18 THE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1923 20 AUTDS SIGNED ONE OF PORTLAND'S FAIR DAUGHTERS ENTERED IX THE OREfiOVIAX'S REAITTY CONTEST. OR FA R CARAVAN Delegates Rush to Join 1925 Exposition Trip. in ENTRIES LIMITED TO 40 Private "r Barred Front Kxpe (11 1 ion So That Small Towns Can Handle Crowd. More than automobile entries arc already tentatively lined up to take part in the 1SS Exposition ex pedition through eastern, central and southern Oregon, which leaves Portland Saturday afternoon. - This is more than halt the number that will be accepted, (or the caravan committee has decided to limit the number of cars to 40. aa this will mean a delegation of mora than 150 men. mora than can be conveniently accommodated for meals and sleep ing arrangements at soma of the mailer towns to ba visited. Requests for information flooded the caravan offices ifl-the lectrlo building- ail day yesterday, arid Chairman Strandborg aatd last night that there would bo no difficulty In recruiting to or mora cars If It wsra deemed advisable to allow th many to participate In the tour. Private Entries Barred. la order to Impress upon the peo ple of the two score cities and towns that will be visited that this under taking is official In every respect and representative of the leading business, commercial and civic life of the state, each of the entries in the caravan must be Identified with some state, city, business or com mercial organization. In other words, no Individual entries will be accepted.- but only those that can be listed with some club, or other rec ognised organisation or Institution. Among the entries that are prac tically assured of maktna- the 1200 mile spin are the following: 1923 Exposition officials. Portland Cham ber of Commerce ttwo or three cars), sftate Chamber of Commerce. Port land Ad club (four cars), Oregon State Federation of Labor. Kotary club. Portland Realty board (two lari). Progressive business Men's club. Hast ide Uusiness Men's club. Kiwanis. Lions' club. State fair board. Community Service associa tion, and four or five additional cars whose classification has not been made as yet. Labvr Leader la Ua. Otto R. Hartwtg. president of the Slate Federation of Labor, was one of the first to declare his Intention of accompanying the exposition leaders, and It is expected that he will be able very quickly to con vince the people In other sections of the state of the great importance to ail labor of having such a great ex position celebration. Eric V. Hauser. president of the Rose Festival association. Is plan ning to Join the trek, and so Is Fred W. Vogler. president of the North west Auto company, who drove the "pace-making" car In the famous Pacific Coast advertising caravan, two years ago. "I'm rarin' to go, and I think I'll let business go hang." grinned Vog ler. yesterday. The expedition will be given al most a whole day's rest, about half way on the tour, the business sched ule being Interrupted by the side trip to Crater lake where the party will arrive at noon. Thursday. Au gust IT, and remain until nearly Boon the following day. Letters t Be Seat Oat. Letters will be sent out today in viting the county courts and oher county and city officials to meet the party at the county lines and act as an escort through the local Jurisdic tion. The position ot honor In the caravan line will be given such local delegations, immediately In the rear .of the "pace-making" car. Invita-1 lions wi;j also be sent to various I business organizations along the . itinerary, to Join the caravan and accompany it the balance of the way. Literature will be sent out in ad vance from the 1IS Exposition of fices so that all cities and towns where stops will be made will be familiar with the purposes of the tour before the party arrives. Information regarding entries or other details of the caravan may be had by telephoning W. P. Strand borer. Atwater 6100. z3l . . fci A 'i LETTERS OF RATE TO MOTHER E Tender Heart Possessed by Hanged Man. ONE MESSAGE TO SISTER MISS MARGARET CROWLEY. Fink photo. SUITS PROMISED BEAUTY LATEST AND MOST FETCHING MODELS ASSURED VICTOR. Fortunate Winner of The Orego- nian's Contest Will Not Lack for Fine Coxt u rues. Miss Portland, fortunate winner of The Oregonian's contest to find the most beautiful girl in Oregon, will not lack for the very latest and most fetching models of bathing suits. Already she has two swim ming cobtumea promised her and they both will be of the finest ma terials and design known to any ocean beach. Tha Columbia Knitting Mills, First and ir'almon streets, will give Miss Portland a silk striped Columbia knit swimming suit and cap to give an added touch of atmosphere to the costume, the happy recipient will be Invited to choose a sport scarf from the mill's stocks. The suit promised will be made especially for Mis Portland.' as soon as she is selected, in order to suit her color and type as well as size. She will be given entire freedom in choosing her own costume. The Asbury Mills, with offices on Fifih avenue, X. V.. manufacturers of the Annette Kellerman bathing suits, also will present Miss Port land with one of the rinest garments the concern makes. When