THfl SUNDAY 'OREfeoNIAy, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 11, 190
AUTOS RUNNING RIOT
Devil-Carts Creata Reign of
Terror
ESCAPE WITH THEIR LIVES
Two Aged Women Are Rescued From
Injury Small Boys Are Reck
lessly Run Down Chief of
Police Will Act,
The corpulent citizen -with the apo
plectic vocabulary was waiting at the
corner of Third and Washington streets
for a car. He was in good humor and
was at peace with the world, for his busi
ness was good and he was on his way
home to dinner, which would also be
good. He beamed out upon the throng
and. his car approaching, stepped out
onto the stxeet.
"Toot! toot!" shrieked a demoniacal
voice, hoarse and hair-raising close
behind him, and the citizen made a
wild leap for the sidewalk, as a long
red monster hurtled around the corner,
cut in ahead of the approaching car,
scraped a half dozen women and child
ren crossing the street and vanished
with a snort, a pant and a trail of sick
ening stench.
The corpulent Portlandcr gazed at
his retreating car in the one direction
.and then at the dodging automobile
vanishing at the opposite end of the
street. He shook his cane in the air
and brought his vocabulary into action.
'There he goes again," he said, and
his voice rose up with the tide of In
dignation towards the realms of high
"C" and broke into rippling eddies of
discordant anger.
"That is the second time "he ha3
tried to run me down, the long, cadav
erous, evaporated, unhallowed son of
Inhumanity, he and his devil-car."
In Imminent Danger.
Several persons, who had also felt
the breath of the demon, stopped to see
If they were whole and to voice the
sentiments of the Irate man with the
cane, though not all echoed his lan
guage. An, indignation meeting was
held on "the street corner and It was
decided that -129,970 people in Portland
were .being dally subjected to Imminent
danger of death and mutilation for the
benefit of the pleasure of 30 of the in
habitants of the city who were desirous
of making the nearest approach to fly
ing possible with the means at com
mand. The city fathers, the Police De
partment, the District Attorney, the
Sheriff and the civilization that permit
ted such an outrage, all were cussed
and discussed and it was decided that
something should be done to abate the
nuisance.
The automobile of Portland is fast
becoming a menace to the life and limb
of the community. Some time ago It
was recognized that either the ma
chines had to be controlled or the
streets deserted by all other vehicles,
and the Council passed an ordinance
fixing a speed limit at eight miles an
hour. For just one day and 0 minutes
the ordinance was obeyed and then
some enterprising driver found that he
could outsprint the police, since which
time the conditions have been growing
gradually worse and worse until the
people are beginning to learn that the
only way to escape Instant death is to
flee In terror at the first toot of the
horn, for the auto is king of the high
way to whom all men must bow.
Aged Women Rescued.
Yesterday afternoon two aged women
were rescued from serious Injury on
Washington street only by the prompt
work of two men who sprang to the
rescue of the Intended victims of the
whirring Juggernaut Just in time to
snatch them from under the wheels of.
the car, the driver of which never
paused or gave a backward glance to
see what he had done.
Nearly at the same time, in another
part of the city, O. Looney, a boy In
the employ of the City Messenger &
Delivery Company, was caught at a
corner by a chauffeur piloting Miss
Lena Walton over the city. The boy's
blcyclo was smashed and twisted into
a worthless mass and the lad himself
was fortunately hurled to one side, but
was badly bruised and shaken. The
driver did not take the trouble to leave
his name, but sped out of sight In his
relentless machine.
A few' days before Perry Johnson,
another messenger boy, was run down,
his wheel broken and himself bruised,
but it was not possible to discover the
Identity of the man driving the ma
chine, who did not tarry to see whether
the prostrate boy was Injured.
Every day someone reports a scare
or an Injury, and public indignation is
growing to large dimensions. Knowing
wnat tho people thought, a reporter
sought out Chief of Police Hunt yes
terday afternoon.
The Chief had several thoughts on the
subject and expressed them plainly.
