
times, dropped it Into the water and
then ran to tell his wife of his
action.
Leader of Expedition to Bethshean
Files Report, Revealing
Important Finds.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Feb. 26.
(Special.) Traces of an ancient city
dating back to 2000 B. C. the oldest
town ever discovered in Palestine
have been found by Dr. Clarence S.
Fisher, leader of the University of
Pennsylvania museum expedition to
Beth-Shean, whose report of his first
year's excavations, made public yes
terday, told of finds even more im
portant than had been anticipated.
Remains of seven different cities
built during 4000 years on the same
space and topped by the citadel of
Beth-Shean, now known as the little
village of Beisan, have been discov
ered by Dr. Fisher, together with val
uable relics of all kinds, including a
large stele inscribed with hieroglyphic
characters of about the ,14th century,
B. C. According to oriental custom,
each city was leveled off and a new
one built on the ruins, so the top of
the citadel to which the first season's
excavations of the expedition were
almost entirely devoted is now more
than 100 feet above the plain, giving
the appearance of an artificial MIL
Dr. Fisher's first find was an Arab
city, constructed about 630 B. C. Be
low it was uncovered a Byzantine city
of an earlier period containing some
large churches elaborately decorated,
and below this were the remains of a
Roman city. In additlqn a deep
trench dug from the top to the bot
tom of the hill, so as partially to un
cover all of the various strata, dis
closed traces of a Greek city,; a Scyth
ian city and at the bottom a city built
about 1700 B. Cm- The expedition will
resume operations in the spring.
AIRPLANE DID "NOT FALL
V,
Pendleton Aviators Landed at Cas
cade Locks, Says Official.
The mystery concerning an airplane,
supposed by a number of residents of
Stevenson, Wash.', to have fallen
somewhere near Cascade Locks last
Friday, was apparently solved last
night when the sheriff at Hood River
telephoned to the sheriffs office here
saying it had been learned that the
occupants of the plane vf.ere the Mi
chael brothers of Pendleton, that their
plane did not fall, but that they made
a landing at cascade JjOcks- naay.
afternoon and took off again Satur
day morning for Pendleton. " :...'-...
The Stevenson residents who re
ported the plane Friday . were posi
tive that It had fallen, and some said
it had left a trail of smoke as it
turned over and over in if descent.
County officers of Skamania, Hood
River and Multnomah counties were
urged to search for the supposedly
fallen plane. ' . .
IRISH DELEGATES CONFER
Discussions at London Said to
Have Proceeded Smoothly.
LONDON, Feb. 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The delegates of the
Irish provisional government con
ferred for an hour and a half this
afternoon at the colonial office with
Winston Spencer Churchill, colonial
secretary; Sir Hamar Greenwood,
chief secretary for Ireland, and Sir
Laming Worthington-Evans, 'secre
tary for war. t .
Both sides were reported to" be
taking a cheerful view of the situa
tion The discussions were said to
have proceeded smoothly. ' "
WOMAN, 95, SON SLAIN
Second Aged Offspring, Fonnd
Wandering in Home, Arrested.
BURLINGTON, Kan., Feb. 26. Mrs.
Jane, Wrinkle, 95, was found in hei
home here yesterday with her head
cut off. Nearby was the body of het
son, aged 70 and unmarried, with
the top of his head hacked away.
A second aged son. Berry Wrinkle,
also unmarried, was found wander
ing about the house. He was ar
rested, i
BENEFIT RAISES $39,273
.
Society Women Make Money by Op
erating Hotel Biltmore.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. One day's
operation by women at the Hotel Bilt
more for the benefit of the Society
for the Relief . and Prevention of
Tuberculosis added $39,273 to th
fund, the society announced today.
Three thousand volunteers com
posed the staff which took charge ot
the hotel last Monday and ran it' for
24 hours.
i RADIO NEWS FEATURE.