Miss Port land reaches Atlantic City to disport the pageant of beauty there the in first week in find this' suit September, she will waiting for her and she may make her selection as to colors, style and size. In her lug gage already, she will have the bathing tuit from Portland, so she will be prepared for a swimming party any time. With so much of the pageant pro gramme taking place on the beach ut Atlantic City, with bathers' revoe and swimming and other water sports scheduled. Miss Portland will find that two bathing suits will come very handy and that a change will be desirable. The Oregonian s contest is very close to its last week and any pretty girl in Oregon who has not yet en tered, and of course, there are many of them, despite the large list of nominees, still has a chance to be crowned beauty queen of Oregon and take that wonderful trip to Atlantic City, where she will play for a full week, all without cost to herself. The requirements are merely tnat she be more than IS years old and unmarried, as well as a bonafide retident of Oregon. To make it easy to enter, the coupon Is printed. All entrants should paste it on the back of their photos. U. S. ATTORNEY RESIGNS Assistant in Idaho District Quits Federal Job. BOISE. Idaho. Augr. 6. (Special.) Fred D. Kane, assistant United States district attorney for Idaho, whose home is at Coeur d'Alene, today forwarded his resignation to District Attorney Davis. He gave as his reason for resigning that he did not desire to leave Coeur d'Alene. Mr. Kane was appointed February 1. His resignation will be accepted. District Attorney Davis said. At the Theaters. Hippodrome. COM ED T predominates on the new bill at the Hippodrome which opened Saturday afternoon. There is a notably good feature film too. "Afraid to Fight." with that ex cellent actor Frank Mayo. In tha role of a real hero who is forced by conditions to assume to be a coward for a few rounds. The story has a bright, cheery background of fun and romance and big dramatic mo ments in Its unfolding. The headline act in the vaude ville part of the bill Is a snappy and colorful musical and dance oddity called "Bright Bits of Dance Hits." It is sponsored by two clever men dancers and three extremely grace ful and pretty maids. All five are youthful and energetic and their ec centric dancing is especially divert ing. The costumes too and the scen ery are attractive and new. -Bits of Originalities" is all ita title would Indicate. with two charming girls the Gilbert sisters. lnglng and stepping the delightful originalities. Armstrong at tha piano adds musical value to the pret ty act. The girls wear smart frocks. George Robey and Charles Gould are an amusing pair of comedians, one Is a hayseed and tha other is a Dutchman. They appear In a hilari ous interchange of comedy with melody trimmings called "So Am 1.7 Mardo and Rome, two tons of sunny Italy, make fim of each other for awhile until the audience la vastly amused and then tha two chaps produce a guitar and a mouth organ and finish with a delightful programme of harmony. The Cliff Bailey Duo opens the bill. They are agile, graceful men comedians who stage an array of whirlwind acrobatics and amazing tumbles. TODAY'S FILM FKITIRES. Columbia Apnea Ayres In "Borderland." Majestic Zane Grey's story, "Golden Dreams." Liberty Wallace Reid in "The Dictator." Uivoli Ethel Clayton in "For the Defense." Heilig Harold Lloyd in "Grandma's Boy." Hippodrome Frank Mayo in "Afraid to Fight." Circle "The Connecticut Yankee." NOBL und in i Barbados Hotel Man Dies. PEMBROKE. Me.. Aug. ( George S. Pomeroy. who. as owner and manager of the Marine hotel at Barbados, B. W. I., in recent years waa known by many tourists, died bere today of Injuries suf fered in an automobile accident near Perry yesterday. His mother, wife and sister were injured at tha am t:ma. OBLE purposes grossly m.s- drrstood, the usual beauty distress, honesty and dyed- in-the-wool villainy, are the ele ments contained in the exciting Goldwyn production, "Golden Dreams." the current attraction at the Majestic. It is full of dramatic thrills. The setting for the story, which is ity Zane Grey, is a mythical Span ish state In America. The principal characters, however, are Americans Of course, there is no doubt in the mind of the spectator that the man ly hero mill rescue the heroine at line peycnoioiiri! momciii, uui mc (.rouueers cleverly maintain consid erable suspense before It is effected. The feature is pure melodrma. but full of snappy situations. It is rm-ift moving, carries conviction and is ably directed. The cast is a particularly good one. Claire Adams has the leading- fem inine role. She works well. Carl Gantvoort Is cast for the hero and acquits himself creditably. There Is no star. Zane Grey pictures de j.end wholly upon the story for their entertaining values and not upon the ability, real or alleged, of any lartiouiar stellar Individual. Bertram Grassby Is a polished young villain. He is finely aided end abetted in his sinister designs by Frank Leigh, who possesses the ability to make his villainy suffi ciently convincing. Mme. Rose Dione, the former protege of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, interprets