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15 THE -SUNDAY' OKEG02ilA2T, rOKTEAND, MAKCK 12, il9TO. ISSUES A WARNING Women Should Not Come to .Seek Work, NO FIELD FOR THE UNSKILLED Portland Y. W. C. A. Fears That Many Young Women Will Come to'ihe Fair Hoping to-Secure Employment. "What shall.be 'done to prevent the Ills resulting from unemployed -women hurry ing to Portland, because it la Exposition year, in the hope of finding- -employment here? , , That was the central thought underly ing the meeting last night at the rooms of the Young "Women's Christian Asso ciation, of the Portland Travelers' Aid As sociation and the 'various committees -which are now being organized for pre ventive work reported that 10,000 leaflets, 1000 placards and 6000 folders are being prepared to be scattered broadcast over the country. This literature is intended to reach unskilled young -women workers who may think that all sorts of positions may be had here during the period of the Exposition, for the mere asking, and. it Is planned to send leaflets of advice to news papers and magazines in the hope that such warnings may be published. "Wo are all anxious that the right kind of visitors should come to this city and see the Lewis and Clark Exposition," said Mrs. "Walter J. Honeyman, who presided. "but we may expect young women here who are not skilled at any particular trade or occupation, and they will land hem Moectinir to net employment, m other words, they will be stranded. "Who is going to take care of them, or furnish them with money to sena tnem come.' One month recently 90 young women called at the Y. "W. C. A. rooms asking ! for employment. I remember another month where we decided that 70 young women who applied to us for work were not of the kind that we could recommend for work, largely because they were un skilled." Another woman remarked that she had lived in two different cities where expo sitions had been held, and that in each case tents and food along lines of private benevolence had to be provided. "I heard of a case from Jefferson street depot,' said Mrs. Tate. "A woman friend of mine was taking a girl she had Just engaged to her home at Oswego, and left the girl at the depot for a. few, min utes while she made a purchase. In the interval a strange man approached the girl and asked her to go with him. She refused, and he offered to treat her and to give her theater tickets. She again re fused, and he went away. When her em ployer returned the girl related what had taken place, and asked if she had treated the man right, and if she should have gone with him when he was so kind." It was decided that measures should be taken very soon, to work along prevent ive lines in meeting girls and women ar riving at depots and ferries. Committees Are Named. Adjutant Organ, of the Salvation Army, and Captain W. 3. Arents, of the Volun teers of America, promised to co-operate with the association in securing employ ment and help for unemployed women. Mrs. Honeyman and Miss Holbrook were appointed a committee to wait upon the Ministerial Association tomorrow and ask if the work of the Travelers' Aid As sociation could not be explained from the church pulpits next Sunday morning. These committees have so far been ap pointed: Finance, Mrs. C. B. Templeton, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. -G. C. Cressey, Mrs. W. P. Olds; printing. Miss Gotshall, Mrs. EL E. Fulton, Mrs. E. Whiteside, and Dr. Mary A. Thompson; distribution of liter ature, Mrs. Baldwin, Mm. J. G. Wilson, Mrs. Adolph Dekum, Mrs. I E, Rockwell, Dr. -Sarah Whiteside, Mrs. D. Dalglelsh, Mrs. Taubenhelmer, Miss Cornwall and Mrs. F. S. Myers; press, Mrs. Marsh, chairman; Mrs. R. I. Donald. Mrs. L. A. Nash, Miss Wynn Coman, Miss Edna L Protzman and Miss Gertrude Metcalfe; employment committee, Mrs. Mllle R. Trumbull, chairman; W. T. Gardner, W. R. Walpole, Adjutant Organ and Captain Arents. Other committees will be ap pointed later. An appeal Is made for larger membership.. was duly hazed ana ine cxass raa avenged, for the manner In which ne spoiled their plans to make him an un willing" guest at their dinner. MOTHERS OPPOSE 3I0BM0NISM National Congress Asks Senate to Act Against Polygamy. WASHINGTON, March lL The Na- J tional Congress of Mothers held its final business session today, -with dele gates present from 17 states, including California and Texas. In an address, Mrs. Frederick Schoff, of Philadel phia, president of the congress, spoke of the part taken by the organization in pressing the inquiry Into