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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.
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LETTERS OF RATE
TO
MOTHER
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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."
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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!-
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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."
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Silk Mixtures
Gabardines
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Blue Serges
Patterns
Light and Dark
Mixtures
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Styles
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Colors
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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.
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vacation.
'One of the Northwest's
Great Banks"
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