an im portant role with dramatic power nd unusual distinction. Lloyd Picture Hlotous Hit. Harold Lloyd in "Grandma's Boy," the current attraction at the Heilig theater, is a riotous comedy hit! The writer cannot recall any com edy and particularly one as clean and wholesome as this that pro voked such gales of laughter. And when a picture can make a film weary critic laugh until the tears toll down his cheeks well, it's go ing some! Frequently, picture audiences will tire way to their emotions when witnessing- thrilling melodramas. and applaud th;- heroic characters in action. But "Grandma's Boy" is the first instance the writer has ever observed where the audience ap plauded the cleverly novel comedy situations. The picture begins with the boy, who is a coward. The boldest thing l.e ever did was to sing out loud in church." He loves a girl and his rival is a bully who makes his life miserable. Then the town is ter rorized. Every man is sworn in as a deputy. The boy gets a star. His nerve fails him and he rushes home to safety. His adorable old "gran ny wants to help him rind his real self, the real man. .She plans a clever method. But the writer is not going to spoil the rapid succession of clever comedy punches that constitute this ieatura by telling what "granny's" method Is or how it works. This warning, however. Is timely: don't take your eyes off the screen for a moment. The totally unex pected happens in a flash. After the final snot, when the show was reviewed Saturday evening, the au rience Just sat and continued to roar. Minister Seeks to Strike Blow at Alleged Political Frameup That Denied Fair Trial. Three letters written ' by John Rathie before his recent execution In Salem, on the charge of com plicity In the murder of "Til" Tay lor, were read last night at Sell- wood Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. Guy Fitch Phelps, pastor, who took for his subject, "Martyrs of Methodism." "I am going to read John Rathie's letters for several reasons," he said. "First, it shows that often those we class as outlaws and human waste possess the tenderest of hearts and the most forgiving of spirits. It will do church Pharisees good to contrast the apirlt that prompted these letters with their own harsh and often brutal feelings toward those who reach a prison cell."' I want to read his letters because they are a revelation of a human heart a heart which has oeen de clared black and vile by society. These letters indicate the true John Rathie, because he had no-thought that they would ever reach any hand or eye but those of his own mother. Then T want to read them because I desire to strike a direct blow at that political frameup " which re fused either to give Kirby and Rathie a. fair trial, or to grant the demsndisof the best sentiments of the state in their case." Two Letters to Mother. Two of Rathie's letters, written July 5 and July 8, were to his moth er, Mrs. Louisa. Leffelbien of Idaho Falls. Idaho. The third letter was to his sister. Lillian. The letters follow: "Dear Mother: "I received your letter the other day, and was glad to hear from you, and to hear that you were all well. This leaves me in- good health. "Dear mother, the warden was Just down here and he told me that he didn't think there was a chance for us. These people here sure feel bad about it. If they cauld stop it they sure would, but they can't do a thing for us. "Well, dear mother! if we go, pray for us, and be good tb Ctto. You know. If father was alive he would have It so. and I am sure that you will be good to Otto. I am awfully sorry that I didn't stay at home. Maybe I wouldn't be here now. "Well, mother, I wish I could have seen you before I went up.- I want ed to tell you something, but I guess I won't see you again on this earth, but we will meet again on the next. "We haven't seen our lawyer yet, and I don't know whether he will oe down here or not. I don't know why he did not file our case when he was up in Washington (it was impos sible). He did not go up there soon enough, or maybe there was some thing else the matter that he did not file them. "Dear mother, you know that I am not ajillty of killing anybody and God will make it all come out right in the end. Maybe God has something like that in store for the men who sent us to this; and maybe they won t like it so well, either. God works in a wonderful manner. I pray and hope that God will have mercy on them. ... ""'Mr. George Koehler was here to talk to me, and he gave me the let ter you wrote him. I den't know whether I will be able to read it or not. I haven't read any German for quite a while.. . . . (Last part missing.) . "JOHN RATHIE." tell you that I love you, and that I am glad that you are at home, and can help mamma. You' know maxi ma is setting old, so you wajt to help her all you can. You wr x to read this to Fred and Johnn and th6 two babies, Alex and Fredd. Tell them that John loves them. Tell them to pray for me. And tell them to be awfuily good to mamma. Tell them that God will love them if they are good to mamma. "Say, Lillian, when you go to school next winter, you want to learn all you can. It will help you when you get- older. Tell