Senator Smoot's right to his seat. On that point she said: The National Congress of Mothers has taken an active part in securing investigation of -the right of a Mor mon apostle to a seat in the United States Senat. Your president laid the facts before Senators, urging help in checking- the growth ot polygamy and- church domination in the school and in" civil affair. The election of an apostle of the Mormon hierarchy was regarded as very serious, -and the Mothers' Congress cannot Ignore con ditions which degrade womanhood and wifehood, and which give to children false ideas of home and marriage." WHO WAS MSS ANITA MUELLER? s Mystery of'Chicago Teacher Involved Jn Will Contest. , CHICAGO, March 1L Whether Mrs. Matilda Bresler, a milliner of San Fran cisco, Is to receive $5000, bequeathed to her in the will of Miss Anna Mueller, teacher of German in the Chicago public schools, or whether by another will, now missing. the entire estate was left by Miss Mueller to her parents in Berlin, Germany, are questions forming part of a mystery that the Probate Court will bo called upon to solve. Other mysterious features in the case are. first, the belief of Miss Mueller's friends that she lived in Chicago tinder an assumed name; second, a question as to whether her parents live in San Fran cisco or in Berlin. In a letter to her, Mrs. Bresler. of San Francisco, claims that she is the mother of Miss Mueller. Miss Ella Johnson, a Chicago school teacher, declares that she saw Miss Mu eller draw up the now missing wjii, leav ing all the estate to Miss Mueller's par- (, and that the parents live in tier Miss Mueller always maintained a strict reticence as to her parentage. SPOKANE IS ITS AIM Successful Canadian Pacific Railroad-Will Build Into City. HAY AFFECT PORTLAND TRADE FAIR OPENS UEXT SATUBDAY Ahavai Shotom Congregation Is Mak ing Great "Preparations. Next Saturday evening at S o'clock the fair given by Congregation Ahavai Sholom opens and its magnitude can be better understood when it is known that 100 people will be required to at tend to all departments. Thousands of yards of bunting and nunareas or nags will decorate Merrill's Hall. Some four-score of pretty girls are contriving Innumerable ingenlus schemes to make their share in the fair particularly attractive. So much goods has been contributed to the fair tliat it has become necessary to build more booths to bold alL The last night of the fair, Thursday, March 23, will be a masquerade ball. OWNERS OF RESIDENCES, FLATS AND STORES Are getting their gas and electric chan deliers installed by The M. J. waisn Co. They carry the largest and most up-to-date line on the Coast, including glassware, Undsay and Welsbach- burners. Prices and promptness their specialty. See them before you de cide. Showrooms 343- Washington street, corner Seventh. CONTRACTORS' ESTIMATES. By calling at The M. J. Walsh Co- contractors can secure estimates on all electric light wiring Jobs, health, floor. wall and sink-back tiling, asn dumps, dampers, frames, grates and ashpit- doors. Showrooms, 343 Washington street, corner Seventh. WELL PROHIBIT IT. Small Hand-Board Nuisance Must Go Council Requested to Act. The small handboards used to advertise theatrical performances and entertain ments, which are distributed promlscu ously about new buildings and along road ways, will be prohibited altogether by the ordinance to be Introduced Into the Council by A. K. Bentley Wednesday. The larger billboards will be restricted in size. 50 feet In length by J2 feet high being the maximum dimension. The ordi nance is now being prepared in the City Auditor's office. It has been proposed to tax billboards at the rate of 2 cents square foot, but this has not yet been determined. This would bring 510,000 or more a year Into the City Treasury, it Is said. At.present the city gets $Sto a year from the billboards. There are two companies here, which pay a license of 5400 each. Only one company owns any billboards. Several years ago the license was 5100 year, then It was Increased to 5200, and last October the. license committee of the Council raised it to 5400. One company Is reported to have, done 520,000 worth of business last year. In view of the strong public sentiment for billboard regulation It is probable that the Bentley ordinance will pass, possibly witn a few amendments. Here Is a suggestion from a well-known Portland man: WALXiA WATiA, Wash., March a (To the Editor.) Seelns through the columns of The Oregonlan that the City Council has under consideration an ordinance looking