THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, - SEPTEMBER 29, 1923
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R1 KCift CattU Pimc Every time yu pend a dime
3 louu asn rrizes ask or otea for your favorite
organization. The Bon Marche is giving votes in the great
contest that witl award a first prize of $500 to the favorite
charitable, religious, fraternal or beneficial organization.
Balance to be divided in proportion to votes received. Ash
for your votes. Get them here.
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Mora! Conditions Are Bad, 3
Policemen Admit.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
FALLEN WOMEN MANY
Maco'icrca'ui Said to Infest Sou 11
tow n District, Gambling Away
"ii'iiinss of Victims.
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Admissions that the moral con
ditions in Portland are bad, that
gang's of macquereaux and gamblers
infest the downtown district and
that fallen women are scattered
about the entire city were made
yesterday in the municipal court
by a trio of city policemen, called as
witnesses against Harry Roberts,
alias "The Jack of Spades."
Roberts, the, first of the gang of
consorts of immoral women arrested
under the terms of a specially
drawn city ordinance, was found
guilty of vagrancy by Municipal
Judge Ekwall and sentenced to SO
days in the city jail. Defects in the
ordinance were remedied at Wednes
day's council meeting, and a gen
eral campaign against this type of
underworld character has been or
dered by police officials.
Boxers' Club Involved.
The London club, athletic and
sporting organization, rendezvous
ad training quarters for profes-
jnal boxers, was drawn into the
i case as the loafing place where a
gang of macquereaux made their
ii ciiuij uni lci o ana gituiuieu a. w u.y no
earnings of Immoral women.
An underworld exists in Portland.
It is in Hotels, the north end, in
fact it is scattered over the entire
city. Patrolman Chamberlain, a
member of the moral- squad, said.
Inspector 'Moloney, who, with In
spector Schulpius, has been put in
charge of the work of driving the
macquereaux from Portland, freely
admitted that there are immoral
women in Portland and that he re
ceived part of his information re
garding the men from these women.
"Tsiere have been about a dozen
of these fellows hanging out and
gambling together in the London
club." Moloney said.
"They don't work and their asso
ciates are (immoral women. All the
underworld women in Portland
know them." ,
Police Know Condition.
Moloney continued with a line of
testimony that showed that the po
lice know that conditions in the city
are far from being good.
Patrolman Chamberlain was open
and frank in his declarations of the
city's moral conditions.
"Is there an underworld here in
Portland?" asked Attorney Steven
son, representing: the prisoner.
"why, sure, the policeman an
swered.
"And wher Is ItV the lawyer per
alsted.
"Why, in the hotels in the north
end all over the town, for that
. matter."
" , Roberta, after helns found guilty
and given 90 days In jail, immedi
ately announced his intention of
appealing his case. The prosecution
was conducted by Dave Robinson,
acting; as special prosecutor against
the consorts of Immoral women.
It was later explained by Moloney
that the management of the London
club did not approve of the presence
o this type of man and had re
quested police assistance In driving
them from the clubrooms.
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Scene from Rupert Hashes' "Remembrance," which opens at the Rlvoll
The author says It was inspired by sympathy
theater tomorrow,
lor men.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Columbia Cecil B. De Mille's
"Manslaughter."
Majestic Dorothy Dalton in
"The Siren Call."
Rivoli "The Loves of Pha
raoh." Liberty Peter B. Kyne's
"Kindred of the Dust."
Blue Mouse Charles Ray in
"A Tailor-Made Man."
Heilig ''The Isle of Doubt."
Hippodrome Bert Lytell in
"Sherlock Br.own."
Circle Jules Verne's "Tho
Isle of Zorda."
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QUARTET JS INDICTED
Use of Malls to Defraud Charged
Against S Men and Woman.
BOISE, Idaho. Sept. 28. (Special.)
Charged with using the United
States mails to defraud in the pro
moting of a townsite deal, "William
O. Reuss, his son, William O. Reuss,
his daughter-in-law, Marjorie Reuss,
and Charles W. Dingham must stand
trial in the federal court here. They
were indicted by the grand jury
The government alleged that
$150,000 was lost by investors in the
fraudulent deals. It was charged
that the quartet sold stock in the
lilmore Copper company, capital
Ized at $5,000,000, through false and
raudulent representations and that
later they used the same methods
dispose of lots . in the townsite
of Elmore City, promising the in
vestors that it would be a city of
10,000 population within a period of
five years.
WORKMEN'S ACT TARGET
Constitutionality of Compensation
Law Attacked in Idaho.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 28. (Special.)