I The Sunday Oregonian has
1 inaugurated a permanent radio
J department. It will contain
news and eossiu of radio op
erators, particularly in Port
land and vicinity, and helpful
suggestions for all who are in
terested in this fascinating
science.- Hundreds, probably
thousands, of amateurs have
recently installed radiophone
receiving sets in their homes.
They will find this new depart-
ment, the first to be established
in Portland, both interesting
and valuable to them, s
Threatened Coal Strike
Disturbing Factor.
MINERS WILL LOSE HEAVILY
Cost to Country Generally
Declared Much Greater.
WAGE SCALES STILL HIGH
Trained Economic Observer Points
Ont Many Indications That Na
tion Is Rearing End of Pinch.
'f-:.. . .
'f , BY HARDEN COLFAX
Copyright, 1922, by The Oregonian.)
' WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 26.
(Special.) Mar freight is rolling
over the rails today than in any Feb
ruary since 1919. Also, for the first
time since the period of economic ad
justment started, the traffic' is heav
ier than it was during the correspond
ing period In edther 1920 or 1921.'
Corporations with" authorized cSplr
tal stock of more than $2,000,000,000
have taken out charters since January-'
1. This Is an increase of 25 per
cent over the corresponding period in
1921. ... , -.
Stocks and bonds are climbing to
high ground. The price level is equal
to about the highest reached last
year. ' :-.- .
j Wheat Is up, due possibly for a re
action, and then, as market observers
see it, in for a. long, steady, healthy
climb to reasonably higher levels.
Signs Point to Progress.
, Foredgn exchange is showing a
somewhat faltering tendency toward
better conditions, resulting in im
provement In the export situation.
These are signs of- the times that
tell of steady but real progress in the
'nation's commercial and industrial
lifa. . In no one line is the tendency
extremely marked, but the cumuLa-
tive effect of betterment in all lines
is manifest In a generally healthier
tone in the business word,'a slightly
larger votame-ef transactions and a
much nnre optimistfe outlook." W&re
It not for one troublesome factor. In
the opinion of officials here, the
country could count'', itself a facing
an uninterrupted return toward . an
era of prosperity. ' ,
, ' Coal Strike Thought Certain. '
That factor is the threatened coal
strike. Indications seem to point
with certainty to ' its coming. As
April 1 nears, the coal situation will
beoome more and more dominant in
the country's industrial affairs. The
big volume of traffic on- American
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) .
BRING
YOU VN.OULb K'r
Fireman Is Severely Cut on Temple
When Hit by Falling Bar; .
Flames' Cans Unknown.
Fire, breaking out in the Municipal
repair shop3. Twelfth and Powell
streets, last night caused damage
roughly estimated at 1 15,000.
Orbreau Smith,. 35 years old, fire
man with Engine 9, was severely cut
on the right temple when an iron bar
fell upon him. It knocked him out
He was rescued by a comrade.
An Investigation was begun last
night to determine the origin of the
flames. Ordinarily there is someone
on duty In the building .night and
day, but on Sunday afternoon the only
mechanic goes home at 4:30. The
watchman yesterday was Nelson T.
Woods, 5120 Woodstock avenue, who
said that 'he went home about 6
o'clock. From 5 o'clock until 9:54 . P.
M., when the first fire alarm was tel
ephoned to the city hall, the building
was deserted. No theories were ad
vanced as to the origin.
The repair shop is of red brick, two
stories and basement. The basement
and first story are fireproof, the
second story and roof being of lum
ber. Most of the fire damage was to
the second floor, and rafters and roof
probably will have to be replaced.
Police patrol No. 1, a large automo
bile, had been taken to the repair
shops for some minor adjustment. It
was caught in the flames and when
rescued by firemen had lost all of its
paint and the leather cushions had
been scorched and wafersoaked.
A large truck that stood in an arch
way, was in the path of fire, which
meltel a gasoline tank connection. As
the gasoline poured out the truck
staged a blaze of its own that was
extinguished by chemicals in the
hands of firemen. ".'.-.