the kids to learn all they can, too, will you? "I sure wish I could see you all, but I win't on this earth, eo tell them to .be good so that we will meet In heaven. And I am sure they can and will be good. , I believe in them. "Well, Lillian, little girl, be good to yourself, and help others, be good. "Well, Lillie, I will have to close now. Hoping this will find you all well, and sending lots of love and kisses for. you all. "Cheer mamma up. and tell her not to worry too much, and that I will meet her in heaven, where there are many mansions, where we Wlll be one big family; and where there is nothing but love and peace. "Good-bye, sister, and God bless' you. and keep you forever. "Your loving brother, "JOHN L. RATHIE." Sunday Special Concerts. Selection from "The Chocolate Soldier." by Straus, scored ah em phatic hit at the Kivolt theater spe cial concert yesterday. The other two outstanding hits of the Inter esting programme were Verdi's overture "The Force of Destiny" and Puccini's "Madame Butterfly." Henri Keates, organist, scored cicely with his well-selected pro gramme at the Liberty theater con cert yesterday. There is no abate ment either in Interest or enthusi asm in what has developed into the usual Sunday "joyfest" at this pop ular theater. A large number of Portlanders will soon be able to ay: "I sang at the Liberty theater." Christian Faith Embraced. The second letter to his mother written July S. follows: "Dear and Loving Mother: "I will just write you a few lines to let you know I will die a Chris tian: that I have accepted Christ Jesus, who was crucified for us that we might not be lost. I" will pray all night, dear mother, and I know you will, too. And, mother. If I go I will meet you in paradise when you leave this earth. lou know. dear mother, that I will meet my two sisters up there and father, too. So you want to be good and pray, dear mother, and think of me in paradise with Jesus Christ, our saviour. "Dear mother, you must be good to my brothers and sisters, and love them, and I am sure they will be good to you, and love you, too. Read them this letter, dear mother, and I know that they will be good and stay at home. They all know that I have always loved them, but they never knew how much. I never knew how much I loved them til now. Tell them to be good and pray to God. so that we will meet in heaven. "Dear mother. I will have- them send all the letters that I have here I asked the warden this morning if he would send them, and he- said that he would; so I guess you will get everything that I have here. "Well, dear mother, I will close now1, in Jesus' name. God bless you and keep you. With lots of love for all. "From your son. "JOHN L. RATHIE." Sister Is Admonished. To his sister, John Rathie wrote: . "Dear Sister Lillian: "I will write you a few lines and FIGHT ON ERROR IS URGED Thought Better Weapon Than Is Force, Says Pastor. "It is better for all concerned to eliminate error by thought than by force," declared Rev. W. S. Crockett, pastor of the East Side Christian church, last night in" his sermon on the subject "Error Stripped of rower." "Ten years ago a certain error was in power in Europe, or rather a cer tain erroneous idea was in power. The kaiser was frankly in opposi tion to the truth when the truth was found inconvenient. His theory vitally affected his conduct and tho conduct of all those who held thU theory with him. Like all mortals, the kaiser was ambitious, and there were practically no bounds to his ambitious schemes. . ' "A casual reading of the papers shows that as much as the innocent have suffered, the erroneous have suffered even more. It would have been better for the central powers, to have been stripped of the power of error. If ten years ago Germany, Austria and Turkey had seen the truth and conformed their lives to it such misery as is in Europe would not be reported today. "He who tells the truth helps to strip error of its power. Truth learning is a slow process in this old world, where we do eo love error. He who advocates any truth helps to extirpafe error. The faith ful truth teller, whoever he may be is the best safeguard against error. Let us tell the truth as we see it about all things. If we believe there is error in any religion, for God's sake let us frankly say so. "Let us destroy within ourselves any insidious flattery of wrongdoers for our own personal advantage. This is easy to say, but hard to practice. In our candor let us make no terms with error, with its strug gle against truth. The times de mand men who courageously ex pose error or at least have the san ity to explain the fundamental truths. Let us proceed with cour age." CLEAVAGE IS HORIZONTAL Sale!