The constitutionality of the
workmen's compensation law of this
state was raised in a case originat
ing in the district court of this
county. The case is that of Jerry
Ross versus A. M. Beal, employer,
and the Columbia Casualty com
pany, surety defendants. The Idaho
industrial accident board awarded
Ross damages in the sum of
$1731.90 in compensation for injuries
to one of his eyes while in the em
ployment of Beal.
Attorneys for Beal and for the
casualty company alleged that the
law creating the workmen's com
pensatlon commission is unconsti
tutional.
RAIL PLOT IS CHARGED
Taconia Mayor Says Streetcar
Company Bays Jitneys.
TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) Charges that the Tacoma
Railway & Power company is buy
ing Jitney busses from their owners
in order to get them off city runs
and thus eliminate competition for
the street cars were made by Mayor
Fawcett in a discussion of the
transportation question.
The mayor declared that the Ta
coma Railway & Power company
has continually tried to purchase
the busses at $1500, but had to come
up to $2200 tp buy one of the cars.
Guard Officers Take Tests.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 28. (Special.)
First Lieutenants Isaac Newman
and E. N. McCarger of the head-
enants J. C. Koepke and Prentice
Gross or company c lbza mrantry.
Oreeon national guard, returned
yesterday from Portland, where
they appeared before the regular
army examining board. Lieutenants
Koepke and Gross have just re
ceived their commissions in the na
tional guard.
UPERT HUGHES' remarkable
produc t i o n, "Remembrance,"
will open its engagement at the
Rivoli theater tomorrow. This is
the picture upon which the noted
author-director said he was willing
to "stake his artistic reputation."
Gus Metzger, general manager of
the Rivoli, is also "staking" consid
erable on this production. He has to
pay the bills. New York was only a
week ahead of this city in getting
this feature. It smashed all records
there; and it is to be hoped that
Portland movie patrons who appre
ciate the worth-while in pictures
will enable this feature in smash
some records at the Rivoli.
"Tired business men" may be glad
to learn that Rupert Hughes issued
a signed statement saying that his
"Remembrance" was inspired by
sympathy for ' them. Said Mr.
Hughes, accordipg to a telegram
just received from the Goldwyn
studio:
"I grew tired of tiresome criti
cisms of the tired business man.
He is the most important and pa
thetic figure in the world. Without
his attention to - business and his
self-sacrifice there would be no art
or finery to support the snobs who
make fun of him. If strong roots
do not grub in the black soil, how
shall there be bright flowers or
golden fruit? Where shall we get
the gold and the diamonds if nobody
digs? The father of the family, the
man wno sticks to his job, is the
hero who holds the world together.
He is often a martyr to ingratitude.
In 'Remembrance' I have tried to
show such a man in his good and
bad tempers and the tragedy and
comedy of his own and his children's
love affairs."
Screen Gossip.
Theodore Roberts, the "grand old
man of the screen," will be, seen
soon in his first starring vehicle for
Paramount entitled "The Old Home
stead," at 'the Columbia theater in
the near future.
Cecil B. DeMille's big production
of "Manslaughter," which has been
doing a turn-away business at the
Columbia theater, will have to be
continued for a second week.
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Tou should see George Larkin's
nose! The gentleman unafraid is
the star of the Premium Motion
pictures of this city. They were
shooting some "underworld" scenes.
The script called for a nifty scrap.
George can do that very nicely.
Heroically he was plunged into the
"dAi of rough-necks and thugs."
Then the merry melee began. Many
were pitted against the hero. They
fought desperately according to the
scenario but one husky, with
wallop like Siki's, went beyond the
scenario with the result that some
how and another George's classical
nose came into contact with a swift
ly'moving fist. The result was tre
mendously realistic blood and
everything. "Mistake of art," Lar-
kin laughingly characterized it,
strenuously applying a handker
chief. . ' . -
STREET COST TO BE MET
OWNERS AND CITY TO BUY
DELINQUENT PROPERTY.
give a direct route to
the Interstate bridge.
Kenton and
Extension and Widening, of In
terstate Avenue Assured by
Agreement.
A delegation of property owners
and business men of the Peninsula
district have agreed with the city
council to buy all delinquent prop
erty offered for sale by the city to
pay for the costs of the extension
and widening of Interstate avenue
from Morris and Delay streets to
the city limits.
This agreement assures that the j tective.
improvement win d maae. xne
estimated cost of the improvement
has been placed at $70,000, and of
this amount $64,000 has already
been paid to the city treasurer..
All the property, on which assess
ments for this project remain un
paid will be sold today by City
Treasurer Adams. Under the law
fhe owners of such property have
the right to redeem property that is
sold if the assessments, interest and
penalty are paid.
City Treasurer Adams advises all
property owners who have not paid
the assessment to do so at once in
order to prevent the loss of their
holdings.