Neither Master Mechanic Phillips,
in charge of the shops, nor City Com
missioner Bigelow, could give an es
timate of insurance carried on build
ing and contents, although Commis
sioner Bigelow said he thought the
loss would be covered by insurance.
ART RENAISSANCE SEEN
Galleries Blossoming Everywhere,
Says Chicago Sculptor.
' NEW YORK, Feb. 26. The central
and western states of the country are
undergoing renaissance in art, Lorado
Taft, Chicago sculptor, declared to
day in an address at memorial serv
ices' lor Solon Hanniba,! Borglutfi, the
New York sculptor who died last
month.
Mr. Taft said the greatest material
evidence of this movement was that
art galleries were "blossoming every
where, not as cold-storage plants for
works of art, but as places of inspira
tion for the talented.-' ,
A message from Jules J. Jusserand,
the French ambassador, read during
the service, called Borglum a man "of
rare parts," and paid tribute to his
"ability to catch In a remarkable way
and perpetuate the living and breath
ing! spirit of things."
BACK THE OLD-FASHIONED
OH sorv tine:
Speed Officer Catches Glimpse of
Whisky and Arrests Nerv
ous Man at Wheel.
ST. 'HELENS, Or., Feb. .26. (Spe
cial.) A nervous truck driver, who
appeared to step Just a little too
heavy on the accelerator, exposed the
contents of the truck to the eye of a
St. Helens traffic officer and lost a
$8000 load of 1080 quart bottles of
bonded whisky, while crossing the
railroad track on his way through St
Helens late Saturday night
The driver, who said his name was
J. T. Page, was about to negotiate the
street intersection when H. G. Had
field, traffic officer, approached on
his motorcycle to sound a warning.
A door of the truck was jolted and
suspicious sacks were noticed by the
oficer. Page was arrested.
A count revealed exactly"90 sacks
of liquor, each , sack containing 12
bottles.
"Where are you going with this?"
Officer Hadf ield queried.
"I'm on. the way to Portland," the
(Jriver replied.
Page would not say where he ob
tained the liquor or how long he had
been on the road. He said someone
was waiting for him at a hotel In
Portland, where the liquor was to be
delivered. ,
The sacks were marked carefully
to avoid confusion in sorting. "H &
H." Indicated that "Haig and Haig"
was plentiful,' but "O. T." seemed to
show that "Old Taylor" predominated.
Other marks indicated that some of
stock had been .sent from Vancouver,
B. C.
The truck ' bore Oregon license
number 45,638. ,
The liquor is held here awaiting
disposal of the case against Page and
an investigation of his connections.
The 1080 quarts, said, interested ob
servers, are worth approximately
(8000, when the market is strong.
NEW DISEASE HITS CATTLE
Anti-Toxin Sought; Death Results
in Five to 71 Hours.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 26. Do
mestic animals are threatened by a
new and dreaded disease which
causes death in from five to 71
hours, according to a bulletin issued
tonight by the public health service.
Efforts are being made to produce an
anti-toxin.
Suggestions that the organism of
the disease is -the', same : which causes
"limber neck" in chickens have not
been demonstrated, the bulletins said.
MISS N0RMAND BETTER
Actress Declared to Be Well on
Way to Recovery.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26. Mabel
Normand, film actress, who has been
ill from influenza and nervous break
down, was said by her physician to
day to be well on the way to com
plete recovery.
REMEDY.
VHAT-ftME ARE.
YOU KfMiNmG ON
GEYTIKG IN SON ?
l tin.
Harveys Only Americans
to Get Invitations.
SCRAMBLE ON FOR CARDS
Royalty Seems to Have Over
looked U. S. Climbers.
DULL WEATHERFORECAST
Even Rain and Fog Declared Un
likely to Drive Home Admir-
ers of Princess Mary.
LONDON, Feb. 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Forecasts of dull,
rainy weather for the first few days
of this week has failed to lessen
popular enthusiasm over Tuesday's
great event the wedding of Princess
Mary to Viscount Lascelles In West
minster abbey. It is fairly certain
that a combination of one of London's
worst fogs and a torrential downpour
would not prevent multitudes from
lining the route to be traversed by
the state carriages bearingthe bride
elect and King George and Queen
Mary to the abbey.