- Men's Young Men's Youths' N - High Grade All-Wool Suits Every suit irf this sale is offered at a remarkable saving the regu lar prices range from $45 to $60. We guarantee the quality, fit and workmanship of every suit. The values are among the best we have 'x ever offered. Come in and see how much clothes value $33 will buy at Meier & Frank's. Screen Gossip. Laurette Taylor will soon bektn work on her Initial screen effort, the film version of her great stage success. Peg o My Heart. Erich von Stroheim has selected an intriguing title lor nis next Lni versal super-feature. Go-Round." "The Merry R. William Neiil has completed his direction of "What's Wrong With the Women?" a Daniel Car son Goodman story, and rumor says he may go abroad to make his next rroduction. Caryl Fleming has finished "The Cne Way Trail." in which winsome Norma Shearer is the featured fem inine player. e Herbert Brenon is directing Wil liam Farnum in "The. Miracle Child." Mary Murillo story, for Fox. HA GILBERTSAYS: You haven t snopped until you see my stock. Just north of Washington street." Player Pianos Phonographs Player Roll Exchange f 1 PIANOS Christianity Declared Divided by Sectarians and Modernists. "The time has come when the most important lino of cleavage among Cnristians is not vertical be tween Sects, but horizontal, with those Christians on one side sec tarian in spirit, and those on the other, who are, for lack of a better name, called modernists," said Will iam G. Eliot Jr., at the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), yesterday morning, when he preached on the subject "Evolution and the Future of Christianity." "Pius X's encyclical 'Pascendi' re moved from the priesthood or si lenced every modernist In the Ro man hierarchy. The term modern ist within the - Roman church can properly apply, therefore, only to a comparatively small number of lay men, i The most important organized activity among modernists is found In the madern churchmen s union within the Anglican church. In other churches the movement is for the most part unorganized. "Modernists differ in some details of doctrine, but they agree that a belief in the principle of historical, institutional, ethical and spiritual or mystical continuity is not incon sistent with individual intellectual freedom and the acceptance of mod ern methods and results in scien tific and scholarly research. "Many of them believe that creeds as tests of Christian, fellowshiphave become hindrances to Christian unity rather than helps, that they prevent rather than further Chris tian fellowship, that they discour age rather than - encourage many who would otherwise enter into church membership." Fabrics Finished Worsteds Unfinished Worsteds Tweeds . Cheviots -Cassimeres Silk Mixtures Gabardines Whipcords Blue Serges Patterns Light and Dark Mixtures Herringbones Checks Stripes Over Plaids Styles Conservative Advanced Single- Breasted Double- Breasted One-Button Two-Button Three-Button Business Suits Sports Suits Colors -Plain Blue -Plain Brown -Many Mixture--in light and dark shades All Sizes From 32 to 42. -Meier & Frank's: Third Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) ftljelecfPCctiyd (iter. ra The Quality Store ftis of Portland. Oregon IlfTM. SIXTH. MO..ISON, ALDf. STS. PI HOLDS UP RESTAURANT ALSO ROBBED BY YOUTHFUL OUTLAWS. Murraymead Auto Establishment . and Pangborn Eating House Are Visited Late Saturday. Lucky. Guessing His Secret. Washington Star. "How did you attain your great reputation as a student of finance?" ".Mostly," said Dustin Stax in a confidential tone, "by being a lucky guesser." The Murrymead garage, 717 Haw thorne avenue, and the restaurant of Peter Pangborn, 1617 East Thir teenth street, were held up late Sat urday night by the pair of young lobbers whose distinguishing marks, i espectively, were an eyebrow mus tache and a leather top coat,. Entering the garage about 11 o'clock, one of the pair held Clyde Hargrave. night man, with a revol ver while the other took J4.25 from the till. Al Clandioglos, 339 East Twenty-fifth street, who was in the i ear of the garage talking with Har grave, was held up and relieved of $55. From the garage the men went to the Pangborn restaurant, where one of them compelled Pangborn, his wife and two customers, to stand. at the point of his revolver, while the other took $8 from the regis ter. No effort was made at personal robbery. Both men answer descriptions of the two who-on Friday night held i'P the Brooklyn garage, obtaining $138. In none of the jobs did they wear masks and there are half a dozen persons who have sworn to police that they would recognize ei ther of the robbers. Platinum Ore Tests High. MANILA, Aug. 6. Ore testing 68 per cent platinum has been found in the Lianea mines, operated by Per sian capital, which is making a thorough survey to ascertain tha extent of the deposits. Platinum is widespread in the islands, but here tofore has been found in unpaying oua ntities. WOOSTER'S Great Variety of General . Merchandise 488-494 Washington St. Open Evenings mmm. i r jfwig' When the 1 ip . ...i....... .r"fl: being dis- "r l v "H'Y i :T;V1I sasSedyon i -,( S I'-lhliifwMiM'lIll witt hear ft'I vflf. lWXil ""name l The Builders When the great timber com panies of the Northwest cut their way through the woods they leave seed trees to insure a re-growth. They are think ing of the future. When vacation time has felled considerable of your financial timber, start your re-growth with a new purpose so that next year you will have more than just seed left when you come back". ' . . . 4 - . United States National Banlo , S&ih and Stark Prepare NOW for the next vacation. 'One of the Northwest's Great Banks" I