"Automobiles," said the Chief, "are
the bane of my life. I have run horses
down, and have exhausted my men,
sent out on wheels to arrest those driv
ing faster than the speed limit I have
issued orders and have done everything
and yet the machines whizz past my
men dally, safe from pursuit
'The chauffeurs wear big goggles
and cloaks and things, and it is Impos
sible to tell who they are, and there is
no way of Identifying the machine."
Autos to Be Numbered.
"Just wait a while, though," con
tinued the man who rules Portland's
bluecoats. "Just wait a while and I
will catch them, Mr. Devlin and L We
.have sent for a lot of numbers four
inches square and as soon as they comb
every machine in town ivill have one
put on it so that it can be seen as the
machine passes. Then if the officer
can't arrest the man he will nab the
number and issue a warrant for the
owner of the machine. Those numbers
are now due and I am expecting them
every day. As soon as they come the
autos will have to slow up a bit"
"Has anyone ever been arrested for
reckless riding?" the Chief was asked.
'Three men have paid fines," replied
tho Chief, "but I do not remember their
names. The drivers happened to be
known to the officers an'd so were
stopped.
"It is not the fault of the Police De
partment" continued the Chief, ear
nestly, "that the speed is not kept in
side the ordinance, but it Is the result
of conditions. My men try hard enough,
but they cannot recognize the violators
of the ordinance and they cannot catch
them."
"If a policeman cannot catch an au
tomobile, it must be going faster than
eight miles an hour," was suggested.
"Well, I guess it is," admitted Mr.
Hunt "It is going a great deal faster.
It is going so fast that we can't help
ourselves In the matter."
"Suppose that the numbers are de
layed and do not reach the city for a
month or more, what then? Will the
people still have to scramble out of the
business streets to cscane with their
lives?"
Chief Hunt was thoughtful.
-I don't know what I can do until
they come," he said, "unless I put my
mounted men In the business districts.
A horseman might be able to catch one
once in a while. I will think that over
and perhaps I will do it Something
has to be done I know," concluded the
Chief, who has all sorts of worries,
tO)ut I will fix the violators of the law
when I get-the numbers. In the mean
time I will do the best I can." And the
Chief smiled a tired smile and turned
to listen to another tale of woe.
"THE APPLE IN OREGON."
Important Bulletin Is Prepared by
Professor E. R. Lake.
A bulletin containing Important and 'up-to-date
information in regard to "The
Apple in Oregon," prepared by E. R.
Lake, bacteriologist of the Oregon Ag
ricultural Experiment Station, has been
Issued, and will be sent free to all resi
dents of Oregon who request it
The topics discussed in It are "Early
History." "Earliest Varieties," "Later
Plantings," "The Problem of Planting,"
"Site as to Soli," "Site as to Aspect"
"Selection of Trees" and "Planting." The
information given upon each of these top
ics may be depended upon as correct as
Professor Lake has been connected with
the Experiment Station and has been .giv
ing his attention to the matters mentioned
for about 16 years. The bulletin should
be In the hands of every orchardist and
FAMOUS FOOTBALL COACH
"DICK" SMITH WILL INSTRUCT
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON TEAM.
Is Native-Born Player, and Has Won
Many Honors on Eastern
Collegiate Gridirons.
It was a matter of surprise in the flrst
half of that much-discussed football
game last season between Yale and Co
lumbia that Yale failed to score one
point The spectators wondered if Co
lumbia had suddenly developed a great
football general, and It was not long be
fore the new football star was discovered
in the person of Richard Shore Smith, af
fectionately called Dick Smith, of Oregon,
fullback and captain of the Columbia
team. About the middle of the second
half Smith was knocked out and It was
noticed that Yale Immediately began to
score, coming out victor by a score of
21 to 0.