The extension of Interstate ave
nue was authorized by the city
council in April, 1921,. after a large
number of property owners and
business men affected had peti
tioned for the improvement on the
grounds that it was necessary for
the development of the Peninsula
district.
The proposed improvement will
BROTHER-IN-LAW SUED
Divorced Wife of A. E. Clark As
serts Right to Property.
Mrs. Marcella Clark, divorced wife
of Colonel A. E. Clark, filed a suit
in the circuit court yesterday
against Malcolm Clark, her brother-in-law,
asserting her right to prop
erty at 819 Johnson street, asking
$5000 damages for trespass and
$2400 as rent since October 1. 1920.
On that date she charges that her
caretaker was ejected by the de
fendant, whom she also accuses of
removing rugs, etc.; and digging up
valuable shrubbery and flowers.
Mrs. Clark declares that her hus
band and brother-in-law have been
persecuting her since her return to
this city a few weeks ago by having
her shadowed by a private de-
A Marvelous
Sale of COATS
$24.75
Think of buying splendid wool coats of
fine Bolivia or velour at this modest
price! The popular loose styles, many
with large fur collars all of them full
lined. You'll have to see them to appre
ciate the value!
COATS at
$39.50
Another remarkable group of coats.
These are beautifully braided, embroid
ered and fur trimmed. Fine Bolivias
and Normandy Cloth!
SALES in Every Department
The regular prices at the Bon Marche are far lower than those of any other store
in the city for merchandise of equal quality. And TODAY and SATURDAY
you'll find wonderful bargains in every department.
You' 've never seen such handsome
DRESSES at $19.75
Think of fine quality Canton Crepe dresses and handsome Poiret Twill dresses at this
modest price ! Beautiful coat styles, like the one pictured at the left or straight
line silk dresses, embroidered, beaded or plain.
DRESSES at $24.75
These dresses are in tfie very height of fashion with their tiny cording and em
broidered spear heads and beautiful beaded trimming! Styles that you'd never ex
pect to find at such a moderate price ! Heavy Canton Crepes and fine Poiret Twills.
All sizes. See them today!
Three Great Groups of the
Loveliest HATS in the Sale
A very fortunate purchase enables us to mark these at a fraction of their regular
prices and worth. Compare them with hats shown elsewhere at the prices.
$2.95
$4.95
$8.95
use.
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for wonderfully smart hats. A sample group. Large
and small styles. Toques with feathers, large hats
with ostrich trimmings and some with bows. Wonders
at the price!
for another group of .very specially priced hats. Silk
velvets with ostrich trimming, fancy feathers, pleated
ribbon, hackle feathers, Russian embroidery and
metal effects. '
for hats that would ordinarily be priced twice as
much! Beautiful silk' Lyons velvet, panne velvets,
embroidered duvetynes, etc. Almost every style you
could wish. Flaring Napoleon shapes, close-fitting
toques and large hats, with all the newest trimming.
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NIISS SWEET DECLINES
NOMINATION TO HEAD IDAHO
SCHOOLS REJECTED.
educators in the north also have in
dorsed Miss Russum..
CLUB ELECTS NEW CHIEF
A. C. Chase President of Myrtle
Point Commercial Organization.
MARSHFIBLD, Or., Sept. 28.
(Special.) A. C. Chase of the Holt
Chase Canning' company, was elected
president of the Myrtle Point com
mercial club, with E. A. Barker as
his first assistant as vice-president.
R. E. Redell and Jesse Clinton were
named members of the executive
committee.
The Myrtle Point commercial club
reported receipts of $1136.05 and ex
penditures of $1075.65 during the
last fiscal year. The major portion
of the expenditures was for the
tourist park, banquet and general
boosting work, and sending dele
gates to attend meetings of the
state highway commission.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
SWEETHEARTS, SEPARATED THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS,
WILL MARRY.
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PUGET ROUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wasn, sept. 28. When Miss Essie
Miller of 503 East Couch street, Portland, met George White, a former
Portland resident, on the arrival here of the trans-Pacific Admiral liner
President Madison from the orient, two sweethearts who had been sep
arated for three years and a half, were made happy. Immediately they
made plans for their marriage, which is to take place at Tacoma Friday.
'- Mr. White has been interested in several large electrical projects in
the orient,, and, although he planned several times to return to the United
States to claim his bride, business made it impossible for him to get away.
Speaking of his return and the approaching marriage, Miss Miller
said: "When a woman waits three and a half years for the man she
wants to marry, she certainly must love him, and I am glad I waited."
Republican Chairman Announces
Tlat Miss Elizabeth Kns
t sum Will Be Chosen.
BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 28. (Special.)