id u correction oi the "Billboard evlL" per mit xn through your columns to call its Attention to an ordinance existing in Chi oaso that requires the consent of three lourths of the Irontace in aav one hltwJc where it is proposed to erect one .of these eye-sores.' I would also suggest 'that all mch nuisances as billboards be kent any Where from ten to 100 feet from the street line, so that ail litter, paste, etc. become as nearly as possible the exclusive property of the ood cltlrca" who owns the ground on which the snamexui obstruction is erected. The proposition to place a 'Surface" tax on these "variegated blinds" is & Just one. Their height should not exceed four feet. and they should be prohibited in the bust ness district and along the car lines alto gether. The Idea that a billboard it prefer able to the rubbish-heap view in some lo calities ,1s sot a good one. as there would be a greater t likelihood of getting things cleaned up u not screened In this manner. Tho eye has as strong a. claim on municipal protection as the nose or car. Let the good wor.k go on. GEO. M. HXLAXD. Hazcrs Finally Catch Young Gould NEW YORK, March 1L Haxers at Co lumbia University have, it is reported. finally succeeded In exercising their arts on Kingdon Gould, son of George Gould. who caused considerable excitement some time ago by drawing a revolver and driving off a band ot sophomores when tbey attempted to capture him. Six sophomores, representing a secret organ! zation of the sophomores, are said to have taken young Gould by surprise as he was leaving the university. They nlaced Mia under parole -until night, "phen he Northern Pacific and 0.R. . Ni Companies, Will Have to Make .Lower Rates to Meet 7" Competition. It is stated In..rallroad circles, and oh good authority, mat the Canadian Pacific Railroad will have a line built into Spokane from Tahk, in the direc tion of Kootenai, a shorU distance north of 'the Washington state line, and that the line will be -constructed inside of a year. Negotiations have been completed with D. p. -Corbln and associates, of Spokane, so it Is said, by which tho men are to build the line from Spo kane to the Washington line, a dis tance of more than 150 miles. From there the Canadian Pacific will con struct the remainder of the line to Tahk, a distance of but a few miles. Mr. Corbln is the man who built the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway, which he afterward 'sold to the Great Northern, and he is also the builder of the line to Wallace, Idaho. This intended' construction of the ex tension into Spokane by the Canadian line is awakening a great deal of in terest and even apprehension, not only in the minds of the railway men ot this district but of the jobbers and whole salers as well. It means, so it Is argued, that in a little over a year Spokane will be the point of terminal rates for the Can adian Pacific and will thus be able to control the trade of a large area on every side, which is now more or less the field of the Portland jobbers. When the road Is built, so they say, it will do away with the control of the Inland Empire by the Portland merchant. The Canadian people will make low freight rates effective to Spokane, which will render it Impossible for the Portland merchant to combat the influence ot the Spokane trader, hampered as he will be with the local charges back from the Coast. There will be lower Tates made by the O. R. & N. and the Northern Pa cine, however, it is thought, forced into existence by the change in conditions- brought about by the Canadian exten slon. The latter roads will be com pelled to meet the competition by re ductlon of tariffs, but whether or not this will enable the Portland Jobbers to maintain- their present status is 'the question now claiming the attention of the railroad men and merchants of this district. It is the consensus of opinion. however, that there will be great changes in trade conditions as soon as the new extension begins to make its terminal rates Into the Washington city. The Question is often asked, why we have so large a practice, why it is constantly increasing. The answer is simple nd truthful. It is because we are thoroughly reliable. The condi tion of each and every case we take to treat is carefully studied: nothing is done by guess; no experiments tried: nothing but painstaking, carer: ful, conscientious treatment, based on purely scientific knowledge is used and given. The Oregon Optical Co. is a place 'where the people can come, knowing that they will get an honest