As most football players in Oregon
know, tho same Dick Smith has been
COACH OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOOTBALL TEAM
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RICHAKD SHORE SMITH.
will be found especially valuable to those
who are preparing to plant apple orch
ards. It Is illustrated by a dozen or more
engravings, showing the results of differ
ent soils, sites, locations and manners
of treatment and plans for orchard plant
ing. Professor Lake says? "From extended
observations in the apple orchards of
Western Oregon, I am convinced that
much of our soil Is admirably suited to
the apple tree. The land upon which the
Douglas fir thrives, when not too steep
and rocky. Is usually well adapted to the
culture of this fruit The alluvial soil of
the minor valleys when of a depth of
8 to 12 feet or more, produce thrifty, vig
orous, long-lived trees. Some of the best
old orchards In the state are located upon
the gentle, rolling lower hills of Yamhill.
County, while some of the cleanest and
thriftiest of the younger generation of
orchards are to be found in the red hill
lands of Polk and Marlon Counties. Many
excellent small orchards are to be found
upon the river bottom lands In all parts
of the Willamette Valley."
This bulletin wilf interest not only thoso
who raise apples for commercial purposes,
but every one who has an apple tree in
his garden or town lot The series Is to
be completed in four parts. Parts 2, 3
and 4 will deal with cultivation, pruning,
harvesting, packing, storing, marketing
and manufacturing the Inferior fruit into
secondary products, and such other top
ics as naturally accompany the discus
sion. Parties desiring copies should -aid-dress
James Wythecombe, Director Ex
periment Station, Corvallls, Or.
BEICK MASON PALLS PEOH CAR
Tom Barnes, an Elderly Man, Is Seri
ously Injured.
Tom Barnes, a brick mason, fell from the
rear platform of & City & Suburban elec
tric car going south on Williams avenue,
at Its Intersection with Russell street,
yesterday evening at 5 o'clock, and was
seriously Injured. Just how the accident
happened no one seemed to know. Those
on the rear end of the car simply say
he suddenly fell from the platform.
In falling he struck on the car track
on the left side of his head with great
force and was rendered unconscious. The
car was stopped and he was carried Into
the office of Dr. W. B. Hamilton, where
an examination of his Injury was made.
He partly revived, but was in such a
dazed condition that he could not give
an Intelligent account of himself. He
muttered "Put me back on the car" In
answer to a question as to where his
home was.
As nearly as could be understood, he
said his name was Tom Barnes, but he
was unable to tell where he lived. He
had been working on some building north
ward up Williams avenue, and had his
trowel and other tools with him when
he fell from the car.
Dr. Hamilton considered the man very
seriously Injured. Blood was oozing from
his ear as the result of the heavy concus
sion by striking on the railway tracks.
Dr. Hamilton sent the Injured man to St
Vincent's Hospital. On examining the di
rectory the name of Tom Barnes was not
found. He is an elderly man, and may be
a newcomer
chosen coach of the University of Oregon
football team for the present season. He
arrives at Eugene September 24 and will
then take charge of the men. The foot
ball suits - will be distributed September
20, and Captain Joe Templeton will al
ready have candidates at work before the
new coach arrives- It is not too much to
say that Eugene and the Pacific Coast
generally will give Dick Smith a glad
welcome, for there Is no better or more
popular football player In the Northwest
than he. His athletic career Is a witness
of what the young man can do. He Is a
native-born son of Oregon, having first
seen the light at Klamath Falls. Enter
ing the "University of Oregon in 1S97 and
graduating with the class of 1901, he made
the enviable record of being a most dili
gent and successful student, as well as
one of the strongest football players ever
produced in this section of the country
Smith's running record Is 100 yards In
10 2-3, and he is an all-round athlete. He
is a good swimmer as well as a good
oarsman. He stands 5 feet 11 Inches and
weighs 180 pounds. During his four years
at i.ugene he was one of a coterie of
football players who placed 'Varsity foot-
Dau on tne pinnacle of fame. The truard
for the '97 team was Dick Smith, and he
was also the tackle for '98. In '99 and '00
he was the halfback and captain and was
a member of the victorious team who de
feated the University of California at
Berkeley In 1900 by 2 to 0. He was also
in the Oregon team that wiped up the
earth with the University of Washington
tne same year by tne score of 43 to JO.