Miss Margaret Sweet, Grangeville.
rural school supervisor for north
Idaho, nominated by the republican
state convention for state superin
tendent of public instruction to suc
ceed Miss Ethe! E. Redfield, incum
ber, has declined to accept the nom
ination and State Chairman Nash
announced today that Miss Eliza
beth Russum, a teacher in the Kel
logg public schools, will be named.
A call will be issued for the state
central committee to meet in Boise
immediately to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss
Sweet in the selection of Miss
Russum.
Miss Russum has announced she
will accept the nomination. The sup
porters of Miss Sweet have inaorsea
her and she has the support of
leading republicans in the northern
part of the state, who say she is
'mature, competent and of excel
lent personality." Her duties In the
schools of Kellogg will make it dif
ficult for her to make a sjtate-wide
campaign for the office. Leading
FARM JOURNAL SUCCESS
Corvallis Studen't Publication Re
ported Making Good.
OREGON -AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) A drive for subscription to
the - Oregon Countryman, student
agricultural journal, carried on at
the state fair In Salem, has been
quite successful, according to John
C. Burtner of Dufur, editor. A booth
is conducted and sample copies are
given away. A similar booth is
planned for the Linn county fair
next week in Albany.
Another circulation plan adopted
is the placing of 50 yearly subscrip
tions with large banks of the state
for free distribution.
Mary Cusack of Portland, one of
the few women registered in agri
culture and active in industrial
journalistic work, is assistant editor.
ployment bureau has had 41 calls
from persons desiring student help
already this year. More than 70
girls have applied for work, and
31 have been supplied. The jobs
have been office work and house
work mainly. An attempt is made
to supply girls who pay their en
tire expenses through college first.
as he is known to Albany people,
has. been a peace officer here for
35 yew. He was first elected city
marshal' in 1916 and has held tho
position since that time. Recently
he has been In poor health, but the
dinf battle an election time ap
proached brought Mm forth as n
candidate. J. II. I.lllunl. trMffUrf
flrer; Arthur Henry, a irm-nt d-j-uty
nhertff. nd J. J. Uoilnor. ex
pollre oTflrer, have f!l-d ixlltlorn
of candidacy.
Phone your
Oreironinn. MhIh
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Phone Rise Contested.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) The Tacoma chamber of com
merce will protest any increase in
telephone rates. The board of trus
tees discussed the new rates filed
with the state department of public
works by the Pacific Telephone A
Telegraph company, and assertions
were made that earnings of the
company indicated no necessity for
the average increase of 31 per cent
asked for. The vote to content the
rates was unanimous.
College Girls Get Work.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) The college V. W. C. A. em-
Veteran Marshal Asks Re-election,
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 28. (Special.)
John Catlin, veteran of the civil
war and many Indian battles, is
circulating a petition among the
voters of Albany to have his name
placed on the ballot for re-election
as city marshal. "Chief Johnnie,
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What Most
Householders
Want!
Dealers who handle the
kind of a stove or range
which the average person
wants, display the above em
blem in their stores. , . .
For the authorized list of
"Charter Oak" dealers, fill
in and mail the coupon be
low or' phone Bdwy. 4115.
Complete assortments
for gas, coal and wood and
for wood alone now ready
for your inspection at
ISHERWOOD
STOVE COMPANY
Sole Distributors
14th and Glisan . Portland
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ISHERWOOD STOVE CO.,
14th and (;ilan Ss.,
Portland, Oregon.
Would like to know who sells
CHARTER OAK in this section.
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Address
Four Out of Five
Pay the Penalty
Bleeding gums herald
Pyorrhea
Take heed of bleeding gums. They're
Nature's warning of Pyorrhea. Only
one person, out of every five past
forty escapes. Thousands younger con
tract it, too.
Forhan's For the Gums, if used con
sistently and used in time, will prevent
Pyorrhea or check its progress. Brush
your teeth with it. It will keep them
white and clean, and your gums firm
and healthy. Pleasant to the taste.
The formula of R. J. Forhan, D.D.S.
At all druggists, 35c and 60c in tubes.
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A Masterpiece
Yet Remarkably Low in Price
Unusual quality of tone is the most striking
feature of The Cheney Phonograph. From
this "master instrument" even the highest
notes ring forth clear and pure as the chime
of silver bells. But that is only half the story
the famous, Cheney violin resonator, hand
carved from vibrant spruce and maple, mel
lows with age. Thus The Cheney, like an old
violin, enhances in musical value each year, for
"The Longer You Play It
The Sweeter It Crows"
Cheney cabinets portray ifTbeautiful wood
. the graceful designs of the great furniture
' periods. Yet The Cheney is priced within
the reach of every lover of music
Cheney regular models $110to $300
Console models ia a wide range
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