opinion, & thorough and skillful examination, and the lowest possible prices. OREGON OPTICAL CO. 173 Fourth St, T. 3C. Ci JL, Bl&g. Bench Warrant Out for MInton. Owing to his disappearance and failure to put up bonds, Benjamin F. Mitnon, the Deputy United States Surteyor, Indicted in the Meldrum land-fraud case, is now being looked for by the United States Marshal. A bench warrant for the arrest of MInton has been issued, and when lo cated ne win oe taaen into cusioay. j.ne last heard of MInton was at .Everett, Wash. BRIDGETEHDER PELL ASLEEP Austin Maloney Is Suspended by Superintendent Kelly. Austin Maloney. night tender on the Madison-street bridge, has been suspended from duty by Superintendent James H. Kelly for falling asleep while jm. duty. Maloney Is also accused of having In dulged too freely in the flowing bowl, which is said to have caused his drowsy condition. Kelly and Maloney are not on the best of terms, but Kelly says he was actuated only by motives of duty In sus pending Maloney. Cpunty Commissioners Ughtner and Barnes investigated the case yesterday and found that Kelly and Maloney were the only persons present when the ac cusation was made. There was some other evidence of a general character. Malonev denied drlnklnc to excess and said he was never intoxicated in his life. He has been employed on the bridge for a number of years, and has given satis factory service. Tho-commissioners took the case under- advisement. Indiana Society to Meet. The Hooslers of Portland will meet at the City Hall next Thursday for the pur pose of organizing the Indiana Society. The register which has been opened at Jaeger Bros., 290 .Morrison street, has been kept going for the past two weeks and Tales of the Street and Town L OEY SING CHANG was a virtuoso. great collector a bone-bottle-rag .collectdr. But he never read the pa pers. At least, ne never scrutinized me list of marriage licenses, nor the society page. Therefore he knew nothing of the Lovell-Wyman nuptials. By great devotion to his hobby, industry and the exercise of strict economy, Locy Sing. Chang profited as a collector, and at last saw his way clear to a primrose garden with three jade-and-jasper-orna-mented wives m the Province of Canton. Thinking to make an auspicious start on his long voyage home to the empire of the Sun ot Heaven, he took a carriage to the train on a recent Thursday night, imagine the astonishment of Locy, Sing Chang upon alighting at the Union "Depot to be greeted with a hall or rice, old shoes, tin cans, etc The bridal party from the aforesaid Lovell-Wyman wedding had been waiting the arrival of the bride and groom, and their well-meant attentions were mis directed. It was a horse on them, and at least a colt on the Chink. Far away cn the westward billow, Loey Slng Chang Is doubtless even now re flecting that in" all his adventures In the bewildering land of the Fanqul. thb last outrage was the most absurd and inex plicable. RlNTOUI had been helping to illumi nate the war onthe billboards and ragged spots of the city by the use of his -camera. Photo after photo had been half- toned, and published, until every remain ing billboard trembled in fear that it would get "it's next. Well, yesterday one B , a distributor of a much-adver tised brand of cigarettes, crossed Rlntoul's- path, paused and spake unto -mm, saying: "Want to know where you can get a fine picture for your billboard nuisance stuff V "Sure." "Well, you go down back of the X T building on 2 street and" you'll see it. Now" (here he lowered his voice to an extremely confidential tone) "It you can focus your camera so's to get our cigar ette poster to loom up big in the middle. I'll see that you get a fine -package of cigarettes. HE was a tall blonde" Milt Sea man was telling the story to a little group of stage people outside the 1 Gowntown dox onjee sne had quite a hat. with agood deal of hair banged up under the front porch; she had an air, too lots of dignity as she sailed: ud Xo the window with, a pasa ? asked for a seat for the 'Lady of Lyons.' fixed it up, and as I handed it out, she said, artlessly; 'I'm so glad to get to see that fine old play. I was so .'frald I wasn't "going to get to see it, and I did want to see how Countlss and your new leading man would handle it.' " 'Yes,' I said. "You will not he dls appointed: but if you want to see really wonderful production by - this company, you must come to ' Old Heidelberg" next week. "Yes,' she said, 'I s pose . they're all right in it; but I really never did care much for Shakespeare, unless