Dick Smith's football -reputation won In
Oregon helped him when he went to studv
at Columbia University In New York
City for three years. For two years ha
was Columblas halfback, and . last sea
son her fullback and captain. When Wal
ter Kemp, one of the fathers of American
football, looked around for a fullback for
his Ideal All-Amerlcan football team last
season, he gave the coveted honor to Dick
Smith.
So much for tho coach. Now for the
Oregon team. It is safe to say that old
Oregon this season will have one of the
strongest and best football elevens in her
football history. It is noteworthy that
Eugene is the only educational Institution
In the Northwest to ask one of her grad
uates to return and coach her football
team, and one of the few colleges to have
annual football games between her col
lege eleven and the alumni. Who will
line up for Oregon this year? Among the
well-known players coming back to col
lege are Joe Templeton, Latourette, Ker
ron. Earl, Reld, Chandler, McClaln, Hugg
and others. The freshman class, of
course. Is as yet an unknown quantity
to draw from. The first game will be be
tween the 'Varsity and alumni at Eugene,
October 8. October 15 'Varsity will try
conclusions with the stars of her medical
department at Eugene. Other dates are
October 22, University of California, at
Berkeley; October 29, Stanford, at Stan
ford; November 5 or 12, University of
Washington, at Eugene; November 19,
Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallls
Thanksgiving Day, Multnomah, in this
city. Games may also be arranged with
Willamette and Pacific University teams.
To make Oregon a winner In these con
tests will give Dick Smith all he' can do.
and he may be trusted to shed all the
luster possible on his alma mater. After
this football season is over he purposes
leaving for New York City to enter a law
firm.
A. REFELBIG.,
Entire importation of Winter wool
ens received. 231 Washington, near
; corner Second street
SPECIAL ST. LOUIS CAR.
Monday. October 3, the O. R. & N. will
run a special tourist car, Portland to St
Louis. Particulars of C. W. Stinger, city
ticket agent. Third and Washington
streets.
MURINE EYE REMEDY.
A home cure for Eye troubles. Never fails
to win menus, usea for infant and adult
Murine don t smart soothes Eye-pain.
Keane'c Engagement Closed.
Through a slight inadvertence It was
published yesterday that the Keane
company would appear at today's mat
inee, at Cordray's Theater. This is no
correct- The Keane Company closed
its engagement last night after two
weeks, during which time Mr. Keane';
appearance in the city proved to be
both an artistic and financial success.
Mr. Keane and his company left on
the midnight train for Tacoma where
they play a one-week engagement
The company which is to appear, at
.Cordray's Theater this afternoon,
opening with tho matinee, is George
Klimpt's scenic production of "On the
Bridge at Midnight' which attraction
will appear both at the matinee and
evening performances and will be con
tinued throughout the weelc with the
usual Saturday matinee. From the
fact that "On the Bridge at Midnight"
had a run of nearly 200 nights in New
York City and over 100 nights at the
City of Chicago and from the excellent
ress notices received In these two
metropolitan cities, the management
at Cordray's Theater Teels perfectly
safe In assuring the public that the
attraction of "On the Bridge at Mid
night" will be entirely worthy of the
favor of the patrons of this theater.
THE NEWSPAPERS' POWER.
nstantanous Hit of Columbia Thea
ter Due to Newspaper Advertising.
As the people come out of the beauti
ful Columbia Theater, Fourteenth and
Washington streets', after a performance.
you hear the ladies say: .
"What a lovely play!"
As the people board'he street-cars on
their way home, and troop . down the
street In droves (the theater Is filled at
every performance), . the street-car con
ductor says:
I hear that Is the finest theater -in
town."
"Ah," says the man about town, 'fine
show very velvety Welch wins, and he
deserves it" (
"Oh, wasn't It sweet" says the school
girl to her mother, as they step on the
car.