Against the vagaries of the weather
waterproof shelters have been pro
vided for the several stands In front
of Buckingham palace, whence the
procession will- start, and about the
west door of the abbey. Should the
skies be blue the state processions,
which are to be part of the elaborate
wedding ceremonial, and the- beauti
ful gowns of the wedding guests will
afford the populace ' a spectacle of
surpassing elegance.'
Gorgeous Gowns Likely.
The carefully selected toilettes of
the more than 1000 women guests will
make of the event a gorgeous Sihow of
gownsi jewels and fineries.
Hotels and restaurants were crowd
ed and tonight it was more difficult
to find lodgings, even in the humblest
of establishments, than at any time
sin.ee the coronation of -King George.
The west end restaurants and clubs
have labored In their endeavors to
cope with the avalanche of patrons,
the numbers of which are Being In
creased hourly by excursionists from
all Varts of the kingdom and conti
nent. As far as has been ascertained,
George Harvey, the American am
bassador, and Mrs. Harvey, will be
the only Americans to receive Invi
tations to the abbey service. It is
known that there are dozens of trans
Atlantic visitors attracted to London
by the wedding, who are endeavoring
by the exertion of influence in diplo
matic, court and business circles and
by the expenditure of large sums of
money to obtain coveted tickets of
admission. ' " . 1
Mrs. Harvey's Gom Planned.
Mrs. Harvey will wear a gown of
soft hrown crepe romaine, embroid
ered in paillettes of lighter brown,
dull gold and orange, with a cape of
satin saconne velvet to match and a
hat of the same tones of brown
trimmed with osprey.
The dressmakers and milliners who
made the dresses and hats of Princess
Mary are to be her guests at Buck
ingham palace tomorrow, when they
will have a glimpse of the marvel
ous accumulation of wedding gifts ex
hibited in the state rooms.
Some of the enterprising tenants
of offices In Piccadilly and other
streets which are to be traversed by
Viscount Lascelles and his bride will
realize a year's rental from the sale
of seats in windows, so keen is the
desire of the people for a glimpse of
the couple.
The scene within' the abbey during
the ceremony will be preserved for fu
ture generations by Frank O. Salis
bury, the painter, who already has be
gun painting a large canvas by royal
command.
Abbey to Be Closed.
The abbey will be closed tomorrow.
It will be open to ticket holders at
9:45 o'clock Tuesday morning and a
few hours after the marriage cere
money it will be reopened to the pub
lic when a charge of one shilling will
be made for a view of the scene of the
ceremony.
. All the warships In Portsmouth will
dress ship and at night will be illu
minated In honor of the wedding.
Announcement is made that King
George has appointed Viscount Las
celles a knight of the order of the
garter. j
PORTLAND GETS 4.SN0W
- vi. ':-';
Fair and Colder Weathei Forecast
v - .. . .
for Today.- ' " ,
A flurry of snow' mixed with rain
surprised Portlanders Xesterday morn
ing and spoiled some motoririg parties
which had been planned. The snow
started falling about 9:80 and fell
intermittently until 12:30, The" remainder-
of. ''the day was fair "and
some what, warmer than It has been
during the "present cold wave. .
.The weather bureau,-, announced
that , the precipitation during the
morning was five one-hundredths of
an Inch. 'This 'was,' probably half
snow. ' . '
The forecast for today is: "Gener
ally fair, colder, with a northeast
wiadJ.'.
Mr. Terrill Far, From Doing Duty,
if Xot Deliberately Allowing Of
. fenders to Escape, Plaint
MJSDFORD, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.)
The outstanding feature of the Jack
son county grand jury report, filed
with Circuit Judge Calkins late Sat
urday, was the charge that Sheriff
Terrill "is far from doing his duty, if
not deliberately allowing wrongdoers
to escape the consequences."