I could see it acted by some really first-class stars, like Warde and James, when they come to the MarQuam. " O1 NE day Mrs. Baker sent Mabel to the nearest grocer's for a package of coffee. In San Francisco nearly all grocery stores sell liquors. When Ma bel returned- she failed to bring the coffee. "Why did you not get it?" asked Mrs. Baker. "They didn't have a bit," said MabeL "What!" exclaimed the astonished mother. "That's strange. Did. you ask for it?" "No. mamma, it would have been of no use to ask. They don't sell coffee nothing but whisky. I saw a big sign right over, the door which said 'Wilson Whisky that's all" "nPHE mother of a certain Portland I family is one of the best and kind cst-hearted of women, but she is also woman of spirit, a spirit which l always roused to a. high pitch of indignation at wrongs inflicted upon others. She is a strong-inlnded woman, and also very radical, and has absorbed a great many ideas which she considers ad vanced. She is an ardent socialist, and is also a vegetarian. Of late she has been following closely all ' the pub lished accounts of the Internal troubles in Russia, sympathizing warmly with tho miserably oppressed subjects of the Czar. . iter indignation over the massacre at St. Petersburg was boundless. -xnose mm lists are rignt, sne ex claimed at the family table the other morning. "They are perfectly justified in destroying every one of those mur derers with bombs. Why, if I had great big knife and had under it the necks of the Czar and the Grand Dukes and" all their cowardly tribe of fellows-butchers, I would jnalca one cut with all my might!" "un. motnerr cxciaimca ner son. looking at her in .smiling wonder, "and you won t eat meat: . . LUTE PEASE. Opticfans enough Hooslers have signed to 'warrant the prediction that the society -will be success in every war. Tha Intention is to boom, the Exposition back In the native state and all former Indlanians are requested to be present at this meeting." WOULD SAVE BALD EAGLE. Vice-President of Audubon Society Objects to Killing. PORTLAND. March 5. To the Editor.) I noticed- with much rexret "la the Sunday Or- egoaua or March a an article that a dairyman on the Colombia. Slouch, Just outside of the city IlmlU, had shot and killed a larze spec! men of the white-beaded or bald cade, the bird which, as the "emblem ot our Nation." the emblem of liberty," ourht for that reason alone to arouse the patriotic feelinr and the setuw of freedom which the slsht of this majestle bird inspires in the heart of each person for tunate nouch to see one of these noble . birds la nature and secure for him, if only for this sentiment alone, the. protection which Js his nEht by law. This particular eajle Is probably the male of the only pair which Inhabited the section ot country from the mouth of the Willamette to the city limits, and has been hunting over the sloughs, without doubt, ever since Lewis and Clark came to the Oregon country. I hare personally noted these two birds for the-past 10 years, and have found them repeatedly about Guild's Lake, near the pres ent site of the Lewis and Clark Exposition; also on Swan Island, in the Willamette, and about the bluffs at Unlrerslty Park and St. Johns, as well as over the slouch bottoms. I hare ap proached within 100 feet of the male, while sitting on a Cottonwood on Swan Island, and noted.by the aid of a neld-glacs his apparent great age; and as eagles are known to attain an aze of 100 to 200 years, tl Is highly probable that this bird, which has now so unfortunately met his doom, has been here before the coming of the white man. Captain. Charles Benclre, & noted ornithologist. writes: "They are much attached to their chosen homes, and although their eggs ana young may be taken from them for several successive years, and even one of the Old birds killed, the eurrlvor will find another mate, and return, to the old eyrie another sea son. " I sincerely hope that another male wlU be found by the survivor, and that in future this pair ot bald eagles may remain unmolested, as the bird Is entirely harmless, living on carp and wounded and crippled wild fowl, which es cape the hunters who snoot on the sloughs. HERMAN T. EOHLMAX, Tice-Presldent Oregon State Audubon Society. ELECTRICITY REDUCED . Use electric heating -apparatus. The M. J. Walsh Co. have just received complete, selection of electric Irons and hot plates, always handy, cool, clean and economical. For the ladies, three- pound shirtwaist irons, curllng-lron heaters, laundry irons; -for the bache lor, pressing Irons; for the tailor, lieavy irons; for the tourist, light pressing irons. Hot plates for small cookintr. eta Showrooms 33 Washington street. corner Seventh. Files Demurrer In Robbery Case In the case of Charles E. 2tlarchand and P. R. Treau, who are accused -of robbing -a Hood-street saloonkeeper, Charles JSchnabel, attorney, yesterday filed a demurrer to the information. The grounds of the demurrer are that more than one crime is charged in the Information; that it is not proper in form, is not properly' indorsed, and does 'not show affirmatively that the crime was committed within the juris diction ot the court. 