Fond glances are exchanged by the
young man and the maid, as they link
arms and stroll toward home, after lis
tening to the matchless music of Miss
Countiss voice in the love-making of
Fanny, and the Impetuous wooing of
Mr. Baume as Captain Lettarblalr. ,
Yes, yes, indeed; It hag been a note
worthy week Jn theatrical annals, has
been this first week of the Columbia's
season. ,
The town has been delighted to its
roots, stirred with a fine enthusiasm,
swathed in the Joy of seeing a very high
class company, pleased immensely with
the realization that at last Portland has
a theater beautiful to look at, where a
company of the highest grade will play
the very best dramas. And the prices are
within the means of everybody.
Long has it been the cry of complaint
that Portland could never see a really
good show except at large prices $L00,
$1.50, $2.00, and sometimes other altltudl
nous flights that staggered a moderate
Lpurse.
whereas, hero at the Columbia It Is dis
cerned that you are to get a 40-week .sea
son of top-notch plays put on by a stock
company equal to Charles Frohman's Em
pire Theater Company, In New York.
It Includes several members who will be
come extremely admired by all Portland
before the season has become far ad
vanced. And, In addition to this, the
leading woman, Miss Countiss, and the
leading man, Mr. Baume, are real stars
in their chosen work. No actress who
has ever appeared continuously in this
city has the recognition In her art and
the warm-hearted love of the whole com
munity as Miss Countiss has. The people
everywhere admire and thoroughly ap
preciate the witchery and charm of her
art and her genius, and they adore her
as a lovable, kind, womanly woman. Her
success in the East during the last year
was.unsual and almost spectacular. But
the real affectionate regard in which she
Is held in Portland is the finest tribute
that can be, offered to a beautiful char
acter and rarely-talented person.
The coming week she will, as Lady
Algy, have an opportunity to further
win laurels, and each successive week
make herself more and more beloved.
Mr. "Baume has proved himself a ster
ling actor captivated throngs and throngs
with his rollicking and finished Imperson
ation of Captain Lettarblalr. His con
ception of the character does not suffer
in comparison with that of.E. H. Sothern,
who toured the country, starring in this
play. Lord Algy will yield Mr. Baume
another chance to display his versatility,
and versatility, strength, capability and
enticing personality are among the sat
isfying attributes that this fine leading
man possesses. Miss Angus, the second
woman of the company, will step into
the limelight for the first time in "Lord
and Lady Algy," the play for the week.
beginning at Sunday's matinee. She is
a handsome girl who "took audiences by
storm when she was with Florence Rob
erts. Miss Barhyte, also, who comes for-
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Next week we will receive a carload of
new Iron Beds. We have five patterns,
a total of fifty beds which we want to
close out to make room on our floor
for the complete new sample line
No. 390. Just like the picture, A large
heavy bed, value $16.00. We will close out at..$9.90
No. 877. Large bed, colonial style, value
$16.00 for. $11.00
No. 360.
No. 425.
No. 475.
A good $16.00 bed for $11.00
A bed worth $20.00 for $14.00
A bed worth $22.50 for $16.00
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of wlnsomenesg who will protfe Interest
ing to a degree.
We shall watch again the result of Mr.
Bernard's exquisite taste In the setting
and detail of the stage production. There
Is no better stage director anywhere than
he. He is a stickler for details, and the
fact that he works out each one to the
last analysis is why the whole produc
tion seems so complete and uniformly
enticing.
The plays at the Columbia are like a
well-bred woman's manners unconscious
ly gracious, graceful and flawless.
The immediate success of the Columbia
Is merited, but none the less noteworthy.
It Is a fine playhouse, a fine company, a
fine play, at low prices 15, 25 and 50 cents
for thoso accommodations and that kind
of productions Is simply a great bargain,
almost too good to be true. But the peo
ple have gone in droves this week, found
out that It Is only too true, and, of
course, the natural consequence will be
that the capacity of the theater will be
tested continuously hereafter.
In looking at the audiences, it is inter
esting to note that the people come from
all parts of the city and represent every
stratum of life, with the home-living in
habitants In the majority. The floating
population Is on hand, for it cannot resist
the popular enthusiasm that lnnocuates
the .town. Th wayfarer drops In, for It
Involves small expense. The small boy
attends, for he must see the sensation of
tho Ijour. The man or woman of moder
ate means, or economical disposition, goes
In the gallery for a dime, and discov
ers that going to a first-class theater Is
not expensive any more in Portland, Or.