. The report set forth that an appeal
was made to the governor for assist
ance as allowed by law, but his de
cision was that he did not feel war
ranted in interfering unless the situ
ation became critical enough to make
it necessary to preserve peace. He
pointed out that there was remedy in
the recall."
The report further said:
"This jury Is compelled. In view of
the opinion of the district attorney
and In that no help from the state is
possible, to abandon Its intention of
having the' sheriff defend his actions
in court." ;.'
In commenting on the lack of har
mony between the jury and District
Attorney Moore, the report Baid that
"this jury has had considerable diffi
culty in working harmoniously with
the district attorney in some in
stances," and recommended that "the
state law be changed so that a grand
jury can procure such legal assistance
as It desires."
The grand jury report said that the
Bank of Jacksonville failure was a
hard problem for the laymen.- It ex
onerated C. M. Ruch, one of the bank
directors, maintained silence on cases
pending and announced that a report
is forthcoming from the state bank
examiner.
The action of the county court in
expending county money for the en
forcement of the prohibition law was
upheld by the jury. "
STARS ..'T0GET PLACES
Harvard Applies Methods of Meas
uring Distance From Earth.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 26. Hun
dreds of stars, the distances of which
are still unknown, will be assigned
their places in space for the first time
by recently developed methods of
measuring their distance from the
earth now being applied at Harvard
college observatory. It was announced
today. The new methods are based
upon a study of the spectra and dis
place the former parallax .method of
triangulation.
In applying the new methods Har
vard has available 300,000 photographs
of stars taken in the last 20 years.
CREW ROWS 200 MILES
New Foundland Fishing Schooner
,. Founders at Sea.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 26. The
crew of the New Foundland fishing
schooner Howard Parks rowed 200
miles In an open boat after their ves
sel had foundered and reached Bar
badoes yesterday.
Advices today said the vessel had
been driven far to the southward by
contrary winds before she sprang a
leak.
PRESIDENT'S GIFT LOST
$6000 Diamond Brooch Returned
Owner by Hotel Bellboy.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Feb. 26. A
diamond brooch, gift of President
James K. Polk to his wife, which was
lost last night, was restored today to
its owner, Mrs. George W. Fall of
Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Fall, adopted
daughter of the late president's
widow, was a guest at a beach front
hotel last night for dinner. .
She dropped the brooch, valued at
$6000,. in the foyer, where It was
found by a bellboy. -
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 42
degrees; minimum, 84 degrees.
TODAY'S Generally fatr; colder; north to
east winas.-
, . Foreign.
French and English liberals reorganizing.
Page 5. '
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey to see princess mar
ried. Page 1.
French denounce modern dances. Page 7.
No time or place set for McCormlck-Oser
wedding. Page 7.
Mary's trousseau youthful looking. Page 2.
Estate presented to Princess Mary.
Page 2.
National.
Interest on debt staggers allies. Page 4.
Prosperity near, but threatened coal strike
- is disturbing factor. Fae 1.
f . Domestic.
Wedding outfit of Princess Mary complete
and exquisite. Pege 2.
City ot 2000 B. C. found In Palestine.
Page 1. .
America has half of gold in world. Page 6.
Light wines sale favored by labor. Page 3.
Boys flle protest against girl vamps.
Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Sheriff of Jackson declared negligent
Page L i
Truck , driver loses $$000 liquor load.
Page 1.
Sports. '
Cougars and Idaho to mix this week.
Page 10. .. ''. ,
Decision of Coach Bohler is surprise to
Dean Bovard. Page 10.
All-local smoker proposed. Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Swedish steamer Cydic on way here.
Page 11. ,
French bonds reach new high levels.
Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Lumber mills face log shortage. Page 6.
Shriners to build hospital here at once.
. Page V
Minister attacks . Darwinian ' theory
Page 16. '
Why girl, 18, left home baffler police.
Page 16.
Three persons hurt when auto hits train-.
Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 7,
Committee Is Named to
Select Site.
NEWS SENT MAYOR BAKER
Quick Action Is Expected on
$250,000 Structure.