'v. " V 'If T- WE ARE MAKING A SPECIALTY -t of MEN'S SUITS and TOPCOATS TEN DOLLARS ; BETTER Suits and MORE of them to lr' select from than any other store in town at $15. You need not pay more than $10 for your Spring" suit and we promise you "you will be WELL DRESSED at that. WHEN YOU SEE IT IN' OUR AD IT'S SO. fa ' ' '. t i : MOYER THIRD AND OAK STS. for that amount. It was claimed by the defendants that the agents of he Singer Sewing Machine Company tried to force the sale of a machine upon them. Levy on Hogs Cause of Suit. 'The question whether hogs belonging to the wife can legally.be levied on to liquidate the debts of her .husband is the issue in the suit of Anna Cape against W. F. Lambert andA. R. Ford, which is pending in the, State Circuit Court. Mrs. Cape owns hogs and her husband owes creditors, and the Sher iff sold the swine to-pay the husband's debts. In order to recover for the al leged wrongful taking oi her property, Mrs. Cape has sued Lambert and Ford for the value of the porkers, $112. Old Barn Is Partly Destroyed. An old bam standing in a vacant lot at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets was partially destroyed by Are at II o'clock last night. It is believed the Are was the work of an Incendiary. Decides for the Defendants. In the case of the Singer Sewing Ma chine Company against Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Nltchy, Judge Reld gave judgment to the defendants and awarded tnem ;u and costs. on tneir counter-suit A Wonderful Showing I FAN SYSTEM vs STEAM AND HOT WATER SYSTEMS Reports of careful tests and accurate records kept of the fuel consumption by the various systems of heating In the schools of Portland, show that the fan systems installed in 14 different schools of Port land by the W. G. McPherson Company, show a fuel consumption of but i to i of that of " direct steam" and " direct hot water" systems, per unit of space heated. And such results, notwithstanding the fact that 3 times as much air, for ventilating purposes, Is supplied and heated by the fan system. " A WONDERFUL SAVING AND A MATTER OF INTEREST TO EVERY TAXPAYER The W. Q. McPherson Company 47 FIRST ST., BETVYlEEN PINE AND ASH Compulsory Sale , "We are compelled to vacate the base ment under Np. 128, that we have used so' long. Sell we must and will regardless of former price, until our 3tock Is re duced fully one-third. "Whatever you want, come and get it of us now. "We will not store these goods if you want them. WE HAVE FOR YOUR SELECTION 15 Office Desks, ranging In price f rorft $12.00 to $102.00. 35 Dressers, ranging in price from $6.00 to $45.00. 32 Extension Tables, ranging in price from $5.00 to $42.00. 51 Iron Beds, ranging in price from $3.50 to $33.00. 148 Odd Chairs and Rdckers, rang ing in price from $1.35 to $50.00. Besides Mattresses, Bed Springs, Pil lows, Bedding. Floor Coverings, !Lace Curtains, Ladles' Desks. Mirrors, Stands, etc All goods are first-class. Satisfaction guaranteed. 130 Sixth Street You Can Do Better at St. Johns . ' IT IS A GOOD TOWN IN .WHICH TO LIVE St. J dims is a suburb with its own town government. Taxes are low; school facili- ' , ' V ties are of the best. It has a water system, a volunteer fire department, a Commercial j " ,Club, a Civic Improvement League, a weekly newspaper, a population which has grown w , from 250 to 2500 in about three years. During the same time it has obtained industries to the value of $1,000,000 and a pay roll of $28,000 monthly. No town on the Pacific Coast has enjoyed so rapid and substantial a growth, not only in population, but in - . . - point of industrial development. Fully 85 per cent of the people of St. Johns own their own homes. St. Johns doubled in population during .1904. Is not this the place for you?' ' . -. . " ' ' ' ' . WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET ON ST. JOHNS Bureau of General Information, St Jdlins,'Or. ' . .v