They, one and all, are blessing R. G.
Welch, the man who has given Portland
this finest theater In town.
The predominating element of the audi
ences comes from the homo population
of the city, and It Is within the limits of
strictest truth to state that every per
son who attended "Captain Lettarblalr"
will want to attend "Lord and Lady"
Algy." "Which Is to say, In the rather
expressive patois of the profession, the
Columbia has "made good" with some
thing to spare. This result has been pro
duced almost exclusively with the ra
tional publicity that the newspapers of
Portland render available. Announce
ments must be made to the public when
one desires the public's patronage. Mr.
Welch has made the bulk of his announce
ments In the newspapers, and his audi
ences prove that the home people read
and believe a truthful advertisement in
Portland's established newspapers.
No more significant demonstration of
the power of printer's Ink could be devised
In this community. . ,
LOW FRISCO STEAMER RATE.
Account the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I.
O. O. F., at San Francisco. September 19
23, the O. R. N. will sell return-trip ticket
by steamer September 13 and 18 for J23.
Particulars of C. W. Stinger, city ticket
agent, Third and Washington streets.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Babr Is Cntttor Teeth.
.Be rare and oze that old and well-tried remedy.
Mrs. Window' Soothlns Syrup, for children
teething;. It soothes tho child, softens the sums,
xlliys all pain. curM 'wind colic ami diarrnoea.
PETERS SHOE CO.'S SALESMEN'S DAY AT THE FAIR
vT4f A FACTORIES.
Salesmen of Peteru Shoe Co. and their friends in the leorrote Village at the World's Fair. Dr. Hunt, Governor of tho Igorrote Village, Is In the front row, reclining
on the ground. The younff lady In the foreground Is Hiss Julia Mooney, who was voted the most popular chorus girl In 2few York.
Amid the din of thousands of squawkers
on The Pike, "squawking for Peters'
Shoes." the salesmen df Peters Shoe Co.,
St. Louis, made that merry thoroughfare
gayer than ever, and wound up Peters'
Shoe Co.'s Salesmen's Day at the Fair in
a way that will long be remembered cn
The Pike.
The occasion was the semi-annual ban
quet given to their salesmen by the Pe
ters Shoe Co. at the beginning of each
season, which this season took the shape
of a day at the Fair, and things were
"turned loose" from the Plateau of States
to The Pike in a way peculiar to "drum
mers." Special cars conveyed the party from the
store of Peters Shoe Co., Thirteenth and
Washington avenue, to the World's
Fair, where a procession was formed,
headed by Strassberger's Military
Band and a detail of - Jefferson Guards.
Starting at the Tyrolean Alps, the parade
moved to Asia on The Pike, thence to
s At the Oregon and Washington buildings photographs were taken with the commissioners and hostesses
why represents Peters Shoe Co. and "Diamond Brand" Shoes In Oregon" and Washington, in the center.
Peters' Shoe Cos model factory and ex
hibit in the Manufactures building, and
from that point through the grounds to
'the Government building, belhg the first
parade permitted to pass through this
building. The procession then marched to
all the 25 State buildings, representing
States and Territories in which Peters
Shoe Co. has customers. The last visit of
the afternoon was at the Igorrote Village,
where President Wilson, of the Philippine
Board, and Dr. T. K. Hunt,' Governor of
in places
the Igorrote Village, addressed the sales
men, and where the accompanying pic
ture was secured. From the Philippines
tho company marched to Antoine's French
Restaurant, at Paris on The Pike, where a
banquet was served, followed by vaude
ville features from the "Paris" stage.
After the dinner the parade was again
formed and marched to the Magic Whirl
pool, the Ferris Wheel, to Mysterious Asia
and to other Pike attractions where the
"drummers" were royally entertained,
of honor and with Mr. J. A. Glberson,