PLAN ORIGINATED HERE
Portland to Get One of Children's
Structures Planned at 1921
Imperial Council.
A site for the Shriners' hospital for
crippled children, to be erected in
Portland, will be selected in the near
future by Bishop Frederick W. Keator
of Tacoma and John D. McGillvray of
San Francisco, members of the board
of trustees in charge of the Shriners'
hospitals, according to a message re
ceived yesterday by Mayor Baker.
' Bishop Keator and Mr. McGillvray
were appointed to select the Portland
hospital site, name the architect and
make all arrangements for the erec
tion and completion of the hospital
here. The appointment was made at
the meeting of the board of trustees
held on February 24 in' St. Louis, Mo.
Mnyor Gets Telegram.
The telegram which Mayor Baker
received yesterday afternoon from
Mr. McGillvray bringing the news of
definite decision to proceed immedi--ately
with the erection of the Shrin
ers' hospital in Portland, to cost ap-A
proximately J2S0.000, read as follows;
"At a trustees' meeting Bishop
Keator and myself were appointed to
select a site at Portland in the near
future. Also to select an architect
and make arrangements to proceed
with establishment of a hospital in
your city at an early date."
Decision to build one of the string
of Shriners' hospitals for crippled
children in Portland was made at a
meeting of the board of trustees in
Atlanta, Ga last fall after Portland'
claims had been presented by Mayor
Baker and Dr. S. M. Strohecker.
Potentate Is Gratified.
"The news contained in the tele
gram to Mayor Baker is very gratify
ing," said A. L. Tetu, illustrious
potentate. "While it was known that
Portland had been chosen as one of
the cities in which one of these re
markable human workshops was to
rise, nevertheless we did not know
just how long we would have to wait
before actual construction work would
begin.
"However, the work of Mayor Baker
and Dr. Strohecker In Atlanta, Ga.,
when Portland's advantages were
presented, was so thorough that much
of the delay in getting the project
under way, which we anticipated, has
been eliminated and Portland will
have a Shriners' hospital in operation
much sooner than was expected.
Movement Begun Here.
"The latest news will serve as an
added Inspiration to the members of
Al Kader temple and will serve to
gain the hearty support of every
Shriner in Oregon to the crippled
children's hospital project"
The selection of Portland as one of
the cities in which a crippled chil
dren's hospital will be erected is par
ticularly significant for the reason
that it was in Portland, during the
imperial council session .in 1920, that
the hospital movement ' was first
launched by W. Freeland Kendrick,
then imperial potentate, and given
indorsement by the members of the
imperial council.
Representatives of Al Kader temple
in 1921, including Mayor Baker, Judge
George Stapleton, W. J. Hofmann and
Frank S. Grant, played an Important
part In preventing the "chloroform
ing" of the project by opposing in
terests. Opposition Is Overcome.
It was at the imperial council ses
sion in Des Moines, la., last June that
the battle which was successfully
waged to save the hospital plan was
organized by the Portland delegation.
For an entire afternoon Shriners from
all parts of North America took the
floor in. support of the hospital plan
as outlined by Past Imperial Poten
tate Kendrick.
. It was at this time that Mayor
Baker made his famed "Let's go"'
speech, which served as a climax to
the successful battle waged by the
hospital advocates.
Recognition of the part that Port
land's representatives played In this
fight has been given by many promi
nent Shriners, and one member of the
hospital trustees recently wrote to
Portland and declared that 90 per
cent of the creUit for the Shriners'
hospital movement is due Mayor
Baker and his Portland colleagues
who took part in that memorable bat
tle in Des Moines. '
'.; Building to Be Simple.
' The hospital which will be erected
In Portland, will be constructed on
the same" general plan as was .fol
lowed In the erection of the Scottish
Rite crippled children's hospital in
Atlanta, Ga. It will be simple in de
sign and built for service.
Crippled children of any color and
creed, who are unable to pay for serv
ices, will be admittel to the hospital.
The' Portland institution will draw
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